Dusk, suburbs.
Two men, two horses.
"I'll send it here." After leaving the city and walking several miles, Jiang Muchan stopped.
Hearing this, Gong Jingyi immediately pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, and looked at Jiang Muchan: "Brother Jiang..." At this moment, he hesitated to speak, "Previously I... said to the Hunyuan Star Gate I have offended many of you..."
"Hey~" Jiang Muchan knew what he was going to say, so she interrupted, "It's all over, don't mention it anymore."
He's right.
We are all children of the world, and there are many things we don’t need to say out loud. We just need to understand them in our hearts.
Moreover, on the way out of the city, Gong Jingyi had already asked Jiang Muchan why he wanted to help him. Jiang Muchan also truthfully told Gong Jingyi that he was just repaying his kindness to Master Gong on behalf of his master, and what he actually did was just "help him." One handful, and you get a ride." It's all a matter of effort.
"By the way, in your luggage, in addition to the luggage stuffed by Brother Sun, there is also a small bottle of elixir prepared by Brother Huang himself. If you take one pill every day, your injury will heal faster." Before leaving, Jiang Mu said Cicada reminded again, "It's up to you how you go in the future. We have a path in the world, and we will meet again if we are destined."
After saying that, he said goodbye to Gong Jingyi with fists clasped in his arms, pulled the horse's head and went back to the city.
At this point, for Jiang Muchan, it was the end of her promise to her master.
As for Gong Jingyi, who is already alone, just as Xiao Jiang said, where he goes from now on depends entirely on his own ambition.
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The words are divided into two parts.
It was night at the residence where the Zhenyun Gang was stationed.
"Two good nephews, let's see each other now." Seeing the pile of "small profits" sent to the door by Shuangxie, Zu Tingfeng was a little at a loss.
"Uncle Shi is being polite. This is just a little thought of us juniors. We should respect our elders. Besides..." Huang Donglai said this, his tone changed slightly, "This is also what my father meant... I hope Shi Bomo will refuse again."
"Well..." Zu Tingfeng groaned and nodded, "Okay, then Zu will accept the kindness of Brother Huang and my nephew."
"Haha... easy to say, easy to say." Huang Donglai saw the other party saying, and he also showed a hypocritical smile.
After Zu Tingfeng sent someone to bring the gifts down to the hall and served tea, the two sides exchanged a few words.
After a while, Zu Tingfeng felt that the atmosphere was good, so he said in a joking tone at the right time: "Two worthy nephews, you two... are not easy to invite. Zu Tingfeng wanted to help you before but couldn't do it. No. I thought you would come to the door by yourself today."
"Uh... haha..." Huang Donglai knew that Zu Tingfeng's words meant to blame, so he immediately smiled and said, "Shibo is laughing at this. We were brought in by the government to investigate this 'leading case'... Say something. It's unpleasant, it's like being roasted on a fire.
"If we go to your house as soon as we come to Guangzhou, then given the relationship between the Huang family and the Zhenyun Gang... if there is an outsider who can talk but not listen, it will be detrimental to you, right?
"Therefore, in order to avoid suspicion, we can only distance ourselves from you.
"Now that the matter has been settled, we no longer need to avoid it, so Xiao Ke and Brother Sun came to ask for forgiveness."
What Huang Donglai said was half true and half false. To put it bluntly, it was just an excuse, but logically speaking, it made sense.
The key is that these words coincide with some of the conclusions that Zu Tingfeng had deduced on the night he "invited the gods"...
Can the ancestral gang leader still not believe it?
Everyone has this problem. When someone else says something that is consistent with your previous guess, you will have a sense of accomplishment that you are "right", and you will be very willing to believe... that person said It's right.
"Hahaha..." So Zu Tingfeng was also happy at that time, "What are you talking about, nephew? You two are thinking about me, why are you guilty? Zu is just joking, come here... have tea , drink tea.”
With his response, the matter was settled.
For a quarter of an hour after that, the two parties had a lively conversation, and Sun Yixie also took the opportunity to flatter the ancestral gang leader a few times. This was considered to be a "good relationship" with the other party, and they might be able to use each other in the future.
After a while, Huang Donglai saw that the time was ripe, and finally brought the topic to the real thing: "Uncle Shibo, today... in fact, in addition to sending gifts and greetings, I also have the handwriting of Father Feng here..." He said as he said , while already putting his hand into his arms, "Before I left, the old man told me to hand it over to you personally."
"Oh?" Zu Tingfeng heard this, and although he had a relaxed and casual expression on his face, he knew in his heart that this was Huang Donglai's real purpose.
The two of them were sitting not too far apart. After taking a breath, Zu Tingfeng reached out and took the envelope from Huang Donglai, opened it and read it.
While he was reading the letter, Sun and Huang also looked at him with their peripheral vision, observing the changes in his expression.
"Well..." Zu Tingfeng quickly finished reading the letter, looked back at Huang Donglai calmly, and asked, "Xiannephew, do you know the content of this letter?"
"Dong Lai has never read the letter, but my father told me the general meaning of the letter before I left." Huang Dong Lai answered fluently, without any flaws, "In short..." He paused and smiled at Zu Tingfeng. Laughing, he lowered his voice and said, "Everything remains the same..."
"Hehehe..." At this point, Zu Tingfeng also smiled knowingly, "Yes, Zu means the same thing... everything remains as usual..."
What are they talking about now?
The trouble is that the Huang family and the Zhenyun Gang cooperated in the private salt business.
As for whether he had read the letters, Huang Donglai lied - in fact, he had read the letters, and he had read more than one...
A month ago, when he first received the news of Long Tou's death, Mr. Huang wrote three letters overnight, all written in front of Huang Donglai. While writing, he even reviewed several versions of the words with his son on the spot. .
In other words... they made three preparations.
If Zu Tingfeng chooses the leader, then Huang Donglai will show him the first letter and make some concessions on the terms of cooperation; if Zu Tingfeng does not choose the leader, then Huang Donglai will show him the second letter, That is to say, the main theme of this letter is "business as usual".
And if Zu Tingfeng is confirmed to be the murderer of Master Gong, then Huang Donglai will produce the third letter... Of course, this third letter is not for Zu Tingfeng to read, but for Zu Tingfeng's successor. The one who listened to the wind saw it.
It doesn't matter even if Zu Tingfeng dies, it will be the same if the Huang family cooperates with the new leader of the Zhenyun Gang.
In the final analysis, those of you who engage in private salt trading are nothing more than gang leaders, and the local snake "Shu Zhong Huangmen" who owns nearly 30% of Fushun's salt resources is the iron-clad boss.
How to send these three letters and confirm the future division of interests in this business is the main purpose of Huang Dong's trip to Guangzhou.
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The words were divided into three parts, also on this night...
When the night was getting dark, Ah B returned home.
Ah Ba had a very tiring day today, but he felt it was worth it.
Da Da has now been imprisoned by him, and everyone thinks that Da Da killed Deng Bo and took the dragon head stick.
Let the government take their time to interrogate him. They won't be able to come up with anything anyway. And precisely because they can't come up with anything, after the interrogation, even if this person can still come out alive, he will probably be turned into a useless person.
Although Yutou Biao is in the leading position, he does not have the leading stick in his hand, which is a hidden danger after all. In addition, his original strength is not stable enough, so this matter can still turn around.
When the time is right, Ah Ba will take out the things as the "hero who recaptures the dragon head stick". By then, even if he cannot become the dragon leader, he can at least use the stick to negotiate terms with Yu Toubiao and become the leader of the Dragon Gate Gang. .
Thinking of this, Ah Ba admired himself a little...
Therefore, he was in a very good mood tonight and planned to see his son first and then go to rest.
People are complicated. Although Lin Huaiyi is not a good person outside, he is a good husband and father at home.
His wife died early, leaving only one son. After many years, Ah Bin did not remarry and was very concerned about his son.
Ah Ba never thought about letting his son follow his own path, but hired a good teacher for his son to teach him how to read and write, hoping to help him obtain fame.
This year, his son is also thirteen or fourteen years old.
No matter how tired he is from running around outside every day, as long as he can go home and sleep, he will definitely go to the study room to see his son who is reading at night before going to bed, and chat with him more or less.
Tonight, too.
Aben's mansion was not small. Accompanied by a servant carrying a lantern (actually his younger brother, because he had no title and could not hire servants), he walked through two courtyards before arriving at the study.
In the past, as the head of the family, A-Bin didn't often knock on the door when entering his son's room. He just opened the door and entered.
But today, when he walked to the door, he suddenly stopped.
Because when he stood there, he suddenly smelled... a slight smell of blood seemed to come out of the crack in the door.
At this moment, Ah Ba's mind was completely confused.
He is a very calm and cruel person, and he is also a person who is used to seeing blood.
But when he realized that something might have happened to his son, he fell into panic like an ordinary person.
It should be explained here that Agen's mansion does not have no caretakers, but those people are not very powerful and can at best guard against ordinary thieves.
Of course, generally speaking, this is enough.
Because both in the green forest and in the martial arts world, there is a rule that "no harm will come to the family." Unless that family belongs to a "family business" and all members of the family are members of the martial arts/green forest, otherwise those who break this rule will be condemned by the world. Disdainful.
As for Aben's son, he is obviously not a man from the green forest. He is just an ordinary young man who has studied for a few years. If he takes action against him, it will definitely be regarded as "bringing disaster to the family."
Ah Ba also never expected that someone else would actually do something like this to him that even he couldn't do.
Two seconds later, Ah Ba pushed open the study door in front of him with trembling hands in a panic.
As a result, no miracle happened.
What caught his eyes was the cruel reality.
His son had fallen on the desk, in a pool of blood, and had already stopped breathing.
Ah Ba's eyes widened, and his first reaction was to turn around suddenly and try to call someone.
But when he turned back, what he saw was another terrifying sight - a "headless man" holding a lantern, standing behind him.
A person without a head cannot live or stand.
Therefore, Ah Gen's younger brother did not stand for too long.
He was able to stand there headless for a few seconds simply because the person who chopped off his head struck very quickly...
And the next target of this person who strikes very quickly is Ah Gen.
scold--
Just when Ah Feng was about to scream, his right shoulder was suddenly grabbed by someone, and then a cold blade penetrated into Ah Fang's abdomen, choking his cry again. .
These few seconds seemed extremely long to A-Bai.
He felt cold.
The coldness of being embraced by death.
In a daze, he couldn't tell... whether it was his heartache or his churning intestines that hurt more.
At this moment, the murderer's face was clearly reflected in A-Bin's pupils.
"You..." Ah Ba looked at the person in front of him, regret and despair welling up in his heart.
"Young Master Ren, do you still remember me, Liu Huaqiang?" Liu Huaqiang looked at Ah Ren with an indifferent expression, and said slowly in a sarcastic tone, "Brother, I'm here to repay you for your kindness in taking me in."
Ah, I am speechless.
The retribution before him was undoubtedly one of the sins he had committed.
When Ah Bin was vying for the top spot and wooing Liu Huaqiang, the "Hengzhou people massacre", he should have thought of this day.
From Liu Huaqiang's point of view, whether it was "getting a certificate of investment" or fighting in a restaurant, he did his best and never felt sorry for Ah Gen. However, when he was captured alive by Bai Zhulong, Ah Gen did not hesitate. So he was sold.
If this revenge is not avenged, can he still be called Liu Huaqiang?
Not only did he want to take revenge on A-Bin, he also wanted to do it in the most painful way to the other party.
So, there was this scene in front of me...
In fact, with Liu Huaqiang's martial arts skills, if he wanted to sneak attack and kill Ah Bin, one knife would be enough.
It’s just that he felt that decapitating the other party with one knife was too advantageous. He couldn’t let the other party die before he understood what was going on - he just wanted the other party to witness the tragic death of his only relative first, and then slowly feel what it means to " The liver and intestines are broken." Finally, he breathed his last, and then he relieved his hatred.
As for A-Pin, he killed Uncle Deng, guarded thefts, and framed the blame... It can be said that he has exhausted all the mechanisms. He thought that after tonight, he would turn defeat into victory, and he would be able to achieve great things from now on. Unexpectedly, he died at this time and here... died. In the hands of a maniac with no regard for the consequences because of a personal vendetta.
This is——
There has always been a general cycle of destiny,
Retribution shows the difference between good and evil.
Believe that there is an original owner somewhere,
Why use mechanisms in life?
Of course, sometimes, destiny also needs to be driven by humans.
Perhaps Ah Ba's death was retribution, but apart from the karma he planted, Li Chongda, who released Liu Huaqiang from prison, was also indispensable...
