The train driver in the courtyard

In the telegraph room of the Cross passenger and cargo ship.

The indicator lights on the large telegraph transceiver panel flickered.

It makes a sound of "drip, drip, da, da, da... drip, drip, da, da..."

"Report, the message has been translated."

The telegraph operator took off his headphones, stood up and handed the message to Captain Bai.

Captain Bai took just one look and his face turned pale.

The telegram only contained a few simple words: "Comrade Li Aiguo is in full charge of all matters aboard the Cross."

You have to know that these days the crew on a ship not only have to maintain order, but also have to guard against sabotage by the enemy. Their authority is considerable, and they are usually not directly under the control of the captain who is in charge of shipping affairs.

Now, the higher-ups have given the job of a train conductor to a train driver like this.

Who is this train driver?
But Captain Bai didn't have time to think about these things. He stood at attention and saluted Li Aiguo. "Driver Li, Captain Bai Xiande of the Cross Ship's Passenger Police Team reports to you. Please give me your instructions! It was just a misunderstanding. Please don't take it to heart."

The voice was so crisp, without any hesitation.

Li Aiguo didn't take the incident seriously. He returned the greeting and gave his first order: "Captain Bai, quickly send a flight attendant to keep an eye on the first-class cabin, room number five."

"Yes!" Captain Bai saluted again, then hurried forward to arrange the task.

Li Aiguo turned his head and looked at Captain Zhou again: "Old Zhou, if you were the enemy and wanted to destroy this ship, where would you destroy first?"

"The engine room is responsible for the power of the ship. I will definitely blow up the engine room first, and then load explosives in the bottom warehouse. Once the bottom warehouse is blown up, the ship will take on water and sink..." Captain Zhou replied.

"What if it's a ship hijacking?" Li Aiguo asked.

"Then first we need to take over the telegraph room to prevent the ship from sounding an alarm, and then take control of the wheelhouse to force the ship to turn to driver Li. Do you think the enemy wants to hijack the ship?"

After answering the question, Captain Zhou asked cautiously.

“It’s hard to say for now”

Lacking the necessary information, Li Aiguo was unable to determine the enemy's true purpose.

At this time, Captain Bai had completed the task and returned to the cab.

At this time, Captain Bai finished arranging the tasks and returned to the cab.

The old flight attendant no longer had the resistance he had just had, and was actually quite excited.

When he was assigning the task to the train police, he realized that the superiors would not ignore the rules and hand over the Cross ship to a train driver for no reason.

Doing this now only shows that this train driver is no ordinary person.

Judging from this, those three passengers are most likely enemies!

Captain Bai has been the captain of the train police on the Cross for three years and has always wanted to catch a real spy. How can he not be excited!

"Report, I have sent two flight attendants to change the crew's uniforms and keep an eye on cabin number five 24 hours a day."

Captain Bai saluted Li Aiguo and suggested, "Should we take action immediately and arrest the person?"

"If the enemy is really here to destroy the ship, they may do it at any time. Our best course of action is to capture them directly."

Li Aiguo took out a cigarette from his pocket and handed one to Captain Bai, then said, "If the enemy's goal is to hijack the ship, then if we want to arrest people now, we can't be sure whether they have helpers.

Even if the person is caught, his helpers may still take action.”

"Then, what should we do?" Captain Bai thought about it carefully and realized that this was indeed a possibility.

Now they are in the light and the enemy is in the dark. Once the enemy makes any move, they can take action at any time.

but.

If you fail to wipe out all the enemies in one fell swoop, the remaining enemies may try to kill you.

Li Aiguo said: "I will go and test their strength first, and then we can discuss the next step."

"Does that require our cooperation?" Captain Bai asked.

"No need, I've already thought of a good helper." Li Aiguo smiled and turned to leave the cab.

The night covered the entire sea surface, and the Cross was like a lamp in the darkness, swaying forward.

There were two flight attendants watching Guest Room No. 5. Li Aiguo was not worried about the enemy causing trouble, so he went back to the guest room and had a good sleep.

The next morning, the sun jumped out from below the sea level, and the golden light sprinkled on the green sea, which looked quite magnificent.

It was Li Aiguo's first time to watch the sunrise over the sea, so he was inevitably a little fascinated.

At this time, a burst of laughter came from the side.

Turning around, I saw brother and sister Xiaosi and Xiaoqi clinging to the railing, pointing at the sea and shouting.

"Fish, there are big fish."

"Be careful!" Liu Fang was afraid that something might happen to the children, so she grabbed each child by the collar.

Li Aiguo walked over, squatted down, looked at Xiaosi and Xiaoqi and asked, "Do you two want to go fishing with uncle?"

"Yes." Xiao Qi came down from the railing and looked up and down at Li Aiguo, with suspicion written all over his face: "Uncle, where is your fishing hook?"

Li Aiguo smiled and pointed at Xiao Qi: "You are the fishhook."

"Me?!" Xiao Qi was even more confused.

Liu Fang noticed something was wrong and walked up to him and asked, "Driver Li, what are you doing?"

"Take the two children with you and let's go in and talk." Li Aiguo turned and walked into the cabin.

Liu Fang hesitated for a moment, then took Xiao Qi and Xiao Si's hands and followed behind.

Li Aiguo did not go to the common cabin or the library. Instead, he walked through the first-class cabin to the top deck.

Liu Fang had never been here before and felt a little nervous.

She wanted to ask Li Aiguo what he was going to do, but she didn't know why she didn't ask.

"Come in." At some point, Li Aiguo suddenly stopped in front of a cabin door.

When Liu Fang saw the sign on the cabin door that said "Utility Room", she became even more puzzled.

If she hadn't known that Li Aiguo was a train driver, she would have turned around and ran away.

Before Liu Fang could finish hesitating, Li Aiguo pushed the door open and went in.

Liu Fang hurriedly followed with Xiao Qi and Xiao Si.

As soon as I entered, I saw a middle-aged man in a flight attendant uniform standing in the room.

The flight attendant's uniform is a guarantee of safety.

Liu Fang breathed a sigh of relief, but she felt even more confused.

"Driver Li, did I do anything wrong?" Liu Fang looked at Li Aiguo timidly.

Captain Bai stood up and turned to look at Li Aiguo: "You brought this person here without explaining anything to this female comrade?"

"Don't worry, Comrade Liu Fang is a member of the railway family and one of us." Li Aiguo took out two pieces of candy from his pocket and handed them to Xiao Qi and Xiao Si.

The two children were not as worried as Liu Fang. They were full of curiosity, as if they were playing a big adventure.

I took the candy, said "Thank you uncle", and ran to the window obediently, watching the seabirds shouting and calling.

"Comrade Liu Fang, please sit down." Li Aiguo asked Liu Fang to sit down, and then slowly said: "There are a few suspicious people on the ship now. I want you to cooperate with us to carry out a mission. Find out their identities."

As a female worker in a textile factory, Liu Fang had also received confidentiality education and immediately understood what Li Aiguo meant.

She hesitated for a moment, clenched her fists tightly, and her knuckles turned white: "I... can I not agree?"

"Of course." Li Aiguo was not surprised by Liu Fang's refusal.

The spies in real life are much more ferocious than those in TV dramas, and not everyone has the courage to face them.

Li Aiguo was a little disappointed, but he had a backup plan. He stood up and wanted to ask Liu Fang to go back.

Suddenly, two little heads popped up from the side, and two pairs of big eyes stared at Li Aiguo: "Uncle, are you catching bad guys?"

"Yes, but don't worry, we will definitely catch the bad guys and send you to Hankou safely."

Li Aiguo was afraid that the child was scared and wanted to say a few words to comfort him.

Unexpectedly, the two children became even more excited when they heard it.

"Catch the bad guys! We have to catch the bad guys too!" Xiao Qi grabbed Liu Fang's arm, shaking her body and acting coquettishly: "Mom, let's help the driver uncle catch the bad guys!"

"Kid, what do you know? Bad guys are not that easy to catch. We are just ordinary people. Just take care of ourselves and don't worry about so many things." Liu Fang picked up Xiao Qi and prepared to go out.

Although she also wanted to help Li Aiguo and the flight attendants.

But she is a mother, and the first thing she has to do is to send the two children back safely.

At this time, a crisp sound was heard in the cabin.

"Mom, if we don't help uncle catch the bad guys, and they succeed, will the ship capsize?

Will we fall into the sea? Mom, Xiaosi can't swim, will she drown?"

The sound echoed in the cabin, and Liu Fang's face changed. She wanted to take a step, but found that she couldn't lift her feet.

She turned her head and looked at Xiao Si: "Uncles can catch the bad guys even without us."

"What if the uncles also think this way and are afraid of danger and don't catch the bad guys?" Xiao Si raised her little face and said, "Will the boat capsize?"

It is said that children’s questions are difficult to answer.

why?
Children don’t have those “common sense” concepts in their minds.

In Liu Fang's opinion, it was the duty of Li Aiguo and the flight attendant to catch the bad guys, and she, as an ordinary person, should just hide behind them.

But does “should” really mean should?
Is there really such thing as “taken for granted” in this world?

Liu Fang was shocked and suddenly couldn't speak.

Li Aiguo touched Xiao Si's head, squatted down and said with a smile: "Xiao Si, don't worry, even without your mother's help, we will make sure to catch all the bad guys and send you to Hankou safely."

After saying that, Li Aiguo raised his little finger and said, "How about we make a pinky promise?"

"Uncle, I believe it!" Xiao Si raised her hand and was about to make a pinky promise.

Liu Fang was silent for a while, then slowly turned around, looked at Li Aiguo and said, "Driver Li, Xiao Si is right, I am too selfish. If we all back down when facing bad guys, we will be the ones who suffer in the end."

Her tone became firm: "Driver Li, what do you want us to do?"

Li Aiguo and Xiao Si shook hands, stood up and said, "Comrade Liu Fang, don't worry, there is no danger in this mission."

He waved to Xiao Si and Xiao Qi and whispered something in their ears: "Wait a minute. Remember this?"

"Uncle driver, please rest assured. I am the manager of the second window sill and the front door in school. I am also the team leader and the deputy captain of the school sports meeting cheering team!" Xiao Qi raised his head proudly: "I promise I will do my job."

Wow, he is not very old, but he has so many jobs!

Li Aiguo gave Xiao Qi a thumbs up, then he looked at Xiao Si.

"Uncle, I am the squad leader." Xiao Si looked calm.

Li Aiguo: "."

Whirring whirring
After the Cross sailed out of the Bohai Bay, the wind and waves on the sea became stronger and stronger.

The waves hit the side of the boat fiercely, splashing out star-like waves.

"The wind and waves are too strong. Everyone, please go back to the cabin and don't stay on the deck."

Captain Bai, along with a police officer, shouted at the passengers who were watching the sea on the deck with a tin horn. Upon hearing this, the passengers turned around and walked back to the cabin.

Gao Ma and the other two glanced at each other and followed the crowd into the cabin.

At this time, an urgent voice came: "My son is missing, everyone please help!"

The passengers stopped and saw a young woman in blue clothes shouting at the top of her lungs, holding a little girl in her hands.

The passengers had been on board for a day and had already become familiar with each other. Two of them recognized the woman.

"Liu Fang, is Xiao Qi missing?" Several enthusiastic passengers stepped forward.

"Yes, I was taking Xiao Si to see the seabirds, and when I turned around, Xiao Qi disappeared. I searched the entire deck just now, but couldn't find him."

Liu Fang looked anxious and tears started to flow as she spoke.

"I only have this one son. If I lose him, my husband will fight me to the death." As she said this, she squatted on the ground and burst into tears.

Captain Liu and the police rushed over after hearing the news and asked, "Lady, how old is your son and what does he look like?"

But at this time Liu Fang was already panicked and just kept crying.

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Several passengers advised: "It's no use crying, tell the train police quickly, we can all help find it."

"My son, his name is Xiao Qi..." Liu Fang finally came to her senses. She stood up and described Xiao Qi's appearance and clothes with tears and snot.

Gao Ma and the other two had been planning to return to the cabin, but when they saw the chaos, they stood aside to watch the fun.

Hearing Liu Fang's words, Meng Tukun leaned close to Gao Ma's ear and whispered, "Brother Gao, I think I saw that guy running to the first-class cabin just now. Should we..."

"Don't meddle in other people's business. Be careful not to attract the attention of the train attendant." Gao Ma refused with a stern face.

"But there is a deck above the first-class cabin. What if that kid falls down?" Looking at Liu Fang crying loudly, Meng Tukun felt a little bit reluctant.

"You are a soft-hearted boy. Okay, go and tell the conductor that we have hidden firecrackers and are ready to hijack the ship. Go ahead!" Gao Ma scolded Meng Tukun harshly. If he had not been worried about being discovered by others, he would have already shouted.

Mengtukun was scolded so much that he dared not say a word.

"Okay, this matter has nothing to do with us. If the child falls into the sea, it's just bad luck." Seeing that more and more people were on the deck, Gao Ma took a few people back to the cabin.

At this time, Captain Bai had already asked for a confession.

He looked at Liu Fang and said, "According to your daughter, Xiao Qi was playing hide-and-seek with her, so Xiao Qi is likely hiding on the boat. Comrade, don't worry, we will mobilize all the passengers to help you find your son."

"Thank you, thank you so much." Liu Fang's eyes were red and swollen from crying.

If Li Aiguo hadn't known in advance that she was acting, he would have believed it to some extent.

Li Aiguo was amazed. This woman is also a veteran actress. He was really worried about the dispatcher brother.

At this time, Captain Bai held up the tin trumpet and shouted:

"All passengers, please note that there is a child missing on the ship. His name is Xiao Qi. If you find the child, please contact the police immediately.

We are now organizing a search team, and those who are willing to sign up can come over."

When the passengers heard that they needed to find a child, they all expressed their willingness to help. Li Aiguo raised his hand without any hesitation and said, "I live in the first class cabin, so I will be responsible for the search work in the first class cabin."

Gao Ma and his companions had already walked to the cabin door. Hearing this, he just frowned slightly.

"Brother Gao, have you hidden the things?" Meng Tukun was a little worried.

"Don't worry, I've received professional training." Gao Ma glared at him unhappily.

This kid is always jumpy, and something bad will happen sooner or later. Why don't we get rid of him before taking action?

Gao Ma and his companions returned to the cabin and closed the door.

He called Mengtukun and Gaodian together and held a small meeting.

"Those people may come to search the cabin later, we must..."

His voice became lower and lower, but Mengtukun and Gaodian nodded frequently.

"Brother, your acting skills are really first-rate."

"That's right, no wonder they sent more than a dozen people here to jail, but were able to deceive so many people after liberation!"

Mengtukun and Gaodian both gave a thumbs up.

Gao Ma lit a cigarette and said proudly, "Don't worry, I have planned everything. As long as you listen to me, we can wait a few days until the ship reaches Quanzhou Port and hijack it to the island."

He had been planning this escape for two years and had taken everything into consideration. There would definitely be no problems.

Things happened just as Gao Ma expected. A moment after he said this, there was a knock on the door.

"According to the plan, Gaodian, you go open the door."

Gao Dian ruffled his hair, yawned, and opened the cabin door.

Seeing Li Aiguo, Liu Fang and two other passengers standing outside, Gao Dian said impatiently: "Mani, Mani, are you going to let us rest?"

Li Aiguo explained with a smile: "This lady's son is missing. As you know, children always like to play hide-and-seek, so we want to go in and look for him."

"There are not many children here, and I need to rest!" Gao Dian said as he was about to close the shop.

The cabin door was blocked by Li Aiguo. Liu Fang started to cry. The two passengers angrily accused Gao Dian: "What's wrong with you, young man? Someone's son is missing and they are so anxious, can't you give them some convenience?

We are just going in to check, and if Xiao Qi is not here, we will leave immediately."

Gao Dian was about to refuse, but Gao Ma's voice came from the cabin: "Second Brother, if they want to find it, just let them find it. We don't have anything shameful here."

"My brother spoke for you this time, otherwise no one would be able to come in." Gao Dian turned around angrily.

The performance just now was so wonderful that he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Li Aiguo: "."

Gao Ma: “.”

Mengtukun: “.”

The atmosphere in the cabin suddenly became wrong. Gao Ma reacted quickly, jumped up from the bed, and slapped Gao Dian on the forehead.

"What's wrong with you kid? Your old problem has come back again."

Gao Ma turned his head to look at Li Aiguo and the others, and pointed to his head: "My brother has a problem here. This time we went to Hankou to treat him."

"Really? It's a pity that such a young guy died." Li Aiguo cooperated and sighed.

"You guys go ahead and look for it. Just look anywhere." Seeing that he had been fooled, Gao Ma secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stepped aside.

Li Aiguo, along with Liu Fang, the flight attendant and two passengers, went into the cabin and began to search.

The cabin was only about four or five square meters in size, leaving even less room for people to hide, so it was quickly turned over.

"Son, where are you hiding?" Liu Fang seemed to be confused from crying. She picked up the big box in the corner and opened it.

Li Aiguo did not look at the big box, his eyes were always on Gao Ma.

He had already figured out from the performance of the few people just now that this guy was the leader of this gang.

Just as he expected, Gao Ma did see Liu Fang's actions, but did not stop her.

The box was opened, and of course there was no child inside. There were only a few clothes, two boxes of hair oil, a few combs, and some miscellaneous items such as leather shoes.

"Okay, you have finished the inspection, so please leave quickly and don't disturb our rest." Gao Ma stood up and pretended to chase people away.

"Comrade Liu Fang, don't worry, let's go to another cabin." Li Aiguo called on the passengers to help Liu Fang up.

After several people left the cabin, Meng Tukun immediately closed the cabin door. After waiting for a moment, he suddenly opened the cabin door again according to the plan.

I stuck my head out and breathed a sigh of relief when I saw that there was no one outside.

After closing the hatch again, Meng Tukun whispered, "Brother Gao, you are worrying too much. This woman just lost her child."

"It's better to be cautious." Gao Ma lit a cigarette and said in a deep voice: "For some reason, I always feel that someone is watching us. But after what happened just now, they searched the entire manifest and found neither weapons nor firecrackers. They should have completely let down their guard."

A thin layer of smoke covered his face. The sunlight shone through the cabin glass, shining on the smoke, making his complexion flicker.

"Brother, it was you who came up with this method of pretending to cooperate but actually clearing suspicion." Gao Dian gave a thumbs up in front of Meng Tukun.

Mengtukun had always been worried about the ship hijacking plan, but now he felt relieved.

"Brother Gao, should we salvage the weapons?" Meng Tukun pushed open the window, stuck his head out of the window, and lowered his head to take a look at the bottom of the boat.

boom!
His forehead hit the window sill.

Gao Ma had appeared behind him without him noticing, and put his hand hard on his neck: "If you dare to act on your own again, I will kill you!"

"Brother Gao, Brother Gao, I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore!"

"No one saw this?!"

Meng Tukun was startled and quickly raised his hand.

"You must follow the plan in the future! If you dare to act on your own again, don't blame me for being rude!" Gao Ma hesitated for a moment, and a fierce look flashed in his eyes.

Finally he let go of Mengtukun's neck, and Mengtukun's legs went limp and he collapsed to the ground.

Just now, Mengtukun clearly felt the murderous aura coming from Gao Ma.

At this time, the search outside was nearing its end.

Li Aiguo looked up at his watch to see the time, and felt that the time was almost right, so he made a gesture towards the distance.

Xiao Qi, who had been missing, suddenly climbed down the ladder.

"Hey, uncle, aunt, what are you doing?" He looked at the busy passengers with a confused look on his face.

Seeing Xiao Qi, Liu Fang immediately rushed over and slapped Xiao Qi on the butt.

The passengers had been searching for a long time and were a little resentful when they saw Xiao Qi suddenly appear, but they also felt sorry for the child when they saw this situation.

At that time, several women came up to persuade Liu Fang: "The child has been found, don't be angry, he is still young, what does he know!"

Liu Fang took advantage of the situation, hugged Xiao Qi in her arms and burst into tears.

A grand drama ended with the reunion of mother and son.

After a while.

Silent stern.

Xiao Qi winked at Li Aiguo and said, "Uncle, I was injured while completing the mission. Am I a glorious little soldier?"

Li Aiguo raised his hand and saluted Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi quickly returned the gift.

The young soldier's movements were childish but his expression was solemn.

The sea breeze blew, and the red pendant on his neck fluttered in the wind, looking particularly bright under the sunlight.

In the evening, in the utility room.

After listening to the reports of the two flight attendants, Captain Bai learned that no suspicious items were found in Guest Room No. 5.

He frowned immediately: "Could it be that these three people are not bad people, and we have misunderstood them?"

Li Aiguo waved his hand and said in a deep voice: "I can confirm that they are the enemy, and their purpose is not to blow up the ship, but to hijack it."

A wave hit, causing the Cross to shake violently, and the incandescent lamp hanging on the cabin swayed from side to side.

There was a whistling sound of wind coming from outside.

(End of this chapter)