But it was said that Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang were relieved after staying in the Ningbo Hotel, and the original nervous mood slowly calmed down, and just now the hotel owner had been asked to prepare some hot water to wash, and the hot water had not been sent up at this time, so the two sat on the chairs at the table and waited.

Ma Xiaoshuang has been in a trance since Xiao Zhenlei killed the two British soldiers standing guard, what happened tonight had too much impact on him, he couldn't digest it for a while, at this time he was sitting in a chair in a daze, Xiao Zhenlei saw that he was not in a good mental state, and knew that he had not eased up because of what had just happened, so he said loudly: "Xiaoshuang, if you are unwell, go to the bed to rest for a while, and when Xiao Er brings hot water, I will ask you to wash!" ”

While speaking, Xiao Zhenlei felt a lot of trouble in his stomach, and then remembered that he hadn't eaten dinner for so long after coming out of the dock, no wonder his stomach kept rumbling, and just as he wanted to get up and go downstairs to ask the innkeeper to bring some food, Ma Xiaoshuang sat up from the bed with a worried face and asked, "Brother Zhenlei, do you think the foreigners will chase here?" ”

"Chased here?" Xiao Zhenlei was stunned when he heard this, and then he seemed to think of something, and beads of sweat began to appear faintly on his forehead.

was asked by Ma Xiaoshuang, Xiao Zhenlei realized that he had ignored the energy of the British, although this is not a concession, but the southern city of Shanghai County of the Qing Empire, but after all, such a long time has passed, and the foreigners will not think that the perpetrators may have escaped from the public concession, if the British sent a note to the French Concession and the Shanghai County Government of the Qing Dynasty to ask for investigation, will the French Concession buy it for the time being, with the urine of the Qing officials, the Shanghai County Government is afraid of offending the foreigners, A large number of patrols and officials will definitely be dispatched to conduct carpet investigations and searches throughout the territory of Shanghai County.

Thinking of this, Xiao Zhenlei knew that he couldn't continue to stay in this hotel, although he believed that he and Ma Xiaoshuang had not been photographed head-on, but it was difficult to guarantee that there was no mistake when fighting with the British soldiers before, and he had to leave here immediately, Xiao Zhenlei hurriedly said: "Xiaoshuang, what you just said reminded me that if the foreigners put pressure on the county government, the county government will definitely send a large number of officials and arresters to Nanshi to investigate, we have just stayed in this hotel, and the direction of our escape is the direction of Nanshi, Once we find out that we have just moved in, the officials and catchers will definitely suspect us, so we can't stay here, we must leave immediately! ”

When Xiao Zhenlei said this, Ma Xiaoshuang's nerves, which had been relaxed, tensed again, and he panicked: "Brother Zhenlei, then what are we waiting for?" Let's go! ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and said, "Xiaoshuang, tonight's incident is that Brother Zhenlei has affected you, I apologize to you!" As he spoke, he wanted to salute Ma Xiaoshuang.

Ma Xiaoshuang saw Xiao Zhenlei like this, hurriedly hid to the side and did not let Xiao Zhenlei salute himself, all along, Xiao Zhenlei is like a big brother next door in his heart, very secure and convincing, since he came to Shanghai, he has always been Xiao Zhenlei to look at the horse, but now Xiao Zhenlei apologized to him, of course he can't accept this gift, "I can't help it, Brother Zhenlei, you will see the outside when you say this, everything is good when you go out, Brother Zhenlei, you have always taken care of me, Although I don't know why you killed the foreigners at the gate of the foreign garden just now, I know that Brother Zhenlei, you must have your reasons, no matter what you do, I will follow you, we are out together, of course, we must share blessings and difficulties, even if you want to die, you must die together! ”

Xiao Zhenlei saw Ma Xiaoshuang say such a thing, and his heart was immediately very moved, although Ma Xiaoshuang is a country boy and has no culture, but this young man is simple-minded, honest, and emotional, it is too rare for young people to talk about feelings like this in these years, Xiao Zhenlei likes to be brothers with such a young man, he was moved: "Thank you for believing in me, Xiaoshuang, there is actually a reason why I killed those foreign soldiers just now, do you know what is written on the sign hanging at the gate of the foreign garden?" It was written that 'Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter', the foreigners not only looked down on us, but also scolded us for being dogs, the land in the concession was actually our Qing Dynasty, but it was leased to foreigners, but the foreigners did not let us go into the park to play, and wrote such insulting words to us, I did not consider the consequences at that time, and I didn't hold back for a while. ”

Ma Xiaoshuang turned out to be a little bloody, and when he heard Xiao Zhenlei say the cause and effect, his eyes were red and his neck was thick on the spot, and he said angrily: "Brother Zhenlei, you are right, those foreigners don't treat us as human beings, we don't have to be polite to them, just a few foreign dogs, kill them, it's a big deal, let's not mix around here on the beach, go back to farm us!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei smiled: "This is not necessary, it was already dark at that time, no one could see our appearance clearly, and I don't think anyone could recognize that we did it, as long as we don't mention this matter ourselves, if someone asks, we will pretend to be at a loss, and others will definitely not suspect us!" ”

Ma Xiaoshuang nodded and said: "That's the reason, as long as we don't say it ourselves, others won't know that we did it!" ”

"Well, without further ado, while the county government's officials and arresters have not yet searched here, let's leave quickly, find another place to spend the night, as long as it is after tonight, it will be much more difficult for the foreigners to catch us, let's leave immediately!"

The two immediately walked out of the hotel room, they didn't bring anything when they came, and it was naturally very easy to leave, and they had to go downstairs, the hotel owner happened to be settling accounts at the counter, and saw Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang coming down from upstairs, and the hotel owner thought that they were here to urge Xiao Er to send hot water, and hurriedly said: "Two guest officers, the kitchen is boiling hot water, and when it is done, I will let Xiao Er send it to the two!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei said with a smile: "Don't be busy with the shopkeeper, my brothers and sisters haven't eaten dinner yet, and they are trying to go out to find a stall to drink two cups, and when we come back, you can let Xiao Er send us upstairs!" ”

The innkeeper didn't think about anything else at all, most of the farmers and fishermen begging for a living in this Nanshi are farmers and fishermen near Shanghai County, and the night market life in Nanshi is also very lively, Xiao Zhenlei and Ma Xiaoshuang want to go out to find a stall to drink two cups, he hurriedly agreed: "Okay, when the two guest officers come back, Lao Er will let Xiao Er send hot water to the two of them!" ”

"Then thank you shopkeeper!" Xiao Zhenlei said hello and left the Ningbo Hotel with Ma Xiaoshuang.

After coming out of the hotel, the two went straight to the northwest, it is impossible to leave Shanghai now, it has been so long, the British must have negotiated with the Shanghai county government, Nanshi and Zhabei railway stations and major steamship terminals are estimated to have been controlled by official forces, it must be difficult to leave Shanghai at this time, and Xiao Zhenlei does not plan to leave Shanghai, Shanghai is the place where the whole of China has the most contact with foreign countries in this era, and here you can know the big and small things that happen all over the world, Leaving Shanghai is tantamount to becoming blind, only in Shanghai can you open your eyes to the world, and many progressives and celebrities in China are now in Shanghai, and only by staying in Shanghai can you get in touch with the elites of this era.

The two of them wandered around between the Nan Civilian Houses, it seemed to be a mess, but in fact, Xiao Zhenlei took Ma Xiaoshuang to deliberately avoid meeting people, Nanshi is a big market, chaotic, and the sanitary conditions are very poor, despite this, there are not 100,000 people who beg for a living here every night, but also 80,000, these people transport agricultural products and seafood from the surrounding Shanghai to Shanghai County and the concession to sell them to make money, and sell fresh foreign gadgets from Shanghai to other places to make profits.

The two turned around for a while and came to Lujiabang (an important east-west traffic trunk river in the southern suburbs of Shanghai County, which was filled in as Lujiabang Road in June of the 15th year of the Republic of China), and walked along the Lujiabang River to the Pu'an Bridge to the northwest, and the two soon arrived at the Baochang Road area.

At this time, Baochang Road is later Xiafei Road, Baochang Road is one of the products of the French Concession cross-border road construction, but now the westernmost area of the French Concession is only to Gu's house (that is, Fuxing Park, Chongqing South Road), Baochang Road in the west of Gu's house The actual control of zhì still belongs to Shanghai County, but at this time Baochang Road has been very prosperous.

At this time, Baochang Road is paved with stones, and since last year, there have been 2 trams, and the plane trees imported from France are planted on both sides of the road as street trees, and the Shanghainese people are accustomed to calling them "French plane trees".

Although the businessmen of the French Concession have begun to develop Baochang Road, there are still many houses on Baochang Road, and at this time, the French garrison barracks in the French Concession are located in Gu's house.

While the two were walking, Xiao Zhenlei observed the houses on the side of the road, and when Ma Xiaoshuang stretched out his hand to wipe his sweat, Xiao Zhenlei pulled him to stop at a marinated material shop, "Shopkeeper, come with two braised ducks and two catties of braised beef!" ”

Meat is too rare for a coolie like Ma Xiaoshuang, but he was really reluctant to eat so well, and hurriedly said, "Brother......."

Xiao Zhenlei found some money from the two British soldiers standing guard when he killed them, which is not much for a rich man, but it is a huge wealth for a hard worker, he stopped Ma Xiaoshuang and said: "Listen to my brother, let's eat something good today!" ”

Ma Xiaoshuang saw Xiao Zhenlei say this, he had no choice but to give up, smelled the fragrance of the marinade and couldn't help swallowing his saliva, the owner of the marinade shop hurriedly agreed to wrap two braised ducks in oil paper, and cut two catties of braised beef wrapped in oil paper and handed them to Xiao Zhenlei, Xiao Zhenlei motioned to Ma Xiaoshuang to braised vegetables next, he took out a handful of copper plates to pay the bill, and then sold a pound of liquor in a nearby grocery store, and bought ten baked cakes at the baked cake stall before taking Ma Xiaoshuang back and stopping at the door of a dark house.

"Brother Zhenlei, what are we doing here?" Ma Xiaoshuang asked puzzled.

Xiao Zhenlei turned his head left and right to observe the situation, and while he didn't know where to take out a thin wire and insert it into the keyhole, he said: "Borrow here for one night, now the wind is so tight, the hotel can't live, we will spend the night in this house tonight."

"Huh?" Ma Xiaoshuang was shocked: "Brother Zhenlei, this is a private house, why don't we go in without permission like this?" It was miserable to be caught by the owner"

Xiao Zhenlei comforted: "Don't worry, I just looked, it's completely dark now, the door is locked, and there is no light in the house inside, which means that the owner of the house is far away, we can sleep here tonight, if I expect it to be good, the officials and arresters of the Shanghai County Government will soon conduct a large-scale search, only in this kind of house where no one is safe, even if they find it here, we can pretend to be the owner of the house!" ”

Ma Xiaoshuang understood, nodded and said: "Brother Zhenlei, you are so smart, you can think of this way, as long as the owner doesn't come back, we can live forever!" ”

"No, we can only stay for one night at most, tomorrow morning we will go to the dock to work as usual, and we will live in the place we originally rented in the future, if we don't go, it may arouse the suspicion of others, so it is safest to go as usual!"

Ma Xiaoshuang thought about it, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Xiao Zhenlei's idea was the best and safest, and he couldn't show his feet at this juncture, otherwise he would be in danger of losing his head, "Brother Zhenlei, I listen to you!" ”

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