Xiao Yalan brought her so-called Teacher Wang to visit twice, and her words often showed solicitation. Tang Cheng was not a fool and could understand the meaning. He could not hide for a while, so he sent Xiao Yalan and the others away.
Tang Cheng greeted Lao Huang, the teaching handyman, and left the church and went straight to the Rose Bar in the concession. Robert had said that he had only one person in Shanghai who could be called a friend, and that was Mike, the owner of the Rose Bar.
"Leaved?" Tang Cheng couldn't believe his ears and eyes. The Rose Bar in front of him was completely gone from the bustle of the past. The burnt-black door of the bar had the seal of the patrol room. Through the glassless window, he looked at
Looking inside, you can still see chairs and glass fragments scattered on the ground, and there is still a purple-black mark on the steps near the door. Tang Cheng knows that it is the mark after the blood has dried.
"Young man, let's go quickly. The owner of this bar has run away. I heard that a Japanese died in the bar." The cigarette stall owner who talked to Tang Cheng reminded him kindly. Yes, it must be Mike who wants to help Robert
He killed a Japanese in a bar in revenge, and learned from the cigarette stall owner that several Japanese died in the bar. Tang Cheng immediately understood the reason for Mike's escape, but now it was the time when the country was at war with the Japanese army in Shanghai.
, even if a Japanese died in the Rose Bar, Mike wouldn’t have to run away?
Tang Cheng, who was confused, walked unconsciously along the street. Mike was an American. In the concession, the most he could do was to be taken back by the American consulate to handle it himself. Why would he want to run away? "Hey, little Chi, you didn't wear your eyes when you went out."
." While Tang Cheng was rubbing his head that was hurt by the impact, a big hand reached out and grabbed Tang Cheng's collar. He had hit someone. After reacting, Tang Cheng tried his best to open his mouth because his nose was sore and numb.
He looked up with misty eyes.
"I'm sorry, I didn't pay attention and bumped into you just now." The person holding Tang Cheng was a man in black, but looking at the rough look on this man's face, I guess he was not a good person. Thinking of calming down the trouble, Tang Cheng kept apologizing and struggled hard.
He wanted to break away from the big man grabbing his arm. No matter how many battles Tang Cheng had gone through, he was still just a 19-year-old boy. There was no way he could break away from the iron pillar-like arms of the man in black in front of him.
"Damn it, little Chi, please be clear. If I wasn't strong, I would have been killed by you. I just want to say a few words of apology and be done with it. If you think of beauty, give me 10 yuan, otherwise I will give you a beating."
, you choose one yourself." The fist of the man in black looked as big as a rice bowl. If it were hit with a punch, a small figure like Tang Cheng would probably be knocked out immediately. The passers-by onlookers looked at being beaten.
Tang Cheng, who grabbed his collar, showed sympathetic expressions. But no one dared to say anything to help Tang Cheng. The man didn't look like a good person, and passersby were afraid that he would get into trouble.
"Okay, I'll give you money, but I don't have a lot of money, so I'll give you US dollars." Tang Cheng was in a hurry today and forgot to bring out the shell gun, but even if he brought it out and snatched it out, he couldn't do anything to this man in black.
, after all, this was on the street. If he pulled out a gun and injured someone in anger, he might have to flee like Mike. After thinking about it, Tang Cheng decided to pay him.
Holding a few U.S. dollars handed over by Tang Cheng, the man in black had a strange look in his eyes. Just when Tang Cheng packed up his clothes and turned around to leave, the man in black reached out and grabbed Tang Cheng again.
"Little Chi, if you say these are U.S. dollars, they are U.S. dollars. We know you are not lying to me. I only recognize ocean silver dollars. You give me the silver dollars quickly, otherwise I will give you a good beating." The man in black glared.
He said with fierce eyes.
It seemed that this bastard had decided to kill him. Tang Cheng was thinking of countermeasures in his mind. When he bumped into this man in black, Tang Cheng felt strange. He was walking along the street just fine.
Yes, the street was not very narrow in this clear day. Why did this man in black bump into me? After thinking about it, there was only one possibility. This guy was a street foodie. This was also a common extortion trick used by Shanghai gangsters.
"Okay, let me go first, and I'll take you to the shop in front to exchange for silver dollars." Looking around, Tang Cheng didn't seem to find anyone who could help him, so he had to agree to exchange silver dollars for the man in black.
.
"No, how do I know if you have agreed with the shops in front of you to set up a trap for me? No, please give me the silver dollars now, otherwise I will beat them up." The man in black couldn't help it.
He pushed Tang Cheng, and the brute force of his hands made Tang Cheng rock back and forth like a boat in the stormy sea. The injuries on Tang Cheng's body only recovered quickly, but they were not fully recovered. After being shaken by the man in black,
Tang Cheng felt so groggy that he was about to vomit.
"Is it a gun?" During the push between the two, Tang Cheng's arm unconsciously touched the lower back of the man in black. The feeling of being separated by a hard object made the groggy Tang Cheng immediately realize that it was a gun.
It must be that feeling that Tang Cheng is familiar with. The man in black has a pistol on his waist. Tang Cheng is only 19 years old, but that doesn’t mean he is stupid. After many years of Robert’s words and deeds and the experience of a month ago,
Through life and death experiences, Tang Cheng has learned to find the answers he wants from tiny details.
He bumped into him for no reason. He was given US dollars and forced to ask for silver coins. Now he found out that this man was carrying a gun. All the signs were put together. Tangcheng suddenly discovered that this man in black and the whole thing were revealed.
It's weird. Yes, the purpose of this man in black is definitely not just to extort a few dollars. His purpose is himself. Otherwise, he would not force himself to take out the silver coins now. How could the gangsters in Shanghai not
I know that U.S. dollars are more useful than silver dollars, but I don’t know this guy and I haven’t offended anyone. Is this guy looking for the wrong person?
"But you have also seen that I only have these banknotes now, but you insist on silver coins. I asked to change them for you, but you refused. What do you want?" Tang Cheng, who found the key to the problem, also became angry.
Tangcheng has also seen the gangsters who hang out in Shanghai. Although those people are arrogant, domineering and cruel, they still have some moral principles after all. Generally, if they take money, they will not make it difficult for the victims they find. But this person in front of him is obviously
Messing around.
Tang Cheng raised his voice, which made the man in black who grabbed him stunned. Yes, the boss only said that he would disguise himself as a gangster to find out this kid's background, and he didn't say that he would really deal with this kid. If he is familiar with it,
If a person knows that he, a fighting instructor at the Military Command Shanghai Station, is bullying a young brat, then he will be really shameless in the future. "Here are 10 US dollars for you, do you want me?" The man in black had a few more banknotes in his hand.
, Tang Cheng struggled to break free and walked away without looking back.
"Director Wang, what do you think we should do about this?" Seeing Tang Cheng walking away, the man in black turned around and got into a black car parked on the roadside. The two people sitting in the back seat of the car were both Tang Cheng.
One of them I know is Xiao Yalan, and the other is Wang Lantian, the history teacher at Xiao Yalan's school. "Did we make a mistake? This kid obviously doesn't look good. When I grabbed his collar just now, he almost peeed with fear.
Well, a guy like this can kill five Japanese soldiers in one go, so the person who tipped us off must be telling lies, right?" The man in black sitting in the front row of the car said impatiently.
Wang Lantian, who has a Confucian look on his face, is not a real history teacher. The teacher is just his apparent identity. In fact, this person is the intelligence director of the Shanghai Juntong Station. Xiao Yalan is an agent of the Juntong Shanghai Station under him. The man in black is the director of the Shanghai Juntong Station.
Fighting instructor and captain of the action team. Ever since Tang Cheng left the church, the military commanders have been secretly watching. Xiao Yalan and the others did not appear here by chance. Their purpose was to test Tang Cheng and see if Tang Cheng
That's the person they're looking for.
"Don't worry, the Japanese army won't be able to break in for a while, we still have time." Wang Lantian still looked calm, "I think this Tangcheng is a city with a government. That day in the church, I felt murderous intent from him.
How could a child who grew up in a church have murderous intent in him? Moreover, the days when he disappeared were the most frequent attacks by Japanese infiltration troops in urban Shanghai. Such a young man actually showed up with a full body of soldiers a few days later.
He was admitted to a hospital full of wounded soldiers with a physical injury. Don’t you think there seems to be a story that we don’t know?”
Wang Lantian's words silenced both Xiao Yalan and the man in black. Wang Lantian had a reason to go to Tangcheng. Shanghai was about to be unable to hold one house anymore. The Japanese army's offensive was becoming more and more fierce. Only the concessions in Shanghai were relatively safe now.
There have been rumors from the Military Commission that the troops will be withdrawn. In order to continue the war of resistance, the military commander has made the decision to transfer all the Shanghai Intelligence Station underground. The most lacking thing in the Shanghai Intelligence Station now is manpower. Xiao Yalan told Wang Lantian that Tangcheng can speak Japanese.
, and Wang Lantian has already determined that Tang Cheng is the person who killed five Japanese soldiers. Such a person can be a very good intelligence agent with a little training.
Tang Cheng tepidly rejected his two solicitations in succession. Wang Lantian was not angry. On the contrary, he was more interested in this young man. People who can read and write Japanese and have killed people are the most suitable for joining the military.
Yes, but Tang Cheng rejected him twice in a row. Wang Lantian had to use coercion to make Tang Cheng submit. However, what happened just now made Wang Lantian have a little doubt. Is it rare that his judgment was really wrong? This Tang Cheng did not
Not the person you're looking for?
"Go find the German nun named Emma. It was she who provided the hospitalization procedures for Tang Cheng's class. If you find her, everything will be revealed." After Tang Cheng was discharged from the hospital and returned to the church, Xiao Yalan went to the hospital to look for clues related to Tang Cheng.
, but unfortunately the wounded soldiers who shared the same room with Tang Cheng didn’t say anything. Now that I think about it, the nun named Emma was also a key figure, and she was the one who sent Tang Cheng to the hospital.