Chapter 605 The first pot of gold(1/2)
Luo Lie clicked on Li Xilu's information and said, "He may also enter the hall with a false name."
Gu Ting suddenly laughed and said, "Young Master, we really responded to the old saying, "We can search for things without any effort when we get it. Young Master, since we have his address, why don't we take action tonight and catch him off guard."
This is exactly what Luo Lie thought.
Even though Li Xilu was very vigilant, even though Li Xilu had set up a spy at the train station and the dock, Luo Lie believed that he had arrived in Miami last afternoon, and had only been in Miami for a day and a half. The time was so short that Li Xilu would definitely not be able to judge his true identity. The information obtained by obtaining Li Xilu through the real estate sales channel was also Luo Lie's accidental work, which was impossible for Li Xilu to think of. Therefore, as Gu Ting suggested, visiting Li Xilu tonight would definitely catch Li Xilu off guard.
"This suggestion is quite good, but in order not to alert the enemy, we still have to go shopping, buy a few clothes, have a good meal, and put our silly young man in prison." Luo Lie put away those documents and put them in his arms to prevent the thief from stealing into the room and revealing the secret.
Gu Ting said excitedly: "Okay! Then Xiao Ting'er will go and call the big water tank."
Qin Gang lived opposite Luo Lie. Although he had not shown up, he was still idle. He stuck to the cat's eyes on the door and stared at Luo Lie's room. He watched Gu Ting knock on the door and entered Luo Lie's room with his own eyes, and then watched Gu Ting walk out to the door of his room and stretched out his hand.
Before Gu Ting's hand knocked on the door, Qin Gang had already opened the door, but was startled by Gu Ting, who was lacking mental preparation. "What are you doing, a big damn water tank! I'm scaring me so much!"
Qin Gang laughed and asked, "Are you looking for us? Or is the young master looking for us?"
Gu Ting inserted his waist and said angrily: "What? Is it necessary for the young master to find you? I, Xiao Tinger, can't come to find you?"
Qin Gang continued to laugh and said, "Yes, of course, but if the young master looks for us, Xiao Ting'er can only lean back!"
The two were quarreling, and Luo Lie had already cleaned up and walked out of the room and said, "What are you two getting involved in there? Why don't you clean up and accompany me to go out shopping?"
When he heard about shopping, Qin Gang's expression suddenly became much dimmed and he muttered: "Young Master, how tiring you are to go shopping. Besides, what's the point of visiting Miami? Compared to New York, this place is not even a town."
Luo Lie glared at his eyes and said, "If you want you to go shopping, follow me honestly. Where did you get so much nonsense?"
The formation of the city of Miami is due to the wave of immigration. In the wave, people and capital are in an extremely excited state. At that time, the trendsetters who flocked to Miami were attracted by the charming beaches of Miami. I believe that Miami's future will usher in explosive development. With this mentality, Miami ushered in the first wave of infrastructure climax.
However, the universal laws of society determine that not everyone can become a rich man. Most of the immigrants who traveled thousands of miles to the United States of America did not achieve the result of changing their destiny, and those who have obtained huge wealth were rare. The cruel reality gradually faded the wave of large immigrants, and Miami failed to usher in the explosive development that people expected.
Only the bottleneck of agriculture and lack of industry has caused the population of Miami to stagnate after it grew to 45,000. It was not until the train was opened a year ago that the total population returned to its growth trend, but the growth rate was extremely slow. This situation determines that the real estate developers have accumulated a large amount of housing and cannot sell it. In desperation, the price can only be reduced again and again. Especially the top-grade real estate required by Luo Lie, the unit price is even lower than that of ordinary suites of 40 or 50 square meters.
The villa bought by Li Xilu, who was named Li Fangzhou, had a total construction area of more than 300 square meters, but the total price was less than 7,000 US dollars. In addition to the decoration and the purchase of furniture, the total amount was less than 10,000 US dollars, which was only one-fifth of the huge USD 50,000 in Anliangtang, New York that he swept away.
The sales information obtained by the real estate salesman stated in detail the address of the villa bought by Li Xilu. Therefore, at around 10 o'clock that night, Luo Lie took Gu Ting and Qin Gang and found the villa almost without any effort.
"Young master, hurry up early or late, Xiao Ting'er feels that there is no defense in this villa, so why don't we do it now." Gu Ting's appearance is not out of childishness, but what he said looks like an old world.
Qin Gang snatched: "Young Master, we thought we would still have to do it later. There are lights inside, which means that someone has not yet slept yet. If you do it now, it is easy to alarm the enemy."
Luo Lie sighed: "It doesn't matter if you do it early or late. What's important is, why do I feel something is wrong?"
Gu Ting said: "Young Master, are you worried that Li Xilu has set up a mechanism in the villa..."
Luo Lie interrupted Gu Ting and said, "I'm not worried about the things inside this villa, but about the things outside this villa, when we arrived in a carriage, didn't you notice a car behind us tracking us?"
Qin Gang shook his head and said, "Where is there? We are quite quiet all the way, so where is there any car following us?"
Gu Ting said: "We came over and encountered cars twice in total. Although there are very few cars in Miami, it is normal to encounter them twice. Moreover, the first time, the car was a few hundred meters away from appearing to disappearing. It was not tracking at all, and the second time was not. We walked straight and people turned around, which was just a coincidence."
Luo Lie sighed lightly and said, "At first I thought so, I thought so, but I just recalled that I felt that the car that appeared two times was the same. If my feeling was correct, then I can only say that the person who drove and tracked us was a master, and he was a master among the masters."
Qin Gang showed an incredible expression and said, "Young Master, how did you see that the two cars are the same?"
Gu Ting disagreed and said, "Impossible! Young Master, you must be suspicious." At that time, the car had no license plates, and the car models were very few, and the repetition rate was quite high. In order to distinguish their cars from other people's vehicles, many car owners would spray their names or unique marks on the front and back of the cars. "Xiao Ting'er looked real, Young Master, the first car had the owner's name written on the first car, but there was only one pattern on the second car."
Luo Lie frowned and said, "Are you sure?"
Gu Ting said confidently: "This is Xiao Ting'er's fault, so he likes to observe the subtleties. Young Master, Xiao Ting'er is willing to guarantee her life and will never make any mistakes!"
Gu Ting is definitely better at observing subtleties than Luo Lie, and Luo Lie believes in this. At the same time, Gu Ting has no reason to deceive him on such issues, so Luo Lie believes Gu Ting's judgment and thinks that he is really suspicious.
"The light has gone out. I guess the man should be asleep in half an hour. Let's do it on time at 11 o'clock." Luo Lie squatted on the ground, picked up a stone, and drew a sketch of the villa on the ground. "Da Gang, you go around the back of the villa and pay attention to whether there are any secret whistles. I entered from the front, Xiao Ting'er was looking out and cleaned up the villa yard. The three of us met at the door of the villa."
Gu Ting took out the Browning handed to him from Luo Lie, handed it to Luo Lie, and said, "Young Master, take it with you, what if it can be used?"
Luo Lie shook off a flying knife, shook it in front of Gu Ting's eyes, and said, "The pistol is definitely not as good as the young master's flying knife when the melee raid."
Waiting is the most painful, but it can also temper people's minds the most. The long waiting period of forty minutes caused Qin Gang and Gu Ting to have varying degrees of anxiety, but Luo Lie was always calm as before. This is thanks to the contest with Geng Han.
After dozens of days of patience competition, how could Luo Lie not survive these short forty minutes?
When the hour hand of the pocket watch pointed to the eleven o'clock position and the minute hand just moved a large square like the hour hand, Luo Lie finally gave the order to take action.
In front of the villa is a lawn, behind it is a swimming pool and a leisure pavilion, and there is nothing else. The only thing surrounding this place is an iron fence. Under the moonlight, you can see the front and back of the villa very far away. In this situation, it is almost impossible to set up a secret whistle outside. The only trap is that the owner hides a secret whistle in the villa. As long as a stranger breaks in, he can snipe from the house with a cold gun.
This is why Luo Lie arranged for Qin Gang to rush forward from the back of the villa, because the front of the villa was too open. If someone really hid in the villa and fired a black gun, it would be difficult for those who rush forward to avoid it.
Luo Lie picked up a shadow and flipped it into the iron fence, and lie on the lawn. After confirming that there was no movement, he slowly crawled forward.
When Luo Liean arrived at the outer door of the villa, Qin Gang also arrived just in time. He shook his head at Luo Lie, indicating that there was nothing unusual after the villa.
Luo Lie pressed his body against the door post, covered a match with both hands, and only opposed the hole left between the two thumbs to Gu Ting who was guarding outside. Gu Ting saw the signal from Luo Lie, and also climbed over the iron fence from the shadow, crawled forward, passed through the lawn, and came to Luo Lie's side.
Lock unlocking is a unique skill, but as the old ghost's apprentice, this unique skill is a piece of cake for Luo Lie. Two steel wires were inserted into the keyhole, and one by one, the door lock was quietly opened. Three men entered one after another and entered the living room of the villa.
There is no need to say much about the principle of capturing the thief to capture the king first. The master bedrooms of the villa are all upstairs, and the owner of the villa has no reason to give the master bedroom to others to live in. In the living room, Luo Lie saw clearly where the stairs were located and used gestures to divide the work with Qin Gang and Gu Ting.
Just as the three of them were in action, the lights in the living room suddenly turned on.
At the same time, several black holes of muzzles were extended behind the railings upstairs.
Turning back, several people rushed out around the living room, each of whom was holding a pistol and pointing to Luo Lie in the center of the living room.
"Welcome to the beautiful and charming Miami." A woman's voice sounded upstairs, followed by the sound of hard heels stepping on the stairs. In just a blink of an eye, a charming woman with a devilish figure appeared at the corner of the stairs: "Miami welcomes all visitors, but will never welcome the thieves who break into other people's homes without saying hello."
The woman went down the stairs, moved gracefully, came to the sofa, sat down slowly, and took a lady's cigarette.
A gunman closest to her immediately stepped forward, took out a lighter, and lit a cigarette for the woman.
The woman spit out a string of smoke rings gracefully, bounced the ashes, and said, "Tell me, who are you?"
Qin Gang is fierce, but only suitable for bare hands. Gu Ting is eccentric and has a Browning in his hand. He should be able to deal with two or three people, but there are more than ten people on the other side. With his own flying knife alone, it is impossible to kill them all in one blow. Luo Lie also considered a way to turn off the lights first, but in addition to a chandelier above his head, there were seven or eight wall lamps around. These still targets were sure to let them all be wiped out by one blow, but as a result, the flying knife was used up, and he was left with only the shot.
After repeated planning, Luo Lie did not dare to use force after all, so he had to calmly deal with the woman, and at the same time expecting the other party to have flaws.
"I am the young master's surname is Luo and named Luo Nuoli. My father is the governor of the Eight Case of the Qing Dynasty. He came to Miami to buy a property under his order so that his father could settle here after he resigned from his official position." In this situation, Luo Lie was not nervous, but was a little excited. Only when he felt Gu Ting and Qin Gang's existence, Luo Lie felt a little worried. "Today, a real estate salesman recommended this property to me. I was worried that there was a fraud, so I came to inspect it myself."
The woman snorted coldly: "What a clever look!"
Luo Lie also responded and snorted coldly, saying, "Not to mention my master's eloquence, I want to ask you, why do you appear in this property? Could it be that you really colluded with that real estate salesman and want to kidnap me?"
As soon as Luo Lie finished speaking, a burst of laughter came from the second floor.
"Zhao Daming is indeed no one available, and he actually invited you Luo Lie from Jinshan." Hearing the voice, the person who spoke should be an old Chinese, because his voice was old and he used Chinese. Sure enough, a Chinese man in his fifties appeared on the railing on the second floor. "The strong man beside you is Qin Gang, and the little bald head attached to your right is Gu Ting. He is Mr. Gu's nephew, Luo Lie, am I right?"
The man was obviously the defector Li Xilu. Since he had seen through it, Luo Lie didn't want to hide, so he admitted happily: "That's right, I am Luo Lie, and my English name is Nuoli, so it's not wrong to call myself Luo Nuoli?"
Li Xilu sneered: "But you said your father was the governor of the Eight Case of the Qing Dynasty. Isn't this a traitor?"
Luo Lie smiled contemptuously and said, "You are so damn it? My young master's father died of illness when he was under the age of one year. I appointed him as the governor of the Eighth Qing Dynasty case in the underworld. What's wrong? I'll have you done this again?"
Li Xilu laughed instead of anger and said, "Of course, it doesn't matter to me, but it's my business to come to Miami. Moreover, now you are still in my hands. Whether you die or live depends on whether I am a person, Li. Luo Lie, I would like to advise you, don't be so polite, it will be of no benefit to you."
Luo Lie shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "It's not bad. Anyway, I can't beat you, and sooner or later I'll die. I can still be a happy ghost when I scold you, so why not do it?"
Li Xilu said: "Since that's the case, I won't persuade you anymore, but, Luo Lie, don't you want to know how I figured out your background?"
Luo Lie was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "It must be my betrayal by Zhao Daming!"
Li Xilu nodded and said, "No wonder Cao Bin valued you so much. It's true that he is smart and intelligent. Yes, when you boarded the cruise ship, I received a telegram from Zhao Daming. The moment you stepped on the shore, you three were already in my hands. However, I was quite afraid of the flying knife in your hand, so I set up this plan to lure you here and let you taste the taste of being caught in a urn for yourself."
Luo Lie shook his head slightly and said, "I am not as good as you said. I still don't understand why Zhao Daming betrayed me. Li Xilu, if you can answer my questions, I think I will definitely be grateful to you after I die, and will not become a ghost to come back to find you."
Li Xilu did not answer, but took a few steps back, disappeared for a moment, and appeared on the corner of the stairs. While going down the stairs, Li Xilu explained: "New York Anliangtang has such good resources. If we can reach a cooperative relationship with Tanlia, then we can get at least half of the New York opium business. However, that old guy Gu Haoran is smelly and hard, and he always disagrees with Zhao Daming's involvement in the opium business. In desperation, we came up with this bad idea and stole the hall account book to threaten Gu Haoran."
Luo Lie couldn't help but praise: "Good plan! That account book is related to the life and death of Anliangtang in New York. As long as you hand it over to the Federal Taxation Bureau, Anliangtang in New York will suffer a catastrophe. However, I still don't understand. Since you have stole the account book, why don't you directly threaten Mr. Gu instead of waiting again?"
Li Xilu came to the woman, hugged the woman, then sat aside, lit a cigar, and said, "What we are most worried about is not whether Gu Haoran agrees or disagrees. What we are most worried about is Cao Bin of Jinshan. Although the master of Anliang Hall is highly respected, he is old and cannot control so many things in the branch hall, but Cao Bin is different. As long as he is here, he can control the hall in New York. Therefore, Zhao Daming and I have been trying to get rid of Cao Bin. However, we didn't expect that the god-given opportunity, Luo Lie, actually came to our door. With your reckless decision, it is just around the corner to get rid of Cao Bin."
Luo Liehen smiled and said, "You want to use me as bait to lead Brother Bin to Miami, right?"
Li Xilu said: "There is no need to be so troublesome! Zhao Daming should have passed the news of your coming to Miami to Cao Bin. Cao Bin thought of your safety and will definitely come to Miami to pick you up. However, he will never see the beautiful and charming beaches of Miami, because on the way he came, there will be established soldiers waiting for him. I admit that Cao Bin is really powerful, especially when he joined forces with Dong Biao, maybe a platoon of troops will do whatever he wants. Unfortunately, this time we sent a reorganized company. Even if Cao Bin has three heads and six arms, he will never escape this disaster."
Luo Lie suddenly burst into laughter.
Li Xilu asked inexplicably: "What are you laughing at? Cao Bin is so funny, right?"
Luo Lie held back his laughter and said, "I believe what you said before is true, but Brother Bin Biao is absolutely in trouble. Otherwise, you would have killed me long ago, so why do you say so much nonsense to me? You did this just now, just what I said, wanting to use me as bait to attract Brother Biao to the net."
Li Xilu smoked a cigar, sighed softly, and said, "I just said that you are smart and intelligent, and you are more or less complimentary, but now it seems that you are only lacking but not redundant when you describe it like this. Yes, Cao Bin and Dong Biao came together, but a reorganized company we sent failed to intercept him, and then they were lost. However, I guess they should have arrived in Miami at this moment."
Luo Lie nodded and said, "I admire your honesty very much. To be honest, Li Xilu, if we were not hostile, I would have wanted to make friends with you."
Li Xilu smiled and said, "Just based on your words, I'm reluctant to kill you. Well, after we deal with Cao Bin and Dong Biao, if you are willing to surrender to us, I think I will seriously consider your suggestion."
Luo Lie picked up his fists, signaled, and said, "Since that's the case, can you answer my question?"
Li Xilu said: "You want to ask the people who stole the opium in Jinshan what does it have to do with us, right?"
Luo Lie couldn't help but give Li Xilu a thumbs up and said, "Ginger is still so spicy!"
Li Xilu said: "It doesn't matter much. Tanlia had rented their warships to transport some goods before, so when they got the two hundred tons of opium, they thought of Tanlia the first one." Li Xilu unconsciously glanced at the woman beside her. It was obvious that the woman was what Li Xilu called Tanlia. "But our strength can't eat so many goods, so we planned ahead. If we could dominate the New York market, let alone two hundred tons, we could eat even one thousand tons of goods."
Luo Lie smiled strangely and said, "You can't say that Brother Bin really has so many goods on his hands, more than you imagined, and as many as 1,800 tons."
Since Li Xilu appeared, Tanlia has never spoken. Luo Lie always thought that she couldn't understand the Chinese conversation between him and Li Xilu, but at this time, Tanlia suddenly interrupted in Chinese and said, "Impossible! How could there be so many goods in Cao Bin's hands?"
Luo Lie smiled and said, "Then you are just ignorant. Do you want to know? Take three chairs and let me sit down with my two brothers, and I will tell you the story."
The reaction of people in a sitting position is much lower than that in a standing position. Therefore, for Li Xilu and Tanlia, Luo Lie's request will only be beneficial to them. So Li Xilu waved his hand and asked his subordinates to send three chairs.
Luo Lie sat down like a big show and said, "The Kingsoft military and police who colluded with you should have told you the source of the two hundred tons of opium, but they didn't know that the man named Hans actually cheated Bill Ryan, the largest opium merchant in New York. The two hundred tons were just taken out by Hans as a smokescreen. However, Hans eventually lost to Brother Bin, and the remaining 1,800 tons of opium naturally fell into Brother Bin's hands."
To be continued...