Chapter 890 It’s all misunderstanding
In Ireland, although the IRA has now disappeared, they have found a way to survive: Sinn Fein. This Sinn Fein has a similar history to the IRA and is composed of essentially the same people.
Since 1922, Irish politics has essentially been dominated by the "Irish Convergence" and "Irish Unity" factions, with Sinn Fein remaining a minority. However, this has dramatically changed. In last year's parliamentary elections, Sinn Fein became the largest party in Parliament, achieving the highest percentage of first-preference votes in Irish history.
This incident shows how quickly time changes. Just two years ago, Sinn Fein's support rate was less than 6%, and it lost nearly half of its seats in local elections and its seat in the European Parliament. However, two years later, it became the largest party in Ireland.
I have to sigh that the world is changing so fast!
But no matter how popular Sinn Fein was, the public display of the IRA flag was a shock to Xiao Peng and his colleagues: after all, the IRA was a designated terrorist organization, and some of the things they had done were appalling.
For example, Sir Louis Mountbatten, a famous British general in World War II and the most famous royal family member besides the Queen, died at their hands. A bomb killed Mountbatten, his grandson, and his mother-in-law. His daughter, son-in-law, and another grandson were also seriously injured...
Even the Irish people are not friendly to them. Just a few years ago, a former IRA member was assassinated, which is why the "Cuckold King" resigned.
As a result, when they saw the IRA flag, Xiao Peng and Kasim's first reaction was: This is a member of the 'real IRA'!
The 'Real IRA' also grew out of the 'IRA', but is even more radical. In their eyes, all British people deserve death. They even target former IRA members, whom they consider traitors. They have carried out a series of assassination attempts on former IRA members, including former Sinn Fein president McGuinness, a former IRA commander, and current president Gerry Adams, both on their hit list.
These are a bunch of tough guys!
"Li Yue, get in the car!" Xiao Peng said.
Li Yue was still confused: "Get in the car? What for?"
Xiao Peng didn't bother to talk nonsense with her and simply opened the car door and stuffed her in. There were quite a lot of people coming, more than 20 people in the car. If they were all armed, it would be really difficult to deal with them.
He had just pushed Li Yue into the car and closed the door when the convoy of cars carrying IRA flags arrived in front of them and surrounded them.
This is really bad. Good people don’t come and those who come are not good.
A three-row motorcycle stopped directly in front of Xiao Peng. After seeing the motorcycle clearly, Xiao Peng was at a loss whether to laugh or cry: it was actually a Changjiang 750 produced in China. This car was not very popular in China but it was very popular in Europe. People could often be seen riding this thing on the streets. Some people with good hands-on skills would simply modify it, just like the one in front of Xiao Peng. The original Changjiang 750 had the sidecar on the right side of the motorcycle, but this one had the sidecar on the left side, which was more in line with the road rules of driving on the left here.
But now was not the time for Xiao Peng to admire the motorcycle. They were already surrounded.
A person got down from the sidecar of a motorcycle and came in front of Xiao Peng and the other man. After she took off her helmet and goggles, Xiao Peng was shocked to find that she was actually a little old lady with white hair!
However, Xiao Peng and his men did not let down their guard just because she was an old lady. After all, the youngest of the most ferocious IRA members back then were now in their fifties.
Without thinking, Kasim took out his gun and pointed it at the old lady: "Stop! What are you doing?"
As a result, the old lady didn't show any surprise when she saw Kasim holding a gun. Instead, she said with contempt: "Yo? Young man, you are trying to scare me with a gun? When I was playing with a gun, you were not even liquid."
After she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and the people she was traveling with drew their guns and pointed them at Kaxin and Xiao Peng. Even more outrageous was the fact that an old man with a white beard pulled out an M249 machine gun and pointed it at the two of them, holding it flat against his chest as he stood before them.
Xiao Peng was a little embarrassed: Oh my god, this firepower is quite strong!
Kasin saw this but didn't put down his gun. He pointed one gun at the old lady and the other at the old man holding the machine gun: "What do you want to do? Kidnapping or robbery? You've got the wrong guy!"
"Huh? Young man, quite impressive." The white-bearded old man holding a machine gun looked at Kasin and said, "You look a bit like me when I was young!"
"Shut up, Joseph!" The old lady looked at Xiao Peng and the others. "You're asking us what we want to do? Shouldn't we be asking you what you want to do?"
"We?" Xiao Peng was confused: "What's wrong with us?"
The little old lady sneered, "Do you think we are blind? Why did you kidnap that girl?"
"Kidnapping?" Xiao Peng and Kaxin looked at each other!
The little old lady said, "Don't look at my age, but my eyes are very useful. Just now, the girl called for help from afar, and you saw us coming and quickly locked her in the car! Now seeing that you have a gun, our suspicion is even more confirmed! I don't care where you are from, this is Ireland, our homeland, not a place for you to do whatever you want! You are unlucky to have met us! I will count to three. Let go of the girl and put down your guns and surrender, otherwise we will shoot you to pieces before saving the girl!"
"Wait!" Xiao Peng said directly after hearing this: "Who said we kidnapped her? We are friends!"
"Boy, all kidnappers say this! You can't fool me!" The old lady didn't believe Xiao Peng at all.
At this moment, Li Yue opened the car door and got out. She heard their conversation: "Old lady, I think you really misunderstood. They really didn't kidnap me! They wanted to help me!"
"Help you?" The old lady was stunned when she saw this scene.
Xiao Peng said to Kaxin: "Kaxin, put down the gun."
After hearing this, Kasim looked at the people holding guns, gritted his teeth and put the gun back into his waist.
Seeing Kasim put down his gun, the group of people behind the old lady also put their guns away.
Li Yue quickly said, "Madam, this is what happened. My motorcycle broke down, and you two came to help me, but the motorcycle couldn't be repaired. I didn't know what to do, and you guys happened to come."
The old lady frowned after hearing this: "If that's the case, why did they lock you in the car?"
Xiao Peng couldn't help but ask, "Why? Why? Isn't it because you scared me with your flag?"
After hearing what Xiao Peng said, the old lady and the others were stunned, and then they all burst into laughter.
"Hey, it's for this, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
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