Chapter 29 Chapter Twenty-Seven

If calculated from the time, the incident should have happened around the time Xiao Ke discovered the dripping spring, and it was none other than the most dangerous Xiao Kang who was the most dangerous in the valley. Although two guns were pointed at Xiaokang all the time, the combat effectiveness of the two gunmen was close to zero.As the night fell, the vision was blurred, and the threats from each other were separated from the senses.Although I was not at the scene, but based on the analysis afterwards, I think that once Xiaokang calmed down after the car accident, he must be looking for opportunities to escape everywhere.Nearly three years of prison life has made him almost change his appearance, and the ferocity on his face has gradually subsided, but his heart and blood are still lurking with the original animal nature, and he will be eager to move whenever he has the conditions, not to mention from a well-off place. Judging from the crimes he committed, he is undoubtedly a very aggressive prisoner.Aggression is also the most primitive animal instinct, which is necessary for animals to survive. Unfortunately, after animals evolved into humans, this instinct was quietly inherited, so attacking others is sometimes a strong desire of humans, not to mention It is said that when a person whose animal nature is still alive is at such a critical moment of survival.

Xiaokang survived the dead, and he decided that before Xiao Ke returned to the valley, it was his only chance, which was once in a thousand years and should not be missed.From the corner of his eye, he observed the old Zhong and the armed police, and saw that their spirits were sluggish and their guns lowered. He was sure that the time had come, so he lowered his head and counted silently in his heart. Get up and jump out.The first target of his attack is not the policeman Lao Zhong, nor the armed policemen with guns. He is too far away from them, and compared with the speed of the bullets, he obviously can't fight the ten steps away.And Pang Jiandong, who was lying on his raincoat dying, was a little closer, and with a stride and a tiger leap, he was within easy reach.

So he rushed to Pang Jiandong, dragged the weak struggling body cruelly, strangled his throat with the iron chain of the handcuffs, and robbed him as a human shield.Although Lao Zhong and the armed police soldiers were weak, they still raised their guns together, but the guns could only be aimed at Pang Jiandong's stiff and helpless body and his hoarse screams.Whether the cry was a cry of anger, or a struggle of fear and despair, or just because of unbearable pain, almost no one could understand. Another prisoner, Shan Juan, who was sitting on the edge of the cliff, also screamed, but very briefly.It is also impossible to tell whether she lost her voice in fear for herself or for Xiaokang.

What Zhong Tianshui and the armed police soldiers could hear clearly was Xiaokang's ferocious cry: "Throw away the gun! Throw away the gun! Throw it over! If you don't throw it, I'll strangle him to death!" Zhong Tianshui could no longer shout, and he tried his best to issue an order: "Fan Xiaokang, let him go... let him go and I will let him go!" Fan Xiaokang continued to exert force, Pang Jiandong groaned on the verge of death, and the armed policeman shouted in vain: "Release him, if you don't let go, I will shoot!" They confronted each other for a few seconds, yelled at each other, and threatened each other hoarsely. None of them noticed Shan Juan. At this time, they moved quietly in the dark and suddenly rushed towards the armed policeman who was closest to her.She slammed a small stone on the ground at the armed policeman's head, the armed policeman tilted his body, and dropped his hand with a slight shock from the flat end.Shan Juan picked up the gun, pointed it at Lao Zhong, and screamed at the same time: "Throw away the gun, I won't kill you! I promise I won't kill you!" Seeing Liu Chuan sitting beside Lao Zhong, she thought About to stand up, she immediately pulled the trigger and nailed a series of bullets into the soil in front of Liu Chuan. This was the first series of gunshots Xiao Ke heard.

The gunshots pushed the situation to the extreme, signaling that everything was irreversible.Liu Chuan seemed to be overturned by the blast of the row of bullets, and sat back to his original place.Xiaokang and Shan Juan shouted together: "Throw away the gun! Throwing away will not kill you, as long as you let us go, we will not kill! We promise not to kill!" Old Zhong still didn't throw away his weapon. Although the high fever had tortured him to the point of weakness, he still persisted in his efforts to persuade him to surrender with his remaining strength.But even Liu Chuan could tell that his repeated shouts were obviously becoming less and less effective. For a man who was already too sick to walk, the shaking gun in his hand was no longer enough to deter Xiaokang from releasing the hostages, not enough Let Shan Juan disarm and surrender, they have obviously made up their minds to escape, no threats, no policy preaching, can make them change course.

Counting from Xiaokang's attack, more than two minutes have passed. Xiaokang and Shan Juan can't delay any longer. They know very well in their hearts that they must get away from here before Xiaoke comes back. Xiaokang tightened his grip on Pang Jiandong's neck again, and he managed to make Pang Jiandong groan even more creepily.His roar had clearly overwhelmed Old Zhong, and he issued an ultimatum to Zhong Tianshui: "I'll count to three, if you don't throw the gun, I'll strangle him!" After the ultimatum, he shouted without stopping, "One! Two..."

Shan Juan screamed, "Throw away the gun! Throw away the gun!" Xiaokang shouted again: "Three!" Zhong Tianshui finally threw the gun away. With the strength of his entire upper body and the remaining strength of his whole body, he threw the small but powerful "micro punch" to the valley in the distance, and to the dark bushes in the valley. Xiaokang let go of the unconscious Pang Jiandong. He rushed over and overturned Zhong Tianshui, who was powerless to resist, and snatched the key of the handcuffs from him.He first opened Shan Juan's handcuffs. Even when Xiaokang uncuffed her, the muzzle of Shan Juan never left Liu Chuan's forehead.

Xiaokang opened Shan Juan's handcuffs, and then took the "Wei Chong" from Shan Juan's hand, letting Shan Juan free his hand to uncuff him again.When all the restraints were gone, Xiaokang suddenly aimed his gun at Liu Chuan, and then decisively pulled the trigger. "Crack, crack!" A string of bullets flew out of the gun, but they missed Liu Chuan's head. Shan Juan shrieked and pushed away the muzzle of the gun half a second earlier than Xiaokang. He threw Xiaokang down, and the two of them fell to the ground together. Before that, Liu Chuan thought that the various dangers he had experienced in the past few years had come to an end, but at this moment, he really smelled the smell of death. The moment Liu Chuan coldly pulled the trigger, Liu Chuan's muscles instinctively contracted rapidly, and every hole in his body closed at once. The only organ that still had sensation was a pair of still movable eyeballs. Those eyeballs almost saw a string of smoky The bullet brushed the tip of his hair and flew into the air, splashing a piece of blasted muck on the earth cliff behind him.This is the second string of gunshots that Xiao Ke heard, and it was sharper than the first one.The sharp gunshots became distant and illusory in Liu Chuan's temporarily deaf ears, as if unreal, so he didn't hear what Shan Juan shouted at Xiaokang.He saw that Xiaokang gave Shan Juan a hit, and made Shan Juan roll aside. Then he stood up, raised his "micro-chong" and shot at Zhong Tianshui. After hitting Zhong Tianshui, he turned the gun and threw a The bullets fired in bursts directly hit the foreheads of the armed police soldiers.

This is the third and fourth series of gunshots that Xiao Ke heard. These two bursts are very close together, and it sounds like a series of bursts.Liu Chuan also heard these two series of gunshots, and he heard them with his heart. The gunshots shook his heart into unbearable pain. He died suddenly! The few bullets shot into Lao Zhong's body seemed to have shot into his heart!The blood in his heart exploded together with his screams, and the hot blood rushed to his cheeks in an instant. He shouted and jumped up from the ground, and rushed towards Xiao Kang who turned around with a gun after the murder.Xiaokang shot Zhong Tianshui and the armed police soldiers who were still able to move, leaving only Pang Jiandong who was probably dead.He probably thought that Liu Chuan, who was shot and saved by Shan Juan, was completely frightened and became a walking dead without will.He walked towards Pang Jiandong with the "Wei Chong" in his hand. Shan Juan thought that he was going to dump the remaining bullets in the gun on the body that was no longer making a sound, but it turned out that Xiaokang wanted to peel off the body that was on Pang Jiandong's body. Police uniform, he can't escape in this prison uniform.When Xiaokang squatted down and started to undo the first button of Pang Jiandong's clothes, Liu Chuan rushed forward. Xiaokang was caught off guard and was crushed by Liu Chuan. He was soon overturned to the ground by Liu Chuan's hands and feet.The two men fought desperately, each trying to shake off the "micro punch" that the other got on the ground. In the frantic fight, it was gradually seen that Liu Chuan had the upper hand. Shan Juan knew that Liu Chuan really wanted to risk his life to be well-off. Definitely not an opponent! Liu Chuan was invincible in the Longcheng OK nightclub, and he was able to fight a bloody path through several majestic slashes, not to mention fighting alone with the unarmed Xiaokang.Shan Juan joined the fight at the moment when Xiaokang was almost able to parry, and her joining immediately tilted the advantage to Xiaokang's side. The side of the road was suddenly stuck by a stubby road pile.Both men were exhausted, their movements were heavy and slow, and only Shan Juan had the strength to spare. While Xiaokang was pressing Liu Chuan's arms, she pinched Liu Chuan's long neck with a woman's slender fingers.She strangled Liu Chuan's breath with all her strength, and she saw Liu Chuan's face gradually cast the shadow of death under the moonlight.She met his eyes, and she didn't know why Liu Chuan's dying eyes suddenly became blurred and calm. They were fixed on her eyes, without fear, without hatred, and even as quiet as a virgin. Simple, as if obliterating the grievances of a lifetime!

Perhaps, Shan Juan hesitated for a moment again, this beautiful head, this straight neck, she once dreamed of.Now, at this moment, she has everything she wants!But this is just a short "possession", maybe in a few seconds, everything will be destroyed, the favorite and the most hated, will be scattered, and there will be no more. However, a few seconds later, she heard the sound of gunfire, and it was still a "micro-punch" burst, "Papapa! Papapa!" After a series of two consecutive bursts, a thick stream of blood suddenly splashed on her body. The dirty spurt of blood hit her front with force, and the bang made her startled for a long time before she panicked to see that the spurt of blood came from Xiaokang's neck.Xiaokang's body seemed to be frozen in the air for a moment, and then fell on his back with a simple gesture.Shan Juan let go of her hands from Liu Chuan's throat in a moment of panic, and she instinctively looked back to the starting point of the ballistic trajectory. What she saw was Zhong Tianshui's indistinguishable face, and the muzzle of a gun that had not been lowered.

This was the last gunshot that Xiao Ke heard. At this time, she had been running along the winding road for a long time.Of course, it was only her mental time for a long time, and the series of gunshots again and again made her nerves on the verge of collapse.Time became like years amidst gunshots, and she couldn't know what happened in that temporary camp. All she could expect was an unexpected firefight, a tragic confrontation; , it was Lao Zhong and Liu Chuan, it was their expressions of being shot and fell down, it was their bloody bodies... These were the two closest men besides her biological father!Both Lao Zhong and Liu Chuan are important parts of her soul. After the last burst of gunshots, Xiao Ke had already approached the temporary camp. She could almost smell the gunpowder smoke and feel the emptiness of death.She began to realize that the battle with unknown outcome was over, and realized that what she was running towards might not be the rescue of her relatives, but a trap for herself.But she still ran forward with all her strength, regardless of death or rescue, she would never turn back! Ahead, a figure appeared.The figure obviously came from the camp, running desperately on this wet road.From that deformed movement, Xiao Ke quickly recognized that it was the female prisoner Shan Juan.Xiao Ke wanted to shout "stop", but for some reason she didn't, and they wrestled together.Shan Juan may have exhausted her physical strength in the fight just now, or she was already too weak to be stimulated by death and blood flow, Xiao Ke only used two or three blows to suppress Shan Juan to the ground. "Don't move!" Overwhelming Shan Juan, Xiao Ke yelled loudly, and her voice became hoarse with just one yell. After this loud roar, there was no more sound in the temporary camp.Xiao Ke shouted again in a hoarse voice: "Zhong Da!" No one answered. She shouted again: "Liu Chuan!" She pressed Shan Juan, who was dying on the ground, and she almost cried: "Liu Chuan..." On the edge of the camp, a figure stood up staggeringly, stumbling, and ran towards the camp.Xiao Ke saw that figure pounced on a body lying on the wet ground. He wanted to hug the body, and tried to make him sit up straight. At the moment when the body fell limply, Xiao Ke heard the shock. The cry of the heart: "Da Zhong..." At midnight, the "forward" operation restarted, and set off down the mountain in a new formation. They must go!Pang Jiandong is still alive and must be treated as soon as possible. Every minute of delay may lose the chance of rescue.Although pain, fatigue, and uncontrollable sadness made it difficult for them to move forward, Xiao Ke accepted Liu Chuan's suggestion and decided to go down the mountain immediately. The moon emerged from the clouds, Xiao Ke and Liu Chuan wiped away their tears, Xiao Ke guarded Shan Juan with a gun, and watched Liu Chuan cover Zhong Da and the soldier's body with a raincoat.Then, she watched Liu Chuan hug Pang Jiandong vigorously, carried Pang Jiandong on his shoulder, and stood in front of her, beside Shan Juan, whose arms were handcuffed behind his back. Xiao Ke was facing them, but her eyes and the muzzle of the gun were only pointing at Shan Juan.Compared with Zhong Da, her voice is still a bit immature, but her tone is equally solemn compared with Zhong Da.That solemnity penetrated the night, making the entire forest under the night silent. "Now I announce that the escort operation will continue. Liu Chuan, you go ahead with the wounded on your back, Shan Juan, you walk behind Liu Chuan, and you must keep a distance of more than five meters. During the march, if anyone disobeys the command, attempt to Prison violence and escape will be severely punished! Do you understand?" Liu Chuan and Shan Juan answered almost simultaneously: "Yes." Shan Juan's answer was full of panic and panic, full of despair of failure.Liu Chuan's answer was extremely tired and full of sadness.Although there was only an indistinct "yes" from his chest, it was so short that it was hard to tell whether it was weakness or choking.But the voice made Xiao Ke look away, and she used a tone full of trust and encouragement to complete an affectionate and cordial mutual encouragement between her and Liu Chuan. "Okay, let's go!" With Pang Jiandong on his back, Liu Chuan took the first step.He told himself that the man on his back was once his brother, his friend, his captain, and the responsible policeman who has been responsible for him for two years.His young life is tied to his feet, and every step he takes will lead to his new life.Under the suppression of the submachine gun, Shan Juan also started to move forward, limping behind Liu Chuan's staggering.And behind her is the only policeman in the escort team, Zheng Xiaoke, the successor commander in chief of the escort operation. Except for the unconscious Pang Jiandong, everyone wept silently as they marched.The night wind was blowing, and the tears scattered on their faces with the wind, and slowly flowed in their hearts. After a long time, when I got to know Liu Chuan thoroughly, I imagined what kind of mood Liu Chuan should be on this night of life and death.During Liu Chuan's life in Daqiang for nearly three years, Zhong Tianshui has always played the role of a father, and has always been his spiritual pillar.For Liu Chuan, the sacrifice of Lao Zhong was almost as mournful as the death of his parents.Maybe grief can really be transformed into strength, maybe in order to make Zhong Tianshui's spirit in the sky smile with satisfaction, he has the strength to order his unconscious legs to carry Pang Jiandong's unconscious body on his back, and walk out of the muddy and slippery road for more than ten kilometers mountain road. At four o'clock in the morning, when it was darkest, they saw the lights of cars at the intersection ahead. There were two police cars oncoming, no doubt, this must be the police car that came to search for them!Facing the flickering lights of the police lights, Liu Chuan staggered with the last of his strength, with a weeping smile on his face, and swayed towards the colorful lights. The headlights of the police car dazzled each of their eyes, and everything in their vision became like a dream.They vaguely saw that the four doors of the police car were wide open, and it was hard to tell how many figures with vague outlines were striding towards them.Xiao Ke was the first to fall when the rescue team appeared. Maybe she was exhausted by walking and fighting, or maybe she was exhausted because of the high tension. Collapsing silently, the sudden relaxation of the nerves is actually a kind of collapse. After the collapse, Xiao Ke fell into a coma. When Shan Juan saw a large number of policemen running towards him, he squatted down in place, both exhausted and submissive.The policemen shouted the names of Zhong Tianshui, Pang Jiandong and Zheng Xiaoke loudly, and they took over Pang Jiandong's body with countless hands.Seeing the policeman Liu Chuan, he couldn't help but squat down, and then couldn't help but sat on the ground.He saw several black muzzles pointing at his head, and he heard several voices sternly shouting: "Don't move! Put your head in your hands!" He raised his numb arms and held his head with both hands with difficulty. At this moment He saw Xiao Ke being gently picked up by a burly policeman and walking towards the police car ahead.Just as a gratified smile appeared on his face, the hands above his head were forcefully pulled off together, and they were twisted and handcuffed behind his back.He didn't feel the cold when the cold steel cuffs hit his wrists, and he didn't feel any pain when the two policemen pulled him up from the ground. Every nerve in his body no longer retained consciousness, only his consciousness remained clear, and he clearly knew He was being dragged to the police car by two policemen, and all he could think about was the colors of the police lights. Liu Chuan fell in love with this color when he first participated in the escort task of the deportation department. At that time, he stood in front of the police cars and prison cars lined up in the central square of Tianjian, excited by the brilliant light on the roof.Although this color no longer belongs to him, the majesty and pride of the changing red and blue are still beautiful. Zhong Tianshui's memorial service was extremely grand, and many leaders of the judicial system were present in person.The meeting was presided over by a deputy director of the Bureau of Prisons. A person in charge of the Ministry of Justice announced the decision to recognize Zhong Tianshui as a ministerial hero at the meeting, and read out the notice to carry out learning activities from Zhong Tianshui.All the off-duty police officers in Tianhe Prison attended the memorial service. Xiao Ke stood in the front row with the prison leaders. A white flower hung on her chest, and a golden first-class merit medal shone brightly under the white flower. The two armed police soldiers who died and the two drivers who died were both regarded as martyrs, and their memorial service has already been held in advance.Zhong Tianshui used to be a ministry-level hero and model. He has been awarded the "Policeman Satisfied by the People" for many years in a row, and he was also the main contributor to smashing the prison escape incident. Therefore, his memorial activities need to be carefully arranged, so it has been postponed to the present.But unfortunately, Pang Jiandong, another policeman who survived the "forward" escort operation, was unable to attend the memorial meeting. He was still lying on a bed in the Binhe Hospital of the Prison Bureau with an infusion tube inserted into his body, but the doctor had already informed the bureau leaders. He stated that Pang Jiandong's recovery only takes time, and he will definitely return to Tianjian in good health and return to his own job. Of the surviving survivors, there were two others who, of course, were not able to attend the memorial service.One is Shan Juan. After she came back from Qinshui to testify, she was prosecuted for multiple crimes including participating in violent prisons, murder, and escape. She was sentenced to life imprisonment at the first instance. She has appealed to the second-instance court.If there is no long and arduous transformation to strive for a commutation of sentence, the high-walled power grid of the female prison will undoubtedly become the eternal scenery of her life. The other person is Liu Chuan. At that time, Liu Chuan was still in Qinshui as a prosecution witness for the Fan Bencai triad organization case. When Zhong Tianshui's memorial service was held, he was detained in the detention center of the Qinshui City Public Security Bureau because he had no task of testifying. A day of silence. During those days in the Qinshui Detention Center, Liu Chuan had nothing else to do except testify in court.His body has returned to normal, but his personality has become more dull.Apart from Lao Zhong's rambling words, he couldn't hold anything else in his mind.He searched for every fragment of those memories that have lasted forever since he was assigned to Tianhe Prison after graduating from OUHK, and was assigned to be a policeman under Lao Zhong, and slowly Chew slowly.And the spring, summer, autumn and winter when he was a prisoner under Lao Zhong after he was sentenced to prison, every journey his soul has gone through, every awakening in chaos, every enlightenment in ignorance, Lao Zhong's life Those nagging and sighing are all still in my ears and vivid in my mind.His clock is big, always slow and slow, like a deep wrinkle, permanently engraved on Liu Chuan's forehead.Zhong Da's voice and smile often make his expression and thinking stagnate, and often make his numb cheeks burst into tears.After escorting Liu Chuan and Shan Juan back to Beijing, the police from the Qinshui Public Security Bureau asked Feng Ruilong of Tianhe Prison curious about Liu Chuan's character: he was always alone in a daze, and would cry by himself.He also has this virtue here?Has he not been stimulated?The Qinshui police probably suspected that Liu Chuan was showing signs of depression, and felt it necessary to remind the cadres of the Tianjian. Feng Ruilong also found that Liu Chuan had changed. It seemed that there was nothing to make him happy or angry. The same is true for the joyful event for the inmates.At the meeting held in the prison, when Liu Chuan received the commutation verdict from the judge of the court, the expression on his face was not as pleasant as imagined. He stood on the stage, as if he was thinking about something calmly. , he was so calm that he was almost indifferent. After returning from Qinshui, Liu Chuan was taken to Binhe Hospital to visit his captain once.At that time, Pang Jiandong could not get out of bed, but his voice and gestures had returned to normal.He asked Liu Chuan to sit down on the edge of his bed, and took the initiative to pull Liu Chuan's hands. He said that Liu Chuan was the one who saved me, and Xiao Ke told me that it was you who carried me down the mountain.This shows that no matter how strict I am with you, you didn't bear any grudges, and you even rescued me at a critical moment. I'm really grateful.I heard that you are about to be released from prison. After you go out, we will still be best friends. Liu Chuan said: I am not the one who really saved you.After a pause, he went on to say: It's our Zhong Da. Before leaving the ward, Pang Jiandong took out a note from under the pillow and put it in Liu Chuan's hand.The note was a mobile phone number. Liu Chuan thought it was the number Pang Jiandong had left for him, but it turned out not to be.Pang Jiandong said: Didn't you want to find Ji Wenzhu's phone number during the Spring Festival? I found it for you later.But when I asked the sub-district for instructions, the sub-district didn't allow you to talk to her, so they didn't give you the number.Pang Jiandong grinned, and said: Everyone knows that you are a person who can go crazy because of girls, and you are afraid that the poor communication will affect your emotions. Besides, the sub-district has no right to make decisions when talking with your girlfriend, and you have to report it. There is no particular reason for reporting.Anyway, you are about to be released from prison. After you are released from prison, call her again. Liu Chuan said: Ah. After watching Pang Jiandong, Liu Chuan was received by a deputy director of the Justice Bureau in a conference room of Binhe Hospital.The deputy director personally announced to him the decision to give him a great merit and to be specially approved as an activist for the overall reform.It was also based on these decisions and rulings that Liu Chuan’s sentence was commuted to one year and ten months. His remaining sentence was less than two months from the day the ruling was issued. It is a great honor for a prisoner to be interviewed by the leaders of the Bureau of Justice.But Liu Chuan gave people the feeling that day, but it was just rigid and regular, and he didn't show the excitement he should have.The deputy director answered whatever he asked, with very few words, and the expression on his face was a little nervous, but more of a dull and reserved one. The deputy director said: "Liu Chuan, on behalf of the Judiciary Bureau, I would like to express my gratitude and condolences to you for cooperating with the government in smashing criminals' prison conspiracy. I hope you will be happy, stay healthy, and start a new life in the best condition .” Liu Chuan said, "Yes." The deputy director also said: "We are very pleased with the major achievements you have made in the past three years. According to the report of Tianhe Prison, the People's Court has made a ruling to commute your sentence. Spend the short remaining sentence in the best state, and use this time to prepare for returning to society in terms of thought, knowledge, and mood.” Liu Chuan said, "Yes." This supposedly exciting meeting was silenced by Liu Chuan's embarrassment.The prison director Deng Tieshan who participated in the meeting, Feng Ruilong, the sub-district chief of Tianjian's third sub-district, Zheng Xiaoke who walked out of Yangqu Mountain with Liu Chuan, and several cadres from the Prison Bureau all thought that the interview would end in such a bland manner, and no one could tell. Unexpectedly, Liu Chuan was moved by the last few words of the deputy director. "Liu Chuan, I remember that you were also a well-known anti-reformist when you were first imprisoned. Once I went to Tianhe Prison to inspect work, and I asked your prison chief Zhong Tianshui about you. At that time, you were still in the confinement team. But Zhong Tianshui said this to me. He said that if Liu Chuan had been working in our Tianhe Prison, he would actually become a very good person. He said that many people's life paths may be due to an accident However, from the perspective of human thinking logic, every turning point has some inevitable factors. Therefore, our transformation of people is to transform those inevitable factors. Zhong Tianshui told me that he believed that your essence has always been very Well, as long as you make some changes in some aspects, when you walk out of prison one day, you will follow the original path and become an even better person!" The deputy director uttered Zhong Tianshui's prediction two years ago, which made Liu Chuan cry bitterly.