Infernal Hero Chapter 24: Lonely Islander

A song is playing on the tape recorder, Ren Xianqi's sad Pacific Ocean. It is singing: One step forward is dusk, one step back is life, the wind is not smooth, the waves are not calm, the heart is not stable, an island locks a person, the boat I am waiting for has not come, and the people I am waiting for do not understand

It was the summer of 2010, in Wuzhong City, when the renovation and demolition project of the old city was in full swing. Amidst the ruins, a brand new city is rising. As the Mayor said in an interview: This is the footsteps of the great era, and anyone who wants to stop it is just a man’s arm.

The surrounding area of ​​the railway station, including the old railway station built in the early 1970s, is the focus of renovation. There is a one-story residential area 800 meters east of the station, which originally belonged to the mechanical repair department of a China Railway Bureau. The family room is now almost in ruins.

A small courtyard stands alone among the broken walls, like an island.

In the original plan, after 18 months, several modern buildings integrating commercial buildings and high-end residences will be erected on the site. But now, the island is blocking the plan.

A man prepares for another war to come.

He sits in his yard, swiftly assembling a homemade earthen gun. Dozens of glass soda bottles were filled with gasoline. In the end he sealed the mouth of each bottle with strips of cloth, a heavy fire he prepared for the war that was about to begin.

Fifty-one years old, single, laid off, living by repairing bicycles and selling drinks, with only one old dog to accompany him. He has no family burden, and the three-bedroom house is enough to make him a millionaire in no time, and he will have nothing to worry about for the rest of his life. As long as he signs the demolition compensation agreement.

In the entire demolition area, 352 families once lived. Since the completion of the community, 40 years have passed. Many families have been living in the same house for three generations, crowded in the same house as him, according to the demolition Compensation agreement, these people will eventually get no more than half of him. From this point of view, it seems that he is the one who has the least reason to be a nailer.

The old wooden door was open, and there were several metal objects hanging on the door, which were blown by the wind, collided with each other, and tinkled.

That's a few military medals. Three third-class merits, one second-class merit, and one special merit.

Zhao Yajun, the captain of the Criminal Police Brigade of the Municipal Bureau, stood in front of the door and looked up at the glittering medal in awe. As a former soldier, he certainly knew the weight of the living special hero. In peacetime, third-class merits are common, and second-class merits are hard to come by. As for special merits, non-very significant and outstanding contributions cannot be awarded.

There was only one person in the courtyard, and a total of six people entered the courtyard and never came out again. Among the six people, three are security guards from the Lejian Company, which is responsible for the demolition of the entire area, and the other three are not trivial. One of them is Liu Xiaofeng, the boss of the largest local private enterprise, Hanjiang Group. At the same time, Zhao Yajun's immediate boss, Xu Guobiao, the political commissar of the Municipal Bureau, and the last hostage, who is even bigger, is the city's deputy mayor Cui, who is in charge of public security work.

A 51-year-old middle-aged man silently disappeared six adult men, including three young and strong security guards who were also veterans.

Zhao Yajun raised his head and looked at the golden military medals, frowning and thinking about how to intervene. The one inside is as Gu Tianyou said, his background is very big, and a little carelessness will cause unimaginable consequences.

"The people in the yard are listening, please put down your weapons immediately and release the hostages unconditionally?" The loudspeaker made a harsh sound, and it was Liu Futang, the deputy director of the city bureau in charge of criminal investigation, shouting.

A burning gasoline bottle was thrown from the yard, scattered among the rubble, and burst into flames.

The ruins are wide on all sides, and within a few hundred meters there is no commanding height suitable for a sniper to strike. Fan, a stone table was blocked between the door and the man. The man's body was slightly low, and it happened to cover the whole body tightly. The sniper in ambush a hundred meters away had no chance to lock on the target.

The fire from the gasoline bottle caused a commotion, and the man's voice was low and slightly hoarse: "Let me hear this voice again, and the next time it will burn up the house behind me."

There are likely six hostages hidden in the house.

Zhao Yajun frowned slightly, and cursed in his heart: Pure **** mess!

The door to the courtyard was open, and the window was hung with curtains, making it impossible to see what was going on in the house.

The order from above is to never act rashly without certainty of the safety of the hostages.

"Excuse me, can I come in and talk?" Zhao Yajun leaned towards the door and looked into the yard.

The man in the yard raised his head slightly, revealing a stern face. Although it looks a little vicissitudes, it is very clean, without the slightest decadence.

"A former soldier?" The man's sharp eyes fell on Zhao Yajun.

Zhao Yajun nodded and said, "The 38th Army, the 1988 Army."

"Just by virtue of this calmness, you can see that you have seen blood in the past." The man beckoned and motioned for Zhao Yajun to come in, saying: "Please forgive me for being rude, there is a detonator under the butt, as long as I move and the bomb in the house explodes immediately."

Zhao Yajun had a micro-communicator on his body, and the voice was transmitted to the peripheral command car, and the special police officers who were preparing to attack not far from the yard immediately stopped their actions. Liu Futang, who was in charge of the command, ordered everyone to temporarily retreat 200 meters away.

"Why are you doing this?" Zhao Yajun ignored the command to retreat, glanced at the wire installation where the man was sitting, walked over and sat opposite the man.

"Courageous!" The man gave Zhao Yajun a thumbs up and introduced himself: "My surname is Geng, because I was born on the Army Day, so I am called Jianjun. Both father and son have a relationship with the army, I guess. You probably know by now about my past in the army."

"Your previous identity information has not yet reached the decryption period, I don't know much, but I still know the military medals." Zhao Yajun returned to the previous topic: "Why do you want to make this step? You should be very clear. , there is no point in fighting."

"I'm waiting for someone. I can wait as long as I can. If I can't wait, I'll wait until I die." Geng Jianjun said with a smile.

Zhao Yajun's ear Liu Futang was always chattering, he took off the micro-communicator and turned it off impatiently, thinking about Gu Tianyou's words, and said meaningfully: "That person hasn't come yet, maybe not. He will come, or he can't come at all."

"You seem to know who I'm waiting for." Geng Jianjun rolled his eyes and glanced at Zhao Yajun.

Zhao Yajun answered the question: "I was asked to ask you, are the people in the house still alive?"

Geng Jianjun's eyes lit up: "Entrusted by others?"

Zhao Yajun shook his head: "It's not the person you were waiting for, but the person who asked me to ask you a question said that as long as you answer his question, he will have a way for you to meet the person you are waiting for."

Geng Jianjun bowed his head: "Do you think I still have a chance to leave here alive?"

"It's up to people, as long as everyone in the room is alive, you give up the confrontation now, and I'm willing to go out with you." Zhao Yajun said sincerely.

"Go out?" Geng Jianjun smiled jokingly: "Stay in jail or be beaten to death by those snipers outside?"

Zhao Yajun shook his head and said, "Leave here and see the person you are waiting for. Maybe he is also waiting to see you."

"Are you willing, are the police officers outside willing?"

"You can take me out of here."

Geng Jianjun was silent for a while, then suddenly asked: "You don't look like the kind of policeman who is willing to bend the law for personal gain."

"I was also a soldier. In the past, I defended my family and the country. Now my duty is to eliminate criminals and protect innocent people. Under this principle, I also want to live a better life as much as possible."

"I would like to trust you, but I don't trust those out there and your hidden client."

"You might consider believing this." Zhao Yajun took a knife from his pocket.

It's made of bullet casings from an anti-aircraft machine gun, shaped like a scalpel.

Geng Jianjun took it in his hand and stared at it for a long time. He raised his head and asked, "How do you need me to cooperate with you?"

"First you have to remove the detonator under the ass."

"I didn't intend to hurt anyone other than the three guys who came to set the fire in the middle of the night, so the device is a fake."

Zhao Yajun breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The first step is to get out of here, someone will pick you up when you leave the city to help you get rid of the police's pursuit."

Ten minutes later, three people slowly walked out of the yard under a large quilt. Under the quilt, three people wore the same security uniform and walked out in unison. Zhao Yajun shouted under the quilt, "I'm Zhao Yajun, and I'm coming out with Deputy Mayor Cui and the suspect. In order to ensure the safety of the hostages, I order you not to act rashly!"

Outside the ruins, in a black SUV. Gu Tianyou put down the binoculars, turned his head and said to Sun Xiaodong, who was beside him: "People came out, you have worked hard for the past three days."

Sun Xiaodong said: "I'm going to arrange a pick-up car right now, walking from the south of the construction site, it is easy to get out of the intersection over there, and the temporary parking lot of the demolition team is there, all the cars are the same, When I let them all drive away together, it will be easier for the one inside to escape when there is a lot of chaos."

"As long as people get into the car I arranged, you will have nothing to do next." After Gu Tianyou finished speaking, he took a leather bag from the back seat and handed it to Sun Xiaodong, "After this matter, the police will The bureau will definitely find you in trouble, and may have to suffer a little grievance, here is 200,000 yuan, not much, that's what it means."

Sun Xiaodong was taken aback, stunned for a moment, then hesitantly took the bag and said, "I've helped a little from the beginning to the end"

Gu Tianyou waved his hand and said, "If you're polite, Brother Sun, you don't need to talk about it. After this matter is done, you'll lose your job if you don't get it. It's really at that point, remember to come to Wolongtang to find me, you have to be afraid. Qu Cai, just use this money to start a small business."

Sun Xiaodong pressed the wallet and nodded, "Don't worry, when the police asked me, I insisted that I panicked and moved the car to make way for the police."