For the city of Zhongdu, there are two times of the day when they are the busiest and busiest. The first time was at seven o'clock in the morning. At this time, the vast majority of people went out to work, and hundreds of thousands of people poured into the streets during this time. The second time was at eight o'clock in the evening. At this time, the vast majority of people once again poured into the streets, just to go home.

Although the emperor did not like people wasting their time on entertainment, he could not erase the "desire" in human nature. As a result, he had to make a considerable compromise – allowing alcohol to be sold in shops and allowing a small number of entertainment venues to continue to exist.

The "Big Fish Bar" at the end of 11th Avenue is such an "entertainment venue". It's 8:29 p.m., and it's the busiest time of the day. However, this bar is not a private property, but a government trusteeship. From janitors to bartenders, they are considered "public servants", and they are tasked with gathering intelligence in addition to the basic duties of running a bar. Everyone knows this, but people who are tormented by intense work can't resist the temptation to get drunk, so it's still full of people.

Li Haofan pushed open the door of the bar at this time. The doorman at the door only glanced at him, and then quickly turned his gaze elsewhere. Who told him to have a bland face? It really doesn't look like a big deal.

There was a cacophony of voices from inside the door. The smell of sweat and alcoholic beverages flooded in, and he couldn't help frowning slightly. The bar seems to have become what the venue originally looked like - a more appropriate "pub".

He pushed two or three people away and carved a passage for himself through the crowd. A few words of scolding were drawn. Then he walked over to the bar and slapped a crumpled bill on it, saying in that heart-wrenching but helpless voice, "A bottle of beer." ”

The young hostess, with a straight face and a slow movement like a turtle, let her gaze slip nonchalantly over him and draw conclusions. This is a hapless guy who can't afford to spend money and can't quit his addiction to alcohol - it's as if every building around him owes him a million, and he can't get back home after drinking here and have a fight.

The waitress paused a bottle of wine on the bar, shrank it back, and continued to look at the people in the room lifelessly. After a few glances, he felt that he could not get anything of value from them at all, so he lowered his head again and continued to read the novel in his hand.

Li Haofan flexed his thumb and opened the cap. He looked around to find the trash can, but it dawned on him when he noticed that the ground was already covered with all kinds of garbage. Throw the cap on the floor. He took a sip of his wine. Leave the bar and squeeze into the depths of the crowd. But after going around in circles, reaping a few curses, and a few fists that he didn't know where to open the road, he found nothing.

He returned to the bar, intending to ask the waitress about someone. At this time, someone called out to him at a small table next to the bar. Li Haofan looked over with the wine bottle and found An Ruohong sitting there. He had a cigarette between his fingers. A few bottles of wine and two fruit bowls were placed on the table. There are also two chairs on one side of the small table. But there was no one in the crowded bar. seems to know that An Ruohong is a great person.

Li Haofan was slightly stunned, then walked over, pulled out a chair and sat down.

The waitress behind the bar looked up at him—this time a little more serious. But what she saw was An Ruohong's face showing a gloomy and dangerous look. Gripped the bottle in his hand, as if he was going to smash it in the other person's face at any moment. So she came to the second conclusion about Li Haofan - that unlucky ghost may owe money, or offend someone. But it wasn't something she was supposed to worry about - her uncle had just stuffed her here to make her more comfortable. It is the responsibility of law enforcers to catch gambling and fight gangsters. What's more, she knew the man who was sitting there - it was a nearby community doctor. I come to drink every three or five days, but the wine is very poor. On several occasions, he has beaten people, and even almost killed people. After spending all his wealth to dredge up the relationship, he was not sent to the electric chair - ordinary people who did these things would have been shot for obstructing human immigration projects and wasting resources.

So the man became a hedgehog. Everyone knew that the man was not easy to mess with, and they didn't want to mess with him - it was better to avoid him as far as he could. Unless someone wants to borrow from a loan shark, or get some innocuous contraband, they will come closer.

An Ruohong's face was indeed gloomy. But the words that come out of your mouth are a different story. "It's cleaner here," he said. ”

The cleanliness of their population is, of course, another matter. So Li Haofan realized that this should be a blind spot for monitoring - as for the hostess, it was nothing more than an ornament.

"And this kind of place." Li Haofan smiled.

"Don't come often?" An Ruohong asked with a gloomy face.

"First time." What Li Haofan said was indeed the truth. He didn't expect this to be the way it was in today's bars.

An Ruohong looked at him meaningfully, and said, "Then maybe today's intelligence agents are different from us back then." The former world of the world...... It's a lot more exciting than it is now. By your age, I'm pretty much familiar with all the bars in Binh Duong – and the people in them, of course. ”

He glanced over the bar as he spoke, but the gloomy expression on his face looked a little strange.

He wanted to shorten the distance between the two people, but Li Haofan didn't admit his affection. He looked like he was in a hurry to get out of this place, and any more second would be torture.

He put the beer he had only taken a sip on the table, lowered his voice and said, "I have a message for you." About Li Zhen. ”

An Ruohong immediately became serious. He frowned and leaned forward, as if he was looking for trouble with Li Haofan: "You can say it here." ”

Li Haofan looked left and right and said, "In three days, he will leave Zhongdu and go to Yanjing." I heard that something big seemed to be going on there. ”

Then he kept silent, and An Ruohong frowned and thought for a while, and then raised his eyes to look at Li Haofan: "Is this the news?" That's what you tell me? ”

Li Haofan shrugged: "Then you want me to make some requests?" For example, meet Victoria and see how she is doing? ”

An Ruohong smiled for the first time tonight: "A month ago, you said that you didn't want to have too much to do with us, but now you have helped a lot. ”

"Maybe I'm interested in what you said later...... Convincing you? Li Haofan said with a smile. Or am I just interested in you as a person? ”

An Ruohong stared at Li Haofan's smiling face for a while, and felt that what the other party said had a deep meaning. But it could also just be that you're too sensitive. He did a lot of work after his first encounter with this man, and came to the conclusion that this guy shouldn't be anything suspicious unless he had the ability to use the resources of the entire world to forge an identity for himself. So there was a second, third, fourth, and now fifth contact.

An Ruohong is confident in himself, believing that sooner or later this young man will become one of them, a strong man under his command – something that seems to be confirmed by what happened tonight.

He poured Li Haofan a glass of wine and said, "Throw away that bottle of garbage in your hand, and have something really good - I have to thank you for bringing me this news." As for Victoria - you really want to see her? ”

He wasn't worried about the accuracy of the news. Because he has his own channels to confirm that. Now he is more concerned about Li Haofan's attitude towards Victoria.

Li Haofan looked quite young—although the tone of voice and the way he behaved sometimes made people think that he was an old-fashioned middle-aged man, but the subtle expressions on the young man's face often confirmed his real age. Victoria is younger, and is in the period when a girl is most prone to hallucinations - hallucinations of love. An Ruohong had also been in contact with that girl a few times, and she could vaguely see that she was deeply impressed by Li Haofan, who had only met once. It is undeniable that An Ruohong is a beauty. This is even better news.

An ordinary-looking young man who wants to be a "superhero" meets a little beauty who has a secret affection for him...... An Ruohong is very happy to facilitate this marriage. This will be beneficial to all three parties. The main thing, of course, is in his favor.

Li Haofan was still smiling, but An Ruohong could see that this time he was forcing himself to calm down. He said, "Just ask." You sent her away? ”

"She's still in Zhongdu." An Ruohong looked at Li Haofan and said, "I'm not in a good mood, but I'm safe." ”

Before Li Haofan could speak, he had already stood up. and played a set of things that wanted to be captured. patted Li Haofan on the shoulder: "You should still consider my proposal." For example, we had a great time working together this time. ”

Then he walked straight away. Li Haofan sat alone for a while. Picked up the glass of wine that An Ruohong poured for him on the table, sniffed it, frowned slightly, and put it down again.

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The information provided by Li Haofan was quickly confirmed. Actually, even if he doesn't say it. An Ruohong could probably get this news two days later - it is not a trivial matter for "His Majesty the Emperor" to visit another country. No matter how low-key it is, the people in the palace will always know.

An Ruohong knew what happened to the Dao - Ying Jie used a considerable degree of strength to rescue Dai Bingcheng, although Yanjing sealed this matter very tightly, there was still news circulating among the people. It's just that this is not the old era when people could speak freely on the Internet, and the information that people who are farther away from the center of the incident can get is very pitiful, and it is only a few words. An Ruohong was resolutely dissatisfied with the response - even if he was once his nominal quasi-brother-in-law, and he could be regarded as a childhood friend when he was a child. He thought that since he had mastered the second thing in the south gate, he could raze the palace to the ground with one shot.

However, at the cost of giving up South Gate II, just to save an old man? He almost felt that he was definitely a spy sent by the Imperials to the organization.

Under the leadership of that kind of person, the organization will only go to ruin. An Ruohong reiterated this in his heart.

Now is a good opportunity, and he has to act quickly. Although the probability of the spirit moving in the sky and pulling him out of the vast sea of people is only one in a few hundred thousand, it is not impossible. He had to arrange everything before Li Zhen returned to Luzon from the empire, and then wait for the fruits of victory to be reaped.

This also means that he has to get rid of Li Haofan as soon as possible.

An Ruohong passed through the heavy access control and walked into the biological laboratory. It's one of the few places where he feels like he's still in the old days — clean, bright, and technological. Unlike those buildings outside now, they are full of "cutting corners" and "rustic". What does Li Zhen say, be an example in the world, and don't build a palace for himself. But was the palace he lived in, a converted cathedral more magnificent than anyone's residence?

An Ruohong shook his head and took out the potion from the incubator. Those who worked here were dismissed. An Ruohong also did not know where the three experts who had worked on the potion were – or in the belly of which fish.

A glass tube the thickness of a thumb and 10 centimeters in length contained a milky white liquid. According to experts, this thing is useless to anyone except Li Zhen. Not only is it non-lethal, but it is also a very good nutritional potion. It's just that this thing is volatile, and it must be poured into the mouth as soon as possible after opening, otherwise it will volatilize into a gaseous state. The colorless and odorless gas is rich in viruses that can survive in an inorganic environment for more than a month. These viruses will deactivate the infected person's body cells within a minute, and at a deeper level, they will manifest themselves as rapid genetic disintegration, turning them into a puddle of rotten meat in just three days.

He stared at the glass tube for a moment, then carefully put it away.

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Li Haofan took out the key, pushed open the door, and walked into the house. He stomped a few feet on the insoles as he closed the door with his backhand, shaking the dust off the uppers. Then rub your left foot against your right foot and take off your shoes. Drop the key into one of the plates on the shoe cabinet.

An elderly woman shouted as he walked barefoot into the kitchen: "Slippers." Wear slippers! ”

Li Haofan reluctantly retreated and put on his slippers at the door. When he went into the kitchen, his mother went to the door again, picked up his shoes and put them in the shoe cabinet, then lifted the insoles on the door, opened the door, and fell hard in front of the door. It was almost ten o'clock in the evening. The streets are sparsely populated. The thumping sound startled only two or three birds. A pedestrian who happened to be passing by turned his head to glance. Walked away again.

Li Haofan opened the refrigerator and found that the temperature was a little low, and the ice water prepared for him inside was not cold enough. So he lowered the temperature of the refrigerator by two degrees. After thinking about it, he turned it back to a scale.

But tomorrow morning, the only woman in the family will be nagging to turn the temperature back, citing the power savings.

Li Haofan walked out of the kitchen with water, and an elderly man poked his head out of the living room and frowned: "You went to drink at night?" Less of that kind of place - there are still people waiting for you at home! ”

Li Haofan pouted: "Who is waiting for me?" Can it still be my daughter-in-law? ”

The old man's brows furrowed even tighter - according to the conclusion of a certain observer who was currently nearby, the relationship between Li Haofan and his son was quite poor, and they would quarrel almost every day or two because of some inexplicable thing or person. This time was no exception. After a few words, Li Haofan angrily slammed the door and entered his room, the old man stared at his door for a while, sighed and walked to the window to draw the curtains.

So far as this has been observed. Father Li's ability is ultra-long-range and works in the airport tower. The observer is afraid that the other party can also find himself.

The observer was hiding in a house in the opposite building, belonging to the Rebels' branch of the Rebels, a former elite who was in charge of all the details of Li Haofan's life. He "sees" far and hears far – for example, he can now hear Li Haofan turn on the stereo when he returns to his room. However, Li Haofan's room has no windows, only leans against the wall, and the door is closed. No matter how much light was refracted and scattered, it couldn't reach his room.

But it doesn't matter, today is the last day of the observation period, and I am much luckier than the comrades in charge of the other side. The person in charge of No. 1 ordered another comrade to try to track down the details of Li Haofan's work. But the question is...... Li Haofan himself is engaged in intelligence, and his place of work is in the palace - only a ghost can draw any decent conclusions. In fact, that colleague was able to touch the palace - but unfortunately he couldn't do that.

In any case, the one-and-a-half-month observation period has officially ended. Li Haofan has been identified as the kind of person who can be trusted. With a clean net worth and simple motives, it can be absorbed into the organization.

The observer packs up his gear and exits the room.

At this time, Li Haofan opened another door. Of course, observers have also visited Li Haofan's bedroom. But there was no way he could crack the code of the door that Li Haofan had opened behind his bookshelf. In order to find the secret door after removing the bookshelf, you have to rotate the handle of the door from side to side a few times in the room - and the number of "turns" changes every day.

Then you have to turn on the audio switch in the room and turn on the lamp on the bedside table after adjusting the volume to a certain range.

Only then will you be able to easily remove the bookshelves. And I found a flashing password input box on the wall behind the bookshelf. After entering a code of up to twelve digits, a door can be opened.

Now Li Haofan has opened this door. He walked in and closed the door—and the bookshelf closed as soon as the door was closed.

Li's father and mother were still in the living room. One person reads, and the other is babbling about what he has seen and heard in the factory today.

Observers have also assessed these two - the backgrounds are equally clean and there are traces of their backgrounds. He believes that Li Mu is a C-level capable person who is good at the control of precision instruments. Father Li is slightly stronger, he is a B-level ability, and his eyes are like torches.

It's a pity that he doesn't know that Li Mu is C-level, but she is good at controlling not only "precision instruments", but also "battlefield fire support platforms". It's not wrong that Father Li is B-level. It's better to see better. But his vision was good enough to see through the wall to see how much of the observer's cheeks had leaked from his cheeks today.

In fact, during the period from 20 o'clock to 22 o'clock or even 24 o'clock every night, the object of observation is not Li's father, Li mother, or Li Haofan—the observer himself is.

But no one should blame the observer for his incompetence. Because he's not fighting against one person, or a family of three.

He was fighting against an immensely large empire—even if the force he wanted to contend with had only been urgently summoned more than fifty days ago.

Li Haofan appeared in another room—also behind the bookshelf. But the bookshelves in this room are a little more luxurious—albeit just for pretense.

He stepped out the door and stepped onto the soft, thick carpet, and the bookshelves closed behind him.

Then he walked over to the north side of the large study and sat down at an equally large desk. A document was found on the desktop.

Li Haofan unbuttoned the two necklines while looking at the document. The content in it is about the human migration project space-based station. The report pointed out that some "debris" that were not on the list were recently found in the building materials transported to the space-based station. Ask what to do. Which department should handle it?

The so-called "clutter" is nothing more than some extra space-supporting equipment, which cannot be used for military purposes. Moreover, the delivery party is the "Nebula" logistics company of the Northern Empire, which can be regarded as a trustworthy long-term partner - because the real boss behind him is Zhu Zhaoxu.

But he still thought about it for a long time. The last sigh was inexplicable, and he instructed, "It's okay. ”

It is then sent to the office for processing.

After getting up again and changing into clothes, the door to the study was pushed open.

There are only two people on this planet who dare to do this. One is Yu Meng, who doesn't understand "people", and the other is his wife.

"Where have you been today?" Zhang Kesong was holding a glass of milk in his hand and wearing a mask on his face, looking a little crazy. Li Haofan rubbed his face before the other party could see him clearly, stood up and said with a smile: "Military secrets—really military secrets." I'm afraid you're annoyed. ”

Now, it's a face that everyone recognizes.

The owner of this face is named Li Zhen.

But Zhang Kesong is just "asking". She quickly walked over to the couch and sat down, and said, "I want to ask you, we have to go north for a few days." If I stay for a long time, I'll prepare my clothes in advance......"

Li Zhen laughed: "You really don't have the queen's life - which queen still packs her luggage for a business trip by herself?" ”

"Then you don't wear a dragon robe." Zhang Kesong said, "Besides, let someone else clean up my things, everything else is fine, clothes - don't you think it's weird?" ”

Li Zhen shook his head and said seriously: "But I can't go to the north, I have something to do here." You'll have to go on your own. ”

Zhang Kesong was stunned, put the cup in his hand on the coffee table, wanted to frown but didn't dare: "What's the matter?" If you don't go, I won't go - what am I going to do. ”

"You've got to go—so people think I'm going too. I'll find a stand-in. Li Zhen walked up to her and sat down, "I have to be over here, make a game." (To be continued......)