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Chapter 45: Crane Beak Peak

  After getting on the plane, Wu Renyi chose a chair in the corner and leaned against it half-reclining. He took out a thread-bound book called "The Records of the Dead" and started reading. Yang Xiao and Yu Huo were huddled together, chatting and laughing.

  Only Sun Baozi was not idle, he took out his phone and made more than a dozen calls. Feeling that the arrangements were in order, Sun Baozi walked over to Yang Xiao and Yu Guo's side, somehow found two decks of cards, and the three people started playing poker with abandon. Several hours later, the plane landed at Nanchang Airport. After getting off the plane, a business car that had been arranged in advance was waiting for them. After getting on the car, Sun Baozi finally felt sleepy, and after another four hours of driving, just as he fell asleep, the car finally stopped at the foot of a group of mountains surrounded by rivers.

  Just as Sun Baozi and a few others had just gotten off the car, three people were already walking towards them. The three of them were dressed in police attire, with the leader being a middle-aged man in his fifties, wearing an old-fashioned pair of wide-framed tea-colored glasses. Apart from that, the most striking feature on his face was those two lips that looked like sausages. Looking at his smiling face, he had a bit of Sun Baozi's aura. After sizing up Sun Baozi and his group, he immediately stretched out his hand towards Sun Baozi: "You're Director Sun, right? Nice to meet you, I'm Zhao Mingyuan, Deputy Director of the Office of the Public Security Bureau of Yingtan City. If you don't mind, just call me Old Zhao."

  Zhao Mingyuan, not being polite at all, grabbed Sun Peng's hand and after holding it, turned his head to look at the two younger police officers and said: "They are all my colleagues, this time the reception work for several leaders is our responsibility."

  Sun Baozi quickly pulled his hand back, looked at the enthusiastic Zhao Deputy Director and said: "Old Zhao, we just contacted you last night, I thought you would need some preparation before coming over, but unexpectedly you arrived earlier than us. Come on, let me introduce you. This is Wu Director from the Ministry in charge of major cases, next to him is Yang Section Chief, also in charge of major cases. And this..."

  Sun Baozi pointed at the blond-haired, blue-eyed Nicolas Hugo and said: "This is Officer Hugo, he's in charge of international cases." When mentioning Hugo, Sun Baozi raised an eyebrow and whispered to Deputy Director Zhao: "This foreigner is a Sino-US law enforcement exchange personnel, mixed with the FBI in the US. His identity is not to be mentioned casually, don't go spreading it around."

  "Understood, understood." Zhao Mingyuan spoke while pouring cool air into his throat. What a big case is this? The ones who came are either in charge of major cases or international cases. Looking at the situation, it's unlikely that Bin Laden sneaked in to visit Mount Longhu.

  Sun Baozi saw Zhao Mingyuan's intention, he smiled and changed the subject: "Old Zhao, don't think too much. We just came over to take a look at the scenery and relax after work. Now is a good time, let's go up and take a walk, you guys don't have to follow, just one person can come up casually."

  When Sun Juzhang said that they were going up the mountain now, Zhao Mingyuan suddenly remembered that someone was missing: "Wait a minute, we still have a tour guide, where did she go?"

  He looked around and muttered to himself, "I was just wandering around here a moment ago, and now I've turned my head, where did the person go? Did they go to the bathroom?" Then he raised his hand to his mouth and shouted loudly, "Damei, Damei, Autumn Damei! Hurry up and come out, the leader is here! You finish urinating and hurry up and come out!"

  Zhao Mingyuan had just shouted a few words, when a woman in her late 20s walked out from behind the tree. Her face was bright red as she faced Zhao Mingyuan and said: "Zhao blind man, what are you blindly shouting about? Who went to pee? I got sand in my shoes, can your mother pour out the sand while peeing at the same time?"

  The woman, after scolding a few sentences, also saw Sun Dawei and several others. These people should be the leaders mentioned by Zhao Mingyuan. The woman's face turned even redder, and she walked over with a twisted expression, standing beside Zhao Mingyuan.

  After being scolded by the woman, Zhao Mingyuan didn't show any signs of annoyance. Instead, he smiled and said to Sun Dazhuang: "Sun, let me introduce you to this girl, Autumn Beauty, who is our tour guide today and also a member of our system. Originally, we were going to find a professional tour guide for you in society, but I don't know what your purpose is for coming here this time. If there's any leakage of case information, it wouldn't be good. Autumn Beauty's uncle is a Taoist priest on Mount Longhu, and she grew up playing on the mountain. There's nothing about Mount Longhu that she doesn't know."

  "This isn't a living map of Mount Longhu?" Sun Wukong chuckled and intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Wu Renyi, only to see Director Wu looking up at the mountain with his neck stretched out. It seemed like he was searching for some direction. With Wu Renyi around, it seemed that a tour guide wasn't needed anymore.

  Sun Baozi withdrew his gaze and looked at Zhao Mingyuan, saying: "However, among us big men, it's not convenient to have a female comrade. I'm not saying that, but how about this? This Autumn Beauty is also..."

  Before Sun Baozi could speak, Wu Renyi suddenly interrupted: "Since you're here, let's go up together"

  Sun Baozi and a few others were stunned for a moment, but Sun Deputy's reaction was quick. He chuckled and turned back: "Yes, it seems that we old men are also a bit too monotonous, haha! Let's go together then. Little Qiu comrade, I'm not saying this, but we're following you now, just be sure not to lead us astray!"

  Qiu Dami lowered his head and smiled, saying: "Don't worry, leader. I've been playing in this mountain since I was a kid. I may not dare say anything else, but for several main scenic spots, I can walk to them with my eyes closed and absolutely won't take the leaders on a wrong route."

  Wu Renyi looked at the little girl and suddenly said: "Don't go anywhere else, take us directly to Hezui Peak"

  "This remark made Autumn Beauty stunned, she looked back at Wu Renyi's gaze and said: "This leader, have you been to Mount Longhu before? Few people know about Hezui Peak, now except for a few old Taoist priests on the mountain who still know, even the elderly at the foot of the mountain have hardly heard of it."

  Sun Baozi listened, his eyebrows raised, and he narrowed his eyes at Autumn Beauty, saying: "What is this Crane Mouth Peak? In a bustling place like Dragon Tiger Mountain, how can there be so few people who know about it?"

  "It's called Crane Beak Peak because many years ago, there was a mountain peak with a sharp rock hanging down, looking like a crane drinking water. However, several hundred years ago, probably due to an earthquake, the protruding beak suddenly broke off, turning it into a bare mountain peak. Later, fewer and fewer people knew about Crane Beak Peak, and no one gave it a new name, so now it's just an unnamed mountain peak."

  When Autumn Beauty spoke, Wu Renyi listened with a expressionless face. Since he didn't oppose it, that means this little girl's words were not a problem. Sun Baozi glanced at Wu Renyi and then smiled towards Autumn Beauty: "With a goal, it's easier to get things done. Let's set off, our target is He Miao Peak."

  Sun Baozi had just finished speaking when he was stopped by Qiu Dami: "This leader, if you want to go to He Miao Peak, walking and climbing the mountain route is too far." She said, pointing to the large area of river water, "Taking a bamboo raft will take at most two hours to reach near He Miao Peak. From there, I know a small road that can be climbed in three or four hours."

  Sun Pangzi glanced at Wu Renyi, seeing that Director Wu had no objection. He smiled and said to Qiu Dami: "How we go is up to you, as long as we can get to Hemouth Peak quickly, we can even swim there directly without any problem."

  All these are rafts for ferrying, Autumn Dai Mei found a big raft. After negotiating the price with the boss, she took Sun Bi Zi and others to ride on the raft and headed towards the middle of the river.

  There were over ten chairs on the bamboo raft, with two boatmen pushing it from front and back. Autumn Beauty sat at the very front, chatting with the boatman in Jiangxi dialect, telling them where these people wanted to go. Sun Baozi and Zhao Mingyuan sat behind, chatting occasionally. Wu Renyi and Yang Diao were behind them, looking around every time they entered a new area. Looking at Sun Baozi, he couldn't help but think: "This old Wu also has times when he doesn't remember the way?"

  It's said that not so many police officers are needed, but when boarding the bamboo raft, the two young police officers brought by Zhao Mingyuan quietly followed. After the bamboo raft had been sailing for a while, they actually started chatting with Rain who was sitting behind Wu Renuo. Before long, these three guys began to take out their mobile phones and took photos of each other's scenery. This made Sun Baozi mutter in his heart: Why don't you three just become sworn brothers?

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