20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 199 The Old Owl [Additional update 4]

After Zhao Guoyan and Han Xinyuan left, only Jiang and Hu were left.

The room was very quiet, making people feel lazy and didn't want to move.

The warm winter sun slowly rose up, passing through the glass windows and casting a few beams of light across the house, illuminating the room brightly. Only the two shadows cast on the window lattice, evenly covering the faces of the young couple. .

Jiang Xiaodao's ring finger quietly crawled onto the back of his wife's hand.

I haven’t had any “negative distance” contact for a long time, and I feel itchy.

But Hu Xiaoyan withdrew her hand and said softly: "Don't think about this yet."

"Then what am I thinking about?" Jiang Xiaodao curled his lips, "After thinking about it, in the end, it comes down to the wife, the children, and the hot kang head! It's just a bigger kang head, more children, and more wives... "

"Huh?" Hu Xiaoyan glanced at him.

Jiang Xiaodao pretended that nothing happened, turned around with a frown on his face, and glanced outside along the back window.

Behind the house, a dozen and a half-year-old cubs were laughing and wrestling outside.

Time flies so fast. I think back then, when Jiang Xiaodao first saw these kids in front of Lao Cui's residence in Daxiguan, they were only about ten years old. When he took them into the dark hall, they were only about [-] years old. Fourteen or fifteen years old.

The new year is approaching, and looking back now, the youngest of Si Fengkou is almost seventeen. After following Jiang Xiaodao, Hu Xiaoyan gave him money as usual every month, and the food was improved. Now everyone has grown up. Zhang Zhengdong is even taller than Xiaodao. It's even more fierce, and it can no longer be treated as a child.

What is the current situation of Jiang and Hu?
In terms of money, although Lao Cui's savings have not been touched, he has always been in his hands; when he opened the secret hall, Zhou Yunfu provided funds; his father originally entrusted his savings to Xu Ruqing, and when he was at the train station, Xu Ruqing handed it over again Xiaoyan; plus the compensation of [-] yuan from the young aunt and grandmother of the Bai family.

Jiang Xiaodao had never calculated it carefully, but Hu Xiaoyan knew it well - the sum of all the banknotes, banknotes, and official banknotes amounted to a total of 1 yuan.

In terms of people, the sixth and seventh uncles were supportive; Zhao Guoyan and other peers; Li Zheng and other bearded helpers; several helpers from the Su family in the yard; and the few little beggars who were growing up in the back of the house.

They are not just a bunch of people.

In terms of connections, Hu Xiaoyan relied on Si Fengkou, followed by Tan Renjun and Liu Yansheng to compile a not-so-complete list of people to be eliminated, and thus climbed up to the rising star of Zhang Laogeda.

These accumulations seem to be silent, but they seem to be done step by step.

Perhaps, even Jiang Xiaodao himself didn't realize that, whether intentionally or unintentionally, he had gradually begun to have the capital to "open up a business".

What is lacking is nothing more than two things - fame and prestige.

However, in Hu Xiaoyan's view, this was not enough. They also needed business and confidants.

At present, although Jiang Xiaodao can call on many helpers, in terms of "direct lineage", the most reliable ones are the bunch of little beggars from Si Fengkou.

If we count from Lao Cui's side, they are still from the same sect.

As mentioned in the previous article, the Four Winds have grown up and each has its own temper. To sum it up briefly, it should be——

The east wind is slow in nature, the south wind is benign in nature, the west wind is strong in nature, and the north wind is wild in nature.

Of course, human nature is complex and changeable, and it cannot be summed up in one word. Regarding the future of Si Fengkou, it is a matter of course for the time being.

Although men are not allowed to wear skirts and hairpins, Jiang Xiaodao has been able to reach this point because his elders have naturally laid a solid foundation, but Hu Xiaoyan also deserves most of the credit.

When they are still and when they move, the two of them are like water and fire; they look kind on the outside and look cruel on the inside.

But in Hu Xiaoyan's heart, there was still a deep uneasiness.

This uneasiness stems from childhood nightmares and will haunt her until the day she dies.

Although Hu Xiaoyan has never expressed this fear, she does often worry that one day she will be imprisoned in the human animal room again by someone.For her, the only one who could dispel this fear was Jiang Xiaodao, so she decided to let him and herself gain a foothold at all costs.

There are only wolves and sheep in this world.

Hu Xiaoyan has already seen the fate of the sheep.

Jiang Xiaodao looked at the cellar outside the back window and suddenly asked, "By the way, where is the kid named Xiao Shitou?"

Hu Xiaoyan moved her body into the kang and replied calmly: "Let Xiao Xifeng catch him."

Jiang Xiaodao hesitated for a moment and asked, "What are your plans for him?"

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Hu Xiaoyan asked while adjusting the quilt, "Am I like that? That child is not a wolf cub, so he should be fine. After all, he is only eleven or twelve years old, and he is loyal to Zhao Lingchun. Loyalty is good, and it would be even better if you could do the same to us."

"What if he is a wolf cub?" Jiang Xiaodao asked.

Hu Xiaoyan shook her head and firmly believed in her judgment: "He is not."

"I mean what if, what if he is?"

Hu Xiaoyan raised her eyes. The two looked at each other speechless, but they both understood each other's thoughts.

There are some words that don’t need to be stated clearly.

At this moment, a series of footsteps suddenly sounded in the outer room.Looking up, I saw Xiaohua running over from the west room in a hurry, her face full of excitement, and she shouted loudly: "Young Master, Young Mistress, Master is awake!"

When Jiang Xiaodao heard this, he felt happy. He immediately got off the kang and put on two big cotton boots. He didn't have time to worry about the broken wooden wheelchair, so he just turned around and grabbed Hu Xiaoyan's waist, like holding a child. Holding it beside him, he ran towards the west room like a raging fire.

As soon as I walked into the house, I was greeted by a strong smell of iodine and gauze, which made my nose sore.

On the earthen kang, there were several layers of mattresses scattered across the floor. A man with his right half covered with bandages was lying on his back on the kang, breathing heavily and moaning softly, accompanied by intermittent coughing from time to time.

"father!"

Jiang Xiaodao put Hu Xiaoyan on the kang and shouted excitedly.

However, after a while, the only response he could get was waves of indistinct murmurs.

"Owl" is still alive, but just alive.

The empty space under his right shoulder had been blown to pieces. His ribs and legs were also seriously injured. The burns on his cheeks were shocking. The pink new flesh was crystal clear. It seemed that with just a little force, it would instantly heal. burst.

Fortunately, grenades are only a new weapon and are not powerful enough. Moreover, the grenade is an old structure left over from the Russo-Japanese War, and its destructive power is much worse.

At that time, the fuse of the grenade held by the black blind man had been burning for a while, and it had exploded before he could rush towards Jiang Chenghai. This was how "Owl" saved his life.

Su Wenqi had promised Jiang Chenghai that he would help the patrol station.

The cleaning and aftermath work of the Bai family mansion happened to be handled by the patrol police. Captain Zhao Yongcai had friendship with the "Hai Lao Owl" brothers and the Su family. When he found out that Jiang Chenghai was not dead at the time, he immediately rushed him to Shengjing Shi Hospital. , and then Su Wenqi came forward to keep it secret, donated money to hire Dr. Sidu Ge, and performed the surgery himself, and finally rescued Jiang Chenghai.

If "Owl" was not still alive, how could Jiang Xiaodao really agree to make peace with the Bai family with his character?

Su Wenqi had previously specifically asked that the news that Jiang Chenghai was still alive must be kept secret as much as possible, so Jiang Xiaodao kept it secret from everyone and only told his wife the truth.

If it weren't for this relationship, how could Jiang Xiaodao be so kind and take the initiative to help the Su family get out of the upheaval?

Everything happens for a reason.

After Jiang Xiaodao assassinated Bai Guoping, he followed Qian Boxun to Shi Hospital.

However, his father was still in a coma at that time; now that he finally woke up, Jiang Xiaodao was also very happy.

It's a pity that Jiang Chenghai was injured too seriously after all. After suffering for a long time, his consciousness was a little blurry. He lay on the kang, hemming and hawing, unable to speak or express what he meant.

"Ah! What's going on?" Xiaohua was a little anxious next to her, "When I brought it back last night, I was quite sober!"

Hu Xiaoyan lowered her head to look at the gauze on her father's body, only to see yellow-red pus and blood gradually oozing out from several places on her shoulders, ribs, and thighs.

"Is it time to change the medicine? Xiaohua, the medicine brought by the Su family last night is in the cabinet. Go and get it!"

Jiang Xiaodao had just come over and couldn't figure out the reason. He just called his dad softly and asked: "Dad, dad, can you hear me? I'll be happy if you can."

"Snapped!"

Hu Xiaoyan slapped him in the face and said angrily: "You are the one who shouts at people like that!"

"Then what should I shout?"

Jiang Xiaodao had no experience and was immediately in trouble.

At this moment, Jiang Chenghai seemed to suddenly wake up a little, and he muttered something in his mouth.

"Listen quickly, what is dad saying?" Hu Xiaoyan urged.

Jiang Xiaodao immediately leaned down, put his ear close to his father's mouth, and listened carefully for a long time, but he only understood three words, three repeated words.

"Kill them all...kill them all..."

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　Regarding the plot that "Owl" is not dead, it is not just a whim. There have been many hints before, and some readers have guessed it.

　　At that time, the word "body" was specifically used instead of "corpse".

　　Moreover, during the bridge section at [-] o'clock, Jiang Xiaodao and Qian Boshun "disappeared" together for a while, and he was in a good mood when he came back.

　　On the other hand, when negotiating with Bai Yuqing, Jiang Xiaodao only said "I want to buy the lives of some of my uncles" and did not mention his father.

　　In addition, the name of Sidu Pavilion was mentioned in the chapter about the Su family.

　　Finally, grenades were only used for the first time during the Russo-Japanese War and were very ineffective.

　　At the same time, if you are careful, you will find that I almost never wrote about a character who was directly killed by a bomb. Even if Bai Baochen had two legs broken by the bomb, he had to replace the gun later. In those days, assassinations using explosives often failed.

　　All in all, it’s not a forced flip~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)