Chapter 167 The Tang Brothers were Kidnapped
The Tang brothers have been living in fear these past few days, hiding from each other all day long, fearing that Xu Lei's death would implicate them.
After hiding for a few days and seeing no one looking for them, the two of them came out hoping for some news.
As soon as the two arrived at the vegetable market, they saw a group of policemen heading to Jiuchang Street to investigate clues about Huang Cuicui. This scared them so much that they hurriedly hid in a corner, not daring to breathe.
They didn't dare to tiptoe out until the police left.
"Brother, were those policemen here to look for us?" Tang Xiaohu asked in a low voice.
Tang Xiaolong's face turned pale and he shook his head: "It shouldn't be. We didn't kill anyone, so how could they find us?"
In fact, he didn't know whether the police were looking for them, so he said this just to comfort himself.
At this moment, the two stall owners in front talked about the purpose of the police just now.
"Old Yang, you know Huang Cuicui, right? The police just said she's dead, and they're investigating anyone who had contact with her."
"Lao Xu, are you serious?" The man named Lao Yang turned pale with fear. He had patronized Huang Cuicui's business a lot before.
"Old Yang, you wouldn't be with Huang Cuicui..."
"Bah, stop talking nonsense, Old Xu."
After listening to the conversation between the two, the Tang brothers felt relieved.
"Brother, it looks like you're not looking for us." Tang Xiaohu breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the conversation between the stall owner.
"Let's ask someone later how Xu Lei's death was characterized." Tang Xiaolong nodded.
He's had enough of hiding.
After the two brothers finished their meal, they asked the security guard they had met before and learned that Xu Lei’s death had been classified as an accident by the public security department, which made them completely relieved.
"That's great, now I can finally rest assured!" Tang Xiaohu said excitedly.
"Yes, the money can be taken out and used now." Tang Xiaolong said with emotion.
The two took out the 5 yuan Bai Jiangbo had given them. (Originally it was yuan, but after learning of Xu Lei's death, Bai Jiangbo was afraid of exposing himself, so he gave the two an extra yuan.)
"Brother, after we return the money to everyone, there will be nothing left for us. Now we have no jobs. How are we going to live if we lose this 5 yuan?" After the two brothers counted the money, Tang Xiaohu said worriedly.
"Xiao Hu, I think, let's take the 5 and leave Jinghai for Shenzhen." Tang Xiaolong gritted his teeth and said.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother." Tang Xiaohu has always followed Tang Xiaoma's lead.
But before the two could leave, the door was kicked open and the person who came in was Xu Jiang.
He left through the underground passage of Baijinhan KTV, and Li Xiang did not notice him leaving.
"You two can't go to Shenzhen, but you can go to the King of Hell." Xu Jiang said expressionlessly.
"Xiaohu, run!" Tang Xiaolong slammed into Xu Jiang, then grabbed a few thugs, trying to let his brother escape.
He was obviously overthinking it, as there were more than a dozen people stationed at Xu Jiang's door.
"That little brat is quite cunning. Tie him up and take him away!" He glanced at the TV and said to his men, "What a plasma TV. What a low-end TV. It's the same TV I watch. Smash it."
Xu Jiang left first after saying this, and his younger brothers followed behind him, tying up the Tang brothers in sacks. When they got to the bottom of the building, they got into a van and left.
All of this was seen by one person, and that person was Gao Qiqiang.
Business was good today, so Gao Qiqiang closed his stall early. Some time ago, the Procuratorate and the Management Office told him that the Tang brothers would compensate him with a TV.
He waited for several days but to no avail, so he closed his stall early today and prepared to go to the house to ask for the money. Without his identity as a security guard of the management office, he was not afraid of the Tang brothers.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he reached the bottom of the building where the Tang brothers lived, he found several big men in black standing on the stairwell. Based on the principle of less trouble is worse than more trouble, he did not go up, but hid in a corner and watched.
He could vaguely hear the Tang brothers begging for mercy upstairs, but the distance was too far to make it clear, so he was not sure.
About 5 minutes later, a group of big men in black came down from upstairs, carrying two sacks.
The two sacks were still moving, and it looked like there were living things inside.
After seeing the big man in black leave, Gao Qiqiang looked around and after confirming that there was no one there, he walked towards the Tang brothers' house.
When he opened the door, he saw the house in a mess. The plasma TV that he could not afford was broken into pieces on the floor. The Tang brothers were not there either. Thinking of the two sacks, Gao Qiqiang had some guesses in his mind.
Fearing that the big man in black might make a surprise attack, Gao Qiqiang ran home without delay. Unexpectedly, he saw an unexpected person when he got home.
Gao Qiqiang was happy to see Gao Qisheng at first, but suddenly he thought of something: "That's not right, you just graduated in July, why are you back now?"
"I have already written my graduation thesis and am just waiting for the graduation defense. There is nothing for me to do in school for the rest of the time. I can leave after completing the formalities," Gao Qisheng explained.
"You didn't go to the provincial capital to find a job?"
“No.
Brother, I studied finance, and I know very well that workers will always be workers all their lives and will be exploited by their bosses.
To get rich by working and achieve class leap is harder than climbing to the sky." Gao Qisheng curled his lips.
"Then what do you want to do? Do you want to sell fish to me?" Gao Qiqiang said unhappily.
Gao Qisheng hurriedly said, "Brother, do you still remember the police chief named Qi?"
"I remember. How could I not remember? If it weren't for him, your brother and I would have closed our stall long ago, and I would have probably spent the New Year in prison." Speaking of Qi Tongwei, Gao Qiqiang's face was full of gratitude.
"Brother, you know, Chief Qi's life is like a cheat. He was born even worse than us. It is said that he grew up eating at other people's houses, but now he has become the deputy mayor and the director of the Public Security Bureau."
Seeing that Gao Qiqiang was listening attentively, Gao Qisheng continued to tell the news he had heard from others, "Director Qi is also a best-selling author. It is said that he has made hundreds of millions of dollars just by writing books."
When saying this, Gao Qisheng was filled with jealousy. How great it would be if it were him.
"What on earth do you want to say?" Gao Qiqiang was confused by his brother's words.
"Brother, what I want to say is that I also want to take the civil service exam and become a high-ranking official, and be a person like Director Qi.
I didn’t understand before, I always thought that rich people or gangsters were the most powerful, until now I understand what officialism is and what the urinal of the powerful is. ” Gao Qisheng said with emotion.
He kept in mind what Qi Tongwei said that day. After arriving in Jingzhou, he did some research and found that it was indeed true. Wantong Xiaolingtong occupied almost 80% of the Jingzhou market.
Then out of curiosity he asked a high school classmate who was studying at Handong University. Through his description, he realized how awesome Qi Tongwei was.
According to his classmates, if the gangs in Jinghai don’t have any backers, they are not worth Qi Tongwei’s attention at all. Even if they have backers, they will be wiped out by Qi Tongwei soon.
The father of his classmate was a township mayor. He was not a high-ranking official, but after all, he came from a family of officials, and his knowledge was far beyond what Gao Qisheng could match.
Under Gao Qisheng's deliberate flattery, he was told a lot of things in the officialdom, which caused his thinking to change drastically.