Chapter 57: Tangled

Seeing Tang Cheng's gesture clearly, Hans's men looked at the passengers who stepped off the ship, and easily saw the young man in the cap. When the other party actually went down to the dock, Tang Cheng walked out with his old suitcase, and a few minutes later, the man in the top hat who was looking at Tang Cheng just now appeared behind Tang Cheng. The two didn't talk, just a slight physical contact, and Tang Cheng had an extra ticket in his palm.

Tang Cheng, who had the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, was secretly happy in his heart, and he left the dock with the flow of people, and called a rickshaw and went straight to Hongkou District. Black-rimmed glasses, wooden eyes, an old suit with furious edges, and a pair of dusty old leather shoes on Tang Cheng's feet reappeared in Tang Cheng outside the checkpoint in Hongkou District, looking like a frustrated young man. Tang Cheng, who pretended to be a Japanese expatriate who came to Shanghai from Tianjin to make a living, and went by the pseudonym Heiichiro Koyama, easily infiltrated the Hongkou district through the checkpoint.

Successfully passed through the checkpoint guarded by the Japanese army and entered Hongkou District, and before Tang Cheng could calm down, he encountered continuous street raids by military police and police in Hongkou District. Fortunately, Tang Cheng had been prepared, whether it was his ferry ticket or fluent Kyoto accent, which made the military police or police who stopped him think that Tang Cheng was a bankrupt expatriate who had come to Shanghai from Tianjin. Under the guidance of an enthusiastic Japanese policeman, Tang Cheng stayed in a small hotel, and after learning that the innkeeper was related to the Japanese policeman, Tang Cheng secretly complained that he would not be able to go back tonight.

Perhaps because of the izakaya murder, there are a lot more gendarmerie patrols in Hongkou District, both day and night. Tang Cheng just left the hotel to find a place to eat, and in just half an hour, he encountered three military police patrols. Tang Cheng had to be careful, before it got dark, Tang Cheng had chosen several locations before, and walked through them all, but he did not find the best shooting position suitable for long-distance sniping.

According to the information that Hans helped to gather, this Kenichi Yamamoto did not have any special hobbies, and he usually did not go out alone. Even if he haunts Hongkou District, Kenichi Yamamoto's side will follow a few Japanese plainclothes followers. The night was dark, and Tang Cheng, who was tossing and turning on the hotel bed and couldn't sleep, had some faint regrets, he regretted that he shouldn't have agreed to Bai Zhanshan so happily, this Kenichi Yamamoto was indeed not an easy target to deal with.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now, Tang Cheng knows a little bit about the methods of the intelligence department, even if it's not for himself, even for the sake of his family in Chongqing, Tang Cheng can only continue this matter hard. Tang Cheng on the bed sighed secretly, he didn't feel sleepy at the moment, and began to recall in his mind the locations he had seen in the afternoon. According to the information provided by Hans, Kenichi Yamamoto was a very boring person, with few rules to speak of.

However, Tang Cheng found a leak in the other party from the information provided by Hans, Kenichi Yamamoto has always lived a single life, and rarely haunts crowded places. But in Hongkou District, there is a bookstore called Kubo Shoku, and this Kenichi Yamamoto always goes there once a week. In the afternoon, Tang Cheng had already visited this bookstore called Kubo, and in Tang Cheng's opinion, this Kenichi Yamamoto often went to this bookstore, not because he was studious, but because the proprietress of Kubo Shokai was also surnamed Yamamoto.

The proprietress of Kubo Shoji is likely to be a relative of Kenichi Yamamoto, which is only Tang Cheng's judgment, but his judgment needs to be further verified. If this clue could be put to good use, then Kubo Shoji would become the preferred place of action for Karashi, and after a few iterations in his mind, Karashiro gave up the idea of infiltrating Kubo Shokai and doing it from the inside. Kennichi Yamamoto is a senior spy of the special high school, Tang Cheng believes that he will never allow a stranger of unknown origin to appear next to his relatives, and Tang Cheng himself definitely does not want to be in such a dangerous situation.

Tang Cheng silently calculated in his heart that if he regarded Kubo Shoshi as a place of action, and he couldn't do it inside the bookstore, he could only choose the previous method of long-distance sniping. There was no place in the street where Kubo Shokai was located that could be used by Karajo, and when Karajo thought about it, it seemed that only the movie theater across the street could be used. The movie theater is more than 400 meters away from Kubo Shokai, and if you stand on the roof of the movie theater, you can see the Kubo Shokai in the middle of the street across the street.

With a firing range of 400 meters, it seems to be a little difficult if you use an ordinary rifle, but Tang Cheng not only has triple eyepiece skills in hand, but Bai Zhanshan also promised to provide a Mauser sniper rifle, so the firing range of 400 meters is nothing at all for Tang Cheng. Maybe there was only this way, Tang Cheng, who had repeatedly deduced the process of action in his mind, finally fell asleep unconsciously. Early the next morning, after checking out of the hotel, Tang Cheng went straight to the movie theater that he thought of last night, and after measuring the distance between the movie theater and Kubo Shoku, Tang Cheng was finally able to relax.

Tang Cheng, who had not returned overnight, returned to his residence, and was immediately called by Zhang Jianghe to the study for a secret conversation, "You old man don't have to worry, I already have a way." "Tang Cheng, who was asked by Zhang Jianghe why he didn't come back to sleep last night, didn't want to tell the other party about his plan, but seeing the concern in Zhang Jianghe's eyes, Tang Cheng, who felt warm in his heart, had to choose to tell the truth." I went to Hongkou yesterday and have found a clue that can be used, and it may take me two to three days from tomorrow to not be able to come back. ”

Tang Cheng, who didn't want Zhang Jianghe to worry about himself, just said his plan in general terms, although he could hear one of the lightness in Tang Cheng's words, Zhang Jianghe was still worried. "Uncle, we have all agreed before, your task now is to heal your injuries quickly. As long as you recover from your injuries, we can return to Nanjing immediately, and you don't have to worry about me getting into trouble every day. My plan, though not very rigorous, has a good chance of success. Besides, I've already planned a retreat plan, whether it works or not, you'll have to ask me to give it a try!"

Tang Cheng's attitude was resolute, and Zhang Jianghe saw that his persuasion was ineffective, so he immediately changed the topic and stopped dwelling on this matter. "Little Wu, that Miss Zhou, what are you going to do? Although I don't know her details yet, I don't think this Zhou girl is a bad person, but it's always a little weird that such a big living person lives with us for no reason. As he spoke, Zhang Jianghe secretly used the corner of his eye to pay attention to Tang Cheng's reaction, he was paying attention to Tang Cheng's attitude towards Zhou Hongxiang.

Tang Cheng knew that Zhang Jianghe was testing himself, so he pretended to be helpless, and followed Zhang Jianghe's words and said, "Uncle, what do you say?" I asked her several times, but they wouldn't tell me anything, so I knew that her surname was Zhou, and I didn't know anything else. Let her leave like this, maybe she will be sold to a brothel in a sack by the gangsters of the concession right away, what can I do! Besides, it was a gunshot wound on her body, and she was sent to the patrol room, and maybe she would be charged with some unknown crime and locked up. ”

Tang Cheng's original intention of leaving Zhou Hongmakeup was to let Zhang Jianghe, who had a secret identity, have the opportunity to contact the underground party in Shanghai through Zhou Hongmakeup, so it was impossible for him to send Zhou Hongmakeup away easily. It's just that Zhang Jianghe didn't know Tang Cheng's plans, and Tang Cheng had always expressed his dislike for politics and factions in front of Zhang Jianghe, and Zhang Jianghe didn't dare to easily reveal his secret identity in front of Tang Cheng. At this moment, even if he knew that Zhou Hongxiang was a member of the underground party, he didn't dare to show anything easily, and he made a test of Tang Cheng at this moment, just because Tang Cheng's frequent outings during this period made Zhang Jianghe feel a little uneasy and anxious.

"Uncle, why don't we let Miss Zhou live here first, anyway, we don't lack her stuttering here." Tang Cheng secretly paid attention to Zhang Jianghe's reaction, and this time it was his turn to test Zhang Jianghe. "I'm going to be very busy these days, Miss Zhou is here, and there can be someone at home who can talk to you, don't you keep saying that William and the others are not interesting! You are an elder, if you ask Miss Zhou, maybe she can tell you about her, it's better than our two always guessing!"

Tang Cheng and Zhang Jianghe, who each had their own thoughts, cautiously tested each other, but no one told the truth, but the two of them made their own decisions in their hearts. As far as Tang Cheng is concerned, he doesn't care if Zhou Hongxiang is an underground party member, as long as this woman doesn't go out casually, this will be the safest place for her to hide. And Zhang Jianghe is also secretly thinking about it at the moment, thinking about whether he should continue to wear Zhou Hong's makeup, maybe this is the best way for him to restore contact with the organization.

Around Zhou Hongxiang, Tang Cheng and Zhang Jianghe have their own ideas, and the key person in it, Zhou Hongxiang, is lying in bed at the moment looking through the newspapers of the past few days, trying to find news related to the Shanghai underground party from these newspapers. In the past few days when he was left by Tang Chengqiang to recuperate, in addition to cooperating with doctors and nurses to recuperate with peace of mind, Zhou Hongxiang accompanied Uncle Zhang, who was missing an arm, to play chess and chat, and the annoying ghost who saved himself seemed to be very busy.

To Tang Cheng, Zhou Hongxiang was grateful, but she happened to know that the person was helping foreigners do things, and the gratitude in her heart turned into spit, she couldn't understand why a helpful guy wanted to do things for foreigners. Thinking of Tang Cheng's smiling face, Zhou Hongxiang couldn't help but feel irritable in his heart, I don't know what the reason is, Zhou Hongxiang always felt that Tang Cheng's smiling face looked very annoying.

I didn't see any news related to the Shanghai underground party in the newspaper, nor did I find the contact signal issued by the underground party organization in the advertising column, and while I was secretly disappointed, Zhou Hongxiang was also secretly relieved. In her opinion, as long as there is no bad news, it is the best news.