Chapter 101: Dead End

Early this morning, a new face of a peddler came to the village. This was also normal, after all, this was the only way to bring different goods.

The peddler was an old man who looked about 50 years old, speaking with a southern accent.

These days, the Chang Huaqiang brothers had just brought a batch of spring and summer clothes from Nanyue and were preparing to transport them to the city tomorrow to sell.

The peddler came early, and the Chang Huaqiang brothers also got up early. After the two had breakfast in the inner room, they packed their things and prepared to drive to the city.

In the peddler's carrying pole, besides needles, threads, vanishing cream, and hair accessories used by women, there were also some rare little toys.

Chang Huaqiang's three-year-old son, Chang Fuming, heard the peddler's hawking and slipped out the door with his little legs. Chang Huaqiang's wife, Liang Hongxia, was afraid the child would fall, so she followed him out.

Seeing that there was business, the peddler put down his carrying pole and took out a wind-up little car to tease Chang Fuming.

This traveling peddler was exactly Old Shi in disguise. He had pondered for several days in the hotel, and to eliminate future troubles, he had come up with a poisonous trick: destroy the Chang brothers, and then no one would know about this matter!

It was just that he made a mistake, a fatal mistake! He underestimated the Chang brothers' understanding of them. Lyu Dali was indeed killed by Chang Huazhong, and before he took action, Chang Huaqiang had already quietly stayed in Huaxian to observe him and Lyu Dali for more than a month. It was also while tracking and observing Lyu Dali that Chang Huaqiang discovered the relationship between Lyu Dali and Deputy Director Du!

The meticulous Chang Huaqiang discovered their relationship and then corresponded it one by one with the various details from the time they went to report the case. He finally understood that he and the third brother had been set up by someone, signed the transcripts prepared by others in a daze, and personally cremated Chang Huasheng, creating a death confirmation!

Chang Huaqiang understood the truth of the matter and figured out the whereabouts of the three, so he notified Chang Huazhong to drive over with ropes, sharp knives, hammers, and other tools to meet in Huaxian.

And the news Old Shi inquired about that the Chang brothers were still running cars between the two places normally was also not wrong, because the villagers only kept seeing that car running back and forth, but no one paid attention to how many people were in the car each time, and who they were.

So the news Old Shi inquired about was not completely accurate. This was also his first big mistake, as he was anxious to resolve the Chang brothers, thinking they had only found Lyu Dali based on Chang Huasheng's description before his death, and beat him to make him reveal himself and Deputy Director Du.

Second, he was too confident in his "professionalism". Of course, for ordinary people, indeed no one would suspect his appearance! But he was facing the Chang brothers, who had observed him for a long time, had a strict plan, and had already implemented part of it!

How could he not be seen through?

Especially since he came to the door directly this time, it had already made Chang Huaqiang feel strong unease!

This was also the catalyst for Old Shi to lose his life ahead of time.

The Chang Huaqiang brothers also heard Old Shi's hawking. He held Chang Huazhong's hand, telling him not to make a sound, and hid behind the window to stare at Old Shi! Seeing his wife buy a toy from Old Shi, he didn't disturb him.

After Old Shi gave Liang Hongxia the small change, his eyes kept turning to the truck parked in the courtyard. After a while, Old Shi pretended to pack up his things and made a gesture of preparing to leave, when he suddenly called out to Liang Hongxia, who was holding the child, and asked her if she could pour him some hot water. Liang Hongxia couldn't bear to refuse, so she took his cup and went back into the house to pour him water.

At this time, he was the only one left in the courtyard. He quickly observed the surroundings, took out a dark little thing from the cargo basket, walked quickly to the truck cab parked not far from him (he had already observed that the Chang brothers usually didn't lock the car doors when parked in their own courtyard), reached out to pull open the car door, placed the thing gently under the dashboard, and then quickly closed the car door and returned to his original position, looking at Liang Hongxia who had finished pouring water and walked out of the house as if nothing had happened.

After thanking Liang Hongxia, he picked up his carrying pole and went out of the Chang family courtyard gate.

After he walked far away, Chang Huaqiang hurriedly went over to pull open the car door and searched carefully in the cab. Sure enough! In a blind spot under the dashboard, a black little thing was glued to it.

He thought for a moment, immediately returned to the house, signaled to Chang Huazhong who was about to ask him, and then looked at his son who was holding the newly bought toy car. He took out a pastry brought back from another place and let Liang Hongxia coax the child to go out to play. Then he let Chang Huazhong take a screwdriver and pry open the iron shell of the toy car. Inside, there was actually a black thing the size of a button, exactly the same as the one on the car!

The two brothers looked at each other, and Chang Huaqiang said: "Huazhong, have you finished eating? If you're done, get ready to go! This load of goods must be rushed to the city. We must set off in three days. The goods taken to Nanyue this time are public property, and we can't delay even a bit of time!"

Chang Huazhong responded understandingly: "Okay, I know, I'm done eating, let's go, Big Brother!"

By the time Chang Huaqiang finished speaking, he had already reassembled the toy car. Now they couldn't alert the other party yet. He and Chang Huazhong got into the car and drove the goods toward the city.

Not far away, Old Shi put the listening equipment into the cargo basket and hurried toward the hotel.

He carefully analyzed the road conditions along the way from Zizhen to Nanyue. He had to find a section of the road within the jurisdiction of Huaxian, so that the subsequent matters would be easier to handle.

Now the whereabouts of the Chang brothers were already under his control. Now he would choose the place to take action and go there in advance. The next step was just waiting to send the two brothers to meet their brother!

Old Shi put away the map, packed his listening equipment, and walked toward the long-distance bus station...

Three days later, the Chang brothers drove their truck onto the national highway to Nanyue. The cargo bed was wrapped tightly with canvas, and it couldn't be seen what was loaded inside.

The car set off at dawn, and the brothers kept chatting along the way. This was also a way to prevent fatigue from long-distance driving.

The two took turns driving. By evening, the car had entered the territory of Huaxian.

There were not many cars on the road. After entering Huaxian, the mountains were rolling on both sides of the road, and the road was obviously narrower. At this time, Chang Huaqiang was driving. Ahead was a curve, and there was a large protruding rock there. Usually, when cars passed there, they couldn't see the situation behind the rock at all. Before passing, drivers would honk their horns loudly, and at night, they would judge by the headlights shining from the opposite direction.

Before the car entered the curve, and before the headlights had turned, Chang Huaqiang pulled the car over to the right and shouted loudly: "Huazhong, drive carefully, ahead is Yanwang Cliff, pay attention to the headlights from the opposite direction."

Then he counted silently "1, 2, 3..."

At the same time, under the roadbed not far from the protruding large rock known as "Yanwang Cliff", Old Shi was also counting silently while wearing headphones...

Ten seconds later, a huge explosion came from behind "Yanwang Cliff"!

And at this moment, the Chang brothers, along with their truck, also suddenly disappeared! ===== CHAPTER 102 =====