Chapter Twenty-Three: The Man with a Thousand Faces: "Do you think this must be done?" ”

"Yes," Du Yifu replied softly in the face of the inquiry on the other end of the phone: "A spark can start a prairie fire, but before it turns into anger and rags, it must be adequately protected, otherwise, a gust of wind may blow and it may be completely extinguished." ”

The other party suddenly asked, "How is that kid?" ”

"I'm too young and I need to go through it. But in time, there is no limit. Speaking of this, Du Yifu paused and said: "A person like him can only be a friend, and must not be an enemy." My advice is that if we are ultimately unable to accept his request, we must strike at him before he really grows up and becomes our frontal enemy. ”

The person on the other end of the phone was silent, he knew Du Yifu's vision, and he also knew that Du Yifu had always been arrogant, and he was even more strict with the younger generation, rarely praising him. He really didn't expect that Du Yifu would give such a high evaluation to the young man named Lei Zhen.

"Tell me about your most intuitive feelings about him."

"He's like a lone wolf, a wolf who has been in battle." Du Yifu pondered: "In his body, he is far beyond his age to be calm, good at fighting, cruel, and has received training far beyond the imagination of normal people from Xie Jinyuan, it is not an exaggeration to say that he is a professional killing machine." I have every reason to believe that if I had made the slightest rash move yesterday, he would have killed me in one fell swoop without hesitation, and then I would have gone on to find a second target to work with. ”

There is a proverb in the rivers and lakes that says well, hit someone with a punch to prevent someone from kicking, how could Xie Jinyuan's apprentice put himself on the board and let others fish for meat?!

In order to show his "harmless" kindness, Lei Zhen did not carry any firearms, and when talking to him, he even kept his hands flat on Du Yifu's desk, but ...... Du Yifu, who has experienced a hundred battles with his father-in-law and is accustomed to the ups and downs of the rivers and lakes, clearly knows that the reason why Lei Zhen put his hand in that position is because Lei Zhen only needs a finger hook to put a Du Yifu on the desk, and the pen that has twisted the cap of the pen is pinched in his hand.

When Du Yifu put a pistol on Lei Zhen's head, he didn't have a feeling of victory in his heart, because he clearly saw from the corner of his eye that Lei Zhen's hand also moved two centimeters to the pen! In other words, once Lei Zhen decides that he can really shoot, he will grab the pen like lightning before he pulls the trigger, and then put one together and die!

The acting head of the Green Gang was stabbed to death with a pen in his own hall, thinking about such news headlines, Du Yifu had to shake his head and smile bitterly. He accentuated his tone and said, "I saw the dual characteristics of a hero and a hero in that thunder shock's body at the same time!" ”

There was silence on the other end of the line. A figure like him, who has been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and finally laid down a great river and mountain, and is firmly the leader of the Chinese gangs, naturally has a pair of discerning eyes. After a long time, the person on the other end of the phone said in a deep voice: "As a superior person, you must see the situation in power clearly, no matter what the situation, maintain an absolutely calm mind, judge the situation, and make the most favorable judgment." ”

Du Yifu was listening carefully, he knew that the person on the other end of the phone, once he made the final instruction after careful consideration, it was an order that could never be changed, this is the most terrifying survival wisdom of a leading boss in the rivers and lakes, the most abundant life experience and experience!

"It is a fact that cannot be ignored that we are now strong and the national government is weak, and this situation will continue for quite some time. Therefore, the Qing Gang must not clash with the minions of the intelligence agency, and if it does so, it will be tantamount to teaching the truth and giving the military sufficient reasons to support the Black Dragon Society to carry out a large-scale purge of tens of thousands of our gangs in Shanghai. Not being able to defeat the enemy, this is the bottom limit that we must not cross before making a decision! ”

Du Yifu was nodding, which was also what he was most worried about.

"Lei Zhen, we must not touch it," the person on the other end of the phone said earnestly: "Yifu, don't forget, Qin Yu has been kneeling in front of Grandpa Yue Fei's tomb now, being scolded by thousands of people, and spitting on thousands of people!" Although Lei Zhen is still just a little person who has not yet emerged, but he can learn from Grandpa Yue Fei to serve the country loyally, and I, Du Yuesheng, must not be Qin Yu and do this kind of business with a knife in the back! ”

"And ......" Speaking of this, Du Yuesheng on the other end of the phone stretched out his voice and said, "Yifu, you kid was brought up by me, I don't know what little Jiujiu you hit in your heart?" You like that kid Lei Zhen, you want to help him, support him, and want to contribute more to the country, this is a good thing, you can say it openly, why do you want to play this kind of trick with me that you don't support him, and you have to kill him? Didn't you drive ducks to the shelves and force me with a knife to play with you this old bone? If I really shake my old face and want you to kill Lei Zhen directly, what will you do? Do you carry out my orders, or do you not hesitate to abandon your ancestors to protect that kid and raise a future enemy for our Green Gang?! ”

Du Yifu kept wiping the sweat on his forehead, and said again and again: "Don't dare, don't dare, don't dare, don't dare!" ”

Du Yifu really didn't dare, he clearly knew that his father-in-law Du Yuesheng had the potential, Du Yuesheng could hold himself to the position of one person above and one person below the ten thousand people, as long as he turned his face, he could let himself fall from the top of his life into the eighteenth layer of hell!

"As long as you put the country's righteousness first, even if you really do something, even if I, the father-in-law, want to punish you, my heart will be happy."

Du Yuesheng said to this day, when he really knocked with a big stick and then stuffed a red date into other people's mouths, Enwei and this set of play perfectly, after knocking on Du Yifu and reminding Du Yifu to abide by his duty, Du Yuesheng said gently: "As long as Yifu can firmly remember the four words for the country and the people, and implement it to the entire Qinggang, even if I Du Yuesheng returns to the west, I can rest assured that I can close these old eyes on that day." ”

"We must help with this favor; But on my side, we must not send out core members to confront them! ”

Hearing Du Yuesheng's contradictory final summary, Du Yifu couldn't help frowning, saying that the agents trained by this intelligence agency are definitely the elite of the elite, if they only go out to those peripheral personnel of the Qing Gang, wouldn't they let those disciples die in vain? And this kind of thing can't be deceived at all, it can't help Lei Zhen achieve the mission, what's the point of their support?!

At this time, Du Yuesheng could already imagine the sad face of his righteous son, and he smiled: "I have the right candidate, but to put it bluntly, it is all a group of thorns who have to shake their heads and smile bitterly when they see Du Yuesheng, and they are all extraordinary, after the fall of Shanghai, they are unwilling to leave their homeland to accompany me, an old man, to Hong Kong, and I can't force it." Don't look at their reluctance to cooperate with me, now they are living in seclusion, as if they have become immortals, but once they stretch their hands and feet, they have considerable energy, and their disciples are even more capable. ”

Du Yifu's eyes widened violently, and after a long time, he nodded again and again, and said sincerely: "Father-in-law is father-in-law, high, high, really high!" ”

The potential of a big gang like the Green Gang, which has a history of several hundred years, has deep roots in the market, and is inextricably linked with those in power, can no longer be measured by simple numbers. Those who were once prominent in the Green Gang, made great contributions, and finally got tired of the grievances and endless vendettas, and finally got the permission of the head of the gang to wash their hands, but also became the side of the Green Gang, although they usually do not participate in the actions of the Green Gang, but once the gang encounters an existential crisis, these side members will still spontaneously and consciously gather together to desperately protect the gang.

But in normal times, if you want to mobilize these side members who can receive dividends every year without having to make peace, unless it is the head of the company, Du Yuesheng, who personally comes forward to persuade him, it is ...... The stone lion farts, no way!

Lei Zhen took the greeting stickers given to him by Du Yifu, and visited these veterans of the Green Gang who followed Du Yuesheng in the early years to fight the world, and were called the "Thirteen Taibao" by the major gangs in Shanghai, and finally retired collectively. These veterans of the Green Gang don't even pay attention to Du Yifu, how can they pay attention to a little-known yellow-haired boy like Lei Zhen? was able to meet Lei Zhen for the first time, which was already enough face for the boss of the Green Gang.

"Are you Chinese?"

When Lei Zhen visited the first veteran of the Green Gang, he was straight to the point. In the face of such an abrupt inquiry, the veteran of the Green Gang, who was pampered and well-behaved, really didn't know a few big characters, and his anger did not diminish with age, rolled his eyes, put on a disdainful posture, and then said: "Serve tea!" ”

According to Chinese etiquette, when the host says the phrase "serve tea", it is tantamount to issuing an order to expel guests.

But Lei Zhen doesn't understand, he was originally a child who grew up in a mountain village, and lived alone in the mountains for three years, lived in the bandits' den for a year, and was chased behind his ass and beaten for half a year, and finally entered Shanghai, and lived in a lonely military camp for a few years, what opportunity does he have to contact this so-called upper class, and what chance does he have to taste the elegance of this "upper-class" society?!

Hearing that the old man on the opposite side politely let himself serve tea, Lei Zhen swept his eyes and saw that there was only one tea cup on the table of the Eight Immortals beside the old man, and it was the old man who pretended to be in a posture just now, took it up with the lid on the tea bowl, swept away the tea leaves on the surface of the tea, and drank a sip.

However, Lei Zhen has eaten raw meat, drunk the blood of sparrows, and when he was a teenager, he was so hungry that even an adult black bear dared to challenge, and what was the great deal about drinking a bowl of tea that others had drunk?

Lei Zhen strode over, under the watchful gaze of the old man, he picked up the old man for his own use, usually the family can not easily touch it, it is said to be an antique tea cup produced in the Song Dynasty, and the neck is tilted to drink the things that the ghost knows what kind of tea leaves, what water, and what kind of tea ceremony kung fu is cooked.

"Thank you!"

After saying this, Lei Zhen tasted the elegant fragrance remaining in his mouth, and he said quietly: "It tastes good!" ”

Looking at the empty bowl where even the tea leaves were drunk by Lei Zhen in one gulp, the old lady rolled his eyes again, this bastard kid in front of him didn't know how to respect his elders so much, he was so bullish, so tyrannical, so Zhu Bajie ate ginseng fruit, and finally dared to fucking say a word...... Tastes good?!

Seeing that this old lady had no intention of inviting him to sit on the chair of the Eight Immortals beside him, Lei Zhen simply crossed his knees and sat in front of the old lady in a big way.

Looking up and down at this guy who was too different, a smile was secretly raised from the corner of the old lady's mouth. It doesn't matter if Lei Zhen is rude and unliterate, whether he knows how to respect his elders, or whether he is fearless, no matter what, he just thinks that Lei Zhen is the right person, and he really looks like him when he was young!

No one knows what Lei Zhen talked about with this old lady in the secret room in the end, anyway, in the end, he sat on the Eight Immortals chair opposite the old lady, and even got a precious name from the old lady's hands.

When visiting the second old lady, Lei Zhen was neatly dressed, bought enough gifts, and after seeing the old lady herself, he was even more respectful, respectful and sincere. When the two of them started talking, following the knowledge that Xie Jinyuan had studied hard, and the experience of going south and north, Lei Zhen had already said something although he was young. And his insight and vision gradually won the recognition of the old man in front of him, when he talked about the current situation, talked about this battle between China and China, even the old lady had to listen attentively.

With this vision and cognition, just because Lei Zhen is Xie Jinyuan's apprentice, and because Lei Zhen won the favor of the second old man, Lei Zhen also got a name from the second old man.

Aside from accompanying Du Yuesheng to the rivers and lakes and being hacked to death by a knife, and leaving aside those who became ill due to injuries and finally died of illness in bed, Lei Zhen visited nine veterans of the Youth Gang in nine days. Every time he visits, he will use a different attitude, he will play a different image, and he will win the approval of those old ladies as soon as they meet.

"It's really worthy of Xie Jinyuan's apprentice, he is young, but he already has such a terrible scheming!"

Looking at the information sent by his subordinates, Du Yifu sighed lightly: "These nine elders are above the top, but they can be persuaded by a little-known junior like Lei Zhen, because Lei Zhen investigated the information of all of them in advance, and shaped himself into what they looked like when they were young. In the face of Lei Zhen, who was a copy of his youth, plus he was Xie Jinyuan's apprentice, he pressed such a big hat of national righteousness on his head, and he had the worship of his father-in-law, under the three-pronged approach, they couldn't help if they wanted to. ”

Speaking of this, Du Yifu realized something, and he couldn't help blurting out a dirty word: "Fuck! ”

That day, Lei Zhen broke into his seat in the middle of the night, first deliberately hid in a dark corner to exert psychological pressure on him, and then put on a desperate posture of Saburo, and confronted him without giving an inch, and finally won his favor, isn't it also imitating what he looked like twenty years ago?! If at that time, Lei Zhen was also like facing the second master, full of mouth, with a respectful and respectful look, he Du Yifu was in a high position, and he was used to seeing such a pretending to be a Sven character, so he would have kicked Lei Zhen out with a fucking kick, plus two shots!

When Du Yifu's eyes finally fell on the list attached to this information, Du Yifu's face first raised surprise, and finally turned into a dumb smile, he looked at the nine names on the list, and laughed in a low voice: "Jiang is still old and spicy, he really deserves to be an old-timer who traveled the rivers and lakes with his father-in-law, it turns out that everyone has such an abacus, Yifu admires!" ”

These nine old-timers who can be called a thorn in the head by their father-in-law Du Yuesheng are all like stones in the toilet, they are smelly, hard and unique, and they can really be called strange, without a thousand changing faces like Lei Zhen, if he Du Yifu did not face the major event of the life and death of the Green Gang, if it was not for the New Year's festival and the etiquette, he would never dare to visit and ask for himself.

But, may I ask, what kind of character is it that can be regarded as a thorn in the head by these old-timers and has a headache when they look at it?! Their ancestors are called the Thirteen Taibao, so it is not an exaggeration to call these nine geniuses the nine thorns, right?!

"Lei Zhen," flicking the list in his hand that really made him a little crying and laughing, Du Yifu said in a low voice: "People, our Youth Gang is for you, and they are all elites with good strength, but you can do it yourself!" ”

…… Lei Zhenhu looked at the stone mountain in front of him suspiciously, I don't know how many workers are fighting with this mountain full of stones with hammers and steel drills, using their loud trumpets and sweaty bodies to peel off pieces of skin from this hard world, and send them into Shanghai in a steady stream, making that international metropolis beautiful.

Lei Zhen looked at the letter that Mrs. Zhao gave him again, that's right, this is it. But...... How could the grandson of Old Lady Zhao not run to such a stone mountain and work as a coolie for his family as a cow and horse, or as an overseer with a leather whip in his hand?

As soon as Lei Zhen wanted to reach out and grab the workers passing by him to ask him, he suddenly saw a man who looked like a foreman, holding his head with both hands, and shouting hoarsely as he ran: "Everyone run, the eldest young master is going to blow up the mountain again!" ”

(To be continued)