Chapter 73: Kidnapping
The faces of the people who were making dumplings changed at the same time, and then they looked at Zhou Yu again.
Zhou Yu wiped the flour on his hands, whispered a word to Xiucai next to him, and then walked over to meet the comer.
"Fortune teller, what's wrong? What happened to Xie Sancong? ”
The person who came was Liu Banxian, he walked to Zhou Yu's side with an anxious face, and said in a trembling voice: "It's not good Mr. Zhou, Xie San is from him...... He's been captured!
Didn't I say some time ago that Xie San got along with the youngest daughter of the coat shop? Today he followed the girl to the street to buy something, who knew that he was stopped by a group of local thugs, who first insulted them, and then developed into action.
Xie San was angry and fought with them, but who knew that those little bastards were in the dark! took out a knife and poked a few holes in Xie Sancong's body, and dragged him away without reluctance, just now the owner of the coat shop ran over to report that I only knew, you go and take a look, I'm afraid his life won't be saved if it's too late! ”
"What?!"
Zhou Yu's face sank when he heard this, and he immediately looked at Wu Xiaolong, Hong Agui, and Hu Rentian, who were not far away, and they only made a gesture Everyone understood, put down the work in their hands, and gathered in the direction of warehouse 04.
Zhou Yu walked into warehouse No. 04 at the same time, he put on a cotton coat, and commanded in a low voice: "Take the guy out with me, Xiucai, you take everyone to continue making dumplings, and we can rush back before eating." ”
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhou, I will definitely be optimistic about them."
Xiu knew that this matter should not be known by too many people, but fortunately, most of the fortune tellers who had just heard were C13 brothers, and if other Chinese workers knew about this matter and became agitated, the consequences were likely to develop in a direction beyond their control.
Zhou Yu took the pistol handed by Hong Agui and pinned it to his waist, covered it with his coat, and hid a dagger in his cuff.
Everyone brought their weapons, checked the bullet situation, and looked at Zhou Yu silently, waiting for him to give an order.
"Let's go."
On January 1, 1917, Zhou Yu took a few people behind him and walked out of the Chinese industrial camp while everyone was in full swing to make dumplings.
And now George's overseers didn't dare to stop him, he could go out whenever he wanted, and they never left behind in the camp anyway.
Walking out of the Chinese labor camp, Zhou Yu and a few people went straight to the cloakshop, the owner of the cloakshop, Bell, and his little daughter Anna were anxiously not knowing what to do, and when they saw Zhou Yu coming in, they seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw and hurriedly greeted them.
"Mr. Zhou, you're here! Great, thanks...... Thank you that he was captured! ”
Zhou Yu raised his hand to signal the boss not to worry, and then looked at the girl with long soft brown hair, freckles on her face, and her appearance was not beautiful but unusually sweet.
"Anna, where were you attacked? Which direction did those little thugs arrest Xie San from? ”
Anna's big eyes were already full of tears, and they looked red and swollen at the moment.
She bit her lip and said in a trembling voice, "We were walking along the Thames, thinking of buying something for the New Year...... Can...... But the boys, without warning, came out of the roadside, verbally abused Joseph, and even pushed and shoved him......
They were saying bad things and insulting words about Chinese workers, and Joseph was so angry that he got into a fight with them, and who knew that one of the teenagers actually pulled out a knife!
Blood soon flowed from Joseph's body, and I cried out helplessly, but the people around me were all indifferent and watched from afar...... No one can help us, but Joseph protected me from injury even if he was hurt!
But the teenagers didn't seem to want to let him go like that, and dragged him across the Thames, down the Southwark Bridge, and disappeared from my sight......
I know that I can't help Joseph, so I can only come back and convey the news to you, Mr. Zhou, please save Joseph, he is very injured! ”
Zhou Yu can be said to know the topographic map of London by heart, and after a little search in his mind, Southwark Bridge can go further south into the South End of London, where is the territory of the Richardson Brotherhood and the Cubs.
If Anna's description is correct, then it is likely that it was the teenagers from the slums of the Cub Lion Gang who attacked Xie Sancong.
Most of them are between the ages of 14 and 21, and they have grown up in the slums where they are violent, stealing and robbing to get what they want, and where there is no effective management due to the lack of police.
"Okay Anna, you stay at home, stay with your parents, Joseph will leave it to us."
"Joseph" is the English name Xie Sancong gave himself, and his relationship with Anna is stable and continues to heat up, even to the point of talking about marriage.
Bell, the owner of the coat shop, is also receptive to Chinese workers, and does not mind that his daughter is married to someone who is not a local.
In addition, his coat shop needs the right people to inherit it, but the hard-working and simple Chinese workers may be the best choice.
After getting the exact news and direction, Zhou Yu and the others immediately walked out of the cloakshop, they didn't have a car, and it was unrealistic to call the police, so they could only push a few bicycles that originally belonged to the overseers, and drove towards the South End of London like crazy.
At the same time, in a park on Blackfriars Road in South London, Xie San gasped for breath and pressed his hands on two wounds in his waist and abdomen.
Blood still trickled down his fingers, dripping onto the cinder-covered snow, melting into bright red holes.
Around him stood or sat six children who were obviously not adults, but their expressions were so cold, so cold that it was terrifying.
"Doug, can this guy we arrested really lure out the Chinese workers in the Chinese labor camp?"
One of the teenagers asked.
The boy known as Doug had this short yellow hair that hugged his scalp, and he was wearing no hat, wrapped in a dirty cotton coat and cotton trousers, and holding a knife in his hand, carving a not-so-delicate snowman in front of him.
"The news was given by the Clay brothers, we are only responsible for kidnapping people, and if they don't come to their rescue, they will be thrown into the Thames, and we have no food to feed him."
Doug looked like he was eighteen years old, but he was the leader of the group and one of the three main members of the Cub Lions.
The Richardson Brotherhood has been gaining momentum lately, especially after annexing some of the Clay brothers' properties, and has begun to drive out the Lions Cubs living in the Southside.
They always think of themselves as the managers of the South End, and threaten to kick the Cubs out of London.
In order to fight against the Richardson brothers and for their own development, the Cubs can only assassinate --- leader of the Chinese Workers' Guild, Bruce Zhou, at the commission of the Clay brothers.