Chapter 168: Attacked
When Lu Chengzhou went home at night, he paid special attention and didn't see Zhang Sichang.
However, when it was almost ten o'clock, he looked out from the second floor and saw a dark shadow.
The next day, Lu Chengzhou received another news from Zhang Baotou that the owner of the Daxing grocery store last night had been around No. 15 on No. 24 Road for a long time.
And Lu Chengzhou went to Daxing Grocery Store again, but still did not get a response from Zhang Sichang.
That night, Lu Chengzhou deliberately returned home early and turned on the lights on the second floor.
At nine o'clock, Zhang Sichang still took a rickshaw to the vicinity of No. 15 No. 24 Road.
In the past few days, Zhang Sichang will stay near Lu Chengzhou's house for two hours every day.
Normally, Lu Chengzhou will only leave after he sleeps with the lamp.
Like last night, when Zhang Sichang arrived, Lu Chengzhou was already at home.
Zhang Sichang found a dark corner and silently watched Lu Chengzhou's residence.
Zhang Sichang is actually very envious of Lu Chengzhou's life.
With the subsidy of the Japanese secret service, receiving the salary of the British police force, and not having to do anything, this life is enjoyable.
Zhang Sichang didn't know what Nozaki was doing to monitor Lu Chengzhou.
Every month, you can receive so much remuneration, do you have to worry about other thoughts?
Zhang Sichang was thinking about it when two people suddenly came from a distance.
As soon as Zhang Sichang saw them, he suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
Although the security in the British Concession was better, it was worse at night.
"Friend, can you borrow some money to spend?" When he was the first person, when he was about to approach Zhang Sichang, he suddenly said.
"How can I borrow money?" Zhang Sichang was even more vigilant, he thought to himself, this is Lu Chengzhou's residence, is there still a young person who dares to mess around?
The other party didn't speak again, just looked at Zhang Sichang silently, in the dark, Zhang Sichang couldn't see the other party's face clearly, but he seemed to hear a sigh.
"Bang!" Zhang Sichang suddenly felt a strong force coming from the back of his head, his eyes were full of stars, his eyes finally glanced at Lu Chengzhou's residence, and he was no longer conscious.
When Zhang Sichang woke up again, it was already a week later, and a drizzle was falling in the sky, waking him up.
Otherwise, I don't know when I will wake up.
Zhang Sichang felt a lot of pain in the back of his head, and when he touched the back of his head, it was full of viscous blood, and he put it under his nostrils and smelled it, a very fishy smell.
As for the clothes and shoes on their bodies, they were taken off.
Zhang Sichang tried hard to get up, but after trying several times, he couldn't stand on his feet at all.
There was no way, he could only climb, step by step, to No. 15 of No. 24 Road, Lu Chengzhou's residence.
"Bang bang bang!"
Zhang Sichang used all his strength to knock on Lu Chengzhou's house.
At this time, he couldn't care about monitoring Lu Chengzhou anymore, and the only thought in his mind was to live.
If he wants to survive, he can only find Lu Chengzhou, and if he stays on the cold street for one night, it is still unknown whether he will survive until tomorrow.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and Zhang Sichang felt that his strength was losing little by little, and his strength to knock on the door was getting smaller and smaller.
I don't know how long I knocked on the door, but just when he was about to despair, the door suddenly opened.
Lu Chengzhou took a flashlight and shone it around, only to find Zhang Sichang lying on the ground.
At first, Lu Chengzhou was startled, but when he saw that it was Zhang Sichang, he immediately helped him into the house.
"What's going on?" Lu Chengzhou immediately brought a towel, wiped Zhang Sichang's face, poured him a glass of water, and asked in surprise.
"Officer Lu, don't talk about it, I was beaten and beaten just now." After Zhang Sichang drank a glass of water, he said with a wry smile.
"Who is so bold? Don't talk about it yet, I'll ask someone to heal you. Lu Chengzhou looked at the blood on the back of Zhang Sichang's head and called a doctor at a nearby clinic.
"Thank you." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Fortunately, Lu Chengzhou's family has a phone and can let the doctor come to the door, otherwise, he will have to toss again to go to the hospital.
"Let's temporarily bandage the wound first, and then go to Victoria Hospital tomorrow for a comprehensive examination." Lu Chengzhou said.
"My own body knows that it's not a big deal, it's just a slap in the face, just rest for a few days." Zhang Sichang leaned on the chair of Lu Chengzhou's house and said softly.
Compared to the cold streets just now, he felt like he had gone from hell to heaven all of a sudden.
It didn't take long for the doctor to come to the door and examine Zhang Sichang's wound, and it was fine.
Obviously, the person who started it still has a sense of proportion, otherwise, if it is a few points heavier, the skull will be shattered, and the gods will not live.
"You'll be at my house for the night." After Lu Chengzhou sent the doctor away, he said to Zhang Sichang.
"Excuse me." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
He felt very guilty now, he was obviously here to spy on Lu Chengzhou.
However, Lu Chengzhou saved his life.
"What's the bother, the family doesn't talk to each other. By the way, how did you get attacked here? Lu Chengzhou asked casually.
"I came out to make deliveries, wanted to save some money, and walked back. Unexpectedly, I was targeted. Zhang Sichang rolled his eyes and immediately thought of a reason.
"Rest assured, in my territory, this will never be tolerated. If you lost something or was robbed by someone, tell me in detail, and I will have someone check it tomorrow, and I must give you an explanation. Lu Chengzhou swore and said.
"I lost everything on my body." Zhang Sichang said with a wry smile.
"How much money did you lose?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Not much, fortunately, the payment has not been settled, otherwise the loss will be big." Zhang Sichang shook his head and sighed.
"That's not going to work, these people have to be brought to justice." Lu Chengzhou said firmly.
"Officer Lu, forget it, what are our identities? It's not good for this kind of thing to get out there. Zhang Sichang said.
"However, I can't just watch you suffer such a big dumb loss." Lu Chengzhou said with a look of unbearability.
Zhang Sichang had a thick gauze wrapped around his head, as if he had coiled his head with gauze, which was very funny.
"What's the point of suffering a little loss in order to do good?" Zhang Sichang smiled.
This kind of thing, there is neither evidence nor physical evidence, he didn't even see the other party's appearance clearly, where to start?
If things get bigger, it will make people pay attention to him.
What is the most important thing for an agent?
Mundane, ordinary, unobtrusive.
Once Zhang Sichang becomes the focus of others' attention, how can he pass on information for Lu Chengzhou? How else do you contact Nozaki?
"Well, I'll keep an eye out for it. If you find the murderer, you will teach them a good lesson. Lu Chengzhou comforted.
"Thank you." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Zhang Sichang was injured, but the next day Lu Chengzhou called a rickshaw to take him back.
"You won't be open for business today, and I'll report to Mr. Kawasaki later." After Lu Chengzhou helped Zhang Sichang in, he admonished.
After Zhang Sichang waited for Lu Chengzhou to leave, he used the phone of the grocery store to call the Nozaki Mansion.
It was almost noon, and Nozaki, who was dressed up, went to the Daxing Japanese grocery store again.
"How could you be?" Nozaki received a call from Zhang Sichang and believed what he said.
After seeing Zhang Sichang, he couldn't believe his eyes.
"It's hard to put into words." Zhang Sichang said with a wry smile.
He was injured this time only to carry out Nozaki's mission.
"Tell me more about the process." Nozaki looked at the gauze ring on Zhang Sichang's head and said in a deep voice.
"Blame me for being careless, last night, I met a few ruffians and hooligans, and when they saw that I was alone, they wanted to plot against me. I had already raised my vigilance at the time, but I didn't expect that there was a man behind me beating a stick. If it weren't for Lu Chengzhou's rescue, I'm afraid I would have died on the street. Zhang Sichang said with palpitations.
"The security of the British Concession is not so bad, is it?" Nozaki said suspiciously.
Compared with other concessions, the British concession is better in all aspects.
For example, in terms of sanitation, the British Concession had rules and regulations for dumping dirt and sweeping the streets.
Each household has a wooden garbage bin, and each household is not allowed to dump its garbage in its own bin first, not on the street.
Cleaners are hired in the concession to clean the streets every day, and residents dump the dirt from their garbage bins into public dirt trucks at the prescribed time every day, and the scavengers carry the public dirt trucks to the riverside and dump them into the river.
As for manure treatment, it is also very particular.
In the early 20s, the Bureau of Industry of the British Concession decided to take coercive measures, stipulating that every household must build a tested and well-functioning septic tank and connect the sewage pipe to the sewer in the concession.
After the completion of all the works, it was decided to stop using manure trucks in the concession, and the heads of households and the owners of the lots had to build new sanitary toilet equipment with septic tanks in accordance with the provisions of the new regulations, and the manure trucks became extinct in the British Concession for the first time.
This is true of hygiene, not to mention law and order.
There are 12 patrolmen on one street, and they will patrol regularly day and night.
Besides, the place where the incident occurred is next door to Lu Chengzhou's residence, and next to it is also the residence of Sun Zhuling, the comprador of Jardine Matheson, are these young people already so bold and reckless?
Nozaki is engaged in intelligence, and he subconsciously linked Zhang Sichang's attack with his mission.
Zhang Sichang's task is to monitor Lu Chengzhou, will Lu Chengzhou be discovered?
"The security in the British Concession is okay during the day, but not necessarily at night." Zhang Sichang said.
"You spied on Lu Chengzhou, and he didn't find out, right?" Nozaki asked suddenly.
"Impossible! I only waited there for two hours every night, and every time Lu Chengzhou was at home, I would come back after he turned off the lights. How could he possibly find me? Zhang Sichang said firmly.
Seeing that Nozaki was silent, Zhang Sichang said again: "If it weren't for Lu Chengzhou's rescue, he might not have survived last night." He saved my life, so to speak. ”
"I hope so, you have a good rest these days, and the task of monitoring Lu Chengzhou will end here." Nozaki said comfortingly.
"Thank you, Mr. Nozaki." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Nozaki left by rickshaw, and he deliberately went to the vicinity of No. 15 No. 24 Road, and got off the bus to see the place where Zhang Sichang was attacked.
Finally, Nozaki looked at Lu Chengzhou's residence and fell into deep thought.