"Son, Robert's biggest wish during his lifetime was to take you back to the United States. I also have Robert's shares in my Rose Bar. I can turn these shares into money and give them to you. You'd better take Robert's ashes back to the United States first. I
I'll take care of things here and then I'll find you." With Mike's help, the priest who came to take over Robert's duties presided over the funeral for Robert, but the stubborn Tang Cheng still wore it for Robert at the prompting of the handyman.
Xiao dropped the basin, and he planned to hold a memorial for Robert in the backyard of the church.
The situation in Shanghai is getting more and more serious, and even Mike is a little unsure of what to do, so he keeps urging Tang Cheng to leave Shanghai and go to the United States. "Uncle Mike, Robert said he was injured in a sneak attack by the Japanese, despicable
The Japanese put poison on the blade. Robert treats me like a son. I want to stay and avenge him." Tang Cheng, with red eyes, rejected Mike's kindness. Even the money that Mike wanted to give him, Tang Cheng also refused.
All refused.
"Son, you said it was the Japanese who killed Robert, but do you have evidence? If there is no accurate evidence that it was the Japanese who did it, the consulate and the senior management of the concession will not be able to do anything to the Japanese. Robert hopes you can live a good life.
If you go down, I will never allow you to seek revenge and cause trouble for the Japanese. You should listen to me and return to the United States as soon as possible. Robert has been teaching you English since you were a child. You should have no problem living in the United States, and I will find you soon."
Robert's unexpected death left Mike in a daze. When Robert told himself that someone in the American consulate was secretly selling information to the Japanese, he didn't believe it. Now it seems that Robert was attacked by the Japanese because of his awareness.
Assassination, the person who sensed Robert's suspicion should be inside the U.S. Consulate, and was probably someone who knew Robert. Congressmen controlled by large consortiums only have interests in their eyes, and they don't care about Robert and himself.
The life and death of little people is like shouting to stop Japan from invading China, but at the same time they are exporting steel for making weapons to Japan.
Mike suddenly remembered that when he was in the bar, Robert seemed hesitant to speak. Could it be that Robert knew something to provoke the Japanese assassination? Mike was so frightened by the conclusion he deduced that he broke into a cold sweat. In this case,
Leaving Shanghai is the best way, but the urgent delay now is to let Tangcheng leave Shanghai for the United States first. Mike will also leave China later after closing his bar and recovering the investment.
"We have a visitor," Zhi Keli, the minister called by the church handyman, shouted at the mourning hall. Tang Cheng, with tears in his eyes, looked up and saw that it was Hou Xiaotian and his friends who came. They must have skipped school to come and see him. "You guys are here.
"Tang Cheng, who had a sore throat, smiled weakly at Hou Xiaotian, but in the eyes of Hou Xiaotian and the others, Tang Cheng's smile was uglier than crying. Tang Cheng, who had been kneeling all night, looked really haggard, plus he was red and swollen.
His eyes and the white mourning belt on his head made Tangcheng look so helpless and thin.
"We are here to send off the priest, Tang Cheng, you have to express your condolences." Xie Xiaoli, who had a simple temperament, started crying for no reason when she saw this picture of Tang Cheng. Hou Xiaotian and several male students who often came to the church also became red.
Only Xiao Yalan's eyes were normal. After a few words of persuasion to Tang Cheng in a low voice, he went to bow to Robert's coffin. Robert was the priest of the church, and the people he usually met were all foreigners in the concession, China.
Most of them couldn't accept the formal funeral, so the priest who came to replace Robert greeted them in the church. The only people who came to the backyard of Tangcheng were Hou Xiaotian and Mike.
Tang Cheng has been living like a child without any scheming under the protection of Robert. Robert's death and the words he told Tang Cheng before his death made this 19-year-old boy grow up a lot. Tang Cheng first
The one who is self-taught is to learn to hide his thoughts. He wants to seek revenge from the Japanese and wants to find Xie Bo for help, but Mike is still here. Tang Cheng knows that if he insists on telling Mike that he is going to find the Japanese
For revenge, there was no way that this somewhat fierce-looking Uncle Mike would tie himself up and throw him directly into the cabin of the plane, so he couldn't let Mike know his plan.
"Uncle Mike, I promise you, but I have to wait until I finish guarding Robert for the first seven days before leaving Shanghai. Besides, there are still a lot of Robert's and my things that need time to be packed here. Can you give me a few more days, please?" Tang
The change in Tang Cheng's attitude made Mike very happy. In front of Hou Xiaotian and the others, Mike couldn't say anything. He just left some money for Tang Cheng and left in a hurry to do his own business. Mike wanted to find the person who betrayed Robert to
Japanese guy.
"Xie Xiaoli, I want to trouble you with something." After watching Mike leave the backyard of the church, Tang Cheng turned to look at Xie Xiaoli, who was crying. "I want to use your car, is that okay? You can stay here first.
Wait for me, I'll go out to find someone and I'll be back in an hour." Xie Xiaoli, whose eyes were blurred with tears, didn't bother to ask Tang Cheng what he was doing with the car. Anyway, the car was parked outside the church. Tang Cheng could use the car if he wanted.
Used it.
"Monkey, help me take care of Xie Xiaoli and the others. I'll be back after I go out for a while. If Mike, who left just now, comes back to see me, just tell him that I went out to buy yellow paper." Tang Cheng changed out of his mourning clothes,
He grabbed a few more banknotes from the drawer and hurriedly got into the car of Xie Xiaoli's family and drove away. Naturally, Tangcheng went to Yangshupu. Xie Bo's barracks was in Yangshupu. Tangcheng, who was eager to take revenge after the unexpected incident, didn't know where to find him.
Whoever helps, Xie Bo, who has a gun, naturally becomes his first choice.
"No, no, there's nothing you're looking for here, Captain Xie. Hurry up and leave. If you don't leave, I'll send you to prison to eat." Tang Cheng found the place where Xie Bo had taken him according to his memory.
In the wilderness, he clearly remembered that Xie Bo's headquarters was in a certain trench in this wasteland. But it was blocked by several policemen with roadblocks. Tangcheng reported Xie Bo's name and said that he was looking for someone.
Yes, but the policemen said that there was no military camp ahead, and they kept driving Tangcheng away.
"Boy, hurry up and leave. This is not where you came from. Look, there is nothing here. There is something to hang out in. Go home and leave quickly." The older police chief persuaded him nicely.
He coaxed Tang Cheng into the car. As he watched the car in which Tang Cheng was riding leave, the policemen who set up roadblocks changed from their previous arrogance. The talkative police chief leaned over and pulled out a telephone from the bushes, picked up the handle and whispered.
After a few words, he told the story of Tang Cheng coming to see Xie Bo.
Tangcheng did not find the wrong place. After crossing the roadblock set up by the police, there was a woodland not far away. The trenches dug by Xie Bo and the others were in the woodland. However, Xie Bo's company had already moved its location. Tangcheng was
Xie Bo was nowhere to be found after entering. Hongqiao Airport was the trigger for the Sino-Japanese dispute. Xie Bo's 1st Battalion was the vanguard of the 88th Division. After the intelligence on Shanghai was reported to the division headquarters, Xie Bo's company
They immediately left for Hongqiao Airport. At this time, Xie Bo had taken off his regular army officer's uniform and put on the uniform of the Shanghai Security Force and was guarding the airport.
Using regular troops to pretend to be security forces is a method proposed by Zhang Zhizhong to confuse the Japanese army. Since the Japanese army in Shanghai can restrain their expatriates to confuse the Chinese, why can't the government use deception to confuse the Japanese army? The Ministry of Military Affairs has formulated a plan for troop deployment
plan, but such a large-scale mobilization of troops is bound to attract the attention of the Japanese army, and the first shot cannot be fired first. This is one of the orders issued to Zhang Zhizhong by the Ministry of Military Affairs.
Demobilizing security forces is the only way to mobilize troops.
Sitting in the back seat of the car, Tang Cheng lowered his eyes and looked extremely depressed. Robert was dead, and Xie Bo, the only one who could help him seek revenge, could not be found. Tang Cheng didn't know what to do. Mike, the owner of Rose Bar
Although he promised to take care of himself, he didn't know Mike at all. Before Robert died, he told himself not to trust others easily. Since Mike said that he and Robert were good friends, and Robert also had a friend in Mike's Rose Bar.
shares, but why did Mike not want to avenge Robert when he said that Robert died at the hands of the Japanese?
The more Tang Cheng thought about it, the more confused he became. The car drove to the door of the church, but Tang Cheng, who was sitting in the back seat, looked a little dumbfounded and didn't know how to get out of the car. It was the driver of Xie Xiaoli's family who spoke, and Tang Cheng suddenly understood and hurriedly got out of the car.
.The backyard was still miserable, and Mike was not there. Only Hou Xiaotian and the others were burning paper money for Robert. Tang Cheng, who was exhausted, was glad that he still had these friends.
"Tangcheng, just now the priest in front brought an iron box and said that it is full of Robert's things. You should put them away yourself. I think you may be able to think of Father Robert when you see these things." After a few pleasantries.
, Hou Xiaotian took an iron box and handed it to Tang Cheng. The latter then remembered that Robert said before he died that there was money in the box under his bed. Maybe this box was the one under Robert's bed.
"Gun?" After Tang Cheng opened the box, he saw Robert's pistol at a glance. It was one of Robert's favorite things. Tang Cheng often saw Robert cleaning this pistol at night. Rubbing the cold iron, Tang Cheng
Cheng's eyes lit up. A gun can kill people, and a knife may not kill a Japanese, but he can use this hand to kill a Japanese to avenge Robert. The thought of killing a Japanese to avenge Robert can't help but swirl in Tang Cheng's mind.
Well, as for how many Japanese he would kill, Tang Cheng himself had no plan, maybe until Mike put him on a plane and left Shanghai.