Chapter 22: Worry
Zhang Fengxin was very happy to learn that Gu Richang was performing normally, which showed that Gu Richang did not receive the news.
He told Lu Chengzhou to discuss the details of the situation in detail at the French Concession in the evening.
"Today's task is important, don't reveal your whereabouts." Zhang Fengxin advised again.
"I've been looking forward to it, hurry up until the evening." Lu Chengzhou said with a smile.
Lu Chengzhou was excited on the surface, but his heart was full of worry.
Yesterday, he had already told Li Xiangxue the news that the military commander was going to take action against Gu Richang today.
Li Xiangxue told him that everything would be arranged in the organization, and he could just do it according to the orders of the military commander.
However, Gu Richang's itinerary today has not changed, and he still went to the French Concession at noon.
Is the organization not receiving the message? Or did Gu Richang ignore the orders of the organization?
It must be very important to the Communist Party, which makes the military commanders hate it so much, and if they want to assassinate it, Lu Chengzhou will certainly have to do everything possible to protect it.
Lu Chengzhou is very anxious, Gu Richang is very influential, if he is assassinated in Haigu, it will be an immeasurable loss to our party.
All afternoon, Lu Chengzhou was absent-minded, he kept thinking about how the organization was arranged.
Could it be that the Ming Xiu plank road is dark Chen Cang? Or is it a golden cicada shelling?
Let Gu Richang go to the French Concession first, and then transfer from the French Concession? If that's the case, you're worrying about it for nothing.
When he was about to get off work, Lu Chengzhou deliberately went to Xinhua Road to inquire about the news of Oxford Villa No. 3.
Knowing that the residents of Villa 3, except for Gu Richang, had been staying at home all along, his heart hung again.
After getting off work, Lu Chengzhou went back to the dormitory first and changed into a police uniform.
After putting on the suit, Lu Chengzhou originally wanted to go directly to the French Concession, but after thinking about it, he still went to the Chinese Concession first.
Every time Lu Chengzhou leaves the British Concession, he basically goes to the Chinese Concession, and today he suddenly wants to go to the French Concession, will it arouse the suspicion of others?
Anything, if you want to keep it secret, you can't behave abnormally, otherwise you will be noticed.
Lu Chengzhou is deeply aware of this.
When he examines pedestrians on the street, those who appear calm, richly dressed, and have elegant manners will not be checked, at least not the subject of inspection.
And those who are evasive and shabby in clothes, even if they have not committed any crimes, will be the focus of attention.
Lu Chengzhou used to go to the Chinese Concession, and he suddenly rushed to the French Concession, if he fell into the eyes of someone with a heart, he would naturally be noticed.
If he goes from Huajie to the French Concession, even if he is seen, it will be much easier to explain.
Gu Richang's assassination at the National Hotel will definitely be reported if nothing else.
At this time, it will take a little more time to go around from the Chinese realm, but it will avoid a lot of trouble.
Participating in this operation, Lu Chengzhou had already prepared for the worst.
If the military commander really wanted to assassinate Gu Richang, in order to protect the safety of his comrades, he might shoot at the military commander, even if he exposed his identity.
Zhang Fengxin told Cheng Zhou to pass by and put on makeup at night.
For this reason, he deliberately wore a hat and a pair of flat glasses.
After arriving in the French Concession, Lu Chengzhou quickly connected with Li Xiangxue, and in order to avoid encountering the military commanders, they deliberately went to a café on No. 32 Road.
Most of the streets in the French Concession are named after numbers, which are simpler and more intuitive for foreigners.
"Mr. Li, why didn't Gu Richang leave?" Lu Chengzhou asked eagerly.
"Things have changed, and today he has an important guest to meet." Li Xiangxue said that he was also very anxious, and the military commanders were ready to do it, but Gu Richang didn't care at all.
"How could he be so irresponsible for his life?" Lu Chengzhou rushed to the road.
"That's because he regards the party's tasks as more important than his life!" Li Xiangxue said slowly.
"What can I do to protect him?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Your mission remains the same, or take the opportunity to break into the military command." Li Xiangxue said.
"Zhang Fengxin asked me to meet at ten o'clock, presumably after ten o'clock. Will Gu Richang be able to meet the guests before 10 o'clock? Or before 10 o'clock, change to another place to talk? Lu Chengzhou said.
In the afternoon, he worked out several plans for Gu Richang's evacuation.
The military commanders did not dare to be too presumptuous in the French Concession, and the National Hotel was the best hotel in Haigu, so even if Gu Richang met with the representatives of the southwest, the military commanders could only let it go.
"I'll report back to my superiors." Li Xiangxue said slowly.
Even if the organization has an arrangement, it can't tell Lu Chengzhou for the time being, this is a confidentiality discipline that must be observed.
Lu Chengzhou reported his thoughts to Li Xiangxue, Gu Richang could evacuate before ten o'clock, or he could take the southwest representatives to talk elsewhere.
But there is one point, Gu Richang's room has to be replaced, and the military commander has long known his room number.
Li Xiangxue didn't say much, just agreed to report Lu Chengzhou's ideas to the organization.
After separating from Li Xiangxue, Lu Chengzhou went to the National Hotel again, and he first walked around the National Hotel and observed it on foot.
The National Hotel building sits in the north and faces south, with a dignified shape, beautiful and sturdy, and a wide courtyard.
There are more than 100 rooms in the National Hotel, and if Gu Richang suddenly changes rooms, it will take time for the military commanders to find him, and perhaps, they will give up today's assassination.
After observing the surrounding terrain, Lu Chengzhou prepared to go to the National Hotel for on-the-spot investigation.
However, when he first walked into the National Hotel, Lu Chengzhou suddenly saw a familiar figure, he didn't think about it, he immediately walked over and grabbed the back of the other party's neck.
Ma Ping was searching for a target at the National Hotel, and since he had been planted in the British Concession, he had come to the French Concession.
The people who came in and out of the National Hotel, their purses were bulging, and just now he had succeeded in it a few times, and was about to leave, when he was suddenly grabbed by the neck, and he was so frightened that he almost screamed.
"Why did it come out so quickly?" Lu Chengzhou took Ma Ping to a nearby alley, pressed Ma Ping's face against the wall, and searched him.
Soon, Lu Chengzhou searched out two wallets, opened them and saw that they contained a lot of money.
"Road...... Officer, I'm ...... I won't dare next time. Ma Ping looked back and found that it was Lu Chengzhou, and said with a bitter face.
"Do you want to have a next time?" Lu Chengzhou took his wallet in front of him and shook it, and said with a sneer.
"This is the French Concession, Officer Lu, are you too lenient?" Ma Ping suddenly remembered that when he arrived in the French Concession, Lu Chengzhou, the patrol of the British Concession, could not arrest him.
"Okay, there's a patrol ahead, and I can hand you over to them." Lu Chengzhou's eyes were full of ridicule, Ma Ping's move was useless to him.
"Ask the police officer to raise his noble hand, and Ma will definitely be rewarded in the future." Ma Ping pleaded.
"It's not impossible to let you go." Lu Chengzhou said slowly.
"The contents of the wallet, Officer Lu took all the things, if it is not enough, I will touch a few more and come back, there are big fish here." When Ma Ping heard Lu Chengzhou's words, his heart was overjoyed.
"What do you think, the wallet will have to be returned. I ask you, how did you get out of the detention center so quickly? Lu Chengzhou asked.
Ma Ping's matter, he did not delve into it, not because he didn't dare, but because he didn't want to.
Since he met Ma Ping in the French Concession, Lu Chengzhou naturally wanted to ask things clearly.
"Well, of course, someone is taking care of it." Ma Ping smiled.
"Who is this person?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Why do police officers have to know?" Ma Ping said with a wry smile.
"Is the surname Liao or Ruan?" Lu Chengzhou asked suddenly.
"Officer Lu is really a man of God." Ma Ping said helplessly, since Lu Chengzhou knew everything, what else was he hiding.