Chapter 171, Expedition
After the party was over, after the students left, Tang Long stayed, Canglong asked him why, but Tang Long squeaked and didn't speak, so Canglong asked him to get in the car, and I don't know how long they wandered, and the two came to Gui Street.
Gui and ghost homonym, in fact, Gui Street used to be called the ghost market, according to legend in the Qing Dynasty, each city gate in Beijing has its special purpose, not to be used at will. For example, when the imperial court sent troops, it went to the Desheng Gate, and the executions of prisoners went to the Xuanwu Gate, and so on. The Dongzhi Gate was used to transport timber to the city of Beijing and to transport the dead outside the city.
The old people who live in Dongzhimen can still remember the scene when they were young, and they called friends together to play on the city gate tower. Along the city tower, you can see a straight road in the city, and the drum tower is opposite. On the other side of the city is an endless cemetery.
Dongzhimen used to belong to the urban-rural junction, and the first morning market was naturally formed in the city gate, and the vendors who sold sundries and vegetables and fruits in Dongzhimen began to squat in the middle of the night, and scattered at dawn. These vendors use kerosene lamps for light, and the lights are dim from a distance, and the coffin shops and bar houses that can be seen everywhere around them make it very creepy. Therefore, this place is called "ghost market".
It is strange that after the beginning of the reform and opening up, many merchants and shops on both sides of Dongzhimen Street began to conduct various businesses, but almost all of them lost the coffin book of the shopkeeper, and even the only state-owned department store had to close its doors.
It was later discovered that only restaurants were successful on this street, and that the restaurants were hardly frequented during the day, but at night they were bustling with traffic and thriving. As for whether it is as the local elders say, at night the ghosts have to go to the city to eat and form such a prosperous situation, no one can explain it.
Tang Long didn't expect Canglong to come here to eat supper, the two walked into an old shop with classical decoration, Canglong unceremoniously called all the special foods of Gui Street, spicy crayfish, spicy meat crab, boiled fire, belly, sheep scorpion and so on.
After everyone came up, Tang Long looked at the dishes on the table, and he was really a little greedy, but what he didn't expect was that Canglong actually ate very deliciously.
"What are you doing, eating." Canglong peeled the lobster and looked at him strangely.
"I'm just wondering, Mr. Cang, haven't you always had a regular diet before?" Tang Long asked, looking at the things on this table, he remembered that Canglong never seemed to eat these before.
"It's for you, I'm just stopping by to taste it." Canglong's mouth is greasy.
Tang Long was strange, but he also followed the meal, Canglong had been eating all the time and was sweating, so he stopped, didn't say anything, looked uncomfortable, Tang Long said strangely: "What's wrong with you?" ”
"Spicy." Canglong took a deep breath and spat out a word.
Tang Long smiled, he didn't expect Teacher Cang to have such a cute side, and then shouted: "Waiter, come and root the cucumber!" ”
The waiter was puzzled, but still took the cucumber, Tang Long handed it to him, and said, "Come, try!" ”
"Can it relieve spicy?" Canglong wiped his sweat and looked uncomfortable.
"It's very effective." Tang Long said with a smile.
Canglong picked up the cucumber and took a few bites, and found that the spicy taste in his mouth had really disappeared, and then gave a thumbs up: "Not bad!" ”
The spicy taste disappeared after eating, and Canglong couldn't help but pick up the crayfish and peel it again, but this time he didn't eat it vigorously, but ate a crayfish, took a bite of the cucumber, and said while eating: "Say, what's the matter with you?" ”
Tang Long put away his smile, swallowed the contents of his mouth, wiped his hands, lowered his head and said, "I don't want to study anymore!" ”
Canglong was not surprised, but said, "Give a reason!" ”
Seems to be accustomed to Canglong's unfazed character, Tang Long explained: "Am I not in sports school? It's training every day, and the training is very boring, and there are few girls in the sports school, I think about it."
"And what do you want to do?" Canglong said while eating.
"Why don't you teach me how to be a killer!" Tang Long said suddenly.
Canglong's face immediately turned cold, he put down the things in his hand, wiped his hands, took a bite of the cucumber, and reduced the spicy taste in his mouth, and then looked at Tang Long seriously and said, "How do you know that I am a killer?" ”
"This guess, the killers you watch in the movie are all the same as you, and you have a lot of eccentricities, so I think there is only one profession that fits your skills and style, and that is the killer." Tang Long smiled.
But he soon found that Canglong didn't have any smile on his face at all, instead it was cold and terrifying, which made him shudder, but he stiffened his head and forced himself to look at Canglong, but he soon found that these eyes were not the cold but warm eyes that he was familiar with before.
"The killer has a rule, he can't let others know his identity, and if his identity is exposed, he will choose two ways to solve it." Canglong said expressionlessly.
"Which two?" Seeing that Teacher Cang was so serious, Tang Long swallowed his saliva and stammered.
"Kill him, or cooperate!" Canglong stared at him coldly, "Cooperation? You don't seem to be qualified, so there's only the first one! ”
At that time, Tang Long had a feeling of incontinence, he had never seen Canglong speak so scary, especially those eyes, which made him seem to see a bloody scene like hell.
He began to tremble, regretting mentioning this matter, but Canglong suddenly laughed, at that time he thought that Canglong was ready to slaughter him, but he soon found that Canglong just picked up the cucumber and took a bite, just like just now, gluttonous with the food on the table, and the person just now was completely different.
"Do you still want to be a killer now?" Canglong asked calmly, his tone not cold.
If it weren't for this, Tang Long would have been a little suspicious that he was dreaming just now, but he quickly thought about it, and quickly made a decision, looked at Canglong and nodded seriously, and said, "I want to be a killer!" ”
Unexpectedly, Canglong was not surprised, but gave him an expression that was not afraid of death, and said: "Okay, after eating this meal, go back to sleep, and come to Nanchizi Street to find me at twelve o'clock tomorrow, I hope you don't regret your decision today!" ”
After speaking, Canglong wiped his mouth, paid the bill, and left directly, and when Canglong disappeared at the door, Tang Long reacted, with a surprised face: "He agreed, he actually agreed!! Then Tang Long jumped up in the store, and the waiter thought that the unlucky child was crazy and almost didn't call the mental hospital.
Soon he realized his behavior, quickly apologized and left, when he walked out of the door, Tang Long really wanted to shout: "Lao Tzu will soon become a killer, walking in the dark night, a terrifying killer!" ”
The next day, Canglong is ready to go to Iraq, except for the snow leopard and black impermanence, the members of Team B have been scattered to Iraq, and the snow leopard and black impermanence will accompany the staff of Longteng International as Canglong's bodyguards, and go to Iraq head-on.
At the time of leaving, Canglong went to the hospital to see his mother, and learned from Hattori Heiji that his mother had passed the dangerous period and now only needed rehabilitation treatment, and it would not be long before she woke up, but Canglong couldn't wait for the moment when she woke up, just said goodbye in her ear, and then left the hospital.
Back to Nanchizi Street again, Canglong said goodbye to Wanwan, Wanwan was very reluctant, since she knew that Canglong was her own brother, Wanwan not only did not alienate Canglong, but became closer to him, but Wanwan didn't say that she would marry her brother when she grew up.
"Brother, you have to come back early." There were tears in her eyes, but she was strong and didn't come out, she hugged Canglong tightly and was very reluctant to let go.
"Don't worry, my brother will be back soon, Wanwan has to study hard, and my brother will take the test for you when he comes back." Canglong rubbed her hair and kissed her.
Wanwan nodded, and then ran back to the house, but Canglong found that she was actually hiding in the crack of the door and secretly watching.
Uncle Jia nodded at Canglong and said, "Be careful yourself, if there is any problem that can't be solved, don't force it." ”
"Thank you, Uncle Jia!" Canglong nodded, at this time, in his eyes, Uncle Jia was not a guard of their family, but a relative-like existence.
Just as he was about to get into the car, Tang Long was late, he looked excited, and when he saw Canglong, they were all holding a salute, and he was a little strange: "Teacher Cang, where are you going?" Don't forget what you promised me yesterday. ”
Canglong smiled, but didn't answer, just said to Hei Wuchang: "Old Hei, he handed it over to you." ”
Tang Long saw the big man Hei Wuchang walking towards him, and he couldn't help but take two steps back in fright, Hei Wuchang's two eyes looked at Tang Long with a thief, and then patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Head, this is the kid you are talking about?" Take him away, it's too much of a hindrance, look at this body, it looks like it's going to fall apart, how can it withstand the toss. ”
slapped twice in a row, making Tang Long feel like a mountain pressing down, but when he heard Hei Wuchang's words, the stubbornness in his heart came up: "I will definitely not hold you back!" ”
Hei Wuchang didn't expect Tang Long to be so stubborn, but he became interested, and lifted Tang Long up with one hand, Tang Long was mentioned like this for the first time, after all, his body was already strong in the eyes of ordinary people, but Hei Wuchang was not a human at all.
"What are you doing? Let go of me, Teacher Cang, look at him" Tang Long shouted, but before he finished shouting, he was thrown into the car by Black Impermanence, and he only felt that his body was about to fall apart, and only after reacting did he scold, "Fuck, you nigger, you want human life, you won't be light." ”
"It's light to do what we do." The snow leopard smiled.
Tang Long thought that the snow leopard's honest smile was definitely the most kind smile he had ever seen, so much so that for a long time afterward, he had always thought that the snow leopard was an honest and kind person, but after a long time, he found out that he was wrong.
When the convoy left Nanchizi Street and drove to the capital airport, everyone heard a "wow" cry from the courtyard, Canglong saw Wanwan running out of the courtyard from the rearview mirror, crying and chasing their convoy, shouting from time to time: "Brother, brother, don't leave me alone, don't leave Wanwan alone"
Uncle Jia followed behind, Wanwan fell, she got up and chased after herself, the driver asked Canglong if he wanted to stop, Canglong gritted his teeth and said, "Speed up!" ”
Until they couldn't hear Wanwan's sad cry, until the figure of Wanwan completely disappeared in the rearview mirror, at that moment, the emotions in Canglong's heart turned over the river and the sea, and it was unspeakably uncomfortable.
When he passed ***, he suddenly saw the national flag fluttering, the five stars shining on the blood-red cloth and moving in the wind, and another emotion filled his heart, maybe this is the honor brought by responsibility, although this honor may be gathered with blood.
PS: "The last chapter of the fourth season, the fifth season starts tomorrow." ”