chaotic world

This morning, Du Yunfeng hid in the small attic with nothing to do, and observed that the Hou family was bustling. First, the door was swept, and the staff of the security company came in and out one after another in the morning, and when it was almost noon, several black cars drove in one after another. Gordon said.

Several young people in the front and rear cars jumped out of the car first, looked around in front of the monkey house gate, and a black Ford in the middle turned directly into the monkey house.

Du Yunfeng knew intuitively that Hou Daiying was back.

After lunch time, the Gordon Road became earth-shatteringly bustling, with cars of all sizes driving in. The road was spacious at first, but it was full of parks one after another.

The door of Hou's house was opened this afternoon, but it was not closed.

He owns a security company, and at the moment there are more security guards in his home than outside staff. Thanks to the large number of people inside and outside, there are constant reports that this boss has come to visit, and that important government official has come to visit.

"Hey, I said Brother Hou, there are people in Tianjin who dare to pay attention to you, the world is really messed up!" The person who spoke was Boss Gu of the Ye Rose Ballroom in Huang's Garden.

"I've eaten bear heart and leopard guts." Hou Daiying sat on the sofa in the big living room, with a big horse and a sword, full of momentum, not at all like a newly recovered patient, "It's weird to say this, Lao Gu, you I'm not an outsider, so I feel strange. I haven't seen anyone in Tianjin who dares to break ground on my head, and he is not in a hurry. What kind of god is this? If I want to catch him, I have to ask He eats a meal, he has such a big life, and he has never seen such a brave man."

"Oh, brother Hou is joking." Gu Zhenhai is a well-rounded person. People who are both black and white come to his place, and usually rely on the brothers of the Hou family to take care of him. Today, he specially drove Hou Daiying to visit later, "Where There is such a godly person, I guess, nine out of ten are poor and crazy, or come from other places, I don’t know how powerful you are, a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.”

Hou Daiying shook his head. He had thought about the matter over and over again while recuperating in the hospital. It's not like he hadn't considered the possibility that Old Gu said.

"What if a beggar from another place," Hou Daiying said, "could barge into our company with straight eyebrows? Damn, it's only [-] yuan to open your mouth, and it's only natural to say that you owe debts and pay back money, eh, my mother was also mad at the time , didn’t even ask who I owe the money to!”

"Haha, oh, it's so strange!" The surnamed Gu couldn't help laughing, "What Brother Hou said is absurd, where is this lunatic, you will be tied up for just [-] yuan? Oh, I want to laugh My stomach hurts..." After saying that, he really covered his stomach.

"Can I make a joke about this? Do you think it's strange?" Hou Daiying spread his hands.

As soon as Hou Daiying and Boss Gu chatted, a young and bright guy ran in, walked around the luxurious sofa, leaned over to Hou Daiying's side, and said a few words in a low voice.

I only listened to Hou Daiying's order: "Let him come in. There are many people today, so you don't have to ask me one by one. Let Lao Hai figure it out. There are important people coming to inform me."

The young man bowed down and said yes, bowed cleverly to Boss Gu, and ran down to find Lao Hai.

"Li Guixiang from the Salt Bureau," Hou Daiying said casually, "recently he was transferred from the salt police to the finance department and became a director. Come to me to show off."

Boss Gu listened to what he said, and immediately understood the mystery, so he answered naturally: "Although he is only a director, I am afraid it is a noble person who can guide the way. That is the salt business. Isn't sitting on the salt pile now the same as sitting on a golden mountain?" Are you in it? Director of Finance, the hot seat, it really makes my brother's hands and eyes open..."

Before he could finish his sentence, a middle-aged man dressed in a tunic came in at the door of the living room. His hair was shiny in threes and sevens. It could be seen that he had just taken care of it deliberately.

"Boss Hou," he held a wooden box in one hand, raised the other hand, and quickly walked across the hall, toward the sofa. In just a few short steps, he ran out of a sunflower-like smile. "Boss Hou, you are suffering, I am late, I am really worried about you."

Hou Daiying sat firmly on her buttocks, and she didn't seem to stand up to welcome the guests, but just kept up with her mouth, and made a gesture of invitation with her hands.

"This must be Director Li," he said, "please sit down."

Director Li, who was proud of the spring breeze, bowed his waist towards Hou Daiying. At this time, he nodded to Gu Zhenhai who was standing aside with a sense of current affairs.

"Ye Meigui, Gu Zhenhai, Director Li, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Having dealt with government departments a lot, Gu Zhenhai has a very low stature, and he has already got up, and first announced his family name and extended his hand.

"Yo, the famous Ye Meigui, Boss Gu is a mysterious figure, I'm honored!" Li Guixiang shook hands with both hands.

In front of Hou Daiying, it was inconvenient for the two to flatter each other on a large scale, so they could only flatter each other hastily. Anyway, the future is long, and the upper-level social circle is so big.

It turned out that Li Guixiang didn't just come here because of the favor of the minister. He showed the thousand-year-old man in the wooden box to the minister for a look, and then he politely reported: "This is the wish of our Director Chen. His old man I really can't get away, there is a loan contract to be negotiated over there in Peking, how can we run away from the Salt Customs!"

"Uncle Chen is too polite. I'm a junior. I'm really sorry for bothering him. I'll come and thank you personally when I turn around." Hou Daiying is a mess, but he can't treat his elders with respect, except for his own father, but for his other uncles. Sincere respect, but he didn't intend to talk about the family relationship, so he changed the subject, "When it comes to American money, it's really uncomfortable to borrow or not. The little Japanese use knives and guns, and the Yankees just use money. I don’t think anyone is less ambitious than anyone else.”

"Isn't it?" Director Li hurriedly echoed, he brought Director Chen's wishes and it was over. He was not familiar with the boss Hou in front of him, so he had to seize the opportunity to make friends. After all, Director Hou was in a high position. It's not easy to meet once, if you can follow the younger brother's route in the future, it will be much more convenient, "But the chairman's wife is very powerful, the Sino-US cooperation in the past few years, coupled with the power of the Song family consortium, the US economy will enter Have we lost half of our country?"

Everyone smiled knowingly at the term "Sino-US cooperation". After all, the name of Zhongzheng Meiling should be taboo, but Sino-US cooperation sounds grand and meaningful, and it has become a tacit vocabulary when talking about politics.

"This is the fear of wolves and tigers, and there are chasing soldiers in the middle." Although Gu Zhenhai is only a businessman, he has no contacts, and the news from all directions is well-informed. "Last year, Lushan organized military training. I went up to the mountain to suppress the bandits several times and returned without success. If you fight against the outside, you must first settle the inside. I think the inside is really not safe. No, I am in a hurry to borrow money again, hahaha."

The world is not peaceful, and there are many heroes, and everyone talks about it as if it is another country, which is quite commonplace.

"Let's fight. If you don't fight, you won't get down. Those muddy legs are quite resistant to beating. Speaking of which, Jiang has already experienced many battles. Isn't Lao Feng and Lao Yan from the Northwest afraid to stand out? The ones from the Northeast The old Zhang family is not good at guarding the family, but the hundreds of thousands of big-headed soldiers in his hand can be brought out. He is now wearing a pair of pants with Chairman Jiang. Really?"

Hou Daiying's body was fine at first, and the house was full of people coming and going from the Hou family. Fortunately, he was not a woman, otherwise he could be called the No. 1 yuan in the capital.

Chatting about the news from outside the customs, saying that there is a rumor in Changchun that the Aixinjueluo clan is going to proclaim the emperor again, all three of them shook their heads.

Didn't Yuan Xiangcheng, who was a man with the right time, place and people, step down hastily?

More than 20 years have passed, and the sky has changed many times. If you want to go back to be the emperor, let alone Puyi does not have the prestige and strength, even if the Japanese give him money and food, the common people will not buy it.

In the troubled times and spring and Autumn period, the hearts of the emperors and courtiers are long gone, and there are still people who have big dreams of sleeping on yellow beams, but it is just a puppet joke.

When men get together, they just talk about the current political situation and occasionally talk about women.

There were many people in the living room, and it became more and more lively, with the luxurious big sofa as the center, surrounded by a circle of talented people from all walks of life.

The living room is so lively, and the outside is not clean.With the living room as the center, this social field radiates outwards in terms of seniority, and those on the periphery can't get close to Boss Hou, so they get acquainted with those of the same class.

The Hou family's courtyard was bustling with cars and horses, and the housekeeper Lao Hai was busy welcoming them. The master of the family had just been discharged from the hospital and was in poor health, so it was inconvenient to pick him up.

Hai Lianjiang, who had just sent off a boss of the wharf business, withdrew his smile, raised his hand and lightly stroked the hair on his forehead, and wiped his sweaty head by the way.

When it was cold, he could be busy sweating, which showed that he was very busy physically and mentally. The nurse in the hospital handed him a white towel, and he was about to pick it up when someone came out of the corner of his eye.

This man was quite tall and tall, and he could feel that he was not an ordinary person out of the corner of his eye. Lao Hai turned his head and saw that he looked very familiar. He mobilized his mind and thought, isn't this the Boss Du he met in the chamber of commerce two years ago.

He hurried up to meet him. He was also tall, but he was a little shorter when he clasped his fists and saluted: "Boss Du, long time no see!"

Du Yunfeng stopped in his tracks, glanced at him vigilantly, hesitated for a moment, and then concealed his doubts unconsciously: "You know me?"

"Look at what you said, how can I not know you?" Hai Lianjiang bowed again, "How many famous people are there in Tianjin Wei? If I don't know you, our Lord Hou will not Do I have eyes that don’t recognize Mount Tai?”

"Huh?" Du Yunfeng stood still, expressionless.

He couldn't see clearly from the attic, and no one recognized him in broad daylight for several days, so on a whim, he put on a long satin gown from head to toe and went out.

Strolling along the street, all the way suppressing the excitement in my heart, I approached Hou's house, and when I was going to pass by, I took a good look at the gate-look at the shameful and fragile appearance of that Hou.

As a result, he was stopped before he got close.

He didn't know the person in front of him at all. When the other party was talking to him just now, he thought he had recognized the one who kidnapped him, but suddenly felt that the other party's tone and expression were wrong.

He seemed to know me clearly.

That is to say, what he knows is not the current me, but the previous me.

He called me "Boss Du".

I'm Boss Du?

Du Yunfeng suppressed his thoughts and just stared at Hailianjiang without blinking, trying to judge more information from his every move.

His eyes were bright and firm, and he went straight without dodging.

"You know me?" he asked calmly.

Hai Lianjiang couldn't tell what was wrong, but felt that Boss Du in front of him looked stranger than the last time he saw him, and he couldn't tell what was wrong. The disparity in status between the two made him doubt himself first.

I guess I took the liberty.

"Boss Du, Master Du, I'm sorry." Hai Lianjiang quickly explained, "Your lord doesn't care about villains. I haven't seen you for a long time. I'm happy today. You definitely don't know me. How can I not know you?" nah?"

"Long time no see? How long?" Du Yunfeng asked.

Hai Lianjiang felt that the question was weird, but he didn't have any close friendship with Du Yunfeng.

It was just a one-time meeting, he thought that the other party was open-minded and open-minded, but he still remembered that at the reception, he saw him from a distance, talking and laughing with Mr. Zhou and the minister in charge, he seemed very talkative and open-minded, Du Yunfeng was also at the side.

"Master Du, the last time I had the honor to meet you was at the reception of the Bureau of Commerce. You were discussing business with my uncle and his elder brother. My Lord Hou greeted you. You must remember this. I saw it from afar. You, so I haven't had the honor of knowing you yet."

"Oh..." Du Yunfeng caught some clues. It turned out that he had known Hou Daiying's eldest brother, and Hou Daiying was at least nodding acquaintance.He thought for a moment: "I'm here to visit your Lord Hou."

He can't escape at this time, and the brave wins when they meet on a narrow road.

"You are here, we are flourishing!"

Hai Lianjiang thought that he must have come to visit Hou Daiying, otherwise it would be very abrupt to appear on this street at this moment.It's just that he looked up and down, Du Yunfeng was empty-handed, and he really didn't look like a visit, and he even played charades with him at the door for a long time.

Hai Lianjiang thought, it's really weird.

He felt that he had seen a ghost, but wanted to return to his thoughts, he turned his head and opened his voice, yelled inwardly, raised his front and waved his hands, and invited Du Yunfeng to the courtyard of the Hou family: "Master Du, come with me."

Du Yunfeng didn't have the slightest bit of timidity, he came alone, and he was able to leave alone.

He was originally here to play a prank, but now he is not in the mood to play, he is curious about what will happen.

He is curious about his past.

There were some people in the yard, many of them looked at him, some of them bowed their heads and nodded, Du Yunfeng didn't have any impression, but he nodded slightly without any superfluous expression.

All the way into the hall, the men and women in the living room said they came to visit the sick, but they all regarded it as a lively social gathering.

It was freezing outside, and the heating in the house was sufficient. With the crowds and bustle, the temperature rose in vain, and a hot air mixed with the smell of perfume and tobacco rushed towards the face.

Looking at the men and women again, the fragrant clothes and shadows on the temples are not worried about the patient's health, but they are all full of energy, fighting each other in twos and threes, I don't know if they are familiar with each other, but they talk happily anyway.

The liveliest large sofa is the core of the party. When Lao Hai led the people inside, Hou Daiying was listening to the Director of Salt flattery with a cigar in his mouth and his chin up. The flattery was very comfortable. Following the smiling eyes, he scanned the people who came in.

He froze for a moment, put his flattery behind him, and took a closer look, only to see that he slapped his forehead, stopped acting as a patient on the sofa, and stood up suddenly——

"Oh, what a rare visitor." Everyone followed his gaze, and saw Du Yunfeng in a long robe and mandarin jacket standing in the center of the living room. Hou Daiying passed through the guests who voluntarily gave way, and stretched out his hands from a long distance, "Isn't this Du Yunfeng?" Mister Doug!"

He stretched out his hand and greeted him very enthusiastically. Du Yunfeng looked at him, but he didn't take the initiative to greet him. He just stretched out one hand naturally, like a gentleman, but the other hand was slightly turned behind his back.

He wears a lot of clothes in winter, and he has a small sharp dagger pinned to his waist.

Hou Daiying was very enthusiastic. He clasped his hands and shook them vigorously, and then he pulled him to the sofa and said, "Brother Du, I said you've been out of touch. I haven't seen you for more than two years, right?"

"It seems like it's been a while." Du Yunfeng didn't know what to say, so he followed his words, with a half smile on his face.

Some people around him seemed to know him, so they greeted him with "Boss Du" and "Mr. Du". Although the upstart Li, Director Li, didn't know him, he felt the importance of the visitor from Hou Daiying's enthusiasm. It will automatically give up the good position of the sofa.

Du Yunfeng sat down unceremoniously, and someone next to him volunteered to offer cigars and cigarettes, so he took out a cigarette and put it in his mouth, Director Li lit a match and came forward not to be outdone.

Breathing out a puff of smoke, Du Yunfeng narrowed his eyes, scanned the surrounding people calmly, and smiled slightly: "Everyone is too polite, I, Du, haven't been back to Tianjin for a long time, everyone still remembers me!"

"Look at what Mr. Du said, what kind of person are you, how dare we! After hearing this, Mr. Hou will never let us go." said a tall man in a khaki suit.

"Boss Du is doing a big business. We sell small fish and shrimps, and we usually have to rely on Boss Du to save food." The old man with a round face was talking, and Du Yunfeng only glanced at his figure. It is judged that this person's business is by no means an aboveboard business.

Amidst the compliments from the crowd, Du Yunfeng bowed his hands and gave way, then turned his head and grinned at Hou Daiying who was sitting still: "Mr. Hou, are you all right?"

In Hou Daiying's home, the guests invited were so polite to Du Yunfeng, and they were giving him face. He was complacent, and when he heard Du Yunfeng's greeting, he quickly put away his complacency and pressed down his raised Erlang legs: "Brother Du , don’t be polite to me, although I have only met you once or twice, but my brother and you are not outsiders." After that, he put Du Yunfeng on the shoulder, leaned closer and said: "My brother can sit on this The seat is not thanks to you and Mr. Zhou, how can we live a good life without you two brothers?"

After finishing speaking, he patted Du Yunfeng on the shoulder, as if the two sides knew each other well.

Du Yunfeng smiled: "For my brother's sake, I won't be polite, brother."

"Hey!" Hou Daiying responded exaggeratedly, as if it was an honor to be close, "That's right!"

Du Yunfeng was full of suspicion, weighed the meaning of those words over and over again, and felt the huge amount of information. Not only did he have a new understanding of his position, but he also sensitively captured the word "Mr. Zhou".

He responds to all changes with the same attitude, dealing with everyone with questions and answers. When talking about the trend in recent years, he said that he has been busy with business, and everyone is afraid of him and dare not go into it. Mr. Zhou".

"Brother Du, let's talk about ourselves," Hou Daiying soon pulled Du Yunfeng into the card room at the edge. The room was small, and there was a dark red sofa in the corner. Everyone who was sensible didn't go up to disturb him, and he was the only one left. The two swallowed, "My brother is now in the position of director, and those old guys who opposed it in the past have almost cleaned up. Of course, I have to thank you for your swift action back then."

Du Yunfeng didn't ask in detail what the specific meaning of quick strikes was, but Song Shudong said that he used to be a bandit, so it probably wasn't a good thing, so he could only say something vaguely: "We are all friends, it's no big deal."

"Brother Du, righteous!" Hou Daiying gave a thumbs up and continued, "Only you and Mr. Zhou dare to touch that old guy." You guys got rich and prevented my brother from being promoted, and you are looking for death yourself. Everyone thought he offended Jiang Hu, and no one expected that we should cooperate with others to get rid of him. After all, it was the brothers you brought from outside the pass who were ruthless, so I most admire you and Mr. Zhou's courage in doing things!"

"En." Du Yunfeng responded, and finally couldn't help asking vaguely, "Are you connected with Zhou Lan?"

He bet that the "Mr. Zhou" that everyone said was Zhou Lan. He had a strong intuition that the relationship between him and Zhou Lan was very complicated. It was not as simple as life and death, killing and being killed.

"That," Hou Daiying was a little surprised by his question, coughed, and then explained: "Brother Du, my brother and I both contact you, Mr. Zhou, we are respectful, but we don't have many contacts. convenient."

Du Yunfeng couldn't figure out what was inconvenient. He frowned slightly, looked at the other party, and hesitated how to ask.

Unexpectedly, Hou Daiying felt uncomfortable first, and explained with some guilt: "Mr. Zhou is too close to the Japanese. Although it is good to be able to do business with this layer of light, but after all, we are still on the border of the Republic of China. There are blatantly If you come and go, you will be killed!"

Speaking of this, he added as if thinking of something: "I was quite surprised to see you today, and then I thought, damn it, Mr. Zhou was the only one in the killing order of the national government, and it didn't say that you can't go back to the customs. Ah. Haha, so Brother Du, you came at the right time. Can you and Mr. Zhou’s local goods business make my younger brother happy? My brother is now the director. He can’t do it on the surface, but he can still do it secretly. Take care, who do you cooperate with here in Tianjin Wharf to make money..."

As Hou Daiying spoke bluntly, Du Yunfeng's mind was roaring, as if a pot was boiling.

Several clues are criss-crossed, and he can't reconstruct the complete story, but relying on his own understanding of the sinister heart, he and "Mr. Zhou" have built the framework of the grievances between him and "Mr. Zhou" as it should be——

He and Zhou are acquainted - the two have done business together - Zhou is a traitor - the two turned their faces and fought...

As for the reason for this fight——

In Du Yunfeng's empty mind, he could only think of one possibility, which was related to money. Zhou Lan had a Japanese backer who wanted to deprive him of his life and property.

So far, Zhou has done half of it.

He didn't take a penny out of the customs, and landed in Tianjin like a beggar.

Fortunately, he is still alive.

Du Yunfeng kept silent, at first glance he was listening silently, Hou Daiying chirped and said, because he was very interested, he was very involved, and he didn't notice that the other party was actually distracted.

This afternoon, Du Yunfeng didn't play tricks on Hou Daiying, but his teeth were cold several times, and he couldn't explain why. He was not afraid of swords, guns and sticks at all, but he had a natural sense of intimacy, except every time he heard the word "Mr. Zhou" , Reminiscing that he wanted to kill himself, he felt a chill coming from his heart.

Hou’s mansion held a big banquet for guests that night. It was a thank you for your visit and care. Two chefs from Astor were invited to the house. However, not many people in Tianjin Wei have such a face.

Du Yunfeng didn't want to spend any more time acting and socializing, so he took advantage of Hou Daiying's time when he was socializing with others, and went straight to the door. There were several people rushing to make a gesture of chatting, and he nodded and passed by, leaving behind a few dignified people Embarrassed in place.

In the end, the sharp-eyed Lao Hai greeted him and trotted to stop him, only then did Du Yunfeng stop and say that he was unwell, so he took a step first.

Lao Hai hurriedly turned back to inform his master, Hou Daiying chased him out in a hurry, and Du Yunfeng had already left the Hou family mansion, striding away, Hou Daiying called "Brother Du", and he had no choice but to turn back.

"Brother Du," Hou Daiying chased after him, "Oh, I'm a sick man, Brother Du, you have to show me face, the banquet is about to start, why don't you just leave."

"I have something to do right away." Du Yunfeng didn't feel like arguing with him anymore, so he bowed his hands and left, turned around and left.

In fact, Hou Daiying sent his servants to invite the minister just now. He was supposed to invite him in the afternoon, but he wanted to discuss the "local goods" business with Du Yunfeng first, so he procrastinated until dinner time before hanging up the phone and going to the minister's house. When the waiting minister heard that Du Yunfeng was here, he put down his official duties without saying a word, and said on the phone that he would be there soon.

Unexpectedly, Du Yunfeng was about to leave when the Hou Jiajia Ding drove to meet him.

Hou Daiying felt that he had a good conversation with Du Yunfeng this afternoon, so he rushed up from behind coquettishly: "Brother Du, don't go."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he made a move, Du Yunfeng seemed to have eyes behind his back. He didn't put his hand on the opponent's shoulder, he felt that his wrist was being grasped, and his arm was twisted after a moment of numbness and pain.

As night falls, the street lights of black tin iron are not bright in this quiet street, boundless darkness, hazy brightness, a tall shadow, in a blink of an eye, covers him.

Hou Daiying suddenly felt a chill in his heart.

"Brother Du, it's just a joke, nothing else!"

Du Yunfeng quickly let go of him, and took advantage of the situation to push towards Hailianjiang: "Brother Hou, I really have something important to do today, we will meet again another day, and I am leaving."

After speaking, he strode away without looking back.