When the first snow fell, the news of Gua Wu's death came.
At that time, Shijin was sorting out the review points of the final exam that the teacher had set down. When he noticed that the phone in his pocket vibrated, he seemed to have a premonition, and his heart sank abruptly.
"Gua Fifth is dead." After the call was connected, Lian Jun's voice came through the handset of the phone, close to his ear, deep into his heart, "When he assassinated the target character and evacuated, unfortunately he ran into the tarantula retreating. The big army of, was blocked by them on the treasure island. He was afraid that he would be caught and become a bargaining chip for tarantulas to threaten me, so he chose to sever himself. He jumped into the sea to die and couldn't find the corpse."
Shi Jinming knew these were fakes, but still felt a little uncomfortable after hearing them. He let out a little breath and asked, "Is he safe now?"
"At that time, there were often fishing boats passing by the sea." Lian Jun didn't answer too much, and asked again, "I will pick you up on weekends?"
Shijin still refused: "Don't, it's not safe."
Lian Jun was silent for a while, and asked, "Then let Gua San go?"
Shi Jin responded and wanted to ask him if the next person to leave was Gua San, his mouth opened, and then he closed silently.
Is there anything to ask, isn't it obvious
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He accidentally forced Gua Wu to death, and Lu Shan didn't feel so happy. She patted the table a little irritably during the meeting and said, "Don’t believe me, Lian Jun is a lunatic! This Gua Wu has been with him for so many years, and now I’m dead with me, I’m really... don’t say anything. I persuaded, from now on I will stick to the one-third acre of land in my country, and none of you can pull me out anymore. No one can hold Lian Jun's madness. I have to stabilize my foundation."
Yuan Peng didn’t understand her anxiety, and even felt that her brain was sick. He said, “You said that you have to deal with those hexagrams. Now that you are lucky enough to kill one, why do you panic again? Lian Jun has broken a genus Next, shouldn't you feel happy?"
"Then can the current situation be the same as the situation back then! I have died of six subordinates, six in total! If you have killed six area leaders, are you panicking?" Lu Shan shot again After getting off the table, seeing Meng Qing and Qi Yun frowning and looking at them, they paused, suppressed their temper a little, and said slowly, "It's not that I want to be alarmist, it's that Lian Jun is too smart! He wants to do me I’ve never guessed it correctly once. Now that the business abroad is in a mess, he doesn’t think about cleaning it up. If he runs over to kill me, can you guess his purpose for doing this? Can you? It’s changed for us here. Whatever one, will we do like him when the foreign business is chaotically?"
No one answered, and Lu Shan asked about the idea. If they were Jun Lian, in such a mess, they would really not be like Jun Jun, specially transferred a useful subordinate, and ran to assassinate a few seem to be. Subordinates of the enemy who have no effect on the current situation.
"Jun Lian doesn't seem to want to save foreign business at all." Qi Yun said, speaking slowly, as if he was thinking while talking, using his words carefully, "From MZ to the current X and DL areas, He fought all the way and retreated all the way, and retaliated after the business died down. There was no effective rescue action. He always felt... a bit strange. With Lianjun's ability, he shouldn't make the situation like this."
"That's it!" Lu Shan sat up straight, as if someone finally understood what she wanted to say, "Weird! This is the point! Every time I think what Lian Jun is doing is strange, I will do it later. A big loss! Anyway, I think the current situation is a bit wrong, everyone must be careful."
Meng Qing also frowned, pondered the current situation carefully, and said: "But the current situation is indeed played out by us at the expense of resources, unless... the information we got from that Gua Jiu is false. We started Just drill the sleeve."
"Impossible!" Yuan Peng was the first to deny and affirmatively said, "We checked the information at the very beginning, and you all said that the information should be true, and now it is time to judge the false, don't you think it is ridiculous? Lushan, Don't be alarmist and disturb the morale of the military. You are too afraid of Jun Lian, so you always unconsciously amplify his behavior. A person like you with an unstable will is really not suitable for the leader of the action."
Lu Shan sneered: "I'm not suitable, so are you suitable? Be cautious about things, and your will is not firm in your mouth. Your prejudice against me is really deep. Yuan Peng, know why snake teeth can't always make a big climate. It’s because of your recklessness and lack of a big picture!"
"you-"
"Okay!" Meng Qing patted the table, glanced at the two with a calm face, and said, "It's not the time to quarrel, so calm down."
Lu Shan and Yuan Peng both closed their mouths. In the end, Lu Shan seemed to be unable to bear it, and argued for herself: "It is said that it is the four alliances, but now our four, Wumen and Snakeya have benefited, Qianye Yin I was not affected in the second line, only my tarantula was sifted by Lian Jun. Don't blame my attitude, it's because the hammer didn't hit your head, you don't know it hurts."
She also made sense. The situation has developed to the present, and it is true that the tarantula has been suffering.
Meng Qing eased his tone and said, "Don't worry, everyone will help you survive the difficulties of the tarantula."
Lu Shan pressed her forehead and did not speak.
Qi Yun suddenly said: "Could this be the purpose of Lian Jun? Break us one by one and divide us internally. One-to-four pairs are obviously unrealistic and very laborious, but if you only target one, you can The strength of Mie is easy. Gua Wu has a high status in Mie. Lian Jun specially sent him to assassinate the important person in charge of the tarantula. I think he attaches great importance to the assassination of the tarantula. Lushan is right. Jun Lian will not do meaningless things."
The other three all looked at him and followed his words to think.
Qi Yun continued: "There is another possibility that Lian Jun spent such a great effort to assassinate the high-ranking Tarantula. Could it be that he deliberately wanted to pressure Lu Shan, forcing her to withdraw her power, so that we could destroy the whole abroad? There is a gap between the suppression and the offensive, and then take the opportunity to do something."
As soon as this guess came out, Meng Qing and Yuan Peng immediately expressed serious expressions. Now that most of the interests of foreign countries are divided between their two families, if Lian Jun is really hitting the power of attracting tarantulas and taking advantage of the attention of the article, Then they are in danger.
They couldn't help looking at Lu Shan.
Lu Shan accepted their sight and refused without thinking: "No, I can't transfer my strength to another country. What if Lian Jun sends someone to assassinate my subordinates at this time? Such a loss. I really can't take it anymore."
Meng Qing and Yuan Peng frowned deeply, one of them thought carefully, while the other became obviously anxious.
"What kind of ally are you caring for yourself like this?" Yuan Peng couldn't help but questioned.
Lu Shan's face sank and said, "I'm just your ally, not your mother! Let me protect you from the danger of my own death, and gamble on a possibility that is still uncertain. I can't do it! I think it's you. Think of me as an ally, you only think about yourself in everything!"
"Stop arguing!" Meng Qing interrupted the two aloud, looked at Qi Yun, and asked, "What do you think?"
Qi Yun glanced at the fierce Lu Shan and Yuan Peng, and replied: "The current situation of the tarantula is indeed very dangerous. In this way, I can send some people to the tarantula to help. As for the foreign part, Lushan, I hope you Whether you can persist or persist, we are responsible for different areas. Now, in some places outside, only tarantulas can operate the business. If you withdraw, it is really not good for us."
"I can also call someone to help." Meng Qing also opened his mouth, seeming to be very satisfied with Qi Yun's suggestion. He looked at Lu Shan and said, "Don't worry, everyone is an ally, and there is danger on your side, everyone is sure Will help you."
Yuan Peng didn't make a statement and asked him to help Lu Shan, it is better to kill him.
Qi Yun and Meng Qing both stepped back. Lu Shan's expressions finally looked better, and he compromised and said: "Then I will hold on for a while... Everyone must find a breakthrough as soon as possible. The stalemate cannot be long. We must either move on or stop. If you drag on, you may not be able to figure out what Lian Jun will figure out again."
Meng Qing almost couldn't help showing impatience when she heard her babble again. Fortunately, Qi Yun spoke quickly and accepted Lu Shan's words.
"It's impossible to stop. Mie and we are now in an endless situation. The stalemate can't continue. I think we should return to the original plan. The foreign business part. The reason why Mie is still struggling under our strong offensive. , Because there are Gua Ba and Gua Shi gangs supporting them. We could not kill them last time. This time, we must find a way to get rid of them."
This is the first time Qi Yun has proposed a plan. All three of them looked at him, and Lu Shan asked, "Then you want to lead this assassination?"
Qi Yun smiled and replied: "Everyone has something to be busy with. I will do it this time."
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Holiday villa, study room.
Jun Lian burned the data belonging to Gua 5, and then extracted all the data of Gua Ba, Gua 10, and Gua 3 at one time.
It coincided with the weekend that Shi Jin returned to the villa. At this time, he was lying on the sofa in the study and confirmed the review outline for the final exam with Mr. Feng. He slightly listened to the phone call between Lian Jun and Lu Shan. At this moment, he saw that Lian Jun was burning the paper again, and he was holding the materials outside. He quickly realized something, and looked sideways at the three pieces of paper in Lian Jun’s hand. Said: "We are going to send three people out this time? Could it be that Gua 1 and Gua 2 are also..."
"It's not them, it's that the Gua Ba is Gua Ten." Lian Jun replied, looking at the tablet with the call interface in front of Shijin, and asked Mr. Feng on the opposite side, "When do you always want to leave?"
Shi Jin was taken aback, and he turned to look at Mr. Feng who was on the opposite side of the video call.
Mr. Feng's hair turned white again, but he was still very energetic. He snorted and said: "Don't worry about me, first arrange the boys. I'm innocent, and I will find a training school at that time. Staying is enough for the elderly."
"You can't say that. It's better to be careful in everything." Lian Jun shook his head and asked, "Why don't I arrange for you to travel around the world when the final exam is over? Or I will organize an elderly scientific examination team for you, you You can do something you like."
Mr. Feng's face turned dark when he heard the words, and said, "What do you want to ask after you have finished the arrangements! Self-assertive bastards, don't respect the teacher at all!" He just hung up the call.
Shi Jin looked back at Lian Jun.
Lian Jun looked back at him, buckled the information in his hand on the desk, walked in front of him, reached out and touched his head, and said softly: "This year's New Year may be a little deserted... I will find a way to invite Li Jiuzheng over. Yes, there is also Shi Weichong, he is alone in a nursing home abroad, and his mother is in that situation. The New Year should be a difficult time. How about we also pick him up?"
"No." Shijin stopped quickly, looked at the materials he had buttoned on his desk, and asked, "Can I see those?"
Lian Jun was silent, touched his head again, and said, "Shijin, how to live a new life is their freedom. All we can do is blessings."
Shi Jin retracted his eyes, stretched his arms around his waist, and buried his head between his chest and abdomen.
"Brother five," he said after a while, and added, "Big brother, tell the nursing home, take good care of him, and I will also make the second brother pay more attention to him. of."
Lian Jun responded and bent over and kissed the top of his head.
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This week's return to school was still sent by Gua San. Neither of them spoke, until the car stopped at the school gate and Shi Jin was about to get out of the car, Gua San said, "Shi Shao, Happy New Year."
The New Year’s greetings were too long in advance, Shi entered and opened the door for a while, bowed his head and blinked vigorously, then smiled and replied: "I still prefer to hear you call my name." After I opened the door, I got out of the car. Walked towards the school gate without going back.
The back of Gua Sanmu sent him disappeared inside the school gate, leaned back on the chair for a while, and then raised his hand to wipe his face and turned away.
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The hell-like review week began. Shijin spent the whole day in the library, quite a bit of a ignorant of things outside the window, and concentrated on reading only the sages' books. The weekend came in a blink of an eye, Shijin arrived at the school gate after school, found a familiar car, opened the car door blankly and sat in.
Gua Er's face was full of dissatisfaction: "What kind of expression do you have? I'm not happy to see that I'm here to pick you up?"
"You talk too much nonsense." Shijin was still expressionless, turning out the review materials and said, "Every time you come to pick me up, my ears can't be cleaned. You are quiet today, and I want to review."
"Tsk, it's so bad to speak, and you are not afraid of getting dizzy while reading a book while riding in the car." Gua Er muttered disgustedly and started the car.
This weekend, Shi Jin didn't see Gua San in the villa. He set up a fire at the entrance of the small building, wrapped a few sweet potatoes with tin foil and stuffed them in, roasted a few sweet potatoes with the firewood he picked up, and distributed them to everyone.
In the end, there were three more sweet potatoes. Gua Er still wanted to eat, but he didn't give up and buried the sweet potatoes in the soil expressionlessly.
"Even if the ripe sweet potatoes are buried in the soil, they won't sprout or grow into new sweet potatoes in the next spring. If you waste it so much, you might as well let me eat them." Gua Er still stared at those sweet roasted sweet potatoes.
Shi Jin rolled his eyes, moistened his hand with firewood ash, raised his hand and wiped it on his face.
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After the final exam, the winter vacation came, and I went back to the villa, bored in the kitchen all day, studying all kinds of dark or weird dishes. Gua Er's scalp was numb after eating, and he ran away when he saw him. The two were noisy, setting off the crowded villa a bit more lively.
Xiang Aoting, who had been missing the connection, called Shijin suddenly on a snowy day and asked him when this year's reunion dinner was.
Shi Jin leaned by the window in the living room of the small building, watching the thick snow piled up outside, smiled and replied, "I won't have reunion dinner this year... When the weather gets warmer next year, let's find time to get together again. Brother Si, what have you been up to lately? Why can't you be contacted?"
"There's a mission." Xiang Aoting replied, suddenly, "Xiao Jin, don't be sad."
"Fourth brother, what are you talking about, what is so sad for me." Shijin still said with a smile.
Xiang Aoting did not answer the conversation. After a while, Shijin lowered his tone as if compromised again, and said, "Fourth brother, I'm panicking."
Xiang Aoting comforted: "It's okay, just bear it again, everything will be over before next summer."
Shi Jin was stunned, his heart tensed, and he hurriedly sat up and asked, "What do you mean by this? Why are you so sure that everything will end before next summer? Is there any action on the official side?"
"Don't worry." Xiang Aoting quickly calmed down.
"How could I not be in a hurry, Brother Si—" Shijin suddenly thought of something, and he suppressed the desire to continue inquiring, and said, "It was a secret operation, right? Sorry, I shouldn't inquire about this... Brother Li, Lian Will you be in danger?"
"No." Xiang Aoting replied affirmatively, with a promise, "You and him will be fine, Xiaojin, don't worry, Lian Jun may not know what the official is busy with."
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No one thought that Qi Yun's actions would be so efficient. They had only decided at the meeting the day before that they wanted to find a way to kill Gua Ba and Gua Shi while defending themselves. Qi Yun locked the position of Gua Ba and Gua Shi the next day.
Meng Qing was a little suspicious: "Did you have a spy in Mie'an?"
Qi Yun waved his hand amused, and said, "It would be great if the spies could be inserted. I just kept sending people to keep a close eye on the business trends of Mie. Lucky speculation and fluke locked their positions. Let's not talk about this, hexagram. Everyone is not sure about the true appearance of Bahe Gua Shi. In order to prevent me from targeting the wrong person this time, I need your help."
"How to help?" Lu Shan asked.
"In this operation, it is best not to let a fish slip through the net. I hope you will help me seal the escape route of Guaba and Gua Shi. I will close the door and beat the dog."
"Yes." Yuan Peng was the first to express his stance and responded positively. "The situation abroad can't be so frozen. Gua Ba and Gua Shi must die."
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The pursuit of Gua Ba and Gua Shi has begun. Qi Yun does have some abilities. It only took a week to kill Gua Ba and Gua Shi in an isolated island environment where he could not ask for help.
But Qi Yun didn't kill them right away, instead he had the idea of catching them alive.
Yuan Peng didn't like this kind of temporary change of plan, and couldn't help but urged: "Can't you just kill them directly! Seeing that they are going to die, the two men actually started a self-destructive business regardless of their care, and wanted to bring us to hell together. , And Jun Lian must have discovered something wrong, maybe the reinforcements are on the way, don't waste it."
Qi Yun remained calm and calmed down, saying: "Be calm and not restless, it is better to have reinforcements, and it is more convenient for us to negotiate. Lian Jun respects love, living hexagrams and hexagrams ten are definitely more valuable than the dead. "
"Then catch it quickly." Lu Shan also frowned, a little irritable, "I really can't afford it here. Just like Yuan Peng said, Gua Ba and Gua Shi started the economic counterattack regardless. It is too difficult to deploy resources and manpower to guard and organize it."
Meng Qing thought about it and said, "Do you need my help? I can send someone to catch it with you."
Qi Yun glanced at him, there was nothing on his face, but he pulled his fingers off the table unhappily, and replied: "This is the catch, everyone stays calm."
That night, the people in Qianye began to gather the encirclement, trying to catch Gua Ba and Gua Shi alive, but when they were approaching the hiding places of Gua Ba and Gua Shi, and they were about to rush in, an explosion sounded.
Gua Ba and Gua Ten died, blew themselves up, and died without a whole body. As soon as the explosion happened here, the sub-divisions of the various major foreign regions suddenly started to act together, with a swift posture, heading straight towards the various strongholds of the four major organizations. At the same time, the domestic tarantulas' strongholds on Treasure Island and G province were suddenly attacked. Foreign and domestic, a big melee kicked off without warning.
Jun Lian directly raised the battle from the economic level to the most irreversible fire conflict and territorial attack stage. Wumen and other organizations were unprepared and caught off guard.
Snake Tooth was the first to bear the brunt, and several strongholds in Area X were pryed overnight. Because it had to spread its business network before, its personnel strength was too scattered, and because it had to help Qianye encircle Gua Ba and Gua Shi, it moved its personnel away from its strongholds, resulting in the onslaught of Mie. Its various strongholds were almost Those who had no resistance were broken up.
"Is he crazy?" Yuan Peng was furious and couldn't believe it. "So what exactly does he want to do if he fires so directly? Does he really not want foreign business?"
"I just said to be careful to guard against Lianjun's counterattack, don't be greedy for profit, don't act rashly... Damn, Lianjun is really crazy!" The situation of the tarantula was even worse. It was beaten both at home and abroad. Live the curse.
Meng Qing hung up the call from his subordinates, frowned and said: "This time it is Gua San who is leading the foreign offensive. Lian Jun has been prepared for it. At the beginning, they had the idea of getting angry directly. They never wanted to talk to us. What economic war is going on!"
Qi Yun frowned and was in a bad mood. He thought he had finally beaten Lian Jun and figured out Lian Jun's purpose and thoughts, but the facts gave him a slap in the face. However, he quickly calmed down these emotions, and recalled the movements of the past few months and the current situation, and he was shocked.
"I understand." He said suddenly, with a dry voice, "It doesn't save the business at all. Even customers dare to kill. Let us lay the net to take advantage, and use the lives of our subordinates as bait and pawns, and then take advantage of our power to spread too much. A wave of fierce attacks when scattered..."
Meng Qing frowned and looked at him, and said, "What are you talking about, it's a mess."
"It's not messy at all." Qi Yun looked at him with a terrifying expression, "Think about what Lian Jun did during this period. He does not protect or save himself at all. Let Mie be severely injured by us step by step, and then react. Come and pull us into the water. Only people who want to die can consume their own resources so regardless. Meng Qing, don't keep your strength anymore. This time everyone will not do their best. I am afraid that they will all be pulled together. hell!"