the knife of love

Chapter 270 Hongmen banquet, long night lights
At eight o'clock in the evening, Guan Lue appeared in the banquet hall of the General's Mansion on time dressed in black.

He went there directly from the shooting range, so the heavy gunfire on his body hadn't dissipated, and his face was cold, and he stood in front of people with murderous looks.

It’s just that there are only a few people in the huge banquet hall, and all of them are the local principals of Yunling. They still use the long table as usual, and the meal system is divided. The bowls, chopsticks and meals have already been served. , and the bottom line is lined up according to seniority and sits back.

When Guan Yue entered, everyone was already seated.

In the past few days, the situation in Yunling has been turbulent, and Guan Lue suddenly called a discussion, and everyone has already guessed that it is almost inseparable, so there was no sound in the hall for a while.

Guan Lue walked to his seat, did not sit down in time, and glanced coldly at the people under his eyes.

When the old man was still in power, there were nine principals in Yunling City alone. One passed away a few years ago, that is, Du Hong's father. In addition, Chi Feng was dispatched to Yunnan by the old man, and the other two were sent to Yunnan for "offending crimes". Guan Lue was kicked out according to the rules, and all the sites under his command were taken back by Guan Lue, so now there are only five people left.

But these five are enough.

Logically, there can only be one principal in a place, and it is inevitable for five people to entangle themselves in a city, bumping into each other, but there is no way around it, this is an old problem left over from the past, and these five are all "uncles" of Guan Lue, The deep root system is entrenched, and he can't move for a while.

As for why there are so many people in charge in one place in Yunling?
It has to be traced back to when Jiurongtai was first built. At that time, several people followed Guan Zhaorong to fight in the country, and Yunling was the birthplace of Jiurongtai's power, so these people gradually took root in Yunling. By the time Jiurongtai has reached a certain scale, these people will not be too young, and their wives and children are all in Yunling, so naturally they don't want to move their nests.

But their "merits" are still there, after all, they are "veterans who opened the dynasty", and they have to be assigned positions even according to their seniority, so the old man divided Yunling into districts, plus several surrounding counties In the city, Yunling was abruptly divided into nine districts, and several "uncles" each took charge of one district, similar to a hall, where they could recruit people and set up places by themselves.

Originally, the old man did this because of the kindness that he followed back then, but he didn't expect that everyone could work together when the times were hard, but when life was better, they started to have their own little calculations.

Most people's hearts are always like this, selfish desires are endless, and gradually the people on Jiurongtai Yunling's side began to become disorganized, which was one of the purposes of Guan Zhaorong's use of Guan Lue to "clean up".

The reason is also obvious. The old man is afraid that the unclean things in these people's hands will one day become the reason for the destruction of Jiurongtai, and he is also afraid that someday someone will be unwilling to "raise the pole" and snatch his position away.

That's why the old man came up with the idea of ​​"washing hands in a golden basin". Guan Lue was selected by the old man in that competition, kicked out Chi Feng, disintegrated the Du family's power, and then found an excuse to get rid of the other two principals.

It only took Guan Lue two years to take half of the local power in Yunling into his own hands. The other five were naturally aggrieved, but they couldn't do anything to him.

Then the old man passed away, and Guan Lue took the main position logically. Although those "uncles" who felt uncomfortable would sometimes make him stumbling, but helplessly as his wings grew, he acted accurately and ruthlessly, so naturally no one dared to challenge him again. Basket, everyone has lived in peace all these years.

But now there are five seats at the long table, but only four people are seated.

The chair on Guan Lue's left was actually empty, it was Yunling Zhao Changde's seat.

Zhao Changde was also one of the credulities of the old man back then. He entered Jiurongtai at the age of 15. When he first entered Jiurongtai, he followed Mr. Du and was pulled out by Mr. Du.

When Mr. Du was alive, Zhao Changde was already in the position of chief executive, and he was on an equal footing with Mr. Du, but he still respected Mr. Du as "Master Du" and respected Du Hong as his younger sister. And the grace of support.

This was out of sincerity, so that after the Du family's power was disintegrated, Zhao Changde has been against Guan Lue, but Guan Lue has not touched him for so many years, and even reserved him a seat on the left hand side of the long table, just to respect him Friendship.

After all, people on the Tao have seen too much life and death, and their fate is underestimated. Only the two sons of "love and righteousness" are the most important.

Guan Lue has always felt that Zhao Changde is the most affectionate among these "uncles", but unfortunately he helps the Du family wholeheartedly.

The Du family was in decline because of Mr. Du's death. Although Du Hong took over as the head of the family for a short period of time, the old man finally removed Du Hong as the head of the house on the grounds that "there is no precedent for a female lead in Jiurongtai".

Afterwards, Du Hong went to Yunnan with Chi Feng, but she married an unlucky man. Feng became more and more unconvinced when he was messing around outside, until Fan Lili became pregnant with a son...

This book was originally a book of old accounts, old grievances, ordinary affairs of marriage, and it is hard to figure out who is right and who is wrong. If it is left in ordinary people's homes, it will be noisy and have to go on, but it is Chi Feng and Du Hong. A person with a foothold on the tip of a knife, not to mention Du Hong's temper...

Guan Lue glanced coldly at the empty space on the left, and finally said the first sentence: "Uncle De won't come!"

For a moment, no one dared to speak up.

In Guan Lue's tone, he didn't use interrogative sentences or rhetorical questions, but directly affirmative sentences, which sounded as if he had already known it in advance.

"Since he won't come, then remove his chair and plate, and don't occupy a place for nothing!" After speaking, Guan Yue called Yala over, and Yala took the order to move the chair directly. out.

At this point, the seat to the left of the main seat was vacant, and the people below peeked at each other, but no one dared to say anything.

Guan Lue didn't sit down in a hurry and raised a hand.

"Yaba, serve the wine."

Two rows of waiters came in from the outside, and delivered glasses of wine that had been poured in advance to the principals.

For a while, there was an extra glass of wine in front of everyone.

Guan Lue raised the wine glass above his head, and everyone in the audience got up immediately.

He was not in a hurry, so he held the glass of wine and faced the audience.

"Thank you for taking the time to have this meal. Usually everyone is busy with their own business. Although we are in Yunling, there are not many opportunities to get together to have a meal. Today is just a matter of free time, and the occasion is also suitable. , I would like to offer a toast to all of you uncles first, thanks to all of you uncles’ assistance and care over the past few years, I will do it first as a respect, and you can do whatever you want!”

After the words fell, he raised his head and drank the wine in the glass neatly.

The uncles below were a little puzzled for a moment, and they really didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Guanlue's gourd, but who dared to be "random", so they all held up their wine glasses and drank every drop.

Guan Lue's face is still calm and calm, but the corners of his lips are raised up, showing a wicked smile.

After drinking a glass of wine, the waiters behind them collected their glasses.

Then Guan Lue raised one hand again: "Yaba, tea!"

Yaba took the order and shouted at the door, and two teams of waiters filed in and put the brewed tea bowls in front of everyone.

Guan Lue lifted the lid of the bowl and raised the tea bowl above his head again.

"Wine is righteousness, tea is morality, and morality is the root that maintains Jiurongtai from generation to generation, so I respect you for this cup of tea. I hope you will work in his position, and don't forget the word morality!" Guan Lue said The tone was still so unhurried, and after finishing speaking, he drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, and finally put the empty bowl on the table.

The palms of the people below began to sweat, and they drank the tea after hesitating for a few seconds.

Just drinking a glass of wine and a cup of tea, but Guan Lue's intentions are still unclear. This is the most fatal place, so no one dares to speak first, just waiting to see if Guan Lue's big battle is going to kill him. Which play.

Unexpectedly, after drinking the tea, Guan Lue just smiled lightly, beckoned to the waiter behind to put away the teacup, then humbly bowed slightly: "It's all right, let's all sit down and eat."

"..."

Then everyone present was dumbfounded, even Yala was a little confused.

In the evening, he was ordered to post a post to let Yunling's principals gather for discussion, thinking that there was really something important, but now he didn't have any substantive words. He drank wine and toasted tea, and then had dinner?

Just for dinner?
All the principals were even more astonished, but Guan Lue had already sat down firmly under the gaze, raised one hand slightly, and closed it down: "Everyone sit down, eat!" Then he picked up the chopsticks and ate first .

The uncles in the audience did the same thing. They sat down and took their chopsticks.

For a moment, there was only the sound of chopsticks and plates colliding in the hall, and no words were spoken. It was an extremely depressing dinner, but Guan Lue ate it very safely. When the last soup was served, he even boasted: "This It's a new dish in the General's Mansion, and it's the first time I've eaten it, so please try it, if it doesn't taste good, just mention it, and ask the cook to improve it later."

He spoke in a light tone as if he was really just here to treat everyone to a meal. Seeing him like this, several of the principals in the audience relaxed a little from the nervousness of the night, and one of them was really decent. He tasted the soup eagerly, and commented after drinking it.

As a result, as soon as the bowl of soup was finished, two groups of people rushed in from outside the hall and surrounded the long table.

Only then did the four principals realize that they seemed to have been cast in a net, and they were caught in a urn!
Immediately, someone jumped up from the chair, especially the uncle who commented on Tang Shui just now was the most arrogant, pointing directly at Guan Lue's nose and shouting: "Guan Jiu, what the hell do you mean?"

Guan Lue was not in a hurry, he still sat on the chair, calmly put down the soup bowl in his hand, took out the napkin and wiped the corners of his mouth, then slowly raised his eyelids, his eyes were calm.

"Don't be nervous, uncles. It's a rare opportunity to get together. If there are no accidents, I will let you go back tomorrow morning!"

"Tomorrow morning? Damn Guan Jiu, your wings are hardened and you come to play with us?"

"No, I respect you as elders, so I just want to keep you here for dinner!"

"Dinner? Invite dinner together with supper and morning tea tomorrow? You're fucking against the rules!" The most arrogant "uncle" slapped down the table, he was so angry at a very old age, Guan was a little helpless, Finally stood up with the support of the table.

For a while, the audience fell silent again.

Over the years, Guan Lue has cultivated the restrained aura on his body to perfection, and now he only needs to stand there and close his eyes tightly, and the aura of the main position can be fully revealed.

"Rules, okay, since you mentioned the rules to me, let's talk about the rules!" Guan Lue tapped the table with his fingers, and the venomous look in his brows gradually became clear.

"Jiurongtai has always followed the rules, and one of them should not be forgotten by everyone. The so-called enmity has its own owner, grievances and grievances are clear, and it will never affect wives and children. I think everyone here knows it."

As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden silence in the hall, even the uncle who was noisy and arrogant just now lost his temper.

In the past two days, Guan Lue went to great lengths to find a woman. This matter is no longer a secret in Jiurongtai, but it is really unexpected that Guan Lue will throw a big feast and bring this matter to the table.

"When Uncle Chi happened, he tied up the people around me. Afterwards, Uncle Chi died in the back alley of Shuitian Bathing Beach. The whole Jiurong Terrace probably thought it was me who sent someone to do it. I didn't explain it. , because there is no need to explain it at all, but now someone insists on repeating the same mistakes, okay, then let's go through the old scores!"

Guan Lue put his hands on the table and suddenly paused.

All the people below held their breath and waited for what he would say next, but after a few seconds, Guan slightly raised his head, and there was a bit of regret in his eyes.

"I'm very sad that Uncle Chi died in Yunling. He had been in Jiurongtai for 30 years. Before he left, the old man repeatedly asked me to keep him safe, but in the end he happened under my nose. It’s because I’m not rigorous enough in handling things, that people take advantage of loopholes and get used in vain.”

What he said made the bottom four people even more confused.

Guan Lue knew it would be such a reaction, but he didn't point it out. He just said: "Jiurongtai has always had strict discipline. Back then, Uncle Chi violated the discipline first. I ordered him to go back to Yunling in advance, but I just followed the rules. What will happen later? How to deal with punishment has its own rules to follow, but if he doesn't come back, he disobeyed the order first, and then Fan Lili suddenly died in a car accident in Tengchong, and it took only two or three days before and after, so it should be difficult for such a coincidence to happen."

After Guan Lue said this, someone already knew that it was using Fan Lili, who was pregnant, to intensify the conflict between Guan Lue and Chi Feng.

"Everyone should know what happened next. In a fit of anger, Chi Feng tied the two of me, fired a gun, and ran away by himself. He died in the back alley of the Shuitian Bathhouse not long after. The police found out that it was him. He accidentally fell to his death during a temporary inspection, and the case was left alone."

After that, Chi Feng sparked, and the funeral was held in Yunling. Du Hong brought Tongtong to worship as a widow, and there was a big scene at the funeral.

Everyone present at the scene also knew about this matter. At that time, it was rumored to be a topic of conversation. Tang Jingcheng also showed up at the funeral, knowing that there was another woman besides Lou Qingxiao beside Guan Jiu.

"But once is a coincidence, what about twice? Not necessarily! What's more, where is the Shuitian bathing place? It's under the name of Jiurongtai, who is in charge?"

Guan slightly nodded, everyone's eyes were on the vacant seat on his left, and they all took a breath for a moment.

No wonder he had to say firmly at the beginning of the dinner: "Uncle De won't come." In the end, it turned out that the Shuitian Bathhouse had stabbed the basket, and the Shuitian Bathhouse had been in charge of Zhao Changde all along.

Let's talk about what Guan Lue said just now, Fan Lili's death, the relationship between Zhao Changde and the Du family, and finally Chi Feng's death in the back alley of the Shuitian Bathing Beach. All the mysteries seemed to be solved at once.

It turned out to be like this?The faces of the four principals were full of horror and a little uncertainty, after all, this answer was too embarrassing.

Du Hong, she is the wife that Chi Feng Mingmei is marrying. Although the relationship is average, but the so-called husband and wife for a day, how did they end up in such a field?
Some people didn't believe it, some people were amazed, and finally someone asked: "Okay, even if Chi Feng's death was related to Lao Zhao, why did we all stay here? We didn't participate in this matter."

"Yes, we have nothing to do with this matter, let alone Lao Chi has been dead for so many years, what are you doing? Settle accounts after autumn?" Another person echoed.

Guan slightly smiled slightly, and frowned coldly: "After the fall, settle accounts? If I really settled this account, I would have abolished Zhao Changde three years ago, and Du Hong would never have survived until now. Tai has done a lot of things, among the uncles of your generation, he is the most upright, yet he gave birth to such a vicious daughter!"

The words spit out word by word from Guan Lue's mouth, every sentence was so clear that the four principals below felt a little remorseful.

Guan slightly took a little breath away.

Yaba looked at his back from behind, and for a moment, he actually felt that this man who had always been as strong as a shield was showing a sense of vulnerability in front of others.

It is actually difficult to sit in the position that everyone is fighting for. You have to weigh the pros and cons, and you have to find the most appropriate point in handling everything.

Yala didn't know that Guan Lue had already seen everything, Fan Lili's death, Chi Feng's sudden death by falling from a building, and even the secret relationship between Zhao Changde and Du Hong, he knew everything clearly, but he kept it in his heart.

No wonder the people on the Tao said that Guan Jiu's heart was hidden in the [-]th floor of hell by him, ruthless, accurate, and thorough!
"Originally, for the sake of Mr. Du, I should have saved Du Hong's life, but she should never have broken the rules of Jiurongtai."

Everyone present here should have heard of the so-called "broken rules".

Fan Qingyan, the director of the Yunnan film, teamed up with the second young master Su Fan to smuggle and sell drugs. Guan Lue went to Yunnan to "clean up the door" a while ago, and Fan Qingyan escaped by chance. Also came here, Shen Chunguang was kidnapped, Riguan led his men to search the Bailu Mountain Villa, but it turned out that the building was empty, everyone present is an old fox who has been on the road for decades, these things only need to be done. You can smell it with a light sniff.

No wonder Guan Lue said something like "don't hurt his wife and children, and repeat the same mistakes". After all, it was Fan Qingyan and Du Hong who took his woman away.

"I don't know what Du Hong's purpose is for doing this, and I don't know who else in Yunling is helping her against me besides Zhao Changde, but Fan Qingyan has been hiding in Yunling for so long, and he can still hide from my nose. To kidnap people under the house means that there must be someone helping them! I invited you here today, if you cooperate, it will be a meal with me. From now on, you will still be my uncle, and your status will remain the same. What’s yours is still yours, if you don’t cooperate…”

Guan slightly rubbed his fingers, and glanced at the position of his left hand.

"If you don't cooperate, I don't mind removing a few more chairs on this long table, so uncles, weigh it yourself!"

Having said so much, Guan Lue's intentions are quite obvious, whether it's a test or a net, I'm afraid the situation in Jiurongtai will be very different after this night.

Standing behind Guan Lue, Yaba's legs were already weak, and he didn't know anything about it beforehand, and he didn't know that Guan Lue had silently set up this game of chess.

The four principals were even more panicked.

Guan Lue slowly sat down on his seat again, put away all the anger in his eyes just now, and changed his usual indifferent face, but raised his hand: "The food is cold, take it down, serve tea and snacks !"

This is really the posture of having supper and tomorrow's morning tea together, and it's a good treat.

As the old saying goes, courtesy comes first and soldiers come first, so he is doing courtesy while serving soldiers!

The night lights of the VIP Hall of the General’s Mansion in this room are always bright, and the outside room began to act wantonly, starting with Zhao Changde’s Water and Sky Bath, and the five principals did not let any of the sites under their control be spared. tonight.

Just like Guan Lue said when he gave the order: "I want to see people when I live, and I want to see corpses when I die!"

After a lot of activities, the entire Jiurong Terrace was full of grass and trees.

After tossing like this for most of the night, all kinds of bull heads and horse faces gradually appeared. Too many people were involved in this matter, and the collusion of interests in the dark surfaced little by little.

The first person to be interrogated was the driver of the red Santana, and it turned out to be Zhao Changde's man, but the other party only admitted that his superiors asked him to follow Shen Chunguang, looking for opportunities to kidnap her, but in the end he was rented out by another car The car came first.

In other words, the red Santana and the "driver" of the taxi are not the same person, which is also expected by Guan Lue.

Later, someone confessed that the sudden death of the taxi driver due to "drug overdose" in the small hotel was caused by human beings. The other party was Ye Tan's former subordinate. After the incident was completed, he got a sum of money and left Yunling.

Things have begun to take shape a little bit, which is similar to what Guan Lue had imagined before.

Zhao Changde and Du Hong's people kidnapped Shen Chunguang, and Ye Tan was at least an accomplice. Guan Lue has never liked to do things that are not sure, and now the evidence is in hand.

At dawn, the atmosphere in the VIP hall of the General's Mansion was deserted. After a night of investigation and clearance, most of the truth had been clarified.

The four old bosses sweated for half the night, afraid that they would be found out in the end, but fortunately, except for Zhao Changde, the rest of them didn't make any big troubles.

At around five o'clock in the morning, Guan Lue's cell phone rang, and there was a short message from outside: "Zhao Changde has been brought under control."

Guan slightly stared at the phone screen, put most of the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, stood up from the chair, and the hall was dead silent.

The four principals in the audience held their breath.

Guan Lue smiled lightly: "The tea is cold, so I won't let you have breakfast, let's leave."

After holding the breath for a whole night, they finally relieved, and the principals didn't dare to stay any longer, and immediately dragged their bodies after a long night out of the VIP room.

Only Guan Lue and Yaba were left in the hall, the long table was vacant, the teacup on it had long been sour and cold, and all the fruits and snacks on the plate had not been touched.

Who would dare to move? On such an absurd night, it felt like the air in Yunling was three points thinner.

Yaba also sweated all night, and now he finally had the time to breathe a sigh of relief, looking at the person still standing in front of the long table.

"Ninth brother, next..."

"I'm going to meet someone next time!"

(End of this chapter)