Martial Arts Song

Chapter 280 One Hundred Invitations

Because during this period, the "Axe Gang" annexed the "Sanlin" and often fought to the death with the "Sanbei Gang".

Almost every morning, the "Sanlin" police station would get up early, and several teams would go to the scene of the fight between the two gangs the night before to "clean up" the scene and deal with the damage and bloodstains caused.

In addition, the original patrol teams of two people were changed to teams of six people.

But today, Chen Qing discovered that on the streets of "Sanlin", there were not only groups of six policemen patrolling, but also troops in military uniforms!

It was a little after four in the morning, and although the sky gets brighter much earlier in the summer than in the winter, it was still pitch dark at this point, and we still had to rely on street lights for lighting.

After just "training the mind", Chen Qing simply washed and dressed and came out to prepare for "training qi". If it were usual, he could run to Kowloon Avenue at this time, then go down the stairs on the river bank, wet his body and clothes to "train qi".

Because usually at this time, the night shift patrolmen in the police station are sleepy and looking for a place to sleep, while the day shift patrolmen have not yet come to work for the handover.

There weren't many people on the street at this time.

But now, because of the presence of the army on the streets of "Sanlin", night shift policemen have begun patrolling rigorously.

The police station belongs to a different system from the army, and is inferior to the army in all aspects.

But that is exactly why, when working with people from the military, the people from the police station have to work harder to build their image and do not want to be looked down upon by people from the military - at least, that is the case tonight.

"Why are there suddenly military personnel following us..."

After discovering that there were more soldiers on the streets in today's "Sanlin" and the patrolmen were working harder than usual, Chen Qing no longer ran to Kowloon Avenue "openly", but chose to take a detour - this was also the reason why he could find that today's "Sanlin" was different from usual.

In the early hours of the morning, a man inexplicably appeared and ran on the street. This would seem very strange in the eyes of both the police and the army.

Chen Qing dared to guarantee that if he passed by the police and military personnel on the street so "openly", he would definitely be called over by these people and even arrested for interrogation!
Not wanting to get involved in all this trouble, he finally chose to take a detour through the alleys of "Sanlin" to "Hongjiang".

But after passing through many alleys and taking many detours, he found that there were patrol officers and the military on almost all wide roads.

This immediately made him frown.

"Today, there are suddenly more troops here. Something must have happened that could alarm the army."

After Chen Qing had this idea, the first thing that came to his mind was the truckload of guns that Tao Weifeng pulled back last night!
As the saying goes, eradicating evil requires evidence, but counter-terrorism only requires a list, and counter-insurgency only requires coordinates.

The "Axe Gang" annexed various gangs in the nine districts of Dongcheng, and there was official instructions behind it. Therefore, Tao Weifeng's act of buying guns to deal with the "Axe Gang" was tantamount to blocking the official plan to unify Dongcheng and making an enemy of the official.

Under such circumstances, it seems reasonable that the authorities would wipe them out in one fell swoop.

After realizing this, Chen Qing finally knew which official party was behind the "Axe Gang".

military!

Behind the "Axe Gang" is the support of the military on the "Hu Hai" side!
As for why the military approached the "Axe Gang" and asked them to help unify the gangs in the nine districts of East City, it is estimated that only a few senior officials of the military and the "Axe Gang" know the truth.

Chen Qing hadn't dealt with his own affairs yet, and had no interest in knowing these things.

After he analyzed all this subconsciously, he began to think about how to go to the "Hongjiang" to "practice qi" without attracting the attention of the patrolmen and soldiers on the street.

Although you can avoid the patrolmen and soldiers on the streets by walking through the alleys, you cannot avoid the main road if you want to get to Kowloon Avenue.

After thinking it over, Chen Qing suddenly had an idea.

He continued to move through the alleys, climbing over walls and jumping over obstacles.

Soon, he came to a small river that ran through a residential area in "Sanlin".

"Huhai" is a coastal city with the "Red River" dividing the East City and the West City, and the East China Sea separating the Central Kingdom and the Liuying Kingdom.

In the east and west half cities, there are countless streams and rivers running through the east and west cities, and finally flowing into the East China Sea.

There are also many streams and rivers in the "Sanlin District" that flow from the "Hongjiang River". They generally flow through the residential area and provide people with daily clean water.

After walking deep into the residential area for a while, Chen Qing came to a small river that ran through the residential area.

The stream is not wide, but there are many concrete steps built on both sides of the river, extending all the way to the riverbed.

On weekdays, people living here wash clothes on the steps along the riverside.

At this time, it was early morning.

As there was no light here, it was completely dark, except for the clear glow of the moon overhead, which was reflected in the gurgling river, bringing out some reflections, making it not so dark here.

Chen Qing stood in front of the river bank and without hesitation, jumped into the river with a "plop".

Then he emerged from the water and swam upstream along the stream.

When he came across a bridge or a river section close to a main road with police and troops patrolling nearby, he would hold his breath in the water and swim silently through that section.

At other times, he would just surface and swim normally.

Thanks to his long breath-holding skills acquired through the "Golden Toad Swallowing and Exhaling" method, the local "Sanlin" policemen patrolling along the road and the supervisory army could not find him at all.

In this way, he followed the stream all the way and swam upstream directly into the "Red River"!
When he swam to the "Red River", the time he spent was only a dozen minutes later than when he usually ran from home.

Without further delay, he swam along the "Red River" to the riverbank stairs where he usually "practiced qi", and went ashore to start today's "practicing qi"...

Two hours later.

When it was around six in the morning, the sky was already bright.

There were more and more people on the street.

Chen Qing had just finished "practicing Qi" at this time and went up to Kowloon Avenue from the stairs on the river bank.

At this time, whether it was Kowloon Avenue or the "Lingqing Road" opposite him, which belonged to the "Sanlin District", there were already many people who got up early to start work or go to work.

The police and soldiers have not yet evacuated.

But now that so many people are together, Chen Qing no longer has to worry about appearing strange being alone.

He waved to stop a rickshaw and asked the rickshaw driver to take him back to Chen's courtyard in "Sanlin Town".

Then, after changing into dry clothes at home, he took a rickshaw through the streets of "Sanlin" and came to Kowloon Avenue that runs through the nine districts of Dongcheng, and went from Kowloon Avenue to "Sanyang District".

During this period, he passed by team of patrolmen and soldiers one after another, but did not attract their attention.

Because at this time in the morning, there were many people like him riding in rickshaws.

If we were to question all the patrol officers and military personnel on the streets, the workload would be enormous.

As long as you don't behave strangely, you won't be targeted by the police and the military.

However, today, when the local residents of "Sanlin" woke up early in the morning and saw the army patrolling the streets, many of them couldn't help but show expressions of surprise and tension on their faces.

Recently, the "Axe Gang" and the "Sanbei Gang" have been fighting frequently, causing panic among local residents.

Now suddenly seeing soldiers coming, it naturally makes people even more panicked.

Therefore, many people were caught on the street and interrogated by police and soldiers because of their shocked and nervous expressions.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Chen Qing.

He left "Sanlin" and apart from taking a curious look at the army on the street like a normal person, there was nothing else unusual.

Therefore, he left "Sanlin" without any hindrance.

After leaving Sanlin, he took a rickshaw to Gushan Road on the Sanyang side as usual. Because he was a little late in going to practice Qigong today, when he arrived at Gushan Road, the bustle of setting up stalls and eating breakfast here had come to an end.

Most of the factory workers have already finished their breakfast and entered the factory.

Most of the stalls had also started to pack up.

When Chen Qing arrived at "Luo's Paper Mill", Gao Changzhi, Yuan Zhangjie and others had already arrived.

"Hello, Captain Lin!"

Seeing him coming late, Gao Changzhi and others didn't say anything, but nodded and bowed and greeted him with a smile.

"Ah."

Chen Qing nodded in response, then looked at Gao Changzhi and others and asked, "After I asked for leave yesterday, nothing happened in the factory, right?"

"no!"

Yuan Zhangjie replied with a smile: "Thanks to you, Captain Tolin, everything was fine at the factory yesterday!"

His behavior of trying to flatter others immediately made Gao Changzhi, who was standing next to him, roll his eyes.

"It's okay."

After hearing this, Chen Qing nodded slightly.

Then, everyone started working for the day.

For more than two months, the "Luo's Paper Mill" has remained the same as before, with workers working half a day and going off work at noon.

The only difference is that the factory director Luo Minzhen rarely comes to the factory anymore.

After Yan Peijiang hired someone to impersonate the "Axe Gang" in an attempt to attack the "Luo's Paper Mill" and instigate Luo Zongping to take action against the "Axe Gang", no one knew what Luo Zongping and Luo Minzhen, the father and daughter, talked about in private.

Anyway, since that day, Luo Minzhen rarely came to the factory.

However, Luo Zongping would still come every now and then to personally check the goods stored in the warehouse, and then teach Gao Changzhi and others how to practice Luo family boxing before leaving.

Although he also wanted to give Chen Qing some pointers, Chen Qing had already completed the first round of the Five Internal Organs Breaking Limits Method and was practicing the second round, so he was temporarily free from any confusion about his kung fu.

After asking several times without any guidance, Luo Zongping stopped asking.

The relationship between the two sides became less intense since Chen Qing rejected Luo Zongping's matchmaking with Luo Minzhen.

Chen Qing didn't care about this.

Although he wanted to get to know and integrate into the local group of masters in "Hu Hai" through Luo Zongping, he was not so anxious as to sell his body.

Of course, the most important thing is that he is now in the second round of practicing the Five Internal Organs Breaking Limits, and his [Essence] value is in a period of explosive growth, so for the time being he is not so eager to integrate into the local master group of "Hu Hai".

"After completing the second round of the Five Internal Organs Breaking Limits Training, it won't be too late to start contacting them."

This is Chen Qing’s current thinking.

……

Ten o'clock in the morning.

More than two hours into the workday and two hours left before the end of the day.

Chen Qing, who was sitting in the guard room, leaning on a chair with his legs on the table and resting his eyes, suddenly moved his ears.

He heard a faint sound of an engine and the crunching of wheels.

This made him open his eyes, which were closed to rest.

Soon after he opened his eyes, he heard the obvious sound of car engines and wheels rolling on the road outside the factory gate.

Chen Qing stood up and walked towards the guard room.

Gao Changzhi and others who were also resting in the guard room were startled when they saw Chen Qing standing up and walking out.

When Chen Qing walked to the door, suddenly——

"Dudu!"

A car horn suddenly sounded outside the door.

Gao Changzhi and others then hurriedly stood up and walked towards the guard room.

Soon, several people came outside and saw a car parked at the door.

It’s Luo Zongping’s car.

Gao Changzhi and others immediately opened the factory gate in a hurry and let the car that Luo Zongping was in drive in.

When the car drove into the factory gate, it stopped directly in front of the guard room.

With a "click", the rear door of the car opened and a person walked out.

The man was dressed in an elegant Zhongshan suit and looked to be in his forties or fifties, with slightly gray hair combed neatly back. Who else could it be but Luo Zongping?

After Luo Zongping got off the car, his eyes were fixed on Chen Qing. He smiled and said, "Little friend Lin, please walk with me for a while."

Chen Qing was stunned when he heard this, but still nodded.

Then, the two of them walked side by side and slowly walked towards the factory's warehouse.

As they walked, Luo Zongping spoke first, smiling and asking, "Little friend Lin, how are you these days?"

"Well, not bad."

Chen Qing nodded in reply.

He had indeed lived a good life in the past two months.

After completing the first round of the Five Internal Organs Breaking Limits Training, he no longer needed anyone else’s guidance for the second round. With the solid foundation laid by the first round, he was able to practice the second round with ease and was making progress every day.

The only downside is that it costs too much money.

The three thousand yuan a month he earns from working here is not enough to support the expenses of his training.

But fortunately, he can still make money from the "Cloud" organization.

Thinking of this, Chen Qing decided that after get off work today, he would go to West City to complete the target of this mission and make the 40,000 yuan reward for this mission to make up for the loss.

Just as he was thinking about the mission, Luo Zongping spoke again.

"Yeah."

After answering Chen Qing's question without making any comment, Luo Zongping smiled and said, "My dear Lin, there is a 'Martial Arts Exchange Meeting' in Huhai recently. Are you willing to participate?"

Chen Qing was stunned when he heard this question.

After he had temporarily put aside the matter of contacting the local masters of "Hu Hai", he did not expect that Luo Zongping would take the initiative to invite him to participate in this local "martial arts exchange meeting"...

This was really beyond his expectations!
Could it be that the other party saw through his original purpose of coming here?
Or is there something else going on with this "Martial Arts Exchange Meeting"...

(End of this chapter)