War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 1416 Liu Hanzai

Speaking of which, Wei Ran has not been to Yinta for quite some time. It is summer now, which is the time when there are fewest tourists in Yinta.

But even so, even though it was already late at night when the transport plane landed, when he walked into the not-so-large airport hall, the changes here still gave him a big shock.

Among other things, this small airport, which originally only served locals and local industrial and mining enterprises, has now not only upgraded to a larger flight information display screen, but also displayed a pitiful few flights on this screen. The information is actually bilingual in Russian and Chinese.

Not only flight information, but also signs with eye-catching Chinese characters in lounges, restrooms and supermarkets.

Seeing Wei Ran looking at her, Suisui patted her chest proudly, "Don't ask, it's my credit for asking."

"This is what you can do"

Wei Ran shook his head dumbfounded, and then saw Misha hurried in wearing a bright red outdoor outfit.

"Sorry, I'm late." The panting Misha actually said this sentence in Chinese!

"Misha, when did you learn Chinese?!" Wei Ran asked in surprise. He also said this sentence in Chinese.

Misha spread her hands and took a few deep breaths before replying in Chinese, "From the time it started snowing in Inta until the snow turned into water in Inta, I was busy dealing with tourists from China almost every day. Tell me, even the brown bears in the wild have learned to say 'Welcome' and 'Welcome again, friends'."

"Okay"

Wei Ran grinned, turned to look at Lu Xinda behind him, and said in a low voice, "I think we should leave Xinda here. When winter comes here, she might learn Russian."

"Ah——?" Lu Xinda, who was taking Laura to take a selfie, was dumbfounded.

"I think this proposal is good," Suisui agreed with a smile.

"Is it still too late for me to get back on the plane?" Lu Xinda asked with a grimace.

"I'm afraid it's too late," Misha also joked about the little girl in Chinese.

Of course it was just a joke, although Misha didn't know how bad this girl Lu Xinda was in Russian.

But she knew that at least last winter, there were many tourists coming from China, but they were all connected by this almost underage girl and Su Su's colleagues in China.

While chatting with Misha, everyone walked out of the small airport with their luggage, got into a large van waiting for them and headed straight for the city.

"The reason why I came to pick you up late is because another accident happened." Misha waited until the car started to drive, and then explained in Russian.

"again?"

Suisui frowned, "Isn't it related to those bastards who stole mammoth ivory again?"

"Yes." Misha nodded, "This time it's more serious."

"How serious is it?" Suisui asked with a frown.

"Two died, one was seriously injured, and four were slightly injured."

"Two dead?! Is there gold in those broken bones? Is it a gang fight?"

Suisui asked in surprise, "It shouldn't be. Didn't Greva promise a long time ago that this is here?"

"No, no, it has nothing to do with gangs."

Misha waved her hand, "The one who was injured was a group of poachers who came from further south to poach brown bears, but there was only one person injured.

The morning before yesterday, two of his companions were shot to death by the poachers, who also robbed them of the mammoth tusks, excavation sites and all the excavation equipment they dug. He was the only one who ran out. "

After a pause, Misha continued to explain, "Then tonight, this person went back again, first knocking down an unlucky guy who was on duty at night and grabbing a pistol, and then he lost several other poachers. fighting power and grabbed more weapons.

If one of the poachers hadn't reacted quickly and called the police for help, none of these people would have survived. "

"What's the origin of the one who hurt people?" Wei Ran asked with a frown.

"I don't know. He has no ID and doesn't speak Russian very well."

Misha frowned and said, "In addition, he is not a Slav, he is an Asian with yellow skin, but his appearance does not look like a Buryat or Mongolian."

"Where is this person?" Suisui asked Wei Ran the question first.

"In my dad's police station"

Misha immediately replied, "What I just said happened just a few hours ago. I was busy treating the injured people in the hospital before I went to pick you up."

Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other and said in unison, "Go and see that person."

"The one that hurts someone?" Misha asked subconsciously.

"Of course" Wei Ran and Suisui replied in unison again.

"Go to the police station." Misha patted the back of the driver's seat, "Hurry up."

Before she could finish her words, the driver stepped on the accelerator and increased the speed.

"Are the conditions of those injured serious?" Wei Ran asked.

“Mostly minor injuries”

Misha explained, “They were basically stab wounds, and I heard the doctor say that these people didn’t even have any major blood vessels injured.

The only serious injury was that he was shot in the stomach by a bullet. Before I went to pick you up, that unfortunate guy was still in the operating room. "

Are they all stab wounds?

Wei Ran and Suisui looked at each other, and both could see the doubts in the other's mind.

Without letting them wait long, the large van drove into the police station at lightning speed. Then, under the leadership of Misha, everyone saw the injured person locked in a single room with almost no obstruction.

To everyone's expectation, the man's hands were handcuffed to the upper and lower water pipes of the radiator. This way of confinement also forced the man to squat on the ground, holding the top edge of the radiator with one hand and holding the other hand Next to the bottom edge of the radiator.

But even so, the man was still struggling, trying to pull out his hand that had been strangled.

"Be careful"

Before the local policeman who followed him had time to stop him, Wei Ran had already walked to the opposite side of the man. He frowned and glanced at his appearance, and then looked at the not so delicate tattoo on his right arm. tattoo.

In terms of appearance, this man who looks to be around 40 years old is definitely not handsome.

His short stature, skinny build, slightly dull crew cut, small eyes, flat nose, and single eyelids, all put together, made Wei Ran subconsciously think of "bumpkin", a description that was definitely not polite.

In particular, he was wearing a tattered khaki oil field work clothes, and a pair of muddy and worn-out three-jointed leather shoes that could be thrown into the trash can at any time.

But compared to these, there is a circle of winding dark blue lines tattooed on his right arm. In the middle of this circle of lines, there is a straight red line tattooed horizontally. Grab the opponent's tight hand and turn it half a circle. The red line that goes around the arm is also tattooed at the "joint" on the other side. Tattooed with a special number like "38".

Turn the opponent's arm back. On top of the red line, inside the half circle of curved lines, there is a red five-pointed star.

After looking into the other party's cruel and cold eyes for a moment, Wei Ran let go of his hand, nodded towards the other party with a smile, stood up and turned around and asked, "Misha, can I talk to this comrade alone?"

"Comrade?"

Misha subconsciously repeated this rarely used word, then looked at the police who came in with her, raised her finger and pointed at Suisui, and said matter-of-factly, "She is Aurora, and that man is her boyfriend." Friend Victor, he wants to talk to this man alone."

"no problem!"

The policeman saluted without thinking, then pulled out the gun from his waist, turned the handle of the gun upside down and handed it to Wei Ran, "Mr. Victor, please pay attention to your safety."

"Thank you"

Wei Ran waved his hands dumbfounded, "But the pistol is not necessary. If it is convenient, please give me the handcuff key. In addition, I also need a medicine box, a pack of cigarettes and a lighter."

"Yes!"

The policeman quickly put away his pistol, took out the handcuff key and handed it to Wei Ran, then turned around and ran out.

"I'll talk to him alone"

Wei Ran said before Suisui could speak, "Don't worry, there's no danger. I'll explain the rest to you later."

"No! This."

Before Suisui finished speaking, Wei Ran leaned against her ear and said something in a weak voice that only the two of them could hear.

"Are you telling the truth?! This is impossible!"

Suisui exclaimed, and then subconsciously glanced at the man who was leaning against the heating pipe.

"So let me talk to him alone," Wei Ran said with a smile.

After a slight hesitation, Suisui nodded as the policeman came back in with the medicine box, "Then please be safe."

"Do not worry"

Wei Ran made a gentle promise and took the medicine box, cigarettes and lighter handed over by the policeman, "You guys should find a place to rest first."

"Come with me" Misha said and walked out first.

"There's no surveillance or recording equipment here, right?" Wei Ran asked the policeman.

"No, sir."

The policeman immediately said, "No matter what you do, no one will see or hear you. Of course, if you are in danger, please press this immediately."

Glancing at the big red button on the other side's finger on the wall at the door, Wei Ran nodded with a smile and once again rejected the pistol offered by the other side.

Watching the policeman finally leave, Wei Ran locked the door, and under the vigilant gaze of the handcuffed man, used the key to open the handcuffed hand, and then directly removed the handcuff key. handed it to him.

Glancing at Wei Ran in surprise, the man hurriedly took the key and opened the other handcuff, stood up and ran out.

"Believe me, if you run out, you will be shot to death immediately."

Wei Ran sat at the table against the wall and whispered, but this time, he used neither Russian nor Chinese, but a rarely used Chinese language.

No, perhaps at this time, it is more appropriate to call this language Chao Moss language.

No matter what this language is called, when this sentence came out of Wei Ran's mouth, the man who had already put his scarred hand on the doorknob also stopped, trembled, and turned around violently. He turned around and looked at Wei Ran in disbelief.

After a long silence, the man asked hoarsely and almost desperately in Chao Moss language, "Are you a Nan Puppet? Are you...are you here to take me back?"

"Wrong answer"

Wei Ran smiled and motioned for the other party to sit across from him, "How about we sit down and chat? I'm Chinese, I don't have any ill intentions, and I might be able to help you."

"Chinese?"

This man, who was probably only 1.6 meters tall, shook his head, but he did not hide his suspicion at all.

"certainly"

As Wei Ran spoke, he took out his passport from his pocket, opened it, covered up his personal information, gave him a look, and then immediately put it into his pocket.

"Sit down and chat," Wei Ran invited again, "I might be able to help you."

After a slight hesitation, the man finally cautiously sat down opposite Wei Ran and watched vigilantly as Wei Ran opened the small medicine box on the table and took out items such as gauze and iodophor. Something like that.

"Stretch out your hand," Wei Ran said without any doubt.

After a moment of silence, the man stretched out his hands, revealing his wrists that had been bruised by handcuffs.

"What's your name?" Wei Ran asked casually while applying iodine to the other party's wound carefully.

"Ryu Hanjae" the man replied tremblingly.

"Do you speak Russian? Do you have a Russian name?" Wei Ran continued to ask.

"I can speak but not write," Liu Hanzai replied in Russian, "I don't have a Russian name."

"You're in a hurry to get out of here."

Wei Ran said in a positive tone, "What do you want to do? I can't take you out of here, but I can do something for you."

"Why do you want to help me?" Liu Hanzai asked warily.

"No reason"

Wei Ran smiled, "You can also refuse my help and wait for the next person who can help you, gain your trust, and won't reveal your identity and send you back."

After saying this, Liu Hanzai couldn't help but look up at Wei Ran who was still applying medicine to his wound.

"Don't try to kidnap me. It's useless."

Wei Ran said without raising his head, "You have no chance, and even if you succeed, you won't survive at all. If you still have sense, weigh it carefully before making a decision."