It was not a glorious thing for a dozen people who had been missing all day to be dumped at the gate of the embassy in this way. Thomas quickly ordered his men to carry these people into the embassy courtyard first, and then remove the hoods and ropes from their bodies.

After counting the heads, they found that everyone had returned without missing a beat. Back inside, Thomas called the doctor to check their injuries, but found that they were basically just bumps and scratches, nothing serious.

The only unlucky man with an injured shoulder was said to have been injured by the opponent with a short stick while resisting. After examination, the doctor believed that he might have a broken collarbone and would need to rest for a while to recover.

However, no one was lost in the process, which is a blessing among misfortunes.

The way they were "sent" back basically confirmed Simang and Thomas' previous speculations, that is, the disappearance of these people was not a supernatural event or a collective desertion, but was kidnapped while performing a mission.

Seeing their shabby looks, Ximeng felt angry, but he didn't blame them. Instead, he had people bring them food and hot water to fill their stomachs.

After these people devoured their food, Simang asked: "So who can tell me what happened to you outside today?"

This group of people had already discussed their respective experiences when they were locked in the warehouse, so they had a relatively clear understanding of the entire incident. Even the leader explained the situation.

According to their understanding, Tan Tianming and the Sing Tao Office were undoubtedly one of the participants in the ambush.

Because they tracked the target separately from the Sanya Administrative Institute and the Xingdao Office, but the approximate location where they were finally ambushed was in the dock area upstream of the Linchun River.

Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all shook their heads subconsciously.

The other party secretly formulated an action plan, took a lot of risks, and finally succeeded in catching the people back, but they just locked them up for a day and let them go. What was the purpose of spending so much time on them?

Where?

The place where they were imprisoned afterwards could be inferred from the environment to be in a certain warehouse, but their heads were covered with black cloth when they were taken in and sent out, and the carriage that transported them deliberately made many circles on the road.

, it is impossible to confirm the specific location of the warehouse.

The other party calculated with intention but not with care. They were completely led by the other party, and the whole process was controlled by the other party.

From the moment they were captured until they were released in the evening, no questions were asked of them.

Simon and Thomas looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.

The answer is still no, it seems that the kidnappers have no intention of communicating with them at all.

But what he is most concerned about at the moment is another detail, which is related to whether his side will have any information in the hands of the other side.

The more Xi Mang listened, the more frustrated he became. He knew that the surveillance plan he had formulated was completely defeated by the other party. It would be difficult for the embassy to use similar methods to deal with Xingdao in the future.

The entire process of being ensnared by the other party was actually not much different from what the embassy had speculated. However, after they added some of the details themselves, they understood how the other party had captured all these dozen people.

Simon expressed his doubts, and Thomas thought about it and came up with another hypothesis.

Although there were more than a dozen of them, because they acted in batches, the other party calculated the time and squatted in the same place, and they were all arrested one after another.

The embassy thought that the enemy was in the open and they were in the dark, but they never expected that the actual situation was the other way around. The one who was really in the open and unaware of defenses was actually our own side.

That place was far away from the downtown area of ​​Sanya. Tan Tianming and the people in the office deliberately led them there to get off the bus, and then they were captured by the ambushes of the other party.

"According to the information we have, the Xingdao office simply does not have that many manpower available, and Tan Tianming is all alone. He usually does not even have an entourage. Although they participated in the operation, it may not be led by them. The real decision-maker may be someone else.

There is someone else."

While they were in detention, they also imagined how they would respond if the other party asked them about surveillance operations. However, all their psychological construction was in vain because the other party had no intention of interrogating them at all.

It is obvious that the other party has mastered the Portuguese side's operation methods. Knowing that they will track Tan Tianming and the outbound personnel of the Singdao office in batches, and knowing the number of people participating in the tracking operation on the Portuguese side, they formulated such a targeted plan.

ambush plan.

However, Ximeng always felt that there were some reasons unknown to him that made the other party end the incident in this way.

The most important thing is that even if it is known that Tan Tianming and the Xingdao Office are participants, there is no evidence to prove this. There is no way to prosecute, let alone go to the government to publicly sue the other party.

"Then what questions did they ask, and how did you respond?" Simang asked eagerly.

Simang and Thomas really couldn't figure it out now. The other party kidnapped more than a dozen people at once, without extorting money, interrogating information, or using it to intimidate. What kind of message was this trying to convey?

"Perhaps the other party just wants to show us their muscles to warn us not to engage in similar activities again?" Thomas can only imagine the other party's intentions in a positive light, otherwise it will not make sense for the other party's behavior.

Because according to his understanding of Xingdao, both Roger and Tan Juren are extremely tough people towards the outside world. Since they have already taken action, it is unlikely that it will end so hastily.

Simon was still unwilling to give up and continued to ask: "Did you ask you to bring anything back? Or make any demands?"

"Perhaps the people who made the decision didn't want this matter to affect diplomatic relations with our country, so they didn't deal harshly with our people. Sending people back is just a hint. Maybe after a while, we may use other channels to

Received some formal warning."

Even if Thomas was beaten to death, he would never have thought that Shao Tianhu, who was leading the operation, had originally planned to inflict some suffering on these people. He had no intention of letting them go just like that, but was temporarily stopped.

Of course, it is still unknown whether the Ministry of Security, which is really in charge of the overall situation, will use this opportunity to warn the Portuguese Embassy through other channels.

Ximang shrugged helplessly and said: "I must admit that we lost to Haihan in this matter, but fortunately the matter did not develop to the point where we could not handle it, and all our people came back safely."
Chapter completed!