At 8:00 p.m., in the private room on the second floor of Hougong imperial restaurant.
Han Chao was alone, holding a bottle of Erguotou in one hand and a microphone in the other hand. Facing the karaoke in the private room, he affectionately sang the song "you are always someone else's junior".
"You finally became someone else's junior. I know it's not because of love..."
Han Chao's singing mixed with northeast accent echoed throughout the private room, and his facial expression and body movements were quite in place.
Hesitant eyes and the half bottle of Erguotou in his hand vividly set off the image of a loser abandoned by his wife.
"Creak..."
The door of the private room was opened.
"Don't I fucking say it? Don't come in if I don't go out!"
After hearing the sound of opening the door, Han Chao shouted without looking back.
"What? Your fucking daughter-in-law ran away with others?"
As I walked into the private room, I laughed and scolded.
After hearing my voice, Han Chao's body was obviously stunned. Then he put down the microphone in his hand, turned to look at me and stammered, "Ye... Why are you here?"
"If I don't come, I think you'll be promoted to immortality in this private room. People are busy like that. What are you talking about here if you don't work?"
I picked up the Baijiu on the table and looked at Han Chao.
"I..."
Han Chaohong was holding a big face and clenched with Baijiu in his hands.
"Why did you straighten your tongue and speak..."
"I'm... In a bad mood!" Han Chao replied after holding back for a long time.
"You know you're in a bad mood. Why are you in a bad mood?" I reached out and picked up the peanuts on the table and threw them into my mouth. While eating, I looked at Han Chao.
"Nothing, just in a bad mood..."
Han Chao whispered back, then stood up and turned off the karaoke in front of the private room.
"Why don't you sing?"
I squinted at Han Chao and asked.
After Han Chao heard what I said, he was obviously stunned. Then he stared at his ignorant little eyes and asked naively, "do you still want to hear?"
"You look like a fucking fool..." I scolded silently, then threw down the peanuts and patted my palm gently.
"Ye, you didn't come here to dismiss me?" Han Chao looked at me with a little sadness in his eyes.
"Dismiss you?" I looked at Han Chao, smiled, and then said, "if I look at your current working state, I really have this plan now..."
"Ah, then you don't want to dismiss. If you don't dismiss, you'll be fine..." after listening to me, Han Chao patted his chest and his expression was obviously much easier.
"Tell me, why are you in a bad mood?"
I looked at Han Chao and asked.
"Nothing..." Han Chao replied very perfunctorily.
"Shit..." I scolded wordlessly. I know Han Chao didn't say it because he didn't want to speak ill of Liu Rui in front of me and didn't want me to worry about these things.
"I'm really not unhappy..." Han Chao explained in a farfetched way when he saw that I didn't speak.
"If you talk so much, we may not be able to carry on today. I'll tell you!"
"I'm really not unhappy. If you have to force me to say yes, do you think I can have diarrhea recently?" Han Chao asked speechless.
"You're not fucking serious..." I scolded irritably, then looked at the private room, turned to Han Chao and asked, "where's Lao Bian?"
"I'm busy downstairs..."
"People don't fucking delay their work. What are you doing?" I smiled and kicked Han Chao, then paused and said, "call Lao Bian over and I'll talk to you two..."
"..." Han Chao looked at me and didn't move.
"Hurry up. What are you looking at?"
"Ah!" Han Chao was stunned, and then ran outside the private room.
Five minutes later, Han Chao and Lao Bian returned to the private room.
"Shall we talk while drinking or chatter?"
I sat shaking my hand on the Baijiu, looking at the old flat, the two of them asked.
"Just say what you want to do with us. If you want to fire us, I'll pack my bags now..." Han Chao sat next to me and shouted carelessly.
"Did I fucking ask you?" I stared at beads and scolded, then waved to Lao Bian: "come here!"
Lao Bian hesitated for a moment and then sat next to me.
"Bata..."
I threw the peanuts on the table, then turned to look at Lao Bian and asked, "Lao Bian, did Liu Rui ask you anything after I left today's meeting?"
"... HMM!" Lao Bian hesitated and then nodded slightly.
"What do you think after he asked?" I continued.
"I didn't think of anything..." Lao Bian replied in a low voice.
"No idea?"
"... yes!"
"You say."
"Leaf, I'm not an insider!" Lao Bian was very nervous, biting his lips and looking at me.
"Ha ha..." I looked at Lao Bian and smiled. Then I patted Lao Bian on the shoulder and said, "you're not an insider, but you lied, aren't you?"
"Shua!"
After my words, Han Chao and Lao Bian looked up at me almost at the same time.
"You spoke because Han Chao asked, didn't you?"
I looked at Lao Bian and asked.
"Ye... Ye..." Lao Bian opened his mouth to explain.
"I asked you, right?"
I sprang to my feet, stared at the beads and shouted.
"Yes!"
Lao Bian gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Come out!"
I picked up Lao Bian and directly dragged him to the door of the private room.
"Leaf, I told him to lie..."
Han Chao shouted when he saw me drag Lao Bian away.
"Draft it? You come out too!"
I reached out and pointed to Han Chao.
Han Chao looked at me, hesitated, and then came to me.
"Kneel down!"
I pointed to Han Chao and Lao Bian and shouted.
"Bang... Bang!"
Without asking why, they knelt directly on the ground.
"Wow..."
I untied the trouser pocket on my waist, then pinched the head of the trouser belt, gritted my teeth and pulled it directly onto Han Chao without warning.
"Pa... Pa... Pa..."
With a crisp sound, Han Chao's body shook for a while, and then straightened quickly.
I waved my belt with an expressionless face and pumped it on Han Chao one after another. Han Chao didn't make any sound from beginning to end and didn't ask me why I hit him.
After playing Han Chao, I went to Lao Bian.
"Kneel straight!"
I shouted in a flat voice.
Lao Bian quickly straightened his waist.
"Pa!"
The belt pulled directly onto Lao Bian's back.
A minute later, I panted and dropped my belt. Han Chao and Lao Bian still straightened their waist and knelt on the ground. No one stood up and spoke.
Although it's winter, because they are in the private room, they don't wear coats and wear a work shirt, so the belt pulls out blood marks one by one on their backs, and the blood permeates their white shirts.
In the imperial dining room.
After I finished beating Han Chao and Lao Bian, I sat on the chair and slowed down for a while, and then whispered, "come here!"
“……”
Han Chao and Lao Bian hesitated for a moment, and then walked to me on their knees.
"Get up..."
I shouted helplessly.
"We just kneel down and listen..." Han Chao whispered back to me.
"Han Chao, don't be hard with me here. Our Hougong casino opened. I beat Liu Rui, you know?" I asked with a belt pointing at Han Chao.
"Liu Rui told me."
"Do you know why I hit him?" I continued.
"Because there's no face," Han Chao replied.
"Then why did I hit you both today?" I stood up and shouted.
"Because of lying!" Han Chao returned with his teeth clenched.
"Why did I hit Lao Bian five times and hit you ten times?"
"Because this is my idea, I am the leader..."
"I gave Lao Bian to you to take him well. You can't teach him how to lie! Lao Bian was beaten because of you today. Without you, Lao Bian couldn't lie to me!" I shouted expressionless, and then said: "You all know your fucking business now, don't you? You've learned to hide with me, haven't you? You've learned not to tell me anything, haven't you?"
"No..." Han Chao lowered his head and returned.
"Lying without you?" I stepped forward and kicked Han Chao in the stomach.
"Don't lie next time." Han Chao shouted with his fist clenched.
"What about you?" I asked, looking at Lao Bian.
"I dare not..." Lao Bian replied in a low voice with his head down.
"I know you two are not insiders, but you two lied to me and Liu Rui. What's the difference between this and insiders? If everyone in the harem is like you two, how can I take care of it?"
“……”
After my words, Han Chao and Lao Bian didn't speak.
"You two lie and don't make it up. Who can't hear you lying? I told you today that I asked Liu Rui that question. Do you know why I asked you both?"
"I don't know..." Han Chao shook his head.
"First, I really want to know how you two know my position. Second, I want everyone to suspect that you three have a problem!" I calmly explained.
"Why?" Lao Bian suddenly looked up at me and shouted.
"Because I'm sure there's nothing wrong with you three. Let others doubt you three. First, let them not suspect each other. Second, let you three go through this muddy water with the harem!"
Han Chao looked up at me, remained silent for two seconds, then pursed his lips and said, "leaf, do you want to protect the three of us?"
"... you know what the hell!" I scolded wordlessly, and then said, "from now on, no matter what happens in our harem, you two can't join in without joining in, you know?"
"Leaf, what's the difference between what you say and firing me?" Han Chao shouted with staring beads.
"If we go to the back palace, the imperial food will be better and better. But if something happens in the back palace one day, I hope the imperial food will still be there. Do you understand what I mean?"
"..." Han Chao looked at me and didn't speak.
"Our harem can be closed, but as long as the people in our harem die, the harem will come back one day. Whether it's me, Liu Rui or Wei Yiwen, I don't want me to have a fucking place to stay when we come back. Do you understand?"
"I see!"
Han Chao shouted loudly.
"Lao Bian will also come in two days. You three don't have a lot of involvement with the harem. You three must help me guard the imperial meal. Can you do it?" I looked at Han Chao and asked.
"Yes!"
Han Chao nodded hard.
"From today on, our harem is busy with our harem, and your imperial food will be your imperial food..." I sighed helplessly, then looked at Lao Bian and asked, "tell me, how do you know my position?"
"I was..."
"You sit up and talk. It's hard for me to look at you like this." I frowned and interrupted Lao Bian.
"Ah."
Lao Bian promised, then did it by his side, simply sorted out the language, looked at me and said, "I did follow them to sun Qiang's house that day. After I saw that they were all caught, I wanted to save them, but before I could save them, I was caught by a person. This person told me that something had happened to you, and then the address told me..."
"I had an accident after uncle Tian and they had an accident. How did he know I was going to have an accident?" I asked suspiciously.
"No, they had been caught for hours when I was caught. I've been looking for opportunities nearby..." Lao Bian looked at me and explained.
"Ah!"
If so, the time is basically right, but I don't know who told Lao Bian my position, and whether this person is an enemy or a friend?
"Do you remember what that man looks like?" I looked at Lao Bian and asked after thinking for a while.
"Yes, but I'm an ordinary middle-aged man..."
"Have you seen him before?" I continued.
"No." Lao Bian shook his head.
"I know...: I nodded thoughtfully.
"I'll tell you about it when I get back..." speaking of this, Lao Bian looked up at Han Chao, and then said, "later, I went to you..."
"Then why do you want Lao Bian to lie?" I looked at Han Chao and asked.
"Because..."
"For what?"
"Because I think this fact is too strange. Why did someone catch Lao Bian and tell him that something happened to you? I used to be an insider, but I don't understand. If he was an insider, what would he do back? So I think there are too many things in here. I don't want you to think blindly, so I let Lao Bian lie..." Han Chao lowered his head and explained.
"Ha ha..." I smiled silently, then looked at Han Chao and scolded, "you fucking know more things!"
"Ye, to tell you the truth, Xiaowu, do they also have our people?" Han Chao looked at me and asked.
"No..." I reluctantly rubbed my face, and then said: "these people appear too suddenly, and their structure is very compact. If you want to insert people, you can only start from sun Qiang..."
At this point, I suddenly stopped, sun Qiang!
This person who has been ignored by me, I suddenly thought that the person who told Lao Bian our position would be sun Qiang?
Because at that time, there were only two groups of people in sun Qiang's family, our people, small five people.
But Xiao Wu's people also include sun Qiang's people. Will there be any problems with sun Qiang's people, or will it be that sun Qiang deliberately doesn't want us to die on the mountain? What's his purpose?
A series of questions washed my brain like a flood, but I couldn't find the answer!
"Leaf... Leaf... What do you think?" Han Chao looked at me for a long time without talking and shook his hand in front of me.
"Ah?"
I reacted, then slowly stood up, looked at Han Chao and Lao Bian, frowned and said, "did I understand what I told you just now?"
"I see..."
Han Chao and Lao Bian nodded slightly.
"Just understand."
I whispered a promise, and then ran out the door thoughtfully.
"Leaves..."
Han Chao stood in place, opened his mouth and shouted to me, but I didn't respond at all.
"What's the matter with leaves?"
Lao Bian looked at my back and turned to Han Chao and asked.
"I don't know... Did I say what he doesn't like to hear..." the expression on Han Chao's face was very guilty.
“……”
Lao Bian glanced at Han Chao, pursed his lips and didn't speak.
……
After I left the Imperial Palace, I drove back to the harem.
I'm full of one question all the way. Why did sun Qiang save me?
I think about it. I think there is only one possibility, that is, sun Qiang's team and Xiao Wu's team may not be as I think!
Maybe the relationship between them is a simple cooperative relationship. If the so-called Mafia Godfather and little five are just a simple cooperative relationship, what does that mean?
It shows that there are contradictions between the two groups, or simply cooperation on the surface, but they actually have their own ideas.
If you think about it according to my idea, the final conclusion is that our Hougong, sun Qiang and Xiaowu are actually three groups, not two groups on the surface!
Sun Qiang's cooperation with Xiao Wu is to get rid of the most powerful harem at present. If our harem falls, sun Qiang's competitors will be left with Xiao Wu's gang. Xiao Wu also holds the same idea, so the two groups have become friends temporarily!
Now that the two of them have reached cooperation, why does Sun Qiang choose to save us at this time?
Because now the state of the three of us is balanced, but if once our harem falls, Xiao Wu is sure to eat sun Qiang, but Sun Qiang is not sure to eat Xiao Wu, so sun Qiang doesn't want our harem to fall so quickly, so what is sun Qiang waiting for? To people? Waiting for money? Or wait for an opportunity?
This is the key to the problem.
……
After returning to the harem, I directly called Gao Jia and Tian Ming to the office.
"Bata..."
I sat on the sofa and took a deep breath of smoke, then looked at Gao Jia beside me and asked, "how much do you know about sun Qiang?"
"Just like you..." Gao Jia shook her head and replied.
"Uncle Tian, what about you?" I turned and looked at Tian Ming.
"I don't know much, because I haven't been here for a long time..." Tian Ming replied in a low voice.
"..." I looked at the cigarette butts in my hand and thought for a few seconds, then twisted out the cigarette butts, looked at Gao Jia and Tian Ming and said, "I'll give you two a task now..."
"What task?" Gao Jia asked.
"In one day, help me find all the information of sun Qiang. I want all the information of people related to sun Qiang, whether friends or enemies, and how many industries he has abroad and at home. You two must study it for me!"
"... ye, isn't Bi Wenshi our main goal now? Why do you study sun Qiang?" Gao Jia looked at me puzzled and asked.
"Bi Wenshi's business is easy to handle. Now I don't understand Sun Qiang. You two take action now and be sure to find all the information I want in one day..." I frowned and explained.
"I'll try my best..." Tian Ming returned stiffly.
"Not try, but must!"
I shouted loudly.
“……”
Tian Ming stood up and looked at me, smiled helplessly, and then followed Gao Jia out of my office.
……
At 8 p.m., Guo Li's ward.
"How do you feel?" I asked as I sat next to the hospital bed, peeling oranges and looking at Guo Li.
"It should be almost OK. I'll be discharged in a few days..." Guo Li replied with a smile.
"... well, it's estimated that the bodies of Xiaoshuai and the driver can't be found. Why don't we give them a whole funeral tomorrow and let them go..." I put the peeled orange beside Guo Li and whispered.
"..." Guo Li looked at me and was silent for a moment. Then he bit his lips and said, "our custom is to go out of the water mat and find a band..."
"It's going to take a little effort. You don't have any friends here, and my friends can't eat when they come, but the band should be all right... I'll let the next one prepare." I nodded and replied.
"Thank you..." Guo Li rubbed his face with his hand, then thought for a moment, and replied in a low voice.
"These two people saved me. I won't let them die in vain. I've arranged for them at home..."
"Hehe, I have only two brothers in my life. I didn't see them at the last side before I left. They didn't even drop a whole body. It's pathetic..." Guo Li patted the cigarette butts on his mouth in a very sad tone.
“……”
I looked at Guo Li for a long time and didn't know what to say.
……
At five o'clock the next morning, Yang Song found a group of drum bands in the countryside of H city to prepare for the funeral and several people who played Yangko. Then he directly put the shed at the door of our harem bar. At both ends of the road in front of the harem, Yang Song put roadblocks under repair to prevent passing back and forth. Yang Song said hello to the traffic police in advance, So even if the road is closed, the traffic police won't come.
"Brothers, drum up your cheeks and blow hard. Don't stop the trumpet. Let my two brothers walk along the Naihe bridge not too lonely... Everything in our harem is not bad for money. As long as the movement is in place, the money must be yours..." Yang Song said loudly outside the shed.
"Don't worry, I'm sure I won't take any errands..." a man in his forties nodded with a smile, then turned his head and shouted to the band: "come on, brothers, get up!"
After the man shouted, sorrow and music rang out in an instant, ringing through the whole street.
When Yang Song saw the music, he walked to Guo Li with his hands on his back. At this time, Guo Li was kneeling in front of Xiaoshuai's picture, burning paper money with a sad expression.
"Shall I burn it for you?" Yang Song asked, frowning at Guo Li.
"Is this thing helpful? I'll give it to my lifelong brothers..." Guo Li looked up at Yang Song and replied in a dull voice.
"..." Yang Song pursed his lips and said nothing.
……
We live not far from the harem, so I can clearly hear the horn, but I dare not go out of the house to have a look, because I think I can't face Xiaoshuai and Guo Li.