Breaking Through the Clouds

The water splashed and splashed, and the two emerged from the river at the same time, while Yan Yan panted and looked back.

They took several breaths and swam, and they were already quite a distance away from the scene of the gun battle on the river beach.The surrounding scenery gradually emerged in the pale gray morning light, and sporadic gunshots mixed with the sounds of birds came from afar.

Yan Xie turned around and asked in a low voice, "Why do you—"

Before he finished speaking, Jiang Ting's face turned blue. In such a cold weather, the breath out of his mouth did not even have a trace of white mist, and he sank into the water slumped.

Yan Yan gritted his teeth and went forward to catch him, wading through the water and dragging him onto the rocky beach.

Jiang Ting didn't choke on the water, but his body temperature was extremely low, which was due to the exhaustion of his energy from continuous diving.Yan Yan didn't have time to ask anything, and hugged his upper body in his arms and massaged his heart, neck and arms vigorously, only to see that his face soaked in water was ice-white, and his eyeballs were shockingly black in contrast. I shivered a few times, and finally regained consciousness with a cough.

"Cough cough cough..."

Jiang Ting pushed Yan Yan away, sat up exhaustedly, rubbed his face with his palms, and stroked all the wet black hair, revealing a smooth, plump and bloodless forehead.

"I know what you want to ask." He said hoarsely, "Can't...can't stay here. Come with me."

He got up unsteadily and walked forward, pushed aside the bushes and got into the woods by the river bank.Yan Yan followed closely behind, and neither of them spoke. The tense and silent atmosphere lasted for about a meal, and finally the vision suddenly opened up, and they came to a relatively empty flat land in the valley.

At this time, the gun battle in the distance was completely inaudible. I don't know if Ajie has been hacked, or if he called for help to kill the attacker.The dense forest surrounds the mountain stream, and under the turmoil, every inch of space is densely covered with unknown murderous intentions.

Jiang Ting finally staggered to the back of the tree, sat down against the trunk, and asked with a wry smile, "Why are you here?"

Yan Xie stood a few steps away and looked at him quietly, not angry or angry, and said slowly after a long while: "I should be the one to ask you this question."

"..."

"Why are you here?"

For Yan Yan, he would scold the suspect in a fit of rage, and he would scold his subordinates, but that was not when he was the most angry.When the anger reaches its peak, he will calm down instead, without showing any expression on his face, only letting people feel the suffocating deep oppression from the bottom of his heart.

Jiang Ting turned his eyes away, fixedly stared at a certain point floating in the air, and suddenly said after a while, "Have you been to that orphanage?"

Words are interrogative sentences, but they are in a declarative tone.

Yan Xi looked at him condescendingly.

"...Is there anything you want to ask me?"

After Jiang Ting uttered these words, the surroundings were silent. After half a minute, Yan Xie asked softly, "I asked you the truth, right?"

The sky brightened, and the gray and black clouds gradually turned gray.The fog in the valley finally dissipated slowly, and the pale and rugged outline of the winter forest emerged in the distance, and then with the light, it showed a vast panorama.

The two of them just stood and sat without speaking again.

Even though it was only a few steps away, it seemed like an invisible moat finally showed its ferocious face.

"Yan Yan," Jiang Ting raised his head to look at him, his eyes seemed to be flickering with broken light, it was hard to see clearly."Do you still believe me now?" he asked.

Yan Xie's first reaction was, do you still dare to mention this now?

An anger of being fooled hit his heart in an instant, but before it broke out, it turned into deep exhaustion.He shook his head and laughed, not knowing what else to say, raised his eyebrows and asked, "What do you think?"

As if something had finally been finalized, Jiang Ting took a deep breath and raised his head, closed his eyes, and heard the vibration reverberate in the void for a long time, causing his whole heart to convulse and beat prematurely.He exhaled that breath long and thoroughly, and no one saw him relying on this action to put his cowardly soul on his calm and indestructible armament, and when he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the invulnerable state of ice:

"Just don't believe it."

"——I left Jianning because your Director Lu came to the door while you were away and asked me to cooperate with him in performing a trick, go undercover next to Spade K, and provide information to the police." Without waiting for Yan Mao to react, Jiang Teng continued to narrate calmly: "But this request is not only extremely dangerous, but also against my own interests, so I can't agree to this request. I can only stab him and escape from Jianning... Don't worry, Director Lu is not dead. I definitely don't want to experience the speed of investigation and the intensity of the arrest of the chief of public security when he was killed."

Yan Xie was stunned by these bombshells one after another, but at least his professional instinct was still there, and he quickly caught the unnatural part of these words: "...your own interests?"

Jiang Ting didn't have the slightest intention to explain:

"The valley you are in is called Yuanlong Gorge. After the drug manufacturing industry in Daliang Mountain was attacked several times, it became one of the largest drug manufacturing bases in Southwest China. Since 30 or [-] years ago, due to climate change Due to the crackdown by the state, Yuanlong Gorge is gradually unsuitable for growing poppies, and the locals have turned to whole villages to smuggle drugs from Myanmar through Yunnan, so they have a very close relationship with some big drug lords on the border, the biggest force of which is..." He paused, and said: "The father of Spade K's father is 'Grass Flower A', and his name is Wu Tun."

For Burmese, Wu is not a surname, but a preposition, which usually means that the person is older and has a prominent status. It can be seen that this big drug lord who was active on the China-Myanmar border in the last century has only one name "Tun". Character.

"Wu Tun had a high-profile style in his early years, he paid attention to ostentation and loyalty, and he was fanatically religious. Spade K grew up in the United States when he was a teenager, and his personality was completely opposite to that of his father. After returning, because of power issues within the group, he gradually followed Wu Tun. There was such a big conflict that later the father and son turned against each other and almost broke up."

"I'm not particularly sure how bad the relationship between them is. After all, I have been in a coma for three full years. From the current speculation, they should all want to kill each other, and they all know each other well; but for the sake of Sharing smuggling channels and protecting the family's interests from other drug lords in the Golden Triangle, they haven't completely broken their faces yet, they just fight each other secretly, and barely maintain a cooperative relationship on the surface."

These secrets inside the drug cartel were never mentioned by Jiang Ting, but now he is uncharacteristically open and honest to the point of no scruples.

Yan Mo had a faint premonition, but she didn't show it on the face, she just asked: "Do you know where 'Grass Flower A' Wu Tun is hiding?"

Jiang Ting said, "Yes."

"But you never brought it up to the police."

"Yes."

Both answers were short and affirmative, without even the slightest change in tone.

Yan Xie stood there, subconsciously raising his hand to touch the cigarette, but then realized that the cigarette case had been soaked in water, and the tobacco had turned into a ball like slime.Sure enough, things like nicotine couldn't provide any real spiritual support. Yan Xie rubbed his eyebrows and exhaled, and finally raised his eyes and said calmly: "Don't tell me that you have a good relationship with your adoptive father Wu Tun."

Jiang Ting opened his mouth, but swallowed the words back.

"Yuanlong Gorge basically belongs to Wu Tun's handicap, so Spade K is very afraid of this place. Yongkang Village, which is located at the foot of the mountain, was cultivated by him to monitor this place." Jiang Ting answered irrelevantly and asked: "I'm here It was to find someone, and Ginger came to me with the order of the king of spades."

Yan Yan immediately asked: "Who are you looking for, Wu Tun?"

Jiang Ting raised his head, but didn't answer right away.

Fragile movements gradually resounded in the forest, and the sound became louder and louder. It could be heard that there were rows of footsteps approaching here.Soon, a row of figures appeared in the last thin morning mist, about eight or nine people, with two or three tied at the front, heading straight for the open space.

"Before he died, Yue Guangping called Bureau Lu and said he was sorry for the anti-narcotics policeman who died in the 1009 bombing, and he was sorry for me. Before Qin Chuan was arrested, he said that Yue Guangping would not disclose information to others casually, which led to the failure of the operation. The real murderer is me and Yue Guangping himself. If neither of them lied, then I can only think of one possibility..."

Jiang Ting finally stood up from under the tree, looked at the coming person in front of him more and more clearly, narrowed his eyes:

"I'm here to verify this possibility, and the answer should be revealed today."

Yan Xi turned her head.

Ajie and two of his subordinates had their hands tied behind their backs, with their guns pointed at the back of their heads, and they were staggered and pushed into the open space.Behind them was the group of people who rushed to the river beach to attack them. The leader was a grey-haired and thin old man, about 70 to [-] years old, wearing a traditional Burmese sarong, with one hand being supported respectfully by bodyguards.

Yan Yan's cheeks tightened, and at first glance he thought it was Wu Tun, but then he realized that the old man's appearance was still different from the photo on Lu Ju's computer.

——A subordinate of "Grass Flower A"?Or a relative?

The next moment Jiang Ting answered his question: "Uncle Bo."

The old man called "Uncle Bo" glanced at him, stood still, pointed to the open space in front of him, and shouted: "Let go!"

Burmese men immediately pushed the three captives forward, kicking them so hard that they fell to their knees.

There were still obvious purple marks on Ajie's throat, and his eyes were full of undisguised fierceness, but his speech was quite restrained, except for a few words that were obviously cursed when he fell to his knees, he didn't say a word.Knowing the status of his Jack of Diamonds, the Burmese subordinates did not dare to relax their vigilance, and someone immediately put a gun on the back of his head.

Jiang Ting stared at this scene indifferently, and asked, "Why didn't you kill him?"

Ajie immediately glanced over like a trapped animal.

Jiang Ting turned a blind eye to his cold gaze: "This man is one of Spades K's most powerful subordinates. Getting rid of him is tantamount to breaking Spades K's left and right arms. He should not be allowed to live."

"you……"

The old man called Uncle Bo interrupted Ajie hoarsely, and pointed to Yan Yan: "If it wasn't for him, we could have left Yuanlong Gorge last night and went to Burma to join Wu Tun. You insist on saving He, what is it for?"

The amount of information in these words was huge, and one place in Yan Xie's mind exploded first: He really was going to Burma——

He turned back to look at Jiang Ting, but saw that Jiang Ting's face was still very flat, and his expression was even casual, as if the old man's question was not a problem at all: "Because of the one-night couple's hundred-day kindness, I don't want to see this person die in my life." Now, what's the problem?"

No one expected him to give such an answer, the old man was stunned on the spot, and the others shouldn't react, the atmosphere suddenly became very weird.

Suddenly Ajie sneered and said, "Uncle Bo, do you believe what he said?"

The old man scolded: "Shut up!"

"I thought you were the old man in front of Caohua A. You should know that Jiang is famous for telling lies that are more real than real gold, right?"

The Burmese man holding the back of his head roared angrily, probably telling him to be a prisoner to shut up quickly, but Ajie turned a deaf ear to him: "This man is Yan Xie, the deputy head of the criminal investigation branch of the Jianning City Public Security Bureau, a dignified third-level police officer." Superintendent. You think Jiang Ting is willing to go back and continue to be a cow, but in fact he has already prepared a way out for the police. If you don’t believe me, if you give him a gun and ask him to kill the policeman, do you think he will do it?!”

Several Burmese people looked at each other, the old man's expression suddenly changed, and he looked Yan Mao up and down.

The situation has become extremely treacherous, and there is a dark smell of gunpowder in the air, which seems to be on the verge of breaking out at any time.At this moment, Jiang Ting smiled in his nasal cavity, which seemed both absurd and emotional: "When will even you be able to guess my mind."

Immediately afterwards, he stepped forward on the gray and wet grass, and no one around dared to stop him. He casually pulled out a Burmese gun and held it in his hand. My temple!

The old man's face twitched, Ajie looked at it in disbelief, and Yan Yan froze suddenly.

But the expression on Jiang Ting's face was completely indifferent:

"Uncle Bo, after the incident three years ago, you can almost see that I have formed an enmity with Jin Jie. I don't think it's better to just do it like this. You killed the jack of diamonds, and I feel better. What do you think about this man's life and death?"

The old man's bark-like aging and flabby cheeks twitched slightly, as if he was weighing something.

"I'm already on the wanted list of the Public Security Bureau. I don't care if I have the life of the deputy captain. But we are a cooperative relationship. I can't do whatever you ask me to do. I will kill anyone you ask me to kill." Just kill anyone. This criminal policeman named Yan Yan can die, but you have to give me something in exchange." Jiang Ting stared at the old man with black and white eyes, and seemed to have a hint of a smile: "How about it, Bo Uncle? After killing the jack of diamonds, we can go to Burma to join the grass flower A, don't you want to hurry up?"

"..." Time passed bit by bit, and finally the old man slowly turned to the Burmese who was supporting him, and nodded solemnly without saying a word.

Ajie's face was shocked, and seeing the Burmese understand, he took out a gun from his back and pointed at his two men who were tied up in a row—bang!

The corpse was shot in the eyebrow.

boom!

No.2 subordinate also fell to the ground.

The blood soaked through the dry and cracked soil in winter, and the Burmese pointed their guns at Ajie——

boom! !

The sniper bullets penetrated a distance of hundreds of meters, and the gunfire echoed endlessly. There was a blood hole in the Burmese man's head, and the pistol fell to the ground with a clatter.

Uncle Bo's cloudy old eyes suddenly stared straight, and he saw the Burmese body shaking a few times, and then "plop!" The corpse fell headlong.

There were endless waves of pines, and the roar of the engine of the off-road vehicle gradually came from all directions in the open space.Uncle Bo suddenly turned his head to look, only to see that more than ten cars appeared around the valley, and came to him in an instant.

Ajie blurted out: "Brother!"

——King of spades!

The off-road convoy stopped, and well-trained bodyguards jumped out of the car one after another, and surrounded the open space.Eight or nine of Uncle Bo's subordinates immediately became the weaker side, and the later group of people went up and pushed them away roughly, disarming them in two or three strokes.

The old man's face was bruised and purple but he didn't dare to make a sound. He watched as the two people rushed up to help Ajie, and cut off the rope on his body with a knife; Stare to keep him from moving.

Jiang Ting seemed to turn a blind eye to everything around him, and he stood there with a strange expression, looking ahead.

Behind him, a figure got off the off-road vehicle and walked forward slowly across the grass until it stopped behind him.

"I said that the ultimate winner of this bet is me, and one day you have to admit defeat, but I didn't expect you to guess the hint given by Qin Chuan so quickly."

Spade K put one hand on Jiang Ting's shoulder, and said softly with a smile, "I won't blindfold you this time, don't you want to look back at me, Heart Q?"

Yan Mo's pupils constrict instantly——

Jiang Ting's neck seemed to be rusted, and after a long time, inch by inch, he slowly turned his head and stared closely at the smiling face behind him.

Spade K looked at him with gentle eyes, even faintly encouraging.

"...you maggot in the gutter," Jiang Ting paused in his ear, "—'Rivet'."