Chapter 55: Sin City

On weekend afternoons, try calling her and asking if it's convenient to meet. She was silent for a moment, and then said, "I'm in Xujiahe, come here." ”

At the turn of summer and autumn, the Xujia River is still wandering in a piece of green, with lush vegetation and a tinkling river.

The fields are full of unknown small flowers, the sun is pure, the air is fresh, and the white clouds in the sky are running carefree. It was very quiet, except for the occasional sparrow skimming low over the river and hiding in the grass.

Trains on the other side of the river roared into the wilderness into the distance.

Chu Qing was wearing a white dress, sitting on an abandoned railroad track, the wind was blowing the corners of her skirt, her hair was flying, and she was cold and lonely in her quiet beauty.

She had a bottle of whiskey in her hand, halfway through it. The most surprising thing is that she still has a cigarette in her hand.

I sat diagonally across from her on the railroad tracks, and she held up the bottle and cigarette case to me, and I took a cigarette from her hand and lit it.

She looked at the bushes on the riverbank and said slowly, "The girl who died there is my cousin." That day, I had promised to take her to the countryside to see the snow. Her parents divorced and followed her mother to the city since she was a child, and her father stayed in Shanghai. At that time, a train to Shanghai would pass by here every week, and she would come here every time to see it. It was her 17th birthday and I didn't have time to give her a gift and wanted to surprise her when the train passed. Remember the clean cotton shoes on the TV news? It was bought for her by her aunt with the surplus money she had saved from selling vegetables for a winter, and she was reluctant to wear it once. On her birthday, she put on her new cotton shoes and came here to watch the train. The beautiful blue shoes ended up being stained black by the mud at the bottom of the river. ”

Chu Qing looked at the bank of the river, and continued in a low voice: "Auntie hasn't taken a good look at her walking in her new shoes. Long after that incident, my aunt stopped appealing, and she also had a 12-year-old son, the principal of the elementary school where her son attended, who was the suspect's mother. She gave her aunt 30,000 yuan, and before that, her son was stalked and intimidated several times. She was warned that if she continued to appeal, she would be arrested and her son would lose support. ”

My heart fluctuated, and I quietly watched her take a few sips of wine, and she breathed a sigh of relief: "30,000 yuan bought the life of a 17-year-old girl!" 30,000 yuan to take away the youth of a 17-year-old girl! I've fought for them, but it's useless, just because the other party has the power to represent fairness and refereeing. ”

She seemed to be talking to herself, and it was like talking to me, maybe she just needed a listener.

Later, she put the whiskey on the railroad tracks, cut her hair and said, "After that, I thought that I had to do better, to have status, to have power to have dignity." Women are weak, it is difficult for them to have power and status, and they have to rely on powerful men to do it! ”

Her face gradually turned pale, and she turned her head to look at me with one arm in her arms: "Women can't please men's hearts no matter what they do. Those who are honest and do their duty to live a good life and want to be a good wife and mother, either guarding a man who has no ability, eating chaff and vegetables, counting money with his fingers, firewood, rice, oil and salt, saving every penny, and can't even afford to buy decent clothes. Even if you buy some rouge powder, you can't afford to dress up yourself, such a woman often encounters men who are not only incompetent, but also have a big temper, smoking, drinking, gambling, etc., and will become numb in endless complaints, and can only eat and wait for death. When you meet a capable man, you care for and are considerate, husband and child, and use all your efforts to raise him to be white and fat, healthy, and successful in his career, but you yourself are slowly getting old, and this man begins to look for women outside and have affairs. It is not easy for your distressed man to make money outside, and he is reluctant to spend money to wear gold and silver, but the man doesn't care about it and throws a lot of money to support his lover. ”

The twilight is getting thicker, and the sun is shining warmly on the slopes of the fields, and there is golden yellow everywhere.

She was silent for a long time, and I pretended to be relaxed and said: "Actually, there are not many women who advocate women's independence, stay at home and work hard, and eat and sleep to watch children. If you look at the streets, people who have money or not, are all dressed fashionably and fashionably. For example, you have your own career, do what you like, and be independent and respected. ”

"What about independence?" Chu Qing interrupted me, with mockery in her tone, and said to herself, "How many women with successful careers are happy in love?" Men themselves are not angry, and they can't see women as strong. And those who are willing to bow down under the skirt of a strong woman are either little white faces who are indulgent and hardworking or hypocritical villains with plans, even if there are people who can live together, they can't grow long. All require women to be strong and capable outside, to be gentle as water when they go home, to be pregnant and give birth to children, to serve their husbands, to respect the old and love the young. Women are so weak, they can't carry weight on their shoulders, they can't carry more than 100 burdens, how can we do everything? Men require women to be able to dress up, have a look, be able to take things out, have face, be able to cook, be able to run a house, be a beautiful mother, and understand customs, what kind of world is this? ”

These few words surprised me, it was too different from her usual dignified and dignified host, and I couldn't believe it came from her heart.

She continued: "Having said that, even if women want to be self-reliant and independent, they still have to rely on men, and now that it is a patriarchal society, most power institutions are not men who have the final say? If a woman wants to get ahead, she has to pretend to be cute, charming, and seducing, and she has to do her best to serve the man well. But in addition to the color of a woman's flesh, what else do men value? Zixuan only stared at the TV station, and he was satisfied as a deputy director and host. I can't be resigned to mediocrity, a foreigner, helpless, everything has to rely on myself to fight, I love him, but I also want a shortcut, cling to the powerful, using men, right and wrong don't say anything first, who will know my suffering? ”

Chu Qing's last words were something I didn't expect, and I no longer wanted to find out if she was having an affair - if you know the secret of your brother and woman, it will be overshadowed when you face your brother again.

I digressed: "Men and women are a pair of enemies. In this world, the most entangled is the relationship between men and women, not to mention the greatness of love, unswerving to death, life and death. If there is no entanglement between men and women, it seems that there is not much fun in living. It's like stir-frying without salt, it has no taste! ”

I don't know if I was awakened by me or returned to reality, Chu Qing seemed to wake up suddenly and realized his gaffe. She quickly regained the host's usual steady demeanor, and when her eyes met, her eyes were full of melancholy, which was a long-term inner depression.

I was worried about her relationship with Zixuan, and it was inevitable that there would be a serious conflict between them.

I met Chu Qing alone this time, although I didn't mention much about her relationship with Zixuan, but she was a smart person and knew my purpose and intentions.

I only hope - maybe she really loves Zixuan, and the two will slowly reconcile.

After that, one day in the TV restaurant, when I saw the two of them eating together, Chu Qing sandwiched a chicken leg for Zixuan, and Zixuan wiped the vegetable juice on her mouth.

Zhao Junqing came back from his honeymoon in Europe ahead of schedule, and Gao Chuan's call and the wish made him extremely shocked.

At the Three Kingdoms Tea House, Zhao Junqing calmly reprimanded Brother Xiong for not being optimistic about the snow in Hokkaido. Seeing Zhao Junqing, all the grievances and hatreds with Zhang Shuai and the guards surged in my mind.

Gao Chuan said: "Brother Qing, you can usually fight as much as you want, but now our friend is forced to death, this is forcing people to a dead end, there must be a rule and scale for everything, and this time we have to fight to the death." ”

Brother Xiong also said on the side: "Yes, fight!" People only have one life, these years, the Ocean Group has a bit of a background, no one cares about it, our coal mine is gone, the winery is closed, the hotel is set on fire, and the night song hall has collapsed! In the past few years, our territory has been almost robbed! ”

Zhao Junqing said: "What kind of land grab?!" We are in business, and we are not a warlord underworld! ”

Seeing that Gao Chuan and Brother Xiong both bowed their heads and were silent. He stood up and said, "Don't worry, I, Zhao Junqing, am definitely not a weak person who is afraid of death, since they are so ruthless, we can't be soft!" ”

Hearing Zhao Junqing's words, Gao Chuan and Brother Xiong found a group of people that night, prepared sticks and knives, and prepared to smash the night club and sauna center of the Ocean Group.

Fortunately, Zhao Junqing stopped this violent incident in time.

"If people smash it, we will smash it. This is self-digging! After people smash it, there is a relationship to cover it, and you can carry it by just someone. After we smash it, we will catch fire and die! Violence will not solve the fundamental problem, it will only kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 of yourself. Zhao Junqing paused and said, "I know how to fix them!" ”

Zhao Junqing said that all the nightclubs, bars and nightclubs of the Ocean Group are engaged in drug trading and drug use activities.

Brother Xiong said: "Then we will report them to the police!" ”

Gao Chuan shook his head: "There are so many entertainment venues in the country, and there are many illegal businesses, can the police not know?" There is an internal relationship, it is useless to call the police, and nothing can be found. ”

"Let's find a few people to secretly take pictures of these, leave a piece of evidence, and then find a way to find it to investigate." Zhao Junqing said.

They wanted to find someone to take a secret photo, and I insisted on going, and the reporter was the most professional in secretly filming. And, in order to make a wish, I have to do something myself. In the end, it was decided, Gao Chuan and Brother Xiong took someone to answer outside, and found a beautiful and clever girl to go in with me to cover up.

Zhao Junqing found a professional makeup artist, put a wig and beard on me, put on black frames, and I went to the TV station to apply for a miniature candid camera.

Ocean Group has three nightclubs, two large bars and nightclubs, three slow-shaking KTVs, and we take two candid photos every day.

These entertainment venues, because no one has supervised them for many years, have unscrupulously carried out drug abuse and drug trafficking activities, as long as they are generous and tip the waiters, they can buy drugs.

I secretly filmed all the drug dealings and filthy scenes. And let the girl who went with her take a miniature device and pretend to drink too much to take pictures in other large rooms, where some people are lying on the table and taking drugs, some are making love on the sofa, and more people are shaking their heads under the flash. Maybe everyone is used to it, there are so many people that no one pays attention to her at all.

After all the eight night shows were secretly filmed. I proposed to go and take pictures of the major bathing and sauna centers of the Ocean Group. It's also rife with erotica and the drug trade.

I went to the two bathing centers first and quietly filmed it. When I arrived at Xiaoyao Palace, I took a shower and went upstairs, and when I went to the rest hall, I was about to take a candid photo, and there were two tall men in the hall who kept looking at me.

I didn't feel good, and I realized that I forgot to put on my glasses frame after taking a shower just now, and I thought that maybe I was recognized, so I immediately got up and went to the dressing room to get dressed.

I put on my clothes and went to the hall to pay the bill, and a crowd of people poured out of the side door, surrounding me from behind.

"What do you do? What's in the bag? "One of the leaders asked me coldly.

Before I could answer, the intercom on the leader's shoulder rang, and a loud voice came from inside.

After listening to this, he looked at me and said, "Master Wei asked you to go." ”

I was shocked, and if I really went with them, I would definitely die.

"I don't know any Wei Ye, you won't think I'm a thief." I raised my bag and said, "It's all a change of clothes." ”

As he spoke, he suddenly pushed away a relatively thin man on the left and ran for his life. The group of people scolded and chased them out.

When I went out, I saw Gao Chuan and Brother Xiong in the yard, and shouted to them: "Run!" ”

The three of them ran to the street, and Brother Xiong's five subordinates answered outside, feeling steady. Our car was parked in a nearby neighborhood. A group of people was running there, and suddenly two groups of people poured out from both ends of the street, dozens on each side, each with steel pipes and machetes in their hands.

One of them, who seemed to be led by the guards, did not hurry and squeezed into the middle.

We were stuck in the middle of the road, looking around, there was nowhere to hide.

One of Brother Xiong's subordinates was a little flustered, looked at him and said, "Big brother, call the police, otherwise it's over!" ”

Brother Xiong kicked him and said, "Fuck your uncle, solve things on the road, never use the police, if it gets out, how can we mix!" Fight with them! "As he spoke, he was going to lead people to rush.

Gao Chuan grabbed him and said, "Don't send it to death, don't you see the guards here." No one can run away from rushing over! Look at him like that, he's running for our lives. ”

"I can't care so much, fight with them!" Brother Xiong rushed over with five of his men.

They rushed to the front, and there was a scuffle, and from a distance they saw the guards take a stick like a whip from the hands of the people around them, and hit the head of the male brother's men, making a dull sound of steel and bones colliding.

The scuffle didn't last for a few minutes, and Brother Xiong and his men were covered in blood and limped back with each other's arms.

The guards slowly surrounded them.

At this time, sirens sounded on the side of the street, and several police cars drove over. The guard was stunned for a moment, and ran away with the two gangs, and before leaving, I saw him raise his arm, point to this side, and make a beheading motion.

It was Zhao Junqing who called the police, and when there was a scuffle on the street, he was in a car not far away, in order to prevent things from getting bigger, he refused the request of his subordinates to rush over for reinforcements, and chose to call the police.

In this sudden encounter, Brother Xiong and several of them were injured in many places, two of them had broken their skulls, and one of them was injured in their internal organs and almost died.

In the face of the police's questioning, they didn't say anything, insisted that they didn't know each other, and were attacked when they were walking on the street after dinner. The police certainly don't believe these confessions, but there is no other way.

Everyone knows very well that the violent crimes of Zhang Shuai and the guards are not something that ordinary police officers can handle at all.

What happened this night, we were worried that we had been caught by surprise and detected by the Ocean Group. Zhao Junqing sent out a few fresh faces to check on the night market of the Ocean Group, and found that everything was business as usual, and all criminal activities showed no signs of subsidence at all.

We made the candid footage into a video, with dubbing, text and commentary, and everything was done in the format of an unannounced news interview. After sorting it out, I asked Zhao Junqing what to do next, whether it was to be handed over to the police or posted on the Internet.

Zhao Junqing thought for a while and said, "It must be handed over to the police, but not to the local police." There are many people who have reported the illegal activities of the Ocean Group to the police, but not only have they not been investigated, but they have also been retaliated against, and one of them is still lying in bed. Before it is handed over to the police, it cannot be posted on the Internet, and if it is posted, it will startle the snake. At that time, the local police will have to be instructed to take care of it, which means that nothing has been done. ”

I remembered that Ran Jing had a classmate's father who was a leader of the Provincial Public Security Department, so I said, "I'll look for someone to see if I can hand it over." ”

went home and told Ran Jing about this, Ran Jing opened her eyes and said, "You don't want to die?" Who told you to go for a candid photoshoot! How do you explain to your parents if something happens? ”

I said, "Don't talk about it yet, it's already done anyway, can you hand it over?" ”

Ran Jing immediately said, "No! This matter is too big, the Ocean Group has a deep foundation, it has been so many years, the police have not taken care of it, and it is very dangerous if it is not done well. ”

I blushed and said, "Don't forget, you are a police officer, and what is in front of you is a piece of evidence of serious illegal and criminal activities, and you sit idly by, are you worthy of being a policeman?" ”

Ran Jing looked at me stunned and said, "Chen Xiao has an accident, I don't want Mengmeng to lose another mother!" ”

After speaking, she hugged Mengmeng and sat on the sofa, her eyes were red, her head twisted to the side, trying not to let the tears flow. When she talked about Chen Xiao, I felt uncomfortable. But I'm even sadder that a police family and a police chief who controls the entire city can't stop these crimes. At this moment, the admiration and pride for my aunt were gone.

I don't want to be embarrassed anymore, so I want to leave. Ran Jing walked over and stretched out her hand to ask me to secretly take pictures.

I subconsciously took a step back and couldn't help but ask, "Do you want to destroy, or ......?"

Ran Jing said: "In your eyes, sister is such a person? A weak, incompetent, complicity policeman? ”

Mengmeng came over and leaned against Ran Jing, she was carrying her schoolbag and going to school, still holding the remaining half of the bread in her hand, and was looking at us with confused eyes.

gave Ran Jing a copy of the candid information, but didn't expect her to help.