Chapter 166: Are You Comparing Faces?

Like a swift Wind and sudden Rain, yet silent and without a trace.

No police lights, no sirens.

The bulldozers cut their engines, the Excavators lowered their buckets, and the dump trucks had their keys pulled.

The construction site, previously thundering with noise, gradually fell quiet; the swirling dust slowly settled, and the sky even turned a shade bluer.

Yu Kejie had his feet propped up on the desk, holding a copy of *Dragon, Tiger, and Leopard*, occasionally pinching the silk-stockinged leg of his secretary.

The woman's eyes were like silk, and she giggled, "Tee-hee-hee."

Just as they were flirting, two "Clang-clang" sounds rang out, the door was pushed open, and a cold Wind poured in.

The secretary shivered from the cold, and Yu Kejie frowned; just as he was about to curse, the Vice President, wearing a hard hat, pointed outside:

"General Manager Yu, the General Commander sent someone to notify us, saying that some team nearby dug through a mobile fiber-optic cable, so this entire area must shut down work..."

Yu Kejie was stunned for a moment and glanced outside.

Standing outside the office door was a man in his early forties who looked somewhat familiar; he was definitely a staff member from the General Commander's headquarters.

He stood up and went out to greet him: "Director, come in and have a cup of tea!"

"No need, I'm just here to give notice; I still have to go to the next sector!"

The man said this, then turned and got into a pickup truck.

Yu Kejie didn't pay much mind and gave instructions to the Vice President: "Then stop work... hmm, remember to notify the lower levels too, tell them to stop for a day!"

Once the upper level stopped, the activity below couldn't be hidden, so naturally, they would have to stop too...

After giving two instructions, Yu Kejie waved his hand, letting the Vice President close the door.

Just as he sat back into the sofa, the secretary picked up her phone and gave an "Eh" sound: "General Manager Yu, the one dug through was a mobile fiber-optic cable, but why does my Unicom phone have no signal either?"

Yu Kejie was stunned for a moment, tilted his head, and took a look: the secretary's phone indeed had no signal.

He looked at his own phone; it had no signal either.

Did they dig through both Mobile and Unicom at the same time?

That doesn't seem likely; he hadn't heard that these two companies buried their cables together?

He paused, then picked up the landline receiver. But never mind a signal, the light wasn't even on, and there wasn't even a sound.

Was the Telecom fiber-optic cable also dug through?

Something wasn't right, very not right...

His heart skipped a beat, and Yu Kejie stood up abruptly, covering the distance in two or three strides, and exited the color-steel house.

It was very quiet all around; he could basically no longer hear the roar of machinery. About two or three hundred meters away at another construction site, workers were lining up as if they were walking out.

Was this... clearing the site?

No... it was just a dug-through fiber-optic cable; they should just send an engineering team to investigate, why clear the site?

A faint, ominous premonition arose; Yu Kejie turned back, pulled open a drawer, grabbed a pair of binoculars, went back out, and jumped onto the roof of a loader.

Then he raised the binoculars, but with just one look, his heart went "thump-thump-thump."

A police car, a dump truck... then another police car, another dump truck...

Every road that could be used for vehicles to leave was blocked tight.

He looked again at the construction site from before: the workers were still lining up, but they were moving very slowly. Further ahead, at the intersection, sat over a dozen minibuses and Iveco vans.

Over a dozen Armed Police stood guard on both sides with guns, leaving only a passage wide enough for one person to pass through. Every person who passed was searched, and after being searched, they were sent onto the vehicles...

Yu Kejie's heart wasn't just thumping; his scalp was tingling: were they coming for him?

Just as he was filled with shock and uncertainty, the Vice President pointed to the south: "General Manager Yu, there's a big pit dug over there; is that where the cable broke?"

Yu Kejie violently turned the binoculars.

Not far, in the southwest direction, about a kilometer or so away.

Lots of vehicles, lots of people, and two Excavators, which also seemed to be withdrawing.

Looking further down, behind the Excavators, was a huge pit, and in the middle, a vaulted green-brick tomb roof was exposed...

Further south, was there actually another one?

Yu Kejie's vision went black.

If he were only surrounded by Police, he might suspect: had some major case happened in this area, like one where many people were killed?

Sending Armed Police to set up checkpoints and screen everyone one by one didn't seem strange: they were afraid a murderer might disguise themselves as a worker, so of course, they had to vet them one by one.

But what if you added the two ancient tombs that appeared suddenly and inexplicably?

And all exits were sealed off, and all communication signals were cut off... were these police not coming specifically for this place, for the tomb underground?

The more he thought, the more he felt it was possible.

Even if it were impossible, even if they weren't coming for this place, he wouldn't be able to escape today.

Because he was on a wanted list; he couldn't even try to fish in troubled waters...

Yu Kejie stared at his phone with no signal, his face deathly pale, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

It's over. He couldn't even send word to his second uncle...

He let out a sharp shout: "Shuanzi!"

With a "thump," eight or nine burly men swarmed out of the adjacent color-steel house.

"We've been spotted; it's all Police on all sides... Hu Liu, go notify those in the pit, get out of the pit quickly..."

"Dagang, take the brothers and get the vehicles ready... don't drive the small cars, drive the dump trucks, charge through the fields; if you can't charge through, ram them... you go south, you go north... save as many as we can..."

"Shuanzi, hand out the guns, hand out the explosives..."

The eight or nine desperate men all turned pale at once.

No matter how ruthless their hands were, no matter how cold their hearts were, who isn't afraid of death?

"What are you dazed for? Rather than being taken to the firing squad, we might as well make a desperate fight..."

Yu Kejie jumped off the vehicle, rushed into the office, and brought out a bag.

He threw it onto the floor with a "thud," and bright red banknotes were revealed: "One hundred thousand for each, take it!"

Seven or eight people looked at each other in dismay, until the tower-like big man brought out two handbags, and only then did a few of them wake up as if from a dream.

Those with guns took guns, those with money took money, those with explosives took explosives... Finally, they rushed toward the dump trucks on the side of the road like a swarm of bees.

Only Yu Kejie and his four personal bodyguards remained in front of the door.

Yu Kejie tucked in his pistol, then threw over another bag of explosives and a long gun:

"Dashuan, Xiaoshuan, you two drive the dump trucks, one drives, one shoots... Don't worry, just ram them for me. Once we break through, we'll switch to the small cars... Gangzi, you drive the off-road vehicle, Ertui, you handle the fuses, whoever blocks us, blow them up..."

Several fierce bandits gritted their teeth and nodded vigorously...

On Huangzipo, Chen Peng adjusted his peaked cap.

You have to say, the place Lin Sicheng chose is really good; it faces the Dayan Pagoda directly, and this construction site to the north is even more unobstructed.

Just as he was looking out, four or five dump trucks drove out from a construction site in the northeast direction.

Chen Peng was suddenly startled.

The moment the Junwangfei Silver Book was dug up, that General Engineer Wang had already admitted defeat. He had already sent people to notify: the South Li King, the North Li King, and all construction sites within a ten-kilometer radius were to stop work completely.

So what is the situation with these suddenly starting dump trucks?

And they aren't even driving in one direction, they're scattering like a blooming flower?

While pondering, Chen Peng let out a "heh": A dog in a hurry, trying to jump over a wall?

He gripped his walkie-talkie: "All units pay attention, the dog is going to jump the wall, the dog is going to jump the wall... If they dare to charge the checkpoint, shoot to kill without exception... I repeat, shoot to kill without exception!"

The walkie-talkie suddenly went quiet, and then, a solemn reply came through:

"05 received..."

"03 received..."

Before the reports were finished, two "bang-bang" sounds rang out.

The team that was further away, the one right in front of the Junwang Tomb being excavated, had already opened fire early on.

Following the sound, the front of a truck tilted, and it drove crookedly into the wasteland. Looking through the binoculars: the driver was half-slumped over the steering wheel, a large hole in his chest, blood seeping out continuously.

On the passenger seat next to him, there was a pistol and several bundles of explosives...

Just as he was looking closely, a "boom" sounded, and the dirt slope under his feet even shook.

He turned his binoculars sharply; a cloud of dust exploded in the northwest direction. Further ahead, a dump truck was speeding through the fields like a madman.

Explosives?

Chen Peng was calm and unruffled: he had expected it long ago.

But being hundreds of meters from the checkpoint, he couldn't even blow up a hair.

The bandit also knew he couldn't blow up a hair, but he had to let the Police know: I have explosives in my hand, you'd better move aside for me...

But it was all in vain; following a few crackling sounds, the dump truck flipped into a ditch.

In the binoculars, the two bandits, one holding a pistol and one holding explosives, had blood streaming from their chests...

In the General Commander's headquarters of the China Construction, several leaders were also holding binoculars. Listening to the explosions and watching the scene that looked like a war, General Engineer Wang's face turned pale.

It's over...

Explosions continued to sound, and the gunfire became increasingly dense.

Chen Peng held up his binoculars and narrowed his eyes: taking advantage of the chaos, a dump truck drove out of that construction site, followed by a big G.

Has the big fish left the hole?

Being so conspicuous, why do you think he still had to drive a small car?

Because a dump truck can only be used to charge a checkpoint; once it hits the main road, it can't even outrun a Santana...

Suddenly, a long gun poked out from the dump truck.

A Type 81 Automatic Rifle?

Chen Peng's expression turned cold: "Pi Xingchang, did I issue you a fire poker?"

As soon as he finished speaking, "pop~"

After a slight pause, another sound, "pop~"

Four shots in total, and the dump truck slowly came to a stop. Looking again through the binoculars, those two in the truck had half their bodies gone...

Suddenly, the big G behind it darted out like a madman. It kept accelerating, kept accelerating...

Two more shots, and the off-road vehicle tilted sharply, immediately flipping upside down. But the momentum was huge, and it flipped again, unexpectedly landing upright...

Chen Peng gripped the walkie-talkie again: "Pi Xingchang, Pi Xingchang, send a small team to check, the opponent has guns and explosives, don't be careless..."

"Received!"

After replying, the SWAT Detachment at each checkpoint moved out, fully armed, covered tightly from head to toe.

Nine people to a team, three to a group, all with hands on the shoulders of the person in front: the first person held a shield, the middle person held a pistol, and the last person held a long gun...

In the off-road vehicle behind the checkpoint, Tian Jie was dumbfounded.

Two days ago, when Lin Sicheng was taking a group of Police to look for the tomb everywhere, he invited Wang Qizhi and Lin Sicheng to dinner.

Halfway through the meal, when the case was mentioned, Lin Sicheng had said: The difficult part now is how to find the tomb; as long as it can be found, there is no need to worry about how to catch them.

At the time, Lin Sicheng even made a gesture: crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, wiped out in a flash...

Looking at it now, isn't it exactly crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood? Even, there wasn't even half a shred of room for resistance...

It was indeed fast; in less than ten minutes, inside and outside the construction site was peaceful.

Yu Kejie was dragged out from the vehicle, his face covered in blood.

Seeing Chen Peng, he spat.

Blood mixed with saliva was spat onto Chen Peng's face; Chen Peng's expression turned dark, and he wiped it off slowly.

Yu Dahai's nephew?

A person who had committed murder, been on a wanted list, and had such strong connections had been active in a key investigation area for so long, yet the local jurisdiction hadn't discovered him?

Fuck your mother...

Immediately, a SWAT Detachment officer brought over a small leather bag and fished a passport out from inside.

Jack Yu, Yu Kejie... Chen Peng's face grew darker and darker, darker and darker...

Lin Sicheng had said more than once: Bureau Chief Chen, the grave robbers have likely disguised themselves as a demolition crew, tearing down houses and leveling ground during the day, and digging holes at night.

Or perhaps they were doing both at once, tearing down from the top while digging from the bottom...

So every time they held a meeting, Chen Peng would emphasize: secretly scout every demolition site in Weiqu Town, focusing on investigating outsiders.

And the result? Not only were they outsiders, but it was a fucking United States passport, and it was a fucking Jack Yu?

Just looking at the face right in front of him, there was more than one life on his hands, and he had been on the wanted list for two whole years... Jack Yu, fuck his mother.

The more Chen Peng thought about it, the angrier he became; his chest felt like it was about to explode.

If it weren't for Lin Sicheng being so capable, let alone two months, even if someone gave him, Chen Peng, twenty years, he wouldn't have been able to find him...

Just as he was uncontrollably furious, Yu Kejie bared his bloody teeth and laughed, "Hehehe": "Chen, I'm an American now..."

"Hahaha..." Chen Peng was so angry he laughed instead, bit his teeth hard, and backhanded him with a slap.

Then, he grabbed Yu Kejie by the hair and slammed his head into the wheel hub.

"An American? Good, do you know where this is? Thump, thump..."

"Come, let me tell you... this is fucking China, China... Thump, thump..."

"Do you know what you're digging up... that is my ancestor... Thump!"

"You think I don't dare to touch you? I'll kill you... Thump!"

After slamming him seven or eight times in a row, seeing that something was about to go wrong, a Branch Captain bit the bullet and grabbed Chen Peng: "Bureau Chief Chen... Bureau Chief Chen... calm down..."

How the fuck am I supposed to calm down?

Chen Peng gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling with rage.

After a long while, he said with red eyes: "Drag him back, I give you twenty-four hours to interrogate him and get Yu Dahai's hideout, his domestic accomplices, his financial transaction accounts, and their mutual contact methods and code words..."

Several captains stood at attention in unison: "Yes!"

Immediately, the walkie-talkie sounded again: "0101, the hole has been found, but the rat is putting up a desperate struggle and refuses to surrender... Shall we storm it?"

Chen Peng's rage grew even more intense, his brain exploding with anger.

Pi Xingchang, is your head stuffed with shit, or have maggots grown in your eyes?

Storm it, your mother's head; there are guns and explosives, are the brothers' lives not lives?

He suppressed the urge to curse: "Pi Xingchang, come, lift your head, open those two holes of yours and look: what are those tankers on the construction sites? That is a fucking water tanker..."

"If the rat won't come out, can't you flood him? Never mind actually drowning him, as long as you stick a water hose in there, if he doesn't surrender, I'll call you daddy..."

A sheepish laugh came from the walkie-talkie, and a reply followed: "Received."

Turning off the walkie-talkie, Chen Peng walked toward the car, fuming.

Several Branch Captains exchanged glances and followed quietly behind.

Just as they reached the car, a Leopard pulled up with a "whoosh."

Afterward, Li Chunnan jumped out of the car.

The captains immediately straightened up and saluted in unison.

Li Chunnan returned the salute, glanced at Yu Kejie being shoved into the car, and his eyelids twitched twice.

Looking again at the blood on his head and Chen Peng's face, which was darker than the bottom of a pot, he guessed seven or eight parts of the truth.

His student was good at everything, but he was too idealistic. And to be honest, compared to previous years, the team's development had already improved a lot...

He said "not bad," meaning to affirm the various branches. Then he patted Chen Peng on the shoulder and sighed again.

"Work hard, when you reach my position, you can reorganize however you want..."

Chen Peng curled his lip: Forget it... aren't there leaders above the Bureau Chief?

Afterward, the master and apprentice puffed away on cigarettes.

"Don't even think about Yu Dahai; he's a slippery eel that has become a spirit, old, cunning, and slick..."

"Interrogate Yu Kejie and see if we can cut off his funding channels and contact chains..."

After giving these instructions, Li Chunnan suddenly remembered: "By the way, that group at the farmhouse at the foot of the mountain, why didn't you give the order!"

Chen Peng paused: "I was afraid of alerting the enemy and startling the people here..."

That's not right, is it?

The signal was cut before the operation, so no calls could go out or come in; how could he be startled?

Li Chunnan's thoughts turned slightly, and he looked up: "Where is Lin Sicheng? Why don't I see him?"

Chen Peng's eyelids twitched: "I haven't seen him either, he should be over at Bureau Chief He's side!"

Bullshit, I just came from there.

Besides, I've led you for so many years; don't I know what kind of coward you are when you're up to something?

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck his mind; Li Chunnan's eyes narrowed sharply, and he stared at him intently: "That Zhao Xiuneng isn't around either; did he go to the farmhouse with Lin Sicheng?"

"You deliberately didn't make the arrests, right... You want to bait Yu Dahai?"

His eyes darted away, and Chen Peng gave a sheepish laugh: "Little Lin said to try and bait him, to see if we could lure him back..."

"Fuck your mother..."

With a roar, Li Chunnan's palm swung up.

Chen Peng ducked his head to dodge: "Master, it really wasn't me who instigated it; it was Little Lin who suggested it himself... He said if he doesn't kill Yu Dahai, he won't even be able to sleep soundly..."

"Do you think I'm asking whose idea it was?"

Li Chunnan was even angrier, "Relying on that kid for everything... Chen Peng, do you have any shame?"

(End of chapter)