() "On May 13, 1985, the grandson of Lin Ruicheng, a famous Chinese businessman in San Francisco, died of an overdose at a private party at the age of 28..."

"On November 25, 1985, the son of Luo Changhe, an advisor to the Canadian Chinese Entrepreneurs Association, was in a car accident while traveling, and died at the age of 43 after rescue and treatment..."

"On July 10, 1986, the famous Xiangjiang collector Zhang He was robbed in his family, Zhang He was frightened, died of a cerebral hemorrhage, and died at the age of 68..."

"On August 4, 1986, the son of a Chinese businessman, Wang Jiankui, was traveling in the Indian Ocean when he encountered a storm and the yacht sank, and the people on board disappeared..."

"On January 22, 1987, the grandson of British Chinese businessman Li Yuanming fell from the building..."

In the afternoon, the sun was shining, Nini and two foreign friends who had just met were feeding horses on the grass, and Gu Meng and Old Man Zhang were sitting in the grass pavilion next to them drinking tea.

He held a stack of newspaper clippings in his hand and looked at them slowly, there were 12 in total, and each one published the news of a dead man.

After reading it, Gu Meng was inexplicable, "Old man Zhang, I don't know any of these people, why are you showing me these newspapers?"

On the leather sofa opposite, Old Man Zhang held a teacup and said with a smile: "Do you know who Lin Ruicheng, Luo Changhe, Zhang Heda, Wang Jiankui, Li Yuanming, He Weiming and Du Qisheng are?"

"Who?"

"Hmph, these seven old guys are the seven elders of the B Society"

Old man Zhang stepped forward, staring at him with blazing eyes, and laughed a few times in his throat, "Now do you understand why I want to show you the newspaper?"

Gu Meng frowned slightly, and there was some faint speculation in his heart, but he didn't believe it, "Old man Zhang, I still don't understand, you can say something directly!"

"Alas~, you kid is so big, why isn't it real at all?"

Old man Zhang shook his head, he looked like a bear, he had to be as simple as a bear to be cute, Gu Meng was not cute at all, and people who were too smart were not very cute.

He put down his teacup, leaned back on the sofa and sighed, "In the past six years, two of the Seven Elders have died, and ten of their descendants have died, so you can't taste the slightest taste of conspiracy?"

Gu Meng looked at the newspaper clippings again and chuckled, "When Zhang Heda and He Weiming died, one was 68 and the other was 72, and they were seventy and eighty, and they died..."

He suddenly thought that Old Man Zhang was also sixty or seventy years old, so he stopped the words behind him.

Old man Zhang heard what he meant, snorted lightly, and was very unhappy.

He smiled, "There are a few rich second and third generations, they spend all day drinking, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling and smoking, and 10 have died in six years, do you always think it is too much? There are almost 100 people in their seven big families, how bad the foreign environment is, 10 deaths in six years, is this mortality rate very high?"

Old man Zhang closed his eyes, and sighed after a while, "This mortality rate is indeed not high, and they are all normal deaths, so we heard about it before, and we didn't pay much attention to it."

Since you appeared in Xiangjiang in 88, we have brought up the old matter again and re-investigated Gu Zhenming.

To find a missing person, one is to start with his family, and the other is his enemy.

His family is the old Gu family, and it is said that your family was miserable before, with no food and clothing, and was oppressed by others, obviously nothing happened to Gu Zhenming."

Gu Meng shook his head, looking at the newspaper clippings on the table, his mood was a little complicated.

Old man Zhang continued, "After that, we investigated Gu Zhenming's enemies again, and found these things, 12 people died unexpectedly in six years, don't you think it's weird?"

"I don't think that everyone's life and death are an accident, these 12 people died very reasonably, and the police failed to investigate any conspiracy afterwards, are you suspicious?"

Gu Meng smiled faintly, "Mr. Zhang, you don't do anything bad in your life, and you're not afraid of ghosts knocking on the door in the middle of the night, you're so nervous, are you..."

"Nonsense, I, Zhang Qingquan, am well-known for my good popularity, and I usually don't even bring my subordinates when I go out, when have I ever been nervous?"

Old man Zhang was very dissatisfied, glared and said, "You kid keeps saying that there is no conspiracy, in fact, in your heart, you must have sensed something strange, right?"

Gu Meng didn't deny it, pointed to the newspaper and said: "You always threw away a bunch of accidental deaths, and said that these people once belonged to a force, anyone will feel strange, but what does it mean for me to follow your words?"

Do you have to say that Gu Zhenming is not dead, it is very likely that he will hide in the shadows incognito and secretly take revenge, and the deaths of these 12 people are proof of this?

You can think of these things, do you need me to say more?"

Old man Zhang smiled, pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "You kid, I kindly told you this news, and you are still complaining about me." ”

"What is the point of these news not proving whether Gu Zhenming is alive or dead?"

Gu Meng didn't thank him at all, and after the investigation began in 88, he could only get ambiguous news every time.

Some people say that Gu Zhenming is dead, some people say that he is alive, some people say that he is abroad, and some people say that he is in China...

This time, Old Man Zhang took these news out to prove that Gu Zhenming is still alive, but what can these news prove?

Staying in a dire foreign country, 12 people died in 6 years, some died of old age, some died of illness, some died of car accidents, some ate powder, and some committed suicide, for seven big families, it is too normal.

If Gu Zhenming wants to take revenge, he can learn from Wei Heizi, throw a fried bag over, and arrange a few group tours, how convenient, fast and trouble-free?

It's too much brains to come one by one.

Gu Meng shook his head secretly, these newspapers were all smoke bombs, just like Pig Mouth Chen's words.

"How can it not be meaningful?"

Old man Zhang disagreed with his point of view, he pointed to the newspaper, "Now the seven families have also obtained this survey statistics, and everyone is panicked, some people are clamoring for blood for blood and tooth for tooth, and some people want to take you hostage to force Gu Zhenming to show up, and you will be in trouble in the future."

Well?

There is a possibility

What a calamity!

Gu Meng smiled lightly and said indifferently: "Come on, come on, if they think that Gu Zhenming's enemy is not exciting enough, it doesn't hurt for me to play with them."

Old man Zhang shook his head, this kid is rich and powerful, he has a lot of hard work, his life is very hard, he almost died several times, and in the end, he turned the corner, and he was an opponent with this kind of person, and it was not enough to play without seven or eight lives.

"Daddy Daddy!"

Nini threw the grass in her hand, trotted into the pavilion, and pointed to a few people galloping not far away, shouting, "I still want to ride a horse, like that, a fast horse!"

Nini had been in the sun for a long time, her little face was flushed, and a layer of fine sweat appeared on her forehead, Gu Meng took a white towel from the staff and helped her wipe her little face, as well as two little hands stained with a lot of green grass juice.

Gu Meng said while wiping: "Little princess, it's three o'clock now, are you hungry?"

Nini patted her belly and blinked, "Okay Daddy, is it okay to eat fish in the afternoon?

"Haha, of course, after lunch, let's go fishing on horseback, okay?"

"Good!"

Nini replied happily, she turned her head to look at the two friends on the grass, and asked, "Daddy, can I invite Emma and Vivien to dine together?"

"Haha, of course, I think we should ask their daddy mommy first"

The parents of the two little girls are British, one is James, a British army colonel stationed in Hong Kong, and the other is George Sterling, a senior manager of Hong Kong Standard Chartered Bank, whose name is Lin Qiao in Chinese.

James was a bearded, old-fashioned man, and always had some pride on his face when he saw a yellow man.

Lin Qiao is polite and polite, speaks Chinese and Cantonese as smoothly as English, and is a master of communication.

The two are cold and hot, and like Gu Meng, they all have one thing in common, their daughter slave.

The three little ones want to eat together, and the three adults can only accompany them.

At the table, the three little ones dominated the lunch food, ordering a lot of pastries, fruits, fish and the like, mainly sweets and light food.

The three adults sat next to each other, drinking and talking.

After a few glasses of wine, James opened up the conversation about Iraq's annexation of Kuwait.

In August, Iraq brazenly sent troops to occupy the small countries around it.

It is said that rabbits do not eat the grass next to the nest, and Iraq is not particular about it at all.

This move was opposed by European and American countries and the Arab region.

The United Nations demanded that Iraq withdraw its troops within a time limit, but there was no response.

The United Nations has issued a call to implement Resolution 660 by all necessary means, and the media has seen it as a diplomatic language authorizing the use of force.

War was inevitable.

James loudly proclaimed how powerful the United States and Britain were, and once they moved, they would definitely be able to drive out Iraq and liberate Kuwait.

Lin Qiao will say that when the war is over, international oil prices will fall, and the international economic situation will gradually stabilize in the future, which is suitable for long-term investment.

Gu Meng listened with a smile and nodded in response from time to time.

"Gu, do you think the United States and Britain will do it?" asked James.

Gu Meng smiled and said, "The newspaper said that the aircraft carriers Kennedy and Roosevelt, as well as your country's Ark Royal, have all gone to the bay, isn't this signal obvious?"

"Haha, yes, our royal aircraft carrier is a weapon of war, if you don't move, you will win"

James drained a glass of beer, blushed with excitement on his face, and began to brag about the carrier's achievements.

Gu Meng could only express his admiration, a country cannot conduct ocean-going operations without aircraft carriers, it is still a militarily weak country, and China still has to struggle for a long time on this road.

The three of them chatted and accompanied the three little princesses to have a children's meal, and everyone ate happily.

When leaving, Lin Qiao stayed for a while and invited Gu Meng to be a guest at Standard Chartered Bank.

Gu Meng understood what he meant and did not refuse.

"Haha, Gu Meng, you're having a good time here!"

In the stable, Gu Meng was choosing a mount, and Old Man Zhang appeared with a smile.

"Thanks to your old man!"

He chose a yellow horse with shiny fur and asked the staff to install the saddle.

Old man Zhang smiled: "Do you want to join the Jockey Club, I have the qualification to recommend members!"

Gu Meng narrowed his eyes and asked with a smile, "I heard that members can only be elected in Hong Kong, is it okay for mainlanders?"

"Okay, special treatment under special circumstances, you are the superman of the world, which club will refuse you as an excellent member?"

Gu Meng thought about it and decided to join, he still has the identity of a reporter, the club is full of talents, and he will make money if he speaks well, and he can hear some useful news from them.

"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for the invitation, I am honored to be a member!"

"Daddy, here comes the horse!"

"Haha, good!"

Gu Meng paid the tip, sat on the back of the horse with Nini in his arms, shouted, and galloped on the grassland with an afterimage, and there was a burst of laughter like silver bells in the wind.

"Giggles, Daddy is flying!"

Old man Zhang looked at Gu Meng's back and smiled, "This kid is also a master!"

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