Chapter 017: Confusing
"Oh, which department is your buddy from?" The policeman who questioned him earlier frowned, and he didn't know anything about such a big matter.
"That buddy is my child, living in a big compound and going to school together. I don't know exactly what I'm doing now. He didn't tell me. I jokingly asked a few times, but he just said haha to me. The policeman who made the record also wondered what work he couldn't tell himself.
"National security? Then I have to report this matter today. It's a big deal, don't go around the world and shout about it when you go back. The police chief emphatically said, "Let's drive." ”
The police left here, and Zhang Jiujiu and the others had nothing to do, so they went home separately.
Zhang Jiujiu returned home, Sun Jicai was still there, and the master still did not come back. Sun Jicai is not bad, quite righteous, Zhang Jiujiu thought so, if he didn't always make trouble with himself, this person would still be able to make friends.
Zhang Jiujiu told Sun Jicai about what happened later, and solemnly thanked him.
Sun Jicai jokingly said: "Let's continue our bet next time, hehe." Okay, don't worry too much, I'll find your sister. Then I'll go back first. ”
"Well, I'm sorry to keep you waiting so long. It's not too early, hurry home, don't let your grandparents wait in a hurry. Thank you today. After Zhang Jiujiu sent Sun Jicai to the door, he returned to the sofa and sat quietly.
I don't know how long it took, but there was a knock on the door, which woke Zhang Jiujiu. Zhang Jiujiu slowed down a little, woke up, and went to open the door.
"Master, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Jiujiu asked in a panic.
Outside the door stood Zhang Jiujiu's master, his hair was scattered, his glasses were only one lens, and they were cracked, his face was covered with mud, his clothes were torn, his pants and socks were still wet, and his shoes were completely different from the shiny ones he had when he went out in the morning.
The master stood at the door with a dull gaze, a trance, and a tired spirit, looking depressed, and a little less energetic, kind-eyed, calm and steady that Zhang Jiujiu had known.
If he weren't familiar with Master's outfit that was still heroic in the morning, Zhang Jiujiu really wouldn't have been able to recognize him at a glance. Zhang Jiujiu stared at the master for more than ten seconds before he remembered to make a way for the master and invited the master into the house.
Looking at the master's appearance, Zhang Jiujiu's original grievances were held in his heart, and he was reluctant to say about his sister's disappearance as soon as possible. Instead, he asked with concern.
As if he hadn't heard what he said, Master walked straight into the living room. I didn't take off my coat, I forgot to change my shoes, and I just made it on the sofa. The body also slumped, and there was no trace of vitality.
Zhang Nier is gone, Zhang Jiujiu was already sad, and this master didn't know what had happened and became like this. He was terrified. Master, what the hell is going on? When I went out in the morning, I was dressed like a handsome guy. That's it.
The master didn't say anything, Zhang Jiujiu went to wash a towel and handed it to the master. Only then did the master react, "Oh, Jiu'er, what time is it, why haven't you slept yet?" ”
The wall clock on the wall was already pointing to half past eleven, and it was already past ten o'clock after dealing with the roller skating rink tonight. Zhang Jiujiu has been waiting for Master since he came back. How could he sleep?
"Master, Nill has been kidnapped." Zhang Jiujiu pondered for a long time how to tell the master, and he didn't think about how to make it better, and in the end there was only such a simple sentence.
"Robbed?" With a pop, Zhang Jiujiu's master got up from the sofa, "What's the matter?" Who picked it up? He thought that the apprentice had made a mistake, so he directly changed the second tone to the first one.
Zhang Jiujiu's master learned gambling with his master since he was a child, and he followed his master for a long time when he was a teenager, but he learned it but banned gambling nationwide. Zhang Jiujiu's master's master has also been transformed, criticized, and set up as a model because of this.
With the pace of reform and opening up, some shady industries have also quietly emerged. Especially in the central and southern coastal areas, the ability to receive new things and store dirt is much stronger than that of inland areas and even coastal areas in the north.
In addition, the place where they are located is very close to Hong Kong and Macao, and there are many overseas Chinese returning from Southeast Asia, which gives Zhang Jiujiu's master a soil to return to his old business.
At the beginning, they were all familiar with each other, and they didn't point to this industry to eat. That is, the people who organized the gambling game later attracted more "rookie pigs".
Slowly, Zhang Jiujiu's master tasted the sweetness, because his gambling skills also inherited the mantle of a "grandmaster".
Zhang Jiujiu's master mixed in this line of work, that is, the dragon returned to the sea, and the bird entered the mountains and forests. Within a few years, he became famous and became a well-known player in the industry.
As the saying goes, the gun shoots the first bird, and the wind breaks and stands tall. Zhang Jiujiu's master also offended people a lot. Among them, the one who hates him the most is his junior brother.
Zhang Jiujiu's master's junior brother was accepted by Zhang Jiujiu's master's master on the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. At that time, Master Zhang Jiujiu's junior brother was now Zhang Jiujiu's age.
He was also an orphan, his parents were picked by Japanese soldiers with bayonets, and he lived alone as a fugitive on the street, and he didn't have a meal. Master Zhang Jiujiu's master saw that the child was still a little alive, so he received the door.
Gambling is not another business. In other industries, regardless of whether you learn well or badly, you can be apprenticed in three years, but it is not good, and you can be regarded as having learned something by grinding foreign work for another year at the master's place.
Gambling is different, let alone three years, if you have a bad understanding, you can't figure it out for thirty years.
Zhang Jiujiu's master's disciples have studied with the master for seven or eight years, and they can be regarded as entering the threshold, but they still haven't gotten the true inheritance. In the country's land reform, the gambling industry has disappeared.
After more than 20 years, the teacher, brother and son returned to this field at the same time. A city is so big, and there are so many "vegetable pigs" who come back from overseas. Inevitably, the leaders on both sides will reach out to the same goal.
In this case, it is not a matter of first come, first come. Then only the eight immortals can cross the sea to show their magical powers, and whose skills are more useful.
Zhang Jiujiu's master, not to mention how high his IQ is and how good the five elements are, just because the era he has experienced has an advantage over his junior brother. I have also seen more big battles than my junior brother.
At that time, the Japanese, stubborn, pseudo-communist, people, bandits, and bandits were intertwined and scattered, you have me, I have you, it's too late to fight each other, who cares about your gambling * Bo This bit of. They want to get some money out of it.
Master Zhang Jiujiu's junior brother is treacherous, lazy, gluttonous, slippery, all of them are refined, unscrupulous, and particularly ruthless. is a slight gap in craftsmanship compared to Zhang Jiujiu's master.
Every time the game wins more and wins less, the boss leaks the bottom in advance, and sometimes it is a disguised leak for some officials, and a disguised bribe. Zhang Jiujiu's master is naturally holding a handle in his hand, like a fish in water, and mixing with the wind and water. Gradually, someone secretly gave Zhang Jiujiu's master the title of "God of Gambling".
Of course, Zhang Jiujiu's master's junior brother can't do it. He was already resentful of the master for not taking him out of the mountain back then, and the master was gone in the movement, and the "feelings" accumulated over the years were completely pinned on this senior brother. has the title of "God of Gamblers" again, so isn't it a new account and an old account together?
So he sent someone to eavesdrop on the conversation between Zhang Jiujiu's master and the leader, and then told Zhang Jiujiu's master how much money he planned to win to the "rookie pig" who entered the game that night.
The person who came was a well-known underground arms dealer in the Nanyang area, and this time he came to China to "step on a little." Although his power is not here, there is some weight in saying a word, and someone will "do the work" for him.
As a result, Zhang Jiujiu's master was missing two fingers. This still found the local underworld forces to intercede. After all, Zhang Jiujiu's master has been here for so long, and he still has a little bit of face.
Besides, people don't want to make a big deal out of it. He has a long-term vision. This matter is also solved within the scope of the "rules".
When Zhang Jiujiu's master heard that his adopted daughter and apprentice had been picked up (think so for the time being), the first thing that came to mind was what kind of moth his junior brother had played.
"My sister was kidnapped. At the roller skating rink in Hongguang Plaza. We're going rollerblading. As soon as I changed my shoes, before I had time to play, I heard my sister's cry for help. The police have been called. It seems to have been robbed by the Japanese. Zhang Jiujiu said briefly.
Hearing this, Zhang Jiujiu's master seemed to be relieved. He sat down slowly, took the towel handed over by Zhang Jiujiu and wiped his hands.
"What should come is always coming. You go to sleep please. Master said inexplicably.
What happened to Master? Who did my sister call to rob her? Why doesn't Master seem to be worried about his sister's disappearance?
Zhang Jiujiu didn't get any answers to this series of questions from his master. Even the Master's attitude made him even more confused about the situation.
But he couldn't ask. He knew what the master didn't want to tell him, and he asked in vain, and it was possible for the master to take all his anger on himself. Zhang Jiujiu didn't want to be bored.
Zhang Jiujiu returned to his room and went to bed without washing his face and brushing his teeth. He lay on the bed tossing and turning, but he couldn't sleep. There's so much going on today. So many years of peaceful life seem to have been shattered all at once.
The sister who pesters him every day is nowhere to be found, and the old-fashioned, stern and rigid master is unbearable. What the hell is going on?