"Why?" Tangcheng, who threw a bag full of medicines on the sofa and returned to his residence, asked coldly to Zhou Hongzhuang, who was playing chess with Zhang Jianghe. "I just remembered that those men in black that I met last night must be known to you, right? Don't tell me, you don't know anything." On the way back to the residence, those men in black last night The faces of men appeared in Tang Cheng's mind from time to time, especially the expression of the man in black who was leading him after his sleeve was cut with a curved knife.
The reaction and expression of the leading man last night, at that time, Tang Cheng thought it was his sword attack that made the other party timid. Looking back now, the other party's erratic eyes at that time did not seem to be looking at him, but at the man who was protected by him. Zhou Hongzhuang behind her is the right one. Thinking back to Zhang Jianghe's analysis, Tangcheng, who was driving back, immediately became angry, so he questioned Zhou Hongzhuang face to face regardless of it.
Faced with Tang Cheng's questioning, Zhou Hongzhuang, who was playing chess with Zhang Jiang, did not react at first. After Tang Cheng asked the second paragraph, Zhou Hongzhuang's heart skipped a beat, and she thought she was still attracted by him. Found out. Zhou Hongzhuang, who didn't know how to respond at this moment, had no choice but to lower her head and say nothing. She pinched the corners of her clothes with both hands and rubbed them, trying to use this weak look to get Zhang Jianghe who was present to help her out.
However, Zhang Jianghe's reaction was far beyond Zhou Hongzhuang's expectations. Before Tang Cheng could look over, Zhang Jianghe stood up from the sofa and went upstairs without looking back. "Okay, there are only two of us left here now. What happened last night? Can you give me an answer now?" There was a trace of anger in Tang Cheng's voice. Tang Cheng actually didn't She was disgusted with Zhou Hongzhuang's lies to protect herself or test herself, but the method the other party used last night was too dangerous. If she was not careful, she might attract the attention of the gangsters in the concession.
Facing Tang Cheng's questioning again, Zhou Hongzhuang was completely distraught. This situation seemed to be different from what Uncle Ma had said. She didn't know how to deal with it for a moment. Seeing that Zhou Hongzhuang kept his head down and remained silent, Tang Cheng immediately sat down on the sofa opposite Zhou Hongzhuang, and then looked at him without blinking. He was waiting for Zhou Hongzhuang to confess to him what happened last night.
Zhou Hongzhuang, who lowered her head, couldn't hear Tang Cheng's voice and thought Tang Cheng had left in anger. Unexpectedly, she just looked up and met Tang Cheng's deep eyes. "Ah!" In panic, Zhou Hongzhuang leaned back subconsciously, and her head hit the back of the sofa. She cried out in pain, while rubbing the back of her head with her hands, her eyes widened and she looked at the twitching corner of her mouth, which was showing signs of self-improvement. Tangcheng who couldn't bear to smile.
"You...what do you want?" Zhou Hongzhuang didn't know what was wrong with her. It was Tang Cheng who was clearly questioning her, but now she changed her attitude of bowing her head and keeping silent, and then she was angry at Tang Cheng. Words. Tang Cheng, who didn't get an answer and was asked a question in return, could only look at Zhou Hongzhuang dumbfounded, muttering to himself that women are really unreasonable creatures.
"Ms. Zhou, it's not me who wants to do it, but you and your people who are setting me up. I'm really surprised. How dare you ask me so confidently just now what do you want me to do? Miss Zhou, don't you? Don't you think you should give me an answer?" Tang Cheng took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit one. The feeling of the smoke entering his lungs made Tang Cheng soften his expression. Just listening to his tone at this moment, The anger clearly hadn't completely dissipated.
Tang Cheng took the initiative to calm down her tone and expression, and Zhou Hongzhuang stopped glaring at Tang Cheng. She seemed to have thought for a moment, and then Zhou Hongzhuang picked up the phone next to Tang Cheng. Zhou Hongzhuang's call was to Lao Ma. This phone number was known only to Zhou Hongzhuang. It was the emergency contact information Xu Huanshan asked Lao Ma to give her after she secretly left her residence to meet Lao Ma that night.
After the call was connected, it only rang three times before being picked up by the person on the other end. When she heard a familiar voice ringing through the handle, Zhou Hongzhuang's tense nerves were finally able to relax a little. The person on the other end of the phone was Lao Ma. There was no news about Zhou Hongzhuang all night. Lao Ma, who had always regarded Zhou Hongzhuang as his junior, was very worried. At this moment, he suddenly received a call from Zhou Hongzhuang. He had rich work behind enemy lines. Although the experienced old horse was relieved, the alarm in his heart had secretly sounded.
"Don't talk, listen to me!" Zhou Hongzhuang seemed extremely strong at this moment. She first stopped Lao Ma from speaking on the phone, and then informed the other party of the phone about the matter in a dialect that Tangcheng could not understand. old horse. Lao Ma already knew the details of Tang Cheng's uncle and nephew from Xu Huanshankou in advance, but he did not expect that in just one night, the boy named Tang Cheng had already seen through the arrangements made by the underground party based on Zhou Hongzhuang's report. As for the current situation , obviously there is no way to refuse the call to Tangcheng.
"Hey, someone wants to talk to you." Zhou Hongzhuang, with a hint of nervousness in her eyes, handed the phone in her hand to Tang Cheng. The latter did not answer the phone immediately, but looked at Zhou quietly first. Hongzhuang hesitated for a while, then she curled her lips and looked very reluctant, reaching out to take the phone from Zhou Hongzhuang. Zhou Hongzhuang was extremely angry at Tang Cheng's appearance, but she also knew the stakes, so she had no choice but to turn her head and stop looking at Tang Cheng.
"Old friend, I didn't expect to hear your voice in Shanghai!" A slightly familiar voice came from the other end of the phone, but for a moment, Tang Cheng couldn't remember who the owner of this voice was. However, the words "old friend" and "neng in Shanghai" gave Tang Cheng a hint. Just when Tang Cheng was secretly thinking about who the other party was, he heard the person on the other end of the phone continue to speak. "Brother Tang, have you forgotten Hongye Bookstore?"
Hongye Bookstore! After the other party said these four words, a face suddenly flashed in Tang Cheng's mind. "Are you Mr. Xu?" Tang Cheng said this with some hesitation, and a chuckle immediately came from the other end of the phone, which made Tang Cheng even more sure of the other party's identity. "Since it's Mr. Xu, we are really old friends. I just don't know when Mr. Xu came to Shanghai?" Tang Cheng did not call the other party's name on the phone, but just called him Mr. Xu in general. .
There was no need for Tang Cheng to hint anything. Xu Huanshan on the other end of the phone already understood Tang Cheng's intention, so he just called Tang Cheng "Brother Tang" in a businessman's tone on the phone. The two exchanged a few pleasantries on the phone, then agreed on the place and time for the meeting, and then Tang Cheng hung up the phone. "You stay at home and don't go anywhere. When I come back, we can have a good relationship." After giving Zhou Hongzhuang a clueless explanation, Tang Cheng left the residence and rushed to meet Xu Huanshan.
This is actually not a good time to meet with the underground party, but Tang Cheng has no choice. Zhou Hongzhuang's actions last night were too dangerous. Tang Cheng needs to know what the purpose of Shanghai's underground party organization is. The meeting place arranged with Xu Huanshan was a theater. As soon as Tang Cheng got out of the car, a man in a short shirt handed Tang Cheng a theater ticket. Tang Cheng remained calm and followed a middle-aged couple into the theater. He looked for them according to the ticket location. Xu Huanshan was already sitting in the seat next to Tang Cheng.
"I just want to know why you did this?" Tang Cheng lowered his voice and had no intention of getting close to Xu Huanshantiao. He just asked the other party directly. "Shanghai is in chaos right now, especially some gangs in the concession. Now they are secretly helping the special high school. Mobilizing so many people on the street like last night is likely to attract the attention of the gangs in the concession. They know If you do this, it means that the Special High School also knows about it, and it is very dangerous to do so."
How could Xu Huanshan not know what Tang Cheng said? If they followed their original plan last night, they were planning to cause trouble and then coerce Tang Cheng to meet at their secret stronghold. But they didn't expect that Tang Cheng would directly take Zhou Hongzhuang and run away. When they caught up, they realized that they had lost track of them. Tang Cheng wanted an explanation, but Xu Huanshan was speechless and was speechless for a moment.
After a slight pause, Xu Huanshan spoke, "There are some things here that I can't tell you in detail right now. Anyway, you have to believe that we have no ill intentions towards you." Xu Huanshan's answer made Tang Cheng secretly curl his lips and say to himself You guys have the ability to put me at a disadvantage! "I came to you mainly because I need your help with something. What happened last night was just to find a chance to meet with you."
Xu Huanshan's words made Tang Cheng frown secretly. If the underground party asked him for help, nothing good would happen. Xu Huanshan did not see Tang Cheng's frown and just lowered his voice and spoke to Tang Cheng. "There is a traitor among us. The last time we were besieged by the Special High School, the traitor passed the news to the Special High School. Otherwise, they would not have been able to find the Shanghai Underground Party's stronghold in the French Concession so accurately."
Xu Huanshan's truthful confession made Tang Cheng frown even more. He thought that these were really troubled times. Not only were there traitors in the Shanghai Station of the Intelligence Agency, but also in the underground party. "Then what do you mean, you want me to kill your traitor?" Tang Cheng said his guess, but Xu Huanshan nodded lightly in agreement.
"That's not right! Don't you underground party have your own anti-corruption team? Why do you have to ask me for help? Besides, I have other things to deal with right now, so I may not have time to participate in your affairs." Tangcheng would not He told Xu Huanshan that Bai Zhanshan asked him for help. Moreover, until now, he was not sure whether it was true or false. "Mr. Xu, I'm afraid I can't help you with anything, but I have some trauma medicines that I can sell to you at a discount."
