Part-time bodyguard

Chapter 456: The Western Clouds Are Like Blood
Why not kill Bai Qi? Cui Jian explained to Duanmu: "First, I believe in Bai Qi and he will not betray me. Second, someone needs to explain Duolan's death, otherwise the Knights will definitely investigate further. Now that Bai Qi has testified that the gangsters killed them, and the gangsters also believe that their accomplices killed them, the matter is perfect. Third, Bai Qi and I have fought in the ring many times and have physical contact."

Duanmu: "The last reason doesn't have to be there."

Cui Jian: "You don't look very sad."

Duanmu: "It's very annoying. As long as Dolan is alive, the Knights must make the division according to my conditions. Once Dolan dies, the situation becomes much more complicated, because I can ask for more, but I don't want too much. But don't give it up in vain."

Mu Yao was in charge of clearing the way ahead, Xiao Cai accompanied him to locate the route, Gui Yi carried Hai Lan on his back, and Cui Jian and Duan Mu were the last. To walk on a mountain without a road, someone was needed to clear the way, and this hard job was of course given to Mu Yao, who was useless. Mu Yao held a small machete that was not very handy, chopped and kicked with his feet, cursing in his heart: Turks, Turks, can you have a name? My name is Set.

Cui Jian suddenly raised his hand and knelt on one knee. Duanmu followed suit. They could vaguely hear voices coming from far above and below.

Duanmu looked at Cui Jian: "Are they pursuing us?"

If they were being pursued, they would have no way of keeping their whereabouts secret. They would have to clear the way and move slowly, while the enemy would be able to chase them all the way along the road.

Now is not a good time to start a war. Cui Jian and Duanmu are not good at fighting in the mountains. Most of the people in the northern circle are active in the mountains. The other side dares to pursue, which shows that they have an absolute advantage in numbers.

Cui Jian nodded: "Within 200 meters in a straight line, the sound can still be heard within 200 meters, which means there are quite a lot of people."

Duanmu stood up: "Let's go, I'll take care of it."

Cui Jian also stood up and asked in surprise: "You? How do you deal with it?"

Duanmu ignored Cui Jian and made a call on Gui Yi's phone as he walked: "Authorization password: 77431. Request an airstrike, codename: Flood."

Ten minutes later, two fighters flew over Daye Mountain. One of them was on patrol alert, while the other Warthog fighter had locked onto the two groups of people in Daye Mountain through infrared detection and tracking radar. After confirming the attack target through the command center, the Warthog fighter dived down and dropped two MK82 bombs. A small mushroom cloud rose up amid the explosion, clearing all living targets within a range of meters.

The Warthog circled back and began a second round of intensive regional bombardment with its 30mm Gatling cannon.

After two rounds of tossing and turning, the Warthog no longer found any living targets in the system. The mission was completed and the two fighters returned.

Duanmu lifted Cui Jian's chin, closed his mouth, and said, "Next time you see me, bend down a little. Hahahaha."

……

The Zhao Family Bloodbath was another organized armed attack following Plum Blossom Island 1.0 and Plum Blossom Island 2.0. In order to eliminate the criminals, the police fought a fierce battle with the criminals in the Zhao Family Manor for 7 hours and finally won.

Cui Jian and his group, who had crossed Daye Mountain, immediately called the police. They were first taken to the hospital for a physical examination, then placed under house arrest and interrogated one by one. The reason for the house arrest was that the Zhao family manor was still in the midst of a fierce battle, and the evidence team could not enter the manor to collect clues and evidence.

When crossing Daye Mountain, two accidents occurred. The first accident: Mu Yao, a Turk, slipped down the hillside. Several people spent two hours searching for him, but could not find him, so they had to give up.

The second surprise: Xiaocai and Hailan slid down the hillside and left through the forest. Watching Xiaocai's clumsy sliding down, Duanmu always felt something was wrong.

In the end, only Cui Jian and three others were placed under house arrest and investigated.

During the interrogation, Cui Jian told the truth, except for concealing the fact that he shot and killed Duo Lan and others. Duanmu and Gui Yi did not mention Cui Jian shooting and killing Duo Lan and others. They only said that when they passed by the ancestral hall, they found the criminals killing Duo Lan and his group, and they finally saved only Bai Qi.

The police reviewed Bai Qi's confession and found that it matched. Bai Qi and his group went to the secret passage, were held hostage, and were killed. At the most critical moment, Duanmu and others appeared and rescued Bai Qi. Bai Qi did not climb the mountain with Duanmu, but chose to jump into the river.

The police actually didn't pay much attention to these details, they were more concerned about the criminals. Duanmu was released after being under house arrest for 12 hours, and it was the US military command in South Korea who took him away. The command admitted to the media that they sent fighter jets to attack Daye Mountain after receiving an emergency order.

As a result, the testimony of Duanmu and others has become more credible.

48 hours later, several pieces of news came. The first piece of news: In addition to Cui Jian and Bai Qi who left the manor in advance, only three survivors were found in Zhaojia Manor. One of them was Zhao Shumei, one was Han Cheng bodyguard hiding in the ceiling of the third floor, and the other was a security guard. The security guard was a North Korean defector who used the dialect to blend into the gangsters. Because he was injured, he did not participate in the battle, but was arranged to recuperate in the apartment building.

The second piece of news: Three gang leaders have been confirmed dead. One was named Ah Hong, who was killed by a fighter jet in Daye Mountain. One was named Ah Ming, who died in the ancestral hall. One was named Novsky. When the police were preparing to attack, he and his team members left the manor in a car and lost control shortly after, and all the people inside died. After forensic autopsies, all the deaths were poisoned.

The third piece of news: After Zhao Shumei woke up, she learned that Mu Yao had fallen on Daye Mountain, so she offered a reward of one million US dollars, either alive or dead.

Duanmu, who was released early, contacted his few loyal followers and met with the last two Knights of the Round Table. After several hours of discussion, the two sides agreed to Duanmu's plan to split the Knights. In the future, the Knights will continue to use the name of the Knights, and the part cut by Duanmu will be renamed Tianxia Alliance Co., Ltd. As a company, it must have shareholders. Cui Jian, without knowing it, became the second largest shareholder of Tianxia Alliance Co., Ltd. with a shareholding of 0.001%, nicknamed: Dixia.

The Tianxia Alliance quickly completed registration in North America, acquired the Knights' Hancheng Security Branch, and opened a European branch.

……

96 hours later, Cui Jian walked out of the police station and saw Duanmu next to the luxury car for the first time.

Duanmu was wearing sunglasses, leaning against a luxury car, lighting a cigar, and looking at the sky. Behind him was Hailan holding a large parasol. Hailan looked hopeless, as if she would kill Duanmu at any time.

Duanmu saw Cui Jian and pointed at the driver's seat, signaling him to drive. Cui Jian clenched his fist and walked to the side of the luxury car. Another luxury car drove up and Ye Lan got out of the back seat.

Duanmu said, "Men have ambitions in all directions, and women have ambitions in all corners of the world. Follow me, and you can overlook the earth and realize your lofty ambitions."

Cui Jian ignored him and looked at Hai Lan: "What's going on? Why don't you kill him?"

Hai Lan said helplessly: "The captain asked me to cooperate with him and act cool. I have no choice. After all, he is my boss in public."

Cui Jian looked at Duanmu in surprise: You didn’t tell her the truth?
Duanmu was innocent: I told the truth, but no one believed me. I could only change my words and say that I was the captain's substitute, and everyone believed me.

Cui Jian admired him. It was the first time he had seen someone who could ruin his behind-the-scenes identity.

Cui Jian said, "Bye." and walked towards his sister Ye Lan.

Duanmu said: "The branch will open next week, go and pick a position for yourself."

Cui Jian asked: "Where is Gui Yi?" Gui Yi was released 36 hours ago.

Duanmu said: "Let's hang out with Zhang Hao in the Canadian mansion. I gave her a month's vacation."

Cui Jian asked: "Didn't you break up?"

Duanmu said: "As long as we don't get married or have children, we can be good friends for life."

Duanmu looked at his cell phone and waved: "Go ahead, don't forget to go to work. Hello." He threw the car keys up and sat in the back seat of the luxury car.

Hai Lan resisted the urge to draw her knife, reached out to take the keys, put away her umbrella and went to drive.

Shengzi called Duanmu: "I received your email, how do you want to cooperate?"

Duanmu said: "I can help you make a comeback, but the condition is that you help me kill some people in East Asia."

Shengzi said: "We only kill those who can be killed."

Duanmu smiled and said, "I said he can be killed, so he must have a way to die. Don't get me wrong, the reason why I use you to kill people is not because I don't have killers on hand, but to prove to Washington that the new Seven Killers have submitted to me. In this way, you can survive and I can also have political achievements. Isn't it a good thing for us to be black skin together?"

Shengzi groaned: "I need to think about it."

Duanmu said: "Take your time to think about it. I have something to tell you. The Revenge Fund is still searching for your people. If you are sincere enough, I don't mind providing you with intelligence that is enough to destroy the Revenge Fund. The reason why I am patient and sincere with you is to repay the favor you have done me at the Zhao Family Manor."

The driver, Hai Lan, had a confused look on his face and kept looking at the rearview mirror: Is this guy my boss?

In comparison, the other car was much more cliché, with partitions, kissing, and saying some nonsense like "Do you miss me?" Unfortunately, the car was heading to the airport. Ye Lan now spends no more than ten days in Hancheng each month, and with the development of business in North America and Europe, the time will only become less and less. Therefore, she and Cui Jian both cherish their time alone.

After watching Ye Lan and her entourage pass through customs, Cui Jian straightened his wrinkled clothes and got into Ye Lan's car. The driver took Cui Jian back to the villa.

"Hello." Cui Jian answered the phone.

Gui Yi: "Cui Jian."

Cui Jian: "Just tell me if you have something to say."

Gui Yi smiled and said, "I will hold a church wedding in Canada next month. You will come."

Cui Jian: "Wedding?"

Gui Yi: "It's a wedding, not a marriage."

Cui Jian thought for a while and said, "Speak human language."

Gui Yi: "I want to be the most beautiful bride at the most beautiful age, but I don't want to take on the responsibility of reproducing the human race."

Cui Jian asked, "Do your parents-in-law agree?" Zhang Hao was not the problem. He himself was not interested in having children. It is said that most men love their wives and their children because they love their wives. They do not fall in love with their wives because they love the children they have never met.

Gui Yi replied: "I disagree. But it doesn't matter, because I can't please everyone."

Cui Jian: "Who taught you this?"

Gui Yi: "Duanmu." Cui Jian asked: "Are you happy?"

Gui Yi stood on the top of the mountain, with a mansion behind him, blue sky above his head, grass under his feet, a lake at the foot of the mountain, and a city in the distance. Looking at his lover and the German Shepherd beside him, Gui Yi answered with certainty: "I am very happy."

Cui Jian: "That's fine. Anyway, now you know how to satisfy dissatisfied people."

Gui Yi just smiled and did not respond directly: "Next month on the 7th."

"receive."

……

After getting off the car at the villa, Cui Jian thanked the driver and opened the door to enter the villa, only to see party streamers hanging in the living room. Cui Jian clenched his fists, thinking that the little girl deserved a beating. He went in and saw no one around, but heard some noise in the kitchen.

Cui Jian walked lightly to the kitchen. Xueying, with her hair wrapped, was standing in front of the oven, making a video call to learn how to make a cake.

On the other side of the video was Yun Xueshan, who was handling official business while teaching casually. Xueying followed the instructions and began to beat the cream in a hurry.

Yun Xueshan: "Remember to let the cake cool down before adding the cream. It can only be put into the refrigerator when it is at room temperature."

Xueying nodded, took out a small notebook and wrote it down, and asked, "Sister, are you sure it's tomorrow?"

Yun Xueshan: "Yes...but..."

Xueying: "I know, I know. I can't let him know that I'm his sister."

Yun Xueshan: "So what are you going to say?"

Xueying: "Just say it's my hamster's birthday. Don't worry, he's a big idiot and won't even ask why I want to celebrate the birthday of a hamster that died in Busan."

Yun Xueshan: "I will make time to go there tomorrow."

Xueying asked worriedly, "You come? What will mom say?"

Yun Xueshan: "Cui Jian has a bad impression of me, but I don't hate Cui Jian. I was just worried that you and Cui Jian would fall in love, so I stopped you from living in his house. Think about it, if it weren't for my arrangement, would Cui Jian be able to buy this house at a low price? The house is not the key, the key is that you live in the house."

Xueying understood Yun Xinyue's intention. The two chatted for a while, and Xueying walked into the living room with her phone. She found Cui Jianzheng opening the door and coming out. She said something in a low voice and hung up the phone.

Cui Jian came back for the second time and stopped to look at the Happy Birthday on the ribbon. Xueying put her hands behind her back, jumped out, and asked in surprise: "Why did you come back today?"

Cui Jian asked back: "When should I come back?"

Xueying smiled and said, "I thought you and Sister Ye Lan had a lot to talk about."

Cui Jian asked: "Who's going to have a birthday?"

Xueying replied: "Hamster, tomorrow is the birthday of my first hamster."

Cui Jian said: "Clean yourself up. I'm going to take a shower."

Xueying said unhappily, "I know. You haven't seen me for so long, don't you feel any surprise at all?"

Cui Jian was helpless and said, "Yes, I am very surprised to see you."

"Perfunctory!"

Cui Jian laughed and went upstairs. Halfway up, Cui Jian turned back and said, "If you keep beating, the cream will be ruined."

"Ah?" Xueying looked up at the time, hurried to the kitchen to stop the machine, and asked, "Cui Jian, how do you know when I beat the cream? Hey!"

Cui Jian was not worried about the BUG at all because he knew that Xueying would automatically forget about the problem after a while.

Cui Jian changed his habit of taking a shower, and in his daze, the warm water filled the bathtub unconsciously. Soaking his whole body in the warm water, Cui Jian quietly looked at the ceiling, and it turned out that tomorrow was his real birthday.

The incoming call interrupted Cui Jian's thoughts and he picked up the phone: "Hi."

Shengzi: "Sui Yi Ke hopes to maintain long-term cooperation with us."

Cui Jian: “Very good.”

Shengzi: "He has a rather strange condition."

Cui Jian: “What?”

Shengzi said: "He asked the two-headed dog to be the president of the European branch of Tianxia Corporation."

Cui Jian: "What did he say?"

Shengzi said, "He said he had some business to deal with with the old Knights, and he was shorthanded, so he wanted to borrow the two-headed dog."

Cui Jian sneered: "Second? He is worried that someone in the Knights' Order might want to do something tricky, so he let the two-headed dog take the lead. If someone wants to kill him, they will kill the two-headed dog first. Besides, the two-headed dog is also capable of handling business with the Knights' Order. Although this kid is not a bad guy, he has a lot of tricks."

Shengzi said, "The two-headed dog said the same thing. He said that the Raincoat Man is anxious to cut off the business with the Knights, but he doesn't want his own people to take the risk of being in the front. The Raincoat Man needs someone who is capable and can die on the streets to be in charge of the cutting of affairs. Once everything is stable and he has used him up, he will kick him out."

Cui Jian: "But we can't refuse?"

Shengzi: "Yes, after the two-headed dog completes the task, he will help us rebuild the Seven Kills network. In addition, he has a proposal to transfer two Seven Kills to the New York headquarters and the Hancheng branch to serve as bodyguard instructors for a period of three months. The reward is two safe houses worth 50 million US dollars."

Cui Jian: "Agreed?"

Shengzi: "It's under consideration. After all, they are two safe houses with tens of millions of dollars worth of weapons and equipment."

Cui Jian: "I, Qi Sha, sell my art but not my body."

Shengzi: "He just wants you to perform. His conditions do not violate the rules of Qi Sha, and he promised to keep the identity of the instructor confidential. He said that he is not afraid of us knowing the identity of the Raincoat Man, so why should we be afraid of him knowing the identity of Qi Sha?"

Cui Jian didn't know what to say, so he asked, "What do you hellhounds think?"

Shengzi: "This deal can be done. Two-headed dog suggested to transfer two quasi-seven killers. He believed that the real purpose of the man in the raincoat was to attract Bingci's attention and then arouse the revenge fund. The man in the raincoat was already prepared to attack the revenge fund. Two-headed dog also believed that in the man in the raincoat's plan, the man in the raincoat would hide behind the scenes throughout the whole process and take the opportunity to attack the revenge fund when we are fighting against the revenge fund."

Katsuko: "But even though we know he has other intentions, we can't seem to refuse."

Cui Jian asked: "How can we be sure that he will target the Revenge Fund instead of us?"

Shengzi replied: "Because we are poor."

Cui Jian: “That makes sense.”

Shengzi said: "If you have no objection, we will send two quasi-seven killers to contact the other party."

Cui Jian sighed: "He used a conspiracy to force us to sell the dog and Qi Sha... I will find an excuse to beat him up later." Why does it feel like Qi Sha has become Duanmu's lackey?

Shengzi said: "Notice: According to the agreement between the CIA and Two-Headed Dog, the Seven Kills will be officially disbanded starting the day after tomorrow. During this period, the members of the Seven Kills are not allowed to attack the target privately. Please be patient. The organization will be back in about a year. One last thing, Two-Headed Dog wants to ask if you are interested in being an instructor."

Cui Jian: “No.”

Shengzi: "Okay, I'll hang up first."

Cui Jian put the phone aside and closed his eyes to rest until the sky in the west was red before he got out of the bathtub. He dried himself, put on his clothes, and walked to the balcony to look at the fiery sunset.

……

Two years of living in Hancheng did not change Cui Jian's character. He still had no long-term plans, no future goals, and he still lived every day as if it were his last day.

The meaning of his life is a sword of Damocles. As long as he is alive, the villains will have to live in fear every day, worrying that this sword will fall on their heads one day.

The road ahead is long, but the brave are invincible.

(End of the book)

PS: The new book is expected to be released in mid-June. The tentative subject matter is an infinite hodgepodge, from Chinese horror to Western children, from the earth to the celestial sphere, from the Three Kingdoms to the Four Kingdoms, from zombies to domineering presidents... a light-hearted one.

PS2: We may release a special episode in the non-VIP area. Maybe! Maybe! Maybe!
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