In Benin, especially along the outskirts of the capital Portonovo, the security is better than that of Draculamo, a 1560-kilometer drive, everyone looks at the scenery along the road, but in the territory of Akwa, not long after passing the border checkpoint, there was an unexpected torrential rain, and the convoy was trapped in a small town near the border checkpoint.

It was dark and less than two hours before it was dark, and thinking that they would not be able to reach the port of Pemei, the capital of Akwa, before dark, they decided to spend the night in a modest hotel in the town.

The hotel is not big, there are only thirty or forty rooms, and there are not a few guests staying in the hotel, after Cao Mo and they arrived, they chartered the remaining nearly thirty rooms.

The town is very shabby, the place is bigger, the people are not familiar with the place, and everyone will not think of going out to find a place to play, and there is no so-called field, but when they first checked into the hotel, a few local young women came to make a fuss, but it did not make people interested.

Fortunately, there was a diesel generator in the hostel and the conditions were not so bad that they were unbearable.

Even with the torrential rain, the dusk in Akwa was not much cooler.

Xie Sipeng took the money for the innkeeper to buy some chickens and ducks and came back, and everyone added food to everyone, and everyone gathered in the humble restaurant on the ground floor to play cards for fun.

The Chinese businessmen in Draculamo are good at gambling, but there are not a few people who are fond of Texas Hold'em, so many people get together, and it is also the most lively five-card shuttle, and there is no need for chips, everyone directly takes the cash they carry with them to the table.

Among so many people, it is impossible for Abacha to be taken care of by others for speaking English at the poker table. Abacha could only sit next to Cao Mo and Shen Ji and watch the battle.

Xie Sipeng, Lu Yan and four other investors, plus the spectators, packed the two gambling tables together, and several investors gathered together to fight the landlords.

Chen Yao has always been wary and hostile to Zhou Han, she stood behind Lu Yan, and when she saw Zhou Han's eyes, she was more or less unkind; Zhou Han didn't go back to the room, just stood behind Xie Sipeng next to Cao Mo and watched the cards, and talked to Zhang Min, who was responsible for giving cards to everyone.

Cao Mo didn't have any intention to win any money at the gambling table, and she was not as focused as others in playing cards, she looked at Zhou Han intentionally or unintentionally, thinking in her heart what means she would use to dissolve the Lu family's guard step by step.

Chen Yao always dresses flamboyantly, and also regards this trip as a pleasure, with a miniskirt showing snow-white thighs, a low collar, and choppy waves; Zhang Min is a simple professional attire, with a short hair cut recently, and a pretty face, which looks much more capable, as if she is really Xie Sipeng's powerful assistant.

Zhou Han was dressed very conservatively, wearing sneakers, jeans, and a T-shirt with a thin jacket with stronger sun protection.

However, Zhou Han's tall and slender figure cannot be covered by conservative clothes, her long hair is tied behind her shoulders, and her beautiful and bright face is still so attractive.

A local short-haired young man stood in the hotel foyer outside the restaurant, leaning half-leaning on the counter and talking to the front desk attendant.

The front desk clerk is a young lady, except

In addition to the dark skin that is not flattering, the facial features and face are quite upright, and the figure is also plump and sexy, wearing a low-cut tight T-shirt, and the two black and oily full breasts are about to be squeezed out.

The young man and the young attendant and the female are like a couple, and there will be some ambiguous small movements, but Cao Mo saw that the young man glanced at them from time to time, and there was a little greed and vigilance.

The young man was obviously a local, and the owner of the inn was a local man of about fifty years old, who had bought chickens and ducks from the town and came back, and when he passed through the front hall, there was a trace of disgust and rejection in the young man's expression.

After Akwa's independence from colonial rule in the mid-sixties, the military held power in the country, and senior government positions were held by army generals, but with the collapse of military junta rule in other West African countries in the nineties, the movement of civilian resistance to military rule in Akwa has gained momentum in recent years.

In Akwa, in a remote area far from the capital, the port of Peme, the armed forces are more active.

This has also led to the fact that the law and order in Akwa is even worse than that of Kanem.

It is not unimaginable that they live in a small town hotel with such fanfare, causing the covetousness of local criminal gangs, but this time there are so many bodyguards with guns to protect them, and everyone will not worry about anything, I believe that even if the local security is very poor, no one will take the initiative to provoke them.

The young man left quickly, and Cao Mo focused on playing a few cards, and gave Lu Yan more than $10,000 in cash on the table.

The rain outside had subsided, and a pickup truck had parked in the courtyard of the hotel, and two local men walked in from outside in the rain, stood in front of the front counter to inquire about the accommodation, and looked at the restaurant as if it were lively.

The front desk waiter barely showed that he didn't know the two people, and the two local men looked quite casual, but Cao Mo noticed that the two local men at the front desk were in a group with the young man who had just left, and it seemed that the armed bodyguards guarding the door of the restaurant and in the restaurant did not completely dispel the idea of this group.

Cao Mo discarded the cards in his hand and walked to the door of the restaurant with a cigarette, the two of them were talking to the young waiter in the local Akan language, and he couldn't understand what they were talking about, but it didn't matter how they looked, what they said, and how they barely wanted to show their demeanor.

The two of them did not stay, and when they left, one of them glanced back at Cao Mo, with a hint of banter and chilling ferocity in his eyes.

"Do you want to send a car to follow?" Du Ganjie and the others also realized the anomaly, and he and Ibori walked up to Cao Mo and asked in a low voice.

Cao Mo shook his head, so many of their bodyguards failed to scare this group away, it was dark outside again, they were unfamiliar with the place, and they didn't know what the other party was like, so it was too dangerous to rashly send a car to follow them, so let Du Ganjie and Yibori stay vigilant and observe the situation around the hotel first......

"What's the matter, there was a problem with those two people just now?" Zhou Han had been paying attention to Cao Mo, and when he saw him standing at the door of the restaurant for a while, he walked back with a somewhat solemn expression and asked.

"We might be targeted. Seeing Xie Sipeng, they all put down the cards in their hands and looked at them, Cao Mo said.

"Who is so blind and staring at us?" Lu Yan has

Said with a disapproving smile.

Akwa, Kanem, and even Benin, where law and order is relatively better, have criminal gangs, while on the African continent, firearms are not a rarity, and armed robberies are frequent.

But in any case, they did not cause trouble when they went into the town to spend the night, even if there were outlaws in the criminal gangs everywhere, how many people would follow the convoy of more than 30 people with guns and bodyguards to get through in order to seek money?

In Lu Yan's opinion, even if someone starts to come over to spy on the news out of nowhere, after seeing the strength of their side clearly, they should also retreat.

Cao Mo couldn't say that he relied on his keen intuition to conclude that this group of people would never give up easily, but just like this, he felt even more headaches, the other party was by no means an ordinary armed criminal gang.

Cao Mo ignored Lu Yan and said to Xie Sipeng: "It's better to be careful - you have someone familiar with the Akwa authorities, you can call and see if he can help us contact the local police." It would be best if they could get to Peimei safely, and no one wanted any accidents on the way. ”

Lu Yan didn't take it seriously, and he wouldn't mind the multi-layered security, sitting there and watching Xie Sipeng contact the Akwa authorities dignitaries he knew.

Xie Sipeng called and said to Cao Mo with confidence: "The Mr. Lang Ming I know is not only a senior official of the Akwa State and Mining Company, but also a major chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense of Akwa, he said that there is a military camp in Akwa nearby, which is usually very quiet, and there may be a few small thieves - he will help us contact the local police, and provide us with help if necessary, so that we will not be harassed." ”

"We'll continue to play cards, and we'll have dinner in a while. Hearing Xie Sipeng say this, everyone was relieved and shouted to continue the game.

However, when Cao Mo heard Xie Sipeng say this, her heart was chilled.

He also noticed that Zhou Han had become more vigilant, it was obvious that she was more familiar with Akwa's situation than anyone in the room, and she should have guessed some kind of possibility.

Of course, Cao Mo was also a little unsure, just now the three of them went into the hotel to look here, and they couldn't see how many soldiers' temperament they had.

However, it is difficult to say that the armies of West African countries such as Akwa are not the same thing as the well-disciplined armies they have in their minds.

He noticed the young waiter behind the counter in the front hall, glancing here from time to time, and asked Abacha in Nayoruba: "Is it possible that the army will do armed robbery?"

Abacha frowned, also aware of the seriousness of the situation, and said to Cao Mo in Yoruba: "Kanem had several such cases in the past few years, but the scandal did not break out in the end, and the army dealt with it internally. ”

Cao Mo considered that Akwa's army was no longer lawless, and it was impossible for them to enter the town unscrupulously to carry out armed robbery, and the key was that they could calm down first.

And Xie Sipeng and Lu Yan didn't care at this time, and they were full of thoughts about continuing to play cards, and Cao Mo had no intention of interrupting their Yaxing at this time.

Now, on the contrary, it can paralyze the other party even more.

Otherwise, everyone will be in a panic and will not know any information, so they will rush on the road in the night, and the risk will be even more uncontrollable......