Chapter 679: Head to Head

Liu Chen had no interest in Xu Zhangtai's life, so he took the initiative to bring the topic back to the purpose of this meeting, and said with a smile: "Mr. Xu really knows how to enjoy life, but now doesn't seem to be the time to enjoy, you still have a lot of things to deal with, maybe it's trouble." ”

Xu Zhangtai picked up the brewed tea and brought it to Liu Chen, his hand paused in mid-air, Liu Chen's words were deliberately reminding him that what should be faced is always to be faced, and after thinking about it for a moment in his heart, he finally put the tea in front of Liu Chen, and then made another cup of tea and moved it to Wu Sheng.

Liu Chen and Wu Sheng's gazes kept following Xu Zhangtai's movements, waiting for him to react to the reminder just now.

After Xu Zhangtai brewed the tea, he wiped his hands with a handkerchief, picked up the teacup, noticed Liu Chen and Wu Sheng's eyes, and stretched out his hand and said, "Please drink tea, the best tea, special." ”

Liu Chen just lowered his head and took a sip of tea, but he didn't answer Xu Zhangtai's words, he wanted to see how Xu Zhangtai himself would open the topic.

After the three of them finished tasting the tea, none of them spoke, and the scene became eerily quiet for a while.

The quiet scene lasted for a full minute, and finally Xu Zhangtai, as the host, broke the silence and took the initiative to ask: "Just now you said that I still have a lot of things to do, maybe it's trouble, what do you mean?

Liu Chen finally waited for Xu Zhangtai to take over the topic, and he replied: "Cao Minghui, you should know this person, right?"

After Xu Zhangtai's eyes searched Liu Chen's face, he blinked and showed a shallow smile: "Before I answer this question, I want to know your true identity. ”

"Hehe, I'm Liu Chen. ”

"Liu Chen?" Xu Zhangtai was shocked when he heard this name, searching for this somewhat vague impression of the name in his mind, although he couldn't remember it for a while, he was sure that he must have seen it before, and even dealt with it.

Xu Zhangtai thought for a while, then asked tentatively, "What do you do?"

Liu Chen knew what Xu Zhangtai was thinking and pondering now, and he took the initiative to prompt: "Xingchen Sand Field, you should have heard of it, right?"

As soon as Xu Zhangtai heard the familiar name of Xingchen Sand Field, he remembered his affairs in Jiangxia, and he understood Liu Chen's true identity, when Hu Bingcheng's Jinyue Holdings and Hongyu Group carved up the market of Xingchen Sand Field, Jinyue Holdings is one of the shareholders of Hongtianxia, Hongtianxia and Xu Zhangtai are vested interests, how can he not remember Xingchen.

Xu Zhangtai's first reaction was that Liu Chen in front of him came this time, not only for Cao Minghui's affairs, but also to avenge the fact that the market was carved up at the beginning.

"Just tell me what you're looking for me. Xu Zhangtai didn't turn around and asked bluntly.

The atmosphere suddenly changed from the harmony of talking freely about the future with the world just now, to extremely serious.

Liu Chen smiled slightly, leaned back in his chair, and said: "My purpose is very simple, I know that you also participated in the action of carving up the Xingchen market, but I didn't come to settle this account with you this time, I just came for Cao Minghui's business." ”

Liu Chen specifically mentioned Xu Zhangtai's participation in the division of the Xingchen market, but said that he would not pursue it for the time being, which is equivalent to telling you, I remember your revenge, when to report it, and look at the mood, which makes Xu Zhangtai unpredictable Liu Chen's thoughts.

"Cao Minghui, who are you?" Xu Zhangtai didn't want to talk more about dividing up the market, so he turned the topic to the Cao Minghui incident, because in the matter of Cao Minghui, he and Liu Chen had no conflict.

"He's a friend of mine. Liu Chen explained his relationship with Cao Minghui in this way.

Xu Zhangtai frowned, and asked suspiciously: "Friend's friend, the relationship is so far away, why do you want to take care of his business?"

"There are some things that have nothing to do with intimacy, for the sake of fairness, justice and truth. ”

Liu Chen's words suddenly made Xu Zhangtai feel the seriousness of the matter, and it actually rose to the level of justice, I don't know if this Liu Chen is a person sent by the police.

"What truth?"

"The truth about Cao Minghui's killing. ”

"What? Cao Minghui is dead?" Xu Zhangtai made an extremely shocked expression, almost blurting out.

Liu Chen noticed Xu Zhangtai's expression and reaction, which was too exaggerated, and seemed to be an emotion that he wanted to show too deliberately.

"Yes, dead, just a few days ago, looking at Mr. Xu's reaction, you and Cao Minghui seem to be very close. Liu Chen raised his glass and took a sip of tea, his eyes always on Xu Zhangtai.

Xu Zhangtai said with a solemn face: "It's very close, I can't say it, I met at a friend's party, and then because of business, there are still some contacts, he himself is a manager in a restaurant, in fact, he still has some small business in private, so I have some contact with him." Hearing the news of his death suddenly was truly shocking and heartbreaking. ”

"Small business, what is the business between you?"

"Hehe, it's just an ordinary business, he has a special wine supply channel, I just asked him to learn about it, I want him to introduce me to the channel, I happen to be interested in entering the wine industry. ”

Liu Chen got two pieces of information from Xu Zhangtai's words, the first is that Xu Zhangtai kept saying that he didn't want to care too much about business and wanted to live a life without contention, but he planned to enter the wine industry and expand his career, and he may not have realized the inconsistencies. Second, the wine industry immediately reminded Liu Chen of Ji Linyuan's starlight, that Su Zongming approached the starlight, just to annex and open up the wine market in the river, Su Zongming is from the provincial capital, and Xu Zhangtai is also interested in entering the wine industry, are the two of them connected, maybe they can add a Hu Bingcheng, do the three of them have some kind of interest?

Liu Chen asked, "Does he have a special wine supply channel?"

"This happened before he even told me. Xu Zhangtai's face was full of regret.

Liu Chen stared at Xu Zhangtai's face expressionlessly, and then said tentatively: "Then do you have any economic contacts between you?"

Xu Zhangtai shook his head and replied in a very sure tone: "No, I just want him to introduce me to the supply channel, and there is no economic exchange between us." ”

"Really?" Liu Chen suddenly sat up straight from the chair, reached out and took out a piece of paper in his pocket, spread it out and displayed it in front of Xu Zhangtai, "Then how do you explain this?"

Xu Zhangtai leaned forward, stared at the piece of paper in Liu Chen's hand in surprise, and looked at it, what was written on it was the financial transactions between himself and Cao Minghui.

Xu Zhang was too shocked, his face immediately changed, originally he wanted his account to be transferred to Cao Minghui's mother, private to private, and they were two people who had nothing to do with each other, so they would not arouse the suspicion of the outside world, but he didn't expect to be found out by Liu Chen in front of him, this was a slap in the face of his face, and his face became very ugly.

Although the above appears to be the name of Cao Minghui's mother, not Cao Minghui's name, since Liu Chen can find out this, he must know the relationship between that person and Cao Minghui, and he can't get rid of it, Xu Zhangtai had to explain to himself: "This is some of the capital turnover between me and Cao Minghui in private, and it has nothing to do with business." ”

Liu Chen questioned: "What kind of capital turnover needs a quota of 3 million?"

Xu Zhangtai was suddenly stopped by Liu Chen, his mind began to be a little confused, looking for some reasonable reason, and only replied after a while: "He said that the money was used to dredge the channel relationship, so I transferred it to him." ”

"Then why don't you just transfer it to Cao Minghui himself?"

"This ......" Xu Zhang lowered his head, not knowing how to explain for a while, and suddenly he said emotionally: "This is the account he gave me, how do I know, what is the purpose of you asking so much? Do you suspect that I have something to do with his death? Are you from the police?"

Liu Chen stretched out his hand and pressed down, and said: "Mr. Xu, don't get excited, I just came to ask you if I had doubts in my heart, it doesn't matter if you can't explain, don't be so afraid, and besides, I'm not from the police, I have nothing to do with the police, and I myself have been wanted by the police." ”

Liu Chen saw that Xu Zhangtai was so excited, and he probably judged in his heart that his guess was not far from ten, this Xu Zhangtai must be related to Cao Minghui's death, but he didn't know the reason behind it for the time being, could it be that he killed people just because of the problem of the wine supply channel?

At this time, Liu Chen remembered the memories of Zhang Haiyang, a beggar in the abandoned parking lot, when Cao Minghui said to the people sent by Hu Bingcheng that he hoped that Mr. Hu would keep his promise and let him and his girlfriend go, what was the reason behind this, and why did Cao Minghui make Hu Bingcheng issue death threats to him?

Liu Chen specifically mentioned the disgraceful fact that he was wanted by the police at the back of these words, in fact, he wanted to remind Xu Zhangtai that he was a person who would break the law and commit crimes at any time, and if he really did it, the consequences would be very serious.

For Xu Zhangtai, who has a Taoist background, this sentence will be even more deterrent, and people on the road regard such a thing as being wanted by the police as a glorious medal, and if they can be safe and sound in the police's wanted, their prestige on the road will rise sharply.

"Have you ever been wanted by the police?" said Xu Zhangtai, almost with a hint of adoration.

"Yes. Liu Chen replied lightly.

Xu Zhangtai lowered his head, unconsciously glanced at the bodyguards behind him, reassessed the ability of the young man in front of him in his heart, and after thinking for a long time, he continued: "I'm sorry, I can't solve the doubts in your heart. ”

"You can't solve it, do you want me to bring you ideas?" Liu Chen was very dissatisfied with Xu Zhangtai's denial, since he didn't take the initiative to cooperate, Liu Chen didn't need to maintain this layer of paper, and was ready to pierce it.

Xu Zhangtai didn't understand what Liu Chen meant, and raised his head with a blank expression.