The early morning light shone on the windows of Ouyang's villa with a hint of cold silence.
Secretary Liao took off his gold-rimmed glasses and stopped reviewing documents. He lowered his head to look at his watch and then turned off the lamp in front of his desk. Then he stood up and walked to the window and "swiped" the curtains open.
The cold light also shone on a pair of cold eyes.
Today is the day of the meeting of the Four Gods. Jin Zhehu must have left Xuanwu with some people long ago. Secretary Liao looked out the window with half-squinted eyes. He soon discovered that some Xuanwu thugs were approaching the annex.
"It's so early in the morning and it doesn't make people worry."
As he spoke, Secretary Liao pulled the curtain back again.
He quickly turned around and walked towards the door, and at the same time took out his mobile phone and made a call, but the signal was busy for a long time and no one answered.
"President, he is really..."
Secretary Liao frowned irritably. He put his phone in his pocket and hurriedly walked towards the yard where Ouyang Zao was resting.
For some reason, most of the servants in the annex were missing. Secretary Liao was afraid that what he had been worried about would happen today. He walked with a breeze, but when he arrived at Ouyang Zao's room, the maid tried her best to stop him from entering.
"I want to see the president, why are you stopping me?"
Secretary Liao had no choice but to calm down and ask about the situation.
The maid's eyes glanced to one side, her head lowered and she hesitated to speak. The sound of the clock echoed throughout the corridor, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.
Secretary Liao looked down at the maid, "I'm asking you, you are talking. Did the president tell you? What is he trying to hide from me?"
Secretary Liao said that the maid was still silent, so he took advantage of the maid's carelessness to open the door and enter Ouyang Zao's house.
"Secretary Liao!"
The maid was startled when she saw Secretary Liao pushing open the door and breaking in, but it was too late when she tried to stop her.
Secretary Liao glanced at the room. Although the room was tidy, it was illuminated by the cold sunlight and felt lonely. This feeling of loneliness was just as he thought, and there was indeed no figure of Ouyang Zao in the room.
Secretary Liao could only sigh. Then he turned to the maid and asked, "Did the president tell you where he is going today?"
"President... President, he didn't say..." The female servant lowered her head and rubbed her hands slightly, looking panicked.
Secretary Liao used his hands to relax his frown, "Did he not say it, or did he not want you to tell me? To be honest, it's for the best of everyone."
The maid knows Secretary Liao's character, and she also knows that Secretary Liao is thinking about the president's personal safety. After thinking for a while, you finally said it, "President, he said he wanted to go to the cemetery to pay his respects..."
"To the cemetery..." Secretary Liao looked at his watch again, "When did he leave?"
The maid recalled, "It must have been about four o'clock in the morning..."
Secretary Liao pricked his mouth in annoyance. He waved his hands and turned around and walked out of the annex, "I'm really convinced by him!"
"Secretary Liao!" The maid wanted to beg Secretary Liao not to tell the president that she was the one who said it, but Secretary Liao left so quickly that the maid didn't find a chance to say it.
Just as Secretary Liao walked out of the annex door, someone fired a shot. The bullet penetrated the wooden door of the annex. Secretary Liao's first reaction was to hide.
"These guys are really here for the president. It seems they don't know that the president is not in the annex..."
Secretary Liao leaned against the wall and looked out tentatively. When the Xuanwu thugs outside the annex saw the figure, they started shooting unscrupulously.
Secretary Liao estimated that there were seven or eight people attacking him now. The actual number of people who came should be higher than expected. As for how high it is, Secretary Liao is not sure yet.
Naturally, it is not a good idea to block the door all the time. This will ultimately make it easier to defend and harder to attack. If you don't choose to attack this group of people, you will die here sooner or later from exhaustion.
Secretary Liao pulled his tie and took off his coat. He balled the coat together and threw it out the door. The dark green suit jacket was turned into a hornet's nest before it even hit the ground. Secretary Liao also took advantage of this moment and ran back to the annex.
"Why did he run in?"
"Why are you still standing there? Go in and chase!"
"Oh, let me go, what are you afraid of in this kind of thing! They don't have guns."
Several people from Xuanwu discussed and walked to the annex. At the same time, Secretary Liao had already ran back to Ouyang Zao's room.
The maid's eyes lit up when she saw Secretary Liao running back. She hurried forward and asked expectantly, "Secretary Liao, why are you back? The president said..."
Before the maid could finish speaking, Secretary Liao spoke in his cold voice, "Something is going on outside now. Go find other servants and hide."
The maid blinked in confusion. She noticed something was wrong when she looked at Secretary Liao's messy hair and crooked tie, "What happened?"
Secretary Liao raised his hand to untie his cufflinks. He rolled up his sleeves and said, "Don't ask, people are coming soon. Go and tell others to hide! Don't come out until I tell you."
"Yes..." The maid broke into a cold sweat in panic, and she quickly turned around and left.
Secretary Liao pulled off the tie and held it in his hand. He stretched his muscles and waited for his prey to arrive.
The footsteps of the Xuanwu thugs gradually came closer, and Secretary Liao also leaned against the wall and moved closer to the source of the footsteps.
Just when the Xuanwu thug who led the way into the annex saw Secretary Liao's figure, Secretary Liao disappeared in front of him in the blink of an eye. By the time the thug reacted, his neck had been strangled by the tie, and he was being thrown backwards by a force.
Just hearing a heavy impact, the Xuanwu thug was thrown to the ground. The other people who followed in had just drawn their guns and were about to deal with Secretary Liao, but Secretary Liao had already snatched the gun from the fallen thug and fired at the following people.
In the blink of an eye, the seven or eight people who broke into the annex were all beaten to the ground by Secretary Liao.
After Secretary Liao arranged his shirts, he began to look for useful things on the fallen people.
"A bunch of worthless things. You dare to act on your own without first investigating who your opponent is? What a joke. I'm getting old too. It took me only a short time to defeat seven or eight people."
Secretary Liao assembled the bullets smoothly, and then walked towards the door.
People outside the annex heard the gunshots. They thought Secretary Liao and the president were dead, but Secretary Liao came to them with two guns in hand.
"Boys! If you don't want to die, just lie down!"
Secretary Liao's back was relaxed, and his eyes were no longer cold but became very angry. He smiled more and more wildly while firing the gun, completely different from his usual strict and tidy appearance.
After firing a bunch of bullets, he changed his gun and continued to output quickly, leaving no room for his opponents to counterattack.
(End of chapter)
