Chapter 25: The Night of the Long Knife (4)
Gao Yi's carriage did not take the Lujia Stone Bridge, but detoured from the outer road. At night, the outer road was much more lonely, and the speed of the car was completely released after there was no ant-like barman in the daytime, and it took less than two minutes to run half a mile and arrive at the intersection of Taiping Street.
After turning right onto Taiping Street, it was dark all of a sudden, although the South Market was also equipped with arc lights, but it was only on Waima Road and Da Wharf Street, and the other sections of the road were all black and dark.
The car drove another 200 meters or so, and slowly stopped after passing the Quanzhang Hall. At the intersection of Taiping Street and Salted Melon Street, a large number of people gathered in the black, all of them put on a vicious posture, and those who didn't know thought that they were preparing to cut people here. Gao Yi frowned.
"Who of you is in charge here? What about the Seven People? β
The one who opened the question was the shopkeeper of Guangrong Lin, surnamed Jia, who was specially sent by Guangrong Lin to be responsible for liaison and communication.
"Shopkeeper Jia!"
"Big shopkeeper!"
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The people outside the car greeted him one after another.
"Brother Ah Qi is still at the door of Huang's house, and he ordered us to come here to ambush." Someone replied.
"Are you in an ambush? It's almost open fire, hurry up and spread it out for me! β
"Brother Ah Qi took care of us and asked us to pretend to be a little more vicious and scare everyone who wanted to leave from here back. There were indeed several groups of people who were scared back by us! β
"Hmph, you don't have to pretend, it's already fierce enough, don't be verbose, hurry up and disperse for me......"
"Lao Jia!" Gao Yi opened the window and said.
"Yes, Mr. Gao." Shopkeeper Jia leaned over and leaned his head to the window.
"I think it's good, you let them continue to scare people back in this way." Gao Yi changed his mind, it seems that the person who was going to go to the Yellow Mansion to report the news just now was scared back like this, since it is effective, there is no need to change it.
"Uh...... I see. Shopkeeper Jia raised his body and said loudly to those minions: "You guys! Or do as Ah Qi instructed, pretend to be a deputy murderer for me, and scare all the people who leave here back! β
"Got it, big treasurer......"
"Big shopkeeper, don't worry, don't let a bird go from here!"
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"Let's turn around and take a look at the salted melon street in front." Gao Yi put his cane out of the window, knocked on the roof of the car and commanded.
"Yes, Mr. Gao."
"Get out of the way of the way, get out of the way, don't get in the way of the car!"
After the shopkeeper shouted a few times, the car drove slowly.
Salloua Street is a dirt road that winds along the outer moat of the county seat of Shanghai, and is so narrow that only one horse-drawn carriage can walk, and the shade of the willow trees planted along the riverside can cover the other side of the road. The carriage drove by, and the branches and leaves of the willow trees rubbed against the roof of the car, and the groom and the shopkeeper Jia, who were sitting in the front seat in the open air, could only keep touching the branches that brushed their faces with their hands. The speed of the car is slower than walking.
"Why is this road so narrow? Can't you walk in a carriage? Gao Yi asked, leaning on the window.
"The carriage can still walk, and after a little more the moat bends to the west, and without these willows, the road is much easier. But in general, it's just a wheelbarrow, and even rickshaws don't come here. Coming out of the Yellow House, if there is nothing special, most people walk from the Lujia Stone Bridge in the north, where the road is relatively wide and paved with stone slabs. Hehe, I still touched this road at night, there are more wild mandarin ducks, and the one who was scared back in front just now may be this kind of person. "Shopkeeper Jia is obviously familiar with the road conditions here, and it seems that he has been here more than once. So, sometimes the people who know you best are not your friends, but your enemies.
The car went a little further, and the moat obviously deviated to the west, and the road suddenly became much better, and the speed of the car gradually increased.
"Who?"
At this time, Shopkeeper Jia suddenly shouted, and the carriage ran forward several steps before it was stopped. Looking out of the left window, seven or eight figures stood in the willow trees on the side of the road, and McPherson put his hand on the pistol at his waist.
"It's me, Ah Qi!" Someone outside answered.
Gao Yi leaned his head to the left window and looked out, only to see that the seven or eight people were all very burly, and there was a person among them, bent down with his hands on his abdomen, under the dim light of the oil lamp in the carriage, he could vaguely distinguish that the color of some clothes on his lower abdomen and pants was completely different from the next one, and it should be blood flowing out.
"Big shopkeeper, is there a big boss in the car?" Ah Qi asked.
His voice came from the direction of the front of the car, and he could not be seen from Gao Yi's angle.
"It's Mr. Gao!"
"Oh, it's Mr. Gao, then I must come and kowtow!"
With the sound of kicking and stomping footsteps, he walked around the carriage and headed to the right. Gao Yi sat up straight and looked out from the window on the right, only to see a big man appear in front of him, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing to him with a "bang". After kowtowing, he raised his face, with big eyes, big nose, big mouth, big face, a big braid with the thickness of a small arm coiled in the head and neck of the thickness of the thigh, it looks like everything is big, everything is thick, the lion nose is wide-mouthed, and the body is also very burly, not only wide inside and out, but also looks very thick, like a dog and bear, even if he kneels there, it is like a hill, it is easy to remind people of the phrase "push the gold mountain, pour the jade pillar".
"What's the matter with that person? Why did you get stabbed? Gao Yi didn't call him up, but asked him directly. For people who like to kneel and kowtow, he is also not interested in correcting other people's hobbies.
"That's a guy who eats inside and out, he just wanted to climb over the wall into the Yellow House, but we caught him and wanted to scream, so I gave him a knife and told him to be honest. I'm about to get rid of him now. β
"Well done! I heard your nickname is "Piggy"? β
"Haha, that's because the brothers saw that the little ones were stout, so they gave them such a nickname."
"I don't think you're like a pig, but like a lion, and you'll be called ...... Lion...... It's called "Lion's Head Ah Qi". You're good, keep up the good work. β
"Let's go!" Gao Yi tapped the roof of the car with a cane and commanded.
"Mr. Xie Gao...... This one...... Give, give name! The lion-headed Ah Qi knelt on the side, turning his body as the carriage moved forward, always keeping himself facing Gao Yi's direction.
"When the cooking is finished, come to the old fishing house, I have something to tell you." When the car passed by Ah Qi, Gao Yi commanded.
"Yesβthe little one will go as soon as he's done!" Ah Qi answered loudly behind the car.
"I remember that you Guangrong Lin drove a Toyo car dealership, right?" Gao Yi knocked on the door of the car with a cane and asked.
"Yes, there are two of them." Shopkeeper Jia leaned in front of the car window and replied.
"Very good."
Gao Yi already has a preliminary plan for how to act next.
(There will be another chapter later)