Chapter 198 Secret Room
At 1:2 pm, on the second floor of Villa 2, Susan and Bai Qi were watching the screen. For more than an hour, Cui Jian was near Villa 3, and Duanmu was near Villa . The two did not move. The location they chose was also very tricky, using trees and walls to effectively avoid becoming prey for drones.

Bai Qi cursed and said, "All the evil spirits are here."

Susan: "What does the Secret Service want?"

Bai Qi: "The secret agent doesn't know what he wants, but he knows what he wants is in the Cork Type III safe."

Susan: “What do you mean?”

Bai Qi said: "Well, he knows that we ordered a safe from a German manufacturer, and the staff who installed the safe are all employees of the manufacturer. But he doesn't know why we need such a safe."

Susan: "You also said it was a Cock III. I don't think Duanmu could open it." Cock is a famous German safe manufacturing company. Many banks use their products in their vaults. The Cock III is a medium-sized safe that is purely mechanical and has no electronics. It has strong anti-theft capabilities.

Bai Qi: "He can't open it, but someone can."

Susan: "Who can open it?"

Bai Qi: "Someone who can open the safe."

Susan: "..."

Bai Qi explained: "He can open the safe if he finds the owner of the safe."

Susan: "Does he know you're the owner of the safe?"

Bai Qi: "He probably doesn't know, but he is sure that Miss Xue can open the safe."

Susan: "Is there really someone who wants to assassinate Miss Xue?"

Bai Qi: “Yes.”

Susan: “Who?”

Bai Qi: "Ghost. The CIA's idea is simple and crude. They can't pry open the Black Group now, so they choose to weaken the Black Group first, and it's best to provoke internal disputes. Miss Xue is a key figure, and her death will definitely cause problems within the Black Group. The CIA does not want to break up with the Black Group, so it will not send regular agents and action teams. It will most likely use the Black Group and Ghost. Hancheng's police deployment and relatively transparent judicial environment are not suitable for Black Group operations. I think the CIA will send Ghost."

Bai Qi paused for a moment and added: "Maybe the ghost is already around us."

Susan: "Do you think the person who knocked Ye Rannuo unconscious was a ghost?"

Bai Qi shook his head: "It's hard to conclude. It's probably not the case, otherwise Ye Rannuo would have been dead. No one wants the enemy to have a powerful hacker. I guess it was done by the special forces, but I can't think of the reason why they knocked Ye Rannuo unconscious."

Susan: "Could it be a prison cell?"

Bai Qi shook his head: "No one knows the cell, not even Miss Xue."

Susan: "It's not a good idea for the Secret Service to keep watching like this."

Bai Qi: "I originally planned to bring Duanmu in and keep an eye on him to prevent him from playing dirty tricks. Now it seems that he is using both dirty tricks and open tricks. It's really shameless."

Susan smiled evilly: "Why don't you put him in a cell and lock him up for ten days or half a month?"

Bai Qi said hurriedly, "Don't, he has Cui Jian by his side, this guy is really ruthless. If you point a gun at Duanmu, Duanmu will just talk nonsense. If you point a gun at Cui Jian, he will fight you with the gun. But he is a non-aligned person and has a license to kill."

Susan said indignantly: "A bodyguard certificate has become a license to kill. This is the first time I've seen it."

Bai Qi replied: "If there is no such rule, the bodyguards in the villa can only use their bare hands. There is no good or bad rule. How to use the rule is what we should consider."

……

At 1 o'clock in the evening, Cui Jian and Duanmu sat in the restaurant of Villa No. for a midnight snack. The snack was still delivered by the hotel. The food was relatively simple, with tea, coffee and drinks, as well as Italian seafood noodles, Yangzhou fried rice and other things that were easy to fill the stomach.

Cui Jian reported: "There is no movement in Villa No. 2. I think no one is living there."

Duanmu: "Nothing was found in Villa No. 3 either."

After saying that, Duanmu looked around Villa No. 1. Ye Rannuo worked in the servants' room on the first floor. Bai Qi and Susan were on the second floor, and Xue's general assistant Bai Qi's office was also on the second floor.

Could it be that the light is dark? Xue Bing and the prisoner are in Villa No. 1?

Duanmu thought of this and walked to the stairs. A bodyguard stood at the stairs, preventing others from entering the second floor. Duanmu looked at the elevator at the stairs. As he thought, the elevator was not running.

Duanmu walked down the stairs to the basement level, but was stopped by a bodyguard halfway down. There was also a bodyguard stationed there. From Duanmu's position, he could see part of the basement level, which was empty with only one car parked.

Duanmu called and said, "Come down and have a cigarette." Then he handed a cigar to the bodyguard on duty.

The bodyguard said hurriedly, "No, you can't smoke while on duty." It's not that you can't smoke while on duty, but there are many restrictions on smoking. For example, you can't let your employer smell the smoke, and you can't leave your post because of smoking. The most important rule is that you can't accept food, water, cigarettes, etc. from others while on duty.

Cui Jian walked slowly to the middle of the first floor to the basement floor, took the cigar handed to him by Duanmu, burned it with a lighter for a while, and blew smoke rings against the wall.

There are three exits on the first floor below ground, one is a staircase, one is an elevator, and the other is a slope on the side of the villa. There is an electric door at the top of the slope, which makes a loud sound when it opens and closes. In addition to using a key to remotely control the switch, only the main control console in the monitoring room can open and close the electric doors of the three villas.

The elevator stopped running and the electric door was completely closed, which meant that the stairs were the only way in. But the cigar smoke was heading towards the basement level, perhaps due to the exhaust system, or perhaps not.

Duanmu touched Cui Jian's shoulder, and Cui Jian looked up and saw a monitor disguised as a sprinkler on the top. Theoretically, this location is not suitable for installing a monitor, not only is the monitoring area small, but the effect is not great. Moving the monitor down or up to the staircase is far more conducive to security than placing it in the middle.

As a bodyguard, it is impossible to force your way in, especially since Cui Shoufa is by his side.

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian and felt for the first time that Cui Jian was a burden. He also couldn't understand how Cui Jian, who killed so many people, could be a law-abiding person?
Duanmu hadn't figured out a solution yet, and Cui Jian adjusted the channel and pressed the headset: "Call 01."

Susan: "01 received." She was looking at Cui Jian on the screen.

Cui Jian said: "We want to go to the basement level of Building 1 to take a look."

Susan: “What’s the reason?”

Cui Jiandao: "I suspect someone is lurking among them."

Duanmu admired him for being so straightforward. He just suspected something and didn't need any evidence. Given Cui Jian's and his identities, if Susan disagreed, then it was basically certain that there was something fishy going on in the basement. If Susan agreed, then he and Cui Jian could go and take a look.

Cui Jian’s idea: Ask, go if you can, don’t go if you can’t, so as to avoid worrying about how to go.

This difficult question was thrown to Susan. Susan looked at Bai Qi. Bai Qi said, "Ask him why he doubts?"

Susan: "Cui Jian, why do you suspect there is someone in the basement?"

Cui Jian replied: "It's just a suspicion. I have nothing to do anyway."

Susan asked, "How do you answer?"

Bai Qi took the intercom and said, "Wait a minute, I'll come with the car keys." He couldn't object, because objecting would be the same as admitting that there was something wrong with the basement. Cui Jian would not investigate, but based on Bai Qi's understanding of Duanmu, Duanmu would definitely seize this suspicious point and make a fuss about it. Bai Qi now regretted letting Duanmu take over the project. His original intention was to prevent him from using shady tactics, but he didn't expect that Duanmu's open tactics would be so difficult to handle.

However, why did Duanmu and Cui Jian find something wrong with the basement? After all, they did not ask to enter Villa 2 and Villa 3 to check, but instead focused on the basement.

...Bai Qi asked the bodyguard on duty to leave his post, and he took Cui Jian and Duanmu into the basement.

The underground floor is a rough cement floor with an area of ​​about 70 square meters. There are four fluorescent lights on the ceiling and a Porsche 911 parked in the middle.

Bai Qi gave the key to Duanmu, who opened the car door and checked the trunk, but found nothing. Duanmu looked back at Bai Qi, who spread his hands and asked, "Do you want me to find you a magnifying glass?"

Duanmu was frustrated, and turned around to look again. The four square pillars were empty, and the wall could be seen at a glance. The light in the basement was good, and the area was not large. Duanmu turned around and looked around, but didn't see any problems with the wall. Even so, Duanmu, who was not giving up, walked around the wall with his hands.

Bai Qi was very happy to see Duanmu's frustrated look, and asked, "Brother Duanmu, have you finished reading? Have you found the criminal?"

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian. It was Cui Jian who said all of this.

Cui Jian started to fish when he got to the basement. No, he started to touch the car. Although the Porsche 911 was not a luxury car, it was still a good car. It was rare to get close to it.

When Duanmu was being ridiculed, Cui Jian said, "The tire pressure is at most 170. Has it been parked for a long time? If you don't drive for a while, it's best to drive a few kilometers every week. First, the tires will be deflated if you stay still, and second, the battery will run low. If I'm not mistaken, this car shouldn't start."

"Oh?" Duanmu glanced at Bai Qi, pressed the start button of the car key, and the car started to make a sound.

The result was different from Cui Jian's judgment. The car started the engine as soon as it was ignited.

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian and asked, "Can you do it?"

Cui Jian was a little surprised. He squatted down and touched the wheel. "Yes, the tire has obviously solidified. This is caused by not applying force for a long time. Because of the solidification, the tightness between the tire and the wheel hub will be affected. In theory, the battery should be low. But from the ignition sound, the battery is fully charged or nearly fully charged."

"Oh?" Duanmu stretched out the ending of the tone and looked at Bai Qi: "Brother Bai Qi, what do you think?"

Bai Qi played dumb: "What do you think?"

Duanmu threw the car keys to Cui Jian and said, "Back the car a few meters."

Cui Jian got in the car and did as he was told. After the left front wheel rolled back, the ground was exposed, and a regular rectangular crack could be seen on the ground. Duanmu reached out and peeled off the rectangular ground, and a palm print reader appeared on the ground. A green light in the reader swept up and down, waiting for the person to verify his identity.

Duanmu stretched out his hand: "Go and verify."

Bai Qi said disdainfully: "Why? I asked you to be a bodyguard, not to spy on your employer's secrets."

Duanmu said: "Cui Jian is a law-abiding bodyguard."

Bai Qi asked back: "Who doesn't abide by the law?"

Duanmu said: "He might call the police and say that there is a prison downstairs with a man imprisoned inside."

Cui Jian turned off the engine, got out of the car, saw the palm print reader, and exclaimed: "You rich people really know how to play. You have three villas, but you still dig a secret room on the ground." After that, Cui Jian squatted down and punched the reader. What he was thinking was, is this monitor so hard? Can it bear the weight of the car?

The result was yes. Cui Jian pressed it a few times to confirm that the identifier was indeed hard enough.

Bai Qi was afraid that Cui Jian had damaged the identifier, so he hurriedly said, "Cui Jian, don't break it."

Cui Jian stood up and asked, "Is this the switch for the secret room?"

Bai Qi said: "This is the employer's secret, please don't bother with it."

Cui Jian was still very obedient and said "oh" and asked, "Do you want me to drive the car back to its original position?"

Bai Qi: “No need.”

Cui Jian: “I insist.”

Bai Qi was helpless: "Okay."

Cui Jian went to drive the car, and Bai Qi looked at Duanmu: "This is not something that bodyguard Duanmu should pay attention to."

Duanmu Xiao was harmless and left first, heading towards the stairs.

Special Service VS Execution, Special Service leads by one to zero.

What will happen if Duanmu finds out?
You have to know that Duanmu knows a lot of powerful people. As long as a judge issues a search warrant, the police can go straight to Huanglong. Doing this will not benefit Duanmu. What Duanmu has to do is negotiate. What can you give me? Then I will choose to either keep silent or choose to issue a search warrant.

A search warrant is a subjective thing. As long as one justice believes the detective's statement, he can approve the search warrant. What's more, after signing the search warrant, others cannot use their authority to revoke the search warrant before completing the search. The so-called justice usually refers to the presiding judge of the criminal trial, also known as the presiding judge.

Of course, getting a search warrant requires a set of procedures. First, Duanmu has to find the person, then the detective will open an investigation into the missing person or murder case, then he will present some partial or false evidence to the judge and use this information to convince the judge to issue a search warrant.

Therefore, Bai Qi still has room for maneuver, and he still has time and opportunity to deal with the crisis.

Duanmu asked directly: "Who did you imprison?"

Bai Qi was not in a hurry: "He is not a prisoner, but a guest." He glanced at Cui Jian and asked, "Do you have to ask clearly in front of outsiders?"
Cui Jian sat in the driver's seat of the car with the door open. He put his legs outside the car and searched for a while before finding the hood switch. He got out of the car, opened the hood, listened to the engine sound for a while, got back into the car, put it in neutral and stepped on the accelerator, quietly feeling the change in the sound waves.

Duanmu patted the car: "Hey, calm down." I'm still discussing business here.

"Oh." Cui Jian turned off the engine and got out of the car. He gave this car a general evaluation, and deducted points for the deliberately enhanced noise. Most vehicles have noise reduction methods. If the muffler of the exhaust pipe of these vehicles is removed, the noise of a sports car can be driven in daily driving. Cui Jian himself does not like vehicles that deliberately create noise, as it seems to be an attempt to cover up the truth.

"Liu Sheng." Bai Qi said a name.

Duanmu was startled: "Liu Sheng?"

Bai Qi looked at Duanmu with a half-smile and said, "Someone stole Liu Sheng from our surveillance, sent him abroad, and gave him a new identity."

The one who stole Liu Sheng was the straw raincoat guest Duanmu. It was a small gesture of sincerity in cooperating with Qi Sha. Duanmu remained calm and said, "Why haven't I heard of this person?"

Bai Qi looked at Duanmu for a few seconds and said, "Liu Sheng is the Seven Killing Hellhound."

Duanmu was quite surprised: "Hellhound?"

Cui Jian was circling around the 911. It must be said that this car is really very good-looking.

Bai Qi said: "So this is our execution team's business, you'd better not meddle in it."

Duanmu became interested: "Tell me about it."

Bai Qi asked: "Why did I tell you?"

Duanmu: "Because I'm handsome, at worst I won't try to sow discord between you and Cui Jian anymore."

Cui Jian heard his name and looked over: "What's the matter?"

Bai Qi: "It's okay, let's go to my office for tea."

(End of this chapter)