Nightcrawler: 20 Years of Peaceful Demons

Chapter 72

Lao Wai died very suddenly, a sudden death. When his subordinates found him in the office, he had been dead for more than half an hour.

After we heard the news, both I and Ma Yi'ao were a little confused.

It's all good, why are there no more people all of a sudden?
When he came to Lao Wai's mourning hall, he had confessed to countless people before his death, and he was considered one of the biggest intelligence dealers in the south of the Five Ridges, but the events behind him were deserted.

In short, when we arrived, we found that not many people came to visit, maybe because they had been dead for several days.

Laowai has no descendants. He once had a son, but he died when he was seven years old. Since then, Laowai's behavior style has changed a lot. He is more willing to help others, and sometimes he behaves a little Not quite like a businessman.

He said it was a prayer for his dead son.

The family in the mourning hall, apart from his old wife who came from his hometown in the Chaoshan countryside, is the nephew we met before, Zheng Yong.

The two were wearing filial piety clothes, probably because they cried too much, and their spirits were a little weak, especially his old wife, her eyes were red, and the corners of her eyes were covered with a thick layer of eye feces. When she looked up at people, she looked around a bit At a loss.

She obviously still couldn't believe the facts in front of her. How can a good person suddenly fail?
Compared with before, his nephew, Zheng Yong, seemed much more sensible and treated people very decently. After we finished offering incense, and the family members answered the gift, he cupped his hands towards us and said sadly: "Thank you for your busy schedule. Come to worship my uncle, thank you, thank you."

The other party's family left the funeral, Ma Yi'ao didn't take too much airs, and said to him: "When will the burial be?"

There are two types of funerals, one is burial and the other is cremation.

For the dead, there is no difference, but for the living, it has different meanings. Anyone who is capable of burial will not choose cremation, and the leader of the industry like Lao Wai, naturally It was to be sent back to his hometown in Chaoshan in the countryside for burial.

Zheng Yong replied to us, saying that today is the last day, and he will leave tomorrow to be sent back to his hometown in the countryside for burial.

Hearing this, Ma Yi'ao glanced at the crooked black and white portrait on the mourning hall, and after a long time, he asked another question: "Where's Fa Cai Zhang?"

Fa Cai Zhang is the middle-aged fat man we met that day. He is Lao Wai's deputy. Now that Lao Wai has died suddenly, we can only talk to him about our affairs.

After all, on Laowai's side, he is probably the one who knows the situation best.

However, Zheng Yong gave us a very astonished answer: "That fat man, as soon as his uncle died, he went to Corner Seven."

what?
I couldn't understand, so Ma Yi'ao explained to me: "Corner Seven is one of Lao Wai's competitors, and it's the biggest one. It's in Guancheng."

After all, he asked with some doubts: "No way, Lao Wai and Corner Seven are deadly enemies. Logically speaking, Fa Cai Zhang should not do such a thing."

Zheng Yong said with a gloomy face: "This group of people has been greatly favored by my uncle, but they are all selfish people. Before my uncle's bones were cold, he left with several guys under him, without talking about old feelings at all— —I will keep this in mind, and I will settle accounts with them after my uncle's funeral is over."

Hearing what he said, Ma Yi'ao immediately grasped the point, and asked, "You mean, you will be the one to make decisions about the old crooked thing in the future?"

Zheng Yong didn't answer, but turned his head and glanced at his aunt next to him.

The old crooked old wife said with a tired face: "I am old, uneducated, and I don't like to move. There is no one in the old man's family. Only my family, Ayong, is a bit promising. Let him take over and earn some money later." Money, just give me some living expenses..."

She was rambling on, Ma Yi'ao listened patiently, and then called Zheng Yong aside.

He withdrew the money we had previously deposited in the old crooked account.

Although it was not appropriate to withdraw money at this time, the other party had changed the person in charge, and it was still Zheng Yong, so Ma Yi'ao didn't have much patience.

After listening to Ma Yi'ao's words, Zheng Yong's attitude was quite good.

He said to us: "I also just took over. I have been doing my uncle's funeral these days, and I haven't had time to sort out business matters. Please allow me a few days. After I sort things out, I will immediately take care of you." Start to deal with this matter for you - don't worry, my uncle has always taught me that 'one cannot be established without trust', so as long as the money is there, I will not run away. I, Zheng Yong, will never humiliate my uncle A brand and a reputation that took 30 years to build."

He promised very simply, without any sloppiness, he was really a good young man with grief and hard work, Ma Yi'ao couldn't say too much, after a few words of comfort, he left with me.

As soon as he went out, his face turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Old Wai died strangely."

I didn't have a very good impression of Zheng Yong. When I thought of him, I immediately remembered the resentment that showed from the corner of his eyes when he lowered his head when we left Laowai's place.

Just now, I couldn't bear it anymore. When I saw Ma Yi'ao dealing with him, I thought Ma Yi'ao had believed him. Now that I heard this, I knew that he was so smart, and he was just pretending to be false, so I hurried Asked: "Yes, what did you find?"

Ma Yi'ao said: "First of all, Lao Wai is also a practitioner. Although he is not very powerful, his body has always been good. Sudden death is very unreasonable."

I said yes, yes, I still contacted us a few days ago, why did it suddenly fail? This is a big problem.

Ma Yi'ao said again: "Even if there is something wrong with Lao Wai, it suddenly fails, but what about Fa Cai Zhang? There are also a few old brothers around him, none of them have shown up at the moment, and even followed us a few times. Ah Shui from the sky didn't even show up. Instead, a low-status Zheng Yong presided over the overall situation here. If nothing else, this is nonsense. Lao Wai is a person who distinguishes between public and private, and will never be nepotism, so Even if he's dead, no matter what, it won't be Zheng Yong's turn to take the lead, even with the support of the old crooked wife, it's impossible."

I mean, what do you mean, Fa Cai Zhang's group didn't show up here because they had a falling out with Zheng Yong and the old crooked wife?
Ma Yi'ao shook his head, and said no, you didn't understand what I meant—Fat Cai Zhang and his group are old brothers who followed Lao Wai from scratch and conquered the world. Being able to grasp the situation, instead of going away in a fit of anger, they didn't even arrange the funeral of Lao Wei, because they would have no face to mess around in the world like this.

So, there must be something wrong here.

Thinking of Zheng Yong's previous convictions, I couldn't help but say, "I think that Diao Mao colluded with outsiders and wanted to occupy his uncle's property, and Fa Cai Zhang and his gang felt that they couldn't beat outsiders, so they didn't show up?"

Ma Yi'ao nodded, and said yes, it is very possible, you may have hit the point.

When I heard this, I couldn't calm down, and said anxiously: "If that's the case, why are you still so calm? Why don't we expose him quickly and get the money back?"

Ma Yi'ao shook his head and said no, it's not about money anymore, let's go, let's get out of here first, and talk about it later.

He took me into the alley on the side of the street, walked for a while, hid suddenly, and then waited. I saw him like this, and knew that he was counter-reconnaissance, and he was obviously worried that someone would follow us.

The two walked for a while, stopped for a while, and kept turning.

After walking for more than half an hour, after making sure that no one was following me, Ma Yi'ao took me on the bus and came to a guest house near Lianhuashan Park. He opened two rooms next door to live in, and then he went to the small shop at the intersection. Made a phone call.

The person on the other side of the phone was Lao Wai's biggest competitor in Zheng Yong's mouth, Guancheng Corner Seven.

Zheng Yong opened his mouth to speak without any scruples, but he never thought that Ma Yi'ao might be able to contact Lao Wai's competitor.

The rivers and lakes are very big.

Also small.

As for Ma Yi'ao, Corner Seven knew each other, and he taunted him as soon as he came up, saying that he would go to the Three Treasures Palace for nothing, aren't you an old crooked VIP customer, how did you find me here?
Ma Yi'ao didn't play tricks with him, and cut straight to the point, asking if Fa Caizhang was with him?He wants to find Fa Cai Zhang.

Corner Seven sneered, saying Fa Cai Zhang?Even if that guy sells it, he won't be able to follow me.

Corner Seven denied Zheng Yong's statement, and regarding Ma Yi'ao's other inquiries, this guy was business-like, saying that you want to give money, and I will provide you with any information; if there is no money, I'm sorry, let's hang up, my consultation The fee is quite high.

After hanging up the phone with Corner Seven, Ma Yi'ao turned around and said with a heavy heart, "I may not get the money back."

I was a little anxious, it was 45 U.S. dollars, and Ma Yi'ao and I were desperately trying to get it back.

I said, how about we go to Zheng Yong again?

Ma Yi'ao shook his head and said goodbye. Since Zheng Yong dared to suppress Fa Cai Zhang and his group, he must have recruited foreign aid. Maybe he had already set up a net and waited for us. Now the wind is too tight, let's If you still can't force it, let's see again.

I said what are you waiting for?
Ma Yi'ao said that there are so many old crooked brothers, it is impossible for Zheng Yong to deal with them. Let's look for them later and understand the situation first.

After making a phone call, the two returned to the guest house. Because they were not in a good mood, they went to bed early.

I was lying on the bed, thinking about something, I couldn’t fall asleep, my eyelids were twitching, I simply didn’t sleep, sat cross-legged, and started to practice, I don’t know how long it took, suddenly, I heard a roar from the next room, Then the whole building shook.

boom……

At this moment, a few huge cracks actually appeared on the wall next to the window.

(End of this chapter)