Chapter One Hundred and One
The Petit Champs is a well-known wealthy area in Nanjing, named after the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
I remember that when Gu Shaoqing first came to the school to teach French, the first lesson he gave us talked about the most famous commercial street in Paris, France:
"The Champs-Élysées is avenue de schamps-elysées in French, where champs means pastoral and elysees means 'Elysium' or 'Paradise'. France is a romantic country, Paris is known as the romantic capital, and the Champs-Élysées is the most romantic. ”
"Sir, you have said so much, have you ever encountered any romantic things in Paris? Tell us about it. A female student asked.
"Yes, sir, tell us about it." Another student chimed in.
"Let's talk about it, let's talk about it."
A group of schoolgirls watched him giggle and coax......
The memory flashed by, it was the best scene of my short school career, the female students chirping all day long, like tireless birds, their faces full of youth and happiness.
Xihe Mansion is hidden in the marble tree alley, Shike parked the car at the intersection of the alley, sat in the car and waited quietly with me for Qian San to appear. At this time, it was 16:45 p.m., and according to Shike's intelligence source, since Chinese New Year's Eve, Qian San would appear at the Xihe Mansion on time at 17 p.m. every day, and play with his brothers until after 12 a.m.
The small Champs is built in imitation of the Champs-Elysées in Paris, and the eastern section is a high-end villa area, which is lined with bungalows, where several directors of various ports and new wealthy families have risen in recent years, including the Fei family who is engaged to Gu Shaoqing.
On both sides is the flat lawn of Ying's Lawn, while the western section is a famous high-end business district, where first-class brands, clothing stores and perfume shops from all over the world are concentrated.
Although the city of Nanjing was not opened earlier than Shanghai, it was also forced to open its port in the Sino-British Treaty of Tientsin in 1859. With the development of trade for more than 60 years, the shadow of the former Qing Dynasty has become less and less, and the life of the Republic of China has become more and more convenient.
The trees in winter are as thin as pale yellow clouds, and at about 17 o'clock in the afternoon, the street lights are gradually lit up, and the street is more lively than just now.
A field of fireworks was brilliant, and the sound of firecrackers tore through the evening sky like thunder.
Children are dancing and running from afar. The candy man vendor on the street had already put away his stall and was ready to go home, but he couldn't stand the children's repeated requests, so he had to reopen the shelf and pour the candy man for the children.
This year is the Year of the Rooster, and the hawkers are ingenious, but in just one minute, a "Golden Rooster Independence" has been handed over to young children.
"Go home, it's too late for your mother to look for it, but you appear here, you must also be a young master from a rich family, but I'm worrying about it." The vendor laughed self-deprecatingly and began to clean up what had just been spread out.
At this moment, a group of people walked not far away, and the leader was babbling, ruthless and unreasonable, looking very arrogant.
I was surprised, and turned back to Shike and asked, "Who is this, do you dare to be so presumptuous in Little Champs?"
Shi Ke's eyes widened suddenly, his face pressed against the window glass, and under the bright street lamp, a man wearing a top hat and a silk cotton robe walked through the alley and towards the Xihe Mansion.
"What's wrong?" I saw that his demeanor was different from the gentle and quiet just now, and my heart suddenly tightened.
I only heard Shike's eyes staring at the front and motionless, and he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words: "Money...... Three...... He is Qian San. ”
What the? Is it that he killed my brother?!
I pushed the door open to get out of the car.
Shike reacted, grabbed my wrist, and whispered, "What are you going to do!" ”
"I'm going to keep up with him, I'm going to ask him, I'm going to know who he's doing things for, and why he's harming people!"
"You went like this, and before you could get close, you were put down by his men, didn't you ask me who those people were? It's Qian San's subordinates. ”
Seke said, locking the car door and not allowing me to get out of the car.
"Wait, our people are inside. No matter how bad it is, there is still me. ”
"Why didn't he go in with his men?" I watched him split up with the group before him, and was quiet for a while.
"Who knows? Qian San is extremely cautious and cunning, maybe he is in case someone finds him, or maybe he has already discovered that our people are following him. ”
"What then?" I asked.
"Wait and see what happens, so that you don't change. If he just wants to prevent anyone from recognizing him, we can enter the Xihe Mansion in a moment, and if he already knows that our people are following him and risking his way, then it means that there is a deal here tonight, and his connector is here. We may be able to follow this line to find the mastermind of the Jinling Hotel. ”
I knew that for the time being, I had no choice but to follow Shike's arrangement, and there was nothing else I could do.
Outside the car window, the children who had just bought the candy man had been taken home by the nanny, and the vendor was nowhere to be found. The street is lively again, and it is another scene of fragrant clothes and sideburns.
Xihe Mansion is not a private villa, but a public meeting place in the aristocratic quarter, similar to a high-end hotel, but different from a high-end hotel.
Everyone who comes here is either a government official or a wealthy businessman, and they are accompanied by bodyguards when they come and go.
I wondered, as the middleman of Qian Sanyi's lower pass, how could he appear here for a week in a row, singing every night, isn't it a little unusual?
Time passed little by little, and after about half an hour, I looked at the watch in my hand and said impatiently, "Did you call me here just to sit here and wait?" In that case, you don't have to tell me. ”
I was a little angry in my heart, and I knew that my anger seemed unreasonable, but it was a bad feeling to see the enemy pass by and not be able to move him. In the past six months, everything has not gone well at home, we are in the light, he is in the dark, we can only passively accept, there is no power to resist. This is the first time, I see such a clear goal, but I can only sit here and do it in a hurry, I am a little discouraged, angry that I am a daughter, without their kung fu fists and feet, can only be an embroidered pillow.
"Ah Zhao, calm down. We have to wait for another person to arrive before we have a reason to enter, and today there is a high-class cocktail party, and the people who come and go are not necessarily people we know. If you rush in, not only will it not help, but it will be counterproductive. ”
"Why, didn't you say your people were in there?" I asked.
"Because of Qian San, his power is no less than that of Min Ye."
"Are you saying that Qian San is also a member of the Green Gang or Hongmen?"
I can only understand it this way, I don't know as much about this Qian San as I do about Min Ye.
Seke shook his head, and a hoarse voice came from the side: "No, I suspect, he is from the East." (To be continued.) )