Erligou is not a ditch, but a dry riverbed depression.

After decades of unremitting destruction, overgrazing, disorderly development, and grassland degradation have finally turned this once fertile pasture into a sandy land with sporadic thorns.

Ga...... A high-pitched, startling cry rang out.

Bao Xiaosan was so frightened that he shrank behind Qiu Di, and Geng Baolei was so frightened that he hid behind Guan Qianjiao, but when you listened attentively, there was silence and no sound.

Qiu Di lit up the flashlight and shone it back, Bao Xiaosan was embarrassed, and showed Geng Baolei again, Geng Baolei hid his face and was shy, Guan Qianjiao smiled deliciously, she deliberately said to Geng Baolei: "Don't be afraid, my sister will protect you." ”

"Hate, who scarce your protection. Geng Baolei was annoyed and ashamed, leaving Guan Qianjiao, Bao Xiaosan pulled him, followed behind the two of them, he said, it's not that I'm timid, it's really too scary in this ghost place, a ghost screams from time to time, people are highly nervous, who can stand it.

"The heart is open, and the ghosts and gods avoid it. Qiu Di led the way in front of him, talking to everyone, talking about walking at night when he was a child, and his father told him that there is nothing terrible in this world, fear is born from the heart, and all fears are to scare themselves.

"There won't be wolves, right?" asked Geng Baolei with his head shrunk behind his back.

"The grassland is so degraded that the wolves came, and they wiped away their tears. Qiu Di said a joke, which made everyone's mentality relax a little, and Bao Xiaosan asked, "What was the sound just now?"

"You say this kind of sound ......" Qiu Di pursed his lips and let out a strange scream, which made Bao Xiaosan's back numb, and he looked at Qiu Di in a daze, in the dark, there was only a pair of bright eyes, Qiu Di smiled and said: "Scared you to death, this is a vulture, they are calling in the sky." ”

Reprimanded the two timid ones to the fullest, the team continued to move forward, Qiu Di looked at Guan Qianjiao who had been walking side by side with him from time to time, but he was a little surprised, this little girl's family was bolder than Bao Xiaosan and Geng Baolei, not only to come with him to see Qi Lianbao, but also all kinds of expressions on the night road, as if he was very familiar with this wild environment.

"Don't look at me, my parents are from the geological exploration team, and I am much more familiar with tents than with unit buildings. Guan Qianjiao said.

There was another silence, and the very different experiences of several people could always surprise each other inadvertently. This little surprise made everyone digest it for a while, and Bao Xiaosan relaxed while walking, and Geng Baolei mixed his mouth, saying that he was not promising, and was tied to the bed by Qi Lianbao, Geng Baolei explained what happened for a long time in the afternoon, and went when he heard movement in Qianjiao's room, who knew that he was pressed as soon as he entered the door, he described himself as like being strangled by a big bear, and he couldn't breathe at all.

No one doubts this, they all know how terrifying Qi Lianbao, who is one meter nine miles tall and weighs more than two hundred pounds, can at least escape from the police, so for ordinary people like them, it is impossible not to be a legend.

"Qiu Di, we are now on the road of breaking the law and committing crimes, and not reporting it is also a cover-up. Geng Baolei thought of this and whispered at the end of the team.

"Then you come back. Qiu Di didn't answer, choked up, and Geng Baolei was so angry that he stopped two steps, but the black light was blind, so scared that he kept up with the pace of the team again.

Guan Qianjiao looked back, as if she was afraid that the two would fall behind, she turned around and approached Qiu Di, and asked in a low voice: "I know you have a mystery in your heart, but in his place, will there be an answer? In this matter, although he is not a nobody, he can only be regarded as an outcast at most, what is the use?"

"Aren't we the same? Speaking of which is almost sympathetic, we are a little unconvinced, and how can he not be. Qiu Di said.

Guan Qianjiao heard this, speechless, after the accident, Harman withdrew a sentence and did not follow, the end of the sentence followed by the funding also stopped, the three were injured, the company ignored it, although it was also expected, but it always made people feel that the favor was too cold. Perhaps, the best outcome of going back would be a subsidy at best, but those may be limited to humanitarian generosity.

"Stop!"

Qiu Di stopped, and in his sight, he had already faintly seen a fire like a bean point, which was particularly obvious in the wilderness, and that little fire made his heart light up, and he smiled inexplicably.

He turned around and said, "This is no longer within the scope of what we should do, but I just think that this person is not as bad as I imagined, and it may be the opposite compared to the surface...... I have been going through it in the past two days, and I always feel that since we were beaten that day, the things that followed have been strange everywhere, and it is possible for Qi Lianbao to find the answer, or it is possible to return in vain. Even if the answer is found, it is only possible to trade with Harman, and the chances are slim to none...... So, if I ask again, if I really don't want to, don't go into this troubled water, after all, he is a fugitive, and one day he will be caught, maybe we will also be implicated. ”

"It's okay, I'm afraid of ghosts, not people. "Bao Xiaosandao.

"It's all been discussed, we support you, and I don't think he's as vicious as he seems, otherwise we wouldn't have escaped the clutches. Guan Qianjiao said.

"Don't look at me, leave me alone, you're embarrassed. Geng Baolei said helplessly, in this kind of environment, you can only conform to the herd, even if you jump into the pit, it is better to be accompanied by someone than to be alone in this ghost place.

"Alright, let's go. ”

Qiu Di turned around and led the crowd towards the bean-like firelight.

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It burned with years of dry branches and dead roots, coupled with air-dried and hardened cow dung, and there was a sound of peeling and peeling in the flames from time to time, reflecting Qi Lianbao's bearded face, frowning, and sometimes listening attentively, the expression was suspicious, doubting himself, he didn't know what he was doing, or he didn't know what he wanted to do, those few young people from other places, obviously, they couldn't do anything at all.

It's like he has all his strength, but he has no place to use it.

He squinted, feeling the warm feeling of the fire, when he was lonely, people would always fall into the whirlpool of memories, loneliness, always awaken those experiences that had been good or not good, only they were the comfort of boredom and loneliness.

He seemed to be closing his eyes and pretending to sleep, but no one knew that he was nostalgic for the former training ground where he punched like the wind, sweated like rain, wooden stakes, barbed wire, rope walls, and in that iron and blood environment, they were all iron-clad soldiers, and they were all brothers who were once like relatives and friends. It's just that they were born at the wrong time, and most of them only went from training to drills in their military careers, and then to retirement, and in the end they were all soldiers in the iron camp.

He seemed to be asking himself, for the soldier whose sense of honor has been engraved in his bones, wrong is wrong, right is right, and he can't be sloppy, but now he feels that what he has done no longer has the clear discernment of love and hate.

The soldiers of this era no longer have the benefits of package distribution, after demobilization, there are two choices, return to the hometown as a farmer, or go to the city as a migrant worker, for the economic conditions are not very rich, he can only choose the latter, steel bars, cement, scaffolding, sheds have been accompanied by several years of years, even if he is diligent and hardworking, he has not gained much, even if he is cautious and has been bullied, even if he is extraordinary, it is difficult to rush up, until one day, because of the matter of asking for wages he fought and was seriously injured.

People will go up when they reach the trough, at that time they met the small boss Zong Pengcheng who was still in the construction of Beining, and gave him a few hundred yuan in the snow, and also met Hu Lei, who was also born as a soldier and had a similar experience, and his life has since opened a new page。

He remembered that he patted his chest and agreed, wandering in a foreign land for so long, it has become a code of conduct to make money and rob if there is business, even if the other party is a large provincial construction team, even if it is dozens of people to hundreds of people, he is not afraid, with the team of the construction team of Tunbing Town, holding a pickaxe as a flag, wielding a shovel as a gun, and several times his own construction team opened a posture...... Fighting.

It was a lingering tragic scene, the pickaxe with thick arms beckoned to people without a head or a brain, and the big cement blocks smashed directly into people's heads, two kilometers north of the town, almost all became battlefields, lying one after another...... Until the construction team from other places relented, scared, and retreated, he led people, like red eyes, chasing the scattered workers who fled for their lives, from the construction site to the field, from the outside of the building to the building...... Until, something happened to Hu Lei!

He watched with his eyes open, a worker with a bloody face, with a shovel from behind to Hu Lei, who greeted him from the front, he shouted, the shovel had slapped heavily on the back of Hu Lei's head, and he fell straight down from the second floor like a stake.

He remembered that he had seized the assailant as if he had gone mad, and he had beaten him to the point of dying, and he had carried it in his arms, and he had raised it with a tooth for a tooth.

"Brother Bao...... Don't kill ......"

Erpi was still young at that time, and he shouted out to him in horror and dragged him with several co-workers. The man saw that he couldn't do it, and if he fell, he would probably be dead and lifeless.

He was furious, threw the person at his feet, hurried to see Hu Lei, probed and breathed, and carried this brother who got along day and night to the town's health center, and he forced the doctors who could only give injections and infusions to wake Hu Lei up like a mad beast.

Later, the fighters caught and released again.

Later, the injured Hu Lei woke up, but he was stupid.

The man who beat Hu Lei could not afford to take responsibility, and a migrant worker in the construction team was also a poor bastard, and his injuries were worse than Hu Lei's, three of his limbs were broken, his legs were crushed and fractured, and he was disabled for life.

After that, he became famous in a war, and no one dared to enter the construction of Tunbing Town, and the case of the weapon fight was stranded because it was too wide-ranging, and the people in the town continued to gather in the city to make trouble, and it has not yet been judged.

Even if there was a verdict, what would be the use? Now that the two sides of the former rivalry have shaken hands and made peace, perhaps they will soon be able to settle the shelved issue peacefully, and it will be nothing more than a matter of giving up some interests. It's just that those who don't know what they're fighting for can never go back to the past, including those disabled migrant workers, and ...... His brother.

Qi Lianbao sighed, wiped the wetness in his eyes, opened his eyes, and when he looked up, he saw four people standing not far from the fire at some point. ”

It's rare to see that the fierce man also has so much sentimentality, the four of them looked at each other, and couldn't figure out why Boss Qi was so sad, Qiu Di took someone forward and handed him a few things in his hand, two bottles of wine and a piece of cooked beef, Qi Lianbao was not polite, he tore and chewed a large piece, opened the bottle and poured a big mouthful, and said straight to the four: "Thank you for not saying it, help me do something, I will give you a big benefit." ”

"Errand?" Bao Xiaosan was puzzled, and blinked: "What else do you need me to do?"

"You can't beat your fists, huh...... It's simple, send these for me. Qi Lianbao took a cloth bag from behind him and threw it directly into Qiu Di's arms, Qiu Di opened it and took a look, and the glancing Bao Xiaosan was so shocked that he bit his tongue, a bag, Nima is full of money.

"In the past few years, I have eaten, drunk, prostituted and gambled, and I haven't left much, just these hundreds of thousands, half of which is given to those brothers' homes, and there is no labor at home, and the old ones will definitely be treated; half of them are given to Yanhong or her mother, so that they can think of treating Hu Lei's head, I took him to the capital the year before last, and the doctor said that there is hope, but the craniotomy costs hundreds of thousands, and the risk is very great...... But it's risky, and it's better than being stupid for a lifetime, this determination should have been made a long time ago, and that's all I can help......"

Qi Lianbao said, I don't know if he choked on wine or repented, and wiped his eyes again.

"It's easy, you can just send it, how good it is to say it to your face. "Bao Xiaosandao.

"You think the police are stupid, I want to go in the afternoon, but there are already policemen squatting outside the store, they can't catch anyone in this empty grassland, but as soon as they enter the town, as soon as they get to an acquaintance's house, there will definitely be no way to escape. Qi Lian Bao said.

This is ...... What should I do? Bao Xiaosan looked at Qiu Di, Geng Baolei naturally had no idea, what a special thing, this crime is even heavier, and he still helps the fugitive. Guan Qianjiao also had no idea, but she was more sure at this time that the man opposite was not hateful at all, but faintly made her appreciate it a little.

"Okay, I'll do it for you...... However, what reward?" Qiu Di took it, and he was not more polite than Qi Lianbao.

"Haha...... Happy, what reward do you want, it doesn't matter, send me back to prison, this one thing is gone, it's okay, it's time for An Ansheng to squat in it for a few years. Qi Lian Baodao, maybe it was really as he said, he didn't care at all, just cooked beef and poured strong wine.

"My reward is very simple, how about telling me your story?" Qiu Di said, Qi Lianbao was tilting his neck and pouring his mouth, grunting, looking at Qiu Di with a squint, and asked casually: "This is really not interesting, I really don't want to say it." ”

"Then why are you looking for me?" Qiu Di asked.

"Oh, I don't want to bother people I know. Qi Lianbao said, he was so angry that he was angry, but Qi Lianbao said again: "Besides, I don't believe them either." ”

"Don't trust acquaintances, but believe me? Believe it or not, I swallowed the money and gave you to the police. Let's count it, but we have a grudge. Qiu Di said.

"It's not a feud if your skills are not as good as others, if you don't fight with a master, you will never improve, you were beaten that day, have you grown?" Qi Lianbao asked, Qiu Di smiled and said: "It seems that there is, the military body boxing is a fierce road, it should be without care, castration is like a rainbow, playing fancy but falling inferior, just like I fight with you, no matter how tricky you try, in the end it is self-inflicted." ”

"Hehe, that's it, if we do it again now, you will lose faster, because any way to trick may leave an opportunity for the other party to take advantage of, my instructor told me that the best duel is to defeat the enemy with one move, and the showmanship is a performance, not a real battle. Qi Lian Bao said.

Qiu Di smiled, shook his head and said, "We are not equal in physique, I will never be able to win against you." ”

"Hehe, but I, more than once, have been beaten by people who have never practiced at all, and I have no power to fight back. Qi Lianbao said, for fear that others would not believe it, opened his clothes, chest, shoulders, and a few hideous scars, he said with a smile: "The fist is as sharp as a knife, the knife is faster than a gun, and the force is more ruthless than people's hearts." ”

These sentences are like a Zen machine, several people didn't understand much, Qiu Di looked at him suspiciously, and another sentence: "You don't think clearly, but you are more confused, throughout the ages, all the men who take life and death lightly and value righteousness...... In fact, they are all **** who don't know the times. ”

Whew...... Qi Lianbao wheeled the head of the wine bottle and smashed it towards Qiu Di.

Qiu Di didn't move, the wine bottle stopped above his head, and Qi Lianbao asked expressionlessly, "You're not afraid?"

"You don't mean to hurt people at all, what am I afraid of?" Qiu Di smiled and said: "Your heart is like ashes now, you are not brave, if you fight again, I may not have no chance to win." ”

"Huh...... Fuck, what the hell are you?" Qi Lianbao was amused.

"Frankly speaking, commercial espionage is hired by a commercial investigation company in the labor market in Beijing for a salary of 200 yuan a day, and it is here to investigate the crux of the special business model of cantonment soldiers. Qiu Di said.

"The crux of the matter!?What does this mean?" Qi Lianbao didn't quite understand.

"That's you? Aren't you the roadblock to Huaxin's start, aren't you the boss Zong Pengcheng's heart disease...... Anyone who does not take advantage of the overall situation is called the crux of the problem. Qiu Di said.

Qi Lianbao was stunned, looked at Qiu Di stupidly, Qiu Di smiled, and talked to the people next to him, it's over, Boss Qi's daring and Bao Xiaosan's IQ level are about the same, no wonder they are mixed up to this level.

"You...... What does it mean, make it clear......" Qi Lianbao urged, faintly, he felt that Qiu Di seemed to have pulled out the doubts in his heart, Qiu Di asked rhetorically: "So I just said, I want to hear your story, there are many mysteries that have not been solved, for example, you also want to know, who is the spy who killed you, right? ”

"If you want to tease me, I will definitely send you to be with Li Jinsong." Qi Lianbao said evilly.

Qiu Di didn't care, the four of them surrounded the fire, drank wine to keep warm, Bao Xiaosan lit a cigarette again, and Qi Lianbao sighed for a while before he said the story.

Without him, it is a cliché process from a soldier, down-and-out to a part-time worker, and then to a gangster, and the process of appointing such a person will be bloody without accident.

Guan Qianjiao asked out loud how he found out, but Qi Lianbao laughed, and said straight that he came back that day to find Li Jinsong's bad luck, when this guy was arrested, he said Brother Bao, you are finished, he has been angry about this, and when he was about to start, he found that Qiu Di and several people had rectified Li Jinsong, and the poor worm hurriedly returned to Beining City, but he didn't expect that there were still people staring at him, not far from the train station, and he was left in a small alley and flattened.

"This person is a business investigator sent by Huaxin International Travel Service, you didn't know him before, he has been lurking here for six months, and he came here after the year. Qiu Di asked.

"Well, his bones aren't as hard as yours, and he beat him half to death...... He said that the direct contact was Huaxin's high-level management, and the main focus was on the bank's branch office's entry and exit accounts, but he saw that what was the use of that account?

"Let's put this first...... Let me ask you, how much is Zong Pengcheng's total assets now? Qiu Di asked.

Qi Lianbao counted on his fingers, the operation of the two hotels, the most profitable is accommodation and catering, in the urban area, there are three large and small wives, there is a house, as for the lover is not very clear, but the development of the Saiwai Manor, he and a real estate company jointly invested, accounting for 40% of the shares, the father of the boss Zong, Zong Renhou used to be the secretary of the town party committee in Tunbing, and only retired in the position of director of the planning bureau the year before, and their family has unique conditions for this matter.

is not only an official rich, but also a little black character, but Qi Lianbao respects him very much, a sect boss, after speaking, he smiled and said: "How about it?

The implication is that Lao Tzu can't help it, and you guys are even more.

"Let this go first, let me ask you, how much liquidity does Boss Zong have...... Includes transferable funds. Qiu Di asked.

"This ......" Qi Lianbao was stunned.

"You don't have to count it as the biggest business. Qiu Di said.

"Three or two million is always fine, and the operating expenses for catering and accommodation in the peak season are hundreds of thousands every day, and the highest may exceed one million...... You don't think about it, grab the business money, do you?" Qi Lianbao said this, startled.

"If you want to do it, we don't have that ability...... Let me ask you again, do you know what happened during this time?" Qiu Di said.

"It's messy, this hellish place used to be a bandit's den, and only served whose fists were big...... Hehe, but it doesn't seem to be a big fist, and you have enough money to smash it...... Ma Fatzi's shit, it's only been two weeks, and he can't look at the business anymore. Qi Lianjia said indignantly.

"You still haven't figured out what's going on here. Qiu Di said.

"Isn't it just a crew that wants to do a big business? When I saw that everyone in the town was red-eyed, there were people working in Houpangou and Royal Forest Fort at night. Qi Lian Bao said.

"That's right, as a bystander, I'll tell you the answer to the mystery. Qiu Di said as if he had suddenly opened up at this time, he discharged his mobile phone to Qi Lianbao to see, it was Li Jinsong who got the information, the daily income and expenditure accounts, Qi Lianbao took a look, it became less and less for a few days, and the gap between expenditure and income became bigger and bigger, he said: "Everyone here recognizes cash, it must be a part of the labor salary, but everything is paid from the business money, Yao Fuwen has been an accountant......

"Oh no, you'll have to look a little further. Qiu Di said, picked a few stones and clods of soil and placed them, and explained, catering business is counted as a piece, residential buildings, real estate is counted as a piece, in Qi Lianbao's words, this rich man's net worth of tens of millions is actually real estate, and the cash flow that can be mobilized is less than four million, so if it is more, eight million...... Eight million to the limit, right?

In this way, Qiu Di has another piece of expenditure, the town's construction mobilization, and the master who only recognizes cash, this piece has to swallow up nearly 100,000 cash income every day; the production of props, horse-drawn carriages, siege equipment, chariots, horse racks, etc., all have to use large timber, and they have to get logs, hundreds of square meters of timber piled up on the field, and these timbers alone have to be invested more than 1 million. There is also a horse pen, it is said that there will be several horse teams, hundreds of well-trained horses to form a phalanx, this is not easy to calculate, there are always hundreds of thousands...... There is also a little investment in the stage, the martial arts arena, weapons, the chariot, and the camp account, and it will cost at least about 2 million......

Calculating, more than 10 million, Guan Qianjiao said: "Doing business is not necessarily cash, a part of the prepayment can be, the model here should be after acceptance, paid by Huaxin, Zong Pengcheng has been earning this kind of money." ”

"Okay, then based on the investment of 30% of the contract price, it will cost more than 3 million, plus there must be a part of cash to maintain daily expenses, a little longer, for a month, only in and out, is it enough to swallow the cash flow in Zong Pengcheng's hands?"

After thinking about it, even Qi Lianbao nodded, but if the big boss is a big boss, the shelf is much bigger than the ability, and no one will save too much cash flow, so he has already found a way to make money, and it is generally the king to use other people's money to make money.

"He can lend money, it's easy. Qi Lian Bao said.

"I estimate that his loan is not a small amount, the hotel here and the real estate in the urban area are worth hundreds of millions, and the debt ratio is less than 60%. Qiu Di said.

"I seem to understand that this is not cash flow, it is a desperate account. Geng Baolei said suddenly.

This reaction was first Geng Baolei, and then Guan Qianjiao, all faintly caught something, this feeling is exactly the same as Qi Lianbao's feeling, an ominous feeling, Qi Lianbao blurted out: "Impossible, right? Such a big business, can someone move down?

"That's how it should be. ”

Qiu Di signaled the income and expenditure of the two parties, and there was another confrontation, he explained that this is Huaxin, according to Qi Lianbao, the business relationship between Huaxin and Pengcheng began to ease gradually this year, and Jin Yanguo, Zhang Ruixia and Pengcheng, who are in charge of local affairs, have a few middle-level personal relationships, all of which are good, not only the personal relationship is good, but also developed to the point that the two sides are colluded in business, and jointly enrich themselves from the big cake of film and television tourism in the northwest.

If this qiē is deliberate, then the truth should be like this, from small to large, from less to more, Huaxin has been casting bait, this bait is the profit of the film and television peripheral industry, so that they continue to invest, continue to make profits, and gradually cultivate each other's ambitions, until the most recent time, with a huge project as bait, to induce Pengcheng to put all the cash flow that can be used into the preliminary preparation of this "Iron Horse".

"What's the meaning of that?" Bao Xiaosan was stunned.

Qi Lianbao was like he was scared stupid, he probably knew what the consequences were, he looked at Qiu Di with frightened eyes, as if he was suspicious, Qiu Di explained: "Huaxin doesn't need to profit from it, they only need to bury Peng Cheng in the pit with a sentence that the project is stranded at a critical time." ”

"Such a big deal?" Guan Qianjiao was a little unconvinced.

"In fact, it's not big at all, it's actually a strong force that is using the means of pulling out thousands of pounds...... As long as the project is fake, or real, and runs aground for some reason, the consequences will be clear, and the cost of thousands of labor, the input of wood and other raw materials, as well as the horse team and the construction of the training ground, will all have to be compensated...... When the time comes, he will not be able to come up with the money, and he will owe money to the laborers, and the people in this place will be able to raid their homes; he owes money for materials, and those who want to pay for the accounts can chase him everywhere; if he owes money to the bank, it will be even worse, the bank will not force him to die, and the seizure of assets will be light......... In a word, this project is Huaxin's ultimate means, and what they have to do is only take a long time to make Zong Pengcheng not doubt this project, because all the previous projects are true. Qiu Di said.

"Isn't it all published on the Internet?" Bao Xiaosan asked weakly.

"Hehe, the newspaper also said that the government came to support the elderly, do you say that you have someone to support you when you are old?" Qiu Di said disdainfully, reporting that thing really has no credibility.

"It's only your judgment. Geng Baolei said.

"If this is not the case, how can Li Jinsong sneak into Tunbing Town for half a year, and how can he explain that he has been collecting the income and exit accounts of Pengcheng Company through the insiders of Guò Bank?" Qiu Di said.

All kinds of unexplainable things can only be explained through the idea of guò, a perfect interpretation, Bao Xiaosan thought about it, and asked with his simple thinking: "Then if that's the case, aren't they afraid that Zong Pengcheng will turn his face? ”

This problem should be solved with this crux. Qiu Di pointed at Qi Lianbao with a smile, Qi Lianbao stared at him with a gloomy face, and he asked with a smile: "Actually, this is also about the reason why you have come to this point, do you want to hear it?"

"Say, I'll listen...... You know better than I do. "Qi Lianbao is not yin or yang, and he is a little stimulated.

"For Zong Pengcheng, this may be the story of a rabbit dying and a dog cooking, but for Hua Xin, it is for him to self-destruct the Great Wall, and the truth should be like this......"

Qiu Di said slowly, Qi Lianbao was stunned, the words that the other party said were exactly the doubts he wanted to express, but he couldn't express in the right way............