"I brought back five catties of mutton from the foot of the mountain yesterday, and we haven't eaten any of it. How about we have some more later?"
"No more. I'm full. You guys hurry up. All these people are waiting for you," Yezi said, pointing at the people on the armored vehicle.
This time, the security company sent six people.
They also arrived in an armored vehicle.
Xiao Yun would leave four people behind, two in the driver's cabin and two in the cargo compartment, responsible for escorting the materials to Shanghai.
The other two would stay behind and drive the other armored vehicle away.
Now, all six people were checking the vehicle. Except for the locked cargo compartment, which they couldn't access, everything else had been checked.
"Then you and Yu'er stay here and watch. I'll go back and eat, then come over," Guo Xuyang said, calling Xia Li back.
Guo Xuyang ate ravenously, quickly finishing two catties of mutton and drinking three bowls of clear soup before letting out a satisfied burp.
"Comfortable, full and satisfied, I don't miss home. How about it? Are you done eating?" he asked Xiao Yun.
"I'm done, just waiting for you," Xiao Yun replied.
"Then let's go. Xia Li, you stay at home. If Mr. Wu or Fatty needs materials, you can just arrange for the security company to deliver them."
"Okay, Yangzi. Drive carefully on the road."
"It's fine, we're leaving." Guo Xuyang waved goodbye to Xia Li and got into the SUV parked at the entrance of the west villa.
Xiao Yun went to the front of the armored vehicle, requested the surveillance footage, arranged for four people to enter the driver's cabin and cargo compartment respectively, and had Xia Li monitor in real-time from the control room before getting into the SUV.
The group of eight, in two vehicles, slowly drove out of the villa and headed towards Shanghai.
"Yezi, just follow the armored vehicle in front. Don't go too fast, I'm going to sleep," Guo Xuyang said, closing his eyes.
Yesterday's ordeal had consumed a lot of his energy. Although his abilities recovered quickly, his mind was still extremely fatigued.
Xiao Yun periodically took out his phone to monitor the activity in the driver's cabin and cargo compartment of the armored vehicle.
From the provincial capital to Shanghai, they had to pass through three service areas and two tunnels.
The vehicles stopped at the second service area for a short rest, and everyone went to the restroom to relieve themselves.
The security personnel on the vehicle got off in batches to relax.
However, one person quietly sent out a message, which Guo Xuyang happened to glimpse.
There were a lot of materials in the armored vehicle today. Although Xiao Yun had placed the boxes containing the two sets of imperial green jadeite necklaces and bracelets in the car he was traveling in, the materials in the armored vehicle were still worth seventy to eighty billion.
Guo Xuyang tried to hypnotize the security personnel but then decided against it.
He wanted to see what mischief this person was up to.
Once back in the car, he stopped trying to sleep. With his eyes half-closed, he maximized his perception and focused on the security personnel.
He discovered that this security personnel was the guardian of the driver's cabin.
Knowing that the security personnel's guns were loaded with real bullets, he worried about the driver's safety and therefore paid special attention to him.
Just before eleven o'clock, the armored vehicle entered the last tunnel. Not long after entering, the armored vehicle suddenly stopped.
Guo Xuyang quickly looked ahead and saw a container truck stopped ahead, with its hazard lights flashing.
He knew there was something wrong with this container truck, so he quietly instructed Yezi to stop carefully, and then waited for the container truck ahead to make its move.
He wanted to see if these security personnel were part of an organized crime or if individuals were colluding with outsiders.
This security company had a certain reputation, and they had been cooperating for more than a day or two. Why had there been no problems before, but problems arose this time?
Did the robbers not know someone was accompanying the vehicle today, or was there some other situation?
The security personnel in the driver's cabin struck the driver with the butt of his gun, knocking him unconscious.
Then, he drove the armored vehicle directly into the container via the ramp lowered by the container truck.
The people on the container truck, after the armored vehicle entered the container, quickly removed the ramp, shut the container tightly, and drove away.
At this moment, Xiao Yun's phone rang.
"Mr. Xiao, the armored vehicle dispatched to Shanghai this morning has been hijacked. We have activated the emergency response plan."
"I know. I need the names and resumes of the personnel who participated in the escort today. What caused the vehicle to be hijacked?"
"We are still trying to contact the personnel on the vehicle for the specific situation. One of them has been injured by the perpetrators.
However, the people in the cargo compartment are temporarily fine, and the goods are also fine.
I will arrange for someone to forward the information about the escort personnel to you immediately."
The voice of the man on the other end sounded somewhat flustered. He had not expected such a thing to happen.
This incident would undoubtedly have a very detrimental impact on their security company.
This was clearly a case of insider theft. He wished he could tear the perpetrators to shreds.
As soon as the call ended, the information arrived.
The four people on the vehicle were Liu Yilin, He Xiaoping, Zhu Hongli, and Xiang Xiaoying.
The drivers were Liu Yilin and He Xiaoping, and the injured driver was Liu Yilin.
He Xiaoping later drove the vehicle into the container.
He Xiaoping, male, twenty-three years old, from the provincial capital of Dongshan Province, a university graduate, with three years of experience in security work, and no bad habits.
"Ding ding..." Xiao Yun's phone rang again.
He Xiaoping's wife was six months pregnant and had recently been diagnosed with advanced liver cancer.
This was likely an attempt to take a desperate risk to save his wife and child.
Xiao Yun explained the situation to Guo Xuyang.
"Understood. Yezi, keep close to the container truck in front," Guo Xuyang said, then closed his eyes again.
He noticed that there were three people on the container truck in front, two of whom were carrying heavy weapons, and they even had grenades.
These people were not ordinary robbers; they must have had a criminal record.
In this society, not to mention grenades, even crude guns and hunting rifles would attract significant attention.
This group of robbers must have a hideout. His current idea was to find the robbers' hideout and apprehend them all.
The container truck was driving directly towards Shanghai, then straight to the port.
Could they be planning to go out to sea? Guo Xuyang mused.
Indeed, if they were to go out to sea, this batch of goods would be easier to handle.
"Yangzi, this situation doesn't feel right. It looks like they're heading out to sea," Xiao Yun said.
"It's fine, just follow them. Yezi, don't follow too closely, don't let them discover us."
Yezi heard him and gently applied the brakes, falling back four to five hundred meters behind the container truck.
"Aren't you afraid of losing them? There's a lot of cargo on board."
"It's fine. Aren't we following them? I want to see which divine being dares to touch my things."
"The information sent by the security company just now said that He Xiaoping's wife was recently diagnosed with advanced liver cancer."
"This is not a simple matter. We'll know when we reach the destination."