Chapter 254: Battle of the Basement
The elevator and elevator waiting area on the first underground floor were in a separate compartment. Two bodyguards stood outside the compartment. After learning Xue Bing's movements through the personal bodyguards, they opened the door in advance. Two cars drove in from a hundred meters away with squeaking tires. After all, everyone liked to park near the elevator, and there was no vacant space.

Cui Jian nodded to Xue Bing, who nodded in response. Cui Jian led Li Qin to the left: "Our car is over here."

The two cars turned two corners, slowed down and pulled over in front of Xue Bing and the others. The bodyguard opened the back door and invited Xue Bing to get in. He closed the door and sat in the passenger seat. The other bodyguards got into the second car.

When everyone got in the car and the door was closed, Cui Jian, who was more than ten meters away, heard a clanging sound. He turned around and saw a round iron ball rolling from the side to the bottom of Xue Bing's car.

Cui Jian reached out and hugged Li Qin, pressing her to the ground. After waiting for a few seconds without any movement, Li Qin turned to look at Cui Jian, feeling embarrassed and annoyed: "What are you doing?"

Could it be a bomb? Cui Jian was about to stand up to explain, but then it exploded. Two loud bangs, accompanied by echoes, hit Cui Jian's eardrums. Cui Jian staggered, his balance was destroyed, and he held onto the trunk of the car with one hand to steady himself.

There were two more equally dull explosions, Cui Jian's ears rang, his right hand slipped and he fell to the ground. Li Qin, who did not stand up, was not hurt that much, but was hit by Cui Jian's huge body and almost vomited blood.

His sense of balance was restored quickly, but Cui Jian could not hear anything. He held down Li Qin with one hand to prevent her from moving, and used the force to stand up.

Cui Jian supported himself with his left hand and stood up with his right hand. Taking the elevator waiting area as the center, Xue Bing's position was 12 o'clock, and Cui Jian's position was 9 o'clock, with a row of cars in between, a distance of 13 meters.

Cui Jian saw three gangsters in ski masks holding guns and shooting at two cars, and another gangster was breaking windows. He smashed the driver's window, leaned in to unlock the door, and his companion opened the rear door and pulled Xue Bing out from the back seat.

Cui Jian held the gun in both hands, his chin hanging on the trunk of a white car, and looked at it. Li Qin's head popped out from beside him: "What's wrong? Ah!"

The word "Ah" was a little louder, and the two gangsters turned around to see that Cui Jian had already opened fire, knocking down one of them, and then he squatted down with his arms around Li Qin's shoulders, crawled on three limbs, and dragged Li Qin behind the pillar. More than a dozen bullets were fired, hitting several innocent cars.

Cui Jian leaned against a pillar and shouted, "Don't shoot, we are just passers-by, you can kill your own people." He pointed forward and signaled Li Qin to crawl behind a pillar in front.

Cui Jian was responded with a bullet. Several masked men looked at the masked man who fired the gun and asked: What are you doing? They are not afraid of witnesses. The other party has already compromised and they need to hurry up and do their business. Why did you fire this shot?
Knowing that the other party would not let him and Li Qin go, the fight began. A stun grenade was thrown from behind a pillar. Cui Jian knew that the other party would definitely dodge, so he rushed forward instead of retreating, crouching and rushing to the pillar near the elevator waiting area.

Since you are unwilling to let us go, we have no choice but to give it a try.

When the masked gangsters saw the stun grenade, they all hid behind the bunker. With the sound of the stun grenade hitting the ground and exploding, they all leaned out of the bunker and aimed at the second pillar and fired. At this time, Cui Jian had moved to the first pillar and fired from between the two cars, shooting the gangster in the head five meters away, and then threw a stun grenade.

The people rushed towards the stun grenade, and the other gangsters subconsciously hid in the bunkers. However, the safety pin of the stun grenade was not removed, so it did not explode. Cui Jian jumped over the stun grenade and rushed towards a gangster hiding behind a pillar with the help of inertia, and shot him in the head with a gun against his head.

The other criminals were not sure whether their own men were alive or dead. Their vision was blocked by the car and they did not dare to shoot at their own men.

Cui Jian took out his phone and typed quickly, then put it on the ground and made a detour. Ten seconds later, the phone made a sound: "Since you want to kill us, I have to kill you first."

Three firing points opened fire in the direction of the phone. After a burst of shooting, one gangster waved his hand, and the two gangsters opposite him stood up together and surrounded the phone from both sides.

Cui Jian had already reached behind the waving gangster, and seeing that he was strong, he gave up the idea of ​​twisting his neck and shot him dead with one shot.

After firing one shot and leaving, Cui Jian made a detour to the two points of the elevator. At this time, he heard the sound of tires rubbing against each other. Cui Jian looked over and saw two SUVs driving over. The passenger window was lowered and the gunman pointed his submachine gun out of the window.

Cui Jian immediately dodged and put his back against the pillar to change the magazine. The two submachine guns in the SUV fired at the pillar at the same time, and the surrounding car parts flew everywhere. After suppressing Cui Jian, the two gangsters stuffed Xue Bing into one of the SUVs and got in together.

Hearing the sound of the car driving away, Cui Jian knew that was the direction where Li Qin was hiding. In order to prevent the silly girl from showing her head and being killed, Cui Jian stepped sideways with his gun in both hands and emptied the magazine towards the last SUV. Even though the car drove 50 meters away, he still used up the last bullet. As for whether it hit or not, that was God's business. His purpose was to attract the attention of the criminals and make them look to the right instead of the left.

After walking out of the bunker, he looked at the bodies on the ground, and then at the bodies of Xue Bing's bodyguards in the two cars. Cui Jian sighed, dialed the number, and asked flatteringly, "Manager Li, are you on the plane?"

Li Ran remained calm: "I'm already on the plane. Phone calls are not allowed on airplanes. Bye."

Cui Jian had no choice but to continue making the call: "Xiao Liu, this is Cui Jian... It's nothing, I just killed a few people. Manager Li is not here, please help me arrange it."

……

After receiving the call, Mo Ling did not send a lawyer from the law firm, but went to the scene in person. Li Qin had been picked up by Li Liang's bodyguards, and she would be accompanied by the bodyguards to take a statement. Cui Jian was taken to a room in the hospital to take a statement. When the old detective saw Cui Jian, he smiled and said, "We meet again."

Cui Jian smiled helplessly: "Nice to meet you again, how is the child?"

The old detective said: "Very good, it was a normal birth, thank you for your concern."

Cui Jian: “You’re welcome.”

Old detective: "So shall we start?"

Cui Jian: "I'm afraid not. Lawyer Mo said I can't provide any information to the police until she knows the whole situation."

The old detective pushed his notebook aside and took out a pack of cigarettes. Cui Jian took out a cigar and said, "Take mine."

The old detective was not polite. He said while burning a cigar: "I have already watched the surveillance in the basement. Although you took the initiative, there is nothing wrong with your behavior. I wonder what Lawyer Mo is worried about?"

Cui Jian said: "Lawyer Mo doesn't know what he should be worried about, so he is worried."

Old detective: "Is it related to Li Liang's case?"

Cui Jian said: "I'm not sure."

A policeman knocked on the door and came in: "We found Xue Bing."

The old detective stood up immediately: "Where is it?"

The police said, "George Hospital. A few masked men took the man to the hospital and left immediately. The doctor found that Xue Bing had been shot in the abdomen. While he was giving first aid, he asked someone to call the police. It was said that the situation was not optimistic."

The old detective said, "Cui Jian, take a blood test first, and I'll contact you later." Cui Jian was touched: "Do you trust me so much?"

The old detective said: "I always believe in you. If you remember anything, you can contact me. I'll go first."

Cui Jian: "Bye."

While drawing blood for test, Cui Jian began to think about what happened today. It was obvious that the other party had kidnapped Xue Bing and then forced a confession from him. Xue Bing refused, so the masked man shot Xue Bing. Xue Bing confessed, and the masked man sent Xue Bing to the hospital.

There is another possibility. After being shot, Xue Bing used the information the other party wanted to know or something he wanted to get in exchange for the masked man to send him to the hospital.

There is another possibility. The masked man used Xue Bing to threaten Feidi. When Feidi saw Xue Bing being shot, he knew he had to compromise, so he reached an agreement with the masked man.

This group of masked men are well-trained, but Cui Jian cannot judge their strength. Judging from the battle today, they are not as good as Chunque's professional killers. But the masked men have goods in their hands. Not to mention submachine guns and pistols, the sonic boom weapons they use are not something that ordinary gangsters can have.

The criminals used a sonic boom weapon to blow up the chassis of a car. Cui Jian was more than ten meters away from the explosion point, with many cars between them. Even so, Cui Jian not only temporarily lost his hearing, but also lost his sense of balance.

It was already late at night when the blood and urine tests were completed. Cui Jian received a call from Mo Ling and went to a small park near the hospital's inpatient department. Li Qin was also there. After Mo Ling asked about Cui Jian's condition, he explained the matter to Cui Jian.

The reason why Li Liang stayed in the villa before he was attacked was because Xue Bing was waiting for him in Li Liang's villa. Li Liang's bodyguards, including Li Qin, all knew that Li Liang and Xue Bing had a close relationship. But the problem was that Xue Bing was Feidi's lover, and after the Shifeng incident, the two registered their marriage in Italy.

Li Qin found out about this matter. After finding out that Xue Bing was a married woman, Li Qin immediately met with Li Liang. Li Liang hesitated and said that he had known it for a long time, explaining that Feidi did not restrict Xue Bing from having other men. They had no feelings, only interests, and they got married because of some common interests. Strictly speaking, they were in a normal relationship and true love. After all, the one who is not loved is the mistress.

This explanation certainly could not convince Li Qin, nor could it be presented to the public, and would be used by competitors to discredit the Li family in the future. Under Li Qin's instruction, Li Liang said that he would end his relationship with Xue Bing and asked Li Qin not to tell her parents. Li Qin agreed, but she didn't expect that Li Liang was just perfunctory.

Xue Bing had the key to Li Liang's house in Hancheng. That night, Li Liang received a call from Xue Bing and gave up the idea of ​​staying in a hotel and went home to meet Xue Bing. The next day, Xue Bing and Li Liang went out together. Li Liang found danger and protected Xue Bing with his body. Because of Li Liang's explanation, the bodyguards ignored Xue Bing's existence in the explanation. After all, Li Liang was their boss.

Cui Jian was in tears and laughed when he heard this. He didn't expect it to be a mistake. When he first met Li Liang, Cui Jian was still Xue Bing's bodyguard and he could already see that the two were in love.

But who attacked Xue Bing? Cui Jian was not stupid, but he had very little information and it was impossible for him to connect the dots.

"Hello, I'm in the hospital park, OK." Cui Jian hung up the phone: "It's the old detective."

Li Qin: "Is he very old?"

Cui Jian: "His last name is Lao, which means Laozi Lao."

Li Qin was half-believing and half-doubting: "My last name is Lao?"

Cui Jian was half-believing and half-doubting: "Could it be his surname Zi?"

Mo Ling sighed. Cui Jian was educated in the United States after all. Although his daughter had studied for a bachelor's degree, her life was full of love, cosmetics, bags, celebrities, and touching moments. She didn't study hard at all. Korean culture was deeply influenced by China. Even if people didn't go to college, they knew some Chinese characters, and even common idioms. In the early years, Korea was a language of Chinese characters. It was not until the Ming Dynasty that Korea invented its own writing system. It is the country with the most Chinese characters everywhere, except for Japan.

The old detective arrived with three police officers. Cui Jian felt that the atmosphere was wrong as soon as he saw them, but his small pistol had been confiscated, so he could only stand up to greet them.

The old detective had no smile on his face. He took out handcuffs and said, "Cui Jian, please come with us." Normally, he would not take handcuffs. Taking handcuffs meant that there was at least some kind of evidence indirectly proving that Cui Jian had committed a crime.

Mo Ling immediately stood up: "Hello, I am lawyer Mo Ling, may I ask why you took my client away?"

The old detective paused for a moment, handcuffed Cui Jian, and replied: "The trajectory of the bullet found in Xue Bing's body matches the registered firearm. According to the information from Dayin Security, this registered firearm is the job-issued firearm Cui Jian received today."

After everyone at the scene digested the news for a while, Mo Ling asked, "Did Cui Jian shoot Xue Bing?"

The old detective nodded, otherwise it could only be Cui Jian who stabbed Xue Bing with a bullet.

The old detective patted Cui Jian on the back and said, "Let's go."

Mo Ling asked: "Cui Jian, did you deliberately shoot Xue Bing in order to save him?"

Cui Jian knew that Mo Ling wanted him not to answer the question first. He didn't have the chance to answer Mo Ling's question as he was half-pushed by the old detective towards the car not far away.

Mo Ling looked at the car going away and called Ye Lan on his phone: "Cui Jian was arrested. He shot Xue Bing... Why did he shoot Xue Bing when he was protecting Li Qin? It might be the last few shots."

Li Ran, who had just got off the plane, received the call and was confused for a while. First, he didn't understand why Xue Bing was added. Wasn't he there to protect the Li brothers and sisters? Then he wondered why Cui Jian shot Xue Bing? Finally, he was furious. Cui Jian should have been slacking off when he should have, and he was slacking off when he shouldn't have.

After returning to the company and watching the surveillance camera in the basement, Li Ran realized that he had misunderstood Cui Jian. Cui Jian had already told the criminals that he was not involved in this matter, but the criminals did not intend to let him go. Cui Jian's counterattack was not because he was willing to intervene in Xue Bing's attack, but because he was forced to kill.

However, based on Li Ran's understanding of Cui Jian, how could Cui Jian shoot at the vehicle with Xue Bing in it?
After playing the surveillance video many times, Li Ran discovered that Cui Jian could not see Xue Bing during his tactical movements. He did not know that Xue Bing was put into the car and thought that Xue Bing had been shot dead.

The lawyer contacted Cui Jian to confirm this, and later the old detective mentioned Xue Bing, and Cui Jian knew that Xue Bing was not dead, but was kidnapped. However, he did not think that he might have hit Xue Bing.

How to deal with this matter? Although Mo Ling said that he was sure to get Cui Jian acquitted, it made Ye Lan and Li Ran worried. The next morning, the bodyguards from Department A came to the company for a meeting. In addition to explaining the project situation, Mo Ling also popularized some legal knowledge, especially emphasizing that bodyguards cannot chase guns.

When facing a fleeing criminal, the police must also distinguish whether the criminal is aggressive and dangerous, otherwise they cannot easily shoot. The situation last night was very embarrassing. If Cui Jian did not know that Xue Bing was in the car, his pursuit of the gun violated the 221 Act. The criminal did not pose a threat to his employer and started to run away, so he could not chase the gun. If Cui Jian knew that Xue Bing was in the car, then Cui Jian's behavior was a crime.

Mo Ling explained that she would definitely handle the case according to the first scenario. After all, the criminals did threaten Li Qin, and it was a fact that they shot Li Qin, so there was no big problem. However, due to suspected violation of the 221 Act, the case would be re-investigated by the prosecutors, and Cui Jian could not apply for guns during this period. If Xue Bing died, or Xue Bing strongly demanded accountability, Cui Jian and the company would most likely be held responsible and make compensation. Cui Jian would be blacklisted and could no longer apply for guns.

Ye Lan did not express her opinion. It was a good thing for her boss Ye Lan that Cui Jian was a bodyguard, and it was a good thing for her lover Ye Lan that Cui Jian could not be a bodyguard. As long as Cui Jian was not dead or had to go to jail, she would just stand by and watch.

Mo Ling didn't rest for several hours that night. After she finished speaking, she left on her own and arranged for someone to go to the police station to handle the bail procedures.

(End of this chapter)