“Captain, you have to wait? We don’t have much time left. And because Shi Sheng is dead, our operation is no longer confidential, there is no need for secrecy.”
“I know, you do as I say. Keep an eye on him and protect him if necessary. Don’t make any rash moves yet. Make sure you keep an eye on him every moment.”
Monk intended to do as I said, despite not understanding, and they would all carry out my orders unconditionally.
I called Zhao Zichen immediately after hanging up the phone with Meng Meng. After so long, he should have gotten out of surgery.
Sure enough, Zhao Zichen quickly answered the phone, “Baldy and I talked about it. What’s the situation?”
I said, “This He Bi has something to do with what happened to Shi Sheng. We suspect that he might have a direct link to the criminal armament manufacturing and selling syndicate, and he does the distribution. But right now it’s just a suspicion, no direct evidence, and the man’s very wary. However, I’m here to ask what the situation is with the child he sent to us.”
Zhao Zichen said, “A slight concussion, there should be no after-effects, but the exact situation will have to be observed. I’ll get the doctor to give you a word of care.”
“Wait, I’m looking for you for something else. Zhao Zichen, can you send a few people to do something for me?”
Zhao Zichen gave an interested eek, and I gave a general description of the situation at Jiang Yang’s house.
“You want me to send a few brothers over to teach this father a lesson for you, so that he won’t dare to beat his son again in the future? Zhang Chao, have you hit your head and your brain is not working well?” Zhao Zichen sneered, “I, the Red Light Society, am a triad society, not a street office director. This woman refuses to get a divorce herself, what help can we be?”
“I’m not asking you to go …… hey, it’s hard to explain for a while, anyway, you help me teach Jiang Kai a lesson. I am worried that He Bi will mess up and I am afraid he will kill Jiang Kai.”
“Zhang Chao, do you understand what you are saying? You want to catch He Bi now, then he kills Jiang Kai and we kill two birds with one stone. If you get rid of Jiang Kai, that woman and her child won’t have to worry about getting beaten up again. On the other hand, you’ll be able to catch He Bi and interrogate him too.”
“No. Hey, He Bi is a pretty good teacher ……”
Zhao Zichen was a bit speechless, “There’s a sentence that I don’t need to remind you of as the head of the Red Light Society. No matter how good a teacher he is, it is already illegal for him to deal in guns. You’ve been a special forces soldier for so many years, you wouldn’t be so emotional.”
“Anyway, you can’t go wrong by listening to me, just do me a favour and help me go and scare Richard Jiang.”
Zhao Zichen laughed in exasperation, “I don’t think it’s that simple, you wouldn’t be so emotional, what exactly do you want? Is it possible that this is a trap where I let my brothers help you teach Jiang Kai a lesson, and then the Triad Squad will immediately put all my brothers in jail? My men are so honest now that they’re giving up their seats for old ladies on the bus… don’t undermine me at this very moment.”
“f*ck you, am I that kind of person? You listen to me, I have a reason for doing this, but I can’t tell you yet.”
“You’re selling me short this time, even I can’t guess. But I believe you, you’re certainly not doing this because you’re out of your mind. You are a man, wilting badly, and it looks like you have fallen for someone else’s trap, but in fact you have set up a trap for someone else to exploit. I’ve already said too much, Moon Man Mountain is now in your hands, bully, the Moon family is all folded up in your hands. You are the same as your father back then, you are a black hole in the jianghu, how many masters encountered you father and son have fallen to you. By the way, I have to remind you. Yue Zhengjun didn’t give birth to this son until he was forty years old, and he is very precious. You must take it well, you now have his soft underbelly, but it is best not to make enemies with the Yue family.”
“What exactly is the conflict between Yue Mangshan and Yue Man Gong?” I asked.
Zhao Zichen sneered twice, “I really don’t know yet, these two brothers bite each other whenever they meet, and no one knows why. Now that you’ve got Moon Man Mountain, what exactly do you plan to do next?”
“Everyone in Jianghu should have been involved in the death of my parents back then.”
“If you must say so, indeed. It’s also not true that our Zhao family has little standing in the Jianghu, so don’t count my family out.”
“Then everyone has to pay.”
Zhao Zichen drew a cold breath backwards and after a long moment asked in surprise, “Are you joking? You want to make an enemy of the entire Jianghu?”
“No. It’s just a matter of making each and every one of them pay. Enough about that for now, I’ve got a call coming in, I’ll talk to you later.”
I picked up Han Kun’s call as I walked towards the mountain.
I knew Han Kun would call me, and if he didn’t, I’d call him, and I’d ask him how he’d explain what Liu Rong had said.
“Uncle Han.”
I had just finished exchanging pleasantries when Han Kun took over and said, “You’ve played everyone, including me.”
I guessed that Han Kun and Liu Rong had similar methods of monitoring me, they should both rely on their eyes. They had been immersed in Tong City for a long time, so it was easy to spy on someone.
But now that I had the whole Snow Leopard to work with, it was easy to play with Han Kun’s and Liu Rong’s “eyes”.
“Uncle Han, you’re so concerned about me that you’ve been deceived.”
“You just wanted to use me to test whether your information was released, Zhang Chao, I really underestimated you. I still think of you as that helpless shivering boy in the big villa, you’ve grown up long ago.”
Han Kun’s tone sounded a little resigned.
My heart was clogged and I really wanted to ask him back, if he already knew what kind of life I was living under my aunt’s hands, why didn’t he come to my rescue earlier?
Han Kun said, “But you are playing with fire. Not only does Yue Zhengjun have a position in the jianghu, but Yue Manshan’s two uncles are both commanders. Yue Zhengjun inherited the position of Yue family head, and no one else in the same generation of the Yue family is allowed to enter the jianghu, and they have deep connections in the public prosecution and the military. You think you have captured the soft underbelly of the Yue family, but in fact you have probably kicked the iron plate.”
“You’re not going to persuade me to let Yue Manshan go again. Or are you going to persuade me to cooperate with Jiang Ming? It’s neither of those things. Yue Manshan harmed my friend, and he’ll have to face the law. It won’t take long for Liu Rong to be punished too.”
“Don’t be impetuous. Little Chao, listen to my advice. You have too many enemies now, and you must not make any more enemies with the Yuezheng Army. You are also a soldier, and you know the art of war; this is setting yourself up for certain defeat. I know you’ve always wanted to avenge your parents, and Lin Yue’er is indeed pitiful, but her matter must be put aside.”
I interrupted him, “You’re right, Uncle Han, I really admire you for making such a rational trade-off every time.”
Han Kun didn’t hear what I was saying and continued, “You either have to work with Jiang Ming or set Yue Manshan free. It’s too dangerous now ……”
“Wasn’t that the same sensible trade-off you made over ten years ago. Either let the company go bankrupt, or go along with it and use my parents’ death to force Jiang Ming back and keep Junran ……”
I spoke so calmly that Han Kun’s voice stalled.
Across the phone, we both fell into silence, no one said anything.
I clenched my fists, his silence said a lot.
After a while, Han Kun asked, “Who told you that.”
“Is it true?”
“Liu Rong said so?”
“You answer me first, is it true? My parents took you as their best friend and you counted their lives. So you’re telling me that my parents were killed by Jiang Ming, but it’s not, because you’re one of the killers.”
I tried to say all this in as calm a tone as I could, but when the words came out, my anger was still not suppressed.
Why did it have to be Han Kun? Why?!!
