At around 6 o'clock in the afternoon, in the living room of the main room of the Xu family, Ruan Xiong, Xu Yan, Xu Er, and a member of the Ruan family were sitting together and playing Sichuan mahjong.

At the entrance of the courtyard, a car was stalled, and a middle-aged man in a loose suit and a little bald man walked down, looking up at the four soldiers standing at the front entrance.

Since the command center of the Mixed Brigade is temporarily located in the Xu Family Courtyard, the main gate is a 24-hour rotation, with four people during the day and eight people at night.

The middle-aged man stepped forward and said politely to the soldier: "Little brother, I'll come to find Ruan Xiong, Mr. Ruan."

"Do you look for someone from the Ruan family?" the soldier asked, "What's your name?"

"Yes, I'll look for Ruan Xiong from the Ruan family, my name is Liu Hongqiang." Middle-aged nodded.

"Okay, wait a moment, I'll ask."

"It's trouble."

After the two of them communicated for a while, the leading soldier immediately went to the main room of the Xu family with a gun on his back.

After about five or six minutes, the soldier returned and made a gesture of inviting him: "Mr. Liu, go here."

"Okay." Liu Hongqiang signaled his followers to wait outside, and followed the soldiers into the yard.

...

A few minutes later.

In the hall of the Xu family's main room, Ruan Xiong stood up with a smile and reached out to Liu Hongqiang: "Oh, Old Liu, you've been doing well recently!"

"Haha, it's pretty good." After Liu Hongqiang shook hands with Ruan Xiong politely, he immediately said to Xu Yan: "Long time no see, President Xu."

Xu Yan knew this Liu Hongqiang because the latter was also an old man from the far mountain, and had a good relationship with the Ruan family and had business cooperation. However, Xu Yan and him were only acquaintances and had no close relationships.

"Yes, I haven't seen each other for a long time." Xu Yan greeted Liu Hongqiang: "Come on, sit down, Old Liu."

"No more sitting." Liu Hongqiang smiled and said, "I'm here to ask Brother Xiong to sit in my place and talk about something."

"Oh." Xu Yan nodded.

"Haha, it won't work today." Ruan Xiong said to Liu Hongqiang: "I have an arrangement tonight, let's go another day."

"Brother Xiong, don't you give me this face?" Liu Hongqiang pulled Ruan Xiong's arm and said enthusiastically: "I want to ask you several times. You have never had time. When you arrive in the distant mountains, you can't let you run away. Let's go to my place to sit for a while, have some tea, and chat for a while."

"Old Liu, I made an appointment with a mixed brigade tonight..."

"What time is it?" Liu Hongqiang interrupted Ruan Xiong's words: "Just go and sit for a while. If you have a game tonight, I will send you back."

Ruan Xiong smiled embarrassedly and turned his head to look at Xu Yan: "Then I will go with Lao Liu and come back later?"

Xu Yan was very unhappy because he had already arranged a meal place tonight and ordered it at 8 o'clock, but Liu Hongqiang was stubborn here, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only nod and replied: "Try to get early, I've finished talking to Qin Lu."

"Okay, let's talk on the phone later." Ruan Xiong nodded.

"good."

"Then let's go first, President Xu." Liu Hongqiang said with a smile: "I'll guarantee that I'll send you back on time later. Let's drink it alone another day."

"It's easy to say." Xu Yan nodded.

After the two of them exchanged greetings, Liu Hong forced Ruan Xiong to walk out. A middle-aged man who followed Ruan Xiong walked behind and asked, "Are we going too?"

"You don't have to go, wait here. I'll talk to Lao Liu and I'll be back later." Ruan Xiong waved his hand.

"Okay." Middle-aged stayed.

In this way, Liu Hong forced Ruan Xiong to leave the Xu family himself, and the seven or eight people brought by the latter remained in the Xu family.

Once Ruan Xiong left, there was no need to continue the mahjong game. Xiaodong of the Xu family arranged for the people brought by Ruan Xiong to rest in the side room, while the others dispersed and waited for the evening banquet.

...

It's around 7:50 p.m.

Xu Yan sat in the bedroom and called Ruan Xiong: "Hey?"

"Oh, Lao Xu."

"Are you back?" Xu Yan asked with a slight urging tone.

"Oh, this old Liu, pulled me out of your house and came to the restaurant directly. He also got a lot of people to accompany him. He was drinking now." Ruan Xiong said helplessly, "I guess he will have to wait a while to go back."

"You have to hurry up, don't let Qin Lu wait." Xu Yan frowned.

"I will definitely arrive before 9:30. Please explain it to Qin Lu." Ruan Xiong was also very polite and said in a low voice: "These are all people who make money for us. I don't drink much and leave halfway."

Xu Yan looked at his watch: "Okay, I'll wait for you for a while."

"Okay, that's it first." Ruan Xiong hung up the phone.

In the bedroom, Lao Xu's wife was sitting on the sofa watching the program on the Internet broadcasting station. She lowered her head and asked, "Ruan Xiong hasn't come back yet?"

"Well, I'm having a drink with Liu Hongqiang." Xu Yan nodded.

"What are he doing?" Old Xu's wife raised her head: "Haha, let Brigade Commander Qin wait?"

"yes."

Xu Yan stood up and replied with his back, "This old Ruan is a bit strange today."

"Where is the weird one?"

"I can't say it, I just feel like I'm not in a state of being a good person when doing things." Xu Yan frowned.

"Why don't they let Ruan Ming come?" The wife was a little curious: "Hasn't he always been responsible for this matter?"

"He said Ruan Ming went to Zangyuan." Xu Yan said inexplicably irritated: "Forget it, don't worry, I'll go to Qinlu's place first and chat with him."

The wife curled her lips when she heard the voice: "If you want me to tell me, you will be stuck in the middle, and it will be difficult for you to be a human being in the future. Otherwise, there would be any conflict between the Ruan family and Qin Lu. If you have a little unpleasantness, then you will be the most uncomfortable."

"well."

Xu Yan sighed, and did not reply, but walked outside.

...

Not long after a while.

Old Xu entered Qin Yu's office and asked with a smile: "I'm busy, Qin Lu!"

"It's okay, I'm reading the budget report." Qin Yu raised his head and asked, "What's wrong, are you going to have a meal?"

"No, Ruan Xiong hasn't been to the far mountain for a long time. He just played mahjong with me for a while in the afternoon, but he was dragged away to drink." Old Xu said with a grin and said, "He is back soon, don't worry, Qin Lu."

"Haha, it's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Qin Yu was stunned for a moment and replied with a faint smile.

...

Near the backyard of Xu's family, a middle-aged man stood on tiptoe, his eyes crossed the wall of the courtyard, and looked at several small bungalows on the inside.

"Who?"

Just then, a shout came from the left.

Middle-aged man was stunned and immediately turned his head.

"Who is here?" The man on the left walked over with a flashlight.

"Oh, I want to make it easier, but I can't find the toilet." The middle-aged man replied with his hands behind his back.

The person on the left held a flashlight and looked at the other party: "There is no toilet here, I'll take you there."
Chapter completed!