Chapter 190

Li Xuewu wouldn't dare buy this thing to take back; wouldn't it become the focus of the courtyard? Besides, he didn't need it.

Seeing Li Xuewu shake his head, he pointed to the clock area and asked Li Xuewu if he wanted a vertical British classical floor clock.

Li Xuewu looked carefully. This thing—could it have been moved from the Presidential Palace in Nanjing? It strikes eight tubes, is 2.8 meters high, fully carved, very atmospheric and steady, very suitable for his temperament, but his small room couldn't handle it.

He painfully gave up this big treasure, but took a fancy to two identical wall clocks with four golden chains hanging below.

Li Xuewu pointed to this pair of wall clocks and said to Little Wei: "Introduce these."

Little Wei looked at the nameplate and said: "Dutch-made wall clocks. I don't recognize the foreign characters. They've been hanging here for a while, and they keep time and strike the hour normally."

Li Xuewu looked again. The whole body was oval, half a meter long, about 40 centimeters wide, with a silver dial in the middle, dark gold in the center of the dial, hands inlaid with red gems, and two Roman columns outside the dial supporting a platform above carved with Western classical mythological figures, with four golden chains below, hanging golden pendants, estimated to be copper.

It looked pretty good, and mainly he liked it in his heart, so he nodded and bought it.

Seeing Li Xuewu was straightforward, Little Wei asked mysteriously: "Do you want a television?"

Li Xuewu was surprised: "You have a television here? Is your path so wild?"

Little Wei nodded proudly: "British-made television and radio integrated machine, very new. The television works, but the radio is broken. We only have masters here who know how to look at furniture, not masters who know how to repair radios."

Seeing Li Xuewu nod and want to see it, Little Wei led Li Xuewu to the corner.

A cute little monster stood before his eyes, 80 centimeters high, 45 centimeters wide, square, with the upper part slightly tilted. The upper part was a 9-inch gray-white screen, the lower part was a tuning area, with two knobs on the left and right, and below that was the speaker.

Li Xuewu looked at this little thing from front, back, left, and right. The workmanship was still very average. He peeked inside from the back cover and could see the structure clearly. It was a combination of a television and a radio.

Only the British could have such a wild imagination to create this thing.

Little Wei connected the power, and the television screen flashed with white snow.

"Look, the television is good."

Li Xuewu looked at the silly Little Wei and said: "There's no figure, it's just good. Looking at snow? There's plenty outside the door."

Little Wei disconnected the power awkwardly and said: "Nobody here understands this thing anyway. Anyway, if you want it, take it; if you don't, I can't help it."

Li Xuewu thought for a while, pretended to grit his teeth, and said: "I'll take it, as a decoration at home."

Actually, Li Xuewu had the idea of asking his eldest brother to help repair it, but he couldn't say it now.

Little Wei said happily: "Although it's a bit expensive, this decoration is very face-saving."

Li Xuewu ignored Little Wei, turned around, and took a fancy to a few small items, buying a Parker gold pen and a desk lamp.

This afternoon, he spent over 200 yuan, making Da Lao's mouth twitch.

However, the harvest was full. Just looking at Little Wei, who was waving goodbye at the door with a smile as if he had eaten two jin of bee poop, he knew he had been ripped off today.

Damn it, those who rip others off will always be ripped off.

Just after cutting two liang of meat from Third Uncle's house, in the blink of an eye, he was cut off by someone else.

The reason Da Lao didn't stop Li Xuewu was that clocks really needed to be bought, and that pair of wall clocks really looked pleasing, and the price was cheaper than new clocks in the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, so it was a suitable purchase.

Da Lao didn't understand the monster that combined a television and radio, but he knew that Xuewen could repair radios, so he didn't stop him.

Da Lao wouldn't stop him from buying the pen and desk lamp either; these were stationery.

Driving the horse cart home, Da Lao and Wen Saner helped move the furniture into the back courtyard room piece by piece, making the people in the courtyard stare.

Everyone said Li Laoer wasn't favored—that's just talking nonsense. After the family split, he was given so much furniture; they really weren't afraid of the other brothers thinking too much.

Several old women clicked their tongues and thought to themselves that anyone would be suspicious.

Da Lao checked the furniture piece by piece very carefully, knocking on them from time to time, nodded, and said they were all good items.

The three-seater sofa was placed against the west wall of the living room, one single-seater sofa was placed against the north wall, and the other single-seater sofa was placed facing the fireplace.

The eight-immortal table was placed in the dining room against the east window sill, and the tea cabinet was placed behind the entrance wall, facing the living room.

A case cabinet was placed against the south wall of the living room next to the fireplace, and on the other side of the fireplace was the sewing machine Li Xuewu bought yesterday.

Da Lao and Wen Saner helped Li Xuewu move the most difficult large wardrobe into the south room and placed it against the south wall. The remaining space on the south wall was used for armchairs and a square table, and the desk was placed facing the window sill.

The remaining desk lamp and gold pen were placed on the desk.

Watching them, Li Xuewu took nails and a hammer and nailed nails into the inner room and living room to hang the wall clocks.

"Hey! It looks pretty good. Now that everything is packed, is it time to marry a wife?" Wen Saner said with a smile.

Li Xuewu asked back: "Then when will Third Aunt meet us?"

Wen Saner was embarrassed by Li Xuewu's question. He wanted to scold Li Xuewu, but with Li Xuewu's grandfather there, he glared at Li Xuewu and pointed to the little monster, asking: "Where should this thing be put?"

Wen Saner was pointing to the British-made floor-standing electronic tube television and radio. Li Xuewu picked it up and placed it on the tea cabinet in the living room. He didn't have time to repair it now; he would talk about it when he had time.

The three of them went out and heard the chickens in the room mountain clucking. The three turned to look. The two hens had probably been in the chicken coop for too long and called out when they heard people moving.

Wen Saner pointed to the chicken coop and said: "Xuewu, if these chickens stay in the coop for too long, they'll be finished. Not only will they not walk, but their whole bone structure will be brittle."

Da Lao looked and said: "There are still wooden strips on the ceiling of the back courtyard shed. I'll nail a chicken pen for you. As long as you clip the chickens' wings short, you can raise them in the pen."

Li Xuewu nodded: "That would be great. I'll help you do it."

Da Lao shook his head and said: "Does such a simple thing need your help? Go do what you need to do. I'll help you burn this room tonight, okay?"

Li Xuewu agreed: "Burn it. If the temperature is high, the smell can dissipate faster."

After finishing, he said to Wen Saner: "What's the price of coal now?"

Wen Saner smiled and said: "Machine coal is 2.3 yuan for 200 jin."

"That's okay, not expensive. Help me buy 1000 jin of coal in the next two days," Li Xuewu said, looking at the empty coal shed on the room mountain.

These past few days, the inverted room and the back courtyard warm shed have been using the coal left by the Xu family, and now it's almost burned out.

"Buy 2000 jin. The Bai Bai Xiyuan project will take a few more days," Li Xuewu added.

Wen Saner nodded to show he understood. In fact, the few of them doing business together has always been Li Xuewu subsidizing them. This daily living expense doesn't look like much, but over time, it's not a small expenditure.

These people also know that Li Xuewu is in the position of the eldest brother, so he has always been paying, but Li Xuewu cannot subsidize them forever. Usually, the work in the Li family is also done by them, especially the work in the Bai Bai Xiyuan.

Wen Saner confirmed with Li Xuewu and said: "Tomorrow morning, the ruffians and the others will go out a little later. With four vehicles plus a horse cart, we'll definitely buy the coal back. You don't need to worry about it."

Li Xuewu's procurement book is kept by Wen Saner, and the grain coupons issued are also given to Wen Saner. Whatever is needed for the inverted room is purchased by Wen Saner from the account.

"Your room looks complete, but you still can't live a life. I'll go to the market tomorrow to look for some odds and ends for you. You don't need to worry about the family. Focus on your work. Looking at your state today, it's not right. Get some good rest."

Seeing Wen Saner say this, Li Xuewu didn't stand on ceremony anymore. Following the two, he walked toward the front courtyard. Just as he entered the front courtyard, he saw Li Xuecai entering the courtyard with his face covered.

Da Lao saw Li Xuecai covering his face, and his eyes were red, as if he had cried, so he asked: "Xuecai, what's wrong with you?"

Li Xuecai looked at Li Xuewu, wanting to say something, but didn't dare. He carried his satchel, swung the door curtain, and entered the room. The door was closed hard, making a "bang" sound.

Seeing his third brother looking at him just now, Li Xuewu thought this matter had something to do with him, so he said to Wen Saner: "Third Uncle, it's not a matter of this afternoon. It's getting dark, so don't go out. Go back to our room, tidy up, and settle the accounts."

Wen Saner saw Li Xuewu was about to deal with family matters, so he didn't say anything more, nodded at Li Xuewu, and went to the inverted room.

Seeing Li Xuewu was about to explode, Wen Saner felt it was better to leave first. What if blood splattered on him?

Li Xuewu followed Da Lao into the room and saw Liu Yin standing by the kang, questioning Li Xuecai, who had his head buried in the kang on the west side.

"Xuecai, speak up, what exactly happened?"

Pulling Li Xuecai, Li Xuecai didn't speak. Liu Yin asked anxiously: "Who hit you? Tell me! What's the use of burying your head in the kang like a wild chicken?"

Li Xuewu saw Da Lao sitting by the kang, looking at Xuecai, wanting to say something but stopping.

"Xuecai, get up. If you have something to say, tell me. Does it have anything to do with me?"

Li Xuecai still lay on the kang, blocking his anger and not speaking, even throwing his schoolbag to the edge of the kang.

Li Xuewu saw Liu Yin still wanted to persuade him, pulled his mother, and when Liu Yin didn't react to what he was doing, he kicked the sole of Li Xuecai's foot hanging off the edge of the kang.

Although Li Xuewu used force for this kick, it was kicked on the sole of the foot and wouldn't cause damage to Li Xuecai, but it made Li Xuecai's head hit the fire wall inside the kang.

"I'm asking you a question, can't you hear me? You've got some nerve, don't you? You dare to give Da Lao a cold shoulder? Who taught you these rules?"

Li Xuewu wanted to kick him again after finishing, but was pulled by Liu Yin.

"Alright, alright, Third Brother was hit by someone. I saw his face was swollen high. He must have suffered grievances outside."

Li Xuewu didn't dare to tear at his mother, but said to Li Xuecai: "If you have the ability, just keep burying your head in the kang and be a turtle. Don't go out to see people. From now on, just lie on the kang. Lie until you die."

Li Xuewu's scolding woke up Li Shu in the cradle. She didn't know what her father was shouting about, but he looked so fierce that it scared Li Shu into crying.

The old lady doesn't care about the fighting between children in the family. In the old lady's concept, it's only right for an older brother to discipline his younger brother. Of course, it's also only right for an older brother to take care of his younger brother.

The second grandson is disciplining the old grandson. Regardless of the reason, this is only right, so the old lady just held Li Shu in her arms and coaxed her.

Facing Li Xuewu's scolding, Li Xuecai, who was still sobbing, suddenly turned over and sat up, shouting at Li Xuewu: "I didn't! It's all because of you! It's all you! People said you provoked someone you shouldn't have. If you dare to provoke them again, they will exterminate our whole family!"

Li Xuecai didn't dare to talk to his second brother like this before. Today, he was scared out of his wits by being threatened. Furthermore, his second brother had become much kinder after transferring to civilian work, not as reckless as before. Only then did he have the courage to shout at his second brother.

Seeing his second brother frowning and not speaking, he thought his second brother had really caused some disaster for the family again. The earlier dislike and resentment toward his second brother were released.

"It's all you. It's always you causing trouble in this family. Every time you cause trouble, you let the family clean up your mess. You really think you're a big shot just because you have a job? Now it's good. It would be better if they killed our whole family. It's all you, I..."

Before Li Xuecai finished speaking, he was slapped across the face by his second brother. This slap hit exactly on his swollen face.

"You've got some nerve? You dare to talk to me like that? Was it just one slap? Did they hit you so hard you lost your manhood?"

Seeing Li Xuewu move, Liu Yin wanted to pull him, but was stopped by the old lady's cough. Liu Yin saw the old lady glare at her, so she stood by the kang with her head down.

Li Xuecai was stunned by Li Xuewu's slap. He couldn't feel the pain on his face at all, but hearing his second brother's insulting words, tears flowed out, and he wanted to stand up and run out.

Li Xuewu moved aside and said: "Run. If you run out of this room and I still let you enter this courtyard, I'll call you brother."

Li Xuecai knew his second brother had always been a man of his word. If he really ran out, he might really become homeless. Even his father couldn't control him.

Standing by the kang, he couldn't run and couldn't sit. At this moment, Li Xuecai stopped crying.

Li Xuewu stood to the side and said: "I don't know what kind of character I provoked that made you so afraid, to the point where you dare to be arrogant to our grandfather and arrogant to your own family. Have all your years of schooling gone into a dog's belly?"

Seeing Li Xuecai still stiffening his neck, not convinced by him, perhaps because he had never resisted his second brother all these years, he finally resisted once and didn't want to admit defeat no matter what.

Li Xuewu was also ruthless. Seeing Li Xuecai glaring at him, he poked Li Xuecai in the chest and said: "Besides that bit of so-called knowledge, what else is left in your head? Did you grow that big body for nothing? If someone hits you, why don't you fight back? And you dare to say they'll kill my whole family. I really want to see who has the guts."

Li Xuecai saw his second brother being ruthless, looking even fiercer than before. He used to be afraid just looking at him, but now his second brother looked like he was going to open his mouth and eat people.

"No, there were seven or eight people blocking me."

"Speak clearly. Where did they block you? Do you recognize anyone? What do they look like?"

Seeing Li Xuewu being impolite, Li Xuecai didn't dare to shout at his second brother now, but recalled the encounter on the way home.

"It was in the alley opposite the bus station. As soon as I got off the bus, someone pushed me from behind, and seven or eight people on the opposite side forced me into the alley. I was about to shout when I was slapped..."

Li Xuewu looked at the somewhat cowardly Li Xuecai and asked: "And then? Don't mumble, speak clearly."

Li Xuecai raised his head, looked at his second brother, and continued: "The one who hit me had triangular eyes. He didn't say who he was, just said you provoked someone you shouldn't have, and if you dare to meddle in other people's business again..."

Li Xuewu heard Li Xuecai's words clearly. This coward was slapped and didn't dare to look at them. He probably only remembered the triangular eyes and that sentence.

Before he finished speaking, Li Xuecai ran into the room with his schoolbag on his back. Seeing the state of the few people in the room, he didn't know what to say, but seeing his second brother scolding his third brother, he walked carefully to his second brother's side.

"Second Brother."

Seeing his sister calling him, Li Xuewu glared at Li Xuecai and looked at Li Xue.

Li Xue looked at the slap mark on her third brother's face and said hesitantly: "I met a group of people on the way back, saying..."

Li Xuewu's eyes stood up immediately, and even Liu Yin and Da Lao became nervous. This really looked like they were going to retaliate against Li Xuewu's whole family.

"They want to kill my whole family?" Li Xuewu asked his sister.

Li Xue nodded, but hesitated to speak.

Li Xuewu looked at his sister's snow-white face and asked: "Did they lay a hand on you?"

Li Xue hesitated and said: "They touched my face, wanted to kiss me, and touched me... touched me there. I kicked him, and just then someone came, so I took the opportunity to run."

Li Xuewu asked: "Was there a triangular-eyed one?"

Li Xue nodded affirmatively and added: "The one who touched my face was a fat guy, dark-faced, single-lidded, with a scar on the corner of his mouth."

Li Xuewu stood up and walked out, saying as he walked: "You two wait for me at home. If Dad comes back, tell him he doesn't need to go out to look for me. I'm going to the station."

After finishing, he had already walked out the door and headed toward the outer courtyard.

Li Xuewu was truly angry this time. According to the rules of the underworld, trouble shouldn't involve family. Now that this group of people is playing dirty with him, then don't be polite. Li Xuewu really wants to see what kind of goods they are that want to kill his whole family.

Entering the inverted room, seeing Wen San settling the accounts, he changed into his police uniform and said: "Later, Old Ruffian and the others will come back to help me guard the outer courtyard. Strangers are not allowed in. If anyone asks, just say I said so."

Wen San stood up in surprise and asked: "What happened?"

Li Xuewu put on his police uniform pants, put on his coat, and answered Wen San's words while buttoning up: "There are a few little punks on the street who don't know how much life-buying money they took to threaten me on the way home from school for Xuecai and Li Xue. Hehe, they said they wanted to exterminate my whole family."

Wen San saw Li Xuewu had changed into his police uniform, tied his armed belt, and loaded his Type 54, knowing Li Xuewu was angry.

"Do you want me to find the ruffians and the others to go with you?"

Li Xuewu put on his military coat, shook his shoulders, and said: "No need. This time it's in an official capacity. I want to show my face on this street, otherwise, any cat or dog will dare to reach out to our house."

After finishing, he walked out. Seeing Da Lao standing in the courtyard looking at him, thinking the old man was also scared, he explained: "Da Lao, don't worry, it's nothing. Just some petty thieves. If they dared to show their teeth, they would have come to the door long ago. They are just petty thieves who can't see the light of day. I'll go meet them."

Seeing Da Lao nod, he rode his bicycle to the police station. On the way, when no one was around, he took out the canvas bag for the Type 56 and carried it on his shoulder.

Shen Fang had finished the hot water in his cup and was preparing to get off work. Today, he had an appointment to eat dinner at his father-in-law's house with his wife.

Just as he stood up to leave, he saw Li Xuewu wearing a military coat and carrying a long bag, walking into the courtyard with a fierce look. He cursed inwardly: "Bad," this bastard is going to cause trouble.

Shen Fang hurriedly stood up, opened the office door, and went out to meet him, but saw Li Xuewu walking in angrily. The police officers along the way were all staring at Li Xuewu in a daze.

Is Li Suo not having a conflict with Shen Suo, and are they going to have a real gunfight?

Seeing Shen Fang walk over, Li Xuewu said in a deep voice: "Has the security of our area deteriorated to this extent? Our factory's night patrol team protects the peace at night. Do you think you don't need to manage it during the day?"

Seeing Li Xuewu getting angry at him, Shen Fang frowned. Although Li Xuewu's words were unpleasant, he knew that if he hadn't been pushed to the limit, he wouldn't have come to the station to get angry.

"If there's anything, say it slowly. Come, come to the office."

Li Xuewu looked at Shen Fang with a cold face, took out the Type 56 he was carrying, and walked into the office under Shen Fang's frowning expression.

Neither of them sat down after entering the room. Shen Fang spoke first: "What exactly is the matter? Do you need to carry your gear and come to the station lobby to explode? How much face will you lose in front of your subordinates?"

Li Xuewu looked at Shen Fang with a cold face and said: "Just now, my younger brother and sister were blocked by seven or eight people on their way home from school. These people threatened to exterminate my whole family. I'm not worried about the 'good security' of our area, am I? If I didn't carry my gear, I wouldn't dare to leave the house."

Shen Fang was stunned by Li Xuewu's words and was also confused, so he asked: "Someone threatened your family? What case are you working on?"

Li Xuewu looked at Shen Fang and said: "I am working on a case, but those people are definitely not the ones who threatened my family. It must be some little punks in the neighborhood who took money to do things."

He understands the routines of these people and has dealt with them before. In fact, if he let Old Ruffian go inquire, he could find out in three or two days. But now that he is in an official capacity, he must follow official rules.

Shen Fang frowned and asked: "Are there any physical characteristics?"

Li Xuewu looked at Shen Fang and said: "The leader has triangular eyes, and there's a fat guy, dark-faced, with a scar on the corner of his mouth. It's okay. If you don't want to find them or can't find them, I'll pull out the steel mill's guard team and security section to train."

Shen Fang patted Li Xuewu's arm and said: "You are also a person from the station. Pulling out the guard team will only lose our own face. Alright, I'll handle this matter for you. Put the gun away."

Li Xuewu saw Shen Fang didn't understand his meaning, ignored Shen Fang's comfort, and said: "The extent of the case exceeds your expectations. It's very serious, so the nature of these people is also very serious, especially threatening the safety of my family. Do you understand what I mean?"

Shen Fang changed his face upon hearing this and asked: "Is it really that serious? You might not know, if something happens in the jurisdiction..."

Li Xuewu glared and said: "Do you think I'm carrying this thing to demonstrate to you? I walked out of the house carrying it, and the safety is off. My family is even guarded by brothers."

Shen Fang shivered upon hearing this and walked out of the office quickly, shouting in the corridor: "Old Xing, Wu Zi, come over here."

Waiting in the corridor until two people ran over in their clothes, Shen Fang opened the door and let them in, pointed to Li Xuewu and said: "Our Li Suo's family was threatened by little punks on the street. Six or seven people, the leader has triangular eyes, and there's a dark-faced fat guy with a scar on the corner of his mouth. Are they from our jurisdiction?"

The two who came in, one in his 30s and one in his 20s, looked at the Type 56 in Li Xuewu's hand, and the blood vessels on their foreheads jumped.

"Shen Suo, you also know how many things have happened in our jurisdiction recently. Those little punks have been wandering the streets since graduation. Now I don't know who belongs to whom. It's a mess."

Seeing Old Xing finish, the younger one, Wu Zi, said: "Shen Suo, Li Suo, the new punks now don't divide by mountain or street like the previous batch. Now this group of new punks is running around the Four Nine City."

Seeing Li Xuewu frowning and about to explode, Shen Fang explained: "Calm down, I said I'll handle this, and I definitely will."

After finishing with Li Xuewu, he said to Old Xing and the other: "Like this, you two take people and ask house by house. Ask those old punks if they know these people. Li Suo and I will wait for your news at the station."

Old Xing and the other agreed very simply, responded, and went out to call people for field work.

Shen Fang thought for a while, walked out, and said: "I'll call the police officers at the station to work overtime. You wait for me here."

Li Xuewu pulled Shen Fang, who was about to leave, and said: "No need to trouble the comrades to work overtime. The guard team will be on duty soon. I'll call people over now."

Seeing Li Xuewu go to touch the phone, now it was Shen Fang pulling Li Xuewu.

"Don't be impulsive. It hasn't reached that step yet."

Li Xuewu stared into Shen Fang's eyes and said: "If it really reaches that step, it will be too late. I can't gamble the safety of my family on the bottom line of those bastards."

Shen Fang saw that although Li Xuewu's tone was normal, his eyes were still red, so he didn't dare to really argue with Li Xuewu and let go of Li Xuewu's hand.

Li Xuewu used Shen Fang's phone to call the steel mill gatehouse. When the other side heard it was their Li Kezhang, they went to call Han Zhan, who hadn't gotten off work yet, to answer the phone.

At this moment, Han Zhan was preparing to lead the new team members to explain the essentials of checking the gate post, but heard his Li Kezhang's phone call and hurriedly entered the gatehouse to answer.

It's unknown what Li Xuewu said, but Han Zhan just walked out with a cold face and said to the guard team members on duty tonight: "Everyone go to the gun vault to get a long gun and a short gun, each person one bicycle, and assemble at the street police station."

After finishing, he looked at the newly recruited team members and called ten names, saying: "Tonight, you ten lead the dogs and participate in street patrol with the old team members. Specific requirements will be discussed at the assembly point."

These ten people didn't know what had happened when they heard their captain call their names, but the habit of training made these ten people salute and go to the dog house to lead the dogs.

After the ten old guard team members who had collected their guns and ridden their bicycles came over, the new team members sat on the back seats and led the dogs to the city.

Li Xuewu hung up the phone, looked at Shen Fang, who was walking in circles in the room, and said: "Our jurisdiction should also be rectified. What does it look like?"

Seeing Li Xuewu finish the arrangement, Shen Fang was also angry and said: "Don't I want the world to be peaceful? Didn't I just tell you? Now this group of people is running around everywhere. One batch is beaten down, and another batch comes in. Our jurisdiction is considered good because you have people on duty at night. Look at other districts, it's even more outrageous."

Li Xuewu put the long gun on the desk and said to Shen Fang: "You, Old Shen, are living more and more backward. Why don't you compare with the worst district in the country? Why compare good with bad?"

"Beat them hard when a batch comes. It's not like they can run out of the Four Nine City. As long as it's a case in our area, no one can protect them. Hang them at the door after catching them. Let's see who dares to come in? Ask Little Hun Dan if he dares to come to our area now?"

Shen Fang also had bitterness he couldn't speak of: "Do you think everyone lives together like the steel mill? Our station has so few people, managing such a large stall."

Li Xuewu also knew Shen Fang's difficulties, so he stopped discussing these meaningless topics. If you are not in that position, don't seek that government. Today, he was provoked, otherwise, he wouldn't even bother to manage it.

He hadn't sat in Shen Fang's place for 20 minutes when ten bicycles, twenty people, and ten dogs entered the courtyard of the police station.

Seeing his soldiers had arrived, Li Xuewu stood up, carried his gun, and walked out.

Shen Fang followed him out when he saw people had arrived.

Li Xuewu walked to the lobby and saw the team had assembled. The duty squad leader today, Liao Chengyuan, shouted at the team: "Attention!"

Seeing the team was neat, the duty leader ran to Li Xuewu, stood at attention, saluted, and reported: "Report, the steel mill guard team has 20 people on patrol duty today, 10 police dogs, assembly completed. Please give instructions, duty leader Liao Chengyuan."

Li Xuewu stood on the steps of the lobby, looking at his soldiers, and suddenly had confidence.

After returning the salute, he said: "Enter the ranks."

"Yes!" Liao Chengyuan responded and ran to the side of the team to stand.

"Listen up."

"Click." Hearing Li Xuewu say "Listen up," all twenty people stood with their hands behind their backs, eyes fixed on Li Xuewu, waiting for Li Xuewu's order.

"Before today's patrol mission, complete an arrest mission first. The target will be notified by the comrades at the station later. Now, let's talk about the requirements!"

Without looking at Shen Fang and other police officers following behind, Li Xuewu continued: "This group of people are a bunch of vicious criminals. If you encounter resistance during the arrest, you are allowed to use firearms and extreme measures. That is to say, as long as they don't cooperate with the arrest, shoot them directly!"

Li Xuewu softened his tone and added: "This area is where our factory's workers and their families live. Our guard team has the responsibility and obligation to assist the street police station in protecting the safety of the residents. I will act with the team today. Do you have confidence in today's mission?"

"Kill~ Kill~ Kill~"

"Woof woof woof~"

Seeing the murderous aura displayed by Li Xuewu's guard team members, Shen Fang was very worried about Li Xuewu's attitude. He had already analyzed the background of these people in the office, but he didn't expect Li Xuewu to define them as "vicious criminals." If they fell into Li Xuewu's hands...

Just as Li Xuewu was giving instructions, Old Xing rushed into the police station courtyard with people, looking a bit dazed when he saw the team in the courtyard.

Seeing his station chief in front of the door, he parked his bicycle and reported: "Station Chief, found them. It was Zhou Laosan from Ju'er Alley who brought them. He said they were sworn brothers. I don't know where they came from specifically. Recently, Zhou Laosan didn't know what benefits he got, so he recruited some punks and was very majestic. Now he is leading people to eat at Kaorouji on the east side of Qianhai, outside Di'anmen Street."

After Li Xuewu finished listening to Old Xing's words, he waved at the guard team and said: "Ride your bicycles and follow me. Destination: Kaorouji, east side of Qianhai, outside Di'anmen Street." After finishing, he went to get his bicycle.

Shen Fang grabbed Li Xuewu and said: "Pay attention to your identity. Let's go together, ride a motorcycle."

Seeing Li Xuewu nod, Shen Fang let Old Xing go to the garage to ride out the motorcycle. Shen Fang sat in the back seat and let Li Xuewu sit in the sidecar.

Li Xuewu was in a hurry, afraid those grandsons would run away, so he didn't stand on ceremony with Shen Fang and got into the car after waving at the bicycle team behind him.

A Changjiang 750 sidecar led the way, Li Xuewu carried his long gun and sat in the sidecar, followed by more than a dozen bicycles, and police officers riding bicycles joined in.

A team of nearly thirty people marched majestically toward Di'anmen Outer Street. The crowds encountered during the off-work rush also gave way to the team, all sizing them up and guessing what had happened.

The reason they could move forward smoothly was, first, there was no bicycle tide like in the 80s, and second, Old Xing took care of the speed of the bicycles, which wasn't fast, so the team was very coherent.

Old Xing is an old police officer at this station and has 10 years of police experience. He is considered the second batch of police officers. His name is Xing Yichun. Good heavens, he is a perfect match for Shen Fang.

He had cleaned up Li Xuewu before, but since Li Xuewu started working part-time here, he also called him Li Suo. Li Xuewu was also very polite, and the two had a sense of turning enemies into friends.

He also knew Li Xuewu's temper was bad before, often fighting and causing trouble, but the anger Li Xuewu showed this time gave Xing Yichun a different feeling. It might be the blessing brought by his identity, but more of it was the aura on Li Xuewu.

Old Xing's control over the punks in the surrounding area was also very certain. He generally gave face to some punks who had made a name for themselves and weren't on the "front line," and wouldn't make things difficult for them, sometimes even helping them.

But this time, it really gave Old Xing a fright. Threatening the family members of police personnel—this group of people was really courting death. And it was threatening the family of the deputy station chief, so Old Xing also got angry when he went to inquire about the news. He wouldn't stop until he swept them all in, which is why he got the exact news so quickly.

When they arrived at the entrance of Kaorouji, Li Xuewu didn't wait for the sidecar to stop steadily before jumping out of the car, rushing up the steps in a few steps, pulling open the door, and rushing into the lobby. Shen Fang behind him also jumped off the back seat, took out his Type 54, and followed behind.

The guard team members didn't even park their bicycles, threw them to the team members leading the dogs, jumped off the cars, and followed Li Xuewu in with their long guns.

This group of people rushed in suddenly, scaring the waiters and customers in the restaurant. Li Xuewu entered the lobby and didn't care about these people. After browsing around the lobby and not finding that group of people, he took the lead and rushed to the second floor.

Just as he rushed to the second floor, he saw the door of a private room at the end being opened. A thin, tall man with a shaved head was burping and pulling up his pants as he walked out, looking like he was going to relieve himself.

This shaved head might have been drunk. He was stunned for a moment when he saw a group of people rushing up. Seeing they were all carrying gear, he reacted fiercely and shouted: "Damn! There are cops, run~"

Before this shaved head could run into the private room, he was kicked in the back by Li Xuewu, who had caught up from behind.

This kick was truly ruthless. The shaved head was kicked over before he could finish shouting "run." By the time he finished shouting these two words, he had completely lost the strength to shout anything else, because only a "hissing" sound remained in his throat, and he was in so much pain he couldn't even shout "ah."

Li Xuewu didn't care about this waste and continued to rush into the private room. Just as he rushed in, he saw a large plate flying over. Li Xuewu raised his Type 54 and fired a shot without even looking, shattering the plate into pieces.

Seeing the person who entered was carrying a gun, that group of people was also like a dog jumping over a wall in desperation. They were anxious. Before Li Xuewu could see how many people were in the room, he saw three figures hit the window and fly out.

This is the second floor of a restaurant. It's still the cold winter season. Although the wooden window isn't considered sturdy, the glass on it is also a source of danger. Those three were truly scared, willing to be scratched and fall to run out.

Li Xuewu didn't care about the people who were scared silly. He jumped onto the windowsill, looked at the three people who had fallen downstairs and stood up to run into the alley, and shouted to the guard team members at the door: "Go chase those three."

Li Xuewu shouted while taking down the Type 56 he was carrying on his back and fired a shot at a figure who was running.

"Bang!"

Li Xuewu was aiming when he fired. He aimed at the person's back. He was really prepared to kill a few to establish his authority in this area. It's unknown if that person had high luck, but he happened to trip over something, and a forward fall happened to dodge the bullet. Although he saved his life, he was scared to death.

Looking at his hand being scratched and bleeding, and then looking at the pursuers behind him who had already unleashed the dogs, the kid was so scared his legs went soft and he couldn't stand up, so he simply hugged his head and squatted on the ground.

Hearing Li Xuewu really dared to fire, the two kids running in front were scared until their legs trembled, but they still insisted on running.

In the private room, Shen Fang led people to rush in, used his Type 54 to shout at the three young men who were still standing there silly: "Get down, hands on your heads, lie on the ground."

"Get down!"

"Get down! Lie on the ground!"

The police officers who followed in were still shouting, but the guard team members who followed in didn't care about this. They used their Type 56s to smash each of the three people who were still standing silly with a gun butt, smashing them directly on the head and knocking them to the ground.

After knocking them down, they stepped on the hands and feet of the targets and started searching them, throwing all the metal objects and small odds and ends on the targets to the side, including the tube forks and daggers that were usually tucked into their belts.

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