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Chapter 435 He Can’t Die, You Are Heroes!
Xu Ning ignored the angry old man. He raised his arm and glanced at his watch, saying, "It's not even three o'clock yet. Let's take a break here and go back at half past three."

Li Fuqiang stood up, grabbed the axe, and said, "Okay, let's cut some branches to make a stretcher while we have time. Otherwise, how can we get them back?"

"It's OK to be a stretcher bearer."

"Then you stay and watch him while I go cut some branches."

After saying that, Li Fuqiang carried his old handle on his back and took an axe and went to the side of the mountain.

Xu Ning walked to Li Quan's side, looked at the dying Li Quan, and kicked him twice, "You're not dead, are you?"

"It's almost there." Li Quan said weakly.

"You're pretty tough."

"Not as tough as you." Li Quan blinked and said, "I have a big case. If I get caught, I will definitely die. You two got lucky."

Xu Ning laughed when he heard this and said, "Do you know why I have 56 and a half in my hand? Can you and Lao Ba still run so far?"

Li Quan was stunned, "What do you mean?"

"I will not tell you!"

"If you don't want to tell me, then forget it. I'm dying anyway. I'm at the foot of Guibozi Mountain... There's 20,000 yuan in the iron box. If you have a conscience, help me deliver it... Give him 10,000 yuan, and keep the remaining 10,000 for yourself. I see that you're just an ordinary citizen. You can't get 10,000 yuan even if I give you 10 years. If you take all the 20,000 yuan, I won't let you go even if I become a ghost."

Xu Ning frowned and said, "I've earned more than 10,000 yuan from hunting for half a year. Why would I take the risk of taking your money? I'll tell the police about your 20,000 yuan and ask them to send it to you."

"You! Fuck... you're such a fucking animal!"

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Just think you are praising me. You said you committed a big crime and have no place to spend your money. How depressing."

Li Quan stared blankly and said, "I don't feel aggrieved. I have enjoyed everything I should have. You will never be able to experience my life in your lifetime."

"I don't want to experience that. You had a really good life, but now you're almost dead."

"..." Li Quan turned his head away. He felt that if he continued to talk to Xu Ning, he would be pissed to death.

"Hey, how many lives do you have on your hands?"

"Don't tell you."

"Forget it, no matter how awesome you are, you're going to die soon."

Li Quan gritted his teeth and said, "I killed thirteen people in total! Do you believe it?"

"Really, I don't believe it."

Li Quan almost couldn't catch his breath, and then he stopped chatting with Xu Ning.

Not long after, Li Fuqiang came back holding a tree branch, squatted on the spot and tied five or six ropes. Xu Ning stood up and helped him carry Lao Ba's body onto the stretcher.

"Brother, throw it up to him too, and then we can pull it up together."

"Row!"

Li Fuqiang walked to the top of Li Quan's head, grabbed his shoulders and lifted him up. Li Quan's wound was in great pain and he screamed. Xu Ning grabbed his legs and said, "I thought you were so awesome that you couldn't even bear this little pain?"

"you try!"

Xu Ning curled his lips and said, "I won't try. Wouldn't the bullets leave bruises all over my body?"

Li Fuqiang laughed when he heard this: "Hahaha, brother, there's nothing wrong with what you said. He will definitely be covered in bruises. Look at how red he is!"

"Okay, don't make him angry again."

The two threw Li Quan onto Lao Ba's body, then Xu Ning glanced at his watch and said, "Let's walk back slowly. This road is difficult to walk on."

"Okay, then we have to stay up late."

Xu Ning said: "Isn't it better to go in the dark? Otherwise, who would know how much you have paid? Why are we chasing them slowly into the mountains? With their speed, we should have caught up with them long ago..."

Li Fuqiang said with a smile: "I know what you mean. If Uncle San comes, it will be fine. It will be ours!"

"Of course I will. If it doesn't work out, I'll have to give you some bonuses. But what I want is mainly a reputation. It's easier to get things done if you have a reputation."

"Well, not so good, but this guy is pretty awesome. He can walk more than 20 miles with a bullet in the shoulder blade."

"Didn't he say that it was for his own survival? Hey, you said you were injured, so should I also..."

Li Fuqiang said hurriedly, "Just forget it! If you get hurt, my aunt will cry when you get back. Can you stop talking nonsense?"

"Oh, I just said that, but I really sprained my ankle!"

"What? When did you sprain it? Let me see if it's swollen?" Li Fuqiang said nervously.

Xu Ning walked on his two good legs and said, "If my ankle wasn't sprained, I can't explain why we walked so slowly."

Li Fuqiang suddenly realized, "Ah! Then, which one did you sprain, the left or the right? Where did you sprain it?"

"It's just that the left side of the ankle was injured by hitting the rock. It sprained the ankle."

"Okay, what do you think of my look?"

“It’s quite tragic…”

At this time, they had walked six or seven miles. Xu Ning threw down the branch and said, "Drink some water and take a break. See if he is still breathing."

Li Fuqiang walked to the back, raised his hand and touched Li Quan's carotid artery, frowned and said, "It seems he is dead, there is no pulse."

"Oh my god, he can't die!"

Xu Ning quickly put down the kettle, walked to Li Quan and felt his pulse. When he didn't feel any pulse, he raised his hand and slapped Li Quan in the face.

"Wake up! Stop fucking sleeping!"

After two consecutive slaps, Li Quan still didn't move. Xu Ning said in shock: "It's broken!"

"What's going on?"

Xu Ning rubbed his forehead and said, "He deserves to die... He has been injured so badly, but he is still holding on until now. He is really an amazing person."

Li Fuqiang held onto the tree branch and walked forward with Xu Ning. He turned his head and said, "If he dies, there will be no one to testify that it was Lao Ba who strangled Zhao Lu to death. Lao Ba shot us and was at most an accomplice."

"Don't think like that. When we get out of the mountain, we will definitely see the person. Then we can just say that it was Old Bale who killed Zhao Lu. I think people from the city have already come to check the body, so our words can be regarded as testimony!"

"..."

It was now past five o'clock. The two of them had spent an hour and a half walking a total of less than ten miles.

When they reached a valley, Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were both starving. Li Fuqiang gave the only two remaining biscuits to Xu Ning. There was no dry food in the cloth bag, and no water in the kettle. Both of them were hungry and thirsty.

At this time, a sound came from the front. Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang were both stunned, and then they quickly lay on the ground. Soon someone found them.

"Over here! Captain Zhang, there are people ahead!"

When Liu Zhu saw the figure, he ran forward in a hurry: "Uncle Xu? Uncle Xu!" Xiao Zhang and Dayang also ran over with the police. They were stunned when they saw the two people lying on the ground and the two bodies on the tree branch stretcher. Why did Xiao Zhang and Dayang recognize that they were bodies at first glance? It was obvious that they often dealt with corpses and saw the purple corpse spots on Lao Ba and Li Quan.

"Don't move! Don't move! Don't touch them, water!"

Xiao Zhang took the water bottle handed over by his colleague. Dayang dragged Xu Ning up, fed Xu Ning some water, and said, "Feed that comrade a little too! Don't feed them too much. They are both exhausted."

"Yes!"

The four police officers fed Li Fuqiang some water, while Dayang and Xiao Zhang went to check on the bodies of Li Quan and Lao Ba. Seeing the tragic state of the bodies, they were both terrified. They looked at each other and said, "These two comrades must have had a very dangerous battle with Lao Ba and Li Quan!"

"Yes, I see these two comrades are covered in blood. They must have been in close combat with the bandits."

Xiao Zhang, wearing white work gloves, picked up the gun and cloth bag next to the body and handed them to his colleague next to him: "This should be the gangster's gun. Keep it properly and hand it over to the evidence department when we get back."

"Yes! Captain Zhang, these two comrades have woken up."

Xu Ning opened his eyes and saw a red face. He was stunned for a moment and asked, "Who are you..."

"Uncle Xu, it's me! I'm Liu Zhu. We met at the snail shell. At that time, my third uncle bought a bear head from you. Do you remember it?"

"Ah, the pillar..."

"Hey, Uncle Xu, are you okay?"

"Nothing's wrong, I just can't walk anymore."

Liu Zhu saw Xu Ning observing the others and took the initiative to introduce them: "These are hunters from our village. They are police officers from the city. These two are Captain Zhang and Captain Cheng."

Xu Ning sat up, holding the kettle, and said, "Hello."

"Hello, comrade! Thank you for your support for our work. You have worked hard to catch these two vicious bandits."

Xu Ning looked at Xiao Zhang, took a sip of water, and said, "We were really hard-working. We almost died."

Xiao Zhang was stunned, thinking why didn't this guy follow the routine? Logically, he should reply: It's not hard, what's so hard about it, serving the people...

Dayang said: "How did you make them..."

Xu Ning did not answer, but asked: "Is there anything to eat?"

"Yes! Uncle Xu, I have two pieces of trough cakes. Does anyone have any dry food?"

Wang Ye took out two white flour buns and handed them over. Xu Ning took them, turned around and threw one to Li Fuqiang, saying, "Captain Zhang, can we talk while we walk?"

Li Fuqiang said: "I can't walk anymore. That guy named Quan'er stabbed my leg. I haven't eaten a single bite of food since this morning. I'm starving!"

After saying that, he bit a piece of steamed bun angrily, and then continued incoherently: "I almost killed them three times! Twice in the woods by the roadside, once in the mountains..."

Xiao Zhang waved over a few people and said, "Spread out the stretcher and carry them away."

"Yes!"

Dayang asked, "Comrade, did they say anything before they died?"

Xu Ning moved to the stretcher and said, "I've heard that Zhao Lu and that Xiao Linzi were strangled to death by Lao Ba..."

"Anything else?"

Xu Ning frowned and said, "The rest of the words are all insults to both of us. Do you want to record it?"

Xiao Zhang said, "Then you two should take a rest first. We can take your statements after we get out of the mountain. This trip is pretty dangerous, isn't it?"

"At first, they only had two long guns. Later, I injured Quan'er's shoulder blade. Just as I was about to rush over to catch him, he suddenly pulled out a pistol and almost killed me! Later, when he was about to die, my eldest brother and I were about to move his body, he directly pulled out a knife and stabbed my eldest brother in the leg. The injured Lao Ba also rushed over. I had no choice but to break their hands. "

The comrades and hunters nearby were stunned when they heard this, and their eyes changed when they looked at Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang, from surprise to admiration, and then to astonishment... They had never expected that even with Xu Ning holding a Type 56 semi-automatic rifle, it could still be so thrilling.

If Xu Ning had rushed over at that time, and Li Quan had pulled out his pistol and shot him in the head, Xu Ning would have definitely died.

"This Li Quan is involved in a serious case. You two brothers are lucky to have your lives saved. Don't be impulsive next time you encounter this kind of thing."

Xu Ning turned around and looked at Xiao Zhang who was walking beside him, and said, "There won't be a next time. I have a family and a business, how can I take risks again?"

Xiao Zhang was stunned, but nodded and said, "After we get out of the mountain, you two have to write down your own experiences in detail."

"Row!"

At this time, Dayang pulled Xiao Zhang and whispered, "He looks familiar to me."

"It looks familiar to me, but I forgot where it is."

"He can't be a fugitive, right?"

Xiao Zhang shook his head: "Can the fugitive help us catch the fugitive?"

"Too……"

When Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang arrived at the old forest comfortably lying on stretchers, it was already six o'clock, but it was not dark yet.

As soon as the group of people walked out of the old forest, they ran into two cars of comrades holding steel guns and wearing steel helmets. They were about to go into the mountains to look for people, but after seeing Xiao Zhang and others, one of them walked out and said, "Comrades! We are from the provincial capital. Are you comrades from the city?"

"Yes, I'm Cheng Yang from the Municipal Public Security Team 2, and this is my colleague Zhang Yuemin."

After the two sides came into contact, the people in the provincial capital saw Li Quan who had been dead for a long time, and then Xiao Zhang introduced Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang to them.

The leader immediately stepped forward and shook hands with Xu Ning and Li Fuqiang: "You have worked hard! Li Quan committed a serious crime in the provincial capital. If you hadn't caught him, Li Quan would definitely have done more evil! You are heroes! On behalf of the provincial capital... I would like to express my gratitude to the two enthusiastic comrades. I admire your courageous actions. If there are more people like you in society, we will live a better life!"

Xu Ning shook hands with him and said, "Although I am just an ordinary citizen, I also have the obligation to contribute to social harmony! After all, a nail has its use!"

"That's a good thing to say." He turned to look at the person holding a pen and a notebook next to him. After seeing that Xu Ning's two sentences were written down, he smiled and said, "Then let's hurry back to Dalingtun and complete the follow-up work as soon as possible, so as not to cause trouble to the people."

"Yes! Captain Zhang, Captain Cheng, the bodies of Li Quan and Lao Ba must be handed over to our forensic doctor."

Xiao Zhang and Dayang were stunned. How did Xu Ning answer when they asked him just now? Why did he suddenly become polite with his comrades in the province?
"Wang'er, make a handover with the comrades in the province."

"Yes!"

When Xu Ning heard the provincial comrades express their gratitude to him, he knew that Yang Yusheng must have played a role, otherwise why would the provincial government give him such face? Looking at Xiao Zhang and Dayang, the questions they asked on the mountain must have been answered by no one, so Xu Ning ignored them...

After both parties completed the handover work on the spot, they got into their cars. As for the Dongfeng 140 on the roadside, its tires had been replaced by comrades from the provincial capital. They then lifted the Xingfu 250 motorcycle into the trunk and drove towards Dalingtun.

At this moment, Dalingtun.

Yang Yusheng, Sun Jishan, Sun Jiye, Guan Lei, Wang Hu, Lin Dongliang and others were sitting in a temporary tent set up on the street.

At this time, Lao Wan from the provincial capital came in, threw away his white gloves, and said, "The people in the village who were playing with money said that Lao Ba drove them away at noon the day before yesterday. That morning, the team leader said that Lao Ba received a call, which should be from Li Quan. He wanted to hide with Lao Ba, so Lao Ba drove the people who were playing with money away."

Lin Dongliang said: "Director Wan, where did their guns come from?"

Lao Wan sat next to Yang Yusheng and said, "Lao Ba bought these two guns in Shanglingtun the day before yesterday. The two guns cost a total of three hundred yuan."

(End of this chapter)