When the two arrived at the Hongtai Warehouse on Xinkaihe Road, it was already late at night, which belonged to the French Concession, which was usually very lively, and it also entered silence after late night.

Xiao Zhenlei took Ma Xiaoshuang to walk under the eaves of the shop pù on the street, both of them were in the dark, far away, others couldn't find it at all, the two squatted under the eaves of the shop pù across the road from the Hongtai store, the gate of the Hongtai store was lit with electric lights, very bright, at this time the door was open, not long after a carriage entered, I saw a middle-aged man wearing a horse coat cut of precious fabrics getting down from the carriage, a steward wearing a robe and a horse coat in the warehouse said something to the middle-aged man, the middle-aged man heard the thunder and was furious, After a fire was fired, several thug-looking men came out of the warehouse in an empty carriage, and soon disappeared into the night, and when they came out, the door of the warehouse was closed.

Xiao Zhenlei guessed that the middle-aged man wearing a horse coat made of precious fabrics was likely to be the rich man Lu Jiasheng, and he was very likely to be angry because he lost a bag of red clay, and Wang Ergou and Ding Si did not come back, and those thugs went out to serve Lu Jiasheng's order to find Wang Ergou and Ding Si, Lu Jiasheng must have thought that these two people swallowed a bag of red clay and ran away, so they sent people to chase them.

Soon, Lu Jiasheng's luxury carriage came out of the warehouse, and the door of the warehouse was closed again, not long after the carriage left, Xiao Zhenlei took Ma Xiaoshuang and quietly slipped to the root of the wall at the gate of the warehouse, Xiao Zhenlei climbed the wall to observe the situation in the warehouse, no one walked in the yard of the warehouse, some empty carriages were parked in the yard, but the horses were led to the stables.

Xiao Zhenlei slipped down and said to Ma Xiaoshuang: "You wait in the dark over there, wait for me to take care of the people inside and open the door, and then you go in and help me load the goods!" ”

Although Ma Xiaoshuang knew that Xiao Zhenlei had been good at fist and foot kung fu since he was a child, and he knew that his marksmanship was like a god a few days ago, he was still a little worried: "Brother, can you do it alone?" If it really doesn't work, forget it tonight, let's think of another idea! ”

"Don't worry, brother is more than enough alone, you just wait here, if there is a patrol coming to patrol, immediately whistle to notify me, and then hide, understand?" Xiao Zhenlei said as he took out the dagger from his waist and put it in his mouth, pulled up his trouser leg again, pulled out the ** from the inside of the calf, and swung it to the left, the bullet nest of the revolver popped out, and there were six bullets lying in the bullet nest, and then flung it to the right, the bullet nest closed, and after inserting the revolver into his waist, he turned over into the yard of the warehouse with a jump, and Ma Xiaoshuang immediately retreated to the eaves of the next store and squatted.

Xiao Zhenlei just jumped down from the courtyard wall, two people wearing cardigan clothes walked out of the duty room at the door of the warehouse, Xiao Zhenlei immediately dodged to the side, it turned out that these two people were patrolling the yard, this warehouse except for the stable and toilet in the northeast corner, the other houses are warehouses, very large, I don't know which warehouse the red clay packed in sacks is placed in.

Waiting for the two patrol thugs to go away, Xiao Zhenlei touched the door of the duty room and stretched out his head to take a look, the room area of the duty room is not small, there are eight people in it, divided into two tables, a table of four people are open chests and breasts, sitting and drinking in four directions, a table of dishes, there are small dishes and marinades, a table of four people inside is pushing pai gow, there are many ways to play pai gow, and these four people play a roll and two stares, thirty-two tooth cards, four cards per person at a time, match into pairs, one by one and the dealer than the size. Xiao Zhenlei glanced at it and shrank back, then slowly retreated into the darkness.

The yard is not small, the two patrol thugs, one carrying a lantern, the other holding a flashlight, the flashlight walks in front to inspect the warehouses, the person carrying the lantern follows behind, the two are talking while walking, joking, when passing through the warehouses, the people in front of them use flashlights to reach into the window to check the situation in the warehouses.

Warehouse No. 3, there is a big circle painted on the door, two traditional Chinese characters "叁號" are written in the circle, the two walked here one after the other, there is a stone pillar on both sides of the corridor under the gate to support the eaves, when the two walked through the first stone pillar, suddenly a black shadow fell from the stone pillar, only to hear a soft click, the neck of the thug behind was twisted, the black shadow immediately took the horse lamp on the corpse, let the corpse lean on the stone pillar.

The person with the flashlight in front of him checked the situation and said without looking back: "Don't mess around just after eating, be careful to break your neck!" ”

"Yes!"

"Hey, you're not ......" The thug with the flashlight heard that the sound was wrong, and was about to look back, when the black shadow had already inserted a dagger into his vest, just piercing the heart, and the thug twitched twice and then did not move.

The black shadow dragged the corpse against the stone pillar, stuffed the horse lantern into the corpse's hand, the person had just died, the corpse was still hot, the horse lamp was stuffed into the corpse's hand and held it tightly, a wooden stick on the ground, the black shadow picked it up and supported it on the corpse's abdomen, and the corpse stood still and leaned against the stone pillar.

In the duty room, the four people who were pushing Pai Gow just finished pushing a village, and a bald man sitting on the east side got up and walked out and said: "Wait a minute, pee first!" ”

A thin man on the opposite side hurriedly followed: "Wait for me, I'll go too!" ”

Without two people, Pai Gow couldn't be pushed, and the other four people at the table were drinking vigorously, and no one came to pick up the soil, and the remaining two people also came over and took a cup to fill the wine, and drank it with the original four people.

The bald man and the thin man walked to the toilet in the northeast corner one after the other, and the bald man couldn't help but scold: "Damn, your luck is too bad tonight, you kid is big with me every time."

The bald man scolded and walked for a while, and had already walked to the door of the toilet, but he didn't hear the thin man behind him reply, and turned his head as he spoke: "I said why don't you kid say ......."

After a flash of white light, a blood mark appeared on the bald man's neck, and a stream of blood spurted out of the carotid artery, and the bald man had a frightened expression on his face, and reached out to cover his neck, but soon collapsed.

The remaining six people in the duty room drank for a while, and one of the two pushing pai gow suddenly said: "Why did the bald man and the thin man go to the toilet for so long?" I guess I fell into the latrine, right? ”

It was originally a joke, but this remark attracted the attention of the thug leader Luo Hu, who touched his open chest and frowned: "Yes, these two people have been going for a long time, shouldn't something happen?" Who, you two go out and see, what's the matter! ”

The remaining two people who pushed pai gow had to reluctantly get up and go out to check the situation, but the power went out less than two minutes after the two went out, and the duty room was suddenly dark.

The thug leader scolded his cheeks: "What's the matter, no power outage in the morning, no power outage in the evening, but the power outage at this time, who is it, find out the flashlight, this black light can't be seen, it's really inconvenient!" ”

As soon as the thug leader finished speaking, he felt a hot stream spraying on his face, and he thought that the little brother next to him was spilling the soup on his face in the dark, and couldn't help but scold again: "I said why are you so greedy, you got the soup on my face, do you know?" ”

No one paid any attention to him, and he was answered by two muffled snorts, and then it seemed like something had fallen to the ground, perhaps because he felt something strange in the room, and the beard suddenly felt flustered and a little frightened, and was just about to get up, when the duty room suddenly lit up, it was a dazzling beam, and the beam of light went straight into his eyes, making him reflexively close his eyes and reach out in front of them.

"Who, what? Get the flashlight away! The beard was so illuminated by the strong light of the flashlight that he couldn't open his eyes, and couldn't help but scold, in fact, his hand secretly stretched out to his waist, but he didn't expect to touch a void.

"Are you looking for this?" A swarthy muzzle reached out from the flashlight's strong beam and aimed it at the bearded head.

The bearded man squinted his eyes and saw that the swarthy muzzle of the gun was pressing against his head, and he heard this voice very unfamiliarly, how could he not understand that it was a strong man who broke in? His face turned pale with fright on the spot, and he hurriedly raised his hands and said, "Don't don't, good man, take whatever you want, if I say a word, you can shoot me and jump on me." What do you want to know just ask, as long as I know I must be pouring beans in a bamboo tube to tell you, if there is a word I say is not right, you also shot me! ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled and said, "Yes, I have killed so many people, and you are the first to cooperate so honestly!" ”

The beard was scared on the spot, "What, what? You killed them all? ”

"What? Is it unusual to see how many people die these days? bumped into the hands of the master, they can only blame their bad luck, honestly back to the question of the master, which warehouse is the red clay stored in? How many are there? ”

The psychological defense line of the beard has already completely collapsed, and at this time, where else can he think of, and immediately told the truth: "In the No. 3 warehouse, there were four bags in stock before, and forty-nine bags were shipped tonight, and there were originally fifty bags, but two people ran away with the sack, and our master has already sent someone to chase those two people." So now there are fifty-three bags left in the warehouse."

Xiao Zhenlei asked, "According to the current market price, how much silver is this batch of goods worth?" ”

He said: "The price that our lord gave to the major tobacco houses is two hundred and forty taels of silver for a piece of red clay, a bag has forty yuan, and a bag is nine thousand six hundred taels of silver, and you can figure out how much fifty-three bags are worth in total!" ”

Five hundred thousand eight hundred taels!

Xiao Zhenlei got this answer in mental arithmetic, and then asked: "This kind of business of red clay is contraband, and it is impossible to buy and sell it in broad daylight, who is the Lu family secretly in charge of the tobacco business?" How could Lu Jiasheng do this kind of business, why does he have a foreigner's way? ”

The beard hurriedly said: "It is the housekeeper Hu Er who is responsible for talking about the tobacco business with the tobacco houses in various places, and our master Lu is the tide. Help people. Since the opening of the port of Shanghai and the demarcation of the concession, the red clay import area has moved from Guangzhou and Macao to Shanghai. Shanzhong people have also moved to Shanghai, they use their wealth and good Jia and the long-term cooperative relationship with foreigners before, in Shanghai developed rapidly, and our family Lu Lao was the first batch of people to come to Shanghai that year. The descendants of the people in the gang are also the current tide. The leader of the people, Hongtai Tuzhan is the first soil shop in Shanghai that specializes in red clay, that is, the tide. Opened by the gang, our lord is not the only boss, he is the majority shareholder, and there is a tide below. help a number of shareholders".

Since the opening of the Hongtai soil stack, the local line has sprung up like mushrooms, more and more, so that Shanghai has become the distribution center of the national red clay, the industry is making money day by day, rich and rivaling the country, of course, it will make the Shanghai people look red, but it is not easy for the Shanghai people to intervene in the soil industry, because no matter the financial resources, experience, wrist and the relationship with the foreigners, they can not be with the tide. Gang matches.

"Understood, thank you!"

Before he could understand what was going on, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, and then lost consciousness.

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