For several days, the Sanjiang Dart Bureau was in a hurry, with people coming and going, like a downtown area. Finally, on this day, the hustle and bustle came to an end, and everything seemed to be calm again.

In the afternoon, the hall of the dart game.

Qiao Lao Dart Head and Fan Zong Dart Head sat on the head, flanked by the brothers and other dart masters.

Mr. Xu sat on the other side, and behind him stood two people, a big man with a big shape and the other a man with picturesque eyebrows.

Mr. Wang was holding a book of accounts and reading there, one stroke at a time, one stroke was very clear, Boss Qiao listened for a while, a little impatient, interrupted Mr. Wang and said: "Mr. Wang, I won't listen to the specific numbers, you tell me directly, how many silver taels have been raised." ”

Mr. Wang flipped through the account book to the end, looked at the numbers on it, and said, "It's 164,000 taels in total." ”

"Why is there only so many, not enough for 200,000 taels?" Boss Joe asked incredulously.

"Yes, this is all the money of the dart board, there is really nothing else, we sold everything we can sell, and now the only thing left is the house of this dart board. Originally, we could have sold at a better price, but we were in a hurry to make money, so many things were priced down so hard that they didn't sell at the price they should have. Mr. Wang smiled bitterly.

"What can I do? It's more than 30,000 yuan away from 200,000, or you sell all the dart bureaus in each county to me, and then make up for it. "Joe Old Avenue.

"Big brother, don't" The faces of the brothers changed when they heard this, and they all stood up and hurriedly stopped.

The dart masters in the back row also exchanged their heads with each other, whispering, and anxious expressions appeared on their faces.

"Qiao Darthead, I know your intentions, forget about selling the dart game, although the money is still a little short, but you also have difficulties, I think this matter is here for this!" Mr. Xu, who was sitting on the side, stood up with a fan and said to Qiao Dart with a smile.

"How can this be, your business is a big deal, and it can't affect you because of the dart game." Old Qiao said hurriedly.

"Hey, let's take one step at a time, it's not easy for you." Mr. Xu sighed.

"Fake benevolence and false righteousness......" Someone muttered at the bottom, the voice was very low, and neither Qiao Lao Dart nor Mr. Xu heard it, but the woman-like person standing behind Mr. Xu had a different face, glanced at the place where the voice came from, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

After the meeting was dispersed, Mr. Xu and Qiao Lao Dart returned to the small courtyard, the two of them drank tea, and talked about some dart things, Qiao Lao Dart said to Mr. Xu apologetically: "I'm really sorry, this money is only raised so much, if there is more time, maybe you can raise a little more, delay Mr. Xu's big event, I'm really sorry." ”

Mr. Xu waved his hand and said: "Don't say it again, you have tried your best, if it was the first two years, the 200,000 taels would have been lost, I didn't care about it at all, but now I urgently need this money for business, so I have to accept it, I can see that the dart board has done its best, so some things, I can only do my best, obey the destiny of God." ”

At this time, the man and the woman took a step forward, saluted Old Darthead Qiao, and said, "Old Darthead, when I was discussing the matter just now, I found that it seems that some people are a little unconvinced by your decision. “

"Qin Yang, don't be rude." Mr. Xu scolded, and said apologetically to Old Qiao: "My guard is not very sensible, don't be surprised." ”

Old Qiao looked at Qin Yang suspiciously, waved his hand at Mr. Xu, and said, "Guard Qin, even if you say it directly, I think I can still control the general trend of this dart game." ”

Qin Yang covered his mouth and smiled, gave a salute to Mr. Xu, flashed to the side, and stopped talking.

Old Qiao took a deep breath, and then slowly exhaled it, as if he was engaged in some fierce ideological struggle.

After a long time, he pondered and said, "Mr. Xu, before you leave, can you please help me do something?" ”

Mr. Xu smiled and said, "But it doesn't hurt to talk about it, as long as you can do it, you should do it." ”

Qiao Lao Dart said: "I feel that the dart game seems to be hiding from me to do something I don't want to see, this time your dart was robbed, it is very strange, I suspect that there is a major problem in the dart game, so I want to ask you to assist me, please investigate the matter clearly." ”

Mr. Xu hesitated: "This is an internal matter of your dart game, as an outsider, it's not good for me to interfere, right?" ”

Qiao Lao shook his hand and said: "I have always said that half of this dart game will always be yours, as long as you are willing to take it, you can take it at any time, so you are not outsiders, the key point is that I can only believe in the dart game now, and I suspect that the others have been bought, so I hope to use your strength to find out about this matter as soon as possible." ”

Hearing this, Mr. Xu nodded and agreed.

Then the two discussed how to operate, and the discussion lasted for more than an hour before it ended.

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In the evening, the game went on another busy day, and everything was calm.

The canteen of the dart board is still crowded with the dart master and handyman who eat, everyone eats a little absent-mindedly, and there is no laughter and laughter every day, through the observation of these days, everyone knows that the dart game has encountered a huge crisis, whether it can be passed or the problem, maybe everyone will soon be covered with a quilt to go home.

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive, with only the sound of chewing and soft whispering.

Mr. Fan generally does not eat in the cafeteria, he has his own house, and every meal is burned at home, but today he doesn't seem to have any appetite, he turned around the canteen with his hands behind his back, looked at everyone, didn't say a word, and went out again.

Suddenly, Qiao Wu appeared in front of him and said to him, "Second brother, eldest brother, please come over." ”

Fan Er nodded, and didn't ask why, so he followed Qiao Wu all the way to Qiao Da's room.

There was only one person in the room, Qiao Da, who was still half-lying on the rattan chair, dangling around gracefully, seeing Fan Er coming in, he opened his eyes, said hello, and then waved his hand to let Qiao Wu out.

Qiao Wu didn't say a word, bowed his head and exited the room, and then closed the door.

There was silence in the room, save for the slight breathing of the two men and the creaking of the rattan chairs as they swayed.

Qiao's swaying chair suddenly stopped, and he said to Fan Er: "Second brother, our brothers have been together for twenty years, right?" ”

Fan Er said: "Twenty-one years, I remember it very clearly, big brother." ”

Qiao Dadao: "Well, it turns out that it's been twenty-one years, it seems that I'm really old, I don't remember a lot of things, and I can actually remember mistakes on this day." ”

Fan Er said with a smile: "Where is the eldest brother, the eldest brother is not old at all, if there is a tiger in front of him now, the eldest brother can also kill it with his bare hands." ”

Qiao Da shook his head and laughed self-deprecatingly: "I'm old, it's not okay to be old, now this brain often feels insufficient, and this ear is getting worse and worse, and I can't hear many things." ”

Fan Er said strangely: "Big brother, there is something wrong with your ears?" Isn't that good? Do you want to see a doctor? ”

Qiao Da waved his hand, restrained his smile, and said to Fan Er: "If I am not dazzled and deaf, how can you have so many secrets that you don't tell me and hide from me?" ”

Fan Er's face changed, and he said with a forced smile: "Where did the eldest brother say it, what do we have to hide from you, this dart game is yours, I just take care of it for me, how dare I hide it from you." ”

Qiao Da stared at Fan Er's eyes intently, and said word by word: "You really don't have anything to hide from me?" ”

Fan Er was silent, his heart struggled for a while, and his face was constantly changing colors, Qiao Da stared at Fan Er's face, and his heart couldn't help sinking.

After thinking for a while, Fan Ercai said dryly: "Big brother, we do have something to hide from you, but this is also for the good of the dart game, and I personally have no selfish intentions." ”

Qiao Da smiled: "For the dart game, this is a good thing to say, and it seems very righteous, but I don't know if it's for your dart game or my dart game?" ”

Fan Er changed color and said: "This dart game is the eldest brother's, I haven't forgotten it at any time." ”

Qiao said sharply: "Then you are still doing this behind my back, don't you know that what I have always hated the most is the betrayal of my brother?" ”

Fan Er's heart jumped, Qiao Da actually used the words "hate" and "betrayal", he originally thought that the eldest brother would oppose and be angry at most, but now he actually used the words hatred and betrayal, it seems that the eldest brother is really angry enough, Fan Er couldn't help but say bitterly: "Since I did this, I have been afraid of the day you know, I know that you will definitely be angry, and you will definitely not forgive me, this matter has nothing to do with other people, blame me." ”

Qiao Da suddenly laughed, and said to Fan Er kindly: "You don't have to bear it alone, I know that the fourth child is also involved, isn't it?" Did the third child participate? And the sixth child, you tell me, it has not been easy for our brothers for decades, don't be ruined by this incident. ”

Fan Er shook his head weakly, his eyes were a little bitter, but he still said resolutely: "Big brother, this matter has nothing to do with them, it's all my fault, you can blame me." ”

Qiao Dahehe sneered: "You bear it alone? Don't you regret it? ”

Fan Er shook his head and said, "I don't regret it." ”

Qiao Da slapped the table: "Okay, since you admit it, then don't blame me Boss Qiao." After saying that, he clapped his hands.

Hearing only a slight "plop" sound, Fan Er's body suddenly stiffened, looked at Qiao Da in disbelief, and then looked down at his chest, there was nothing there, just above the back of his heart, a needle as thin as a cow's hair was inserted, and the needle was glowing with blue light and shining with delicate colors.

Qin Yang twisted his waist and walked out of the shadows.

Fan Er didn't expect that the eldest brother would do this for this matter, he wanted to explain, but his whole body was as stiff as iron, and even his tongue seemed to be frozen, his heart was desolate, he worked hard for this dart game, worked hard, and made countless efforts for the sake of the brothers, but in the end, he died in the hands of the eldest brother.

He thought that as long as he explained things clearly to the eldest brother, although the eldest brother would be angry, he would definitely understand him, at most scold him, and even drive him out of the dart game, Fan Er had made these preparations, he did not regret it, everything he did was for the dart game, for the brothers, but why did things go wrong, and the eldest brother actually wanted to kill himself.

I think that back then, when I was friends with my eldest brother, I once said to Cangtian: "I don't want to be born in the same year and month, but I want to die in the same year and month." He used to regard his eldest brother as the most important person in his life, even surpassing his wife and family, but now, he actually died at his hands.

Everything seemed like a joke.

Fan Darttou wants to laugh, this life is really a ridiculous joke.

But he sadly found that he had lost even the ability to laugh, and he could not command a single muscle in his face, and then he was plunged into darkness before his eyes.

It didn't hurt at all, it didn't feel at all.

In fact, death is not so terrible.