Jin Yu Dynasty

Xuan Huaifeng breathed a sigh of relief when he got in the car and left the Jiangnan Restaurant.

During the time in the wing room just now, I felt awkward no matter what I thought.

He was a little happy to be burned, so he could make an excuse and leave first.

The driver turned the steering wheel in front and asked, "Adjutant Xuan, are we going back to the mansion?"

Xuan Huaifeng looked at the sky, it was only lunch time, he wondered if Bai Xuelan had eaten, and said, "Go to the General Administration of Customs, I still have some business to do."

The driver drove to the road of the General Administration of Customs.

When he arrived at the gate of the General Administration of Customs, Xuan Huaifeng got out of the car and went directly to the chief's office upstairs. When he reached the door, he knocked on the door, but there was no sound for a long time.

A member of the department happened to pass by and saw it, and said, "Adjutant Xuan, are you looking for the chief?"

Xuan Huaifeng said, "Yes."

The member said, "The chief is out, don't you know?"

Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Did he go to eat?"

The department member said: "Probably so. It seems that someone from the police department came to ask for it, and the chief left with a few guards. When they went downstairs, I heard something vaguely saying that Jinghualou's dishes are good. Probably going to Jinghua Building for dinner."

Xuan Huaifeng couldn't help paying attention when he heard it.

The last time Bai Xuelan was ambushed and shot, the police department handled it unclearly, and there were rumors that the police chief had colluded with the head of the Flame Gang, why did the police department suddenly meet with Bai Xuelan for dinner today?

There must be something strange.

He was silently anxious.

This person didn't care too much, he was his adjutant after all, so he didn't say anything about such things.

If he knew about this, he would postpone the appointment with the third brother by a day no matter what.

Xuan Huaifeng turned around and went downstairs, walked out the gate quickly, got into the car with a waist, and said to the driver: "Drive, go to Jinghua Building, hurry up."

Bai Xuelan led two guards into the box of the Jinghua Building. The Chief of Police had already set up a table of food and drink. Seeing him coming in, he stood up and greeted him with a smile. He clasped his hands and said, "Brother Bai, you came so fast. Come, sit down first."

Bai Xuelan smiled at him and sat down at the table.

Song Ren and another guard walked over and stood behind him without looking sideways, like two door gods.

Bai Xuelan asked: "Brother Zhou, isn't there someone else?"

Director Zhou smiled and said: "No rush. The person has already made an appointment, but he hasn't arrived yet. It's cool here. We'll wait while we eat."

He himself sat down, took a peanut and chewed it with relish, and said, "Oh, brother Bai, to be honest, I really admired you for what happened last time."

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "Do you admire me for being shot?"

Director Zhou said, "No, no, I mean, being shot for the country is a role model for the country and the people. I admire people like you."

Facing Bai Xuelan, she gave a thumbs up.

Putting down his hands, he sighed again: "However, good people don't live long these days, and the disaster will last for thousands of years. It's hard." He said, shaking his head.

Bai Xuelan thought for a while, then sighed, and said, "Brother, what do you mean, what do I not understand? I was young and energetic, and I thought about being a new official at the beginning, but now that I think about it, why bother?" I lost my life in vain, and I don’t want to say hello. You have probably heard about my reputation outside. For a little tax, the businessmen hate me half to death. Smoking ban, I originally did it for their benefit , but those who smoke opium hate me even more. They say it’s because the price of opium has risen several times since I banned smoking. They used to smoke for five days, but now they can only smoke for one day. It’s as if I forced them to go bankrupt of."

Director Zhou echoed, "That's why you say it's difficult to deal with the people. They don't know your painstaking efforts."

Bai Xuelan sneered and said, "I'm not so stupid now, and I wouldn't spend my time on these wastes. If you want to smoke big cigarettes, let them go. You deserve it if you smoke to death! The president doesn't have to worry about these useless wastes."

Director Zhou slapped his palm on the table, and said with great emotion: "That's exactly what you said! They are willing to degenerate, and we care about their life and death? Then Brother Bai, how do you plan to deal with the current matter now?"

Bai Xuelan paused for a moment, then thought about it and asked, "Brother, do you have any suggestions?"

Director Zhou carefully looked at him, saw that his face was calm and easy to discuss, and tentatively said: "I should never talk about your customs affairs. But there is one thing, which is different from my police department. The scope of responsibility is somewhat involved..."

Bai Xuelan asked: "What?"

Director Zhou smiled and said, "Brother, some of your subordinates at the customs seem to be too impatient. A while ago, did they close down their opium den for no reason? This will cause public security disputes, let us The police department is also involved, I think it’s the people on your side, thinking not to make things worse, specially asked someone to mediate, and finally suppressed it. But, if things go on like this, things will always go wrong.”

Bai Xuelan frowned and said, "Is there such a thing?"

Director Zhou said, "I don't think you are a person who condones such things."

Bai Xuelan said: "I'll wait until I get back to ask about this matter, and see who is so unruly."

Director Zhou said: "It would be best if you are willing to ask. In fact, even in the capital, cigarettes are now half-banned and half-banned. If they really want to be banned, how can they be banned? Could it be that those who are addicted to smoking say a ban, Don’t smoke anymore? There are a few opium dens here, which can be regarded as open for legitimate business. They didn’t force people to smoke opium, did they? It’s better than the dark dens in dark alleys. Those dens are often shoddy. A lot of people died. The opium dens are easy to control, and secondly, they pay you a lot of taxes anyway, don’t they? It’s still a credit to the country.”

Bai Xuelan nodded: "That makes sense."

Director Zhou was very satisfied, and said: "You can hear these words well, so it's not in vain for me to say it. Come, let's eat vegetables."

After the two ate a few dishes with chopsticks, Director Zhou asked again: "Now, have you thought about what to do with it?"

Bai Xuelan chewed and swallowed a piece of venison slowly, and smiled slightly: "With my brother's enlightenment, can I still be enlightened? It's easy. I won't close the opium hall in the future. Even if I really want to close it, I will talk to my brother first." You say hello, lest the Customs fight with the Police Department instead, isn’t this flood flooding the Dragon King Temple, and my family doesn’t recognize my family?”

Director Zhou said, "Extremely, extremely."

Bai Xuelan said again: "However, smoking soil is a matter of earning huge profits. I will not be perfunctory in this regard. I still have to pay the tax that should be paid. As for whether those people like to smoke or not, I don't bother to care about it."

Director Zhou said: "Of course, you will be owed a penny of the tax. If they dare to default, we don't need you to ask, our police department will destroy their business first."

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "From now on, I will rely on my brother."

Director Zhou's greasy face also burst into a smile, and he coughed loudly twice.

The compartment door opened immediately.

In fact, Zhou Huo had been staying in the box next door for a long time. He had listened to the two of them by leaning against the wooden partition wall. He seemed very calm, smiled and arched his hands: "President Bai, we finally met."

He held his head high and raised his chin.

A big man in the back came forward with a sandalwood box, put it on the table in front of Bai Xuelan, lifted the lid of the box, and walked back behind Zhou Huo silently.

Bai Xuelan looked at the sandalwood box, reached in and looked through it.

On the top was a thin check with an amount of 50 yuan. When the check was lifted, there was a half box of pearls below, each about the size of a little finger, and each one was white and shiny.

Most of the emerald green was buried in the pearl, only a horse head carved with the spirit of a horse was exposed, which was the emerald horse that Bai Xuelan refused to accept last time.

Bai Xuelan picked the pearl thoughtfully, raised her eyelids, and asked, "Boss Zhou, I don't quite understand why you are giving such a big gift."

Zhou Huo smiled: "President Bai, we didn't know each other a while ago, and we had some misunderstandings. These meeting gifts calmed the anger of President Bai. After we become friends, we will naturally have long-term contacts."

Director Zhou patted Bai Xuelan on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Brother Bai, Lao Zhou is a man with a bold temper and a generous hand. You will know it when you get along slowly."

Bai Xuelan said: "If I take such a valuable thing, I don't know what kind of favor I will give back?"

Director Zhou said with a smile: "What kind of favor do you need to be friends? As long as you settle down and stop misunderstanding each other, that will be a great thing."

Zhou Huo said, "That's right."

Director Zhou said to Bai Xuelan again: "You are the chief of the customs, and old Zhou is a serious businessman. Although he opened a opium shop, he is also a good citizen. The two should cooperate with the government and businessmen to contribute to the country. Do you think so? ?”

After speaking, he waited for Bai Xuelan to express his opinion.

Zhou Huo stood with his back to the door, and with the two big men behind him, three pairs of eyes were fixed on Bai Xuelan's face.

Bai Xuelan, on the other hand, fiddled with the pearls in the box leisurely, as if she was pondering something. After a while, she raised her head, looked at Zhou Huo, and said lightly: "Since we want to settle our suspicions, we have to first Let’s talk about those previous grievances. Mr. Zhou, the rift between you and me seems to be more than just closing down your smokehouses, right? You probably have done a lot of good things to me as well.”

Zhou Huo said calmly: "President Bai, I know what you want to say. The three caught bastards said that I ordered them, they are talking nonsense! I fucked his ancestors! But, To be honest, if we had made friends earlier, you wouldn't have made such a mess."

Director Zhou hurriedly said: "Hey, Brother Zhou, be careful what you say, Director Bai is a gentleman."

Zhou Huo snorted through his nose, raised his thumb, pointed at his chest, and said sharply: "In this city, at least a few hundred brothers follow me to eat, and they are all passionate men who want to live with their blades. Who dares to move?" My friend, hmph, let’s feel his own neck first to see if it’s hard enough for a knife. Mr. Bai, as long as we become friends, don’t worry about your safety, it’s the safety of your customs officers, don’t worry.”

Bai Xuelan said indifferently: "Oh? So, if I don't make you a friend, I can't rest assured about the safety of my staff and me in the future?"

Zhou Huoxiao smiled and said, "This is hard to say."

Director Zhou deliberately said sternly: "Old Zhou, don't make fun of this kind of thing. Brother Bai was beaten and ambushed just now, so you can't make fun of it. You are a person, you make friends as soon as you make friends. What are you talking about?" Something unsafe?"

Bai Xuelan said to Director Zhou: "Brother, it's okay, I'm not such a timid person."

Turning his head, looking at Zhou Huo again, he said slowly: "Boss Zhou, speaking of it, I admire you very much."

Zhou Huo asked, "What do you admire about me?"

Bai Xuelan said, "Since you know that the three criminals identified you as the instigator, how dare you come here to meet me?"

Zhou Huo said: "Those three criminals were false accusations. The police department investigated them clearly. Didn't they kill them long ago? I don't want to lie down in the nest and dare not come out because of a few bastards talking nonsense."

Bai Xuelan uttered two words in a neither high nor low voice: "Really?"

He had listened to Bai Xuelan's words next door, and he felt very regretful in his heart, thinking that as soon as he came over, gave him a gift, and said a few polite words, this soft bastard who studied abroad would naturally go along with the flow.

Knock a stick and give another candy. Although this strategy is a bit rough, it works very well for officials.

Unexpectedly, a check of 50 yuan was sent along with a box of emerald pearls, but Bai Xuelan didn't hum, let alone express her opinion, and didn't even say a word of truth, like a piece of old rubber, which can't be chewed or swallowed, making people feel suffocated Bend.

Zhou Huo was secretly annoyed, thinking that he had to say something harsh, so he raised his thick eyebrows and laughed: "Mr. Bai, the surname Zhou is here to make friends sincerely today. If you don't like it, It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to make friends with Zhou, just give me a word and I’ll leave right away.”

Bai Xuelan said: "You are suspected of instigating gangsters to murder the chief of customs, do you think you can leave easily?"

Zhou Huo's face darkened suddenly: "Why, you still want to arrest me?"

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "This is hard to say."

Zhou Huo snorted, and the two big men behind him put their hands into their coats calmly.The waist of the coat bulges out slightly. Looking at the shape, you don't need to ask, you can tell it's a gun.

Chief Zhou's face changed slightly, and he frowned and said, "Brother Bai, the police department has closed this case. You can't arrest people without evidence."

Bai Xuelan smiled and kept her eyes on Zhou Huo without saying a word.

Zhou Huo glanced at Bai Xuelan and the two guards behind him, and laughed loudly: "Okay! Have some courage!"

His face suddenly sank, he took out his pistol, slapped it on the table, stared at Bai Xuelan and said, "President Bai, the guy named Zhou has been on the road for decades, so it's not something to be bluffed. Today's Beijing Building , several boxes are connected to the hall below, and there are hundreds of my brothers sitting there, all of whom are wearing self-defense guys. Now you want to take me away from under their noses based on the false accusations of three dead people, first ask Ask my brother if he agrees!"

Director Zhou stood up and growled, "Old Zhou! Stop messing around! Why are you drawing your gun? Are you making friends or messing around? You idiot!"

Turning around to persuade Bai Xuelan again: "Brother Bai, you are too arrogant. If there is anything unpleasant, just talk until you are happy. Besides, I have already secured the matter. Lao Zhou will never participate in the matter of you being ambushed." , he sincerely came to make you a friend. If you are like this, could it be that even our police department doesn’t trust you?”

Zhou Huo said coldly: "Since President Bai looks down on us, we don't force ourselves to be friends. Brothers, let's go."

Put on a posture of turning around and going out.

Bai Xuelan watched one of them singing bad faces, one singing bad faces, one giving gifts, and the other talking about friendship. They cooperated seamlessly, and she felt it was funny in her heart. She raised the corners of her lips, smiled, looked around lightly, and said : "Boss Zhou, you are a man, but you just lack a little patience. Now that the presents have been delivered, why bother to leave? We should have a drink, shouldn't we?"

Director Zhou was very relieved to see him change his mind, and said with a smile: "Exactly, exactly, I always have to have a drink. No, to turn a war into friendship, you have to drink three drinks in a row to be happy."

He held the jug himself and poured three glasses of wine.

Zhou Huo came here this time just to win over Bai Xuelan to his side. Seeing that Bai Xuelan was a little overwhelmed, of course he walked down the steps, and first came over and took a glass, respecting Bai Xuelan across the table. He paid a respect and said, "President Bai, I haven't read any books, so don't take it to heart if I offended you. But I've always been bothering my friends. After drinking this cup, we're on our own." , in the future, whenever you want money or someone, talk to me, brother, there is nothing you can’t do.”

He raised his head and did it.

With such arrogance, Director Zhou couldn't help applauding: "Good! You have courage!"

Tsk-tsk twice, then turned to Bai Xuelan and said, "Brother, old and new grudges are gone with a smile, such a guy is worth dating, right?"

Bai Xuelan nodded: "Indeed, it's worth paying."

With a smile on his face, he gently put the full wine glass on the table, reached for his body, pulled out a pistol like lightning, and pulled the trigger.

There was a loud bang in the box, and a blood hole appeared between Zhou Huo's eyebrows, and he fell straight back with an expression of disbelief.

The two big men behind him were stunned by the sound of the gunshots. Just as they were about to draw out their guns, the two behind Bai Xuelan were already prepared, one shot at each, bang!boom!Twice, they were also sent to see Zhou Huo.

As soon as the gunshot rang out, there was movement in the surrounding rooms and below.

Song Ren had a murderous look on his face, and said in a low voice, "Chief, I'll go out and do some cooking."

Holding the gun, he left the room.

Immediately, there were ping-pong-pong gunshots outside.It turned out that Bai Xuelan had secretly sent people to surround the Jinghua Building, intending to ambush Zhou Huo.

This hand is smooth and flowing, but within a few seconds, Zhou Huo's blood spattered the box and turned into a corpse. Director Zhou suddenly didn't know what happened, his face was pale, and he raised his head when Song Ren went out. Looking at Bai Xuelan anxiously: "Brother Bai..."

Bai Xuelan sat idle, fiddled with the pearls in the sandalwood box like glass balls, and smiled nonchalantly: "Brother, our customs and the police department worked together to lure this heinous gangster out of the cave. Eliminating harm for the people is a great achievement.”

Director Zhou looked at his smile at this moment, as if he had seen the sinister smile of the King of Hades, his back straightened, looked at the three corpses on the ground, and said with trembling lips: "But, their crimes..."

Bai Xuelan said with a relaxed smile: "There are many crimes, such as selling tobacco, seducing people to smoke, smuggling for huge profits. Well, and also, attempting to murder the chief of customs. I'm not talking about the last time, but today, in front of me, even a gun If it is pulled out, it is not a criminal evidence. Brother, you saw it with your own eyes, so you have to testify to me.”

After today, Director Zhou has seen what is truly lawless, daring and ruthless, Bai Xuelan's trigger is always pulled, if he doesn't follow his wishes, maybe he will be slaughtered here, At that time, Zhou Huo could still be charged with murdering the chief of police.

In this situation, how dare you go against Bai Xuelan's words, take out a handkerchief to wipe your sweat, and say submissively: "Yes, yes... I saw him draw the gun with my own eyes..."

Bai Xuelan smiled and said, "I knew that my brother enforced the law impartially."

He winked at the guard behind him.

The guard immediately took out a document, put it on the table, and put a pen beside it.

Bai Xuelan said kindly: "This is a testimony, brother please sign it."

Director Zhou took a look, and found that it used the format of a regular witness of the police department. In black and white, it said that Zhou Huo attempted to murder the chief of the customs in the Jinghua building. .

Clearly, everything was planned by Bai Xuelan long ago.

At least Bai Xuelan had already made up her mind before she left the General Administration of Customs for dinner.

I had no choice but to sigh for my bad luck, and signed a hastily.

Bai Xuelan put away the documents, and comforted him, "You don't have to be unhappy, brother. How can you care about small things when you do things for the country? Besides, Zhou Huo has caused a lot of trouble for the police department over the years. He died like this. Brother doesn’t have to wipe his ass all the time. This guy must have made a lot of money selling cigarettes. When the time comes to check his family background, won’t the police department have an extra income? Even if the thief can’t be found, it’s the big cigarette You can also exchange money for houses and houses, can’t you? I, Bai Xuelan, actually did my brother a big favor.”

Director Zhou said: "Yes, what you said is not unreasonable." He sighed.

Outside the wing room, the entire Jinghua Building seemed to be celebrating the New Year, with continuous gunshots and firecrackers, and the screams of people dying, which made people tremble with fear.

Bai Xuelan, however, was happier than listening to an opera, and said with a smile: "It's very satisfying to cut grass and roots. It's a pity that Zhou Huo only brought more than 100 people here. If he brought hundreds of people, he would be able to kill this group of rats in one pot. It's even more enjoyable. Come on, brother Zhou, let's eat vegetables."

He picked up a piece of venison with his chopsticks and was about to put it in his mouth.

Suddenly Song Ren's scream came from outside: "Adjutant Xuan is injured!"