Although Xu Zixi and others who were stuck in the bookstore were not at the end of their rope, the sudden appearance and exchange of fire between Zhongtong agents still made Xu Zixi and others a little at a loss. As soon as the two sides began to exchange fire, Xu Zixi, the person in charge of the bookstore, began to burn some confidential documents and information. By the time the voice outside the bookstore appeared, Xu Zixi had given up hope of breaking out.
"The man shouting outside is Han Jinbiao, the captain of the Central Unification Operations Team 1. I fought with him once last year. This man is very insidious." Xu Zixi threw the last few documents into the brazier and watched the documents turn into flames with his own eyes. , the heart that has been hanging around can be considered a little more relaxed. Personal life and death have long been forgotten by Xu Zixi and others. Now that all confidential documents have been destroyed, the next step is to give it a try.
"Boom!" Just as Xu Zixi was distributing the last ammunition to his companions, there was a sudden explosion outside the bookstore. Xu Zixi was among the others stunned. Immediately, someone moved to the already shattered window on the street, and carefully looked out to grasp it. "Boom!" A ball of flames burst out of the window again. With the help of the explosion flames, Xu Zixi and others could clearly see that the enemies outside the bookstore were in panic.
"Come out..." Xu Zixi shouted, and several people immediately leveled the pistols in their hands and rushed out of the store through the glass-less street window. The two handguns thrown by Tang Cheng not only killed and injured several Central Unification agents, but also overturned a car. After Xu Zixi and others rushed out of the bookstore, they immediately discovered that the opponent seemed to have lost their combat effectiveness. The two uninjured Central Unification agents were huddled in the shadows on the street with frightened faces.
"Let's get out of here!" Xu Zixi didn't hesitate at all. He immediately turned around and started running. Following the planned retreat route, he quickly disappeared into the night. Tang Cheng, who was on the roof, didn't stay much longer. After recovering the three bullet casings and two pistol tabs left on the roof, Tang Cheng also jumped off the roof and left quickly along the back alley. Tang Cheng, who jumped off the roof, did not go home immediately. Instead, he followed Xu Zixi and others from a distance, and followed them to another hiding spot of Xu Zixi.
The other hiding place prepared by Xu Zixi is also a shop, but this shop specializes in groceries. The most common thing that Tangcheng saw in the backyard of this shop was a half-person-high soy sauce vat. . Tang Cheng, who was following Tang Cheng, originally thought that Xu Zixi and others would prepare a secret room or cellar hidden under these sauce jars in advance, but he did not expect that Xu Zixi and others who entered the backyard of the grocery store just hid in the backyard. Inside a hut.
"Hey, you guys are really capable, and you really treat the Central President as a loser!" As a bystander, Tang Cheng laughed helplessly. Although he didn't know what the reason was for Xu Zixi and the others, Tang Cheng felt that Nanjing was The underground party is too careless in doing things. After pausing on the courtyard wall for a while, Tang Cheng rolled into the courtyard lightly. He just ran forward a few steps on tiptoes, and Tang Cheng was already crouching sideways under the window of the room.
In the room, Xu Zixi and others were talking in low voices. When Tang Cheng was listening, he happened to hear Xu Zixi's voice. "Actually, I don't know who the person who helped me just now is, but I am sure that the other person is not one of ours. The person just used a long-handled handgun, which is an imitation of the German-style long-handled handgun. We There is none in the organization." As he spoke, Xu Zixi placed a fragment of a wooden handle that still smelled like gunpowder smoke on the table in front of him.
Tang Cheng, who was eavesdropping outside the house, was secretly surprised. He did not expect that Xu Zixi, a gentle-looking guy, could be so keen to find clues from the fragment of a wooden handle in the critical moment just now. "Could that be the inside track for the organization's development in the national army?" A strange voice sounded, and this question was obviously directed to Xu Zixi.
After a few breaths, Xu Zixi's voice rang again, "That's even more impossible. The bookstore has always maintained a single-line communication with the outside world. You two are my downline, and there are only two fixed people upline. Even if the organization is in the National Army I have developed an insider, and it is impossible for the insider to know where I am, and it is even less likely that I happen to have a pistol with me, and there are two pistols." Xu Zixi's words caused silence in the small room, and several people in the room Everyone was obviously thinking secretly, wondering who the person who had just come to help would be.
"Forget it, since the other party didn't show up, it means that he doesn't want to reveal his identity. But I think, since the other party helped us, this person obviously has no ill intentions towards our underground party. There may be some reason why the other party cannot or You can't show up to meet us!" Xu Zixi sighed heavily. At this moment, he began to regret the decision he made in the afternoon.
When he suddenly heard gunshots in the street outside at noon and saw someone shot and falling to the ground, Xu Zixi actually realized that the bookstore might have been targeted. During the ensuing police investigation, the customer whom he had cleverly left in the bookstore naturally came forward to help. Perhaps because he narrowly passed the on-site investigation of the police station, Xu Zixi did not choose to evacuate the bookstore, but continued to stay in the bookstore, waiting for his two offline people to meet at the bookstore in the evening.
It was this wrong decision that almost caused him and the others to be completely trapped in the bookstore and unable to escape. Looking back now, Xu Zixi felt full of regret. Fortunately, someone came to help at the critical moment, and they were able to escape smoothly. However, Xu Zixi could not figure out who this mysterious person who came to help could be. Suddenly, while Xu Zixi was thinking secretly, there was a strange knock on the door of the hut.
Xu Zixi was shocked. The pistol beside him was already in his hand. Several other people also raised their pistols towards the door with nervous expressions. They were hiding in the backyard, and only an underground party member disguised as a grocery store owner knew about it. At this time, that member was still paying attention to the movement outside the store, and there was absolutely no way he would come to the backyard and knock on the door. One of Xu Zixi's offline team members gritted his teeth and slowly moved forward to the door. He turned around and glanced at Xu Zixi, then slowly put his right hand on the door handle.
The door of the hut was suddenly opened from the inside, and several black gun muzzles were pointed at the door. Unfortunately, there was no one outside the door, only a box was placed squarely outside the door. The backyard of the grocery store is not actually very big. Xu Zixi and others searched the entire backyard carefully, but found nothing suspicious about the door. Could it be that mysterious man? Xu Zixi's heart was full of questions, and this seemed to be the only answer he could think of at the moment.
"It's a gold bar, and there's a note!" After more than ten breaths, Xu Zixi and others who returned to the hut let out a deliberately suppressed exclamation. On the table between a few people, the box that appeared at the door was now placed in the middle of the table. The box had been opened very carefully. The first thing that caught the eyes of Xu Zixi and others was a folded note. Under the note were several gold bars.
Xu Zixi ignored the gold bar, but first picked up the note and opened it. Xu Zixi just read the first two lines, and a hint of red appeared on his face. The red color on Xu Zixi's face was not caused by anger, but by shame. The first two lines of the note made it very clear. Not only did they say that Xu Zixi was a big idiot, but they also bluntly stated that the shooting incident that occurred at noon was to alert Xu Zixi.
The person who left the note and gold bars was naturally Tangcheng who had quietly left. Tangcheng chose to go to Hongye Bookstore at noon in order to transfer some things that he could not use to the Nanjing underground party before leaving Nanjing. It was only after discovering that the bookstore had been targeted by the Central Government that Tang Cheng had to use the method of alerting the enemy to inform Xu Zixi in the bookstore. However, he did not expect that Xu Zixi did not take the opportunity to leave.
Now, Xu Zixi and others who were discovered by Zhongtong have been rescued by him. After eavesdropping on the conversation between several people on the other side, Tang Cheng felt that no matter how stupid Xu Zixi was, there was no way he could go back and throw himself into the trap. Therefore, Tang Cheng chose to leave quietly, but before leaving, Tang Cheng left a few gold bars in the equipment bag to the other party, as well as a temporary note. On that note, not only did Tang Cheng accuse Xu Zixi of being an idiot, there was also an address.
Xu Zixi was staring blankly at the address on the note. He didn't know that Tang Cheng secretly hid a batch of medicines, weapons and ammunition at this address. These things that Tang Cheng left to the Nanjing underground party were all in hot demand on the black market, and they could not be taken away by the Tang family when they went south. Before leaving, transferring these things to the Nanjing underground party was considered Tang Cheng's intention. As for whether the Nanjing underground party appreciates this or makes good use of these things, that is not something that Tangcheng needs to pay attention to.
Leaving the backyard of the grocery store, Tang Cheng walked quickly. On the way, he encountered the Central Unification agents and police who came to Hongye Bookstore after hearing the news several times. Fortunately, Tang Cheng escaped in time and was not discovered by the other party. An hour later, Tang Cheng walked into his yard and whispered a few words to Tang Hu, who had been waiting for him, before Tang Cheng returned to his room.
At this moment, the entire street where Hongye Bookstore is located has been blocked by a large number of Central Unification agents gathered here. The scene of the explosion outside the bookstore made all the Central Unification agents present look shocked. They could not imagine how the underground party, which had always been at a disadvantage, could be so brave. And in their memories, even if the underground party is equipped with pistols, the number is not very large, but when did the other party start using handguns?
