Fire to the Abyss

The puppet master has a "puzzle", which contains all the information and resources of the puppet master, various social resources, contacts, capital chains, drugs, arms, and other illegal transactions. A complete big network, including the core of the organization.

It’s just that the net is too big, too big for Eleven to control completely by himself, so he cut the whole net into ten small pieces, after a little processing, made ten “puzzles” and gave them to ten members to control. , those ten people are the so-called upper-level members.

Decades of life in the shadows made Eleven unable to trust anyone easily. Therefore, he added two protective measures in the process of puzzle processing—in order to prevent someone from collecting the puzzle pieces privately and stealing the core of the puppeteer, he added For some traps, the real information in it can only be interpreted when he gets the puzzle or completes the whole puzzle to get a glimpse of the whole picture, otherwise he will fall into the trap and expose himself. This is the first protective measure; They colluded with each other and emptied him as a leader. He would personally find every puzzle holder, check the person thoroughly without the other party's knowledge, and then use Captive to engage in physiological control. This is the second protective measure .

Therefore, although the puppet masters fully retain everyone's personality on the surface, they are called by code names, they do not directly contact each other, and they do not explore personal privacy, but that is only among the members. In fact, Eleven knows everyone well.

Of course, there are also some things that he can't grasp without leaving any traces, such as the "Nail Project".

Lu Yuan was the second nail. The task he was given back then was only four words - to complete the puzzle.Then he offered everything except Xia Yan for this brief four-character task.Strictly speaking, there is no need to exclude Xia Yan, after all Xia Yan is not his thing at all.

And all the above-mentioned information about the jigsaw puzzle was obtained by Lu Yuan's predecessor, the first nail, in exchange for his life.He has been lurking in the puppet master for nearly four years, and got the code name Seven. In addition to the puzzle piece he got, he also secretly collected another piece.In another piece of the puzzle, there is a route to avoid customs smuggling contraband. When he followed the clues to visit the warehouse where the contraband was stored, he found that there was only one contraband in the empty warehouse-the bomb under his feet.

He triggered the first layer of protection and fell into a well-prepared trap.

Later, his apartment "accidentally" caught fire, and everything related to him was burnt clean. The only good news is that his cat happened to "break out" and go out for a walk when the apartment caught fire. His upline is in the cat A micro-hard drive was found in the bell hanging around his neck, which contained the information he collected and two puzzle pieces, which made his efforts over the years not in vain.

Later, the heavy cat bell was handed over to Lu Yuan through Xia Zhaoan's hand.

The conjecture of Xia Lin and Xia Yan's group committing crimes was put forward by Xia Zhao'an a long time ago, and the rapid expansion of the puppet masters and the wide scope of crimes all show that the root system hidden under the soil is huge. No matter how many times the poisonous buds emerge, the strong root system can produce poisonous flowers. In order to eradicate the root system together, there is a "nail plan".

Xia Zhaoan found Lu Yuan not long after he joined the job. At that time, the first nail had just been pulled out, and Lu Yuan happened to be perfectly qualified.

First of all, he must be alert and outstanding. Since childhood, Lu Yuan has always belonged to the type of "other people's children". He has always been the best among his peers, standing at a height that ordinary people can hardly look up to.Of course, this kind of textbook talent alone is not enough, and Lu Yuan is a policeman, so Eleven will only be more vigilant. Therefore, a little surly personality is also added. It is best to have a dark time in the process of growing up.

During his time as a policeman, Lu Yuan showed a serious lack of sense of responsibility and sympathy, was impatient, and had weak ethics, because his mistakes almost led to a murder case.And Eleven only needs to do a little research to find out that Lu Yuan's biological mother passed away when he was 14 years old. Since then, he has been abused by his stepmother for three years. Even so, the results did not fall.Then in his year, he declared his independence with a strong attitude and moved out of the house. Due to the rapid growth of his body and height, his stepmother also lost the capital to abuse him.He has not been idle all these years in the police academy. He cultivated his power by means of some unappreciable methods, and secretly infiltrated his father Lu Ming's company.After Lu Ming passed away, Lu Yuan's methods became even more ostentatious. His people directly emptied the stepmother, the chairman, and that stupid woman still doesn't know that half of the decision-makers she completely trusts are Lu Yuan's people. .

After Lu Yuan made a mistake in the police force and was punished, he resigned resolutely and became the owner of a chain of bars. The bars under his name are both elegant and vulgar, and there are all kinds of grades. Personality mixed in all kinds of occasions, all kinds of teachings and nine streams are in contact with everyone.

With such a personal resume, Eleven can make up the "inspirational" story of a talented little boy who endured humiliation under all kinds of persecution and grew into a distorted adult just by looking at it. He felt that Lu Yuan should be his The people on this side, after sending someone to tentatively contact him, were quite satisfied with his brutal, decisive yet rational style of doing things, and finally extended an olive branch to him.And Lu Yuan himself is a person with half of his foot in the mud, so he naturally took over this olive branch.

It’s just ironic that Seven’s position has been vacant since the first nail was pulled out. After Lu Yuan personally killed Xia Zhao’an three years ago—that day Lu Yuan followed Eleven’s instructions to negotiate a deal, and he arrived at the deal. After the location, Eleven's instructions changed to kill everyone who appeared later, and only one person appeared later, Xia Zhaoan.After this incident, Eleven was very satisfied, and gave Lu Yuan the code name of Seven.

Lu Yuan holds several capital chains. In addition, Seven also has a special identity - the organization's scavenger.As Nine said, countless people in the organization have been murdered by him. A poison ivy that feeds on darkness always has some branches that grow uncontrollably in invisible places. The luxuriance of the whole plant.Occasionally, during the "pruning" process, Lu Yuan secretly left some "buds" with good qualifications and moved them to his own pots to cultivate. Xu Wanqing is one of the "buds".

Xu Wanqing's real name is not Xu Wanqing. Although she looks refined, she always wears a black dress, ponytail and glasses, and holds either a folder or a briefcase in her arms. She looks like a capable female elite. , but before she was downgraded to Lu Yuan's assistant, she was actually the leader of a violent gang with little prestige. Her specialty was drag racing and fighting. The cause of the brother's death was infiltrated into the puppet master, but his ability was limited, so he exposed himself when he didn't touch any core, and was included in the obliteration list by the organization.Lu Yuan resorted to some tricks, but "cleaned up" her in name only. She followed Lu Yuan for the rest of her life after the catastrophe. Lu Yuan created a false identity of "Xu Wanqing" for her and found out her identity The cause of the deaths of the brothers, after Xu Wanqing avenged his revenge, he came back to follow Lu Yuan wholeheartedly.

Xu Wanqing grew up very fast with Lu Yuan in these years. Lu Yuan couldn't use a gun, so she practiced marksmanship hard. From a professional gangster who had never touched a gun, she grew into a master of marksmanship. Lu Yuan gradually took over many jobs. It was handed over to her, especially after Lu Yuan was determined to quit Captive.

There is no precedent for Captive to successfully quit, and Lu Yuan himself is not confident that he can live until the day when he has collected all the puzzles. Therefore, he intends to train Xu Wanqing to be his successor, and arranges everything early so that he can die after his death. The mission can also continue - anyway, there is only the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle left in Nine's hands, and the plan to capture the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle is also proceeding in an orderly manner.

Therefore, when Xia Yan pointed a gun at him, he unilaterally sentenced himself to death.It's just that he should have died more calmly, but his body resisted for unknown reasons, which made him hesitate at the most critical moment.After calming down, Lu Yuan recalled that the "unknown reason" might be the greed aroused by Captive. Somewhere in his heart, he still had delusions about spending the rest of his life with Xia Yan, and instinctively resisted death. Captive was able to hide everything before, but under the action of Captive, the pleasure of delusions being fulfilled again and again gradually eroded his defenses, and he was able to usurp the initiative of his body at critical moments.

Captive is more dangerous than imagined, Lu Yuan thought, it must be done as soon as possible.

The call he received completely disrupted his plan. One of his subordinates informed him that Xu Wanqing was attacked on the way back, and his life and death were unknown.Xu Wanqing was exposed, which meant that he was exposed, and all his back moves were cut off, so he had to complete the puzzle himself before being defeated by Captive.

In order to prevent that damned withdrawal reaction from appearing at an inopportune time, he deliberately took the box of Captive with him when he left, and at the same time, he also decided to use the eternal fare with his beloved.The farewell kiss was supposed to be vigorous, but he kissed it lightly and carefully, as if he was afraid that Xia Yan would remember him.

Fortunately, Xia Lin brought the clues of the last piece of the puzzle in time, and through the incident of Nine being shot, Lu Yuan finally realized that the reason why he was able to collect the first few pieces of the puzzle smoothly was that someone was lurking in the dark to help him. Paving the way, but this person's motive is definitely not to help him, but to wait for an opportunity to steal the results he collected. This person may be Zero who knows where the last piece of the puzzle is, or someone around him, or who knows the "Nail Project" people.

No matter what the possibility is, the puppet master's muddy deep pool has already been tested to the fullest, and only the last step is left to bottom out.

There was a sudden rustling of rain outside the window, and the raindrops splashed in from the eaves, spreading a thin layer of water droplets on the mahogany tabletop. Lu Yuan moved the notebook to the inside, got up and closed the window.At this time, the mobile phone he put on the table rang suddenly, Lu Yuan pressed the speakerphone, and his eyes fell on the hazy rain scene outside the window.

A sweet female voice came out through the receiver: "Honey, are you awake?" As if taking care of his biological clock, which was reversed day and night, the woman deliberately made her voice very soft.

"What's the matter? Baby." Lu Yuan's tone seemed to be smiling, but a stern face was reflected on the window glass.

"Don't forget my birthday party at Xingyue Building tonight. Remember to bring the earrings I gave you. Also, I will wear red tonight."

"How could I forget Her Royal Highness's birthday? I have prepared all the presents."

The woman chuckled twice: "Then I'll look forward to it, that's it, I still have to hang up beforehand."

After the phone was disconnected, Lu Yuan stood in front of the window for a long time, then found a red suit jacket in the closet, found glasses and earrings, and found a cat bell with paint peeling off in the drawer.