20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 266 Madam, please rest assured

Liaonan, Yingkou.

Old Market Street, Yutai Inn.

It's spring in April, the days are long and the nights are short. After dinner, the sky outside the window is still not dark.

After bidding farewell to IELTS Pusheng, Jiang Lianheng and others took Zhao Guoyan back to the inn to rest.

After Mr. Qiao was solved, the bristle business was about to be ready, but the sudden appearance of Xiao Laoer once again plunged everyone into doubts.

Wang Zhengnan stuffed his butt into the chair, and his face, which was originally like a steamed bun, now wrinkled up.

"Brother Dao, listening to what you just said, could it be that we have messed up this matter and Xiao Laoer is someone else?"

"It must be that Liu Fengqi!" Zhao Guoyan leaned on the bed, his chest rising and falling violently, and his ribs aching. "In the beginning, it was this old boy who led us to Qiao Er."

"But, isn't this too much of a coincidence?" Wang Zhengnan pondered, "Qiao Laoer and Xiao Laoer, it does sound like they were called bastards because they made a fool of themselves. Moreover, Qiao Laoer is indeed doing it. The sale of red pills and black gold.”

"Hey! What's the point? It's just a coincidence!"

Chuang Hu leaned over the tea table, writing furiously, and suddenly interjected.

Everyone's stern gazes fell on him.

Chuanghu noticed that everyone was unhappy, so he quickly put away his notepad and said with a sorry smile: "Brothers, if you continue to nag you, just pretend that I don't exist."

"Snapped!"

Jiang Lianheng suddenly grabbed Yu's wrist under the bed, grinned, and asked with a smile: "Brother, is this Liu Fengqi's trick?"

"Ah?" Chuanghu quickly waved his hand and said, "Brother, we met by chance, how could I be his trick? Besides... besides, you came to me for help, and I didn't rush you!"

Jiang Lianheng smiled half-heartedly and said, "I'm just asking casually, don't be nervous."

Chuang Hu casually picked up the tea bowl on the table and was about to smash it on the ground: "Although I, Chuang, am not a gentleman, I also disdain to do those two-faced things. If I tell a lie, it will be like this!" "

"If you break it, you'll have to pay for it!"

Chuanghu immediately put down his tea bowl, stood up, and looked around for bargains.

"Pull it down, sit down quickly!" Jiang Lianheng waved his hand impatiently.

Zhao Guoyan continued what he had just said, and said: "What Nanfeng said makes sense, but I still think that Xiao Laoer should have someone else, probably Liu Fengqi, and lastly, he is also Xiao Laoer's subordinate! Let me tell you. , he is probably also doing Hongwan Black Gold’s business, and wants to use our hands to eliminate Qiao Er.”

This inference does make sense.

However, the problem is that this is actually a process of inferring the results, and it will inevitably fall into the quagmire of being reasonable for the sake of being reasonable.

If it is true, in fact, Liu Fengqi's layout is not clever.

Although there are no so-called logical loopholes, there are too many contingencies.

As long as there are variables in any link, Jiang Lianheng and Mr. Qiao are likely to cooperate for a win-win situation rather than turning against each other.

Wang Zhengnan slapped his thigh and said hurriedly: "That's right! If Liu Fengqi and Qiao Laoer are both trying to get red pills, and now a big buyer comes, logically speaking, the first reaction should be to try their best to fight for it, how can they still win over the buyer? What if we push it to the other side? What if we really reach an agreement with Qiao Laoer? Then wouldn’t Liu Fengqi lose his wife and lose his troops? "

"That's true." Zhao Guoyan thought for a moment and then added, "But Qiao Laoer's contemptuous temper is genuine and not covered up at all. It shouldn't be difficult to guess, right?"

It is not impossible to make arrangements based on a person's temper and character.

The success of the Zha Fei game was due to the fact that Mr. Qiao was superstitious about gods and ghosts and worshiped his ancestors.

Even on the battlefield, if you can figure out the enemy general's behavior, you can use this to set many traps.

However, after saying so much, there was one thing that puzzled Jiang Lianheng the most - if Liu Fengqi and Qiao Laoer were really business rivals, what would they have been doing?

Why is it necessary to wait until Jiang Lianheng comes to Yingkou before he borrows a knife to kill people and eradicate Qiao Laoer? But before that, they can live in peace and harmony?

Qiao Laoer is not an online veteran. Is it so difficult to kill him using your brain?

If it was really so difficult, how could Jiang Lianheng and his team, as a group of outsiders, do it so easily?

"Let me just say -" Jiang Lianheng murmured to himself, "This Zhafei Bureau has been done so well. We are the only ones who co-authored it and are the smart ones, while the others are just stupid roe deers?"

"Brother Dao, what are you mumbling about?" Wang Zhengnan suddenly asked.

"Nothing, I'm thinking about two things."

Zhao Guoyan continued: "Brother Dao, if you have any ideas, tell us and we can all think about it together!"

Jiang Lianheng glanced at Nanfeng and then at Guoyan, but said, "I'm thinking about the two killers in Laoye Pavilion, and the note on my door the night before going to the dock."

Wang Zhengnan replied with lingering fear: "Brother, I have sent a telegram to my family this afternoon. I am now checking who Shopkeeper Ma and Shopkeeper Xie have hired. I think I will get a reply tomorrow."

Zhao Guoyan said: "That note is indeed very important. If it hadn't reminded us, we might not have had time to react that day."

"Eh? Is there someone protecting you?" Chuanghu couldn't help but interject again.

Zhao Guoyan, however, did not appreciate it and said: "Even if you are repaying us, it is just to use us as a swordsman. Don't think about me thinking about this good thing."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Lianheng stood up suddenly.

"I have to talk to Mr. Qiao's wife."

"Brother, I'll go with you!" Zhao Guoyan turned over and was about to get out of bed.

"Pull him down!" Jiang Lian waved his hand and turned around to order, "Nanfeng, while it's still dark, go to the New World and find Xifeng and ask him to send two strangers here. Wait, I'm going to ask questions later."

"Okay, please wait a moment." Wang Zhengnan stood up and pushed the door open.

…………

After about two sticks of incense, the sky outside the window gradually turned gray.

There was a sound of the door opening and closing from the guest room opposite.

After a while, Wang Zhengnan pushed the door open again and said in a low voice: "Brother Dao, everything has been arranged. The two brothers are waiting at the opposite door. If there is any movement, they will come over immediately."

Jiang Lianheng nodded and asked, "How's it going over there in Xifeng?"

"It's fine, nothing happened." Wang Zhengnan said helplessly, "Xifeng is waiting for us outside the inn. I told him it was too dangerous and told him not to come. He had to follow me."

"If he didn't follow, he wouldn't be Zephyr."

Jiang Lianheng was not surprised by this. After quickly putting on his coat, he hurried downstairs with Nanfeng and left Yutai Inn.

Not far away, when they reached an area with few pedestrians, they saw Li Zhengxi approaching from across the street.

"Brother Dao!"

On the way here, Li Zhengxi had already listened to Wang Zhengnan explain what happened, and his expression looked a little serious.

Jiang Lianheng nodded, but asked, "Where is the code?"

Li Zhengxi replied: "Liu Yansheng rented a broken boat in advance, and Qiao Laoer's wife floated on the river for three nights."

"It's not bad, I can find a place!" Jiang Lianheng kept walking for a moment, "Wherever I am at the pier, you can lead the way!"

So, the group of three people headed all the way along the south bank of the Liao River towards the Xinshi Street Pier in the northeast.

The distance is said to be far or not, and it is said to be close or not.

By the time we arrived at our destination, it was completely dark.

The gray-blue river water also turned into pitch-black waves.

This place is already far away from the mouth of the Liao River. Heavy ocean-going cargo ships are inconvenient to navigate. There are only sporadic small and medium-sized wooden cargo ships cruising slowly on the river. In addition, it is getting late, and the dock is not very busy. There are shabby sailing ships. They are connected together and moored on the shore like a pontoon bridge.

Li Zhengxi took the lead and led the way to a raft with a shed.

On the bow of the boat, there was a fishing fire lighting, which hit the dark water and turned into tiny bits of light.

At that moment, two young men were standing guard on the shore. When they saw Jiang Lian coming across, they quickly and solemnly called out "Brother Dao".

"Brother Dao, this is the ship." Li Zhengxi stood still, turned around, and raised his hand to point.

Jiang Lianheng walked to the bow of the boat, suddenly stretched out his hand and asked, "Is there any medicine?"

Li Zhengxi frowned and asked, "What medicine?"

"Nonsense, Benimaru!"

"Oh, well, between you two, who has the medicine?" Li Zhengxi asked the boy behind him.

The two boys quickly took out a few red pills from their pockets, pointed to the cabin, and explained: "Brother Dao, these were found from her body."

Jiang Lianheng took the pills and said, "You four, just wait for me on the shore."

After saying that, he opened his legs and stepped onto the deck. The fishing fire on the bow of the ship immediately swayed twice, and then he bent down and got into the cabin with his head lowered.

There was only a dim light in the cabin, and there was a "rustling" sound immediately.

Shu Ning's hands were tied behind his back, a piece of cloth was tied around his mouth, and he was wearing a cheongsam. His hair was a little messy, his face was as pale as paper, and his eyes were dark. It looked like he had suffered a lot just from being frightened.

Even so, the young woman's foundation is there after all, her appearance is still beautiful and pleasant, but when she is panicked, she has a different charm.

"Madam, I'm scared!"

Jiang Lian smiled and clasped his fists, then sat down across from him and asked, "Do you still recognize me?"

Shu Ning shook his head in fear.

"Think about it again, we met on the train!" Jiang Lianheng asked with a half-smile, "How could you hire someone to kill me if you didn't know me? The killer at the train station was arranged by you. Bar?"

"Woo-woo-" Shu Ning yelled twice, trying to argue.

Jiang Lianheng then pulled out a knife, raised his hand and said comfortingly: "Madam, please don't worry! I can untie you, but you have to promise not to scream. Whatever I ask you, you just answer. I don't want to kill women, Don't give me any problems, okay?"

Shu Ning nodded blankly.

Afterwards, Jiang Lianheng sat next to her, used a knife to remove the rope from her body, untied the cloth on her face, put his hand on her shoulder, took out a few pills, and said comfortingly: "No need. Don’t be nervous if you’re afraid, just eat two and calm down.”

Shu Ning subconsciously wanted to take it, but when her hand reached mid-air, she suddenly retracted it, a trace of shame flashing across her expression.

Then, she shrank back again, not daring to raise her head. She just pinched Nono and said, "I know. Well, can you take your hands away?"

"Oh! That's so abrupt!"

Jiang Lianheng placed the pills on the deck, and then quickly lowered his arms, "Madam, please rest assured that I, Jiang, am a decent and upright person. I will never take advantage of others' danger to do such dirty things!"

Shu Ning lowered his head, glanced at the big hand on his legs, and sighed helplessly - he might as well put it on his shoulder!

"If you want to ask anything, just say it."

"how old are you?"

"what?"

"No, no!" Jiang Lianheng cleared his throat and asked again, "First question, is it a coincidence that we met on the train?"

Shu Ning nodded quickly and said, "What a coincidence. I didn't even know who you were at the time."

"So you know now?"

"Aren't you Jiang Lianheng?"

"Yes, I am!" Jiang Lianheng said without hesitation, "Then why were you in Fengtian at that time?"

Shu Ning explained: "I'm not in Fengtian, but the train happened to pass through Fengtian. It was originally going to Fushun to discuss business."

"So, it was you who negotiated Mr. Qiao's business?" Jiang Lianheng couldn't help but be surprised.

"No, no, you can't say that." Shu Ning moved to the side, "Actually, most of the business has been negotiated by Qimin before I went there. I just went to show up and take a look. Come back and tell him about the situation over there. You should also know that he, he cares about reputation!"

Jiang Lianheng frowned and asked doubtfully: "Qiao Laoer spends his time in Taoist temples besides churches. Let alone Yingkou, he usually doesn't even go out of his house. How can he negotiate business so far away?"

"I don't know about that...Brother, I really don't know. He doesn't tell me everything."

Shu Ning scurried to the side again, and the big hands on his legs slipped smoothly - well, this time it was better, he put them on his buttocks.

Jiang Lianheng's expression did not change and he continued to ask: "You just said that you don't know me and that the killer at the train station was not hired by you? Let me remind you again, if you tell the truth, nothing will happen."

Shu Ning said tremblingly: "That was actually arranged by Qimin. I just went over and gave him some money."

Jiang Lianheng didn't ask the killer's name or where he came from. If he did, it would definitely be a lie. Unless a person in the Shantou industry is raised by his own family, it is impossible for him to use his true identity even when facing regular customers. .

"This is the only time you hired me?" Jiang Lianheng asked, "Where's the Laoye Pavilion?"

"Laoye Pavilion? Then I don't know, I really don't know!"

"Okay, okay, one more thing. Apart from freight, what else does the Qiao family's business on the dock have to do with reputation?"

Shu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, but said: "The dock business has little to do with this matter. In fact, it just deceives our people to work with foreigners as coolies."

"I see."

Once the reputation is bad, people will be suspicious, which will affect this business that is similar to a scumbag business.

"Well, do you have anything else to ask?" Shu Ning asked timidly, "After asking, can you let me go?"

"We can't talk about it now, at least we have to wait until I leave before we can talk about it again." After Jiang Lian refused flatly, he turned to ask, "Madam, does Mr. Qiao have any enemies?"

Shu Ning said nothing, looked at Jiang Lianheng and blinked.

"Oh, I mean, besides me, are there any enemies?"

"I don't know about that. I've never heard him say that." Shu Ning replied, "Qimin cherishes feathers very much and never causes trouble. After all, his ancestors have been here for generations, and many of them are old friends of the family."

Jiang Lianheng continued to ask: "Where do all your goods come from?"

"Dalian."

"Dalian?"

"Yes, that's right over at Lushun."

"I know that, but I always thought it was from the Japs in Xinshi Street!"

Shu Ning shook his head firmly and said, "I'm sure of this. All the medicines are shipped from Dalian."

"All the medicine?"

"Yes, all the medicine!"

"That's it!" Jiang Lianheng suddenly smiled and murmured to himself thoughtfully.

Shu Ning was a little uneasy, but asked: "Mr. Jiang, um, how is Qimin doing now? Please let him go. I can help you talk to him, and we can also cooperate together."

"No need. Qiao Laoer has gone to fulfill his filial piety to his ancestors."

"what?"

Shu Ning suddenly felt sad and wanted to cry, but she didn't dare to wail loudly. She could only choke and let her tears fall down, and at the same time she had to endure a big hand rubbing against her body. .

After all, they are a married couple who have experienced the Qiao family's loneliness and resurgence together, and their relationship is certainly not shallow.

What made her regret the most was that when she and Qiao Qimin said goodbye for the last time, they had a big fight.

"Madam, by the way, my condolences." Jiang Lianheng looked at the fishing fire outside the cabin and was lost in thought, "Actually, Qiao Laoer gave me a dream two days ago."

"What did he say?"

"Uh-it's hard to say!"

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