Chapter 4 The night of murder in the dark moon and high wind
On Zhengyang Street in Jinan City, the three of them sneaked quietly and walked to Zhengyang Gate, Li Ling stopped, and by the slightly drunk moonlight, he could also see a notice posted on the wall, which was his wanted warrant.
Li Ling shook his head and muttered to himself, "Who made Lao Tzu's portrait so ugly?" The two of them were about to tease a few words, when they suddenly saw several patrol officers loosely carrying guns, and the three of them hurriedly hid in a remote shadow, and they couldn't help but wonder in their hearts, there were patrols in the middle of the night, how could the security of Jinan City be better.
After passing through a few alleys, you will come to the outside of the Shen family compound, at a glance you can see the red bricks and green tiles, the buildings are connected, and the end is magnificent, especially the two stone lions at the gate, which are more powerful.
Although Shen Tianfu is just a ruffian gangster, his father Shen Zhongkui is a powerful figure in Jinan City, running several rice shops, pawnshops and pharmacies. , now is the time of the war and chaos, raising the price of food, making a fortune in the country, it can be said that the rich side is the first party. When he was rich, he cherished his life, and because of the profiteers, he offended many people, and he built the Shen Mansion like a bunker, and the courtyard wall alone was seven or eight meters high
Li Ling made a gesture and asked Sun Yuzhu to stand outside the courtyard wall, and he and He Jiatang quietly climbed over the wall. Since both of them are kung fu, and they are afraid of alarming the caretakers, they are even more careful, but they don't make much movement
This is a compound with three entrances and exits, although the two of them have not been to the Shen family, but at least the common sense is still understood, Shen Tianfu, as the only son of the Shen family, must live in the innermost summer house. At this time, the house was brightly lit, and the sound of talking could be faintly heard.
"The young master can bring two hundred oceans to the county magistrate tomorrow, and then ask the county magistrate to put pressure on him, and be sure to catch that Li Ling." A cold voice suddenly came from the room.
"I would like to, but Li Ling is as slippery as a loach, and he has disappeared until now, Steward Jia, you are resourceful, is there a better way, as long as I catch Li Ling's stumbling block, I can subdue his subordinates, and then my development in Jinan City will be a grade." Shen Tianfu said in an indifferent voice.
Steward Jia groaned slightly, and said: "Li Ling is already a lost dog, even if he saves his life, it will be difficult to show off his power in Jinan City, your plan for today is to try to envelop his people to develop their own strength." But his life is a big hidden danger after all, you can secretly pin the headless unjust cases of the past two years on his head, find a reliable person to report and expose, and by the way, drag He Jiatang and Sun Yuzhu beside him into the water together, and you can also act conveniently at that time. ”
Shen Tianfu's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "This is a good idea, as long as the method is appropriate, the pressure on the provincial government will increase greatly, especially since Jun Yanashita of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce was secretly killed last month, and the murderer has not been found so far, so now it is time to take advantage of it." ”
Steward Jia continued: "Yes, we don't need to come forward directly, we just need to add fuel to the fire, and we can complicate things." In addition, send some loyal subordinates to put on eyeliner and report it as soon as there is a stir. Yesterday, Li Ling returned to Lijiazhuang for a few hours before he realized the movement, and the speed was too slow. ”
"Steward Jia, rest assured, I personally arranged this matter, even if Li Ling does not die, he will have no place in Jinan City, now it is almost dawn, I will take two more mouthfuls to mention the spirit." Shen Tianfu said a little lazily, then lay down on the long bed, picked up the big cigarette and smoked fiercely.
With a "bang", the wooden door of the wing room was kicked open, and it was so abrupt in such a quiet night of the fifth watch.
Shen Tianfu and Steward Jia were shocked inexplicably, and when they turned their heads, they were even more shocked to change color, only to see Li Ling standing with an angry face, his eyes as if he wanted to breathe fire.
Shen Tianfu started from the bed, slowly came back to his senses, and said in a trembling tone: "Li Ling? How are you staying? ”
Li Ling suppressed his anger and said coldly: "I have no grievances with you, I didn't expect to be so deliberate to kill me, I just wanted to teach a lesson, but I had no choice but to end up today." "Hold a long knife in your hand and pull out of the stance.
Steward Jia's face was gloomy, and seeing that the atmosphere was tense, he hurriedly hugged his fists and said, "Since we were broken by you today, we have nothing to say." Even so, can you still ask for my two lives in this heavily guarded Shen family compound? Leave a line in your work, and see you in the future. Since this matter has offended you, we should stop it. ”
Shen Tianfu looked at the long knife in Li Ling's hand, he was already frightened, and at this time he stabilized his mind, and hurriedly said with a flattering face: "This matter is the fault of the younger brother, I still hope that the eldest brother Haihan, there is some ocean on the table, please accept the eldest brother." ”
The corners of Li Ling's eyes twitched, and he couldn't help but be moved, on the table of the Eight Immortals next to the bed, there were no less than a thousand pieces of ocean, and there were some packs of tobacco and soil of great value next to them. You must know that at that time, the purchasing power of silver dollars was considerable, and a piece of ocean could buy sixteen catties of rice. In this troubled era of the Republic of China, hungry corpses abound in the wilderness, what is the concept of a thousand oceans? You can buy 16,000 catties of rice or 5,000 catties of pork. So much money and things are piled up here casually, Rao is from Li Ling's big family, and it is also staggering.
Shen Tianfu observed his words, and hurriedly picked up a cloth bag, put all the ocean into the bag, and handed it to Li Ling.
Although Li Ling was lawless in Jinan City, he had never thought about killing people and stealing goods, and he had never killed anyone, otherwise the Japanese who molested women would not have only been seriously injured. I came to the Shen family today, just to teach Shen Tianfu a lesson. Although Fang Cai was angry in his heart, he was still sensible, so he had the right to use the money to make up for his mental wounds.
At the moment when Li Ling stretched out his hand to catch it, Steward Jia suddenly picked up the octagonal stool next to him and smashed it at Li Ling, while he himself crashed into the window lattice and ran out.
Li Ling hurriedly waved his knife to block the fierce stool, and was about to go out to chase it, but when he heard a scream outside, He Jiatang, who had been hiding outside the door, stepped out, raised the knife and beheaded Steward Jia under the knife, and then lifted the corpse that had died of exhaustion as if it was spurting blood and stepped into the house.
"Ah......h
He Jiatang's tiger eyes were threatening, and under the vigor, he chopped it down with another knife, and Shen Tianfu's head was in a different place, and his head was spinning by dripping.
Quiet, the room was quiet and weird, no one would have thought that it would change so much in just a moment.
Li Ling's face was like ashes, and it took a while to react, staring at He Jiatang in disbelief, as if he didn't know him, he opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't know what to say when the words came to his mouth.
He Jiatang's face was expressionless, and he said in a deep voice: "You also heard that they conspired to put you to death, so you can only strike first." The two of them are innocent, so there is no need to make a fuss, otherwise it will be you and me who lie down. ”
Li Ling also knew that what he said was very reasonable, he had heard that a certain bandit was killing people like hemp, or that there were many bones on the battlefield, but it was all hearsay, this was the first time he had seen a killing, and his heart was shocked like a thousand catties falling, and he couldn't breathe, and it washed his flesh and blood like a stormy wave.
He Jiatang sighed secretly, this brother is good at everything, but sometimes he is too indecisive and not ruthless enough, which is indeed a big drawback, and it still takes time to hone it. Ignoring him, he smiled when he saw the ocean wrapped on the ground, took it in his hand, and put it in his pocket.
Li Ling and He Jiatang also came in some times, just now when Steward Jia and Shen Tianfu were dying, they all screamed miserably, I am afraid that they have already alarmed people, and in a moment, the sound of several people talking and shouting came, in this Shen family compound, there are many people who take care of the house, and they are all loaded with guns, and it is not easy to stay here for a long time.
He Jiatang saw that there were a few packs of cigarettes at the head of the bed, his eyes couldn't help but glow, and he grabbed them and put them into the bag together with the cigarette bubbles that had been made, and then dragged Li Ling and ran out of the door.
At this time, the east was white, the sky was already slightly bright, and the two of them stopped as soon as they ran out of the door, and their hearts were horrified. There were many figures on the walls swaying, probably the Shen family guards who heard the movement.
The two of them were anxious in their hearts, and they were thinking about how to get out, when they suddenly saw a fire in the west, and the Shen family's compound suddenly became noisy, and many people rushed to the west to fight the fire, and the two took this opportunity to quickly run out.
"There's someone over there, stop it." I don't know who shouted, but three or five people have already outflanked this side.
Li Ling and the others were not ambiguous, picked up the knife and rushed towards a few people, fortunately, the other party did not carry a gun, so a few people did not dare to surround them, taking this opportunity, a jump, the two had already climbed over the wall.
"Stop, or you'll shoot." A man standing at the head of the wall shouted.
"Bang" fired a shot into the sky, wanting to deter it, but he didn't dare to really shoot the two of them without knowing the situation.
The two of them ran for miles in one breath before they stopped to rest. Li Ling gasped breathlessly and said: "I have leaked my identity today, I don't care, just add another crime, this matter will affect Brother Jiatang." ”
He Jiatang was also gasping for breath, waving his hand, and said nonchalantly: "It's not a big deal, I can only return to my hometown in Hebei at most." We went to the meeting place to wait for the third brother to return, and summed up whether it was to develop in Hebei. Today is not worth the trip, getting so much ocean and a few packs of tobacco and soil, enough for us to squander for a while. ”
Li Ling was speechless for a while, and others were all terrified when they were involved in a lawsuit for their lives, but this He Jiatang was relaxed.
The two waited for Sun Yuzhu until noon in a cave in the Qianfo Mountain that they had agreed. Although Sun Yuzhu has a rough appearance, he is as careful as a hair, he has always been prostrate outside the Shen family's compound, found the abnormality of the guards, and set fire to create chaos, so as to create a chance for the two to escape.
Sun Yuzhu also found the ocean and tobacco he brought, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. There are four packets of Persian red clay in the tobacco clay, which is usually trafficked from Iran by the Japanese, and a bag of koban clay, which is produced in India and is of absolutely high quality.
In the evening, when Sun Yuzhu quietly exchanged the tobacco soil for the current ocean, the three of them were stunned, it was actually worth more than 3,000 silver dollars, plus more than 1,000 from the Shen family's compound, totaling nearly 5,000 oceans.
At that time, the wages of the workers at a wharf were only three oceans a month, and according to this price, 5,000 yuan was definitely an astronomical amount. The three of them were overjoyed, they were all poor and destitute, when had they seen so much money and things, and today they actually made a windfall, and they couldn't help but plan the use of money.
Sun Yuzhu thought for a long time before he said seriously: "It's better for us to open a prostitution brothel, which can make money and save money by ourselves." ”
He Jiatang snorted coldly and said, "A dignified seven-foot man, how can he do such a depraved thing. ”
The two were about to respect him, but they heard him say: "To make money, you still rely on opium, I suggest selling some tobacco to Hebei to sell." ”
Li Ling shook his head, speechless for a while.
The murder of the Shen family's son and housekeeper caused an uproar, and Li Ling was placed on the cusp of the storm again. Every day, Sun Yuzhu quietly went out to buy some daily necessities or inquire about the news, and today he turned back in less than a quarter of an hour after going out, bringing back a shocking news: the provincial governor personally ordered to send a large number of troops, digging three feet into the ground to arrest Li Ling, and now they are searching door to door, and even the Thousand Buddha Mountain where they are located is heavily guarded, and it is difficult to fly.
He Jiatang frowned, stroked a lot of silver dollars, and sighed: "This money is destined to be taken, not spent, it seems that we are in a catastrophe this time." ”
Li Ling is also at a loss, this situation is no longer hidden, it is only a matter of time before he is arrested, he stares blankly ahead, at the foot of the mountain is Qilu University, where he studied, where he studied and lived, and where he first fell in love.