the knife of love

Chapter 52 Chess Pieces, Dilemma

Chi Feng hasn't had a good day these days.

Every January is the time when the leaders of the halls of Jiurongtai return to Yunling. On the surface, it is just an ordinary gathering, but everyone knows that Jiurongtai has always been strict in gang rules, with clear rewards and punishments. Getting together at the beginning of the year is nothing more than awarding or receiving punishment.

According to Jiurongtai's annual practice, the second weekend after New Year's Day is the gang gathering. Before the gathering, they will receive posts from Yunling, but this year Chi Feng's posts are different from others.

Everyone else arrives on Friday night and eats at Jiurong Terrace on Saturday, but Chi Feng's post requires him to arrive on Wednesday, and when he arrives, a car will pick him up directly to see Guan Lue.

Chi Feng is not stupid, he knew that Guan Lue was going to touch him this time, and he thought about not going to Yunling on the date of the post. First, he was afraid, and second, he wanted to test Guan Lue's reaction, but he never expected that Thursday In the afternoon, Chi Feng suddenly received a call from Tengchong.

"Master Chi, it's not good, something happened to the second wife!"

Chi Feng felt his footsteps falter, and by the time he arrived at Tengchong Hospital, it was already too late.

The doctor stood at the door of the operating room and talked to Fan Qingyan: "The patient was already seriously injured when he arrived. Sorry, we have tried our best..."

Chi Feng rushed over in a few steps and grabbed the front of the doctor's coat: "Where's the child? Where's the child in her belly?"

"The adults didn't keep it, so naturally the child..." The doctor didn't dare to continue, and shook his head, "The family members should prepare for the funeral!"

In one sentence, he was sentenced to "death penalty".

Chi Feng staggered into the operating room, and Fan Lili was lying on the operating table, with a waxy complexion and an upright body, the oxygen tube had been pulled out, her body was covered with a white cotton cloth, and her lower abdomen was obviously bulging.

The obstetrician said that the fetus is seven months old and is developing well, and it will be due in two months.

Chi Feng was looking forward to having such a son when he was nearly half a century old, and he was overjoyed to have a son when he was old, but he was stillborn in an accident, how could he accept it.

"Why did the car suddenly rush down the slope?" Chi Feng asked Fan Qingyan who came in with a hoarse voice.

Fan Qingyan looked distressed, and explained: "It is said that the brakes failed. Originally, my sister was going to the hospital for a check-up today, but when the car was halfway up the mountain, it suddenly lost control..."

The brakes couldn't stop, and the people and the car rolled down the mountainside together.

Chi Feng gritted his teeth and swallowed all the grief, but his eyes fell on Fan Lili's arm protruding from the white cloth. The arm was covered with dried blood, so that the gold jade bracelet on the wrist seemed pale in the cloudy scarlet. Very dazzling.

"Brother-in-law, this is an accident, you have to mourn!" Fan Qingyan persuaded in a hoarse voice.

The grief in Chi Feng's eyes shrunk little by little, and finally gathered into a dark mass.

Hmm, accident?How can he believe it?

The news of mourning in Yunnan soon spread to Yunling.

Guan Lue was also taken aback, he knew that Chi Feng had been looking forward to a son for a long time, and finally begged for one, but in the end, he killed two people.

"Send someone to Yunnan to express my condolences. No matter what, the deceased is the most important. After Chi Feng finishes Fan Lili's funeral, let him come to Yunling." Guan Lue handed Ye Tan the newly written post.

Ye Tan picked it up, and was a little dazed: "It's really... how did it get into a car accident when it was so good?"

"It can only be said that fortune and misfortune are unpredictable. Maybe the old man was right when he was alive. If you do many unrighteous actions, there will be retribution!"

In the evening, Guan Lue found time to call Chi Feng himself. Anyway, Chi Feng is an elder in Jiurong Terrace, and he called him Uncle Feng, which is a bit of courtesy.

Chi Feng didn't say much on the phone, his voice was hoarse.

Three days later, after the funeral at Chi's family was over, Chi Feng erected a grave for his unborn son.

The annual banquet at Jiurong Terrace was also successfully finished. The principals from all over the country reported their work for the year. Those who received the reward received the reward, and those who received the crime accepted the crime.

In a blink of an eye, it was the end of January, the severe cold, Yunling entered the midwinter, cold and damp.

Lou Qingxiao's half of her leg hurts very badly as soon as the winter comes, and the disease left over from the incision back then can only rely on painkillers to survive.

Helpless tormented by illness, unable to sleep at night, her spirit is getting weaker and depression worse, Lao Mai almost goes to the villa two or three times a week, so every winter is also the day that Guan Lue is most worried about, he is afraid of Lou Qingxiao pain, I am afraid that Lou Qingxiao will make trouble, and I am even more afraid that she will not think about it and do stupid things.

A few years ago, she had her pulse cut because of the onset of depression. Fortunately, Sister Xin discovered it early, and the rescue did not kill anyone in time, so as soon as winter comes, she will send more people to watch Lou Qingxiao in the villa, and she will also Spend as much time as possible with her.

It's just that the time Guan Lue can be with in the villa is also very limited. Lao Mai said that Lou Qingxiao's depression seems to be showing serious signs.

Guan slightly didn't know the reason for her serious condition, he thought it was because he spent too little time with her, so he was extremely guilty, but Lao Mai, who is a psychiatrist, didn't think so.

"Old Nine, listen to me, in the scope of our psychology, all mental cases can be collectively referred to as psychological disorders, that is, persistent and obvious abnormalities in the patient's cognition, emotion, will, and behavior. Drugs and external interventions can be used to alleviate the disease, but the symptoms are not cured, and the patient's cooperation and cognitive changes are required to be cured."

Lao Mai said a long list, but Guan Lue felt that he didn't understand a word: "Can you speak in vernacular?"

"..."

Lao Mai frowned and said, "Well, the truth is very simple. In layman's terms, it's a heart disease that needs a doctor! You should know why Lou Qingxiao suffers from depression. It's just that she still can't face it. What happened three years ago, coupled with the amputation of both legs, kept you at home all year round and didn’t dare to see anyone, but it’s useless for you to spend time with her, and it’s useless for you to build a golden house for her. Try to let her come out by herself, force her or persuade her, she can't keep hiding in that villa!"

Lao Mai tried to persuade, but Guan Lue just shook his head, his handsome eyes getting colder and colder.

"Qing Xiao has had a bad life these past few years, and I am also responsible for what happened back then."

"Fart!" Lao Mai swears, "Old Jiu, you actually know in your heart that what happened back then has nothing to do with you, misfortune and good fortune are all predestined, and you blindly take all the responsibility on yourself. Isn't Qing Xiao dragging you down enough for so many years? If you have the guts, just admit generously that you take care of her because you really have to, or because of sympathy and responsibility? "

It was the first time for Lao Mai to pick the thorn in Guanlue's heart in so many years. In the whole Jiurongtai, only Lao Mai had the courage to pick the thorn in his heart, but so what?

"I can tell you clearly that I have taken care of Qingxiao for so many years because of my relationship with her. As long as she is willing, I can marry her tomorrow!"

"Then it must be her?" Lao Mai was not reconciled.

Guan Lue was determined: "Yes, it must be her!"

"Then what happened to Tang Jingcheng? If you really insisted on her, why would you touch Tang Jingcheng? Why would you testify for her in court? And why would you turn off her phone when you went to Yunnan alone?"

Lao Mai is determined not to give Guan Lue any excuses or opportunities.

Guan Lue sat up from the chair at once, stomped out the cigarette in his hand: "As Qingxiao's psychiatrist, don't you feel that you have taken too much care today?" After speaking, he left with his hands down.

Old Mai was so angry that he kicked over the chair in front of him.

Fuck, count him full!

Guan Lue came out of Lao Mai's clinic, drove around the city twice aimlessly, and finally arrived at Tang Jingcheng's apartment building without knowing it.

He sat in the car and looked up at the window on the top floor. It was dark inside and there were no lights.

They hadn't contacted each other since that meeting at the gate of the Ninth Commander, and it had been almost a month.

What did she do this month?Who have you met?Did she meet new friends, or to put it more bluntly, was there a new man around her?

Guan Lue felt that he was really worrying blindly.

What Lao Mai said was not wrong at all, since Tang Jingcheng didn't know the whereabouts of Yu Qilin, then this woman has nothing to do with him, and her life is not his business.

Even if she is taken away by Su Hongzhi's people now, he has no position to intervene anymore!

Guan slightly rubbed his fingers with a wry smile, and was about to turn the car around to leave, but the phone rang, and the word "Sister Xin" flashed on the screen.

Guan Lue couldn't help but feel dazed, and answered the phone.

"Hey…"

"Hey sir, it's not good, Miss Lou...Miss Lou, she...was taken away!"

Sister Xin was so anxious that she slurred on the phone, Guan Lue drove back quickly.

"Miss Lou said you won't...don't come back to accompany her to have dinner tonight, so she ate it early...After eating, she felt that staying at home was really boring, so she asked the driver to drive us around...just...just passed by a pharmacy, Miss Lou said that she wanted to buy something... Originally, I wanted to go in with her, but she refused to agree. I had no choice but to stand at the door and wait. I didn't see her come out after waiting for a long time. She...but when she went in, she only saw a wheelchair...Miss Lou had...disappeared."

It took a long time for the trembling sister Xin to explain what happened. At that time, she was also panicked and lost her mind. She searched the drugstore for a long time before remembering to ask the cashier in the store, but the cashier said she was busy with the checkout and didn't pay attention.

The cold light in Guan Lue's eyes gathered little by little, and Sister Xin was so frightened that she didn't even dare to shake.

The air in the whole villa seemed to condense all of a sudden, and an hour later, Ye Qin called: "Brother Jiu, I have already checked the surveillance video of that pharmacy, and Sister Qing Xiao was really dazzled by someone next to the shelf." The two men who took her away, and took her away, were agile. The whole process took only half a minute. Both of them were well disguised, wearing hats and masks, and their faces were not captured by the probe, so I think... feel…"

Ye Tan paused before he dared to say: "I think it should be done by a seasoned veteran!"

Guan slightly stopped rubbing his fingers, but his eyes sank like a deep pool.

"The annual meeting of the Jiu Ronghui has just finished, and the person who dares to touch me in Yunling must not be a punk with an ordinary role."

"Ninth brother, you mean to doubt...our own people?"

Guan Lue's eyes frown coldly.

On the surface, the Jiu Ronghui seems to be peaceful and smooth, but every year after the annual feast, there are always people who are punished or rewarded, and there are always people's hearts floating, and there are secrets inside, Guan Lue's eyes can see clearly.

It's just that this time he robbed Lou Qingxiao openly under his nose, it seems that it was aimed at him.

That night, the entire Jiurong Society was restless, no matter whether there was a ghost in their hearts or not, everyone seemed to be stepping on thin ice, for fear that they would be involved in this incident.

At dawn, Guan Lue finally leaned on the sofa and squinted for a while, but soon Ye Tan and Lao Mai arrived, and he rubbed his swollen temples and asked, "How is it?"

Ye Tan shook his head: "Brother Nine, the people below have all gone to look for him, but there is no news yet!"

"What about you?" Guan Lue turned to Lao Mai again.

Lao Mai sighed silently, the expression on his face actually said it all.

"Old Jiu, don't worry too much. Since the other party dared to kidnap Lou Qingxiao, he must use her to negotiate terms with you. She shouldn't be in any danger in a while." Lao Mai's words did make sense, but these ten Many hours have been a torment for Guan Lue.

He was sure that the other party must know that Lou Qingxiao was his weakness, so he would attack her, but after the attack, he didn't come back with any news, which was clearly an intentional breakdown of Guan Lue's concentration and patience.

After waiting for a few more hours, Guan Lue's phone finally rang when it was almost noon, and both Lao Mai and Ye Qin held their breath.

Guan slightly glanced at the phone screen, which showed a string of unfamiliar Yunling local numbers, he took a little breath, and pressed the answer button.

"Hello, who is it?" The voice was still calm.

The other party laughed abruptly: "As expected of the successor chosen by the old man, you can still be so stable at this time."

Guan Lue had already heard the other party's voice, and then sneered: "Thank you for your affirmation, it's just that the matter has come to this point, and there is no need for you and me to talk about these empty etiquettes. Uncle Feng, you might as well just say it, what do you want me to do?" ?”

On the other end, Chi Feng laughed again, flamboyantly.

"Happy, talking to you, Xiaojiu, saves effort, but it's rare for Uncle Feng to visit Yunling, shouldn't you show your sincerity as a junior? You come to see me, and we can talk face to face?"

Guan slightly took a look at Lao Mai who was standing opposite, and Lao Mai was winking at him and telling him "No" with his mouth!
Guan slightly lowered his head and smiled sarcastically: "Uncle Feng, you have made too much trouble this time. If you want to see me, just tell me. Why bother to go to this point!"

"Then it depends on how sincere you are, Xiaojiu. Since you have no regard for sympathy and insist on getting one dead body and two lives, then it is morally right for Uncle Feng to tie up your two women!"

Guan Lue felt his heart sink, and stood up from the sofa all at once.

"Chi Feng, what do you mean by that? You fucking tied up Tang Jingcheng?"

Lao Mai and Ye Tan were also surprised when they heard the words "Tang Jingcheng".

Guan Lue couldn't hold his breath anymore.

"Hahaha..." Chi Feng's goal had been achieved, and his voice on the phone suddenly became cold, "Guan Jiu, how are you? Are you sincere enough to come to see me now?"

Guan Lue tried his best to suppress the rush of anger in his chest: "Okay, tell me the address!"

"Xijiao Heyuan Building 07, you come to see me alone, if you call the police or bring someone, you don't want to take any of these two women back!"

……

Heyuan is an ecological residential area developed a few years ago. It is located in the western suburbs. When the project was first launched, the publicity gimmick was done very well. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers and was ecologically peaceful. As a result, half of the house was built and the developer ran away. The business stopped working, so that area became Yunling's famous unfinished building area.

The government can't control it. After a few years of neglect, the unfinished buildings have become barren hills and isolated buildings that no one will go to.

Guan Lue drove there alone, and the area was full of ruins and bad buildings. Building 07 was the innermost building in the community, and there was no way for the car to go inside. You can park your car at the entrance of the community and walk there.

There were a few of Chi Feng's men standing downstairs, and when Guan Yue approached, someone immediately stepped forward to search him.

Guan Lue was not stupid enough to come here with a gun, but they didn't find anything, so two of them took Guan Lue upstairs.

There must be no elevator in the unfinished building. Going up the stairs one after another, Guan Lue's mind sank a little bit, until the person in the lead finally stopped when he reached the No.11 floor.

"Go, Master Chi will be waiting for you inside!"

Guan Lue stepped onto the last step, turned around the pillar, and had a panoramic view of the layout of the whole floor.

Because it is only a semi-finished product, there are no partition walls and fences, and the whole floor is transparent.

Chi Feng sat with the backlight, and a few attendants stood behind him.

Clap, clap... Chi Feng, who was sitting on the chair, couldn't help clapping a few times when he saw Guan Lue approaching.

"Xiao Jiu, you really are an infatuated kind, and you actually came to see me alone for a woman!"

Guan Lue couldn't help but smile indifferently: "Uncle Feng is too airy, I sent a post to invite Uncle Feng to come to Yunling, but Uncle Feng refused to come for a long time, now it must be like this, how can I not see you."

After hearing this, Chi Feng showed a cold expression: "Don't fucking mention the post to me, I just made more money in private, and you really want to attack me!"

"This is the rule of the gang!" Guan Lue was not afraid at all, "The old man has already explained before his death that Jiurongtai can be used to make money, but you are not allowed to touch anything that touches the history. You have colluded with the Su family in Yunnan for smuggling all these years. From the rough stone to the timber business, you know exactly how much you have earned back!"

"That's my skill!" Chi Feng seemed unwilling to admit that he had violated gang rules, "The older the old man, the more foolish he became. We are not allowed to engage in pornography, gambling and drugs, but I can't follow him to be foolish. There are many people waiting to eat, so what can you do with just a few bathing hotels?"

After all, I still think that there are not enough hands, and the greed of human nature is always endless.

Guan slightly didn't want to argue with him about these things.

"Since I'm sitting in this position now, I have to deal with it according to gang rules. No matter how big a mistake is, there are punishments to follow. If you think it's unfair, you can bring it up at the table. There's no need to play dirty tricks with me behind my back!"

"I'm playing yin? Guan Jiu, if you hadn't fucking forced me, I would have come to this point?" Chi Feng also knew that his game was already the last move, and in the future, it would either be a dead end, or it would be a bright future. village.

"You sent me a post and ordered me to arrive at Yunling on Wednesday. I just delayed for a day. You can punish me. Why kill two people!" Chi Feng thought of Fan Lili lying on the operating table with her lower abdomen high. Long's tragic image made him feel that he couldn't bear the pressure in his heart.

"I admit that I, Chi Feng, have committed a lot of crimes in the past half of my life. I thought that I must have no sons and grandchildren, but I didn't expect Lili's stomach to be so upbeat. I can still have a son when I am nearly fifty, but what the hell are you doing?" If you don’t want to see me well, why don’t you delay for a day? If you delay for a day, you will take my son for surgery?”

Chi Feng's eyes were clouded with tears when he said that, after all, it was the pain of losing a child, like a heartbreak, but apart from the grief, there was only hatred left.

Guan Lue thought about Chi Feng's words on the spot, one dead body and two dead, it was impossible for him to do such a thing, but he also knew that Chi Feng would definitely not listen to his explanation when he was angry.

"Believe it or not, Fan Lili's death has nothing to do with me. Maybe someone wanted to take this opportunity to stir up internal conflicts in Jiurongtai, or maybe it was really just an accident..."

"Fart!" Chi Feng didn't have the patience to let Guan Lue finish his sentence, "No executioner would admit that he killed the wrong person, but it doesn't matter, my son was stillborn before he came to this world, I must insist on this justice no matter what. Get it back for him."

After Chi Feng finished speaking, he made a face to the people next to him, and soon there were footsteps upstairs, several people brought Lou Qingxiao and Tang Jingcheng down, their hands were tied behind their backs, their mouths were stuffed with cloth, His eyes were also covered with a black cloth.

Several people escorted them to Chi Feng.

"Untie the cloth strips from their eyes!" Chi Feng ordered, and immediately two of his men walked over to untie the cloth strips for them.

The line of sight that had been in the dark suddenly encountered a strong light. The moment Lou Qingxiao and Tang Jingcheng untied the cloth, they subconsciously lowered their heads to avoid the light. They waited for a few seconds before raising their heads. The first thing they saw was naturally A strategy at the end of the line of sight.

Lou Qingxiao was not too shocked when she saw Guan Lue. After all, she was a special police officer before, she had robbed and hacked people before, and knew Guan Lue's identity, so she was not too frightened when she was kidnapped here yesterday, because she knew Guan Lue Will definitely come to rescue her.

But Tang Jingcheng is different. She has never experienced such an occasion. After being kidnapped last night, she has been locked in a small room upstairs alone. She has never seen anyone, and no one has revealed any news to her. .

She didn't know who was tying her up, let alone the purpose of these people tying her up, until the black cloth from her eyes was torn off, she regained her sight, and when she saw Guan Lue, her heart seemed to have light again in an instant.

As she once said, when he came, her world would light up.

Guan Lue glanced at Tang Jingcheng's and Lou Qingxiao's faces with deep eyes, and finally turned to Chi Feng.

"Come on, what do you want me to do?"

"It's very simple, let's play a game!" Chi Feng had recovered from the grief just now, and his cloudy eyes were filled with viciousness after being washed away by hatred.He winked at the subordinates next to him, and two of them went over to bring Tang Jingcheng and Lou Qingxiao in front of the two naked pillars.

"Tie me up with Brother Ninth's hearts!"

"Yes!"

He took the lead and skillfully tied Tang Jingcheng and Lou Qingxiao to two side-by-side pillars respectively. The tying process went smoothly, and only the sound of wind and strenuous pulling of ropes could be heard in the empty abandoned building.

Tang Jingcheng and Lou Qingxiao both looked calmer, neither crying nor fussing, so Chi Feng was a little surprised when they acted so boldly.

Guan Lue's eyes were heavy, and he stood a few meters away from them, watching them firmly tied to the pillar.

"Uncle Feng, what do you mean?"

"I just said that I want you to play a game with me!" Chi Feng said as he took out a gun from his waist, loaded it, and walked slowly to stand in front of the two pillars.

"The rule is very simple. I only have one bullet in it. You made me lose a wife and a son. I'm not as cruel as you. I just want to take your life. You can only choose to save one, whoever stays and who dies, you decide!"

(End of this chapter)