Chapter 56: Zhou Tiezhu Gets Injured

  Hei Zi and his group left Hu Changfu's house and went to find a place to stay. They still stayed in the same hotel as their first visit to Tongda City. In the evening, they bought wine and meat and had a drink with Xiao Dage. At the same time, they introduced Hu Changfu to Xiao Dage.

  Hu Changfu was short and lean, very thin and single-minded. His two eyes were accustomed to looking around everywhere, giving people a thieving feeling. Xiao Dage didn't like him much, but he didn't show it because of Hei Zi's face.

  Hei Zi told Xiao Danye the purpose of this visit, he planned to let Da Kui run coal in the future. Da Kui was a straightforward person who spoke directly, and Xiao Danye liked him very much. As they drank wine, it became a casual conversation between Hei Zi, Zhu Xiaofei, and Hu Changfu. Xiao Danye taught Da Kui how to identify coal and what to pay attention to when buying coal.

  The next morning, Heizi called Zhou Yunfei and told him that he had come to pull coal. Zhou Yunfei was evasive on the phone and finally said they would talk when they met, seeming to imply that something had happened.

  It wasn't until they met that Zhou Yunfei knew that Zhou Tiezhu had been beaten and was hospitalized, and the coal mine had also stopped production.

  Zhou Yunfei briefly explained the situation, it turned out that Zhou Tiezhu had offended Huang Jianmin, a big mix, when he acquired the coal mine last time. At that time, Huang Jianmin didn't move him, after the New Year's Day, the kiln mouth opened and the Zhou brothers' kiln mouth was in trouble. First, someone made trouble, later someone openly took a car to rob coal.

  After fighting for several times, Huang Jianmin finally spoke out and said that Zhou Tiejun's men had beaten his brother and wanted Zhou to compensate.

  Zhou Tiezhu is also a straightforward man and will not be intimidated by him. A few days ago, a group of people suddenly smashed the hotel opened by Zhou Tiezhu in the mining area, leaving Zhou Tiezhu seriously injured and hospitalized, and the two coal mines had to close down.

  The Zhou brothers' inventory is all sold out, and Hei Zi needs to pull coal from other people's kilns. Zhou Yunfei says he can help Hei Zi find suitable coal.

  Hei Zi listened to Zhou Yunfei's words and solemnly patted his shoulder, saying: "Zhou Ge, you have a lot on your plate right now, don't worry about buying coal, first take me to see your brother."

  In a big city with various complex forces, Hei Zi and his friends were basically unable to help. He just wanted to go take a look at Zhou Tiezhu, after all, he had helped him before.

  Zhou Yunfei didn't insist on helping Heizi and the others buy coal, now the mining area is in chaos, Zhou Yunfei made a phone call to find two of his men to accompany him.

  Hei Zi and Zhou Yunfei went to see Zhou Tiezhu, while Xiao Dage brought Zhuo Xiaofei and Da Kui, Hu Changfu to the mining area to find suitable coal.

  Zhou Tiezhu's ward was on the third floor, and as they walked up the stairs, they saw a commotion in the corridor, with many young men wearing leather jackets standing around as if waiting for something.

  Zhou Yunfei scanned the corridor but couldn't find anyone assigned to take care of Zhou Tiezhu, so he quickly ran a few steps to the door of the ward, with Heizi following closely behind.

  The door of the ward was open, Zhou Tiezhu was lying on the bed wrapped in bandages all over his body, with several tubes and wires hanging from him, looking like he hadn't passed the critical period yet.

  Zhou Tiezhu's several younger brothers were beaten until their noses and faces were swollen, squatting on the ground. Two middle-aged men wearing down jackets stood with their arms around each other, watching them. A fat man sat in a chair by the bed, saying something to Zhou Tiezhu.

  Fatso heard someone coming in, turned his head to take a look, and saw that it was Zhou Yunfei and Heizi. He hesitated for a moment before standing up and saying: "Yunfei, you've come at just the right time, I'm discussing the kiln mouth with your brother."

  Hei Zi and Pang Zi didn't see eye to eye from the start, is this a time for discussion? Last time Zhou Tiezhu bought Pang Zi's coal mine with 500,000 yuan under Hei Zi's help, now he's taking advantage of others' difficulties to swallow their coal mine.

  Zhou Yunfei waved his hand and said: "My brother is injured now, nothing else to discuss."

  Fatso glanced at Hei Zi and sneered, "Yun Fei, I'm afraid you have no say in this. I've already agreed on a price of 500,000 yuan. All we need to do is sign an agreement."

  Hei Zi thought to himself, now two coal mines have merged into one, in the past one coal mine was worth 5 million, now it's being sold for 5 million, this is simply robbery.

  Zhou Tiezhu lay in bed, it was hard to say whether he would live or die. Pangzi came again, Zhou Yunfei felt a sense of helplessness that he had never experienced before. Would the coal mine that his two brothers had worked so hard for seven or eight years be handed over to others just like that?

  Hei Zi couldn't bear to see his friends and brothers being bullied, so he took a step forward, swung his fist and punched it onto Pang Zi's face. Pang Zi was hit by Hei Zi and sat back down on the chair.

  Fatso's two brothers saw that their eldest brother was being beaten and they all rushed over to surround Hei Zi, but Hei Zi didn't even look at them, focusing solely on brutally beating up Fatso.

  The fat man's loud cry attracted people from outside, and a sturdy man roared: "Who dares to move my big brother."

  It was Ershui who came in. He knew Heizi and saw that he hesitated again. He knew Heizi's skills, so he didn't dare to go up himself.

  Just now, the two middle-aged men who were standing in the house rushed towards Hei Zi. Hei Zi grabbed the fat manager's collar and suddenly turned his head. The two men hastily withdrew their hands. If they had withdrawn their hands a bit later, both of their fists would have hit the fat man's body.

  Zhou Yunfei knew that Ershui was the trusted assistant of Pangzi, and when he saw Ershui coming in a bit late, he went up and kicked Ershui's belly with one foot. Ershui retreated two steps back against the wall before he didn't get kicked over.

  The people standing in the corridor were all fat men who came to help, and the ones who actually took action were five or six of the fat man's subordinates. The others were just poor devils who wouldn't lift a hand if they didn't have to.

  Hei Zi held Huan Zi, fighting while using Huan Zi to block others. The ward was small, and he and Zhou Yunfei could completely block the entrance, not allowing anyone else to enter.

  Zhou Tiezhu's brothers, who were squatting on the ground earlier, saw Hei Zi and Zhou Yunfei take action, so they all stood up and rushed towards Panger's men, starting a chaotic fight.

  When the alarm sounded, all the people hired by Fatso fled from the hospital. Hei Zi stepped on Fatso, and his few younger brothers didn't leave, they surrounded the door of the ward, wanting to snatch Fatso away from under Hei Zi's feet.

  "Hei Zi kicked Pang Zi's head and said: 'Get out of here, the police are coming.'"

  Zhou Yunfei said to several of Zhou Tiezhu's subordinates: "You guys leave too, lest you be questioned by the police."

  The fatty saw Hei Zi showing kindness and let him go, got up and took his little brother to run out with a fart and urine flow, Hei Zi casually closed the door.

  Zhou Yunfei said: "Heizi brothers, you'd better leave too. You're an outsider, and when the police arrive, they might give you trouble."

  Hei Zi smiled and nodded: "I have to go, but we can't let Pang Zi and the others off easily."

  Hei Zi opened the window and looked towards the courtyard, where two police cars were parked at the entrance of the inpatient department. Five or six policemen rushed out of the car and into the building. After they all entered the corridor, Hei Zi raised his hand to mess up Zhou Yunfei's hair, jumped onto the windowsill and said: "Yunfei, take care of your brother, tell the police that the troublemakers are downstairs."

  "Don't worry, you be careful."

  Hei Zi turned around and climbed down to the floor with his hands on the windowsill, Zhou Yunfei took off his top, tore a few holes in it, put it back on and sat on the chair waiting for the police to arrive.

  Fatso and his younger brothers were clever, they feared encountering the police so they didn't take the elevator, instead running down from the corridor. Just as they exited the hospital's main gate, before they could even celebrate their escape, they saw Hei Zi appear. These few people were beaten by Hei Zi with a flurry of punches and kicks, earlier when they fought with Zhou Tiezhu's younger brothers, they all suffered varying degrees of injury, now these people simply weren't Hei Zi's match, in four or five minutes Hei Zi sent them all tumbling to the ground.

  The police rushed upstairs and saw a mess with no one in sight, knowing they were too late. They asked the hospital staff where the fight had taken place earlier and pushed open the door to enter.

  "Police comrades, you've arrived just in time! The gang of thugs that beat me up just ran out and are now at most on the first floor."

  A policeman leaned out of the window and saw a person lying at the entrance of the inpatient department, and hurriedly shouted: "Something's happened downstairs, hurry down!"

  The police arrived on the first floor when Hei Zi had already left, Pang Zi and his younger brother were shouting "ya ya" as they climbed up, the police surrounded them with a swoop.