Johnson went to Hongyan Pavilion to order breakfast.
Piqué finished the meal in three mouthfuls and went out in a hurry. He said he would go to the patrol room and told him that if Wang Yidong sent someone to invite him and he didn't come back, he would ask someone to inform him, and everyone would set off on their own and meet at the dock.
Fang Fanglong felt strange, how do you know when Wang Yidong will send someone?
Pique smiled and said nothing, waved to everyone and left.
Mutian didn't sleep well last night. He was thinking that besides those people whom Peak mentioned would make things difficult for him, who else would be harmful to him? But after tossing and turning all night, he couldn't do it. It was dawning in a daze.
To say that Pique is a god at things is a bit flattering, but his judgment is still relatively accurate.
Fang Fanglong was laughing at Pique's pretense, saying that even if he made three rounds from the police station, there would be no news from Wang Yidong. The reason was that yesterday's gambling game in Zilu only started at eight o'clock in the evening, and today's home game is at
Toad Island in Haizidang can only visit in the evening at the earliest.
Before he finished speaking, the doorbell rang suddenly.
Johnson was stunned for a moment, then walked over and opened the door.
The person who came in turned out to be Xie Chunhua.
As soon as she walked in, she ignored Johnson's attitude and hurriedly accused them of being a bunch of big men who were slacking off. Wang Yidong's small steamer was already waiting at the pier.
When Mu Tian heard what she said, he didn't say a word, pulled on his coat and went out.
When Xie Chunhua saw the protagonist leaving, she ignored the other people in the room and chased him out.
Fangzhuanglong was also about to leave, but Johnson stopped him, "How did she know this place?"
"I told her last night." Fang Fanglong said nonchalantly.
"You, tell her this address?" Johnson's eyes widened.
"What? Do you want me to tell Wang Yidong directly or Wang Yidong's bodyguard?" Fang Fanglong felt that Johnson's attitude was a bit too much. Who should he glare at? The whole idea was my fault! So he retorted back angrily.
Johnson was speechless for a moment, punched his fist in the palm of his hand, and said "hey" fiercely, as if this problem was serious.
This problem is so serious that Peake originally wanted to use it as a safe house.
But he didn't expect that there was something more serious.
Wang Yidong also has spies in Elbow Beach and even his own safe house. The person who notified Xie Chunhua of the arrival time of the small steamer was not someone from Haizidang, but a local of Elbow Beach. Xie Chunhua said that the small steamer was arriving.
Waiting at the pier, it was purely her performance, she just wanted Mu Tian and others to hurry up. Of course Xie Chunhua would not reveal everything about the situation.
In many things, information asymmetry is a magic weapon to win by surprise. Even if you just use it to increase your sense of presence.
In fact, the other party informed her that the small steamer that would pick up people would arrive in half an hour.
This is exactly the time it takes to get from Zilu to the pier. If you take a rickshaw, it may be a few minutes or ten minutes faster.
Mu Tian rushed out and stood at the door, feeling at a loss.
He didn't know how to get to the dock.
Xie Chunhua, who was catching up from behind, waved for a taxi.
Then Johnson and Fang Fanglong also called a car to follow.
When they first arrived at the dock, Peake's jeep also arrived.
The two patrolmen who followed lifted a medium-sized box out of the car, saluted Pique, turned around and drove away.
Wang Yidong's two bodyguards disembarked from the boat to greet him.
The golden tiger and the wooden tiger came, and the three tigers of water, fire, and earth stayed on Toad Island, doing their daily work.
Piqué asked the two tigers to load the boxes he had brought onto the ship.
Jin Hu said: "Today I will only take people with me but not load the goods."
His tone was sonorous, and he looked serious and unwavering.
"That's it. Then you don't need to bring anyone with you. This is Mr. Mu's gift to the prince. If you don't get the gift, is it interesting for him to go?"
Jin Hu was very confused by the foreigner's Chinese, but he still roughly understood the meaning of courtesy when someone arrives. After pondering for a while, he called Mu Hu to join him, without calling other crew members, to carry the box on board the ship.
"Why don't you open it and check it or something?" Pique seemed to ask Jin Hu deliberately.
"The master's gift must be opened by the master himself." Jin Hu, who had just put the box on the deck, explained to Pique, but suddenly thought something was wrong, so he called Mu Hu again: "Let's go, carry it to the cabin.
"
When they picked up the box and walked to the cabin again, Mu Tian, Johnson, Fang Fanglong and Xie Chunhua jumped onto the deck. Peake took advantage of this time and had already turned around on the deck.
Originally, when Peake saw this small steamer, he judged its tonnage and calculated its draft, and concluded that it had been modified. This trip confirmed his suspicion. The deck and hull of the bow were thickened.
The steel plate was removed, and a 92 heavy machine gun and two Czech light machine guns were installed inside, and a 92 heavy machine gun was placed at the stern. He opened the deck cover, and there was something inside that looked familiar, like the one on the Purple House Corridor yesterday.
The eighteen Arhats, the first or second officer, were sitting neatly on both sides, holding Sanba Gaigai in their arms, with their bayonets shining brightly. The two Arhats who were close to the cabin door were still fiddling with their bayonets and telling Piqué to go away.
Jin Hu put the box away and returned to the deck. He checked the number of people and found that everyone who was supposed to be there had already boarded the ship. He asked Mu Hu to go to the engine room and order the ship to sail.
With the sound of the whistle, the small steamer left the port and sailed upstream as usual. It made a "Z" on the Suzhou River and arrived at Shajiabang on the opposite side.
It was Mu Tian's first time taking a ship, and everything was new. He chased Peake and asked him about this and that, and finally asked Peake what was in the box he brought on board.
"This is the meeting gift you gave Wang Yidong." Pique said sincerely.
"Is this necessary? I'm going to gamble with him."
"Do you think it's really as simple as gambling?"
"So this brings us to your whole plan again. Now tell me, what is it?"
"Hey, Mu Tian, you can't go on like this forever. You just need to know that this is all for your own good. Don't ask about things you shouldn't know. This way you can live longer and at least you will have less trouble. Just because
You have too many questions and you didn't sleep well last night." Pique spoke seriously, not forgetting to tease him at the end.
"Is this a problem with sleeping?" Mu Tian still pursued her.
"Yes and no."
"Then you should at least tell me what's in the box."
"It's in the cabin. You can open it and take a look at it yourself. But I advise you not to look at it, because it is the first card you will show when you get to Toad Island." Peake was a little pretending to be mysterious.
"Why are you so bad?" Mu Tian shouted in despair.
"You are going to gamble! You already have a hole card, and now we have prepared the first exposed card for you. If you still bet on fried golden flowers today."
"Come on, Pique. I bet Wang Yidong will play Pai Gow today."
"It's very possible, but I bet Wang Yidong won't bet with you after seeing your first card. Because the battle between you has been decided."
"Don't be so pretentious, let's bet on whatever you want today." Mu Tian said disdainfully.
"Where's the bet?"
"A box of fine Cuban cigars."
"Oh, I like it. But it's too light. How about we win together with you yesterday?"
"You're tricking me again, you want me to do it for nothing, right?"
"What's the trick? You have half a chance." Pique's words were full of encouragement.
As he spoke, the small steamer had already passed the boundary of Shajiabang, and the houses and farmland were retreating rapidly.
What appears ahead is a large swamp and reed swamp.
Jin Hu and Mu Hu came over, and Mu Hu held a pile of black fabrics in his hands.
Pique curled his lips when he saw this.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Mu." Jin Hu said, picking up a black fabric from Mu Hu's hand and shaking it open.
Wow, it's a black pocket.
"This is?"
Mu Tian was extremely puzzled. He looked at Jin Hu, then pointed and looked at Pique inquiringly.
Pique shrugged, took the black cloth bag from Jin Hu's hand, and put it on his head.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Mu, this is Haizidang's rule!" Jin Hu picked up another bag, opened it, and waited for Mu Tian.
Mu Tian knocked the bag off Jin Hu's hand, "Where can there be such a rule?!"
Jin Hu crossed his hands on his chest and stared at Mu Tian, "If Mr. Mu doesn't want to join the gang, we can send him and you back. If you do, you must abide by the rules! I also heard that in this area,
There are many crocodiles in the waters. They can capsize the boat when they are unhappy." His words were cold.
Piqué bent down and groped on the deck to find that he didn't have it, patted it on his leg, handed it to Mutian, and whispered: "You are here for a gambling appointment, and you have two cards."