Meanwhile, Ning Zhiheng was quietly waiting for news from Ji Hongyi in a shop on Wumen Street.
The shop had already put up a "Closed" sign outside, the door was tightly shut, and the owner inside had been detained and locked in the back room.
Just then, the phone rang inside the shop, and Ning Zhiheng picked it up.
"The convoy has set off, heading towards Yanshan Avenue!" Ji Hongyi reported briefly.
"Alright, proceed according to plan!" Ning Zhiheng instructed.
Ning Zhiheng put down the phone and sat upright in the middle of the shop, his fingers rhythmically tapping the table. It seemed that Lu Tianqiao was quite lucky, having chosen Yanshan Street from the start. In that case, he would have to put in some effort.
Lu Tianqiao's convoy moved quickly and soon entered Yanshan Avenue. Because Yanshan Avenue is wide and flat, it is very suitable for convoys to travel on, so this is also the route they usually take the most.
Lu Tianqiao sat in the back seat of the car, glanced at Luo Zidong beside her, shook her head and said with a smile, "I told you not to go, but you insisted on coming. It's a promise, when I'm gambling, don't stand next to me with a long face and affect my luck!"
Luo Zidong couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "Don't worry, when you're gambling, I'll stay far away and won't say a word!"
Luo Zidong is Lu Tianqiao's successor disciple, and he will take over Lu Tianqiao's position in the future. Lu Tianqiao has always treated him differently from other disciples. They get along very well and are as close as father and son. They are inseparable, sharing both glory and loss.
During this period, the three major gangs in Chinese society were the Gelaohui, the Hongmen, and the Green Gang.
The Gelaohui is an organization formed by sworn brotherhood, and members of the Hongmen also address each other as brothers. Only in the Qingbang is the succession carried out by the master-apprentice system, and the cohesion among them is very strong.
Therefore, Luo Zidong was extremely loyal to Lu Tianqiao and valued his safety very much.
Just as the two were chatting in the car, the vehicle suddenly stopped. Luo Zidong asked the driver, "What's going on?"
The driver pointed ahead and replied, "It looks like there's been a car crash up ahead."
After a while, a bodyguard leader came over and reported to Lu Tianqiao and Luo Zidong: "Third Master, Brother Dong, two cargo trucks have collided. The front engines are damaged and won't start. They're blocking the road!"
Luo Zidong was meticulous in his work. He pushed open the car door and prepared to get out.
Lu Tianqiao asked in surprise, "What are you going down there for?"
As Luo Zidong got out of the car, he said, "I'll go take a look. Master, don't get out of the car!"
After saying that, he closed the car door. At that moment, he suddenly realized that during the time that had been wasted, two cars in the convoy had turned off their engines. He quickly shouted, "Who told you to turn off your engines? Don't you have brains? Start the vehicles immediately and be ready to go at any time!"
The drivers in the convoy were so frightened that they quickly started their vehicles and waited for instructions.
Luo Zidong quickly arrived at the front of the convoy. At this time, more than a dozen bodyguards got out of the cars, holding short guns and looking at the two trucks in front.
Luo Zidong looked at both sides of the road and found nothing amiss. Then he took a few steps forward and arrived at the scene of the accident. He saw two trucks had collided head-on. The engine compartment was deformed, indicating that the collision was indeed quite severe.
The two drivers who were arguing stopped when they saw the heavily armed bodyguards surrounding them. They were too scared to say a word when Luo Zidong stepped forward.
Luo Zidong looked at the two drivers and asked, "Which company are you from, and what kind of goods are you carrying?"
"I'm from Guangnan Trading Company. I'm carrying some towels and quilts," a driver replied cautiously.
The other driver bowed repeatedly and quickly said, "I'm from the transportation company at the dock ahead. There's not much cargo on the truck, just a few boxes of paper."
Luo Zidong instructed the bodyguard behind him, "Go check the car and make sure the goods are correct."
The two bodyguards didn't understand why Luo Zidong was taking a simple car accident so seriously, but they didn't dare to be negligent in the slightest. They immediately climbed onto the truck and began to inspect it carefully.
Luo Zidong carefully observed the two drivers but found nothing unusual. After a while, the two bodyguards got out of the car and reported to him, "Brother Dong, the goods are correct!"
At this moment, Lu Tianqiao, who was in the middle of the convoy, was getting impatient. He had the driver honk the horn several times to urge Luo Zidong on.
Upon hearing the horn, Luo Zidong waved, and everyone returned to their vehicles. The convoy then turned around and headed back the way they had come.
Lu Tianqiao looked at Luo Zidong and said, "What's going on? Why has it taken so long?"
He has a strong gambling addiction, and now that he's been delayed on the road for a while, he's getting impatient.
Luo Zidong was restless today, feeling that something was wrong, which is why he carefully examined the scene of the car accident.
But he didn't find any problems. He hesitated for a moment, then said, "Master, it's so unlucky to have a car accident on the way out today. My luck at gambling won't be good either. I think we shouldn't go to the Metropolitan. We can play a few rounds another day!"
Luo Zidong wanted to dissuade Lu Tianqiao from gambling at the Metropolitan Casino, but he knew that Lu Tianqiao was too addicted to gambling and was stubborn. However, he understood the psychology of gamblers, who believed in things like luck and omens. So he used the car accident as an excuse to persuade him again.
Upon hearing this, Lu Tianqiao also felt it was bad luck, and coupled with Luo Zidong's repeated persuasion, he said impatiently, "Alright, this is really disappointing, I'm not going today, I'm not going!"
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