Far away in Moscow

Chapter 23

Before Lu Tao walked into the dead end, Li Baoqing and Peng Song had already turned the corner of the street, stood on the side of the road anxiously waving to stop the car.

There are not many regular taxis in Moscow, and the charges are extremely high. They usually work in high-end hotels and airports, and almost never solicit customers on the street.

Here, most of the cars that can be stopped by reaching out are private cars. Taking a taxi is a kind of mutual assistance. If the driver is willing to solicit customers, he will stop and ask a question.Most drivers carry passengers just for a hard fee, some don’t even charge for it, and of course some do it for a living.

More than a dozen cars in a row did not intend to stop, and Li Baoqing was very anxious.Finally, a dilapidated old-fashioned Lada slowed down and stopped on the side of the road. The driver asked where they were going and beckoned them to get on the car.

Peng Song opened the rear door and got in. Li Baoqing turned around and shouted twice, but no Lu Tao came over, and no one agreed.He said to Peng Song, "I'll call Brother Tao", and hurried back.

Unexpectedly, just a few steps away, the classic car kicked the accelerator and drove away in a flash.Surprised and angry, Li Baoqing turned his head and shouted in the direction of the car: "Hey! Hey...fuck..." Just as he was at a loss, he suddenly heard the sound of glass breaking and Russian words coming from the alley not far away. Shouting and cursing, he turned around and ran over.

He rushed into the alley in one breath, and there were two people standing on the left and right in front of him, one was a bald man with a small head, and the other was a tall and thin man in camouflage pants.Li Baoqing hurriedly stopped, and saw a bald man lying upright on the snow not far away, and the other was beaten fatly by Lu Tao with his arms between his sides, and his expression was a little dazed.Next to them were two bald heads who were screaming and chasing and beating Lu Tao, but the space here was small, and the two of them were probably afraid of accidentally hurting their companions, so they seemed a bit reluctant to let go.

Li Baoqing was frightened and angry at the same time, seeing the little head turning his head back and staring at him viciously, he could only muster up the courage to walk over to him, and shouted loudly: "You, what are you doing..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the tall, thin man next to him suddenly turned his side, showing a grinning grin full of buck teeth, and swung the bat in his hand.Panicked, Li Baoqing hurriedly stepped back to dodge, but unexpectedly his foot slipped in the ice and snow, before he could dodge in time, he received a solid blow on his left cheek.

In an instant, Li Baoqing's eyes were full of golden light, as if the bright sun was shining directly on his face through thick clouds.Immediately afterwards, his eyes went dark, and the soles of his feet were as light as clouds and fog, and his whole body fell obliquely like a high-rise building that was directional blasted, lying heavily in the snow.

The left side of my face was in severe pain, and my head was swollen and numb.The right cheek that was attached to the ground seemed to have touched some sharp object, and felt a burst of coldness at first, followed by a scorching heat, and soon gradually cooled down again.Li Baoqing struggled to get up, but he only scratched his feet a few times in the snow and stopped moving.

The thin, tall, bald man just raised his arm to block the half of the wine bottle thrown by Lu Tao. Shang Zi felt lingering fear, twisted his arm to look, and found that the leather jacket was scratched by glass stubble, not deep and not shallow, and then cursed viciously , clenched the club and wanted to hit Lu Tao.

It so happened that at this moment, Li Baoqing suddenly ran into the alley and questioned loudly. The tall and thin man was very close to him, and casually swung his club vigorously, hitting him in the face impartially.

Seeing Li Baoqing fell to the ground and unconscious, the tall and thin man shook his numb arms, bared his mouth full of buck teeth and laughed at the little guy next to him: "Wow! How is it? Doesn't this blow look like Professional player?"

The little head squinted at Li Baoqing who was on the ground, and smiled contemptuously: "In general."

"Normal? Let's do it again." The tall and thin man walked up to Li Baoqing's head with his hips crossed, kicked the big plastic bag he dropped on the ground, spread his legs as if he was hitting a golf ball, and turned his head to meet Li Baoqing. The little head said: "Guess if this can blow his head off? Do you want to bet?"

"Are you crazy?" The little head frowned slightly: "If you kill someone, you will be in trouble."

Li Baoqing was lying on the ground, his head was buzzing, and the conversation between the two bald heads came to his ears, the voices fluctuated from far to near, appearing very ethereal.He couldn't understand what the two were talking about, but he vaguely saw the tall and thin man gesticulating in front of him with a bat, as if he was about to hit his face with a stick at any moment.

Li Baoqing was startled and frightened, desperately trying to get up, but his body was completely uncontrolled by his brain, limp and unable to move at all.He was so anxious that he passed out.

The tall and thin man raised his club, glanced at Li Baoqing's face a few times, grinned and said, "What are you afraid of? He looks very strong, so he probably won't die." He swung his club high and high.

The little head hesitated for a moment, and stopped him: "Wait a minute, Valery..."

Before he finished speaking, a blur suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and a thin and small figure flew past him and bumped into the tall and thin one.

Against the fists and feet behind him, Lu Tao punched the bald man holding the iron chain one after another.The other party was hit a few times, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, he stopped struggling and his eyes gradually became lax.

Lu Tao shook his shoulders and threw him to the ground forcefully.When he was thinking about how to wait for an opportunity to escape, he suddenly saw Li Baoqing rushing into the alley, and then he was knocked unconscious on the ground again, and the snow beside his head gradually turned bright red.

This sudden change, Lu Tao's attention was slightly distracted, someone behind him took his shoulder and punched him on the cheekbone.Lu Tao staggered a few steps after being beaten, and hurriedly restrained his slight dizziness, and looked up at Li Baoqing, only to see that tall and thin man swung his club again, but Li Baoqing lay motionless on the ground.

Lu Tao was shocked, his body swayed from side to side, his elbows bumped into the ribs of the two people behind him, temporarily forcing them back, and then rushed up in two steps in three steps to hold the tall and thin man's raised arms, and at the same time his shoulders He slammed into his arms hard.The tall and thin man was knocked back and staggered, scolding and wrestling with Lu Tao.

The little boss hadn't made a move just now, but now seeing Lu Tao with his back turned to him, he saw the timing and kicked hard at the hollow of his back knee.Lu Tao was unprepared, his legs went limp, and the tall and thin man took advantage of the situation and fell to the ground with one leg, and then he was pushed hard on the face with a knee, and blood gushed out of his mouth and nose instantly.The two bald men who were chasing him just now also rushed forward angrily, kicking and kicking behind him frantically.

Lu Tao was so beaten that he knelt on the ground and couldn't stand up. Seeing that the tall and thin man was about to kick him again, he jumped forward in a hurry and hugged his raised right leg head-on.The tall and thin man swung it twice but failed to shake it off. Angrily, he grabbed the tip of the stick with his backhand and hit Lu Tao's head several times in a row.

Lu Tao felt severe pain in the top of his head. He clenched his teeth and persisted for a while, feeling dizzy and almost unable to hold on.In desperation, he exerted strength with his left arm, tightly hugged the tall and thin man's legs in his arms, and quickly reached up with his right hand, pinching the vital part of the opponent's crotch like a pair of iron pliers.

The tall and thin man yelled like killing a pig, and hit Lu Tao's head even more urgently.The blood flowed to the forehead along the tip of the hair, but Lu Tao didn't care about it, he just worked hard with his hands.The tall and thin man bent down in pain, dragged Lu Tao back a step and leaned against the wall, the club let go and fell to the ground.

The bald men next to him rushed up and kicked and beat them furiously, Lu Tao stood next to him without saying a word, but the thin and tall man's cry became worse and worse, and he squeezed out a few words from his throat hoarsely: " Don't... don't move...".

A few people hesitated for a while, the half-dead bald man who was beaten by Lu Tao's arm just now stood up staggeringly, touched the blood all over his face, picked up the iron chain and rushed behind Lu Tao, reaching out his hand to put the chain on On his neck, yank back hard.

Lu Tao only felt a tightness in his neck, and he couldn't help but leaned back, and his right hand also pulled back.The tall and thin man let out a heart-piercing scream, tears came out of his eyes, and he shouted in a feeble trembling voice: "Let go...let go..."

Seeing his companion in such pain, the chained man was anxious, and he didn't think about how his actions would affect the tall and thin man. He just kept working harder, trying to force Lu Tao to let go.

Although Lu Tao had difficulty breathing, fortunately, the thick stand-up collars of the sweaters and down jackets were padded around his neck, so he didn't feel particularly urgent for a while.He knelt on the ground and desperately hugged the tall and thin thigh. It was not so easy for the man in chains to pull him away.

The rest of the people watched dumbfounded, and saw the man in chains kicking his left leg and stretching his right leg, pulling back vigorously; Then he pulled back a little bit; the thin and tall man curled up like a cooked prawn, weakly beat Lu Tao's back continuously, and shouted indistinctly: "Let go, please, open…"

After a moment of stalemate, Lu Tao's face was flushed red, and the tall and thin man fell limply on his shoulder, speechless.Seeing that Lu Tao was so tenacious, the bald man with a small head looked like he was probably worried about killing people, so he hurried forward to stop the man with chains, and then shouted to Lu Tao: "Stop, we all stop! It's over, that's it!"

(End of this chapter)