Chapter 7: The Beginning
Regarding Zhuang Feng's return, within one day, the entire Jiangzhou territory received the news, and at the same time, it also made individuals panic; not only that, but many forces in the southwest also received the news; but compared to Jiangzhou, the other forces were relatively stable; after all, except for Jiangzhou, the territory of other states and provinces in the southwest was not the traditional sphere of influence of the Zhuang clan, and there was no feeling of pain, and there was no change for the time being, but they also focused their eyes on Jiangzhou;
As for the rumors of Zhuang Feng's return, this is full of rumors, the older generation of people who once knew it, there are some inexplicable things in their hearts, and for those rising stars who have not heard the legend of Zhuang, there are some disdains;
What a shit legend, times have changed, what is the old immortal guy doing when he comes back, looking for death;
No matter what kind of news is flying outside, Zhuang Feng has not been idle all day, and of course, he will not do it all day just by doing a cleaning;
In Zhuang Feng and the metropolis, he personally cleansed what belonged to him, and at the same time purified his own heart, and this re-embarked on this road, many people and many things have changed, which requires him to clear his heart in order to go further, because from the moment he decided to come back, he will never run away from it;
After clearing out the office, Zhuang Feng, He Li and Su Zhen sat at the door with a sense of accomplishment and looked at the brand-new office;
"Su Zhen, I'll tell you something;" Zhuang Feng took the cigarette he lit and said at the same time;
"Young master, please give an order;" Hearing Zhuang Feng say this, Su Zhen immediately stood up and said extremely respectfully;
"Sit down, you don't need to be in a hurry to get this done, but you have to start working right away;" Zhuang Feng also said quite seriously, explaining what Su Zhen wanted to do;
Listening to what Zhuang Feng explained, Su Zhen immediately understood why Zhuang Feng asked him not to be too anxious, because this matter was indeed not in a hurry;
In fact, what Zhuang Feng asked Su Zhen to do is what he has been doing all these years, that is, smuggling, but Zhuang Feng explained it more clearly, after all, he also took over halfway, and without Zhuang's support, many things have changed, but Zhuang Feng explained the things he had nowhere to start before, so that he immediately understood the key;
"One year, one year later, these things will be done, and the things needed will be in place, no problem, right?" Zhuang Feng made a decision after explaining all the things that needed to be explained;
"Young master, to be honest, it is indeed a little difficult, but I will definitely do it;" Su Zhen is indeed telling the truth, the affairs that Zhuang Feng confessed are really difficult for him, but now that he is a member of the Zhuang family, and he has handed over such an important matter to him, then it must be done no matter what, even if it is death, it must be done;
"I believe in you;" For Su Zhen's truth, Zhuang Feng was relieved;
"Young master, then I'll go, let's start now;" For Zhuang Feng's simplicity, I believe you, Su Zhen's heart is completely on Zhuang's body;
For nothing else, he and Zhuang Feng have only been together for a few hours from beginning to end, but he has put this key matter related to whether the Zhuang family can re-emerge into his hands, and in terms of this trust, it is worth risking his life;
"Okay, wait for your good news;" Zhuang Feng replied simply, and after speaking, Su Zhen also said goodbye and left;
"Young master, isn't it a little ...... to hand over such an important matter to him" He Li was still a little uneasy about Zhuang Feng handing over such an important task to Su Zhen; although personally, he had already agreed with Su Zhen as their friendship of life and death, but this didn't seem to have much to do with friendship;
"Then did you do it?" Zhuang Feng answered He Li's doubts very simply and directly;
"I can't do it;" In the same way, He Li also knows his strengths;
"That's not the end of it, you can't do it, and there is no other person you can trust, so you can only let him do it, and I believe that Su Zhen will succeed;" Zhuang Feng said very frankly;
"Hopefully;" What else could he say about Zhuang Feng's words, because emotionally he also agreed with Su Zhen, and similarly Zhuang Feng agreed, so there was nothing to say;
"Let's go, let's eat;" Since there is no need to question Su Zhen, and now that the business in hand has been done, then another major matter must be solved;
He Li followed Zhuang Feng downstairs, but did not go to the restaurant, but went downstairs directly, and then walked through the staff passage and got into the back kitchen;
"The things in the back kitchen are good things, don't look at the things in the restaurant, they are used to make money, not to eat;" As far as He Li was thinking about something, he could see it at a glance, Zhuang Feng explained smoothly;
He Li still didn't believe Zhuang Feng's explanation, but it had already been explained, so he didn't say anything anymore, so he could only follow along;
"Master, a fried Feng Bao'er, and then two taels of old white dry;" He Li watched Zhuang Feng look at the door of the back kitchen for a while, and then walked in directly, he was thinking about what he was doing here, this is, at this time, Zhuang Feng walked to a cook who was turning the spoon, and suddenly said this;
As soon as Zhuang Feng finished speaking, the cook who was turning the spoon made Zhuang Feng startled, and the pot in his hand almost fell to the ground; although the pot almost fell to the ground, that is, it had not fallen to the ground, but the upside-down dish was spilled; however, when the cook looked at Zhuang Feng, he did not show any anger or anything like that, but was a little excited, and he was stunned for a long time without speaking;
"Son, how are you doing this, all the spills, still stunned, and don't want to do it;" It should be the chef here, watching the cook spill the dishes, and there is no action to deal with it, so he is a little dissatisfied with that;
In fact, he doesn't mix very well, looking at that appearance, this is also a thirty or forty-year-old person, and he is just a cook, and looking at the way others argue about him, the status of this cook is also very low;
"The man is gone;" The cook directly pushed back to the person who was arguing with him, and at the same time smashed the pot that did not fall on the ground in his hand on the stove, and suddenly the iron pot became scrap iron;
Zhuang Feng didn't say anything about this, just like a passer-by watching the excitement; just when the cook smashed the iron pot, he went out by himself; at the same time, the cook also left with Zhuang Feng, which made the people present very speechless;
Especially the chef who didn't react to that for a long time, but muttered something: "It looks like a very honest person, what's the matter?"
Of course, if he wants to say ordinary, he is indeed an honest man, but it is ordinary, not his own nature;
"Da Lin...... Smoking;" As Zhuang Feng came out of the back kitchen, he didn't go far, it was on the edge of the aisle behind the metropolis, but Zhuang Feng didn't know what to say;
Da Lin in Zhuang Feng's mouth, whose real name is Zhou Xilin; he used to be Zhuang Feng's personal guard, and his biggest hobby is to eat, so he himself also makes good dishes; Zhuang Feng once tasted Zhou Xilin's own cooking, and he liked it, and even had some inseparable taste; as for why he became such a small cook, this matter is quite simple;
Zhuang Feng disappeared suddenly, and his personal guards were responsible; you can't look at such a big living person, why are you still alive;
Of course, this is just angry talk, but after Zhuang Feng's disappearance, his personal guards also scattered to look for Zhuang Feng's traces; then, due to Zhuang Feng's disappearance, Zhuang also fell from the peak; however, these guards did not go back to accompany the burial;
They are Zhuang Feng's personal guards, different from others, their mission is one, to ensure Zhuang Feng's safety, now, Zhuang Feng is only missing, not really dead, in this way, these guards are dutifully looking for Zhuang Feng's traces;
Who would have thought that Zhuang Feng's disappearance would never be traced, and then after so many years of searching without the slightest trace, these surviving guards got together and discussed, and decided not to look for them, but to sit and wait, because when they searched everywhere, many people died;
This is also a normal thing, as Zhuang Feng's personal guards, those who have a heart will naturally pay attention to it; to put it in the past, when the Zhuang family was strong, these guards also served as the plenipotentiary representatives of Zhuang Feng to deal with some special affairs, and went out alone, as if Zhuang Feng was there in person, and his power was extremely heavy;
However, this can be used as Zhuang Feng's personal guard, which is extremely strict, and of course, it is not a question of loyalty;
Because these personal guards, which are all orphans taken in by the Zhuang family from the street, will not force anything after being raised, and those who are willing to find their own way out, the Zhuang family will give a lot of money; those who are intended to stay, then arrange according to their personal expertise; in this way, there is no problem with this loyalty, or from the old man Zhuang to Zhuang Feng, these personal guards of theirs at least have not had any problems with loyalty;
As for the personal guards of the head of the house, they are almost all generalists, because in addition to ensuring the safety of the head of the house, they also have to deal with some special affairs, which should be handled directly by the head of the house, but they cannot be separated, so one or two of these personal guards are selected from these personal guards to handle them on behalf of the head of the house;
In this way, for these guards, it is a supreme honor to win the trust of the head of the family, and it is natural that they will swear allegiance with their lives;
It is precisely because of the interweaving of these many factors that in the years when Zhuang Feng disappeared, even if the Zhuang family had collapsed, they never stopped searching, and would exchange news from time to time; but there was indeed some chaos back then, and they also lost a lot of people, or there were not many in the first place, but most of the dead and wounded, so they had to stop; but they never gave up hope; because they believed that as long as Zhuang Feng did not die, then they would definitely come back;
It was not that they had changed and became afraid of death and stopped Zhuang Feng, but that after Zhuang Feng disappeared, the last surviving master of the Zhuang family gave them an order before leaving for them to stay in Jiangzhou and wait for Zhuang Feng to return;
I didn't expect that this would be ten years, and now I finally see Zhuang Feng, but I don't know what to say for a while;
In fact, although Zhuang Feng has been on the run in all these years, he has also returned to Jiangzhou a few times; after all, with the power of the Zhuang clan back then, there will still be a very small number of people who are die-hard; in this way, Zhuang Feng also knows what his guards have done for him;
Now finding Zhou Xilin is actually a very accidental thing; just in the cold winter of last year, Zhuang Feng returned to Jiangzhou, and he came to see the metropolis with some sadness, of course, he just stood outside and took a look; it was very accidental to see Zhou Xilin dumping garbage in this back alley;
With Zhuang Feng's talent for the people he has seen, even if he only remembers it once, he is very familiar with the personal guards who have been with him for more than ten years;
Now is the time when Zhuang Feng needs manpower, especially someone he trusts, so he came to find Zhou Xilin, and Zhou Xilin is still a little cook here, so he found it smoothly;
"You're back, aren't you leaving?" Zhou Xilin took the cigarette that Zhuang Feng lit and handed him, and then asked;
"How can you have a virtue with Ali, don't leave this time, never leave again;" Zhuang Feng was really pleased with Zhou Xilin's words, because these people have never changed and will not change;
"That's good, that's good;" After getting Zhuang Feng's clear answer, Zhou Xilin was even more excited to repeat this sentence to Na;
"Da Lin, this seat will not leave again, not only will it not leave, but it will also take back what belongs to our family; this time I am looking for you, which is to ask you to send a message to the brother who is still alive and can be contacted, and let them come here as soon as possible;" Zhuang Feng is not the person who is good at expressing feelings, so he will get down to business with two sentences;
"Okay, I'll contact you right away;" Zhou Xilin naturally knows a lot about his young master, they are big brothers who play together, and he also knows that Zhuang Feng is not the mean and unkind person, so just two sentences will get to the point;
With that, Zhou Xilin left, and didn't even say hello to his immediate boss, of course, He Li, who was also a brother in life and death;
Zhou Xilin said that he could be contacted, and this Zhuang Feng also understood; when he himself escaped, the Zhuang family also collapsed; and these of them who were guards were also implicated, but the Zhuang family collapsed, and it didn't have much impact to keep these guards; of course, this is also because they saw this momentum, knew how to hide themselves, and they were also connected with each other;
However, it's not possible to contact all people;Just like He Li,He's still the head of the guard.,But it's hiding alone.,No contact with other people;In fact, this is also normal.,Although it's the same guard.,But it's also a close friend with more similar interests.,Zhou Xilin said that what can be contacted.,It's about a few of his brother's dead friends;
"Let's go, knock on the bamboo;" With Zhou Xilin leaving, Zhuang Feng and their business was completed, and then they should also solve another big matter, that is, eating;
Speaking of eating, how cheesy it is, but who can say that Lao Tzu can live without eating?
"Who are you knocking on?" He Li was naturally happy to see that Zhou Xilin was still alive, after all, these were all brothers who played together back then;
"Let's go, we'll know;" Zhuang Feng's mood was also very good, because he knew how much he had lost back then, and he was naturally very happy to see his brother who was still alive;
Zhao Yi, the lobby manager of the metropolis, originally he sat in this position, it also felt quite majestic, and in the road, it was indeed the number one person;
But today, he was extremely uneasy, because he knew that Zhuang Feng was back, and he also knew that Zhuang Feng had seen those big guys last night; this was his boss who he went to inform, and with his thoughts, he could naturally guess; more importantly, he saw his boss leave in a bit of embarrassment, and told him that he would not come back again, let him take care of himself;
But it was precisely because he knew these that he was a little uneasy; although he had no intersection with Zhuang Feng back then, he had a life-saving grace for him; although he also knew later that it was just Zhuang Feng's unintentional move, but after all, it was because of Zhuang Feng that he survived;
For this, he was grateful to Zhuang Feng, but before he had the ability to repay Zhuang Feng for saving his life, the Zhuang family had collapsed, which made him always feel a little sorry in his heart, but with his position back then, it couldn't help Ben;
Now that Zhuang Feng is back, he should have thrown himself under Zhuang Feng's door; however, Huang Zhihe is also kind to him; do you think that a gangster in the past has become the number one person in the road today, it is really just his own efforts enough? If no one looks down on you and no one promotes you, then no matter how long you mix, it will only be from a gangster to an old gangster;
Zhuang Feng is kind to him, Huang Zhihe is also kind to him, but Zhuang Feng must be with Huang Zhihe is endless; everyone knows that this metropolis is Zhuang's industry, and it is also the center of Zhuang's power and wealth, you Huang Zhihe sits in that position, then Zhuang Fengsheng must chew and eat, which makes Zhao Yi a little difficult;
"Zhao Yi, I have to invite you to dinner today;" When Zhao Yi was at odds with that, he suddenly felt someone put on his shoulder, and at the same time heard a voice, which made him startled;
Zhao Yi looked at Zhuang Feng and He Li, and they didn't know what to say at this time;
"Don't you know, you are really a noble person, how forgetful;" For Zhao Yi's uneasy appearance, Zhuang Feng felt that it was quite funny;
"Young Master Zhuang, if you have any orders, just say it directly;" For Zhuang Feng's unorthodox joke, Zhao Yi was no longer so nervous;
"Okay, we just don't have any money to eat in our pockets, so let's eat;" Hearing Zhuang Feng say this, Zhao Yi calmed down inexplicably, isn't it just a death;
Zhuang Feng found this kid more and more fun, but since it was so fun, he would play more;
"Please come with me;" Zhao Yi was already speechless to Zhuang Feng, or he knew his identity, and he couldn't joke with Zhuang Feng, so he could only joke with Zhuang Feng and do his job as a lobby manager;
"Ignore me, angry?" For Zhao Yi's serious service attitude, Zhuang Feng was also a little bored;
"Okay, let's get down to business, how many people are yours here now?" Zhuang Feng established the rules himself, of course he knows, in the metropolis, it is not something that can be completely controlled by one person; for example, the lobby manager in Zhao Yi's position, the manpower in charge of order and security, is not a security guard recruited from the talent market, it is all his own people;
"What do you mean?" Zhao Yi suddenly became serious about Zhuang Feng, and he didn't react for a while;
"Find a place to talk a few words?" Zhuang Feng naturally has his own abacus to fight;
Zhao Yi saw that Zhuang Feng was no longer joking with him, and suddenly felt a little uneasy in his heart, and he didn't know which one Zhuang Feng was singing;