Chapter 4 (11) Police's Low-Level Mistake

  Weng Cai returned from the forest farm to find that Peng Haoming had made two new friends. As the boss, it was normal for him to make new friends, but when Peng Haoming told him that he wanted to go see Zhu Mei'er, Weng Cai's reaction was not what Peng Haoming had expected - he jumped up: "Boss? You really want to mess with her?"

  "Why not?" Peng Haoming thought it was no big deal.

  Weng Cai began to feel that he couldn't quite figure out what Peng Haoming was thinking, as the owner of a lumber company would rather stay in the forest every day to supervise the workers cutting down trees, fearing that someone would embezzle money. But Peng Haoming was different, after the forest opened, he almost entrusted all the power to Weng Cai, and himself wandered around Jiangong.

  "Boss, the Black Widow is not someone to be trifled with. She used to be a woman of Xin Yi! And Xin Yi was the right-hand man of Long Kun! You'd better think carefully about this." Weng Cai thought that Peng Hao Ming was being overly optimistic. This circle wasn't so easy to get into, and even if you did get in, it wouldn't be such an easy way to make money?

  "You don't want to make money? This profit is much higher than selling wood!" Peng Haoming said.

  "There's money to be made, but you also need a life to spend it!" Weng Cai thought that Peng Haoming wanted to get into drugs, just messing around with some small-time smuggling. This stuff really is profitable, the profit from a few hundred kilograms is equivalent to the profit from a truckload of lumber. But if Peng Haoming wants to get in bed with Zhu Meier, then things aren't so simple. Who is Zhu Meier anyway? She's able to go from being a fugitive woman to becoming the largest wholesaler in this area in just a few short years, and she's low-key and mysterious, definitely not someone to be trifled with!

  If someone is openly pointing a gun or knife at you, at least you know what the other person's intentions are. But if you can feel the danger but don't know where it's coming from, that's what's really chilling! Weng Cai may sometimes say that with enough money, one can afford to lose their life, but at least he wants to know how his life was lost!

  "We are in the M region, and the Chinese military police can't come over to catch us. The military police of country M also have no control here, what's there to be afraid of?" Peng Haoming seemed confident: "It's just that the Zhu sister mentioned by Wang Licheng, is she really a black widow or not?"

  "Jiuchengjiu is her, the drug trade on this side is monopolized by Xinyi and Heiguafu, the rest are just small-time peddlers who smuggle a little goods, no one can do business worth tens of millions." Weng thought for a moment, Peng Haoming seemed to be right, but Xinyi and Zhumaier were not much easier to deal with than the military police!

  The military and police still have a legal procedure to follow, but Xin Yi and Zhu Mei'er can take someone's life with just one word!

  ……

  Wang Licheng and Cong Zai have been restless for days, their lives in someone else's hands is always unsettling. The middleman who had disappeared for almost a month finally reappeared, he knocked on Wang Licheng's door, ignoring Wang Licheng's polite greetings, walked into the room, took a look around and said: "Looks like Brother Cheng has been living large recently, able to stay in the best hotel in Gangong."

  "It's nothing, just kidding."

  "Tomorrow morning at 7 o'clock, the car will come to pick you up." The middleman said a sentence, and Cong Zai was still pouring water and making tea, but the middleman seemed to have no intention of chatting for a few more sentences, and he wanted to leave after finishing speaking.

  "Uh... how's Zhu Jie doing lately? Is she okay?" Any bit of information was important to Wang Licheng now, and he tried to get more intel from the middleman to ease his inner unease.

  "You'll know when you get there. Oh, by the way, don't bother trying to play any tricks, this is Zhu Jie's territory. Hmm, I might as well tell you, Zhu Jie is called Mei Jie here, and she also has a nickname, Black Widow." The middleman looked at Wang Licheng with a profound gaze, his mouth slightly curved up in a smile that was not quite a smile.

  The glance from the middle-aged man made Wang Licheng's back feel a chill, he didn't understand the meaning behind these words, could it be that Zhu Jie had already found out about his secret conversation with Peng Haoming?

  "No need, no need, Sister Zhu is overthinking it. Since I've come here, I'm already very sincere about resolving the matter." Wang Licheng could only force himself to reply.

  "That's for the best," said the middleman before leaving.

  "Brother Cheng... this... can we really handle it?" Cong Zai was already drenched in cold sweat, and his hand holding the water bottle was shaking uncontrollably.

  "It's already impossible to run away from this, let's just see what Peng Haoming says tomorrow!" Wang Licheng was also unable to respond to Cong Zai's words and could only make a desperate attempt!

  "What... about Liu Zi?" Cong Zai said again.

  Wang Licheng suddenly remembered that he had been busy trying to survive recently and had forgotten that Liu Zi was at his maternal grandmother's house in Java.

  Wang Licheng called Liu Zi's phone: "Liu Zi, what's going on now?"

  "Finally... Brother Cheng... I've finally found you!" Just as Liu Zi's tearful voice came, Wang Licheng was startled and quickly asked: "What's wrong? Is there a problem with the goods?"

  "Brother Cheng, you've been gone for less than two hours and the cops have already arrived at the farm. I really couldn't fight off that many cops, so I set a fire... The goods are definitely gone..." Liu Zi hid the fact that he ran away as soon as he saw the police and made up a story about bravely resisting arrest to gain Wang Licheng's sympathy: "Brother Cheng, for over half a month now, I've been hiding out, dodging left and right. The cops have caught me several times but couldn't catch me."

  Wang Licheng's heart sank as if it had fallen into an ice cave. The goods that were still in negotiation with Zhu Jie now had no leverage! He seemed to see his soul waving goodbye to him!

  Wang Licheng's face turned ashen, and he sat down on the bed with a thud. After a long while, he asked, "Where are you now?"

  "I'm hiding in Leimen Village on the border, Cheng Ge, you think of a way for me quickly." Liu Zi on the phone was almost crying.

  "Has the police come after us?" Wang Licheng asked.

  "I don't know either, it's so hidden here, the cops will need a while to find us too." Liu Zi also didn't confirm.

  "I'll look for you later." Wang Licheng still had no solution now, he wanted to go find Peng Haoming to discuss it.

  "Leimen Village? That's just on the border." Peng Haoming was very familiar with the border, and he said this after hearing Wang Licheng's words.

  "Ming Ge, think of a way to get Liu Zi over here, he has many channels." Wang Licheng said.

  "Oh? Will he bring the police here?" Peng Haoming was not as anxious as Wang Licheng: "This matter can't be taken lightly."

  If Liu Zi were caught by the police, he would not have been able to guarantee that he would not confess, and Wang Licheng would not have gone to great lengths to get him over. But who can guarantee that Liu Zi will not betray himself once he falls into the hands of the police? For Wang Licheng, Liu Zi's safety is his own safety!

  "If he's caught by the police, it'll be even more unfavorable for us!" Wang Licheng said anxiously.

  Peng Haoming looked at his watch and thought for a moment before saying, "Don't worry, I'll think of something."

  "Ming Ge, you must hurry up, I'm afraid the police have already set their sights on Liu Zi, what if..."

  "I'll get the timber truck to take a detour to Leimen Village, and try to bring him over. If anything happens, tell Liu Zi to hide by the river at the edge of Leimen Village, cross the small river and he'll be across the border. Once he's across the border, the police won't be able to do anything, and I'll think of a way."

  "Thank you, Ming Ge! Thank you, Ming Ge!" Wang Licheng could only believe Peng Haoming at this time.

  "Don't be polite, your brother is my brother." Peng Haoming still had to say a few necessary pleasantries.

  Liu Zi listened to Wang Licheng's instructions and didn't dare to stay for a second. He ran to the cornfield by the river and squatted down, cursing in his heart that Wang Licheng was not careful enough and did not tell him when the wood truck would arrive. However, it was fortunate that his position allowed him to see a section of the village road, so he could still see the arrival of the large wood truck.

  Liu Zi had been squatting in the cornfield for several hours, feeling both tired and hungry. His eyes, fixed on the village highway, were starting to droop, but he forced himself to keep looking. He took a glance at the village highway, and it seemed like a blue-and-white car flashed by.

  Liu Zi didn't wait for the lumber truck, but instead several police cars arrived. After Liu Zi started the engine, the technical investigation quickly located his position, but he was at the border, and Lao Wei's whip was too short to reach him, so he could only notify the border patrol station to capture him.

  Several police officers from the border patrol station entered Leimen Village, holding photos and inquiring about a stranger. Leimen Village is remote and closed off, with many villagers relying on smuggling to make a living. The arrival of police officers was not good news for them. Some villagers who had larger "smuggling businesses" simply shut their doors and refused to answer the officers' questions, no matter how they were asked.

  The civil police at the border patrol station are not surprised by this situation. In the villages along the border, which family hasn't been involved in smuggling a little wildlife or animal hides? Smuggling drugs and guns is nothing new, it's a tradition that has been passed down for generations, and if you put it nicely, it's just normal cross-border trade.

  The village cadres didn't even consider going to the border defense police, every time they encountered such an investigation, they would disappear without a trace. The adults were not easy to talk to, but the children might not be. The border defense police had no choice but to use their tried-and-true trick - one of them pulled out several packs of spicy strips, and a child was attracted by the spicy strips, staring straight at the police uncle.

  "Hey, tell your uncle, have you seen this person? Where is he? Answer me one question and I'll give you a pack of spicy strips, okay?" The power of the spicy strips almost instantly broke down the child's psychological defenses, and at this time, the adult's warning not to talk to strangers was washed away by the spicy strips!

  A child took over the spicy strip, and the police officer helped him tear it open. The child pulled out a spicy strip and put it in his mouth, pointing to the cornfield outside the village: "This morning, I saw him running towards the cornfield."

  "What did he go there for? Did he take anything else in his hand?" The policeman heard that it was interesting and asked another question.

  The kid stuffed the opened spicy stick into his pocket and held out his hand to the police officer with one still in his mouth.

  Who says kids are easy to fool?! The police officer reluctantly handed over a pack of spicy strips.

  "I don't know what he's doing over there." The child replied, and the spicy strip was also stuffed into his pocket, staring straight at the two remaining packages in the police officer's hand: "Maybe he went fishing."

  "Is there anything in your hand? Anything counts. Is there something?" The police officer handed over a pack of spicy strips and patted the gun on his waist.

  "I didn't see it..." The spicy strip is in hand and the question has also been answered.

  The police officer looked at the remaining pack of spicy strips in his hand and began to regret being too extravagant earlier. One question, one pack, this way he should have prepared a dozen or so packs. He turned back to look at his colleague, who patted his pocket and told him that all the spicy strips were left with just that one pack, and they had to use them sparingly.

  I should have known that kids are not so innocent, I would have agreed to give him a chili stick for answering one question!

  "How... how long has he been gone? Is he still there?" The police officer handed over the last spicy strip.

  "It's been several hours, how do I know if he's still there or not." The kid said nothing but still took the spicy strip with a clear conscience. After looking at the police officer, the spicy strip had all gone into his own pocket, and he walked away contentedly with the spicy strip in his mouth.

  "It's really damn realistic......" The police officer looked at the child's receding back and let out a sigh.

  "Let's go and have a look, whether there are dates or not." Another policeman said that Liuzi had run to the other side several hours ago. It would take so long, even if he was crawling like a snail, he should have crossed the border by now, unless he really went fishing. But since we're here, let's go and find him.

  Several police officers didn't expect to catch Liu Zi at all, so they didn't make any specific deployments and followed the border villagers' footsteps along the small path leading to the cornfield.

  Six sons stared at the village highway, not expecting a police officer to appear on the small road. The police officer saw someone squatting by the side of the road wearing a straw hat and thought it was a farmer working. An inexperienced police officer asked: "Fellow villager? Have you seen any outsiders come through here?"

  Liu Zi looked up and was shocked to see several police officers in uniform. However, seeing that they didn't seem to be prepared for anything either, she suppressed her panic and said, "Didn't see anything."

  "Oh, thank you." The police officer was still very polite.

  Another more experienced militia man seemed to feel that something was not quite right, the man's hands were very fair and did not look like those of a farmer, and his accent was clearly not local, he opened his mouth and shouted: "Liu Zi!"

  Liu Zi heard someone calling him and instinctively responded with an "ah". He immediately realized it was the police, jumped up, threw away his straw hat, and took off running!

  "Halt!" The police didn't expect the person in front of him to be Liu Zi. Seeing him escape, they quickly gave chase.

  There's a story that says, hunting dogs chase rabbits, rabbits are usually faster because they run for their lives, while the hunting dogs run for work. At this moment, Liu Zi felt like he was the rabbit, with the police hot on his heels like hunting dogs!

  There was only this small path, and the police couldn't surround them from behind, so they could only follow and chase. One policeman drew his gun and fired a warning shot into the air: "Halt! If you run again, we'll open fire!"

  Liu Zi suddenly stopped and heard the gunshot, feeling that his legs were no longer able to exert any more strength, but he ran even faster!

  "Bang!" The police shot at Liu Zi who was running, but missed!

  It's not a good idea to run like this, Liu Zi suddenly remembered what Wang Licheng said "just in case", now is exactly the kind of "just in case" situation, the small river is on the left side of the path, but a piece of woodland and shrubs are blocking the way, Liu Zi didn't care about these anymore, turned around and drilled into the woods.

  In the woods, shrubs grew densely, Liu Zi only wore a T-shirt, his arms were scratched by thorns with bloodstains all over, but he didn't have time to care about that. The police saw him running into the woods and also rushed in. In the woods, Liu Zi's speed was much slower. The police saw the figure moving around in the woods, stopped, aimed, and "bang" fired another shot. The bullet "whooshed" into a tree next to Liu Zi.

  The six sons were shocked and shrunk their necks, turned their heads and saw that the police were less than 20 meters away from them!

  Liu Zi rushed through the thicket in the forest, ran to the riverbank and was stunned. The river flowed below, but in front of him was a cliff about 10 meters high!