After Xu Shi left Qin San, he went straight back to Shanshui Lanyuan.
After the car arrived at the underground parking lot, Xu Shi sat in the car and did not get out of the car. He closed his eyes, leaned on the seat, and suddenly his shoulders slumped.
He did have a lot of lives on his hands, but those people died unjustly, and Xu Shi didn't have any psychological burden. But Xiao Rui is different.
He is a policeman, an undercover agent.
Although the term "police" does not mean good or noble people in Xu Shi's mind, he also has to admit that those who dare to abandon everything, including the names given by their parents, and take risks to work undercover in criminal gangs, are indeed Worthy of respect.
But just such a person died in his hands.
Moreover, Xiao Rui was still so young, he was only in his early twenties. This was supposed to be the most youthful and wanton age, but he died in his hands like this.
Xu Shi took out his cigarette, lit it, and took a long puff. Half of the cigarette instantly turned into ashes.
The strong smell of nicotine rushed into his throat, making him choke. He lowered his head and coughed violently.
After a while, he stopped. He raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, feeling a little moister. He glanced at it and laughed.
How ridiculous! He thought, what is this? The tear of crocodile?
Although, even if he chose Xiao Rui, Long Dao couldn't really let Xiao Rui leave alive, but after all, it was him who did it, and the purpose was very clear, to protect himself and prove himself.
So, what right did he have to cry?
Xu Shi leaned back on the chair, held the cigarette butt between his fingers, and crushed it out. The sharp burning sensation made him calm down quickly.
After a while, he got out of the car, looking like his usual Xu Shi, cold yet powerful.
At six o'clock in the evening, Qin San came to Shanshui Lanyuan to pick up Xu Shi on time.
Xu Shi wore a black jacket and got into Qin San's business car.
Lal was driving.
Seeing Xu Shi coming in, he turned around and greeted him: "Brother Dongyang!"
Xu Shi nodded to him, and then sat down on the seat next to Qin San.
As soon as he sat down, Qin San glanced at his clothes, frowned slightly, and immediately said: "Brother, I will take you to order some suits later. For some occasions, it is not appropriate to wear too casual clothes!"
Xu Shi tugged on his jacket, leaned into the specially customized airline seat in a comfortable position, and then replied: "There is nothing inappropriate. If there is any situation, if you need to take action, these clothes are more suitable." convenient!"
Qin San glanced at Xu Shi. Although the expression on his face looked almost the same as usual, Qin San could still tell that Xu Shi was in a bad mood at the moment.
Normally, although Xu Shi was basically stoic towards him, on some insignificant matters, Xu Shi would mostly follow him and would not refute or refuse.
But just now Xu Shi rejected him on a small matter.
Obviously, Xu Shi's mood was so bad that he was reluctant to even try to deal with Qin San verbally.
But this is normal. If it were Qin San, if what happened today happened, he would probably not be able to see any good color on his face for the next month.
Qin San was still sensible. Although he was refuted by Xu Shi, he did not dare to take it seriously. After smiling, he exposed the matter.
After the car started, Xu Shi asked Qin San: "Who are you going to see today?"
Qin San didn't continue to lie, and replied: "Sister Lian, the boss of the Red Sword Club."
Red Knife Club?
After Xu Shi was stunned, some information about the Red Sword Society immediately came to his mind.
There are many large and small forces in Tao County, but there are only two most stable ones. One is naturally the Tower Gang and the other is the Red Sword Society. Other forces that start today and disappear tomorrow will basically not last long. Only these two are the longest lasting ones at present.
However, unlike the Tower Gang, the Red Sword Society is not keen on expanding its power. They have always firmly guarded their territory and kept a low profile.
Among the documents Xu Shi had obtained before, there was a lot of information about Sister Lian, the boss of the Red Sword Society.
This Sister Lian, whose real name was Xu Xiulian, was the mistress of a certain big boss more than ten years ago. Later, the big boss fell. Xu Xiulian made a fortune and disappeared. Her traces were not found again until five or six years later. Well, it was because of the sudden appearance of the Red Sword Society in Tao County. When the superiors investigated the Red Sword Society, they discovered that the leader of the Red Sword Society was a woman and an 'acquaintance'!
However, the matter between Xu Xiulian and the fallen boss has long been settled due to various reasons. However, the Red Sword Society, under Xu Xiulian, behaved very low-key and cautiously, making it impossible for anyone to grasp anything. As time went by, when the superiors saw that the Red Sword Society would not expand and were only guarding their one-third of an acre of land, they no longer paid attention to it and instead focused on the Tagong.
At that time, Xu Shi had only one feeling after reading this information, and that was that Xu Xiulian was a powerful person. Or maybe there is a powerful person hiding behind her.
After Xu Shi briefly reviewed the information in his mind, he glanced at Qin San.
The Ta Gang and the Red Sword Society have coexisted in Tao County for many years, and there were some frictions in the early years. However, although the Red Sword Society seems to be at a disadvantage, in fact, the Ta Gang has never been able to take the Red Sword Society. The coexistence of well water and river water is maintained.
So why did Qin San suddenly go to see Xu Xiulian today?
This doubt swirled in Xu Shi's mind and then suppressed.
After the car left Shanshui Lanyuan, it drove all the way out of the city. After arriving outside the city, we headed south again.
After driving for about an hour, a manor appeared in the wilderness ahead. The manor is so big that you can't even see the end of the wall at a glance.
The gate of the manor was an electric gate with surveillance installed. When their car drove to the gate, Lal lowered the window, stuck his head out and glanced at the camera, and then the gate opened.
Obviously, this is not the first time Qin San has been here.
Xu Shi observed all this calmly.
Entering the gate, there is a long gravel road with plane trees planted on both sides. The old sycamore trees, with their branches spread out and claws, almost covered the entire sky.
Today, in the weather at the end of March, there are already green buds on the branches of the sycamore trees. Dots of green dotted among the gray sycamores that blocked the sky, and the original sense of desolation suddenly became full of vitality.
It's like a dead tree is springing up, and it's like a green rose blooming in the wilderness.
The gravel road is very long, probably more than a kilometer.
The car drove all the way to the end, where there was a large European-style fountain. In the center of the fountain, the lifelike statue of a naked woman has her eyes closed, facing the direction of the gate, her expression full of aloof compassion.
After bypassing the fountain, there are steps. The car could no longer pass, so Lal stopped the car. There was someone waiting at the top of the steps. When they saw the car stopped, they immediately came down to help open the door.
Going up the steps is a European-style garden.
The garden, which has just experienced a severe cold winter, still has a lot of green and even flowers. Clusters of colorful flowers are dotted in every casual corner, seemingly random and carefully designed, which makes people's eyes bright and can't help but feel happy.
Xu Shi walked beside Qin San and glanced over her. He couldn't help but feel a little more curious about Xu Xiulian.
Across the garden, there is another fountain, much smaller than the previous one. After passing the fountain, we went up three more steps, and then passed through a row of grape trellises before we finally arrived at the main house.
It's just different from the European style that came here. The main house is a two-story flat-roofed building with bright paint on the walls, full of local exotic customs.
The middle-aged man who led them over stopped at the door of the house: "Third Master, Sister Lian is waiting for you inside." As he said that, he turned his attention to Xu Shi and Laer again. The meaning was obvious. You can't go in.
When Qin San saw it, he smiled and pulled Xu Shi and said, "This is my brother. I mentioned it to Sister Lian."
After hearing this, the man glanced at Xu Shi again, and then his eyes paused on Xu Shi's waist: "You can't bring guns in!"
Qin San was a little surprised. He approached Xu Shi slightly and lowered his voice and asked, "You have a gun?"
Xu Shi didn't answer, but silently pulled out the pistol from his waist, then missed the man's outstretched hand, turned around and handed it to Lar's hand: "Put it away."
The man looked at Xu Shi and motioned for him to raise his hands. This gesture was to search him.
Xu Shi didn't move.
Qin San, who was next to him, also noticed it. He frowned and grimaced. Just as he was about to speak, a young woman suddenly walked out of the room. She was about twenty-five or sixty-six years old, wearing a green dress with ethnic characteristics. She has a graceful figure and a graceful face.
As soon as the woman came out, she waved her hand to signal the middle-aged man to leave first. Then, he looked at Qin San and said, "Third Master, don't take it to heart. The people under my command don't know how to adapt to things." After saying that, he opened the door and motioned for Qin San and Xu Shi to go in.
But when Qin San walked out of the woman, his eyes seemed to be glued to her. It wasn't until she finished speaking that he calmed down a little and walked inside with Xu Shi.
When I entered, I realized that the room was much larger than it looked from the outside.
Upon entering, there is a small living room, but the furnishings in this living room are simple and plain, and it is obviously not used for entertaining guests.
After the woman led the two people into the small living room, she stopped, took out two pairs of cloth shoe covers from the cabinet on the wall next to them, and handed them to Qin San and Xu Shi.
"Please put on your shoe covers," the woman said.
Qin San had been here several times and knew the rules, so he took it over and put on his shoes without hesitation. Xu Shi naturally had no reason to refuse.
After seeing the two of them dressed, the woman led them through the small living room and out through the arch on the other side. After walking through a corridor of several meters, the front suddenly opened up.
The sunken living room is more than sixty or seventy square meters. It's just that there isn't much furniture in such a spacious living room. A brightly colored wool rug with intricate patterns almost covers the entire living room. On the carpet, except for a few futons, there was almost nothing else superfluous. In front of the high floor-to-ceiling windows, there were several pots of carefully maintained green plants. Xu Shi couldn't recognize the species, but at first glance they were expensive.
"You two, sit down casually. I'll call Sister Lian right away." After the woman finished speaking, she smiled softly at the two of them, turned around and walked back.
Qin San chased her back and refused to look back until no one could see her.
"Who is she?" Xu Shi suddenly spoke, shocking Qin San and hurriedly looking away, as if he was a young man who had just begun to have an affair and was caught by an adult.
"The orphan adopted by Sister Lian is named Xu Wenxin." After Qin San calmed down, he said softly: "He is twenty-four years old this year and just graduated from college last year."
