On the top of the third floor of a restaurant a hundred meters diagonally opposite the Xiao Mansion, a pitch-black figure was lying on the edge of the rooftop, the rifle in his hand was aimed at the direction of the Xiao Mansion, when he saw a carriage coming out of the Xiao Mansion, and gradually came to this side, the black shadow collected the rifle, crawled back slowly, and did not get up until two meters away before he got up and took off the linen strip around his waist and began to wrap the rifle, and after a while, the whole rifle was wrapped in linen, and it was basically impossible to see that it was a rifle from the appearance. The shadow quickly descended the stairs from the rooftop.

When he went down to the first floor, the shopkeeper of the restaurant saw this mysterious man and hurriedly put on a smiling face: "Objective, are you going out?" ”

A black top hat, an extra-long gray trench coat, dusty high-waisted leather boots, a long grass-green canvas bag on his back, a thin face under his skin, a short stubble on his lips, and an old knife brand cigarette that has been burned more than half and the ashes are still left on it, the whole person is like a sharp steel knife, as if it wants to smash the world.

Hearing this, the man in the trench coat nodded and walked to the counter, took out two pieces of the ocean from the pocket of the trench coat and put them on the counter and said, "Boss, thank you!" ”

"Oh, you're so polite! By the way, you have to be careful when you go out, there seems to be a fight in the Xiao Mansion just now, you must be careful" Seeing the two pieces of the ocean, he immediately smiled, for this kind of generous and generous customer, the shopkeeper did not want him to go to the street and make a bad disaster.

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The man in the trench coat ignored it, he walked to the door of the restaurant, leaned sideways against the gate, and a carriage happened to pass in front of the restaurant. Xiao Zhenlei was driving in the carriage, and a few seconds passed after the carriage passed. The man in the trench coat walked out of the restaurant and walked in the direction where the carriage had gone. It wasn't until he was almost out of sight that he came across an empty rickshaw, and he beckoned to get into the rickshaw and let the driver follow the almost invisible carriage in front of him.

Chenjiawan is not close to the central area of the public concession, even if you drive a horse-drawn carriage, you have to walk for more than an hour, close to two hours, and you have to pass through Su along the way. Zhou River, Concession North District, In the Gate? North Territory.

It's only seven o'clock now, and there is still a long time before the hour, Xiao Zhenlei is not in a hurry, he is smoking a cigarette and shouting from time to time, shaking the horsewhip.

Arrived in the northern area of the concession. Xiao Zhenlei felt that someone was following behind, and it was not short of time, it was normal for someone to have a car behind, after all, a road was not just built for a certain person to walk, but if the person or car following behind hung unhurriedly behind for a long time, it was doubtful.

What is the person who follows behind? Xu Baoshan's people? Or is it someone who has a high head? Or was it the "master" from last night? Xiao Zhenlei didn't know, now he couldn't turn around and deal with the tail behind him, since he wanted to follow, let him follow. When we get to the place, we will clean up together.

Walk through the northern area of the concession and enter the gate? After the north, Xiao Zhenlei found that the rickshaw that had fallen far behind was gone, but the feeling of being followed did not disappear. He was very familiar with this feeling, this was the feeling in front of Fan Gaotou's mansion last night, it must be the master last night.

After this conclusion. Xiao Zhenlei's brows furrowed, and his heart was much heavier. The emergence of such a master made him feel that he had scruples when he would start a war with Xu Baoshan.

Entering the gate? After the north it is very desolate. The cobblestone road turned into a dirt road, but fortunately the weather was good, it didn't rain, the road was okay to walk, and the lush fields and barren meadows on both sides of the dirt road and the sound of frogs in the fields provided excellent cover for the trackers.

Xu Baoshan's chosen ransom location Chenjiawan is a good place, this does not belong to the concession, as long as it is not in the concession, Xu Baoshan has nothing to be afraid of, with his current official position and identity in the Green Gang, the magistrate has to give him a little face, even if there is a big fight in Chenjiawan, the magistrate will look at his face and calm the people, it can be said that Xu Baoshan has the advantage of this field, and Xiao Zhenlei is weak, and it is an away battle, even if the Raptors cross the river, it is difficult to defeat Xu Baoshan, a super snake.

It was only a few miles away from Chenjiawan, Xiao Zhenlei grabbed the reins and stopped the carriage, he jumped down from the carriage and walked to the back of the carriage, and dragged out a box from the carriage, which he brought back from the outside last night, opened the wooden box, inside a rifle parts, some five-round single-row magazines, and a dozen British pineapple-shaped Mills grenades, which were developed after the Russo-Japanese War in 1904, after the British recognized the great role of hand grenades in trench warfare. This wooden box was brought back from an arms dealer in the concession after he left Fan Gaotou's mansion last night, and several newspapers this morning also reported that this guy died in his den, and his neck was broken, which was naturally done by Xiao Zhenlei.

After tying a mountain knife in the wooden box with a scabbard around his waist, Xiao Zhenlei quickly took out the parts in the wooden box and assembled these parts. The Enfield short rifle was assembled, Xiao Zhenlei installed two single-row magazines into the magazine, carried the rifle on his back, took out a canvas bag from the carriage, and put some of the magazines and grenades in the wooden box into the canvas bag and carried it on his shoulder.

After doing this, Xiao Zhenlei walked to the front of the carriage and sat on the wheel, took out a cigarette and lit it, the fireworks flickered in the dark, he knew that Xu Baoshan and some outlaws were waiting for him a few miles away, if he swaggered away like this, I was afraid that not only could he not save Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio, but even he had to get in, even if he was a top international mercenary in the past, but at this time Wang Yanan and Cheng Baguio became his weakness, if there were no them, he was confident that even if Xu Baoshan brought two hundred people over, He can also kill their ass and piss.

I don't know when, the feeling of being followed behind him disappeared again, Xiao Zhenlei took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was almost nine o'clock, he took off the horse lamp hanging on the wheel with a cigarette, took off the glass cover on the horse lamp, took out a match and lit the wick of the horse lamp, a breeze blew, the light swayed, he quickly covered the glass cover, the light was stable, and hung the bright horse lamp on the wheel again, he jumped off the carriage, walked to the side of the mule and horse, reached out and patted the horse's buttocks, the mule and horse were in pain, Trotted along the dirt road in the direction of Chenjiawan.

Xiao Zhenlei stood in the middle of the dirt road with a rifle and backpack on his back, watched the carriage go away, smoked a few puffs in a row, reached out and took off the cigarette butt and trampled it out with his foot on the ground, and then disappeared into the wild grass on the side of the road.

Chenjiawan, here is a river beach, on the left is the embankment, on the right is the river, after the weather began to warm, the river flow in the river gradually became rapid. On the edge of the river beach there is also a small reed swing, knee-deep. This place is remote, even if there is a big fight, the local government does not know, it is really a good place to kill people and sell goods.

Several fires are lit on the beach, illuminating the entire beach, and you can see the situation from afar. Xu Baoshan was wearing a standard Qinggang costume and sat on a small horse, and there were more than fifty people standing behind him, each with a gun, this time Zhang Renkui did not come, and I don't know what excuse he made, he is much more cunning than Xu Baoshan.

Xu Baoshan took out the gold chain pocket watch from his pocket and looked at it, frowned and said, "The hour is coming, why hasn't this kid surnamed Xiao come yet?" Could it be that he doesn't want to redeem these two little girls? ”

A Qingbang subordinate next to him said: "Master Xu, why do I always think this thing is unreliable, do you think, what woman can be worth one and a half million taels of silver?" Two is worth three million taels? I'm afraid that no woman is worth so much money except for the lady in the palace, right? Who would be so stupid to ransom two women with three million taels of silver? If it were me, where would I have so much money that I wouldn't be able to buy a beautiful woman? And these two women are not Xiao Zhenlei's wife, even if it is his wife, he can wait for the two of them to die before marrying a new wife, the so-called old does not go to the new one, Xu Ye, I think your asking price is too high! ”

Listening to the analysis of this subordinate, Xu Baoshan also felt that what he did was really a bit unreliable, and compared his heart to his heart, if it was him, he would not use three million taels to redeem two women, even if these two women were his wives or biological daughters.

After having this feeling, Xu Baoshan was a little embarrassed in front of these subordinates, and he wondered if these subordinate brothers would look down on him? Think he's crazy about money?

Xu Baoshan was a little annoyed for a while, and asked, "What's the matter, so the kid surnamed Xiao won't come tonight?" ”

"I don't think so, unless he's a fool!" The little brother of his subordinates just now said.

Hearing this, Xu Baoshan asked, "Where are those two women?" ”

"It's right next to the reeds, don't worry, Master Xu, I sent four people to watch there, they can't run!"

Xu Baoshan got up and said a little annoyed: "What's the matter, it seems that the kid surnamed Xiao is really not coming, so he sent someone to bring those two girls over, since the surname Xiao doesn't care about them, Lao Tzu will enjoy those two women tonight!" ”

The subordinate next to him said with a cheap smile on his face when he heard this: "That little one, congratulations to Xu Ye, you have fought two dragons and two phoenixes tonight, hehe!" ”

He was about to send someone to bring Cheng Baguio and Wang Yanan from the reeds, when a person ran over from the river embankment, shouting as he ran: "My lord, my lord, there is a carriage two miles ahead, and there is a light on it!" ”

With such a loud voice, not to mention Xu Baoshan, the ghosts could hear it, and he immediately shouted to the little brother who was about to bring someone over: "Wait, don't rush to go first, don't it be that kid surnamed Xiao is really here, right?" ”

The other junior brothers were not sure, and the subordinate who had a lot of ideas just now said in an uncertain tone: "Master Xu, why don't we wait and make a decision after seeing who is coming?" ”

Xu Baoshan thought for a while and nodded: "Okay, you take a few people to wait on the river embankment, if it is really surnamed Xiao, immediately send someone to inform me!" The others divided half of them and hid on the other side of the embankment, and when Xiao Zhenlei arrived, they surrounded him and shot him to death, this time Lao Tzu really didn't do it for money."

"Yes, Master Xu!" (To be continued......) R1292