Breaking Through the Clouds

fluttering--

The branches swayed, and several birds jumped out, flying into the sky under the beam of the flashlight.

"..." Ajie stopped in his tracks, with some doubts in his eyes, he walked around again.The courtyard wall of the guest house is made of bricks and soil, full of holes and gaps, and sparse trees and bushes extend all the way to the back of the mountain, like a black curtain of different shades between the sky and the earth.

"Brother Jie?" the bodyguard asked in a low voice.

Ajie's expression couldn't be seen clearly in the darkness, so he didn't answer.

At the same time, the back of the courtyard wall of the guest house.

Qi Sihao stood still in the posture of smashing the wooden frame of the fence with one foot, his eyes were wide open, his mouth was slightly opened, his back was pressed against the wall, and he felt the cold sweat soaking through his underwear bit by bit along his back.

Just separated by a wall, the murderous devil was holding a flashlight and standing in an open space less than three meters away from him.

He dared not breathe, or even send out a heartbeat.It took a long time before he moved his eyes, looked over the wall that was almost a person's height, and saw the gray glass window on the second floor of the guest house reflecting the moon, reflecting a pool of bluish-white light.

As long as you have good eyesight, you can find that the window is not completely closed, but slightly concealed, with a finger-wide gap leaking——

Yan Xie stood by the window with his back against the wall, and pressed his two fingers tightly on the window lattice. As long as he relaxed a little, the already deformed window would automatically open with a creaking sound.

He turned his head silently, because of the angle he couldn't see the scene in the open space outside the window, but he could catch the light of the flashlight in the dark night.There were so many people standing in the courtyard, outside the courtyard wall, and upstairs in the house, but there was no sound at all, and the strange clouds covered the moonlight inch by inch.

"...It's okay, I didn't hear it." Ajie finally opened his mouth and said, "Let's go back."

The fully drawn bowstring instantly relaxed, and the sharp arrow disappeared into the air invisible.

The flashlight flickered a few times and then went out. The subordinates got up and walked back to the main entrance of the hostel. After a while, there were sounds of walking and talking downstairs. Someone came upstairs coughing, and the small open space outside the window was quiet again.

Yan Yan finally let go of the two-inch window slit, leaned over and looked out, the downstairs was completely dark.

Should be gone.

On the other side of the stairs, the footsteps of horsemen coming up the stairs became louder and louder, and they were about to walk towards the empty room here.In the gap of the last few seconds, Yan Xie pushed open the window and flew down from the second floor!

boom!

Yan Yan landed on the ground, unable to make a sound, but when he got up, he heard a soft smile from behind him in the darkness——

Strong wind is coming!

Damn he didn't leave at all!

It was too late to say it, and then it was too late, Yan Xie didn't even have time to scold her mother, and rolled on the ground following the momentum of the landing, avoiding Ajie's hand knife.There was no light at all around, and he could not see his fingers, but Yan Mao's senses became more acute, and he clearly felt the professional killer clung to him like a nightmare.

A thought flashed through Yan Mao's mind in a flash: I'll fuck him with a gun!

In fact, there is no need to shoot, even if you just turn on the flashlight, the strong light will immediately dazzle Yan Mao's eyes, causing him a fatal opening, which means he is finished.

But what was unexpected was that Ajie's first reaction was not like that. He threw away the flashlight, clamped Yan Yan's throat with his palm, and at the same time bent his knees to push him against the wall-but Ajie seemed to be stunned when the body touched Next, there was a doubt in the nasal cavity: "Huh?"

This kind of gaffe should never happen to a killer of his level.Yan Xie didn't let go of this momentary gap, and twisted Ajie's wrist bone with a cracking sound. At the moment when the opponent withdrew his hand due to the severe pain of dislocation, he turned around and kicked back with a weight as heavy as a thousand pounds, hitting the sternum with a bang. He kicked out!

"Who's there?"

"stop!"

Ajie crashed into the pile of firewood, grabbed the flashlight that he had thrown on the ground and turned it on. With a flash, he just caught Yan Xie's figure flying up in two steps and jumping over the courtyard wall, and immediately cursed: "F*ck!" It's you!"

As soon as the words fell, Yan Xie understood everything.

He landed on the ground in an instant, grabbed Qi Sihao, and uttered a word: "Run!"

"Brother Jie! How's it going?" "What's going on?!"

Ajie gritted his teeth, straightened his wrists, and said coldly: "Drive and let the dogs go, chase after them!"

Five off-road vehicles turned on their headlights, started one after another, and rushed onto the dirt road roaring.The barking of dogs sounded from all directions again, causing wild beasts in the mountains and forests to howl, which mixed with the sound of wind spread throughout a radius of more than ten miles.

No one noticed that when this series of accidents happened, two red lights flashed mysteriously on the road halfway up the mountain in the distance.

The red light was like a giant beast lurking in the mountain stream that was finally alarmed. After several times of flickering on and off, it finally quietly disappeared into the night.

·

The countryside is backed by mountain streams, there are no roads at all, and the ground is full of potholes and overgrown grass. They themselves can't count how many falls they have fallen.In the panic, Qi Sihao couldn't even see whether the person who was dragging him desperately was Yan Yan, he could only follow behind in a dizzy way, and suddenly he didn't know what he stepped on, and suddenly sprained, and immediately He screamed and fell to the ground.

"Woo—woof woof!"

"Wang Wang!"

Yan Xie looked back and saw that they were located in a higher place, flashlights and car lights could be faintly seen interlaced not far away, and the sound of dogs barking could be faintly heard in the wind.

"Get up, they are coming after you." Yan Mao's hands like iron pincers pulled Qi Sihao up alive: "Quick!"

Qi Sihao's facial features were distorted by the pain, but fortunately he couldn't see clearly in the dark night, so he barely hopped on one leg: "Drug dealers, why did drug dealers come here? Ah?! What did you do in the orphanage? , recruited them?!"

It can't be an orphanage, Yan Xie knew very well.

Even if K of Spades sensed the troubles in the orphanage, it would be impossible to catch up to the southwestern hinterland in just a few hours, and he could also locate the village where they temporarily wanted to stay.Yan Yan has been doing investigations for so many years, and he knows that when the coincidence reaches a certain level, it cannot be a coincidence. Judging from the village committee's respectful attitude towards Ajie, there is only one appalling explanation-the whole village of Yongkang Village is involved in drug trafficking.

This remote village is the handicap of Spades K, or at least it is an important transfer station on the transportation channel. At the same time, this can also explain why the local economy is still developing well. The young people at that age didn't even go to the city to work.

Judging from the conversation between Ajie and the village chief, he went to this village overnight to arrest people, but according to the fact that he lost the flashlight and didn't shoot during the fight just now, as well as the strength of the attack that can be called polite and the sudden suspicion, he was stunned. One thing can be seen: he didn't even know that Yan Mao was in this village.

He has another target that needs to be caught and handled very carefully.

Who is that?

Yan Yan panted heavily, and a cold guess emerged in his heart.

"Ah!" Suddenly Qi Si stepped on the ground, screamed in pain, and almost rolled into the stone pit used by the villagers to catch animals, but fortunately, Yan Mo caught him quickly with his sharp eyes.

The dust and rocks fell down, and Qi Sihao kicked his feet a few times, almost hitting the trap made by the hunter at the bottom of the pit.Yan Yan gritted his teeth and pulled him up, and suddenly saw a flashlight flashing in the distance: "There are people over there, stop!"

"..." Yan Yan cursed silently in his heart, and didn't care about Qi Sihao crying for his father and mother, he suddenly used his strength to lift him out of the pit, and staggered into the woods.

Five cars, several dogs, and the drug dealers were all armed with guns and weapons. If it wasn't for this complex mountain forest environment, Yan Mao would have no way to escape.

The mountains and rocks are rugged and weird, and the sometimes dense and sometimes sparse pine forest forms a huge maze. They just rushed into the forest in a panic, and before they stumbled a few times on the tangled ground, their feet were empty, and this time they couldn't even scream. At the same time, they rolled and fell down!

This fall was a whirlwind, and in the haste, Yan Yan only heard a muffled sound of "Boom!" He hit the tree trunk during the roll, almost squeezed his lungs out of his throat, and his body abruptly stopped his slide. The pain slowly woke up from the limbs.

"Fuck..." Yan Yan swallowed the sweet blood in his throat, got up with black eyes, and looked up.The place where they fell just now was a steep slope, and the moonlight leaked just a little, vaguely outlining a huge slope full of chaotic rocks, as if countless bony monsters were staring at them from a height.

"Old Qi," Yan Yan panted, "...Old Qi?"

Qi Sihao lay on the grass, sat up with difficulty, and heard the sound of the fall: "I can't do it, I really can't run..."

The sound of people barking again came from a distance, and Yan Yan urged sharply: "Get up! Don't be naughty!"

"No, no, no..."

"quick!"

Qi Sihao was pulled and dragged, and before he could stand still, he let out a heart-piercing scream, and then his dislocated ankle landed on the ground, and immediately fell to his knees, almost throwing Yan Yandai somersaults.

"Wow woof woof!" "Wow woof!"

In the crevice of the forest above the head, the chasing soldiers like gangrene approached again, and even the snoring of the dog could be faintly heard.Yan Yan pressed Qi Sihao's ankle and found that it was folded at a terrible angle, and his heart sank immediately.

How to do?

How to do? !

Yan Yan was born with arrogance and arrogance in his bones, and the harder he suppressed, the easier it was to be aroused.In the darkness, he narrowed his wolf-like bright eyes, clenched his back molars tightly, and said two words softly and coldly: "Hide well."

Qi Sihao was terrified, and before he realized what it meant, he took two steps back, took a breath, and ran up the hillside suddenly!

Faced with a large number of drug dealers, no matter how calm and well-planned the person is, the first reaction is to run in the opposite direction. Only he dares to charge upwards at the gunpoint. Got to be dazed.Sure enough, the next moment the dog barked everywhere, and the drug dealer immediately spotted him: "I found it! It's over there!" "Damn it, don't run away!"

Bang bang bang!

Boom!

The bullet hit the trees and rocks, splashing several flames.Relying on the cover of the night, Yan Xie rolled and flew out on the spot. After attracting everyone's attention, he rushed towards the shaded side of the slope like an arrow leaving the string.

At this time, the drug dealer had only one target in his eyes. He had no idea that there was still Qi Sihao hiding behind the rocks under the hillside, so they all followed him with a roar!

Outside the woods in the distance, Ajie was standing by the open car door, raising his head sensitively.

"Brother Jie, I found it, in that direction!"

Ajie sneered, took out the gun from his back and held it to his ear, clicked the bullet and loaded it: "Chasing."

·

The forest is vast, and the cold air is overwhelming, but at this time, I don't feel the cold at all.There was only the whistling wind blowing in Yan Mao's ears, his own panting and the shouting and cursing of the pursuers, and gradually there was the sound of rushing water in front of him—is there a river?

Hundreds of meters away, the flashlight lights interspersed and reflected the scene in front of them. A few tens of meters away, the mountain stream turned steeply, and a river actually appeared in the valley, which could not be seen at a glance under extremely dim visual conditions. On the other side of the river, judging from the sound of the water alone, the situation of the river should be quite complicated.

Jumping into the river to escape?

No, the dangers of wild waters are unimaginable, and the chances of surviving by jumping are no greater than being caught by drug dealers.

Yan Xie quickly looked around, and suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the messy rocks on the river bank, and his heart moved slightly.

Pfft!

slam-la-

A few people came running with their dogs, flashlights flicked around, and someone yelled, "He jumped into the river!"

"Get into the water and chase!"

This group of people was obviously not the low-level horsemen of the drug cartel, but professional desperadoes, so they immediately took off their coats and kicked off their shoes to jump down.However, just as they were about to go into the water, a stern shout sounded not far away: "Stop!"

The subordinates turned their heads one after another: "Brother Jie?"

Ajie broke through the foggy night air, stepped over the thorn bushes in his short boots, leaped off the rocky beach, and strode to the river bank.He squatted down to test the temperature of the water on the river beach, narrowed his eyes thoughtfully, and then searched around the area where the sound of splashing into the water just now came, and suddenly found something, and sneered:

"That kid didn't go into the water."

He took a photo with his flashlight, and there was a vacancy in the pile of rocks on the river beach, and fresh soil and moss were exposed under the stones that were hastily pushed into the river.

Ajie got up and looked around, his eyes like a hungry wolf slowly swept across the forest, and said softly, "He's hiding near here."

The subordinates looked at each other in dismay, and after a while, someone with an undisguised fierceness on his face asked in a low voice: "What should we do now, Brother Jie, set fire to the mountain?"

Ajie said impatiently: "Do you think this is in Myanmar?!"

His hands choked.

"Thanks to those notes, the inland is no longer the inland in the 90s of the last century." Ajie gritted his teeth, and said coldly: "Call everyone, surround this open space, and surround me until tomorrow In the morning—I don't believe that he is so strong that he can survive here!"

The voices of people spread out, and quickly surrounded the woods by the river beach in an organized manner. The sounds of guns and dogs barking went straight into the air along the wind.

On the top of a towering tree, Yan Xie leaned against the trunk, gritted his teeth and slowly sat on the branch.

His palms, arms, back and even calves were drenched with blood. As soon as the extreme tension passed, the severe pain gradually recovered from the nerve endings of his whole body. Unbearable.

Yan Yan barely wrapped her coat tightly, tried her best to maintain her body temperature, and took out the mobile phone in her pocket-it didn't drop after such a bumpy journey, but there was no signal as expected, and the battery had almost bottomed out.

"Fuck..." He cursed almost silently, and just about to turn off the phone, he suddenly paused again.

He himself couldn't explain why, so he clicked on the photo album on the homepage like a ghost.

This is his personal mobile phone. The photos in the photo album are messy. The most recent ones are all work-related scene pictures and data pictures, and the further scrolling forwards are random photos taken in life.Yan Yan's photography skills are average, and he doesn't pay attention to lighting and composition. Some are souvenirs full of accomplishment after cooking a table at home, some are selfies after shaving, and a few are narcissistic in front of the mirror in the gym. Show off your muscles.

But more pictures are some vague close-ups: two hands with palms close together, a white and elegant neck, or two pairs of feet lying on the sofa and coffee table, pressing each other like fighting each other.

Even if the photo album is leaked out, outsiders can't see why, only Yan Xie knows what kind of moments were recorded.

He can't keep too many photos in Jiang, there is only one in the whole phone, and he has not been willing to delete it until now.

It was an early morning, and the sunlight had just penetrated into the bedroom through the gaps in the light golden curtains, reflecting on the messy big bed.Jiang Ting leaned sideways beside him, his cheeks were white and his eyes were black, he opened his mouth a little sleepily to say something, his lips turned red from being kissed.

The neckline of the pajamas slipped down from the collarbone, revealing a faintly sunken neck.Knowing that Yan Xie was patting him, he seemed a little amused, and the tip of his half-closed eyes shone slightly.

What happened then?

Yan Mao was in a daze. He remembered that the night before this photo was taken, they spent most of the night in bed. When taking a shower, Jiang Ting's legs were so weak that he couldn't stand up. Tell him to solve the case by himself in the city bureau in the future.In order to coax him, Yan Yan said that he would cook red bean and purple rice milk porridge for him, so when Jiang Ting woke up the next day, the first thing he said when he opened his eyes was: "Why are you staying in bed here and not making breakfast?  … ..."

This may be one of Yan Mao's favorite photos. He tried to delete it several times but failed, and occasionally took it out to look at it. It seemed to be some kind of spiritual force supporting him.

The cold wind howled bitterly, rushing from the treetops to the sky.

There seemed to be a leak in Yan Mao's heart, and it was filled with coldness and bitterness.

——The most ironic thing is that in such a desperate situation, when he saw this photo, he could still feel the uncontrollable love in his heart.

In fact, it is false, it is all false.No amount of perfect rhetoric will help, that moment of tenderness is just a sandcastle built on guard, and it will fall apart with a slight push, and even the last bit of false trust will not be left behind.

Yan Yan's eyes were red, and he gasped for breath. His thumb trembled slightly on the delete option for a while, and then he gritted his teeth and pressed down as if venting his anger.

Then, without giving himself any time to regret it, he clicked on the deleted album, as if he was fighting against a humble and weak self in his heart, he tapped all of it with trembling hands——

It wasn't until he finished all this that he was completely relaxed, and the last bit of support in his heart was instantly emptied.

Yan Yan slumped against the tree trunk and raised his head, covering his face.

There was whimpering and moaning in the mountain stream, and the wailing and long howling were entangled in the wind and drifted to all directions in the night.

It wasn't until a long, long time later that he let out a barely audible, choking sob.

·

The invisible pointer in the void rotates every minute and every second.

05:30am.

The thick ink before dawn is gradually thinning, and the eastern sky is green with duck eggs, but the night air like black mist in the forest has not yet dissipated.Ajie sat by the crackling bonfire and lit a cigarette, and suddenly raised his hand to wave.

The subordinate immediately stepped forward: "Brother Jie?"

"In another half an hour." Ajie casually pointed to several higher places around the valley, and ordered in a low voice: "When the sky is bright, let people occupy these places and use high-powered binoculars to stare at the nearby treetops. That kid can't run very far, he might have climbed up a tree, and if he finds something unusual, he will set it on fire."

"Yes!" The subordinate got up to explain to others.

"--and many more."

The men stopped.

"When you find out, surround the tree first, don't panic and start a fire. Divide a few people back to the village, and tell them to guard the 'stump' and wait for the 'rabbit'. The elder brother is right, as long as the surname Jiang leaves Jianning, he will definitely come. Here, bring him here when you catch him..."

With undisguised cruelty in Ajie's eyes, he said slowly: "Let him watch me light the fire."

His subordinates didn't understand why he did this, but these outlaws were well-informed and didn't find it weird at all, so they grinned.

Ajie still wanted to say something, but suddenly raised his head sensitively.

There seemed to be some kind of movement coming from the depths of the mountain forest, and then countless birds suddenly flew up, carrying countless twigs and dead leaves, covering a large area of ​​the sky in the mountain stream with a clatter.

What happened?

Ajie stood up with a cigarette in his hand, and at this moment he could only hear the sound in the distance - da da da da! !

Gunshots?

"Brother Jie!" Another small drug dealer rushed over and shouted, "Someone! Someone broke in with a car and fired a gun in front!"

"—How much? Who?" Ajie asked immediately after a brief moment of surprise.

"I don't know, the movement is very loud! It's too far away to see clearly!"

Could it be the police backup called Yan's grandson, or is it that Caohua A finally found out what's going on here?

The subordinates around the river bank got up on guard one after another, Ajie thought for a few seconds, and pointed to several subordinates decisively: "You stay here with me, others drive to investigate, go now!"

At the same moment, in the high canopy.

Yan Yan squinted his pupils and stared at the movement by the river beach, and the same question as Ajie flashed in his heart: Did Qi Sihao call for police backup?Or are other drug dealers rushing to eat black after hearing the news?

But no matter which one it is, there is no time to think about it—as long as the sky is brighter, Ajie will be able to find the target that has been hidden on the top of his head all night when he looks up. The sun will expose everything.

At this time, the drug dealer seemed very nervous about the unidentified intruder, most of the people shaking on the river beach disappeared, and only a few minutes later, only Ajie and a few of his men were left around the campfire!

Simply a godsend!

Yan Xie took off his coat and wore only his shirt, wrapped the police scarf twice around his arms, panting slightly, and grasped the tree trunk tightly.

He stared closely at the top of Ajie's black head, calculating the opponent's pace and the speed at which he slid down the tree in his mind.He was like a professional hunter, at the moment Ajie was smoking a cigarette and turned back to the campfire under the tree, he suddenly jumped down with all his strength——

The sharp wind roared, and it changed in an instant. Ajie suddenly sensed something was wrong, but it was too late to turn around.

He only felt a heavy object fly down from his head, and then he was thrown down in the air, boom!His chin hit the ground heavily, black and blue were intertwined in front of his eyes, and then his neck was strangled from behind!

"...!!"

Hearing the sound, several drug dealers rushed forward, their guns clicked, and they roared violently: "Who?!" "Stop!"

"--stop!"

As soon as the words fell, the drug dealer froze, only to see Yan Yan strangled Ajie's throat with a scarf from behind, and with a strong lift, he lifted him from the ground abruptly, and blocked him like a cover:

"One more step, I'll break his neck!"

The surprise came so unexpectedly that the men with guns didn't dare to move, only to see Ajie's face quickly turned from blue to purple, and there was a creepy crisp cracking sound from his throat.

If he was strangled to death with a police scarf in front of so many people, it would be a very good ending for this vicious professional killer who traveled between China and Burma.

However, Yan Mao's condition is not good.

The last time he ate hastily was several hours ago, the horror of the mountains and the freezing cold all night, and the loss of his spiritual support all the time. Now his physical strength has reached the end of his strength, and only the monstrous anger and fierceness deep in his soul are left to support his actions.

"..." Ajie clenched his fist tremblingly, with his last strength when he was on the verge of death, he pressed his elbow against Yan Yan's ribs!

A gust of blood rushed up the throat along the trachea, Yan Xie suddenly let go, bowed and coughed and retreated.Ajie broke free from the shackles in twos and twos, but he was completely powerless to take advantage of the victory to pursue. His first reaction was to kneel down and press his chest to vomit violently. This time, it was himself who almost spewed out his lungs from his mouth.

Those subordinates were not stupid, they immediately chased after him on the spot, two of them protected Ajie from left to right, while the others rushed to Yan Mao and pulled the trigger——

Yan Yan hugged his head and dodged reflexively, only to hear the gunshot explode next to his ears, bang!

boom! !

... Am I shot?he thought subconsciously.

But the pain didn't come as expected.

As if two or three seconds had passed, and it seemed like two or three full hours, Yan Mao raised his head and opened his eyes.

The gun of the drug dealer closest to him fell to the ground with a thud, and a hole appeared in his chest, and blood was bubbling.

Immediately afterwards, the jungle began to shake, and eight or nine people who were also armed with guns and dressed in local clothes rushed out!

Yan Yan didn't realize what was going on, but Ajie, who had already had a lot of black and black experience, came to his senses and yelled in embarrassment: "Move...do it! Cough cough cough——"

The bodyguards supported him from left to right and jumped into the nearest bushes, while the attackers raised their guns and fired without saying a word.The two groups exchanged fire as soon as they met. One came prepared, while the other hastily faced the battle. Gunfire burst out on the gray river beach in the early morning!

"I#￥%*&..." Yan Yan rushed towards the woods, but the pistol didn't have eyes during the battle, and it was obvious that no one cared about his life and death. In a blink of an eye, the bullet hit the ground close to his feet, flying in the flames A large piece of rubble burst out.

He reacted quickly, rolled his head on the ground with his hands in his hands, and the bullets just brushed past him, sweeping out a fan-shaped pit on the bank of the river!

——Where the hell can he hide? !

Death flew by, almost catching Yan Mao's clothes.At that moment, he suddenly heard the splashing of the river behind him, and then a pair of cold hands hugged him from behind.

At the critical moment, Yan Mao had only one thought in his mind: Damn, are there really water ghosts in the world? !

Subconsciously, he bent his knees and kicked hard, but then, his head, face, heart and other fatal parts were protected with his body, and he rolled over and was dragged down the river!

"Grumbling..."

The icy cold river suddenly submerged, Yan Yan was caught off guard and drank several sips of water.

With drastic temperature changes and suffocation, most people lose their ability to move completely at this time.But Yan Xie is indeed a very aggressive person in his bones. With the cloudy bubbles blocking all his vision, he groped to grab the opponent, regardless of whether it was a human or a ghost, and grabbed the opponent preemptively. Human throat!

But unexpectedly, the other party did not struggle.

He felt that person leaning forward, and in the next second, soft touch covered his lips, and he breathed out slowly.

"..."

The bubbles gradually dissipated, and Yan Yan opened his eyes in astonishment, only to see Jiang Ting's familiar figure reflected in the gloomy light at the bottom of the water.

Fierce firefights, near-death cries, chaotic hail of bullets on the water... The world suddenly collapsed, everything turned into fragments and drifted away. In the end, only Jiang Ting's sad gaze was left in front of him.

He seemed to have a hasty smile, then stepped forward again, and gently raised his head to press a kiss on Yan Yan's lips.