Chapter 131

Luke doesn't worry about the safety of the old beggar at all. This guy is a charlatan with a bit of ability. He usually looks enigmatic. When he meets danger, he turns into a soft bone. Otherwise, he won't be expelled from the school and listed on the government blacklist.

This is what we mean when we say that good people don't live long and disasters last for thousands of years.

As a matter of fact, there are no good people who make a living in Hongmen. Apart from undercover agents, which good people will mix with the underworld.

The essence of the underworld is anti society and anti-government organizations. Looking at the major gangs in the world, which one was not established in the chaotic period, such as the Italian mafia, Japan's Yamaguchi group, Taiwan's green bamboo Gang, Hong Kong triad, East Asia Yakuza and so on.

The more stable the society is, the weaker the gangs are. On the contrary, the more chaotic the situation is, the stronger the gangs are.

Hongmen is the best example. In the early days, Hongmen was the largest Chinese community in the United States. The first thing for Chinese, even Southeast Asians, who came to the United States for a living was to visit the local Hongmen organization and ask for asylum.

Now it's different. Compared with Hongmen, who has the nature of underworld, they are more willing to believe in the US government. This is an inevitable trend of social development, which can't be stopped by human resources.

With fewer people, the influence will naturally decline. Especially in the new century, the downward trend is increasingly obvious. Even the local police dare to break into the Hongmen headquarters blatantly. What's more worrying is the internal dispute.

Since the 1990s, the income of Hongmen has been declining every year. Economy means life. The senior management of Hongmen, who are used to living a good life, are dissatisfied with the current situation. In order to get sufficient material enjoyment, they choose to cooperate with Mexican drug dealers to start the drug transshipment business.

These idiots think that they are doing very well. They never think that everything is under the control of the FBI. After just one month, they were picked up by the FBI with people and goods. After the incident was exposed, it had a very bad impact on the reputation of Hongmen.

Because of this, the old man resigned and chose to retire. But he didn't want to give up. The Xiao family had a lot to do with Hongmen. His ancestors were the leader of the heaven and Earth Society. They fought against the Qing Dynasty and revived the Ming Dynasty all their lives. The second ancestor served as the commander-in-chief of the heaven and Earth Society. Later, he was killed by the Qing government. The third ancestor inherited his father's will and fought endlessly until he was betrayed by the traitors After arriving in the United States, he joined Hongmen for the first time.

Since the great grandfather's generation, every generation has been a senior member of Hongmen. It can be said that the development history of Hongmen is the history of the Xiao family. How can the old man allow Hongmen, which has devoted generations of his family's efforts, to decline.

He didn't read many books, but he had a very high vision. The society was changing, and the tide of the times was surging forward. The previous set didn't work. If he wanted to revive the community, he had to reform. Only through reform, Hongmen would not be eliminated.

The word "reform" is simple to say, but extremely difficult to do. It involves all aspects of interest disputes. People without great perseverance can't do it at all.

The old man finally decided to assign this task to the most beloved and capable grandson.

Then, without hesitation, Luke ran away from home and ran from the west of the United States to the East. He didn't call or return the mail, and came to the room.

Luke has more than a dozen plans for the future. None of these plans is related to Hongmen. Gangs are gangs. No matter how they are whitewashed, they can not change their true colors.

If you become the boss of the gang, you can't do many things. This is a dark swamp. It's easy to step in, but it's hard to think out.

After learning that the good grandson ran away from home, the old man scolded angrily. After scolding, he could only sigh lonely. What can he do? That bastard is better than a monkey, and he doesn't want to go to this muddy water at all.

So after a few months, the old man gave up his original idea.

So Luke came back with a lot of gifts. They didn't talk about Hongmen. That's good. Family is family after all. They can't be estranged because of external affairs.

The only bad thing is two uncles.

BMW arrived in front of an independent villa in the rich area of the eastern suburbs.

Luke got out of the car and rang the doorbell. Soon, the door opened and a middle-aged woman with beautiful appearance and graceful temperament came out. When she saw the visitor, she jumped up in surprise,

"ah! Little Luke, when did you come back? My aunt missed you so much

"Come on, give me a kiss."

Luke stepped back. "Aunt, I'm almost eighteen."

"What's the matter with eighteen? Eighteen is also a child. I still remember the way you wore crotch pants when you were a child?"

When Luke was speechless, he quickly put the gift in the past,

"these are all for you. Bags, packing, cosmetics are all limited edition in the world, and the Emerald Necklace specially made by famous Italian experts, which has a total of 26 colors. It's very beautiful."

"Really

As soon as the woman's eyes brightened, she grabbed the boy's face and gave him a kiss. "It's my little Luke who's so sweet. He doesn't know how to fight and kill all day. He's been married for 20 years and doesn't even give me a decent gift. I'm so angry."

"Come on, come on in."When they entered the living room, the woman said in a high voice,

"Julian, Denny, hurry down. Luke is back."

Soon, a man and a woman, two young men about 20 years old, ran down the stairs. The man's name was Denny, and the woman's name was Julian. Because they were twins, they looked like each other. However, Denny was tall and powerful, while Julian was a little thin and sweet.

As the only girl of Xiao's generation, Julian and Luke have a very good relationship, and they rush up as soon as they meet,

"Luke, you finally show up. I thought you went to see Jesus."

The woman patted her, "dead child, how to speak?"

With a lot of maturity, Denny gestured to Luke, who nodded to show that he knew.

Luke gave the gift to the brother and sister, said something more, turned to his aunt and said, "is uncle at home?"

"I've been in my study since morning, and I don't know what I'm doing."

"I want to talk to him."

"You go up, I'll make tea."

With a slight sigh, the woman got up and went to the kitchen. She didn't want to take care of the Hongmen business, and she didn't know what to think. Little Luke had run away from home and kept talking. She really thought she was very capable!

Denny stood up and said in a deep voice, "I'm with you."

Luke nodded slightly and said nothing. He went to the study on the second floor with the young man, who seemed to be his cousin but was actually his confidant.

Push open the door and smoke comes.

In the dim light, a middle-aged man with short hair and strong body was sitting in an old-fashioned swivel chair with a cigar in his hand, staring at the oil painting on the wall without blinking.

It's a picture of a shipwreck. Under the rolling tide, the flames are burning. Through the fire, we can see the crew and the broken hull submerged and struggling.