I couldn't refuse Zhang Zhenlin's request emotionally and rationally.
It's not that I really care about those hundreds of lives. After this period of precipitation, my whole personality has changed a lot. I have figured out a lot of things and seen a lot of things clearly. Those naive ideas were crushed into pieces by reality bit by bit, and they disappeared!
I can't even protect the people around me. I watch my friends and partners fall in a pool of blood for me again and again. What the hell do I have the qualifications to pity and help others?
If you are poor, you should take care of yourself. If you are rich, you should help the world!
If you don't have that ability, just keep a low profile.
This is what the years and hardships have taught me, and my personality is also restrained a little bit.
To help Zhang Zhenlin, to put it bluntly, it is also out of my personal considerations. First, Zhang Zhenlin and my father are friends. This is a favor, and it is not easy to refuse. Who can escape the four words of human relationships in this life? Secondly, Zhang Zhenlin is the type who will not turn back until he hits the wall. He is talking to me now because he is considering my father's feelings. If I refuse, I am afraid that he will use the government's big hat to accuse me. This kind of person cannot be stopped from doing anything he wants.
In other words, I have to go this time, whether I want to or not!
To put it bluntly, I have no right to choose at all.
So, I packed my bags that day, completed the discharge procedures and left Taiyuan Armed Police Hospital.
I didn't want to take Zhou Jing with me on this mission, but this kid refused to take it, saying that his grandfather entrusted him to me and I couldn't be irresponsible. His resentful eyes made my scalp numb, and I was like his mother's Chen Shimei, who was one of those people who didn't recognize people after pulling up his pants. In the end, I really had no choice but to nod and agree.
Then Zhou Jing and I went home, packed up our equipment, called Lin Qing and set off. Anyway, since I started this business, I have always kept the equipment for outdoor survival at home. There was nothing to buy. I stuffed the equipment and packages into the back of the car and asked Lin Qing to drive us straight to Taiyuan East Railway Station. We met Zhang Zhenlin at a ramen restaurant at the end.
This time, there were three people on my side, but there were seven people on Zhang Zhenlin's side.
Among them, two were Zhang Zhenlin's apprentices, one named Zhang Xianzong and the other named Zhang Xianchang. They were Zhang Zhenlin's apprentices and adopted sons. They learned the skills of Taoism, but because Zhang Zhenlin rebelled against Taoism, they were not considered Taoist disciples. Their abilities were mediocre, similar to mine, and their level was about the third level. It is said that Zhang Zhenlin took in two orphans in Daliang Mountain in his early years. They were left-behind children. As a result, their parents were buried alive in the mine when they went out to work. The resentment did not dissipate, and eventually they turned into evil spirits to bring disaster to the world. When Zhang Zhenlin dealt with these evil spirits, he found that the only wish of these evil spirits was that they could not let go of their children left behind in Daliang Mountain, and hoped that Zhang Zhenlin could adopt these two children. Zhang Zhenlin was kind-hearted, so he agreed to the evil spirits and took Zhang Xianzong and Zhang Xianchang with him, letting them follow his surname, and he has been with the two people until now.
As for the remaining four people, they were all wearing police uniforms.
Zhang Zhenlin told me that these four policemen were all sent by the province to follow up on this matter. After all, ten police officers have disappeared because of the Baiyangyu incident. Looking at the current situation, the missing people are probably in danger. This is a major event in recent years, and the higher-ups have been alerted. Even though the National Special Incident Investigation Team has been sent out, the province cannot ignore this matter, so it simply sent four elite criminal police to go on this trip with us.
There are three male and one female policemen. One is Zhou Xingping, a man in his thirties who looks gentle. He is also the leader of the four. Everyone calls him Captain Zhou. One is Chen Wen, a policeman with a fair complexion and bright eyes. He is obviously a smart man. Another is Duan Teng, and everyone likes to call him "Dan Teng". He is tall and strong, more than 1.8 meters tall. Lin Qing told me that this person is a practitioner of iron sand palm and hard qigong. It is estimated that he was transferred from the army to the police station. His hand skills are not weak. It is estimated that he must be from the ace unit of the Hero Company at least. Maybe he is a special forces soldier. In addition to these three, there is another woman named Wang Xiaoxiao, a very cute girl, not very old, very pretty, with two dimples on her face when she smiles, but every time she smiles, it makes my heart twitch. From her, I seem to see the shadow of Cao Yuan, and even a little trance, and feel very uncomfortable, but I have been trying my best to restrain and hide my emotions, so Zhang Zhenlin and others didn't see it.
I have to say that these four criminal police elites have changed my views on the police.
They are not arrogant and smooth like ordinary government officials. They are very sincere. They told us that because of the special nature of the mission, they will obey our orders this time. Just their humility makes me give them a thumbs up - otherwise, they are police elites? Their level is better than those who are just sitting there doing nothing!
Jiandan met and got to know the people brought by Zhang Zhenlin. The ten of us got into three cars and plunged into the long journey from the highway exit near the East Railway Station before the sun set.
Unexpectedly, not long after the car started on the road, Zhou Jing, who had been silent all the time, suddenly came up to me and said: "Brother, that Zhang guy seems to be pushing us into the fire pit. It seems that our trip this time will not be peaceful. People will die, and there will be many deaths!"
When Zhou Jing said this, I was also a little confused. I took a breath and couldn't help turning my head and asked: "Did you see anything?"
"The four policemen will die!"
Zhou Jing's words were shocking: "A black air in their life palaces blocked everything and there was no hope of life. This is clearly a symptom that only people who are about to die will have. It is estimated that they will not live for more than a month! Brother, think about it yourself. The four of them died together. Isn't this due to the mission we are carrying out? That Zhang guy has pitted us. No one living in Baiyangyu can go!"
Can't go?
This seems to be beyond my control!
I smiled bitterly, and my whole body became serious. I couldn't help but turn my head and ask Zhou Jing again: "Are you sure that those four people will die?"
"Of course I am sure!"
Zhou Jing glared at me with dissatisfaction and said: "I can't tell the fate of you, Zhang Zhenlin and his two apprentices, because you are more advanced than me. I can't tell the fate of Sister Qing either, because she has killed too many people, and her fate is no longer determined by heaven. I can't tell it either! But those four people are just four mortals. How can I not tell their fate? Not to mention that they will die, they are dead this time! I just cast a hexagram to confirm my divination results, and the hexagram also shows that they are dead!"
This...
After a slight hesitation, I gritted my teeth and picked up the phone to talk to Zhang Zhenlin about this matter. I couldn't just watch the four policemen die, right? Who knew that before I dialed the phone, Lin Qing snatched it away!
"It's useless!"
Lin Qing glanced at me and said calmly: "You don't even look at the seven people over there carefully. Which one of them is not a very stubborn person? Those who can become police elites are all perverts who require the mission to be completed 100%. Do you think they will leave because of your words? Not only that, I guess they will directly suspect you, worried that you don't want them to go to Baiyangyu! If you don't believe it, just go and tell them. You will definitely be laughed at!"
I was stunned. After thinking carefully, it seemed to be the case. I couldn't wait to ask: "What should we do now?"
"Cold it!"
Lin Qing sneered: "Life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in the hands of God. They didn't take the road to heaven and had to break into hell. Who can we blame? Let's take it one step at a time. Zhang Zhenlin has forced us to this point. What else can we do?"
I hesitated for a moment, and finally decided to listen to Lin Qing-the fact is that no one will believe me even if I tell them. It's useless, so it's better not to say it!
I stopped talking and curled up in the passenger seat, quietly looking at the blood-red sunset outside the window...
What is waiting for us ahead?