Hong Qian received a call, and after the call was answered, the fireworks bombs exploded with a "boom", which shocked his whole body, followed by the clown's shrill laughter.
"Superise! Congratulations to the lucky audience member who was selected. The gorgeous fireworks show is about to begin. The first lucky audience member to find the performance site will also receive a mysterious gift~"
Hong Qian felt like he was being tricked by a lunatic, so he hung up the phone and cursed.
"Neuropathy……"
Someone came to the office and handed over a cardboard box.
"Captain Hong, your express delivery."
A courier box was delivered to his desk, and he frowned.
"Are you sure it's mine? I haven't bought anything recently."
The team members sent confirmed it again and again.
"It's yours, you can see for yourself."
Hong Qian took a look at the name, phone number and address, and they were all correct.
"It really is."
"Hey, wait a minute, I always feel like there's nothing good in it. Maybe it's a threatening object sent by some enemy."
He put out the cigarette, rubbed his hands, and opened the package suspiciously.
After a moment, Hong Qian was indeed frightened.
"WTF!"
The upper body of a clown doll popped out from inside, with golden curly hair swaying wildly, a red mouth grinning from the corner of the ear to the ear, and holding a mini bomb in his hand, with dark blue squiggles printed on it.
Boom!
He thought of the crazy phone call just now.
Then the clown on a spring giggled like it was electrified, and a nasty electronic sound started playing.
"The countdown has begun!"
Its eyes turned and two zero eggs popped out.
After another delay, it jumped to two numbers: 5 and 9.
"What does this mean?"
Hong Qian ordered, "Go and call Captain Jiang."
He lowered his head to look at the ghost thing, then flicked the clown's head with his finger. The metal spring swayed, and the clown chuckled again.
Hong Qian frowned and started to hold it steady.
"Brother, don't laugh, it's too damn ugly."
When Jiang Lian came over, the clown's eyes had jumped to 5 and 6, and Hong Qian had already figured out what it meant by countdown.
"One hour, this ugly thing is a timer. It gives us one hour to find the fireworks show site. There are still 56 minutes left."
Jiang Lian took a look at the mailing address, but found nothing. He looked at the clown carefully and noticed the small bomb like a football in his hand.
"Fireworks show should refer to explosions. One hour is the time given to us. If we can't find it within one hour, the bomb will explode."
"This is a game it plays with us. Since it is a game, there must be other clues."
He flicked the clown on the spring with his fingers, and the half clown body swayed and giggled again.
"Don't shake it, don't let it laugh or make people laugh."
Jiang Lian stretched out his hand to steady him.
"Captain Hong, who do you think would want to play such a game with us?"
The answer was ready to come out, but he didn't say it clearly. He turned the entire express box around and carefully looked at every corner, looking for valuable clues.
Hong Qian was smoking a cigarette, and at this critical moment, he began to reflect on himself inappropriately.
"Captain Jiang, am I usually quite muddy?"
Jiang Lian was speechless and had to look at him.
"You asked the wrong person."
Hong Qian has been suffering from the torture of being betrayed by his own people these days. He always feels that this incident is like a dream. Sometimes he goes to the team to find helpers and calls Qiao Ying's name from time to time.
On the one hand, he didn't want to believe this fact, but on the other hand, he wanted Qiao Ying to change his mind.
He gave himself a very unkind evaluation.
"I seem to be quite confused. You said that Yingzi is unwilling to have sex with me. Is it because of me? Has she been dissatisfied with me for a long time?"
Jiang Lian concentrated on looking for clues.
Hong Qian blew out a smoke ring.
"You said if I persuade her to turn back now, will she listen?"
Jiang Lian saw that he was stuck in a corner and couldn't get out.
"If you have the guts, you should talk to the person who beat her first."
At this time, he discovered that there was a colloidal pattern printed on the back of the clown's orange clothes. The background was a paradise with mountains and trees, and the same cursive English was printed on it.
west.
"west, west..."
"Captain Hong, are you familiar with the west side of the city? Is there a place with mountains and trees in the environment?"
Hong Qian put out his cigarette butt and pinched his temples.
"When I arrested those grandsons in the early years, I ate all the noodle restaurants in the west of the city. Let me think about it."
"There are mountains and trees in the west of the city... There are mountains in the west of the city. There is a famous tourist attraction in the west of the city, Xilu Mountain, with dense vegetation. There is a resort on the top of the mountain. I even took people in my team to go there."
He also took Qiao Ying to visit the Xilu Villa.
Jiang Lian wondered, "Xilu Mountain Resort, why did she choose this place? Is there anything special about it?"
Hong Qian lowered his brows, and his muscles all stiffened.
I seem to understand why Qiao Ying chose this place.
He vaguely remembered that during the short holiday, the anti-narcotics team just completed a task and pulled out the little boss of a district. He took the whole team there to have a good time and drank until he was drunk. Wine bottles were all over the floor.
Get out of here, everyone is swaying around.
A few little brats wanted to play truth or dare and encouraged the team beauty, Qiao Ying, to pick any one of them and kiss them.
Qiao Ying drank and vomited several times, but she couldn't resist them, so she had to open another bottle.
He didn't want to take part in this kind of joke, and he didn't know that the alcohol was tinged with heroism, so he used the alcohol to lightly tap Qiao Ying's face, which was enough to fool these difficult little brats.
He thought that everyone was so drunk that no one would remember such an episode, not even himself.
Qiao Ying still holds her grudge to this day.
He caught Jiang Lian's gaze and couldn't help but curse.
"Grass……"
Hong Qian immediately went out to call someone and was about to rush to Xilu Villa. Jiang Lian put his hands on the table and the clown's eyes in front of him had jumped to 48.
It would take half an hour at the fastest from the city bureau to Xilu Mountain in the west of the city, leaving them only ten minutes to check for bombs.
In ten minutes, it was not realistic to find the location of the bomb in Xilu Villa and complete the bomb disposal, but it was enough to evacuate the crowd and avoid casualties.
Qiao Ying has calculated the time. Is it as simple as just playing a game with them?
He always felt that Qiao Ying must have some other purpose for doing this.
God didn't help. Due to the poor road conditions, when we arrived at Xilu Villa, the countdown had only ten minutes left. Although everyone in Xilu Villa had been temporarily evacuated and the fire and medical services were on standby, Jiang Lian still gave the order.
"We don't have enough time. The villa is too big. We don't know the location of the bomb yet. We give priority to evacuating people. If we can't find the bomb within eight minutes, we will evacuate everyone. We prioritize ensuring our own safety and avoiding casualties."
"yes."
The anti-riot squad rushed into the cordon. Hong Qian stood outside the cordon as if his feet were burning, while Jiang Lian leaned against the car door, his face solemn as he thought about something.
What is Qiao Ying's purpose in doing this?
She gave them enough time to evacuate the crowd and let them search for explosions. It didn't seem that they wanted to create an explosion that would destroy cars and kill people.
At this time, Hong Qian's cell phone rang again, and it was the same call again.
Jiang Lian nodded slightly and motioned for him to turn on the speakerphone.
The clown's shrill laughter is terrifying.
"The countdown to the performance is 3 minutes, let's enjoy this gorgeous curtain call...boom..."
Hong Qian wanted to cross the cordon and go in, but was stopped by Jiang Lian.
"I'm afraid it's too late."
Jiang Lian put the intercom to his mouth and said, "Get ready to evacuate."
The walkie-talkie buzzed, and suddenly an explosion-proof team member came over.
"Report to Captain Jiang that something has been discovered on the east side of the third floor and attempts are being made to detonate it."
“There are also ones on the fourth floor!”
Jiang Lian's eyelids twitched, more than one.
"There were also found in the stairwell on the second floor!"
“There are also green plants in the lobby landscape.”
…
Reports poured in one after another, and Qiao Ying was determined to blow this place into ashes.
Jiang Lian immediately ordered forcefully.
"Everyone evacuate!"
"No matter how many are found, evacuate them all!"
Time passed by minute by second, and the bomb search team came out one by one. The arrow was already on the string. No one could stop it, they could only watch helplessly.
In Hong Qian's mobile phone, the countdown to the clown continues.
"Ten, nine, eight..."
Everyone, including people and vehicles, retreated outside the cordon.
Jiang Lian: "Be prepared for firefighting to avoid triggering mountain fires."
"Three, two, one."
When everyone thought it was a squib, there was a "boom", the ground trembled, and the entire Xilu Villa exploded into a gorgeous daytime fireworks.
The fire was like the bright sun on the horizon, shooting straight into the sky.
The magnificent and exquisite building collapsed into smoke and dust.
Most of the scattered tiny fragments were blocked by the surrounding dense vegetation, and a small amount of debris fell on the roof of the car. The soot hit people's hair and penetrated into the respiratory tract.
Hong Qian shook the ash from his hair and gritted his teeth.
"What the hell...she is serious..."
Jiang Lian waved the dusty air in front of him and said ruthlessly.
"Hong Qian, do you see clearly? Qiao Ying is not a member of your team who is not good at academics and needs someone to take care of her. This is her true strength."
Hong Qian nodded, buried his face where others could not see him, held his cell phone, and looked at the call timer on the clown phone.
The screen flashed and his call was hung up by the other party, announcing the end of the game.