Chapter 17: The Clouds of Nington
I don't know if it's because of the age difference between him and his younger brother Pennington, Mo Aogu often feels that there is a generation gap between him and him, in short, his words, his younger brother never listens to them, on the contrary, Pennington's thoughts, he often can't understand. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ ο½ο½fo
So, when Pennington reappeared, he was really surprised.
It was a summer night in 1991, and Mo Aogu was living in seclusion in a small rental house in Hancheng, and was busy sorting out the information he had tracked down when someone suddenly knocked on the door.
Mo Aogu turned off the light vigilantly and quietly approached the door.
After waiting for a few seconds, the person outside the door was a little anxious: "August, is-that-you?"
When Mo Aogu heard this voice at first glance, he couldn't believe his ears, he looked carefully through the cat's eyes, and sure enough, the person standing outside the door was Pennington.
Mo Aogu hurriedly lit the lamp, opened the door, and welcomed him in.
But what he didn't expect was that Pennington didn't come alone, and he was accompanied by a woman. Although he doesn't look young, he still has a lot of charm.
Pennington looked at Mo Aobone's puzzled expression, looked at the woman next to him, and said in Chinese: "Big brother, I'm in trouble." β
It turned out that the woman's name was Cloud Trace, and she was Pennington's wife. Before meeting Pennington, she was one of the top killers in the Unbenevolent Society.
Pennington didn't recount too much about how the two fell in love, and Mo Aogu didn't bother to ask. He could see that when Pennington spoke, Yun Trace's eyes were full of admiration, and it was obvious that the relationship between the two was very good.
According to Yun Trace, there is an important reason why the power of the Buren Society can spread all over Asia, that is, the heads of the branches of the Buren Society are often locals. This has two benefits. First, the person in charge of each branch can make the most of local resources, and second, it is conducive to the control of the person in charge of the company, because the family business is in the local area, and there will be no major changes. Yun Trace was also the person in charge of a city in China in China, and after falling in love with Pennington, Yun Trace changed his name and surname, and the two kept moving, in order to avoid the investigation of the Buren Society.
After escaping for a few years, the Buren Society seemed to have given up on their search, and they settled down in one place, gave birth to a child, and lived a dull and comfortable life.
Who knew that this was just a pretense, and the purpose of the Unbenevolent Society was to make them let their guard down. Finally, one day, Mr. and Mrs. Pennington waited until it was dark and did not wait for their children to come back from school, and then they received a call from the Burencing Society. The Unkind Society demanded that Pennington tell the whereabouts of the Amber Palace and hand over the cloud trail before the child was released.
However, on the day of the negotiations, Pennington did not see his children, and the Unkind Society did not intend to let them go at all. The consequence of the fight between the two sides was that several people died in the Unrenshe, although the Penningtons were able to get out, Yun Xun suffered a gunshot wound, she was already pregnant with another child at this time, Pennington did not dare to send her to the hospital, nor did he dare to believe the general roadside clinic, after thinking about it, he decided to turn to the eldest brother Mo Aogu.
When Mo Aogu heard this, he hurriedly asked Yun Qi to lie down, and after a little examination, he found that she had been shot in the shoulder and thigh. While Mo Aogu was treating her wounds, he instructed Pennington to go outside and take a turn to see if there was a tail.
When Pennington returned, Mo Aogu had already finished treating Yun Trace's wound, and Yun Trace fainted in pain. Pennington looked at his wife's face, worried.
Mo Aogu asked, "What are you going to do next?"
Penning frowned and said nothing.
Mo Aogu asked again: "Have you checked it, are you sure the child is in their hands?"
Pennington nodded: "I'm worried that if I said the password, it's useless." β
Mo Aogu said: "If you don't say it, the child has the possibility of living, as long as you say it, they don't need to stay alive." β
Pennington smiled bitterly and said, "Of course I understand the reason, but it's been a week, and I'm going crazy." β
Mo Aogu was silent.
"I have a solution. "It was the clouds that spoke.
"Are you awake?" Pennington hurriedly asked, "How do you feel?"
Cloud Trace was visibly weak: "I'm fineβI know someone who can come in handy." β
"It's the people of the Unkind Society?" Mo Aogu asked reflexively.
Cloud Trace tugged at his lips in affirmation.
"Can the people of the Unkind Society believe it?" Mo Aogu was a little skeptical.
Yun Xi grabbed Pennington's arm, sat up with difficulty, and said slowly: "The family heads of the Buren Society for generations have been strict and harsh, and their subordinates have been trembling, for fear of making mistakes. Among them, there is a person named Zhong Fanxiao, who is the person in charge of Southwest China. This man has an elegant name, but his personality is the opposite, he is a very greedy person. Because he privately resold arms and intelligence, he repeatedly violated the rules of the Buren Society, and has been severely punished repeatedly, but because this person participated in the construction of the Buren Society in China in his early years and made great contributions, he is considered a veteran, so he was not dismissed. β
Pennington asked, "The person you said came in handy, is Zhong Fanxiao?"
"Yes. β
"Then he now knows that the Buren Society is chasing you, will he help you?"
Yun Trace replied, "All he has in his eyes is money." β
"But time is so tight, where can we find so much money for him in a while?" Mo Aogu said with a little embarrassment.
Yun Xun said very calmly: "We don't give money. β
Mo Aogu was stunned for a moment and then reacted, "You mean, lie to him?"
Yun Xun nodded: "As the person in charge of the Southwest Region, he must know that the Buren Society is tracking down the matter of the Amber Palace. We might as well let him steal the child out, and we promised him half of the wealth of the Amber Palace. β
Mo Aogu asked, "Is he so bold? This can be regarded as completely against the Unkind Society." β
Pennington was worried about something else: "Will he betray you?"
Facing the questions of the two brothers, Yun Trace said confidently: "No, Zhong Fanxiao knows that he has a bad reputation internally, so he won't do this." He knew that even if he snitched, he would not get any real reward. In addition, Kujou Harumi is suspicious by nature, but he may distrust him even more. In short, a money junkie like him only cares about the benefits of real work. β
Seeing that she was so determined, Mo Aogu couldn't say anything more, he had a lot of things to tell his brother, but at the moment he swallowed it back, saving people is important, he decided to wait for Yun Xun to contact Zhong Fanxiao.
"What happened later?" asked Han Nuowei.
Mo Aogu made a silent gesture, it turned out that the prison guards had patrolled to their door. Han Nuowei was completely immersed in the old man's narration, and even forgot to pay attention to the movement outside the door.
Mo Aogu looked at Han Nuowei with reproachful eyes, Han Nuowei was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, and only after the prison guard walked away did he say, "I'm sorry, senior, I will definitely be vigilant next time." β
Mo Aogu sighed, and then said, "Yun Trace is indeed a special woman. I was wary of her, and even though she was Pennington's wife, I couldn't trust him completely, after all, she had been a member of the Unkind Society. β
Han Nuowei nodded slightly.
"However, I later learned that I had misunderstood her.
"Yun Trace is a Chinese orphan, and the previous head of the Buren Society, Kujo Shouichi, adopted her and raised her to be his confidant. Kujo Shouichi has no daughter, and he treats Cloud Trace as his own, so it can be said that Cloud Trace grew up with Kujo Shouichi's son Kujo Haruki. It is precisely because of this that Yun Trace has done a lot of things that seem to us to be forgiving.
"In fact, if it weren't for Pennington's appearance, Cloud Trace would probably be the next matriarch. β
Han Nuowei chuckled, "Could it be that Pennington snatched the woman of the boss of the Unkind Society?" Seeing Mo Aogu's serious expression, he couldn't help but restrain his smile, "No...... I guessed it. β
"Kujou Harumi is cunning and vicious by nature, but he has a deep affection for his childhood sweetheart's cloud trace, and he naturally wouldn't have thought that Yun Trace would leave him for another man, or even betray the unkind society. β
In fact, according to Pennington's description, from beginning to end, love is all wishful thinking on the part of Kujo Harunotomi. Yun Trace is not the kind of person who is shy to answer, she once said to Kujou Harumi that she only treats him as a brother.
"But how could a proud person like Kujo Harukomi accept such a rejection? Not to mention, the rival in love is also the sworn enemy of the family. β
Mo Aogu stopped and turned his face to look at Han Nuowei, "Those who achieve great things must not be confined to the love of their children. Kujou Harumi lost in this matter. β
Han Nuowei read the admonition in the other party's gaze, and he immediately thought of Tao Baihe's face, and suddenly, a complicated feeling came to his heart. But he didn't want Mo Aogu to look down on him, so he nodded vigorously: "I understand what you mean, I won't let my children tie my hands and feet." β
Mo Aogu glanced at him deeply, and then said, "In the past, there have been traitors in the Buren Society, but they have never dealt with them like they did to Yun Trace. Eleven years have passed between the time Yun Trace left the Unkind Society and the kidnapping of her and Pennington's son.
"It is precisely because this time is too long that Pennington and Cloud Trace will relax their vigilance and let the Unkind Society get their hands on it. Of course, I have to admit that Pennington killed too many people, and the Unkind Society really hated him. Even if there is no cloud trace, the Buren Society will not let him go easily. β
A hint of sarcasm appeared on Mo Aogu's lips, "The people of the Unkind Society seem to be tendons, they never seem to want to track me and Pennington at the same time, they always either snipe me with all their might, or desperately search for Pennington's whereabouts. I've been able to find you for seven years in relative peace, thanks to Pennington and Cloudtrail for their attention. β
Speaking of this, Mo Aogu's face gradually became heavy. "Don't talk about that. In short, although the idea of Cloud Trace is not perfect, we really don't have a better way. Later, she acted according to her plan.
"Zhong Fanxiao is indeed a person who regards money as his life, and he also agreed to make a deal with us. However, we only cared about saving people at that time, and we ignored one thing, that is, Zhong Fanxiao himself was a trouble. β
Han Nuowei asked, "Is he usually involved in some unclean business?"
"Yes. He resold arms and worked as a broker to deliver information to people, which had long attracted the attention of the Chinese police, but we did not take this into account. On the other hand, it is also the Chinese police who are very calm and have been standing still, and Zhong Fanxiao thinks that he is very safe in China.
Zhong Fanxiao does have some ability, I don't know what method he used, and he really smuggled the child out. At that time, we didn't have time to pick a place, so we met in one of Zhong Fanxiao's branch offices. As it was designed at the beginning, I took out a fake map and gave it to him. At this moment, someone suddenly knocked on the door, saying that it was next door, complaining that there was a problem with Zhong Fanxiao's pipeline, and all the streets were blocked.
"Nington and I looked at each other, and we both thought it was bad. Sure enough, as soon as the door opened, a group of policemen rushed up, and Zhong Fanxiao's younger brothers outside the door did not move at all, and it was estimated that they were all put down. Zhong Fanxiao was very cunning, knowing that he would not be able to escape, he actually grabbed me closest to him and took me as a hostage. He had a gun in his hand, and the police did not dare to act rashly. Although I was sure to get out, considering that there were also children and pregnant women present, I pretended to panic and cooperated with him, and it was better for him to catch me than to catch someone else.
"But I underestimated Zhong Fanxiao, there is an organ in his office. He grabbed me, told the cops to back away, and quietly touched the mechanism under the desk, and I fell into the secret passage with him. At this time, there was a lot of gunfire above, and he and I ran desperately, and when we ran out of the secret passage, we found that it was the back door of his branch. Who knew that there was also a police force outside the door, so in a hurry, I spoke English and pretended that I didn't know Zhong Fanxiao. I had hoped that my status as a foreigner would make the police more polite to me, but when the police heard me speak a foreign language, they handcuffed me instead. β
Mo Aogu said, his eyes dimmed: "Zhong Fanxiao resisted stubbornly and shot and killed a policeman, and in the end he was also killed. And I fell into the hands of the police because I was smart. The reason why the police went to arrest Zhong Fanxiao was that he was doing business with transnational spies, and the police mistakenly thought that I was also a spy.
"I'm really embarrassed to say now, because I can't explain that my real identity is August, what if there are people in the police force who are not benevolent? I can't say that I met Zhong Fanxiao to save people, because it will involve my brother and sister. I couldn't think of a good word for a while, so I had to keep silent. The police couldn't find out my true identity and became even more suspicious of me. Although I am not a Chinese citizen, the police do not dare to rush me to the embassy, let alone release a person with a complicated identity like me. In addition, several people were at the scene of the arrest and saw me holding a map, although it turned out that I had scribbled it, but the police did not believe that I was innocent anyway. At that time, special attention was paid to spies, and in the end, they judged that my actions endangered national security, and they left me at the Yin and Yang Pass. I originally thought that it would be okay to go to the prison to avoid the limelight first, and then find a chance to escape, but I didn't expect that the Yinyang Pass was like an iron bucket, impenetrable!"
Han Nuowei waited for a long time, but when he saw that Mo Aogu stopped talking, he asked a little uneasily, "You haven't finished talking yet." What about your brother and sisters, and what about a child?"