Volume 1: The Fierce Tiger Leaves Its Leash Chapter 31: True and False Lies (Part 2)

  In the taxi, Ling Tianxiang asked the driver for a city map and first found Shayibake District.

  This is a Uyghur gathering place, on the east side of the Yashan Forest Park, which has always maintained its ethnic characteristics. The sign on the city traffic map was not very detailed, and Ling Tianxiang searched for half a day without finding the location that Luo Changle told him about. After putting away the map, he glanced at his watch, and there were less than an hour and a half before dawn, while after dawn, the residents of Shayibake District would get up to work, and it would be more troublesome to catch spies later, so they had to make their move before dawn.

  "Sir, we've arrived." The taxi driver who drove the night shift looked a bit tired.

  Ling Tianxiang dropped a 100-yuan bill and got off the bus.

  "Hey, looking for your change." The driver's shout came from behind. Ling Tianxiang didn't respond and quickly walked into a small alley.

  The situation described by Luo Changle was not false, and Ling Tianxiang soon discovered that there were four hidden agents near the door number 121. These people were responsible for secret surveillance. After quickly determining the location of the four agents, Ling Tianxiang took action. Before rushing in, he first had to "clean up" these agents.

  With deliberate calculation, in less than ten minutes, the four well-hidden agents were knocked unconscious by Ling Tianxiang. Afterwards, Ling Tianxiang arrived at the outside of that house. The street-facing side was a small hardware store, inside was a small garden, and behind it was the owner's living quarters. The courtyard wall wasn't very high, and after circling to the side, Ling Tianxiang quickly climbed over the wall. The courtyard was very cluttered, looking like the owner lived a reclusive life, this was the ordinary life of a spy, mainly just not drawing attention to oneself, avoiding trouble.

  There were two rooms in the back, one of which had a faint light on. Ling Tianxiang quickly drew his gun and cautiously approached the room with the light on. A faint voice came from inside the room, as if someone was talking. Ling Tianxiang didn't hesitate, kicking open the door, but then he felt deceived. The source of the light was a desk lamp on a small wooden table, the bed was empty, and the voice was coming from a tape recorder.

  Suddenly, a sense of danger surged up, and Ling Tianxiang reflexively fell backwards. Then he saw the figure rushing out from another room. In the blink of an eye, Ling Tianxiang aimed his gun at the person's thigh and pulled the trigger. The bullet shot out of the silencer with a speed lower than sound, making the gunshot extremely weak. The man also fell to the ground, dropping the shotgun in his hand.

  As soon as his body touched the ground, Ling Tianxiang rolled to one side and quickly flipped over to get up. Holding the pistol steadily, Ling Tianxiang carefully approached him, first kicking the shotgun into the corner of the porch, then using the muzzle to probe the man's condition. The bullet hit his thigh, but did not hit the femoral artery, so there was no danger to his life. Ling Tianxiang also let out a sigh of relief, then put away the pistol and took out the rope.

  At first, the motionless body suddenly turned around, but that person underestimated Ling Tianxiang's reaction speed. He hadn't even had time to turn his head when a palm knife chopped down on the back of his neck, and he immediately fainted.

  "Damn it, you're playing tough with me!" Ling Tianxiang spat on the man's face and then tied his hands behind his back with a rope.

  Another room was used as a warehouse to store goods, and Ling Tianxiang carefully searched it. It was obvious that the person he had knocked out was a spy, and the spy must have prepared a secret underground chamber for himself in order to hide his communication equipment. As expected, there were clear signs of movement on the floor under a large wooden box in the warehouse. Ling Tianxiang used his dagger to pry it open and found that the entrance to the secret underground chamber was operated by a mechanism. After searching for a while, Ling Tianxiang found the switch set up on the back of the wooden box.

  The cellar wasn't very big, with a light on inside and a radio taking up about one-third of the space. In the corner by the door were some preserved foods, while on the wall opposite hung several firearms. Ling Tianxiang tied the man to a chair and then closed the hatch to the cellar. It was only then that he discovered the soundproofing equipment in the cellar was actually quite good - he couldn't hear any noise coming from outside, which meant that people outside wouldn't be able to hear what was happening inside either. Perhaps this spy just didn't want outsiders to know about his shady dealings here, but hadn't realized that this was actually an ideal place for an interrogation, and he was the one being interrogated.

  After preparing the interrogation tools, Ling Tianxiang splashed cold water on the man to wake him up. The spy had a standard Uyghur face and didn't look like there was anything wrong with him. He was probably between 35 and 40 years old. According to the information provided by Luo, this spy named Maiyiti had been lurking for at least 15 years, living a normal life for 15 years, only to be "activated" recently.

  "Who are you and what do you want." This sentence is spoken in Vietnamese.

  Ling Tianxiang threw a punch. "Now, it's my turn to ask the questions, you have no right to speak."

  The other party immediately shut their mouth and looked at this young man wearing a military uniform and holding a scalpel with fear.

  "The conditions here are not bad." Ling Tianxiang looked around and said in Chinese, "The soundproofing effect is very good. Even if you make the loudest scream, I'm afraid no one will be able to hear it."

  "You... who are you, and why have you burst into my home." Mai said this time in Chinese.

  "Don't pretend to be innocent with me!" Ling Tianxiang suddenly rushed in front of Mai Ti, waving the scalpel in his face. "Do you know what I've been studying for these years?"

  Mai Yiti shook her head in fear.

  "The army spent millions to train me, but only taught me two skills. One of them is how to kill people." Ling Tianxiang sneered. "In order to make it easier to kill people, I systematically studied the structure of the human body, knowing how to kill with one knife, and also knowing how to cause the greatest pain without letting the opponent die immediately."

  "You...... you......"

  "Now, you have only one choice: either cooperate with me and I'll hand you over to the intelligence department for handling, or you will be tortured for several days. By the time you are found, you will probably just be a corpse crawling with maggots. Do you understand what I mean?"

  Mai Yiti immediately nodded like a garlic press, indicating understanding. Ling Tianxiang, on the other hand, sneered, it seemed that this spy's courage was not great.