Chapter 44: The Enemy Comes to the Door

Tang Cheng found a partner for Zhang Jianghe, naturally Zhou Hongxiang, when he rescued Zhou Hongxiang yesterday, Tang Cheng did not find any other work of the Shanghai underground party at the scene of the battle. Before Zhou Hongxiang really believed in himself, Tang Cheng couldn't find other hiding places of the Shanghai underground party, even if Tang Cheng went out and found the people of the Shanghai underground party by mistake, I am afraid that the other party would not have to believe in himself rashly, maybe at that time, the other party would mistakenly think that Zhou Hongxiang had betrayed the Shanghai underground party organization.

At dinner, Zhou Hongxiang woke up from her slumber and slowly opened her eyes, she was the only one in the room, and on the table next to the bed, there was a large bowl held by a porcelain plate, and a fragrance faintly leaked from the side of the bowl. It's chicken soup, Zhou Hongxiang vaguely remembers the chicken soup her mother cooked for herself, it seems to be this fragrance.

Zhou Hong, whose arms and thighs were wrapped in gauze, was not seriously injured, she was weak at the moment, just because of excessive blood loss. Looking at the big bowl on the table, Zhou Hong couldn't help but stir her nose, and said in her heart that this fragrance was really good. "You're finally awake, I thought you wouldn't wake up until we were sleeping." The door was pushed open, and Tang Cheng, who had already taken off his suit and changed into a home dress, came in through the door.

Seeing this young man who was about the same age as himself, but there was a faint hint of fierceness in his eyebrows, Zhou Hongxiang's first reaction was to immediately close his eyes and enter a "coma" state. Zhou Hong's reaction made Tang Cheng laugh secretly, walked to the table and sat down in a chair, Tang Cheng reached out and uncovered the porcelain plate that was buckled upside down on the big bowl. The porcelain plate covered with the big bowl was taken down by Tang Cheng, and the aroma of the chicken soup became more and more intense, and Zhou Hongxiang, who pretended to be unconscious, endured it very hard, because it was too fragrant.

"Don't pretend, I know you're awake." Tang Cheng's slightly smiling voice sounded, which made Zhou Hongxiang, who closed her eyes and pretended to be dizzy on the bed, very annoyed, but she couldn't bear it anymore. "Oh, you can really bear it! This bowl of chicken soup is not only added with herbs that nourish blood and qi, but also stewed with a whole three-yellow chicken. Zhou's mother's skill in stewing chicken soup is really speechless, just smelling this fragrance, I want to drink this bowl of chicken soup. ”

Zhou Hongxiang, who has been holding back, hopes that this guy who is chattering like a fly can disappear from the room immediately. It's just that this expectation of hers is obviously unreasonable and can't be achieved, and Zhou Hong, who was already full of saliva in her mouth, simply opened her eyes. "Wake up, wake up, then drink this bowl of chicken soup! The doctor said that your injury is not serious, as long as you make sure that the blood replenishment can keep up, the injury will recover faster. ”

Tang Cheng smiled very happily, looking at Zhou Hongxiang, who could only drink soup clumsily with one hand, Tang Cheng secretly sighed that the people in the underground party were strong, and at the same time laughed at Zhou Hongxiang's action of stretching his neck to drink soup. A bowl of delicious and warm chicken soup was in the stomach, and Zhou Hong's originally pale face finally showed a little ruddy, and his spirit was obviously much better. Zhou Hongxiang drank chicken soup, and the next thing went much smoother, half an hour later, the two middle-aged women hired by Tang Cheng not only washed Zhou Hongxiang's hair, but also helped change his close-fitting clothes.

Zhou Hong, who was lying dry on the soft bed, and was wiped with dry towels by two middle-aged women, was looking at Tang Cheng standing in front of the window intently. seemed to sense that Zhou Hongxiang was looking at him, Tang Cheng, who was standing by the window, turned around and glanced at Zhou Hongxiang, and said with a smile. "This room is facing the sun, the doctor said, more sun, is conducive to your recovery. You can stay here to recuperate, and I will help you with other things. ”

When Tang Cheng said the last sentence, he deliberately bit the pronunciation, and Zhou Hongxiang nodded silently, she obviously understood what Tang Cheng wanted to express. Although he didn't know who they were in Tangcheng, Zhou Hongxiang could see that the other party had no ill will towards him, especially the middle-aged man who was missing an arm, and seemed to have some kind of indescribable closeness to him.

In the next few days, Tang Cheng went out early and returned late all day, and the person who came to visit Zhou Hongjiao every day was replaced by Zhang Jianghe. Tang Cheng was naturally happy to see this scene, at least in this way, Zhang Jianghe would not be idle all day long. "Tang, this is the information you want, and the patrol room is also paying attention to this matter, but my insider said that there seems to be Japanese involvement in this." Hans handed over a dossier to Tang Cheng, which he had obtained through an inside line in the Concession Patrol House.

Tang Cheng sought Hans's help, but did not tell the other party the inside story, although Hans guessed something, but he did not know what Tang Cheng's role was in it. With the information that Hans helped find, Tang Cheng also had a clear understanding of the current situation of the Shanghai underground party in the Shanghai Concession, and he also had a good grasp of the relevant information of several concession gangs. There are many gangsters in Shanghai, and the biggest one is the Green Gang, and several of the gang members Tang Cheng encountered that day were members of the Green Gang.

Shanghai is the stronghold of the Green Gang, and the Green Gang not only has a large number of people in Shanghai, but also has relationships with people from all walks of life in Shanghai. It is obviously impossible to deal with the Qing Gang, but Tang Cheng does not intend to let go of those gang forces who are secretly doing things for the Japanese, especially the Four Seas Gang who is paying attention to him at the moment. According to the case file of the Concession Patrol House, at least more than half of the gang members who died in the small courtyard that day were members of the Four Seas Gang, and Tang Cheng would never believe it if he said that the Four Seas Gang had nothing to do with the Japanese.

As night slowly fell, Shanghai entered a glitzy world of glamour, and Tang Cheng sat in a car borrowed from Hans, looking out the window at the Lihua Ballroom across the street. This Lihua dance hall is one of the many properties of the Four Seas Gang, and according to the information provided by Hans, Sun Baohua, the leader of the Four Seas Gang, will meet with a tobacco merchant from Sichuan here tonight. Tang Cheng had never seen this Sun Baohua, and Hans did not have a photo of Sun Baohua there, and the only thing Tang Cheng knew about Sun Baohua's characteristics was that this person's left hand was missing a little finger.

Time passed little by little, and the door of the Lihua Ballroom gradually became lively, seeing more and more black-clothed men outside the door of the Lihua Ballroom, Tang Cheng in the car knew that the main owner was about to appear. A few minutes later, a sedan drove from the far corner of the street, and under Tang Cheng's vision, the sedan slowly stopped at the door of the Lihua Ballroom, and a short man in black stepped forward and opened the door of the car. Tang Cheng immediately opened the triple eyepiece to look at the person who came out of the car, the first to get out of the car was a strong man in black sitting in the passenger seat, and then a middle-aged man in a long shirt who got out of the back seat of the car.

The other party was wearing a long shirt, and because of the sleeves, even if Tang Cheng had opened the triple eyepiece, he couldn't clearly see the other party's left hand. After thinking for a while, Tang Cheng, who had been waiting in the car, also pushed the car door and got out of the car, and then walked slowly across the street towards the Lihua Ballroom with a calm face. At this time, it was the time when the nightlife of Shanghai began, and a young man dressed as a rich man like Tang Cheng was a frequent visitor to the dance hall, so his appearance did not attract the deliberate attention of the men in black outside the Lihua Ballroom.

Tang Cheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and followed a pair of men and women into the Lihua Ballroom, but the man in the long shirt that he had noticed earlier had disappeared. Tang Cheng looked around, and finally sat down in front of the bar on the left side of the ballroom, casually asked the bartender at the bar for a beer, and then began to look at the various people in the ballroom one by one. Lihua Ballroom is not the best dance hall in the concession, but there are not a few people who come here to have fun, Tang Cheng, who was sitting in front of the bar, secretly observed, but never saw the figure of the man in the long shirt.

Tang Cheng is good-looking, and he looks like a child of a rich family by looking at the way he dresses, and soon a young woman dressed in a trendy fashion will come over to talk to Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng ignored the young women, but asked a dancer who looked to be in her thirties for a glass of wine, and then took out a few bills to show the other party. "Do you know Sun Baohua of the Four Seas Gang? Tell me where he is, the money is yours. ”

The banknotes taken out by Tang Cheng are all worth 20 yuan, and these banknotes are hundreds of yuan, and for some dancers who have become outdated, these banknotes are already their income for more than a month. The middle-aged dancer glanced at Tang Cheng suspiciously, and then glanced at the banknotes in Tang Cheng's hand, as if thinking about it secretly, before she drank the glass of wine in one gulp, and reached out to hold the banknotes in her hand.

"There is an office on the second floor of the ballroom, and Sun Baohua usually comes to the ballroom and goes to the office upstairs." The middle-aged dancer's voice was very small, but it was enough for Tang Cheng to hear clearly, and he glanced at the second floor of the dance hall along the other party's line of sight, and Tang Cheng took out a few more banknotes and stuffed them into the other party's hands.

"If you're fine, you'd better go home first, and I personally suggest that you'd better go to work in a dance hall, here... Not a good place. When he gave the money to the other party, Tang Cheng also lowered his voice to explain, and then in the stunned look of the middle-aged dancer, he got up and left the bar and walked to the stairs leading to the second floor. According to Tang Cheng's previous style of doing things, he would never expose his existence in front of everyone.

It's just that tonight, Tang Cheng has a fire in his chest, he needs to vent it, and the Four Seas Gang, who secretly helps the Japanese to help the abuse, is obviously a good target to vent. According to the information provided by Hans, in the courtyard where he saved Zhou Hong's makeup, when the Concession Patrol Room finally collected the bodies, at least six corpses belonging to members of the underground party were found in the main house. Tonight is the time for Tang Cheng to avenge the six underground party members, otherwise, Tang Cheng, who is in a heavy mood, may not be able to sleep tonight.