Restarting life in Siheyuan

Zhu Xuefeng and Liang Yan have moved to a building in a residential area. After more than ten days of "tourism" and inquiries into business conditions, they have achieved quite a lot. They don't need to inquire about the news of the three "heroes" specifically, as they have already found out.

Unfortunately, the information provided by Uncle Kong was outdated. Zhu Xuefeng still relied on his upgraded perception ability to check almost all prisons and special areas. He finally found the trapped colleagues, confirmed the place of detention and the defense situation, and Zhu Xuefeng already had a complete plan.

The short-term rental building is just opposite the home of Jia Shuren, the leader of the three men. From across the alley, they can see the other party's every move in the yard from a high vantage point. The three of them drink in the yard almost every night until the middle of the night. As they have not confirmed the location of the lost comrade, they have not taken action.

"Brother, the three of them have been staying here late for two consecutive nights. Now that they have been found, can we proceed with the first plan?"

"Well, now that the location of the detention is clear, we will capture the three of them in the first half of the night, and then go to rescue the people. In the second half of the night, we will go to the dock. The fourth brother's ship will arrive before dawn, and we are in a hurry."

"Finally we can get started. There are only three days left before the Chinese New Year. I hope we can make it in time and avoid any accidents."

"Don't say such discouraging words. It's still early now. You should get some rest. You will have a lot to do at night. You need to be alert, especially when you go to prison. Everyone outside will depend on you."

Liang Yan was very confident. "No problem. I have checked everything. Those people were not alert at all. No one noticed me when I came in and out."

Without any camera at this time, it would be difficult to guard against someone with Yan Zi's skills.

"Don't be careless, it's better to be careful." The two began to rest. However, the three people who usually party did not show up at ten o'clock. Zhu Xuefeng looked at his watch, took out the map and started to gesture.

It was already half past eleven and Jia Shuren's yard was still silent. Zhu Xuefeng finally stood up.

"Swallow, we can't delay any longer. We have to act according to the second plan."

The activities of the three people were still very regular. Due to their occupations, the only options for their accommodation at night were the awarded properties and the military camp. If not here, then in the military camp.

Although it was already midnight, there were still occasional pedestrians and patrol cars on the street. This certainly did not pose a problem for the two men, and they soon reached a small port outside the military camp, right on the seashore. Two medium-sized ships and seven or eight small ships were docked in the harbor.

It didn't take much effort for Zhu Xuefeng to detect the location of the three people. They were in a temporary camp by the sea. Probably due to the tense situation in the second half of last year, the port and the camp were both temporary buildings.

Zhu Xuefeng used his perception to avoid the guards and patrols. Liang Yan observed everywhere and followed closely. After a while, they found the residence of the three people.

"Yanzi, let's follow the same old rules. I'll go in later and you stay outside and watch."

Yan Zi nodded without saying anything, but just stared vigilantly in the direction of the patrol team and the fixed checkpoints. All the defenses seemed to focus on the direction of the sea, and no one paid attention to the barracks at all.

Zhu Xuefeng disappeared quickly in the night like a civet cat. There was no sound unusual in the entire camp except for the sound of waves lapping in the distance. Time seemed to pass slowly and Yan Zi became a little worried. Zhu Xuefeng turned around and nodded to Yan Zi, and the two of them returned smoothly along the same route.

"Done?"

"Well, it's very simple. They are all sleeping like pigs. It's almost two o'clock. We must hurry up. We must get to the dock before four o'clock."

"We've been there for so long, and I thought there was something going on inside, but there's nothing going on at all."

"It just takes some time to deal with the scene. We don't want them to find out what happened so quickly. We need to give us some time."

Zhu Xuefeng was lying again. He directly put the three people into space confinement, and then on a whim, he went to the port again and swept away the two medium-sized ships and several small ships in the port. The big guy should be a destroyer of about 62 tons. Although it was a second-hand product from the Americans, it was still a behemoth in this sea area. You know, the country now relies on small gunboats of less than tons, such as the "Type ", to charge into battle.

They also robbed the armory and took away some coastal defense artillery. If they had not been worried that the patrol team would discover something unusual, they would have wanted to loot all the coastal defense artillery.

Liang Yan did not find anything unusual and agreed with her senior brother's solution. The two of them shuttled through the darkness.

The sentry in the camp looked at the dark port, confused, rubbed his eyes, and quickly woke up his sleeping companion.

"Bazi, hurry up and take a look, is there anything wrong?"

The companion named Bazi rubbed his eyes, yawned, and checked the time. "It's only what time. Why are you waking me up?"

"Something has happened. Look at the harbor. All the ships are gone."

"That's it. If it's gone, it's gone. How could it be stolen? You must not have noticed. They were on routine patrol. What the hell are you doing? You disturbed my sleep."

Bazi didn't take it seriously at all. He held his gun and curled up against the wooden board again. It was not comfortable to sleep on the sentry post at the seaside, but he had no choice.

"That's right. I've been so nervous for the past six months that I've become suspicious. Go to sleep. I'll call you later."

Not to mention the camp, the two people here quickly arrived at a special area in Shilin District. This is today's target and covers a large area.

The high walls and dense sentries were more stringent than the defenses in a military camp, but they could not stop Zhu Xuefeng's perception. The two of them soon found the small building of the XX Intelligence Bureau, where they were detained. There was no way to hide, so they could only sneak attack and break in.

After defeating three waves of guards in a row and passing three checkpoints, he finally entered the underground prison. It was not as difficult as Zhu Xuefeng had imagined. Although it was very tight, the guards were obviously not vigilant. They probably didn't think anyone could break through the blockade outside and come here quietly. Zhu Xuefeng took the key from the unconscious guard.

"Yan Zi, there are no guards inside. You go and guard the gate now. I'll go open the door and bring the people out." Liang Yan nodded and left quickly. When Zhu Xuefeng came out again, Liang Ya took a look at the long line of figures and couldn't help asking.

"Isn't there only one person? Who are these? How can we retreat if there are so many people?"

There were five people following Zhu Xuefeng, supporting each other.

"Retreat first, we are all on the same side. I will lead the way, and you and the others will follow."

With a few more wounded soldiers, the retreat became much more difficult than planned. Although Zhu Xuefeng's perception allowed them to successfully avoid the guards and patrols, it was useless to just hide if they wanted to leave smoothly. They had to escape.

Watching the patrol team passing by again, Zhu Xuefeng became a little anxious. He looked at his watch and realized that time was really running out. Even if he could escape successfully, it would take time to rush to the dock with a few people. He could not wait any longer.

The intervals between patrol teams were enough for two people to climb over and escape. Even if they took one more person, there should be enough time. But now there were five people, and Zhu Xuefeng could only take one at a time. Yan Zi couldn't carry him, so time was running out.

"Swallow, we have to kill this patrol team without letting them make any noise."

Liang Yan also knew that she had to buy time, but she disagreed with Zhu Xuefeng's arrangement. She shook her head and whispered,
"You lead them across, and I'll try to lure the enemy away. There are too many people on patrol, and I don't have your skills. I can't succeed with so many people in one strike."

The patrol team was led by one person and consisted of five people in a row. They patrolled back and forth near the high wall close to the road. To cross the high wall, they had to touch the edge of the wall first. The time interval was not enough for five crossovers. As long as one person was not brought over, they would be exposed. Zhu Xuefeng was very troubled.

There must be no chaos here. This is the city center. If there is any chaos, martial law will be imposed outside immediately. It will be a pipe dream to think of reaching the port safely.

Seeing that Yan Zi was worried, Zhu Xuefeng had no choice but to accept Yan Zi's suggestion. After thinking about it, he took out two grenades and handed them to Yan Zi, and then took out a pistol.

"Use it in an emergency, don't take any risks!" Yan Zi didn't say anything else, just nodded firmly.

"Meet at the warehouse over there at the fruit store. You must evacuate in five minutes. Do you understand?"

Yan Zi nodded again. In her mind, the situation on her senior brother's side was more difficult. It was not easy to climb over such a high wall with one person. She would not be able to get through it by herself anyway. She had to delay the patrol for five minutes to leave enough time for her senior brother, and she could not be exposed.

Zhu Xuefeng reached into the space and found the short iron rod that had been with him for two years. He threw it hard towards the small building not far away. The iron rod made a humming sound in the air, which really attracted the attention of the patrol team. They just didn't understand what was going on. A muffled sound came from the lawn behind the small building. The patrol team shouted and immediately moved towards the small building. Searchlights also immediately shot towards the small building.

Liang Ya also moved towards the small building. With the shelter of the small building, Zhu Xuefeng quickly carried one person.

"Xiao Huang, don't be nervous, close your eyes and don't move, don't make any sound..."

As he spoke, he quickly approached the high wall, took a few steps to run, used the wall to gain leverage, and flipped over...

The fence was really high, and with the barbed wire, Zhu Xuefeng, who was leading the group, had a hard time. Hearing the noise coming from the small building in the distance, he knew that Liang Yan had learned from him to attract attention. Although it was the same old trick, he still managed to attract the patrol team and the spotlights to the small building. Zhu Xuefeng once again carried a wounded person...

Fortunately, they exercised every day, and the weight of the five people was not too heavy. After several rounds, they finally evacuated safely. Looking at the noise getting louder and louder in the courtyard, searchlights began to scan everywhere, even the high walls were frequently illuminated. Zhu Xuefeng was very worried about Liang Yan and couldn't remind Yan Zi to pay attention.

Suddenly, an idea came to him. He touched a stone on the ground, calculated for a while, and threw it towards the searchlight more than 20 meters away. He was lucky. There was a crisp "pop" sound, and the searchlight went out. I guess Yan Zi would understand now.

We can't stay here any longer. I guess the streets will be full of military and police soon.

"Follow me!" Zhu Xuefeng carefully led the way, and the five wounded followed closely behind, sticking to the shadows of the street and disappearing quickly. The regional alarm behind them had already sounded, and the street they had just left would probably be under martial law soon. I hope Yan Zi can move faster. Several people crossed another street and found the car they had rented in advance. There was no way they could stop on the street they escaped from.

"Everyone, please bear with us and squeeze in."

"Understood. Don't worry about us."

Everyone understood the urgency of the situation, so six people squeezed into the car. Originally, the car was more than enough for three people to evacuate, but now it was unbearably crowded.

"Xiao Huang, are you okay? And you heroes."

Xiao Huang was a member of the team who trained with them at that time. The leader of the team was their captain, Captain Jiao Xuemin, an old acquaintance of Zhu Xuefeng. Unfortunately, he would never see him again.

"I'm fine. I didn't expect that I would be able to escape one day. But that female comrade was in a very dangerous situation. We harmed her. If we hadn't been holding her back, she should have been able to escape successfully."

"Don't talk about that..."

"Little comrade, why don't you put us down and go meet that female comrade."

The four weaker young men also spoke up, "We are useless now, sacrificing her to save us will be a loss."

Zhu Xuefeng suppressed the urge to return. "No need to say more. Sit tight. I am the commander of the operation now. Follow your orders. The sooner we reach our destination, the safer she will be."

Looking at the time, the agreed five minutes had passed and there was no gunfire or explosion. Zhu Xuefeng still had some hope, thinking that Yan Zi understood that he had retreated safely and also slipped away.

Seeing that everyone was crammed into the car, he stepped on the accelerator. There was no time to set up defenses on the street to intercept them, so it was the best opportunity to escape.

They had not walked far when a burst of gunfire rang out, and soon after a grenade exploded. Zhu Xuefeng's heart tightened. Yan Zi used a grenade, so the situation must be bad. Fortunately, the second gunfire did not sound for a long time. Zhu Xuefeng could only comfort himself that Yan Zi was so skilled, and it was night, so she would be fine.

On the one hand, he was extremely worried, and on the other hand, he had to drive carefully. When he arrived at the warehouse that he had rented in advance, Zhu Xuefeng was sweating profusely on that January night.

"Get out of the car!"

Zhu Xuefeng called out and got out of the car first. He opened the warehouse in the dim light, and several people quickly followed him into the warehouse. Zhu Xuefeng closed the warehouse door, and they were temporarily safe now.

The warehouse of dozens of square meters is full of wooden packing boxes with a layer of protective foam inside. Different fruits are packed in boxes according to their varieties. The boxes are customized according to Zhu Xuefeng's requirements, with a length, width and height of 80 centimeters and a cover on top. More than a dozen boxes are neatly stacked, and there are also a few extra empty boxes on the side.

"Go in quickly. No matter what happens outside, you have to endure it in here until I open the wooden box. I hope you can understand."

"No problem." Xiao Huang took the lead and got into the wooden box, and the other four followed closely. The space was not big, so they could only share two wooden boxes, curl up and sit down, and had to squeeze together.

"Don't worry, there won't be any movement."

Zhu Xuefeng stuffed some food and water into the boxes, nailed the top cover shut, and put them directly into the space. The five people immediately lost consciousness, and of course there was no movement at all.

We have to find Liang Yan. Even if Liang Yan has fallen, she must be rescued. As long as she is not dead, Zhu Xuefeng should be able to rescue her with the help of space.

Zhu Xuefeng now feels a little regretful that he should not have brought Yan Zi to such a dangerous place.

After changing clothes and opening the door, I saw a man waiting outside the warehouse. He was the driver who was scheduled to deliver the goods to the port.

"Boss, it's not too late for me."

"It's not too late. Just find someone to load it on a truck and help me transport it to the port. When the ship arrives, help me load it on board. This is the freight and labor fee. The extra money will be your midnight snack."

Zhu Xuefeng didn't have time to waste time talking to him. He stuffed a handful of green bills into his hands and was about to leave. Knowing that he had given a lot, the driver was very happy. But he was still stunned when he saw the cargo owner was about to leave. Normally, the cargo owner should follow the truck and watch the loading. What was this boss doing?

"Boss, you're not following?"

"You guys have been running here for years, and I'm worried that you might run away with these fruits. They're not worth much here."

"That's right, if you have anything else to do, you need to hurry up and leave this to me. I promise I won't delay your business. The boat will arrive in about 20 minutes, and we can load the goods after we get off the passengers. I hope your business goes smoothly. Come back to me next time."

Zhu Xuefeng was already extremely anxious, but he had to force himself to put on a smile, "Of course, let's get rich together, haha, you go ahead and do your thing, I'll go get some food, and then I'll meet you at the port later."

Unexpectedly, the driver might be in a good mood, and he didn't realize that Zhu Xuefeng was in a hurry to leave, so he asked with concern.

"Boss Li, where's your wife? Why haven't you seen her? It's getting late."

Zhu Xuefeng could no longer bear it, and lost his friendly expression. He turned around with a sullen face and said, "Brother, what do you mean by that? Are you attracted to my wife?"

"I dare not, I dare not." The driver was shocked to see Zhu Xuefeng's expression change, and waved his hands repeatedly. He didn't expect that he had hit the young boss's horse leg. He couldn't even mention the young boss's wife. Tsk tsk, the jealousy of young people nowadays is really unbearable.

"After loading the goods, close the door..."

Then a heavenly voice rang out, "Husband."

Seeing Liang Yan appear from the path beside the warehouse with her clothes changed back, Zhu Xuefeng was overjoyed. He took a few steps forward and looked at her carefully. Liang Yan was fine and not injured, but there was still a faint smell of gunpowder on her body.

"Follow me, we have to hurry."

The driver was watching in astonishment. This boss treated his wife...

Liang Yan panicked when she saw her senior brother rudely dragging her into the nearest hotel, checking into a room, and then stuffing her into the bathroom without any explanation.

"What do you mean? You're just saying you're in a hurry, but you're just going to do something bad..."

"Hurry up, come out when you're done, and wash yourself clean."

Liang Yan couldn't understand and wanted to yell, but Zhu Xuefeng pushed open the bathroom door and whispered, "You smell like gunpowder. Hurry up and wash yourself. Change all your clothes and wash your hair."

Liang Yan then took out a grenade from her pocket, and handed over a pistol and an iron rod.

"There's still one that I haven't used yet. I picked up the iron rod for you."

When Zhu Xuefeng saw the iron rod, his face turned dark and he started scolding.

"You silly girl, you don't even want your life, why are you picking up this broken thing?"

Yan Zi still felt a little aggrieved, "You brought it with you, I thought it was very important to you, so I picked it up, and you are still scolding me."

"Well, did you see the searchlight go out?"

"Well, I know you want me to withdraw."

"Why don't you retreat and pick up an iron rod? It's the only thing that can be useful. It's more important than your life, you stupid, stupid girl!"

Zhu Xuefeng felt a little scared, but when he looked up, he saw that this silly Yan Zi was actually smiling from ear to ear after being scolded, and she no longer had any temper.

"Okay, okay, I know I was wrong. Next time, I will go wherever you point me, without wasting a moment. Is that ok?"

"You, you, let me tell you what is good about you..."

As he was talking, there was a commotion outside, with sirens blaring. Zhu Xuefeng stood at the window and looked at the chaotic streets. A large number of police, plainclothes officers, and soldiers were dispatched. He had originally wanted to leave quietly, but he didn't expect the farewell team to be so grand. (End of this chapter)