In the Police Department Hospital, the police officer guarding Daxiong walked around the upper floor twice, but he didn't find a doctor he was familiar with. The corridor outside the surgical clinic was full of police officers from Longkou District and arrested suspects.
"Hey, buddy, what's going on today? Why are there so many people in the hospital?" The police officer guarding Daxiong asked the person on duty in the police room.
"It's almost the New Year, and there are many small factories making fireworks and firecrackers privately, and they are also related to the smuggling of fireworks. The Longkou Police Department seized a den, but it exploded unexpectedly, injuring many people." The person in the police room replied politely.
"Then when will this be solved?" asked the police officer.
"I don't know. It will probably take until midnight." The police station asked back: "Are you here to take the suspect to see a doctor?"
"Yes, a suspect was slightly injured."
"If it's not serious, then you have to wait for a while. It's full inside."
"... Oh, it's really annoying to have to deal with this during the New Year." The police officer who was guarding Daxiong cursed with a bad attitude and turned away.
The police station hospital had a lot of work today. The surgical clinic was full of emergency patients. Daxiong, who was not too seriously injured, could only wait in line, and the four police officers in charge of guarding him probably couldn't go back tonight.
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At about eight o'clock in the evening, in the Sinalo area, about 200 kilometers south of Longcheng, Tang Baiqing and Xu Er led more than 20 people to the outside of a living village.
Although this Sinalo area is very close to Longcheng, strictly speaking, it can be regarded as an anarchic area.
Before the 42nd year of the New Era, due to the influence of the climate, this place has always been a frozen area. Looking around, the mountains and plains are covered with snow, and the living conditions of the locals are extremely difficult.
After the 42nd year of the New Era, the climate has stabilized, the temperature has gradually returned to normal, and the people here have slowly returned to normal life, and various political regimes have emerged. They seized territory, formed political F, and shouted various slogans, but due to different political views, or because many ambitious people wanted to take advantage of the situation, or because of the intervention of external forces, wars began to break out frequently here.
This chaos is re-enacted in almost every corner of the world after the climate returns to normal. Except for the nine major areas established during the disaster, which were not affected or affected, the previous unplanned areas and anarchic areas are all playing a big drama of seizing power and grabbing resources.
Why is Sinalo considered anarchic? Because it is mostly black and white, there are Indians, Indo-European hybrids, southern mixed-races, and a small number of Chinese. Today, someone may get support from external forces, gather a team and declare independence and establish a regime, but it is also possible that the new government will be killed a month later. So any laws and regulations promulgated today may become invalid tomorrow. Judicial rules are completely ineffective here. Whoever has a gun, whoever has people, whoever has money, is the boss.
Therefore, even if this place is only one step away from Longcheng, it is completely two worlds. Because although the political environment in Longcheng is relatively complex, the overall political stability is still very solid. After all, it is a place backed by District 1.
The living village where Tang Baiqing and Xu Erlai lived is mostly dominated by Chinese, and there is a reason why these people cannot enter Longcheng. They either ran away after committing crimes in Longcheng, or were expelled due to political issues, or relied on the chaos in Sinalo to trade in scarce materials and make some war money.
In short, this place is a mixed bag, with all kinds of people.
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Outside the living village, Tang Baiqing turned his head and asked Xu Er in the car: "Have you figured it out?"
"I have." Xu Er nodded: "There are three people in the family, and he just went back this afternoon."
Tang Baiqing paused and replied: "If you want to set the line, it's best not to make any noise."
"I know." Xu Er looked down at his watch: "He is alone. If we go in with five or six people, we can definitely catch him. The others can just keep watch outside."
"Okay, I'll go in with you."
"Erbao, take your weapons, we're going down." Xu Er called out with a walkie-talkie.
About five minutes later, six men, including Xu Er and Tang Baiqing, walked into the living village on foot and found the target courtyard on a street in the north.
This is a very ordinary two-story courtyard. The house is dilapidated and the space in the courtyard is extremely narrow. To the left and rear of the main gate, you can still see the kind of air-raid shelter dug by hand.
Although Xu Er and Xu Hu are brothers, their personalities are completely different. The latter is a shrewd and calculating gangster, with a delicate mind and decisive actions, but Xu Er is a vicious, extremely profit-seeking, and inhumane desperado.
In terms of personality, the two brothers of the Xu family are actually quite complementary. Xu Huhua said that the silly second brother took a knife and a gun and was responsible for doing whatever he wanted. Adhering to the principle of killing all those who disobeyed, they were able to open a hall in the Zannan Ma Gang.
Everyone came to the gate of the courtyard, Xu Er pushed the door and walked in, and a brother behind him pulled out a gun, stood in the courtyard to watch the wind, and looked around.
To be honest, the Yu family is currently incomparable to the Ma Gang in terms of playing the gangster method. Any one of the people in this gang can do business in the district and be a player outside the district, while the Yu family has to spend money to hire people to do dirty work. However, this gap is caused by social status. Before the Yu family came to Longcheng, they were a serious political family. When doing business in District 1, they had no contact with groups like the Code Gang, so they also have advantages, that is, background relationships.
Inside the room, a young man sat on a chair, pointed to the big bag he brought back and said: "Dad, Mom, I bought a lot of things for you, everything, you can see it after dinner."
"Are you rich?" asked an old man in his sixties.
"I did some business with my friends and made some money." The young man lowered his head and took out a very delicate box from his bag, grinning and said: "I also got you a watch! It's a famous brand, and it will cost at least 20,000 or 30,000 to sell it on the counter!"
The old man frowned: "Did you make so much money? What are you doing...?!"
"Oh, I have a friend who deals in parallel imports, and he sells me very cheaply... Come on, try it on." The young man said happily.
"Bang!"
At this moment, the door was kicked open, and Xu Er rushed in with a gun.
The young man heard the noise, stood up and shouted: "Who is it?"
Xu Er walked into the room quickly, stretched out his hand and grabbed the young man's hair, pressed his head hard on the table, and then turned his head and saw the watch in the old man's hand: "Haha, OK, it's all worn."
"Don't move!"
Xu Er's brother took a gun into the room and directly pointed at the young man's father.
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In the hospital, the police officer who was guarding Daxiong waited for several hours and was really a little impatient: "How long will this wait? Forget it, I'll call and find a relationship, and check him quickly, so we can go back."
On the chair, Daxiong blinked his dry and bloodshot eyes, and suddenly felt better...