Doomsday rat

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"That's great, I'll start with you!" Does Lin Na care about checking a few more people?It's too impossible, taking advantage of Zhou Yuan's imprecise words and quickly climbing along the pole, she can be regarded as disgusting and disgusting, this woman with eyes above the top.

"I always have an inexplicable feeling... Do you remember who likes to use a .45 caliber pistol the most?" Zhou Yuan didn't take Lin Na's threat to heart at all. Wouldn't she be investigated if she didn't mention it?If you want to check, just check it. The Ministry of Internal Affairs does this job.

But she always couldn't let go of another possibility. Ever since she saw this telegram, a person who always likes to hide more than two pistols on her body and has more than ten magazines in her body, who is not at all A heavy figure.

Among the batch of weapons recovered from the embassy that year, the 9mm Beretta M92F was the most numerous, and the most people used it.It seems that only Hong Tao likes to use the HK45 with larger caliber, larger size, greater recoil and less ammunition.

The reason is simple, that guy's marksmanship is not very good, even with the M92F, he can't improve much.So simply change to a larger caliber, don't rely on the head to rely on power, one shot counts as one shot.

And this .45 caliber pistol is not the mainstream in the world. It originated from the United States. The military and police in most countries will not be equipped with it. Even most of the U.S. military have switched to 9mm caliber pistols. Only the Marine Corps Some people here are willing to choose this kind of large-caliber pistol.

So the question is, why did it suddenly appear in a remote and relatively closed province?You must know that when a person faces a large number of enemies, he will definitely not choose a firearm that he is not familiar with to fight.

In other words, the mysterious gunman who attacked the Judgment at night should be very accustomed to using a .45 caliber pistol, so he chose it at a critical moment.Judging from his battle results, this point was also proved. Most of the adjudicators were hit from close range.

But then again, if a person wants to be very familiar with a certain weapon, the only way is to use it for a long time and practice it consistently. .45 pistol ammunition is very rare in China, who can have this condition?Anyway, only the dead Hong Tao was the most suspected of going around.

"Oh...you can't forget him after all these years!" Lin Na naturally knew who Zhou Yuan was referring to, and she sighed and didn't know how to persuade her.Ordinarily, Zhou Yuan is definitely not a pure girl, but she has gone further and further on the road of infatuation, and she can't forget that dead ghost.

"Have you found anyone else who is better than him? Including Minister Jiao!" Zhou Yuan didn't seem to feel that she deserved sympathy, so she simply asked back.

"Don't be provocative, I don't want to quarrel with you at night... But he is dead, and his ashes are buried in the yard next to him. Could it be that you will never marry without him? Besides, even if he is alive, you won't be married." I will marry you, so why bother!"

Jiao Qiao is indeed not as capable as Hong Tao, but as a wife, she must not allow others to compare her.Lin Na's way of counterattack is quite chicken thief. It sounds like persuasion, but in fact it is all a run on.

"Use the same pistol, but also like to use a knife to cut people's necks... Do you think it's such a coincidence?" Zhou Yuan didn't want to argue, so she automatically ignored this sentence and continued to entangle with the identity of the mysterious gunman.

"... Otherwise, I will go talk to Jiao Qiao and ask him to order Zhang Ke to secretly investigate this matter. The little guy is very familiar with dead ghosts and has a smart mind. If it is as you guessed, he will definitely find clues."

Lin Na is a very rational person. Although she doesn't believe in ghosts and gods, nor does she believe that people can be resurrected after death, the doubts raised by Zhou Yuan do exist, and it seems impossible to justify them without checking.So a very suitable candidate was proposed, and it happened that this person was performing tasks in Xinjiang Province, so he could investigate quietly.

"No, I don't believe in Jiao Qiao... Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't believe in his character... It was the two of us who investigated privately at the beginning that caused the subsequent series of accidents. I should bear a lot of responsibility for his death. Now we can't Repeat the same mistakes again, this matter must be more cautious, even if it is really him, he cannot let the third person know, can you understand what I mean?"

But Zhou Yuan rejected the proposal very simply. She had a longer-term thinking than Lin Na, and she had been burdened with thoughts for so many years, and she always felt that she had killed Hong Tao in the first place.

Lin Na rubbed her temples to acquiesce to Zhou Yuan's decision, and fell silent at the same time.For so many years, I have avoided mentioning this matter again, because I don't want others to know that Hong Tao's death may be related to a secret investigation.

That secret has now become a big bomb. Once it is leaked, it will cause an uproar, and I don't know how many people will be involved.If Hong Tao really died, it wouldn't be the worst. If he was still alive, then he and Zhou Yuan would be like throwing stones at him again and forcing him to die again, which might be real death.

But if Zhang Ke is not allowed to investigate, who can be allowed to carry it out?Seebeck is definitely not going to work. He is the ambassador of the Alliance to the Redeemer. His every move is too conspicuous, and he can't run around if he has nothing to do.

"...You said that if I leave for a while, will the investigation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs be good news?" After a long silence, Zhou Yuan, who was sitting on the sofa, suddenly asked an unrelated question.

"...Could it be that you want to go to Yining yourself!?" Leave for a while?As a ministerial-level official, how could the alliance allow it to wander around casually? It must be a matter of business to leave.Lin Na put down the teacup suddenly, looked up at the woman on the sofa who was wandering in surprise.

"As the main executor of the Bird Swarm Project, I think it is very necessary to do a field trip. Some situations will never be known just by listening to reports in the office."

"The railway entry project led by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is progressing relatively smoothly. At most, the two sides should sit down and discuss conditions in the spring of next year. At this time, the high-level alliance will make a friendly visit and bring real goodwill to the next step. It must be helpful... How do you feel about me just mentioning it to the Secretary-General?"

Zhou Yuan smiled, stroked her long hair around her ears and stood up, as if she was about to give a speech in front of the board of directors. After two laps, the high-sounding speech was assembled.

"Crazy...you are not afraid of being shot in the dark! If you want to ask who has a bad reputation in the East Asian League, if you say the second, no one will dare to say the first!" Lin Na started rubbing her temples again, and she did not object to investigating the mysterious shooter Given her status, she was unwilling to let Zhou Yuan take too many risks.

In the East Asian Union, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have always advanced and retreated together, and the political ideas of the two have also converged.If Zhou Yuan had an accident, it would be a very big loss, not only for herself, but also for the alliance.

"It shouldn't be too much for the Minister of the Union to be accompanied by the Air Force Paratrooper Special Service Team, right? Jiao Qiao always brags about how powerful the Special Service Team is, and now he has the opportunity to show it."

"Help me give him a message. If you are willing to help me this time, I will vote for the Air Force when I need military intervention in Xinjiang Province in the future! Well, you can go back and continue to fight for the fifth child with him. See you at the council tomorrow! "

But at this time, Zhou Yuan seemed to have just chewed half a catty of tea, her emotions were very excited, and her mind was spinning very fast. She didn't take Lin Na's risk seriously at all, and even tricked Jiao Qiao into her scheme.

There are also factions in the Alliance Armed Forces Department, some advocate the sweep of tanks, artillery and infantry, and some like long-distance airborne raids.Under the premise of maintaining a consistent external relationship, the two factions are also fighting internally.

Most of Jiao Qiao inherited Hong Tao's military philosophy, which can be summed up in two words: chicken thief!If you can sneak around and resolutely don't rush in, you will instinctively support the Air Force a little more.

The new generation of military officers represented by Zhang Tao and Pan Wenxiang prefer to use their strength to crush them from the ground.Of course the air force also needs it, but it can only be an auxiliary, not the main force.

Chapter 498

"Hey, don't leave in a hurry, I still have investigation matters here to discuss with you... What are you looking at, Jiao Qiao is not at home, he went to inspect the Shenyang base, and he just left this afternoon."

Seeing that Zhou Yuan was about to leave, Lin Na quickly got up and chased to the door. It was almost three o'clock in the middle of the night. You said that you were happy and walked away. I drank half a pot of tea and went back to sleep.Come on, don't leave anyone, see you until dawn!

"Hey, is Lan Yu'er so skinny that she dared to lie to me! Call her in, I'm too lazy to write, let her record it for me!"

It was good that Zhou Yuan didn't listen, but when she heard that Jiao Qiao was not at home, she immediately remembered Lan Yu'er's words.You are confident, right? You don’t know that Prince Ma has three eyes, right? Let me give you a taste of what it’s like to stay up late to take minutes of a meeting. You’re not even a word away!

"Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle bells..."

Just as the adjudicator searched for suspicious persons within the control area, the delegation waited for news from the magpies, and Zhou Yuan was busy planning his visit, the source of all the chaos, the incarnation of justice Yolo, the herdsman Bires, and the refugee Avanti... Hong Tao, the dead ghost, also walked out of the Yining checkpoint with his horse, humming a little song and walking slowly towards the south.

I made do with Fang Wenlin's house last night, and focused on inquiring about the adjudicator's situation, but the result was very unsatisfactory.Fang Wenlin had only heard about this secret organization, but he didn't know the inside story.When he was in the base, there was no Penance Society at all, let alone an adjudicator.

However, Hong Tao was very happy. As the saying goes, there is no light in the east and light in the west. Although he didn't ask about the adjudicator's information, he got an unexpected surprise.It turns out that from Yining to Nanjiang, you don't need to detour through Kucha or Licheng, and there is a small road that can go directly to WS County at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain.

Fang Wenlin didn't mean to show the way, he just heard that Hong Tao went to Licheng to pan for gold.

When the Yining base was first established, they also gradually cleaned up the surrounding towns like a rescue team, collecting living supplies while looking for more survivors.

At that time, it was a Kazakh survivor who led the team to search around, that is, Camilla's father.He was born in Yining, where he goes to school, works and lives, and is very familiar with the landforms and environments near the Yili River Valley.

At the same time, he is also a geologist. Due to his work, he has been wandering around with the exploration team for many years, and knows many trails that even the shepherds seldom touch.

In order to get in touch with the survivors in southern Xinjiang, he took three people over the mountains and ridges, and successfully reached WS County through this path.And half a year later, with hundreds of survivors assembled from Baishui City, Kungang, Wensu, and Qiuci, they crossed the Tianshan Mountains and returned to Yining along the southern section of the Duku Highway.

It is precisely because of this feat that Camilla's father has a high reputation in the Yining base.Fang Wenlin and him are chess friends, they both love to play chess, and they quickly became friends.

During a chat while playing chess, Fang Wenlin asked Camilla's father what kind of road would be so difficult and dangerous. Four people went there, but three of them died on the road.

Camilla's father said that this road is called the Shater Ancient Road, and after crossing the Tianshan Mountains from the Shater Ranch in ZS County, you can reach Pochengzi in WS County.The reason why it is called an ancient road shows that this road is not newly opened, but should be ancient.

Yes, it has a long history, and it is said to be the most difficult ancient pass on the Silk Road.This difficulty is reflected in several aspects: first of all, it is high. After crossing the Tianshan Mountains, the altitude is close to 4000 meters. Those who are too sensitive to high mountains will be directly brushed down.

Secondly, the climate is changeable. The high-altitude areas of the Tianshan Mountains are covered with thick snow all year round, and the temperature is very low at night.Starting from the foot of the mountain, it was summer when I first climbed the mountain, and it was spring and autumn when I reached the mountainside. When I reached the top of the mountain, there would be snowflakes, and it was not warm to wear a sheepskin jacket.If your health is not very good, you can quit if you catch a cold every now and then.

Finally, the terrain is particularly complex. Along the way, there are meadows, forests, canyons, rapids, Gobi, as well as snow caps, glaciers, and glaciers, especially glaciers full of fissures, which are the most dangerous.At that time, two of the three companions who traveled with Camilla's father stumbled and fell into the bottomless crevasse with no bones left.

But the most troublesome thing is not the above three points. Since there are many canyons, rapids and glaciers on this road, no means of transportation, including horses, can help except walking on two legs.

That is to say, during the nearly 4000-kilometer journey across mountains and mountains, all food, clothing, and equipment have to be carried on their own.Think about it, just go up and down at an altitude of more than [-] meters, and you have to walk for several days with a heavy load. The difficulty can be imagined.

Having said so many difficulties and obstacles, are there any benefits?There must be, otherwise why would Hong Tao be having fun secretly.There is only one advantage of this ancient road, and that is the short distance!

Driving from Yining to WS County, in summer and autumn, when the Duku Highway opens, the distance is about 900 kilometers; in winter and spring, you have to detour to Licheng, and the distance will increase to more than 1200 kilometers.But taking the Shater Ancient Road, it is only 300 kilometers from Yining, of which less than 200 kilometers still have roads.

If it was placed before the outbreak of the zombie disease, no matter how close the distance was, no one except explorers would have taken this ancient path.Who is willing to trek hundreds of kilometers on foot with luggage on their backs, and take great risks to cross the turbulent glaciers and climb through the rugged ice crevasses, just to save that little gas money and high-speed tolls?

But now and then, besides large groups of survivors, they can still have vehicles and motorcycles. Anyone who wants to go to southern Xinjiang has to use their legs. At most, they can get a bicycle or a horse to travel.But on the way, not only have to pass through checkpoints, but also bear the risk of being robbed or even killed by refugees.

In such a comparison, the ancient hiking trail is no longer a waste in the eyes of some people, such as Hong Tao, who are willing to take risks and have the capital to take risks, and they are of great use value.

There is another question. Since it is an ancient road with a long history, it must not only be Camila's father who knows that there are many locals and even survivors from ZS County in the Yining base. Would they not know?If he knew, wouldn't the Redeemer set up a card on the road to prevent the rebels from sneaking in and destroying it?

In fact, Hong Tao also raised this crucial question. If the Redeemer had already controlled or blocked the Shater Ancient Road, it would be of no practical significance to him.A person who took such a big risk and narrowly escaped death still can't escape other people's surveillance, so why bother.

But Fang Wenlin's answer rekindled Hong Tao's desire to explore. The Redeemer didn't block this ancient road!It's not that they are stupid, nor are they ignorant, but that they don't have to worry about it at all. The Ancient Chateau Road has already been blocked by nature.

The earthquake, the epicenter of the big earthquake a few years ago was at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and then this ancient road was blocked by the collapse of the mountain.In fact, for so many years, the rebel army has never infiltrated from the direction of the Shater Ancient Road. The Redeemer only set up two checkpoints on the mountain road from Yining to Zhaosu and Bagua City.

Chapter 499

However, Hong Tao couldn't immediately explore whether this ancient road was passable, and he had to deliver the last mutton to the Yining base before winter.It is now mid-September, and according to the annual habit of the Crimea, we will leave Sailimu Lake for the winter pasture in early October at the latest.

"Fuck, this is the discovery of an ancient tomb!" When Hong Tao crossed the mountains and returned to the vicinity of Sailimu Lake, he habitually stood at the edge of the forest and inspected the surroundings with binoculars, and soon found an obvious abnormality. .

On the west and north banks of the lake, there are many small soil bumps, just like termite mounds rising and falling on the African grassland.Hong Tao was sure it wasn't done by termites, no matter how hard they worked, they couldn't build so many luxury houses in more than a month.

It's even more unlikely that someone else came here to dig the soil for fun. The only suspect is Kerim.But when Hong Tao came to the lake, he immediately realized that he had misread it. Those were not dirt bags but haystacks.Nearby a woman in a white dress, red waistcoat, and embroidered red hat is working with a pitchfork.

"Hey, brother and sister, what's the use of getting so much grass?" Needless to say, this is the daughter-in-law I bought for Crimea, so it's definitely not an advantage to call me brother and sister.

"..." But the woman seemed to feel that she was at a disadvantage. She turned her head and saw Hong Tao riding on the horse. She dropped the pitchfork and ran away without hesitation.

"This guy... Iszawi is not lying!" Seeing the woman's swiftness on the horse in a skirt, Hong Tao somewhat recognized the price of the three horses.

What he looks like is not important to Kerim. He not only needs a wife who can bear children, but also a partner who can help with work and chat with him.A woman like this is very suitable. She can ride a horse and work. The life in Crimea will be much more comfortable in the future.

"Hey, Avanti, where did you go for shopping this time? Is there any good wine?" Before Hong Tao could pack up his things, Kerim came over on his horse.He has long been used to this neighbor's erratic whereabouts, and at the same time he is also used to rubbing against his neighbor's high liquor.

"Pear City...this is your wedding gift, why did she run away when she saw me!" Hong Tao took out a few small boxes from his backpack and put them on the table. A set of gold jewelry inlaid with precious stones came from Licheng. Found in store.

Although gold and silver jewelry are not as valuable as a piece of biscuit in this era, Kirgiz women like to wear shiny things very much, and it is a good gift to take back any good ones.

"Saren said you are dangerous!" Kerim opened the boxes and looked at them one by one.

"... She has never seen me, how could she know that I am dangerous?" This answer made Hong Tao stop his hands, raised his head to look at Kerim, but quietly touched his thigh with his right hand.

"Sa Ren is very smart... I have to thank you, my brother!" Kerim didn't feel anything unusual, and was still looking at the sun on the ruby ​​on the necklace.

"Hasn't she left these days?" Sometimes Hong Tao felt that he was too sensitive, but he didn't think it was a shortcoming.Compared with Xiaoming, spending a few more words and using more brains is really nothing.

"Don't worry, I'm also very smart. I've tried it several times secretly. I pretended to go out to find something and leave for a day, leaving her alone at home. In fact, I didn't go far. I just sat in the woods on the hillside for most of the day." She is not a bad person, she likes living here very much. She has a lot of scars on her body, she was beaten by people, those people are bad, she doesn't like them!" After getting along for so many years, Crimea is more used to Hong Tao being more cunning than Snow Leopard Personality, and a little bit dark.

Usually when he is alone at home, he always puts the shepherd dog on the east bank near the road. Once a stranger appears, the smart shepherd dog will run back to report.Suddenly a strange woman came, even if it was his wife, she didn't relax her vigilance.

"Well, everyone is a bad person except me..." Hong Tao felt relieved when he said that, and at the same time he didn't forget to take the opportunity to flaunt himself.

"Come to drink at your place at night, Sa Ren can make very good finger meat!" Kerim must have heard such nonsense over the years, directly filtered it, got on the horse and ran away.

"You forget your friends when you have a daughter-in-law, you're not a fucking good thing!" Hong Tao cursed loudly as he watched Krim's cheerful back.

In the past, as long as he came back by himself, the lonely shepherd would hang around in front of the hut, drink wine with dried fish, and talk about everything.It's good now, I'm in a hurry to go back before my butt is hot.

Crimean is not bragging, Saren is indeed good at cooking, not only mutton, but also fish.The grilled fish she cooks is grilled with stones, which is more delicious than grilled directly on an iron rack.

However, this woman seemed to have a deep misunderstanding of herself. During the dinner, she was very nervous and seldom spoke, not even daring to lift her eyelids.After eating, he got on his horse and ran with the tableware in hand, not wanting to stay for another minute.

Hong Tao didn't care about her intentional alienation, and anyone who was bought by him would not adapt immediately.Moreover, she has stayed in the Redeemer Base for such a long time, and she has more knowledge than Crime, so she is not so easy to deceive, and she must be doubting her identity.

"What are you doing with so much fodder? Are there a lot of sheep this year?" But the haystacks by the lake need to be asked. It is said that a lot of mutton was sold to the redeemers this year. The Crimean flock should not be so large that additional preparations are required. The extent to which pastures are brought to winter pastures.

"We have to spend the winter here, and it's too far away and we have to climb mountains. She's not used to it."

"..." Crimean's answer really made Hong Tao a little speechless, good guy, what is the most important thing about the agreed flock?How come after marrying a wife, friends and flocks become less important!

"You can sell some more sheep to the base, and help me build a roof for the sheep pen. As long as it is not buried in the snow, there is enough forage to last until spring!" Kerimu didn't think there was anything inappropriate, He was still licking his face and giving Hong Tao a job.

"...I want to go to southern Xinjiang in winter. Do you know that there is a road leading to southern Xinjiang near the Chart River?"

Hong Tao thought for a while, no, he couldn't stay here for long, otherwise he would be used as long-term labor by the couple.Now it is building a sheep pen, but in the future it will be necessary to build a horse pen. When it snows heavily, will it be necessary to shovel the snow?

It's not that I'm too stupid and unwilling to help with work, but that I can't develop this habit.If helping becomes inevitable, failure to help once in the future will lead to dissatisfaction.

It's not that Crimean's character is bad, nor is it that Sa Ren is sowing discord by blowing the pillow.This thing is human nature, everyone is the same, if you want to avoid it, you can only refuse it from the beginning, if you can't refuse it, just avoid it.

"...Even snow leopards don't go to the Schatt Valley in winter! The cliffs over there collapsed, and the only bridge that could cross the river was washed away by flash floods. The glaciers are deep and fast when they don't freeze in winter, and they will be killed if they fall. Frozen to death!"

Hearing Hong Tao's plan, Crimea didn't even drink alcohol, and tried hard to collect Chinese words in his mind, trying to express 100% the hardships and dangers of that mountain road, so as to dispel the neighbor's idea of ​​crazily sucking to death.

"So you walked past!" What is meant by not looking back after bumping into the south wall, Hong Tao is this kind of person.

The more you talk about difficulties, the more interested he is. He is too lazy to do things that anyone can do.Of course, all this is based on the premise of sufficient information and preparation. He likes to take risks but doesn't like to suck to death.

"Winter Meadows is there, at the foot of the hills! Here we are... Winter Meadows here, here or here... Here is the Chartres!"

Crimean felt that it was necessary to popularize the geographical knowledge at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains for this Han Chinese. If he dared to walk the Schatt Valley without knowing anything, it was still in winter. This is a boring life!

"Wait... draw on this!" Hong Tao really didn't find out where the winter pasture in Crimea was, he only knew it was at the foot of Tianshan Mountain.But it's not too late to make up lessons now, and you can understand it by marking a few times on the map.

"I've only been here since the earthquake. The bridge to the south is gone, the cliffs have collapsed, and the river is too fast to pass!"

Crime, however, knows how to use a map. He not only marked the three winter pastures he often visited, but also found the place where the Chart River crosses the bridge, which is only about 30 kilometers away from the Chart ranch.But the earthquake not only destroyed the bridge, but also caused a landslide on the mountain, cutting off the winding road from the mountainside.

Chapter 500 The nun ran away

"Well, it's really not easy to go..." Looking at the white color on the map, as well as the names of this Daban and that glacier, Hong Tao partially agrees with what Fang Wenlin and Kerim said, that it is indeed not easy to go.

"By the way, didn't the bad guys at these two checkpoints rob you of your sheep and horses when you went to the winter pasture?" But he agreed with him. Back then, he still agreed that the Drake Passage was very sad, didn't he still cross it in winter?

So what I think in my heart is to go and go, but before the official action, I need to find out all the details, see if there are any problems that cannot be overcome by manpower, and what equipment is needed, so as not to fight unprepared battles.

"Don't go here, there is a road near the border, there is no checkpoint from there."

Kerim still didn't quite understand what kind of temper this neighbor had. He thought it would be enough to just describe the ancient Shater Road in winter as a sea of ​​swords and flames. The checkpoints set up on the two mountain roads leading to Zhaosu and Baguacheng were perfectly avoided.

"Yo Xi, we'll start building the house tomorrow!" Qi Le, Hong Tao wanted this road, so he didn't ask any more questions right now, so as not to arouse Crimean's suspicion.

Half a month later, Hong Tao appeared outside the settlement with two pack horses. There were four cloth rolls hanging on both sides of the horse's belly. Passes are also required to be opened for inspection.

"Take one...I won't say...it's not what the nun wants...it's mine...take it! The biggest one is for the nun, and the smaller one is for you, friend of Birges!"

The cloth roll was opened, and it was definitely not a gun inside, but layers of needles, wrapped in two large silvery-white fishes that were less than half a meter long.Hong Tao also spoke much more neatly than when he first came here. Although he still jumped out word by word, he could indeed see obvious improvement.