Public Concession, Maho Road, No. 1 Defuli, outside Tianbao Inn.

Two extremely simple old-fashioned four-wheeled cars slowly stopped on the side of the road diagonally opposite the Tianbao Inn, and two people sat in the back seat of a car in front of them, one of whom was the Deputy Inspector General of the Public Concession Police Department, Mak Gaoyun. He is very young, only 30 years old this year, the son of the former inspector of the Ministry of Industries of the Public Concession McEwan, born in Hong Kong, educated in the United Kingdom, and trained at the Royal Irish Police Academy. He came to China in May 1900 and joined the Police Department of the Ministry of Industry as a probationary police officer, and in 1904 he was appointed Deputy Inspector General. He was able to become the deputy inspector general of the police at the age of twenty-five, in addition to his father's relationship, his own ability also played a great role, you must know that foreigners will not talk about human feelings and relationships like Chinese, he has no ability, and the Ministry of Works will not let him become the deputy inspector general to assist Bruce.

Beside him sat a young man named Liu Shipei, a member of the League, dressed in shabby clothes, with a pair of glasses, his hair disheveled, and a pair of iron chains on his hands, apparently fresh from his cell.

McGaoyun smoked a cigar and puffed on the smoke and asked, "Liu, is Chen Qimei here?" ”

Liu Shipei nodded hurriedly: "Yes, Mr. Mai Gaoyun, this Tianbao Inn is the general revolutionary organ of the League in Shanghai, which was only established a month ago, Chen Qimei is to hide people's eyes and ears, and it is clear that she is the best voice, but in fact she secretly contacts the revolutionaries in Zhejiang, and the revolutionaries often jokingly call this inn 'Liangshanbo', after the establishment of this revolutionary general organ, representatives of the revolutionary parties from all over Zhejiang have arrived in Shanghai one after another, ready to plot trouble!" ”

"Liang Shanbo?" Mai Gaoyun smiled, he has been in China for a long time, and he has also read some Chinese classical literature, including "Water Margin", of course he knows that Liangshanbo is a place where Water Margin heroes gather, "Hehe, Liu, it's a pity that you are not a Water Margin hero!" ”

These words came out of McGaoyun's mouth, which made Liu Shipei extremely embarrassed, clearly saying that he was not a Water Margin hero, but in fact he was a traitor to the revolutionaries. Liu Shipei was also unlucky, he unfortunately exposed his identity and was captured by the Qing court's spies in the concession, but the Qing court spies were about to take him into the Chinese realm when they were arrested by the concession patrol, and Liu Shipei was imprisoned in the public concession Huade Road Prison.

At this time, Liu Shipei pointed to the door of the Tianbao Inn and said, "Mr. Inspector General, look, Chen Qimei is out!" ”

Mai Gaoyun looked around, and sure enough, he saw a young man about 30 years old, wearing a white suit, a top hat, a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose, and holding a civilization staff, walking out of the Tianbao Inn and shouting to the rickshaw driver running on the side of the road: "Rickshaw!" ”

The rickshaw driver pulled the car and stopped at the door of the Tianbao Inn, and the young man got into the car with a civilization stick, and the rickshaw driver immediately pulled the car and ran forward.

"He's Chen Qimei?" McGowan asked.

"Yes, Mr. Inspector General!" Liu Shipei hurriedly replied.

McGowan patted the driver on the shoulder: "Keep up with that rickshaw!" ”

Soon, Chen Qimei's rickshaw stopped at the door of the Qinghefang Qinlou villa, Chen Qimei threw a few copper plates to the rickshaw driver, and then entered the Qinghefang Qinlou villa with a civilized cane.

"Hey, it turns out that Chen Ye is here, hurry up, girls, pick up the guests-" The ** who was dressed up at the door, and he didn't know how much powder he had on his face, and he used his little hand wrapped around a pink silk scarf to command the silk scarf and scratch his head and scream loudly. Dare to love this Qinghe Fang Qinlou villa is not a villa, but a veritable kiln.

Not long after Chen Qimei entered the Qinlou villa, Mai Gaoyun's car stopped not far away, and Liu Shipei sneered: "Hmph, Chen Qimei uses the revolution as a cover, and often uses the money donated by overseas Chinese from various countries to smoke big cigarettes and go to prostitutes. The courtyard has fun and is simply the scum of the revolutionaries, I really don't know how Sun Dacang let him come to Shanghai to preside over the overall situation! There are people like him among the revolutionaries, and it is strange that every uprising does not fail! ”

Mai Gaoyun took a puff of his cigar, flicked off the ashes of his cigarette, stretched out his hand and waved outside the car, and five or six people came down from the two cars behind, all of them were Chinese patrols, and one of them was the Chinese inspector Jin Jiuling.

Jin Jiuling came over with five Hua Catchers and stopped outside the car and said, "Mr. Mai Gaoyun, what's going on?" ”

Mai Gaoyun got out of the driveway: "Leave two people to watch him, and the others will follow me in for a while, Mr. Chen Qimei, the general head of the revolutionaries in Shanghai!" ”

"Understood!" Jin Jiuling agreed, ordered two patrols to leave the guard Liu Shipei, and took the rest of the people to follow Mai Gaoyun into the Qinlou villa.

"Hey, what's the wind that brought you here today? Please inside, please inside, girls, come and serve Lord Yang...... Uh, ...... you guys? **Zi watched a foreigner come in and suddenly burst into joy, thinking that a high roller had come to the door, but before he finished speaking, he saw five or six patrolmen walking in behind the foreigner with guns on their backs.

Mai Gaoyun stopped, he was too lazy to deal with this kind of vulgar powder, turned his head to look at Jin Jiuling and shook his head, Jin Jiuling understood, stepped forward and asked the ** son, "Which room is Chen Qimei in?" ”

"What Chen Qimei? What Jin Ye said, why can't the slave family understand it? ** Zi pretended to be at a loss and coped.

Jin Jiuling's eyes widened, and he leaned in front of the ** Zi and said fiercely: "Do you believe it or not, Lao Tzu immediately sealed your kiln and let you go to Huade Road Prison to eat a cell?" ”

"Don't don't, if you have something to say, if you have something to say, don't seal it!" **Zi was so frightened that her face turned white, although she tried her best to cover Chen Qimei, but she was begging for a living on the ground of the concession, how could she fight the concession authorities? And he is also the patrol house inspector of the concession minions? She hurriedly said: "He's in room No. 3 in Tianzi!" ”

Jin Jiuling immediately waved to the patrols behind him, and the patrolmen immediately ran upstairs with guns to guard the key passages, and Mai Gaoyun walked through the patio to the stairs, Jin Jiuling followed closely behind, and soon arrived at the area of the Son of Heaven.

Came to the door of the No. 3 room in Tianzi, Mai Gaoyun signaled **Zi to open the door, **Zi knocked on them, footsteps sounded inside, the door opened, and it was a woman who opened the door, looking at her temperament and dress, she knew that she was the sister in this kiln.

Jin Jiuling immediately took out her revolver and walked in, the woman screamed in fright, and kept retreating, Chen Qimei in the room was also shocked, and sat up from the chair in a panic.

Mai Gaoyun walked in and took off his top hat and bent down to salute the kiln sister, and said politely: "Dear young lady, I'm really sorry to disturb you, please forgive my subordinates for being rude, I take them to apologize to you!" Can you let me talk to this Mr. Chen Qimei alone? ”

Sister Yao dared not agree, don't look at the foreign devil's usual polite and powerful appearance, in fact, she was ruthless, and hurriedly said a blessing to Mai Gaoyun and left in a hurry.

Mai Gaoyun walked to the table and sat down, looked at Chen Qimei and said, "Mr. Chen, let me introduce myself, my name is Mai Gaoyun, Deputy Inspector General of the Police Department of the Public Concession Ministry of Industry!" ”

Chen Qimei took a deep breath, pretending to be a town and arching her hand to Mai Gaoyun: "Mr. Mai Gaoyun is a man of the hour in this ten-mile foreign field, how can I not know him?" I, Chen, am just a low-level ordinary person, I don't seem to know my husband, I don't know what my husband is looking for me? ”

Mai Gaoyun looked at Chen Qimei with a cold face and said: "At about 530 o'clock tonight, two Chinese people killed six armed sailors of the British Empire, a British detective and an Indian patrol in a fit of anger because they saw the sign 'Chinese and dogs are not allowed' hanging at the entrance of the public garden. ”

Chen Qimei was stunned, he really didn't know that such a serious incident had happened in the Public Concession, and he still wondered, after dark, the streets were full of patrols, and all intersections began to be under martial law, it turned out that such a big thing had happened. He hurriedly said: "Mr. McGaoyun, I really don't know what you are talking about, as the general person in charge of the revolutionary party in Shanghai, I dare to guarantee that my people will never do this!" ”

"Enough!" Mai Gaoyun said angrily: "Mr. Chen, don't rush to shirk, I, Mai Gaoyun, have been in Shanghai for almost ten years, where and who I don't know?" Mr. Chen, in the past, you revolutionaries were active in the concession, and our police department of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau turned a blind eye, as long as you did not disturb the law and order in the concession, we were too lazy to care, but this time, you made too much trouble, and dared to openly kill the soldiers of the British Empire, which is a provocation to the majesty of the British Empire, once this matter cannot be handled to calm the anger of Mr. Consul General in Shanghai, I am afraid that not only you, but even your Mr. Sun will be listed as persona non grata by the British Empire in the future! Do you know what happens if you, the revolutionaries, are wanted by the British Empire? The British Empire is an empire on which the sun never sets, and there are forces of the British Empire all over the world, and you will be holiday rats, understand? I will give you three days to hand over the murderer, if you don't hand over the murderer within three days, you will bear the consequences! ”

Mai Gaoyun left, Jin Jiuling also left with the patrol, Chen Qimei's emaciated face rolled down the beads of sweat, his face was pale, and his whole body seemed to be drained and fell into the chair.

It's a big trouble, it's really a big deal, Chen Qimei can't think of any of those people under her who would do such an impulsive thing, and if such a thing happens, can the concession authorities give up? It was hard enough and tiring to play hide and seek with the secret agents of the Qing court, and now the Ministry of Industry of the Concession thinks that it was the people on its side who killed the British soldiers, and offended the concession authorities, can they still stay in the concession?

Why did McGowan think that I was a revolutionary who did it? Could it be that someone has seen the face of the murderer? Chen Qimei suddenly thought of someone, and muttered in her heart, could it be that he and his apprentice did it? Thinking of this, Chen Qimei immediately got up and left the Qinlou villa and rushed back to the Tianbao Inn.

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