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Chapter 432: Experienced Bandits Discussing Tricks

The sun shines on the river surface, making it sparkle, and the blue water flows straight to the north.

The banks are lined with green trees and lush vegetation. On the east side of the river, some people are fishing with poles and casting nets. There are several fishing boats on the river, emitting black smoke and dragging fishing nets.

A Dongfeng 140 was speeding on the dirt road along the east bank of the river. The driver stepped on the accelerator and held the steering wheel, staring straight ahead. Li Fuqiang next to him was tying his trouser legs with cloth strips, with two guns, two cloth bags and a leather belt on his buttocks...

The cloth bag contained three and a half pieces of glutinous rice cakes, half a bag of calcium milk biscuits wrapped in brown paper, and a marching water bottle. In another cloth bag were ropes, No. 16 lead bullets and single-headed bullets. The 56 bullets used by Xu Ning were put into a cowhide belt by Li Fuqiang, and the remaining scattered bullets were put into Xu Ning's hip pocket.

After tying his leggings, Li Fuqiang glanced around and asked, "They can't just abandon their motorcycles and go into the mountains, right?"

Xu Ning said: "If I were them, I would definitely do this. The mountain is their only way to escape. If they run eastward for more than 250 miles from here, they can go abroad! Now they are riding motorcycles to the north. I think they want to take a small road to Lin County..."

Although he couldn't see Lao Ba and Li Quan on the motorcycle now, Xu Ning was confident that he had not lost them, because the road conditions here were that there was a river bank on the left and they certainly couldn't jump into the river, and there was a three or four meter high mountain ridge on the right and the hillside was very steep. If they wanted to abandon the motorcycle and go into the mountain, the motorcycle would definitely be left on the side of the dirt road.

Xu Ning felt anxious. There would be a mountain road ahead. If Lao Ba chose to abandon the motorcycle on the mountain road, he could just throw it into the woods and no clear trace would be left. Since it had not rained in the past few days, the dirt road was very hard. In addition, the road surface of Sandaohe was paved with river sand. There were already many wheel marks, which disturbed the eyes. Therefore, Xu Ning could not track him.

He stepped on the accelerator and drove forward. Three minutes later, Li Fuqiang pointed excitedly at the shadow of the motorcycle in front of him, "In front! We didn't lose it!"

Xu Ning nodded: "Well, just keep this speed. We filled up the gas earlier. When their motorcycles run out of gas and stall, we'll just ram them!"

"Wouldn't they be killed?" Li Fuqiang said with a smile.

"It's better to kill him, so we don't have to waste time judging him."

Xu Ning hated Lao Ba very much, not only because Lao Ba said he wanted to kill his whole family, but also because Lao Ba was after his life. If Lao Ba and Li Quan were given a chance to react, Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang would be doomed as well!

"Brother, why do you think those two killed Zhao Lu? I saw a man in the cellar, what's going on?"

Xu Ning also asked in his heart: "Why?"

He analyzed in silence, "I took a quick look at that man. He seemed to be Lao Ba's brother Xiao Linzi. We had fought a few battles in the city before and met each other. As for why he killed Zhao Lu and Xiao Linzi, I'm not sure, but Lao Ba is a petty person who holds grudges..."

Li Fuqiang slapped his thigh and said, "That's Xiao Linzi and Zhao Lu having an affair, and Lao Ba saw them, and then they were both killed, but who is that person called Quan'er?"

"It's hard to guard against. I've never heard of it. Judging from the way he ambushed in the cellar and fired the gun as soon as he raised it, he must be a gangster who has committed crimes before. If we had entered the outer room at that time, one of us would have died!"

"He's taking refuge in Lao Ba's house, right? That's why Lao Ba chased the money-gamblers away and went somewhere else to play, because there's a fugitive hiding in his house. This analysis makes sense."

"Well, Zhao Lu and Xiao Linzi might have been killed by Quan Er. It's hard to say for sure."

"This guy is pretty fierce. We need to be careful later."

Ahead, a motorcycle was speeding on the dirt road. The rider, Lao Ba, glanced in the rearview mirror and vaguely saw a small black dot following them. However, due to the wind noise and the engine, he could not communicate with Li Quan behind him and could only glance at the instruments on the motorcycle.

At this moment, the motorcycle has reached more than 250 miles per hour, but this is not the limit of the Xingfu motorcycle. Its limit is miles per hour. Due to the dirt road, running at miles per hour is a bit dizzy. Lao Ba did not hold the handle tightly, but slightly leaned on the handle, so that even if he encountered a pothole, the front wheel would not bend...

The Dongfeng 140 behind him was getting closer and closer, and Lao Ba was getting more and more anxious. Li Quan was sitting at the back, looking back, patted Lao Ba on the shoulder, and pointed to the old forest in front. Lao Ba nodded in understanding, slowed down the motorcycle and stopped it beside the old forest.

Seeing this, Xu Ning in the Dongfeng 140 hurriedly stepped on the accelerator, but the two sides were far apart. By the time Xu Ning was thirty or forty meters away from the motorcycle, Lao Ba and Li Quan had already abandoned their car and dived into the woods.

"brother!"

Li Fuqiang shouted loudly, and Xu Ning saw Li Quan rushing out of the woods again with a double-barreled shotgun, and pointed the gun at the cockpit of the Dongfeng 140.

"Get down!"

After Xu Ning shouted, he pressed his head and body down, and Li Fuqiang also quickly bent down to avoid it. After the gunshot, the front windshield shattered, and large pieces of glass fell into Xu Ning's collar.

"Fuck..."

Xu Ning did not dare to stop the motorcycle rashly. He was only 30 meters away from Li Quan. If he stopped the motorcycle at this time, Li Quan would raise his gun and lock them both, which would undoubtedly be a trap. So Xu Ning stepped on the accelerator and jumped over the motorcycle, then drove forward for more than 40 meters before stopping.

After parking the car, Xu Ning pushed open the door with one hand, grabbed the 56 with the other, and jumped out of the car. After landing, he saw Li Fuqiang trying to get out of the passenger seat, and hurriedly shouted, "Brother! Get out this way."

Li Fuqiang reacted immediately after hearing this. If Li Quan and Lao Ba had not entered the woods and had leaned out again, he would have been shot as soon as he landed.

After he got out of the car, dragging his cloth bag and the old handlebars, he turned around and saw Xu Ning carrying a 56- semi-automatic rifle to the rear of the car. He pointed his gun at the position where Li Quan had just stood and fired, and fired two blind shots.

"brother?"

Xu Ning stepped back, hid behind the car and said, "Don't worry, listen to the noise in the woods, I'll tie your leggings."

"Okay." Li Fuqiang came to the rear of the car and leaned his head to look at the forest. The trees in this forest were very thick, with many branches hanging down and growing crookedly. The leaves were densely packed, and looking inside from the outside, one could only see a few meters away.

After Xu Ning tied his leggings and adjusted his belt, he inserted the knife into the sheath on his back, checked the bullet pocket, and said, "Brother."

"There was no movement at all. I guess he ran into the woods."

"Then we have to be careful too. Leave the car here first and we'll go in from the front..."

As soon as he turned around, Xu Ning saw two coats in the car, one was Sun Jiye's brown coat, and the other was Sun Lianfang's flowery coat. The weather was hot during the day and cold at night, so the two took off their coats when they came to Dalingtun.

"Put these two pieces of clothing in your pockets. You may have to spend the night in the mountains."

"Okay." Li Fuqiang pulled off his clothes and stuffed them into the cloth bag, then followed Xu Ning, carefully walked around the front of the car, and went into the old forest.

Xu Ning frowned after entering the woods. His vision was too severely obstructed and he could only see about five or six meters around him. However, it was a little damp under his feet. There was a lot of dew on the river and the mountain, and the rotten leaves under his feet were moist, so he could see footprints.

After walking more than 30 meters in the direction where Lao Ba and Li Quan left, he pointed at the rotten leaves trampled on the ground and said, "Go ahead, they've gone into the mountains."

"Okay! Brother, it's not safe for us to follow them. What if these two bastards hide and shoot us from behind? What should we do?"

Xu Ning waved his hand and said, "Then turn left twenty meters and chase east."

The two chased eastward for more than 200 meters. When Xu Ning was about to go to the right to trace the trail, he suddenly saw two unclear footprints on the ground. The toes were walking to the south. He quickly followed the trail and walked forward. After 50 meters, Xu Ning's heart skipped a beat. "It's bad!"

At this moment, Lao Ba and Li Quan were relaxed, holding their guns in one hand and walking back quickly.

"Do you have a grudge against that guy?" Li Quan asked.

"Yeah, he opened my head in the city a while ago. My eldest brother was imprisoned because of him. It turns out that there was a guy named Monkey in his group who was shot as an example last year."

Li Quan asked: "Then why is he fine?"

"He's such a cunning fellow! When we fought, we used swords and guns openly, but he hid behind and threw stones! Once I was arrested and imprisoned for two months, and he even passed cigarettes to the inmates and asked them to punish me..."

Li Quan said with a smile: "You are all fooling around, doing childish things. Now we can't leave him here. It's a good idea for us to run away. We can come back to deal with him later."

"Okay, this is a really big crime, can we get out?"

Li Quan pointed at the Dongfeng 140 parked on the roadside and said with a smile: "Why can't we get out with this car? Drive directly to Lin County, go to Jishi on the way, and cross the border from the eastern mountainous area..."

Lao Ba said, "You are smart! I didn't even think of making a detour to get the car, and those two idiots certainly didn't think of it either."

"How far can you run on your own two legs? Let's go and buy some things in Lin County first."

Li Quan said calmly, and the two walked out of the old forest. When they passed by a motorcycle, Lao Ba muttered, "What a pity for this motorcycle."

"You're almost dead, and you're still thinking about the motorcycle. You're really careless."

Lao Ba is not a big-hearted person, but a petty one. He doesn't want to spoil things like this. How much is a motorcycle worth? So he feels sorry for it!
Li Quan walked around to the front of the Dongfeng 140 and pulled the door, opening it easily because Xu Ning had not locked the door when he left. After all, the front windshield was broken, so if anyone wanted to steal the car, they could just get in.

Li Quan sat in the driver's seat and glanced at the key door. When he didn't find the key, he bent down and dug out the wire under the steering wheel. Lao Ba searched everywhere in the car, but unfortunately he found nothing. He cursed and said, "There's nothing in this car! We didn't take any money when we went out. What should we do?"

Li Quan held the wire in both hands and gently connected it to the car, which made a sound. He said calmly, "When we get to Lin County, I'll find two people to borrow some money. How can I let you go hungry when I go out with you?"

Lao Ba smiled awkwardly. In fact, he was afraid of Li Quan from the bottom of his heart. He thought Li Quan was very inhumane, but he was really good to him. When Li Quan came to see him, he didn't come empty-handed. He brought him two packs of cigarettes and a leather jacket...

hum!
The Dongfeng 140 was on fire.

Li Quan held the steering wheel with both hands, stepped on the clutch to shift gears, and released the brake...

Just as the car was moving forward, two people suddenly appeared on the roadside ahead.

In the woods, Xu Ning realized something was wrong and hurriedly pulled Li Fuqiang back, secretly cursing Lao Ba and Li Quan for playing a feint to the east and attacking in the west. The two of them didn't dare to make any sound when they ran to the nearby area, and just walked forward lightly. But after hearing the sound of the car starting, Xu Ning lost his composure. If he let Lao Ba and Li Quan drive away, he would have no way to catch up. The consequences of letting the tiger go back to the mountain would be disastrous!

So Xu Ning immediately ran out of the woods, deliberately ran forward more than ten meters, stood on the side of the road, raised his gun, and shouted: "Brother! Shoot the front tire!"

"Okay!" Li Fuqiang raised his gun and fired at the front wheel, which immediately exploded with a bang.

Xu Ning fired at the cockpit with a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, but Li Quan was very alert. He bent down as soon as he heard the noise and stepped on the accelerator...

The car rushed forward, and Xu Ning had no choice but to lower the muzzle of the gun and shoot at the right front wheel.

After the two front wheels were flat, Lao Ba lowered his head and grabbed his gun, but Li Quan shouted, "Don't move!"

Bang!
A bullet just embedded itself into the back of the chair under Lao Ba's seat. If he had straightened up, he would have been shot. Li Quan was experienced and had strong psychological qualities.

Lao Ba glared and cursed: "Fuck you!"

His heart was pounding and he felt scared.

Li Quan put the car in first gear and drove it slowly forward. Then he opened the door and said, "Cover me while I jump out of the car!"

"Right now!"

Li Quan jumped out of the car holding a double-barreled shotgun, landed on his feet and rushed towards the back of the car, just avoiding Xu Ning's sight, because Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were standing in the woods, with two trees in front of them serving as cover.

Bang!
Lao Ba raised his gun and fired a shot, but he found that the car was still moving forward and would soon reach Xu Ning. He became anxious and shouted, "Quan'er!"

Li Quan quickly went around to the rear of the car and shouted as the car moved forward, "Just jump into the woods!"

At this time, Li Fuqiang had already loaded the bullet and was about to move away to fire, but Xu Ning grabbed him and pulled him back. Then a gunshot was heard and wood chips flew everywhere from a tree shattered by the bullet.

Lao Ba took this opportunity to push the door and jumped out of the car. He jumped more than two meters and jumped directly into the woods. However, his foot slipped and his buttocks sat on a broken branch. Lao Ba felt a pain in his buttocks. He gritted his teeth, stood up, raised his hand and reached back, and pulled out the branch.

"grass!"

At this moment, Lao Ba was only five or six meters away from Xu Ning. Xu Ning heard the noise and turned around, just in time to see a blurry figure. He handed over his gun and fired two shots.

The two shots were also fired blindly, because the vegetation on the roadside was more lush and the messy branches and leaves blocked the view, so the first shot hit a small tree, and the second shot hit Lao Ba's right arm. The bullet grazed the triceps and directly left a black scar on Lao Ba's arm.

"Fuck you! I'm going to fucking kill you!"

Xu Ning half-crouched and took two steps into the woods, but did not dare to go too far. Three or four seconds had passed since Li Quan fired the shot, and there was still no movement. Xu Ning guessed that he had either run away or was squatting behind a tree ready to shoot.

"Brother, don't shoot."

Li Fuqiang nodded without saying anything, leaning against a tree to listen to the situation around him. However, after more than ten seconds, he still heard nothing. He frowned and looked at Xu Ning, whispering, "Brother, are they gone?"

Xu Ning waved at Li Fuqiang and slowly retreated. They had just retreated five or six meters when they heard a series of hurried footsteps, followed by two gunshots!

The muzzle of the gun was pointing exactly where Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were just now!

Bang!Bang!
(End of this chapter)