On the bay to the east of Thai Dong Province, a cruise ship slowly left the port. On this small cruise ship with a capacity of 480 people, in addition to the crew, there were only nine passengers, namely Xie Budong, Lin Xiaoshan, Hong Jun and his four cronies, as well as two escorts sent from the island.

Three days ago, Hong Jun, general manager of the Anji City Branch of Taiyue Group, reported to the headquarters that he had captured a person who had mastered the trick of descending the dragon and the eighteen palm moves of descending the dragon.

After urgent consultations, the high-level officials of the beggar gang on the island agreed that they needed to take it seriously, so they sent two masters to contact Hong Jun and escort the suspect to the island. Before leaving, "Qingtian Liang" Hong Liang specially instructed that no one except Hong Jun should not come into contact with this suspect, so as not to cause trouble.

After a day of preparation and questioning, the island envoy and Hong Jun, with a few cronies, escorted the suspect and drove to Binhai City, where they boarded a boat to prepare to go to the island.

The Maupassant cruise ship is provided by the coastal branch of the Taidong Group, and it takes about a day and a night to arrive at Wanluo Island from the coast, according to Hong Liang's instructions, the two envoys did not have much contact with Xie Budong, but only ordered Hong Jun to take strict care.

"Third brother, don't stand at the door, the two goods have already returned to the room, you come and rest." Xie Budong leaned on the sofa and munched on melon seeds, and when he saw Lin Xiaoshan looking out at the door, he couldn't help laughing at him: "I said I won't let you follow, you have to come, look at your cowardice." ”

They are located in the A-level suite on the second deck, Hong Jun said that he would take strict care of this suspect, so he took him with him, and Lin Xiaoshan is the actor who escorted Xie Budong, and is Hong Jun's most powerful right-hand man.

"Don't be too careless, this time on the island is not trivial, if you are not careful, you will probably be noticed by the master of the beggar gang, and when the time comes, there will be nowhere to run if you want to run on the vast sea. Lin Xiaoshan was dissatisfied with Xie Budong's strength and reminded him.

"What about Hong Jun? Why haven't you seen him since you got on the boat, is it reliable for him to bring those four people? Don't sell us then. ”

"I guess that's fine. Lin Xiaoshan was not sure. "If, according to what you said, if Hong Jun dares to betray or even has the slightest intention, he will be tormented by a catastrophe that will never recover, then the few people he brought must be the most confidant subordinates. ”

The two were talking, when suddenly there was a sound of footsteps at the door, which frightened Lin Xiaoshan to quickly look out by the door.

"The hosts. Hong Jun stood at the door and respectfully asked: "The envoy on the island has rested, and dinner is ready, are you eating now?"

"You come in first, don't be in a hurry to eat. Xie Budong dusted off the melon seed skin on his body, stood up and moved.

Hong Jun opened the door and walked in, humbly thinking about Lin Xiaoshan nodded, and stood respectfully in front of the master.

Xie Budong is a five-good boy who grew up in the new era, and he is not very accustomed to Hong Jun's attitude, so he said: "Also, don't call me the master in the future, just like I am the landlord and the old Caizhou, just follow the third brother and call me Xiaodong, I said that as long as you don't betray me, I will never punish you easily, don't put your status too low, let's get along on an equal footing." ”

"This ....." Hong Jun looked at Xie Budong with different eyes in his eyes: "You must know that my life is yours, even if you let me die immediately, I will not hesitate to do it, because now I even die is a luxury." I will never betray or disobey any of your wishes, so don't test me like this. ”

"I'll test you a big-headed ghost," Xie Budong felt that his head was as big as a fight, did he look so fierce and vicious, and scared a bloodthirsty wolf into a little white rabbit. "I tell you Lao Hong, I'm serious, as long as you work hard for me, I won't let you be cannon fodder, and I promise you, as long as you can change your evil ways and help me achieve my goals, if I and you are still alive in five years, I will give you back your freedom. ”

"What you said is true!?" I thought that my life would be ruined, but I didn't expect this to make him hope again. Xie Budong didn't need to deceive him with these words, because with his current status, he didn't need to get any statement from himself, his words were orders, and after they were issued, Hong Jun must do his best to complete them, otherwise he would be punished by his soul.

"Once the word is spoken, the horse is difficult to chase. If you don't believe me, I can sign another contract with you. ”

With a plop, Hong Jun knelt in front of him, tears streaming down his face with excitement but couldn't say a word.

"Alright, get up. Xie Budong jumped off the sofa and helped him up. "I don't care how many evil things you have done before, even if you atone for the past in the past five years, I will set you free after five years, and from now on, according to what I said, we are brothers who are equal brothers, but first say good, if you dare to do evil in five years, believe me, no matter how strong you are, if I want to kill you, it will be easy. ”

"Yes. Hong Jun's heart trembled, he felt the murderous aura in Xie Budong's words, and believed that he could do it easily. It's really hell, it's clear that this young man's strength is not as good as himself, how can he have such a terrifying momentum.

"I've heard some information about the beggars from the demon hunters before, but it's not perfect, you can tell me about the current situation of the beggars and the strength of the personnel, the more detailed the better. ”

"Good. Hong Junyi gritted his teeth and said: "Xiaodong, I won't be polite to you, the matter about the beggar gang is a bit long, let's talk slowly, we have to trouble the third brother to put down the wind to prevent being discovered by the people from those two islands." ”

Lin Xiaoshan smiled and said: "You guys chat, I'll go outside to breathe, don't call me third brother, I'm not a few years older than Xiaodong, Brother Hong, you can call me junior." ”

After saying that, he opened the door and walked on the splint, it was four o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was gradually dark, and a red sun could be seen slowly sinking into the sea on the sea level behind him.

Lin Xiaoshan lit a cigarette, he rarely smoked before, since he met Xie Budong and a few of them, the addiction to smoking brought by these scum has also increased, thinking of this, the corners of his mouth inadvertently rose, revealing a knowing smile.

Maybe all the hard days of the past are over, isn't that what friends feel like?

His mother died when he was very young, and his father was away from home all the year round, and only an old aunt took care of his diet and daily life. One day, a man who claimed to be his father's comrade-in-arms came to the house and took away Lin Xiaoshan, who was still a child, and he called that person Uncle Ma.

Uncle Ma has a big family, he has a son and five godsons, Lin Xiaoshan went to rank third according to his age, so the younger brothers call him the third brother, and the two elder brothers call him the junior, except for the eldest brother Ma Chongde, the others are orphans adopted by Ma Tao.

Ma Tao was really good to him, took care of him meticulously, and spared no effort to guide his martial arts, Lin Xiaoshan had a genius in martial arts, and soon his strength improved by leaps and bounds, even surpassing the son of Uncle Ma's family who was much older than himself.

But no matter how good Uncle Ma is to him, Lin Xiaoshan is not happy, because he knows a secret, so that he can't accept Uncle Ma's love for him, and he can't play with those brothers at home, he has always been very withdrawn, and he is alone every day in addition to practicing desperately, he just locks himself in the room and doesn't know what he is doing.

No one knows, more often than not, he hides in his room and cries secretly, crying for the father who loves him, and for Uncle Ma who also loves him.

Uncle Ma didn't know that when he went to pick up the orphans of his comrades-in-arms again, the words he said to the nanny were actually heard by this child. In fact, even if he heard Ma Tao, he wouldn't mind, because sooner or later he would tell these secrets to this child.

"Sister Chen, I'll take Xiaoshan away, you should go back to work as soon as possible. ”

"No!" Aunt Chen's emotions were very excited, she pointed to Ma Tao's nose and said, "It's impossible for me to put the child in your hands." ”

"You must know that the situation at that time did not allow me not to make such a choice, if I didn't sacrifice Lin Ze, then it would slow down the retreat of the whole team, you know!" Ma Tao squatted on the ground with his head in pain, and said in a choked voice: "Do you know? I regret making that decision all the time, I wish I had to die for Lin Ze, but I can't, I'm the commander! Only I am familiar with the route of that Death Canyon! If I die, more than 100 people in the whole team will have to be buried in that canyon, I have no way not to do it." ”

"But, but. But sooner or later, Xiao Shan will grow up, and maybe he will know the cause of his father's death, and he will not forgive you. Aunt Chen's tears also flowed, he knew Ma Tao's difficulties, and as a member of the organization, he sometimes had to make some ruthless decisions. "And Lin Ze didn't do it voluntarily, he was framed to death by you without knowing it! You are equivalent to a murderer in disguise. ”

"You don't have to worry about this. Ma Tao wiped away his tears and stood up again. "When Xiaoshan grows up, I will take the initiative to intercede with him for the truth, and if he refuses to forgive me at that time, what if I return my life to Lin Ze. ”

In the room, Lin Xiaoshan, who was just seven years old, buried his head in the quilt, bit the corner of the quilt tightly and cried silently.

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The sun had completely sunk below the sea level, and Lin Xiaoshan, who was immersed in his memories, suddenly felt a sharp pain between his fingers, and it turned out that the cigarette in his hand had burned to the end. He threw the cigarette butt into the sea, smiled self-deprecatingly, turned around and began to patrol the deck.

"Why do you think so much, isn't it nice to be like this now? ”