Thirteen prisons

Chapter 22 Meeting
In the end, Lao Hu was the first to recover from the shock.He took the phone and found that the text message opened was an address.Lao Hu held up his mobile phone and showed it to Zhou Yuan and Lu Ming: "This address is in Sichuan. It is two thousand kilometers away from us."

After finishing speaking, he put his phone aside: "Don't think about this third party for now. Lu Ming, let me ask you very seriously—" He pointed to the test tube with one-third of the blood in it: "This **** what is the problem?"

Lao Hu's tone was blunt, and his eyes were even sharper, staring straight at Lu Ming.After all, he has been a criminal policeman for ten years, and at this moment, Lao Hu's thoughts are running as fast as when he was investigating the case.People are often easily deceived, and there are many different ways to achieve a result.If there are other liquids in the test tube, such as phosphorus solution, then it is easy to achieve the effect just now.Although Lu Ming had no motive to do such a thing, Lao Hu instinctively began to doubt every link.

Lu Ming's face was pale and his voice was a little weak, but he didn't flinch under Lao Hu's gaze, and he answered with certainty: "This is the blood that was drawn from Zhou Yuan's body today. No one else has touched it. It has been in my sight all the time. Inside."

"Fire in the hospital?" Zhou Yuan was sitting on the other side with his head lowered, and suddenly raised his head: "Maybe that person took the opportunity to drop the bag, and then came to scare us."

Lu Ming shook his head, dispelling his luck: "I took this test tube with me when I went downstairs." Seeing that Lao Hu still had some doubts on his face, he spread his hands: "If you don't believe me, you can go back to the hospital with me again. Test the blood in the test tube. Actually, there is an easier way..."

Lu Ming looked at Zhou Yuan: "Zhou Yuan is here, we can repeat what we just did now."

"No!" Zhou Yuan stood up and took two steps back.What Lu Ming said is correct, it is the most reasonable way to take another blood sample from Zhou Yuan now, and the result obtained in this way is absolutely impossible for that person to interfere.But Zhou Yuan instinctively refused, because he was very scared.Now he didn't collapse because he felt that that person might have done something wrong.But if the blood flowing out of his body really burns, then it is impossible to even escape, and he can only accept the terrible fact that he is a human bomb and will become a bomb at any time!

Lao Hu and Lu Ming did not insist, they could understand Zhou Yuan's mood at the moment.The sharpness in Lao Hu's eyes gradually receded and became gentler.He said in a low voice: "We can only assume that what that person said is the truth. He is very familiar with the changes in Zhou Yuan, and maybe he really has a way."

As he said that, Lao Hu took the phone again and looked at the address on it: "Then, should we go?"

Zhou Yuan looked at Lao Hu, then at Lu Ming, bowed his head and did not speak.He didn't know anything about the other party's situation, let alone frankly admitted that he wanted to kidnap him.This phone call didn't feel like an invitation, but more like a coercion and lure out of helplessness.No matter how you look at it, this trip is an adventure with unknown fortunes.

But he found that he had no other choice, he couldn't act as if he was healthy, and he couldn't regard the call as a prank.Despite the strangeness of the matter, he must be going on this trip.

So in his heart he hoped that someone would accompany him, but he couldn't speak.

"I'll go with you." Lao Hu said.

Lao Hu took the initiative to speak, but Zhou Yuan felt a little embarrassed in his heart, subconsciously refused: "No need..."

Just after saying two words, Lu Ming suddenly said, "I'm going too."

Zhou Yuan couldn't speak the second half of the sentence, he was both surprised and moved.The situation on my body is completely unknown, and it is not even possible to say whether it will be contagious to others. At worst, it is a ticking time bomb, but Lu Ming and Lao Hu made such a decision without the slightest hesitation.But Zhou Yuan quickly calmed down and felt that this couldn't be done, so he persuaded them instead.

"Listen to me first. I know that the other party will definitely not treat me kindly for no reason, but he knows this disease very well, so at least going there is more useful than staying here. Even if I encounter any danger, at least you I know where I am going, not to mention that since the other party gave me the address so simply, if you run away as a monk, you can also find the temple."

Although Zhou Yuan said these words half-jokingly, he had already made up his mind. Since they regarded him as friends, there was no need to bring them in.

"I have to go." Lao Hu waved his hand to stop Zhou Yuan who wanted to continue to dissuade him, and said simply and directly: "Not only for your sake, but with me, this case is still open. We have to find the truth."

Lao Hu's tone was very firm. Zhou Yuan was suppressed by his aura and felt that he could not persuade him, so he turned to look at Lu Ming.

Lu Ming rubbed his temples, his face was full of fatigue. Obviously, the blood burning out of thin air just now shocked him the most.His tone is still very flat, but his face is a little red, revealing his inner emotional fluctuations: "Although Beiyang City Hospital is only a small hospital, I don't believe that regular hospitals can't detect any abnormal symptoms. That's how people manipulate them."

"I must see it." After Lu Ming said this, he sat down on the side, obviously determined.

Zhou Yuan was a little speechless, the reasons of both of them were justified, and on the surface neither of them had much to do with him.But no matter what, the two friends took risks at this time and finally made such a decision, Zhou Yuan no longer continued to shirk.In fact, he was uneasy at first, but when he learned that the three of them would go together, his sense of security increased exponentially.With Lao Hu around, it would be much more difficult for the other party to play any tricks, and Lu Ming is a professional doctor, so he should be able to quickly determine the other party's true purpose after contact.

Without further ado, the trip to Sichuan for the three of them was decided.Although a little hasty, there is really no time to think carefully.

Because the time given by the third party is only two days.

After poking around on the map for a while, I finally found the Daba town mentioned in the text message. Just looking at the straight-line distance on the map and calculating with the scale, that town is no less than [-] kilometers away from Beiyang City.Looking at the location of that town, the map shows all green and yellow mountain colors, it is an ordinary remote town in Sichuan, and there is no plane access at all.They did some calculations and found that the fastest way to travel such a long distance was by train, and there was one trip tonight.As for the family, Zhou Yuan had no choice but to ask Lu Ming to call his parents, saying that the hospital had to arrange Zhou Yuan’s car for a business trip for a while. , there is no doubt that something is wrong at all.

The train ticket was successfully booked, but Zhou Yuan felt uneasy instead.Judging from what this third party has done before, whether he is an individual or an organization, he is very rich.But why let him go to this remote and exaggerated place?
Lao Hu and Lu Ming are also puzzled by this, but only by going there can they have a chance to find the answer.

"Old Hu, it's really hard work for you." Seeing Hu Dongdong stretching for the third time within 1 minute, Zhou Yuan felt a little apologetic.He was such a big man, who had been curled up on the hard seat for nearly twenty hours, Zhou Yuan felt uncomfortable for him.Lu Ming fell asleep on the small table a long time ago, and all three of them looked tired.

"Small idea." Lao Hu yawned, and said indifferently: "When I took prisoners back from Gansu, I stayed on the train for more than 30 hours, and I didn't have a seat. That was hard work."

This is the train to Chengdu.The Daba town they were going to was in Sichuan, and there was no train service in the town. The nearest train station was Baiyuan, but it was hundreds of kilometers away from Chengdu, and it was already close to Shaanxi, so the transportation was very inconvenient.I only bought three hard-seat tickets when I bought tickets temporarily, which was very uncomfortable along the way.

But these are trivial matters, Zhou Yuan felt uneasy along the way, and all he could think about was what would happen to the consequences of this trip.

Regarding the identity and purpose of the third party, they have been guessing on the road. Hu Dongdong still has great doubts about the identity of that person. He thinks that everything may be a conspiracy, but he is looking at the specific plot. Zhou Yuan couldn't speak for a long time.

Zhou Yuan also felt this way, but the matter has developed to the present, whether it is a conspiracy or an accident, there must be an answer.Lu Ming seldom spoke since he got in the car, and he couldn't tell what he was thinking from his face.I don't know if it is the reason for the subversion of belief.The fact that human blood can burn is definitely a much bigger blow to a person like him who believes in modern medicine than to an ignorant and fearless guy like himself.

With Lao Hu around, the hard-seat train was not as boring as imagined. He and the people around him almost got to know each other along the way.Whether it is a migrant worker returning home or a college student, he can chat with people of any status and class all the way.Zhou Yuan listened to him chatting with others, and found it very interesting. He was very envious of Lao Hu's cheerful and familiar character.He tried his best to restrain his irritability, but the only thing he could do was to measure his body temperature every few hours, hoping that nothing would go wrong before he arrived in Daba Town.

Fortunately, nothing happened. Although the body temperature still rose steadily, there was no other abnormality.It was after ten o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Daba Town. Zhou Yuan found that his body temperature was close to 39 degrees, but if he didn't look at the thermometer, he didn't feel it at all.

I asked the staff at the train station and learned that there are dozens of kilometers away from Daba Town in Baiyuan City, and I need to take a long-distance bus, but there are only two times a day, and the last bus leaves at 20 pm. If you want to go, you can only Go early tomorrow.Zhou Yuan and the others discussed it, but still did not dare to delay, because it has been almost [-] hours by train alone, and there is only one day left before the time given to them by the third party.

When the three of them got out of the station, they looked for a taxi and wanted to rush there overnight.But after asking, I found out that the address was not in Daba Town, but on the outskirts of that small town. The place was so remote that even the local taxi drivers didn't know it well, and they were unwilling to take a taxi after asking several times.Zhou Yuan is also a taxi driver, so he understands the thoughts of those drivers. From another perspective, he would not rashly take three young people with unknown backgrounds for such a small long distance at this time.

The taxi refused to pull, so he had no choice but to find a black taxi, which made Zhou Yuan, who was driving a black taxi, feel a little dumbfounded.Fortunately, there were quite a few small cars gathered around the train station, but the Sichuan dialect was hard to understand, and there was almost a misunderstanding when negotiating the price. Fortunately, Lao Hu traveled all over the world, and after some negotiation, finally a van driver was willing to take the job, but The price is twice as expensive as a regular taxi.

In order not to waste time, they had no choice but to eat this bright eye.The "traveler" was also very happy. He took a deposit of 100 yuan, made a phone call, and picked up a man escorting the car on the street. He let go of the accelerator and the bus drove away.

Zhou Yuan has never been to Sichuan, and his concept of this place is simply the land of abundance, pandas, and hot pot.It wasn't until the car left the city that he understood the real reason why those drivers didn't want to take the job at night.Sichuan is a high-altitude area with many rivers and mountains.Although Chengdu is a famous plain city, Daba Town is still a long way from Chengdu, and it is still a typical mountainous area.After leaving the urban area for half an hour, I climbed a mountain that I can't name.Although the mountain is not high, it is not a spacious highway, but the old turning mountain road, the dark mountain road, this side looks like a cliff, and this side is a cliff. The wheels are almost all suspended in the air.Zhou Yuan himself was an old driver, and he was a little apprehensive while sitting there. He had truly seen what it means to be "difficult to go to the blue sky on the Sichuan road", and he could only admire the driver's skills.

After bumping up and down the mountain for an hour, I didn't know where I was, until I saw a light under the mountain road in front of me. The moment I saw the light, I felt relieved.

At this time, the driver parked the car on the side of a mountain road, turned around and said, "Friends, I can only take you to the town in front of me. I really don't know the exact location you are looking for. I need to ask the local fellows. Now give the money here first, and it will take me two hours to rush back."

Looking at the driver's wary eyes, Zhou Yuan also understood, so he had to give the money in advance.The driver of the black car took them for a while, and after a while, they saw the road sign of Daba Town. The driver drove to the edge of the town, let them get out of the car, and then turned around and drove back to the original road.

Watching the car lights disappear on the high mountain road, Lao Hu patted Zhou Yuan: "Are you all driving black cars so cautious?"

Zhou Yuan could only smile wryly: "We didn't speak much along the way, and we spoke with foreign accents. Although the driver brought an escort, he must still be muttering in his heart. The town is so remote, they must not treat us as good people, It’s quite courageous to pull us here. Forget it, we need someone to ask for the address anyway, so let’s go.”

It was already midnight at this time, this kind of remote town built by the mountains was no more lively than big cities, the residents had already gone to sleep, and there were no pedestrians on the street.In the silence, Zhou Yuan and the others could only walk along the street, looking for shops or people who might be open or not sleeping.

The whole town is surrounded by tall rocky mountains. In the dark night, it seems that the mid-air is covered with a layer of hazy things. At first, Zhou Yuan thought it was a forest, but only after dawn did he realize that those were all produced by mining stones. dust.These things wrap the houses built on the hillside, but there are not many houses on the flat ground.

He couldn't help sighing secretly again, even though that person is so rich, he would nest in such a place?
The three of them groped for a couple of streets, and finally saw a restaurant that was open. There were tables in front of the shop, and a group of people were eating hot pot. When they got closer, they were a group of workers covered in white ash. I just got off the night shift.

Those people were a little wary when they saw a few strangers approaching, but they all laughed when they saw the address and said that there was such a place, but it was not here, but on the opposite hill, and there was still some way to go. , walking by foot is not close.When I asked them what kind of place it was, they only said that it was a single-family house, and they didn't know who lived there, because they only came here to work.However, some of the workers had been to the vicinity of the small courtyard, and enthusiastically helped draw the route on the map that Zhou Yuan and the others brought.

For the next half an hour, they followed the route given by the worker. There were no street lights on the side of the road in the town. Fortunately, they had a flashlight, so they had to walk while looking for the roadside with the flashlight.Seeing that he was getting closer and closer to the finish line, Zhou Yuan took out his mobile phone and tried to dial that person's number again.

This phone number has been turned off since sending the address text message.Before getting on the train, Lao Hu also investigated. It was a global account, and the account was opened in Sichuan, but it was not in this town. The name was a foreign name, PT, and it seemed to be a foreigner.Beyond that there is no further information available.

So Zhou Yuan didn't hold any hope. What he didn't expect was that this time he dialed casually, and the phone went through.

As soon as Zhou Yuan heard the beep coming from the receiver, his fatigue immediately fell to the back of his mind, and he gestured to Lao Hu and the others, his heart beating wildly.After a few rings, the phone was picked up.

"Look at the top." Before Zhou Yuan could speak, the person on the other end of the phone said this.Zhou Yuan raised his head immediately, and found that somewhere high up, a bright light suddenly flashed in the darkness.

"If it's you, just shake the flashlight a few times." The person on the phone said.

"It's interesting." Hu Dongdong looked at the light on the opposite mountainside: "It seems that he is also very anxious and has been waiting for us."

"Never mind him. But since we're all here, we have to go to Longtan and Tiger's Den." Zhou Yuan waved his flashlight at the light, and hung up the phone without saying a word.

In a dark night, there is light, and there is guidance.After walking a short distance in that direction, I soon found a road backed by a mountain.When I looked up again, the light seemed to be just above my head.Those workers were right, it was indeed a hill.After walking along the mountain road for about ten minutes, I came to a flat land halfway up the mountain, and a strange house appeared in front of me.
It is strange because there is such an open space halfway up the mountain.The house is not big, it is a small three-story building. The back is against the mountain wall that is obviously excavated by man-made. Building, this small building looks a bit isolated.

When I got closer, I realized that the bright light seen from a distance was a lamp on the gate of the small building.The summer weather in Sichuan is very sultry, and there are some small bugs flying under the lights.The gate is a vermilion anti-theft door, which is very thick, but it is not closed tightly, and there is a glimmer of light in the door.Before they could knock on the door, the door opened from inside, and a voice came from inside: "Come in."

(End of this chapter)