Two days later, Mingyue City Airport in Caiyun Province.
Like a wild goose spreading its wings, the airport terminal shines with golden light in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Under the setting sun, a flight from Zhongzhou landed.
Cao Mingliang went straight to the parking lot wearing sunglasses and carrying a luggage bag.
Zhang Donglei, who was wearing plain clothes, had been waiting for him here for more than an hour.
As soon as the two met, Zhang Donglei took the initiative to take the luggage from Cao Mingliang's hand, "Captain Cao, if you have anything to do, you can just give me instructions. What are you doing here in person?"
Cao Mingliang opened the door, got in the car, and said, "I want to go to the scene to see what kind of environment it is that cultivates such a number one person."
When he said this, all that came to Cao Mingliang's mind was Yang Ning's appearance.
There was also the scene on Qingyu Mountain that day of evil spirits driving people and crawling in broad daylight.
Zhang Donglei sat in the driver's seat, took out a stack of documents and handed them to Cao Mingliang, "I'll drive, take your time and look at it, and I'll give you a brief summary of what we found."
"good."
After the car left the airport, Zhang Donglei said while driving: "That's it. Through the diary found in Zhang Hui's villa, we found out that the person who bought Yang Ning away was Zhou Ye."
"This Zhou Ye seems to be a little out of his mind. We have compiled all the information on Zhang Hui's criminal group."
"Zhang Hui and his men called Zhou Ye 'Madman Zhou' and 'Old Madman'."
"Among the records that can be found, Crazy Zhou bought no less than a hundred children from Zhang Hui, all of whom were between the ages of five and seven."
"It can be said that Crazy Zhou is not a big customer of Zhang Hui Group, but he is definitely one of Zhang Hui Group's most stable customers!"
At this time, Cao Mingliang, who was looking down at the documents in his hand, picked up a black and white photo and asked, "What does Madman Zhou do? Where does he get his money?"
Zhang Donglei was speechless for a moment, "We don't know much about this either."
"Everyone we asked about said he was very rich, but no one could explain where his money came from."
The photo shows an old man with a sullen face and a somewhat ferocious look, standing in front of a stone tablet and staring fiercely at the camera.
There are two words written on the stone tablet: Qingqiao.
This is the second time Cao Mingliang has heard this place name.
For the first time, he had just come back to life and heard it from his scarred male colleague in the Special Administration Bureau.
"Qingqiao, where is this place?"
Zhang Donglei sighed: "This place is very remote and has no traffic. You have to ride a horse to get there. Captain Lei fell off his horse and is still lying in the hospital."
"And I have a high fever that won't go away."
Cao Mingliang frowned and said, "You fell off your horse and have a fever?"
Zhang Donglei nodded and said: "Yes, it's a bit evil..."
As he said this, Zhang Donglei hesitated to speak.
Cao Mingliang, who has keen senses, captured this point, "Just say what you want to say."
Zhang Donglei said hesitantly: "Captain Cao...don't you know Qingqiao?"
Cao Mingliang understood the meaning of Zhang Donglei's words, and asked, "Why should I know this place?"
Zhang Donglei hesitated and said: "Team Lei got a piece of news from an old lady. About ten years ago, your unit carried out a mission in Qingqiao."
Cao Mingliang's eyelids suddenly twitched, "Then what?!"
He once wanted to check the Special Administration Bureau's previous mission information, but his authority was not enough.
Zhang Donglei's tone suddenly became a little low, "Then, the mission was not performed very smoothly."
Cao Mingliang was silent for a moment. He understood what the phrase "not very smooth" meant.
It means bloodshed and sacrifice that cannot be exchanged for value.
Zhang Donglei continued: "Since that year, Crazy Zhou has never left Qingqiao again."
"Ten years ago? How old was Yang Ning at that time?" Cao Mingliang picked up Yang Ning's information and looked at it. Zhang Donglei in front said: "Seven years old. Yang Ning was abducted at the age of five. He was let go when he was abducted. Crazy Zhou bought it."
Cao Mingliang closed his eyes and remained silent.
He seemed to have captured some useful information.
...
Zhongyuan Province, the capital of Zhongzhou, is bounded by Luocheng to the west and Liangcheng to the east.
Liangcheng is a tourist city, the ancient capital of the Eight Dynasties, and the former imperial city. It is very close to Zhongzhou, and it only takes half an hour to drive there.
It was the last moment before dark, inside and outside the ancient city wall of Liangcheng, people were getting off work, enjoying the cool air, and taking a walk.
There used to be a lake in the center of Liangcheng, but recently, for some unknown reason, the city had people drain the lake, and the originally good lake turned into a big mud pit.
It is said that on the first day after the lake was drained, four ancient coffins were discovered at the bottom of the lake.
But at dawn the next day, the four ancient coffins disappeared.
At this time, the night has not yet fallen, and there is an endless stream of pedestrians who have just got off work by the lake.
An aunt, about fifty years old, carrying a bag of celery, was walking in a panic on the edge of the mud pit where there was no more water.
She had been circling the big mud pit since the afternoon, first three times clockwise and then three times counterclockwise.
After a total of six laps, the aunt carried the celery to the southwest corner of the mud pit and bowed three times to an ancient stone statue that was only about half a meter high.
Then she placed the celery in front of the stone statue and walked to the ancient city wall behind the stone statue.
Click——
There was a soft sound, and a crack opened in the wall in front of Auntie.
Seeing this, the aunt breathed a long sigh of relief as if she had been granted amnesty, and walked quickly inside.
Inside the city wall was a staircase going down, and there were torches on the wall. Auntie walked in carefully and walked in the direction of the torches to a dark room.
From the shadow of the underground staircase, a dwarf less than half a meter tall and extremely ugly came out.
He opened his mouth and showed a set of yellow-brown teeth, and said: "Just say your request when you go inside, just keep your head down, don't look around, if you see something, don't panic, don't yell, otherwise, the adults will unhappy."
Auntie said with some fear: "Last time, last time when Sister Qi brought me here, didn't you say that? That time you said that adults like to hear us scream..."
There was a trace of anger on the dwarf's face: "This time, that time! The lake on the ground was not dry last time!"
"Last time, the adults weren't caught -"
Halfway through the dwarf's words, he glared at the aunt in front of him and said, "Anyway, the adults are in a bad mood lately! Just remember what I said! You can go in!"
There was a sound of moving bricks and stones, and the stone door of the darkroom in front of the aunt opened.
The smell of dampness, rancidity, and mold was overwhelming.
There are four coffins with simple styles in the stone room. In front of the coffins, there is a futon.
The aunt took several deep breaths and encouraged herself: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I can do it, I can do it!"
As she spoke, she trembled and walked into the dark room.
When she walked in, the sound of moving bricks was heard again, and the stone door of the darkroom was closed.
...
Zhongzhou, on the Zhongliang Avenue leading to Liangcheng.
Chen Tao drove the car and looked at Yang Ning, who was sleeping soundly in the back seat, with an unhappy look on his face.
Didn't you say that from today on, you won't let yourself have a headache because of him?
How come he had just been transferred to Liangcheng and he wanted to give him a lift?
After all, he is also a master, the kind who can control life and death!
Why does talking sound like farting?
puff--
Suddenly, Chen Tao heard a fart sound coming from the passenger seat, but there was no one in that seat.
...
