The car screeched to a halt.
Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi, who hadn't fastened their seatbelts in the back of the car, were thrown off balance by the inertia. Their heads smashed against the back of the seat in front of them, causing two large bumps to form on their heads.
"Do you know how to drive?! I'm going to fire you! "Bai Changhui covered his forehead and yelled at the driver.
"What the hell are you doing?! You're the Deputy Secretary-General of the Imperial Central Government Secretariat, and you're driving a car with flat tires?! "Bai Jinyi gritted her teeth as she rubbed her head.
The driver in the front seat gripped the steering wheel with both hands. His face was pale with fright. He sat trembling in the driver's seat and said shakily, "Secretary-General Bai, the tires didn't burst on their own. Someone shot them!"
"What?!" Bai Changhui looked out the window, but couldn't see what was wrong with the tires.
Yin Shixiong and his men were using sniper rifles with silencers. Their bullets were fast, accurate, and ruthless. Two snipers lined up on either side of the road and fired simultaneously. Each of them blew up two tires.
The car Bai Changhui and his men were in was soundproof to begin with. Aside from the driver, Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi had no idea that someone had shot the tires.
The driver used to be a soldier in the army. After his discharge, he became a chauffeur for the Imperial Central Government. He also worked as a bodyguard for government officials. Of course, he wasn't as good as a professional bodyguard, but he was the best among all the chauffeurs. And among all the bodyguards, he was the best chauffeur.
This kind of person was favored by some of the mid-level officials in the central government.
After the car crashed, he recalled the vibration he had felt earlier and deduced that the tires had been shot.
Bai Changhui patted the seat and said irritably, "Open the door, I'm going out to take a look."
The chauffeur hesitated and said nervously, "Secretary-General Bai, it says' Military Restricted Area 'here. Please don't ignore it. If this goes on, they'll shoot you on the spot! "
"Nonsense?! They wouldn't dare touch a hair on my third brother's head no matter what! "Bai Jinyi didn't believe that Huo Shaoheng could be so ruthless.
More than a decade ago, Huo Shaoheng had given Bai Jinyi the impression that he was a polite, well-behaved, and taciturn young man who had never done anything out of line.
Although he became a soldier, wasn't a soldier the most disciplined?
Bai Changhui hesitated. He leaned against the seat in front of him and asked uneasily, "Is it really that serious?"
He didn't have much contact with the military, and he had some acquaintances in the military who took good care of him, so he didn't know much about military law.
"Secretary General Bai, what do I get out of lying to you?" The driver smiled bitterly. "Please don't move. I'll go down and beg them. Then we'll back off." As he spoke, he opened the door and got out of the car with his hands raised. "I'm the driver of Deputy Secretary-General Bai of the Imperial Central Government Secretariat. I want to see your boss. I have something to say!"
Yin Shixiong and the guards were lying in ambush on both sides of the road. They did not answer and only called Huo Shaoheng to ask quietly, "… Huo Shao, what should we do next?"
"Have them retreat beyond the cordon and try to buy as much time as possible," Huo Shaoheng ordered in a low voice.
Only an hour had passed, and Chen Lie's surgery was still in progress. Huo Shaoheng didn't plan to go out and face the Bai's right now.
Yin Shixiong received the order and chuckled. He knew it was time for him to go out and buy time.
"Come out of the car with your hands up. Remember, only hands up. I'll shoot the arms of anyone who puts their hands down!" Yin Shixiong walked out of the ambush, gun in hand and mask over his face. "I'll count to one, two, three. Come out! Back! Run! "
Bai Changhui and Bai Jinyi's expressions changed when they saw the fully armed and masked soldier walk out of the forest.
"Which unit are you from? What's your designation? Who's your boss? Tell him to come out and see me. "Bai Changhui was in a high position and didn't care to reason with soldiers. He only wanted Huo Shaoheng to come out.
Bai Jinyi also said, "I'm warning you, you've made a serious mistake. Hurry up and hand over the man, or else …"
"Not coming out?" Yin Shixiong ignored the two men's chatter. He raised his gun and fired a shot through the window.
Bai Changhui's car didn't have bulletproof windows because he wasn't qualified.
Two gunshots rang out, and two bullet holes appeared in Bai Jinyi's car window. The bullets flew into the seat and barely grazed Bai Jinyi's face.
She froze in fear and couldn't speak for a long time.
"I'll say it again. Come out with your hands up! Get out of the police line! I'll give you one minute. If you don't come out, I'll blast your car with a rocket launcher. "Yin Shixiong's finger was on the trigger of his sniper rifle again.
Bai Changhui turned his head to look out the window and saw that his driver had long since run past the police line. The hundred or so SWAT officers they had brought were all armed to the teeth, but they were all standing outside the police line. Not a single one of them had stepped into the police line.
Bai Changhui gritted his teeth. He knew he was going to lose face this time. He glared at his sister, then turned to look at Yin Shixiong. He raised his hands, got out of the car, and quickly ran out of the police line.
Bai Jinyi saw that the situation wasn't looking good. She opened her car door and ran back with her hands up. They were both out of the police line in less than a minute.
Yin Shixiong put away his gun and pointed at the surrounding trees and walls. "Look carefully. Only people with passes can enter the police line. Which one of you has a pass? "
Bai Changhui had arrived in a hurry and hadn't had time to get a pass from the military. He could only glare at Bai Jinyi again before changing his domineering attitude. He took out a cloth from his trouser pocket and wiped his glasses. He said to Yin Shixiong in a friendly tone, "It's all a misunderstanding. I'm Deputy Secretary-General Bai of the Central Government Secretariat. Your Major General Huo took away Song Jinning. She's an important person that both the Central Government and the military are keeping a close eye on. Please return her to us. "
Yin Shixiong snorted and rested his sniper rifle on his shoulder. He shook his head and said loudly, "Mrs. Song is our Major General's biological mother. Our Major General is also a high-ranking military officer. May I ask what your relationship with Mrs. Song is? Why should we hand Mrs. Song over to you? How can you make such a ridiculous request? Do you have a Lushan Waterfall in your head? "
Bai Changhui hadn't expected the soldier to be so sharp-tongued. He was even better at quibbling than the Deputy Secretary-General of the Secretariat.
Bai Jinyi saw that her brother wasn't saying anything, so she had no choice but to take matters into her own hands. She put on an anxious expression and said, "You won't understand even if I explain it to you. Go find Shaoheng and tell him Aunt Bai is looking for him."
"Our Major General's mother was an only child. She had no sisters. May I ask what kind of aunt you are?" Yin Shixiong was the most eloquent of Huo Shaoheng's four personal secretaries. He could shut Bai Jinyi up with a single sentence.
Bai Changhui saw that the soldier wasn't going to budge. He remembered a government order from years ago. He immediately called his office and ordered his subordinates to find the government order related to Song Jinning and send it to him.
The order clearly stated that the Imperial Central Government's Ministry of Science and Technology and the military would jointly oversee Song Jinning's treatment. They would find out what had happened in the laboratory and help the experiment continue.
Bai Jinyi was the director of the Ministry of Science and Technology's Institute of High Energy Physics. She represented the Ministry of Science and Technology and could also provide psychological treatment for Song Jinning.
The military was represented by Song Jinning's ex-husband, Huo Guanchen, the director of the Political Department.
Because Song Jinning was severely mentally ill, she was legally considered to be incapacitated. Therefore, with this legal basis, Bai Jinyi could openly take Song Jinning away.
However, the government order had been sitting in his office for more than ten years. He had almost forgotten about it.
Only now, when the other party had unhesitatingly stopped him at the 6th Military Region's headquarters, did he remember that there had been a government order that had never been used before.
Yin Shixiong heard Bai Changhui on the phone and heard the words "government order." His expression changed. He quickly sent a message to Zhao Liangze, asking him what was going on.
Zhao Liangze quickly searched for any information on Song Jinning and found the government order from years ago. He immediately reported it to Huo Shaoheng.
To his surprise, Huo Shaoheng wasn't the least bit surprised. He straightened his uniform and put on a bulletproof vest. "They're only thinking about the government order now. How stupid."
If it weren't for the legally binding government order, Huo Shaoheng wouldn't have urged Chen Lie to save Song Jinning as quickly as possible.
He really didn't have much time.
Huo Shaoheng glanced at his watch and gave the order. "Second Guard Company, assemble. Follow me out in half an hour."
Before he left, he went to the electronics unit led by Zhao Liangze to make some follow-up arrangements. When half an hour was almost up, Huo Shaoheng finally left the official residence. He got into his bulletproof car and rode with the security company on motorcycles to the security perimeter of the 6th Military Region's headquarter.
As the people from Bai Changhui's office escorted the government order to Huo Shaoheng's office, Huo Shaoheng led his own guard company to the police line a mile away from the 6th Military Region's headquarters.
He got out of the bulletproof car, wearing white gloves on both hands, a bulletproof helmet on his head, and sunglasses that covered half of his face. The holster on his waist exuded the smell of gunpowder. With his hands behind his back, he stood majestically in front of everyone.
Bai Changhui looked at him and sneered. "Major General Huo sure is cautious. You're armed to the teeth, aren't you? Are you afraid we'll make a move?"
"I'm not afraid of you. I'm just worried that you'll try something sneaky." Huo Shaoheng bowed slightly and nodded politely. "Deputy Secretary-General Bai, may I ask why you're barging into the 6th Military Region's headquarters?"
"Don't play dumb." Bai Jinyi pointed a finger at Huo Shaoheng. "You weren't like this before. Now you've become so arrogant and domineering. How sad would your mother be if she found out?!"
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