The news of the invasion of Qing's military base was blocked. A full day passed, and no more crisis incidents occurred.
According to Qing Yi's thinking, the other party abolished Qing's important missile force just for the sake of the subsequent war.
If the Wang family declares war at this time, then the Qing family will be like fighting others with a lame leg.
So, Qing Yi was always in a state of anxiety during this day. In his opinion, it was his dereliction of duty that led to the loss of Qing's strength. As the current top military commander of the Qing clan, he should bear full responsibility.
If the Qing family is defeated in the subsequent attack, Qing Yi should die to apologize.
However, Wang did not launch a full-scale attack, as if the opponent simply wanted to destroy Base 012, and there was no follow-up.
This made Qing Yi feel empty, feeling that something was missing.
Qing Zhen took him to the Ginkgo Manor halfway up the mountain and had hot water and meals prepared for him.
Qing Yi had no appetite at all: "Second brother, aren't you worried at all?"
"Of course you are worried," Qing Zhen took the pillows and laid them in the hall of the villa. He sat on the pillow on the black and gray marble floor, as if he was sitting in the middle of the black lake.
I don’t know why, Qing Zhen has no feelings for this Ginkgo Manor, which symbolizes the Qing family’s authority, but he has a soft spot for the black lake in this hall.
He even had the unnecessary items removed from the hall: potted plants, rockeries, calligraphy and paintings, sofas, etc., leaving only a grand piano and a gray cushion.
Qing Yi sat on the cold ground next to Qing Zhen and said: "Second brother, why don't you scold me or hit me? I made such a big mistake and you didn't say anything about me. In other words, I'm a little flustered."
There is always a saying in this society: The boss says you value you, but when he doesn't say anything to you, you are doomed.
In fact, there is some truth to this sentence, so when Qing Yi faced the calm Qing Zhen, he always felt as if he was hopeless.
But Qing Zhen did not answer his question, but said something else: "Qing Yi, how many times did you come to this Ginkgo Manor when you were a child?"
"Once, "Qing Yi said: "My father brought me here when I was 18 years old. He said he would take me to meet the old man who used to be in charge of the Qing family. Later, the old man said that I was not a great talent. My father paid little attention to me after he returned home. Later, when my father was seriously ill and was in the hospital, I was not allowed to visit him."
The abnormal family relationship in this wealthy conglomerate is shocking.
Perhaps many refugees will secretly whisper that it is better to be refugees after knowing these things, but if they are given the opportunity to become a new consortium, most people will forget all this.
Qing Yi’s father was very strict with him. When he was young, he urged him to study, socialize and even learn military knowledge in advance every day.
Once Qingyi fails to do so,Well, his father would beat and scold him.
Once upon a time, Qing Yi thought that this was because his father loved him, so he loved him deeply and took responsibility for him deeply.
Later he realized that his father had always regarded him as a tool to obtain wealth and glory. Once the other party found that the tool was not easy to use, he abandoned it.
Qing Yi said: "Ginkgo Manor seems to be a place that determines destiny in the eyes of every Qing family child. Just like ordinary children taking the college entrance examination, the watershed is decided at the age of 18. But it is even more important. The desperate thing is that even if you fail the college entrance examination, others will not make trouble, and there will be other opportunities. But if you walk out of here, if you are said to be useless, you will be targeted by the 'hyenas and wolves' outside. In just a few years, all the power in your lineage will be divided up."
Qing Zhen said in a daze: "Yes, the old men almost decided your fate with just one word. Yes, this is why I used to hate this place. When they saw me, they smiled and said that I was suitable to be the shadow of the Qing family, so I had to be the shadow of the Qing family for them."
Qing Yi looked at me. To be honest, his second brother, he has always been a little curious about what Qing Zhen said here back then, and he was actually chosen by those old men to become the new shadow of the Qing family.
However, Qing Zhen did not intend to explain anything: "I come more often than you, because after becoming a shadow, I have to report to the old men and have to accept their lessons. Every time When I came here, I felt that the furnishings in the hall were too much, as if there were a lot of arty things in order to cover up their stupidity.”
In Qing Zhen’s eyes, the manor was full of decorations. Specimens of beast heads, landscape calligraphy and paintings, and exquisite weapons are all just useless embellishments.
Hypocritical and impetuous.
In fact, those old men have neither the energy to hunt nor the ambition to write and write. The grand piano placed in the hall has never been played.
Why do truly powerful people need all this to modify themselves?
This Ginkgo Manor cannot represent the Qing family. Wherever Qing Zhen sits, that is the center of the Qing family.
So, he had the place evacuated, leaving only a piano and a cushion.
Qing Zhen smiled at Qing Yi and said: "My father was said to be 'too bookish and stupid in reading'. As a result, he was depressed all his life and was shunned by his relatives. When Luo Lan and I were young, You know how poor we are. Those relatives took away all the family property left by my grandfather. In fact, my family originally had a piano, but Luo Lan almost died when he was born, and his father sold the piano to treat his illness. . I always wanted to buy him another one, but unfortunately I couldn’t do it before he died.”
Qing Zhen’s glorious life began when he was 18 years old, when he became the shadow of the Qing family. After the selection, all the relatives who had once been sardonic turned to please him.
However, most people later looked at his glamorous appearance and forgot about this man.Shadow's former embarrassment.
This is the Qing family, this is reality.
In this family, wealth or marginalization is just a matter of words from the old men.
Unfortunately, when Qing Zhen was in glory, his father had already passed away.
Qing Zhen continued to recall: "When I was a child, my father carved the keys on the table in order to teach me how to play the piano. At that time, my fingers hurt from practicing, and I always begged my father not to let me learn the piano. I also want to go out and play every day like Luo Lan, but my father said that people like my brother can make a living no matter what the world is, because he is capable, willing to endure humiliation, and is willing to bend down and bow his head. Only I can make him a little bit proud. I’m worried. My father said that if he leaves, I have a skill and maybe I can earn some money by performing arts.”
“No wonder you kept this piano,” Qing Yi said. said.
"Well," Qing Zhen said: "If my father could play such a good piano during his lifetime, he would have been very happy. Such a good piano should be played by someone like him."< /p>
Qing Yi nodded: "I understand the piano thing. This is the first time I heard you mention it, second brother, but why do you want to leave another pillow?"
Qing Zhen looked at it Qingyi glanced at him: "Because my butt hurts after sitting on the floor for a long time, doesn't your butt hurt?"
Qingyi: "..."
Speaking of this, Qingyi also went to the room to find a pillow and put it under his buttocks.
Don’t tell me, just now he sat on the floor with Qing Zhen without daring to say a word, but now it does feel quite painful...
I don’t know why Qing Yi suddenly felt that he was in a bad mood He felt much calmer, maybe it was Qing Zhen's eloquent tone that affected him, or maybe it was the black lake surface that was so calm, which made his heart calm as well.
No wonder my second brother likes to sit here. He seems to have too many things on his mind, so he needs a more "quiet" environment to sort out his emotions. This place is just right.
The emptiness and single tone are like sitting in meditation in the lake.
Qing Zhen said to Qing Yi: "Don't worry too much. We must first admit the strength of the enemy before we have the courage to face it. The destruction of the military base is expected, so don't blame yourself too much. Even so. If the other party didn't destroy the No. 012 military base, they would destroy other ones. We can't prevent them now."
"What do you think they want to do now, second brother?" Qing Yi asked.
Qing Zhen smiled and said: "You should know the answer soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Hao ran in from outside, holding a satellite phone in his hand.
Xu Zhen said to Qing Zhen: "Sir, we really called."
Qing Zhen took the phone and put it to his ear, and Wang Shengzhi's weak voice came from inside.
The other party chuckled and said: "Last time I invited you, you didn't come. This time, I'm waiting for you at Barrier 61."
After saying that, Wang Shengzhi hung up. Telephone.
Qing Zhen handed the phone to Xu Hao. Both Qingyi and Xu Hao heard what Wang Shengzhi said.
It turns out that the other party destroyed Military Base No. 012 just to tell the Qing family: I have the ability to break the bargaining chip in your hand.
The last time Wang invited Qing Zhen to the Central Plains, Qing Zhen didn’t go.
This time the Wang family gave Qing Zhen a reason to go: if the Wang family and the Qing family went to war, the Qing family would definitely lose, but now there is a chance for peace talks, do you want it?
Qing Yi looked at Qing Zhen and said seriously: "Second brother, you can't go!"
Qing Zhen asked: "Why?"
"You He is the leader of the Qing clan. If something unexpected happens to you, the Qing clan will collapse," Qing Yi said, "They just destroyed one of our military bases, not all of them. The Qing clan still has the strength to fight. ! If the Wang family wants to attack, they must first build a huge supply lifeline, a five-hundred-kilometer road. I am confident that they will know the difference between the Qing family and the Kong family and the Zhou family."
Qing Zhen smiled and said: "If it can destroy your first military base, it can also destroy the second one. I think there is a high probability that other military bases have already had problems, but the other party has not launched a sabotage plan. A Yi "You can't take any chances when playing chess with artificial intelligence."
"But it will be very dangerous if you go there, second brother. Will Wang treat you well? Will he let you return to the southwest?" "Qing Yi said urgently.
Xu Zhen, who had been silent, also said: "Sir, you can't go."
Qing Zhen smiled and said: "Let the kitchen cook some more food, I'm a little hungry." . As for these serious matters, we have to wait until my brother comes back."
The other party has made a move, and now it's Qing's turn.
Qing Zhen sat in the black lake and looked out the hall door, just in time to see the ginkgo tree halfway up the mountain.
At this time, the ginkgo trees have not turned yellow yet. They will really turn yellow in October, when the Ginkgo Mountain is at its most beautiful. That harvest season also carries more memories of Qingzhen.
Qing Zhen remembered that his father had told him that these ginkgo trees were planted by the Qing family’s ancestors. At first, no one thought that this place would turn into a ginkgo mountain.
The ginkgo tree is also called the Gongsun tree, because it takes more than twenty years for a ginkgo tree to grow and bear fruit, so it is said that "the male plants the tree and the grandchildren will eat it."
When he and Luo Lan were hungry when they were young, they would come to Ginkgo Mountain to secretly pick ginkgo nuts from the trees. At first, they didn’t know that ginkgo nuts were poisonous, or their father told them that they must be cooked before they can eat them.
Ginkgo Mountain is a closed area. Although there are no troops stationed, few residents are willing to venture into the mountain because this is the "back garden" of the Qing family.
Qing Zhen originally didn’t dare to steal ginkgo, but Luo Lan was so courageous. He said he was about to starve to death and he didn’t care about the rules.
Later, the brothers brought other people to pick the food, and then secretly sold it to the restaurant in the barrier. If they sold too much, the boss would give them a bowl of white rice.Drink pig trotter soup.
If you are lucky, you can still eat some scraps, which is a rare meat for the two brothers.
Gradually, someone in the Qing family learned of their behavior of stealing ginkgo, and squatted on Ginkgo Mountain to catch them.
Fortunately, Qing Zhen was a descendant of the Qing family, so they were exempted from punishment.
Later, garrison troops began to be stationed in Ginkgo Mountain, but the commander of the infantry battalion was kind-hearted. Seeing that Qing Zhen and Luo Lan were living in distress, he turned a blind eye to the ginkgo theft. Only one eye.
The battalion commander was Qing Yi’s uncle, so Qing Zhen and Luo Lan later met Qing Yi.
After getting acquainted, Qing Zhen once asked Qing Yi’s uncle: “Why didn’t you arrest us instead of allowing us to steal ginkgo?”
Qing Yi’s uncle smiled and said: "Do you know that this ginkgo tree is also called Gongsun tree?"
"I know, my father said it," Qing Zhen replied.
"Then have you heard that when the Qing family planted these ginkgo trees, they told their descendants that if one day the descendants of the Qing family cannot survive, they can pick the ginkgo fruits and cook them. , maybe we can get through the difficulty," Qingyi's uncle said.
“Never heard of it,” Qing Zhen shook his head.
Qing Yi's uncle smiled: "Your ancestors planted trees for the future of the family and to protect a stick of incense. You are a descendant of the Qing family, so what can you do if you pick a few ginkgo fruits? Maybe, this The ginkgo tree was planted just for you."
At this moment, Qing Zhen looked at the ginkgo forest and suddenly thought, after drinking and pecking, it was his turn to protect the Qing family.
......
The news that Wang invited Qing Zhen to Rampart 61 was passed on to Luo Lan by Xu Hao.
Luo Lan, who was originally rushing back to Barrier 111, actually led the special battalion to Barrier 111 first.
Luo Lan himself was patrolling the Qing Clan Barrier and had just killed a group of people in the north. His sudden change of direction to the Qing Clan Barrier really made the officials there sweat.
When they learned that Luo Lan was coming, the officials gathered together to discuss countermeasures. They couldn't figure out whether they had done something wrong to cause the killer to suddenly change his schedule.
However, after a careful inventory, the officials felt a little baffled. There were no loopholes in the management of ordnance and grain reserves in their fortresses. Their behavior was different from the previous fortresses who temporarily replenished grain warehouses. They He was really conscientious and did not do anything fishy.
Everyone thought that since there was nothing wrong with their work, let’s first see what the second-in-command of the Qing family was going to do.
When Luo Lan was about to arrive, all the officials rushed to the door to welcome him.
They all heard that Luo Lan didn't look good to the officials at any of the fortresses, and didn't even get out of the car when passing the city gate.
But Luo Lan didn’t have to get out of the car, but they had to welcome him.
As expected, Luo Lan and the convoy rushed past without any intention of stopping at the door.
However, after Luo Lan's convoy entered the barrier, it did not drive to the office building, but went directly to the official residence of a member of the Qing family.
This member of the Qing clan has a pretty good reputation within the Qing clan, but he and Qing Zhen are not of the same mind.
Logically speaking, Qing Zhen should clean up this potential threat after taking office, but the other party’s prestige in the political circles of the barrier is relatively high, and Qing Zhen has more important things to do, so seeing the other party is quite peaceful. , so everyone is in peace.
This time, Luo Lan led his troops and rushed over. After arriving at the opponent's mansion, he immediately carried out a complete blockade without saying a word, and then rushed in with the elite of the special battalion.
A middle-aged man named Qinghuan stood in the middle of his courtyard and looked at Luo Lan coldly: "What are you doing?"
Luo Lan strode toward him with a smile. He walked over, then suddenly took out a pistol and shot the other person to death on the spot without giving the other person a chance to say a second sentence.
This incident happened so suddenly that many security personnel in the official residence did not react.
When everyone wanted to resist, soldiers from the special battalion had already begun to clear the entire mansion with automatic rifles equipped with silencers.
The security personnel here are all former veterans of the Qing family. Even Qing Huan's old subordinates are all elite.
Under normal circumstances, they are fully capable of handling a surprise attack.
But they only wear pistols on a daily basis, and they don’t even wear body armor. How can they be the opponents of the elite of the special battalion?
Luo Lan glanced at the bloody mansion, and then returned to the car without any delay.
Zhou Qi sighed: "It's too murderous."
Luo Lanhun said nonchalantly: "This guy seems to be staying quietly in the barrier. , but the official who has been controlling the number barrier in private is also trying to collude with other members of the Qing family. In the past, I would have kept him to show my brother's kindness. Now that the Wang family is making trouble, how can I continue to keep him. Him? "
Luo Lan suddenly changed her schedule and became so violent, all because of Wang's invitation.
At this moment, Luo Lan is extremely sober. A big change is coming. What he has to do is not to rush back to Wall 111, but to clear away all the unstable factors around Qing Zhen first. .
He will help Qingzhen eliminate all hidden dangers in the southwest within three days.
In this way, he can focus on other places without distraction.
Zhou Qi said: "Then what is the crime of killing him? How will the outside world evaluate you for killing someone without any evidence?"
"Hey," Luo Lan said At that moment, he realized that a drop of blood had just splashed on his face. He wiped away the blood with a tissue and said with a smile: "I, Luo Lan, kill people. When do I need to make up charges for others? If I kill, I will kill. Who?" Feel free to scold me if you want, I don’t need a good reputation.”
In extraordinary times, extraordinary people do extraordinary things.
This is the weekHis inner evaluation at this time.
The special battalion thoroughly cleaned the entire official residence. When it was over, the officials had just arrived. Everyone looked at the blood all over the yard in silence, as if they didn't even dare to make a sound.
Luo Lan sat in the car and looked at them coldly and said: "What happened today happened for a reason. You can just go about your work with peace of mind. The internal affairs of the Qing family have nothing to do with you. The ordnance of the barrier The management and food storage work is very good, I am very satisfied."
After that, the convoy set off again to rush to the 115th barrier. In Luo Lan's plan, there were still several people to kill.
The officials standing blankly at the door of the official residence at the back of the motorcade looked at each other. They looked back at the corpse in the official residence, and suddenly felt relieved.
An official said to his subordinates: "Find someone to come and clean up. Remember, block the news. If anyone asks about this, they will answer that they don't know."