What surprised Su Le and Zhang Pengfei was that the place where they saw Yao Qing turned out to be the special care ward of the hospital. Lying on the white sheets was a thin old man. The old man was wearing a respirator, his face was yellow, and his hair had fallen out.
The two sunken eyes look particularly huge on the narrow face.
Su Le's first feeling was that they might have found the wrong person, because the photo of Yao Qing they got was of a fat, bald man. The fat man's eyes were bright, his face was fleshy, and he looked like a standard gangster brother. It was different from the one in front of him.
The contrast between the old man who has reached the end of his life and is lying on the hospital bed is really too great.
The nurse brought two stools over for Su Le and Zhang Pengfei to sit down, and told them not to arouse the patient's emotions, not to talk for too long, and to call someone as soon as possible if something happened, and then left the room.
"Haha, I really didn't expect that the police would come to see me at this time." Yao Qing said in a slow and weak voice.
Su Le and Zhang Pengfei were not wearing police uniforms today. They were particularly interested in Yao Qing recognizing him as a police officer at a glance, so they continued what Yao Qing said:
"Master Yao has such a good sense!"
"I have been dealing with the police all my life, and I still can't recognize who the police are."
Su Le thought about it. People with his experience should have the most thorough research on the police, so he no longer dwelled on this topic:
"Master Yao, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling better?"
"Liver cancer is in the advanced stage and will never be cured." A smile appeared on Yao Qing's lips.
"I think you look pretty good."
"It's okay now. If you need anything, just tell me."
"We are here today to ask about the Gekko Organization."
"Ah, you are asking this." Yao Qing had a complicated expression on his face. He closed his eyes for a while and then opened them again and said:
"Did something happen to He Duo?"
"Master Yao is really good at predicting things. It was He Duo who told me that he got to know people from the Gecko Organization through you." Su Le said with admiration.
"It's nothing. I only told He Duo about the gecko."
"Master Yao, can you tell us what's going on?"
Yao Qing closed his eyes again and opened them after a long time:
"Are you looking for that person?"
"yes."
"I haven't seen him in 17 years, and I don't even know if he is still alive in the world. He is my brother, and I can't help you find him." Yao Qing replied calmly.
"We don't ask you to help us find him, just tell us his story."
"I'm very happy that you want to listen to me, a dying person, tell stories. If you don't mind my verbosity, I'll tell you." A smile appeared on Yao Qing's face.
His name was Qin Lixuan. Later I didn’t know what his name was, and he didn’t tell me. I always called him Xiaoxuan.
I was 15 years old that year and had just graduated from junior high school. At that time, it was popular to go to the mountains and countryside, and young people were called on to go to the countryside. I had no father or mother and lived with my grandparents. My grandparents were getting older and needed my care, so they also had to go to the mountains and countryside.
Not me. How can I take care of my grandparents? I just play outside all day long.
At that time, our leader was called Brother Dao. He also stayed in the city because he only had one child at home and did not meet the requirements for going to the mountains and countryside. There was no work to do in the city, so he just played, fought, stole, and molested all day long.
little girl.
Once, I followed Brother Dao to play in Nancheng. When I saw a very beautiful girl, Brother Dao came up to talk to me. After a few words, two gangsters from Nancheng came and met the little girl.
When they came up, they said we were teasing other girls, so they pulled the little girl and wanted to leave.
Brother Dao, how can we recognize this? The four of us started fighting against two of them. While we were fighting, more than a dozen young brothers came out of the alley and surrounded us with a roar. We saw that the situation was not good.
I ran as fast as I could. Although I ran fast, I still hit a few bricks on my head. The blood flowed down my neck and all the way to my ankles. I ran and ran. I don’t know how long I ran.
When he reached a big tree, he fell to the ground.
When I woke up, I saw a child sitting next to me, wearing a dress with only one sleeve. I touched my head and found that the child had torn off one of his sleeves and bandaged my head.
.I lost a lot of blood and was very weak. The child supported me with his thin body and walked home step by step.
This child was Qin Lixuan. He was 10 years old that year. When he got home, he told me that his home was in the distant Qin Village of Northwest Province. His mother died when he was born, and his father also died of illness some time ago. His only relative
His uncle brought him here, but his aunt kicked him out of the house. He was homeless and could only live on the streets.
I begged my grandparents to keep him, and he became my brother.
Qin Lixuan and I lived together for five years. During these five years, we ate together, slept together, and played together. He never went to school, but he was very smart. I taught him literacy, reading, and arithmetic. Five years later, I graduated from junior high school.
He memorizes all the textbooks by heart. I regard him as my own brother and do not allow him to learn bad things like me. When I go out to do bad things, I never take him with me.
When I was taken away by my neighbors when I was 20 years old, he fought with them like crazy and chased me to the police station. At that time, the police thought he was the one who made the mistake and not me. I still clearly remember how many times he was beaten.
He was being carried home by a neighbor. With tears on his face, he struggled in the neighbor's arms and shouted "Brother Qing" loudly.
When I came out four years later, my grandparents were gone, and so was my younger brother. I heard that my younger brother buried my grandparents with the help of neighbors. When he left, he left me a note at home: Brother Qing,
I'm leaving. I'll come back to you when I'm done. It was 1972 when he left, when he was 17 years old. It was two years later that I saw the note, which was covered with
A thick layer of dust.
It was already 1990 when I saw him again. I was released from prison for the third time and opened the first song and dance hall in Zhongjiang City. That day he wore a high-end suit and came to the song and dance hall to find me. We hadn’t seen each other in 20 years.
I didn't recognize him at all, but he woke me up by saying "Brother Qing". Looking at him who was a head taller than me and well built, I called out tentatively:
"Are you Xiaoxuan?"
"It's me, Brother Qing."
We hugged each other and I shed tears. I remember it was the second time in my life that I shed tears. The first time was when my parents died.
He came back for three days that time. He became taciturn and no longer talked as much as he did when he was a child. The night he first came back, we went to drink on the rooftop of the dance hall and I asked him:
"Where have you been all these years?"
“I went to many places, both at home and abroad.”
"Then what do you do now?"
"Do everything."
"How about you come back and we can do it together?"
"I can't stay in one place for long."
"Are you married?"
He showed me a photo of his wife and children. His wife was very beautiful, and he looked like a boy about 10 years old, just like the first time I saw him.
The day after he came back, a group of troublemakers came to the song and dance hall. The leader was an old enemy of mine, nicknamed "Crazy Dragon". He also opened a song and dance hall, and there was a competitive relationship between us. That day he started from
Three killers were hired from other places, and they seemed to be from the south, the kind who dared to attack.
At the beginning, Xiaoxuan was sleeping upstairs and did not come downstairs. One of the three killers, a big man, threatened to challenge our people to a duel, saying that if anyone could defeat him, they would leave immediately.
Five people came up to me in a row, all of them were good at kung fu and were very good at fighting. However, they were beaten to the ground after just one encounter in front of the big man. Seeing that no one on my side could beat them, Kuanglong shouted
I took the people out and handed over the dance hall to him. I was about to ask the brothers to go up and fight together, when Xiaoxuan called out on the stairs:
"I'll try."
The big man won five games in a row and didn't pay attention to Xiao Xuan at all. He held his hands in front of his chest and waited for Xiao Xuan to make a move with a smile. I didn't see clearly how Xiao Xuan made the move. The big man was lying on the ground.
The big man fell to the ground. The big man became angry, got up and stared at Xiaoxuan fiercely and said:
"You're looking for fucking death!"
Xiaoxuan was also like the big man, holding his arms and smiling.
The big man rushed forward and threw a straight punch first. Xiao Xuan raised his hand to grab the big man's fist, but unexpectedly the straight punch was retracted halfway. Then the big man threw an uppercut straight to Xiao Xuan's chin, and Xiao Xuan ducked sideways.
Open, he took the big man's arm with his hand and made the big man take a step forward. Then Xiaoxuan suddenly jumped up and whipped his leg sideways, kicking the big man firmly on the back of the head. The big man didn't even grunt.
He lay on the ground and passed out.
When the other two killers saw the big man falling to the ground, they immediately took out two pistols from their waists, pressed them against Xiao Xuan's head from one left and one right, and shouted:
"Don't move, I'll beat you to death if you move again."
Xiaoxuan stood still, slowly raising his hands, as if to surrender. I saw his eyes roll and glanced to both sides. Then Xiaoxuan ducked back, avoiding the muzzle of the gun, and raised his hands
Lifting up, he grabbed the wrists of the killers on both sides and pulled them forward. The two killers fell to the ground, and the two pistols fell into Xiaoxuan's hands.
All this happened in the blink of an eye, and no one at the scene reacted. Xiaoxuan had already pointed two guns at the stunned dragon.
"Take your people and get out immediately!" Xiaoxuan's voice sounded like it was coming from hell, making people shudder.
Under Xiaoxuan's domineering momentum, Kuanglong's men lifted the injured on the ground and walked away in embarrassment.
When I saw Xiaoxuan's skills, I was both happy and scared. I knew that the work Xiaoxuan was doing was definitely not ordinary work. My original hope that Xiaoxuan would take the right path was completely shattered at that time.
Xiaoxuan left the next day. When he left, he told me to leave all my brothers in the dance hall that night and asked me to sit in the dance hall all night. I guessed what he wanted to do at that time
, but looking at his cold face, I didn't dare to ask.
Early the next morning, I heard that Kuanglong had been killed. Later, I heard that the three killers from the south had also been killed in another city.
Xiaoxuan's performance helped me a lot that time. From then on, no one dared to cause trouble for me on Zhongjiang Road. Everyone knew that I had a brother who was highly skilled in martial arts and ruthless.