At this time, it was nine o'clock in the night, there were few pedestrians on the street, few vehicles, from the mouth of the legislative alley on the west side of the town guard embassy, two people walked out one after the other, and the person behind carried a suitcase, the pace was slightly hasty, and walked straight to a rickshaw parked at the opposite street corner.

These two people are Lu Shikun's driver Zhao Shanhe and bodyguard Lu Wang, it seems that they have successfully completed the task, Zhao Shanhe carried the luggage frost on the seat of the rickshaw, Lu Wang stepped forward to pull the car, Zhao Shanhe hurriedly said in a low voice: "Wangzi, don't move, there are people in the car!" ”

"Who?" Rwann turned alarmingly to look into the car.

I saw a person, dressed in black cloth, covered in blood, dying, and weakly pulled Zhao Shanhe with his hand, "I...... It's a good guy and is ...... The Japanese chased and killed, save me ......".

It was still Lu Wang who was experienced, and said to Zhao Shanhe: "Help him well, hurry up, you can't stay here for a long time." With that, he turned around and pulled up the car and ran forward. Where the car passed, there were lines of bright red blood.

For safety, Lu Wang did not take the street, went right into the alley, turned through two streets, four alleys, stopped in front of a courtyard, only to see an apricot yellow flag hanging at the door, which said "Hu Ji carpenter's shop", Lu Wang stepped forward and knocked on the door urgently, and after a while, the yard said: "Who?" It's too late to do the work! ”

Lu Wang whispered: "Master Hu, it's my Wangzi, I'm looking for you in an emergency." ”

At this moment, the door opened, and a short, fat man with a full beard was clothed and whispered, "What's the matter?" Brother Wangzi? ”

"Quick, someone's hurt, hurry up and get inside." Rwan said alarmedly.

The Hu Ye saw that there was blood in the rickshaw, and hurriedly said, "Wangzi, you help people into the house, this car has to be dealt with." ”

Lu Wang turned to Zhao Shanhe and said, "Okay, hurry up." Shanhe, you helped him and Hu Ye into the house. This is Hu Ye, one of the Nine Tigers of our Qingfeng Hall, and it will be safe here. I'm going to get the car in order. I'll come back to you. ”

Zhao Shanhe seemed to have something to say, but Lu Wang didn't allow him to say more, turned around and found a broom to tie to the back of the car, pulled up the rickshaw and ran out of the alley, the broom dragged the blood and snow left on the ground, and after a while, the ground was covered with falling snow again, leaving no trace on the ground. In this way, Zhao Shanhe ran back and forth in the streets and alleys they walked through, and when he looked back and saw that there was no obvious blood on the ground, he pulled the car to the cemetery by the Yitong River and burned the car with fire.

By the time Lu Wang returned to Hu Kee's carpenter's shop, it was already past 10 o'clock in the evening. Hu Carpenter also broke into the rivers and lakes in his early years, and there were some trauma medicines at home, so he treated the injured man, and Lao Hu said: "He had a gunshot wound on his leg, and the bullet was not taken out, which was very difficult to do." I don't know how to do medicine. ”

Lu Wang said: "Master Hu, you take care of him first, Shanhe and I still have something to do." Let's ask a doctor to come back, and seeing him like this, we don't dare to rush to the hospital. These days, you don't open your doors, okay? I'll go back and report to Lu Ye, and then study what to do. ”

At this time, the wounded man said intermittently: "Qing ...... Wind...... Tang ...... "He used all his strength to take out a waist card from his waist, didn't hold it, and fell to the ground.

Zhao Shanhe picked it up from the ground and looked at it, he was very surprised, and handed it to Lu Wang, "Brother Wang, look." ”

The three of them took a closer look, this is a palm-sized shield-shaped copper waist card, with a tiger head carved on the front in the middle, and a "double knife" pattern engraved on the back, which is the waist card of Qingfeng Hall, and the shield-shaped waist card is only available to the nine tigers in the opening hall.

Lu Shikun integrated the people and business elites in the Jichang area, and set the rules of the church at the beginning of the establishment of Qingfeng Hall, with "hoeing the strong and helping the weak, and upholding justice" as the foundation of the church.

There are nine tigers in the opening hall, ten heroes in the hall, and thirteen Taibao in the town hall, of which the nine tigers belong to the upper level of the patriarch, ten heroes manage ten altars, and there are 13 Taibao under the altar mouth and 26 whistles, the level is clear, and the division of labor is detailed.

Carpenter Hu looked at the waist card, this was too familiar to him, who was this person?

Zhao Shanhe said: "He fainted again, Hu Ye, you take care of it first, and we will go back and report to Lu Ye immediately." ”

Carpenter Hu said: "Okay, you can rest assured here, you must find a doctor tomorrow, or I am afraid that his condition will worsen." ”

Lu Wan said: "Don't worry. Let's go, the things that Lord Shanhe has explained must be done. ”

At this time, Zhao Shanhe said loudly: "It's broken! The suitcase is gone! ”

Rwan said, "What? When did you lose it? Didn't you bring it into the house? ”

Zhao Shanhe said in a panic: "I helped him along the way, did you fall?" I was busy, and I really forgot when I fell down. ”

"That's good," said Luwan, "I took a closer look at the car when I burned it, and it didn't have the box on it, and if it was, I'll take it back." ”

"What can I do?" Zhao Shanhe circled around the house.

Carpenter Hu was still very calm, "Don't worry, it has happened, we have to find a solution." Describe what this box looks like and draw a pattern. ”

Then he saw Carpenter Hu take out two bamboo tubes tied together from the inner room and come out and walk into the courtyard. I heard only the sound of an arrow: "Squeak-----squeak------" Two red colored balls shot into the air, exploding two beautiful fireworks. He returned to the house and said solemnly: "Leave the pattern, you can report to Lu Ye immediately, I will arrange for someone to find the whereabouts of the box, and my people will arrive in a while." ”

The two answered and walked out one after another.

On the way, Zhao Shanhe asked Lu Wang puzzled: "Brother Wang, what did Hu Ye do with that firework?" ”

Lu Wang said: "You don't know this, you have also been with Lu Ye for several years, and I won't hide it from you." This is a signal instruction of our Qingfeng Party, as long as there is an urgent thing happening, but whenever and wherever the cousins see this instruction, they will know that there is an urgent matter in the hall, and outsiders don't know and think it's just a firework. Like Hu Ye, the Nine Tigers, the brothers who had at least two altars and four whistles around his house lived nearby, and as long as he gave the order, they would arrive in time. Now, we have to go back to the Chamber of Commerce immediately, and the lord may be in a hurry. ”

Zhao Shanhe said frustratedly: "I didn't do anything about this, I replaced the box and lost it again, what is this called?" ”

Lu Wang said: "The incident happened suddenly, and the master is also a reasonable person, so don't blame yourself too much." After all, the box is replaced, and the danger of the master is much smaller, in case the box is picked up by an unrelated person, the matter is not so serious, how can it be so accurate that people can find the master. Be optimistic, there must be a solution for it. ”

With that, the two walked through the alley and walked towards Jiutai Road in the night snow.

In the middle, I passed by Heungin Avenue and saw a group of Japanese military police driving three-wheeled motorcycles searching the streets. They walked through the alleys one by one, and it took more than forty minutes to return to the Jichang General Chamber of Commerce.

The two didn't dare to delay any longer, seeing that Lu Shikun's car had returned, and there were several brothers standing at the entrance of the building, saying in unison, "Brother Wang is back?" ”

Lu Wan asked, "When did the master come back?" ”

One of them replied, "Just go upstairs and let you come back and see him at once." ”

The two of them went upstairs and came to Lu Shikun's office. I saw Lu Shikun holding a pipe in his hand, pacing back and forth in the house.

"Sir, we're back."

Lu Shikun's brows stretched a little, and he beckoned to them, "Hurry up and sit down." ”

Lu Wang and Zhao Shanhe closed the door and stood upright in the room.

Lu Shikun said: "What's the situation? Is there anything to be swapped out? ”

"Master, something went wrong in the middle. This is the case...... "Zhao Shanhe reported to Lu Shikun what happened when they came out of Suzuki Cong's house.

Lu Shikun, who has been in the world for a long time, was not as nervous as Zhao Shanhe and them, thought for a while, raised his head and said to the two of them: "Since the incident has happened, it doesn't matter, you sit down and drink saliva and rest for a while." As long as this thing is not in Suzuki's house, it will be easier to do. As for who the thing will fall into, it is difficult to judge. There will be news from Lao Hu in a while. In this way, Shanhe, you go back to your home to pick up your Uncle Zhan, ask him to go to the hospital with you to find Zhu Yunpeng, and let him go to Lao Hu's house tonight to heal that person's injury. Lu Wang, don't go anywhere, wait for the news from Hu Ye's side, and we will study the next step. Now look at the injured person should be the one who the Japanese searched for in the whole city tonight. Keep your mouth shut about this, and go down, all of you. ”

As if he had done something wrong, Zhao Shanhe answered in a low voice and quickly went downstairs.

Lu Wang didn't leave, and said calmly, "Master, this waist plate should be placed here for you." As he spoke, he handed the waist card to Lu Shikun.

Lu Shikun looked at the bloodstained waist card and remained silent.

"Sir, do you know whose waist card this is?"

"Of course, the brand of the Nine Tigers is slightly different from each other, only me and the nine of them know, so there is a card like seeing a person, this is your Zhou Shibo's waist card back then, and the person who can hand it to you is a young man in his 20s. What's going on here? One thing is certain, he is his own person, and it is not too late to cure him first and then ask. But since you Zhou Shibo returned to Xinmin to take care of his wife, we haven't seen each other for more than two years. ”

"Master, I guess this person must have done a big thing, under normal circumstances, the Japanese military police rarely dispatch such a large number of ......"

The two of them were talking in the house, and it was about one o'clock in the morning after nearly two hours.

At this moment, heavy footsteps were heard in the hallway. Lu Wang hurriedly opened the door and welcomed Carpenter Hu in.

For them to open the Nine Tigers, they don't need to be reported here. Nothing special, and they rarely come to the Chamber of Commerce in public.

Carpenter Hu came into the house, picked up Lu Shikun's teacup, drank a large glass of water first, sat down on the sofa, stared at Lu Shikun with two big eyes, and said, "Boss, this is a big deal." ”

Lu Shikun patted him on the shoulder and said, "Old Hu, don't worry, what's the situation?" Speak slowly. ”

"That's the case. The whereabouts of the things lost by Rwan and Yamakawa have been found, and now the new head of the 'Ju Agency' is called Toyotomi. The thing was picked up at the entrance of the alley of the second school by He Jinshan, the owner of the Sheng Hetai pawnshop who returned from **, this guy looked like a rosewood box, and he was a baby, but he encountered the Japanese military police on the way home, and he handed it in at the end of the big gun. ”

Lu Shikun said: "How can it be so coincidental, in the hands of the Japanese, things are a bit tricky." Did the injured man wake up again? ”

"In the middle of the time he woke up once or twice, he mentioned Xinmin's Lao Zhou, and what did he say about the Shuangde arsenal, and then he had a fever and was confused."

Hu Carpenter said that Lao Zhou, that is, Zhou Jiuting mentioned by Lu Shikun before, is one of the nine tigers of Qingfeng Hall, he is bold and chivalrous, jealous and hateful, and he used to take care of Lu Shikun's ginseng business in the Jichang area, and two years ago because his old mother was seriously ill, he asked Lu Shikun for leave to go back to Xinmin's hometown to support his mother, because Lao Zhou was less literate, and there were few letters in the middle.

Lu Shikun said: "Lao Hu, I almost understand the situation, your task is one, that is, to take your brothers to protect this injured person, and when he is injured, it will not be too late for us to inquire carefully." When you came out, did Zhu Yunpeng come to you? ”

"Go, he said that you are the only one in the whole Xinjing who can please him, and it is estimated that the bullets have been taken out now, and he may have gone home now. This guy has to ask for my blue and white porcelain vase, no way, give it to him. ”

"That's all easy, for the sake of safety, you have to arrange for three or four skilled brothers to go to his house, protect Lao Zhu, and don't let him make any more mistakes there." Wait for the wind to pass and then withdraw. ”

"Okay, boss, I'll go back then. Now the alleys around my house are full of our people, and nothing will happen to you, so you can rest assured. ”

"Okay, I know what you do. Lu Wang: We sent Lao Hu back, and then sent me home. ”

Saying that, the three of them went downstairs and walked to the courtyard, and Lu Shikun couldn't help but tighten the collar of his coat a little, and the snowflakes flying in the sky made him feel a little cold.

He knew that Suzuki Congji was about to start an investigation into the theft of the Manchukuo Yuan banknote printing template, and now he still didn't know how far he had found and how many hands he had in his hands. Originally, I wanted him to die quietly, but it seems that Ryokari may have sensed something, and Suzuki's state in the hospital that day was somewhat camouflaged. It seems that time waits for no one, and Suzuki can't be allowed to live anymore, otherwise he will insist on going to work sick and continue to investigate, I'm afraid it will be bad for him, and he must take precautions.

In the car, Lu Shikun and Carpenter Hu talked a lot about their brothers' entrepreneurship back then.

After about ten minutes, when I arrived at the entrance of the alley where Hu Carpenter's house was located, Lao Hu got out of the car.

Lu Wan drove towards Waide Street.

Lu Shikun's home is located at No. 59 Huaide Street, which is a three-hall courtyard. There is also a black iron gate outside the courtyard, and the entrance gate is a wide empty space, which is convenient for parking.

When he returned home, Lu Shikun had just entered the main hall and saw his daughter sitting there in a daze.

"Good daughter, why don't you sleep so late?"

"Dad, if you don't come back, how can my daughter sleep."

At this time, a thin and tall middle-aged man in his 40s entered the hall with a tea tray, this person was called Zhan Tianxiong, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, and one of the Nine Tigers of Qingfeng Hall. He smiled and said, "Master, you're back, the eldest lady just doesn't sleep, she has to wait for you to come back." ”

Lu Shikun said regretfully: "Tianxiong, she doesn't want to come back from the hospital, but after all, the person surnamed Lu doesn't know us very well, and seeing that he doesn't have any major problems, I asked people to send her back, but she still doesn't keep up." Alas, I answered that sentence. ”

"Dad, what's that? Which sentence? ”

Zhan Tianxiong said: "The female university is not staying." ----Sir, you and Miss ate these two bowls of bird's nest soup to warm up, and then rest early." It was also snowing non-stop, and it was dawn in a while. ”

"Dad------, what are you talking to Uncle Zhan? Is there any news from Uncle Yu's side? Who fired the shot? ”

"You see, this night is a mess, and there are many things, I really don't bother to ask, I guess there should be news tomorrow. It's none of your business, you just go to sleep. ”

"I'm telling you, Dad, you have to find out what happened. Then I'll go to sleep. Good night dad, good night uncle Zhan. With that, Song Mian left the main hall with a heavy heart and turned to the hanging flower door, and went back to the room to rest.

Lu Shikun has always regarded Zhan Tianxiong as a brother in life and death, "Tianxiong, you sit here, I will discuss something with you." ”

Then, Lu Shikun recounted the banquet in Yufu and what Lu Wang and Zhao Shanhe experienced.

Zhan Tianxiong said thoughtfully: "Master, in my opinion, the most important thing for us is to do one thing, and we must solve Suzuki in the shortest possible time; As for the matter of Zhou Jiuting's eldest brother, on the one hand, we have to wait for that young man to wake up, and on the other hand, we will secretly arrange for someone to inquire about the situation of the Shuangde arsenal, and we will deal with it. ”

"Amao, you and I thought about it together, and I'm worried that Ryoshi Karakari may be in the hospital for Suzuki's security personnel, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, my box of Go soaked in venom is now in the hands of the Japanese, it is estimated that that Toyotomi can't find out about the relationship with Suzuki for a while, let alone me, but I'm afraid that the night will be long, so the only way is for us to take the initiative and solve Suzuki. I don't feel at ease when I hand this matter over to others, before dawn, you take the brothers of the hurricane altar to do this, you have to plan it well, it's in room 214 of the Fifth Army Hospital, here is his photo. As he spoke, he took out a photo of Suzuki from his arms and gave it to Zhan Tianxiong for confirmation.

"Okay, you can sleep peacefully at home, I'll do it immediately, and you can wait for the good news tomorrow morning."

Lu Shikun rarely had too many words to tell Zhan Tianxiong about what he had to do, because he knew that Zhan Tianxiong's wisdom and skills were also a top master in the Northeast region.

At this time, it was already more than two o'clock in the morning, and in the Japanese Fifth Army Hospital outside the Xing'an Bridge on Xing'an Road, except for the two headlights in the courtyard that were still flashing in the snow, the compound was quiet. The four guards at the entrance of the building were napping in the sentry box. At this time, five people came from the gate, the leader was a tall and thin man, wearing an old cotton jacket with black cotton, wearing a dirty felt hat, his face was black, I don't know whether it was black mud or soot, and the four behind him also walked crookedly, some with white cloth in their hands, some with ropes, one pushing a flatbed cart with some hay on it. All five of them reeked of disgusting alcohol.

One of the guards lifted the 38 big cover and went up horizontally, "I said, where did you come from?" If you want food, you have to find a place, this is a hospital for Japanese Taijun to see a doctor, not a place for you to beg for food and avoid the snow. ”

The leader said in a long voice: "My army...... Master Jun, don't you know, we are from Tianguang Road Yizhuang, just ...... It's here to carry the corpse. That's what our brothers have been doing all their lives, eating together. ”

The guard said to the man next to him, "We haven't heard of anyone dying tonight, it's impossible." These people are not seeing the snow getting heavier and heavier, and they are using excuses to avoid the snow. ”

One of the guards said to the men, "Hurry up, or our guns won't have eyes." ”

The leader said, "Little brother, it was the doctor here who called the boss of our Yizhuang, saying that someone was sick and died, and let us carry it away." If you don't believe me, you'll be watching while I'm carrying it. So saying, he leaned over to the guard.

The guard said, "It's normal for people to die in a hospital as big as ---." Stay away from me, what's the smell of this? ”

The guard said, "Let them in, these people who always carry corpses are not clean." Let's say okay, don't move around, come out early, don't disturb Dr. Taijun's clear dream. Let's go up, oops, this smell, I'll vomit after a while. ”

"Okay, thank you, Master Jun! I've got you half a bottle of wine that I haven't finished yet. ”

"Come on, ---, hurry up, drink it yourself." …… In these years, there are people who eat any bowl of rice. ”

In addition to leaving the flatbed truck at the door of the building, these five people took the other guys and swaggered upstairs.

On the second floor, the hallway was empty, and from time to time there were bursts of snoring from the ward.

The five people walked straight to the door of ward 214, and were just about to push the door, when four thin and tall men in black leather jackets came out of the ward, holding guns in their hands, "What kind of work?" It's noisy to come here so late, and it's dead, it's dead. ”

The five corpse-bearers surrounded the four men in black leather coats, and said, "The Japanese Taijun is working, and the doctor called us to say that there is a dead person in this ward, and we ...... Come and work on the ground with the carcass, and you will work with understanding...... You don't let us work, we can't work...... we are all here, do you want to let us work? …… If you are not allowed to work, our land will be in vain......"

As he spoke, he saw that the four Japanese in black leather clothes suddenly went limp, and the five of them rushed up and carried the four people to the ward. In just three minutes, five people came out of the ward one after another, the big one at the head was carrying a corpse wrapped in a white cloth, one was holding a bell in his hand like a Taoist priest and muttering some words, one was tied with a rope to the luggage roll, and the other two were holding the corpse and muttering.

In this way, the five of them went downstairs, and when they arrived at the door, they were not in a hurry to leave, and said to the guard at the door with a stick: "Master Jun, this guy is quite fat, why don't you stand guard, let's go have a drink?" ”

The guard covered his mouth with his hand and said, "I said a few masters, why are you doing it?" Let's do this, hurry up, it's crazy enough in the middle of the night. ”

The one carrying the luggage took out two silver dollars from his pocket, "Dude, this is from the dead ghost's luggage, the one who sees it has a share, these two pieces are for you, take care." ”

This is the way of the world, as an ordinary person, being a puppet soldier is just to make a living. He was disgusted by the corpse, but he did not like the silver dollar, and happily put it away. "These people are really exquisite, let's go, my brother often comes!"

"Okay, I'm going to come often. More people die and more people get rich----! ”

The five men put the body on a flatbed cart, pushed the cart and sang and sang out of the hospital compound, and walked along Hung Yen Road to the outskirts.

When I walked to the end of Xing'an Road, I saw a checkpoint. The road had been blocked by pine barricades, and there were five or six guards standing guard in the sentry boxes on either side. These five people still used the same tricks as the guards at the entrance of the hospital.

"Master Jun, please explain to the Japanese Taijun that we are from Yizhuang on Tianguang Road, and a person died of an infectious disease, had no children and no daughters, and couldn't afford to buy a coffin, so the boss asked us to send it out of the city overnight and cremate it directly." The big man said.

The man next to him said, "Master Jun, I don't believe you look at the rotten body, you can smell it again...... What does it smell like? As he spoke, he lifted the white cloth that had been placed on the corpse.

At this moment, a junior Japanese officer came over and said sharply, "What's the situation?" ”

The guard, who could speak a few words of Japanese, whispered in the officer's ear.

I saw that the officer "swooped ---" pulled out his saber and walked towards the corpse, and stabbed the corpse several times through the white cloth, and there was an unpleasant fishy smell wafting out of the blood dripping from the blood tank of the saber in the night wind, which made people smell bad and sick.

The officer wiped his saber back and forth on the white cloth a few times, and with the wave of his white gloved left hand, "Open the way---- open the way------

Several guards stepped forward to carry the barricade to make way for the five of them to push the flatbed cart out of the checkpoint.

When they arrived at the mass grave in the suburbs, these five people opened the three bottles of wine in their hands and poured them on the corpse. It's all oil. A fire was lit, and the thick flames engulfed the corpse along with the flatbed, and the baggage roll.

This tall and thin man was Zhan Tianxiong, the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, who threw his felt hat into the fire and sighed: "Suzuki, Suzuki, you don't drink sake in Nagasaki, you have to get China to fly, let's go, take the snow and clouds back to your hometown----"

He turned to the other four and said, "Brothers, this guy has always served as a supervisor in the central bank, and to put it bluntly, he has taken control of the financial lifeline of Northeast China instead of the Japanese, which has given the boss a headache." We have to stay here, and after cremation, we will put away the bones, and we will not leave any of them. After the incident, we will be outside the city in Heisan's uncle's house until dawn, and then disperse back to the city. ”

The one named Hei San wiped his nose and said: "Zhan Ye is Gao, let's get this Suzuki without a single shot, Zhan Ye, your precious body is disguised as a corpse bearer, it is more like the real thing." Brother, I really took it. ”

Zhan Tianxiong said: "This is all practiced when I traveled south and north with Lu Ye in the early years. Li Si, your incense really works, it's not bothersome to deal with those four guards, show me your ring knife, why did Suzuki die so quickly before he had time to resist? . ”

Li Si said: "Zhan Ye, I'm playing a big knife in front of you, it's just a small skill of carving insects, it's the stinky corpse powder sprinkled on Suzuki's corpse, but it's a secret recipe in the rivers and lakes that has been lost for hundreds of years." As he spoke, he handed a stainless steel ring to Zhan Tianxiong. But seeing that this is a ring with blades on all sides, it is unprepared for people, and it is invisible to kill.

Hei San said: "Come on, the secret recipe, this smoked me, and I almost didn't spit out bile." ”

Suzuki's body was wiped out in the midst of the chatter and laughter of the five civilian heroes.