Chapter 58

The iron reel spun rapidly on the smooth ground and rushed through the corridor with a bang. After a while, the red light in the emergency service came on.

"Need an emergency blood transfusion, contact the family, prepare to sign the operation..."

There was a lot of noise in the distance. Jiang Ting was sitting in the corridor outside the emergency room, staring straight at the shiny ground under his feet. Suddenly, the nurse's eager voice sounded above his head: "Are you a family member of the patient?"

It took Jiang Ding two seconds to react, and he raised his head.

The nurse looked anxious: "Are you a family member of the patient?!"

"...No." Jiang Ting said in a trance, "I am... I am his friend."

The nurse was at a loss. Just at this moment, someone came running in the corridor, grabbed the back shoulder and made her turn around. Immediately, Ma Xiang took out the wet police card and flashed it to the nurse:

"The injured person is the deputy chief of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of our Public Security Bureau. This matter has been notified to the local police station. Please perform the operation immediately, hurry up!"

The nurse ran away quickly.

Ma Xiang had just arrived with the ambulance, and at this moment, like a panting chicken, he brushed his dripping hair and sat down on the opposite bench: "Xiao Zhang Rescue next door."

"……is it serious?"

Ma Xiang shook his head: "I don't know. The group of people should have used a homemade black gun. Xiao Zhang was shot in his arm. There was not much bleeding, but it was hard to say whether he injured his bones or not. When I was in the ambulance, I had already notified the provincial department, The Municipal Bureau and the local public security organs have decent people to block the scene and track down the gangsters, and Jianning City is also urgently dispatching Director Huang, the technical investigator, to come here."

Jiang Zing nodded and suddenly remembered something: "Where's Li Yuxin?"

Ma Xiang held his head with both hands and inserted his ten fingers into his hair. After a while, he finally raised his face and said hoarsely, "I took her to swim with Xiao Zhang for a few hundred meters, only to find out that she was shot in the chest after landing."

"..."

"People don't work in ambulances."

It was very noisy in the distance, but the emergency room was suffocatingly quiet.

"Their goal is Li Yuxin," Jiang Ting said every word after an unknown amount of time.

With a bang, Ma Xiang thumped on the bench: "But who else can investigate the case at the same time, who knows that we brought Li Yuxin out of the detention center, who ate the bear heart and leopard and dared to be in the Criminal Investigation Detachment? Ground breaking on the head?! Huh?!"

Ma Xiang couldn't help roaring, and several nurses at the first aid station at the end of the corridor turned back at the same time, but after taking two steps forward, they stopped again embarrassed.

"Until those people are caught, no one can clear their suspicions..." Jiang Ting took a deep breath and said, "You, me, Yan Yan, Xiao Zhang, all the insiders of the city bureau who have been notified of the progress of the case. , even the dead Li Yuxin herself... We all have points that can be suspected more or less. These doubts surfaced in the 502 Feng Yuguang case, the night Hu Weisheng died of drug addiction. It's just more arrogant and obvious."

His voice was gentle and his words were heavy, and Ma Xiang was full of anger and was forced down unconsciously: "You mean..."

Jiang Ting didn't answer him directly, and twitched the corners of his lips briefly:

"Of course, my suspicion is the biggest."

Indeed, everyone was an insider of the public security system, and only he was an unidentified outsider who had no origin other than a "friend of Detachment Yan", and no one in the city bureau had even seen him before Feng Yuguang's case.

If there really is an insider in the case, then only if this insider is Jiang Ting is the best situation.

"But you are the one who was rescued by Brother Yan." Ma Xiang sighed and said, "When the police car sank to the bottom of the river, I pulled Brother Yan and Xiao Zhang with Li Yuxin, rushing for the last bit of oxygen before running out of oxygen. Going up, life and death were really only a few tenths of a second. It was Brother Yan who forcibly broke free, and just rushed to save you from the back seat before the car was completely plunged into the mud. If your seat belt was Brother Yan is also entangled, both of you are finished now."

"..."

What more Ma Xiang wanted to say, the dean hurried out of the first aid station: "Comrade police officer, it's your public security bureau's phone number!"

Ma Xiang nodded to indicate that he knew, stood up and looked at Jiang Zing:

"So, are you Brother Yan's friend or an insider collaborating with the enemy, Consultant Lu?"

The eyes of the two of them met in mid-air outside the rescue room, and after a long while, Jiang stopped and said slowly, "...you Brother Yan think I am who he is, and who I am."

Ma Xiang nodded, as if he got the answer he wanted, and walked quickly to the first aid station.

Behind him, Jiang Ting's bloodless face was particularly cold after being soaked in water, and he looked at the wall clock.

It was already past six o'clock in the afternoon, and there were only less than two hours left before the execution time announced by that person.

What he didn't remind Ma Xiang just now was that Li Yuxin had already explained everything she could explain, and there was really nothing she could do about the rest that she didn't explain. Taking her to the Tianzong Mountain scene was just hoping to provide a little help in the search. If it's really an insider tipping off, so that "that person" wants to kill her, what's the use of killing her?

Unless, there are people who are afraid that she will say more.

Time passed, the second hand moved one by one, reflected in Jiang Ting's dark eyes——

Li Yuxin, who used chicken blood as an image, killed He Liang after being coerced, so what would Bu Wei, who used eagle blood as his image, do?

In other words, the mastermind behind the whole incident, who wants to see how she does it?

At seven o'clock, Tianzong Mountain is down.

"Yes, I know. Old Wei of the Municipal Bureau is already on the road with the technical investigator. He will contact me after arriving at the scene in Jiangyang County. In addition, Deputy Yan and Xiao Zhang will notify me as soon as the operation is over." The Neilu Bureau hung up the satellite phone and turned to the tens of thousands of anxious people around him: "What, how is the situation at the scene?"

"Report to Bureau Lu, the search and rescue has completely covered the red area of ​​the action map. So far, there is no news, and it is spreading to the orange area!"

"Officer Lu, the satellite map and aerial photography results are out. There are four phoenix trees recorded on the entire mountain, and eight suspected phoenix trees have been observed. The police dogs are acting separately!"

"Officer Lu! The ambulance from the local hospital couldn't come, so I asked if we had any alternatives!"

"Officer Lu..."

Phone bells and shouts rang out one after another, and the interior of the command car was like a large market scene. Lu Ju sighed, and was about to say something when suddenly an extremely calm and tough female voice sounded from behind everyone, instantly suppressing all the noise:

"Arrange manpower to respond to the ambulance, and scatter twelve detective teams to lead the public security joint defense and the local police station to any place where the phoenix tree is suspected to be growing. The technical detective synchronizes the real-time monitoring of the nearby road sections to the command car. What are the rest of the people saying? Come one!"

Everyone turned back at the same time - it was Yu Zhu.

Detachment Yu got into the command car amid the crowd's gazes. Bureau Lu moved to the side, motioned her to sit beside him, and said leisurely in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Something happened to Yan Xun!"

Yu Zhu nodded and said softly, "I really shouldn't have mentioned the matter of retiring from illness in front of so many people that day, as expected..."

"As long as you know."

Bureau Lu paused for a while, then returned to normal volume, still calm as usual: "Since you're here, let's take part in the command work together, there's still more than an hour before the kidnapper's announcement time - come here with the technology, give you the rest of the team. Pick up a table. How is the situation with the on-site exploration team?"

At the same time, virgin forests.

Stepping on the rotting fallen leaves, every step sinks deep into the fine and sharp dead branches, and it takes a lot of effort to pull it out. Shen Xiaoqi almost lost consciousness and just walked forward mechanically, and it took some time before he suddenly noticed a fiery red cloud vaguely reflected in the distance.

His vision was already hazy, and the double images overlapped for a long while before he barely spit out a few words: "Look... Look, the phoenix tree!"

Bu Wei, who tried her best to support him, raised her head.

In an instant, the two lost their balance and fell to the ground with a thud, rolling down the hillside like two corpses. The pain followed the dizziness one after another, until bang! boom! Two heavy hits hit the stone.

"Bu Wei... Bu Wei!"

Shen Xiaoqi didn't care about the pain, he tried his best to crawl forward along the ground, shaking Bu Wei's body that couldn't stop twitching.

"Wake up, Bu Wei, wake up!" Shen Xiaoqi shouted, although his voice was so hoarse that he could hardly hear it because of the extreme lack of water: "I hurt you, I hurt you!  …"

"It doesn't matter," Bu Wei gritted her teeth to support her body, and barely half got up: "It doesn't matter..."

The two and a half-old children were sitting on the ground, leaning against each other. On the top of the hillside in the distance, the fiery red phoenix tree was like a raging flame, reflecting in their desperate eyes.

Shen Xiaoqi murmured, "It's all my fault. If it wasn't for my injury, we wouldn't get lost at all. If it wasn't for me..."

Bu Wei tried her best to curl up, as if her physical strength was not enough to support her sanity, she closed her eyes and shook her head: "It doesn't matter, we will definitely get out alive... I will protect you."

"But I should protect you!" Shen Xiaoqi burst into tears and kept repeating: "If we go out alive, I will definitely repay you, and I will definitely protect you in my life! Bu Wei, Bu Wei!"

- I will definitely repay you.

I will definitely repay you in this life.

Bu Wei finally laughed, as if she had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, the smile on her weak face was extremely satisfying and happy.

"Really?" Her faint raving sounded like hypnosis, and said, "...Then you must remember."

Shen Xiaoqi's heart-wrenching cries echoed halfway up the mountain, as if time had flown backwards, recalling an old and yellowed oath. The sun gradually moved westward, the afterglow turned from gold to red, and blood filled half of the sky; after an unknown time, the crying was lost, and the young man fell unconscious among the dead trees.

What no one saw was that at the top of the hillside not far away, the God of Death quietly emerged from the woods.

Bang!

The emergency room door was knocked open. In the empty corridor, Jiang Ting stood up almost instantly, only to see the nurse rushing out in a white lab coat with blood on it: "Quick, quick, where is the person? Has the prescribed amiodarone arrived yet?"

Another nurse in the emergency station rushed out holding a blood bag and a medicine box. There was no time to check the handover in person, and he directly stuffed the things into the arms of the surgical nurse, who turned his head and ran back.

"Excuse me"

If it were someone who was familiar with Jiang Detachment, they would suspect that Jiang Ting, whose face was gray and crumbling at the moment, was not real at all, or that it was a fake that looked very much like him. But at this time, no one could see the details clearly. The surgical nurse had already rushed back to the emergency room. Jiang Ting gasped sharply and stared at the red light.

- Amiodarone, emergency medicine for arrhythmia during rescue.

Why do you have arrhythmia? How far is the surgery? What happened to Yan Yan? !

Jiang Ting seemed to be still at the bottom of the icy river. Water poured into the car from all directions, filling his lungs, submerging his respiratory tract, and forcing out the last trace of oxygen in his blood. He didn't notice that he took a few steps back, his back hit the wall, his knees were weak and he couldn't stand.

"...Consultant Lu..."

A voice was calling him, but he couldn't hear it in the dimness.

"Consultant Lu!"

Jiang Ting shuddered and turned his head sharply, only to find that it was Ma Xiang.

Ma Xiang was stunned by Jiang Ting's face, and then he reacted: "Ah, you are..."

Jiang Ting raised his hand, blocked his support, and slowly walked to the bench and sat down.

"Xiao Zhang's operation next door is over. The doctor said it was a success, but he needs to recover well to avoid sequelae. The bullet got stuck in the muscle of his left arm, and it has been taken out to testify. I will go back to the scene of the rollover to respond. Director Huang and the others."

Jiang Ting was speechless, just nodded.

"Consultant Lu?" Ma Xiang's worries finally couldn't stop: "Are you all right here alone?"

"..." Jiang Ting covered his mouth and coughed twice, then said hoarsely, "I'm fine."

He really didn't look like he was okay.

After all, his lungs were choked with water, and when he arrived at the hospital, he was in chaos, so he hurriedly asked a nurse to deal with it. Ma Xiang wanted to persuade him to do a detailed examination and then rest for a while, but when he saw Jiang Ting's bloodshot eyes, he forcibly held back his words, turned around and went to the nurse station to ask for hot drinks and dry clothes, and returned to the rescue. Put it outside by Jiang Ting's side, and wrap a few mobile phones in a towel and stuff it into Jiang Ting's arms.

"Consultant Lu?"

"..."

"This is your phone."

Jiang Ting's spirit was not very good, and he didn't react for a while.

"Brother Yan's and yours, we just found an intern nurse in the emergency room and took a hair dryer for a long time. See if you can still turn it on, or contact your family or your girlfriend as soon as possible."

Yan Yun uses two mobile phones on a daily basis. The domestic phone and his own iPhone are uniformly distributed by the Municipal Bureau. All three phones lost power after they fell into the water, and I don't know if they can still be turned on now.

Jiang Ting took it over.

Ma Xiang was so impressed by his extremely high IQ and insight that Ma Xiang didn't dare to say anything even if he was obviously in a wrong state. God, this is impossible. I took a look at the bullet that came out of Xiao Zhang's arm. It should be a home-made bullet with a small range. I think Brother Yan won't be too dangerous this time, so don't worry too much. ."

Jiang Ting whispered, "Well. I know."

Ma Xiang can't persuade again: "Then... I'll go back to the river embankment first, let's keep in touch."

Jiang Ting nodded silently.

After Ma Xiang turned around and left, Jiang Ting was the only one left in the rescue room. The flashing red light reflected on half of his face, forming a strange and embarrassing interlacing of green and red.

The clock on the wall is still running. It's half past seven.

He wanted to concentrate on thinking about something, but his brain seemed to be soaked into a paste by the river water, and he couldn't remember anything. For a while, he couldn't even count how much time was left until 8:09, and the pain on the side of his head was sharp like a saw.

Jiang Ting sat quietly for a while and turned on his cell phone.

The sturdiness of the old bricks is far from that of ultra-thin smart phones. The screen flickers dozens of times on the boot screen, as if struggling and screaming for a long time on the line of life and death, and suddenly buzzes! There was a bang, followed by a jingle, jingle and jingle, and the spam text messages were buzzing and swarming.

Jiang Ting stared straight at the screen, and there was another sound in the unread prompt bar, and the sender Yan Yan flashed.

...ah, yes.

Yan Yan was texting him before the accident.

Jiang Ting's index finger still carried the icy coldness of the soil in the river, and gently opened the text message. The first thing that jumped into sight was that it had been sent:

【You put a bug on me when you left the ward? 】

Yan Yun: [Yes. What is there to be honest, just don't believe that I will help you? 】

In the empty snow-white corridor, Jiang Ting lowered his head, covered his mouth with one hand, and closed his eyes tremblingly.

—Believe, he thought, I really do.

So please don't live up to my waiting and expectations, please open your eyes as I firmly believe and come back alive.