Chapter 22: The Strange Old Man
If you meet a commander with a little conscience, knowing that the brothers below are working hard and getting money, he may show a little alms to the little agent through his fingers.
If you meet a commander who eats alone, not only will he not give you a copper plate when he gets money, but he will also squeeze some oil and water out of the little agent.
Xiao Liao and another agent, Xiao Xu, couldn't be moved when they heard Hou Sheng say that they might get rich? Besides, they still recognize Hou Sheng's personality very much, and think that Deputy Captain Hou is a more decent officer.
Although this person is not as black as the hearts of other chiefs, and he will do whatever it takes to make money, once there is some benefit, he will also take care of the brothers around him.
Hou Sheng saw that the brothers around him were going crazy if they wanted to get rich, and he couldn't help but curse himself apologetically: "Why do you want to deceive your brother? But what if you don't? ”
Less than fifteen minutes passed, and suddenly an exclamation was heard from the third-class corridor: "Kill again, kill again." ”
Hou Sheng, who was sitting in the room, shouted to Xiao Xu: "Bring a weapon and go over immediately to see, why are you killing people again, isn't Xiao Liao monitoring in the corridor of the third-class cabin?" Why don't you report a suspected killer right away? ”
When he found out that it was his subordinate Xiao Liao who was killed, he not only rushed to the door of room 3071-3076, but hid on both sides of the outside of the room, listened to no movement inside, and kicked open the door of the room.
When Hou Sheng saw everything in the chaos, he shouted loudly: "It's over, they were really killed this time, and they didn't even leave a corpse." ”
Hou Sheng squatted down to check the blood stains on the ground, stood up and checked the entire room again, and found that there was a chaotic mess of fierce fighting in the room, and there were dangerous fighting scenes in his mind.
He put away his gun and shook his head and said to himself: "Lei Yunfeng, they still haven't escaped the danger of being assassinated, I don't know if they are dead now or captured by Japanese spies." ”
Xiao Xu asked nervously: "Deputy Captain Hou, why did assassinations occur on passenger ships one after another?" Even our Xiao Liao was not spared, who did it? Could it be the robe brother who traveled with the boat, but why did they kill ...... ”
Hou Sheng did not solve Xiao Xu's doubts, rushed out of the room to Xiao Liao's side, and after careful investigation, found that Xiao Liao was killed with a knife when he was unprepared.
The confusing murder case was the first time Hou Sheng encountered it, and this tough guy of the Military Intelligence Bureau not only frowned, but suddenly had a kind of panic that he might be assassinated at any time in an ambush.
He had the feeling that his fist was hitting the cotton, and he couldn't use the force.
At this time, Fang Shichao, who was disguised as a crew member and traced the murderer in the second portrait in each room in the third-class cabin, suddenly heard someone in the corridor shouting 'Kill again, kill again', not only quickly left the room for inspection and rushed to the corridor.
When he saw the man in the first portrait painted by Lei Yunfeng, who was squatting on the ground to check the body of the murder, he suddenly stopped his steps and turned to leave.
Hou Sheng, who was extremely vigilant, suddenly paused when he heard the sound of rushing footsteps, turned around and left quickly, jumped up and chased after him.
Fang Shichao found that someone was chasing him quickly, and walking quickly turned into running.
Hou Sheng shouted while chasing with a gun: "Stop, if you dare to run out one step further, I will shoot you, follow the order to squat down and hold your head and don't move." ”
How can Fang Shichao obediently squat down and tie his hands and arrest, once he is caught by this person who catches up, then he will be arrested as a murderer, at least you will have a chance to defend yourself, or at worst he will take his life at that time.
was originally a soldier, and his usual running training was quite hard, and his physical fitness was very good, so he was not slower than Hou Sheng's running at all.
Hou Sheng saw that the person running in front of him not only did not stop and squatted with his head in his hands, but also ran even harder, in order to capture the killer, Hou Sheng suddenly shot while chasing.
Bullets flew on both sides of Fang Shichao's body, if he hadn't run around the corner to hide and shoot back, I'm afraid he wouldn't have escaped the pursuit of the bullets, and he would have been killed and planted on the way to run.
Hou Sheng didn't expect that this killer still had a weapon, and he dared to shoot on the passenger ship to resist arrest.
Fang Shichao hid around the corner, although he shot to stop Hou Sheng, who was chasing and killing, he had already recognized that the person who was going to take his life was the person in the portrait painted by Lei Yunfeng, and learned from Lei Yunfeng's mouth that this person was neither friend nor foe.
He was hesitating whether to kill the person who took his life, Lei Yunfeng, disguised as an old man, appeared at the staircase, and told Fang Shichao: Don't kill this person, and ordered him to retreat to the ground floor cabin in a roundabout way.
Fang Shichao fired three shots in a row, taking advantage of Hou Sheng's unfavorable opportunity to be suppressed by the fire, he jumped to the stairs, rushed down the stairs to the fourth-class corridor downstairs, and quickly blended into the passengers who were frightened by the gunshots.
Hou Sheng was suppressed by the fire and hid in the dark, screaming angrily, at the moment when the gunfire paused, he rolled and rushed out of the shadows, very skillfully converted into a kneeling position, and looked at the person who was being chased in the corner in front of him, as long as that person leaned out and fought back again, he would kill him at the first time.
But there was no figure of the person around the corner, Hou Sheng jumped up and rushed over, when he rushed to the corner of the corridor, the clever Hou Sheng was afraid of being attacked by the person hiding in the corner, so he did not rush out recklessly.
Time passed little by little, and Hou Sheng couldn't hear the movement of the person hiding around the corner, thinking that the person had escaped, and suddenly appeared around the corner with a gun.
Just as he rushed out of the corridor, he suddenly heard a man standing around the corner whisper: "Young man, the person you are chasing has no intention of killing you, so why do you chase after you?" Be forgiving and forgiving, he is not your enemy, let him go. ”
"Who are you? Are you in league with him? Hou Sheng was surprised by what the old man standing around the corner said, and pointed a gun at the old man and asked sharply.
"Who I am, does it matter so much, young man? You are now in a very dangerous situation, you have become the target of your enemy's next move, for the sake of self-protection, and for the safety of all the passengers on the ship, you should protect Captain Sun, because there is an unexpected story about you and me, until now, don't you think so? ”
Hou Sheng looked at the old man standing in front of him, although he was old, he was in good spirits, his eyes were bright, his posture was straight, and he looked like a practitioner.
But why is he not afraid of death waiting around this corner to stop me from chasing and killing that man? Forget it, the most important thing is what this old man said, which really said his Hou Sheng's situation at this time.
These Hou Sheng had realized that the most incredible thing about him was that this old man would tell Captain Sun that he had an unexpected story about you and me, and warned him to protect the captain.
The only thing that can be explained by seeing what happened on the ship so clearly and analyzing it so well is that this old man is the clearest bystander to the two murders on the Baux passenger ship, or he may be inextricably linked.
Although Hou Sheng was surprised by what the old man said and approved of his advice, the mysterious old man's words and deeds were too strange to find out his identity, and he had to be taken to the room for strict interrogation.
He had that idea, but knew very well that it was nothing more than wishful thinking.