Chapter 53: Controlled Knives! Detention!
The hotel is about a 20-minute drive from the airport. Although the time is not long, it is a timely help for Xu Cang who has not slept all night.
After a short nap, Xu Cang was pushed awake, rubbed his eyes, got off the car, and began to undergo security check. While waiting in line, Mo Shangyun told Xu Cang that after passing the security check, he should not board the plane yet, but go to the VIP lounge in the terminal first. The VIP lounge of this airport is open to the crew. The toilet space on the plane is too small, and it is inconvenient to wash and change clothes there. Xu Cang thought it made sense and accepted Mo Shangyun's suggestion.
As soon as Xu Cang entered the security checkpoint, almost all the security personnel focused their attention on him. There was no way, Xu Cang's appearance was too visually impactful. If he had not been communicating normally with the crew, the security personnel would have even thought that he was a beggar who had sneaked in.
Xu Cang didn't care about other people's strange looks and showed his flight attendant boarding pass to the security personnel. As a result, the staff who verified the document carefully checked it several times before confirming that Xu Cang was actually the pilot.
After so many years of doing security checks, this was the first time he had seen a pilot with such an outrageous appearance.
After being released, Xu Cang placed the backpack on the conveyor belt of the security X-ray machine according to the procedure and then passed through the security gate for manual inspection.
The security personnel held the metal detector and looked at Xu Cang, who looked like a beggar, in silence: "Brother, what on earth did you do to get yourself into this state?"
Xu Cang blushed, which was rare. He really couldn't praise his current appearance, and there was an unpleasant smell on his body: "I got caught in the rain. Sorry."
"I'm just asking casually. Why are you apologizing?" The security officer smiled and immediately began to check Xu Cang.
The manual inspection was very fast, and it was completed in more than 20 seconds. After that, Xu Cang waited for the backpack to pass through the X-ray machine.
However, after the bag was passed through the machine, the staff in charge of operating the machine asked Xu Cang: "Is there a knife in the bag? A fruit knife?"
"Ah? Oh, yes, yes, yes!" When they came to Lushui before, the old man driving the donkey cart gave Xu Cang a dagger for self-defense. Xu Cang was too tired just now, and his mind was not clear, so he forgot about it.
But Xu Cang was not worried about anything. The dagger was very short, so there shouldn't be any big problems. If it didn't work, he could just check it in. This knife still had some special meaning to him, and Xu Cang wanted to keep it.
Mo Shangyun, who had already passed the security check, also heard the sound of the security personnel finding a knife in Xu Cang's bag. He didn't react much and didn't think it was a big problem.
Some pilots bring small fruit knives to cut fruit on board. However, some airports have higher security requirements, and these small fruit knives cannot pass. At most, they can be checked in or left here.
Seeing Xu Cang's calm demeanor, the security officer guessed that the crew had brought the luggage by mistake, and his tone did not change much: "Open the bag and let me have a look. If the length exceeds the limit, it cannot be allowed in."
The view through the X-ray machine is not accurate enough, and whether it can pass or not needs to be checked with the naked eye .
This was the security inspection rule, Xu Cang had no objection and quickly opened his schoolbag. As soon as the bag was opened, a damp and moldy smell came out. The schoolbag was supposed to be able to drain water, but the actual drainage effect seemed to be not so good, and the uniform inside was not known to be very wet.
With a little worry, Xu Cang fumbled in his bag with one hand for a while, and soon took out a small knife that was only slightly longer than his palm.
Mo Shangyun also cast a curious look towards Xu Cang, but what he saw was a knife that seemed to have a very rough workmanship.
After taking the knife from Xu Cang, the security officer took a quick look at it and muttered, "The length of your knife is a bit dangerous."
"It's okay. If you can't carry it with you, please check it in for me." Xu Cang vaguely remembered that the blade length had to be less than five centimeters, and there were also requirements for the type of knife, but he didn't remember the specific details clearly.
Judging from the length of the blade, Xu Cang's knife is somewhat dangerous.
"Well, I'll measure it. If it exceeds the limit, it will be checked in." The security officer nodded and waved to his colleague: "Give me a ruler."
While the colleague was looking for a ruler, the security officer was playing with Xu Cang's knife, and thought it was quite interesting. He said casually: "You are quite particular. You even got a sheath for the knife you use to peel an apple."
Xu Cang laughed dryly twice and did not respond.
Then, the security inspector grabbed the scabbard handle and gently pulled it, and the blade emitting cold light immediately appeared in front of the security inspector. The security inspector, who had a slight smile on his face a second ago, seemed to be greatly frightened when he saw the blade, and threw the knife to the ground as if he had been electrocuted.
The sound of the knife falling to the ground attracted the attention of other crew members and security staff, while Xu Cang looked at the security staff in confusion and asked, "What's wrong?"
The security officer wiped his face, his expression gradually darkening: "There is a blood groove on the blade of your knife!"
"What did you say?" Xu Cang screamed in shock: "How could there be a blood groove? Impossible!"
Xu Cang walked over the X-ray machine in disbelief and picked up the knife that had fallen to the ground. He saw with his own eyes that there was indeed a blood groove on each side of the knife blade . Since he received the old man's knife last night, he had not used it. At that time, he thought it was just a simple knife and never thought it had a blood groove.
"What's wrong?" Mo Shangyun saw that something was wrong with Xu Cang, so he walked back and asked what was going on.
The security officer's smile completely disappeared. He glanced at the four bars on Mo Shangyun's shoulders and asked in a cold voice, "Are you the captain?"
"Yes, I am the captain on duty. What's wrong?" Mo Shangyun didn't hear the word "blood groove" just now, so he didn't understand what went wrong.
The security officer snatched the knife from Xu Cang, who was still immersed in shock, and showed it to Mo Shangyun, saying solemnly: "Look, there are blood grooves on this knife, it is very likely to be a controlled knife."
Once the knife has a blood groove, the length no longer has any meaning. It is a regulated knife with obvious lethality.
Mo Shangyun's face changed drastically, but he still pretended to be calm: "We don't want this thing."
The security officer shook his head: "It's not a question of whether to leave or not. You can't leave for the time being."
As he spoke, the security officer pointed at Xu Cang and said, "We will notify the airport police station. He needs to go there for questioning. Captain, I think you need to go there too."
