Chapter 20: The Ghost Time
Chu Qing's car accident has a result.
In fact, the suspect was arrested a long time ago, and for various reasons, it took a long time to close the case.
The Public Security Bureau held a press conference to report the case: Chu Qing was driving normally on the way to work, and Fan Qiang (bandaged man) was driving in the opposite direction all the way and tried to collide with Chu Qing to blackmail. Chu Qing hit a tree and was injured while dodging. Fan Qiang and other suspects chased him to the hospital and injured the reporter, which had a bad impact, and the people involved in the case have been criminally detained.
After the meeting, I went upstairs to find Meng Xing, but she was not there when she went out to handle the case.
After returning from Beijing, we kept in touch from time to time, and sometimes, after work at noon, I would drive to the public security bureau cafeteria for dinner, and the city bureau police officer's cafeteria was closed to the public, and I would chat with Meng Xing and other police officers on the pretext of interviewing.
Once I met my aunt, she looked at me suspiciously, thanks to Chen Xiao to relieve the siege and say that I came to the police force for an interview, the aunt nodded and acquiesced.
Meng Xing has been transferred to the criminal police team, and he is busy.
One weekend when she was free, I asked her to go to Riverside Park, where a new "Nine Days" water bungee jump has been developed, which is said to be the highest bungee jump in the north, standing on a high vantage point overlooking the entire city, and even the surrounding mountains are faintly visible.
We were the first customers of Nine Days after it opened.
Climbing up to the high platform, Meng Xing looked at his feet, screamed, grabbed the arm of the security check girl and said nothing.
I laughed at her: "You are all a criminal policeman, you can experience any thrilling things, if you don't even dare to play this, you still do household registration, chat with the uncle every day, there is no danger." ”
The security girl also deliberately shook her head and said, "Ah, you're a policeman?" It doesn't look like it. If you are so cowardly, how can you catch the bad guys. ”
Meng Xing gritted his teeth and looked at the two of us fiercely and said, "Can't the police be cowardly?" If we weren't forced by the bad guys, would we need to be bold? ”
She looked down, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and said, "Who said I wouldn't dare?" ”
The security girl said: "You are the first girl who dares to play 'Nine Days', and you are a policeman, we will give you free." Jumping from the 'Nine Heavens', in a few moments of falling and ascending, you can feel the interlacing of time and space, the cycle of life and death, and after that, you will not be afraid of anything. ”
"Isn't that immortal?"
"Nope! It's scared silly! The little sister gloated.
Meng Xing didn't pay attention to her anymore, she looked up at the clear blue sky, and her mouth seemed to be praying for something.
It was early afternoon, the sky was clear, and the sky occasionally drifted by with white clouds, like flowers blooming in the sky.
The security girl prepared a double jump line for the two of us, and the two of them were fixed on a casso, with a distance of 50 centimeters between them. I looked at the "bottomless abyss" below, and the blood instantly rushed to my brain, and my heart raced.
The little sister said, "What are you shivering about?" Look at how calm your girlfriend is. ”
Her legs were shaking regularly, and looking at Meng Xing again, she said she didn't dare to jump before, but now she is very calm.
Hearing my little sister say that I was trembling, Meng Xing turned his head to look at me and said softly, "Don't be afraid, you will hold my hand for a while." ”
My heart warmed, and it warmed instantly.
Can...... Why are you still so afraid.
"Are you ready?" She asked me.
I nodded.
"Then I'll count one, two, three, and jump together!"
I said, "Okay! ”
"One! Two! Three! ”
After Meng Xing finished counting, I closed my eyes and pulled her to jump down from the "Nine Heavens". Meng Xing held my hand hard, which made me suddenly have the confidence to move forward bravely despite life and death.
In the later high-altitude camera, I saw the picture of the two of us jumping, and when I jumped, Meng Xing opened his arms and drew a graceful arc in the air, and fell quickly. Dressed in a pure white tracksuit, she was like a bird soaring in the sky, bouncing up and down, dotted with blue skies and swimming clouds, dazzling all who watched, awe-inspiring and amazed at the beauty of this vivid dance.
In contrast, I hung my head and curled up like a timid squirrel.
At that time, the brain was blank, and the air flow was spinning rapidly, time and space were confused, and the vision was blurred, as if it was opening up the second pulse of Ren Du, and the blood was rushing up and down.
In the process of rapid falling, you can faintly hear the sound of the wind whistling in your ears, which is the feeling of flying towards death.
After repeating the "speed of life and death" several times, I finally landed, and I was still in shock when I stood on the grass on the riverbank, holding Meng Xing's hand and unable to speak.
Although Meng Xing's face was pale, she was much calmer, and she patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's okay...... If you don't let go of my hand again, you'll be even worse in a while! ”
I shuddered, withdrew my hand, and found that there were several Nine Yin White Bone Claws left on her white hands.
"Dizziness......" I stepped forward and leaned on her shoulder, smelling the sun in her hair and feeling better.
Oh! My abdomen hurt, my brain was not dizzy for a moment, and Meng Xing's red hand that I grabbed just now used the black tiger to dig out his heart and slapped it on my stomach with one palm.
"Does it hurt?" She asked, squinting.
"No, really...... It doesn't hurt......" I squeezed out a smile.
Meng Xing snorted, and also showed a gloating smile.
"The dimples are so beautiful!" After I finished speaking, I ran away without waiting for her to make a move.
Meng Xing really came into my life, and every time I sat in the office, I thought of her good-looking dimples and smiled at Lu Jiaqi stupidly.
Lu Jiaqi always smiled at me immediately, since he came back from Beijing, he has become better and better for me, warm care and obscene smile, make me suspect that he wants to play with broken arms. I didn't dare to lie on the table anymore during the nap, because I woke up once and found that he was shaking a fan for me, and the fan was written on the male concubine.
When I got home in the evening, I threw up until midnight.
But Ran Jing didn't support me very much when I saw Meng Xing, and often said on the side, perhaps, there are better choices in life, such as the sister of her best friend's best friend, that is really beautiful.
I said yes, many people with elegance are peerless, such as Daji and Zhao Feiyan.
When Ran Jing lifted her legs, I had already hid behind my aunt, and no matter how arrogant she was, she didn't dare to hit her mother.
But Ran Jing insisted on introducing me to each other, and she really brought back a beautiful girl.
The girl spoke softly, with long hair covering half of her face charmingly, and her eyes glanced at me shyly from time to time, I couldn't help but want to glance back, but she kept running to the balcony to answer the phone, I found that she had several mobile phones in her bag on the sofa, and her tone was different when answering each call, sometimes delicate and sometimes rough, and if she didn't agree, she called brother, and I couldn't tell how many brothers she had, and the wind and dust choked me with tracheitis.
I asked Ran Jing where she got this girl, and she said that she was the boss's sister who did printing for the bureau.
What the! Wait a minute, I'll spit blood and you can talk about it! Boss sister? Maybe the boss was tired of playing and wanted to make a move for free, so I whispered to Ran Jing to analyze.
Ran Jing wanted to beat me half-crippled, but fortunately, the girl smiled warmly at the two of us, melting Ran Jing's ferocity.
I smiled at her gratefully, sweating profusely.
When the girl was about to leave and asked me for a phone, I had an idea and left Chen Xiao's phone number to her.
It is said that this girl often sends some poems such as the long night and the road at the door of their house is very long and beautiful to Chen Xiao, and before Chen Xiao was angry, he wanted to reply to the three hundred Tang poems, but he was discovered by Ran Jing, after a loud noise, Chen Xiao slept in the living room for two nights, his cheeks were a little bruised, and he always told me that his teeth were a little loose.
I always comforted him and said, "Brother-in-law, are you catching a cold?" No? Then I have bone-setting oil here, or you can use it, and Yunnan Baiyao, prepare some, and soon you will have blood.
After the truth was revealed, Chen Xiao's blood surged, and he almost killed me, but fortunately, as soon as I saw him, I said to my aunt, Auntie, you see that my brother-in-law is trembling all over, his fists are clenched, is he sick?
The old aunt called Ran Jing, Chen Xiao's illness was cured immediately, touched her cheek and said, I'm going to cook, it's just cold and shivering, just move around.
After all, it is a brother-in-law, Chen Xiao not only forgave me quickly, but also showed great enthusiasm and encouragement to me and Meng Xing, I took the opportunity to let him pay attention to the single "beast" criminal police in the bureau, he patted his chest and said, don't worry, I have always said first, no one dares to say second!
I said, okay, don't worry, I won't tell Ran Jing this.
The final result of the beating in the journalist hospital was: Brother Xiong was detained for half a month and fined; The bandage man was given a suspended sentence and fined; Others were detained separately and fined. In short, it's all about money.
Compensation was paid for the beatings, and it is said that even the nurse at the hospital who screamed at the time of the incident was also compensated, saying that she was frightened, weaned, and that the child was so hungry.
Chen Xiao said that Brother Xiong and the bandage man were both guards at the Junnan Group's security center. This matter was personally solved by Zhao Junqing, the president of Junnan Group.
After receiving the compensation, Liu Nannan, who was grabbed by a handful of hair, still vowed to "take revenge", and I could hear her grinding her teeth across the table.
And Chu Qing and Zixuan both chose to remain silent about the results. I once ran to Zixuan to vent my dissatisfaction, but Zixuan never said a word, lowered his head and wiped his glasses, and finally asked me if I was finished.
I couldn't get enough of it, "That's it." ”
"That's it, what should I do?"
Although Zixuan didn't say it, I understand that he was dissatisfied in his heart.
Wen Liang told me that the legend in Taiwan that a reporter was threatened by the underworld, and the protagonist of the incident of cutting off his finger was the eldest son of Director Zhou, who was also Zixuan's brother, who was many years ago, Director Zhou had just been transferred to Lucheng TV Station as the director, and Zixuan's brother was a hotline in Taiwan.
During this period, Junnan Group fought with another mining company for control of the mine, resulting in casualties on both sides, and eventually, with strong government intervention, Junnan Group withdrew from the mine.
Later, on a stormy night, at the door of the TV station, Zixuan's brother was beaten by a group of masked men, seriously injured, and a finger was cut off.
Zhao Junnan, chairman of Junnan Group, is a man of the year in Lucheng and controls several large consortia. Brother Zixuan received compensation, arrested a few people, and turned the big thing into a small one.
Director Zhou's family swallowed their anger, and Zixuan's brother went abroad to study after his injury recovered.
Wen Liang said that these things are difficult to verify, and most people in Taiwan avoid talking about them, no matter what, I have a kind of sympathy for Zixuan.
Speaking of Zhao Junqing, Ran Jing said that the last time the Dongzheng fire, there was indeed a fierce shootout, the police detected, at least two people died from the shooting, and bullet casings were also found at the scene, Zhao Junqing was injured in the shootout, but he explained to the police that he was hit by a stray bullet when passing by, and the police suspected that this was Zhao Junqing and other gangs fighting, and the surveillance video of the hotel that night disappeared mysteriously.
This was actually a major shooting case, and the provincial department sent a special team to secretly investigate, but it was not announced to the public.
Not long after, one day Liu Nannan and I were waiting for the news party at the entrance of the stage. A Mercedes-Benz S600 drove over, and two well-dressed young men came down and went straight to me and Liu Nannan.
"We are from Junnan Group, my name is Gao Chuan, and this is our president Zhao Junqing." One of them pointed to the other.
"Fortunately." Zhao Junqing stretched out his hand to me, and I had an extra business card in my hand.
Hearing the name Zhao Junqing, my scalp was numb.
Zhao Junqing wore a black slim-fitting suit, dark shirt, and short hair. From the outside, Li Shang, the owner of Lost place, belongs to a kind of person, who is rich, free, and stylish. Not at all like the legendary underworld boss.
"Last time in the hospital, there was some misunderstanding between our group employees and the two of us, and I would like to invite the two of them to have a meal and apologize in person." Zhao Junqing smiled very gently, this kind of gentleness has always been Liu Nannan's dish.
But Liu Nannan didn't answer the business card, she looked at Zhao Junqing and said angrily: "Do we know each other?" Why are you running here to block us? ”
"Don't you know each other now? We have come to apologize. Gao Chuan looked at me, smiled and looked at Liu Nannan and said, Liu Nannan turned his head and didn't look at him.
In the distance, a bald man nicknamed "Brother Xiong" stood on the edge of another Mercedes and bent over us, not knowing whether he was bowing or nodding.
"That's your driver? It was released so soon! This is dereliction of duty by the police! Liu Nannan exclaimed with a look of resentment, and nodded "Brother Xiong" with his chin.
Zhao Junqing glanced back at "Brother Xiong", and the bald man bent down again.
"He's an employee of the company, and his personality is a bit irritable, so I asked him to come and apologize to you." Zhao Junqing said to Liu Nannan with a smile.
"Don't let him come, I'm anemic, the bear said last time in the hospital, he likes to bleed." Liu Nannan squinted at "Brother Xiong" and said disdainfully.
"It's the other way around! Did he really say that? Zhao Junqing stuffed the business card into Liu Nannan's hand.
Liu Nannan looked at Zhao Junqing with a tense face, Zhao Junqing also stared at her, the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Liu Nannan couldn't hold back at first, she looked down at the business card in her hand, which read: President of Junnan Group.
When I talked about it when I was drinking with Zixuan, Zixuan was sullen, and he couldn't see the clouds and sunshine on his face.
After saying that, I regretted it, and suddenly remembered what happened to his brother.
"Please eat, don't go, Junnan Group is a gangster, Zhao Junqing and Zhao Junnan brothers never associate with useless people, if you are entangled, it will be over." Zixuan said with a serious expression.
"But Zhao Junqing looks classy, polite, and gentleman......" I said tentatively.
"Will the three words of the underworld be written on the face? Have you ever watched a spy movie, the most gentlemanly one is the most dangerous!"
"Oh," I replied absent-mindedly.
Zixuan was wearing a slim suit, a white shirt, and a pair of khaki fashion slacks underneath that day, holding a wine glass in his hand, sipping slowly, looking like a gentleman possessed. And I was covered in sweat after a busy day, and the collar of my shirt was black.
"Aren't you talking about yourself?" I say.
"What do you say about me?" Zixuan didn't understand.
"Look at you, dressed so neatly, like a spy in a film and television drama."
Zixuan came back to his senses, with an angry face, drank a full glass of white wine in one gulp, and choked and coughed violently.
I gave him a thump on the back, and he shook his hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Get up!" ”
He was really angry.
Zhao Junqing did invite me and Liu Nannan to dinner again, I don't know if Liu Nannan went, I didn't go.
The reason why I didn't go was not because of Zixuan's reminder, but because I didn't think it was necessary to eat this meal, and I sat down with a gentleman and didn't know what to talk about.
The winter in Lucheng is particularly hot-tempered, sometimes the weather is high, sometimes it is cold and unpredictable. One night in this unpredictable season, I received a phone call from Li Jun.
He invited me for a drink or two, affirmed that the past was in the past, and wanted to explain what happened in Beijing.
I always felt indebted to Li Jun in my heart, so I was very surprised when I received a call from him, and I couldn't wait to meet, just like atonement, I also wanted to know his current living situation, as well as his relationship with Zhang Shuai.
Meet Li Jun at the Ghost Time Night Show on Dongzheng Road in Dongcheng District.
Li Jun, who left the police force, has changed a lot, his head has been shaved, he doesn't talk much, and he rarely speaks without you asking.
Ghost Time is not far from the burning Dongzheng Hotel, which has been doing exceptionally well since the Dongzheng nightclub was destroyed by fire.
Li Jun pulled me through the hall full of people and demons dancing in the ghost time, and entered the luxurious private room on the second floor, where two young men sat in the private room, and after seeing their faces clearly by the beige light, I stayed where I was.
How could it be Zhang Shuai and the man who beat me in Beijing? I looked at Li Jun suspiciously, but Li Jun just smiled at me and made a gesture of please.
I was pondering whether to turn around and leave, but Zhang Shuai got up and walked over quickly, put his hand on my shoulder, and the enthusiasm on his face blossomed.
"Come, guard, apologize to Xia Yu first!" Zhang Shuai opened his clothes and raised his hand to greet the man behind him, his movements and tone were exaggerated as if he was acting.
The guard stood up, he was tall in a vest, with bulging muscles, and a silver, blood-dripping solid gold skull pendant around his neck. With a grim expression that would not change color even if he died, he walked slowly, his body blocking the light, and his shadow casting on me. I glanced at him, and he tilted his head to squint at me without blinking, bowed slightly, and suddenly opened his mouth, picked up the blood-dripping skeleton and licked it, like licking the blade of a knife after killing someone.
Zhang Shuai laughed and said, since you get together, make friends.
I said that I wanted the guards to apologize, but the guards stared at me hostilely from beginning to end, and did not show any remorse at all. It's more like preparing to kill the prey, and the eyes with the smell of blood make people extremely uncomfortable.
I reluctantly sat down, still in amazement, the whole audience was directed and acted by Zhang Shuai, and Li Jun sat quietly on the side, watching in silence.
I didn't understand what was going on and what Zhang Shuai's purpose was.
"Let Li Jun invite you, he also said that he is no longer a policeman and has no face. Isn't it better not to be a policeman, no one cares about drinking, and the income is higher than in the past, and men live in the past, what's the point? Zhang Shuai said while opening the wine.
The table was full of drinks and wine, Zhang Shuai opened a few bottles of royal salute and handed me wine, I hesitated to catch it, the three of them took turns to clink glasses, Li Jun lowered his head when he touched the wine, did not speak, and drank after touching.
Zhang Shuai deliberately lowered his glass every time he clinked glasses to show respect. But his tongue, which sticks out to lick his lips at any moment, is a little disgusting, like a snake about to eat people.
I couldn't say no, and I didn't want to.
Subsequently, Zhang Shuai sang a few songs, and even danced an "electric buttock" dance with a wine glass.
After he jumped out, he opened all the wine on the table, poured the glass, took it to me, and handed it to me, he patted me on the shoulder while drinking and said, "Like Meng Xing?" ”
I was stunned, and he said again: "Meng Xing and I have known each other since childhood, women, whoever likes it is whoever's, drink the wine, she is yours!" ”
After saying that, he turned his head to look at the guard, the guard took off his shirt, only wearing a vest, one arm was carved with ornaments, it was a flying dragon that swallowed clouds and spitted mist, that arm turned black in the coiling of the flying dragon, glowing blue, he played with the skull pendant and squinted at me, I don't know what he was thinking.
Maybe it was because he drank too much wine, his head began to be dizzy, the room seemed to float up a layer of smoke, the wall lamp kept shaking, Zhang Shuai's mouth opened and closed, and later, he couldn't hear what he said clearly, and his face was constantly elongated and deformed in front of my eyes.
I feel fanatical inside, impetuous, want to take off my clothes, and want to slap someone.
In a trance, a group of girls came in, writhing around the sofa, and all kinds of smells came to their faces. The faint sound of broken bottles could be heard, as if it came from a distant place, hollow and long.
There was a girl who writhed like a snake on me, her fingers soft and itchy. I want to take a big breath, I feel my brain is infinitely expanding, it feels like it's going to tear, everything is swaying in confusion, my feet are like stepping on cotton, I feel like my whole person is floating, flowing, flying, and the street lamps are dragging long lines backwards.
I don't know how long it took, in a bed, someone undressed me. Then there was a "bang", something fell to the ground, there were screams around him, messy figures running around, and the cry of a woman.
At that time, I felt very tired, so I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep, everything around me had nothing to do with me, I just wanted to have a good night's sleep.
In his sleep, his body walked through the endless darkness, trying to find an exit and light, and began to run wildly, but he could not run to the end, and he broke out in a cold sweat and shouted loudly, but no one responded.