Chapter 21: Provocation

Ren Jiahe was already somewhat numb, perhaps his inner murderous nature had been awakened by Liu Baoshan. He didn't feel afraid anymore and drove the broken Volkswagen at high speed on the road to the river, fully focused!

Liu Baoshan sat in the back seat with a gun in his hand, looking sideways at the still-unconscious Jiang Yuanqi, a cold smile appearing at the corner of his mouth!

The car soon arrived at the river. Before Ren Jiahe could speak, Liu Baoshan suddenly said: "Drive to the edge of the reeds in front!" Ren Jiahe said "Oh!", stepped on the gas, and the car quickly reached the edge of a patch of reeds as tall as a person.

Liu Baoshan looked left and right. There was a small boat he had hidden in advance, which was also where he planned to hide. Seeing that Ren Jiahe was of no use now, according to his plan, he was going to dispose of Ren Jiahe here!

At this moment, a voice came from the car radio: "Dear listeners, now broadcasting again an arrest warrant issued by our city's Public Security Bureau... The suspect is cruel and meticulous! Citizens who discover the suspect's whereabouts, please call the 110 police hotline immediately, or contact Officer Gu directly..."

With the end of the short three-minute broadcast, Liu Baoshan, who had been quietly preparing to shoot, changed his mind. He pointed the gun at Ren Jiahe and said: "Take off the wig and fake beard!"

Seeing Ren Jiahe's body tremble slightly, he stared at Liu Baoshan thoughtfully, slowly took off the wig, tore off the fake beard, and threw them aside.

"Haha! I remember now! No wonder I felt you looked familiar when I first saw you!" Liu Baoshan sneered: "So it's the great dancer's husband, President Ren!" Ren Jiahe was stunned: "Do we know each other?"

"You don't know me, but I know you! To be honest, you also entered my line of sight early on, but after observing you for a few days, I felt you were still a big cut below him, so I chose him instead!" Liu Baoshan said, pointing to the unconscious Jiang Yuanqi in the car.

Ren Jiahe felt goosebumps all over his body. Haha! After all that, hadn't he still fallen into his hands?

After his identity was recognized, he calmed down instead. "What? You're not going to report me to collect that 50,000 reward, are you?"

"Hahahaha! I'm not interested in that kind of money! However, I am a bit interested in you. How about this: you help me finish this job, and I'll give you 10 million! How about that?" Liu Baoshan leaned close to Ren Jiahe and said: "Anyway, you have no way out. Do one job, get big money, and we can smuggle ourselves out!"

Ren Jiahe understood he meant going abroad, but how could he believe him? Such a cold-blooded desperado! But the other party already had murderous intent toward him. If he didn't go along with his words, he might become a dead man immediately!

Ren Jiahe knew he had no choice at all! He hardened his heart and said: "Tell me how to do it!"

Seeing the wolf-like fierce light in his eyes, Liu Baoshan laughed: "Haha! Now that looks like someone who has killed before! There's rope in the bag, tie up the fat sheep first!"

"Isn't he still unconscious?" Ren Jiahe pointed to Jiang Yuanqi in the car.

"Don't be careless, this old thing is very cunning! He's been awake for a while, just pretending! Here! Take this, stab him in the thigh a few times and see if he wakes up!" Liu Baoshan said, handing a dagger gleaming with cold light to Ren Jiahe.

Before Ren Jiahe could answer, a burst of coughing came from the car, and then Jiang Yuanqi was heard groaning: "Ouch! Why is it so dark? I can't see anything!"

Liu Baoshan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly burst into loud laughter, laughing so hard he clutched his stomach and couldn't straighten up! Ren Jiahe thought to himself: This madman has such a low threshold for laughter? What's so funny about this?

But he saw Liu Baoshan laughing while pointing the gun at Jiang Yuanqi in the car: "Damn you! You're quite the actor! Stop thinking nonsense! It doesn't matter to me whether you can see or not. I'm after money, not your life! Ah! Come out, let him tie you up obediently, so I don't have to do it myself and you suffer! Come out!"

"Oh, right, let me introduce myself. My name is Liu Baoshan! Brother Shan, who has dominated the Northeast for over a decade! That one is the newly promoted murder maniac Ren Jiahe! You heard it on the radio, right? Later, tell the police that the two of us kidnapped you! After I finish this job with you, I'm going to do something even bigger! Hahahaha!"

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At Hongde Restaurant, owner Bao Xiaoxiao sat on the sofa, still shaken. Gu Changzheng, sitting opposite her, had finished questioning her. It was common knowledge that Hongde Restaurant was holding an anniversary celebration, and many people knew Jiang Yuanqi would definitely come tonight! After all, he was the owner of the entire Ginza Building, including this Hongde Restaurant.

According to the current investigation, the bandit was a new face and did not belong to the guests invited to Hongde Restaurant today. It should have been premeditated for a long time, and he was already familiar with Jiang Yuanqi's situation. Killing his bodyguard without hesitation and kidnapping him personally clearly indicated a kidnapping.

He walked to the parking lot outside the restaurant, which had already been cordoned off. Outside the cordon, a row of fully armed special police stood in a circle, stopping curious citizens. Forensic expert Old Zheng climbed out of Jiang Yuanqi's Mercedes, and the evidence bag in assistant Xiao Lin's hand contained two yellow bullet heads.

"Old Zheng, what kind of gun?"

At the time, many people at the scene saw Liu Baoshan shoot and kill the driver. When Old Zheng arrived at the scene, the driver had already lost his vital signs, and the cause of death was very obvious. What Old Zheng had to do was test what kind of gun the bandit used.

Seeing Gu Changzheng come over, Old Zheng said: "The two wounds on the deceased were both through-and-through wounds. One bullet head was in the back of the driver's seat, and the other was in the interlayer of the Mercedes' left front door. Judging from the angle of entry, just as the eyewitnesses said, the bandit stood at the passenger position and shot the deceased directly through the opened car door. The bullets are Type 64 handgun bullets, and the firearm is a Type 77 police handgun!"

"What?" Gu Changzheng was shocked: "You didn't see wrong, did you!"

Before Old Zheng could speak, assistant Xiao Lin retorted with dissatisfaction: "Captain Gu, even I can distinguish this kind of police Type 77 handgun at a glance. How could Teacher Zheng see wrong!"

"Uh! That's not what I meant!" Gu Changzheng hurriedly explained: "Our police firearm management is so strict, how could it get into the hands of a bandit? I'm just too shocked. Could it be..."

"I don't know about that, but I can be sure it's a Type 77 handgun. You can check this; the bullets all have serial numbers corresponding to which handgun, and you'll be able to find the owner of the gun."

Gu Changzheng nodded, recalling the scene captured by the parking lot surveillance camera he had just watched: the car speeding into the Mercedes, the bodyguard killed in the collision, the bandit holding a gun and killing in the street, the kidnapped Jiang Yuanqi... Hehe! These two are crazy enough! This was Gu Changzheng's first impression of Liu Baoshan.

Just as he was thinking, his phone rang. Gu Changzheng saw an unfamiliar number on the screen, so he pressed the answer button: "Hello, who is this?"

"Officer Gu! Jiang Yuanqi is in my hands!" ===== CHAPTER 22 =====