"Grandpa, please save Grandpa Xinghe! They said he's going to be shot. All the people in the black market have been arrested. Only Ergou and I escaped. Ergou went to find Grandma!"
Pei Daqiang was crying and snotting as he spoke, and almost everyone present was stunned except Pei Heixiong.
Gu Qingmeng was also dizzy, but she understood that something had happened to Pei Xinghe, or he was wiped out by someone in the black market. It was too coincidental that something happened in the black market right after the fire. There must be a traitor!
But now is not the time to worry about the traitor. Saving people is more important! In this era, engaging in black market activities will really get you shot.
"Who arrested him? Don't you know about the black market? Why are you arresting people all of a sudden?" Gu Qingmeng forced herself to remain calm. At this time, the black market was a place where the public didn't report it, and the officials didn't investigate. Which city didn't have a black market? Could they control it?
Maybe if you need something, you will go to the black market to buy it.
"I heard they were arrested by higher-ups? The town leaders don't know, and they don't know where they're being held. Also... they found gunpowder on the black market. It's not ours; someone else hid it and sold it on the black market."
Pei Daqiang looked at Pei Hexiong carefully. They never touched gunpowder and wooden guns in the black market. They only sold daily necessities and food. This was why the higher-ups turned a blind eye.
The black market boss has connections with higher-ups, and no one knows what happened this time, but he was suddenly raided.
Gu Qingmeng's heart tightened. This seemed like someone was trying to kill someone!
"Was Pei Weidong also arrested?" Gu Qingmeng asked with concern.
Seeing Pei Daqiang nod, Gu Qingmeng's expression became even more serious. This was like someone was going to be implicated!
Seeing that everyone had serious faces, Gu Qingmeng took a deep breath and thought frantically.
Force yourself to stay calm!
Several people went into the house to discuss countermeasures.
"I think we should first determine who arrested the person?" Then see if we can bribe them into releasing him. She knew it was difficult, but she had to try, just in case she found some evidence.
At this time, in a dilapidated factory in Gaoling County, it was full of people from the black market. Pei Xinghe was beaten the most seriously, especially on the face. When he opened his eyes, he saw Pei Weidong looking at him worriedly.
He shuddered and tried to sit up, but found that his hands and feet were tied up tightly. Pei Xinghe looked around and saw that all the people in the black market were tied up here. They were now in an abandoned factory. They were knocked unconscious and brought here last night. He remembered that he was beaten particularly badly.
Feeling the coldness on his body, he knew that these people not only beat him, but also poured cold water on him, and he was running a fever at the moment.
Pei Weidong's lips trembled. Seeing his cousin wake up, his heart finally relaxed a little. When he thought of their situation, he couldn't help but feel sad. They would be shot!
If I die, Su Xue will definitely marry someone else!
She won't stay with me, and she will definitely scold me every day for being a short-lived ghost who made her a widow!
"Fourth brother, are we going to die?" Pei Weidong swallowed. He used to be afraid of death! People were starving to death! As long as he could make money to buy food, who would care if it was illegal?
Now he is a little scared! He has just married a wife, a wife and children, and he is not satisfied with the life he has just had.
"We are in an abandoned factory in the county. These people don't look like those from the county, and we haven't seen them in the city either."
Pei Xinghe calmed himself down and analyzed the situation calmly. He felt that this group of people seemed to be seeking revenge, and their target was him.
Since he is the target, can we negotiate terms and release the others?
He will be marrying his little girl in ten days, and they just got the marriage certificate yesterday. This will make the little girl bear the stigma of being unlucky. But I guess the little girl's relatives will come and take her away!
It was his fault. He shouldn't have mentioned the marriage certificate that day. If they hadn't gotten the certificate, the girl wouldn't have become a widow because of him. Pei Xinghe had already decided to admit defeat and sacrifice his life in exchange for his brothers' survival.
"Weidong, there must be a traitor among us! The oil depot must have been set on fire! Blind Man San isn't here, so he must have been the one who brought the explosives to the black market!"
There are many coal mines here, so explosives are easy to get. They have promised their superiors when they set up the black market that they will only sell daily necessities and food. If they are caught now, their superiors will also be implicated.
"That damned bastard, if you hadn't saved him, he would have starved to death or frozen to death! Now he's betraying us. We'll definitely get him when we get out!"
Pei Weidong made some harsh remarks, and only then realized that he probably couldn't get out.
Qi Zheng stood at the door lazily with his seductive and evil eyes open. The look he gave Pei Xinghe was like that of a demon from hell, sending chills down one's spine.
Pei Xinghe also quickly caught sight of Qi Zheng's figure. The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, his eyes were sharp, and seeing him seemed unexpected, yet also expected.
Such a big deal!
He should have guessed it earlier. They were the same kind of people. How could they give up just because of a few words?
Thinking that the tractor and carriage incidents were all his doing, Pei Xinghe said that there were not so many coincidences, but he had investigated the two accidents and found that they were both accidents. This method was acceptable and he would be able to protect his little girl in the future.
"You don't seem surprised to see me." Qi Zheng's brows relaxed, and the haze that had shrouded his face for a long time seemed to be swept away.
His expression suddenly brightened and he looked energetic, as if he had become a different person, full of youthfulness.
The speed of face changing is comparable to that of Sichuan Opera face changing.
"Pei Xinghe, please beg me, maybe I'll let your brothers go if I'm in a good mood."
As he said this, he deliberately prolonged his tone, and his tone was extremely mischievous, clearly trying to tease Pei Xinghe.
In this current situation, Pei Xinghe knew that they were in a dead end!
He clenched his fists. He knew Qi Zheng would not let him go. If he begged for mercy, it would save his brothers' lives, which seemed like a good idea.
We are all born and raised by our parents, and we all have families and children to take care of, but it feels a bit depressing.
It's so fucking frustrating.
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