chaotic world

Chapter 57

The two wandered around to find a hotel, which couldn't compare to those glamorous big hotels, but it was much more comfortable and clean than a big car shop. Du Yunfeng directly asked for two rooms, next to each other.

Song Shudong was a little surprised. He had been lying on the same kang with the other party for a while.But since the other party did this on purpose, he also supported it with both hands. After all, he was a little worried sometimes. He knew the little bandit from before so well, so he was really inhuman when he came up.

The two of them rummaged through all their pockets and there was only enough room for three days, and they had to save some food.

"Enough," Du Yunfeng said, "Three days are enough."

When Song Shudong woke up at night, he vaguely heard movement in the room next door. He thought that a big living person would be fine, so he ignored it and fell asleep on the bed, sleeping peacefully, which was rare for a long time.

When I went to knock on the door next door early the next morning, I found that Du Yunfeng was gone.

At first he didn't care, but at night he started to feel anxious, but he had nowhere to look. He asked the waiter, but the people inside didn't tell where the tenant went or when he left.

Song Shudong was beating the bucket in his heart, but he wanted to understand one thing——Du Yunfeng disappeared so quietly, so it can be seen that he was not taken away by someone. With his physique, if he wants to get rid of him, he will have to go all the way. My friend, the waiter couldn't fail to notice.

In other words, Du Yunfeng left by himself.

As for where he went, Song Shudong couldn't guess, he just felt that Du Yunfeng would definitely not leave him here without saying a word.

When he captured him, he was just a prey, but now he is not a prey, he is his savior, and he is the only person he "knows" now.

He's not a good guy, but he's limitedly bad.

Thinking of this, he calmed down a bit, went out to find a job during the day in a daze, and knocked on the door as usual when he came back at night.

Until the afternoon of the third day, he had just started an internship as a small editor in a small newspaper, with food and housing included. The first two weeks of internship were unpaid.

The newspaper is a small company under the Commercial Press. It is a typical street tabloid with a gimmick style. It has just been established for a few months. It's common for the two to fall.

Except for evergreens like Ta Kung Pao, no one knows how many tabloids there are in the world.

However, Song Shudong was quite happy. He was good at writing and drawing. Although he had little money, but he had a bowl of cultural food, he didn't want to spend his life in hiding anymore.

When he was about to get off work, the editor-in-chief asked him to do some labor to send the newspapers hoarded from the previous issue to the factory for pulping. He kindly agreed and dragged a box of heavy newspapers out. The printing factory was not far away. It was just around the corner, and he didn't dare to call a rickshaw to save money, so he dragged it slowly by himself.

Gordon Road was buzzing that afternoon.

Gordon Road is the location of the tabloid office, a very lively road in the British Concession.

First, groups of people in black clothes dressed loosely in mandarin jackets flocked, followed by the red-headed assan from the British Concession, with a nest of red on his head, running over there in an earth-shattering manner. and go.

Behind them are curious common people asking each other what's going on and looking at each other. Those who have something good to do, with quick legs, ran across the corner to see.

Song Shudong was a down-to-earth person. Although he wanted to know what was going on, he was very loyal to his job. He insisted on dragging the boxes, walking against the flow of people, and dragged the discarded newspapers to the printing factory with sweat on his face.

When he returned to the newspaper office, there was already a ball of excitement.

The editor-in-chief shouted to the reporters and editors through the office door, talking excitedly with the phone on his ear and shoulder.

"Yes, yes, it's very close to us. My people dared to go there in time, just in time to take pictures of Boss Hou being kidnapped. No, no, no, we don't sell, we want to make our own headlines, no, No, this is not negotiable..."

A reporter ran back from the outside and frantically removed the film.

Others ran excitedly to help watch.

"Did you get the full face?"

"Hurry up and prepare the potion in the darkroom!"

"Have you seen any other newspapers?"

"This time the commotion was too great. Someone in Hou Daiying dared to move. The entire Haihe Wharf had to move!"

In the noisy chatter, Song Shudong's back stiffened.

Hou Daiying?

Hou Daiying!

Putting down the receipt in his hand in a panic, he didn't care about explaining the work, so he rushed up to the crowd.

Everyone was excited about the big headlines, but they didn't notice that this little intern had a distinctive look of anxiety on his face.

In the buzzing atmosphere, he asked a series of questions in a row.

dead?

Who was kidnapped?

Was the kidnapper injured?

Did anyone get caught?

……

The editor-in-chief and reporters were busy exchanging information, and they didn't have time to deal with his series of questions that were not on the table. The last photographer was relieved after handing in the film, and turned to look at him in surprise.

"Hey, I said young man, your thinking is wrong." The tall photographer, who is known as the old master Shen, said, "Who kidnapped it? It was Hou Daiying who was kidnapped, this is the explosive news!"

"I just want to know..." Song Shudong was about to continue asking questions when he was interrupted by another skinny reporter.

"Old Shen, Xiao Song came from another place just now, so he doesn't understand the situation yet." Ma Gan'er took a sip of the overnight herbal tea from his teacup, but due to his excessive excitement, he continued to talk unconsciously, "Who is Tianjin Wei?" People don’t know Hou Daiying? Of course, there may be some, but everyone with a certain social status knows this little devil, who made him have the brother of the chief of police!”

Who would not know the Chief of Police!

"Ah?" Song Shudong was obedient and dumbfounded on the spot. The kidnapper must be Du Yunfeng. This can't be wrong, which means stabbing Lou Zi. "The kidnapper can't escape?"

"Oh, this stubborn child." Old Shen stomped his feet, wondering why this young man couldn't turn this corner?

"The one who was kidnapped will definitely not be able to escape." Ma Gan'er is calmer than Old Shen. He has been a reporter for many years and has seen everyone. He has seen everyone. There are many people who don't hit the south wall and don't look back. "Look , the people who are shouting and cheering on the street, and the police from the British Concession are probably here. Besides, let alone the chief waiter, Hou Daiying's subordinates are not idlers!"

"That's right," Lao Yu, a reporter who was busy proofreading the manuscript, did not forget to echo, "Hou Daiying's little overlord, a gangster who grew up by the Haihe River, his family background in old Beijing, and his grandfather in Beiyang. The vice-minister of national defense appointed by the president didn’t lose his power until Duan Zheng came to power, and went to Tianjin, that’s how skinny a camel is bigger than a horse.”

"Old Yu you carefully proofread your manuscript, don't delay the matter," Ma Gan'er took the remark, not to popularize knowledge for Song Shudong, but a mouthpiece department like a newspaper, which already knows that there are more inside information and better people, so it is easier With a sense of superiority, he joked and flaunted, "When we arrived in Tianjin, the Hou family was still rich and powerful, but the generation of Hou Daichen was prosperous again, right? He became the head of the department at a young age and has a bright future. Well, that's okay, his precious little brother is not stingy, I heard that he wanted to let him go into official career at home, but if he didn't let him go, he would go backwards, but in the end, he messed around and got a security company, going around to various cigarette bars , theaters, and cinemas are for people’s safety. Of course, if you say it’s for safety, if you don’t invite him, it’s definitely not safe. So, the Hou family takes care of our Tianjin Wei’s black and white safety.”

Song Shudong heard almost two wars, and felt that Du Yunfeng had stabbed a real hornet's nest.

Just when he was so panicked that he didn't know what to do, the door of the printing room opened, and dozens of freshly released photos were taken out in one go.

The editor-in-chief couldn't bear his temper anymore, he had already left the editor-in-chief's office, and if he was not afraid of the exposure of the film, he would have plunged into the darkroom a long time ago.

A group of heads tied together to choose a photo suitable for the front page. The scene must be shocking and the protagonist's state must be clearly seen, so everyone will get started together.

"Editor-in-Chief, look at this picture. Hou Daiying looks like a blood gourd. When has he ever been in such a mess? This picture has a strong effect."

Song Shudong followed the sound, and in the photo, the so-called Hou Daiying had only a side face, except for the whites of his eyes, the rest was bright red, and he was being dragged by his neck with an elbow, and from the perspective of the photo, the surrounding The crowd had already surrounded the two of them tightly.

The kidnapper only showed his shoulders and arms. He was dressed in a suit and leather shoes, and his face was blocked.

Just looking at the height and the figure with the head hidden and the tail exposed, Song Shudong knew that it was Du Yunfeng without a doubt.

He hurriedly searched for other photos, which were taken from various angles, but, strangely, none of them could capture Du Yunfeng's full face.

His top hat was held down low, and he didn't even look at the crowd. The thick collar of his suit was straightened up, covering the corners of his chin and mouth. Occasionally, a photo seemed to show his side face, but he could only vaguely see his exposed face. A little beard, it's really hard to see the real face.

The editor-in-chief patted his thigh anxiously, but Hou Daiying has all kinds of angles, enough to make a photo album.

It's not enough for him alone.

This daring kidnapper blatantly robs in full view, which is a big selling point in itself!

Judging from the dozens of photos, the abductor is bold and bold, still holding a pipa and half covering his face, and his sense of mystery is doubled.

"Hurry up, tell Lao Wang and the others who are following up, and make sure to capture the kidnapper's face!" The editor-in-chief immediately realized what the biggest selling point of the following news was, and took care of the next deployment with great foresight.

But at this moment, he immediately focused his attention on the news that will be published immediately, "Now take the sample draft for reprinting, and send out today's issue, we are the one closest to the scene, and our news will definitely be fresh. "

"Li Zhiping, don't be idle, hurry up and catch up with the draft of the next news, don't focus on the surname Hou, ah no no no, don't put it on Hou Daiying, pay attention to the movements of Hou Daichen, And the origin of that kidnapper, keep up, don't get dumped, we're going to have an exclusive series of news, haha..." The editor-in-chief was going crazy, rubbing his hands and walking back and forth while assigning tasks, which looked like a urgency .

In his mind, a sparrow turned into a phoenix is ​​already unfolding in his mind. The tabloid office has turned into a well-known Tianjin newspaper. He has also changed from a little-known editor-in-chief to a famous pen that all major newspapers are eager to curry favor with.

Hahaha, the future is really great.

Where did the kidnappers come from?

The editor-in-chief was daydreaming frantically, and the reporters followed up and published their manuscripts, and the newspaper office fell into an excited chaos again.

Waiting is not an option, Song Shudong walked out of the newspaper office in a state of confusion, without thinking of a solution, he involuntarily walked towards the place where the incident happened.

Gordon Road is relatively prosperous. The street is not spacious, but when there are more people, it will be very crowded. The patrolling gangsters and ordinary people rush in one direction with their own purposes, just like a flood of water pouring into a small river ditch, causing great chaos.

The incident took place at the end of Gordon Road, near the edge of the British Concession, next to the French Concession. There is a theater under the name of Hou Daiying. It usually does a good business. The theater was just decorated in spring. It is magnificent and very high-end. Usually, famous actors are invited, and it is a well-known high-end consumer place in Jinmen.

Hou Daiying is a good hand in the rivers and lakes. A few years ago, his family forced him to study in Beiping and train him to be a good person. Unexpectedly, Mr. Hou was a hot-headed man who shaved his head and spent a lot of tuition fees, but he failed to cultivate a civilized and good young man. , He didn't even cultivate a playboy, his youngest son insisted on enjoying the ordinary, and became a sleazy local ruffian.

Mr. Hou saw that his youngest son was not yet a weapon at the age of 20, and he was vaguely about to become a local snake. After scolding him, he had to admit that he was fed to the dog with love, and his ambition became a fart.

In the end, the old man finally figured it out, instead of being ashamed at the bottom of the imperial city, it is better to go far away, and the face of his old Hou family can be lost more slowly.

The little overlord Hou Daiying was thrown to his elder brother, the deputy chief of the police. In name, he called his eldest brother like a father, and he disciplined him more. Woolen cloth.

Hou Daiying's arrival in Tianjin was like a bird coming out of its cage and a wild dog running free. In just a year or two, he made a name for himself in the hooligan world and became the leader of the hooligans—the big gangsters. .

His elder brother, who was the deputy chief at the time, also secretly had this younger brother as his helper, and solved many enemies and opponents who did not appear on the stage.

So far, the Hou brothers have dominated Tianjin Wei in just a few years.

Having said that, in terms of status in the world, no one dares to take Hou Daiying's idea. Da Yali's uncle, Boss Li, is also one of Hou Daiying's many "protection objects". , you don’t need to say it yourself, if your subordinates like it and move, then Boss Li can only grit his teeth and hold on.

But everything is afraid of coincidence.

A long time ago, one of Hou Daiying's subordinates took a batch of imported western medicine from Boss Li's warehouse for nothing. Western medicine is no better than fish and shrimp. It not only involves money, but also belongs to the key surveillance products of the national government. suspected.

At that time, Boss Li didn't dare to give it, and he didn't dare not to give it. When he was in a dilemma, he asked his subordinate to issue an IOU in the name of the boss Hou Daiying, and also listed the details of the medicine.

Later, when Da Yali went to pick up the task from his uncle, the uncle was careless for a moment and didn't notice that in the stack of IOUs, there was another one involving the bully Hou Daiying, which laid a hidden danger.

Da Yali held a chicken feather as an arrow, only thinking about claiming credit, but didn't think about how much the Hou brothers were worth compared with 5 yuan.

Coincidentally, he met Du Yunfeng who "just wanted to find a living and work".

So, Boss Hou, who felt very good about himself, was hijacked in broad daylight, in the theater office at the third door of his house and the third door outside, under the heavy guards of many gangsters.

Song Shudong rushed to the place where the accident happened based on his feeling. There were three floors of people watching the excitement, and they couldn't move when they reached the entrance of the theater.

He sharpened his head and squeezed in, and found that it was the Indian girls who had pulled up the cordon. Amidst the chatter of the people around him, he seemed to have heard someone say that the robbers were taking people to the French Concession.

He squeezed out the crowd and ran towards the French Concession, faster than a rickshaw. On the way, he saw that the French patrols were also dispatched, either sealing this intersection or blocking the store door. The patrols were carrying batons and blowing whistles to direct them. .

Song Shudong looked everywhere, and he was flustered when he saw the patrol like locusts, but at the same time he felt relieved.

If someone caught it, the patrols wouldn't be so mobilizing.

From evening to sunset, he turned around wherever he could, found nothing, and had nowhere to go in the middle of the night, and then dragged his tired body back to the hotel. He had no money, tonight was the last day of the hotel, he thought in a daze Discuss with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper tomorrow and ask him to make a floor shop at night. Anyway, after the internship period is over, he will have cash flow, and he will move out at that time.

I don't know if the editor-in-chief can agree, he thought wildly, walked to his room, and inadvertently swept to the next door——

There was a sudden movement in his heart.

There was a narrow gap under the door, and there was a faint light.

Just as the footsteps stopped in front of the door, the door opened quietly.

In the room, only the table lamp should be turned on. Du Yunfeng's tall figure almost blocked most of the light, and also covered Song Shudong in the shadow.

He stood in the door without stepping out or trying to look around, as if he was sure that the door must be Song Shudong, he opened the door naturally, glanced at him, and let him in sideways.

Song Shudong even forgot to speak, and walked in dumbly. In fact, he subconsciously told himself not to make a sound. Du Yunfeng provoked such a difficult person. Don't make any noise.

When the door was gently closed, Song Shudong suddenly turned around and turned around. He rushed over to check and fumble the other person. He lowered his voice and asked eagerly, "Do you know if something big happened?" There was nothing abnormal about the place he slapped, so he turned Hold the opponent's cheek with his head, and move it from side to side, "Are you injured? There are so many people chasing you, and the policemen have guns..."

Du Yunfeng opened his hand and seemed to be smiling in the dark, but because of the mask-like thick beard, Song Shudong couldn't see it clearly. He only heard the other party say: "I got the commission of [-]."

When he lowered his head, he saw Du Yunfeng took out a brand new check from the inner pocket of his torn padded jacket.

At this moment, Song Shudong was looking at the check, and he was sweating belatedly. That thin piece of paper was very vividly connected with the kidnapping incident that was turning against Yingtian this afternoon, and Du Yunfeng was the one who connected the two ends. The essential.

"Isn't this exchanging your life for money?" Song Shudong didn't accept the check, and sat back with his legs limp, half of his buttocks touching the edge of the bed. Then he moved instinctively, sighed, and sat down firmly, "To arrest thugs this afternoon They are all dispatched, and now the whole city is looking for you, Brother Du, it is very dangerous now, you know?"

"Take it," Du Yunfeng held the check and handed it to him. Seeing that the other party didn't accept it, he slapped him on the shoulder, with little strength, but more consoling, "Don't be afraid of Shudong, I'm here, it's all right. "

"How can it be all right?" Song Shudong covered his head with his hands in worry, "Brother Du, do you know who that Hou Daiying you provoked is? Now there are groups of people hunting you around, no matter how powerful you are, you are alone and two Hand, this is not outside the pass, it is not the time for you to call the wind and call the rain, the people under you..."

Song Shudong suddenly stopped talking, and suddenly looked up at the other party.

Du Yunfeng lowered his head slightly, looked at him thoughtfully, and quietly waited for his next words.

Song Shudong swallowed his saliva, knowing that he had slipped his words, and didn't know what to say for a while to round up the words.

Before he could speak, Du Yunfeng opened his mouth: "I can't remember what I used to do, but I always have a feeling that I know I can't do anything by myself."

Song Shudong raised his head and saw the other party smiling at him.

During this period of time, Du Yunfeng seldom smiled, not too seriously, most of the time he was a little confused and absent-minded.

"I've been with him for three days, and I probably found out about him, so I did it today." He continued, stuffing the check into Song Shudong's shirt pocket, and patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, "Seeing you I can understand being afraid, but I can't understand why I'm not afraid at all, and besides, I... put down a few of his men, and when I saw his stunned expression when I entered the door, I was actually very happy."

"Brother Du, I don't understand, what do you want to say?" Song Shudong was a little at a loss.

"That's right, I'm a rough person. I don't know how to describe it. It's just a feeling. I rushed over and jumped on the table. He stretched his hand under the desk. I opened his hand subconsciously. I don't know why. I felt there was something there, so I touched it, and sure enough, there was a gun stuck underneath." Du Yunfeng didn't look at him, but looked ahead and said to himself, as if recalling an interesting event.

"When I took the gun, I knew it was full of bullets when I weighed it with one hand. I didn't need to look carefully. I knew it had been loaded when I pulled the trigger. Do you think it's strange? "Du Yunfeng patted his hand, and inadvertently changed from the shoulder to the back of the head, from gently patting to slowly stroking his hair, "I don't need to look back, I know how he will resist next, so he went to the flower stand When I pounced, I knew it was not that simple, and as soon as the vase hit him on the head, guess what, there was a gun hidden in the vase."

In Song Shudong's mind, there was a coherent fighting scene. He had seen Du Yunfeng's skills countless times, so it was not difficult to imagine.

It is because it is not difficult and more vivid, so I have to sweat even more. That is Hou Daiying's old den, and that is the boss of the security company.

Digging out the wolf's lair has to be done while the old wolf is away.

He is here to pick out the old wolf.

"Then how did you get out?" Song Shudong asked immediately, he saw that the crowd was surrounded by three layers and three layers outside, "I'm an intern at a newspaper, just on Gordon Road, we have a reporter to take pictures, One of the shoes was squeezed out, and everyone said that the kidnappers would not be able to escape, so I thought it was over for you!"

"I asked him to write a check at first, but he still talked nonsense with me, and dared to provoke him if he asked me [-] yuan, did he take the wrong medicine?" Du Yunfeng smiled to himself, and recalled it quite funny, "The old man, the second child, he The third child? I am too lazy to talk nonsense, so I bumped him against the corner of the table, toasted him without eating and fined wine, and he had to bleed to understand people's words."

When Du Yunfeng said these things, it was like chatting about family affairs, neither frightening emotions nor exaggerated exaggerations. logic.

Hearing him speak like this, Song Shudong was a little scared, and felt that this expression seemed familiar, reminding him of Du Yunfeng a long time ago.

I also think of Zhou Lan, who is also ruthless.

"When I got a check for [-] yuan, someone came from outside, so I naturally asked him to give me a ride. He was very afraid of death, so he reminded his subordinates not to act rashly," Du Yunfeng continued, "It happened that The patrol car also came, so I borrowed the police car and ran out of the city, before the people caught up, I knocked out the policeman who was driving, changed my clothes and ran back."

At this point, he gave his hand a light pause, and then said slowly: "Shudong, I don't need to tell you these things, you know these details are useless, but I'll tell you anyway." He thought for a while , and then continued, "You know? When I did these things, I didn't panic or mess up. I don't have to think about what to do and what to do next. I know it somewhere. You know the feeling. Is it? It’s as if I was born to be particularly skilled at doing this—so, Shudong, did I come from a kidnapper before?”

Song Shudong closed his eyes, feeling that Du Yunfeng was faintly about to recover his real body, can you stop it?