The young taxi driver sat back a bit when he watched Xiao Zhang and Xiao Li take that taxi out of the city and drive towards that secluded side road in the suburbs, a little faint in his heart, fearing that these two guys were deliberately leading him to a remote place to commit a robbery and then murder on him.
The taxi travelled to a place about three to four hundred metres from that small courtyard, and while Xiao Zhang was on the phone with Summit, the driver asked Xiao Li, who was sitting in the pa*senger seat, apprehensively.
“Brother, how much further is it?”
“Almost there.” Xiao Li replied.
“Sorry, you guys just get off here.” The taxi driver suggested.
“Are you afraid we won’t be able to pay you?” Xiao Li asked impatiently.
“That’s not what I meant.” The driver denied it.
“Then what does it mean?” Xiao Li looked at him sideways.
“This place is so remote, I’ve never been here before.” The driver explained.
“Sh*t, are you afraid that we’ll bring you here and rob you?” Xiao Li said in one word to break the taxi driver’s mind at this moment.
When the driver saw that the guard Little Li looked fierce, he panicked and said, “No …… it doesn’t mean that ……”
“Then what do you mean?” Watchman Little Lee questioned.
“I …… I ……” The driver was even more flustered and stammered.
At this time, the guard Xiao Zhang had finished talking to Summit on the phone, saw the two talking in the front row and asked, “What are you muttering about?”
Watchman Xiao Li replied, “This master said this place is remote and wants us to get off here.”
Watchman Xiao Zhang looked out of the window and, noticing that he was almost at that intersection in front of him, said, “OK, let’s get off here, how much is the master?”
After the driver parked the car, he looked at the meter on the car and said, “The total is forty yuan.”
The watchman, Xiao Zhang, took out a fifty yuan frog skin from his pocket and handed it to the driver and said, “Master, I’m sorry for your trouble, you don’t have to find this ten yuan.”
“Thank you!” The driver returned a grateful smile to him.
When the two men got out of the car, the driver was so relieved that he quickly turned the car around and drove away, the taxi rolling up a trail of dust and fleeing.
The two guards walked for more than ten minutes before they reached the entrance to the small courtyard.
The large iron door at the entrance was hidden and the guard, Zhang, reached out and pushed it open, while the guard, Li, followed him in and turned to close the door behind him.
“You’re back?” Gao Feng came out of the hall, looking extraordinarily enthusiastic like a troop chief receiving a soldier returning from a triumph.
“Boss, I’ve kept you waiting.” Xiao Zhang said curtly as he stepped forward.
“Where? You two are the ones who worked hard,” asked Summit warily, “There’s no tail behind you, is there?”
“No,” Little Li said, shaking his head, “In town we deliberately had the driver go around a few streets and didn’t notice any vehicles following behind us.”
“That’s good, go inside and eat, the food will get cold in a while.” Gao Feng smiled with satisfaction and turned to walk back to the hall, the two guards following close behind.
Gao Feng led Xiao Zhang and Xiao Li to the dining table, took the lead and sat down at the main seating position of the four-square dining table, told the two of them to take the seats on the left and right respectively, took out a wad of banknotes from his pocket and placed them on the dining table, saying.
“From now on, you will hide here for a while, and I will send someone to bring you whatever you need. Take this 20,000 yuan for now, and when the storm subsides, Master Long will arrange a good place for you to go.”
“Thank you Brother, thank you Master Long!” Watchman Xiao Zhang lifted the gla*s of wine placed in front of him and said curtly, “Come, I’ll start by toasting big brother… Cheers!”
“Cheers!” Little Li, the watchman, echoed.
The three clinked their gla*ses and followed the novel WeChat public number to better read the novel WeChat search name: Yanshu Novel Pavilion WeChat signal ysg162 together to drink up the wine in their cups.
Gao Feng picked up the bottle of Maotai wine placed on the table, once again filled the three gla*ses, toasted the two in succession three big cups, then picked up the chopsticks and invited everyone to eat their food.
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After Su Xiaoling left the detention center with Tang Huimin, she drove to Yanjing Public Security Bureau.
“You go to the 110 command centre and pull up the video footage near the detention center and take a look at it, make sure you find the whereabouts of those two people.” Tang Hui Min instructed Su Xiaoling.
“Okay, I’ll get on it now!” Su Xiaoling then said goodbye to Tang Huimin, walked into the surveillance room and said to a young female police officer in her twenties, “Xiao Liu, pull up the surveillance footage near the detention centre from early this morning to now and take a look.”
“Okay, Team Su, please be a moment!” The young policeman smiled at Su Xiaoling and skillfully operated the computer keyboard, quickly pulling up the surveillance video near the detention center.
As Su Xiaoling had worked in the 110 command centre, she had her own unique skills in the business of finding people and vehicles through video footage.
In the surveillance video, Su Xiaoling immediately recognised that the two guards had changed into civilian clothes and had sneaked out of the guardhouse and into a private hotel.
At close to twelve o’clock, the two men were seen exiting the private hotel in a panic, jumping into a taxi and leaving.
Su Xiaoling asked the police to zoom in on the number plate on the taxi’s buttocks and followed the taxi all the way according to the surveillance footage captured by the cameras on the street.
Once the taxi reached the outskirts and drove into a side road, there was no more footage of the taxi.
Su Xiaoling quickly found out the identity of the taxi driver through the vehicle registration and immediately called the taxi company leader to inform the taxi driver to get in touch with her immediately.
Soon after Su Xiaoling gave her name and mobile phone number to the other party, the taxi driver who was driving the two guards to the outskirts of the city called her on her mobile phone.
“Excuse me, are you Captain Su from the Municipal Public Security Bureau?” The taxi driver’s anxious voice came over the phone.
“Yes, I have something to find out from you.” Su Xiaoling replied.
“What is it?” The driver asked, puzzled.
“Did you pull two men from in front of a private hostel to the countryside at around twelve o’clock today?” Su Xiaoling asked seriously.
“Yes,” the taxi driver answered truthfully, “Those two men took my taxi out of town and then let me turn into a remote side road ……”
“Where did you drop them off?” Su Xiaoling asked, interrupting him.
“I drove inward for about two or three kilometres or so, then I dared not drive forward and let them off.” The driver briefly described the situation to Su Xiaoling over the phone.
“Where are you now?” Su Xiaoling asked eagerly.
“I’ve gone back to the city.” The driver answered truthfully.
“Then go wait for us at that junction, we’ll drive over right away and you’ll lead the way in to find them.” Su Xiaoling said in a non-negotiable tone.
“Captain Su, has something happened?” The driver asked in surprise.
“Those two people are related to a case, we must find them as soon as possible.” Su Xiaoling said lightly.
“Ah, how could this happen?” The driver exclaimed in shock, thinking, “Fortunately, these two guys didn’t have any evil intentions towards me when they asked me to drive them to the countryside, otherwise, I don’t know if I could have saved this little life.”
The taxi driver still felt a bit scared when he thought of the scene when he drove them on the trail.
