Martial Arts Song

Chapter 282: Lü Hongfeng

This was the second silver-level mission he took after being promoted to a silver-level killer.

The target of the mission is the boss of an illegal trading company in Xicheng, that is, a smuggler.

The difference between trade and smuggling is actually whether it is legal or not.

The most intuitive point to determine whether something is legal or not is whether taxes have been paid!
As long as taxes are paid, then it is legal and normal trade.

If taxes are not paid, it is illegal and constitutes smuggling.

Chen Qing's target of this mission is such a smuggler.

According to the investigation information provided by the "Yun" organization, the target of the mission he accepted this time, named "Tan Bingrong", is a businessman who is very good at using information gaps and interpersonal relationships to profit for himself, and will do anything to achieve his goals.

The other party was able to get started mainly by using both soft and hard tactics to bribe people in taxation, customs and other departments to let them pass.

For example, they first collect evidence of illegal activities of relevant personnel from the tax bureau and customs to threaten the other party to submit, and then promise huge profits to tie the other party together with themselves.

Of course, in order to prevent the other party from going to extremes and finding someone to kill him when threatened, this "Tan Bingrong" would spend money to frequent various high-end places and banquets, and then hire people to secretly take photos with local dignitaries and celebrities, in order to create a persona with a complicated background.

In short, this "Tan Bingrong" is a person who is very good at taking advantage of opportunities and is unscrupulous.

However, all this has nothing to do with Chen Qing, and he doesn't care about it.

He just does things for money.

After getting on the ferry, Chen Qing sat on the boat, recalling relevant information about this "Tan Bingrong" in his mind.

The other party was not an honest businessman, and everything depended on packaging and building his persona, so the company was opened in the land-scarce West City, focusing on a face-saving project.

But in fact, this company is just a shell company and has no real business.

While Chen Qing was recalling the information about the target of this mission, "Tan Bingrong", the boatman kept rowing at the stern, ferrying him towards West City on the opposite bank.

About twenty minutes later.

As the ferry gradually approached the riverbank of Xicheng, the boatman reminded us, "Dear guests, we are almost there. Please remember to bring your belongings with you."

Chen Qing, who had been sitting in the boat awning, heard this and stood up and walked out of the awning, came to the bow, and replied: "Yes."

Then, after the boatman docked the ferry and tied up the ropes, Chen Qing paid the fare and went directly ashore, all the way from Gongdao to the streets of the Bund.

The white-skinned members of the Western Land Security Team did not stop him when they saw that he was dressed elegantly.

Arriving at the Bund Street, Chen Qing waved to stop a rickshaw, and then said to the driver: "Go to 'Hongjiang Road'."

"okay."

The driver responded and took Chen Qing to "Hongjiang Road" in the International Settlement.

"Hongjiang Road" is a relatively famous street in the International Settlement. As the name suggests, it is named after the "Hongjiang River" that runs through the city of "Huhai".

This street is located in the center of the International Settlement, and is relatively close to all the concessions, so it has developed particularly prosperously. Many powerful companies and brands have opened businesses here. While there is a large flow of people, the concessions are also very expensive, and every inch of land is worth a lot of money.

The famous landmark of "Huhai", "Anping Hotel", is located on this road.

When Chen Qing arrived here in a rickshaw, the place was crowded with people and cars coming and going. It was both crowded and prosperous.

"Guest, we have arrived at 'Hongjiang Road'."

After the driver stopped the car and reminded him of the destination, Chen Qing paid the fare, got off the car, and then walked into the crowd of pedestrians nearby.

He was dressed in a suit, which looked exquisite in East City, but he looked very ordinary here.

Because everyone around him was dressed as exquisitely as he was, and many were even more exquisitely and luxuriously dressed than him.

Chen Qing was very satisfied with this.

The reason why he came here wearing a suit was to not be conspicuous here.

In East City, his outfit would stand out, but in West City, it was just ordinary attire.

What a killer wants is to be mediocre and inconspicuous.

On the contrary, if you come to Xicheng wearing a short shirt, long pants, cloth shoes, and shorts, you will be really "conspicuous".

Walking in the crowd, Chen Qing's eyes searched left and right.

After a while, he arrived in front of a Westland-style building.

This is a concrete building, more than ten stories high.

Unlike the surrounding buildings, the exterior walls of this building are covered with billboards in an orderly manner, all of which indicate the company and the floor on which it is located.

Chen Qing stood downstairs, looking up at the billboards, and soon found what he was looking for among the billboards one after another:

Xinrong Trading Company, F4.

"This is it."

Seeing the company name on the billboard, Chen Qing nodded slightly and walked into the building.

This "Xinrong Trading Company" is the shell company run by his target this time, "Tan Bingrong".

The reason he came here was, of course, to complete the mission.

Of course, since it is a shell company with no business, the probability that the mission target "Tan Bingrong" is inside is naturally not high.

But that's not the problem.

He walked into the building and went all the way to the fourth floor where "Xinrong Trading Company" was located.

Without much effort, he found "Xinrong Trading Company" on the fourth floor.

He walked into the company without hesitation.

The interior decoration style of "Xinrong Trading Company" is very gorgeous, with reflective white floor tiles, various mahogany office desks and chairs, and various inspirational slogans and slogans posted on the walls.

On another wall, there is a photo of a middle-aged man of medium build, neither fat nor thin, with ordinary looks, but wearing an expensive suit and a gold watch, and many other elderly men and women who are also dressed luxuriously.

The poses of these photos are different, some are listening with a smile, some are talking loudly, and some are shaking hands with each other with a smile.

Chen Qing is not a local of Huhai and has only been in Huhai for a short time, so he does not know the people taking photos with the middle-aged men in these photos.

But he could roughly guess that these should be local celebrities in "Huhai".

And this middle-aged man should be the target of this mission "Tan Bingrong".

If you don't know this person's background, just looking at the gorgeous decoration of this company and the photos with these celebrities, you will only think that this is a very powerful company with deep connections.

But unfortunately, Chen Qing knew the other party's background, and in his previous life, Chen Qing had been deceived by various marketing methods on the Internet.

In his opinion, the other party's methods are somewhat "outdated".

However, being able to come up with these marketing methods in this era does require talent.

Just as Chen Qing walked in and looked around, the employees in the company also saw him.

"Excuse me, sir, what can I do for you?"

The good-looking receptionist in a dress walked out from the front desk, came up to him and asked.

Upon hearing this, Chen Qing looked at the female receptionist and said calmly, "I'm from 'Le Ye', and I'm here to discuss some business with your boss. Where is your boss?"

"Master Le?"

After hearing what he said, the female receptionist was shocked and asked, "Is it the 'Le Ye' from Wing On Department Store?"

"Hu Hai and that Le Ye?"

Chen Qing raised his eyebrows and said.

Wing On Department Store is the largest department store in Huhai. It is huge and covers all walks of life. Le Ye is the owner of Wing On Department Store. He is often in the newspapers and almost everyone in Huhai knows him.

But Chen Qing had no connection with this person.

The reason I mentioned this person is simply because I saw him in the newspaper and knew his information, so I took advantage of it.

The target of this mission, "Tan Bingrong", is busy doing all kinds of things in "Hu Hai" by any means necessary, and his ultimate goal is naturally to do business and make money.

In that case, he simply used the largest department store in "Hu Hai" as bait.

Of course, for an old liar like "Tan Bingrong" who is good at marketing and uses all kinds of scams himself, he will definitely not be fooled so easily.

However, Chen Qing had not originally held out hope of deceiving the other party.

He wanted to kill the other person, not really do business with him.

All he had to do was deceive the people in this shell company and let them "lead the way" for him to find the other party.

According to the information provided by the "Yun" organization, the female receptionist in front of him is actually the lover of "Tan Bingrong" in private.

All he has to do is deceive the other party.

"oh oh."

The female receptionist became excited when she heard what Chen Qing said.

Being able to do business with the largest department store in "Hu Hai" is really rich!
But soon, she said with an embarrassed look on her face: "Our...our boss is not in the company right now because of business matters...How about this, I will tell the boss what you said and ask him to come to Wing On Department Store to see you tomorrow?"

The other party is worthy of being the lover of the mission target, and he is obviously somewhat alert.

He did not say that he would take Chen Qing to find the other party immediately, but just said that he would convey a message, and then set the meeting time at Wing On Department Store to confirm the truth.

Unfortunately, how could Chen Qing not see this little trick?

He frowned and asked, "Not in the company?"

After frowning and pretending to think for a while, he nodded reluctantly and said, "Okay, let him go to Wing On Department Store before 8 o'clock tomorrow morning and wait for 'Le Ye'."

After saying that, he turned and left without hesitation, without looking back.

After hearing Chen Qing's words and seeing him leave so decisively, the female receptionist who had originally had some doubts in her heart immediately had her doubts dispelled.

The other party did not refuse, and agreed with such a cold attitude... It seems very likely to be true!

Thinking of this, she could no longer hold back, and after saying goodbye to the employees she had recruited from the company, she quickly left the company.

……

It's about six o'clock in the afternoon.

As the sun completely set and night gradually fell, the lights on "Hongjiang Road" began to light up one after another.

In a short moment, the street became brightly lit with flashing neon lights.

Among the endless stream of people coming and going.

A figure suddenly walked out of a building, looked around for a while, came to the roadside, waved to stop a rickshaw and left.

And almost at the same time.

In a cafe not far away.

Chen Qing, who was dressed in a suit and looked ordinary among the crowd, stood up.

More than twenty minutes later.

In front of an apartment building on the edge of the International Settlement.

A rickshaw slowly stopped.

After paying the fare, the woman in the car quickly walked into the apartment.

Not long after she entered the apartment, Chen Qing turned around the corner and followed her into the apartment...

Ten minutes later.

Chen Qing walked out of the apartment, calmly came to the roadside, and waved to stop a rickshaw.

“To the Bund.”

After telling the driver the destination, he sat in his seat and looked at the scenery on both sides of the street calmly.

Killing two ordinary people was effortless for him.

Having already completed seven or eight missions, his heart was like an ancient well, without a single ripple.

By the time we reached the Bund, it was already completely dark.

Chen Qing took a ferry and returned to the "Sanyang District" in East City.

Then, he returned to his home in Sanlin District from Sanyang District. After having dinner at home, he changed out of his suit and put on a set of short casual clothes.

After that, he went out again and came to the "Hongjiang" river bank in the "Sanlin" Jiulong Avenue section. He dived into the water and began to practice today's "Golden Toad Swallowing and Exhaling" method of breaking the limit.

Everything is the same as usual.

The silver-level mission he completed in West City was just like a small episode.

After finishing his practice, he returned home to take medicine and rest.

Early the next morning.

He woke up again in the early hours of the morning and began to practice "spiritual training" and "qi training".

Today's "Sanlin" has returned to its former "peace". There are no more soldiers on the streets in the early morning, only the patrolmen who are still doing their job.

Chen Qing still chose to swim upstream from the river in the residential area into the "Red River" to practice qigong today.

When the practice was over, it was already past six in the morning, when the sky was bright.

Chen Qing returned home, changed into dry clothes, and then came to the "Guoshan Road" of "Sanyang".

When he walked into the "Luo's Paper Mill", he saw the car that Luo Zongping usually rode in parked in the factory.

After seeing him coming, Luo Zongping's driver Xiao Zhao immediately got out of the car and walked towards him.

"Brother Lin, Master asked me to pick you up."

Xiao Zhao came over and said to Chen Qing with a smile.

Chen Qing was not surprised.

After all, Luo Zongping said yesterday that he would ask the driver to pick him up today to meet the so-called local swordsman, who had also practiced kung fu to the point of "transformation".

He asked, "Are we leaving now?"

"Ah."

Xiao Zhao smiled and nodded again, saying, "Master and the sword master are already at the riverside, waiting for you to come over."

"Ok."

Chen Qing nodded after hearing this.

Then, the two of them walked towards the parked car.

As they were walking, Chen Qing suddenly looked at the driver, Xiao Zhao, and asked, "Brother Zhao, do you know who the swordsman Mr. Luo wants to take me to see is?"

Xiao Zhao was slightly startled when he heard this, then smiled and replied, "I know, but I don't know if you, Brother Lin, know this. This swordsman is from our local 'Hu Hai', the leader of a sect called 'Qi Jian Sect', his surname is Lu, his name is Hong Feng, and he is a real 'Qi Bian' master."

(End of this chapter)