flstandardbreds Chapter 109 Returning Home (35)
Chapter 109 Returning Home (35)
When the screams came from the opposite side at the beginning, although Yang Jixia was also worried, he was more worried that the things in Tao Junle's room would be discovered, so he didn't bother to check across.
Now that the crisis at the bun shop has been resolved, he can no longer remain calm as screams continue to be heard from the hotel opposite.
Although the impression his mother and brothers gave him was different after they met again than many years ago, blood is thicker than water after all, so Yang Jixia naturally could not remain indifferent.
So, when he heard the scream that was almost inaudible again, Yang Jixia became the first person to rush out of the bun shop.
Why rush out of the bun shop?
Of course, I went to the other side to check who was making the scream.
As soon as he rushed to the door of the bun shop, he saw his younger brother Yang Jidong, whom he wanted to help more than his elder brother Yang Jichun, being carried out by two soldiers.
The whole person seemed to have no bones, and when being carried, he looked like a puddle of mud.
Yang Jixia wanted to find Yang Jichun to find out what happened, but he couldn't find him at all.
As a second best option, he tried to look for Yang's eldest sister-in-law, but he couldn't find her either. Even the servants he paid for were nowhere to be seen.
And those soldiers who took Yang Jidong away seemed to have been fed a mute drug. No matter how they were asked, they just wouldn't say a word.
After seeing this situation, Tong Jia and Guo Xin, who followed Yang Jixia out, walked into the hotel to find out what Yang Jichun and his wife were doing and why Yang Jidong was dragged away like this, and they were still indifferent.
The other one stopped Yang Jixia to prevent him from getting into conflict with the soldiers in an impulsive manner.
After Guo Xin stopped Yang Jixia, he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket and distributed them to the soldiers who were arresting people one by one. None of the soldiers took the cigarettes, and he did not put the cigarettes back into the box. Instead, he gave the box directly to the leader.
After the leader took the cigarette, he distributed the cigarettes to other soldiers, and only then did those soldiers dare to take them.
If they are willing to accept things, then you can get close to them.
Guo Xin pointed at Yang Jidong, who looked as limp as a pig about to be slaughtered before the Lunar New Year, and asked, "Sir, this guy is our boss's younger brother. He just came to the provincial capital from his hometown in the countryside a few days ago. I don't know what he did wrong to be tied up like this?"
"Is this kid your boss's brother? He doesn't look...like it." The leader took out a cigarette from the cigarette box and put it on the back of his hand. Guo Xin very tactfully lit the cigarette for him.
The man took a puff of his cigarette, blew a smoke ring at Guo Xin, and then said, "We found the bandits' propaganda leaflets and our people's keepsakes on him.
The owner of this token was found dead early this morning in the woods more than 30 kilometers away from the provincial capital.
When asked where he got the flyer, he refused to tell me.
When asked where the token came from, he refused to tell me.
When we were about to take him away, he said that his lover gave it to him, but when we asked him who his lover was and where he was, he didn't know the answer.
If you can find his lover, or prove that he has nothing to do with the gangsters' leaflets, we won't arrest him."
"Ah? This... He used to live in his hometown in the countryside. We were all doing business with our boss in Shanghai. We haven't been back for long, so we don't know him at all. I can't prove anything for him.
Oh, and he has an older brother who has been living with him in his hometown in the countryside. He should know…” Guo Xin wanted them to ask Yang Jichun, perhaps there would be other clues.
But the other party said: "He was frightened and fainted. When the leaflet was found, he fell to the ground.
Their ability to endure is not as good as that of the old woman in their family!"
"Then...then...what can we family members do? Pay money, or..." Guo Xin still wanted to save Yang Jidong.
If they didn't have that flyer, they could have taken their time to figure it out.
But with that flyer, things became a little tricky for them.
The flyer was from Yang Jidong, which meant he was a good young man who wanted to make progress, but looking at his usual behavior, Guo Xin was embarrassed to admit that he was a member of his organization.
The flyer was not Yang Jidong's, so why did it appear in his possession?
Was he simply curious and wanted to take a look, or was it forced to him by someone? In fact, his ultimate goal was to go after Yang Jixia.
All of these situations are possible.
No matter what the situation is, as an older brother, Yang Jixia cannot completely ignore it, but he cannot control it too much either.
I don't care at all, maybe there is a guilty conscience involved.
If you control too much, you may end up getting into trouble.
So far, the performance of both people is still within the controllable range.
Tong Jia, who was upstairs checking on Yang Jichun's family, naturally heard these words.
She didn't want to reveal the fact that she had killed everyone in the Zhang family's house, but she had to tell Yang Jidong and Lan'er about the conspiracy, otherwise Yang Jixia might still have unrealistic fantasies about his younger brother.
Since I can't talk about this matter myself, I can only leave it to Tao Junle.
Anyway, Tao Junle can't speak, so how he should make things sound smooth when the time comes is up to him.
In order to prevent Yang Jichun from waking up and affecting her story, Tong Jia directly gave him some sleeping pills while he was already in a coma.
In this way, Yang's eldest sister-in-law needs to take care of him, and the newly hired workers need to take care of Yang's old lady and two children, so neither of them will go to the bun shop.
After returning from the hotel, Tong Jia called Yang Jixia and Guo Xin to her room with a worried look on her face.
She told the two of them everything that Yang Jidong and Lan'er said that night. Of course, Tao Junle heard all these things when he went out to the bathroom at night.
When the two called Tao Junle over to ask for details, Tao Junle pretended to recall while stealing glances at Tong Jia.
This matter was not discussed in advance, and it is unknown how much Tong Jia wanted Guo Xin and Yang Jixia to know.
Seeing Tong Jia's calm face, he said, "Le Le, repeat everything you heard when you got up to go to the bathroom that night. Say as much as you can remember. Use sign language and I'll translate for you."
Well, with the translation process, Tao Junle also relaxed a lot.
No matter what I do, Tong Jia will back me up.
So, he didn't recount what happened that night, but instead complained about the three brothers of the Yang family, including Yang Jixia, who couldn't escape it.
Although Yang Jiqiu is not a good person either, she is still a sister from the same mother.
Her body had been in the police station for several days. Except for Tong Jia who went to ask how to get it out once, none of her three brothers showed any concern.
After complaining, Tong Jia nodded in agreement.
Guo Xin and Yang Jixia were both confused. Yang Jixia said, "Why don't you translate? Why are you just nodding?"
"Yes, little boy, you understand now, but we are still confused. What did Lele hear?" Guo Xin asked with concern.
Tong Jia said, "It's what I told you before." However, he also mentioned one thing, which he only recalled later.
The voice of the woman who was with Yang Jidong was very familiar. He seemed to have heard it somewhere before.
It felt like I was in a villa in Shanghai, and I was one of the people Pan Meiying asked me to teach makeup to.
Therefore, he felt that Pan Meiying must have sent someone here specifically to attack the Yang family, and his target must be you.
I nodded because I think his analysis is correct. What do you think? "
The two nodded in agreement. Guo Xin said doubtfully, "Pan Meiying is indeed a powerful spy, but Old Yang has never had any direct dealings with her. How could she have targeted him?"
"Ahem...um...that...I'm sorry! This might be my fault." Tong Jia felt that she had to admit the mistake. The sooner she admitted it, the sooner she could remedy it. Otherwise, there might be a bigger crisis waiting for them in the future.
"Your question?" the two asked at the same time in confusion.
Tong Jia said: "This is not the case when we first got married, you just walked away. Your house is in a mess, and they won't let me go home, forcing me to look for you.
Lele heard your conversation with others and guessed that you might join the Northwest Army, so I took him to the Northwest to find you.
Who would have thought that as soon as we arrived in the northwest, we would be robbed. We were rescued by several soldiers.
After knowing that we might be families of the Northwest Army, they settled us down. In three days, several groups of people came to question me, especially about your information. I don’t know how many times they asked for it.
But in the end they always tell me that there is no such person as you.
Later, the Northwest Army was disbanded, and I had no place to find you.
Since I had already left my hometown, I figured I could still make a living even if I couldn't find you. As long as your family and mine couldn't find me, that would be enough. So I changed my name and went to school."
"You...ah...I can't blame you for this. You weren't a member of our organization at that time, and you didn't even know my identity.
It was my fault that everything happened today. In the final analysis, it's all my fault!" Yang Jixia wanted to say something to Tong Jia, but then he thought, if he hadn't run away from the marriage and had talked things over with Tong Jia face to face, then none of the things that happened later would have happened.
So, now that Pan Meiying has targeted me, I can't blame Tong Jia, I can only blame myself.
He looked at Guo Xin and said, "Old Guo, it seems that if we don't deal with Pan Meiying, she might kill all of us."
Guo Xin nodded and said, "We need to get rid of her, but now we don't know where she is. Where should we go to get rid of her?"
Yang Jixia thought for a moment and said, "Logically speaking, Pan Meiying is still a member of the military. When she comes to the provincial capital, she should live at the military headquarters, right?
Even if he doesn't go to the military, he will probably live in a government-related department.
These places are well-managed, and it would be difficult for us to break in with just a few of us."
Tong Jia shook her head and said, "That's not necessarily true. When I was in the northwest, I was always under their control and had little freedom. I don't know where Pan Meiying lives.
However, when she was in Shanghai, Pan Meiying's residence was never arranged by the higher-ups.
Not to mention the villa where spies were trained, she didn't go there often.
I heard from those eight cheongsam beauties that Pan Meiying particularly likes to disguise and hide.
Unless it is a very formal occasion, she never wears a military uniform. Most of the time she is dressed in ordinary clothes. She is also very good at getting along with ordinary people, so her sources of information are also varied.
So many people died this time, and it happened not far from the provincial capital. She probably doesn't have much trust in the people in the provincial capital, and she will definitely go there to investigate the situation in person.
Therefore, I think she may not live in the place arranged for her by the military and the government. She is likely to live in a place that is very popular and easy to get information from.”
"A particularly popular place, a particularly good place to get information? Isn't that around the overpass and the train station?
Our bun shop is right at the train station, we don’t have any here…” Guo Xin analyzed Tong Jia’s words and suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
He thought of the red dot diagonally opposite the second floor that Yang Jixia mentioned.
The three people reacted at the same time and said, "Dim sum shop!"
Tong Jia said, "If the person on the second floor of the dim sum shop is really Pan Meiying, we would actually be safer."
Guo Xin nodded and said, "Yes, Lao Yang hasn't done anything obviously out of line in this period, and it seems none of you have either.
I just went out for a while, and the reason was very good: I went out to collect some debts.
This is the place where we collect debts, and it still needs to be arranged.
Other than that, I can't think of anything wrong.
Think about it together to see if there are any loopholes. We will fill in all the minor details.
As for Yang Jidong... Old Yang, he's willing to frame you for money and beauty. You should be aware of this brother!"
Tong Jia looked at Yang Jixia, then at Guo Xin, and was about to say something when Guo Xin pulled her out.
Guo Xin said: "After all, he is his brother. He has the final say on how to deal with him."
To put it bluntly, Guo Xin has the means and connections to rescue Yang Jidong.
However, he felt that it was not worth it at all to risk his identity being discovered for Yang Jidong.
But Yang Jidong's attempt failed in the end. He did not really frame Yang Jixia, but instead implicated himself.
If he can turn back, suffer a little, and then find a way to get out after the storm has passed, it is not impossible.
But if he persists in his delusion, especially since no one can guarantee that he will be directly recruited into Pan Meiying's team.
By then, all manpower and material resources will be exhausted, and the person rescued may very well be a potential enemy, which would be like shooting oneself in the foot.
These words don't need to be said explicitly; anyone with a brain can think of this.
That's why Guo Xin said that he would give Yang Jixia some time and space to think, and only he could make this decision.