Chapter 2 Chapter One

Mu Xiuzhen couldn't help laughing while driving, but fortunately, it was quite dark at this time, and there were not many vehicles and pedestrians on the road, otherwise, many people would definitely think that there was something wrong with the driver. Annie sat beside Mu Xiuzhen.She couldn't stop smiling, but unlike Mu Xiuzhen, she just smiled happily. The two of them just came back from watching an extremely splendid circus performance, and what attracted them to laugh non-stop on the way home was the performance of the outstanding clown in the circus. After Mu Xiuzhen's car drove onto the suburban road, it speeded up. While still smiling, she said, "Annie."Fortunately, we were not dragged by Sister Lanhua to listen to any symphony, it was so suffocating, how happy we are now!Poor Miss Lanhua!

Annie smiled and said: Sister Lanhua herself likes to listen to symphony, so she is not pitiful, but brother Gao Xiang, who obviously likes to go to the circus with us, but has to accompany Sister Lanhua to the concert hall! Mu Xiuzhen laughed louder, and after a while, they found that Mulanhua and Gao Xiang's car was in front; Mu Xiuzhen stepped on the accelerator, and the car quickly followed, the tires rubbing against the ground.With a harsh squeaking sound, it passed by Magnolia's car, and at the same time, waved its hands and shouted happily. Gao Xiang chased after him in his car, and shouted, "Xiuzhen, you are driving dangerously!"

Mu Xiuzhen smiled and said: Is the symphony nice?I think you are bored enough, why don't you drive fast on the road with me to relieve your boredom! Gao Xiang laughed and said: I won't compete with you! Mu Xiuzhen laughed, and the car hit the ground like an arrow. Two cars, one behind the other, arrived at the gate of Mulanhua's residence.stop.Annie didn't get out of the car immediately, she held Mu Xiuzhen's hand, and said full of expectation: Sister Xiuzhen, didn't you say that Brother Sifeng was in charge of a new project overnight in the factory?Don't go back!

Mu Xiuzhen smiled and said: You don't need to say it, I have already thought about it this way! Annie happily pulled Mu Xiuzhen out of the car.Magnolia also got out of the car, and said: "Look at you two, you are almost forty years old together, and you still look like two children!" Mu Xiuzhen made a grimace at Mulanhua, and said, "Sister Lanhua, this is the difference between watching a circus and listening to a symphony. Watching a circus makes one young, but listening to a symphony makes one dull!" Magnolia laughed.Dao: You don't listen to music at all, you prefer to make wild comments!

Gao Xiang opened the iron door with a smile, and the four of them entered the room together. Mu Xiuzhen was still imitating the appearance of the clown, laughing constantly, and Mulanhua kept shaking her head while looking at her. Mu Xiuzhen smiled: Sister Lanhua, don't hate me, I won't go home tonight! Magnolia smiled, at this moment, the phone rang, Gao Xiang said: Look, Sifeng called to urge you to go back! As soon as Mu Xiuzhen reached out, grabbed the phone, and waved her hand to Mulanhua.Road: Someone is looking for you. Magnolia was walking towards the kitchen, ready to make coffee, when she heard Mu Xiuzhen calling like that, she looked at the clock on the wall, frowned slightly, and said, "Put the phone on the loudspeaker!"

Mu Xiuzhen put the phone receiver on the loudspeaker and pressed a button.In this way, Magnolia can talk without holding the phone receiver, and everyone can hear the other party's voice. Magnolia beckoned and told Annie to go into the kitchen to make coffee. She walked to the phone and said, "I'm Magnolia, that one." It was a man's voice that came out of the phone. The voice sounded very young and calm, but the sudden sentence, the two stopped laughing and looked at Magnolia. Mu Xiuzhen and Gao Xiang were originally talking with each other, but when they heard the phone call, an unfamiliar voice came out and said: Miss Lanhua, have you studied that contract?

At that time, Mulanhua's face was also full of doubts, she was stunned for a moment, and said: "Contract, what contract?"Who are you? The man on the other side of the phone didn't answer Mulanhua's series of questions. He just sighed intentionally and said, "Miss Lanhua, it turns out that you haven't found out about that contract until now. This really disappoints us. Maybe we overestimated you, what about Mr. Gao Xiang?Didn't he find out about that contract too? Magnolia smiled calmly and said: "I don't know what kind of contract that is, but if you have given us the things, we will naturally find out!"

The man over there laughed and said: Miss Lanhua, but you haven't found out yet, have you? There was an aggressive taste in the man's words, which made it difficult for people to deal with. From this point of view, it can be known that the man must be a very powerful, shrewd, and very difficult guy to deal with. When Mulanhua didn't know how to answer, the man laughed again, and said: Director Gao, Miss Lanhua, please take off your coats and have a look.You must have just returned home, we will call you again after you see the contract! At this point on the phone, there was a beep, and the other party had already hung up the phone.

At this time.It was already mid-autumn, and the autumn wind was very cool at night. Of course, Magnolia and Gao Xiang were all wearing coats.As soon as the phone call ended, Gao Xiang took off his suit jacket. And the suit jacket just took off.From under the sleeve of his jacket, something floated down. Gao Xiang leaned over to pick it up and saw that it was a folded piece of paper. The folding method was to fold a piece of paper four inches high and eight inches wide. A strip of four inches high and half an inch wide, before Gao Xiang opened the neatly folded paper, he found that there were many characters on the paper.

Mulan raised her eyebrows and took off her short autumn coat. She moved very slowly and carefully, so when she took off her coat, she could clearly see that the neatly folded note was It fell from her armpit. Both Mu Xiuzhen and Annie's eyes widened, speechless. Gao Xiang and Magnolia were put into such a folded paper, but they didn't know it at all, it was really a bit inconceivable. Because that piece of paper doesn't matter if it's in their coat pocket, if it's in their coat pocket, then.A first-rate pickpocket can do this. But now, the paper is placed under the flanks of the two of them. It's hard to imagine who has the ability to reach into their sleeves until they reach their flanks.And they still don't know!

Both Gao Xiang and Magnolia held the folded piece of paper in their hands, and the way they dealt with it and the expressions on their faces were different.Gao Xiang looked angrily, and couldn't wait to open the folded paper. But Magnolia smiled and did not open the paper.Just carefully observing the folded paper. Mu Xiuzhen and Annie had come to Gao Xiang's side, but they didn't have a chance to read the words on the paper, Mulanhua said: "Don't look at the words on the paper, come here, look at this paper, I will Think we've met an extremely smart opponent! Gao Xiang put down the paper in his hand, and together with Annie and Mu Xiuzhen looked at Mulanhua. Magnolia reached out and pulled down the lamp, letting the light shine directly on the piece of paper in her hand. She said: Did you see that this piece of paper was folded into a strip half an inch wide, and on both sides of the folded strip, take a look, what's different? If it wasn't for the fact that Magnolia had pointed it out, Gao Xiang and the other three might not have noticed anything unusual, but at this moment, Magnolia had already pointed it out, and it was under the straight line of the light, so they could easily see , both sides of the note.They are all attached with a white nylon belt only a quarter of an inch wide. On the thin nylon belt, there are dense and thin thorns, which are very short and dense. Mu Xiuzhen was stunned for a moment, and said: What's the use of that? Da Lanhua smiled and said: "This note can get into our sleeves and under our flanks, it all depends on these dense thorns."Xiuzhen, do you still remember the wheat ear game we used to play when we were young in the countryside?There are small spikes on the awns of wheat, and the ears of wheat are folded off and placed in the sleeves.No matter how you shake your arm, the ears of wheat will not only not fall, but will also rise upwards. Annie said ah, just now, she didn't understand how the other party could put the note deep in the sleeves of Mulanhua and Gao Xiang without being noticed. But now, she understands, because Magnolia has explained it clearly, the other party does not need to reach into their sleeves and stuff the note in, just put the note gently into the cuff a little, as long as Magnolia and Gao Xiang's arms are moving, and the note will go up by itself. Put a slip of paper on your cuff.It is not difficult for Mulanhua and Gao Xiang not to notice, because the two of them came back from a public place after all. After Annie's blow, Mu Xiuzhen still seemed a little bit in disbelief. She took the note from Mulanhua's hand, put it in her cuff, and waved her arm. Sure enough, as Magnolia expected.The retrograde effect of the small thorns on the nylon tape makes the paper not only not fall down, but gradually rise up.Mu Xiuzhen said: Hmph, so smart! As she spoke, she took off her coat. And when Mu Xiuzhen just took off her coat, the four of them all exclaimed at the same time! After Mu Xiuzhen took off her coat, what fell from her side was not a note, but two notes! That is to say, under Mu Xiuzhen's threat, there was already a note, but Mu Xiuzhen never found out! The four of them looked at each other, Mulan immediately glanced at Annie, and Annie quickly took off her coat, but there was no note in Annie's sleeve. At this moment, the phone rang again. Annie picked up the receiver and put it on the loudspeaker. Without waiting for the other party to speak first, she said loudly: "I'm Annie, why don't you send the note to me?" Give me? It was still the man's voice that came from the phone. He didn't expect that Annie would question him like this, so Eli was stunned for a moment before saying, "Oh, I'm so sorry, Miss Anne, you're just a little girl, we The targets are the Three Heroes of the East, Mulanhua, Gao Xiang and Mu Xiuzhen! Annie snorted, and said: We haven't read the contents of your notes, you are too impatient, sir, it is not easy to become impatient! Hearing Annie lecture the other party like that, Mulanhua and the other three.Can't help laughing. The man also smiled and said, "Miss Annie, you are right, but I am not in a hurry, but I called Yun Mansion to look for Mrs. Yun, but I couldn't find her. I thought she might be with you, so I called again." here. Mu Xiuzhen immediately said loudly: I have already found your ghost note, so you don't have to be so arrogant! The man said: "Miss, I want to have a formal intellectual contest with you, I don't want to argue with you, please study the content of the contract first!" Mu Xiuzhen strode towards the phone, looking at her expression, as if she wanted to scold the other party severely, but.She only took a step or two before the man over there hung up the phone again. Mulan said: "Come on, let's see what he wrote on the note first, and when he calls again, I can answer him." The three sheets of paper were opened together, and the words on the paper were the same. Magnolia had also seen that the thin and smooth paper was used by a new type of copier. The four of them looked at the words on the paper together. It was a contract with four larger characters. It seemed a bit shocking. They were the four characters of life contract. Next, is the content of the entire contract! The two parties to the contract are the three heroes of the East, Mu Lanhua, Gao Xiang and Mu Xiuzhen (hereinafter referred to as Party A) and nine wanted fugitives whose names are meaningless (hereinafter referred to as Party B). Party A is universally recognized as a man of wisdom and courage, but Party B is not convinced, because Party B also has outstanding deeds. They once jointly printed a batch of counterfeit banknotes, sent these counterfeit banknotes into the bank's cash vault, and exchanged them for the same money. Afterwards, I spent a happy and carefree life in South America and was not punished by law! Mulanhua and the other four people saw this, raised their heads together, and looked at each other. Mu Xiuzhen lost her voice and said, "It's them!" Magnolia's voice was very low, and said: "It's them, I knew they would come to trouble sooner or later!" Gao Xiang and Annie.Everyone knows who the nine fugitives who claim to be wanted are. They have appeared in the story collection of Magnolia (it cannot be said that they have appeared, but they are the important backbone of the story in this episode of Phantom of the Ancient House), and in the episode of Phantom of the Ancient House In the story, an outstanding criminal united nine people with their own expertise to print a large number of counterfeit banknotes. Later, under the investigation of Mulanhua, he obtained clues from the smell left at the scene of printing counterfeit banknotes and solved the case. The principal culprit committed suicide, and the nine people have been at large since they fled to South America. Phantom of the Ancient House is the fifty-fourth episode of Magnolia Tales. In that incident, Mulan finally found the main culprit.However, Magnolia still doesn't know what happened in the whole case.All she knows is that these people have their own specialties, and.They cooperated very well. In terms of crime, they can be regarded as rare geniuses! This point can be seen that after the publication, the information of the nine of them was handed over to the international police, but they have been able to get away with it all the time. Mulanhua has never met these nine people, but she has a very deep impression on them. At this time, when she saw the names of the nine people on the paper, the expressions on their faces became serious. Before reading the entire content of the contract, Mulanhua naturally couldn't know what kind of tricks they were playing, but she knew that she had met a group of powerful opponents! They looked at each other, and after a few words, they continued to look down. The following text of the contract reads: Therefore, Party B thinks that Party A has gained a false name and cannot stand the test of facts, so it proposes to conclude a contract with the following items! (1) Party B will be within the next three months.To launch a series of criminal actions, the criminal actions must at least cause a sensation in the city, and it is guaranteed that Party A will be difficult to crack. (2) Party B promises to leave the city after three months, and will never show up in the city again. At this time, Party A should also hide its flag and keep silent. Naturally, Gao Xiang should resign from the police. (3) The criminal actions of Party B shall be based on the principle of never harming the lives of innocent people, but Party A and Party B shall, within the next three months.Between mutual contact, life is not guaranteed in any way, and both parties who sign the contract must prepare for the worst case by paying their lives. (4) After the contract is signed, it will be stored in a well-known law firm, and will be made public to the public three months later. There were four in total, and Mu Xiuzhen hadn't finished reading it yet, and she was already screaming with anger. Gao Xiang slapped hard, pressed on the contract, and said: In less than a week, I will wipe them all out! Magnolia just frowned and said nothing. Gao Xiang, Annie, and Mu Xiuzhen looked at Mulanhua together, and Mu Xiuzhen said: Sister Lanhua, how do you deal with them? Magnolia took a deep breath, but still remained silent. She turned her head and looked at the phone.After a while, he said slowly: Gao Xiang, Xiuzhen, in our memory, have we ever mentioned such an open challenge? As soon as Magnolia's words came out of her mouth, Gao Xiang and Mu Xiuzhen said in unison: No! Mu Xiuzhen added another sentence, saying: Who dares? Magnolia smiled and said: Now that someone dares, we naturally have to fight. As far as Gao Xiang is concerned, his position does not allow any criminal behavior at all. Although we are not so boring as to compete with others for fame, but, We must also never sit back and watch the rampant activities of criminals! Mu Xiuzhen said: Sign this contract with them? Magnolia reached out and grabbed the three pieces of paper, and tore them into pieces. At this moment, the phone rang again, and Annie picked up the phone receiver and put it on the loudspeaker. It was still the man's voice that came out of the phone, and he said with a smile: Miss Lanhua, you tore up those three contracts, it's useless! Gao Xiang, Annie and Mu Xiuzhen were all stunned when they heard what the man said. Mu Xiuzhen even looked out of the window immediately to see if the man was outside and could see the situation in the living room. But Magnolia smiled and said: You guessed very smartly, but your self-confidence is not enough, because you said that you tore up the contract, not that you tore up the contract, but you are still not sure, who actually tore up the contract? got a contract? The man was stunned for a moment, and then said: I admire you very much, Miss Lanhua, you are even a qualified psychologist! Magnolia sneered and said: Don't put a high hat on me, I'm just an adult! The man smiled and said: Miss Lanhua, aren't you implying that we are just a group of children? Magnolia corrected the man's words in a rather blunt tone, and said: "It's a group of urchins, urchins who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. We will never accompany you in the game you came up with, but what I can tell you is that even if there are nine of you, Don't commit any crimes in this city anymore, and the police will deal with you because you are wanted criminals! The man was still smiling, and said: Miss Lanhua, speaking like this, it's too boring! Magnolia's voice was more serious.Dao: I don't see any interest in justice and crime. The man's voice had always been very relaxed, but later on, it was obvious that his relaxation was pretended. At this moment, he couldn't even put on a fake, and there was no sound in his voice. Filled with anger, he said: Well, no matter what your attitude is, we will still proceed according to the original plan! Magnolia said coldly: "Criminals in the world, no one would repent before reaping the consequences!" The man raised his voice and said: We will not reap the consequences of ourselves.Under our precise arrangements, there will be no flaws in anything we do, and you will have no trace to find! Magnolia laughed contemptuously, and said: If I were you, I would blush when I speak out loudly, because your first collective crime ended in failure! The man snorted and said: We did not fail, the nine of us did not fail! Magnolia's voice was even colder, and said: Considering your current situation, the only way out is to surrender to the police! The man groaned angrily, saying that once, he didn't put down the message lightly, but put down the phone heavily. Gao Xiang came over, put the phone receiver away, and said: Lan Hua, you angered him! Magnolia said: I did this on purpose. They are trying to start a series of criminal actions in the form of games, so I will tell them clearly.Between us, there is no such situation, no matter what their original status is, and no matter what kind of expertise they have, they are just criminals, and they are absolutely not qualified to sign any contract or make any agreement with us. protocol! Gao Xiang was silent.