Chapter 80: Proactive Contact

When Tang Cheng, who was mixed into the New Asia Hotel, secretly pondered the pair of underground party men and women, at this moment he was named Shuichi Sato, that is, Li Muxin, who Tang Cheng had a relationship with, was in the hotel room at this time, anxiously waiting for the appearance of the connector. Li Muxin and his female companion were ordered to pretend to be Japanese and infiltrate the New Asia Hotel, not to assassinate Shimakawa, but to receive a top-secret piece of information.

According to the agreement, the person who sent the information should also be in the New Asia Hotel at this time. It's just that the time for handing over the information has passed, but the connector still hasn't appeared, and a bad feeling rises in Li Muxin's heart. "Can't wait any longer, get out of here right now!" Li Muxin looked down at his watch and found that the time had exceeded the agreed time for a quarter of an hour, although he was unwilling, Li Muxin still decided to leave here first.

missed the joint, and it was a big deal to agree on a new joint time and place, but if things really went wrong, resulting in the two of them being rounded up by Japanese spies, Li Muxin didn't dare to continue to think about it. The young woman who accompanied Li Muxin to the New Asia Hotel was Li Muxin's younger sister Ran Jing, who heard Li Muxin say to leave immediately, Ran Jing didn't say much, but immediately opened the suitcase and started to prepare.

Li Muxin and Ran Jing are both operatives, although they can't carry weapons when they enter the New Asia Hotel, but the two of them brought into the suitcase of the New Asia Hotel, but there are some gadgets that can kill people. However, with the kung fu of a cigarette, Li Muxin, who cooperated with the tacit understanding, was ready to evacuate, especially Ran Jing's bun and cuffs, which had already hidden sharp weapons, and Li Muxin had a soft sword wrapped around his waist.

Just as the two were about to leave, there was a sudden knock on the door, and Ran Jing was about to pull out the flying needle pinned in the bun with a pale face, but was stopped by Li Muxin. "No. 24 Bed Road, three people on the left, blue clothes and black pants." Without waiting for Li Muxin to open the door, there was a somewhat chaotic sound of words outside the door, although there were only fifteen words, and there were three pauses in the middle, Li Muxin's expression had changed from alertness just now to a relaxed state.

"It's okay, it should be my own person..."Li Muxin, who had already put the soft sword on his waist in his right hand, turned his head and smiled at Ran Jing, but after he opened the door with his left hand, the relaxed expression on his face froze instantly, and then immediately turned into doubt and vigilance. Who are you? I don't seem to know you! Li Muxin's words were said in Japanese, and Ran Jing, who was standing beside Li Muxin in the room, immediately lowered her eyebrows and looked like a Japanese woman.

The person who appeared outside the door was Tang Cheng in disguise, and his meeting with Li Muxin was just an accident, and he did not have a verbal exchange with Li Muxin at that time, and the other party did not recognize him, which is also a very natural thing. "Why don't you invite me in and sit down? The last time I went to Beder Road, you made me tea. Tang Cheng, who was standing outside the door, grinned deliberately, but when he mentioned Bedway Road again, Li Muxin's eyes became even more confused.

No. 24 Bed Road is a secret stronghold of the Shanghai underground party in the concession, and Li Muxin happened to be there the last time Tang Cheng met Xu Huanshan at No. 24 Bed Road. The three people on the left and the blue clothes and black pants that Tang Cheng said outside the door were Li Muxin's position in the secret room at No. 24 Bedde Road and what he was wearing at that time, but the more Li Muxin recalled the situation at the time, the more confused he became.

"Who the hell are you? I don't think I've seen you! Li Muxin did not let Tang Cheng enter the room, but used his empty left hand behind him, giving Ran Jing a signal to do it at any time. Tang Cheng, who was already secretly paying attention to Li Muxin's every move, had already seen the movement between the man and woman, and then smiled and reached out to open the front of his shirt, so that Li Muxin could clearly see the pistol pinned to his belt.

The New Asia Hotel is in the area controlled by the Japanese army, and the people who can carry firearms here in civilian clothes are nothing more than plainclothes gendarmes or plainclothes agents. So after seeing the pistol on Tang Cheng's waist, Li Muxin's eyes lit up, he would really kill him. People like Tang Cheng, who often wander on the edge of danger, are very sensitive to murderous aura, and as soon as Li Muxin's murderous intent was revealed, Tang Cheng, who was standing at the door, immediately noticed it.

"Restraint, please restrain one or two first, at least after I have revealed my identity, you can shout and kill again!" As Tang Cheng spoke, his right hand, which had been holding the door frame, reached out like lightning. Tang Cheng's right hand poked out, and his index finger was just poked on the back of Li Muxin's right hand, although Tang Cheng's finger did not use all his strength, but it also made Li Muxin's right hand numb for a while. Taking advantage of the opportunity for Li Muxin to retreat in shock, Tang Cheng, who was standing outside the door, took advantage of the situation to squeeze into the room.

"Restraint!" Tang Cheng, who broke into the room, did not give Li Muxin and the two a chance to fight back at all, and while shouting in his mouth, the pistol on his waist was already in his hand. "I don't want to shoot here, and I don't want to do anything to the two of you! But if you two still have this attitude towards me, then I'm welcome! As if to prove that what he said was true, Tang Cheng just pulled the bolt, and a bullet jumped up and down in the air.

Tang Cheng had already used practical actions to prove that what he was holding in his hand was not a fake gun, and the action of reaching out and poking Li Muxin's back just now showed that his skills were not bad. Seeing this, Li Muxin had no choice but to continue to retreat until the three of them found a place to sit down. Out of caution, Li Muxin and Ran Jing did not sit next to each other, and Tang Cheng didn't care much when he saw this, but just sat opposite the two of them with a defenseless look.

"Who the hell are you?" Li Muxin, who looked unusually calm, looked at Tang Cheng, repeating the entire question he had asked before, only this time, when Li Muxin spoke, he no longer used Japanese, but Chinese with a slight Beijing accent. Li Muxin's change made Tang Cheng's eyes light up, and it was obvious that Li Muxin no longer suspected that Tang Cheng, who suddenly appeared, was a plainclothes spy on the Japanese side.

"Obviously, I know who you are!" Tang Cheng said with a smile, but he didn't directly ask Li Muxin's question, but sold it a little first. After waiting for the anger in Li Muxin's eyes, Tang Cheng continued, "I, like you, had to enter here for some reason. It's just that you're pretending to be a guest staying here, and I, a Japanese expatriate looking for a job, can only pretend to be a Japanese expatriate looking for a job and help wash the dishes and clean up in the back kitchen here. ”

Li Muxin didn't seem to believe Tang Cheng's words, how could a person who could carry a weapon with him infiltrate the New Asia Hotel so smoothly? "Don't be busy doubting my identity first, at least you have to listen to it before making a judgment." Tang Cheng rashly knocked on Li Muxin's door, not to discuss the boring topic of the meaning of life with the other party. The reason why he chose to take the initiative to come to the door was to confirm the purpose of the two of them coming to New Asia Hotel, and on the other hand, he wanted to try to see if it was possible to work together.

"I came here for a Japanese named Shimakawa, and according to his itinerary, this person will stay here when he arrives in Shanghai." Since he was seeking cooperation with the other party, Tang Cheng did not want to hide his purpose for coming here, especially since the other party was also a member of the Shanghai underground party. "This one is called Shimakawa, and it is said that he is an espionage expert specially invited by Shanghai Special High-tech from the Japanese mainland, and I want to assassinate him at the New Asia Hotel, and this is the purpose of my appearance here."

"You're from the Intelligence Service?" Li Muxin's reaction was not slow, but when he heard Tang Cheng and Pan announce the purpose of his appearance at the New Asia Hotel, he immediately judged that the person in front of him was an assassin from the Intelligence Department. Among the many resistance forces in Shanghai, only the intelligence department was the most crazy against the Japanese, so Li Muxin could immediately give such an inference, which could not be regarded as unfounded.

It's just that Tang Cheng shook his head again and again when he heard this, "I'm not a person from the intelligence department, strictly speaking, I'm just a lone traveler who takes money to do things." Except for the Japanese, whoever gives money, I will do things for whomever I want, and I especially like to work against the Japanese! Tang Cheng was smiling very sincerely at the moment, but Li Muxin didn't have much joy in his heart, after all, before Tang Cheng appeared, they were about to leave here, and now, several minutes have passed.

The anxiety that flashed in Li Muxin's eyes did not escape Tang Cheng's eyes, and then looked at Li Muxin and the two of them in outfits that were going out, Tang Cheng suddenly realized. "When I knocked on the door, were you about to go out?" Tang Cheng's question immediately attracted Ran Jing's eyes, and Tang Cheng had to say apologetically when he saw this. "I'm sorry if it was because of my recklessness that affected your plans. But I still have to say more, leaving the hotel at this time is not a good choice. ”

"When I came upstairs from the back kitchen, I happened to see through the back window that there were a lot more gendarmes outside the hotel. Judging from my experience, there must have been something unexpected outside the hotel, otherwise the Japanese would never have increased the number of gendarmes around the hotel at this time. If you choose to go out at this time, you will definitely become the focus of the gendarmes, and when the time comes, checking your documents will be a trivial matter, and maybe you will be taken directly to the gendarmerie headquarters for detailed identity checking. ”

What Tang Cheng said at this moment, when Li Muxin and Ran Jing entered Hongkou District from the concession, they had already learned the behavior of plainclothes gendarmes checking documents on the street. If the number of gendarmes outside the Xinya Hotel is really increased, Li Muxin and the two really can't go out casually, and once they are taken to the gendarmerie headquarters for identity verification and screening, the two of them may have their identities exposed.