608: They located the house where the criminals lived.

This mountain was only a few hundred meters high, but walking from one side to the other took more than just a little time.

After walking in the mountains for four or five hours, dusk was already approaching.

Although it wasn't snowing in these mountains, the temperature was below zero, making it quite cold.

After reaching the designated location, Xiao Niannian took out her binoculars. In the village not far away, many chimneys were smoking, and some villagers were busy in the fields. Although the rice had been harvested and not replanted, there were still many other vegetables, sweet potatoes, and regular potatoes growing in the fields.

Lu Jing called Squad Leader Li and Fang Qiang to go scout ahead.

Meng Ning and Gao Yao squatted there, looking at the village in the distance. They were excited, but also a little nervous. This was their first time participating in such a mission, and there were over ten people in that group. They hadn't yet located where they were, and they were also armed.

Xiao Niannian held military binoculars and watched the Team Members she had sent out quickly descend the mountain to scout the village below.

"Woof woof woof."

Xiao Niannian heard dog barking.

Lu Jing heard it too.

Their hands, gripping the binoculars, tightened.

Before the scouting Team Members went down the mountain, Xiao Niannian had given them some medicated food to throw to dogs if they encountered any, and also a few bottles of medicine. If the dogs didn't eat the food, they were to inject them with the medicine to make them temporarily unconscious.

The dogs would only wake up after several hours.

Soon, the dog barking stopped again.

Xiao Niannian picked up her binoculars and looked again.

"Who knows who came to Chen Qi's house? It's been noisy these past few days."

"Hush, don't let him hear you."

"I heard Chen Qi made a fortune outside these past few years, and the house he built is the biggest in the village."

"Chen Qi said no one is allowed to talk about his return, or he'll beat them to death..."

The Team Members lying in the snow immediately took out their binoculars when they heard this and looked at the houses not far away.

Xiao Niannian held her binoculars and saw a newly built house not far away, and several rooms in this house were lit up.

Many families in this village used oil lamps, but this family was using electric lights, and so many of them.

Many people were moving around inside the house.

"Captain Lu, look at the big house at the nine o'clock direction..."

"I see it. The lights there are brighter than ordinary homes, and there are more people moving around inside than in other houses," Lu Jing immediately said.

"Squad Leader Li and Fang Qiang are already scouting in that direction."

Soon, a voice came through the walkie-talkie.

"Report, Captain Lu, we have found Chen Qi's house. After reconnaissance, there are fifteen criminals inside, and five hostages..."

Hearing this, Lu Jing lowered his voice.

"We'll bring people over immediately. You all be careful..."

Lu Jing immediately started making arrangements.

After hearing the orders, Xiao Niannian also arranged for the female Team Members.

"You follow behind them, and you must be very careful..."

"Yes."

Xiao Niannian and Lu Jing led their people, approaching the house from two directions.

Inside the house, Chen Qi and some others were eating and drinking.

"Chen Qi, is it safe here at your place?"

Hearing the person's words, Chen Qi sneered and said.

"Of course it's safe. Everyone in our village is afraid of me, and I also gave money to the clan elders. If outsiders come in, they'll notify us immediately."

"The Public Security Bureau won't find this place..."

"That's good."

"But if you come back here, will the Public Security Bureau find out?"

"If they rush over, we won't be able to escape, right?"

Hearing this, Chen Qi said disdainfully.

"Why wouldn't we be able to escape? Our back mountain is huge. Once we get into the mountains, who can find us? If these Public Security Bureau officers were so capable, they would have come already, and so many of our people wouldn't have been injured..."

Chen Qi paused again and said.

"Our Chen clan is very protective of its own. If the Public Security Bureau dares to come, I'll make sure they never return..."

Someone questioned.

"Do they dare to fight with the Public Security Bureau?"

"If they don't fight, we'll shoot them from the dark and say it was the Public Security Bureau who injured people..."

Hearing this, the others laughed.

"Chen Qi, you are truly sinister."

"Your method is truly excellent."

"This way, your Production Brigade will have a bad impression of the Public Security Bureau, and then they won't even think about coming to arrest us."

"Seventh Brother, you are truly amazing."

Hearing everyone's praise, Chen Qi laughed proudly.

"Drink up! Now that we're finally home, we should eat and drink well."

"It's so cold, let's keep warm by the fire."

In the cellar not far away, the several people who were locked up had been beaten, and their hands and feet were tied.

"Wuwuwu, am I going to die here?"

Among the five hostages, two were children, and there were two men and one woman. However, the woman had short hair, a slender build, and had ointment smeared on her face, making her look a bit dark. These people mistook her for a small boy and simply grabbed her too.

Zhu Jiu had already quietly untied the ropes binding her hands.

She was out buying things when she saw criminals capturing people. She originally wanted to save them, but she didn't expect there to be far more criminals than she imagined. Fortunately, she had medicine in her pocket earlier and directly smeared it on her face, making these people think she was a man.

She also deliberately changed her voice when speaking.

Otherwise, these criminals would definitely not have let her go. Her innocence would not have been preserved.

She moved to the doorway and heard a lot of noise outside.

"Chen Qi, are there any women in your village...?"

Someone who had drunk some homemade liquor immediately asked.

Chen Qi's eyes changed when he heard this, and he said.

"There's a family about ten meters from here, a widow."

His accomplices immediately understood his meaning.

"Is it the one with the somewhat dilapidated house?"

"Yes."

"Hahaha, you guys, come with me, let's go check out that house."

"Don't cause any deaths, otherwise, the villagers will definitely make a fuss," Chen Qi warned.

"Don't worry."

"Chen Qi, are there any other families?"

Chen Qi lowered his voice and mentioned two families.

"However, don't all go out. If the Public Security Bureau comes, that would be troublesome."

Hearing this, they laughed and said.

"You guys guard the house, we have weapons."

This person patted the pistol on his waist.

They had plenty of weapons, if nothing else.

The Public Security Bureau wouldn't find them so easily.

They had been on the run for so many days; today they had to enjoy themselves.

Xiao Niannian led her people and just arrived near the widow's house.