"Are you cold?" Cheng Xuyuan asked his wife. His arms hugged her tightly, as if he wanted to transfer as much heat as possible to Gui Qian.
"It's not cold." Gui Qian squeezed out a smile on her pale face. Her teeth chattered up and down as she spoke, "Xuyuan, how did you find this place?"
This is a large courtyard in Gein Lane, or more precisely, a pond in the backyard.
The two of them are currently soaking in the pond in the backyard. To be precise, there is a rockery in the center of the pond. The water is seven feet deep, and only a tip of the whole rockery is exposed.
The couple hid deep in the rockery, clinging to the stone wall of the rockery with their noses slightly exposed, barely able to maintain basic breathing.
"A friend once told me." Cheng Xuyuan said.
The friend he mentioned was Song Fuguo.
Last year, Song Fuguo came to Shanghai, and the two met secretly.
At that time, Song Fuguo was living next door to the house here. At that time, the two of them were having a secret meeting in the attic on the third floor. They could just see the pond and the pointed rockery in the center of the pond.
Song Fuguo then smiled and said, if you are captured by the enemy, look there, could it be an emergency refuge?
Cheng Xuyuan looked at it carefully, nodded and said, this place is very nice. If it is night, it will be harder to find.
The more he looked at it, the more satisfied he became. It could be said that Cheng Xuyuan was extremely satisfied with the ‘design’ of the rockery blending into the pond:
He even felt that the owner of this house must not be an ordinary family. In a sense, this design was simply an escape shelter for people like them in extreme situations.
…
Cheng Xuyuan did not expect that the original joke would become reality at this moment.
Facing the enemy's search, he and his wife Gui Qian were trapped in Gein Lane. When they were almost desperate, they suddenly thought of what happened that day.
Cheng Xuyuan and his wife climbed over the wall to the backyard of the house. The two of them went into the water and swam to the center of the pool, diving into the rockery to take shelter.
"I'm worried about my eldest sister and my little brother right now." Gui Qianlian's teeth were trembling, her lips were purple from the cold, and she said tremblingly.
"It'll be fine." Cheng Xuyuan hugged his wife and said through gritted teeth.
It seemed like a fish was swimming by.
Cheng Xuyuan forced a smile on his face, "I promised my eldest sister to bring her a big fish."
"My eldest sister always remembers it," Gui Qian said.
At this moment, noises, voices, and walking came from not far away.
Cheng Xuyuan and his wife both shut up.
Both of them knew that the most dangerous moment was coming.
When the two sneaked into the backyard, they took a cursory look at the environment inside the courtyard. This was not a courtyard where people often came.
Now, in this "quiet night", there are such moving and noisy sounds. As the saying goes, those who come are not good and those who are good will not come!
"No one comes to this backyard at all." A voice said, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, "Look, there is no one..."
Seeing that there were agents banging and banging in such rough ways, the housekeeper quickly said in a warning tone:
You all know that this is the property of the Chen family."
"I know, I know, I don't know." Dong Zhengguo said with a smile, "It's a routine matter, so don't blame the housekeeper."
"Which Chen mansion is this?" Wan Sanliang, who followed Dong Zhengguo to search Gein Lane, asked an agent in a low voice.
"That's Minister Chen who was killed by the military commander." The man replied in a low voice.
Wan Sanliang then knew who this person was. It was Chen Bo who was assassinated by Lu Xingge.
If Chen Zhuan were still alive, the Foreign Minister of the Nanjing Reform Government would still have some deterrence. Now, the grass on this man's grave would be almost three feet high. For people like them, such a dead man, let alone be honest.
It is a lack of deterrence. In fact, it is a lack of deterrence at all.
"Search carefully." Dong Zhengguo ordered, "Don't miss any blind spots."
After inspection, the top of the wall here and the courtyard wall of the house next door showed signs of being climbed. He had reason to suspect that someone had climbed over the wall and sneaked in.
The weather began to change in the afternoon, and at this moment, rain finally fell.
Dong Zhengguo stretched out his hand. It seemed that it was not pure rain, but had a sandy feel.
Salt particles have been dropped, he thought to himself.
Dong Zhengguo tightened his leather jacket tightly.
…
Cheng Qianfan crossed his legs, holding a cigarette in his mouth. From time to time he took a puff of the cigarette or drank a sip of whiskey. He felt particularly relaxed.
At this moment, he was in the Xianles Dance Hall.
It was cold and the fireplace was lit in the ballroom, which made it a bit hot.
Little did he know that he had an uninvited guest at his house in Gein Lane.
That house was secretly given to him by Mr. Chen as an apology.
More than half a year after Chen Zhuan's death, Mr. Chen, who had previously reluctantly apologized to "Mr. Xiao Cheng", seemed to have suddenly come to his senses. Perhaps he had received advice from an expert and sent someone to send gifts to the Cheng Mansion. Among them
It includes the keys and title deed to the yard on Gein Lane.
Cheng Qianfan returned the title deed, leaving only the key.
Mr. Chen understood and sent another twenty large yellow croakers as payment for his hard work:
Ask ‘Ms. Xiao Cheng’ to help with the hard work of taking care of the courtyard.
Therefore, on the surface, the house here is still the property of Mr. Chen, but in fact it is the unnamed property of the "Mr. Xiao Cheng" of the Central Patrol Office of the French Concession.
Someone who had just entered the ballroom said that it was raining and snowing outside, which attracted some ladies and ladies who had rarely seen snow. They were so surprised that they came to the eaves outside the ballroom to enjoy it.
Under the dim yellow street lights, it seemed like snowflakes could be seen, or it seemed like they were just larger raindrops.
…
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Zhang Ping, who was talking happily with a woman.
That woman was the concubine of Shangguan Wu from the Liaison Office of the Political Department of the French Concession. If we go back further, this woman was the number one golden voice in Xian Ledu.
Cheng Qianfan watched this scene with interest.
His lover met the third concubine from Shangguanwu by chance, and the two started talking happily.
Interesting, Cheng Qianfan took a sip of whiskey.
If he remembered correctly, the relationship between Shangguan Wu and Shuli Zhao was quite close.
…
Cheng Qianfan smiled and stared at the woman who was talking warmly to Zhang Ping, as if she was planning some bad idea.
"That is Shangguan Wu's favorite woman now. Brother Qianfan, you can't have any ideas about this woman." A voice said next to Cheng Qianfan.
"Brother Zhikang?!" Cheng Qianfan turned around and saw that it was Su Zhikang speaking. He was overjoyed. He put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, stood up and shook hands with Su Zhikang, "Oh, it's been a long time since we last met."
"I don't have long legs to run away anymore." Su Zhikang said with a smile, "It's just that Vice President Cheng is too busy and rarely comes to my Mailan house recently."
"My fault, my fault." Cheng Qianfan laughed.
While the two were chatting, Cheng Qianfan caught a glimpse of Hao Zai entering the ballroom from the door.
Su Zhikang also noticed Hao Zai who walked straight into the ballroom. He smiled, made an appointment with Cheng Qianfan to meet again another day, and then left on his own initiative.
…
In a corner of the ballroom, a pair of men were silently observing and paying attention to this.
"Is that Cheng Qianfan?"
"It's him."
"Find a way to tie him up."
"Absolutely not." The man was afraid that his brother would not listen to the persuasion, so he quickly emphasized, "Breaking this man in the French Concession would cause even more trouble than killing a Japanese soldier in Hongkou."
"Then I'll tie up his mother-in-law and his baby." The man thought again and said, "Force him to use that sulfa to ransom him."
As he said this, the man paused and said, "Add another ten thousand to the ocean!"
"Then you should just assassinate Cheng Qianfan." The man glanced at the man next to him and said with a wry smile.
He suddenly became suspicious of this guy who claimed to be ‘Commander Tu’.
Who is 'Commander Tu'? He comes from a 'famous family of Taihu water bandits'. He can still live well after offending 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' and being wanted by 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' with a reward. This is enough.
This explains the ability of 'Commander Tu'.
It is conceivable that "Commander Tu" should be a very cautious person, so that he could repeatedly escape from the hands of "Mr. Xiao Cheng" who has many eyes and ears in the French Concession and many subordinates.
However, based on his current observation, this guy who calls himself "Commander Tu" obviously does not fit in with the word caution.
…
"There's news." Hao Zai covered his mouth and said in Cheng Qianfan's ear.
Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly.
"In the evening, shots were fired on Robertson Road. Someone saw that Dong Zhengguo from No. 76 was leading the team." Hao Zai continued.
The former ‘chief officer’ of the Central Command was not an unknown person. The most important thing was that this person had appeared in many police patrols.
"Someone seemed to have heard Dong Zhengguo's men shout 'Cheng Xuyuan'." Hao Tsai said.
"Are you sure?" Cheng Qianfan asked casually, holding the wine glass and taking a casual sip.
In fact, he felt a thump in his heart.
If this matter really involves Cheng Xuyuan, the matter will be really troublesome.
Cheng Xuyuan is the secretary of Juntong Shanghai District. After Wang Tiemu and Chen Mingchu rebelled and defected to the enemy, and Zheng Lijun was transferred to Henan, Cheng Xuyuan is currently the oldest person in Juntong Shanghai District and one of the senior officials who is most familiar with Juntong Shanghai District.
In a sense, at this stage, Cheng Xuyuan is as important to the Shanghai District of Military Reunion as Chen Gongshu, the head of the Shanghai District of Military Reunion. Even if Cheng Xuyuan rebels after being arrested, the turmoil he will bring to Shanghai District will be even greater.
Above Chen Gongshu, the new district mayor of Shanghai.
"It should be." Hao Zai said.
"Has anyone been caught?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"Not yet." Hao Zai said, "Robertson Road has been blocked, and there are people checking Penang Road."
Hao Zai originally thought that Brother Fan would further order him to do something, but the team leader just waved his hand and had no intention of taking any further action.
…
Watching Zhang Ping go upstairs and wave at the balcony.
Cheng Qianfan also waved his hand, then rolled up the car window and told Haozi to drive.
Hao Zai skillfully turned around, turned his head and glanced at Brother Fan, but hesitated to speak.
"Say what you have to say." Cheng Qianfan glared at Hao Zai and said.
"Brother Fan, why don't you save them?" Haozi couldn't hold it back after all, and couldn't help asking, "Judging from the current situation, Cheng Xuyuan must not have successfully escaped yet. He is still blocked near Robertson Road."
"We are not the nannies of Shanghai Station." Cheng Qianfan said with a cold snort.
Hearing this, Hao Zai breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time he was inevitably a little disappointed.
…
The next day.
No. 22, Xue Huali Road.
The lights are bright.
"inability!"
"Can anyone tell me what you have found out in the past few days?"
"In just half a month, the 'Blood Bat' committed crimes as many as four times, and citizens were filled with complaints and panic." Cheng Qianfan tossed the case file in his hand, and the papers fell away.
"Brother Fan, give me three more days, and I will break the wings of that 'blood bat' and twist him in front of you." Lu Jiufan blushed and said through gritted teeth.
"Three days?" Cheng Qianfan glanced sideways at Lu Jiu.
"Two days!" Lu Jiufan said, "No, one day!"
"You can't brag." Cheng Qianfan glanced at Lu Jiufan coldly, "I'll give you two days."
He knocked on the table, "I'm going to see the 'Blood Bat' in two days."
"Yes." Lu Jiufan stood at attention, saluted, and left with a few of his men.
After Datou Lu's death, after a period of investigation, "Mr. Xiao Cheng" appointed Lu Jiufan as deputy inspector of the Third Inspection of the Central Patrol Room. The post of inspector was still temporarily held by Deputy Chief Inspector Cheng.
There was a lot of discussion within the patrol room about the fact that "Mr. Xiao Cheng" did not promote his most trusted subordinates Zhong Guohao or Li Hao to deputy inspector of the third patrol, but chose to promote Lu Jiufan to deputy inspector.
This is of course not to say that Lu Jiufan is not Cheng Qianfan's confidant, but even close confidants have different relationships. Lu Jiufan is obviously not as trusted by "Mr. Xiao Cheng" as Li Hao and Zhong Guohao.
However, Lu Jiufan was older in the patrol room and had good connections.
Belongs to the standard promoteable order category.
It is precisely because of this that people in the patrol room are quite convinced of "Mr. Xiao Cheng".
…
"What's going on? Did you get scolded by Brother Fan?" Li Hao met Lu Jiufan in the waiting room on the first floor. Seeing Lu Jiufan hurriedly with a sullen face, Li Hao couldn't help asking.
"'Blood Bat'." Lu Jiufan took the cigarette handed over by Hao Zi, lit it, took a deep breath, and said.
"This guy committed another crime?" Li Hao asked in surprise, "Is it our jurisdiction?"
The 'Blood Bat' commits crimes all over the French Concession, with footprints all over the Central District, Jiafei District, Mailan District, Beitang District and other areas, and specially selects the mansions of wealthy people to attack, especially those whose owners have been living abroad for a long time and have no one at home.
Or maybe it's a mansion guarded only by a butler.
Just last night, a house on Fansandu Road was visited by thieves. The blood bat marks left on the scene told everything.
Li Hao suddenly lost interest when he heard Lu Jiu explain that it was the "blood bat" causing trouble on Fansandu Road.
Fansandu Road is not the territory of the French Concession, and Fansandu Road is not far from Jisi Feier Road. So the 'Blood Bat' chose a bad place, and actually chose the vicinity of No. 76. This is in a sense
To say, it is simply asking for death.
"Don't do the work yet!" Cheng Qianfan was going downstairs. He stood on the stairs and happened to catch a glimpse of Li Hao and Lu Jiufan chatting there. "Little Mr. Cheng" couldn't help but get angry and scolded him.
Lu Jiu rushed over and left in a hurry.
Cheng Qianfan glared at Li Hao and said solemnly, "Come with me."
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