In the St. George slum, which is filled with dilapidated houses and illegal buildings, the St. Paul's Monastery with its long history can be said to be a breath of fresh air in the swamp. Its architectural style is rigorous and solemn, with distinctive European characteristics.
However, the gangsters who took possession of Paul's Monastery obviously did not have the concept of protecting cultural relics. In addition to the main chapel, most of the attached prayer rooms, residence halls, dining rooms and other buildings were dilapidated, and the ground was full of garbage.
The fountain in the small open-air square in front of the chapel was bulldozed, and a simple stage was erected with audio instruments on it. A guy with dreadlocks was busy enjoying himself in front of the mixing console.
Hundreds of men and women gathered around the stage, some shaking their heads to the rhythm of the music, some hugging each other as if no one else was around, some smoking hemp, and some playing with firearms.
There is a strange smell in the air.
When Zuo Yi followed several Hellfire members into the monastery, many people cast their eyes over him.
The tattooed man said a word and strode into the chapel.
Zuo Yi stayed in the small square and was guarded by two gangsters.
While waiting for the tattooed man to come back, some Hellfire members came over to ask them a few questions, and then looked at Zuo Yi with a very meaningful look.
Like a hunter who sees a plump prey.
Four or five minutes later, a man wearing a plaid shirt walked out of the chapel in a crowd of people, with the tattooed man just behind him.
"Are you here to redeem someone?"
Wearing a plaid shirt and a skinny figure, he was only 1.7 meters tall. He walked up to Zuo Yi with steps that he didn't recognize, raised his chin and asked arrogantly: "Did you bring the money?"
Two strong men with strong backs and fierce looks stood behind him, glaring at Zuo Yi eagerly.
"Brought it."
Zuo Yi patted the backpack in his hand and asked, "Where are the people?"
"You are very courageous."
The plaid shirt showed a strange smile: "You are the first Daxia person who dares to appear here."
He speaks good English, at least much better than the tattooed man.
"There is a first time for everything."
Zuo Yi said calmly: "Let's trade now."
The plaid shirt took a deep look at Zuo Yi, as if to remember his appearance in his mind, and raised his hand to wave.
Soon, two people with black bags on their heads were escorted over by Hellfire members, and the plaid shirts pulled off the bags.
"ah!"
The two of them screamed at the same time. Their eyes were suddenly stimulated by the bright light, and they all showed frightened expressions.
Although they hadn't seen each other for ten years, Zuo Yi still recognized their identities at a glance.
Gu Yunxi’s parents Gu Kai and Zhang Yun!
He nodded, opened the zipper of his backpack, and took out Tyke from inside first.
(⊙o⊙)(⊙o⊙)(⊙o⊙)(⊙o⊙)
The surrounding Hellfire members were stunned - what the hell is this?
Woof!
Tyke barked, and the wad of hundred-dollar bills in his mouth immediately fell back into his backpack.
Zuo Yi casually threw this guy to the ground, and then threw the heavy backpack to the plaid shirt.
Although the plaid shirt looked weak, his skills and reflexes were not bad, and he grabbed the backpack.
Glancing at the U.S. dollars that filled more than half of his backpack, he weighed it with a satisfied smile on his face.
Zuo Yi said: "Let him go."
The corner of the plaid shirt's mouth twitched, and he raised his hand and snapped his fingers: "Yeah."
The two Hellfire members pushed Gu Kai and Zhang Yun towards Zuo Yi.
The two of them staggered forward and almost fell to the ground. Fortunately, Zuo Yi had quick eyes and quick hands, and was able to hold on to the left and right at the same time.
"Uncle, aunt, are you okay?"
At this time, Gu Kai's vision had recovered a lot. Looking at Zuo Yi who was supporting him, he couldn't believe his eyes: "You, are you Zuo Yi?"
When Zuo Yi and Gu Yunxi were in love, Zuo Yi and her parents had met several times. Gu Kai had a very deep memory of Zuo Yi, the guy who almost took away the apple of his eye.
So even though Zuo Yi is much more mature now than he was back then, he still recognized him.
"Zuo Yi? Why is it you?"
Zhang Yun, who also recovered her eyesight, was also extremely shocked: "Where is Yaoming?"
"Let's not talk about this yet."
Zuo Yi said: "I will take you back."
Gu Kai and Zhang Yun woke up, looked at the Hellfire members around them with fear, and nodded hurriedly.
From being kidnapped yesterday to now, they are frightened and frightened, exhausted both physically and mentally, and can't wait to escape from danger.
However, when Zuo Yi led the two of them and turned around to leave, several Hellfire members holding weapons blocked the door!
These gangsters had sinister smiles on their faces and a sarcastic look in their eyes.
Zuo Yi frowned, turned around and said to the plaid shirt: "I have paid the ransom, are there any questions?"
The plaid shirt smiled.
He touched his chin, slowly took out a cigar from his coat pocket, bit off the cap and held it in his mouth, then grabbed a stack of U.S. dollars in his backpack, took out one and held it between his fingers.
Snap!
A member of the Hellfire next to him lit a lighter, and the man in the plaid shirt put the dollar bill between his fingers and lit it, and then used the burning dollar bill to light the cigar in his mouth.
Throwing the stack of U.S. dollars back into the backpack he was holding, he took a long drag on his cigar, exhaled the smoke and said, "I just ordered it, and the ransom amount is wrong. One is missing, so you can't leave.
"
Gu Kai and Zhang Yun, who thought they had escaped, were stunned.
They never expected that the other party would be such a rogue and would not let him go even after paying the ransom.
Zhang Yun burst into tears: "How could you do this?"
All the Hellfire members around laughed!
The plaid shirt also laughed loudly: "Who made you Daxia people so rich!"
Being rich is the original sin!
"Since you don't follow the rules..."
Among all the people present, the only one whose expression did not change was Zuo Yi: "Then you must have the awareness to take responsibility."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Kai and Zhang Yun immediately felt themselves being lifted up by an invisible force, and were involuntarily lifted into the air in an instant.
唳～
Just when the two of them were scared out of their wits and thought they were about to fall to the ground, a huge gryphon appeared out of thin air and held them on its back.
With a sudden wave of its wings, the griffin instantly rose hundreds of meters into the air!
This time it was the Hellfire gang members' turn to be confused, feeling that what just happened was like a dream.
It's so unreal.
At this moment, Zuo Yi's voice rang in everyone's ears: "I declare that you are guilty!"