In summer, if there is no rain, Shanghai will be very hot, and it will be a little unbearable than the scorching sun in the north.

And this kind of weather, once it is evening, is another kind of destruction for people.

A large amount of water in the Huangpu River is evaporated by the heat, and the water vapor will envelop the entire city of Shanghai, except for the Bund, which will be slightly better, and the rest of the place will be like a steamer, confined all the biosphere inside.

At this time, the clothes worn by the person will be a little wet, but they can't tell whether they are sweating or being stained by moisture, in short, they are slimy and very uncomfortable.

In the evening of this day, a mule cart entered Shanghai from the west, looking at the direction, it should be from Jiaxing, two men, a fat and a thin, walked in front of the car, both sweating, and there was a man and a woman lying on the car, as well as a cat.

The woman was unconscious, the man's face was covered with a large leaf, and his mouth was babbling as if he was still cursing something.

With several groups of people leaving, passing by on the road that is not very wide, at this time, the slightly chubby man who was hot and seemed to have lost interest in speaking pursed his lips and said strangely: "Oh, little donkey, it's useless, have you found it, we seem to have met dozens of waves of people who left from Shanghai, is it true that the rumors are still true?" ”

It was Cao Hou who spoke, and this group of people was none other than Chen Xiaodonkey.

Chen Xiaodonkey took the big tree leaf away from his face and said, "You asked me about this?" I don't understand that, so it's useless for you to ask! ”

Cao Hou turned his gaze to Zhang Wat again, and Zhang Wat said a little helplessly: "It should be a rumor, there are not so many masters, even if there are people who can calculate the number of a city's qi, they will not speak indiscriminately." ”

"Then why do so many people believe? We've only been out for a few days! Cao Hou was puzzled.

What the three of them said was a rumor related to the sudden departure of many people from Shanghai, which was first heard by Wang Laolangzhong's family.

In the past two days, I don't know where to blow a demonic wind, which made Shanghai, which itself has countless rumors, panic again.

It is rumored that many fortune tellers in Shanghai who have great skills have taken a hexagram for this place together, and the hexagram is like a big murderer. And those fortune tellers watched the sky at night, saying that the three stars of the wolf have been broken, the crape myrtle star is hidden, and the Big Dipper is scattered, which is a sign that the catastrophe is coming, and Shanghai is about to be bloody, so that people can flee as soon as possible, otherwise once the catastrophe arises, countless innocent people will die.

Just such a legend made Shanghai suddenly a little chaotic, and many people didn't know why they believed in it, and more and more people began to flee from Shanghai and move to the west or north of the interior.

What is even more bizarre is that the Shanghai Municipal Department, which has always been extremely strict in managing these unreliable rumors and has been particularly ruthless in its crackdown methods, has strangely remained silent during this rumor turmoil, and for a time the public security departments have become blind and deaf, and they have left this situation to a low list and have not made any response at all.

It is precisely because of this situation that the panic in Shanghai has been further aggravated.

Wang Laolangzhong's family wanted to move his family because of this, saying that no matter whether the rumors were true or not, there was no harm in avoiding them in the west first.

After hearing these statements, especially after seeing a lot of people on the road who dragged their families and left from Shanghai in a panic, Chen Xiaodonkey suddenly remembered a satirical sentence in a recent article by a writer named Lu Xun, who has become very famous recently: The people are always ignorant.

"Stand still and be checked!"

Just when Chen Xiaodonkey didn't know where to go, there was a sudden loud roar in front, and several soldiers wearing military uniforms and carrying guns stopped them on the street.

Is it a soldier, not a member of the Public Security Department?

Chen Xiaodonkey turned around and looked at it with great difficulty, and suddenly smelled something not quite right, and immediately interrupted Cao Hou who was about to speak with an 'ouch'.

"Who are you, where are you from, and what are you doing in Shanghai?" At this time, a man who looked like an officer stepped forward, he carried a holster around his waist, and the handle of the pistol was exposed, he was very imposing, and he stood very upright, and he was not from a ragtag army at first glance.

Chen Xiaodonkey shouted 'ouch' again, and replied weakly: "This boss, we are from Jiaxing, my daughter-in-law and I are sick, and our Langzhong is not good, so my second brother and my third brother dragged us to Shanghai to see a doctor." ”

"Sick?" The officer looked at them suspiciously, then walked to the side of the car, his eyes swept over Fang Gu, and cautiously probed his nose to make sure that Fang Gu was alive, so he said, "Take out the identity certificate and check it." ”

This deflated calf, do you want your sister's identity certificate? Chen Xiaodonkey scolded in his heart, although he has this thing, but in Shanghai for so long, he has really never encountered anything to check this thing, and he usually doesn't bring it with him at all!

He felt more and more unusual, and became vigilant in his heart, seeing that the officer seemed to have the intention of checking his baggage, he hurriedly said: "We went out too quickly, we didn't bring it, boss, you are accommodating, Lang Zhong said that my daughter-in-law is too sick, and she must be treated as soon as possible, we have to go to the hospital quickly!" After that, he scolded Cao Hou: "Third child, you are so fat, don't you see that several bosses are very hot?" ”

I grass!

Cao Hou understood what Chen Xiaodonkey meant, the burden was opened, and the dagger rope, compass and bronze bell in it, the ghost knew what would happen? Blocking the distressed hurriedly stepped forward, took out a few silver dollars and stuffed them without a trace, and said: "The boss is accommodating!" ”

The transaction was completed without a trace, and the officer weighed the weight of the silver dollar in his hand, hesitated, did not open their package, and warned: "If you have a special situation, I will let you go for the time being, and I will not take you as an example!" In addition, Shanghai now has a curfew, and it is not allowed to go out on the streets after 9 p.m., otherwise they will be arrested on the spot if they are discovered. ”

Chen Xiaodonkey nodded hurriedly, and took a printed temporary pass from the officer's hand, and then was let go.

Walking through this street, Cao Hou looked at the pedestrians around him who looked a little hurried, and said strangely: "Shanghai is under military control?" What's going on? ”

"I don't know, I'll have to find someone to ask." Chen Xiaodonkey is also a little unclear.

In fact, if this happened somewhere else, Chen Xiaodonkey was not surprised at all, the areas where the warlords were entrenched in the past were all in this state of military control.

But this is Shanghai!

For the Republic of China, this city is too special, it can be said to be the financial center of the entire Republic of China, rich people gather here, and there are so many concessions, and it is incredible to implement military management here.

Maybe it's because the current situation of a few of them looks a little eye-catching, turning a street and not coming to the end, and encountering another wave of inspections, Cao Hou took out the certificate given by the previous officer, and said the reason that Chen Xiaodonkey made up before to deal with the past, and then they stopped a pedestrian who looked hurried to ask about the situation, but this one also didn't know anything, just said simply: "Suddenly it's like this, now it seems to be going out and not care, but the people who come in will be checked, of course, this is also what I heard, okay brothers, You guys hurry to the hospital, if it's too late, the inventory will be stricter, and I have to go. With that, the man with the briefcase and glasses left in a hurry.

After a few more rounds of inquiry, some people simply did not answer their questions, and directly bypassed them vigilantly and turned around and left.

Cao Hou said helplessly: "Then what should we do now?" ”

Chen Xiaodonkey said: "Go quickly, go to the Red Cross Hospital first, and then you and you can go back while you can still go, wait for a few days, and we will meet you at National Fudan University." ”

"I don't have to guard you?"

"Guard, you go back and take a look at the eldest lady and Zhang Wuye first, this situation is too wrong, and I just broke a rib, and I am not paralyzed!"

Chen Xiaodonkey shook his head and refused.

The naked car was quickly pulled outside the Red Cross Hospital, where it looked out of place with the cars parked outside the hospital.

Cao Hou found a place to tie the mule, and then together with Zhang Hu, he put Chen Xiaodonkey Fanggu into the hospital and settled it properly, and when the doctor came, the two of them left in a hurry under the urging of Chen Xiaodonkey.