Chapter XVII

Zhou Wei is tall and thin, his temples are white, it is autumn, the weather is getting colder, he is wearing a gray long shirt and a single coat, but he doesn't feel cold at all. Just by looking at his big skeletal hands, you know that this old man is a practitioner.

"The matter over there has been taken care of?"

Hearing his question, Huo Zuo asked Shen Yigong to hand over the box. Zhou Wei stretched out his hand and took the box, but he didn't open it, but the smell of blood had already come out.

Uncle Wednesday said: "I forgot this old rule, have you forgotten the tobacco ash pad?" ”

He asked, Huo Zuo turned his head and bowed to Shen Yigong: "Ask you, is the tobacco ash pad?" ”

Shen Yigong said: "It's matted." Look at it this way...... I'm afraid it's not enough. ”

The third uncle glanced at him, handed the box back, and said to Huo Zuo: "How did this apprentice learn?" ”

"Thirty percent, it's not on the table."

"I think the embryonic foundation is good, practice hard, don't lose your father's face." He also said, "Don't send these bloody things to the mansion next time, just send them to me." The old man is old, and he doesn't want to see this evil thing. ”

Huo Zuo had a smirk on his face: "Yes, Uncle Qin has done good, and I have become this evil person." If it's okay, I'll go first. You know, Uncle San, I've taken care of it. ”

Zhou Weizheng wanted to wave his hand to let him go down, but when he saw that Huo Zuo was about to turn around, he seemed to remember something to stop him: "Wait, Xiao Huo." ”

Huo Zuo stopped: "Well, what's the matter, Third Uncle?" ”

Zhou Wei raised his hand to signal him to wait for him, turned around and pushed the door open, and a sandalwood scent came out of the room. Huo Zuo glanced in through the crack in the door, and saw Qin Shengzhu sitting in front of the Buddha hall, lighting sandalwood and twisting Buddha beads. The third uncle walked over and exchanged a few words with him in a low voice, took a booklet from the person next to him, turned around and walked out.

"The people of the Wu family are married." Zhou Wei handed the invitation in his hand to Huo Zuo.

"The Wu family? Didn't Old Man Wu just leave? ”

"It's not Wu Qiuwei. It was Wu Qiuwei's cousin Wu Chongwei who got married. ”

This wedding card is obviously for Old Man Qin, Huo Zuo is not familiar with the two newcomers on the wedding card at all, but now that the post is handed over, he can only take it.

As soon as Wu Sanzhong died, the Wu family was cold for a while, and they couldn't do anything lively as a junior's funeral. But there are many people who should be contacted for business. Wu Qiuwei kept a low profile in March, and finally took advantage of the happy event of his cousin's marriage to return to the upper social circle.

Master Qin said that he wanted to help Wu Qiuwei, but in the end, he was not a peer, and some things could not be done too blatantly. He asked Huo Zuo to come forward, obviously asking this young man to bear the unnecessary criticism for him.

Huo Zuo took it with both hands and promised Zhou Wei: "Yes, I will go to the wedding." Does the old man have any other instructions? ”

"Nothing else for the time being, just the same." Zhou Wei pressed Huo's left shoulder, approached him and lowered his voice, "The matter of the fourth and fifth children, the master didn't care about you, but your third uncle still has a word to say." Young people still have to look at the ground when they walk at night, and it is difficult to avoid falling on their heels after walking for a long time. ”

Huo Zuo gently removed the hand that Uncle Wednesday had placed on his shoulder: "Third Uncle, I also have a sentence to say." I'm not walking at night, what are you afraid of when you fall on your heels? I've been here for a long time, and I haven't gotten up yet. ”

Zhou Wei looked at him coldly, lowered his hand and said, "You are so self-conscious." ”

Huo Zuo took Shen Yibow and retreated, one holding the invitation and the other holding the small box: "Yes, the junior will remember the teachings of the third uncle." In this way, I will continue to work for Uncle Qin. ”

Out of the Qin Mansion, Shen Yigong raised the box in his hand: "Master, what about this ......"

Huo Zuo had already gotten back into the car: "Send someone to send it back and leave him a souvenir." ”

Shen Yigong sent the box to the car behind.

The sky was slowly overcast, and a few people tossed outside for almost a day, and finally set off to go back to Huo's house at this time.

When I got home, Mother Xu came over and said that Miss You was here and brought two large baskets of hairy crabs, and Huo Zuo asked two pots of Huadiao to drink at night. Mother Xu said again: "By the way, Master, Miss You also brought another friend. ”

"The other one?"

When Huo Zuo walked into the living room, he heard You Yiman's coquettish laughter coming from within. She seemed to hear the footsteps, and turned around to greet Huo Zuo: "Hahahaha, Ah Zuo, you're back, come on, come on, you also come to listen, Inspector Ma told me about how he chased Mrs. Ma back then, ouch, it's so romantic!" ”

Inspector Ma smiled and his face turned red: "Yiman, don't laugh at me." I was stunned at that time, where do I know what romance is! ”

"Hey, to be able to marry the daughter of the Wu family, Inspector Ma must have some hidden powerful means. The younger brother also wants to hear it, what's the use of you just telling Sister Yiman, come and listen, I'm still going to learn! ”

Ma Weisan saw Huo Zuo take off his hat and approach, and hurriedly stood up and shook hands with him: "How can it be so evil." Mo'er and I fell in love at first sight, and fate made it. I didn't say it in advance this time, so I asked Yiman to bring me to eat crabs with you, so I'm disturbing. ”

Inspector Ma was still wearing a police uniform, and when he approached, Shen Yigong, who was standing behind Huo's left, deliberately put his bloodstained hands behind his back.

Huo Zuo replied: "Where is the matter, do you eat crabs, there are many people to be lively." I just didn't know that you were coming today, I didn't make any preparations, and I didn't have anything to entertain you today. ”

"It's okay, I'm very satisfied with crabs."

Several people sat down separately, You Yiman leaned on Huo Zuo's shoulder, and she got straight to the point: "Ah Zuo, Inspector Ma came to find you this time." ”

"Oh? Inspector Na Ma said, you helped me in the matter of the Qiankun Theater last time, and I must repay this kindness. ”

Ma Weisan smiled: "What kind of kindness is not kindness, it's just a gesture." It's not a big deal for me to come this time, so I'll ask - what's going on with the Red and Green Gang in your sixteenth shop? ”

"The Red and Green Gang? What does that have to do with me, it was Yiman who tossed it out himself. I'm from the Blue Dragon Society, Inspector Ma forgot? ”

"Yes, I've already told Inspector Ma several times, I made this Hongqing Gang, mainly to protect the sisters in the apartment, and it has nothing to do with your man's family, you fight and I rob, hey, Inspector Ma still doesn't believe it, I have to come and ask you in person." You Yiman caught the conversation now, "Come, Inspector Ma, this time Ah Zuo said it himself, you should believe it, right?" ”

Ma Weisan stretched out his hand to pick up the teacup, his eyes narrowed into a line with a smile, but he did not speak. After You Yiman finished speaking, seeing that the men on both sides didn't speak, he pretended to be aggrieved and muttered: "Okay, don't you believe that women can do this?" ”

"Yiman, where are you an ordinary woman." Ma Weisan's compliment is sincere. He drank nearly half of his cup of tea, put down the cup, looked at Huo Zuodao, "But don't hide this matter from me two sisters and brothers." I'm not one of the gangsters on your road who only know how to use violent means, and everything in the police station has to be recorded. I checked it, and whose net worth background is clear, as long as I want to know, I can find it no matter how far away. ”

Speaking of this, Huo Zuo's originally indifferent expression on his face was put away, and with a wave of his hand, Shen Yigong took the rest of the servants and retreated.

The man lifted Erlang's legs and reached out to remove the lid of the lighter. You Yiman took a cigarette and brought it to his mouth, Huo Zuo lowered his head and nodded, and said: "Okay, if you want to say that, then talk openly." ”

"In a word, sixteen shops, I have to be bigger."

You Yiman laughed sharply: "Hahaha, your son-in-law of a pharmaceutical tycoon, you are a detective of the police station, and you go to the place where a group of small hooligans and small gangsters in the sixteenth shop are big, Inspector Ma, are you kidding me?" ”

"You Yiman, look at my face to see if I'm joking with you."

Now even You Yiman didn't smile, she poured tea on all three cups, and her tone faded away from the amorous style, only the calm and neat when talking about business remained: "Inspector Ma, even if the old man is dead, this business is not clean, as long as you still have a face, you shouldn't do it openly, right?" This way, everyone in Shanghai will know that you have mixed in with the hooligan level. ”

"What is the reason why I, Ma Weisan, married the eldest lady of the daughter and joined the Wu family?"

Huo Zuo spat out a puff of white smoke and said faintly: "Your fate of love at first sight." ”

"Money, of course."

"The money is not bad, but I finally got one of your detectives. Under the hands of foreign devils, the inspector should be the highest position, right? You Yiman said.

Ma Weisan sneered: "After all, this is piled up by my father-in-law's real money." ”

"It's a pity." Huo Zuo answered, "Old Man Wu went west in Hexi." ”

"It's a pity, it's a pity."

"It's a pity that your identity is also here, you will say that you want to make the head of the sixteenth shop, how to do it? I've been a bitch for more than 20 years, and I dare to argue with a bunch of deflated people, but what about you? The bottom is not afraid of mud, and the cleaner the top, the more afraid of mud ideas, this is not a mud idea. It's a basin. ”

Huo Zuo handed Inspector Ma a cigarette and leaned over to help him light it.

Ma Weisan took a sip and sighed: "Afraid of dirty money?" When I joined the Wu family, the basin had already been detained. I don't have a father-in-law to rely on, and his two sons will definitely not make me feel better. ”

"Inspector Ma is arrogant, don't the brothers all have to rely on you? As long as you still have to rely on you, can you still have less money? Huo Zuo said, "I'll give you an offering every year." ”

"I was afraid of the past, and I have to plan for my future. Besides-Xiao Huo, the case of your two uncles has been reported, and in the future, you will fight single-handedly with a group of old immortals, and someone will help you better than no one will reach out. ”

Huo Zuo smiled: "What can't you fight." ”

"Your father is so dead, who did it?"

"I've already dealt with someone's hand, haven't you seen this too? The Leopard Gang is long gone. ”

"Do you really think it's the Leopards?"

The cigarettes in the hands of the two men each lit a section, Huo Zuo moved his fingers lightly, and a piece of cigarette ash fell to the ground.

He turned his head sideways: "You are determined to get the smoke of the sixteenth shop." ”

"I'm going to be big, not that you don't have anything to eat. The French foreigners are here, and I will cover you, and many things that you can't touch can be touched. If I make money, you will also benefit, and besides, I have to rely on you two to help me deal with the things on the side. ”

"I'm still a member of the Blue Dragon Society, and I can't do it in person."

"Then come here. Isn't she the one who organized the Red and Green Gang after all? ”

You Yiman sat up straight: "But how can we believe you?" Who knows if you'll sell us both to those old things in a single turn. ”

"The back waves of the Yangtze River should have pushed the front waves a long time ago, a group of old things, how can they die before you die early." At this point, Ma Weisan also gave up, "If you don't believe it, why don't you try it first?" It's not big, but I just want you to contribute to me, stop a ghost of cigarette paste, this account, we are twenty-eight, I only take two as a vote, how about it? ”

You Yiman turned his head to look at Huo Zuo. Naturally, she can't be the master of this matter, and if she pulls another person in, she doesn't know if it's good or bad.

The cigarette in Huo's left hand burned to his head little by little. Kankan was about to burn his fingers for a moment, he extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, raised his eyes and smiled: "Twenty-eight is too little, my brother suffers." Four or six points, I and Yiman each have three or three, you take four alone, how about it? ”