Since ancient times, water has flowed eastward. Why is life so hurried?
I am full of lofty sentiments and make empty promises, but I regret that I will soon be poor.
At the end of the winding road is the No. 1 Prison in City N. At ten o'clock in the evening, the setting sun is mottled and uses broken light bands to depict the final loneliness of the light. The yellow Sophora japonica trees on both sides of the road bloom alone in late autumn with brilliant and coquettish flowers.
The wind blows gently, and large tracts of flying catkins fly and scatter. The flowers are in full bloom, but the tree, because it is next to this sparsely populated prison, only adds to the feeling of loneliness and sadness.
Jiuwei slowly walked out of the prison gate, fumbled in his trouser pocket, took out the cigarette case, and took out a cigarette. He leisurely tapped the surface of the cigarette case with the cigarette.
Once, twice, the force gradually increased, and the scattered tobacco fell out from the opening. Jiuwei's eyes were staring at the cigarette box quietly, with a focused expression. However, the cigarette had been broken, but he still repeated the beating mechanically.
Actions.
Disgusted!
Jiuwei recited the name fiercely in his heart. Suddenly, he felt a sense of hatred in addition to his admiration. He once again successfully escaped from him and set up a "death situation" for him. But what happened after that? He didn't believe that he was right.
He didn't know anything about what he was doing. But what happened after he understood it? Why was it so peaceful? It was so peaceful that he almost didn't exist in this world at all.
disregard!
He would rather come to him directly to settle his betrayal than be ignored and isolated from his world like this.
If I had known that once Geng Yuhuai was out of danger, the first people to be liquidated would be the "Python Gang" and himself. Indeed, after the "Dongjing League" regained its breath, the action of retaliating against the "Python Gang" had already begun. "Teng She"
Tong Qing and Xing Li led the people from Zhuque Hall and Tengshe Hall to cause more than ten troubles in the territory of the "Python Gang" within a month. As long as they caught a small problem, they would directly issue a "cleaning order" and the "Python Gang" would
"It only takes more than a week to clean out more than 30 branches.
However, for more than a week, he was completely isolated from the "Suzaku Hall" by Geng Yuhuai, and even Mr. Liu became aloof from him.
Was it abandoned by the "Dongjing Alliance"?
Jiu Wei raised the corner of his mouth with some self-deprecation. Did Geng Yuhuai give up on him? Or did the "Eastern Jing Alliance" give up on him?
In the "Dongjing League", he is probably the most leisurely person now. Everyone else is busy dealing with the "Python Gang" and the "Xiren" organization, but he is the only one who is leisurely arranged to go to "N City No. 1" every day.
"Prison" to see Pang Tongde who was dying.
Pang Tongde!
Jiuwei discovered that Geng Yuhuai was actually more terrifying than imagined. Pang Tongde had been deprived of all his dignity and wealth, but this was not his final outcome. Geng Yuhuai did not take Pang Tongde's life as he wanted, but he did one thing
Something that could make Pang Tongde sadder than death.
After being in the underworld for so many years, I have seen all kinds of revenge and killing. But it is rare to see such a thorough revenge and hatred, making the enemy suffer in agony but unable to die. This kind of revenge is rare.
Jiuwei saw what Geng Yuhuai did to Pang Tongde, and felt chills in his heart.
His task is to show Pang Tongde the report of each branch of "Ponzi Ventures" acquired by "Dongjing League" every day. With the current strength of "Dongjing League", it is quite easy to completely acquire "Ponzi Ventures"
.But Geng Yuhuai didn't do this. Like a cat catching a mouse, Geng Yuhuai just teasingly slowed down the pace of acquisitions. In addition, except for leaving the original garment factory and sales store of "Huashi" at that time, Pang Tongde spent the rest of 9 years on it.
After all the real estate and construction companies that were developed were slowly acquired, they were actually broken up, broken into pieces and sold off.
Weakness! Weakness!
Jiu Wei found that he was smiling helplessly.
He used to be aware of Geng Yuhuai's weaknesses and vulnerabilities, but in the end, he actually watched himself move from active to passive step by step. He watched how Geng Yuhuai turned defeat into victory, and how he completely destroyed the enemy's will step by step.
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Pang Tongde!
When Jiuwei thought of this name, he actually frowned with some sympathy.
A person who has been pursuing honor and wealth all his life has watched with his own eyes the family fortune he earned inch by inch being devoured and then shattered bit by bit. Who in the world can come up with more vicious and cunning ways to punish and retaliate?
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The sick sneer on Pang Tongde's face when he saw the report and the photo of "Pang House" turned into "Flower House" will never be forgotten by Jiuwei. He has seen the coldness and scheming of Geng Yuhuai, but he never knew that he still has
Such a terrifying method that makes people shudder. It makes you afraid and regretful. It is the fear that spreads from the bottom of your heart. It is not just a simple killing. And watching Pang Tongde's spirit collapse day by day, becoming more depressed and depressed day by day.
Chaos, he was asked to do such a thing.
Geng Yuhuai? Are you making this arrangement for me to see? Is it a warning to me, or is it torturing Pang Tongde and also hitting me by the way?
Jiuwei exerted one last effort and finally crushed the cigarette completely on the cigarette case. He didn't want to smoke, but he couldn't find anything else to distract himself. It was like a demonic barrier, entangled in the process of Pang Tongde's destruction.
It's as if I'm looking at my future, as if I'm seeing myself in this mirror.
What Pang Tongde pursues is wealth and power. What he pursues is victory, a victory over the strong. But is it considered a failure now? Maybe he should give up, succumb obediently to Geng Yuhuai, and be loyal to him throughout his life, which may be better than thinking all day long.
It is more valuable to defeat him with calculations and plans. But are you willing? I have asked myself this time and time again, but I cannot face such a tempting opponent as Geng Yuhuai and easily give up my desire to conquer.
He has lived this life for 37 years and thinks that nothing can threaten him. He has no women, no absolute desire for power and money, and no earthly ties. However, he has no worries and is alone. His wish is simple.
, keep moving forward to be a wise man. But like this, he was defeated twice in succession by Geng Yuhuai, who was addicted to women.
The "Nissan" parked at the door and waiting saw Jiuwei parked at the gate of the prison and did not approach. It slowly started and parked beside him. The dark window rolled down and the driver's seat peeked in.
With half a brain: "Deacon? Can you leave?"
The person who asked the question was one of the twelve hidden stakes that Jiuwei planted in the shadows of the "Dongjing Alliance" three years ago. He was also the only one who remained by his side after so many storms and was the last trustworthy person. Twelve
This "hidden stake" has been cultivated for more than 4 years, but when it was actually used, it was discovered that many of them were actually the spies arranged by Geng Yuhuai around him. Geng Yuhuai? In fact, he had been on guard against himself from the beginning to the end.
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During the five years of following him, he thought he was planning every step of the way, but in fact he was just a clown in front of Geng Yuhuai. Six of the twelve "hidden stakes" were Geng Yuhuai's people, and five others were killed before Geng Yuhuai faked his death.
He was transferred out of city n and has not been contacted yet. According to the usual inference, he is afraid that Geng Yuhuai will see through the disguise and his life or death is unpredictable.
And the only person left by his side is called Cao Jie.
"Cao Jie, I am no longer a deacon." Jiuwei responded coldly. Being a deacon did not make him unable to let go. What he really couldn't let go of was the position closest to Geng Yuhuai.
Cao Jie scratched the back of his head habitually, with a simple and sincere smile on his face. His neat white teeth looked childish in the dusk: "You are no longer the deacon of the 'Suzaku Hall', but you are the one I will follow in my life."
Deacon."
Such a simple and innocent sentence, but something strange flashed through Jiuwei's dark heart. Such loyalty actually made him feel some warmth deep in his heart. He didn't care about loyalty, in his eyes it was a ridiculous persistence.
, but when such words of loyalty come out of someone else's mouth, the person speaking is still oneself, and it is done when he is completely abandoned and ignored. It would be a lie to say that there is no vibration at all.
He put the cigarette case lightly into his trouser pocket, walked around the car body, opened the door from the other side of the car, and ducked into the Nissan.
"Where to go?" Cao Jie asked habitually.
Jiuwei was lost for a moment. The road ahead was unclear, and he seemed to have lost the ability to grasp the direction forward.
"Let's go to the city!" Jiuwei gave Cao Jie a general direction, and leaned into the back of the beige car seat. His eyes slowly closed, and he pinched his eyebrows gently with two fingers, but his heart was just blank.
"How is Pang Tongde today?" Cao Jie was driving and chatting with Jiuwei word by word as he was used to it.
"You're going crazy!" He responded lightly, and before leaving, Pang Tongde tore up the photos and documents and threw them in front of him, with an abnormal expression of crying and laughing. No matter how strong a man is, he can't
Accepting the fact of being destroyed like this, and having to tear open old wounds and repeat the torture over and over again every day. Cruel! Such torture of the heart is the real cruelty.
"Oh! By the way! Deacon, I'm getting married." Cao Jie suddenly changed the topic, but Jiu Wei suddenly opened his eyes.
"I bought a ring and plan to propose today." Cao Jie continued calmly.
"People like us are not suitable for settling down." This is the truth, although it doesn't sound good, but because Cao Jie has been following him for many years, Jiu Wei still reminds him. Marriage? Why do people who lick blood from the edge of a knife always want to settle down? Since
If you want to live a normal life, why would you choose to embark on such a path of no return?
"I know." Holding the steering wheel with one hand, Cao Jie scratched his head with the other hand. A trace of happiness slowly overflowed from the honest smile on his face.
"But humans, sometimes there is no need to think so far away, just be happy at the moment." Such simple thoughts are indeed what people with a personality like Cao Jie would have. Jiuwei pursed her lips and closed her eyes again, no
Let's talk about it. People like Cao Jie can't achieve great things. They are just born to follow other people's lives. So there is no need to blindly force him to let go of the fetters of the world and become a strong man.
Before he could answer, Cao Jie suddenly pulled over and stopped the car.
Jiuwei opened her eyes with a trace of doubt. Before she asked, she saw Cao Jie handing a small black velvet gift box to him: "Deacon! I picked out the ring. Please help me take a look. I'll give you the diamond."
I can't afford it now, but I bought a blue gemstone ring. Can you help me see if a gemstone of this size is too shabby."
Jiuwei couldn't help but snorted disdain from the wing of her nose: "If you believe in love so much, why bother insisting on the value of an object." With sarcastic ridicule, Jiuwei did not reach out to take the box handed to him. He felt a little irritated.
A little uneasy, a little depressed, a little inexplicably annoyed.
The black velvet box was pushed a little further in front of Jiuwei. The smile on Cao Jie's face was a bit shy and embarrassing: "I don't have parents. On the wedding day, can the deacon be my witness? Is this ring okay?"
Please help me take a look."
Having said this, Jiu Wei still wanted to dodge, which seemed a little unkind. She frowned slightly, reached out to take the ring box, gently opened the golden box buckle, and opened the lid with both hands.
There was indeed a blue gemstone ring in the black velvet box. But Jiuwei's hands had begun to tremble.
The fear in my heart spread from my chest to my whole body like a tide.
ring!
The white gold Suzaku ring has a blue gemstone embedded in the eye. This is not a proposal ring, it is Geng Yuhuai's status symbol in the "Dongjing League" - the "Suzaku Ring"!
He raised his pale face with difficulty, his lips had already lost the last of their color, his limbs were gradually becoming weak, and his consciousness had begun to become hazy: "Cao Jie..."
I knew in my heart that I had been betrayed, and the box must have contained a heavy dose of "past life addiction", and the drug's effect was quite rapid. But my tongue was unable to express the sadness and anger in my heart. I should have thought of it a long time ago, but I didn't let go.
After Pang Tongde, he didn't let go of the "Python Gang", and he didn't let Jian Fengyi go. How could he just treat himself with indifference? It was he who personally sent the woman he loved to the line of life and death, and it was he who indirectly killed him and that person.
A woman's flesh and blood. How could he just indulge and ignore himself without retaliating?
He actually trusts a "hidden stake" who has only been in contact with him for three years without any precautions. He thinks that Jiu Wei is a master at hiding his true nature and betraying his loyalty. He has been acting by Geng Yuhuai's side for five years, but at this moment
Foolishly, I entrusted my trust to a person I had known for only three years. I sighed sadly, and my clenched iron teeth slowly lost their strength. I could no longer gather my strength. In the end, Jiuwei's consciousness could only drift slowly in the air.
In a whirlpool of wry smiles and self-deprecation.
~ He has seen Pang Tongde’s ending, and now it may be time for Geng Yuhuai to arrange an ending for him.
The moment Jiuwei's consciousness returned, there was a slight dampness and chill all over his body. Without opening his eyes, Jiuwei had already begun to use his limbs to feel the hardness and unevenness of the contact with the flesh. There was no warmth in the contact under his fingers, and he was groping for the flesh underneath him.
The object looked like a huge lying stone. When I breathed in, a strange fishy smell and an oppressive smell of sulfur came through my nose.
This is where?
Guessing was useless, Jiu Wei opened his eyes and gave himself the answer directly.
The moment he opened his eyes, he was so surprised that his whole body became stiff and he could no longer move. The drug on his body had dissipated, but the countless pairs of green eyes flashing coldly in front of him made Jiuwei feel abnormal even if he moved his body.
difficulty.
That’s right! Under him is a huge lying rock, about 70 meters above the exit above his head. The hazy light above his head shines through a basin-sized gap into this deep valley cave of seven or eight square meters, but maybe it is a cave.
It was so deep that even in daylight, the light could not reach the bottom of the cave. With only a faint ray of light, I could barely see the cold blood and wetness around my body that was crawling and entangled in the darkness.
snake!
The pairs of green eyes around him are nothing else. With the help of weak light, you can easily distinguish the rustling and wandering bloodthirsty cold scales around him. If it weren't for the sulfur powder sprinkled around his body,
In a circle, these cold-blooded animals hungry for food would have already pounced on him, eager to bite his bones and flesh.
There was no time to think about it, and a simple and honest laughter suddenly sounded from above my head.
Jiuwei instinctively raised his head. Because the light was right above his head, he easily found the source of the sound. Cao Jie! The person standing on the top of the cave was actually Cao Jie.
"Deacon, are you okay?" He was obviously the mastermind behind the plot, but he still had a sincere smile on his face at this moment. He was acting! Jiuwei always thought that he was a master of acting, but it turned out that he had been hiding for three years.
"Hidden stakes" are the real masters of acting.
Jiuwei sneered coldly and didn't bother to answer. Does the prisoner still have the ability to bargain?
"Butler!" shouted another voice from above: "Suzaku asked me to bring you a message."
Finally there was a slight tremor in the stiff body, and Jiu Wei raised his head like a man possessed.
"You eat my bones and blood, and I will return yours!" Cao Jie spat out the words with a calm smile, but Jiuwei's body suddenly froze into ice in an instant.
With a "pop!" sound, a small white cloth bag was thrown from the top of his head.
"Deacon, the location you are in is the mouth of an underground river. There is a strange plant in the cave that uses its smell to attract water snakes to gather. From now on, I will throw a bag of 'sulfur powder' down to you every day, but every morning and night,
There will be two tides in the cave. You should make good use of this thing." Cao explained teasingly, but Jiuwei was already cold all over.
Water snakes are non-venomous, but the bite wound will still cause pain, redness and swelling, but it will not cause death. Is this the punishment and ending arranged for him by Geng Yuhuai? A pack of "sulfur powder" can deal with two tides? A body left helpless in the darkness
The cold-blooded animal bites the brain, but is unable to protect or resist?
underground river?
Geng Yuhuai asked Cao Jie to directly tell him the location of the prison. Does he mean to expressly tell him that besides the exit above his head, is there any other way out? But where does the deep underground river lead to? Underground rivers are usually shallow, narrow and deep.
, if you dive into a deep dark place and cannot turn back, or if you entangle a water snake in the water, then what kind of death is the struggle in the water?
The slender fingers grasped together powerfully. Although his body was shaking uncontrollably, a sneer slowly appeared on Jiuwei's face.
"I want to see Mr. Liu!" He demanded loudly, and his grudge revenge had already begun. There was only one person who could stop him, and there was only one person who could save him from this predicament.
"Oh! Deacon, I almost forgot, Mr. Liu also asked me to bring something to you?" The mocking sneer contained a pure and clean realization, but the words coming out of Cao Jie's lips made Jiuwei's last ray of hope sink into his heart.
The boundless darkness.
"Mr. Liu asked me to tell you, thank you for bringing You Wan's body into the 'Liu Mansion', and the bag of 'sulfur powder' will be his thank you gift. Please don't dislike it."
knew!
Liu Yexun and Geng Yuhuai actually knew about his trick of secretly cooperating with You Wan. But they kept everything secret for such a long time. No wonder Cao Jie betrayed him so unscrupulously. Without Liu Yexun
She was protected by someone, and she had to deal with herself because of her grudge. Under such circumstances, who would want to stay by her side and be implicated.
The body that was struggling to hold on fell slumped, unwilling to give in! Being so unprepared to be calculated and attacked, he was like a fool, following the calculation and walking into the drama he arranged step by step.
See how Pang Tongde was tortured to the point of mental breakdown?
I'm afraid Geng Yuhuai just wants to use Pang Tongde to preview his ending.
"I'm so sorry!" Jiuwei yelled with gnashing of teeth and hatred, but his desperate low roar could only vibrate and echo in the cave walls. There was no one on the top of the cave. He didn't know where the strength came from, and he got up from the ground in embarrassment.
Ignoring the area around his clothes, he swept away the corner surrounded by the sulfur circle, and continued to roar in a hoarse voice the name that made him tremble from the bottom of his heart: "Geng! Yu! Huai!"
But the sound spread far and wide, leaving only loneliness and emptiness.
The rustling friction slowly approached behind him. Dovetail suddenly turned around, his desperate eyes staring at the corner of the sulfur ring that had been swept away. The tangled and overlapping fangs were tearing open like a tide.