Chapter 382 Zuo Lan is gone
Chapter 382 Zuo Lan is gone
No. 26, Zhongshan Road.
creak.
The door opened.
Jiang Hu lowered the brim of his hat and walked in quickly.
When they got to the inner room, Du Changcheng quickly poured the gentleman a glass of wine and asked in a deep voice, "Why are you here?
“It’s already this late, and Hong Zhiyou’s people are everywhere.
"Are you trying to kill me?
"Are you afraid that others don't know that I'm close to your Kong family?"
"What? Being close to the Kong family makes you embarrassed?" Jiang Hu sneered.
"Are you fucking brain dead?
"Who am I? I am just a school officer.
"Flirting with the Kong family, isn't it obvious that there is something wrong?"
Du Changcheng scolded in a stern but cowardly manner.
"Okay, stop pretending.
"You didn't complete your mission, so you want to hide from me."
Jiang Hu sneered, took out another 20,000 US dollars from his pocket and threw it on the table:
“It’s been several days, and Madam’s patience is limited.
“If you take the money, you have to do the work.
"otherwise!"
As he spoke, Jiang Hu flashed past like a ghost, and before Du Changcheng could react, he was strangled by the neck.
Jiang Hu pinched him with one hand and lifted him up.
"Woo!"
Du Changcheng is 1.75 meters tall, but he is as motionless as a chicken in Jiang Hu's hands.
His face was as red as pig liver, and he kicked desperately but was unable to break free from the big, iron-like hand.
"If you can't deal with Hong Zhiyou within three days, I promise you, you will die a miserable death!"
Jiang Hu loosened his grip.
Du Changcheng fell to the ground, gasping for breath.
“Tell Madam, wait, wait for my good news.
“It really can’t.
"The worst that can happen is that I tie a bomb to my body and die together with Hong Zhiyou."
Du Changcheng said in a trembling voice.
"It's good that you know yourself."
Jiang Hu turned and left.
……
Night falls.
Xiao Guohua came out with a cigarette in his mouth and said, "Brothers, this is a special period, we must be alert.
"Two people go over there and keep an eye on the car.
"It's better to avoid being manipulated by others."
Having said that, he turned and went into the yard.
In the corner of the alley on the other side, Hu Lingying spat and cursed:
"Damn, this is too close a stare. There's no chance for me to take action.
"Old Du, why don't you just forget it.
“We returned the money.
"If you keep doing this, you'll get killed."
"Retreat?" Du Changcheng glared at him.
"You think the Kong family is playing house with you.
"People like us are just pawns crossing the river. Do you still want to escape after being picked?
“Either do it to the end or die.
"Pick one."
As he spoke, he walked deeper into the alley.
"What should we do?" Hu Lingying was anxious.
"Don't worry, let me think about it.
"In the final analysis, our intention was to blow up Hong Zhiyou and tamper with his car.
"Yes.
"Get in the car."
Du Changcheng lit a cigarette and took a few puffs, then he immediately had an idea.
Soon, he drove the car to the intersection of Zhishanyan and Jinan Road.
“Hong Zhiyou takes this road every day to go to work.
“As long as we seize the opportunity.
“Sprinkle a few more nails on his way to work.
“Once he had a flat tire.
“The nearest repair shop is the one designated by our Secret Service.
“Then I can have someone install it under the car.
“In this way, great things can be expected.”
Du Changcheng Road.
“Good idea.
“Otherwise it has to be you, Old Du.
"Remember to put on the loose knot, don't let it explode in the repair shop." Hu Lingying reminded.
"It's just a trivial matter, why do you need to complain about it?"
Du Changcheng was very unhappy with this burden of money-sharing who was more of a hindrance than a help.
Hu Lingying curled her lips and dared not say a word.
……
morning.
Hu Lingying personally brought a large bag of sharp triangular nails and scattered them on the road.
No matter how you throw this kind of nail, the sharp spikes will be facing upwards, making it a magical tool for puncturing tires.
Soon, Hong Zhiyou's convoy drove over.
The car was driven by Sun Xing.
Click.
He stepped on the brakes and stopped.
"What's going on?" Hong Zhiyou asked.
Anderson got out of another car and said, "Hong, there are nails on the road. We suspect someone deliberately put them there. The tire of the car in front of us was punctured."
"knew.
"Clean up and continue on our journey." Hong Zhiyou gave the order.
"Du Changcheng, this idiot, is really out of tricks and actually resorted to such low-level tricks." Yu Zecheng laughed.
"Why.
“It’s a real headache, I park my car outside every day.
“After four o’clock in the evening, the brothers on duty outside went back to the yard to rest.
"It's useless to give him a chance."
Hong Zhiyou said angrily.
Why did he bother dragging out the shooting?
First, he had to keep the shooting incident as evidence against Du Changcheng and Hu Lingying.
The most important thing is that although Hong Zhiyou holds the position of secretary-general, this identity is actually worthless in the internal struggles of the Kuomintang government.
But if Jianfeng's car was blown up and the incident was escalated to an assassination attempt on Jianfeng, the nature of the incident would be completely different.
Hong Zhiyou could use the shooting case as an excuse to deal with Du and Hu and have them "correct" Mao Renfeng.
The problem now is that these two guys have the intention to kill but not the courage to commit crimes.
I never found an opportunity to attack the car.
"Oh, it's really hard for me." Hong Zhi said tiredly.
"Don't worry.
"There are still a few days until the check is cashed. The Kong family should be the one to worry now."
The rest will become the Tao.
Office of the Technical Group of the Bureau of Confidentiality.
Watching Hong Zhiyou's car parked steadily downstairs.
Du Changcheng looked at Hu Lingying speechlessly and started to curse, "Are you a pig?
“How can you spread nails like this?
"They're all in one pit, can't you just set up a snake formation or something, or find some cover to hide in?
“The U.S. military’s big jeeps have thick tires.
"Even if you hide a little, you can't penetrate the soldiers' car.
"You pig brain, I'm really mad at you.
“Nothing can be done well.”
Hu Lingying was so angry that he lowered his head and muttered: "You are so good, why don't you do it yourself?"
“When you took the money, you were pretty quick.
“Tell you.
"If we can't deal with Hong Zhiyou, we'll die together."
Du Changcheng cursed.
"Old Du..." Hu Lingying was about to speak when Du Changcheng glared at him unhappily:
"Here I call you Du...Team...Leader!"
"Yes, Team Leader Du, why don't we go ask the bureau chief for help? If we delay any longer, Hong Zhiyou will only become more and more alert." Hu Lingying said.
"You think I haven't looked for him? He is either deaf or hoarse and can't speak.
"What can I do?"
Du Changcheng said unhappily.
"None of them is reliable." Hu Lingying whispered.
……
Third floor office.
Sun Xing walked in quickly and whispered in Hong Zhiyou's ear:
"Lin Tian went to collect 'protection money'. The man selling buns is dying and has been sent to the hospital."
"I see.
“Just let Lin Tian pay a little bit of the humanitarian medical expenses, don’t put too much effort into it.
"Otherwise you'll get into trouble."
Hong Zhiyou pondered for a moment and gave instructions.
Lin Tian may seem frivolous, but he is capable.
He said Zuo Lan is no longer able to do it.
Most likely there is no cure.
Hong Zhiyou was certain that although Zuo Lan's name and code name were not on Chai Qian's notebook, Zhu Yan's were.
Zhu Yan evacuated safely with the coastal defense map.
But Zhu Yan and Zuo Lan must have met before.
No one can be sure whether Zuo Lan has been exposed.
It would be a strange thing for a single woman who sells buns to be saved no matter who pays a large sum of medical expenses.
Places like hospitals are bound to have secret lines from the Bureau of Secrets or Jianfeng.
Hong Zhiyou had to be careful.
"Understood!" Sun Xing took the order and retreated.
Hong Zhiyou turned to look at Yu Zecheng, feeling a little heavy in his heart.
"What's wrong?" Yu Zecheng blinked, his voice trembling a little.
From Hong Zhiyou's eyes, he had already read some of the answers.
“Zuo Lan may be dying soon.
"The person is now in Wanbei Hospital. Lin Tiangang sent him there." Hong Zhiyou said in a sad tone.
Yu Zecheng turned around and was about to leave.
"and many more.
"If you go like this, and Zuo Lan is exposed, won't you be giving away your life for nothing?" Hong Zhiyou said.
"What should I do then?" Yu Zecheng was a little confused.
"Isn't the teacher going to change the medicine?
"You take him with you.
“This is Zuo Lan’s ward number.
"Take some time to visit her, but remember, don't stay too long.
"Forget it, I'll go with you myself."
Hong Zhiyou was afraid that he would make a mistake, so he thought about it and said.
"Well, hurry up." Yu Zecheng said.
The two drove back to the courtyard.
Wu Jingzhong was chatting with Xiao Guohua in the house.
"Zhiyou, what's wrong with you two?" Seeing that the two looked strange, he raised his eyebrows and asked in surprise.
"Teacher, it's time to go to the hospital to change the dressing on your leg." Hong Zhiyou said.
"There is still medicine." Wu Jingzhong said.
"Go ahead.
"Just go out and relax." Hong Zhiyou said. Wu Jingzhong didn't ask any more questions, got in the car and went straight to Wanbei Hospital.
Took the medicine.
Hong Zhiyou helped Wu Jingzhong sit down on a stool nearby.
Yu Zecheng took the opportunity to leave quickly.
"What are you two doing so secretly?" Wu Jingzhong asked in a low voice with a frown.
"A friend of Zecheng is dying and is in this hospital." Hong Zhiyou said.
"Yu Zecheng's friend..."
Wu Jingzhong didn't ask any more questions and waited patiently.
Yu Zecheng quickly found Zuo Lan's ward.
As soon as she entered the room, she smelled a foul odor. The doctor was not at home, so Yu Zecheng closed the door and walked over quickly to call her softly:
"Zuo Lan."
"Zecheng, you're here." Zuo Lan slowly opened his eyes and said weakly.
After being apart for such a long time, Yu Zecheng finally saw her face.
From the side of the face to the ears, almost everything was burned by the petrol bomb.
He slowly lifted the quilt.
Most of Zuo Lan's body had begun to rot, with pus and blood stuck to his clothes, oozing with brown pus and blood.
"Does it hurt?"
Yu Zecheng held her hand, his eyes were bloodshot, and his voice and hands were shaking violently.
His heart was bleeding.
He couldn't imagine how Zuo Lan, who always loved beauty, managed to get through it.
He squeezed her hand tightly and stroked his cheek.
Her hands are very cold.
But it was far less than the sadness, pain and despair in his heart.
At this moment, Yu Zecheng wished he could bear all the pain for her.
But he couldn't do anything.
Even if it's just a tiny tear for her.
"Then it's done.
"Promise me, stay alive..."
Her eyebrows were still as gentle and beautiful as ever, but her star-like eyes had dimmed eventually.
Lin Tian said.
Zuo Lan accidentally got scalded while burning a pot not long ago. The old injury relapsed and caused widespread festering and deterioration, which could no longer be treated with medication.
She had been unconscious for two days and was only breathing her last breath when she was brought to us.
Yu Zecheng knows.
Perhaps her life had come to an end when she lay unconscious in the house two nights ago.
She was just waiting for a miracle.
Wait till you come see her.
And now, this last side has exhausted her strength.
"I will.
"I will."
Yu Zecheng held her hand tightly and bent down to kiss her forehead.
His lips just touched her cold skin.
There were sudden footsteps outside the door.
Yu Zecheng subconsciously jumped up, let go of Zuo Lan's hand, turned around and left.
"Who are you looking for, sir?" The nurse who came in was a little surprised.
"Oh.
“My teacher who changed the medicine today is Wu Jingzhong.
"I remember he was in this room last time."
Yu Zecheng asked as if he had walked into the wrong room.
"Oh, you mean Secretary Hong's father.
"This is a patient from the burn unit. He's in the orthopedic unit across the room."
The nurses in this hospital all know that Secretary-General Hong is generous and speaks well, and they all know him when Wu Jingzhong is mentioned.
"Oh, thank you.
"Then you are busy, I won't bother you."
Yu Zecheng took a last look at Zuo Lan.
She leaned quietly on the pillow, her eyes slightly closed, a faint smile on her face, as if she was asleep.
Yu Zecheng's heart ached.
This glance was quick, but in his heart it reflected the ups and downs that the two of them had experienced over the years from the mountain city to the present.
He turned and walked out, seemingly extremely calm.
Yu Zecheng walked very slowly.
He stopped at the corner, and sure enough, he heard the nurse's voice soon: "Doctor Tan, a patient has passed away in Room 26."
The hospital quickly handled the funeral arrangements skillfully.
"Notify his family."
"The patient has no family members. He was sent here by a gangster who was collecting protection fees. He ran away after owing half of the medical bills."
“That’s right, with family members, it’s impossible for the family to be so rotten.
"Just take it to the funeral home and burn it, then notify the Civil Affairs Bureau to cancel the account at the address filled in above."
……
The voices of doctors and nurses talking came through the headphones.
Soon, Yu Zecheng saw someone pushing a bed covered with white cloth to the morgue on the other side.
“Farewell, my friend.
"Farewell, my love.
"Farewell, my dear comrade, Zuo Lan!"
Yu Zecheng looked down at his leather shoes and silently said goodbye to Zuo Lan. He sniffed his slightly sour nose and walked away quickly.
Back to orthopedics.
Wu Jingzhong has changed the medicine.
He looked at Yu Zecheng with complicated eyes and said nothing.
"Teacher, are you feeling better?" Yu Zecheng asked.
"As long as you're fine, I'm fine." Wu Jingzhong nodded and sighed.
"I'll be fine." Yu Zecheng forced a smile.
After returning to the courtyard, Wu Jingzhong was settled.
Hong Zhiyou pulled Yu Zecheng to a corner and handed him a cigarette: "Want one?"
"No need." Yu Zecheng put his hands in his pockets, stepped on the edge of the flower bed, and said lightly.
“Zuo Lan is gone.
"Lao Yu, why don't you go back to your room and cry for a while, it will make you feel better.
"It's not a sin for a man to cry."
Hong Zhi has the Tao.
"Listening to the constant sound of gunfire in Machang-cho every day, my tear glands have long since atrophied.
"real.
“I feel sad, but not sad.
“I can’t describe what it feels like.
"Or rather, I have been waiting for this day for a long time."
Yu Zecheng's tone sounded somewhat sad.
"From the first time I eavesdropped on her close contacts with Lin Huaifu and Mr. Meng from No. 50 Zengjiayan in Shancheng, I was mentally prepared.
“It’s like a nightmare.
“Many nights I would wake up to her arrest and murder.
"Now, this nightmare has finally ended."
He looked up at the sky and smiled faintly.
“These days, being able to leave with the farewell of your loved one is already a luxury. At least she left without any regrets.
"My condolences, Lao Yu!"
Hong Zhiyou patted him on the shoulder and turned away.
Yu Zecheng stared at the birds flying in the sky, motionless.
It was not until the birds carried his grief to the other side of the ocean and disappeared without a trace that he took a deep breath, walked out of the yard and got into the car.
"Later, a security team car will turn in from Nanshan Street.
“I might have to touch it.
"Be more alert and don't knock your head."
Hong Zhiyou reminded him with a smile.
“Don’t worry, I won’t.
"Du Changcheng and his gang should be able to get through this time," said Yu Zecheng.
"certainly!
"If they can't control this, they don't deserve to be in the Secret Service."
While speaking, Hong Zhiyou deliberately slowed down the car.
The security team's military vehicle was always driving sideways. When it reached a big corner at Nanshan intersection, Hong Zhi turned the steering wheel and there was a clang!
The car and the truck collided.
Fortunately, both parties braked in time.
Although they collided, it wasn't too serious.
The front of Hong Zhiyou's Mercedes-Benz is a bit collapsed.
After a simple deal between the two sides.
Hong Zhiyou drove the damaged car back to the Security Bureau.
As soon as the car entered the yard, Du Changcheng on the second floor saw it clearly through the window.
He pretended to go downstairs to do some errands.
I happened to meet Hong and Yu.
"Hey, Secretary Hong, why did the car get crashed like this?" Du Changcheng asked jokingly.
“Stop talking.
"It collided with a troop carrier of the Security Command." Hong Zhiyou said.
"Those guys in the Security Command are all fast drivers.
“I complained to the police station many times, but they were all suppressed by Peng Mengji.
"No way. These guys came early and they are all local tyrants."
Du Changcheng Road.
"Team Leader Du, who do we usually ask to repair the cars of our Secret Service?" Hong Zhiyou kicked the wheel and asked while looking at the damaged front.
“The people in the Dispatch Section of the General Affairs Office know, just ask them.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Du Changcheng pretended to meet by chance, waved his hand and left with his briefcase.
Soon, Hong Zhiyou called the dispatch section chief.
The dispatch section chief suggested that Yu Zecheng drive to a nearby auto repair shop called Sunshine.
This is the repair shop designated by the Secret Service.
……
Sunshine Auto Repair Shop.
Yu Zecheng drove the car in.
"Assistant Yu, Chief Liu from the Dispatch Department called us. Please sit for a moment. It may take more time to repair this kind of imported car." The owner of the auto repair shop came over and nodded.
"What's your name?" Yu Zecheng asked.
"No need to mention your surname Sun," said the boss.
"Boss Sun, thank you for your help." Yu Zecheng saw people playing chess across the street, greeted them, and walked straight over.
"Go over there and keep an eye on it.
"I will repair this car myself."
Boss Sun sent away the car dealership clerk who wanted to come forward.
Wait until there are no outsiders.
He took a black cloth bag from the lounge and quickly crawled under the car.
Then, he took out a miniature bomb from the cloth bag and connected it to the car engine.
After installation.
He flicked a red device on the bomb.
This is a new bomb invented by Du Changcheng. The red switch can temporarily shut down the connecting line.
As long as it is not opened, the bomb will not explode even if the car is started.
The bombs were loaded very forward.
If you want to use it later, just find an opportunity to bend down in front of the car and reach underneath to open it.
Once opened, the next person who starts the car will explode, and both the person and the car will be smashed to pieces.
……
(End of this chapter)