According to the original plan, Ma San would only stay in Shanghai for a short time and then return to Chongqing with the things entrusted to him by Tang Cheng. However, Miyamoto Jingichi's incident disrupted this original plan. Tangcheng seemed to have no interest in mentioning this matter. Ma San, who was supposed to leave Shanghai, was naturally happy and kept silent about his departure from Shanghai. . Tang Cheng, who already knew in his heart, did not restrain Ma San. He ignored Ma San, who had a big wallet, and would go out and wander around from time to time.
In the next two days, Tang Cheng stayed in the residence, secretly monitoring Hans in the residence through the cook Mary, but he did not expect that Tang Cheng could be so patient. It wasn't until after breakfast on the third day that Ma Sancai, who was about to go out, had not gone far from his residence when a young man who looked like a student thrust a bulging envelope into his hand. After arriving in Shanghai, Ma San, who had been cautious, did not make any noise or chase the young man, but immediately returned to his residence with the envelope.
"It's okay, it's information sent by members of the Shanghai underground party." Tang Cheng opened the envelope and only briefly glanced at the contents in the envelope before his expression became relaxed. Ma San, who was originally nervous, finally realized that the student girl who had just given him something was actually a member of Shanghai’s underground party! Tang Cheng asked Xu Huanshan for information about gang forces in the concession, and Xu Huanshan did not break his promise. It only took two days to send Tang Cheng the relevant information he needed.
Although the intelligence summary sent by Xu Huanshan is not comprehensive, the gang forces listed in the intelligence summary have all cooperated with Tekko in private. Tang Cheng did not spend too much time looking through this intelligence summary, and immediately decided to make Cao Daya, who was third on the list, his first target. This guy named Cao Daya once helped Tecnology in the People from the underground party and Shanghai Station were rounded up in the concession, more than once.
"Third brother, let's go. I'll take you out for a walk and make some money on the way." Tang Cheng's tone sounded very relaxed, but when Ma San saw Tang Cheng talking, he also put the gun holster under his arm. When stuffing the gun, Ma San's expression showed a hint of nervousness. Since the last time he witnessed Tang Cheng shooting and killing people in the street, Ma San's attitude towards Tang Cheng has undergone earth-shaking changes. Now when he saw Tang Cheng playing with a pistol, he knew that this trip was definitely not as simple as just hanging out. .
Ma San was from a martial arts background and didn't like to play with hot weapons, so Tang Cheng gave Ma San the short knives in the basement. Seeing that Tang Cheng had brought a pistol, Ma San also decided to bring a short knife for self-defense. "Third brother, you don't have to take the guy with you. If you encounter a patrol, it will be hard to explain! If you really need to take action, just have me. You go out with me today and you have only one mission, and that is to take action. Just bring the money back.”
Tang Cheng had a carry-on equipment bag, and he would put a gun in the holster under Wang's arm in front of Ma San, but he was hiding it and didn't want Ma San to know his little secret. But if Ma San had brought weapons with him, he might have gotten into unnecessary trouble once he was met by patrolmen from the concession for inspection. So before Ma San could go back to the room to get the knife, Tang Cheng immediately stopped him. Besides, he had not decided to attack Cao Daya today.
The information provided by Xu Huanshan showed that Cao Daya had two pawnshops and a bathroom in the concession. Compared with the casinos and opium dens opened by other gang forces, the pawnshops and bathrooms were out of place. But in fact, the pawn shop is very profitable, especially Cao Daya, who is backed by Ttech, and is engaged in the business of buying and selling drugs and other contraband on the black market. If ranked in terms of strength, this Cao Daya is nothing at all, but if ranked in terms of financial resources, this Cao Daya is at the forefront among the gangs in the concession.
After Tang Cheng was ready, he took Ma San out, but it was still early. Tang Cheng did not take Ma San directly to find Cao Daya's trouble, but took Ma San to buy an outfit first. After going to his usual place and working for a while, when Ma San came out of the suit shop, he had a completely new look. He looked a bit like a Shanghainese shop.
Compared with Tang Cheng, Ma San was a little uncomfortable wearing a suit. When Ma San walked out of the suit shop, his hands and feet were stiff, and he almost looked like he was wearing a suit. Tang Cheng couldn't help but hold back his laughter.
Tang Cheng and the two wandered around the concession, waiting for a place to have lunch. Tang Cheng then took Ma San and went straight to one of the pawnshops owned by Cao Daya. According to the information provided by Xu Huanshan, Cao Daya would take turns going to two pawn shops every noon. Today is a single day. Cao Daya will definitely go to Cao Ji's pawnshop in the French Concession at noon, and then he will stay there until the afternoon before leaving the pawnshop.
"Is this the pawnshop you want to move?" Ma San asked Tang Cheng in a low voice, standing diagonally across from Cao Ji's pawn shop in the French Concession. He didn't see any big difference in the Cao Ji's pawn shop across the street. If he just wanted to deal with such an inconspicuous pawnshop, why did Tangcheng insist on dressing up like this? Ma San felt that there was something that Tang Cheng had not told him, and he was deliberately hiding it from himself.
Tang Cheng did not answer Ma San immediately, but chuckled. After a few breaths, Tang Cheng finally spoke. "Third brother, please stop thinking blindly. I won't do unreliable things, so don't worry!" Tang Cheng said not to do unreliable things, but Ma San secretly thought in his heart after hearing this. I rolled my eyes and thought to myself that if you don't do unreliable things, then it's really abnormal. Could it be that all the things in the concession were done by others.
Tang Cheng brought Ma San here not for Cao Ji's pawnshop. He was prepared to wait for Cao Daya to show up here. As long as he locked Cao Daya with system skills, he would not be afraid of not being able to find him. About a quarter of an hour later, Cao Daya, who had a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, appeared at the door of Cao Ji's pawnshop, escorted by several of his men. Upon seeing this, Tang Cheng, who was less than a hundred meters away from Cao Ji's pawnshop, immediately locked Cao Daya with his system skills. Tang Cheng, with a relaxed expression, thought to himself, now he felt at ease.
Ma San saw that Tang Cheng had been staring at the people at the door of the pawn shop, but he didn't know that Tang Cheng had such unnatural means as system skills. "Let's go, find a place to kill the time. Let's take action after dark. Tonight is the day when Cao Daya returns to the west." Tang Cheng's expression was relaxed, but his words were full of anger. Ma San couldn't help but secretly thought after hearing this. He shuddered, secretly pitying Cao Daya in his heart. As usual, Cao Daya would stay in Cao Ji's pawnshop until dinner. Seeing that it was still early, Tang Cheng took Ma San and went to hang out elsewhere to kill time.
Both Tangcheng and Ma San were dressed as children from rich families, and there were also foreigners in the places where they hung out. Even if they were targeted by gang members in the concession, they would not dare to do anything outrageous. Tang Cheng has not left his residence for several days in a row. Once he has free time and opportunities, of course he cannot miss observing what is going on outside. Compared with some time ago, there were a lot less suspicious-looking guys in the concession. After walking through two streets in succession, Tangcheng only found two guys who looked like plainclothes.
Tang Cheng remained calm and his eyes did not always fall on the two people. After confirming that there was nothing going on around him, he pulled Ma San into the shop on the street. After all, Ma San was a man in the world who followed his master since he was a child. After spending time with Tang Cheng, he also got a rough understanding of Tang Cheng's way of doing things. Tang Cheng suddenly pulled him into a shop on the street. , Ma San knew that there might be someone or something outside the store, which made Tang Cheng temporarily interested.
So as soon as Ma San entered the store, he subconsciously turned around and looked out from the store's street window. Ma San was not Tang Cheng, so he still couldn't see the two unusual guys outside the store. Tang Cheng saw it and didn't say anything to help Ma San. The two suspicious people found in Tangcheng looked no different from the passers-by on the street at first glance, but if you look closely at the hands of these two people, you can find that they have been conversing silently in sign language.
Tang Cheng had never been exposed to sign language before. When he went south to Chongqing to reorganize a veteran police investigation team, by chance, when Tang Cheng accompanied his mother to church for worship, he learned about the wonderful use of sign language from a church teacher. . However, what Tangcheng wants the veteran police officers to learn is not the sign language specifically for the deaf and mute, but simple action orders, which is the combat sign language used by the special forces of various countries in later generations.
When he suddenly discovered that the two people on the street were communicating in sign language, Tang Cheng's first reaction was to be surprised. Only after he saw a few familiar gestures in one of them's sign language did he become alert. Tang Cheng was choosing things in the shop calmly, but he kept paying attention to the two people on the street outside from the corner of his eye. When someone suddenly started running in the street outside the shop, Tang Cheng's attention did not shift from those two people. Move away from your body.
The street outside the shop suddenly became chaotic. Some people were shouting and some were cursing. When they came out of the shop, Tang Cheng saw at a glance that there were patrolmen from the concession arresting people who ran out of an alley on the street. The men and women blocked by the concession patrol looked very old. Among the eight or nine people, there were actually two dressed as students. Ordinary people would normally not get closer to watch when they see policemen arresting people. However, the two suspicious people that Tangcheng had discovered before had actually crossed the street and moved behind the concession policemen at this time.
"Third brother, I see something is not right. If something happens later, please watch behind you!" Realizing that something was wrong, Tang Cheng whispered to Ma San while unbuttoning his suit jacket so that he could easily take out his gun.
