his robbery

When the car was parked at the pier, the sky was still blue and not bright.Huo Xiangzhen and Li Kechen got out of the car, and they saw Andre standing by the trestle bridge in the distance.At this time, the coolies hadn't even come out on the pier, and there were only a few cargo ships moored sparsely in the water.Occasionally, there are people who get on and off the ship. All in all, the surrounding environment is fairly quiet.

Andre stood tall in the wind, desperately waving to Huo Xiangzhen.Huo Xiangzhen put on the leather gloves, gestured to him as if in response, and then put a top hat on his head.Li Kechen didn't save much money in these years, and he sighed and sighed at home, so he followed Huo Xiangzhen all the way. He also planned to start again and become the chief of the general staff.

Huo Xiangzhen took him to the trestle, and there was a British freighter parked at the end of the trestle. There were goods and people in the freighter.All the goods were placed on the surface, and the soldiers who changed into civilian clothes were fully armed and hid in the dark.Sun Wenxiong's brother-in-law was standing on the deck, holding on to the railing and looking anxiously towards the shore. He didn't relax until he saw Huo Xiangzhen's big man clearly, and exhaled a cloud of white mist.

Huo Xiangzhen and Li Kechen walked ahead, followed by a group of chatting and laughing businessmen, full of jargon about shipping and buying.Andre took the lead one step ahead, and Huo Xiangzhen also turned and stepped onto the trestle.Just as he took a step, he suddenly heard an exclamation from behind: "Master!"

When he heard the sound, he turned around and saw Ma Congrong among the businessmen.

Ma Congrong didn't know how many layers he wore, he was bulging like a big bun, and he wore a big furry otterskin hat on his head.Looking at Huo Xiangzhen with wide eyes, he sneezed loudly, and then called out again in a nasal voice: "Master!"

There weren't many people on the pier, but when he made such a noise, it attracted the attention of others.Huo Xiangzhen felt anxious, and saw that he was chubby and wanted to run towards her, so she quickly reached out and pointed at him, and subconsciously shouted: "Shut up! Stand at attention!"

Ma Congrong stomped his feet and straightened up, shook his head at the same time, and sneezed again.And in this short interval, Huo Xiangzhen raised his hand and pressed his top hat in the gust of wind, striding across the trestle and boarded the freighter.

The freighter immediately set off with its whistle blowing.On the other hand, Ma Congrong on the shore sneezed one after another, with snot and tears streaming out - he could be regarded as seeing the uncle. The uncle was behind the light at the time, and he didn't even see his face clearly, so he told him to shut up and stand at attention.Watching the freighter drifting away, Ma Congrong knew in his heart that this was a bad thing.Uncle didn't stay in Beiping honestly, he ran to Tianjin Wharf early in the morning to catch a freighter, and he was afraid that there would be trouble again.

Ma Congrong had a cold and a cold throughout the Spring Festival, and he just got better in the past two days, but now he sneezed more than a dozen times. He was dizzy and couldn't hold on anymore.

I originally planned to go to Peiping again in a few days, but now that I see it, there is no need to go.Ma Congrong took out a handkerchief and stood on the bank wiping his tears and blowing his nose. Someone came over and asked, "Master, what's the matter? The cold hasn't recovered yet?"

Ma Congrong lowered his head, and wept in a low voice: "No, this time I'm very sick."

Bai Mani stayed in Tianjin.

Lian Yi has a pretty good house in Tianjin, not a western-style building but a western-style building. Electric lights, telephones, and running water are all available, and heating is installed in every room.It's early spring now, and it's by no means much warmer than the cold winter.It was also very comfortable for him to sit up and down in the room alone.Especially after eating and drinking enough, he lay down on the cigarette couch, while slowly burning the cigarette, half-closed his eyes while waking up from a dream, the scene of that night was like a movie, scene by scene in his mind All are shown.

He is no longer easily emotional, and the matter on the bed is no longer mysterious and exciting to him.But "that night" was different enough for him to recall it repeatedly.The more I think about it, the more satisfied I am, I can't help but smile, hoping that after smoking this puff of opium, I can have a dream and relive that night again.

He was obsessed with the day and night, until Li Ziming came to the door suddenly and escorted him back to Peiping without any explanation.

Li Ziming traveled all night, so that when they arrived at Lianzhai in Beiping, it was mid-morning.There is no opium to smoke on Baimani Road, and all rely on morphine pills to support the body and mind.He staggered through the small courtyard and entered the wing room. He lifted the curtain and entered the inner room, and met Lian Yi face to face.

Lian Yi was dressed in military uniform, with a pale face and a cold face, as if he had just returned from outside.There were cigarette trays on the kang, and a white and clean little orderly soldier was standing beside the kang, cleaning the pipes with cigarette sticks.

Little orderlies are not counted as human beings. Li Ziming stayed outside to take off his clothes, clear his throat, move the chair, and drink hot tea.

Taking off his riding boots and crossing his legs, Lian Yi sat on the edge of the Kang and looked him up and down.Bai Mani stood leaning against the window sill, with his head slightly lowered, as if a dead pig is not afraid of boiling water, and at the same time smiled slightly, very blankly.

Finally, Lian Yi finally spoke: "Did you take Huo Jingheng away?"

Bai Mani nodded obediently: "Yes."

Lian Yi's face twitched, and then he reached out to snatch the bong from the little orderly.Stretching his legs out of the kang and taking a step forward, he swung his bong and smashed it at Bai Mani, "I'll fuck your mother's little bastard!"

He is known to be quick and ruthless.Hearing a muffled sound of "dong", Bai Mani had already bent down following the force of his smashing.And Lian Yi chased him and hit him twice, then he turned around and put on his riding boots, and started kicking him.Bai Mani fell to the ground, covered his head with one hand, covered his right eye with the other, and struggled to retreat into the corner.And Lian Yi kicked and scolded: "I fucking treat you like a young master and support you. How are you? You've been cheating with me! You're going to cause me trouble, and you're going to make trouble for me!" He picked on Stepping on Bai Mani's left leg: "I'll kill you, you bastard!"

Bai Mani screamed and rolled over, trying to reach out to protect his left leg, a face was exposed, half of which was covered in blood.A corner of the door curtain was raised, and it was Li Ziming who bent over and looked at the situation.After reading it, he lowered the curtain and said nothing.He didn't care much about Bai Mani's life or death, he was afraid that Lian Yi's anger would hurt his body, after all he was no longer a young man.

Li Ziming sat back in his original position and continued to drink tea.Before finishing a cup of tea, Lian Yi came out with a pistol in his hand.Li Ziming got up calmly, knowing that Bai Mani had saved his life.Lian Yi often kills with no brains, and with a single shot, he kills immediately.

In the same way, sometimes he didn't pull the trigger with a single thought, and that person would just live.

He took Lian Yi's pistol and wanted to help him sit down again.However, Lian Yi stepped out of the door and said without looking back: "Shut him up for a day!"

Lian Yi left, Li Ziming left, and the little orderly, who was halfway through his work, also left like a frightened bird.As soon as the door of the wing room was locked, Bai Mani was temporarily imprisoned.

He was still curled up in the corner.I don't know what kind of injury was on the head and face, but half of the face was bleeding.He closed his left eye and opened his right eye, and found that he could still see the warm kang in front of him vaguely. He moved his eyelids, opened and closed his eyes, and there was no problem. This reassured him, knowing that at least he was not blind. .

Compared with his head and face, his left leg hurt more, and the pain made him unable to move.He couldn't move if he couldn't move, he lay limply on the ground, thinking that it would be great if someone could move him to the kang.It is warm on the kang, and it is comfortable to lie on your stomach.No matter how hot the room was, the ground was cold and hard, and a bit dirty.Touching down with a bloody hand, he grabbed the trouser leg of his left leg and pulled it up, trying to rub his injured leg.This leg is pitiful and hateful, and it knows pain, cold and tiredness, as if it has no other use, it exists only for pain, coldness and tiredness, but it cannot be cut off with a single knife.

Things that are connected by flesh and blood have never been able to be broken in two.Such as his leg, such as his heart for his elder brother.

In the evening, the door opened.

Lian Yi came in wearing a satin leather jacket with his hands on his hips.As soon as he lifted the curtain and entered the room, he found that Bai Mani was still curled up in the corner.

Throwing the little leather jacket on the kang, Lian Yi squatted down in front of him: "Hey, dead?"

Bai Mani was sitting against the wall. At this moment, he raised his head and faced Lian Yi. He smiled in a trance: "I'm not dead, my life is dying."

Lian Yi stared at the blood on his face, and asked again: "Why don't you go to the kang if you're not dead? Just to show me this pitiful face?"

Bai Mani shook his head, his voice was very soft and weak: "No, it's because I really can't get up...I can't move my left leg, it hurts when I move..."

Lian Yi kept looking into his eyes: "Do you know why I taught you a lesson?"

Bai Mani lowered his head: "I know, I'm sorry for you."

Lian Yi said with a sullen face: "The police found the body of our guard from Huo's house, and Huo Jingheng escaped without a trace. If you finish your work, I'm a suspect! This flirty person , Wrong or not!"

Bai Mani nodded: "I'm sorry for you."

Lian Yi reached out and lifted his chin: "Tell me, where did Huo Jingheng go?"

Bai Mani looked at him: "I just sent him to Tianjin, and we separated when we arrived in Tianjin. I don't know where he is going."

Taking a quick breath, he continued: "Brother, you have to go, he is too bullied here. He is kind to me, and I have to help him."

Lian Yi snorted coldly: "He is kind to you, what about me? You caused me such a big mess, we have a grudge, don't we?"

Bai Mani smiled wryly: "You are also very kind to me. If it is not my elder brother who is being bullied now, but you, I will also help."

Lian Yi slapped his blood-congealed face: "You're still playing tricks on me! This is you. If it were someone else, I would have shot him dead!"

Bai Mani just laughed, the upper and lower eyelashes of his right eye were stained with dried blood, he didn't dare to open it forcefully, because there might be an injury on the eyelid, and it would hurt to move it.

Lian Yi looked at his image of a one-eyed dragon, and because his anger had dissipated, he also felt a little distressed.He carried Bai Mani to the kang and sat down. He asked someone to bring a bowl of lotus seed soup from the kitchen. While letting Bai Mani sip, he dipped a cotton ball in alcohol and wiped the blood on his face. .

He wiped it from bottom to top, and when he was about to wipe his right eye, Bai Mani put down the small bowl in his hand and whispered, "It hurts."

Lian Yi hugged him into his arms and let him lean back into his arms.Holding the cotton ball soaked in alcohol between his fingers, he moistened the two rows of eyelashes bit by bit.Immediately, Bai Mani opened his right eye—after he opened it, it hurt again.

Lian Yi threw blood-stained cotton balls all over the floor, and finally wiped out Bai Mani's true colors.It is said that it is the original appearance, but it has also changed its shape.The forehead and hairline were broken by him in several places, the most severe one was the right eyelid - I don't know how it was hit, but it actually opened a deep wound. Fortunately, the wound was short and smooth, so there was no need to send it to the hospital for stitches.These several flesh and blood wounds were red and swollen together, making Bai Mani's face full of flowers.Covering his left eye and looking around again, he said to Lian Yi: "I'm afraid you'll knock me blind. I've already crippled one leg, and then I'm blind in another eye. What kind of monster is that? I can't help it." alive."

Lian Yi asked the little orderly to bring a few bottles of knife wound medicine, and while twisting the caps, he asked him, "Do you think I can't bear to beat you?"

Bai Mani straightened his left leg: "No."

Lian Yi remembered one thing: "Why didn't you go with Huo Jingheng?"

Bai Mani shook his head and smiled: "Why should I go with him?"

Lian Yi pulled him in front of him: "Isn't he your elder brother? Am I old and unscrupulous? Isn't following elder brother better than following me?"

Bai Mani raised his face, waiting for him to give himself medicine: "Okay, you are greedy, lazy, lame, and have hobbies. It is a burden to follow anyone. Before you get tired of me, I will live with you honestly." Got it."

Lian Yi didn't speak, and seriously applied medicine to his face.Bai Mani was quiet for a moment, then suddenly asked: "Is it disfigured?"

Lian Yi turned his head and blew on the medicine powder in his hand: "I'm already lame, I don't care about adding a few more scars on my face."

Bai Mani replied calmly: "It's better to be pretty, I rely on this face to please people."

When Lian Yi heard this, he chuckled, and when he had had enough of laughing, he looked at Bai Mani, and sighed again with a smile on his face.