Longcheng Fengyun

talk.The two sat and stood one by one. After Hong Xia finished speaking, Luo Zhengnan lit a cigarette, lowered his head and polished his leather shoes, and said, "I see, don't tell Fei Jue, don't let the wind out, his You know your temper."

Red Shrimp nodded like a pounding garlic: "If Brother Jue found out, he would definitely go to Snake Seven."

Luo Zhengnan raised his eyes slightly, glanced at the red shrimp, and nodded.

"I'll go to the pier to catch the wind." Red Shrimp said.

Luo Zhengnan said, "I'll see if I can talk to Snake Seven."

Hong Xia took two steps down, reached the corner of the stairs, touched the handrail and turned to look at Luo Zhengnan.Luo Zhengnan asked him, "What's the matter? If you have anything else to say, just say it."

His tone was polite and his face was kind, perhaps due to lack of sleep, the whites of his eyes were bloodshot, but he didn't look scary, but looked very haggard, which made his expression softer.

Hong Xia said: "I don't cut it early, I don't cut it later, I chose this time... I heard that Tiaozi recently asked Master Jiu, which means that no matter what, I have to hand it over to someone."

"Who did you hear?"

"Many people know that Tiao Zi asks Master Jiu for tea."

"Does Fei Jue know?"

Red Shrimp thought for a while, but he wasn't sure: "I don't know, Brother Jue probably hasn't had any contact with other Xinglian people."

Luo Zhengnan scratched the center of his brows, and replied in a deep voice: "Well, I borrowed a knife to kill people, and by the way, I also sold Snake Qi's favor and note to save face."

Both fell silent, and it was Hong Xia who spoke first and said, "Then I'll go first."

Luo Zhengnan laughed suddenly, and Hong Xia couldn't help but look at him. Luo Zhengnan smiled meaningfully, and his words were more thought-provoking. He said, "You said that you are looking for Xinglian for tea, why did you ask Uncle Jiu?"

Red Shrimp was stunned for a moment, and his upper lip touched his lower lip, but he didn't answer anything. After leaving Luo Zhengnan, he ran to three piers in Longcheng. Selling trees, transporting goods and hiding drugs, everything, Red Shrimp didn't dare to be too explicit when inquiring, he just wanted to find a way out for his relatives, and it would be best if he could catch a Thai boat from Thailand tomorrow and leave as soon as he arrived.After asking several intermediaries, the cigarettes were dispatched until the end. Red Shrimp looked at the time and saw that it was almost dawn. He sent a message to Luo Zhengnan, at [-]:[-] noon and [-]:[-] tomorrow night respectively There were two cargo ships coming from northern Thailand, one was carrying dried mangoes, body lotion, and some ivory mahogany, and they usually didn’t transport people. The other was carrying big-headed white shrimp. He had followed this fishing boat a few times. Knowing the basics, the boatman added a mezzanine under the cabin to accommodate twelve grown men.

Luo Zhengnan replied to him: I have contacted Snake Seven and made an appointment for morning tea.There is Coke Boy in the hospital, help me keep an eye on Uncle Jiu and be careful.

Red Shrimp was about to reply when another new message came. The number starts with 1, the content is all in English, and a URL link is attached at the end of the message. This time, the Las Vegas hot girl turned into a Detroit auto repair worker, recruiting Chinese workers. Salary preferential treatment, revive the Motor City.

After Red Shrimp took over the work assigned to him by Luo Zhengnan, he drove to the street park near Perfume Street.He changed into his sports outfit in the parking lot, warmed up for ten minutes, plugged in his earphones and ran into the park.

It was already dawn, and the morning fog in the park was thick, and the clear blue and thick green were tightly intertwined, covering the sun, leaving only the confused and chaotic signs of dawn.The fitness trail and the grass are wet, and the slender leaves are still covered with dew. The red shrimp runs a tricky route, shuttles through the bushes and woods, bypasses a public toilet, and does stretching exercises beside a bronze goldfish statue .A Detroit mechanic was sitting on a bench not far away, wearing a hood and tight-fitting trousers, bending over to tie his running shoes with loose laces.

There was no one else around, the city had woken up, and the sound of wind and car tires brushing past their ears.

"Brother Red Shrimp is finally free today." Fang Xinglan said.

With earphones plugged into his ears, Red Shrimp looked around.

"Did Fei Jue do it?" Fang Xinglan asked directly, Hong Xia put his hands on his hips, twisted his neck from side to side, and said, "I don't know."

"How did his leg hurt?"

"He said he fell off the platform and broke a bone."

"He says?"

Red Shrimp takes a deep breath.Take a deep breath, hold it for three seconds, and then let out a long breath.

"Why weren't you at the bowling alley that day? My people went there three times but couldn't find you."

Inhale, exhale.Inhale again, exhale again.The moist air spread into the lungs, and the red shrimp struggled to breathe.

"I went to Huawan to see my grandma, and the hospital called suddenly, saying that she had a stroke." Hong Xia said.

Fang Xinglan scratched the tip of his nose, stood up, took out his phone and plugged in his earphones, without raising his head: "Really?"

He's playing a playlist.

"Why did I lie to you?"

"It's better if it's true." Fang Xinglan said, raised his arm in the air, then lowered it flat, and said, "There is still a piece of information about you in the police file, don't forget."

He continued: "It's common for the underworld to kill people, and the police have to write a report when they kill people. Oh, I forgot. Sir Tang handed in your report for you before."

Hong Xia turned around to face Fang Xinglan and raised his legs on the spot. Fang Xinglan smiled, and continued: "Oh, I forgot, you were not a police officer at that time, you were just a reserve."

Hong Xia didn't speak, he was panting heavily, his collar was already wet, and his bare head was covered with sweat.

Inhale, exhale.

Inhale.

Fang Xinglan turned his ankle and asked, "How do you think about what I told you last time?"

Hong Xia stopped, let out a long sigh, wiped off his sweat, and asked, "You asked Master Jiu to hand him over?"

"By the way, what happened to Mo Ming's son?"

Red Shrimp looked around, the sky became brighter, the thick blue-green was gradually diluted, his voice became softer and quieter.

"Fei Jue is still in Longcheng, let's talk about it after he leaves, you say the prince..." He licked his dry and chapped lips, "He suspended his studies in the United States, he will not go back, and said he intends to stay in Longcheng. "

Fang Xinglan smiled: "Hanging the dragon's head in the air is not an option. Besides, He Ji fell down again. It is the time when someone needs to take them further...Your prince is only old this year, so you don't think you want to choose someone to talk about?"

Red Shrimp turned and ran away.

Fang Xinglan turned up the volume of the phone, skipped three ballad songs, listened to rock music, and sighed loudly: "Oh! I really don't know what these young people are thinking now."

Not long after, a thin young woman ran over on the fitness track. She wore a short top that exposed her belly button, her long black hair was tied into a ponytail, and she was listening to a song. The ponytail moved left and right with her steps. swinging.

Fang Xinglan ran after her.

He was sweating quickly, drove to find a gym to take a shower, and then went to McDonald's to buy three breakfasts to take home.

Fang Xinglan lives in an apartment in the suburbs. The house is brand new, and the film paper on the elevator door is still clearly visible. There is a notice posted in the elevator to inform all owners that the parking lot and the children's activity room on the tenth floor will be completed in a few days. Management apologizes for the inconvenience caused.When the elevator reached the first floor, two decoration workers wearing hard hats came in. They were also eating fast food breakfast and drinking coffee, and one of them struck up a conversation with Fang Xinglan: "Go out so early to buy something and come back early to eat?"

Fang Xinglan smiled: "I just got off work."

Everyone smiled at each other, and when they reached the tenth floor, the decoration workers went out.Fang Xinglan lived on the 18th floor. When he got out of the elevator and turned right, he arrived at the door of his house. He opened the door and went in. The room was quiet and dark.Fang Xinglan lightly changed his shoes, went to open some curtains, arranged breakfast on the dining table, and went to see the children first. The children's room was tidy and clean, and the crescent-shaped children's lamp hanging on the wall emitted light. Soft light.The child was sleeping deeply, with one hand outstretched, hugging a gray elephant with a long nose, sleeping peacefully, the hand was tightly closed, as if this was the only thing in the world that was the most precious.Fang Xinglan smiled, went over to pull the quilt over his shoulders for him, gently stroked his warm little head, and then closed the door and went to the bedroom next door.There were a lot of cardboard boxes piled up in the bedroom, which was not much bigger than the children's room, one on the left and one on the right. It took Fang Xinglan a while to get to the double bed.

A woman fell asleep on her side, but after a while she rubbed her eyes and said in a daze, "You're back?"

Fang Xinglan lay down beside her, hugged the woman and kissed her disheveled hair, and said: "Go to sleep, I will send Xiaozhi to kindergarten today."

The woman leaned into his arms, closed her eyes and groaned softly, said: "No, you should rest, you are very tired, I will get up in a while, yesterday..." She yawned, "Hold on I want to hear the story of the elephant... I can't sleep all the time..."

Fang Xinglan said softly: "Call me next time, I'll make a video call with him to coax him to sleep." His hand touched the woman's arm, and the woman said again: "Yesterday, Ah Wen replied to my email. I fired someone and signed a contract first, but the benefits are worse, and the salary has increased by more than a thousand yuan compared to before..."

Fang Xinglan sat up and said, "Xiao Zhi will go to school next year."

The woman opened her eyes, turned over and looked at him: "That's why I'm so anxious to go back to work. Tuition fees, mortgages, and there are many places to spend money in the future."

Fang Xinglan lowered his eyes: "My salary is not insufficient. If I do a good job with the joint record this time, I might get a promotion..."

The woman interrupted him: "Don't talk about the underworld at home... Xiao Zhi can be sent to my mother. The school is closer to my mother's house, and I can sleep for half an hour more every day."

Fang Xinglan lowered his head and remained silent. The woman was still talking, and she also sat up, with the quilt pulled over her stomach and covered her: "There are no schools near our house. Those who walk 5 minutes away are among the best. Who doesn’t want to go to a private school? Who can afford the tuition? How many zeros a year? If you can get in, you can’t afford it, how much does a school uniform cost?”

The woman brushed her hair back, took out a pack of cigarettes from the bedside table, she lit a cigarette, Fang Xinglan frowned: "Don't smoke at home."

The woman didn't answer, got out of bed, kicked open two cardboard boxes, went to the bathroom, turned on the exhaust fan and closed the door.

Fang Xinglan sat on the bed for a while, but the woman still didn't come out. He checked the time, went to the next door to wake Xiao Zhi up, changed his clothes, brushed his teeth, and washed his face.

The father and son finished their breakfast watching cartoons, when the woman finally appeared, she was still wearing her pajamas, her hair was coiled up, her eyes swept over Fang Xinglan, landed on Xiaozhi, and immediately smiled, making Xiaozhi tickle, Ask him: "Is it okay to go to grandma's for dinner tonight?"

Xiao Zhi chuckled and nodded repeatedly.Fang Xinglan took a big sip of coffee, picked up Xiaozhi's schoolbag, and said, "Dad is coming back tonight to cook for you, let's go, Xiaozhi."

"Wow! Xiao Zhi! Did you hear that, your dad cooks!" The woman opened her mouth exaggeratedly, kissed Xiao Zhi, let him down, and sent the father and son to the door.

On the way to the kindergarten, Fang Xinglan couldn't help but asked Xiaozhi: "Did mom often take you to grandma's place to play recently?"

"Grandma bought a big Eiffel Tower!" Xiao Zhi said gesticulating.

"Lego?"

Xiao Zhi nodded vigorously.

"You like building blocks so much, you can become an architect in the future."

"Don't!" Xiaozhi's voice suddenly rose, and he looked up at Fang Xinglan: "I want to be a policeman too! I want to catch the bad guys, beep, beep, beep!"

He squinted one eye and stretched out two short fingers, making the sound of gunshots incessantly, aiming his gun at Fang Xinglan, Fang Xinglan immediately pretended to be shot, closed his eyes, and fell down on the driver's seat screaming in pain, The car stopped, and Xiao Zhi shouted: "Dad! You are so childish! I have to get out of the car!"

Fang Xinglan opened his eyes, Xiao Zhi had already got out of the car, Fang Xinglan hurriedly took the schoolbag from the back seat, and got out of the car to carry it on his back.Xiao Zhi still pouted, looking at Fang Xinglan with disgust.

"Why? Do you dislike your father now? Then in a few years, wouldn't you just send me to a nursing home?" Fang Xinglan said with a smile while squatting down to tidy up Xiao Zhi's clothes.

"You're so annoying!" Xiao Zhi grimaced, ran away a few steps, turned around and took Fang Xinglan's hand, and said, "I want fried chicken! Fried chicken and fried rice with soy sauce!"

Fang Xinglan agreed to whatever name of the dish he asked for, and Xiao Zhi was satisfied, so he jumped into the kindergarten.Fang Xinglan returned to the car and was about to leave when he heard two knocks on the window.Fang Xinglan looked up, and there were two men standing outside his car door, one had silver threads in his black hair, he was wearing a silk Tang suit, and a pair of fly glasses with bright yellow lenses were on the bridge of his nose, the other was very young, with Without expression, he stood behind the middle-aged man with his head slightly lowered.

Fang Xinglan put down the car window and said, "If I remember correctly, Master Jiu only has one daughter. Qianjin has already gone to college, right? Or does Xiao Dao have a child?"

Master Jiu laughed, his lips were bent, his eyes and crow's feet under the lens were also bent, his knife was serious, and he stood in place like a wooden man.

"What a coincidence, I ran into Sir Fang when I came out after Tai Chi," said Jiu Ye, "My car is parked a little far away, Sir Fang, don't you mind giving me a walk?"

Fang Xinglan said generously: "Of course I don't mind, I am willing to take you all the way west, get in the car."

Master Jiu sat in the back row and ordered Xiaodao: "My coat was left in the hall, you go and get it."

Xiaodao agreed, turned around and crossed the road.Fang Xinglan glanced at it, and there was indeed a Tai Chi Health Club across the road, on the second floor, with a conspicuous signboard.

"I didn't expect Fang sir's son to be so old. I really can't tell." Master Jiu said.

"Where is your car parked?"

"The open-air parking lot on Minsheng Road."

Fang Xinglan was driving, looking at the rearview mirror with a smile: "I can't tell that Master Jiu has such a famous daughter, is he going to America after a while?"

Master Jiu touched his chin and said, "I wasn't bad when I was young."

Both of them laughed, and the dry laughter lasted for a while, Jiuye said again: "Last time, Sir Fang asked me to inquire about it, I think there will be news soon."

"Oh, you're talking about Dr. Kang?" Fang Xinglan lit a cigarette and opened some windows to smoke.

Jiu Ye said: "I don't know if it's because I'm getting old, but now I'm scared when I encounter bloody things. My heart, the doctor said, I can't stand the scare. After all, everyone is a businessman. How do you do business? You can only do it in harmony, and harmony makes money."

"I don't know if He Qi will make money, but many of Hop Kee's businesses are now under the name of Xing Lian."

"You can't say that. We are just trade middlemen. If we come to our door, don't we do business?" Fang Xinglan said: "Middlemen are everywhere, and the competition is fierce."

At this point, Master Jiu answered the phone, but he didn't know who the other party was. He happily made an appointment for morning tea with that person and hung up the phone. He said to Xing Lan, "For example, Sir Fang, don't be angry , It's like your police station has so many sirs, and the higher-ups sent you a case, don't you go to investigate? If you don't investigate, someone else will investigate. If he does the investigation well and the report is beautifully written, he will be credited It becomes his."

Fang Xinglan looked at him from the rearview mirror: "What do you mean? If you have something to say, just say it."

Master Jiu smiled: "Sir Fang's son will go to primary school next year, right?"

At this time, Master Jiu's cell phone rang again, but he didn't pick it up immediately, and stared at the screen for a while before making a call.He always smiles when he talks, and he agrees and agrees to everything others say.

"Okay, okay, okay, see you then, okay."

Fang Xinglan joked: "Master Jiu's business is really big, it's only a few hours, and the business is frequent."

"Where's the word, the call just now is our prince."

"Prince Prince?"

"Sixth brother's son." Jiu Ye pointed to the side of the road and said, "Just stop here."

Fang Xinglan stopped the car, Master Jiu sat without moving, and talked eloquently: "It is still very important for children to choose a school, especially elementary school. The foundation must be laid well, just like building a house. If the foundation is not laid well, the building behind No matter how high he rises, no matter how magnificent he is, it will collapse. Just like our prince, from junior high school to high school to university, is it a good school? They are all the best schools. As a result, what is he doing now? Learning Doing business? He, he dropped out of school and ran back to Longcheng, doing nothing, wandering around Perfume Street and Wealthy Square every day. Sir Fang must know these places well. When Sixth Brother was still living in Darongshan, he was ignored and sent to the same school as those Nanyang people."

Fang Xinglan turned half of his body and looked at Master Jiu. Master Jiu smiled slightly, stroked his hands, and said, "Sir Fang just moved to a new house. Congratulations, the talents near your home are good. I know all the school directors." , I happen to have his business card here, take it, Sir Fang, and let's go out for dinner together when you have time."

Fang Xinglan said: "You want to win me over?"

Master Jiu got out of the car and said: "I can't say that. I just thought about it and felt that there are too many unfair things in this world. The underworld kills and sets fire to the gold belt, raises the eldest son, and gives everything the best. Jinyiyu Food, go abroad for further study, people’s public servants, hardworking and hardworking all their lives, a family of three squeezed into one room, their hair is gray and still paying the mortgage, there is no chance to properly train the next generation.”

Fang Xinglan leaned against the car window, finished smoking the cigarette in his hand, waved to Master Jiu, and said, "You can apply for a scholarship if you work hard." Then he left.

The sun has risen very high, and the sunlight is dazzling, as if it is already the sunniest and brightest noon of the day.