Older people are always talkative and rarely confused.
Because of their rich experiences, they have discovered that confusion is actually a blessing.
Being confused will make people live happier, because they don't care about gains and losses, and don't stick to details, so they see more of the beauty in the world. This is the normal state of the world.
People who care about everything will not be happy, they will only let their anger torture themselves.
But there are two sides to the story. In some small-probability events, lack of care and carelessness can be enough to lead to a series of disasters.
Often when people really realize the danger, it is already too late...
Teresa Teng's father, Deng Shu, was an army lieutenant of the Kuomintang and graduated from the 14th class of Huangpu Military Academy.
In 1949, the Kuomintang was defeated across the board, and he and his family came to Bay Island with the army.
Since he came with the army, it means that he has some brothers in the army who live and die together and can rely on each other.
Needless to say, this will undoubtedly be of great help to people like them from other provinces to establish themselves in the Bay Island.
"Big Casserole" is one of Deng Shu's brothers in the army, a platoon leader under him, and his fellow villager in Hebei.
And it can be seen from this nickname that this person should be tall and stocky in appearance.
In fact, that's exactly what happened.
"Big Casserole" looks tall and tall, with a height of 1.77 meters and a weight of more than 200 kilograms.
It doesn't seem like much now, but don't forget that "Big Casserole" is now almost sixty years old.
This happened when he was young, during those troubled decades ago, when the average height of northern men was only 1.7 meters.
Back then, when he was still twitching, his height was actually close to 1.8 meters, which was already considered as tall as a giant.
Of course, he wasn't so fat back then, because at that time he couldn't even eat anything he wanted.
But things changed later on. After the land reform in the 1950s, the light industry developed in the 1960s and began to follow the "export expansion" route in the 1970s.
In just 20 to 30 years, Bay Island has risen from ruins to become one of the most developed economies in Asia. Together with Singapore, South Korea and Hong Kong City, it is also known as the "Four Asian Tigers".
The lives of people in the Bay Island suddenly became affluent, they had no worries about food and drink, and the entertainment industry also began to prosper.
As a result, the relationship between people from other provinces and people from this province has eased, and they are no longer incompatible with each other over the competition for survival resources.
As a result, the "big casserole" who entered the police system and became a plainclothes police officer after being discharged from the army began to become wider and fatter.
He can eat on his own and has a surprisingly big appetite. No matter how much food is put in front of him, he can eat it all.
And maybe he was too talkative when he was young. As soon as life started to get better, he tried his best to make up for his once deficient stomach with good food and drink.
Especially in recent years, Bay Island has followed Japan's footsteps and entered a bubble period of super economic prosperity.
People living in several big cities on the island, as long as they are willing to spend money to speculate in stocks and real estate, just like the Japanese, will become rich.
As for "Big Casserole" himself, after he retired from the police station, in addition to using his pension and savings to buy some stocks, he also hung out with the Sihai Gang, which was fully transformed into a legal operation.
In the past few years, he has maintained judicial relations by specializing in several loan companies for them, and has earned an additional 170,000 to 80,000 yuan a month.
In this way, his life is even more prosperous with the help of customers who flock to him for stock trading, consumption, and financing loans.
Abalone and shark's fin became his daily meals, which further increased his weight and transformed him into the figure of Hong Kong actor Zheng Zeshi.
But he is fat, he is easy to make friends, and he is quite capable in dealing with people and inquiring about information.
Especially when it comes to dealing with the complex social relations at the bottom, he is very proficient in all matters of the three religions and nine streams. No matter whether he is white or black, he must be given a bit of a thumbs-down.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have joined the police as soon as he was discharged from the army and quickly became a high-ranking plainclothes officer.
It is even less likely that after retirement, one can rely on one's own face to get such a job from the Sihai Gang.
I think back when Teresa Teng was just thirteen years old, she first entered the music scene as a TV station contract singer. In fact, she relied on this "big casserole" uncle to help her behind the scenes, so that she and her mother could run around for many years until she truly became famous. , has always been peaceful.
The Deng family is actually very lucky to have such a well-fed family and friends.
So even after Teresa Teng became famous, she was still very grateful to this "big casserole" uncle because of this friendship, and she would always remember the good things about him.
For this reason, every time she comes back from overseas, she never forgets to bring some overseas specialties and famous wines from various places to this delicious uncle.
The two families often meet each other on weekdays. The children on both sides know each other well and call each other brother and sister.
Whenever the other party has any affairs, the other party and his family must be present.
It can be said that the two families are more like relatives than relatives. They are already considered family friends.
Needless to say, Ning Weimin asked Teresa Teng to find someone. Teresa Teng entrusted her uncle to help find the information and try to find someone. It was completely logical and reasonable.
First, because the other party has served in the police system, and now he is in the world. He has good information, rich experience, many connections, and many methods.
The second reason is that the Mr. Song Ning Weimin is looking for is from other provinces, and "Big Casserole" is also from other provinces. Many of his old friends are also from other provinces. This is a relatively special circle, and it may be easier to find him.
As for "Big Casserole", not only did he not find it troublesome to do the thing that Teresa Teng asked him to do, but he felt that it was very honorable.
Because he watched Teresa Teng grow up and become a big star, and now he sees that Teresa Teng still values him and respects him so much, which makes him feel more comfortable.
Not to mention that Teresa Teng was generous and troubled him in vain.
Before the matter was settled, I gave him NT$400,000 in activity funds, and promised to give him another NT$600,000 after he found the person.
This is enough to prove how seriously Teresa Teng takes this matter.
According to him, Teresa Teng finally spoke up, and she must do her best to help her handle this matter.
Isn't it just to find someone?
Although there are fewer clues, if he asks his old friends in the police system, he may not be able to find more clues.
He really has this confidence.
After all, humans are social animals and are unlikely to break away from society.
As long as Mr. Song is not a fugitive criminal and as long as he is still living a normal life on this island, he will probably be able to find him, but it may take a little longer.
Fortunately, Teresa Teng didn't rush her. They met once in the past year and just asked him casually, and mainly asked if he needed more funds. If so, don't be polite.
He also had greater motivation and determination, intending to "break the pot and get to the bottom of it", and he would not hesitate to mobilize all his connections to get this thing done.
He even increased the reward to the outside world, promising to give a thank you gift of NT$10,000 to NT$100,000 depending on the situation.
If you can help find yourself, you will receive a bonus of NT$500,000.
He didn't want to disappoint Teresa Teng, his celebrity niece, and he didn't want the other party to finally speak, but he left the impression that he was old and useless.
No, it turned out that it really didn’t cost money.
"Big Casserole" never expected that on the last day of this year, an old colleague of his from the same police station came to him for a bonus of NT$500,000, saying that he had brought him good news. It is possible that he has discovered the whereabouts of the person he is looking for in Taipei. He needs to take him to confirm in person now, and then take the money and leave.
So "Big Casserole" didn't think much, so he took one of his subordinates and got into this old colleague's car.
But it turned out that something was wrong, because he thought he was somewhere in the city, but he didn't expect the car to drive to the suburbs of Taipei. "Big Casserole" couldn't help but ask, but his old colleague's words made him feel at ease again.
The other party told him that their destination today was a small house in Yangmingshan, a suburb.
The other party was almost semi-reclusive in the mountains, so he could never find him.
This makes sense.
So at this time, the "big casserole" just secretly regretted it.
I complained to myself why I was in such a hurry and didn't ask for the location in the first place.
Now that's good, I'm afraid it won't be until eight or nine at night when I go back to Taipei City.
It wouldn't matter if it was normal, but today is the last day of 1987, the New Year of the Western calendar, and it is still somewhat of a holiday.
If I can't go back on time and have dinner with the whole family as usual, I'm afraid my wife will inevitably nag me.
However, there is nothing we can do about it at this point. It is better to give up halfway. It is better to make peace with it now.
He just hoped that it was really the person Teresa Teng was looking for and that this trip would not be in vain.
After sitting patiently for three hours, I finally arrived at my destination at five o'clock in the evening. However, when the car drove into the open gate, "Big Casserole" was still surprised by the size of the houses here.
This place doesn't look like a "hut", but rather like a hotel in the mountains.
He got out of the car door, stretched his legs and feet, and found that there were two cars in the yard. He muttered to himself for a while.
The old colleague led the "big casserole" to the front door, opened the door and invited him in.
By this time, "Big Casserole" had already sensed that something was not right based on his feeling. His old colleague seemed to be a little familiar here, so familiar that he didn't feel like an outsider.
But such strange things still didn't make "Big Casserole" think about how dangerous it was.
After all, this was his old colleague. The two had a good relationship in the past and had never had any conflicts.
And he was just looking for someone, not for any illegal transactions.
What's more, he didn't come alone today, he also had a little brother from the Sihai Gang with him.
In addition, not only is he a retired police officer, he also has a pistol on him for self-defense.
No matter what he thought, there was no possibility that he would not be able to leave after entering today.
He would never have thought that the door he was about to walk into would be a tiger's cave that would eat people.
So he walked in anyway, following his old colleague through the front door and into the living room.
The light inside was a bit dark, and the lights were not turned on. His eyes couldn't adapt for a while, and he only saw a person sitting on the sofa, waiting for him.
Everything happened very quickly. There were two people hiding on both sides of the living room door. As soon as they entered, before they even had time to speak, two pistols were pressed against the foreheads of the "big casserole" and his little brother respectively.
At this time, "Big Casserole" couldn't help but panic after eating another meal. He angrily asked his old colleague, "What's going on? What do you mean?"
Unexpectedly, his old colleague seemed to be a different person. At this time, he did not answer his questions. He first pulled the arms of the two people over, handcuffed them, and then forcibly ordered "Big Casserole" and his subordinates to Get down on the ground.
"Shut up. If you dare not do what we say, you will die. Don't talk or struggle now. Just lie down."
Immediately afterwards, the old colleague brought two shackles and put them on each of them, and then searched each of them.
Needless to say, Big Casserole's gun and a dagger belonging to one of his men were found.
The two of them have become meat on the chopping board, completely isolated and helpless, with no possibility of resistance.
"Who the hell are you? Why are you doing this to us? Can you please explain to us? Are you from the Bamboo Union Gang? I'm not from the Sihai Gang, I'm just a retired policeman who works for the Sihai Gang. .”
Although "Big Casserole" was furious, his mind was still clear. The other party was not like ordinary people in fighting such a big battle, and he was ruthless.
He racked his brains and couldn't figure out how he could offend such a person. Unless he was afraid that the Sihai Gang would take over and replace him, he didn't want to be a victim of the conflict between the two gangs.
And his subordinate, because of his words, thought he had fallen into the hands of the Bamboo Union Gang, and was already shaking like chaff.
But this time, none of his old colleagues spoke. Instead, the man sitting on the sofa stood up. He was wearing a black coat, and his face was invisible in the shadow.
But what he said made "Big Casserole" unimaginable and even more horrifying.
"Don't get excited. Whether it's the Sihai Gang or the Bamboo Union Gang, we have nothing to do with them. But you have to know that neither of these two gangs can protect you. I just want to ask you the truth, and you have to tell it truthfully. Me, as long as you tell me the real answer, you can go back, otherwise you will suffer a lot, I promise, it will be worse than death."
"You're not from the Bamboo Union Gang? Then where are you from?" "Big Casserole" couldn't believe it.
"I'll show you something, so you'll know what we do." As he said, the black coat took out an ID from his arms and showed it in front of "Big Casserole", "So don't blame yourself. Old friend, it’s hard to get into trouble. Who caused you to get into so many troubles? It’s a big deal.”
This certificate doesn't look fake, and "Big Clay Pot's" hair stands on end.
He never thought that he would disturb these legendary demons.
"Me? I provoked...you...what are you asking? Why am I getting more and more confused? I am just a small person who relies on my reputation and police qualifications to collect some dirty money, but I don't know what big things can alarm you. Aren't you?" Did you find the wrong person? ”
"Okay, let me let you understand. The first question is, why do you want to find Song Xiuwen? The second question is, who asked you to find out about this person?"
"Song..." "Big Casserole" was covered in cold sweat. He never imagined that his troubles would come from this.
…………
Two hours later, it was already dark.
As the door opened, four people took out the two bodies wrapped in black bags and placed them in the trunk of the car.
You can tell who is who from the obvious difference in body shape without having to tell them apart at all.
"Big Casserole" and the men he brought will never be able to go home for dinner.
The old colleague who the person in charge called "big casserole" lit a cigarette.
"Do you think what he said today is credible? How could a singer entrust him with it?"
"Based on what I know about him, I don't think it's nonsense. And according to the investigation data, the two families moved very close to each other. What's more, after so many tortures, the young boy was scared to death, and the iron man was also scared. I won’t stand it.”
"Well, I have to report this matter truthfully. It's really troublesome that such a public figure is involved. And he is not on the island yet..."
"Then... what should we do after that? Should we continue to investigate along this clue? Or should we have people investigate overseas?"
"Wait, wait for the order, this is not something we can decide."
Just like that, in the dark, these people locked the courtyard door again, and then the two cars left here one after the other.
As the red taillight disappeared into the night, two lives were easily ended.
No one will know what happened here.
No one knows how many lives were taken in this house.
Of course, no one knows how much bloodshed will happen in the future because of what happened today. (End of chapter)