The northwest wind blew slightly across the overpass.

On the flyover, people are still coming and going. The train station is one of the busiest places in the city, but it is also a grey area where there is a mixture of filth and filth. Many pedestrians walked past Guo Yang, of course, there were not many "undercover agents" arranged by Feng Qi, and they threw banknotes of different denominations into Guo Yang's broken bowl.

Guo Yang's eyes were cloudy, his eyes were slightly squinted, he was wrapped in a military coat, and he endured the increasingly heavy wind and cold.

He had to admit that such a begging was simply unprofitable, and the money was so easy to come by. He didn't have to do anything, he didn't even need to say half a word, and people kept throwing money into his broken bowl.

It's no wonder that many people have gone forward and followed. To put it bluntly, it's still profit-driven. Legend has it that many beggars here have been mixed for three or two years, and they have run back to their hometowns to build small western-style buildings, and this income is really rich.

From the corner of Guo Yang's eye, he found that Brother Long had actually come. He stood more than ten meters away from Guo Yang, standing tall and observing, secretly observing Guo Yang.

Guo Yang calmed down slightly. continued to stare at the eyes, drooping his head, and played the role of the young beggar vividly.

Brother Long is indeed paying attention to Guo Yang.

The reason why Guo Yang caught his attention was mainly because his income skyrocketed a few days ago, far surpassing other beggars in the region, and entered Brother Long's field of vision. And when Brother Long accidentally discovered that this new beggar was actually literate and hyphenated, he moved the idea of absorbing Guo Yang into the professional begging gang controlled by him, because his gang was in dire need of a "military advisor" figure for bookkeeping and overall management.

Brother Long even registered a business for his gang.

In fact, he is gradually preparing to treat the control of begging as a kind of business, and implement corporatized management and gangster control.

But Guo Yang came abruptly and his background was unknown, so Brother Long naturally wouldn't believe it easily.

In the past two days, he has been secretly observing Guo Yang, his eyeliner is everywhere in the train station area, and Guo Yang's every move cannot escape his prying eyes.

This proves that Guo Yang's caution is correct. If he still drove like he did at the beginning, he might have exposed his feet. But since Guo Yang has done all the scenes, Brother Long's people have not found the slightest flaw.

Guo Yang is waiting.

Brother Long was observing, hesitating.

But Brother Long finally decided on the spot to temporarily recruit Guo Yang into his gang, whether Guo Yang wanted to or not, he had to accept his control.

This is Brother Long's biggest reliance. Even if Guo Yang's origin is unknown, as long as he enters his gang's lair, you can't run away if you want to. So, it doesn't matter who you are, as long as you're willing to work, that's easy to say. If you don't work well, you cut it down with a knife and throw it into the wilderness, a dead little beggar of unknown origin, who cares if such a person lives or dies?

At this moment, something happened to Guo Yang's side.

He met an acquaintance.

High school classmate Gao Xiaoyan.

Manager of Dingwen Media's branch in this city.

Gao Xiaoyan came to the train station to see off the guests, and saw off the guests, she slowly walked down and walked under the overpass. Her car was parked in the parking lot under the bridge.

Gao Xiaoyan didn't take two steps before she noticed that the beggar on the side of the road, wrapped in a military coat, with messy hair and dirty face, was a bit familiar.

She subconsciously stopped, and looked Guo Yang up and down seriously.

Guo Yang's heart was tight, but when it came to this part, he could only continue to act, if Gao Xiaoyan saw through it, he would definitely lose his previous efforts.

Gao Xiaoyan was really a little puzzled.

In fact, purely from the perspective of appearance, the probability of Gao Xiaoyan recognizing Guo Yanglai is not high. But the key is a certain temperament in Guo Yang's bones, which left a very deep impression on Gao Xiaoyan at the beginning, and when a dirty beggar in front of her actually gave her some kind of illusion, and there seemed to be signs of overlap with Guo Yang's figure, she became very surprised and curious.

For a long time, Gao Xiaoyan didn't see anything.

But she has been standing there watching endlessly, nostalgic and not leaving, which inevitably makes Guo Yang nervous again. At this time, if it is exposed, in broad daylight, he will not be able to walk away and end this secret visit. But it took so much time and energy to get in touch with the core information of the beggar gang, and it was a pity that it failed.

The people at the TV station who were filming secretly also became very nervous at this time.

Feng Qi rubbed his hands a little irritably, his eyes burning.

Lao Wang frowned and said, "It's not quite right, is this woman an acquaintance of reporter Xiao Guo?"

"Eighty percent of them are about to be recognized. Mr. Feng, hurry up and arrange for our people to rush over, otherwise it will be exposed!"

Feng Qi nodded, and immediately made a few quick calls.

Gao Xiaoyan on the overpass raised her eyebrows, reading Guo Yang's "tragic life experience" and "begging declaration" word by word, her eyes flickering.

Two young people walking across the opposite side walked over with their shoulders hooked, talking and laughing, and one of them stared at Gao Xiaoyan's delicate figure with more exaggerated eyes, and whistled harshly.

This immediately aroused Gao Xiaoyan's vigilance and diverted her attention.

She glared at the two people behind her with some disgust, hurriedly took out a ten-yuan bill from her bag, threw it on Guo Yang's broken bowl, and turned away.

Guo Yang was relieved and secretly relieved.

Nima's world is really too small, how can you meet acquaintances in a big city?

Brother Long walked over slowly and said lightly: "Brother, I have gained a lot today." ”

Guo Yang laughed dryly, quickly got up, held his broken bowl, and leaned over with a flattering face: "Hello big brother, thanks to the big brothers, I can eat with a mouthful of food!"

"Call me Brother Long. Brother Long smiled gently: "What kind of education does your brother have?" Your handwriting is very good, I didn't expect that there would be such a cultured little beggar as you in our industry." ”

Guo Yang smiled: "Brother Long, I don't have any academic qualifications, I just graduated from high school." ”

Brother Long sighed: "It's not bad to graduate from high school, so why don't you go find a suitable job and come here to beg in a good way without being ashamed?"

Guo Yang pretended to be greedy: "Brother Long, it's better to do anything than to do us to make money quickly, I won't tell you, I went to the south to work last year, and I was tired and tired in the factory, only a few hundred yuan a month." But look at it now, in just over an hour, I have earned more than 100 yuan......"

Brother Long laughed: "That's right, do a good job, follow me in the future, eat fragrant and drink spicy food, you are indispensable!"

After speaking, Brother Long glanced at the bald strong man behind him and cast a hintive glance.

Brother Long turned around and left.

Guo Yang's heart moved, and he knew that his opportunity had come. The leader of this beggar gang may not have trust in him, but it seems that he must be in a hurry to employ people, so he has to start in advance.

The bald strong man understood, walked over and squatted there, casually chatting with Guo Yang. When Brother Long walked away, the bald man suddenly patted Guo Yang's shoulder: "Brother, go, close the stall, brother, please have a glass of wine and a big meat!"

Guo Yang pretended to be flattered: "Big brother, how dare I do this? Why don't I invite you to a bar, I see that there is a whole sheep restaurant opposite, shall we go and drink whole sheep soup?"

The bald man laughed: "Go! However, I still invite you, this is what Brother Long meant." ”

Guo Yang and the bald man left.

On the small building, Feng Qi was a little irritable, and she stared at her subordinate Lao Wang: "Lao Wang, can you follow up and shoot secretly?"

Lao Wang rubbed his hands in embarrassment: "Mr. Feng, no, as soon as we appear, we will definitely arouse the other party's attention, these people are outlaws at the bottom of the society, we are not afraid of anything, I am worried that it will put Xiao Guo reporter in danger." ”

Feng Qi stomped his foot in annoyance: "What should I do then?"

"Call the police?" said Lao Wang softly.

Feng Qi shook his head: "It's useless for you to call the police, but it will expose Guo Yang faster." ”

Lao Wang shrugged: "Mr. Feng, I don't think it's an opportunity, they are interested in reporter Xiao Guo, and the closer reporter Xiao Guo gets to them, the more valuable clues we get." ”

Feng Qi glared: "What should I do if I am in danger?"

Lao Wang looked at his boss helplessly, he always felt that Feng Qi's concern for Guo Yang seemed to be more than normal care, but he immediately remembered that Guo Yang was also a close disciple of the old man of the Feng family, and he felt normal.

Guo Yang shouted affectionately at Feng Qi with a sister, and it was reasonable for Feng Qi to worry about his safety.

This is the reason, but Lao Wang always feels that something is not right.

……

Guo Yang and the bald man entered the all-sheep restaurant, asked for a pot of mutton soup and a plate of haggis, and asked for two bottles of Erguotou. After a few glasses of wine, the bald man began to let loose and began to tease the plump proprietress of the whole sheep hall.

But the proprietress obviously dared not speak out.

The two of them are begging for a living at the train station, and it is not easy to open a small restaurant, how dare they offend these bald and strong men. So she was verbally teased by a bald strong man, and even touched her buttocks openly and secretly on her hands and feet, she was beaten and greeted with a smile.

Guo Yang watched coldly, and knew that the owner of this shop was very familiar with the bald strong men, and he may not be a member of the gang, but he must be one of the peripherals indirectly controlled by the beggar gang.

Guo Yang drank three achievements and began to pretend to be drunk and overwhelmed.

He was hunched on the table, unconscious.

A hint of mockery flashed in the bald man's eyes, and he glanced at the proprietress with a look.

Guo Yang lay on the table and pretended to be drunk, he obviously felt that two people were coming, and they set him up left and right with rude movements, and then ignored his confused mouth full of firewood, dragged his body and walked out.

During the process of being taken away, Guo Yang opened his eyes slightly and observed the surrounding environment.

But as soon as he left the door of the restaurant, he was covered with a black hood. Guo Yang was taken aback, but he had to send it when the arrow was ready, and it was actually impossible to give up halfway.

Guo Yang decided to wait and see what happened, and he couldn't mess with himself.

Guo Yang was taken into a black car by a bald man.

The sedan started and sped in an unknown direction. However, Guo Yang obviously felt that the trajectory of the car was going around, so although the car drove for more than half an hour, Guo Yang determined that the target direction did not really leave the area around the train station.

The sedan came to a screeching halt.

Guo Yang is calm, and he is at peace when he comes, and there is nothing to be afraid of.

Guo Yang heard the car door being opened, and the voice of the bald man came: "Take him upstairs!"

Guo Yang continued to pretend to be drunk and unconscious.

There were still two people who came up and carried Guo Yang on one side and entered the building. And after entering the building, the mask on Guo Yang's head was removed, Guo Yang stared at the drunken eyes and muttered vaguely about the wine, in fact, the corner of his eye had already swept the environment here.

It turned out to be an open-plan office area for a company.

A couple of desks with a couple of staff members behind the desks. And in the right position, there is a very eye-catching company LOGO: Tiancheng Trading Company.

Guo Yang's heart was more calm and composed. All this is almost no different from Guo Yang's expectations, Brother Long really adopts corporatized operations and gangster-style management, and this company must have other external businesses.

But Guo Yang exhausted all his memory searches, but he did not find his impression of this company from the vast sea of information, even if it was a fragment. It shows that this is a very inconspicuous small company.

The two big men carried Guo Yang through the long corridor, went up the stairs, and went straight to the second floor. At the corner of the second floor, Brother Long stood there in a traditional robe, his gaze focused on Guo Yang, who was drooping his head.

He waved his hand and commanded majestically, "Open him a private room—"

The two strong men holding Guo Yang respectfully responded and continued to walk forward with Guo Yang. In front of it was an iron fence gate, dividing the corridor on the second floor into two worlds, and Guo Yang's heart sank. But at this point, there is no chance to give up halfway.

One of the strong men went to unlock the lock and opened the fence gate.

The two of them were about to go in with Guo Yanggang, but suddenly heard Brother Long behind him say indifferently: "Let Meimei take care of him!"

The two strong men were taken aback.

Who Mei Mei is, they naturally know very well, but Brother Long actually wants Mei Mei to take care of Guo Yang. Who the hell is this kid and why does the boss take him so seriously?

At the level of these two horses, they naturally won't understand that Brother Long is not important, but a kind of co-optation and temptation.

Because of the special shady "business nature", the employees of Tiancheng Trading Company are, to put it bluntly, Brother Long's horse boy, in order to hide and avoid the crackdown of the police, he cannot recruit openly to the society. It is precisely because there are so many of them that there is no problem in fighting and brawling, but they are not good at errands, they lack an assistant who can read and write and can assist Brother Long in managing the company's affairs.

So Brother Long took a fancy to Guo Yang.

Or try to control and entrap Guo Yang for his use.

……

The two strong men took Guo Yang into the innermost south room on the second floor, and then settled him on Simmons bed and quietly withdrew, Guo Yang did not get up immediately, but continued to lie there pretending to be drunk, because he was not sure if there was a monitoring system in this room, and whether Brother Long was spying on his reaction in the dark.

After lying on the bed for more than half an hour, Guo Yang tentatively got up slowly, opened his eyes and looked at the situation in the room.

This is a living room completely decorated in the style of a standard hotel room, with a bathroom and toilet. On the left side of the bed, by the window, there are two small sofas.

Guo Yangyou looked around, carefully observed, and did not find any hidden or installed surveillance video. This year's video surveillance technology is not as advanced as later, if there really is, in fact, it is not difficult for people to find.

Guo Yang's first action was to twist the door and find that the door was locked from the outside.

He didn't panic and walked to the window again and opened the curtains.

There is a strong iron bar protection net outside the double window, and I don't know if it is to prevent theft or prevent people from escaping.

Guo Yang took a deep breath and stared out the window.

In the evening night, under the criss-crossing street lamp network, as far as the light can see, there are all dense bright yellow four-story buildings, and the stairs are painted with mottled railway emblem images, one next to the other, and continue to the south, it is the dense railway track center peak shaving station that links the provincial capital and the eastern coastal city, Guo Yang twitched the corner of his mouth, knowing that this should be the railway staff living area in the south of the railway station.

This is a large area of railway dwellings built in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and there are at least nearly 100,000 railway workers and their families living here. Brother Long has set up his lair and den here, which is very hidden and difficult to be detected by the outside world and the police.

What a cunning Brother Long!

The railway living area is the largest residential area in the city, because of the special nature of the railway, this living area is actually independent of the city's social management system, and is managed by the railway itself. This is a blind spot in public security prevention and control.

Inside, there is a mixture of dirt and dirt.

Guo Yang remembered that in his previous life, when the overall renovation of the railway living area was carried out, he once came to interview, according to the situation at that time, the police actually excavated and cleaned up more than 100 criminal cases of different sizes from this area, and even dug up a female corpse that could not be found out under the largest power distribution room in the railway living area, which caused a sensation at the time.

Moreover, those who sell dog skin plasters, those who go to the rivers and lakes to sell their arts, those who look at fortunes, and those who ****...... All kinds of low-end businesses are hidden in this area, and the floating population who come here to rent houses accounts for almost half of the city's floating population now.

All kinds of illegal buildings, all kinds of illegal cases, all kinds of shady things, happen here every day. If it weren't for an agreement between the railway and the local government a decade later to carry out joint overall demolition and commercial development of the area, many of the secrets would not have been revealed.

Could it be that Brother Long is the son of a railway worker?

A touch of suspicion rose in Guo Yang's heart. This possibility should exist, but it is not necessarily. Of course, judging from all kinds of signs, Brother Long's gang has been entrenched here for more than a day or two, a year or two, and this kind of den has not been discovered and eliminated by the police.

Guo Yang stood in front of the window and groaned for a while, then returned to the bed and closed his eyes to recuperate.

If you come here, you will be safe, and it will depend on what Brother Long wants to do.