Dusk, Deng Tianlin's residence.
Today, a group of guests came here.
Of course, although they were said to be a group, in fact, only one person actually entered the house - Da Da; while his younger brothers were all left outside to watch.
Although Da Dai is still injured and has basically no fighting ability, he still dares to be alone with Dumble, an obese old man who has difficulty even taking care of himself.
"Uncle Deng, do you really want those two outsiders... to use this inexplicable method to decide who will be the leader of our Green Forest Road?" Da Da opened his mouth and gave Shuang Hehehe the title of "outsider" for this competition. and the definition of “inexplicable,” which obviously comes with an opinion.
When Deng Tianlin heard this, he didn't even look at Da Da. He just lowered his eyelids and silently drank the tea on the table: "Da Da, I remember I said yesterday that this was a decision made by all our uncles after discussion. , I am not the only one who has the final say, besides... the 'adults' are also satisfied with this, don't you understand this?"
Naturally, Da Dai understood this answer as soon as he heard it. After understanding it, he naturally became angry...
He immediately cursed in his heart: "You old guys, there are usually five or six of you each, and you have taken advantage of all the benefits I gave you... But now that something has happened, you are afraid of the wolf." He is afraid of tigers, so he closes his eyes and throws away the blame... He is really a hooligan and pretending to be righteous!"
"Hmph..." After cursing in his heart, Da Dai still couldn't understand his hatred, and his mouth began to become less respectful, "Then according to this meaning, wouldn't it be the same with you and without you? Anyway, when the matter comes, one will work. nothing."
"What do you want to say?" Dumbledore's tone was still very calm. After all, he was a man who had seen strong winds and waves. He knew the virtues of young and Dangerous boys when they became angry.
"What do you think I want to say?" If Da Dai could move his arms at this moment, he would slap the table, but unfortunately he couldn't, so he could only shout loudly, "How many years have I followed Master Gong? Who in the entire Green Forest Road doesn't know who is around Longtou? The most exciting thing is that I am older? Why did I come out to vote this time? I just want to do something for the gang! Haven't I done enough? Give money to those who give money, and work hard to those who put in effort. They were exposed a while ago. I was the one who spent money to get the government to arrest them! But what about you? You usually talk about 'seniority' and 'rules', but now you are all pretending to be dead! Suddenly you want to hold some kind of competition, then Don’t choose anymore in the future, just change the competition! Why do we support uncles like you?"
Uncle Deng listened silently to his scolding. After he stopped, a few seconds passed before he continued: "Are you done? Are you happy?"
After Da Da vented his anger, he indeed calmed down a bit. Faced with Uncle Deng's question, he just gasped and did not respond; because he also realized that if he yelled at Uncle Deng here, even if he yelled at Po Tian, it would be useless. use.
"Dear you, let me tell you a few honest words." Uncle Deng continued, "We old guys also said this when we were young, like 'seniority', Those 'rules'... when you get old, you will talk about them too.
"People can say they are doing it for this or that, but in their hearts they are just doing it for themselves...
“It’s just that different people, in different positions and ages, use different rhetoric.
"You are here today and you are saying that you want to abolish all your uncles. What will you do when you become your uncles in a few years?
"Listen to Uncle Deng's advice, you can fight for the leading position, but no matter you win or lose, you must be honorable...
"Back then, Zu Tingfeng was far more powerful than you are now. Didn't he not compete with Gong Lianjun? So for this kind of thing... people decide to make things happen, and success depends on God. Don't force it."
After Deng Bo said these words sincerely, he put down his tea cup and looked at Da Dai, as if waiting for the other party to digest the information in his words.
Although Da Dai felt very unwilling, there was nothing he could do about it.
Originally, as Master Gong's right-hand man and the most powerful leader of the Longmen Gang, he should have been one of the most powerful contenders for the leader. But now, the "election system" has been changed to a "competition system", which has completely wiped out his advantage. Suddenly we were on the same starting line as others.
It's human nature for him to be angry.
But calm down and think about it, Dumble’s example is correct.
Back then, Zu Tingfeng was just like Da Dai, with more power than Mr. Gong, but he was not elected. But now, isn't he also the leader of the Green Forest Road and Overland Road?
Then why can't he take a step back if he is so big?
Even if he doesn't become the leader, as long as he does things decently, his position as the leader of the Longmen Gang is still guaranteed.
"Well..." Da Dai thought for a long time and then said, "Thank you Uncle Deng for the advice. I was very offended by my words just now. I hope..."
"Hey~ It doesn't matter." Uncle Deng interrupted Da Da's apology, and continued with a solemn expression, "I might as well tell you one more thing, although outsiders think you are arrogant, and Ah Ba is low-key and benevolent, but Uncle Deng, I You can see clearly who is using real money to do things and who is pretending to be benevolent and righteous... So if I can choose, then I will choose you."
This is actually nonsense. Where is the "if" in the world? What's the use of saying I'll choose you when it's already clear that there's no need to choose?
In addition, if you think about it more carefully, even if there is an "if" in the world, what Dumbledore said...must be true? Maybe this is also a hypocritical saying?
But when the big guys heard it, he was very moved. If he hadn't been unable to move his arms at this time, he would have at least made a bow with his fists.
To put it bluntly, for a young and Dangerous guy like him, most of the time he can only fight for one breath, and once his anger goes smoothly, everything else is easy to talk about.
So whether Dumbledore's words were true or false was no longer important to him.
Isn’t this what many of the disputes of will and the so-called “face” on the Tao are all about?
So, Da Dai, who had solved a knot in his heart, didn't stay too long and took his men back home to prepare for the game.
Uncle Deng originally thought that that would be the end of today's affairs. It was getting late and it was time to go out for a walk with the dog.
But unexpectedly... He had just taken the dog out and when he walked to the edge of a river embankment, another uninvited guest quietly appeared beside him.
This person's character is completely different from that of others. What he fights for is never for a breath, but for something more practical...
"Uncle Deng, come out to walk the dog." Ah Ba said hello to Uncle Deng with his usual false smile.
"Huh?" Uncle Deng turned his head when he heard the sound, and after seeing the other party, he said, "Oh, Ah, why are you here?"
"I went to your house and knocked on the door, but no one answered. I saw that the dog in the yard was not there, so I guessed that you were out walking the dog, so I walked around the neighborhood. Didn't I meet you?" His answer was logical and clear, as if he had been prepared for it.
"I'm not asking you this." But Dumbledore didn't dwell on the logical flaw in the other person's words. Instead, he continued, "I'm asking you, why did you come to me?"
"It's nothing, I just came to see Uncle Deng." Ah Ba smiled and said, "To see if you are in good health recently and if there is anything you want to buy at home..."
After hearing this, Uncle Deng sneered in his heart: People who usually wouldn't visit me once every few years started to care about me today.
"Oh... Ah, don't worry about it..." Uncle Deng stared at the puppy he was holding, and said in a persuasive tone, "Who is not greedy? I When I was young, I didn't just choose the leader all at once... When I lost, I also thought about making trouble, but my uncles told me that if you lose, you have to lose with honor... so that next time, someone else may come to choose. When you get old, you will be respected by others... Besides... you haven't lost yet; you must not do something shady out of impulse, or you will be dead."
"Ha... I understand." Ah Ba followed Dumbledore, matching his slow and shaky pace, listening as he walked. Hearing this, he smiled and nodded.
The next second he responded to this sentence, he suddenly burst into anger, snatched the dog leash from Dumbledore's hand, and kicked Dumbledore off the river embankment with a kick.
At this time, there is no one around, and this place is also a deserted place.
This is undoubtedly not a coincidence...
Obviously, Ah Fan has been eyeing Uncle Deng for a long time; when Da Da went to talk to Uncle Deng, Ah Pi was already monitoring from a distance. After Da Da and others left, he quietly followed the person who was walking the dog. Uncle Deng only showed up at the right time and place.
If Uncle Deng "knows how to flatter" and is willing to cooperate with Ah Fan under his overtures and mediate in the competition... or the selection of the leader, then Ah Fan will let him live. It's a pity, Deng Bo As soon as Bo opened his mouth, he blocked that possibility.
Deng Tianlin was smart all his life, but he was confused for a moment before he died - he didn't expect that even he would dare to kill Ah Wan.
"Woo - Wu -" Dumble's dog's first reaction was to cry twice when he saw his master falling down the river embankment.
Immediately afterwards, it wanted to call.
However, before it could cry out, Ah Wan picked it up with one hand, broke its neck, and then followed in the footsteps of its owner like a piece of trash.
…………
That night, the county government jailed him.
In one of the cells, there was a man meditating in the corner.
As a wanted criminal with excellent martial arts skills and a ruthless desperado, Liu Huaqiang can enjoy two "special treatments" in prison.
First, there are "single rooms" where you can live.
Second, they have to wear handcuffs and shackles all year round.
Of course, these two things do not hinder his luck in practicing Qigong.
Seeing this, some people may ask, what kind of kung fu can a dying person practice?
Damn, isn't he still dead?
That year, it was autumn, and it was only spring now. Theoretically, he could survive for half a year.
If there is any wedding or birthday event in the emperor's family in the past six months, and on a whim, a general amnesty comes to the world, won't he survive it?
To take a step back, even if there is no such small probability event as amnesty, it will be helpful for him to practice martial arts well in escaping from prison.
And speaking of this jailbreak...
Ta-ta-
Around midnight, footsteps suddenly sounded in the dark corridor outside the cell.
There are no lights in the depths of this prison at night. Only the officer who is responsible for keeping watch at the cell exit leaves a light.
Therefore, people who came into the cell to do business at night usually had to carry a lantern or ask the porter to borrow an oil lamp.
However, the owner of the footsteps at this moment did not bring those.
"Do you have a problem with me?" Liu Huaqiang asked when the man stopped outside Liu Huaqiang's cell.
The person outside the cell did not answer him, but silently threw something into the cell through the gap in the fence.
Even in an invisible environment, Liu Huaqiang could tell that what the other party threw was a set of keys - the keys on the cell guard's body.
Normally, as a prisoner, Liu Huaqiang should have rushed towards the key at this time, but he didn't...
"Who do you think I am? Do you think I can do this?" Liu Huaqiang just said coldly.
The reason why he didn't move was because he suspected that the other party was setting up a trap for him: as long as he took the key, unlocked the shackles, and walked out of the cell, countless sharp knives would attack him in the dark, and then the next day Someone pointed to the bodies of him and a government official and told the investigators a story about "the prisoner bribed the guards to try to escape, but was discovered and killed during the escape."
"Hmph..." The person outside the cell did not answer, but just snorted coldly.
This voice is very strange.
Liu Huaqiang couldn't tell who this was, at least not from just the cold snort.
After the man finished humming, he turned and left.
After that, Liu Huaqiang sat in the darkness and hesitated for a long time, and finally... he stretched out his hand towards the bunch of keys.
