Chapter 38 Gunman
The dwarf man on the ground ignored Tang Shuo's question.
Although he had been controlled, he did not show any fear. Instead, he grinned at Tang Shuo, revealing two rows of crooked yellow teeth.
Dwarfs are worse than disabled people in some aspects. Most dwarfs have been ridiculed and humiliated since childhood due to their physical conditions, which has led to them almost having a morbid mentality that is different from ordinary people.
The dwarf man who came to attack Tang Shuo was naturally no exception.
Seeing this, Tang Shuo grabbed the dwarf's neck with one hand and said coldly, "I'll count to three. If you don't speak, you won't have the chance to speak again."
"three."
The dwarf man looked at Tang Shuo with a sneer on his face, as if Tang Shuo was not threatening him, but chatting with him about some pleasant topic.
"two."
When he counted to 'two', Tang Shuo's hands began to slowly exert force.
As Tang Shuo had pinched his throat, the dwarf man could no longer maintain his previous composure, and his entire face turned completely the color of liver.
"one."
After Tang Shuo finished counting, he increased the strength of his hands.
The dwarf thought he was not afraid of death, and that mistakes were inevitable in their line of work, so he always believed he was prepared for death.
If someone pointed a gun at him or shot him to death, he would not be afraid at all.
But after three seconds that seemed extremely long to him, and after experiencing that kind of despair and helplessness, he found himself afraid!
This feeling of slowly feeling the approach of death is really too cruel, just like watching a knife slowly piercing into your body while you are powerless to do anything.
He knew that if the man in front of him used just a little more strength, his neck would surely be broken.
And he doesn't want to die yet!
Just when his neck was about to be broken, the dwarf used all his strength, slapped the ground with his hands, and begged for mercy.
Tang Shuo breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and moved his hand away from the dwarf's neck.
If this dwarf man refuses to give in, it will be really troublesome for him.
The dwarf man covered his chest and gasped twice. Just as he was about to speak, a figure suddenly appeared at the entrance of the fire escape on the floor.
Tang Shuo knew something was wrong and immediately jumped away from the dwarf.
“Da…da…”
Two faint gunshots were heard in succession.
The figure immediately dodged from the fire escape. When Tang Shuo looked at the dwarf man, he found that there were two bullet holes on his head.
Tang Shuo's face changed and he clenched his fists in frustration.
I should have thought that the murderer would have someone to help him.
I've been living in comfort for too long recently, and I actually made such a low-level mistake!
Suddenly, the door opened.
Xiao Ran looked at Tang Shuo through the crack in the door and asked in surprise, "Why are you standing here?"
"Nothing." Tang Shuo glanced at the fire escape, then immediately stepped forward to block Xiao Ran's view. He then asked, "Are you leaving?"
"I thought you weren't coming back, so I was going out to eat," Xiao Ran said. "I have a rehearsal tonight."
"Go in first and wait for me. I'll open the door in ten minutes."
"What for?" Xiao Ran asked puzzledly.
"Just wait ten minutes." Tang Shuo stuffed Xiao Ran's head into the door and closed it.
Xiao Ran's appearance has delayed Tang Shuo's pursuit of the man who fired the gun.
Moreover, the other party had a gun in his hand, and there was no telling whether there were any traps ahead, so Tang Shuo gave up the idea of chasing him rashly.
What is giving him a headache now is the corpse of the dwarf man in front of him.
Although he did not commit murder, the police investigation will inevitably lead to him, which is quite troublesome.
After much deliberation, Tang Shuo finally called Wang Jianye, his direct superior in the army and Wang Bihuan's grandfather.
There are not many people Tang Shuo can completely trust, and Wang Jianye is one of them.
In fact, Jiang Hongtao is definitely capable of solving this problem, but Tang Shuo does not want to involve the Jiang family in such matters.
"Hello." As soon as the call was connected, a voice full of majesty came from the other end.
"Uncle Wang, it's me." Tang Shuo said.
Wang Jianye, who was on the other end of the line, heard Tang Shuo's voice and scolded him with a smile, "So it's you, you bastard! Where are you now?"
"I'm in Yanjing," Tang Shuo replied. "I've run into some trouble and would like to ask Uncle Wang for help."
"What's up."
Tang Shuo recounted the attack on him to Wang Jianye in detail. Wang Jianye was silent for a moment, then asked, "Do you know who attacked you?"
"It's unclear at the moment."
"Yes." Wang Jianye said, "I'll handle this matter."
"Thank you, Uncle Wang."
"Whenever you have time, remember to come over to my house. Even though you've retired from the army, I'm still your uncle."
"knew."
Tang Shuo agreed into the phone.
Of course, this was just a perfunctory gesture. He had no plans to meet Wang Bihan in the short term.
In less than ten minutes, a military vehicle with the license plate of the Yanjing Military Region Command arrived at Tang Shuo's residential area. After lifting the dwarf man's body into the vehicle, it left the scene directly.
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Military Commission compound.
Wang Jianye had just made the phone call to arrange what Tang Shuo had mentioned when Wang Bihan, who was sitting next to him, asked, "Grandpa, who called you? Why are you so happy?"
"It's that brat Tang Shuo." Wang Jianye said.
Wang Bihan's eyes lit up, and she asked with a smile, "Grandpa, can you give me his phone number?"
"Why do you want his phone number?" Wang Jianye turned and said, "I approved his visit to your Divine Sword Brigade before he retired, and you're the only one who's been causing trouble for him like crazy afterwards."
Wang Bihan gave a bitter smile with a resentful look on his face.
Wang Bihan had no idea how many times she had heard these words, and she couldn't tell her grandfather the reason directly, so she endured it silently every time and then transferred the hatred to Tang Shuo.
In other words, although it has been nearly two months since Tang Shuo stole her underwear, Wang Bihan has never forgotten Tang Shuo.
"Grandpa, what are you thinking?" Wang Bihan said coquettishly, holding Wang Jianye's arm. "I only went to see Tang Shuo because I knew he had been discharged from the army. We have a good personal relationship."
"Really?" Wang Jianye asked doubtfully.
"Of course it's true."
Wang Jianye handed a large, paint-chipped cell phone to Wang Bihan and said, "Look for it yourself."
Wang Bihan immediately took the phone and began to remember Tang Shuo's current phone number.
Seeing this, Wang Jianye flashed a meaningful smile on his face.
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After Tang Shuo finished calling Wang Jianye, he went straight into the room and tried his best to hold Xiao Ran back.
Although Xiao Ran had some doubts, Tang Shuo finally managed to get rid of them without any danger.
After making sure that the dwarf man's body had been taken away, Tang Shuo and Xiao Ran went out for dinner.
The assassination at night came a little suddenly, which made Tang Shuo feel a little confused.
It is certain that this was a premeditated assassination. The dwarf man and the gunman should be from the same group. The gunman shot the dwarf man when he saw that the dwarf man was about to confess the mastermind behind the assassination.
But what puzzled Tang Shuo was that the gunman had every opportunity to shoot him when he made the move, but both shots hit the dwarf man and then he turned around and left.
The only reasonable explanation is that the other party doesn't seem to want his life.
This reminded Tang Shuo of the incident when he and Lu Wanqi were hit while driving. The murderer at that time did not want to kill him.
If his guess was correct, the perpetrators of the two attacks should be the same group. Moreover, this group only carried out assassinations of this level and obviously did not know much about their own situation.
So who is the murderer?
After having dinner with Xiao Ran at a restaurant at the entrance of the community, Tang Shuo drove Xiao Ran to Shijia Music Company.
Xiao Ran's first album was a hot seller, so her agency, Shijia Music, decided to strike while the iron was hot and organize a national concert tour for her.
Xiao Ran attaches great importance to this concert and has been busy with it recently.
In the past, the company would send a car to pick him up during evening rehearsals. Tonight, Xiao Ran had originally planned to go out for dinner and then take a taxi. Now that Tang Shuo was back, this matter naturally fell to Tang Shuo.
In the evening, Xiao Ran will practice dancing for some songs from the album, and also familiarize himself with the live accompaniment of a new ancient style song "Mi Bu You Chu" so that the two can get used to each other.
When Tang Shuo arrived at Shijia Music Company, he received an unfamiliar text message as soon as he got off the car.
'You're dead.'
Tang Shuo was a little confused and replied, "You are."
Not many people know his number, and those who do know it are unlikely to play such a joke on him, so it is very likely that someone sent it by mistake.
Soon the other party came back.
'Don't worry about who I am, you're dead anyway.'
"Psycho." Tang Shuo replied with three words.
This text message fell into oblivion. After waiting for a long time without receiving a reply from the other party, Tang Shuo didn't care about it anymore.
Xiao Ran told others that Tang Shuo's identity was just her temporary assistant, so no one cared about the inconspicuous Tang Shuo.
Originally, Xiao Ran planned to practice the new ancient style song "Mi Bu You Chu" first, but the guqin teacher she had arranged had not arrived for some reason, so in the end she went to practice dancing first.
Tang Shuo, who had been doing nothing, finally found something to do when he saw Xiao Ran preparing to practice dancing with a group of dancers.
Standing at the back of the spacious practice room, Tang Shuo carefully observed each girl dancing in front of him, commenting on them in his mind from time to time.
I don’t know if it’s to set off Xiao Ran, or because Xiao Ran himself has too much capital.
Among the dozens of young girls in the practice room, not one could surpass Xiao Ran in figure, not to mention appearance.
Tang Shuo looked for a long time and then lost interest, turned around and walked out of the practice room.
Next to the dance studio was another identical practice room. Seeing that the door was open, Tang Shuo walked straight in.
Originally he just wanted to take a look, but when he saw the exhibits inside, he strode over with eagerness.
There were many Chinese classical musical instruments in the room, including the Xiao, Sheng, Guzheng, Pipa... But what attracted Tang Shuo the most was the Guqin inside.
He originally learned two things from Master Zhuge, one was calligraphy and the other was guqin.
However, after all these years of military life, he rarely had the opportunity to play the guqin. The last time he played the guqin was a few years ago when he was in mourning for his master Zhuge after his death.
Seeing the guqin at this time, Tang Shuo suddenly became interested.
The zither on the table is the most common Fuxi-style guqin. Judging from the cracks on the lacquer, this zither should have been produced only a few years ago.
However, from the surface, the material of the piano itself is not too bad.
Tang Shuo sat in front of the piano, tried the tone of the piano, and nodded reluctantly.
Just as he was about to start playing the piano, two people suddenly walked in. One of them was a woman in her forties wearing a pair of silver pointed high heels. She pointed at Tang Shuo and asked, "What do you do?"
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