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"You mean, I tried to bring down Wu Xiaolong and indirectly helped you?" Kong Xianglin tried to ask, but it was difficult for him to figure out the old man's intentions.

"It can be said that it is not necessarily true, it may be a big deal for you to bring down Wu Xiaolong, but for me, Wu Xiaolong is not qualified to enter my eyes at all, he is just a little person who is being used." The old man said with a disdainful smile, "But Ma Dejiang is different, after all, he is the deputy mayor, and he still has some weight in Beiqinhai City." I've heard that you seem to have caught some of his grip, but is that true? ”

Kong Xianglin thought of the quarrel next door the night before, and then remembered the small water balloon he had obtained in his dream because of this, showed a strange smile, and replied: "Yes, he is not very lucky, he happens to live next door to me, and the sound insulation of the house is not good, and I heard some sounds that should not be heard." He deliberately made his words vague, so that the old man did not know how much of Ma Dejiang's secrets he knew.

"The reason why I was able to pay attention to you is also because you were able to grasp Ma Dejiang's weakness at once, and now he is still a little useful to me, so please give my old man a face, and don't publicize his affairs." The old man said undoubtedly, and he didn't seem to be worried that Kong Xianglin would not buy his account, and then he snorted coldly and said, "Hmph, wine is a poison that pierces the intestines, and the color is a steel knife that scrapes bones, this sentence is true." I warned him a long time ago, but he was still trapped by the fox, not only did he not leave the woman, but he also bought a house for the little girl, what a fool! However, it's better for you to teach him a lesson this time, let him have a longer memory, and don't be obsessed with women all day long. ”

Then, he looked up at Kong Xianglin and said, "Come and sit down, I can't eat you." ”

Kong Xianglin thought about it when he heard this, and then returned to the bench and sat down.

The old man nodded appreciatively, he had read countless people in his life, and there were not many who could stand under the pressure of his strong spirit, and there were even fewer people like Kong Xianglin, who dared to sit on an equal footing with him in the future and did not have a strong fear of him. It can be seen that this kid named Kong Xianglin is either born with strong mental power and is not inferior to himself, so he is not intimidated by himself; Either they are bold and can put life and death out of the way. And just seeing the way he gritted his teeth and insisted on resisting his own coercion, his spiritual power should be far inferior to himself, and only the latter explanation can make sense.

The old man thought a little well, Kong Xianglin has never eaten hard, you are harder than you, and his temper is very stubborn, his father said that he was like a stone in a thatched house, smelly and hard, he not only was not angry when he heard it, but also smiled and said: That's, that's, don't look at whose son it is!

"I just saw that you were depressed, it seems that you don't have any hope for the outcome of this arbitration?" The old man waited for Kong Xianglin to sit down before he asked slowly.

"If I didn't get hope, I wouldn't have come." Kong Xianglin sighed and said, "It's a pity that it backfired, I thought that the last arbitration was from the manufacturer's workshop reserves, and the samples were inconsistent with the ones I sampled, so that the result would occur." But now it seems that I underestimated the other party, and if I wanted to come to the last arbitration, it would not be so simple, but I was stupid enough to think that it was just a sample difference. ”

"But you just handed in the inspection now, and the provincial drug inspection institute hasn't tested it yet, why do you act like your father and mother are dead?" The old man asked with some confusion.

You're dead, Daddy! Kong Xianglin scolded secretly. But he said: "Since Brother Zhao asked, I naturally won't hide anything, if I sue you, I have special means, and I found that someone in the provincial office has already dropped the inspection bag, do you believe it or not?" He was hesitant to say it, but thinking that the old man around him was not an ordinary person, if he misunderstood that he was hiding something, he would seem to be unfair.

"Huh? Special means? The old man's narrowed eyes flashed with a bright light, then vanished in an instant, "You mean the abilities you have?" ”

"Abilities? Is that what you call it? Kong Xianglin was the first time he came into contact with this term, and asked curiously.

The old man nodded and said, "Yes, I think you should understand that I am not an ordinary person, and our group of people will call ourselves the special abilities we have, which is called supernatural abilities or supernatural people. Truth be told, my abilities are powerful, probably too powerful to imagine. Its name is 'Slave Seal', and it can use its psychic power to suppress its enemies until they turn them into living slaves with no autonomous mind. At that time, this person's life and even his thoughts are under my control, so to speak, if I want him to be born, he will be born; I want him to die, and he won't dare not die!

Of course, I didn't perform this technique on you, otherwise you wouldn't be able to carry it so lightly. I don't know what your ability is, can you tell me about it? Of course, if you feel the need for secrecy, I didn't ask. ”

To say that Kong Xianglin was not shocked after listening to the old man's words, it was absolutely nonsense, and it was terrible to be able to use spiritual power to make people his slaves. If the old man's words are true, it is no wonder that he can call the wind and rain in the Beiqin Sea and say everything.

Kong Xianglin was a little hesitant about the old man's question, he didn't want to tell sù anyone about the secret of the little water balloon, but he knew that the old man in front of him was not easy to fool, and now he told himself about his ability first, obviously trying to pull himself into his camp, if he didn't know how to lift and refused the olive branch he handed out, he already knew the secret that he shouldn't know, I'm afraid he wouldn't know how to die when the time comes.

Of course, it is impossible for him to join casually, he does not have a good impression of Brother Zhao, 'tyrant' is the first term he thinks of when he hears the word Brother Zhao. People like Brother Zhao are decisive in killing, and their means of eradicating dissidents are like thunder, once they are determined to be friends or enemies, they will never be allowed to slow down.

At present, he does not seem to have a conflict of interest with him, and Brother Zhao can use him as a chess piece at most, and it is a matter of time to let him use it, and there is obviously no need to let him treat him as an enemy.

After thinking about it, Kong Xianglin replied half-truthfully: "My ability is eyes, I can see through what others think, and I can also see through a short distance." ”

Kong Xianglin told the old man about some of the abilities that the little water balloon brought to him, but he didn't mention the little water balloon, nor did he say that the little water ball was summoned by him by chanting the spell, let alone explain the source of the spell, and it was enough to explain these to the old man.

The old man's gaze shot straight at Kong Xianglin, but it was not accompanied by his powerful spiritual coercion.

Kong Xianglin saw a line of small words on his forehead again: "So you can see through even what I think?" ”

Kong Xianglin scratched his head and said: "It doesn't seem to be as powerful as you think, it seems that you can only see one or two words that the other party wants to say but haven't said, and no matter how deep your thoughts are, it seems that you can't see through it." ”

The old man nodded, and replied sternly: "Your ability is very different, and of course it is also very powerful, if it is divided according to the strength of the ability world that I know, it can at least be classified as a 'ground level' ability." Oh, you shouldn't have touched this field yet, the ability world divides the ability into three levels according to the type of ability, which are called 'heaven, earth, and people' to indicate the strength of the ability, my ability 'slave seal' has entered the realm of the heavenly level, but this is also related to my relatively strong mental power, according to my guess, the reason why you can only see much content should be because your mental power is not strong enough, if one day your mental power can reach my Cheng dù, it is estimated that your ability can also advance to the 'heavenly level'. ”

Oh? There are also these statements, Kong Xianglin suddenly felt that it was still worth telling some secrets to Brother Zhao, otherwise, he would never tell him this.

The old man seemed to be more concerned about Kong Xianglin's batch of inspections, and continued to ask: "So, because of your ability, you 'saw' that they dropped the bag, so you are so disheartened?" ”

The look in Kong Xianglin's eyes immediately dimmed, thinking that the inspection was dropped, he felt extremely aggrieved, according to his quick temper, he had the urge to rush up and beat people at that time.

"Hehe, the young man is still too impatient!" The old man couldn't help but be amused by Kong Xianglin's appearance, and said, "This little problem makes you at a loss?" ”

Kong Xianglin said gloomily: "What else can I do, if the result of this arbitration is still 'in line with the regulations', it means that there is no problem with the sample, but I have tested the problem." How depressed do you say it makes me? The fact is obviously that it is a problem with the medicine, but I am asked to bear a responsibility, and it is clear that I am not wrong, but I want to blame the fault on my head, so that I can suffer such a grievance, how can I swallow this breath? ”

The old man looked at Kong Xianglin with a smile and became more and more angry, and teased him: "I can't stand this grievance?" ”

"Is this still called 'a little grievance'?" Kong Xianglin was stunned, looking at the old man with some anger, his donkey temper was a little upsurged, and he had a little awe for the old man and was also thrown to Java.

"Then let me ask you, what are the consequences of this result?" The old man sneered and questioned Kong Xianglin.

Kong Xianglin thought for a moment and said: "First of all, if the second arbitration does not affirm my test results, it objectively means that I made a mistake in the test, and my test ability is questioned. I dare not say that my inspection level is one of the best in the unit, and I dare to say that I am not below anyone, so where will I put my face? ”

The old man said noncommittally: "You go on." ”

"Secondly, after the arbitration result, if it turns out that I am wrong, then Wu Xiaolong's punishment of me is right, and my report to Wu Xiaolong yesterday has become a personal revenge, and it seems that my character is not the 'world for the public' that I have always advertised!"

The old man raised his eyebrows and slanted at Kong Xianglin, his face full of disdain: "Is there anything else?" ”

"And ...... That is, if Wu Xiaolong is not brought down, with his character of retribution, he will not be called Wu Xiaolong if he doesn't kill me, and when the time comes, I'm afraid my job will be lost! Kong Xianglin thought of this, he felt a little sorry for his wife and children, he had lived for decades, he had no other skills, he would only engage in drug testing, in case he lost his job, what would he use to support them at that time, alas!

"It's not a big deal, it's as if the sky is about to fall: if you lose your job, you can find it again, the tree will die, and the person will live; Face is not given by others, it is fought back by yourself, only if you are strong enough, others will give you face; As for character, is that thing still worth now? You're still a man! The old man interrupted Kong Xianglin's thoughts, counted him down and said, "Do something timid, what is like a man?" ”

"Huh?" Kong Xianglin was stunned by the old man's sudden words, and subconsciously stood up angrily and said, "Why am I so timid?" If I were timid, I wouldn't have come forward to report Wu Xiaolong; If I were timid, I would not have taken such a big risk to apply for arbitration reconsideration at the provincial office; If I were afraid, I wouldn't know that someone wanted my life and ......."

yes, someone wants my life! Kong Xianglin couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he said this, he almost forgot about this stubble.

"Say," the old man squinted his eyes slightly, looked at Kong Xianglin and said, "Someone wants your life, what else are you doing?" ”

Kong Xianglin remembered the gorgeous woman on the train, she was Brother Zhao's person, then Brother Zhao must know who wanted his life and why he wanted his life. So Kong Xianglin asked: "Old man, I didn't think about this matter just now, I think, you must know the hidden secret." It's just a piece of inspection, even if I hurt the interests of the pharmaceutical company, but how can this interest reach Cheng Dù, who killed me, I can't believe it. ”

In fact, there is another question Kong Xianglin did not say, he has actually always suspected that this matter may be a conspiracy planned by Brother Zhao to confuse him from beginning to end, and the purpose is unknown. Because all the information that Kong Xianglin knows at present is provided by Brother Zhao and the gorgeous woman, whether they can believe all their words, Kong Xianglin has no bottom in his heart.

Although after having a small water balloon, Kong Xianglin has the ability to see through other people's minds, but he can't guarantee whether this ability is effective for ordinary people and whether it is accurate every time, let alone people like Brother Zhao and the gorgeous woman. I didn't hear Brother Zhao himself say that his mental power is far better than his own, what if he is immune to this ability of his? What if he had the ability to make some fake little print on top of that to confuse himself?

"Hehe, you finally thought of this question, even if I didn't come in vain, if you don't ask me this question again, I will almost run out of patience to talk to you, I really haven't seen a few stupid young people like you." After listening to Kong Xianglin's question, the old man sneered.

"Before I answer your question, let me ask you a question," the old man continued, "how much do you know about me?" ”

Kong Xianglin looked at the old man in confusion and said: "To be honest, in fact, my understanding of your old man is quite limited, but I heard that you are the 'head of the underground organization' in Beiqinhai, and if there is no approval from your old man, don't think about it, it can be said that the officials in this city are all promoted by your old man." Am I right to say that? ”

"Well, that's right." The old man affirmed, "But have you ever heard that more than half of the underworld + Dao forces in Beiqinhai City are also under my control?" ”