Chapter 5: Wandering is the Fate of Ships (4)
The black Bentley convoy raced along the coastline in the sun, and despite the winter, the Sardinian sky was as blue as summer, with foaming waves washing over the messy reefs. There is a whistle playing in the sound of the tide, and a flock of seagulls is circling under the clouds, singing to the whistle as the white cruise ship prepares to enter the port.
What a wonderful ensemble.
If it weren't for the man in sunglasses sitting in the front row holding a slight flush, maybe Cheng Mozhen would have the illusion that the world was peaceful and he was on vacation.
"Need water? The man with a slight punch in his hand and a shaved head of Moxi turned his head to Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei, who were sitting in the back row, and said in Italian.
Gao Yuemei naturally doesn't understand Italian, but Cheng Mo understands a lot, although the accent is not authentic, but the daily conversation is still not a big problem, after all, French, Italian, Xibanya, Putaoya These languages all belong to the Romance language family, as long as you know one of them, the rest can quickly learn by yourself as you like.
But in this case, Cheng Mo naturally did not show that he knew Italian, he made a blank look and looked at the man holding a micro charge.
It's just that the man didn't look at him, but looked at Gao Yuemei with a smile, tilted his head, and said in Italian accented English: "I'm sorry, I mean you need water?"
Gao Yuemei turned her head to look at Cheng Mo, and when she saw that he was shaking her head, she replied with a smile, "Thank you." Not at the moment. ”
At this time, the pigtailed driver looked in the rearview mirror and interjected, and praised in English: "Hey, you are the most perfect girl I have ever seen, and you make my eyes shine, even the Mediterranean sun is not as dazzling as yours." ”
Gao Yuemei was obviously accustomed to this kind of praise, and said "thank you" generously, then tilted her head and whispered to Cheng Mo in Chinese: "Italian men don't need to make drafts when they say beautiful words, whether they are really beautiful or not, if he wants to praise you, he will praise flowers, like reciting poetry." ”
Cheng Mo nodded casually and agreed, listening attentively to the conversation between the two Italians in the front row.
At this moment, the man in the co-pilot was warning the man driving in Italian, "Hey, Dario, don't die, this is the Godfather's guest." ”
The driver, who was called Dario, slapped the steering wheel and said, "Oh, oh, Insigne, I know, I just compliment..... Didn't plan to do anything!"
"Fool, keep the crotch in your crotch, you almost did a bad thing for a woman last time you went to Barcelona. If the Godfather hadn't magnanimously said that you would have been given another chance, you would have been tied to an anchor and thrown into the sea......"
Hearing the word "padrino" (Italian "godfather"), Cheng Mo was reminded of the famous "mafia", the Hollywood movie "The Godfather" made the "mafia" gang famous all over the world, in fact, the "mafia" in the movie refers specifically to the "Sicilian mafia".
The word "mafia" is derived from the Arabic word "mafia", which means "place of escape". In the imagination of the vast majority of people, the "mafia" and gangsters are inseparable from "killing people and stealing goods" and "robbing homes and houses", but in fact, most of the famous gangs are engaged in illegal businesses that have nothing to do with ordinary people.
Speaking of the early "Sicilian mafia", in fact, it is the actual controller of Sicily, hundreds of years ago Sicily is located in the Mediterranean Sea, Carthaginians, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Normans to occupy this place. The harsh external environment and the lack of resources on the island have led to the development of fierce personalities among the islanders, who have evolved a unique culture of "association" in order to protect their own interests.
The original purpose of this association was to help each other and maintain the order of trade in a place like Sicily. Therefore, the real name of the famous "Sicilian mafia" is quite proletarian revolutionary - Cosa nostra (Our cause).
The word "mafia" is the Italian term for the Italian mafia, and does not specifically refer to the Sicilian mafia "our cause".
It's just that the fame of "The Godfather" is so great that when people mention "mafia", they think they are talking about "our cause".
Fame is not a good thing, "Mu Xiu will be destroyed by the forest wind" This truth is applicable everywhere, because Hollywood propaganda, coupled with the Sicilian mafia's own death, murdered two state prosecutors who have been pressing them step by step, which naturally attracted public resentment boiling, the pope spoke, the general commander made a statement, the military and police went to the streets, pulled the net to search, and the account was screened, and then the "Sicilian mafia" was basically cold in Italy, and the branch in Milijian also began to launder and engage in righteousness.....
The two people in front of them are obviously also "mafia", maybe they think that Gao Yuemei and Cheng Mo really don't know Italian, maybe they think that even if some things are heard, it doesn't matter, and they start to talk unscrupulously.
From their conversation, Cheng Mo learned that they belonged to the Sardinian mafia "Anonymous Sardine", and the "Anonymous Sardine" was inextricably linked to the "Glorious Society", the most powerful mafia in Italy. Their main business is "drug trafficking", "usury", "arms", "pimps" and human trafficking......
These businesses are highly overlapping with "Penglai Island", but it is obvious that Sardinia and Penglai Island have different radiation or jurisdictional scopes. According to Cheng Mo's understanding of the "Black Death", the global underground organization seems to have no connection, but in fact it is united by the Black Death, but this union is very loose, and the "Black Death" cannot be compared to the "United Nations", the United Nations does not have great power, and the "Black Death" should be compared to the "United States".
The "Black Death" is the overlord who maintains the order of the underground world, and every other underground organization is a self-financing individual, but they all need to pay taxes and tribute to the "Black Death".
The method of controlling the world is "rice gold", "rice army" and "high technology", which is a trinity. And the "Black Death" method of controlling other underground organizations, one of them must be the drug extended by the "God gene", as for the other thing, Cheng Mo's understanding of the Black Death is not deep, and there is no way to draw accurate conclusions.
But in any case, the legendary "Black Death" controller man, the second god will be "Nebuchadnezzar", is definitely an unimaginably terrifying figure.
All in all, it's no surprise that Izumi is a former operator of Penglai Island and the Sardinian mafia's "Anonymous Sardine".
Cheng Mo pretended to enjoy the scenery while eavesdropping on the conversation between the two gangsters, but unfortunately, there was very little useful information for him.
Winter is not the peak tourist season in Sardinia, there are no cars on the seaside road, the convoy is moving fast, and it doesn't take long for Cheng Mo to see a castle standing on a mountain cliff. Along the way, Sardinia is full of buildings from the last century, with no high-rise buildings, and a retro atmosphere of the 19th century, which is reflected in this red granite castle.
Unfortunately, years of erosion by the sea breeze have stripped away the original bright colors, and the castle looks slightly old from the outside. Still, the battlements and sharp watchtowers tell the story of how impregnable a fortress it once was.
At the foot of the cliff, the Bentley convoy drove slowly like a serpent across the winding narrow seaside road, through the grass with no concealment, to the castle that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Two gangsters opened the gate painted with twin gun skulls, and the convoy drove into the garden, bypassing a fountain to the main entrance of the castle. A chubby man in a black suit, a colorful square scarf on his chest pocket, and silver-framed glasses was standing in the doorway, combing his oily hair and smiling, looking not at all like a mafia godfather, but like an old professor doing research.
Jing Quan was the first to get out of the car and had a veneer salute with the slightly chubby man with oily hair, and then the two stood at the door and talked a few words, and Jing Quan came over and motioned Gao Yuemei to press the window.
"I'll talk to Monsieur Ope Dissano about something, and by the way, let him find a way to arrange for us to leave Italy for another country, and you will wait honestly, and it is better not to play any tricks. Jing Quan bent down and stared at Cheng Mo by Gao Yuemei's window and whispered a warning.
"What can I do? The passport is with you, and the keys to the yacht are with you, and we can still run?" said Gao Yuemei impatiently.
Cheng Mo pretended to be sluggish and scared, shrunk in his seat and didn't say a word.
Jing Quan sneered: "It's good to know." Now people are getting you everywhere, remember..... Only I can take you out of the dangerous place of Europa. ”
After saying that, Jing Quan and the "godfather" entered the castle, and then the man named Insigne who was sitting in front of him opened the car door, and under the command of a man in a plaid suit, he led Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei to the other side of the main gate of the castle.
The two men followed him through the corridor with hanging baskets and plants on the roof, and paintings and swords on the walls, to the side hall of the garden in the corner of the castle. Probably the place for afternoon tea, it is a circular pavilion surrounded by lattice windows on three sides, with a green lawn and swimming pool surrounded by palm trees, blue water and checkered loungers, which look like a resort hotel.
Insigne summoned a young girl in a black and white maid outfit and told Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei not to move around at will, and turned to leave. The maid brought some desserts, juice, and wine, and set a brass rattle on the table, so that the two men could ring the bell if they wanted, and disappeared into the pavilion.
Seeing that there was no one else in the glass pavilion, Gao Yuemei picked up the juice and changed her seat, sat next to Cheng Mo, and said in a worried voice: "I didn't see those French people in the bottom warehouse today, will they be ......?"
"I only know that he threw one down yesterday, and what happened to the others, I don't guess how much better it will be. Cheng Mo had no sympathy for a few Frenchmen, but hoped that Jing Quan would be cruel so that the possibility of his whereabouts being exposed would be lower. I'm afraid that Jingquan doesn't understand the seriousness of the matter and doesn't handle it decisively enough.
"Then what should I do?" Gao Yuemei looked around cautiously, and found that there seemed to be no one around, so she leaned over and said in Cheng Mo's ear: "Or...... Shall we run away now?"
Cheng Mo thought to himself, I don't want to run away with you, or Boss Jing is more reliable. But he whispered, "This is an island, where can we go?"
Gao Yuemei took out a keychain with a golden yacht pendant and a black remote control key from her pocket, and lit it up under the table to show Cheng Mo, "I accidentally found it in the owner's clothes pocket yesterday. I observed this morning that the logo on the pendant of the yacht is exactly the same as the logo on the rudder of the yacht. ”
Cheng Meng thought that now was not the time to make trouble, so he pretended to be a little worried and said: "How can it be so easy, we don't have passports, what's the use of just having a yacht?"
"Stupid!" Gao Yue glanced at Cheng Mo, "Brother Quan said, you can buy anything on the Black Death APP on that mobile phone, let's buy two fake passport......s?"
Cheng Mo thought to himself that Gao Yuemei was really careful in her observation, but how could Jing Quan be so careless and let Gao Yuemei discover such an important matter? Maybe this is a trap to get away with. However, as an amnesiac, he couldn't help but want to run away, so he could only follow Gao Yuemei's words, pretending to be worried in his heart and saying, "But now that we're here, we can't run, right?"
"There's always going to be a chance. Gao Yuemei put down the juice and held Cheng Mo's hand, she leaned on Cheng Mo's shoulder, and whispered to Cheng Mo's ear as if provocative, "Lin Zhinuo, if I can help you escape, how can you repay me?"
Cheng Mo swallowed a mouthful of saliva, pretended to be a little nervous and said, "What you say, I'll do what I do." ”
Seeing Cheng Mo's somewhat timid and insect-like appearance, Gao Yuemei seemed to feel a little bored again, she didn't speak, just straightened up and poured herself a glass of red wine.
"How..... What's wrong?Xiaomei?" Cheng Mo asked with a trembling face.
"Nothing. Gao Yuemei turned her head and smiled at Cheng Moqiang, she put down the wine bottle, shook the red wine glass for a while, and said in her ear, "Cheng ..... Lin Zhinuo, in case I help you escape successfully, and you regain your memory, you must promise me a piece of that.... A watch that can be conjured into a doppelganger. ”
Cheng Mo's chick nodded like a peck of rice. The two stopped talking about running away, and began to taste dessert while enjoying the scenery.
Gao Yuemei seems to be in a good mood and has eaten a lot. However, Cheng Mo was a little unsavory, he didn't want Jingquan to be delayed in Sardinia for too long, and the longer he delayed, the greater the chance of being found.
The two of them waited in the side hall from the east of the sun to the third pole of the high sun, and when they saw that a morning had passed, the driver who had just brought them over, a handsome Italian man named Dario with pigtails, rushed in and shouted at them: "Hurry up, follow me!
Gao Yuemei remembered that Cheng Mo was likely to be related to the terrorist attack in Paris, and immediately stood up in a panic, grabbed Cheng Mo's hand and dragged him to follow Dario to the corridor.
The castle was deserted, the sun in the corridor painted the light and shadow of the arches that were neatly intertwined like oil paintings, the palm leaves rustled in the sea breeze, and the sound of gunfire could be heard outside the castle.
Accustomed to the firefight on the battlefield, the crisp gunfire was not fierce at all, a bit like a joke. Cheng Mo secretly thought that even if the police came to the door, the mafia should not dare to shoot, could it be that Jingquan was setting up a trap?
Cheng Mo greatly doubted its authenticity. But at the moment, he couldn't be very assertive, so he could only pretend to be panicked and was pulled away by Gao Yuemei.
Dario, with pigtails, took Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei to the watchtower near the cliff of the castle, pushed open the somewhat rotten wooden door, and walked directly to the granite spiral staircase and twisted the oil lamp on the stone wall.
A rumbling sound sounded, and a hole appeared at the edge below the stairs. The lighted hole reveals a stone staircase descending downward.
Dario took the lead and went down, and Gao Yuemei pulled Cheng Mo to follow. When Takatsuki Mei and Cheng Mo came in, Dario turned on the flashlight, twisted the mechanism on the stone wall of the cave again, and the entrance to the cave closed again.
The staircase is cramped, flanked by uneven stone walls, and the tip of the nose is filled with the fishy smell of seawater, which undoubtedly leads to the shore below the cliffs.
"Sir..... What about my friend Mr. Izumi?" asked Takatsuki, panting.
Cheng Mo held his breath, this was also the question he wanted to know.
Dario said without looking back, "He and Godfather Domenico are waiting for us at the docks. ”
Gao Yuemei answered "OK" and stopped talking, but Cheng Mo felt that Gao Yuemei's palms were full of sweat, and in the darkness, he even heard Gao Yuemei's rapid heartbeat. This made Cheng Mo a little skeptical that Gao Yuemei wanted to push Dario down the stairs.
Cheng Mo felt that Gao Yuemei should do it, for example, at the beginning she said that the four foreigners were gone, and there was not much fear in her expression, this girl's courage seemed to be a little more than Cheng Mo imagined.
Cheng Mo was a little afraid that Gao Yuemei would be stupid at this time, so he deliberately slowed down his pace and pulled Gao Yuemei and Dario away from a safe distance. It's also a subtle temptation, and if Dario is really in a hurry, he should rush them.
Koglio didn't look back until he reached the corner of the stairs, where there was a narrow window opening. Dario stopped, looked at the window, cursed, and then turned back to Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei and said, "Oh no! I don't know what's going on, these policemen are crazy! Even the coast guard is here! We can't go to the dock road, we have to run in another direction! You follow me." ”
As he spoke, Dario ran towards the corridor parallel to the corner, and Gao Yuemei pulled Cheng Mo to follow. As they passed by the window, both of them glanced down, only to see that several patrol boats were breaking through the golden sparkling waves, pulling out a few white waves of water, and surrounding the dock under the cliff. And a group of black-clothed men on the dock were running up the stairs in a panic, and there was a well spring among them.
The sound of a loudspeaker sounded, and the Italian phrase "lay down your arms and surrender now" echoed in the sea breeze. Everything is extremely real, but Cheng Mo, who is running in the corridor, still feels suspicious.
After running wildly for four or five minutes, Dario finally ran to the end of the corridor with Cheng Mo and Gao Yuemei, and there was a rocky beach outside, and the waves were roaring. Dario made a gesture to stop and pull aside, pulled out his pistol, and peered over the stone wall at the end of the corridor.
Cheng Mo also looked back at the other side of the corridor, the direction they came from, there were no footsteps, and there were no gunshots. He blanked his eyes and sneered in his heart.
"Follow me!"
Dario jumped down the corridor with a gun, Gao Yuemei let go of the hand holding Cheng Mo and jumped down, and when Cheng Mo jumped down, he saw Gao Yuemei squatting on the ground and picked up a stone and grabbed it in his hand.
Cheng Mo was startled, pretended to stumble, and screamed, "Oops".
"What's wrong?"
At the moment when Dario turned around, Gao Yuemei hurriedly went to help Cheng Mo, let go of the stone and put it down, grabbed Cheng Mo's hand again, and gasped and said, "Hurry up." ”
Looking at the situation, Gao Yuemei not only has good motor nerves, her breath is still stable after running for so long, her acting skills and adaptability are also good, and her performance is seamless.
The three of them quickly passed through the rubble pile and came to an empty beach. Above the beach is the coastal road where they came, and Dario ran out of the beach with Gao Yuemei and Cheng Mo one foot deep and one foot shallow, crossed the coastal road, and entered the mangrove forest on the side of the road.
There was a hidden path among the low bushes, and the seashore was again heard intermittently gunfire, gunfire and shouting getting closer.
Dario stopped, turned around and raised a sweaty face, and said eagerly to the two: "You walk along this road, you will see a tin garage with motorcycles and cars, the keys are inserted in it, just drive away, just run." Find a way to get out of the island yourself......"
"What about you?" Although Gao Yuemei showed great concern, her tone was vaguely relaxed.
Dario raised the gun in his hand and said solemnly, "I can't leave my godfather, I have to go back and help....."
"Thank you!"
Gao Yuemei's "thanks" had just fallen, and a bullet shot out of nowhere, a bloody flower bloomed on Dario's chest, and he screamed and fell sideways into the bushes, and then he shouted hoarsely, "run!"
The messy gunfire caused the leaves to fly, and countless seabirds in the forest soared into the sky.
Gao Yuemei, who originally wanted to take a look at Dario, couldn't take care of it, so she pulled Cheng Mo and ran down the path. Cheng Mo followed behind Gao Yuemei, walking through the mottled shadows of the trees.
Gao Yuemei gasped as she ran, "The mafia brothers are too righteous!"
Cheng Mo rolled his eyes, thinking that his acting skills were also exaggerated. He had seen countless cases of being shot, and 90 percent of the bullets hitting the chest should be backwards, unless they hit the legs, it is possible to fall forward, what the hell is it to fall sideways? The blood splashing effect of the shot is relatively realistic, but the trajectory of the bullets in the back is basically from a high place, maybe it is a loaded gun, and he is afraid that he will really kill them.
I don't know how good the relationship between Jing Quan and this gang of mafia is, and he actually went out of his way to help act in this play, Cheng Mo had to sigh from the bottom of his heart: "Yes! It's too righteous!"
(The update is a little late, but it's still there today)