After drinking the pot of ginseng tea, it was already three o'clock in the morning.

I asked Lian Chengbi to sleep on the sofa in the study, and then stayed in the living room by myself, reclining on the sofa.

Except for the small wall lamp next to the dining room, all the other lights were turned off, and the lights in the room were dim, and everything was overshadowed.

Maybe I'm too tired, so in a trance, I have already entered a dream.

That dream happened in the side garden of Li Qingzhao Memorial Hall in Baotu Spring Park, where the eldest brother was sitting in the gazebo on the top of the rockery, holding his knees with his hands and his chin resting on his knees.

There is a waterfall below the pavilion, and the clear spring water gushes out of the stone gap, merging into a two-foot-wide waterfall, which falls down into the oval pool under the rockery.

This is where we used to come and spend an afternoon.

I stood by the pool, looking up.

On the top of the gazebo, the gray cornices rise gracefully, like the tail of a bird.

"Big brother—" I choked up instantly.

"Don't avenge me. The eldest brother said.

His voice was full of vicissitudes, as if he had traveled thousands of miles, and all his youthful sharpness had been sharpened by the hardships of life.

"I have found one of the men in black, he is a person from the 'Eighteen Buddhas of the Western Heavens', this time, I will definitely go all out to catch a really useful clue. Lian Chengbi and the Red Sleeves will help me capture Elder Wen. Rest assured, the time for revenge will not be too far away. I said hurriedly.

That's good news, and I have to let my big brother know.

"Little brother, don't take revenge. There are things we think we know, and there are things we think we don't know. What we are most afraid of is that what we don't know is that we think we know, a blind man riding a blind horse, in the middle of the night near a deep pool, that is too dangerous, there is no chance of winning at all. Little brother, remember my words, don't take revenge, let this page turn and start again, as if it hadn't happened. He said in a low voice.

I didn't understand what he meant, so I went around to the left, followed the two-step wide stone steps, and climbed to the top of the mountain in one go.

The gazebo was empty, and there was no shadow of the eldest brother.

I looked down the hill, and my eldest brother's back was slowly disappearing into the plantain bushes.

"Big brother—" I screamed heartbreakingly.

For so many years, he has never entered my dreams, and this time he came to persuade me not to take revenge. I can't accept it at all, because "revenge" has long become the biggest hateful thing engraved on my bones, and if I don't take revenge, I will be a descendant of the Xia clan in vain.

Knowing that it was a dream, I still jumped down the rockery, reached out in vain to the plantain bushes, and then woke up from the dream in a cold sweat.

"Don't take revenge" - these four big words seemed to be written on the gray roof, stabbing my eyes with burning pain.

I took several deep breaths to fully control my excitement.

"Buzz, buzz", from the bedroom with red sleeves, the sound of mobile phone vibrating.

I didn't move, glancing at the bedroom door out of the corner of my eye.

A few seconds later, Red Sleeves lowered his voice and spoke: "It's all asleep, no, you can't beat his idea, this is my bottom limit, absolutely not." ”

I held my breath to allow myself to hear better.

"You can't come up, I'll go out, see you in the parking lot in five minutes. She added.

After less than a minute, the bedroom door opened gently, and the red sleeves crept out, and observed at the door for a while, making sure that there was no movement on my side, and then slowly walked to the door, pulled on his shoes, opened the door and walked out.

As I continued to listen, I heard the sound of the elevator door opening and closing, believing that she had gone downstairs.

"Who's going to call?" I filtered through my mind all the people I had been in contact with, and I really didn't understand the point.

There was also movement in the study, and Lian Chengbi's voice immediately sounded in a low voice: "Pay attention, there is a joint action in the parking lot, tune the microphone well, and try to aim at the target." However, never expose the target, the opponent is crazy, and when killing people is a minute, everyone should not be a child's play. Okay, let's go to the radio silence until I give the command to dismiss, and then the communication can be restored. ”

I lay motionless, mentally tracing the situation in the parking lot.

There is no underground parking in this complex, and all cars are parked in the open space enclosed by the building. According to rough estimates, about 150 cars can be parked, and the terrain is quite empty, and even if there is a microphone, it may not be possible to remotely monitor the conversation between Redsleeves and visitors.

What's even worse is that, as Lian Chengbi said, the enemy is crazy, and once the eavesdropper's hiding is exposed, it will trigger the other party's murderous and exterminating operation.

The ambition of the Qin Wanghui is undoubted, and even the people that Chengbi can mobilize are far beyond my estimate. This also verifies from another side that King Qin's killing of Yue Buqun was a big plan that had been planned for a long time, and everyone became pawns to serve this big plan.

I have to stay awake, because the success of every big gang is not a fluke or two, but a careful plan, thousands of troops go into battle together, whether it is a tiger or a rabbit, and fight with all their might, one knife at a time.

If I have mercy on Lianchengbi, it is falling into the trap set by the other party.

In the darkness, I couldn't help but smile silently.

People who are too soft-hearted are not suitable for thaumaturgy, for example, I always unconsciously want to take the burden on the shoulders of the weak, let myself rush to the front, resist the rain of bullets, sacrifice myself, and save the weak.

"Thaumaturgical rivers and lakes, how can there be a weakling? Even if some of them are weak people who have just started, they will be divided up and swallowed up by the strong in the blink of an eye, and the rest will be veterans who have experienced a hundred battles and have hearts like stones, and all the cowardly appearances are perfect disguises. "My face flushed unconsciously.

At this time, Redsleeves must be in the parking lot, conspiring with the caller.

There was silence all around, and I could count the number of times my heart was beating.

"Wait, wait for the Red Sleeves to come back, wait for tomorrow to fight in Whip Finger Alley, wait for everyone's disguises to be exposed one by one......" I said silently in my heart.

Jinan is a treasure land and a place where heroes from all over the world gather. Therefore, people who don't have real materials can't wait for the finale, and they have been eliminated halfway.

I am a very patient person, Qushuiting Street has been confined for ten years, the days of poverty have smoothed my mentality, I firmly believe that I must have more endurance and tenacity than any other foreign force.

"Stop, withdraw, withdraw, withdraw!" Lian Chengbi suddenly roared in the study.

Obviously, the eavesdroppers she had set up in the parking lot had been discovered by the other party, and they were about to be killed in an instant.

"Click, click", a series of unusual movements sounded in the study.

I couldn't pretend to be asleep anymore, so I jumped up and stepped to the door of the study.

Judging from my experience, Lian Chengbi has already assembled a sniper rifle in ten seconds, and the next step must be to be condescending and snipe the enemy in the parking lot.

Sure enough, when I pushed open the study door, Lian Chengbi was already standing in front of the window, his legs firmly spread apart, forming a squat. A spear reached out of the window, pointed diagonally downwards at a forty-five degree angle, and was aimed at the parking lot.

I didn't speak, but quickly went to the window, hid behind the curtain, and looked down.

The parking lot was full, and from a distance, there were only a few empty seats.

Right now, at least five people are abandoning their cars and running through the gap between two rows of private cars towards the security room to the west.

There are people on duty 24 hours a day in the security room, so it's relatively safe to go there.

"It's over, they're killing themselves. I whispered helplessly.

The escapee follows the ideas of ordinary people to choose a way out, which happens to fall into the killer's routine.

Since everyone knows to flee to the security room, the killer doesn't have to chase all over the field at all, he only needs to stand in the parking lot to the middle of the security room. It's easier to kill people like that than to wait for a rabbit.

"Holly bushes, garbage collection stations, community utility rooms. "As I observed the terrain, I reported where the killer might be hiding.

Lian Chengbi took a deep breath and shifted slightly to the left, pointing his gun near the garbage dump I was talking about.

Just ten steps from the security room, the garbage dump is a row of three bungalows with a place to hide people behind the house and an excellent ambush platform on the roof.

"Find the Red Sleeve Move, where she is, the enemy is there. Lian Chengbi whispered.

I'm looking for a red sleeve trick too, but she's not in the parking lot. Not only was she gone, but neither was the person who connected with her.

In the blink of an eye, five people ran to the door of the security room, slammed the door and rushed in, and then closed the door with their backhands.

Lian Chengbi breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, my people are safe." ”

It was a good thing that she never used the spear, so as not to be too ostentatious and cause too much unnecessary trouble.

I withdrew the gun for her and laid it flat on the ground.

"It's dangerous, I really don't think you have to. I said.

Lian Chengbi shook his head: "No, I just feel that it is very necessary to do this." The King of Qin will come to Jinan from Shaanxi and Gansu, if he can't force himself to be the first in everything, then how can he gain a foothold? Tianshi, you are a native of Jinan, and you don't know the hardships of outsiders. We had to work ten times harder than our local thaumaturgical counterparts to keep up with them. The beggar gang has never lacked capable people, such as the two beauties of Red Sleeves and Bing'er under your care, both of whom are masters in the bag, but you are fascinated by beauty and don't see it clearly. ”

I pointed out the window: "After all, it's five lives, and if something happens to them, won't you always have a troubled conscience?"

This is an era of peace, and human life is the most expensive, and there is no room for sloppiness.

"You are from the rivers and lakes, Tianshi, if you have too many concerns, how can you move forward?" Lian Chengbi frowned.

I know that my thoughts are a little paranoid, because most of the people in the rivers and lakes live a life of licking blood with knives and hating each other, and many times, driven by the desire for profit, they will take the life of their opponents as light as grass and can be deprived at will.

That kind of rivers and lakes is not what I want to pursue, harmonious and prosperous, everyone is equal, even in order to achieve the goal, we must minimize the killing and maintain a good ecological environment of the rivers and lakes.

Violent, brutal, bloody, crazy...... In the new era of the 21st century, all post-70s, post-80s and even post-90s thaumaturgists should of course have their own imprint of the times, rather than continuing the old rules that have become outdated.

"In Jinan, don't act recklessly, there will be big problems. Ah Bi, Jinan is different from Shaanxi and Gansu, there are too many strong people, many big people in the capital will come to Jinan from time to time, if you provoke people who should not be provoked, I am afraid that I will not be able to eat and go around. "I admonished her.

If she had shot condescendingly, we should have spent the rest of the night in the police station.

There was a "ding" sound when the elevator door opened, and it should be that the red sleeves had returned.

I had just taken a step back to leave the study and go back to the living room couch when Lian Cheng slammed in and wrapped his arms around my waist.

The door to the study was closed, and the lights weren't turned on.

If the Red Sleeves walked in and saw that I was not on the sofa, they would mistakenly think that I had broken into the study in the middle of the night in order to have fun with Lianchengbi.

"Oh, that's not good—" I struggled slightly.

"Tianshi, provoke the other party to see the after-effects, this is the best time. Lian Chengbi explained in a low voice, "Aren't you trying to save Tang Wan? This is the best key to solving the game." Trust me, trust me......"

As soon as the door rang, the footsteps of the red sleeves came.

From the analysis of the footsteps, after she walked in, the first time she saw me on the sofa was that I was not on the sofa, and she was immediately stunned by the door.

I stopped struggling, let Lianchengbi hold on, held my breath, and listened to the movement outside the study.

The Red Sleeves walked around the living room and stopped at the door of the study.

The three of us stood across a wooden door, each with our own concerns.

"Angered by the Red Sleeves, she was forced to do something wrong. This method is very direct and very violent, which is equivalent to tearing apart the spiritual defense line of the red sleeve move by the simplest means, and there is no cost, just to take advantage of the situation and use psychological offensive to disintegrate the opponent's psychological fortifications.

Lian Chengbi's mind is really quick and he is good at taking advantage of our joint efforts.

The reason why I don't want to take the initiative to do this is just because I don't want to use "my" emotional advantage to oppress the red sleeve trick, which is tantamount to "deceiving others with affection", which is a liar's behavior and extremely immoral.

"I would have set my heart on the bright moon, but why did the bright moon shine on the ditch?" Red Sleeves whispered to himself.

Anyone who is an adult will guess what I came to Lianchengbi in the middle of the night for.

"Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk", the red sleeves raised his hand and knocked lightly on the door four times.

Lian Chengbi floated back and leaned over the sofa, leaning his mouth on the armrest of the sofa, and let out a low wheezing sound: "What's the matter?"

She responded like this, which confirmed the speculation of the red sleeve move.

"It's okay, I just can't see Mr. Xia, let me confirm with you, is he here?"

Lian Chengbi gave a vague "um" and replied in a trembling voice: "Yes, he is here, don't worry." ”

Red Sleeves paused, sneered and said, "Okay, then I'll rest assured, I wish you happiness." ”

She left the study door, went back to her bedroom, and slammed the door shut.

In the dark, I felt to the couch and sat next to Lianchengbi.

"Well, she should be in a mess. Lian Chengbi said in my ear.

I have a faint feeling in my heart, but now that it's over, I don't want to argue anymore.

"Anyone who wants to activate the 'Infantile Nightmare Technique' is 100% going to make something big. In the past, the 'tanuki for the prince' incident in the harem of the Great Song Dynasty was caused by the 'art of infants'. Whatever the reason, we must know the hole cards of the beggars and see how they are going to make waves. You sleep on the couch while I'm with you. Lian Chengbi said.

I tried to get up and ask her to sleep on the couch, but she pushed me down and leaned over.

The quality of the sofa was not very good, and when I had body movements with Lian Chengbi, the old-fashioned springs under the sofa cushions immediately made a series of inexplicable sounds such as "crunch, click", etc.

"You sleep, I'll accompany you, give me a chance to be good to you. Lian Chengbi whispered affectionately in my ear.

"Knock knock, knock knock", Lian Chengbi knocked on the wall in the bedroom, wordlessly expressing angry protest.

Being so misunderstood by her, I can only smile bitterly.

Lian Chengbi's face was pressed against my chest, and he couldn't stop snickering, and his shoulders trembled.

I no longer objected, so I lay flat and let Liancheng stick to me.

Outside, the neighborhood was quiet, and occasionally stray cats in heat dragged their hoarse voices and barked sadly.

Sangyuan Road belongs to the suburbs outside the second ring road of the city, and at this time, it has been silent and has entered the deep sleep period of the world.

People and cities have slept, but it doesn't mean that many rivers and lakes have slept too.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are people who are working day and night, sleeplessly planning the future of fighting for power.

It suddenly occurred to me that if I came all the way from Shaanxi and Gansu like Lianchengbi, and only regarded Jinan City as a certain foothold of her vitality, she would not care too much about the future of this city. Anyway, she always has to leave, waving her sleeves and not staining the dust. Similarly, for the beautiful, ancient and sacred city of Jinan, she is just a passerby, no different from the millions of people sent to high-speed rail stations and long-distance bus stations every day.

We are not born and raised in Jinan, because everyone's roots grow here, and everyone's household registration book and resume have the words "Shandong Jinan" from beginning to end, which has become our identity label, and it will always exist until the destruction of the world.

Jinan is good, we have a light on our faces; Jinan is bad, we have been criticized, and Jinan has been the focus of public opinion because of some news, and we cannot sit still.

With this in mind, we think about the future of the city every step we take.

If there are successive explosions underground, then there will inevitably be a large-scale vicious event of building collapse on the ground, triggering panic in the city and displacing people.

The reason why I think this way is because after I evacuated the underground secret passage, I had the short-sighted idea of blowing up the end of the secret passage. In the case of being too concerned about Tang Wan, I think that by blowing up all the way forward, I can penetrate everything and find the source of Tang Wan's voice.

Now it seems that this idea is really ridiculous and terrifying.

Of course, explosives are endless, and as long as they are willing to pay for it, they can get a few kilograms, dozens of kilograms, hundreds of kilograms, or even tons of explosives. In the vicinity of Jinan, there are mining, mountain opening and other explosives use enterprises, and there are also secret factories specializing in the production of explosives. Therefore, the amount of explosives is 100% sufficient.

"But, when will it be a head?" I mocked myself for my impatience.

Soon, Lianchengbi fell asleep, and his nose made an even, sweet, subtle snoring sound.

I only slept a little bit before dawn, no more than an hour in total.

I was awakened by the sound of the red sleeves opening the door, and she not only opened the bedroom door and walked out, but also opened the study door and stood silently in the doorway.

I had my eyes closed, but I could feel what Red Sleeves was doing.

You can imagine me and Lian Chengbi lying on the couch, her body all pressed against me, her face against my chest. In order to maintain her balance, my left arm wrapped hard around her shoulder, which was equivalent to "hugging" her.

Both of us were dressed though, but that didn't clarify anything.

After a long time, the red sleeves sighed and closed the door gently.

The sound of cooking sounded in the kitchen, waking up even Chengbi.

"Good sleep, never slept...... It's so good...... Crushed you, didn't you?" sat up, sleepy-eyed, his sideburns scattered, like a piece of jade that had just been chiseled.

"No, you should have had a good night's sleep, you've been too tired lately, right?" I replied softly.

"I have always regarded the affairs of the Qin Wanghui as my own business, and I dare not relax in the slightest. But I'm also used to it, when I was in Shaanxi and Gansu, I was almost half of my father's family, and from top to bottom, I handled more than 100 big and small things every day. This time, if it weren't for the various forces from the capital to stir up the situation, it wouldn't be so tired. Tianshi, what I hope for most now is that you can join the King of Qin Association wholeheartedly to help me. I won't trouble you in vain, and I will definitely give you a great reward in the future......"

She never gave up lobbying me to serve the Qin Dynasty, and my refusal never changed.

I stood up and stretched, and walked to the window overlooking the parking lot.

Residents of the community who got up early to go to work have already sat in their cars, dragged their children and daughters, and sent them to school.

They are ordinary people, and they don't care about what happened in the parking lot last night, they only care about whether the children will be late, whether the company will open and make a fortune today, and how to solve the two meals at noon and night......

I love them, because it is with such a large group of flesh-and-blood and emotionally real people that Jinan City will become prosperous, rich and full of vitality. Otherwise, the city with only thaumaturgists and quacks will not have any popularity at all, just a war stage and battle ruins.

"Tianshi, you have one of your biggest shortcomings, that is, you are too emotional and not rational enough. For example, you obviously have a hundred opportunities to use the Red Sleeve Trick and Bing'er, but you don't use it, but you want to find out the details of Elder Wen through me. If you were willing to use a little bit of men, you would have known all the details that the two sisters knew. Lian Chengbi said teasingly.

I responded to her with a sentence that has been circulating on the Internet for a long time: "Falling in love without the purpose of marriage is a hooligan - a person who wanders the rivers and lakes can compare with others in ruthlessness, connections, IQ, strength and even scoundrels, but he can't compare with men." Ah Bi, if a man uses a girl's feelings to get through the tricks, then what's the difference between a girl and a girl who goes to the sea to make money with her beautiful face?"

This is what I say from my heart, and it is also the principle of my life in society - to choose the good and be stubborn, and stick to the truth.

Lian Chengbi suddenly became extremely sad, as if he had thought of something, and shrank in the corner of the sofa in a trance.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

She lowered her head and whispered in a thick nasal voice: "I can see through, in your life, you only love Tang Wan, and other girls are floating clouds in your eyes, isn't it? This is really a great sadness...... She's just getting a head start on time and getting to know you before we do. If time were reversed, it was still unknown who you would fall in love with, right?"