On the side of the old mansion, Guan Xiao finished the cigarette in a few puffs, and Su Jue's phone call made him even more upset, and he reached out to the table to get the cigarette box, but found that the box was empty, and there was not a single one left in it.

As evening approached, Ya Yu went to the Guan Mansion again.

Guan Luo had already gone downstairs. He sat in the shade of the courtyard with a coat over his head, the green canopy above him, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone on his cold face.

He didn't notice that Ya Lan had entered the courtyard, his legs were bent lazily, and his head seemed to be tearing something in his hands.

And Nimber was standing right next to him. In his hand, he carried the porridge and snacks that had just been delivered from the kitchen.

"Ninth Young Master, why don't you eat a little."

"No, I'm not hungry."

"How can you not be hungry, I didn't see you eat anything at noon, just smoking and not full, let's eat a little." Nimber placed the hot porridge on the table.

Guan Luo didn't even look at it, and the action of tearing things in his hands didn't stop.

Ning Bo also knew his temper, shook his head and sighed, but turned around to see Ya Yuan standing at the gate of the courtyard.

"Persuade your ninth brother. Let's let him eat something to feed his hunger. Nimbo staggered past and muttered in Ya Yuan's ear, and Ya Lan nodded in response and walked over.

The figure in the courtyard was cold, and the eye sockets on the side of the face could be seen, and it had been a full forty-eight hours since Shen Chunguang "disappeared".

I have already searched for all the places I can find, but there is still no news, and this man has almost never closed his eyes, she is suffering somewhere, and he is here to accompany her.

"Brother Nine..."

Guan Luo seemed to answer softly, and then there was no more follow-up.

Only then did he see what he was tearing in his hand, a pinched old cigarette case, the outer plastic film had been torn clean by him, and he pulled out the silver tin foil inside, and folded it into thin strips little by little. In Ya Yuan's eyes, these actions were just small tricks that he played casually when he was boring, but Guan Luo was extremely serious at this time. There was no expression on his face. The eyes were full of silence and silence.

This is also the point that Ya Yuan is most concerned about, that is, even if the sky falls outside, it is difficult to find a trace of panic on his face.

The Daoist people all said that Guan Jiu's heart was hidden by him in the eighteenth layer of hell, and it was so hidden that ordinary Dao practitioners couldn't see it clearly.

Ya Yue also has a deep understanding, after all, she has been by his side for so many years.

The man under the shade of the tree did not speak, and the movements of folding in his hands were coherent.

Ya Yuan couldn't see what he was breaking, but after waiting for a while and not waiting for movement, he slowly approached, and then looked at the porridge on the table next to him, still steaming and steaming. Waile agricultural technology.

"Brother Jiu." Ya Yuan shouted softly, "Why did you tell me to come over in the evening?" ”

Guan Luo's folding action in his hand seemed to pause, but it was only for a moment, and he soon continued, but he said lightly: "Send a post, at eight o'clock in the evening, the general's mansion will be discussed." ”

Ya Yue was directly stunned.

Every year, Jiurongtai has two banquets at the end of the year and in the middle of the year, and the directors of various places will gather in Yunling, but there are very few precedents for sudden concentration of deliberations, it is really because Jiurongtai is peaceful on the surface, but the inside is fiercely fighting openly and secretly, and the directors of various places have their own small forces and small abacus, and the undercurrent is frequent, coupled with the huge branch of Jiurongtai, a gathering is vast and dozens of tables of people, plus the cronies brought by the directors from all over the country, hundreds of cars can almost block the roads around the general's mansion, so the "pomp" is too big, and every time it gets the "relevant departments" on the head All plants and trees are soldiers, so such gatherings can be avoided.

But now Guan Luo suddenly wants to convene a meeting.

Ya Yu took a breath, a little embarrassed: "Brother Jiu, is it a little too sudden?" It's almost five o'clock at this time, and the local people in Yunling are fine, but I'm afraid that the people from other places won't be able to come back in a hurry. ”

Guan Luo still lowered his head and folded the tin foil in his hand, half paid, and heard his cool voice: "There is no need for those from other places, Yunling's local ones are enough." ”

Ya Yuan couldn't refute it when he heard him say this, and he received the order to go out, but he heard Guan Luo stop him.

"Wait!"

"Brother Jiu, do you have anything else?"

"Give McBoxin a call, and say I have something to look for him..."

Ya Lan was another agitator, but he didn't dare to make a sound when he thought about it, and led the order to go out.

Guan Luo was the only one left in the courtyard after Ya Yu left, and the setting sun had already slanted to the west, and the golden light returned to the cage, and there was a shadow under the canopy.

He sat in the shadows, his hands folded, the silver foil folded into a small star, which he put in his palm, and the occasional afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on it, even with a hint of cold sheen.

……

When Lao Mai received a call from Ya Yuan, he was picking pork bones in the vegetable field, Ye Tan's appetite was not very good these days, and the cooking aunt invited by the family really couldn't make anything to her appetite, so she finally called Lao Mai at noon and said that she wanted to eat the lotus root pork bone soup he cooked, and this Lao Mai drove to the supermarket as soon as he came out of the clinic.

But most of the pork bones in the supermarket are not fresh, and Lao Mai didn't pick a satisfactory one after shopping around, so he had to rush to the nearby vegetable market.

It was about five o'clock in the evening, and the vegetable market was busy.

Lao Mai squeezed in a coat among a group of housewives, picking and choosing in front of the butcher stall and the vegetable stall, and finally picked two satisfactory pork bones, he pinched them with his fingers, the meat quality was very good, semi-refined and not fat, and he was about to ask the stall owner the price, and Ya Yuan's call came in at that time.

"Hey, Brother Mai, do you have time now? Brother Jiu wants to see you. ”

Lao Mai's fingers froze on the pork bone for a moment.

What should come is always coming.

He smiled, "Now?" But I'm still in the vegetable market, can it be a little later? I'll call him myself in a moment. ”

Ya Yu said: "No, Brother Jiu said that it was six o'clock, it seems that something is looking for you." ”

The owner of the butcher stall opposite has already begun to shout: "Hey, this gentleman, you still can't buy it, don't pinch it with your hands if you don't buy it, I still have to do business!" ”

When Lao Mai heard this, he immediately took his hand back, picked out two pork bones and put them in the bag, and smiled indifferently: "Buy, weigh me, how much?" ”

Here Ya Lan heard that Lao Mai seemed to be shopping, so he waited for a while, and waited until he paid the money before asking, "Brother Mai, what do you say?" ”

Lao Mai took the pork bones in his hand, and looked at the crowd around him, this is a comprehensive vegetable farm in the nearby demolition and resettlement community, naturally the environment is not as clean as the supermarket, the ground is muddy and dirty, all kinds of meat stalls, fish stalls and vegetable stalls are everywhere, and the sound of selling is mixed with the sound of aunts and aunts bargaining......

Lao Mai couldn't help but take a hard breath, the air was full of raw meat and fishy smell, but he actually felt refreshed, this place full of mundane worldly things.

"Brother Mai?" Ya Yu's voice was a little anxious, and he urged again.

Lao Mai smiled: "I know, I'll go over in a while." ”

"Then I'll tell you the location!"

"Good!"

……

The place where Guan is about is a shooting range under Jiurong Terrace.

The place is not easy to find, in an old four-story office building, the first and second floors were supposed to be rented out, but because of the bad location, so no one wanted, it has been empty for many years, and the third and fourth floors were set up as shooting ranges.

There are several rooms on the third floor, each room is independent, open to the public, membership, professional coach sparring, some guests want to come to play guns can make an appointment in advance to book a room, and the fourth floor of the whole floor is opened, about more than 400 square meters, five shooting gun paths, but only open to one person.

Lao Mai has been in once before, because the location is special, so everyone who enters the shooting range needs to go through the identification system, especially to the fourth floor, the staircase has been installed with video surveillance and fingerprint scanning, but this time is different.

The doors from the staircase on the fourth floor to the shooting range were all open, and Lao Mai was almost unimpeded.

He entered the shooting range slowly, and dozens of overhead lights were all turned on, illuminating the floor, and Guan Luo was standing in front of the shooting track, his coat was taken off, and only a black vest was left on his upper body.

Holding the gun in his hand, his shoulder muscles tightened......

"Bang-bang-bang-" three times in a row, each shot was unbiased and all shot into the bull's-eye.

Lao Mai couldn't help but feel a stir when he stood behind him, but Guan Luo had already put away the gun and turned around, smiled lightly, and glanced at the bag he was carrying.

"That's how you came?"

Lao Mai understood what he was talking about, and carried the bag in his hand with some stumbling eyes, which contained two pork bones and a small handful of green onions, and most of the lotus roots were exposed to the outside.

Can you imagine that?

The shooting range full of gunsmoke was brightly lit, but Lao Mai stood in front of Guan Luo with pork bones and green onions, Guan Luo snorted and laughed: "You came from the vegetable market?" ”

"Hmm."

"Why didn't you know you would do these things?"

"I didn't know you were going to do these things."

The conversation between the two sounded a little boring, like playing a dumb riddle, but they seemed to know each other.

"What's the matter with calling me?" Lao Mai asked directly.

Guan Luo unhurriedly put the gun in his hand aside, and fished out another one in his hand: "I asked you to test the gun." ”

Lao Mai smiled: "Something new?" ”

"Just arrived last week."

This is normal, the shooting range is approved by the Public Security Bureau, and new guns arrive regularly.

Lao Mai smiled and excused himself: "You know I don't like these things." ”

"Yes, but there is always a first time for everything." Guan Luo walked up to Lao Mai with a gun in his hand and stuffed it directly into Lao Mai's hand.

Old Mai's hand sank in an instant.

This is a real gun, the body of the gun is brand new, and the oil is shiny, and Lao Mai felt that his heart began to tighten for a while.

Guan Luo's face was flat: "Russian-made Baikal MP-161K, 5.6mm caliber, rifle, equipped with domestic sports solid lead bullets. ”

He introduced it very professionally, and added when he was finished: "You weigh it yourself, sink or not?" ”

When he said this, Guan Luo's face was still smooth, but the tips of his eyes were slightly raised, making the little bit of color under his eyes clearer.

Lao Mai's palms began to sweat, carrying pork bones and green onions in one hand, and the pistol weakly in the other, which was really a strange combination, he rushed directly from the vegetable field to the shooting range, holding the vegetable in one hand and the gun in the other.

"What? Speak! Guan Luo forced another sentence, and the color in his eyes became clearer.

Lao Mai couldn't help but shake his lips: "Shen! ”

"It's good to know Shen, this is a real gun, it's loaded with bullets, you try!"

"No need, let me take the book to see a doctor, I can't afford to play with this thing." Lao Mai is also telling the truth, although he has been following Guan Liu, in the early years for Lou Qingxiao to see a doctor, and will also deal with the affairs of the gang, thyme and several other fields are also under his control, but he has not had a place in Jiurongtai for so many years, not because Guan Luo did not give it, but because he didn't want it.

Why not?

"You can't afford to play?" Guan smiled coldly, "Old Mai, do you remember what you said at the beginning?" ”

At that time, the old man was still in power, and Ah Xi had just been born not long ago, but his physical condition was not very good, and all the principals below began to move, and they all wanted to compete for the chair for the main position, but the old man did not express his feelings, but pulled Guan up slightly.

At that time, Guan Luo was not even a principal, at best, he could only be regarded as a small boss who ran errands for Guan Zhaorong, but one day the old man suddenly mobilized the crowd, set up more than a dozen tables of banquets in the General's Mansion, and accepted Guan Luo as a righteous son in front of the entire Jiurong Terrace.

Yizi, it doesn't sound like a lot, and there is no blood relationship, if you recognize one today, you can recognize the second Ming'er, and the old man has said many times in Xingtou before, saying that Ah Jiu likes him and wants to recognize him as a godson, but he just said it, but he didn't expect him to be so serious one day.

At the banquet guests, Guan Luo gave him tea, and he asked Guan Luo to call him "father" in front of everyone, what does this mean?

What's more, at that time, Ah Xi had just been born and was diagnosed with congenital cerebral palsy by the doctor.

The old man has been looking forward to such a son for so many years, but he is a fool at the end, and he accepted Guan Luo as a righteous son, and the meaning of passing on the throne is already obvious.

Overnight, Guan Luo became the target of public criticism.

After all the people came to their senses, they began to deal with him secretly, and the old man suddenly proposed to "wash his hands in the golden basin" at that time, and some unclean business Jiurongtai was not ready to do it anymore, but he threw this matter on Guan Luo's head again.

What was the situation like for Guan Lu at that time?

Originally, those old principals were not convinced by Guan Luo because of the "succession", and now Guan Luo wants to take away the unclean business in their hands, which is a real benefit, just like plucking the hair on the tiger's head, the tiger is naturally angry, not to mention that there was more than one tiger at that time.

The tigers began to gather to stumble on Guan Luo, and some people even secretly found someone to move him, Guan Luo was attacked on his back at that time, but Guan Zhaorong didn't care about this.

He only said one sentence to Guan Luo: "Ah Jiu, whether you succeed or not, it depends on how you rush out of this predicament!" ”

Guan Luo also knew that his road ahead was dangerous, and the back road was blocked.

Although Guan Zhaorong recognized him as a righteous son, he would never defend him, and even on the contrary, he pushed Guan Luo into a dilemma, which can be said to be both an opportunity and a life and death threshold for Guan Luo at that time.

Going back, those he has offended will not let him go, and going forward, those he wants to offend will take his life, so the front and back are dead ends, and he can only grit his teeth and rush out.

But at that time, he was fledgling, and there were few people around him who could be credulous except Ye Tan, so he wanted to pull Lao Mai in, but Lao Mai refused at first, but he couldn't stand Guan Luo's frank begging a few times, and Guan Luo's situation was really difficult at that time, so Lao Mai nodded, but he also had conditions when he nodded.

Now that it has been so many years, Guan Luo suddenly mentioned the events of the year, and Lao Mai Youyou laughed: "Remember, how can you not remember." I said that it was okay for me to enter Jiurongtai, but don't give me a place, and don't let me do anything bloody. ”

Guan Luo agreed at the time, and kept his promise, so many years old Mai still opened his small clinic to help Guan Luo deal with some things in the field, and those people under Jiurong Terrace had to respectfully call him "Brother Mai" when they saw him, but the conscience of heaven and earth, Guan Luo really never let him do anything bloody, so he naturally never took a gun.

But now Guan slightly forced a gun into his hand.

"Okay, now that you remember what you said, grab your gun now, raise it, and shoot it wherever you want!" Guan Luo's eyes were cold when he said this, and the anger in his eyes made Lao Mai shudder.

His hands trembled for a moment and he couldn't hold the gun in his hand, but Guan Luo held his hand and lifted the gun to his forehead.

"There's a bullet in there! We have been brothers for so many years, and I didn't break my promise to you back then, but what about you? You say your hands are not bloody,

Why do you want to abolish the rules yourself now? ”

Lao Mai was a little shaken by Guan Wei's roar, the man in front of him, wearing a tight black vest, his face was cold, and the dark circles under his eyes were boiled out for so many days, but his eyes were getting stronger and stronger.

The two looked at each other for a few seconds, and the white lights above their heads poured down like flowing water, and each saw the other's face clearly.

The breath rose and fell in these few seconds, slowly, and finally a little bit calmed down.

After a long time, Lao Mai spoke first, with a little smile, and those small eyes could gather beams of light under the thick lenses.

He said: "Lao Jiu, that's it, in the end, we still have to turn our faces for women, but you calm down first and put away the gun." ”

Guan didn't move, the gun was already on his forehead.

"I didn't want to turn my face with you, if I wanted to turn my face with you, I wouldn't call you today, this is the last chance, either you shoot at me, or you hand people over!"

Lao Mai didn't feel soft on the soles of his feet after listening to it.

He had actually expected that Guan Luo would notice something sooner or later, after all, the whole thing was not done rigorously, but he didn't expect Guan Luo to choose such an occasion to pick things out.

And at this time, the gun in his hand is on the man's forehead!

Either you shoot me or you hand people over!

Guan Luo only gave him two choices, and Lao Mai suddenly smiled: "If I say I don't understand what you're talking about?" ”

"No, you're not such a fool!"

"But there are always times when people are confused, I will, and so will you!" Lao Mai paused, and then said, "Back then, you died with hatred for Tang Jingcheng and Lou Qingxiao, and now you are forcing a gun on your head for Shen Chunguang, our brotherhood for so many years is not as good as a woman?" Do you dare to say that you are not confused? ”

Guan Luo smiled, his smile was very big, and his eyes were indifferent and cold.

"Don't be confused, now is the time when I am most sober. There are some things I don't want to explain, but hand them over while the blood on your hands is still clean. ”

Lao Mai saw that Guan Luo had made up his mind, so he simply refused: "I really don't know, Shen Chunguang was not kidnapped by me, what use do you say I kidnapped her?" ”

Yes, this is also what Guan Luo couldn't figure out, he didn't know why Lao Mai wanted to get involved, was it just to cover up for Ye Tan?

But what does Ye Tan need to hide?

The evidence found so far in Guan Luo's hand can only prove that Ye Qin must have colluded with Fan Qingyan's gang, but he can't think of why Ye Qin did this?

Is it also driven by profit?

No, according to Guan Liu's understanding of Ye Qin, she should not be a person who has such a desire for financial benefits, let alone betray herself for the sake of interests.

What exactly is the reason? Do you want to use Shen Chunguang as a chess piece?

But the other party's purpose is not important, Guan Luo only wants to find the person first.

"You also saw the yellow coat last night, it was Shen Chunguang's clothes, since you have the courage to find it out and deliberately let me see it, it means that you are sure to win me, okay, then I will give you a chance today, either stop now, or shoot me directly!"

Guan Luo tightened Lao Mai's wrists, and the muzzle of the gun was poked into his forehead by him, and those blade-like eyes were already sharpened.

He was determined to tie his life and death to that woman, and he was so persistent that Lao Mai felt incredible.

"Why are you bothered? Women have it! ”

"Then why do you? Ye Qin, she is worthy of you doing this for her? ”

The two men confronted each other with guns, and they were just for the word "love" at the end.

Old Mai closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Lao Jiu, I don't understand what you're talking about, and I don't know where Shen Chunguang is at all, but I just rushed you to the point of using a gun with me for a woman, to be honest, I'm also very cold, but it doesn't matter, I already understand what you mean, you just suspect that I and Ye Tan colluded to betray you, but I can touch my conscience and say, we didn't, Ye Zi didn't participate in this matter from beginning to end!"

Lao Mai paused halfway through and paused, "You also know that Ye Zi's health has not been very good for a while, when she was in Myanmar, she tossed her stomach and intestines, and she has been taking Chinese medicine at home for this time, but it seems that the effect is not good, I still often feel pantothenic acid in the stomach, and I vomit when I eat, this is not at noon, she called me and said that she wanted to eat pork bone soup, and I had to rush back to stew it for her!" ”

Lao Mai laughed as he spoke, his face was peaceful and peaceful, as if he was chatting about family life, and when he was done, he raised the bag in his hand, which was the ingredients he bought back to stew pork bone soup.

"Put the gun away, I don't like to touch these things, and I know you're bluffing me, there shouldn't be any bullets in it." After Lao Mai finished speaking easily, he tilted the gun in his hand to the side, trying to put it down.

Unexpectedly, the strength on his wrist tightened, and the body of the gun was slightly pinched and moved to the side......

"Bang".

The bullseye on the opposite side was shot through, a puff of white smoke came out of the muzzle, and the smell of burning gunfire filled the snort.

The gun was still in Lao Mai's hand, and his hands trembled so badly that he didn't expect that there were really bullets in it.

"Lao Jiu, are you crazy?"

"Get out!"

"You ......"

"Get out!"

Guan Luo turned to face the shooting path, leaving Lao Mai with a stunning back.

Lao Mai stood for a few seconds with the empty gun in his hand, and finally put the gun down, only pinching the bag in his hand, which contained pork bones and lotus roots to be stewed.

That's where each stands.

One raises a gun, and the other walks in the vegetable market.

He wanted to guard Ye Tan and warm her heart with the carefully boiled soup.

He wants to defend the entire Jiurong Terrace, and he also wants to save the lives of his women.

Who's harder?

"Lao Jiu, take care of yourself." Lao Mai turned to leave with his bag, leaving a string of heavy footsteps in the 400-square-meter shooting range.

Guan Luo waited until the people behind him left, and the field was chillingly empty.

He turned around and looked, the lights were blinding, he took his phone out of his trouser pocket and dialed a number: "Action!" ”