Chapter 329: Didn

"What are you saying, the person ran away and we didn't catch him?"

"How could we not have caught him? Didn't we say he was taking his wife and family, planning to take a car to Zhu Hai, then cross the border to Aomen?"

"Tricked? The person never even came to the station, using his wife and child as bait to confuse our sight, and fled first?"

"Damn!"

The Yangcheng Armed Police Brigade, upon receiving a subordinate's report, had the brigade commander so angry that he smashed the ceramic cup in his hand.

He knows this guy's cunning; otherwise he wouldn't escape every time from the encirclement.

But this guy actually used his wife and his newborn child in swaddling as a toddler to confuse their sight, truly more beastly than a beast.

Especially, when the brigade commander learned that this guy even madly mixed heroin into infant formula to attract police dogs, thereby amplifying the incident's impact and helping his escape.

The anger in the commander's chest boiled like molten iron: "Even a tiger's poison won't eat its cubs; this Liang Hao is worse than a beast, he deserves to be torn apart!"

"Do the police have any leads, do they know where the person went?"

"The police still have no clue; that guy seems to have vanished into thin air, but …"

"But what?"

"But we searched several possible hideouts for him, found the planning process of this gang's previous crimes, as well as the execution plans."

"Moreover, we found several discarded steel pipes, whose interiors contain multiple rifling grooves; after investigation, these steel pieces are exactly the ones Liang Hao lost from his former factory job."

The commander furrowed his brows into a knot: "What does that mean? Why is this guy stealing factory steel pipes, what does he intend?"

The subordinate reported: "Based on our joint inference with police criminal investigators, Liang Hao likely once contemplated manufacturing weapons himself; as an eighth‑grade machinist, given enough material, he could certainly forge a gun."

"However, perhaps considering the factory's strict controls and that using such homemade firearms could expose his identity, he didn't employ them."

"Thus, he had his second‑in‑command Kui Lang head north, to find new comrades while restocking weapons and ammunition for the next operation."

"Finally, we also uncovered an unexecuted robbery plan; the target was the two largest jewelry shops in the Old City District, but that plan is now certainly dead in the womb…"

A flood of information slammed into his mind, making the commander realize how terrifying the gang's mastermind is.

This Liang Hao is like a venomous snake lying in wait in the dark, adept at camouflage.

He uses his factory worker identity as a cover, while secretly attempting rifling and gun‑making.

To outsiders he appears honest and straightforward, yet behind the scenes he engages in robbery and murder, even so ruthless that he wants to kill his own wife and child.

A person like this, each extra day he remains in society is a massive time bomb!

"We must spare no effort in the hunt, even if we have to turn this city upside down, we must find him!"

"Yes!"

At dusk, a fishing boat anchored near a fishing village in Aomen.

Using his wife and child as bait, Liang Hao successfully evaded the blockade, and with a relaxed expression lifted his sports bag and stepped off the boat.

After walking a short distance forward, someone on the distant shore flickered a flashlight a few times—this was the rendezvous signal.

Liang Hao, hands gripping the heavy sports bag, hurried over and saw the guy flashing the flashlight at him.

It was a grimy‑dressed man, clearly not a local, with a sly expression and two gold teeth embedded in his mouth.

"Surname Kui?"

"Mm."

"Doesn't look like it; didn't you say you're 1.8 m tall? Your height doesn't match."

"I'm his friend; he couldn't make it, so he asked me to go with the boat to Yue Nan."

The gold‑toothed man glanced up and down at Liang Hao a few times, showing a suspicious look.

But his eyes lingered a bit longer on the sports bag in his hand.

"Come aboard."

"Thank you."

Liang Hao was very polite, still giving the impression of being honest and straightforward.

After boarding, he realized that this shabby little fishing boat also carried three or four other people.

Presumably they were like him, likely having gotten into trouble locally and seeking a "snakehead" to hide elsewhere.

Once Liang Hao got on board, the boat's engine roared to life, carrying everyone toward the utterly silent sea.

Finding a corner, he placed his luggage under his seat and began to review the reasons for this failure.

Kui Lang had previously sent him a message, saying he ran into trouble, being tangled by a very skilled scout.

Liang Hao knows better than anyone how formidable Kui Lang is; even he couldn't shake off, indicating death is not far off.

Thus, when Kui Lang and his group engaged the opponent, he had already begun planning an escape, pre‑arranging vessels, plotting routes, and setting up support personnel.

Thinking he would soon reach Yue Nan, start a new life, and take a new wife, he felt quite relaxed.

As for his previous wife and child, they're gone; as long as he has money, he can marry again and have more.

Liang Hao is half a gambler, but he always accepts defeat.

In this round, he didn't lose to the police, but to the soldiers.

That's no injustice; the strength of Longguo soldiers is evident to all.

During the boat's voyage, a small incident occurred.

The gold‑toothed man and another crew member brandished knives, trying to snatch the valuables in everyone's bags.

Since they were all on the run, no one could resist; they were robbed clean.

However, when they reached Liang Hao, he didn't cooperate; instead he pulled a homemade pistol from his chest and cleanly shot the two men dead.

The scene terrified everyone on board; no one expected that this seemingly honest fellow would be armed.

Nevertheless, Liang Hao had no intention of standing up for anyone; after all, he still needed to ride this boat to Yue Nan.

The boat owner, having met a tough nut, never dared to cause trouble again, but he remembered this guy.

After a dozen hours, the vessel approached a port in Yue Nan's Jinlan City.

Liang Hao hoisted his luggage and stepped off the boat; someone was already waiting on the shore.

The man had slicked hair and a powdered face, was about forty, and looked very shrewd.

"Are you Kui Lang?"

"He's dead; I'm his friend, and he gave me this route."

"You aren't… Brother Hao, are you?"

"Just call me Ah Hao."

The man seized his hand: "I've heard of you for a long time! Your several major cases in Yang City, Shen City, and Lan Ning Qian are known to everyone!"

"Everyone talks about the four great bandit kings of Xiangjiang, but compared with you, that bunch doesn't even merit a single endorsement!"

"Let me introduce myself: I'm Yuan Fengxiang, a native of Su Province…"