The commercial vehicle that Li Huqiu and others were riding in was an anti-aircraft vehicle, customized in the United States, with a security level of heads of state. It was equipped with composite anti-armor, sophisticated navigation instruments were installed in the vehicle, and it was even equipped with an independent air circulation system to prevent biological and chemical weapons.
The air in the car is still kept pure under complex conditions. Even in the United States, only those at the Senate level are qualified to customize this car. Li Huqiu’s car comes from Niemoco.
Killing is not a contest of arms. A pack of explosives and decades of hard work can be used to kill people. Compared with the two, the former is obviously easier to possess.
Li Huqiu said that the young couple in the Passat behind them had explosives wrapped around their bodies. From the moment of the crash, they had been trying to create an opportunity for Li Huqiu and Zhang Yongbao to get out of the car at the same time. This was the first time for the woman to argue after the crash.
When walking towards Li Huqiu, one hand was hidden in his pocket. Li Huqiu noticed the direction of her blood flow, and the strength gathered in that hand. He held an object with four fingers, and the thumb had the strongest strength, but he kept controlling it.
Li Huqiu judged that it was a detonating device. The killer's movements were very covert, but they could only be hidden from the naked eye, but not from the mind of the thief king. The woman's noise was intended to intensify the matter, but Li Huqiu's good attitude resolved this
Opportunity. The Bloodstained Assassins regard their mission as their destiny. They are ordered to kill or injure two people, Li Huqiu and Zhang Yongbao. There is only one chance. When the male killer sees that Zhang Yongbao refuses to get out of the car, he can only use a coded signal to signal the female killer not to act rashly.
When the plan failed, another plan failed. The male killer asked Huqiu and the others to help with the car. This was another reasonable excuse, but Li Huqiu showed his skills and drove the Passat to the side of the road alone. So the man asked Li Huqiu to help him with the excuse that the car could not start.
Huqiu helped connect the electricity. This job was somewhat technical and required people with some mechanical knowledge. The male killer’s plan was that if he was not discovered, he could lure Zhang Yongbao out of the car to help connect the electricity. Unfortunately, Li Huqiu
Still not giving them this chance. Li Huqiu offered to help them tow the car to the city ahead. This plan failed again.
As soon as Li Huqiu said these things, the Ma sisters and Luo Xiaobao couldn't help but change their colors. They never thought that there were so many dangers hidden behind this seemingly ordinary incident.[
Ma Chunxiao said: "Then weren't you in danger just now?"
Li Huqiu was calm and confident: "It's not dangerous. At that distance, they have no chance of detonating the explosion."
Ma Chunnuan was a little scared and grabbed Huqiu's hand, "We can't do such a risky move again. Be careful and lose Jingzhou."
Luo Xiaobao looked back and cursed: "Grandma, you are really pretending to be like that. If you lead a child to do such a thing, you are no longer a fucking human being."
Zhang Yongbao's eyes flashed coldly, "Without this child, they would have no chance of following here."
Ma Chunxiao said bitterly: "It's so despicable to use children as a cover!"
Li Huqiu felt the soft warmth in the palm of his hand, and the tired look in his eyes became more intense, "I have been learning from a thief since I was a child. At that time, I saw him breaking the arms and legs of many of his friends, mutilating them, and seeing him treat Yan Zi
I am angry and resentful for my sister's cruelty. I dream about his viciousness and often gnash my teeth late at night. Now that I have been on the road for a long time, I often think about the teachings and guidance that person gave me, many positive and traditional things.
It has had a profound impact on me throughout my life. Even if a person has done heinous things, it may just be because of differences in moral values. The people with bloodstains are just like the people in the robbery family. They are a group of sick people who have been brainwashed by the old world. What we call
The despicableness is just a means of doing things in their eyes."
Ma Chunxiao bluntly said: "Why haven't you been brainwashed?"
This sentence touched the softest part of Huqiu's heart. Why?
Those gentle eyes?
That tea egg falling in the north wind?
Or is it the old face hiding the ravines of the black earth?
Or are they the same old rules of burglary?
Li Huqiu could no longer analyze the reason.
Ma Chunnuan noticed the throbbing in Huqiu's heart and said gently: "The past is over, you are no longer the prodigal Li Huqiu."
Li Huqiu smiled calmly at her, closed his eyes, and hid the tired look in his eyes. The old world of Jianghu was clearer in his mind, and Hao Zizi's voice seemed to ring in his ears, "You are not allowed to bully your master and destroy your ancestors! You are not allowed to make friends with the government!"
No disrespect, big or small! No chaos in Jianghu. Li Huqiu's heart surged. These stereotypes are the behavioral norms of Jianghu people, and they are also the basis for people in Jianghu to do whatever they want. In the eyes of the old Jianghu people, as long as these rules are followed, as long as they are
In order to achieve the so-called big things in the family, they can be scrupulous about their actions. Laws and morals are worthless in their eyes. This era does not need these unscrupulous heroes. Suddenly, I remembered the original intention of setting up the Free Society. A voice in my heart said
Scream: Smash it! Even if you bear the reputation of being a scum of the world! This world needs to get rid of the bad and keep the good in order to adapt to the new era. When I opened my eyes again, my eyes were full of exhaustion.
"They may have their own way, but I am convinced that their way is wrong. Now that I know they are wrong, I cannot let them continue to be wrong!"
The forward momentum of the commercial vehicle suddenly became heavier. Zhang Yongbao raised his eyes and looked at the rearview mirror, "The car behind is braking."
Li Huqiu sighed softly, "Our opponents are very smart."[
Ma Chunnuan asked: "Do they know they were exposed?"
Li Huqiu hummed, "That man should have known it when I refused to help him connect the electricity. He had been hesitating before." He sighed slightly and continued: "Slow down and stop in front. Maybe he has something to say.
Want to say."
Ma Chunxiao said angrily: "What can I say to them?"
The commercial vehicle pulled over and Li Huqiu got out of the car alone, asking others not to follow.
Outside the car.
The man spread his hands with two sets of explosive devices hanging on his arms to show that they had given up the assassination plan, and asked: "I want to know where we found the flaw?"
Li Huqiu said: "You are very good killers because you have the courage to die with your target, but you are not very good martial artists, so you don't know who I am."
The man shook his head, "We know very well who you are and what abilities you have."
Li Huqiu smiled and said, "Do you know what kind of abilities I have? What you know is what your military advisor told you?"
The man was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you know how we were discovered by you. You know our rules. There is only one result of a mission failure. You will not use us two."
Li Huqiu knew what he was planning. The man in front of him was a man who was about to take his own life. No matter how fucked up he was, he was still somewhat respectable.
The man's face was bleak, and his voice was solemn and solemn: "We have been preparing for this day our whole lives, but unfortunately we have been doing nothing, and we don't even have a chance to take action."
Li Huqiu glanced at the Passat. The woman was lying on the seat with a sound. The tragedy of the man and the deathly silence of the woman reminded Li Huqiu of those people who have been deliberately forgotten by history and who once shed their lives and blood for their ideals.
The assassins of the Tongmenghui, the students on hunger strike in front of the Capital Square, and the self-immolators who are obsessed with the magic of magic sticks, whether they are good or evil, are all burning their lives for their ideals.
"Once upon a time, you also had a glorious era when the world returned home, and all the members of the alliance responded to help you overturn the rule of the Qing Dynasty. But what was the final result? The elders of the Tongmenghui were almost slaughtered. Do you know why this result happened?"
The man said: "It's up to people to plan things, but it's up to God to succeed. If you have bad luck, you'll be lucky."
Li Huqiu shook his head, "Luck is an excuse for losers and an auxiliary for winners. Failure is due to luck and becomes destiny. The truly strong do not expect luck to bring victory!"
"Why do you think it is?"
"Conspiracy is not the only way to succeed. Adapting to the times and being popular is the key to success. If you don't understand this, your ideals will always be castles in the air and you will always be a loser who goes against the trend."
"What is the trend of the times? How do we count it as popular? Isn't it just building momentum? Times make heroes. How many of the so-called general trends in the past and present are not man-made?" The man sounded indignant, obviously not agreeing with Li Huqiu's point of view.
Li Huqiu said: "The way of heaven rotates, and love is the enemy. No one can arbitrarily create the situation. In the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, there are countless heroes who have created the situation. How many are successful? From Wu Sangui to Hong Xiuquan, from Menghong
From the birth of a dragon to the birth of a son by the Heavenly Father, what is the final result? What’s more, today, the old world has been eliminated by the new era. You collude with foreigners for the sake of your own interests, ignore the interests of the nation, and do not hesitate to use the child as a cover to kill someone.
, This kind of behavior is disgusting to the heavens and ghosts, but you don’t feel ashamed at all. What qualifications does such a family and such Jianghu morality have to talk about the right time, place and people? "
The man lowered his head and said, "Mr. Li, if someone said this to me, I would definitely think he was farting, but you have the qualifications. Yesterday I witnessed the terrifying power of the Free Society with my own eyes. What Yinmen wants to do if it were you
If you do it, you will be more likely to do it than we do, but as far as we know, you have been trying to prevent the Free Society from becoming an organization like the Hidden Gate. Maybe you are right, but unfortunately you don’t fully understand the Hidden Gate. Ours
Once the portal is determined to move, it will not stop until it breaks the head, bleeds, and severely damages the vitality." After the man said this, a line of blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he had bitten the poison sac in his tooth socket while speaking.
When one believes in the devil, life and death become worthless in front of it.[
This poison was extremely overbearing. Within a few minutes, the man's internal organs began to bleed profusely. He was also good at words when a man was about to die. Li Huqiu flew over with a glimmer of hope and asked: "Who is in charge of this assassination operation?"
?" The man managed to open his heavy eyelids and said forcefully: "Those who live in the bloodstains are not forced to confess, but I committed suicide and died without being bound by the sect's rules. The two of us are Kaiyang and Yaoguang among the seven stars. In Shencheng
The ones in charge of the overall situation are the Four Elephant Killers, and they are waiting for news from us at the front."
Li Huqiu asked again: "Where did the children in the car come from?"
The man's face was red, his features were distorted, and he struggled to say: "Yaoguang was brought from Jing'an Hospital in Shanghai. We have always wanted to have a baby. If we can't get out of the mountain, we may be able to live a long life." He couldn't breathe, so he died.
Li Huqiu returned to the business car, holding a several-month-old baby in his arms.
Ma Chunnuan took the child from Huqiu and asked, "How are they doing?"
Li Huqiu looked gloomy, "He committed suicide by taking poison. This is the rule of bloodstains. You are not forced to confess while alive. But he told me something before he died. This journey is just the beginning."
We drove into Jining City, also known as the Canal Capital, a place where humanities flourish. In fact, there are almost no places of interest on the ground in Shandong Province.
After being stuck on the highway all day, Ma Chunxiao yawned continuously and Luo Xiaobao became depressed.
Ma Chunnuan hugged the child and said, adults can hold on, but this child must see a professional doctor. He didn't cry or fuss all the way, which was too abnormal.
Li Huqiu said, "This child has been drugged, so he is groggy and does not know how to cry. He will be fine once the drug wears off."
Ma Chunxiao staggered around sleepily and said, "Hurry up and find a place to rest, take a bath and sleep. Otherwise, if I am not killed by those killers, I will be trapped to death by my own stink."
Ma Chunnuan wanted to criticize her sister for lacking the mental will to endure hardships and stand hard work, and her arrogance broke out regardless of the occasion. Before she could say anything, Li Huqiu said: "It's a good idea, but we can't stay in the hotel in the city.
I have already contacted our destination, and we will recuperate here for two days before leaving."
Ma Chunnuan's words changed to: "It's time to take a good rest."
Wenbaozhai, an antique shop in Jining City, has the name Duobaolou National Old Shop Alliance hanging on the door.
It was ten o'clock in the morning when Li Huqiu and his party entered the store. There were only two people in the store, a couple with gray hair and hunched backs. They sat behind the cabinet. They didn't say hello when anyone came. They just looked at each other and went about their own business.
Yes, I don't care anymore. I am not at all happy about the customer coming to the door.
Ma Chunxiao and Luo Xiaobao felt strange. Thinking about what they had experienced along the way, they couldn't help but feel suspicious. They looked at Li Huqiu with suspicious eyes.
"There is a saying in the antique shop that if you don't open for three years, you will be open for three years. When customers come to choose something, if the product suits them, you can't coax them away. If they don't like it, they won't buy it even if you smile and beg them.
, so there is nothing surprising." Li Huqiu said: "China is so big, and the customs and customs in each province are different. In Yanjing, there are many people working in this industry, and there are many clerks and shopkeepers in antique shops who are all-rounders.
, does not want to offend repeat customers, so it can make you feel at home regardless of whether you buy it or not. But it is completely different here. When customers come in, they can choose based on their own eyesight. They can see the real and fake products for themselves, and at most they can tell you how much they cost.
, the emphasis of antique buying and selling here is to ask and stare, how much is the price, feel free to feel that you are losing money, just ask for a price, and you can pay for it if you think it is suitable."
Ma Chunxiao exclaimed, "No wonder it's so deserted."
The old man was holding a thread-bound vertical version of Romance of the Three Kingdoms in his hand. He put down the book and looked up at Huqiu and the others, and said: "Businesses in the antique shop, no matter how many people there are, are just a show, there are no real buyers."
I don’t care if the store is lively or not, I only care about whether the things are genuine or not.”
Old people don't read Three Kingdoms, young people don't read Water Margin. But this old man did the opposite.
Li Huqiu said: "We were introduced by Wang Mao."
The old lady was knitting a sweater. When she heard this, she put down her work and said, "Put the child down."
Li Huqiu added: "We still need to find a place to rest."
The old lady picked up the child, with a kind and loving look on her face. She got up and found the prepared milk powder and hot water, thinking that she wanted to feed the child. The old man sat with his upper body still and walked out from behind the cabinet. It turned out that he was an old man who was not good at walking.
.Ma Chunxiao took the initiative to step forward and said, "I'll come to you."
But the old lady rolled her eyes and glanced at her, saying, "He can do it on his own."
The old man stubbornly moved his wheelchair back, and Li Huqiu followed him.
The backyard is very spacious, with the main house facing north and south, and the wing rooms on both sides seem to be old. They are antique and very Chinese style. Ma Chunnuan asked if he could visit it? The old man said: "This is our family's ancestral house, and it is everywhere nowadays.
We are undergoing urban renewal and there are almost no houses left. Feel free to take a look if you like." After saying that, he arranged a room for each person, pointed out the bathing place, turned around and rolled the wheelchair back to the front yard.
Ma Chunxiao waited for the old man to walk away, frowned and said thoughtfully: "This old man is so strange. He is not enthusiastic at all when greeting people. The old lady is also weird. Do you think she is with those killers?"
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Ma Chunnuan glanced at Li Huqiu and said, "It's a bit strange. Who are these old couples?"
Li Huqiu smiled and said, "Of course they are the capable people in Jining City. We can't always be passively beaten and wait for others to come and kill us. I plan to find those killers. They are unfamiliar with the place and there is no one to help."
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Luo Xiaobao said: "Looking for help? I can contact the local Public Security Bureau or National Security Bureau, no problem."
Li Huqiu smiled and said: "Then why do you need me to help?"
Luo Xiaobao was immediately dumbfounded. Ma Chunxiao said: "Dasha Mao, if those people are trustworthy, why would your old man find a non-governmental organization to help protect you?"
Zhang Yongbao settled the car and walked in from outside and said: "Wang Mao will be here in an hour."
Li Huqiu pointed at Chunxiao and Luo Xiaobao and said to Zhang Yongbao: "Uncle Bao, you stay and protect them while I go out for a walk."
In a restaurant called "Lao Cheating", Li Huqiu and Ma Chunnuan were tasting the famous local snack, tofu. Such a situation was something Ma Chunnuan could only dream of. Li Huqiu looked at her quietly, his temperament
The beauty held a wooden board and ate the white, tender tofu with gusto.
"Jining is the hometown of the sage Confucius. It has good water, good land, and the quality of the soybeans produced. Confucius loved to eat it. It is said that he invented the hot tofu."
Ma Chunnuan covered her lips and smiled, "It's indeed delicious. Will it look ugly when I eat it?"
Li Huqiu shook his head gently, "You look good even when you pick your nose."
Chun Nuan was displeased and said: "How can you be so complimentary!" Then she asked again: "How do you know so much?"
"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles." Li Huqiu said with a smile: "When I was young, I followed a bandit and traveled all over the country. I visited the Potala Dharma Assembly in Tibet, the Datingzhao Temple Temple in Hailar, the Baima Wholesale Market in southern Guangdong, and the grasslands outside Kouwai.
I have seen all the Naadam in the past. At that time, I just became a disciple and didn’t have much enjoyment. Eating was the top priority.”
The places he mentioned were crowded and lively places. As for what he was going to do at that time, it was easy to guess. Ma Chunnuan thought of the cost of Huqiu's journey of thousands of miles, and sighed, "You must have lived a miserable life in those years."
Is it hard?"
Li Huqiu shook his head, "At that time, I didn't know what suffering was. At that time, I thought hunger and pain were the most painful. It wasn't until I experienced a big change later that I realized that the most painful of all the sufferings in the world is the loss of a loved one. That kind of pain
It is something that is unforgettable and will never be forgotten for the rest of your life. It will pop up from time to time to remind you that there is someone who has made you regret your whole life."
Ma Chunnuan's eyes turned from wise to gentle, Rou Yi pressed Huqiu's big hand, "I heard Luo Yan talk about your childhood past."
"I actually hate my hesitation and following the crowd the most." Li Huqiu smiled casually, changed the subject, pointed to the sand jar on the table and said: "This is called jerky rice. I was almost killed by several people just to take a bite of this.
'Leizi' is blocked. Now that I think about the smell, I still think it's worth the risk."
Dried pork rice is one of Jining's signature snacks. It is mainly based on pork. In addition to large pieces of meat of similar thickness, the meat filling is also put into chili peppers, rolled in gluten, tofu soaked and kelp, plus seasonings, and placed in a pot.
Cook together. Serve with rice after it comes out of the oven. It is fragrant and delicious. The pork must be tender and thin, and the rice must not be broken at all. This restaurant steams a fixed amount of rice every day, and does not make an extra bowl.
, the taste and quality have remained unchanged for decades, so it is nicknamed "Lao Chewy".
Li Huqiu deliberately changed the heavy topic just now, and talked endlessly like a showoff. Ma Chunnuan forgot to eat and drink, and stared at him with her deep and beautiful eyes. She sat there with a kind of quiet beauty. But in fact, she was static.
It was only on the surface, and her mind was already churning endlessly, why was he suddenly so nice to me? Was it because he knew something? Could it be that Chunxiao had told me about that? She suddenly began to worry.
"Are you waiting for someone?" This was something she had never wanted to ask, for fear of ruining the rare atmosphere. But as the atmosphere became more and more intoxicating to her, she began to worry that she didn't know how to face what happened that night.
Something happened. Somehow, he asked about it.
Li Huqiu glanced outside the window and said, "Well, wait for a fellow senior, he should be here soon."
Ma Chunnuan didn't know whether to be disappointed or grateful. She silently mourned in her heart for the natural confession that was about to happen. She smiled and said, "So you were prepared for it. It seems that you already have wisdom in your hands?"
Li Huqiu said: "The opponent is good at acting in secret, has various assassination methods, and is blindly defensive. We can only be led by the opponent. I don't have this habit."
Several cars came outside the store, the first of which was a BMW
get off.
Like the handsome men in Europe, scholar Wang Mao has also changed a lot in recent years. The Chinese prosperous age has begun to emerge, and the rise of domestic antique shops has brought development opportunities to Duobao Building. With the secret protection of the Li family, today's Duobao
Lou is already a leader in the antiques industry. In the past year or two, Wang Mao has been committed to the business of recovering cultural relics lost overseas. He has made friends with rich officials and wealthy people at the top, and colluded with giants in the private and Tibetan circles from all over the country. He has created an auction site where celebrities gather, and a black market where authenticity is unpredictable.
At the auction, wherever Mr. Wang goes, he is a man of the hour and the center of attention.
When Wang Mao walked to the table, Li Huqiu stood up to greet him. Wang Mao walked a few steps over and shook hands with Huqiu. He said seriously: "These days are different from the past. In the Free Society, we talk about superiors first and then brothers. Leader, please sit down and talk."
Ma Chunnuan knew that Duobao Tower was Huqiu's property, and knew the relationship between them. She raised her forehead and said hello. Li Huqiu introduced them to each other.
Wang Mao sat down and asked the three accompanying people to get back to the car and wait. The two middle-aged men had no objections, but the old man hesitated slightly before following him out. Li Huqiu looked at it with a smile and asked: "Everyone who is supposed to come is here."
Brought it?"
Wang Mao nodded, hummed, and said, "There should be no omissions."
Li Huqiu said: "Brother Mao, you must have heard about what happened to Chen Tianhao a while ago."
Wang Mao looked serious and said solemnly: "Yes." He asked in turn: "What do you think of Longtou?"
Li Huqiu said: "I thought it was just a coincidence, but now it seems that there is some necessity hidden in it."
Wang Mao frowned in thought and considered: "The Free Society has expanded rapidly in recent years and has had to recruit many new people. The same is true for Duobao Tower."
Li Huqiu looked at Wang Mao's gray hair and sighed: "The team has grown, and there are many people with many distractions, making it increasingly difficult to lead."