Breaking Through the Clouds

The iron wheels turned rapidly on the slippery ground, rushing through the corridor with a bang, and after a while, the red light for emergency came on.

"Need urgent blood transfusion, contact family members, prepare to sign for surgery..."

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, when suddenly the nurse's urgent voice sounded above his head: "Excuse me, are you the family member of the patient?"

It took Jiang Ting two seconds to react, and he looked up.

The nurse was full of anxiety: "Excuse me, are you the patient's family member?!"

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

The nurse was at a loss. Just at this moment, someone rushed from the corridor and grabbed her shoulder to make her turn around. Immediately, Ma Xiang took out the soaked police card and flashed it to the nurse:

"The injured is the deputy head of the criminal investigation branch of our Public Security Bureau. The local police station has been notified of this matter. Please perform the operation immediately, fast!"

The nurse ran away quickly.

Ma Xiang also just arrived with the ambulance all the way, like a panting drowned rat, he brushed the dripping hair and sat down on the bench opposite: "Xiao Zhang Rescue next door."

"……is it serious?"

Ma Xiang shook his head: "I don't know. Those people should be holding homemade black guns. Xiao Zhang was shot in the arm. The bleeding was not much, but it's hard to say whether he was injured. When I was in the ambulance, I had already notified the provincial department, The Municipal Bureau and the local public security organs are sending people to block the scene and track down the gangsters, and Jianning City is also urgently dispatching Technical Detective Director Huang and the others.”

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

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

"..."

"People can't do it in an ambulance."

It was obviously very noisy in the distance, but the silence outside the emergency room was suffocating.

"Their target is Li Yuxin," Jiang Ting said 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 can know that we have brought Li Yuxin out of the detention center, who dares to be in the criminal investigation detachment after eating a bear's heart? Ground broke on the head?! Ah?!"

Ma Xiang couldn't help roaring, and several nurses at the first aid station at the end of the corridor turned their heads at the same time, but they took two steps forward and stopped embarrassingly.

"Until those people are caught, no one can get rid of the suspicion..." Jiang Ting took a light breath and said, "You, me, Yan Yan, Xiao Zhang, all the insiders of the Municipal 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 to some extent. These doubts emerged in the [-] Feng Yuguang case, on the night when Hu Weisheng died of taking drugs. This time it's just more aggressive and obvious."

His voice was gentle but heavy, and Ma Xiang was suppressed unknowingly, full of fury: "You mean..."

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

"Of course, my suspicion is the biggest."

Indeed, everyone is inside the public security system, only he is an unidentified outsider with no background other than "a friend of the Yan detachment", and no one in the city bureau has even seen him before the Feng Yuguang case.

If there really was an insider in the case, then it would be the best situation only if the insider was Jiang Ting.

"But you were rescued by Brother Yan." Ma Xiang sighed, and said, "When the police car sank to the bottom of the river, I dragged Brother Yan and Xiao Zhang to Li Yuxin to fight for the last bit of oxygen before it ran out. Going up, life and death were really only a few tenths of a second at that time. It was Brother Yan who forcibly broke free and saved you from the back seat before the car completely sank into the mud. If your seat belt at that time Brother Yan is also entangled, it's over for both of you now."

"..."

What else did Ma Xiang want to say, the dean hurried out of the first aid station: "Comrade police officer, it's your Public Security Bureau number!"

Ma Xiang nodded to show that he understood, stood up and looked at Jiang Ting:

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

The eyes of the two of them met in mid-air outside the rescue room, and Jiang Ting said slowly after a long while: "...You brother Yan thinks I am whoever he is, and I am whoever 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 after soaking in the water was extremely cold, and he looked at the wall clock on the wall.

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

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

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

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

Li Yuxin, who uses chicken blood as an image, kills He Liang after being coerced, so what will Buwei, who uses eagle blood as an image, do?

In other words, the mastermind behind the whole incident, what do you want to see her do?

·

Seven o'clock, at the foot of Tianzong Mountain.

"Yes, I know. Old Wei from the City Bureau is already on his way with technical investigators. He will contact me after he arrives at the scene in Jiangyang County. In addition, Deputy Yan and Xiao Zhang will notify me as soon as the surgery is over." Commanding the car The Neilu Bureau hung up the satellite phone and turned to the tens of thousands of urgent people beside him: "Why, what's the situation at the scene?"

"Report to Director Lu, the search and rescue has completely covered the red zone of the operation map, so far there is no news, and it is spreading to the orange zone!"

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

"Bureau Lu! The ambulance from the local hospital can't come, so ask if we have an alternative plan!"

"Bureau Lu..."

The phone rang and shouted one after another, and the interior of the command car was like a large market scene.Director Lu breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to say something when suddenly an extremely calm and forceful female voice sounded from behind the crowd, suppressing all the noise in an instant:

"Arrange manpower to respond to the ambulance, and disperse the twelve detective teams to take the public security joint defense and the local police station to any place where there is a suspected phoenix tree growing. The technical detective synchronizes the real-time monitoring of the nearby road sections with the command vehicle. What do the rest of the people say? Come one!"

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

The Yu detachment boarded the command vehicle amidst all the gazes, Director Lu moved to the side, motioned for her to sit beside him, and said leisurely in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Something happened to Yan Yan!"

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."

Director Lu paused for a moment, then resumed his normal volume, still in his usual unhurried manner: "Since you're here, let's take part in the command work together, there is still more than an hour before the kidnapper's announcement--Technology is here, give you the rest of the team Take the stage. How is the situation of the on-site inspection team?"

·

At the same time, primitive forests.

Stepping on the rotten leaves, every step is deeply sunken into the fine and sharp dead branches, and it takes a lot of effort to pull them out painfully.Shen Xiaoqi had almost lost consciousness, and was walking forward mechanically. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly noticed a cloud of fiery red mist vaguely reflected in the distance.

His vision was already hazy, and the double shadows overlapped for a long while before he managed to utter a few words: "Look...look, Phoenix Tree!"

Bu Wei, who supported him with all her strength, raised her head.

In an instant, the two lost their balance and fell to the ground with a plop, rolling down the hillside like two corpses.Severe pain followed by dizziness, until bang!boom!Two thuds hit the stone.

"Buwei...Buwei!"

Regardless of the pain, Shen Xiaoqi tried his best to crawl forward along the ground, shaking Buwei's twitching body.

"Wake up, Buwei, wake up!" Shen Xiaoqi yelled, although his voice was so hoarse due to the extreme lack of water that he could hardly hear it: "I hurt you, I hurt you!..."

"It's okay," Buwei gritted her teeth to support her body, barely getting up halfway: "It's okay..."

Two half-grown children cling to each other and sit on the ground. On the top of the hillside in the distance, the fiery red phoenix tree is like a flame, reflecting in their desperate eyes.

Shen Xiaoqi murmured: "It's all my fault. If I hadn't been injured, we wouldn't have lost our way at all. If it hadn't been for me..."

Buwei curled up her body as hard as she could, as if her physical strength was not enough to keep her mind awake, 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 get out alive, I will definitely repay you, and I will definitely protect you in this life! Buwei, Buwei!"

——I will definitely repay you.

I will definitely repay you in this life.

Buwei finally laughed, as if she had been waiting for this sentence for a long time, the smile on her weak face was extremely satisfied and joyful.

"Really?" She whispered hypnotically, "...then you must remember."

Shen Xiaoqi's heart-piercing cries echoed on the mountainside, as if traveling upstream in time, retracing an old and yellowed oath.The sun gradually moved westward, and the afterglow turned from golden to red, and blood filled half of the sky; after an unknown amount of time, the crying could no longer be heard, and the young man lost consciousness in the dead wood.

What no one saw was that not far from the top of the hillside, the Grim Reaper quietly appeared from among the trees.

·

Bang!

The emergency room door was knocked open.In the empty corridor, Jiang Ting stood up almost instantly, and saw the nurse rushing out in a bloody white coat: "Hurry up, hurry up, where is the person? Has the prescribed amiodarone arrived?"

Another nurse in the first-aid station rushed out holding a blood bag and a medicine box. There was no time to check and hand over the items in person, and directly stuffed the things into the arms of the operating nurse, who turned her head and ran back.

"Excuse me--"

If you were someone who was familiar with Jiang's detachment, you would suspect that Jiang Ting, who was looking gray and crumbling at the moment, was not real at all, or a fake that looked a lot like him.But at this time, no one could see the details clearly. The surgical nurse had rushed back to the emergency room, and Jiang Ting gasped sharply and stared at the red light.

—— Amiodarone, an emergency drug for arrhythmia during rescue.

Why is there arrhythmia?Where is the surgery?What happened to Yan Yan? !

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

"...Consultant Lu..."

A voice called him, but he couldn't make out in the haze.

"Consultant Lu!"

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

Ma Xiang was stunned by Jiang Ting's face for a moment before he realized: "Ah, you are..."

Jiang Ting raised his hand, blocked his support, and walked slowly 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 future sequelae. The bullet got stuck in the muscle of his left arm. It has been taken out and kept as a testimony. I will go back to the scene of the overturned car to respond later. Director Huang and them."

Jiang Ting was speechless and only nodded.

"Consultant Lu?" Ma Xiang finally couldn't stop worrying: "Is it okay for you to stay here alone?"

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

He really didn't look like he was all right.

After all, I choked on water in my lungs, and after arriving at the hospital, I was in a panic, so I hurried to find a nurse to deal with it.Ma Xiang wanted to persuade him to go for a detailed examination and rest for a while, but when he saw Jiang Ting's bloodshot eyes, he held back his words before he could speak, turned around and went to the nurse's station to ask for hot drinks and dry clothes, and returned to the emergency room. Put it next to Jiang Ting outside, and wrapped a few mobile phones in a towel and stuffed them 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, I just found an intern nurse in the emergency room, and took a hair dryer to blow it for a long time. You can see if it can still be turned on, or you should contact your family or your girlfriend immediately."

Yan Xie uses two mobile phones every day, the home-made phone uniformly distributed by the Municipal Bureau and his own iPhone, and Jiang Ting's phone is an old phone given by top-up in the telecommunications hall.The power of the three mobile phones was cut off after falling into the water, and I don't know if they can still be turned on now.

Jiang Ting took it.

Ma Xiang was so impressed by his extremely high IQ and insight. Even though it was obvious that he was not in the right state, Ma Xiang didn't dare to say anything more. After hesitating for a while, he cautiously persuaded: "Consultant Lu, life and death depend on life and wealth." God, there is no way around this. I took a look at the bullet that came out of Xiao Zhang’s arm, and it should be a homemade bullet with little range. I think Brother Yan will not be too dangerous this time, so don’t worry too much .”

Jiang Ting said in a low voice: "Yes. I know."

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

Jiang Ting nodded silently.

After Ma Xiang walked away step by step, Jiang Ting was the only one left outside the rescue room, and the flashing red light reflected half of his face, forming a strange and embarrassing green and red interlacing.

The clock on the wall is still ticking. It's 07:30.

He wanted to concentrate on thinking about something, but his brain seemed to be muddy by the river water, and he couldn't think of anything.For a while, he couldn't count how much time was left until [-]:[-], and he felt a sharp saw-like pain on the side of his head.

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

The solidity of the brick old machine is far from that of the ultra-thin smartphone. The screen flickered dozens of times on the boot screen, as if struggling and screaming for a long time, suddenly buzzing!There was a bang, and the spam messages came back to life, followed by ding ding ding ding.

Jiang Ting stared straight at the screen, and there was another beep on the unread notification bar, and the sender Yan Xie flashed out.

... Ah, yes.

Yan Xie was texting him before the accident.

Jiang Ting's index finger still carried the cold and slightly fishy smell of the mud in the river, and gently opened the text message. The first thing that jumped into his sight was the sent message:

[You bugged me when I left the ward? 】

Yan Xie: [Yes.What's the matter 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 trembling.

— Believe it, he thought, I really believe it.

So please don't disappoint my waiting and expectation, please open your eyes as I firmly believe, and come back alive.