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Chapter 213: Revenge cannot be delayed overnight

"It's settled. This matter was settled. If I knew that she and Taozi had settled the matter, I should have been more forceful in my attack just now." Xie Hushan looked at the rearview mirror, glanced at the bloody Da Qiao, said lightly, and then started the car.

On the way back to Zhongping, Xie Hushan did not ask how the so-called settlement was reached. Lao Yang and Taozi were not in the mood to talk either. They were both staring at the bleak winter scenery outside the car window.

After parking the car in front of his house, Xie Hushan looked at Taozi and said, "You go back first. I'll go to the county hospital to see Tiesheng and then go home for dinner."

"Yeah." Taozi got out of the car, turned back and looked at Xie Hushan deeply, and Xie Hushan grinned at her.

After Taozi entered the house, Xie Hushan looked at Yang Limin and said, "You should get off the car too, Lao Yang. No matter how worthless a commune cadre is, he is still a cadre. If you follow me to the hospital and are seen by others, you will be in big trouble if they say a few words to you. I'm going to see Tiesheng. Besides, you don't have to say anything. The matter has been settled. It's not against the law for me to visit a patient."

Yang Limin opened the car door and cursed in a weak voice:
"I wanted to recruit you this year... but because of this, it's fucking over. Last year, you broke the sky at the cliff, and this year you almost brought down the whole family of the local tyrant of Yaoshan... I'm also making it harder for myself. I recruit comrades who are strong... I'm going to go see grandma and help Taozi keep it secret for a while. At least I'm still credible in the eyes of your family. Get lost."

When Xie Hushan heard what Yang Limin said, he laughed out loud: "It's okay, there's still next year, let's take it slow."

After Yang Liming also entered the house, Xie Hushan turned the car around and went back to the brigade headquarters. After smoking two cigarettes, he went to the supply and marketing cooperative, took out a bag from Lao Zhang's office, and then drove out to Bingyang County Hospital.

Following the nurse's instructions, Xie Hushan pushed open the door of a surgical ward carrying some snacks. Song Tiesheng, whose head was wrapped in gauze like a Sikh, was lying on the bed in a daze. Dongzi, wearing a uniform, was beside him. When they heard the door open, they looked back and saw Xie Hushan walking in with a bag.

"Third brother." Song Tiesheng looked at Xie Hushan with a happy expression. He wanted to sit up, but the handcuffs on his wrists pulled him back, so he could only sit against the headboard with difficulty.

"Third brother." Dongzi looked at Xie Hushan and sighed.

Xie Hushan put the bag down on the bedside table, pressed Song Tiesheng back onto the bed with both hands, then raised his chin towards the handcuffs and asked Dongzi, "What's going on?"

"Wear it. We still have to go through the formalities. Now that the matter is settled, I have to be discharged from the hospital for the fight in the club. Wearing it first will show that the railway is not partial." Song Tiesheng smiled:

"As for Dongzi, he's not afraid of me running away. He's advised me to run away eighty times just now. It's mainly because of those guys on the railway. Their parents all work there. If I run away, wouldn't I be cheating their parents? Anyway, my sister-in-law has sent me a letter saying that everything has been settled. It doesn't matter if I wear it for another day or half a day."

Xie Hushan extended his hand to Dongzi, who handed him the key without hesitation, then said, "I'm going to smoke a cigarette at the door. Call me if you need anything, Third Brother."

Xie Hushan unlocked Song Tiesheng's handcuffs, took out a few oil-paper bags and white wine from his pocket, opened the oil-paper bags, and found a few cooked foods inside. He smiled and said:

"Mr. Zhang from the Zhongping Supply and Marketing Cooperative had called me before and got some pig's head and offal, and asked Lao Tang from the stew stall of Team 3 to stew them. He was going to save them for a feast and drinks in the evening while he was on duty around the New Year. As a result of this incident, not only did he spend his money, but I got the cooked food back, and he also took two bottles of wine from him. I was so angry that I was jumping up and down and cursing."

"My buddies on the railway, they all think I am a fruit milk powder, but your third brother is honest and really gives me the lucrative things. You don't know that we on the railway are afraid that I will have enough energy to run, so the food they arranged for me is non-meaty and small in portion." Song Tiesheng picked up a piece of pig's ear with his hand, put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, with satisfaction on his face. When he chewed half of the food, he looked at Xie Hushan unwillingly:
"Third brother, I really didn't cripple him. My brothers all know their limits. The other party tricked me. That guy fired a gun at the Railway Club. I took his gun. I was angry and asked my brothers to beat him up, but I definitely didn't cripple him. It's not worth it. But no one believes me. The other party's boss is the boss of Yaoshan. Whatever he says is the truth..."

"You are a honest man who even knows to wait for me to count the money during a robbery. You wouldn't do anything too cruel. I believe you. When Taozi said that you led people to beat the other party into a cripple, I knew it couldn't be true." Xie Hushan unscrewed two bottles of white wine and gave one to Song Tiesheng. Then the two of them clinked their bottles together and drank a sip.

"The guy wasn't seriously injured, he just peed his pants out of fear. He became more aggressive after he knew I knew you." Song Tiesheng recalled:
"As soon as the woman surnamed Qiao said she wasn't Taozi, I was ready to apologize to her. Mistakenly identifying someone is a common occurrence in street fights, and it's not shameful. I just said one extra word. I said that you two can date as a joke, but don't bring my third brother and sister-in-law with you. This is a light punishment, but I'll kill you next time."

"Then he got angry and kept pestering me, asking me to call you over so he could deal with me. I thought, who are you going to deal with? So I kicked him in the knee, knocked him to the ground, and then grabbed his neck and threw him out."

"He told me to wait. I thought he was going to call for help. I didn't need help in this area of ​​the Railway Club. I didn't even need help. I just stood at the door of the club and passed out cigarettes, and more than 50 people showed up."

"As a result, the other party's grandson made a phone call from somewhere, and three jeeps came, all with people in uniform. I saw that they were all strangers, not acquaintances in the Bingyang Bureau. There was only one person who looked familiar, the son of the deputy director of the Dongguan Commune. We had drunk together and had a fight before. The other party had bad intentions, so I immediately asked everyone to disperse. Then the other party got out of the car, put a gun to my head and stuffed me into the car, saying that I wanted to call you. When I heard it, I didn't understand why it was about you, so I found an opportunity to find Zhongping's phone number and send a message to Dongzi. Then I hit the glass and got a cut and was hospitalized. After being hospitalized, I realized that I had stabbed the sky."

"How many stitches did it take?" Xie Hushan reached out and touched the gauze wrapped around Song Tiesheng's head, and asked with a smile.

Song Tiesheng ducked his head back and said as stubbornly as a donkey: "Why are you asking this? It's unnecessary. It's not because of you. I'm afraid I can't handle it."

"I have to ask clearly. Ertao can't marry an ugly girl, or she will blame me." Xie Hushan said lightly.

Song Tiesheng touched the gauze with his hand and said, "My face is not cut. I'm not stupid. It was hit horizontally close to my forehead. It looked scary at the time. I only got more than 20 stitches. My hair has grown out and it won't affect me from continuing to be the heroic Brother Tiesheng in Ertao's eyes."

Xie Hushan raised the bottle and clinked it with Song Tiesheng again, but did not drink. He took out a note from his pocket:

"There may be some noise outside today, so keep an eye out. If there is any noise, go to the small station near Liushenzhuang Railway Station and wait for me for three days. In less than three days, find a chance to board a southbound truck. When you reach Nanyue Province, call this number and someone will pick you up. Write it down and burn it. It's unlikely that you will continue to work in the police force if you stay in Bingyang, so change to another place."

"What do you mean, Third Brother? My sister-in-law told me on the phone that the matter has been settled. The news from our railway is also settled." Song Tiesheng glanced at the number on the note, then picked up a piece of braised meat with chopsticks and put it into his mouth along with the note:
"Is this over?"

Xie Hushan took out two cigarettes, put them in his mouth and lit them, and gave one to Song Tiesheng:
"What can these two women do to settle a matter? I guess their so-called settlement is nothing more than that the tiger girl surnamed Qiao, whom you call sister-in-law, slept with the other party and married him, and my wife apologized on my behalf and got scolded. Listen, the other party slept with the girl, and my wife apologized. He took all the good things. How can it be called a settlement? This is called admitting defeat. Xie Hushan has no other advantages, only two. First, he will not give in even if the sky falls. Second, if you are offended, you cannot leave a grudge overnight, you must avenge it on the same day."

Song Tiesheng took a deep breath and finally understood why he could only be a younger brother when playing with Xie Hushan. If it were someone else, when they heard that they had offended a high-ranking official and the whole matter was settled, they would probably have to kneel on the ground, burn incense and pray, and count themselves lucky.

Xie Hushan is a real bandit. He is not satisfied with what he hears. No matter who the other party is, he will overturn the table and deny his responsibility if he disagrees with you. He will then attack you.

"... Third brother, what do you want to do?" Song Tiesheng wanted to say that he would go with Xie Hushan, but he didn't have the courage to speak because he had concerns. His mother and sister at home depended on him for support.

"Since the other party is not disabled, I think it's better to pretend to be disabled. If his parents are not satisfied, then send them away. If he doesn't want to die, or wants to live, or wants to settle the whole thing, that's fine. I have to make arrangements for each of them, and the other party's wife has to apologize to me and sleep with me." Xie Hushan took a sip of wine and said. Song Tiesheng was immediately chilled. Damn, this condition... is not a condition that a human can say. Xie Hushan is going to wipe out the whole family...

If that kid can do this and meet Xie Hushan's requirements, his father can still be the leader of Jimao Yaoshan, and he can send his whole family to work in the garden and sanitation department to contribute to the greening of Yaoshan.

"..." Song Tiesheng stared at Xie Hushan with his eyes wide open, and finally yelled, "Dongzi!"

"Hey! What's wrong?" Dongzi pushed the door open from outside and looked at Song Tiesheng and Xie Hushan. He thought they were asking him to drink with them, so he declined, "Stop it. You two drink your own drinks. If my mouth is full of alcohol and the leader comes over..."

Song Tiesheng interrupted Dongzi and said, "Put your thing down."

"Fuck! Did you get angry after drinking some wine?" Dongzi was stunned for a moment, but still listened to Song Tiesheng's words, took out his service gun and placed it in front of Xie Hushan:

"Third brother, what's wrong? Are you still angry after drinking with Tie Sheng? You don't know him yet. He really doesn't know that stupid woman is not his sister-in-law. Don't blame him. Otherwise, you can rush at me..."

He was worried that Xie Hushan would come over and get angry with Song Tiesheng. After all, Song Tiesheng had caused so much trouble for Xie Hushan without asking any questions. It was completely an unprovoked disaster.

"What are you doing?" Xie Hushan looked at Dongzi's pistol in front of him, and then at Song Tiesheng.

Song Tiesheng took a deep breath and said, "I'll go with you. We can't just bring snacks with us, right? We have to bring someone with us at least."

Xie Hushan took out a Type 54 rifle from his waist and threw it in front of the two men: "Normally it is indeed a kind gun that does not fire and has broken parts, but I can even rub bullets by hand, how can I not be able to repair a gun?"

Song Tiesheng picked up Dongzi's gun and put it on his back: "Don't wait three days, let's go together. We'll go wherever you say. Otherwise, I'm too dumb and might get lost. You asked me to go south, but I'm stupid enough to go to the northeast alone."

"Go away, take Dongzi's gun and go out. That will only cause trouble for Dongzi. What will he do in the future? Besides, the railway must be upset because of you. Don't cause trouble for your uncles and uncles. Stay still." Xie Hushan put away the gun and said:
"I just came to see you and find out whether he is truly disabled or just pretending to be disabled. If he is truly disabled, then the matter is even. If he is just pretending to be disabled, then I must help him and teach him a principle of life, that is, lying to others is wrong and you must do what you say. If he can't do it, I will help him."

"What else can Dongzi do? Come with me to the Northeast, not... go south together. I can't leave him at home and let him do something to our sister Xiaoyu." Song Tiesheng wanted to say something, but Xie Hushan had already handcuffed him back, put the key in his pocket, stood up, took Dongzi in his arms and walked out of the ward, asking:

"You can drink with him later. I have something to do and I have to leave first. What is the name of the son of the deputy director of Dongguan Commune in Bingyang County?"

"My surname is Fu, Fu Chuang." Dongzi said with a confused look on his face.

Xie Hushan let go of Dongzi and went downstairs by himself: "Then he must know where that guy lives."

When Xie Hushan inquired about Fu Chuang's residence, Fu Guoyou, deputy director of Dongguan Commune, was scolding his son at home:
"Stop hanging out with Xu. If something happens, he can just leave. How can you leave? You can't tell the difference between you and him. You are not the same as before! You still think his father can call the shots in Yaoshan and kill whoever he wants."

Fu Chuang lowered his head and said, "What happened then? He is still a leader. It's just you who was scared to death and resigned from all the positions you could resign. He killed so many people, but nothing has happened to him now, and the country doesn't dare to look into his account."

The father and son were talking in the house when a car rang outside. Then a young man walked in from outside the yard with a smile on his face. He greeted Fu Chuang's mother, who was busy making a fire and cooking in the main room:

"Aunt, I'm San'er. Is Da Chuang at home? He called for everyone to gather, but I saw no one was responding. I wonder if he's joking. I'm the only one who's reporting here stupidly."

"He's in the west room. Stop it now. You're so old, but you're still playing around with swords and sticks. Find a class to attend." Fu Chuang's mother didn't know Xie Hushan, but she didn't think much of his tone. She thought he was her son's playmate, so she filled a pot of water and went back to the room to sit by the stove, muttering:

"Da Chuang, who is this? What did you say to him? He's running over here. Explain it to him right away. Don't go out and fight with him!"

"I won't go out to fight." Xie Hushan said with a smile.

Fu Chuang then lifted the door curtain and walked into the main room, looking at Xie Hushan in confusion: "Who are you? Who asked you to gather at my house?"

"I'm Hushan. Didn't you come to play with me yesterday afternoon? Why don't you recognize me today?" Xie Hushan saw the other party coming out, took out the bayonet in his hand, stepped closer, and stabbed it into the other party's lower abdomen. Then he pressed the other party's hands on the handle of the bayonet to make him press down, and said:

"Hold on tight, come out and talk to me, hold it tight, don't pull it out and make me bleed, I didn't bring any clean clothes, you've soiled my clothes, I'll peel off your skin, if you dare to struggle, I'll kill your whole family."

The other party opened his mouth in great pain, but before he could scream, a ball of straw paper was stuffed into his mouth. He grabbed the bayonet with both hands and felt his legs go weak. Xie Hushan put his arm around his neck like a good friend and walked out, saying affectionately:

"Aunt, Da Chuang and I are going to talk for a while outside the door. I'll be back in a few minutes to smoke two cigarettes."

As he said that, he carried Fu Chuang out. When Fu Chuang got on the jeep, he was completely exhausted, and his whole body was covered with sweat due to the pain. He was lying on the back seat, with straw paper stuffed in his mouth, holding the bayonet in both hands, trying to gasp with flaring nostrils, and looking at Xie Hushan with horror.

"It's normal to feel dizzy and weak. Don't be nervous. You fight often, so you should have the most basic common sense." Xie Hushan sat back in the driver's seat, started the car, and drove towards Yaoshan:

"On the way, you can think about where your buddy Xu Junsheng lives. Of course, you can also think about another question, which is what will happen to you if you make up a place to lie to me and I find out."

(End of this chapter)