Black Flag Army

Chapter 135 Huermen Hotel

At the high-level meeting of the Justice Party, Di Xiong's proposal to conduct private visits in groups was agreed by most people, and everyone also put forward many opinions to refine the matter. For example, when two people are in a group, for safety and carefulness, they are basically paired with men and women. Except for Wu Zhong and Liu Zhendong, the others are a male member and a female member together. Lan Jinping and Xian Yuji both wanted to be in the same group with Di Xiong, and in the end, it was a scissors-stone-paper game, and Xian Yuji won. Considering that someone had to be in charge of Beitang City, only two groups could go out at a time, and they would rotate after returning.

In the evening, Lan Jinping returned home and saw her sister Lan Jinchun sitting on the sofa, playing with Li Hansheng. Nanny Xiaohong brought slippers for Lan Jinping to change into, and then served dinner to the table. After Lan Jinping washed her hands, she said to Lan Jinchun: "Have you had dinner? Let's eat here?"

Lan Jinchun said: "I have already eaten. Has the list of people for the private interviews been finalized?"

Lan Jinping said: "It's settled. Leng Hanbing and I are in the same group. You know Leng Hanbing's skills, so don't worry."

Lan Jinchun frowned and said, "What I'm asking is who Di Xiong is in the same group with?"

Lan Jinping said, "I was in the same group with Xian Yuji. I originally wanted to be in the same group with her so that I could help keep an eye on you, but Xian Yuji insisted on jumping out to compete with me, and Liu Zhendong, that annoying guy, started a fight and insisted on playing finger-guessing games, and I ended up losing."

Lan Jinchun sighed and said, "It really is this Xian Yuji!"

Lan Jinping asked, "Any questions?"

Lan Jinchun said, "Last time when I was washing clothes for Di Xiong, I smelled a woman's perfume. This perfume is the same brand as the one Xian Yuji uses."

Lan Jinping was surprised and said, "How dare this vixen seduce Di Xiong? Why don't you ask Di Xiong? If it's inconvenient for you to ask, let me ask."

Lan Jinchun said, "Forget it. The laws of the Republic of China stipulate that men can take concubines. If you take her as a concubine, I have no objection, but you shouldn't hide it from me. Of course, it is also possible that I misunderstood and they just accidentally touched each other's bodies and left the smell of perfume, or it is someone else. It is just a coincidence that Xian Yuji used the same perfume. If we blame him without knowing the truth, it may lead to bad consequences because of our distrust of him. It was not easy to win him over in the first place. If we ruin this marriage with our own hands, it will make others laugh to death."

Lan Jinping said, "Then let's not ask him for now. The vixen is even less likely to admit it. Yang Lushuang and Huo Qingtong will definitely follow us as guards during this unannounced visit to the grassroots. I'll tell them to keep a close eye on the vixen. If they have any intimate actions, Yang Lushuang and the others will be able to do it."

In early May, the Altai Mountains region entered the rainy season. It started to drizzle again at noon that day, which was continuous and very annoying. Outside the north gate of Hurmen County, Daranza City, Chenji Hotel, an inconspicuous bungalow restaurant, welcomed a group of guests. The hotel waiter Xiao Yulin counted them and found that there were eight people in total, three men and five women, all of whom were holding bamboo sticks, wearing straw hats and raincoats.

Hurmen was originally just a small town. After the Justice Army took control of it, it became an important transit point for refugees heading north. Some refugees stayed and the population grew. Some businessmen saw business opportunities and opened hotels, restaurants, shops, and even casinos and brothels here. When the population increased to 100,000, Daranza City reported to Beitang City for approval and upgraded Hurmen to a county town.

Xiao Yulin very warmly invited the guests to sit at the table in the center of the restaurant, pointed out where to put their hats and raincoats, poured each of them a cup of hot tea, and then asked them what they wanted to eat. One of the purple-dressed women with long hair took the menu and ordered four dishes and a soup, and also asked for a bowl of rice for each person. At this time, there were no other guests in the restaurant except these guests.

Xiao Yulin took the menu into the kitchen, handed it to the chef and said, "Red Eyed Lin! A group of fat sheep have arrived! Do you want to start?"

The chef is a fat man with a yellow face. Because he has suffered from eye disease for a long time, his eyes are always bloodshot. His surname is Lin, so he is nicknamed "Red Eyed Lin".

Red Eyed Lin said, "I just took a look. They were wearing coarse cloth. They were all poor people. They were holding bamboo sticks and wearing straw raincoats. Three of the men were wearing straw sandals. Why do you think they are fat sheep?"

Xiao Yulin was only fifteen or sixteen years old, thin and small. He said: "When I served them tea, I smelled perfume on the purple-clothed woman. This is a high-end perfume that only rich people can use. They are probably afraid of encountering bad people on the road, so they pretend to be poor. Even if they are really poor, the purple-clothed woman is very beautiful. Selling her to a brothel would be a fortune!"

Red-eyed Lin said: "Then ask the boss! If the boss says to do it, then do it."

The purple-dressed woman they were talking about was Xian Yuji, and the three men wearing straw sandals were Di Xiong, Liu Zhennan, and Di Chun. At this time, Di Xiong said to Xian Yuji, "It's fine if you don't wear straw sandals when I ask you to, but you also sprayed such good perfume. Anyone with a little bit of intelligence can tell that you are not poor. Don't go with us when we go into the city later."

Xian Yuji said nervously, "You must not do this! If you separate from us, I will only have two female guards left. What if I meet bad guys and get caught and sold to a brothel? I can ask the store to get a basin of water to wash off the perfume, right? Straw sandals are really not wearable. The grass leaves hurt your feet. Wearing rubber shoes does not prove that we are not poor. Since the Beihai Shoe Factory slashed its prices, many poor people are wearing rubber shoes now. Su Dongpo's two lines of poetry were written nearly a thousand years ago. It's too unrealistic for you to rely on bamboo sticks, straw sandals and straw raincoats."

Yang Lushuang also said: "Boss! You really can't wear straw sandals. If you fight, it will affect your combat effectiveness. Why don't you just stop wearing them?"

Before Di Xiong could answer, the food was already on the table. Three dishes were served first. Liu Zhennan asked the others not to eat yet. He took a little of each dish and put it in a small bowl. He observed the color and smelled the taste. He took out a small bottle from his arms and poured some powder into it. After a few minutes, he said to everyone, "You can eat now."

There is a peephole in the hotel kitchen that can see the situation in the lobby. At this time, Red Eyed Lin, Little Yulin and a white-faced middle-aged man are watching through the peephole. The white-faced man said, "That big guy is a veteran. Don't put drugs in the remaining dish and soup. Soft ones won't work. We have to use hard ones. But that big guy is a bit prickly, and he is obviously a hard one. We can't take him down with just a few of us. Call the city to notify the Five Ghosts of Zhongzhou to come."

The white-faced man is the restaurant owner. He used to be a small leader of the Henan Gelaohui. His surname is Chen and his nickname is "White-faced Yama".

When they finished eating and paid the bill, the part-time shopkeeper, Boss Chen, came out. He calculated with an abacus and said to Di Xiong, "Four dishes and a soup, all delicacies from land and sea, a total of fifty-three dollars. Let's count it as fifty dollars!"

Di Xiong and the others were all stunned when they heard this. Liu Zhennan was the first to react and said with a smile, "So it was a shady shop. It has come to our head. It seems that our visit to this restaurant was not in vain, Di Chun! It's time to rid the people of this evil. You go first this time, and don't keep saying that I am stealing your credit."

Boss Chen frowned and said, "Brother, please don't be so harsh. What black shop? The chicken, pork, and mushrooms you eat are all wild products from the mountains. They are very expensive."

Xian Yuji said: "Even if it is wild goods, it is not worth fifty dollars, at most three dollars. The price on your menu is completely different from the price you are quoting now. This is a black shop."

Xiao Yulin handed over a price list and said, "Isn't this the menu from before? Did you read it wrong, miss?"

Xian Yuji took a look and said, "This is not the price list from before. You are making a yin-yang menu. You are so young and yet you are doing such an evil thing! It seems that you have to learn a lesson."

At this time, five big men with black faces and short hair came in, and the chef Red Eyed Lin also entered the hall holding a stick. When Boss Chen saw the reinforcements coming, he became bolder. The short-haired big man who led the group had a pair of ring eyes and asked, "Boss Chen! What happened?"

Boss Chen pointed at Liu Zhennan and said, "Boss Kong! They want to eat a free meal! This big guy even falsely accused us of being a black shop!"

Boss Kong said to Liu Zhennan in a stern voice, "Boss Chen is my brother. You are such a fool. How dare you eat and dine in my brother's restaurant? Beat him up!"

Each of the five short-haired men had an iron rod in his hand. Boss Kong picked up the iron rod and smashed it at Liu Zhennan, but Di Chun suddenly kicked Boss Kong away. Di Chun then started fighting with a short-haired man next to him. Liu Zhennan also fought with the other three men. He knocked down a man with one punch, snatched his iron rod, and swung the iron rod to hit the man's iron rod. Sparks flew. Red-eyed Lin rushed up to help. Huo Qingtong suddenly swung out a long whip, which hit Red-eyed Lin's leg. Red-eyed Lin fell to the ground and screamed.

Boss Chen took several steps back. Xiao Yulin saw that the one man and four women who had not participated in the fight had taken out their pistols, loaded bullets into the chambers very skillfully, and opened the bolts. He couldn't help but screamed, "Boss, run! They all have shotguns in their hands. We're on the edge."

After Xiao Yulin finished speaking, he jumped onto the window as nimbly as a rabbit. Di Xiong moved his hand and a gunshot rang out. Xiao Yulin fell out of the window, covering his leg wound and screaming in pain.

Di Xiong gently blew away the blue smoke coming out of the muzzle of the gun. He saw that Boss Chen did not run away, but knelt down in front of him obediently. He couldn't help but smile and said, "After all, he is the boss, and he is much smarter than his subordinates."

At this time, the fight in the lobby was over. The five short-haired men all fell to the ground. Liu Zhennan was ruthless and broke the legs of three of them. They screamed one after another. Although Boss Kong fell to the ground, he said cruel words: "Don't be complacent! The head of the Huermen County Security Corps and the police chief are my eldest and second brothers! You guys are a bunch of fools who dare to attack me. You can wait to be punished in the Huermen County Jail!"

When Di Xiong heard this, his face darkened. Xian Yuji said, "It seems that Huermen's situation is more serious than we thought!"

Di Xiong said: "Although they are a gang, they can't be so rampant without a protective umbrella behind them. I didn't expect that the head of the security team and the police chief were all dragged into the water by them."

Di Chun said: "We should have handed them over to the local county police station, but now it seems that this is no longer possible. The Huermen Police Station is in cahoots with them. Isn't this letting a tiger go back to the mountain?"

Liu Zhennan said, "Since we can't call the police, we should just kill them all here and contact the people from the Supervision Department to conduct a thorough investigation of the Humen County Security Corps and the Police Department. We can't waste time here."

Boss Chen broke into a cold sweat when he heard this. He was from the Gelaohui, so of course he knew what "get rid of" meant. He quickly shouted, "My fellow heroes! Don't listen to Kong Huanyan's bragging. His second brother is the deputy director of the police station, not the director. His eldest brother is only a battalion commander in the county security corps, not even a deputy commander, let alone a commander."

Everyone was even more confused after hearing this. They didn't know who was telling the truth and who was lying. Di Xiong said, "Yang Lushuang! Send a telegram to the Supervisory Office and the Daranza Police Department, asking them to come to Huermen and investigate the Security Corps and the Police Department. We'll wait here and can't leave!"

Since Beihai Technology Company miniaturized the telegraph, the military can use portable transceivers. Yang Lushuang brought one with her on this private visit.

Half an hour later, a team of police officers walked into the hotel. The leading officer said to Di Xiong and others, "We are from the Huermen County Police Department. We received a report that someone was fighting here. What's going on?"

Just as Di Xiong was about to speak, Kong Lao Da, who was lying on the ground, suddenly jumped up, hid behind the police officer, and said to the police officer: "Yang Mazi! They are horse bandits! They were trying to attack us just now and wanted to kill us to silence us. Quickly shoot! Kill them."

The police officer named Yang looked at Boss Kong in surprise and doubt, obviously not believing his words completely.

Xian Yuji asked, "Officer Yang! Are you a member of the Justice Party?"

Officer Yang said, “Yes!”

Xian Yuji took out a small piece of iron from her bosom and handed it to him, saying, "Do you recognize this thing?"

Officer Yang's face changed as soon as he saw it, and he said in a lost voice: "Mozhe Ling!"

Immediately ordering his men to tie up Boss Kong, Xian Yuji asked, "Do you remember the formula for the Mohist Order in the Justice Party Handbook?"

Officer Yang said, "Once we see the Mozhe's order, we will obey everything. If you dare to harm the Mozhe, Wanli will kill you!"

Xian Yuji said, "Very good! Now it's time for you to make a choice. You obviously know this Boss Kong and know that his family is very powerful in both the black and white worlds in Huermen County. If you offend him, the consequences will be very serious. We only have eight people in total now, and you have brought no less than twenty policemen. What are you going to do?"

Officer Yang said solemnly: "I will resolutely obey Mozhe's orders!" He respectfully returned the Mozhe order to Xian Yujie!

Xian Yuji asked, "Is his brother really the deputy chief of the police department?"

Officer Yang said, "Yes! But his brother doesn't have a good relationship with the current director! The two of them are fighting fiercely in the bureau, and it's very difficult for us as subordinates because they often issue different or even contradictory orders, and we don't know who to listen to."