Volume 2: Chapter 39: The Bloody Afterglow under the Curtain
There is a reason for Selina to do this. According to the experience of participating in the black market many times in "Home", whenever the black market ends, it is when the bloody wind rises, and the roads around the black market are stained red.
Or in the aisle, it was clearly stated that "life is precious, and you need to be careful when leaving the venue."
The biggest advantage of being fully prepared is: safety, no danger along the way. Selina’s guards who are responsible for responding outside will meet with Selina immediately. Even if they encounter robbers who are not long-sighted on the way, they are not prepared.
The guards threw him into the Thames River to feed the fish.
Chu Long also left the black market before the show ended, but in order to ensure safety, he still paid a "tip". Although this cost him 500 pounds, it was indeed worth the money. The night breeze was a bit cold when he left.
, and never encountered any emergencies.
The black market was held at the port this time, and the safe "travel method" arranged was a boat, which is a means of transportation. Chu Long took the steamboat prepared by the black market early in the morning. The boat was not big, and there were only eight people on it when it was full.
There is one boatman and one security guard each for the black market, and the boat is full of "customers".
The steamer Chu Long and the others were traveling on did not dock at any major port, but sailed down the Thames River. The "customers" on the ship could disembark whenever they wanted, and the steamship would dock at the nearest embankment with stairs.
In the early days, there were many dock businesses on both sides of the Thames. The major ports were all occupied by large local forces in London. Foreign forces and local small businesses could only do small businesses in the "tributaries" of the river far away from the docks. Simply build a few
Steps are arranged to facilitate boats docking and transporting goods.
The arrival of the war not only affected the upper echelons of the country, but also affected the lives of the people. Both large and small ports were affected. Along with the war came riots, and merchants who relied on the river for their livelihood were affected.
There was a big impact, the port was attacked, and the small ports were blown up, resulting in a lot of damaged stone steps on both sides of the river bank.
Entering the Cold War stage, people restored the original port piers, but there were still many unrestored stone steps. The Black Market held this commemorative meeting. In order to provide the best service to guests, some of the original stone steps on both sides of the river were restored.
The stone steps have been simply repaired to make it easier for guests to land.
After the auction came to an end, the black market quickly entered the final stage. All the "customers" were seizing the time to deal with their unfinished private matters. The black market will not be delayed due to the reasons of a few individuals.
When the closing time comes, all those doing business in the black market will stop buying and selling, pack up their supplies, and wait to leave the black market.
Almost at the same moment, everyone who came to the black market will return the same way and are not allowed to stay in the black market.
After all the visitors in the black market leave, all the merchants doing business will leave by another way.
Afterwards, security personnel will quickly occupy various intersections, block all traffic arteries, thoroughly check whether there are any people who have not left the venue, make statistics on goods sent to the black market, and other related work.
No matter how the black market coordinates internal affairs, the people who left have already embarked on the road home, but it is obvious that this road home is more difficult and difficult to walk than before.
An ordinary carriage was zigzagging toward the city center from the direction of the pier. When passing by an alley, "Bang, bang!" two gunshots suddenly rang out in the quiet alley, and the horse pulling the carriage was hit.
Frightened, he immediately increased his speed and threw the unprepared coachman under the carriage.
The driver hit his head when he fell out of the carriage
The wall on one side rolled to the ground and passed out.
The people in the carriage almost rolled out of the carriage under the violent shaking of the carriage. Bullets penetrated the carriage. As the carriage shook violently, there was faint blood seeping out from the cracks in the carriage door.
The two horses that were running forward like crazy suddenly fell forward, as if the horses had fallen into a pit. You could see through the dim light that there was no pit. It was as thick as a child's arm.
The rope was fixed in the short and narrow alley.
"Hissing" the two horses tripped over the rope and fell in the alley. After wondering why the two horses were so close to each other, they stumbled and fell in the same direction. They inevitably bumped into each other.
The horse on the right hit the wall of the alley with its entire front body, and another horse fell on it, so it was definitely injured.
None of these are the most critical. The most critical thing is the inertia caused by the impact of the horse running wildly. This is the most fatal thing.
"Neigh!" With a long cry, the horse on the right fell to the ground, shaking constantly and unable to stand up.
Driven by two horses, the carriage rolled over in the alley. The moment the carriage rolled over, a figure quickly opened the door and rolled out. At the same time, gunshots rang out again, but it was obvious that they were shots.
Sounds from the ground.
At the intersection of alleys ahead, four or five figures walked slowly towards the carriage. When they were three or four meters away from the carriage, a gunshot "Bang!" rang out, and one of the people who came close followed closely.
He fell to the ground.
Seeing someone on their side fall to the ground, the approaching figures quickly dodged and hid in the front part of the carriage, and fired back at the back of the carriage with guns.
A figure made a gesture to the people in front of him, and the people in front quickly retreated. The figure fired a shot at another struggling horse that was slightly injured. The bullet hit the driving position.
But it bruised the horse.
The horse was injured and screamed "Neigh!" as it struggled harder and harder. As it continued to struggle, the carriage was shaken violently. The figure who fired the gun seized every opportunity to lie down until the injured horse fell to the ground.
He stood beside the horse and stared at the carriage not far away, looking for an opportunity to strike again.
The person behind the carriage hides himself in the blind corner of the carriage, so that those people cannot attack him. Instead, he can observe the movement of the other party at all times. As long as the other party dares to attack, he can injure or even kill him.
But at this moment, the carriage began to shake violently, and the carriages shifted slightly during the shaking. There was a gunshot, followed by a strong pain in the calf, and the people behind the carriage suddenly fell.
On the ground.
I have to say that the sneak attacker has really good eyesight. He can accurately hit the target with only the faint moonlight.
The person who succeeded in the sneak attack quickly gestured towards himself and ran quickly towards the back of the car. Without any unnecessary nonsense, the moment he saw the man who fell to the ground, he raised his hand and shot two shots towards the back of the car, without any trace of surprise.
hesitate.
"Puff!" Two sounds, the sound of bullets piercing through the body, sounded in the quiet alley, and the person who fell to the ground made no movement.
The man who was shot in the calf and fell to the ground turned over and wanted to hide in the blind corner of the carriage. Unexpectedly, the attacker reacted so quickly. As soon as he turned over, the attacker rushed over and shot him dead.
"Hurry up! We don't have much time. The patrolman may not know what to do.
The time will come before us.”
The man who fired the gun said to the people behind him.
The few people following behind didn't say anything, they just opened the door of the carriage and rummaged through the items in the carriage.
"Found it, the information is correct!"
A female voice came from inside the carriage.
"Take that idiot with you, he was hit because he was slow to react."
"move!"
Several figures quickly evacuated from the dark alley with their wounded and acquired items.
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Such attacks occurred from time to time around the black market venue. At this moment, shootings, accidents and other ways of death continued to spread outwards from the black market as the center, like a lingering dark cloud spreading to the surrounding areas.
Chu Long and others who spent money and took the "safe passage" left the murderous area without any risk.
The gunshots, screams, and the neighing of horse hooves seemed to converge into a sad and frightening song that echoed in the area as the boat gradually moved away.
The people on the boat seemed to have become accustomed to it. Whether it was the black market crew or others, they stared at the surrounding riverbank indifferently and silently. It was normal for them. As long as they did not threaten themselves, the life and death of others had nothing to do with them.
what relationship.
At this moment, the indifference and ruthlessness of human nature are vividly displayed. No one will worry about others, they will only watch with cold eyes, and even if it happens in front of them, they will treat it as a fog covering their eyes and ignore it completely.
Just like the carriage that overturned on the river bank just now, all the regular customers on the boat know that the people in the carriage will definitely be robbed, and it depends on whether they can survive. If they are not lucky, they may be sunk in the river.
.
Chu Long saw with his own eyes that the man who climbed out of the carriage was about to run away, but was shot dead by someone hiding in an unknown corner, and his life was gone. The boat crossed this section of the river, and Chu Long did not see the secret robbery.
The bandit showed up.
There are too many such things, and people have become numb, so "it doesn't matter, just hang up."
The scenes surrounding the black market are just a microcosm of the dark night. It only amplifies an inducement. Driven by desire, people will still take risks. Even if there is no black market, evil will still breed in the dark night, because
Darkness can obscure some people.
The boat gradually disappeared under the night fog along the river. Those on the shore hidden in the shadows watched the boat disappear from sight before stepping out to accept their harvest.
For the people in the shadows, this was just a small accident. It didn’t matter if they were discovered by the people on the boat, because they saw the logo on the small boat, a unique logo. It was a special logo unique to the black market, the fluorescent "Haier"
pull".
As long as you don't actively provoke the black market or touch its goods or people, the black market will turn a blind eye and ignore what they do.
The black market is not the police. It is not their turn to deal with gangs and evil. Even the police will not come out in the middle of the night to maintain public order.
During this period of time, most of the people who have not rested and come out in various ways are not ordinary people. They are people who do "night work", and they themselves have more or less illegal behaviors. For law enforcement officers,
He said that these "scumbags" died innocently, and they were killed first and then investigated, and none of them were innocently accused.