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The four major alliances began to counterattack, and the big melee finally began.

The surprise advantage in the early stage has laid a good foundation for the battle abroad.The Snake Tooth was beaten so hard that it couldn't gather strength; the Tarantula had to be distracted from the combined domestic and foreign offensives, and the counterattack seemed very weak; Meridian Gate still had the power to fight, but because Meng Qing still wanted to keep his business as much as possible, he fought hard. Hands are tied; Chiba is the most difficult bone to crack, so Mie simply sent the most force to move it from the very beginning.

Under Mie's onslaught regardless of the consequences, Snakeya and Tarantula soon became very obvious weaknesses of the alliance, especially Snakeya, which was beaten for half a month, and the foreign power network collapsed, and all business was also destroyed. waste.The tarantula followed closely, and the foreign power network was crumbling. Under the circumstances that domestic and foreign countries could not take care of both, Lu Shan had to make the decision to protect the country as much as possible, and simply and neatly gave up all foreign power and interests, and gathered power.

Surprised and angry, Yuan Peng yelled at Lu Shan at the meeting: "You actually withdrew directly, do you want to leave everyone behind as deserters?"

"Being a deserter is better than dying here. I can't let the little business outside affect my foundation!" Lu Shan slapped the table and yelled back, refusing to let it go.

Meng Qing was in no mood to persuade them not to quarrel this time, and sat on the side with a sullen face, letting them yell around, not knowing what they were thinking.

Finally, it was Qi Yun who interrupted the dispute between Lu Shan and Yuan Peng. After comforting each other, he said to Meng Qing: "Old Meng, the foundation of Snake Fang itself is not stable, and the tarantula has to take care of the country. Now it can fight abroad." , it’s just you and me, don’t worry about those business anymore, Mr. Lian gave up everything to fight us, we can’t fight him if we don’t use all our strength.”

How could Meng Qing not understand this truth, he just couldn't be reconciled!Meridian Gate has developed steadily for so many years, and it has finally climbed to its current position. With its current scale, it is impossible for him to give up foreign interests and territory and kill him all at once.

"Mr. Lian is indeed too smart. He let the shaky Snake Fang gobble up the profits, killed the important high-level officials of the Tarantula, forced the Tarantula to be distracted and worried about the country, and used business to hold you back... we Four families were assigned three at once, Mie really can’t play one against four, but one against two, or one against three, in the case of giving up all of them, it can indeed fight together.” Qi Yun was still saying He spoke in a calm tone, as calm as if he wasn't the one being beaten, "Lu Shan is right, we shouldn't have acted rashly, we shouldn't have taken the initiative, and we shouldn't even take the initiative to eat Mie's business."

Meng Qing was irritated and couldn't help but said: "Are you here to put a high hat on Mr. Lian to boost the enemy's morale? He is indeed smart, but he is only a lame when he is smart!"

Lu Shan almost couldn't help rolling her eyes, what's wrong with the cripple, the cripple is better than you!

"Qi Yun, what do you want to do with all this? Everyone is not here to listen to Mr. Kua Lian! If we fight abroad, we may not be able to win Mr. Lian. Don't underestimate everyone!" Yuan Peng also said. After a while, the attitude is very bad.

"I want you to calm down." Qi Yun was not angry at being so bullied, he took a sip of tea from his teacup, and said slowly, "Mr. Lian wants to drag everyone to die together. With official orders, we can't win this battle abroad. Lu Shan's approach is the most correct, and what we should worry about most now is domestically."

Lu Shan's heart moved, she turned her head to look at him, but she made a concurring look on her face, and said, "Indeed, from what I understand, if Mr. Lian really wanted to go to hell with everyone, then we When focusing on foreign countries, he is likely to suddenly start a war in China. Everyone think about it, are the foreign strongholds and business networks that can be rebuilt at any time, or the domestic foundation important?"

Meng Qing and Yuan Peng were shocked when they heard this, and they suppressed their emotions and began to think calmly.

Qi Yun glanced at Lu Shan and said appreciatively, "That's right, that's the reason."

"So we won't fight abroad? Let's go back to defend the country directly?" Yuan Peng asked.

Qi Yun shook his head: "No, we want to fight. We want to create an illusion for Mr. Lian that we are still paying attention to foreign countries, and then gather strength in the country, just like this time when we were attacked by annihilating us, we will be caught off guard! The foundation is very important to us Important, why not for Mie?"

Meng Qing couldn't help but sat up straight.

Qi Yun glanced at the crowd and asked, "Do you want to fight?"

Meng Qing was the first to make a decision, and said with a sullen face: "Fight! No matter what, Mie must be scattered!"

……

"The Meridian Gate is starting to let go and fight back." Gua Yi reported, frowning, "Wouldn't it be too difficult for Gua San to dominate the foreign situation alone?"

Lian Jun pointed to the desktop and said, "Let him not work too hard, give up when he should, use resources as he wants, and ask the official to transfer staff if necessary, and Zhang Zhuoyuan will give it to him. Where is the seven hexagrams?"

Gua tightened his fingers and replied, "We've already arrived in China."

"Tell him to ambush in Province V, the base camp of Snake Tooth." Lian Jun ordered, glanced at the calendar, and said, "A year ago or a year later, you and Gua Er can choose a date."

Finally, this day came, Gua Yi sullenly said, "Young Master Jun, let me stay with you."

Lian Jun shook his head and said, "Gua [-], the domestic melee may start at any time, Zhang Zhuoyuan has already made a small move, you and Gua [-] must evacuate as soon as possible, otherwise we won't be able to leave."

"If you can't go, don't go!" Gua Yi took a step forward and said firmly, "Young Master Jun, let me follow you!"

"Gua Yi!" Lian Jun lowered his expression, "This is an order!"

Gua Yi shook his body, clenched his fists unwillingly, took a step back, bowed his head for a long time, and replied: "Yes."

Lian Jun eased his expression, and added: "Let the sixth hexagram prepare, and the eleventh hexagram below... let's eat this year's reunion dinner in advance."

Hexagram [-] should be again, but the head never raised again.

……

Li Jiuzheng arrived at the resort half a month before the Chinese New Year, and Gua Er went to pick him up in person.After seeing Shi Jin, Li Jiuzheng immediately stepped forward to hug him, and buried his face in his shoulder.

Shi Jin was stunned for a moment, then hugged him back with a smile, patted his back, and asked, "Is the hospital busy? It's troublesome for you to just come here."

"No." Li Jiuzheng shook his head, slowly let go of him, looked at his face carefully, and frowned, "You've lost weight."

"Really." Shi Jin raised his hand to touch his face, and smiled so much that his eyes curled up, "It's better to be thinner, so that you don't eat too much during the Chinese New Year, become fat like a pig, and be laughed at by friends when you go back to school."

Li Jiuzheng frowned even tighter, raised his hand to touch the corner of his raised mouth, pursed his lips tightly and did not speak.

With one more person, the small building finally became a little more lively. Everyone was getting ready for the upcoming New Year. They were so busy every day that they didn't have time to think about it.

When he was young, Shi Jin hung a big safety knot in front of the small building and stood there for a long time.

It was ups and downs outside, but there was peace in the small building.

At the age of 27, Rong Zhouzhong suddenly came to the villa, and he forced Shi Jin to have an early reunion dinner.During the meal, he made a video call to Xiang Aoting, Fei Yujing, and Shi Weichong one by one. Everyone laughed and talked through the screen, and there was a sense of reunion.

After almost a year, Shi Jin finally saw Shi Weichong again. When talking to the other party, he kept carefully watching the progress bar. Seeing that the progress bar did not drop, he was a little relieved.Shi Weichong noticed that he was absent-minded, thinking that he was still not able to accept himself, his eyes darkened for a moment, and his words gradually decreased.

……

On New Year's Eve, Lian Jun and Zhang Zhuoyuan had a quarrel, and Zhang Zhuoyuan started it first. He felt that Lian Jun's subordinates died too strangely and too quickly one by one, and thought there was something wrong with it.

Lian Jun's brows were full of coldness, and he said: "Director Zhang, don't you feel angry when you say this? Whether they die or not, what effect does it have on you? I, Lian Jun, didn't help you disturb the Meridian Gate. Qianye is here Is the foreign business going to bite you back?"

Zhang Zhuoyuan defended: "I didn't mean that. In the original agreement we made, there was no—"

"Now we have." Lian Jun interrupted him in a deep voice, threatening, "You know in your heart how many things my subordinates have done for you over the years. Zhang Zhuoyuan, I'm not afraid to tear myself apart with you. I thought that your side would be stable now that the situation is now, if I withdraw, I guarantee you will get nothing this time! At that time, Wumen and Qianye will only cause you more headaches than the current Mie!"

It was the first time Zhang Zhuoyuan saw him lose his temper so obviously, he was directly shocked, and said in a slightly softer tone: "I don't want to tear you apart, but I need to know the movements of your subordinates. They have special identities. With such a request, all I have to do is..."

"Then ask your higher-ups to contact me." Lian Jun interrupted him again, with a cold tone, "Also, where is the movement of the dead! You want to find out the whereabouts of Gua Wu and the others? Yes, Gua Wu died in the sea , Gua Ba and Gua Ten didn't even have a whole body, Gua Jiu was shot dead by a tarantula, and the body was buried on the spot, just go find them and see if they will respond to you!"

Zhang Zhuoyuan had a headache and said, "Mr. Lian, you..."

"I want someone." Lian Jun suddenly softened his tone again.

Zhang Zhuoyuan frowned: "What?"

"The situation abroad can't last for too long. If my guess is correct, the four alliance organizations will soon organize an attack in the country and kill one by surprise. The people I stay in the country have never been involved in human life and evil. The low-level people, they have been doing business honestly and earning clean money all these years. They are more disciplined than all the ordinary people you protect. I will not let them die. You call me, I am helping you clean up the country environment, it is impossible for me to contribute to everything.”

Zhang Zhuoyuan was shocked, and his voice suddenly increased: "What do you mean that all the people you stay in the country are low-level personnel who have never been killed or evil. Where did your high-level and middle-level personnel go? Did you put them—"

"They are all abroad, dying at the front line." Now that this is the case, Lian Jun didn't care to tell him something, and said coldly, "Zhang Zhuoyuan, don't try to settle accounts with me, you promised me the conditions at the beginning. From now on, I want you to do it one by one. It is your promise to give my subordinates a chance to be a new man, so from now on, all the 'dead' people, you'd better not pursue it! Words I put it here, foreign officials will not intervene, so I have to bear it all by myself, but in China, if you don’t call someone to me, then I will have no power to fight back in China, everyone waits to die together!" After finishing speaking, he immediately put down phone.

"What do you mean? Lianjun, Lian—" Zhang Zhuoyuan listened to the beeping sound in his ear, put down his phone, smashed the table hard, and cursed, "You actually come to cut first and then play this trick, damn it!"

……

In the deathly silence in the study, Jun Lian looked at Gua [-] and Gua [-] who were standing silently behind the desk, and said, "Zhang Zhuoyuan dared to question me so directly, he must have changed his mind, and you guys are leaving tonight."

"Young Master..." Gua Er frowned and opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but was stopped by Gua Yi.

Gua Yi pressed Gua Er's shoulder and asked, "What does Young Master need us to do?"

Lian Jun looked at them and only said two words: "Alive."

……

The New Year's Eve bell rang, Shi Jin glanced at the direction of the second floor, and tightened the blanket wrapped around his body.

"Why hasn't the third brother's show started yet? It's too slow." Li Jiuzheng frowned, handed the peeled nuts to Shi Jin, and asked, "Are you sleepy? Don't wait, go back to your room and sleep."

Shi Jin shook his head, took the nuts and ate one, looked at the people on TV who were celebrating the arrival of the new year, and said vaguely: "Wait a little longer, soon."

Half an hour later, they finally arrived at Rong Zhouzhong's one-man show. The two watched the show without enthusiasm, commented in disgust, and then turned off the TV.

Lian Jun just came out of the study, went downstairs to behind Shi Jin, patted his head, and said: "It's too late, go to sleep."

Shi Jin glanced at the stairs, but he didn't see Gua Yi and Gua Er. He clenched his hands tightly under the blanket, then lifted the blanket with a smile and stood up, saying, "Then go to bed, fifth brother, you should go to sleep too." Well, good night."

Li Jiuzheng stood up, glanced at the corner of his upturned mouth, stepped forward to hug him, turned and went back to his room.

……

At four o'clock in the morning, Shi Jin's hearing, which had been amplified all the time, finally heard a little noise.

The sound of doors opening and closing, the sound of the suitcase being dragged, footsteps...then the faint sound of the car being unlocked, the sound of opening the trunk of the car, the sound of putting the suitcase in, the sound of pulling the car door...the last thing that came out was the car The sound of starting.

"He left like this, without even saying goodbye."

It is the voice of Gua Er.

"Let's drive, it's almost dawn."

Then came the voice of Gua Yi.

It was very late at night, and after the sound of tires rubbing against the ground passed, everything returned to silence, as if nothing had happened.

Shi Jin closed his eyes, hugged Lian Jun's waist tightly, and buried his face in his chest.Lian Jun seemed to be asleep, but he didn't seem to, and slightly tightened the arms holding him.

The next morning, everyone naturally did not see Gua Yi and Gua Er in the small building, no one mentioned them, and everyone chatted about other topics tacitly, as if Gua Yi and Gua Er had never existed.

Lian Jun was not busy this day, and together with Li Jiuzheng, he played three-player mahjong with Shi Jin for a day.

Later, Zhang Zhuoyuan called Lian Jun, this time the two did not quarrel, and calmly talked about the business.Later, Liu Zhenjun also called Lian Jun.

Three days later, the news of Gua San's death came. He was seriously injured by stray bullets in a confrontation between Mie and Qianye, and died in the end.At the same time, conflicts between violent organizations suddenly broke out across the country, casting a bloody shadow over the New Year this year.

……

Meng Qing and the others never expected that Mie would survive their first wave of domestic raids.

"How is it possible, how did Mr. Lian manage such staffing?" Lu Shan was puzzled, "We dragged so many people abroad, and I entangled some of them in province G and Bao'an. Island, the staffing in other areas should not be so sufficient, it’s strange.”

Meng Qing also couldn't figure it out, and said: "And those people are too well-trained... But one thing is certain, Mr. Lian must have prepared for the surprise attack on our country long ago. He is too smart, so he thought of it, It's still inside of us..." After speaking, he glanced at the crowd, his eyes were full of meaning.

The other three were frowned, and Lu Shan, who had been suspected once, even sneered and said, "Meng Qing, have you committed your old problem again? At this juncture, what are you trying to do by saying that, so as to provoke everyone?"

Qi Yun came out to smooth things over and said, "Okay, don't make noise, Lao Meng, it's meaningless to talk about it now."

Meng Qing glanced at him and said nothing.

The atmosphere of the meeting became dull. Now that the battle abroad has reached its peak, the domestic battle has also begun. Everyone has a knife hanging over their heads, and their mood is inevitably impetuous.

The cell phone rang suddenly, and the four of them looked at each other. Finally, Meng Qing frowned and took out her cell phone.

One minute later, Meng Qing stood up in disbelief, and shouted at the phone: "What? All the forces that have been destroyed abroad have been disbanded? Is the stronghold empty?"

I don't know what was answered there, Meng Qing suddenly cursed "Damn it", hung up the phone, looked at the crowd, and said, "We've been tricked again!"

"What do you mean?" Yuan Peng asked quickly.

"Mr. Lian didn't think about fighting us abroad! After the death of Gua San, all the counterattacks we organized were in vain. The people who were wiped out seemed to have been prepared a long time ago. They disappeared without a trace in just one day." Now all the foreign strongholds have become empty shells! The situation is not right, when our domestic offensive is together, Gua San will die, and then the destroyed strongholds will be empty, this is obviously a trap!" Meng Qing roared out of control.

"What—" Qi Yun couldn't believe it, then suddenly realized something, and said, "Zhang Zhuoyuan!"

Lu Shan was confused and anxious: "What? What's going on? Why did you mention Zhang Zhuoyuan again? Lianjun's foreign forces have all dispersed, where did they go? He returned secretly?"

"No." Qi Yun replied, with cold sweat dripping from his forehead, "So that's the case, this is Lian Jun's purpose..."

"What purpose? You speak clearly!" Yuan Peng couldn't help urging.

Qi Yun glanced at the crowd and said, "We all ignored one person——Zhang Zhuoyuan! It doesn't matter how much we struggle abroad, but in China, we are still a legal violent organization bound by the government. Once we go too far in China, The authorities have a reason to move us. This is what Mr. Lian paid attention to. He just wants to force us to fight together in the country... He also cut off our escape route abroad, and first disrupted our power abroad. It’s gone.” And he encouraged everyone to drill together for this complete set.

Lost, he lost to Lian Jun again.

Everyone was silent when they heard the words, and then Qiqi's back felt cold, and the back of his neck even felt the coolness of the blade.

"I'm going to kill him!" Meng Qing gritted her teeth, her expression somber.

"Mr. Lian is indeed an official lackey." Yuan Peng's eyes were full of killing intent.

Lu Shan broke down a little bit, raised her hand to hold her forehead and said: "From the beginning of the confrontation with Mie to the present, we are stepping on a trap when we retreat, and we are stepping on a trap when we go in. Active attack will definitely fall into the trap, fear of defense is passive beating... We can't play, We really can't play Lianjun."

Qi Yun suddenly said: "We have to negotiate with Mr. Lian. Before the domestic battles are fierce, Mr. Lian has not dragged everyone to death."

"What?!" The three said in unison and looked at him together.

"Negotiate...and then seek peace. At this point, unless Mie takes the initiative to stop the offensive, we will only die." Qi Yun gritted his teeth and said, "Push someone out, if you don't want to go, then I will go! "

"No!" Meng Qing directly vetoed it, and said bitterly, "It's a big deal that everyone will stop messing around in the country in the future, and Mr. Lian must die!"

Qi Yun looked at him, and said in a deep voice: "We have messed up the business and influence in various foreign regions during this time. Without our domestic foundation, we will be targeted and hunted down no matter where we go, Meng Qing, Now is not the time to get angry."

"Let Lu Shan go to the negotiations." Yuan Peng said suddenly, and actually laughed, "Mie and Tarantula have the greatest hatred, and the enemy's submissiveness should make Lian Jun feel more at ease, and Lu Shan is still a woman. Temperament, he should not be too much with an older woman."

Shocked, Lu Shan slapped the table and got up, angrily said: "Yuan Peng, you are courting death!"

"This is also for everyone's sake." Yuan Peng met her gaze without fear, shrugged like a hob, and said, "We are allies, aren't we?"

Meng Qing changed her mind, glanced between the two, and said, "Then Lu Shan will go."

Lu Shan couldn't believe it: "Meng Qing, why did you—"

"I also think it is more appropriate for Lu Shan to go." Qi Yun also opened his mouth, looked at Lu Shan, and said in a slow tone, "Now among our four families, the wolf spider is in the most difficult situation. It is indeed more difficult for you to negotiate. persuasive."

Lu Shan was annoyed, swept them over with a sneer, nodded, and said, "You are all in one mind now, okay, I'll be the fire extinguisher and cannon fodder, Meng Qing, Qi Yun, Yuan Peng, you have to remember carefully." Hold on to what you said today!" After speaking, he hung up the call directly.

The three of them were quiet for a while, then Meng Qing suppressed his expression and leaned back in his chair, saying, "Yuan Peng, I'll share the tarantula meat with you, you should be able to stabilize yourself."

Yuan Peng smiled with satisfaction, and said, "That's natural. I just hope that Lu Shan, the test-stone, can test out more things and buy us more time for preparation."

"Let's get ready." Qi Yun frowned slightly, but his mood was not as good as theirs. "It's going to be a tough battle." After selling a tarantula, they may not be able to escape unscathed.