The police asked me to register, and I was exposed after practicing hard.

There was a muffled sound, and the cellar door opened. Following the sound of hurried footsteps, a figure rushed in hastily.

"Boss, Thin Monkey is dead!"

Of course it was Gangzi who rushed in. When he saw Zhu Tourong, he seemed to have seen a savior.

Zhu Tourong was already dead at this time, and he even forgot to scold Gangzi for speaking quietly.

Every time, just when you want to establish your authority, someone dies?

Even the black wolf on the side was also surprised.

"How did you die?" He spoke first.

"I don't know." Gangzi's face was full of fear at this time, and the fear was visible in his pupils.

"I don't know what it means? Did he fall to death again?" Zhu Tou Rong finally came to his senses and choked out a few words through his teeth.

This year has been a fucking unlucky year. Zhu Tourong has been engaged in tomb robbing for so many years. Not to mention the loss of his younger brother, the police have never even touched their presence.

After so many years of impunity, three of his men have died in a row this year.

Each one died in a weirder way than the last!

"No, I was peeing, and the thin monkey was looking out for me. Suddenly it jumped on me and died after being slapped twice." Gangzi answered in shock.

"Do you need someone else to look after you when you pee?" Hei Lang keenly grasped an unimportant point. He frowned and glanced at Zhu Tourong, as if to question: Is this the brother you blew out?

Zhu Tourong didn't bother to care about him. Although he was cooperating with two mercenaries, neither party was convinced by the other, and they even disliked each other.

This is also normal. The mercenaries act like they are the boss at any time, as if they are the buyers and can give orders to Zhu Tourong.

But Zhu Tourong has been on the road for so many years, when has he ever listened to others?

"Have you noticed anything unusual?" He looked at Gangzi.

Gangzi is not timid. In all these years of digging ancient tombs and crypts, I have never seen him frown.

It's definitely not normal to be able to scare him like this.

"When the thin monkey died, I saw a shadow not far away. I didn't know whether it was a human or a ghost. Anyway, he pointed at the thin monkey and the thin monkey died."

"By the way, he pointed at me and my neck was injured too." He put his neck in front of Zhu Tourong's eyes.

Only then did Zhu Tourong realize that Gangzi's neck was bleeding. He focused his eyes and looked at the wound carefully, and the black wolf on the side also came over.

The wound on Gangzi's neck was very small and looked very much like an injury caused by a sharp instrument. The skin and flesh were slightly turned out, and blood was slowly gushing out from the wound.

The wound is not serious, and it will heal on its own without even stopping the bleeding.

But Zhu Tourong's brows frowned slightly, and he subconsciously looked at the black wolf beside him: "What kind of weapon do you think this is?"

"Judging from the wound, it seems that it was caused by an extremely sharp knife. However, the mark is a bit weird."

As a mercenary, Hei Lang is very professional in identifying wounds. He carefully looked at the wound on Gangzi's neck and said uncertainly: "Normal knife wounds are straight, but this wound has an amplitude, and the back There are signs of tearing on half of the section, which is a bit contradictory.”

Zhu Tourong nodded, he understood what Hei Lang meant.

The wound on Gangzi's neck was small, which meant that the weapon that hurt him was very sharp, otherwise the wound would not be so small.

The resistance of a sharp weapon must be very small, so the blade will be straight.

However, the second half of the wound on Gangzi's neck suddenly bent, and the skin and flesh also showed signs of tearing. It was a typical blunt knife wound.

What kind of weapon can cause two completely different effects on the same wound?

"Have you seen clearly what weapon the other party used to hurt you?" Zhu Tourong said with burning eyes.

"This is it." Gangzi finally remembered what he was holding, and he put his hand in front of Zhu Tourong's eyes.

Zhu Tourong was stunned.

Because it is a leaf.

Maple leaves!

Judging from the thickness and jagged shape of the leaves, it indeed fits the characteristics of the wound on Gangzi's neck.

But, it's just a leaf!

How could someone possibly cut someone's neck with a leaf?

No, not just a cut.

In fact, three people had their necks completely sliced ​​open and died as a result.

The mistress, the lynx, and the skinny monkey!

Yes, Zhu Tourong has determined that the figure Gangzi mentioned is the master with the knife!

He's not a ghost, he's a human being!

However, if it is a human being, how can it be possible to kill someone with leaves!

Could it be said that there is really such a thing as picking leaves and hurting people?

How can this be!

It’s impossible. The true energy and internal power in folklore and even martial arts novels are all real, right?

Even if what is said in martial arts novels is true, it will take decades of practice to achieve this effect, right?

And the target of Zhu Tourong's suspicion, the anchor Su Yun, is just a young man in his twenties!

This is complete nonsense!

Moreover, Su Yun should not know where his group will end up.

If not him, then who?

Could it be said that they are descendants of the guards who guarded the tomb?

Zhu Tourong knew that in ancient times, when great nobles, such as emperors, died, a mausoleum guard force would be placed near the tomb.

The only mission of these tomb guards is to breed near the tombs and guard the tombs for generations.

For example, the Eastern Tomb of the Qing Dynasty is still guarded by descendants of the tomb guards until modern times.

There would be a village near the imperial tombs of past dynasties, and the residents in the village were actually the descendants of the tomb guards. It's just that because of the passage of time, many of them have forgotten their identities and just follow the customs passed down from ancient times in the village to guard the tombs.

The problem is that even the descendants of the tomb guards who have survived to modern times are actually just ordinary people.

There was no so-called magical power in ancient times.

And Zhu Tourong often dealt with these people when he stepped on the plate. How could they have such ability?

Zhu Tourong felt that his head was starting to hurt.

The world in front of me is becoming increasingly unreal.

How did the other party kill people?

If a knife is used, why can Gangzi be injured from a distance?

Could it be that Gangzi was just scratched accidentally and had nothing to do with the mysterious knife master?

Gritting his teeth fiercely, a stern look appeared on Zhu Tourong's face.

He has always been a decisive person and would not waste too much time on such illusory things.

No matter who this mysterious master is, or what weapon he uses to kill people.

Obviously, he has come to the door, and he is using assassination methods to eliminate his men one by one!

This means that he actually has no confidence in confronting his enemy head-on!

Otherwise, why use assassination?

Our side still holds the advantage in strength!

The most important thing, the Warring States gold foil must be on his body!

He said with a fierce face: "The enemy has already come to the door, and what we want is on him!"

"Old ghost," he looked at his younger brother who had been taking care of Xu Jiajia, "Take this girl and get to the ground!"

"Black Wolf," he turned to look at the black man, "I remember you prepared a gun. Now it's time to use it! You are a mercenary and you have a gun in your hand. It shouldn't be difficult to kill him, right?"

"The three of us took this little girl, lit a lamp directly in the middle of the camp, and sat under the light! Black Wolf, find a place to hide with this guy, and as soon as you see his shadow, shoot him!"

"Whether his goal is to save this little girl, or he wants to kill all of us who dug his ancestor's grave..."

Hei Lang also had a ruthless look on his face at this moment, and said in broken Eastern dialect: "No matter how fast his knife is, it can't be faster than a bullet! I want to see if, no matter how powerful he is, he can be more powerful than an AK!"

…

at the same time,

When Zhu Tourong was desperate on Maple Ridge, planning to use himself and Xu Jiajia as bait to force the unknown mysterious master to show up, Zhou Nanhai was frowning in the minibus at the foot of Ranshan Mountain.

The minibus was still full of people, but they were no longer the police officers. Instead, there were about a dozen combatants wearing black combat uniforms, helmets, and even their faces covered with black masks.

It was the special police dispatched by the Rongyang City Corps!

Everyone looked at a map in front of the minibus and frowned. There was silence in the minibus.

It was Zhou Nanhai who broke the silence. He pointed at the map and said, "As you can see, this is the main topographic map of Maple Ridge. There are at least ten places where criminals can hide."

"Do you have any news from your colleagues in the City Bureau?"

It was Captain Wang of the SWAT team who spoke, while Zhou Nanhai shook his head.

"The Zhu Tourong criminal gang is much more familiar with the terrain of Maple Ridge than our police, and now they most likely have hostages in their hands, so I just asked the police from the city bureau to seal off the surrounding area of ​​Maple Ridge to prevent criminals from escaping. Encirclement.”

"In order to avoid alerting the enemy, I didn't let them go up the mountain to conduct reconnaissance," he explained.

"This is difficult to handle." Captain Wang frowned.

On the way here, he had already received the information from the city bureau, and he already understood the task he was about to perform.

Although the Zhu Tourong criminal gang is professional, no matter how professional they are, the police from the city bureau are confident that they will be dealt with.

But now the other party suddenly took a hostage, and she was the daughter of Commander Xu of the military. This caused the city bureau to throw caution to the wind and request the help of the special police.

The SWAT team has done a lot of things like rescuing hostages. Even the most professional gangsters are confident that they can safely rescue the hostages.

However, this operation is different. Not only is the terrain complicated, but we don’t even know where the opponent is hiding.

Where should I find such a big place in Maple Ridge?

Searching area after area is not only time-consuming and labor-intensive, but may also alert the enemy and put the hostages in danger.

Captain Wang looked at the map in front of him solemnly, and poked a few unknown points on it:

“These places have large open areas and can form visual intersections with other hiding places.

If they are not hiding in this location, our rash action will alert them.

And if they happened to be hiding here, it would be inevitable that hidden sentries would be posted elsewhere. "

Captain Wang's words also fully illustrate the difficulties faced by the SWAT team at the moment.

Their understanding of Maple Ridge is limited to the map in front of them, and naturally they cannot compare with the tomb robbers who have been hanging around here all year round and using it as their base.

As the saying goes, the professionalism of this group of criminals is also a headache.

There are multiple suspected target locations. If the target cannot be found directly, the other party may be alerted.

Once alerted, the consequences will naturally be self-evident.

Zhou Nanhai sighed softly, Captain Wang's words really touched his heart.

The terrain of Maple Ridge is oriented north-south, with the north directly connected to the dense forest and the south close to the urban area.

If the battle cannot be compressed in this area, whether this group of tomb robbers runs south or north, it will bring greater trouble to the SWAT team members.

After a moment of silence, Zhou Nanhai said thoughtfully:

“Let’s do this, first mobilize the drone for low-altitude reconnaissance.

If you can't get into the mountain, you will first conduct aerial control on the outside.

It just so happens that there are several suspected hiding places here, close to the outside of the mountain, and the drone should be able to capture them.

Make sure to find out as much as possible where the criminal is hiding without the criminal being aware of it, and at the very least, find out the situation on the edge of Maple Ridge.

In this way, although some hiding places are blocked by dense forests and cannot be entered by drones, it can at least help us eliminate a few from these options. "

There was no other way at the moment, so Captain Wang nodded helplessly.

Soon, a special police drone slowly took off under careful control, blended into the night, and flew over Maple Ridge.

Because of this special drone, the exterior is made of paint that is very easy to hide, and it can indeed be undetectable at night when visibility is extremely low.

Soon, the SWAT team members projected the display screen connected to the drone onto the computer screen.

In this way, all SWAT team members in the car can see the drone footage in real time through the computer screen.

The actual situation was almost the same as marked on the map. There were only three hiding places exposed to sight.

The drone did not encounter any bottlenecks during this period, and quickly investigated the three hiding places.

As for the special police, they quickly ruled out the possibility of hiding in these three hiding places.

This also means that the method of drone reconnaissance has not brought them a great breakthrough.

Although three hiding places have been eliminated, there are still many hiding places hidden in the dense forest.

The drone cannot travel through it at all, and the dense forest is overhead, and the line of sight will be greatly blocked.

And considering that the criminal gang of the other party is very professional, it will definitely involve many secret posts.

Drones are likely to expose the secret operations of the SWAT, which would be more costly than gain.

For a moment, Zhou Nanhai frowned.

If Xu Jiajia was really kidnapped, it means that the current situation is urgent.

At least if Xu Jiajia is really in this mountain, then every second of delay will increase the risk for the action.

If a girl stays in the hands of a vicious gangster for one more second, she will also face a life-and-death crisis.

The police cannot take any chances...

But now the SWAT police are all trapped under Maple Ridge.

The raid could not be deployed as the location of the gangsters could not be determined.

"Zizzi...zizi..."

At this moment, a disturbing sound came from the internal police transmitter attached to Zhou Nanhai's waist.

Zhou Nanhai was already troubled enough by facing such a bottleneck.

The sudden appearance of this voice naturally interrupted his meditation, making it impossible for him to think of an effective plan in a short time.

But soon the signal within the deadline was connected, and Zhou Xiaoxiao’s voice came:

"Report, the investigators from Shannan Department reported that they found a hiding place and a faint light suddenly lit up."

"What?"

Zhou Nanhai and Captain Wang looked at each other in confusion. This situation was not what they expected.

According to previous police investigations, this criminal gang can be said to be very professional.

It stands to reason that you would never make such a mistake.

Regarding this sudden news, Zhou Nanhai confirmed it again and again.

But Zhou Xiaoxiao's tone was also very firm, and he repeatedly stated the accuracy of the information.

This made Captain Wang confused about the other party's approach for a moment:

"Something's not right, they're always cautious, why did the lights suddenly turn on?

It happened to be just when we couldn't determine their location. No matter how you think about it, it's a bit too coincidental, right? "

Zhou Nanhai nodded in agreement:

"Yes, it is indeed strange.

We have been setting up control here for more than an hour.

With what we know now about Maple Ridge, and where all the caches are located.

It is not easy to find them.

But in this case, they turned on the lights inexplicably.

Doesn’t this tell us clearly where they are hiding? "

"You mean, this is a conspiracy?"

Captain Wang looked at Zhou Nanhai cautiously and asked...

Zhou Nanhai thought about this for a moment before saying:

"It's hard to say. If it's a conspiracy, it doesn't make sense.

It turns out that the tomb robbers stole the national treasure and were able to leave without anyone noticing.

Why kidnap Xu Jiajia? We still don't have an answer to this question.

Even now we are still not sure whether Xu Jiajia is really in their hands.

They clearly have an advantage, so why would they expose their position rashly now? Wouldn't it add a lot of risks to themselves?

These tomb robbers are so well-trained, how could they make such mistakes one after another that put themselves in desperate situations?

It doesn't make sense, and it's a little too strange. "

"No matter what, we can't let go of any possibility."

Captain Wang looked at the map in his hand and said:

“We’d better rush over and have a look.

Having hope is better than having no hope.

However, we need to make detailed arrangements on the road and prepare for multiple possibilities. "

"Okay, let's go right away..."

The situation reported by Zhou Xiaoxiao undoubtedly lifted the dark cloud hanging over the police team.

If this unexpected situation hadn't occurred, the police's final choice would have been to venture into the mountains.

If the search and investigation cannot be carried out at night, the police's rescue work will be more difficult after dawn.

Therefore, whether it is Zhou Nanhai or Captain Wang, although they are confused about this unexpected situation, they do not want to miss it easily.

The minibuses parked here quickly and secretly rushed to Shannan.

Along the way, Zhou Nanhai and Captain Wang quickly adjusted their action plans.

They have to prepare for all the worst-case scenarios to ensure that the action is taken.

…

At the same time, inside the stone village in Maple Ridge.

Under Zhu Tourong's arrangement, gas lamps have been lit around Shizhai, illuminating the surrounding area very brightly.

This sudden change made Xu Jiajia feel a little confused.

Especially from the conversation between several people just now, Xu Jiajia learned that a mysterious person seemed to have taken action.

In a short period of time, several of Zhu Tourong's younger brothers had already expired and lost their lives.

Even from beginning to end, no one knew who actually did it.

This also caused the kidnappers to start to panic and lose their composure.

Xu Jiajia's eyes were lowered, seemingly not caring about the conversation between Zhu Tourong and others. In fact, she had been thinking about the mysterious person they mentioned.

I don't know why, especially when Xu Jiajia heard Gangzi's description of the wound of the deceased, Xu Jiajia always felt that something was a little strange.

Who is this guy?

Could it be the police, or the special forces?

This is possible. After all, if you can join the special forces, it is reasonable to fight silently in such mountains and forests without being detected.

But the wounds Gangzi described were not the methods of special forces.

Could it be that they are Zhu Tourong's enemies?

I remember hearing my father say that this group of tomb robbers had killed someone before, and it was suspected that a master with a knife had cut his throat shut!

What is the identity of the other party?

Friend or foe?

Xu Jiajia couldn't guess, but at this time she could only clearly feel that Zhu Tourong and others were a little confused.

Therefore, although Xu Jiajia felt a little confused about what happened, she also knew that this was one of the few important opportunities that she had to seize.

If everything is messed up, flaws will be exposed!

Therefore, Xu Jiajia began to move her wrist again without leaving any trace, so that the sharp knife in her hand could speed up the progress of cutting the rope.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

A group of kidnappers gathered together. Although Zhu Tou Rong had no dealings with Hei Lang and the group of mercenaries, this time, Zhu Tou Rong's proposal had obviously been approved by Hei Lang.

Gangzi went to light the gas lamp, while Heilang found a visual vantage point and hid.

The old ghost who had been responsible for guarding Xu Jiajia dragged Xu Jiajia up.

Fortunately, Xu Jiajia hid the knife in her sleeve very deftly, so the old ghost didn't see any clues.

Zhu Tourong kept walking in front, his face was ashen and he said nothing.

With so many evil things happening, Zhu Tourong was holding back his anger and wanted to find out the person behind the scenes as soon as possible. He wanted to cut him into pieces.

Soon, according to the plan, Zhu Tourong and Lao Gui brought Xu Jiajia to the ground.

There was a chair placed among the burning gas lamps.

The old ghost pressed Xu Jiajia on the chair, and then looked around cautiously.

Zhu Tourong's vicious eyes have been scanning the distance, eager to find the person hiding in the darkness through the night.

The surrounding light made Xu Jiajia a little uncomfortable.

After a while, she opened her eyes and observed her surroundings without any trace.

She was more concerned about how to get out of the current predicament than who the mysterious man was who dealt with the kidnapper.

She allowed herself to calm down completely so that she could make the most effective analysis.

Gangzi on the other side had already lit the last gas lamp behind the yard.

The darkness around the camp was quickly illuminated by gas lamps. Standing in the light, Gangzi's uneasy heart could finally relax a little.

Now Gangzi is still in a state of shock, so much so that he always feels as if there is a pair of eyes looking at him from behind.

This suspicious look obviously scared Gangzi out of his wits.

The brothers around him died one after another in very bizarre ways.

Although Gangzi tried hard to restrain himself and not think about other things, it was inevitable that he kept thinking about it in his mind: Will it be his turn next?

In such critical moments, people's intuition will always be very sensitive.

Gangzi thought he was suspicious, but his intuition kept reminding him to stay alive.

It was like, in the darkness outside the light, a figure wearing a hooded sweatshirt was standing there quietly!

It's Su Yun!

As he watched Gangzi lighting up the gas lamps around him, he already guessed that Zhu Tourong and the others must have made a new plan.

And this plan is obviously aimed at himself.

At this time, Su Yun saw from a distance that after lighting the last gas lamp, Gangzi walked quickly forward, wanting to meet Zhutou Rongyu.

Obviously, Gangzi didn't want to be alone at this time, especially since he could always feel that something was staring at him.

Crossing the path in front of you, Gangzi will come to the front yard where Zhu Tourong and others are.

Therefore, Gangzi couldn't help but speed up the pace, but he didn't notice that Su Yun in the dark slowly took out a playing card from his pocket!

Su Yun flipped his wrist and held the playing cards between his two fingers. There was no emotion in his eyes, like a beast that was ready to catch its prey.

Calculating the speed and distance of Gangzi's movement in the distance, Su Yun's breath became more and more stable.

He couldn't get out of the darkness and move forward, otherwise he would be exposed to the light, so he could only try to fly cards from a long distance.

Before this, Gangzi had been allowed to escape, but this time he had to kill him with one strike!

At this time, Gangzi had already seen the figures of Zhu Tourong and Lao Gui, and then shouted:

"Boss, the gas lights are on."

Zhu Tourong said impatiently:

"Mom, please keep your voice down. Just click it. Why are you shouting?"

As he spoke, Zhu Tourong pulled out a knife with a cold light, threw it to the old ghost not far away, and at the same time took out a pistol:

"Get everything ready, I don't believe that grandson Yin can hide it so deeply.

Black Wolf has already laid an ambush and will use her to lure the grandson out in a moment.

Remember, as soon as someone appears, go up and treat me immediately! "

Zhu Tourong is not sure whether the other party is here for Xu Jiajia, but now the enemy is in the dark, leaving him with no choice but to use Xu Jiajia's life to try!

Moreover, the troublesome thing is that you can't kill him immediately, otherwise once the gold foil is in the opponent's hands and he dies, the whereabouts of the gold foil will be completely lost.

"Whoosh..."

However, just as Zhu Tourong was speaking, Gangzi, who was walking this way, suddenly felt a strong wind blowing by his ears.

Then, in his peripheral vision, he seemed to see something flashing past under the light!

"Um?"

For a moment, Gangzi didn't react. He looked back in surprise, only to find that there was nothing behind him.

There's that damn feeling again, that person must be staring at me from behind!

"What are you doing standing there, come here quickly!"

At this time, the old ghost waved his hand at Gangzi, but Gangzi gave him a dull look, and then walked forward step by step.

But before he had gone a few steps away, Gangzi suddenly covered his neck, feeling a stinging sensation that he didn't care about at first.

But when Gangzi's hand touched the stinging spot, he suddenly froze in place.

It seemed that he had touched a wound somewhere, and the tingling sensation became more obvious, suddenly hitting his whole body!

He looked down at his right hand in surprise, only to find that there was nothing on it.

But what's going on with this tingling sensation?

"me……"

Gangzi wanted to say something to his brothers, but found that he was speechless.

In just an instant, blood flowed into the lungs, invisible to the naked eye, and the helpless feeling of despair violently invaded Gangzi's brain.

"Forehead……"

"Gangzi, what's wrong with you!"

The old ghost quickly discovered something was wrong with Gangzi and quickly ran towards this side.

But before the old ghost could get close, he heard a pop, and Gangzi fell to the ground helplessly, twitching constantly, as if desperately trying to suck in a breath of oxygen.

But all this is in vain. When the blood enters the lungs, what awaits Gangzi is the pain of suffocation.

No matter how he breathed, the cut trachea could not provide him with the necessary oxygen.

At this time, Zhu Tourong, who was looking around as the old ghost ran over in a panic, frowned and asked in surprise:

"Mom, what's going on? What are you two doing?"

The old ghost turned around slowly and said with a panicked expression:

"Boss...Boss, Gangzi is dead!"

"What?!"

Zhu Tourong's face changed with shock. In just a blink of an eye, he didn't notice any movement. Why was Gangzi dead?

Without any time to think, Zhu Tourong quickly came to Gangzi's side, only to find that Gangzi had fallen to the ground and was motionless.

This sudden change made Zhu Tourong and others a little unexpected. The hair on their backs stood up and their scalps went numb.

"Who is it?!"

The old ghost roared and turned his head crazily to look around, only to see bright lights all around, but no one in sight.

Only Xu Jiajia, who was fixed on a chair not far away, looked down at something at her feet, her expression became a little strange...

That seemed to be a... playing card stuck sideways on the ground? !