The Last Mecha

Chapter 176 The key, get

"It is said that Jiang Song can make a fortune. We believed it. It was really bad luck for eight lifetimes. You will be robbed of everything in this ghost place, and there is no garbage to pick up."

"My man learned the craft of making leather goods from his father, and he didn't learn it at home. After coming to Jiangsong, his business was not good. He is lazy, and he likes to drink and play for money. The family will soon run out of money."

"I quarreled for two days, and it was all about money. Then one day, he came back with a smile, smelling of alcohol, and said that he had made a fortune. I was surprised. After asking a few questions, I realized that he was robbing me in the dark. I got a passerby and got a dozen yuan."

"Since then, he has often done this kind of thing. I am afraid, but I am also obsessed with ghosts. I can't live through this life. I just opened and closed my eyes and ignored him."

"He became more and more courageous, picking out those who looked rich, secretly followed behind and knocked on the head with a stick. Later, he learned to be smarter, and picked up those who were well-dressed and carried bags. Even if the money is low, things can be sold.”

"And then one day, he got into big trouble."

"A few days ago, it was raining heavily in Jiangsong, it was wet, and it was dark. He lost a lot and wanted to drink, but found that he had no money. He asked me if I wanted it, but I didn't give it. He lost his temper and rushed out. After half an hour, I saw him come back again, dragging a black leather bag in his hand."

"Oh, that god damn it, he said he knocked on the head of a blue-eyed foreigner with exquisite hair, and he looked rich. He opened his pocket and saw that there was no money in it. He just had a pistol and a few of them looked strange. Some of the powerful documents are from the Municipal Council, and some look like foreigners, we don’t understand.”

"The last thing is a strange machine, like an iron box connected to a helmet, with a strange crystal inserted in the middle."

"He said that this thing is guaranteed to be valuable, and he fiddled with it, wearing that helmet, and it turned out..."

"The little Bi Yangzi, after he finished fiddling with it, he asked me to try it too. I didn't pay attention at the time, so I put it on. Then the light flashed in front of my eyes, and my eyes were blurred. I saw—"

"Murder case! There is a murder case there! In the foggy weather, at the port, a few people were talking first, and I heard some intermittent words there, such as the city council, chamber of commerce, qi mine, trade."

"Then, there was a sudden sound, bullets flew randomly, explosions and flames were everywhere, many faces were stained with blood, and a figure fell down, pitch black."

"I couldn't get enough of the dog poking things, and I had to go into the water with me. After reading it, I knew in my heart that not to mention selling the things here, just looking at them will kill you."

"The next morning, we saw in the newspaper that a foreigner died on the street where he slapped people's heads. We both panicked, burned our documents, and worried about the things in the house all day long. We didn't dare to throw them away. If you dare to sell it, you are even more afraid that someone will come to your door."

"As a result, the day before yesterday, he suddenly disappeared. The gun and the machine were all gone. I was alone at home for a few days and didn't wait for any news. It was as if this man had been lost."

"I wondered if he had been arrested. I was really scared. I couldn't bear it and called the police. But when the police came, I didn't dare to tell the truth. I really didn't know what to do."

"That's all, really! I'm not lying."

After Mrs. Jiang finished speaking, she looked at Wu Gou pitifully, her fingers clasped tightly.

She would also say that in a few words, the fault is on the man anyway, and she has nothing to do with it, but she also knows such details about Mr. Jiang's fishing, saying that she didn't know about it and didn't participate in it, what a fool letter.

But it doesn't matter, the process doesn't matter, the final result is probably true, she can't make up stories so detailed.

Wu Gou pressed one of his knuckles gently against his chin, his brows were furrowed, he was immersed in his own thoughts, and ignored Mrs. Jiang in front of him.

This is very likely the reason why the Wu family was wiped out in the previous life. This pair of blind Subei couples robbed the Britons in the middle of the night, and it happened that they were still holding something terrible.

The memory core, no matter how you describe it, it sounds like a memory core. It probably recorded some things about Jiang Song's energy channels from Britons, listened to Mrs. Jiang's words, and people from Xia Guo wade in the muddy water.

Zhang Li of the Municipal Council is famous for his loyalty, but whether his butt is so clean or not, I am afraid that only he knows.

In addition, Jiang Song's officialdom has a complex structure and intertwined power, and all parties hold power. There are too many important people who can be involved in this kind of thing. It is hard to say who it is.

But all of this can be put aside for now, and things are prioritized.

Wu Gou tapped his chin rhythmically with his fingertips to calm himself down.

There's no need to panic. Compared to himself in the previous life, he is much stronger, and he also has the upper hand at this time.

The most urgent task is to prevent the fire from reaching Wu's house.

The force on his finger was getting heavier and heavier, the sound of flesh and bone hitting was nothing to him, but Mrs. Jiang was terrified when he heard it.

Suddenly, Wu Gouteng stood up, and Mrs. Jiang almost fell to the ground in shock.

His eyebrows were drawn into one strand, and his eyes were fixed on the yellowed wallboard.

wrong!

He changed his way of thinking. If he wants to stop it, he must first figure out how it happened.

If this incident is the culprit, why is it implicated in his family?

If Mr. Jiang was really captured by the Bretons, they would have ten thousand ways to pry the information they wanted out of his head, so how could Mrs. Jiang be sitting here safe and sound now?
He was not caught, but escaped by himself.

The pistol is probably carried by him, and the set of memory cores, in this case, people usually have two choices.

Or, carry it on your body, and it may become a negotiable trump card at critical times.But the size of this thing is not too small, it is inconvenient, and if it makes trouble, it will cause fire.

Or, just throw it away, but it will definitely not be thrown in your own family. It is a good choice to blame others.

Since Mr. Jiang was planning to escape in a hurry, he would not want to waste much time, and would not move far away. When he panicked, he would choose to discard it nearby.

Wu Gou got up abruptly, without looking back, and left Mrs. Jiang where he was, and rushed home in three steps at a time, until he reached the wall between the front and back living rooms of the Shikumen house.

The interior of the house was slightly modified to accommodate three families. The original passage was replaced by a wall, but it was not a major modification, just some simple planks, screws and wallpaper.

He observed for a while, then peeled off the upturned wallpaper, pried away the nails, and lifted the two loose boards, only to see a set of readers embedded with memory cores laying quietly in the gap inside.

On Jiangsong's pier, the view is not good.

In the vast white far sea, dark shadows can be vaguely seen cutting through the layers of thick fog, and the billowing steam is mixed into it. The ships near the shore did not sound their whistles, and only the gloomy waves could be heard smashing against the rocks.

He lit a cigarette, and the light-dark core undulated and flickered like a lighthouse.

There was the sound of horseshoes in the distance.

The pitch-black carriages, the pitch-black horses, and the pale air and faint red light emanating from under the iron surface.

But, everything is still quiet.

The businessman from Breton jumped out of the car, holding the exquisite top hat in his palm, with a warm smile on his face under the blond hair.

"The weather is nice, isn't it?" Russell tapped the brim of his hat lightly with the back of his hand, "It's safe, convenient, and makes you feel good."

"I took such a big risk to transport things for you, not to listen to nonsense."

His voice was deep, with a hint of hoarseness, and then he turned his gaze to the back. The eight large carriages were stuffed with thatch, and the khaki mud and horse manure were mixed together. If you get close, you will smell a strong smell.

The drivers above each wore mandarin jackets, black gauze masks on their faces, and their bulging pockets were stuffed with things.

"Eight truckloads of goods, go and order by yourself, all of which are above the third-grade standard, and come from the mine you specified." He said.

"Work hard, come on."

Russell waved his hand, and several Breton soldiers behind him took strange machines like lampshades, and slowly swept towards the carriages that smelled of horse dung.

In less than a stick of incense, he got a satisfactory answer.

"I like Xia people who are trustworthy."

"Then let your people leave."

He looked at the Britons, his tone full of vigilance.

Russell waved his hand at his own people, and then said with a smile: "Don't be so nervous, it's just to talk about business, I'm not a traitorous desperado like you."

A dissatisfied voice rolled out of his throat, and he said again: "By the way, there are changes in this transaction."

"Oh? But I see your goods are exactly the same as we agreed."

"The goods remain the same, but the money has to be doubled. We know that the price of Qi ore from the Xiaoyun Mine has tripled on the British black market recently."

"This is the city councilor above you, sorry, did he mean it?"

".No comment."

"It's temporary, and it seems that there is no chance for me to bargain again."

"Pay with one hand and deliver with one hand. If you don't increase the price, you can only take away four truckloads of goods. If you have money, everyone can earn together."

"Such a large sum of money, I won't be able to get it out for a while."

"President of the dignified chamber of commerce, I must have this ability. If you really can't show it, then it has nothing to do with me. The order is given by someone else."

"I see." Russell turned his head and asked the two soldiers behind him, "Hey, do we still have money?"

The two looked at each other for a moment, then shrugged and shook their heads.

"Look, I said I have no money."

Russell turned his head, still with a friendly smile on his face.

"The last four teams, take the car!"

He frowned, and waved his arms. A group of faceless soldiers behind him also raised their knives and guns at the same time, in case the Britons in front of them suddenly attacked.

"Don't be nervous, really, don't be nervous." Russell's voice in front of him was faint, and a tiny trace of red flashed silently in his eyes, "There is an old saying in Xia Guo that business can't be done in kindness, and we are already friends. So what if the benefits are given to you."

"You don't need to tell me that."

When he met the Briton in front of him, his face remained unchanged until now, and his heart was slightly relieved.

But in the next second, a dark red blood line flashed past, accompanied by the wailing of his companions behind him.

He regained his composure, only to see the red-eyed Russell pulling away a bat-like shadow in the void.

Severe pain followed, his vision became blurred and spinning, hot blood flowed across his thighs and lower abdomen, sticky everywhere.

The continuous gunshots were heard back and forth for a long time, and there were ups and downs of wailing, collision of sharp knives, and falling to the ground.

After a cup of tea, everything returned to calm.

Russell's head looking down appeared again in the blurred vision, and he smiled again, the metal gears under the torn suit kept turning, half of his body was soaked in viscous liquid, and dark red blood beads flowed down his fingertips one by one Scroll down.

He stared at the air conditioner one by one, gritted his teeth and asked, "You don't want to do Jiang Song's business anymore?"

"I think, of course I think, there are no businessmen in the world who don't want to do business." Russell lowered his body, and the corners of his dark red lips pressed against his ears, "It's just, have you ever thought that you are the extra person in this transaction?" The price? Who takes both, deducting 5.00% of the ore and taking away [-]% of my money?"

The field of vision on the ground began to tremble, obviously Russell's words made his mind serious.

"I'm kind, you owe me a lot, one life is not enough, but the fare to America is too expensive, I don't think you can pay back the fare until you die-forget it, I will bleed some blood , you risked your life to force it.”

Russell said, his eyes suddenly became cold, he raised his arm, and a thin red line in the cuff sank into his head, and in an instant, the people on the ground were only a dry frame covered with skin and bones.

Then he turned his gaze, stretched out his hand, and his shaking vision rose into the sky again. Obviously, he discovered the equipment used for video recording.

A strange smile appeared on that pale face.

Everything escapes into darkness.

Wu Gou broke away from the world of thinking, and the situation was almost the same as what Mrs. Jiang said.

Energy-containing technologies such as memory cores, although they provide human beings with epoch-making convenience, are not without shortcomings. The effect of ordinary people's use is not so good, so what the husband and wife saw at that time were only some blurred fragments and afterimages.

The situation is very strange.

The things recorded in the memory core are also very simple to say, that is, during the process of illegal smuggling of Qi metal, black and white happened.

But there is a lot of valuable information in it, such as Russell who showed his face in a big way, and the "City Council" mentioned in the middle.

Moreover, the No. 1 master from the beginning to the end, although he couldn't see his face, but he checked his voice, clothing, speaking style and other aspects, and combined with the list of Jiang Song's missing persons in recent days, he wanted to It's not difficult to find out who it is.

This thing is enough to expose many people and things hidden underwater.

What's even more strange is that it had apparently fallen into Russell's hands earlier.

If it was obtained by the following people, it is okay to say that there was an accident during the transportation, but this thing is already in his hands.

Is there any reason that he needs to secretly send someone to deliver it, and in the end, he has to end up with no characters?

There are two possibilities, either, the senior management of the city council behind the memory core requested to take it back.

Or, he dropped it on purpose.

Or, maybe both.

(End of this chapter)