Catastrophe

After Lu Meng left Lu Linhuan's residence, his face turned gloomy.

Seeing Lu Meng coming out of the yard, Hu Lang quickly followed him: "Fourth Master, did the conversation go smoothly?"

Lu Meng smiled wryly: "Where a chess piece goes, it depends on the player's will, how can there be any success or failure."

Hu Lang heard the loss in Lu Meng's words, so he didn't ask any more questions, walked to the side of the car and opened the door: "Fourth Master, shall we go back to the mansion or go to the hotel?"

Lu Meng sat in the car and leaned on the seat tiredly: "Go to the outer city, the old place."

Hu Lang sat in the driving position, left the outer city all the way, drove along the road for a long time, and finally stopped in front of the tavern next to a narrow road.

When Lu Meng first joined the Military Intelligence Service, his secret office was not very far from here.

At that time, he was high-spirited and full of energy. Whenever he solved a major case, he would come here to drink a few glasses to celebrate himself.

Later, Lu Meng's position became higher and higher, and he encountered more and more troubles.

At this time, he would rush to this tavern to sit, because this place could allow him to find his youthful vitality back then, and also to feel his energy of fighting back then.

This place is considered a safe house in Lu Meng's heart. Only when he sits here will he think about nothing and let himself calm down.

When Lu Meng walked in the door, the middle-aged couple in the tavern was cleaning up the room. The woman heard the sound of someone opening the curtain and said without looking back, "It's not before the opening time, come back later."

The man moved the chair and turned around to look. After seeing Lu Meng, a smile appeared on his face: "Xiao Lu, why is it you! Please come inside!"

"Yo, it's Xiao Lu!" The woman also put down her work at this time, with a kind smile on her face: "Xiao Lu, we haven't seen you for a long time! It's cold outside, sit in the room quickly. Old Zhang, immediately pour some hot water for Xiao Lu to drive away the cold!"

"Brother Zhang, Sister Zhang, don't be busy." Lu Meng forced a smile: "I came here to drink, bring me some wine."

"Okay, wait a moment." Aunt Zhang showed a warm smile and said to Brother Zhang, "Old Zhang, it's been cold recently, you should go and blanch the wine for Xiao Lu, and then get some food."

Brother Zhang smiled and walked to the back kitchen: "Xiao Lu, you found it today! My cousin recently went to do business out of town and brought me haggis a few days ago. I just cooked it in the back kitchen and prepared to move. , you have good luck!"

The street that Lu Meng came to is considered a slum area. Brother Zhang and his wife are honest people with their due diligence. They live very poor. This tavern is barely able to provide food and drink for the whole family throughout the year.

As mentioned earlier, the breeding industry in the Lu family is not developed. The meat animals are mainly small animals such as rabbits, pigeons, and pheasants. Foods such as beef and mutton are already quite luxurious. Miscellaneous, it was going to be frozen in the shade of the backyard and prepared for the Chinese New Year, but after seeing Lu Meng coming, the couple took out their precious materials and shared them without hesitation.

The safe house where Lu Meng used to work was disguised as a small workshop. Aunt Zhang waited for Lu Meng to take a seat, came up with a rag to wipe the table, smiled and asked Lu Meng, "Little Lu, it's been a long time since I saw you. Now, are you still a blacksmith?"

"No, I went to work in another fortress with my relatives. Isn't it near the end of the year, so I'll go home and have a look." Lu Meng shook his head and glanced at the room that had not changed: "Sister Zhang, your two sons used to be. You come back to help every holiday, why haven't you seen them?"

"Don't mention it." Mrs. Zhang mentioned this, sighed and shook her head: "This summer, the eldest of our family was robbed, and he died, and the murderer was not caught.

A month ago, your brother Zhang’s father became seriously ill again, and the savings of the two of us were not enough to treat the elderly. In order to relieve our burden, the second son left a letter and ran away from home, saying he was going outside. I worked in the mining area to make money to treat my grandfather, but after leaving, there was no news. "

Hearing this, Lu Meng responded with a little guilt: "Sister Zhang, I'm sorry, I didn't know this kind of thing happened in your family..."

"It's okay, ordinary people like us, don't we spend our whole life in ups and downs. When we meet happy things, we just laugh a little more, and when we meet sad things, just bear with it and it will pass."

Sister-in-law Zhang quickly adjusted her emotions and continued to wipe the table: "That's how the times are, don't fight with fate, look at those refugees outside the city, aren't they even more miserable than us! You sit first, I'll go Help with the wine."

Lu Meng looked at Mrs. Zhang's back and said softly to Hu Lang, "Use your network to find a way to help Mrs. Zhang find a child."

"Understood, I will arrange it as soon as possible." Hu Lang nodded, and then asked in a low voice: "Fourth Master, do we need to take care of the elderly in their family?"

Lu Meng took out the cigarette case in his pocket: "Say hello to the police station and say that the murderer of the boss has been caught, and you should pay a sum of money."

Soon, Brother Zhang placed a bowl of beef offal and hot wine on the table, and smiled at Lu Meng: "Little Lu, try my craft, I'm not telling you, I made braised lamb. Miscellaneous, no worse than those top restaurants!"

Lu Meng laughed dumbly: "How can there be such dishes in those top restaurants?"

Brother Zhang squinted at Lu Meng: "Che, it's like you've been to those top-notch restaurants, we are all ordinary people, what kind of rich are you pretending to be with me! Come on, try the haggis I made while it's hot, I put white pepper powder on purpose to keep my body warm, I usually don't want to eat it myself!"

Lu Meng felt a warm current in his heart: "Sit down~www.readwn.com~ Let's have a drink together?"

"I don't drink anymore." Brother Zhang sat opposite Lu Meng: "In the recent period, I have encountered too many troubles, and I can still bear it when I am awake. If I really drink too much, I am afraid that my emotions will really It breaks down, man, if you encounter something, you run away, and it's useless."

After listening to Brother Zhang's words, Lu Meng didn't persuade him any more, he raised his head and poured a glass of white wine into his stomach.

"Little Lu, drink less, this wine is very strong." Brother Zhang frowned when he saw Lu Meng drinking so hard, "Have you encountered difficulties?"

Lu Meng wiped the corner of his mouth and poured another glass of wine: "Brother Zhang, do you think I'm not very promising?"

"This kind of thing is also divided." Brother Zhang looked at Lu Meng's eyes, and showed a simple and honest smile: "Drink, and stay with me when you are drunk."

While Lu Meng was drinking, Hu Lang also walked outside the door, ready to make a phone call to implement what Lu Meng had ordered.

"Snapped!"

A palm suddenly rested on Hu Lang's shoulder, pulling him towards the alley by the road.