peace and prosperity

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If Yan Rongzhang didn't nod his head, Mr. Chen's hands and feet in the delta would be slow to stretch.Zhou Changshan is not interested in Chen Xiao, nor is he interested in new business. Although he is still Chen Xiao's friend, it is not his turn to worry about the troubles of the Chen family.These days good and bad things collided, some things were negotiated, some people drew guns at the dinner table, some people died, some people came in, everything was in turmoil, everyone was busy, Zhou Changshan became an idler among the troubles.He also lost his best place to spend time. The lights in the tube building have not been turned on for a week. The last time we met in a hurry, Yan Rongzhang comforted him: "I will come to see you every day after I have been busy for a while."

Zhou Changshan knew he was busy.Yan Rongzhang sits in a high position, and ordinary people worry about food, clothing, housing and transportation, all of which are trampled under his feet and not close to him.But his high position is built on a card tower, and the wind blows and the earth shakes.He was so busy that he didn't even have time to take off his clothes, and kissed Zhou Changshan's eyes politely.Zhou Changshan pushed him away a little, shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, I'll find a young lady."

Yan Rongzhang was pushed away by him and looked straight at him.They met under street lights, with Yan Rongzhang in the driver's seat and Zhou Changshan in the co-driver.The street lamps were on the roof of their car, and the lamp tubes were bright white, so that there was only white light and black shadows in the car.Yan Rongzhang paused for a while, finally shrugged and agreed, "You are happy, I will ask Fang Lin to find some clean and beautiful preparations."

There are thousands of brothels in Taisheng, Zhou Changshan goes to Fanglin most often.It appears to be clean in an unclean industrial chain, where everyone voluntarily manages flesh and blood, does not sell drugs or sell people, it was difficult to continue to operate, but Zhou Changshan likes it, it is not easy and it becomes easy.Yan Rongzhang knew what he liked, so many and long nights, single sex was not enough to fill them up, they chatted about many boring things, Yan Rongzhang once heard Zhou Changshan criticize the brothels in the city one by one.

"I'm sorry for the kindness of Chief Inspector Yan." Zhou Changshan laughed, opened the car door and got out.He stood by the car door for a while, under the white light and black shadow, he took off his hat and thanked Yan Rongzhang: "The kindness is hard to come by, we will definitely come."

I was just talking casually, but now he is really interested.There was no need to make any special preparations, so I just had an impromptu idea during dinner, took a walk and turned into an alley dedicated to brothels.The last bit of struggling blue and white in the sky has also disappeared, and the whole street has come to life.Fang Lin stood next to him, a celebrity backer, and hung a signboard on the double frontage at the intersection. He had ordered the signboard to be bright pink and purple together, which looked a gaudy combination, which was more comfortable than the red and green ones on the side.He stood on the side of the road admiring it for a while, and just as he was about to step in, he heard someone honking the car horn behind him.He turned his head to look and saw Yan Rongzhang, who was whistling at him with his arm on the window: "Little boy, why don't you give me a ride for supper?"

Zhou Changshan wanted to sigh.He walked to the side of the car and looked at Yan Rongzhang from top to bottom: "Wear sunglasses at night, love to act?"

"Is that what Taiben said?" Yan Rongzhang pushed up his sunglasses obediently, revealing a pair of smiling eyes, "How about a little cooperation?"

"Okay," Zhou Changshan put his arms on the roof of the car, "Brother Zhang, do you want to go to Jinping or Dinglong?"

"I don't really want to go," Yan Rongzhang opened the car door and pulled Zhou Changshan in. "It's a pity, I went to eat wonton noodles by the side of the road."

His car was really parked on the side of the road. Although it was a small street stall, it was also a well-known and time-honored shop. They had eaten it five years ago and five years later, the entire street had been demolished, because Yan Rongzhang, this small shop The store is still in place, very nostalgic.As soon as he sat on the stool, Yan Rongzhang sighed: "Time flies... The first time we came out, we were at this table."

"Good memory."

"It's okay, remember everything that should be remembered," Yan Rongzhang broke the chopsticks and handed them over, "Especially you are memorable."

When Yan Rongzhang drove Zhou Changshan five years ago, Zhou Changshan thought that he was going to take him to the police station, or that it would not be so troublesome, and he could die on the way.

Five years ago, Zhou Changshan was just a small bartender, he didn't follow the rules, he didn't pay attention to the heights of the heavens and the earth, he could die anywhere.

Yan Rongzhang didn't know what he knew in his heart, he just thought he was lucky to meet this young man tonight.There was only one boring meeting this evening—a very boring meeting. He had just been promoted, and he treated guests as expected, and talked about safety issues at the wine table.

The wine stall they went to was also safe, and they had paid the Chen family's protection fee clearly. On the same night, Mrs. Chen also met guests in the private room inside, and it was very lively and peaceful.

While clinking glasses and talking and laughing, there was a sudden sound of glass shattering.The voice was behind Yan Rongzhang's booth. He hadn't turned his head yet, and it escalated into the reverberation of a fight. Hearing the voice, you were coming and going, and the beating was quite painful.When he finally turned around, he saw clearly that it was one of many burly men. "Everyone," he smacked his lips while pinching a cigarette, "it's really fatal to fight here."

"One is from the Lin family, the other is from the Lin family, and the other is stunned. I don't know why," a colleague next to him greeted a bartender, "Come here, what's going on here?"

"Woman," the bartender came over, wiping the glass, "the one who was beaten, the newcomer recently. Mr. Lin fell in love with a girl in the store. He said that there was no such rule in the store, and he couldn't agree on a sentence. He smashed a wine bottle It's on Mr. Lin's head. I'm mad, and I'm going to die tonight."

"True or not," Yan Rongzhang choked, "When did this show still take place? Hey—this young man is quite capable, and he's still standing."

Zhou Changshan was still standing, but not very stable.He couldn't stand for a few more minutes without anyone else.But that woman, a 16-year-old girl, a prostitute that people had forgotten in the chaos, was pushed out of the crowd by him, and he stood in front of the little girl with his back straight.Mr. Lin has been in Taisheng for many years, with rich experience and well-armed men. Zhou Changshan is different, he only has a broken wine bottle.The half of the wine bottle looks like a row of sharp teeth bared by a wild wolf. Mr. Lin's face is covered with blood, and he has already suffered from it. When Zhou Changshan raised his hand, he frightened the semi-circular human wall into an open space.

"Being a hero," Mr. Lin rubbed his forehead, he was too angry, he gritted his teeth and smiled, "If you love being a hero, I will grant you, hit me!"

"It's a big mess, and people are going to die." Colleagues from the police department did not have the self-consciousness of the police department, and sat in the booth to comment on the farce.Yan Rongzhang echoed: "Dead man," he shook his head, "It's not very good."

With the smell of alcohol and blood, Yan Rongzhang stood up.Fortunately, he was close. When he walked over, the thug who rushed forward was raising the steel pipe and was about to smash it down. Yan Rongzhang suddenly appeared, and he turned his hand abruptly and smashed the entire glass table next to him.Yan Rongzhang came suddenly and inexplicably, and his face has recently become popular again. This person stands in front of the younger generation, and Mr. Lin's words are not very effective.Seeing the stalemate, Yan Rongzhang greeted first: "Mr. Lin, how are you doing?"

Mr. Lin frowned: "Inspector Yan, where do you sing?"

"It's not me, it's Mr. Chen. Mr. Chen is meeting guests here today. It's unlucky to see someone dying of blood, and you have to rush. Mr. Lin, there are many ways to teach people a lesson. You don't have to give this young man a good time. I'll handcuff him back for you. Take your time, same."

It's too clichéd, there are cliches in every era, but clichés are classics, and classics are irresistible.Mr. Lin gave Zhou Changshan a final hateful look, his eyes were cruel enough, but he stepped back and said, "Please Sergeant Yan, please come back to you some other day. Say hello to Mr. Chen for me. I'm inconvenient, so let's go first."

Yan Rongzhang turned his head to watch his group go out in a mighty way. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Zhou Changshan still standing where he was, and the broken wine bottle that had broken his life was still there.He turned to this dazed young man, opened his clenched fingers, pretended to be handcuffed, and tilted his head towards the door: "Stop standing in a daze, do you still want me to ask you to come with me? Now it's your turn I will teach you a lesson slowly."

When passing by colleagues who were also stunned, Yan Rongzhang waved his hand to say goodbye to them: "Let's take a step first."

He took Zhou Changshan into his car.When the two of them sat down at the supper stall, Zhou Changshan blinked his eyes, as if he came to his senses.He couldn't believe it: "You saved me?"

"You are very interesting," Yan Rongzhang said truthfully, "I rarely see you stand up like this."

Zhou Changshan snorted: "It seems that most people in Taisheng City are disabled."

"You can be eloquent, especially offending people," Yan Rongzhang was amused by him, "There are many young people like you, but most of them don't live long enough to let me see you. Taisheng has neither the disabled nor the dead. If you don't If you find a backer, you will die without knowing why. But if you meet me, you are very lucky."

"Are you a backer?"

"That's right, relying on me, you can make it to the top. But if you make it to the top, what do you want to do?"

Zhou Changshan was silent for a while, as if hesitating to tell the truth about what he was after, but the bruises on his body hurt so badly that he didn't have much room to think about it.He finally breathed out, and still said from the bottom of his heart: "Smooth career, I want everything... to be clean and orderly."

Yan Rongzhang stared at his eyebrows for a while, until the boss brought two bowls of wonton noodles, he told Zhou Changshan: "The bar was registered under the name of the Chen family just now. If you want to get ahead in the road, the Chen family will be a good start. But you want Start from the bottom, I will give you the opportunity, you have to seize it yourself. You are too straightforward now... Only when you start from the beginning and learn everything you need to learn, in the future, you will be able to sit longer than ten thousand people."

Zhou Changshan was not overjoyed.He doesn't feel that he is favored by fate, and he treats this sudden good fortune cautiously.He asked bluntly: "What do you need? An eyeliner or helper who is on the road?"

"You can do whatever you want," Yan Rongzhang propped up his hands, looking at Zhou Changshan through the heat, "You can go anywhere on your own path. But I suggest that you'd better go to the pharmacy first."

Zhou Changshan frowned, and said, "It's suspicious."

Yan Rongzhang took out his chopsticks from the chopstick cage, mixed the noodles twice, and said, "You can do whatever you want."

When they came to this store again, everything had changed. The boss didn't remember them, and didn't greet them much, and let the two of them sit alone.Zhou Changshan remembered: "You didn't tell me the reason at that time, I think you are very untrustworthy."

"Tell you the reason and you will believe it?"

"It's love at first sight," Zhou Changshan sneered, "it's really even more unbelievable."

"But you still go on this road, isn't that all right?"

"Yan Rongzhang." Zhou Changshan looked away to the side, looking at the big pot of cooking noodles, a white mist billowing.He gritted his teeth, wanting to eat noodles and also want to smoke a cigarette.He didn't look at anyone, and asked bluntly: "The me you saw at the first sight is still exactly the same as the me now?"

Yan Rongzhang laughed: "The first time I saw you, you were brave and fearless, and you didn't know the heights of heaven and earth. This is different. But your loyalty, kindness, and ambition are still exactly the same."

A loyal, kind, ambitious idealist.Zhou Changshan glanced away and looked into the night, noncommittal.

The boss brought up two sea bowls, and the memories stopped here.Yan Rongzhang pushed a bowl to Zhou Changshan, and began to talk about the current situation: "Do you know Mr. Chen's progress recently? He finally got in touch. On the other side of the delta, the three families will send people to discuss cooperation with the Chen family. They will be here this Saturday. When we meet at Longxin Hall, we will bring a batch of samples along with us."

"Some women." Zhou Changshan corrected him.

"... some women." Yan Rongzhang changed his words.

Although not in Jinping Dinglong, they said the same thing.Zhou Changshan admired him a little: "You are very good at being able to track Master Chen's movements so clearly while doing business."

"Why is it in the way?" Yan Rongzhang smiled perfunctorily, "I told Mr. Chen that if he can reach an agreement, of course I will take a stake. Before that, wait and see."

"What do you mean by this, do you think Mr. Chen is a fool or I am a fool?"

Yan Rongzhang stopped laughing, and had to explain some things clearly: "Master Chen has our people. This Saturday, we want Mr. Chen to get all the stolen goods in the Longxin Hall."

With a soft sound, Zhou Changshan's chopsticks hit the edge of the bowl and fell to the ground.He asked, "Are you going to move the Chen family?"

"It's not just the Chen family." Yan Rongzhang handed him another pair, and when Zhou Changshan went to pick it up, he didn't let it go.Holding Zhou Changshan's wrist, he told him in a low voice: "You and I, the whole Taisheng, have to reshuffle the cards."