Zhang Xiangqian is a very stable person with a quick mind and a tight-lipped mouth. Xia Meng admires him very much.

However, this time, at Xia Meng's strong request, Zhang Xiangqian sped up and tried to get to the city. Although the road had been cleared, it was severely damaged in the earthquake and the car was very bumpy when driving on it.

Xia Meng has a strong physique, so although she feels the bumpy ride, she can still adapt.

Zhang Xiangqian was a little worried. Seeing that Xia Meng hadn't said anything, he asked with concern,

"Governor Xia, are you okay?"

Xia Meng, "Don't worry, it's okay, just keep driving!"

Zhang Xiangqian responded and continued driving only after he was sure that Xia Meng was okay.

The car quickly arrived in the city, and Xia Meng asked Zhang Xiangqian to drive the car into the police station.

Xia Meng got out of the car in a hurry, walking steadily.

Watching Xia Meng striding in, Zhang Xiangqian who got out of the car felt that his steps were a little weak. The car was so bumpy just now. It was really amazing that the governor was safe and sound!

After Xia Meng walked in, she went straight to see the sheriff.

The sheriff was a middle-aged man with a square face. He had a calm and oppressive look and sharp eyes.

"How is it?" Xia Meng asked the sheriff directly.

"Has the exchange started?"

The sheriff was a little surprised to see Xia Meng, but he quickly calmed down and quickly answered Xia Meng's question.

"not yet!"

Xia Meng, "What's going on?"

The sheriff looked serious. "They are very cautious and keep changing locations. Our people dare not get too close for fear of being discovered."

Xia Meng, "Use drones to monitor them."

The sheriff invited Xia Meng to sit aside and poured her a glass of water.

"You must have come back in a hurry. Have a drink of water first."

Xia Meng nodded, thanked him, picked up the glass of water and drank it all. The sheriff poured another glass for Xia Meng.

The two sat on the sofa waiting for news.

Half an hour later, a call came in.

"Sheriff! They finally decided on a location for the hostage exchange."

The sheriff stood up from his seat and asked anxiously, "Where is it?"

The police officer told the sheriff the address the robbers had identified.

Xia Meng was also listening carefully, and then asked the sheriff in a low voice,

"I know. Have you found out the leader of the robbers?"

The sheriff shook his head. "That leader is very cautious. Usually when he has a meeting or issues an order, he only lets his trusted men show up, while he himself stays behind the scenes and controls everything."

"Among the robbers, only some high-ranking officials know the specific identity of the leader."

Xia Meng nodded, "Let's get ready to go."

The sheriff was surprised. "Are you going with us?"

Xia Meng nodded, "I'm not too sure."

The sheriff said worriedly, "It's a bit dangerous."

Xia Meng said in a relaxed tone, "Don't worry, I'm not afraid!"

The sheriff saw that Xia Meng was still smiling and her tone was full of confidence. He felt relieved when he thought that these robbers were also captured by Xia Meng.

Their governor is really no ordinary person!

Seeing Xia Meng coming out in a hurry, Zhang Xiangqian hurriedly went to greet her, "Governor?"

Xia Meng hurriedly said, "Get in the car and follow them."

Zhang looked forward at the police officer and the sheriff who had already gotten into the car and nodded immediately.

The three cars drove out into the dark night again.

After driving for about an hour, the vehicle leading the way slowly stopped and then parked the car on the side of the road.

After the sheriff got off the car, he found Xia Meng.

"We have to walk a distance to avoid attracting the attention of the robbers."

Xia Meng nodded, "Okay!"

A dozen fully armed police officers followed them on foot, heading towards the agreed location for the hostage exchange.

After walking for about ten minutes, the sheriff asked everyone to stop, then move forward cautiously, and finally stopped beside a small forest.

This grove was planted after the natural disaster. The largest trees in the grove are only as thick as an adult's wrist. Fortunately, the grove is large enough, and it was dark, so it could block the figures of these people.

This time, I not only brought a drone, but also a robot dog.

After they stopped, they released the robot dog and controlled it to move step by step towards the exchange location.

The robot dog has night vision function, so it can see clearly even in the dark and transmit the images back.

A thousand meters away in the grove, the two groups were confronting each other.

One of the parties was wearing uniforms, with some dejected robbers around him. Opposite them were ferocious-looking robbers holding knives or guns in their hands.

There were about twenty robbers, most of them had guns. I don’t know where they got these guns from.

Both parties had just arrived, and the hostage exchange had not yet begun.

Behind the robbers, there were some victims tied up with ropes.

After seeing the police officers, the victims were so excited that they almost cried and shouted for the police officers to save them.

The robber was annoyed by the noise and immediately cursed,

"What are you arguing about? I'm so annoyed! If you keep arguing, I'll kill you."

The victims were obviously injured, and they shrank back in fear when they heard the words, not daring to say a word.

The police officer looked at the burly robber standing in the front.

"We have brought your people here, please release the hostages!"

The leading robber stood there nonchalantly, holding a gun in his hand, and even pointed the gun at the police officer standing in the front from time to time as if to provoke him.

"No hurries?"

The leading robber looked at the captured robbers and said, "You didn't leak any important information, did you? You didn't betray us just to gain merit?"

Of course the captured robber would not admit it, he immediately shook his head and said hurriedly,

"Brother Kai, don't worry, we are very tight-lipped and didn't say anything."

"Yes, yes! Brother Kai, don't worry, we didn't say anything, please save us!"

The man named Brother Kai only glanced at them indifferently, obviously not believing them, but he didn't say much either. He just looked at the leading police officer and said,

"It's okay for us to release the hostages, but we will lose too much if we exchange them for human beings."

The leading police officer frowned, "This is a very fair deal, how can you lose money?"

Brother Kai smiled, his smile was very provocative, and he said with a playful smile,

"I said it was a loss! That's a loss!"

Police officer, "You don't want to exchange?"

Brother Kai, "Not really, but I think we need some compensation."

The police officer pursed his lips, his expression becoming more serious, "What compensation do you want?"

"Food!" Brother Kai said firmly.

"If you want us to release them, you'll have to pay 10,000 kilograms of food per person!"

"You are robbing!" the police officer growled subconsciously.

"Don't go too far!"

"What's too much?" Brother Kai said confidently, "Isn't one person worth 10,000 kilograms of food?"

"How much is 10,000 kilograms of grain worth? Before the disaster, it was only about 10,000 yuan, right?"

"We are not picky about the type of food. Wheat and corn are both fine! Of course, we would be even happier if you give us rice."

Can the period before the natural disaster be compared with the present?

What a bummer!

Before the natural disaster, there was no shortage of food and everyone could eat well!

But after a natural disaster, the biggest problem people face is survival. In addition to the threat of natural disasters, there is the problem of food.

The price of food has changed a lot since the past. How can it be compared with before the natural disaster?

Not to mention now, the earthquake has just ended, everything is in ruins, there are victims everywhere, and the stored food in many places is not enough to barely feed the people, maybe even not enough, and everyone is trying to find food!

I didn't expect that the robber would ask for so much. He dared to ask for 10,000 kilograms of food for one hostage.

It's crazy!

Police officer, "Even if we really give it to you, how are you going to transport so much food? With such a big target, aren't you afraid of being exposed?"

Brother Kai chuckled and said in a very bachelor way,

"Now is a disaster year, there are disaster victims everywhere. These disaster victims are for you, we will catch more. If you dare to take action, we will dare to take action against the disaster victims. If you don't believe it, just try it..."

"Haha..." Brother Kai laughed even more unscrupulously, "You care about the lives of these disaster victims, but we don't."

"The victims are consumables to us. We don't care whether they live or die, but can you not care?"

The police officers had no words to refute. They were officials. The robbers could certainly ignore the lives of the victims, but they could not.

Seeing that the police officer remained silent, Kai became even more proud.

"Look, you guys are in charge, right?"

"It is because these people are valuable in your eyes that we dare to ask for so much!"

"And... there are a lot of disaster victims, and they keep coming..., hahaha..."

The police officer listened to this shameless speech, silently clenched his fist, and said sternly,

"Don't you have any relatives?"

"Yes!" Brother Kai laughed, his tone was unusually relaxed, as if he was really chatting with the police officer.

"It's just... they're all dead!"

At this moment, the smile on Brother Kai's face disappeared, but soon he started laughing again.

"They are all dead!" he emphasized.

"It's better to die, otherwise, in this world, you will only suffer!"

"Without their burden, I am alone and free from all worries. I don't know how good it is!"

Police officer, "Although your relatives are dead, you can't treat yourself as an animal!"

Brother Kai chuckled, "What's wrong with being an animal? Being an animal means eating well, having a good time every day, and living a life of luxury. It's better than the days before the disaster. I think being an animal is pretty good."

As a beast, without the restraint of morality, you can release all your malice and liberate your evil nature. You are unrestrained, no, it should be lawless. Isn't it great!

"Stop talking nonsense!" Brother Kai suppressed the smile on his face and stared at the police officer, "One word, give it to me or not?"

The police officer was silent for a moment and then said, "You are asking for too much. I need to ask my superior for instructions."

"Okay!" Brother Kai said straightforwardly, "I'll give you three minutes. Give me an answer in three minutes."

The police officer immediately took out his cell phone and called the sheriff.

The two sides were a little far apart, so they were not afraid of being discovered by the robbers.

After receiving the call from his men, the sheriff looked at Xia Meng.

Xia Meng nodded, "Promise him!"

The sheriff also knew that the most critical issue now was to rescue the hostages, then find their whereabouts, and finally annihilate them in one fell swoop.

Although I would agree to them, ten thousand kilograms is still too much.

The police officer looked at Brother Kai with his cell phone.

"The leader said 10,000 kilograms is too much, the maximum is 1,000 kilograms!"

"No!" Brother Kai refused without even thinking.

"You have no right to bargain. You can only give me 10,000 kilograms. Otherwise, I will not let these people go."

The police officer did not panic, but said,

"You don't need these hostages, do you? Not only are they useless, but you have to feed them. You might as well return them quickly. A thousand kilograms of food is not a small amount."

"No!" Brother Kai didn't seem to be persuaded at all and insisted.

"It's only 10,000 jin, not even a jin less!"

The police officer said, "Don't go too far. Besides, how are you going to transport so much food?"

Brother Kai, "What do you say? Hurry up and prepare the food. I will release the people when the food is delivered."

Police officer, "Aren't you afraid that we will discover your lair?"

Brother Kai chuckled, "You'll know when the time comes!"

The police officer had no choice but to call the sheriff again.

After discussing with Xia Meng for a while, the sheriff agreed.

Xia Meng took out her cell phone and called Ruan Feng, asking her to dispatch some food.

Ten thousand kilograms of food per person and so many hostages, this is not a small number!

However, in order to save lives, they still prepared the food and transported it over within three hours.

Big trucks rumbled in, the sound of their engines like the roar of giant beasts.

Police officer: "The food has arrived, please release the people."

"What's the hurry?" Brother Kai was originally sitting on the ground, looking drowsy. When he heard the honking of a car approaching, he stood up. After the car stopped, he went straight forward to check the food on each car.

Brother Kai looked careless, but he was very careful during the inspection. After making sure that the food on the truck was not adulterated, Brother Kai said,

"I will give you half of the hostages first. Your driver will help us deliver the food to the destination, and I will release the rest of the hostages."

"No!" The police officer stared at Brother Kai, "You have no credibility. I don't trust you. Since the food is already here, you should release the hostages immediately."

"Haha..." Brother Kai was not angry, he just said,

"You have no right to say 'no' to me!"

As Brother Kai spoke, he casually pulled up a hostage. Amid the hostage's panicked shouts, he gradually became impatient and slapped the hostage twice. The hostage finally shut up and behaved himself. However, his trembling body and fear-filled eyes were unbearable to watch.

Brother Kai pointed the gun at the hostage's head and arrogantly asked the police officer,

"Ok?"

Brother Kai's men followed suit and grabbed the hostages around them, either pointing guns at their heads or putting knives close to their necks, as if they were ready to cut the hostages' necks at any time.

The police officer's breathing became heavier, and he looked at Brother Kai with a sharp look, but he had no choice but to say,

"Okay, I promise you!"

Brother Kai laughed "Ahahahaha" a few times, then waved his hand and ordered people to release half of the hostages.

Then he ordered his men to drag the driver out of the car, and then they got in the car with the hostages and started the car...

The police officers followed behind with concern. Brother Kai saw it but pretended not to see it and didn't seem scared!

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