Chapter 8: The Declining Profession

Back in the room, he sat on the edge of his bed, looking out the window at the building and pondering, his mind was so confused that he even hoped that a sniper would appear on the opposite building and shoot him in the head, so that everything could be solved.

But that couldn't be, just like he had to deal with Zheng Cangqiong tomorrow night.

In the next room, Qian Xiuye made tea for Fan Meng with his own hands, and after handing the cup to his second apprentice, he said, "Do you have any questions to ask." ”

Fan Meng took a sip of tea and asked in a low voice, "Master, do you suspect that Modui Bridge has been bought by Zheng Cangqiong?" ”

"It shouldn't be called bribery, it's assimilation." Qian Xiuye shook his head and said, "Zheng Cangqiong will not buy anyone, in good conscience, he is a very good person, and he is the best chaser among the people I have ever met, but unfortunately, he is not willing to cooperate with me, so he is my biggest enemy." ”

Fan Meng looked at Qian Xiuye's hands that were busy in the sea of tea: "Is the Modui Bridge assimilated?" ”

"Maybe." Qian Xiuye picked up the teacup and looked at Fan Meng, "That's why I asked you to keep an eye on him." ”

Fan Meng nodded: "Understood, Master, it is rumored outside that Zheng Cangqiong has taken out a reward of 10 million US dollars, and the Guo family has also taken out a bounty of 3 million, such a large amount, even those gangsters in society are ready to move, if we live here again, I am afraid that our whereabouts will be revealed, right?" ”

Qian Xiuye poured out the remaining tea in the teacup unhurriedly: "Don't worry, unless you send out the army, otherwise, it is not so simple to find me and take me down, the people of the tarsier are all professional killers who have experienced a hundred battles." ”

Fan Meng hesitated for a moment and looked at the box next to him: "Master, why don't you ask the secret of the Helian family in Modui Bridge?" ”

Qian Xiuye said: "Don't worry, wait until Zheng Cangqiong is dead, I also have to confirm his loyalty, if you can't be sure of this, the secret that Mo Duqiao said must be a trap, come, please tea." ”

When Fan Meng picked up the cup, in the hidden underground cave in this city, Fan Junyi also retold the news he had found out in detail to He Chenxue, who was sitting there flipping through the book.

"I'm not interested in other things, I don't care what the purpose of Qian Xiu's business is, and no matter how big the reward is to find him, I just want to know the whereabouts of Fan Meng." He Chenxue closed the book and said coldly, "Fan Junyi, have you forgotten what your duty is?" Then I will remind you again, I want you to find your son, and then bring your son to me with his own hands, if you don't want to, you can turn around and leave now, I won't embarrass you! ”

Fan Junyi bowed his head and stood to the side, nodding slightly.

He Chenxue got up and said coldly, "Answer me." ”

Fan Jun endured it and raised his eyes to look at He Chenxue: "First worker, I understand." ”

He Chenxue said again: "Don't let me remind you again, I'm already annoyed, go find someone else, make up a sum of money, and we will also offer a reward." ”

Fan Jun was stunned one by one: "Offer a reward to find Fan Meng?" ”

He Chenxue squinted at him: "No, it's the accurate news of the bounty Qian Xiuye and the others, I can't lose them this time, I don't want to take Fan Meng's life in this city, it will tarnish the good memories of me and my sister." ”

……

In Dongyang, Zhejiang, Xingshu, Lian Jiuqi and Ma Fei stood outside Songyunju, looking at the antique plaque, and the women in the house who were eating melon seeds kept greeting them in non-standard Mandarin.

The woman grabbed a handful of melon seeds, walked to the door, and asked with a smile, "Three, look at the wood carvings?" You're the crew, huh? Come in and see, come in and see, our Songyunju wood carving is very famous in Dongyang, many other people's homes are made of machines, most of our homes are hand-carved, you know, the machine is made, there is no value. ”

None of the torturers, Ma Fei, and Lian Jiuqi walked in, and the torture techniques asked in a low voice: "Eldest sister, may I ask if the boss here is Liu Songyun?" ”

As soon as the woman heard the words "Liu Songyun", her face immediately sank, and she threw the melon seeds that had not yet been eaten directly into the trash, turned around and walked to the cash register, and sat there and watched the TV series on the notebook, when the three people did not exist at all.

Torturer glanced at the two beside him and motioned for them to wait a moment, while he walked straight to the cash register and repeated the previous question.

The woman glanced at the torture technique: "Our family has no money, only these wood carvings, you can take whatever you want." ”

Hearing this, the torturer understood something, and explained: "Eldest sister, you misunderstood, we are not here to find trouble, but only to find Mr. Liu Songyun Liu, we are his friends. ”

The woman finally raised her eyes to look at the torture technique, walked out of the counter, looked him up and down seriously, and asked, "What friend?" ”

"Peer." Xingshu smiled, "You tell him what you said, saying that the apprentice of the Heavenly Dynasty has come to him, and he will understand." ”

The woman sneered: "Heavenly Dynasty Feng? What about the king of Hades, what kind of messy stuff, filming a TV series? With a nickname, let me tell you, Liu Songyun has half a life left, whether you are here to ask for money, or to do something, don't look for me, don't look for this shop, this shop was opened by my father when my father invested money to open it, and I am about to divorce him, what has nothing to do with me, if you want to find him, go into the backyard, after entering the backyard, go through the alley on the right, and then go inside There is a tiled house, and he is there. ”

After the woman finished speaking, she continued to watch the TV series.

Xingshu turned around and glanced at Ma Fei and Lian Jiuqi, motioned for the two to come in, and thanked the woman again, but the woman just gave an indifferent "um".

The three of them went into the backyard as the woman said, found the alley, and after passing through the alley, they saw a dilapidated house, which looked no different from a dilapidated house, and the door was still ajar.

Torture raised his hand and knocked on the door: "Mr. Songyun? I am the apprentice of the Heavenly Empire, and we have come to you to discuss important matters. ”

There was a coughing sound in the house, and after a violent cough, I heard the person inside reply: "Come in." ”

The torture technique pushed open the door, and the moment the door was opened, a foul smell came to the room, and the three of them subconsciously took a step back, covering their noses and not daring to go in again.

The torture technique opened the door, and after letting go of the smell, he took a deep breath, calmed down, and then walked in. Lian Jiuqi and Ma Fei stayed at the door and waited.

After the torture technique entered the room, I saw Liu Songyun sitting on it, covered with a dirty bed, and exuding a strange smell of quilt, Liu Songyun's whole person was like a skeleton, if he didn't move or speak, no one would doubt that he was a dry corpse.

"Mr. Songyun, hello, I am a disciple of Zheng Cangqiong in the Heavenly Empire." Torture stood at the end of the bed and respectfully introduced himself, "We took the liberty of coming to you for your safety, someone is trying to kill the remaining cargo chasers, and you are one of the targets. ”

Liu Songyun smiled, smiled and began to cough, and said for a long time: "I can live for a few days, I don't know myself, you really have a heart, thank you." ”

Xingshu frowned and said, "Sir, what's wrong with you?" What disease do you have? ”

"Heart disease, accumulated over time, becomes a terminal illness." Liu Songyun looked at the window pasted with newspapers, as if he was looking forward to the outside world, "Torture, can you do me a favor?" There's a folded wheelchair over there, and you push me out and go outside and watch the sun. ”

The torture technique immediately took the wheelchair, supported the skinny Liu Songyun to sit in the wheelchair, pushed it to the door, and with the help of Ma Fei and Lian Jiuqi, carried the wheelchair to the middle of the small courtyard.

Liu Songyun covered his eyes with his arm, and it took a long time to get used to it before he put it down, looking at the sky with half-squinted eyes, with an indescribable smile, like a prisoner who had been imprisoned for decades and finally saw the light of day.

"I know, you are here for Qimen, the chaser is looking for the chaser, except for Qimen, that is the transaction of exchanging goods, by the way, have you seen my wife? Did you tell her that you were a chaser? Probably not, if you told her, she would have chased you out with a broom. Liu Songyun began to laugh after speaking, and after laughing, he began to cough, and Ma Fei handed over the water.

Liu Songyun took the bottle, took two sips, took a few breaths, and asked, "Why did someone want to kill me?" ”

The torture technique briefly said the matter, Liu Songyun listened calmly, not surprised or displeased, until the torture technique was finished, he said: "After so many years, someone is finally going to find Qimen, but unfortunately, I can't see it." ”

Lian Jiuqi raised his hand to look at his watch beside him, and Ma Fei asked, "Sir, how did you become like this?" ”

"Retribution." Liu Songyun replied simply, "My wife is treating me like this now, it's completely retribution, I should have this kind of retribution, if you don't want to be like me, then stop it, don't look for any strange doors, it's meaningless." ”

Liu Songyun's answer surprised both the criminal technique and even Jiuqi, this was the first cargo chaser they had met over the years who was not interested in Qimen, to be precise, it was a down-and-out and dying chaser of the cargo.

"Why?" He was very curious, even though he knew that Qimen might be a trap, but he still wanted to know why Liu Songyun could see through all this without knowing anything.

Liu Songyun looked up at the sky: "I used to be like you, full of energy, sparing no effort to find Qimen, and even by any means, as long as there is news of Qimen, no matter how far away I will go, but every time I stop to rest, I feel so tired, and repeatedly ask myself why I did that?" What's the point of doing that? Finally, I was tired, and I decided to go back to my hometown, make a deal, marry a wife, have children, and quit the ......"

Before Liu Songyun wanted to get married, many old friends persuaded him to either wash his hands with gold plates, or get married, because when he was a cargo chaser, he had to choose one of the two, and he couldn't take care of both ends at all.

At that time, Liu Songyun was still young, and he felt that he was going to be the world's first cargo chaser who took care of his career and family, regardless of the dissuasion of others, he married his wife and had children, and the first year was fine, but in the second year, Liu Songyun gradually felt tired, he was tired of buying and selling goods every day, sitting there watching TV series, and coaxing the child's life.

He began to find excuses to go out, one trip after another, again and again, at first his wife still understood him, but after a while, his frequent departure made his wife suspicious, became extremely short-tempered, and ran back to her parents' house with the child in her arms many times.

Liu Songyun smiled bitterly: "I thought that I was an extraordinary person, and there would never be something that could happen to me that only ordinary men could encounter, I didn't think about it so much at that time, but in my heart, I knew that I regretted it, I regretted getting married and having children, I began to run away, I began not to go home, and my wife's resentment towards me became bigger and bigger, until that day, disaster finally came......"

On that stormy night five years ago, Liu Songyun took two helpers and dived down to Hangzhou's West Lake in the middle of the night, trying to find the missing century-old flower boat.

It's a pity that the news is wrong, Liu Songyun didn't find anything, and his two assistants also died because they were stuck in the cracks of the wreck, so he could only return to the car on the shore alone, and when he returned to the car, he saw countless missed calls, and only when he went back did he know that his son was hospitalized because of a serious illness.

Liu Songyun immediately drove back to Dongyang, but thought that because of fatigue driving, he had a car accident on the highway, although he saved his life, but his son also lost his hearing because of illness, and he was paralyzed in the lower half of his body and became a waste.

After Liu Songyun finished speaking, he sighed: "In the beginning of the year, I sighed every day, complaining about God's injustice, but when I saw my son, I knew that it was not God's injustice, it was retribution, retribution for me, and I finally knew that the biggest enemy of the cargo chaser was the desire in my heart." ”

Liu Songyun pointed to his chest: "Torture, Qian Xiuye uses desire, think about it, as long as the chasers are no longer interested in Qimen, do you think he will succeed?" Not at all, so why do you have to find Qimen? If you have chosen to be a cargo chaser, why do you want to marry and have children? Everyone knows that this profession can't die well, and there is no qualification to have children and grandchildren! ”

Liu Songyun's words pierced Lian Jiuqi's heart like a sharp blade, although he is still standing here, but in essence there is no difference from the paralyzed Liu Songyun, although his son's torture seems to be healthy, but without the love of his parents, he grew up in a mental hospital, where will he be healthy?

"So, stop it." Liu Songyun looked at the torture technique, "If you don't stop, you don't want to be with this young lady, sooner or later your romance will become a tragedy." ”

Ma Fei was stunned for a moment, and wanted to ask Liu Songyun why he could know about him and torture, but Liu Songyun took the lead in explaining: "When the two of you look at each other, the things in your eyes are different, it's not difficult to guess. ”

The torturer didn't know what to say, and Ma Fei and Lian Jiuqi just remained silent.

Liu Songyun looked up at the sky again: "You guys go, don't worry about me, I hope someone will kill me now, so it's a hundred, let's go, let's go, don't let me see you again." ”

Torture bowed slightly: "Mr. Songyun, you have to take care of your body, goodbye." ”

Xingshu and Ma Fei left, and Lian Jiuqi stood there and watched Liu Songyun for a while before leaving.

When the three of them walked back to the store, they happened to meet Liu Songyun's wife walking into the yard, and soon the three of them listened to the scolding sound coming from the courtyard inside, as well as Liu Songyun's seemingly cheerful laughter.

Lian Jiuqi stopped there and stood for a long time before he said: "He can still be scolded by his wife, he is so lucky." ”

The torture technique didn't say anything, just took Ma Fei's hand and walked away quickly.

Back on the street, the torture went faster and faster, and Ma Fei took his hand, pulled him to a halt, and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Torture shook his head and smiled reluctantly: "Not much." ”

Ma Fei comforted him: "No matter what, at least we know that Liu Songyun will not be involved in this matter, and he is also safe." ”

Torture shook his head: "I feel a little stressed. ”

"Why?" Maffei asked, puzzled.

Lian Jiuqi stepped forward and said: "He thinks that the profession of cargo chaser is about to disappear from history, he sees Liu Songyun's appearance, he is very conflicted, he doesn't know whether he should continue after solving the matter of Qimen, or should he really withdraw from the rivers and lakes and live an ordinary life with you." ”

The torture didn't deny it, just looked at Ma Fei.

Ma Fei looked at the torture technique and said, "I respect your decision, and the husband and wife will follow." ”

Lian Jiuqi said lightly: "Let's go, we still have to go to Chongqing, the next plane will take off in three hours, and we still have to go to Yiwu Airport." ”

Arriving at the airport, changing the boarding pass, going through the security check, boarding, taking off the plane, and arriving at Chongqing Airport During the whole process, the torture was silent, and when he got off the plane, he was even a little afraid of seeing the chaser named Ye Xuantong who also opened a hot pot restaurant, he didn't know what story would happen to Ye Xuantong this time, and this story would not change his mind again.

"Torture, it's here." Ma Fei said to the torture technique that was in a daze.

When he came back to his senses, he found that the taxi had stopped, and through the window, he could see the luxuriously decorated hot pot restaurant, because it was a restaurant, the hot pot restaurant was full of people, and there were dozens of people queuing up outside the door.

Maffei paid for the taxi, and the taxi slowly departed through the crowded streets. The three of them stood at the door, trying to ask the waiter at the door about Ye Xuantong, but every time they asked, the waiter just shook his head and said: "There is no such person, our boss is surnamed Ye, but his name is not Ye Xuantong, and he is not here now." ”

When Xingshu was about to ask again, he was squeezed out by the person next to him, and he had to squeeze in again and ask, "Then do you have his phone number?" ”

The waitress didn't care about the torture, but kept asking about the situation on the intercom to see if any of the guests had finished eating, so she could let the next table of guests in.

Ma Fei stood there and looked at it in surprise: "A hot pot restaurant can be so popular?" ”

Even Jiuqi was a little skeptical: "Could it be that you are in the wrong place?" ”

Xingshu walked out and looked around, but found a very inconspicuous "financial company" opposite the hot pot restaurant, which is commonly known as a microfinance company, he pointed there and said, "Found it, it must be there, let's go." ”