The two women returned to the car and were driven by Yang Xiang. They turned around and headed south. They controlled the speed of the car so that they could clearly see the environment around them. It was about ten miles per hour, which was comparable to riding a bicycle. After that, they carefully checked the environmental details on both sides of the road.
When Yang Xiang analyzed the situation with Tang Su just now, there was a conclusion that she did not tell Tang Su. That was, in order to better hide herself and Li Rui, the place where the other party hid would definitely not be in the roadside buildings. They would definitely choose a place that was a certain distance away from the roadside. Therefore, when she was checking the environment on both sides of the road, which was the east and west sides, she directly ignored all the roadside buildings and only paid attention to the forks in the road that led to the east and west.
This three-kilometer road was relatively remote, and there were no shops or villages. Therefore, there were only two forks in the road that led to the east and west. One of them was facing east and the other was facing west. The road facing east was wider and paved with asphalt, which seemed to lead to the village. The road facing west was narrower, with only one lane. It could not even be called a lane at all. It was just a two-meter-wide cinder road with poplar trees planted on both sides.
Yang Xiang roughly compared the two roads and felt that the road facing west had a higher probability of leading to the other party's hiding place. Therefore, she should give priority to it. Therefore, after greeting Tang Su, she got out of the car and walked alone to the cinder road facing west to inquire about it. The reason why she did not drive but walked was that she was worried that the movement of driving would be too loud and might alarm the other party.
This cinder road was very deep, and in the distance, it was connected to a large factory.
"Hmm?"
Yang Xiang walked a few more steps and sniffed. Suddenly, she smelled a familiar smell of gasoline in the air. Her heart jumped. It seemed that a car had just passed by here. Otherwise, it would be impossible for there to be the smell of gasoline. Could it be that the other party drove the car here? Thinking of this, she was very excited. She strode forward and sped up.
"Uh!"
Li Rui, whose hands were handcuffed, was violently pushed to the ground by Ah Long and Xiao Yong. He was in so much pain that he could not help but cry out. He endured the pain and lay on his side. His eyes slid past Ah Long, Xiao Yong, and Gang Zi's faces, looking at where he was.
This was a dilapidated old house. The corners of the roof were densely covered with cobwebs. The hanging rope lamp in the middle of the roof only had a light socket but no light bulb. Some of the walls were moldy, like moldy orange peel. Some had fallen off, revealing the black bricks inside. The ground was only paved with the simplest sandstone cement. Many places had been broken, revealing the yellow soil underground. There were many rat holes in the corners. The ground was also scattered with straw, leaves, chicken feathers, plastic bags, toilet paper and other rubbish. There was also a pile of dried feces in the corner of the wall. What was even more disgusting was that there was a strong smell of chicken feces floating in the air. Every time one breathed it in, they would feel like they were going through torture.
After seeing this scene, Li Rui was so disgusted that he was about to vomit his breakfast. He closed his eyes subconsciously.
Gang Zi took the machete from Xiao Yong's hand, walked to him and squatted down. He said pleasantly, "Now listen to my orders. Do whatever I ask you to do. After you finish, we will send you back. If you don't obey, I'm sorry. I will cut off one of your hands first. If you don't obey, I will cut off another one until you become a human stick. Do you understand?"
Li Rui opened his eyes and looked at him. He said, "Tell me."
Gang Zi said, "You took a video of my boss last night. Today, you got many photos and videos of my boss. You also sent them to your friends, right? Well, now call your friends and ask them to delete the photos and videos you sent them one by one."
Li Rui sneered and said, "Do you think I am stupid? The things in the hands of those friends are my life-saving talisman. If I really ask them to delete them, Du Xiaolei will immediately ask you to kill me to silence me and take revenge. I won't do as you say. Stop dreaming. "
Seeing that he refused so directly, Gang Zi was shocked and angry. He raised the white machete in his hand and shouted fiercely, "Do you think I am joking with you? I dare to cut off your hands. If you don't believe me, we can try. "
Li Rui sneered and said, "Cut one of my hands and let me see. As long as you dare to touch me, I will call my friends and ask them to post those photos and videos on the Internet. Du Xiaolei will lose his reputation. I am just a nobody. It is not a big deal to cut off one hand. But Du Xiaolei is such a big figure. If he loses his reputation, the price he has to pay is no less than ten or a hundred hands. If you don't believe me, you can do it! "
Gang Zi was stunned by his counterattack. He looked at this troublemaker in a daze, not knowing what to do.
Xiao Yong raised his leg and kicked Li Rui's butt. He scolded, "You are really crazy! Do you believe that I will bury you alive? "
Li Rui laughed and said, "Bury me, I am tired of living. But as long as I am dead, those photos and videos will still be posted on the Internet. Du Xiaolei will still lose his reputation! "
Xiao Yong was furious. He grabbed the machete from Gang Zi's hand and said, "I will cut off your tongue first. Let's see if you can still be so arrogant …"
At this time, Yang Xiang walked more than a hundred meters on the cinder road. The cinder on the road had completely disappeared and was replaced by a bumpy dirt road. What was even more surprising was that there were two new tire tracks on the dirt road!
This meant that a car had just passed by here. Maybe it was the other party's car. Yang Xiang was very happy, but at the same time, she found that under the two new tire tracks, there were more than ten blurry tire tracks. It seemed that cars often passed by here.
She frowned and looked at the two new tire tracks again. This time, she found something new. The two tire tracks were very wide, much wider than the tires of a normal car. It seemed that they were even wider than the tires of an off-road vehicle. Obviously, the other party's Ford off-road vehicle would not use such wide and thick tires.
Did I make a mistake?
Yang Xiang was shocked and doubtful. She looked up and could see the factory. The wall seemed to be very high and wide. The iron gate was closed, so she could not see anyone for the time being.
No matter what, let's go closer and take a look first!
Yang Xiang ran with big strides and soon arrived at the gate of the factory. The sound of her footsteps startled the wolfhounds inside, and there was a burst of barking. After a while, there was a scolding in human language.
Yang Xiang hid at the side of the gate and peeked through the iron gate. She saw piles of cinder, but she did not know what they were used for. On the north side of the cinder pile, there was a row of bungalows. A shirtless man was already standing at the door, looking around. He must be the owner who was awakened by the barking. Deep in the courtyard, there were several tall and low furnaces, which seemed to be ash burning equipment. In addition, on the south side of the courtyard, there were two big trucks parked against the wall.
Seeing the two trucks, Yang Xiang suddenly understood something. It turned out that the ruts on the dirt road outside were left by them. No wonder the ruts were so wide. As for the cinder road outside, it should have been paved by the people in the courtyard. But she did not know what kind of business the people in the courtyard were in.
However, this was not important, because Yang Xiang could basically confirm that the person who kidnapped Li Rui did not hide here. The reason was very simple. This was a small factory or workshop, and there were dogs in the courtyard. According to her previous inference, in order to better hide herself and the hostage Li Rui, they would not hide in a place where there were people. Moreover, the owner of the courtyard had already come out of the house to look around, showing that he was selfless … Of course, the most important reason was that there were no ruts on the road outside that matched the tires of the Ford off-road car, which had completely denied the arrival of the other party.
Without hesitation, Yang Xiang turned around and left, leaving behind the continuous barking of the wolfhounds.
Back in the car on the country road, Yang Xiang drove to the intersection to the east.
Tang Su knew that she did not find Li Rui, and his brows furrowed even deeper.
The Mercedes-Benz quickly drove to the intersection to the east. Yang Xiang slowed down, maintaining a speed of five to ten miles per hour, and drove little by little to the east. Her eyes were wide open, and she focused on the buildings and intersections on both sides of the road.
For the first fifty meters of this road, there were low-lying woodlands on both sides. Further ahead, on the left, which was the north, there was a fish pond; on the right, which was the south, there was a rice field. There were no buildings on either side, and there was no intersection for the car to pass.
Yang Xiang frowned secretly, and continued to drive forward. After driving forward for a few dozen meters, a relatively flat dirt road suddenly appeared on the left side of the road, winding to the north. Yang Xiang immediately stopped at this intersection.
Tang Su looked into the depths of the intersection and asked, "Can it be inside?"
Yang Xiang did not answer. She got out of the car and walked to the intersection. She saw weeds, dirt, cow dung, and other things commonly seen in the countryside on the dirt road, but there were no traces of a car. She walked for another ten meters, and came to a place with more dust. The dust here was very thick, about three to four centimeters thick. At the same time, it was also very soft. Even if she blew on it, she could blow a hole in it. There were no car tracks in this place, which proved once again that no car had passed here, at least not just now.
"What are you looking at?"
Tang Su caught up. He was a little puzzled when he saw Yang Xiang staring at the ground.
Yang Xiang turned around and sighed. "It's not here. There are no traces of a car passing here, and there are no footprints. Let's go back and continue to check ahead. "
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