My feelings towards Cao Shi are very complicated. When I was at Qidaolan, I had decided to settle my grudges with him, but the scene that happened after the encounter with him in Panlong Mountain forced me to re-examine him. In my opinion, he
His stance and motives are even more elusive than Mustache's. I may not be able to kill him, but I have to know who he is working for.
"Master Tian." Cao Shi only thought for half a minute and then said: "It's not safe here. Let's talk somewhere else. Today, I can tell you everything I know."
"Don't say this!" I took a step back with the gun again: "Who are you working for! Tell me clearly!"
"Master Tian." Cao Shi listened around, hesitated for two minutes, and said to me word for word: "I am still working with Master Ba."
"Are you still following the old man?" I didn't believe it. At the same time, I was also paying attention to the surrounding situation. Maybe Cao Shi really followed here alone, without other helpers. And the previous whistle was indeed transferred.
The people surrounding us relieved the pressure on Monk and Zhang Houhou.
"Master Tian, we can't delay!" Cao Shi jumped past me in one step, walked to the front, turned around and said to me: "I'm going in front, you can follow me with a gun, if you really feel something is wrong, you can kill me!"
"
After the Panlong Mountain incident, I have a little more trust in Cao Shi. I feel that he will not harm me, otherwise I don’t have to wait until this time. He turned around and left. I hesitated for a moment, then followed with the gun in hand.
In the past, I had to run anyway at this moment, at least out of the opponent's control, in order to be truly safe.
But I still can't understand why Cao Shi came alone at this critical time. He wanted to protect me?
We ran very fast one after another, and soon left the area of bungalows to be demolished. Cao Shi seemed to be more familiar with the surrounding environment than me. He turned many corners back and forth, and finally stopped at a small hotel.
I specially asked for a room in the basement. There were no windows on all sides, no ventilation and it was very uncomfortable.
"Master Tian, wait a minute." As soon as Cao Shi entered the room, he seemed to remember something again, and hurriedly turned around and went out. As soon as he left, my heart began to beat wildly, and I immediately followed him and hid in the toilet around the corner. But a few times
Within minutes, Cao Shi came back, and I saw two bottles of wine in his hand.
When he saw me emerging from the toilet, a helpless and bitter smile appeared on his face. This smile felt a bit familiar to me, as I had seen it on other people's faces before.
"Master Tian." Cao Shi immediately opened the caps of two bottles of liquor, took one and put it in front of me: "Today, let's have a drink."
"Old Cao, are you still working for the old man?" My mind was not on drinking at all, I just wanted to figure out some things.
"Yes, I have been working with Master Ba, Master Tian..." Cao Shi took a sip of wine and said, "I promised you just now that I can tell you everything I know today."
"Why?" I was a little surprised by Cao Shi's confession, because several times before I asked him about things, he always resisted and refused to let me know.
"This may be the last time we meet." Cao Shi touched my bottle with the wine bottle and took a sip: "If I don't tell you now, I may never have a chance in the future."
Without waiting for me to say anything, Cao Shi started talking to me while drinking. He said that his camp has never changed. The old man fell in Jiangbei, and Xiaohu and I sneaked back. The reason why Cao Shi left suddenly without saying a word was because
He just received the old man's order. The old man only asked him to leave immediately without saying a single unnecessary word. In that environment, Cao Shi had no other choice. He returned to the old man who had hidden himself. Until now, he has followed the instructions.
The old man's orders are doing the job.
But Cao Shi knew to some extent what kind of environment I was in at that time. He really couldn't bear to see me being dragged further and further along this road, so he left a little secret for me.
Tips, it's a pity that I couldn't figure out that much.
When we met at Panlong Mountain, Cao Shi hesitated, but in the end he didn't attack me. Because the situation was tight at the time, Cao Shi made a mistake. All four of the people he led died, but he himself was unscathed.
This was not normal, and the situation was reported back to the old man. Although the old man did not say anything explicitly, Cao Shi knew that the old man was already suspicious and dissatisfied with him.
Cao Shi is actually loyal to the old man and has no intention of betraying him. The old man should be able to see this. But the old man’s character determines everything. He will not completely trust a person, even if the person is very trustworthy.
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"Before coming this time, Ba Ye talked to me for a few words. Not much, but the meaning was very profound." Cao Shi gently put down the bottle of wine: "I know that if things go wrong this time, Ba Ye will not
You will tolerate me."
Cao Shi deliberately let me go, and the old man has noticed it. He tolerated Cao Shi once because of Cao Shi's loyalty, but the old man's tolerance has limits, and it is impossible to let Cao Shi do this again and again. So Cao Shi
In fact, after I blew the whistle today, I had already made a plan in my mind.
"I am the Eighth Master's man. As long as I don't die outside, I will always go back to do business. Master Tian, I am very embarrassed. I don't want to be sorry to the Eighth Master, and I don't want to be sorry to you..."
At this moment, I suddenly felt that Cao Shi seemed to be the only one among all the people who did not have a second face. He always treated me with his true heart no matter where he was.
He is a man, a real man. He took me back because he was sorry for me, and he let me go because he was sorry for the old man. He knew that if he let me go this time and failed in his job, the old man would not tolerate him again, but he still wanted to
Go back, go back, die.
The corners of my mouth moved, but Cao Shi immediately smiled and said to me: "Master Tian, you don't have to persuade me. Let's drink. I will tell you what I know. But you may already know some of the situations.
"
Cao Shi does know some things, but it is impossible for the old man to tell him all the truth. He can only reveal something to Cao Shi when necessary. I know most of the things he told, but only some of the current situation of the old man is
What I don't understand.
According to Cao Shi, although the old man left Jiangbei, he is still very strong. He mainly relies on a group of subordinates who have never seen him before. This group of people has been secretly trained by the old man for a long time, and he specially selects some with better foundations.
The orphans were not only taught boxing and kicking, but more importantly, they were brainwashed. This group of people were carefully selected and had martial arts backgrounds. They were not very tall and were absolutely loyal. They only recognized the old man.
When leading this group of people out to do things, Cao Shi could not act arbitrarily, so he could only follow me alone and look for opportunities to tell me this.
Except for the still mysterious 6, this is the foundation of the old man's business.
"Lao Cao, thank you." Although what Cao Shi said was of little help to me, his heart is really irreplaceable. I held the wine bottle and touched it with him.
"Master Tian, I have told you everything I know." Cao Shi lowered his head, slowly flattened the lid of the wine bottle, and then said to me: "There is one more thing, I don't know how to tell you.
, I don’t know if you can understand it after I say it.”
"What? What else? About 6?"
"No, 6 is really mysterious. It was mastered by Master Ba himself, and no one else can know it." Cao Shi shook his head, then rubbed his temples and paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about how to speak to me, and he quickly organized
After a while, he said: "Master Tian, do you have a strange feeling, that is, you feel that some of your past experiences have been forgotten inexplicably. Maybe you really can't remember it. If you don't have any impression at all,
Then maybe you won’t understand what I’m saying.”
"What did you say!?" I almost jumped up from the chair. If Cao Shi's words were told to others, they might not be able to fully understand them in a short time, but the meteorite beads that appeared in that ghost place were...
I understood his words instantly.
Could it be that all the previous speculations about meteorite beads are real? Have I been to that ghost place? I just forgot about it?
Cao Shi was a little surprised to see my reaction so fiercely, but I suppressed my emotions and motioned for him to continue.
"Actually, even I am confused about these things. I don't know if they are directly related to my subsequent experiences." Cao Shi lit up a cigarette and said while smoking: "This is a very strange thing. I only have a little impression, but
The whole process was completely lost from my memory and I can’t recall it.”
"Is this your own feeling? Or, have you ever had such a strange experience?"
"Yes." Cao Shi nodded firmly: "Besides, you were also involved in this strange thing."
"Do you recognize this?" I immediately took out the meteorite beads. Because I often played with Cao Shi in the past, I felt that he would be somewhat impressed by the small objects I often carried with me.
"I really didn't pay attention."
The strange things Cao Shi said started when the old man got something. Cao Shi didn't know where this thing came from, and it was not his responsibility. Even at the beginning, Cao Shi didn't know the old man
I have such a thing in my hand. Because at that time, the bronze medal incident had not been completely pushed to the forefront, and I was living in Jiangbei, so Cao Shi was not suspected or dissatisfied by the old man. If he wanted to do something, he would gradually come into contact with some