Like Nanjing, Shanghai in December is also wet and cold, according to the solar terms, December is already considered to be winter, but in some places in the south, there will still be rainy weather. Known as the Pearl of the Orient, in the winter of 1936, there have been several times of heavy rainfall, and this morning's rain has cast a layer of mist over Shanghai after the winter.

Since the 20s, a large number of cafes appeared on the streets of Shanghai, after more than ten years of development, Shanghai, known as the little Paris of the East, is full of cafes, like this rainy and foggy morning, go to the café to drink a cup of hot coffee, seems to have become the choice of many people. In a very ordinary-looking café, there were some customers sitting sporadically, Tang Cheng, dressed as a rich kid, was sitting in the corner of this café at the moment, looking out through the street window.

Tang Cheng had been in Shanghai for two days, and after seeing off his family in Nanjing that day, Tang Cheng took a train straight to Shanghai. When he came to Shanghai, he did not go to the hospital to visit Zhang Jianghe, because he knew that according to Zhang Jianghe's temperament, if he knew that he had come to Shanghai to take revenge on the Shanghai special high school, he would definitely speak out to stop him. Zhang Jianghe is still a wounded patient, and Tang Cheng doesn't want him to worry about this matter and affect his recovery from his injuries, so he chooses to take time out to familiarize himself with the metropolis of Shanghai first.

In two days, Tang Cheng rode a bicycle to almost the entire concession, whether it was the French Concession or the Public Concession, and even the Hongkou District, which was actually controlled by the Japanese, Tang Cheng also pretended to be a Japanese expatriate. Familiarity with the terrain was naturally something an Assassin had to do before he could act, and with the exception of some places that were too sensitive, Tang Cheng was already planning to travel all over Shanghai, including some smoke houses and casinos.

Looking out of the window for a while, Tang Cheng lit a cigarette and smoked slowly, there are not many single guests in the café, counting Tang Cheng, there are only three people, except for Tang Cheng, there are two separate guests, a man and a woman. Tang Cheng was smoking, but the corner of his eye was paying attention to the actions of the man and the woman, since Tang Cheng stayed outside the hospital in Zhangjiang and yesterday, he vaguely noticed that someone was following him behind him.

The man and woman in the café came from behind Tang Cheng, although both of them came in alone, but Tang Cheng found out from some subtle details that these two must have known each other. The two people who knew each other not only entered the café separately, but also deliberately sat in two separate positions, if it wasn't for Tang Cheng discovering some details, it might not have been possible to discover the secret connection between the two.

Tang Cheng always remembered that this was Shanghai, not Nanjing, so he would be vigilant against any abnormalities around him. Tang Cheng wasn't sure if this man and woman were the ones who were secretly following him, and even if it was confirmed that it was the other party, Tang Cheng didn't really care very much. After smoking a cigarette, Tang Cheng took out his wallet and called the usher to hand over a few bills, then got up and left the café.

Leaving the café, Tang Cheng walked slowly down the street, with the help of the glass of the shop window on the street, Tang Cheng kept an eye on his back. He was about to walk to the street in front of him along the street, but Tang Cheng hadn't noticed anything unusual behind him, but just when Tang Cheng was secretly relieved, there was a sudden shouting sound from the direction behind him, followed by two gunshots, and passers-by panicked instantly.

Tang Cheng, who was already about to walk to the corner of the street, immediately followed a few passers-by to hide in a bakery on the side of the street, and through the street window, Tang Cheng clearly saw that the man and woman who appeared in the café earlier were being chased by several men in black all the way across the street. "Smack!" The man in the dark coat turned around and fired a shot, and while the men in black were retreating, the woman in the fox collar coat ran a few steps to the street.

The man and the woman covered each other in this way, and soon crossed the street, but they could not escape, because there was also a man in black on the other side of the street. Tang Cheng in the bakery looked at it with relish through the street window, no matter whether the other party was an underground party or someone else, all this had nothing to do with the purpose of Tang Cheng's visit to Shanghai, so he just wanted to be a spectator, but he didn't plan to participate in it.

Although the man and the woman had already rushed across the street, they were still surrounded by more than a dozen men in black who appeared later because they ran out of bullets. Tang Cheng in the bakery secretly smacked his lips, and said in his heart that two pistols could not reach a group of people who used cold weapons, this man and woman were really choking! A man and a woman surrounded by the men in black were quickly taken away, and the chaos in the street quickly subsided, while Tang Cheng walked across the street with Shi Shiran, the two breads he had just bought, and quickly disappeared into the flow of people.

Hey? You've finally reappeared! After about a cup of tea, Tang Cheng, who was about to take a rickshaw, seemed to feel the feeling of being watched again. Tang Cheng, who was secretly smiling in his heart, immediately pretended to be unconscious, got into the rickshaw, and began to wander around aimlessly again. Throughout the morning, Tang Cheng took a rickshaw and a tram, but he never made too many stops in one place, until between lunches, Tang Cheng finally stopped at the door of a Western restaurant.

This Western restaurant is called Rose Restaurant, which is not very famous in the French Concession, and Tang Cheng did not come here just to eat, but mainly to find people. When leaving Nanjing, Joseph gave Tang Cheng the address, but Tang Cheng did not know that the address would be a Western restaurant. Walking into this western restaurant, Tang Cheng was stunned, because the layout of this western restaurant is more like a bar than a restaurant. As Joseph had told himself, Tang Cheng sat down at a table against the wall, and when the dining room waitress walked to his side, Tang Cheng placed the box of matches on the table vertically on his left hand side.

The Western restaurant that Joseph introduced to Tangcheng was actually a private meeting place for many foreign black market brokers in the French Concession, and similarly, this Western restaurant called Rose was also a place for the diversion of many black market goods. The box of matches deliberately placed on each table in the restaurant is a small means that only the black market brokers know about, and they only need to erect the box of matches on the left hand side of the table, and the restaurant hosts will know that they have come to the boss to buy black market goods.

Seeing the match erected on Tang Cheng's left hand, the blonde and blue-eyed foreign hostess immediately brought Tang Cheng a cup of coffee, and then whispered to Tang Cheng to wait for a while. The waitress left, and Tang Cheng looked around the restaurant, but while he was observing the other people in the restaurant, those people were actually secretly observing Tang Cheng. After entering the restaurant, the feeling of being watched in Tang Cheng's heart finally disappeared, but Tang Cheng did not relax there. Tang Cheng quietly sipped his coffee, but his eyes would sweep over the main entrance facing the street window and the restaurant from time to time.

A cup of coffee was only halfway drunk, and the foreign hostess just now came over again, followed by a middle-aged foreign man. "You're looking for me? But I don't know you. The middle-aged foreign man sat down opposite Tang Cheng, first looked at Tang Cheng with a scrutinizing expression, and when he spoke, he spoke fluent Chinese.

Tang Cheng didn't care about the other party's expression when he looked at him, he just reached out and took out a pen from his pocket and handed it to the other party, "Joseph is my friend, and he told me this address, but I didn't know that this was a Western restaurant." Joseph told me that if I come to Shanghai and encounter problems, I can come here to ask the boss for help. After the other party took the pen, Tang Cheng explained slowly.

After seeing the fountain pen handed by Tang Cheng, the restaurant owner looked at Tang Cheng again, only this time, there was less exploration in his eyes, and it was replaced by relaxation and memory. "Joseph is not only a friend of mine, but also a college classmate of mine, and this fountain pen is a gift I gave him when I graduated from college. Since Joseph can hand over this pen to you, it means that he has a good relationship with you, and you can tell me now what kind of help you need. ”

Since he was here to ask for help, Tang Cheng didn't hide it, and handed the other party a few photos first, and then two large yellow croaker gold bars. "I need a legal ID that allows me to enter and leave the concession freely, and if you can help me get an ID card for a Japanese expatriate in Hongkou District, that's even better." Tang Cheng's words made the restaurant owner frown, Tang Cheng's words just now were very informative, and he couldn't afford to treat them carelessly.

Tang Cheng did not seek the help of the other party to find a temporary place to stay, because he did not want his whereabouts to be known by the other party, after all, this person was a good friend of Joseph, but he was not the person he trusted to rest in. It's just an identity that allows you to enter and exit freely in the Shanghai Concession, which is nothing to the restaurant owner, but Tangcheng also needs a Japanese expatriate status in Hongkou District, which is a bit of a saying.

It's just the first time they met, the restaurant owner didn't say his name to Tang Cheng, and Tang Cheng didn't show his identity and name to the other party, the two just sat together and drank half a cup of coffee like ordinary people, and then left. Leaving the Rose Restaurant, the feeling of being watched reappeared, Tang Cheng couldn't help but feel angry, and immediately dispelled the idea of taking a rickshaw and walked down the street on foot.

Passing by a small alley on the side of the street, Tang Cheng's heart moved, and then he dodged into the alley, and then reached out to climb the wall and exert force, and he climbed onto the wall with a vertical body. Tang Cheng sat quietly on the wall, and after more than a dozen breaths, a figure appeared at the entrance of the alley in Tang Cheng's sight. Tang Cheng on the wall couldn't help but widen his eyes, he didn't expect that it was actually a woman who was following him.