What It’s Like Being a Vampire

Since Qi Haoguo pressed the question, Xiao Liu naturally told him everything he knew, and even did not keep some hearsay news, trying his best to appear to know a lot.

Although Xiao Liu didn't quite understand why Qi Haoguo was so interested in the old man's affairs, but from his reaction just now, he also vaguely guessed that it should have something to do with the eight-armed wood carving and the similar image in the old man's painting.

A few months before he came out, he had really thought about how to arrange his life, but he thought that the best way out was to use the skills he learned in prison to open a small shop or something. When I came here this time, I wanted to see if I could get some money from my cousin to open a shop with the cheek.

Now that he has the opportunity to show his face to Uncle Biao, he must seize the opportunity. If he can get Uncle Biao's approval, then he will really have no worries.

And Qi Haoguo also knew the general situation of the old man through Xiao Liu's narration:

The old man used to defraud money in various names by pretending to be an expert, with the assistance of many people. However, in October last year, the old man suddenly reported everyone else, not knowing whether it was a "discovery of conscience" or something else. Because of his major meritorious service and the fact that he is over seventy years old, his sentence was reduced a lot.

When he first went to serve his sentence, many people said that he was a second-year-old and an informer, and they didn't want to see him and wanted to punish him. Some people who had something to do with the gang he was in before wanted to mess with him. But he wasn't afraid at all, he didn't care at all, and he acted like "I'm over 70 years old and I've lived enough, the big deal is going to die together", on the contrary, it made other people start to fear him.

And this old man does have two brushes. Basically, he can judge everyone's situation with a casual glance.

Xiao Liu also asked the old man to "count" his fate. The old man could tell at a glance that he came in because of a fight, and also saw that his sentence was almost over and he was about to go out. The general plan, which he has never told anyone.

Although the old man has always claimed that he has seen a lot of people, has a lot of experience, has a quick brain response, guesses accurately, and is lucky, it is not true that he has any supernatural powers, let alone any magic tricks. Feudal superstitions are all deceptive.

But many people inside have a natural awe for such things. Naturally, the status of the old man inside has suddenly become extraordinary. Many people will call him "Old Immortal" in private - although he I don't accept it myself.

The people inside often take the initiative to chat with the old man. The old man is old, knowledgeable and skilled in speaking. After chatting with him, it always makes people feel like they have unloaded their burdens and cleared their minds.

There is a certain amount of time every day for inmates to read books, read newspapers, and write in batches.

At that time, what the old man did most often was to draw a monster with eight arms and eight eyes with a pencil.

The old man obviously has some art skills, and with a pencil, he drew the monster in a good shape.

And every time I paint, I will mutter and don't know what I am talking about.

The old man drew a lot of portraits of the monster with eight arms and eight eyes. Many people have seen it. When someone asked what the painting was, the old man just smiled and never answered.

But some people have heard what the old man chanted when he was painting, such as "hell", "inner demon", and "Yan Luo". But obviously the old man himself said that the feudal superstitions are all fake, and what he did before was all deceit.

Some people thought that the old man must have some brain problems, so he suddenly reported those accomplices. Otherwise, with so much money now, wouldn't it be good to enjoy it outside? Why bother to come in and be imprisoned?

However, there are still many people who believe that the old man is the so-called "old fairy"...

After listening to Xiao Liu's narration, Qi Haoguo recalled how he felt when he saw the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster a few days ago, and vaguely understood why the old man suddenly reported his accomplice and was willing to go to jail.

That old man, like him, should have experienced the kind of fear that came from the bottom of his heart, and he had seen the things he was afraid of, and he had actually seen that monster with eight arms and eight eyes.

While Qi Haoguo was meditating, Xiao Liu was also secretly observing this famous cousin and the strange-looking eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving next to him, wondering what the eight-armed and eight-eyed monster was about. .

"Do you have any arrangements for this period?" Qi Haoguo asked suddenly.

"Ah? Oh, I just... want to start a small business, set up a small... food stand, use the skills I learned, and make some money..." Xiao Liu replied carefully, knowing that his reputation all along Not very good, my cousin's impression of him is probably not much better, so I didn't dare to directly say that I want to follow my cousin.

Qi Haoguo got up and said: "In that case, don't worry, you can go with me to visit that old gentleman first."

Although Xiao Liu was a little surprised that his uncle decided to visit the prison so soon, he was still very happy to help his uncle with his affairs, so naturally he would not raise any objections.

Qi Haoguo called his secretary to book the air ticket, arranged for the driver, explained to his wife, and set off with Xiao Liu to the airport.

That afternoon they arrived in the city where Xiaoliu was serving his sentence.

Although according to regulations, only relatives and guardians are allowed to visit the prison on specific visiting days every month, but now usually as long as a complete registration is completed, friends of prisoners can also visit the prison on ordinary working days in addition to the visiting days.

After arriving in the city where the prison is located, Xiao Liu contacted the people in the prison and wanted to apply for a visit tomorrow. He could barely be said to be the old man's friend, and I believe the old man would not refuse to visit the prison. But the reply he got was that the old man had an accidental fall yesterday and was sent to the hospital for treatment. It seemed that the situation was quite serious.

Seeing that Xiaoliu hung up the phone, Qi Haoguo frowned and asked, "Did you fall? Could it be that the accomplice he reported before found someone to do it?"

Xiao Liu shook his head and said: "Probably not, the management inside us is quite strict. And he has a lot of people to look after him inside, because he is relatively old and doesn't cause trouble, and the prison guards will also pay attention to it. This time it should be Pure accident..."

Fortunately, the hospital to which the old man was transferred was also in this city, not far away. After finding out the address, they simply had dinner and looked for it.

Because he had already contacted him in advance, he quickly found the ward where the old man lived in the hospital.

The old man has no relatives, only a staff member of the prison is guarding here.

In order to meet people smoothly, Xiao Liu went up and told the staff directly that the old man surnamed Du was his "godfather" in prison.

The staff also knew Xiao Liu, and they had contacted the prison before, knowing that they were coming, so they didn't have much doubt. According to the doctor, although old man Du was rescued, it is basically impossible for him to get better. It is difficult to even stand up. The rest of the sentence will basically be completed in the hospital. It will be easier for them to have relatives and friends to help them. .

Old man Du just recovered a little bit of sanity, and his eyes were cast on Qi Haoguo who walked into the ward.

Or to be precise, it was betting on the dark wood carving in his hand.

Originally, although old man Du looked a little tired and haggard, his demeanor was indescribably indifferent, as if it was not his body that was injured so badly. But after seeing the wood carving in Qi Haoguo's hands, his eyes widened and his breathing became a little short.

"Mr. Du, have you seen this wood carving?" Qi Haoguo put the wood carving with eight arms and eight eyes specially made by a master on the cabinet next to the hospital bed, so that old man Du could see it from one side of his head.

Old man Du opened his mouth, and Qi Haoguo immediately bent down to listen.

Xiao Liu, who followed in, immediately interceded with the prison staff, letting old man Du and Qi Haoguo chat alone, and the two of them went to the door together. Anyway, old man Du is like this now, and there is no possibility or necessity to escape.

Turning his ear to Old Man Du's mouth, Qi Haoguo heard his weak voice: "You also... had that dream?"

Dream? Qi Haoguo was taken aback, and frowned at Old Man Du: "Did you see...it in a dream?"

Feeling that old man Du was about to speak, Qi Haoguo leaned his ear over again: "You...didn't dream?"

Xiao Liu pulled the prison staff and Qi Haoguo came out without a word.

He told the prison staff that if he wants to take over the treatment of old man Du, he has arranged for people from the company to come over and provide him with a better treatment plan. Of course, he will also contact the prison first to complete the procedures .

Considering old man Du's previous performance in that case, the rest of his sentence, his performance in prison, and his current physical condition, there should be no problem with bailing him out for medical treatment and execution outside prison.

Qi Haoguo and Xiaoliu left the hospital for the time being, and took a taxi back to the hotel. People from Qi Haoguo's company will come to take over the matter on Old Man Du's side, whether to stay in the hospital, transfer to another hospital, change wards, or change the treatment plan.

Seeing the wood carving that Qi Haoguo brought out of the ward again, Xiao Liu was very curious, but he still tactfully did not ask.

But at this moment, Qi Haoguo kept thinking about the last few words old man Du said to him: "Fear, you can see your true self... Believe in your own feelings, follow your heart's choice...Death...is not the end."

"Fear can reveal the true self" - he can understand this sentence, and based on this sentence alone, he can basically be sure that he and old man Du "see" the same existence, but the old man seems to be dreaming seen in.

"Believe in your own feelings and follow your heart's choice" - he can also understand that what he has done during this period is to fulfill this sentence.

But what the hell is "death is not the end"?

When he continued to ask, wanting to know more, old man Du just shut his mouth and eyes, as if he didn't intend to say anything.

These words are so "destructive", and Qi Haoguo can't help but think about it, because he can see that Old Man Du should know more about that monster with eight arms and eight eyes than he does Some.

Qi Haoguo didn't dare to disobey the warning given to him by the monster with eight arms and eight eyes, and he didn't dare to investigate the people in the two cars that day. He didn't dare to take chances, and he didn't think that if he wasn't in Tongshi Town, he could really get rid of the monster. Judging from the way the monster appeared and disappeared, it might appear by his side at any time.

But after meeting old man Du and hearing those few words, Qi Haoguo still couldn't restrain himself from wanting to find out what kind of existence that monster with eight arms and eight eyes was.

Frowning and thinking hard for a while, he suddenly thought of Liu Feibao.

Yes, that's right, although he also warned Liu Feibao not to provoke those people, but from what he knew about Liu Feibao in the past, there is a high probability that this fat man will investigate in private.

And with Liu Feibao's contacts in Tongshi Town, it should be easy to find out who the people in the two cars are.

In this case, if he asked Liu Feibao to confirm, wouldn't he take the initiative to "provoke" those people?

After hesitating all the way, after arriving at the hotel room, Qi Haoguo finally made a decision to give it a try.

He called Liu Feibao, but he didn't say hello or exchange pleasantries after he got through, and asked sharply, "Did you take my words as a deaf ear?"

These words seemed to be a bit out of date, but Liu Feibao on the other side immediately realized what he was talking about, and said quickly: "President Qi, brother Qi, listen to my explanation, I think so about this matter... a big boss is here In Tongshi Town, I can't keep my eyes dark and I can't figure out where the other party is coming from? If I turn around and offend them again, I will have to be dragged out to take the blame..."

Qi Haoguo secretly said "Sure enough", and then continued: "Don't be sloppy with me, what have you found out, and how did you find out? Did you notice your actions over there?"

Liu Feibao quickly told Qi Haoguo all the information he had found about Xiang Kun and his colleagues, and said that they had dinner together the next night and met each other.

However, he didn't say anything about the matter he asked Qin Dong, and the fact that Liu Zhengyi and Liu Gaoshang went to "touch porcelain" because of his investigation. He only mentioned that he knew a "Brother Chu" and Xiang Kun My friend Liu Caifu is acquainted, so we had dinner together and talked about some investment-related matters.

"Brother Chu you're talking about, is it Chu Xiuwen?" Qi Haoguo asked.

"That's right, that's right, that's Chu Xiuwen, brother Chu." Liu Feibao said quickly, "During this time, an old friend from a security company that Brother Chu invested in came over, and that old friend... also helped to use his channel to check who Mr. Xiang, it's true...the background is very big and mysterious, and he can't see through it, and he is sure to have an official background. Mr. Qi, this boss...what is the background? Can you...disclose a little bit? After all, before It sounds like he will also develop in Copperstone Town in the future..."

Liu Feibao naturally didn't know, after hearing what he said, Qi Haoguo also looked confused.

He summed up Liu Feibao's words in his mind for a long time, and combined with the words of old man Du today, why did he feel that he seemed to be more confused?

Official background? That person actually has an official background? !

Qi Haoguo thought for a while, and then asked: "Chu Xiuwen's 'friend of the security company' is not Ji, right?"

"Yes, his surname is Ji, his name is Ji Hang, and his company is..." Liu Feibao hurriedly told him the information about Ji Hang that he had learned from Chu Xiuwen.

Although Qi Haoguo does not know Ji Hang, the security company run by Ji Hang is still well-known in the rich circle of the provincial capital, so he has heard a lot about Ji Hang's situation, knowing that he was in the security industry before entering the security industry. what for.

If Ji Hang made such a judgment, it must be accurate.

He did not respond to Liu Feibao's question, and hung up the phone after saying that we would talk later.

Is that monster... official too? ——Qi Haoguo couldn't help but come up with this idea.

Then he thought of what Liu Feibao said, that Mr. Xiang wanted to develop a catering business in Chongyun Village and Tongshi Town, and also established a large-scale breeding industry. And before that, there was actually Zhang Hongpu's granddaughter, the son of a famous supermarket chain group.

Is there something special about Copperstone Town, and the government ordered them to develop it secretly?

Qi Haoguo rubbed his chin, thinking, maybe he can also get involved? Anyway, he originally had business in Tongshi Town!

Of course, you can't directly mix into the field that "Mr. Xiang" is interested in. This may make people think that he is going to make trouble and pick peaches.

In fact, he doesn't care whether he can make money, nor does he want to hitch a ride to make money, so he can invest in other supporting related fields.

There is also charity. Where can you not do charity? Tongshi Town and Chongyun Village can also do charity.

With this meeting, maybe he can justifiably get in touch with that "Mr. Xiang" again?

...

Earlier today, Ji Hang, who had returned to his company, received a reply from his friend who had entrusted him to inquire about Xiang Kun's information.

This friend was inside the police system, and he found some information that Liu Feibao hadn't been able to find before.

But he told Ji Hang that his behavior of inquiring in the internal system was quickly known and then questioned. And the ones he checked were actually only very basic information, and there may be more confidential information, which he has no right to check.

But judging from what he found, that Xiang Kun was related to the cracking of many cases, and might be an informant or something.

And Xiang Kun also had financial contacts with the police. Although it was nominally a reward for wanted criminals, he speculated that it should be activity funds or something.

Ji Hang recalled his contact with Xiang Kun to judge, and felt that the possibility of Xiang Kun being a police informant was relatively small, and there should be other possibilities.

Although there is no detailed and definite evidence yet, it can basically be proved that what Liu Feibao said about Xiang Kun's "official background" is indeed true.

Ji Hang made a phone call and informed Chu Xiuwen of the situation. After all, he also wanted to help Chu Xiuwen investigate Xiang Kun. He did not explain in detail the process of entrusting his friend to inquire, but only said a simple sentence: "Inquiring through reliable channels, Xiang Kun does have an official background, and his specific identity is unknown."

After Chu Xiuwen knew about it, he told it to Liu Feibao. The latter naturally took it for granted that "it was exactly as I expected", and had a sense of gratitude that "the result of the schoolmaster's calculations for a long time is the same as I guessed".

So at night, when he suddenly received a call from Qi Haoguo, Liu Feibao naturally told him firmly: "Xiang Kun is sure to have an official background!"