Qi Lu said: "Lao Yang, your joke is too big. ”

Yang Peng said quietly: "What I said is true, there is no joke." ”

Zhao Gongming said: "Do you think I will help a mortal for no reason? ”

Qi Luleng said: "In this way, Lao Yang, are you a demigod now, or a human with great mana?" ”

Yang Peng smiled: "I'm sorry to disappoint you, I'm just an ordinary person, no different from you." Being a descendant of God is more of an honorary title in a broken family, but it doesn't help me at all. ”

Without warning, the sky suddenly darkened, and the rain was dripping down with it. Qi Lu turned his head to look out the window, and the small trees on the side of the road were writhing their branches like ghosts under the cold wind.

It took a long time for Qi Lu to come back to his senses, and he asked, "But I still don't know what this has to do with what you want to entrust me with?" ”

Yang Peng said: "When I was not developed, I used to do a small business with two people. At that time, we had a good relationship and became brothers. Later, our business became bigger and bigger, and we became local figures, and the government also promoted us as a model of poverty alleviation and prosperity. ”

It sounded like an inspirational story, but Qi Lu didn't have words because he knew that the story wouldn't end so simply.

"As soon as this man has money, a lot of things are different. My two brothers were not satisfied with making money by the rules, they felt that the money was too slow to come by doing serious business, so they thought of a shortcut. ”

Qi Lu asked, "Did they change careers?" ”

"They no longer worked with me in the steel business, but went to run underground banks and nightclubs, and eventually even arranged for their men to go to Myanmar and Laos."

Yang Peng's words were very subtle, but Qi Lu understood as soon as he heard it, and his two friends who dared to love him relied on usury, prostitution, and drug trafficking.

"I am a relatively honest person, I don't dare to do those illegal things, and I have persuaded them many times, but they can't listen. I was afraid that I would cause trouble to myself, so I had to part ways with them and go about my business in peace. ”

Yang Peng took a sip of wine and said: "Their power is getting bigger and bigger, I try not to provoke them, but they are embarrassed by me everywhere, and even regard me as a thorn in their side." ”

"It seems that you know too much about them, and since you refuse to go along with them, of course they don't want to let you go."

"Maybe. At first, they discussed with me very politely, and were ready to sell a thing in my hand at a large price, so that I could return to my hometown and be a local tyrant who didn't care about the world. But I couldn't have agreed to them. I didn't speculate for more than half a sentence, so I fell out with them, and they held a grudge and sent people to assassinate me several times, but I avoided it. ”

"With Zhao Caishen helping you, how could they kill you. But I wonder why you didn't report it? In fact, Qi Lu was more curious about what they wanted from Yang Peng, it sounded like a precious thing, like a priceless antique.

"It's useless, they have long been the focus of the Ministry of Public Security. But they are very cunning, every time they do something illegal and criminal, they don't do it themselves, but let their horses do it, and the police have no evidence to bring them to justice. And their power is too great, and many officials are willing to be their protective umbrella, so they are becoming more and more arrogant. ”

"It seems that there is nothing for me here, you talk slowly, I'll go first." Zhao Gongming snapped his fingers again, turned into a brilliant light curtain, and disappeared in front of everyone.

Ding Xiaolan sighed: "I'm leaving like this, I still want to talk to him for a while." ”

Qi Lu smiled: "Indeed, not many people can resist the charm of the God of Wealth, but I advise you not to get too close to him." ”

"Why, don't tell me all that money is the root of all evil."

"Maybe it's the wrong way I'm expressing it." Qi Lu also snapped his fingers from Zhao Gongming, "I mean don't deal with gods too often." ”

"Immortals are all good people, do you like to be with man-eating monsters?"

Qi Lu said coldly: "Cannibalism is not the patent of monsters, if necessary, the gods will also eat people." ”

"You're again." Ding Xiaolan gave him a blank look, knowing that Qi Lu was bluffing her with nonsense again.

"Forget it, believe it or not." Qi Lu turned his head to Yang Peng and said, "Mr. Yang, can you tell me who the two sworn brothers you just talked about?" ”

Yang Peng coughed dryly, took out two photos from his handbag and handed them to him. Qi Lu looked at the two people in the photo, his brows furrowed. Because of either of the two, he can't afford to mess with.

The dark-skinned middle-aged man in the photo is called Zhao Gui, a well-known black boss in the Northeast. In his early years, he made a fortune by contracting construction projects, and later when he mixed into the underworld, no one looked at him because of his low qualifications. So he adopted the method of killing one by one, sending killers to kill several bosses who occupied one side one after another, so as to firmly occupy the first position of the Northeast gangster.

Another person who is about the same age as Yang Peng is called Long Qi, although he is not as cruel as Zhao Gui, but he is more vicious than him, and his popularity is much better than Zhao Gui. Long Qi likes to make friends with powerful people, and on the surface he is enthusiastic and loves to talk about righteousness, but in fact, he is the best at using the time of mediating gang disputes to instigate the gangs to kill each other, and then reap the profits of the fisherman.

These two people are too powerful, and they are ruthless, if they want to kill themselves, I am afraid it will be easier than stepping on an ant to death. Qi Lu was too late to hide from them, so how dare he take the initiative to provoke them.

Qi Lu was silent for a long time, then let out a long sigh and said gloomily: "Mr. Yang, you have found the wrong person. If I was asked to catch a few demons and descend a few ghosts, that would be fine. But you asked me to deal with the underworld, I don't have this ability yet, you must know that no matter how high my spell is, it can't withstand a bullet from others. ”

"You're right, you can't deal with them. But I'm not asking you to bring them to justice, I'm just asking you to help me stop them from plotting against me again. ”

Qi Lu was still silent, although it sounded a little less difficult, but he knew that it was still a very troublesome thing after all.

"When it is done, I will pay you a reward of three million." Seeing that Qi was difficult on the road, Yang Peng increased the price again.

Ding Xiaolan's eyes lit up when he was listening, and he hurriedly hinted that Qi Lu would hurry up and agree, but Qi Lu was as silent as a wooden man, he was afraid that even if he could get the money, he would not be able to spend it.

"I'm already terminally ill with cancer and don't have much to live. I am alone and have nothing to worry about, and it is a big deal to donate all my property to welfare institutions to benefit the people after I die, and I cannot expand their strength. It's just that they know a secret that will cause trouble to my entire family, so I can only ask you for help. ”

Qi Lu was a little moved after hearing this, there are really not many rich people like Yang Peng who are open-minded and caring. So he asked, "What is this secret, can you tell me?" ”

"Because of our special ethnic identity, we often take an escapist attitude to live in a remote mountain village and do not interact with the outside world, so a family like ours is called the Shenyin clan by the world. My ancestors were originally Chinese, but in the Song Dynasty, they migrated to Bagan to escape the war, and since then my ancestors have been living a life of wandering. It wasn't until the founding of the People's Republic of China that my grandfather was tired of this kind of ordinary life away from the world, so he decided to return to the mainland to settle down. Before leaving, the patriarch handed him a key for my grandfather to keep and pass on to future generations. ”

"Is there anything special about this key?"

"There are two keys in total, and one is with the patriarch." After Yang Peng finished speaking, he took out a jewelry box made of mahogany half a foot long from his bag, the box was very simple, with a yellow paper seal on it, and the paint on the edge had fallen off, which seemed to have been passed down for many generations.

Qi Lu asked, "The key is in the box?" ”

Yang Peng smiled noncommittally, and then said: "These two keys together can open a secret room, but what is in the secret room, the ancestors did not tell the descendants. It's all my fault, when I used to call Zhao Gui and Long Qi brothers, I was once drunk, and I actually told them the secret, and bragged to them that there were treasures hidden in the secret room. ”

"No wonder they will entangle you, even murderous, few people in the world can refuse the temptation of such a large amount of wealth."

"So the key must not fall into their hands."

"No wonder you asked Zhao Gongming to trick me to Myanmar in the name of gambling, because this is not a domestic country, and you can successfully avoid the eyes and ears of Zhao Gui and Long Qi, so that the news will not leak. Do you want me to keep this key for you? ”

"You were right in the first half of the sentence, but you guessed wrong in the second half. I said that I am about to die, and I have no children, this key will eventually return to its original owner, I want to ask you to help me return it to my people, so that the key will not fall into the hands of Zhao Gui and others after I die. ”

Qi Lu asked, "Where are your clansmen now?" ”

"They live in an isolated village in the forests of the Kokang district of Myanmar." Yang Peng took out another map from his bag, pointed to a place marked in red on the map and said, "This is their habitat, and the name of the village is Guta Village." The patriarch is Yang Yi, the current village head, and I sent a letter to him more than a month ago to tell him to hand over the key to him for safekeeping. When you see him, you say that it is my son Yang Lu, so as not to arouse unnecessary suspicion. ”

After Yang Peng handed over the map and the box to Qi Lu, he said: "Remember, don't rush to give him the box after seeing Yang Yi, but pick an auspicious day for the zodiac to worship the ancestors before you can open the seal and hand the key to the village head Yang Yi." ”

"But Kokang has been in constant war recently, and I'm afraid it's difficult for me to go alone."

"Don't worry, I have arranged the staff, they are all fully armed, and they will definitely be able to escort you to Guta Village safely."

Qi Lu originally wanted to take the opportunity to increase his worth and ask Yang Peng for more compensation, but he didn't expect Yang Peng to act carefully and prepare everything a long time ago. He had to smile wryly and say, "Okay, I promise you." However, in case I die, you can give the money to Ding Xiaolan. ”

Ding Xiaolan only then understood that Qi Lu wanted to dump her on the road alone, so she pouted and said, "I want to go with you too." ”

Yang Peng smiled: "You can go together, and you can enjoy the beautiful scenery of Myanmar on the way." He paused for a moment, and then said, "I still have a word handed down from my ancestors, and you will tell the patriarch alone after you hand over the key." After speaking, he whispered four words in Qi Lu's ear.

Qi Lu was silent, and he put away the map and jewelry box unhappily. But he was relieved in his heart after all, after all, he wasn't going to complete any supernatural tasks this time, otherwise he really didn't know how to deal with it.