Soon after Kemira was taken out, her father, Congressman Kaisheng, was also taken out of the cellar.

His body was stiffened by the cold and embarrassment of the cellar, and his legs were especially severe, and his heels ached as soon as they hit the ground, and his escorts found this, but they had no sympathy, and they kept beating him on the back, and ordered him to go briskly without stopping, and they walked along the brown path on the outskirts of the house until they reached the dining room, which was for the guests who came to visit the eel farm for a temporary rest and meal, very spacious, very comfortable, and without a strong smell, An open kitchen was next to it, a pot of hot soup was simmering on the stove, and one of the masked thugs was busy by the oven, pulling out chunks of bread from it, the smell of which made Kai Shengguo's stomach cramp - how many hours had he not eaten a thing? His watch had been taken away, and the gloomy sky he had glimpsed in a hurry could not even tell him whether it was morning or noon.

The thugs in the warm room sat or stood scattered, but it could be seen that they had a center, and the only person sitting at the table was their leader, and everyone would unconsciously look at him—when Kai Shengguo was pushed into the door, he was intently fiddling with a delicate square glass, which was a small gift for the guests, and in the crystal clear plexiglass solidified an eel fry that had not been hatched for a long time, and its whole body was transparent, curved like a crystal leaf, The black eyes are surrounded by a layer of pure golden yellow and a bit of bright red on the neck, indicating that it comes from Lake Damaris Gota, Maine, a feature that only fish fry in that place have.

"Pretty little things." The leader said, he was wearing a mask, and his voice was a little muffled, "Eels are strange and tenacious creatures," the glass cube swirled around in the palm of his hand, "Every September, during the hottest two days, hurricanes come, rivers rise, floods rage, mature eels take advantage of the darkness of the new moon to swim down the river and swim to the sea, and their ** officials can fully develop in the sea, and then mate, lay eggs, and die; In a few months, the eggs hidden in the seaweed, not eaten by the fish and shrimp, hatch into small, transparent fry – they drift with the currents until they reach the mouth of the river, where they develop into white, transparent, threaded "glass eels" and then swim upstream – and along the way they face a series of dangers: rocks, mud, hydroelectric dams, river diversions, pollution, disease, predation (by multi-striped bass, beluga whales, especially cormorants), and, increasingly, human fishing – but they will still struggle to swim upstream, and soonAfter arriving at the freshwater growing area, the body color changes to brown after growth and development, also known as the "brown eel", and the whole process needs to cross nearly a quarter of the earth - some lucky people can find a suitable lake to settle down, and wait for five to eight years, their bodies will produce a hormone that will prompt them to follow the path of their ancestors, and at that time, their bodies will become silvery-white. ”

"Of course," he said, "all that I have just said has nothing to do with this little fellow," he said, holding up a hand, and pointing out of the house, pointing out of the house, "and it has nothing to do with that, for the human race has gone to great lengths to catch the seedlings, to keep them in the ponds, and to feed them carefully, just for the sake of a feast." He shook his head: "They will never get the chance to migrate into the sea and reproduce." ”

The Plexiglas trinket was placed back on the table by him, carefully, as if the fry would still be frightened.

His gaze turned to Kai Shengguo, who took a deep breath and looked at the young man—he had clean, cold blue eyes, and his ginger hair slipped out from under his hood and hung on his white forehead.

"Hello, Congressman Kaisheng," said the young chief, "we are EALF. ”

EALF, the Earth Animal Liberation Front, a loose organization of radical and fanatical animal conservationists, is a name widely used by animal liberation activists around the world who take direct action in the name of animals. They remove animals from laboratories and fur farms, and vandalize equipment related to animal testing and other animal-based industries. According to their statement, any action that furthers the cause of animal liberation and takes all reasonable precautions to avoid harming any animal (human or otherwise) can bear the name of EALF.

At first glance, it sounds good, but in the past two decades, the behavior of this organization has become more and more radical, and some extremists with special interests - the most notorious "thugs" in the animal rights and environmentalist movements, who use the means of destroying other people's property and terrorist activities to assert their claims - they have created more than a dozen arson, poisoning, and bombing cases that can no longer be described as "hoaxes", causing tens of millions of yuan in economic losses. Nearly 10,000 people have lost their jobs, and dozens more have been killed or injured – no longer a problem that can be solved by insurance, compensation and captivity, and their actions directly threaten humanity itself (whatever it may be), and more and more institutions (including Greenpeace and Animal Protection International) and the state are rapidly alienating and ignoring this increasingly frenzied group of protected animals.

In the mid-twentieth century, United Nations Resolution 1562 included the EALF in the list of terrorist organizations.

They have lost the support and connivance of most of humanity, but this has not been an obstacle, and the EALF continues to move forward blindly but resolutely, and their methods are constantly evolving.

Kai Shengguo opened his mouth and wanted to speak, but then found that his throat was dry and could not make a sound, the leader nodded, and a thug brought a glass of warm water and handed it to Kai Shengguo, Kai Shengguo took a sip, and was surprised to find that there was a little sugar and salt in it.

"Thank you." He said, involuntarily deriving a glimmer of hope in his heart, they are not pirates, he slowly drank the water, thinking, what do these people need me to do? Release those eels? It's not that it's impossible. But they can do it themselves, what more do they want, money? It should be, they need money, any organization needs money, but he has to try to make it clear to others that this is a ransom because these people have hostages, not a voluntary donation from him - a parliamentarian who supports a terrorist organization? Even if it was just some baseless speculation and conjecture, his political career would be the beginning. No one will believe him, support his decisions, vote for him, and may even be monitored and questioned by the FBI or some other department.

Kai Shengguo is not good at negotiating, but he also knows that he can't speak preemptively, especially when it comes to money, and the members of the EALF may feel offended or belittled, and they may become irritable, confused, and impulsive, and there are his daughters and innocent children here.

He lowered his head slightly, grasped the glass in both hands, and tried to assume a docile and peaceful posture.

To Kai Shengguo's surprise, the keen blue eyes did not linger on him for long, and his gaze quickly looked away, and with a silent order, a thug opened the door, and a man walked in under the escort of two thugs.

Kai Shengguo stood in the center of the room, and when the man saw him, he paused unconsciously, and the thug behind him immediately reached out and pushed him hard, completely ignoring his already snow-white temples and wrinkled face. He staggered a few steps in embarrassment, his feet stumbling together, and if it weren't for Kai Shengguo, he would have fallen to the ground.

The glass fell to the floor, and splinters and water splashed everywhere.

"Old Xu?" Kai Shengguo shouted in surprise, "Why did you come here?" ”

Lao Xu stood firm by Kai Shengguo's arm, raised his head, and observed it seriously, and then a comforting look appeared on his face: "I was entrusted to see you with my own eyes...... Make sure you're safe and sound. ”

Kai Shengguo and this old Mr. Xu have been old friends for nearly thirty or forty years, every Christmas and Spring Festival they will visit each other with their families, the Xu family has two large restaurants in the seventh district, and he also has a high position among the Chinese, plus their age, they have never been treated so rudely and contemptuously, the anger burned from the soles of Kai Shengguo's feet to his neck, almost burning his reason together, but in the end he still controlled himself.

"How can I let you come?!" Kai Shengguo was furious: "The people of the Kai family are all dead? ”

"You don't know...... I'm afraid I'm the only one who can do this. Lao Xu smiled bitterly: "They only allow one person to come...... But there are some things, I'm afraid that a single Kai family can't do it. ”

Kai Shengguo furrowed his eyebrows, his eyebrows were thick and long, and when they were mixed together, it would make his square face look very fierce, "What the hell do you mean by that?" ”

"Maybe we're asking for too much," the leader said suddenly, in a brisk tone, "they have to be cautious. ”

"How much do you want?"

"We don't want money," the leader shook his head, "we want the top 10 restaurants and restaurants in the 7th district to cooperate with our actions." ”

"What action."

The leader stood up, his eyes curled above the mask: "Collect all shark fins, bird's nests, net abalone, wild animals, snakes, birds, dogs, cats, soft-shelled turtles and turtles...... We've put together a checklist. He said cheerfully: "According to our requirements, these goods and animals will be packed separately and transported to the place we have designated." ”

Lao Xu touched Kai Shengguo's arm, took out the list from his pocket, Kai Shengguo took it and looked at it hurriedly, his face was quickly filled with disbelief and incredible, this list is complete like an inventory list of restaurants, almost all of the top ones are more than three feet of priceless "Tianjiu Wings", each used to town stores, several pairs of three generations, older than Kai Shengguo and Lao Xu. No wonder Lao Xu is needed - it is indeed not a matter that the Kai family can decide. "What are you going to do?"

The leader kept his mouth shut, as if he didn't think about whether to answer the question, and after a few minutes, he waved his hand gently: "Specimens and dead things will be destroyed, and the living will be released." ”

Well, the loss of each family is at least more than millions or even tens of millions, this is still on the surface, and now shark fishing has been banned in many countries, especially the "origin" of the giant basking shark, now the so-called nine wings are mostly from the sea tiger shark wings picked up thick and long, the real nine wings are probably only those in the glass cabinet, compared to the ingredients, they are closer to an honor, or a symbol.

Kai Shengguo laughed angrily: "I'm afraid that my Kaisheng Guo is not worth so much!" ”

Lao Xu pulled Kai Shengguo hard.

The leader did not react as violently or violently as they had imagined, he stretched out his arms and paddled his hands back and forth briskly like fish: "There are many people here," he said calmly, "among them are ten children, two women, and four workers." If they don't do what we say, or do anything, we'll publicly execute all the hostages—just like you do with sharks, cut off their hands and feet, and throw them to the bottom of the sea. What do you think? Mr. Kai Shengguo? If this happens, who do you think will come to the restaurants of the 7th arrondissement for dinner? Who else would be kind to a Chinese? Their tables are stained with blood! ”

His words were like a basin of cold water mixed with ice cubes, and all of a sudden, his anger was gone, and his luck was gone.

"Maniac." Lao Xu said that his voice trembled and he unconsciously used his native language.

"Isn't it okay with money?" Kai Shengguo made a final effort, "No matter how much, we can find a way to raise money." Alternatively, each store is allowed to leave one or two specimens. ”

The leader stared at him for a long time, "You are still the same, Mr. Kai Shengguo, face, dead things and money are always more important than life. ”

"Alright," he made a gesture, and the two thugs stepped forward and grabbed Kai Shengguo: "There's nothing to say, Mr. Xu, you have seen Kai Shengguo who is alive, nothing less, you can go back, I'll give you two hours - don't intervene, I know, it's enough, you have a fixed place to store those dried corpses, and you can supply them at any time - of course you can also bring them up and give them to us." You can tell the police what you see, but remember that anything that happens after that is closely related to your mouth. ”

"What about the kids?" Before being forced to leave, Kai Shengguo shouted.

"As good as you are," said the chief, "isn't it, Mr. Xu?" ”

Lao Xu nodded.

"What about Madame Boro?"

"It's fine."

"What about my daughter?"

Lao Xu suddenly became nervous: "I didn't see her. ”

The leader looked at the councillor again with that inexplicable look for a moment: "I thought you had forgotten all about her." He whispered as if talking to himself, then raised his voice: "She's fine, very good, too." ”

(To be continued)

Part of the content in this article is taken from Baidu and Wikipedia.

In addition, there seems to be a book review error of other books in the book review area......