If it had been the time when Tang Cheng first came to Shanghai, he would never have used such a risky method to leave Hongkou District, but the situation is different now. Tang Cheng has already done what he wanted to do, even if the people in the extra-high school class knew about it. After learning about some of his own circumstances, perhaps he has already left Shanghai. The hotel owner obviously didn't expect that Tang Cheng would be so direct. Looking at the photos of Tang Cheng, the hotel owner happily offered the price for his help.
Tang Cheng obviously underestimated the chubby hotel owner. The other party just picked up the phone on the counter, dialed a number at random, and then whispered on the phone for a while. The hotel owner put down the phone and gave Tang Cheng a look. Smiley face. Tang Cheng paid almost half a month's hotel fees and waited for a positive reply from the hotel owner, although Tang Cheng felt it was a bit unreliable. "You go to the street on the left now and find a sergeant named Sanben. Just say that it is the boss Yingben who asked you to pick up the goods from the German trading house in the concession."
Seeing Tang Cheng's disbelief, the hotel owner had no choice but to explain in a low voice, "Sergeant Sanben and I are from the same hometown, and we have a very good relationship! I have an acquaintance in a German trading house in the concession, and he sells goods in Hongkou District I got most of the German beer from the concession, and many people know about it. If you said you were the person I sent to receive the goods, the third sergeant will personally send you through the checkpoint, otherwise you can only Pray to God to allow your cargo to board the ship smoothly."
The hotel owner who took the money said it very straightforwardly. From the moment Tang Cheng opened his mouth, he had been secretly scrutinizing Tang Cheng's hotel owner. He obviously regarded Tang Cheng as a black marketeer specializing in black market transactions. Tang Cheng smiled slightly when he heard this. If the other party made other demands, Tang Cheng might still be in trouble, but the other party just wanted money, so that would be easy! Tang Cheng reached into his pocket and took out another stack of banknotes. According to the number requested by the hotel owner, he placed the banknotes in the hotel owner's hand one by one.
"I'm not going to say pay half up front and give half afterward! I only have one request. You find someone to send me out. After I finish the work, you have to find someone to bring me back. I don't want to live there tonight. In the concession!" The hotel owner was about to reach out to grab the banknotes in front of him, but Tang Cheng reached out and covered the banknotes first. The hotel owner looked at Tang Cheng with a puzzled expression, but the reason given by Tang Cheng made him laugh out loud.
"I, Hidemoto Ichiro, have been running a hotel here for six or seven years. Not to mention the police in Hongkou District, I know even the commanders of the gendarmerie patrol team. Since I have promised you, I will never It will ruin your reputation! Don’t worry, after you finish doing things in the concession, just call the hotel and I will ask someone to wait for you at the checkpoint. I will never let you stay in the concession tonight! " The hotel owner's laughter was so unpleasant that Tang Cheng felt like he was listening to the quacking of a fat duck.
After receiving the hotel owner's reassurance, and looking at the other party's reaction, it seemed that his deception had worked, Tang Cheng moved his right hand and let the hotel owner take away the banknotes. In order not to make the other party suspicious, Tang Cheng did not check out, but followed the hotel owner's instructions, got up, left the hotel and walked to the street on the left. Tang Cheng didn't know when the bomb planted in that trading house last night would be detonated, but he also knew that the more it happened, the less likely he would be able to expose his flaws.
"I'm looking for the third sergeant. The boss of Yingben wants me to go to the German trading house in the concession to pick up the goods!" Walking to Tangcheng at the intersection of the street, he first took out his expatriate ID card. After the military police in front of him inspected it, he then followed the instructions of the hotel. The boss's exact words were that he asked to see the military police sergeant named Sanben. It seemed that the hotel owner was not bragging just now. After Tang Cheng mentioned Boss Yingben, the military policeman standing in front of him immediately softened his expression.
The third sergeant the hotel owner mentioned was a strong but not tall Japanese Army veteran. He simply asked Tang Cheng a few questions, then turned around and motioned for Tang Cheng to follow him. Tang Cheng didn't expect it to be so simple. When he walked through the street that was tightly controlled by the military police, Tang Cheng secretly regretted it. If he had known that it would be so easy to leave Hongkou District, he would not have gone to that business last night. A bomb is planted. As the saying goes, good things don't work but bad things work. Tang Cheng, who was following behind the third sergeant, was thinking about the bomb he planted last night when he suddenly heard an explosion a few streets away.
Tang Cheng was stunned for a moment when he heard the explosion, and then imitated the behavior of passers-by on the street, holding his head and retreating to the street. The third sergeant who also heard the explosion turned around with a slightly probing look in his eyes. When he saw Tang Cheng holding his head and stumbling, the probing look in his eyes gradually dissipated. Tang Cheng, who had already run to the street, secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this. He knew that in the eyes of this third sergeant, his current reaction was a normal reaction.
"Don't be afraid! Listen to the sound, the explosion is still far away from us!" The third sergeant waved to Tang Cheng who was standing on the street. "We have to hurry up! Listen to the explosion just now, the movement is quite big, and maybe there will be a reaction from the other side of the checkpoint!" The third sergeant who knows the details of the hotel owner is not helping in vain, but if Tangcheng can't After successfully passing the checkpoint, he would not be able to get the labor fee privately given by the hotel owner.
Tang Cheng followed the military police sergeant and hurriedly walked to the checkpoint. He found that the checkpoint was still closed, and there were already many people waiting here with the same anxious expressions as Tang Cheng. "Look, these are all waiting to pass the checkpoint and go to the concession!" The third military officer kept tutting. He asked Tang Cheng to stand there and wait for a while, but he squeezed through the crowd and walked to the checkpoint. I don’t know what the third sergeant said to the military police guarding the checkpoint. After a dozen breaths, Tang Cheng, who was standing there, saw the third sergeant in front of the checkpoint waving at him.
Tang Cheng knew that now was not the time to be reserved, so he ignored the gazes of others around him, just squeezed through the crowd and walked quickly to the checkpoint. "Fujita-kun, that's him. Boss Yingben asked him to pick up the goods from the German trading house in the concession! When he comes back, I will come over and pick him up here!" Sergeant Sanmoto whispered, At the same time, he took out a pack of cigarettes and two banknotes from his pocket, and put them into the hands of the military policeman next to him in front of Tang Cheng.
The military policeman who looked at Tangcheng with a scrupulous look on his face smiled, and carelessly put the cigarettes and banknotes that the three military officers had given him into his pocket, and then motioned to his companions to move the wooden barrier in front of the checkpoint enough for one person. gap in the past. Seeing this, the third military officer whispered to Tang Cheng, "Boss Yingben must have told you to call the hotel before coming back from the concession, otherwise I will not come here to pick you up. If you come back here, I will still If you don't come, just wait here. I just gave them a benefit, and they won't drive you away easily!"
The three military officers specifically told Tang Cheng that these words were not because he cared much about Tang Cheng. He just wanted to convey to the hotel owner the benefits he had given other military police through Tang Cheng's mouth. Tang Cheng was holding back a smile in his heart, but his face did not show any impatience at all. But just when he was about to pass the wooden barrier in front of the checkpoint, the sound of a motorcycle suddenly came from the direction behind him. Two motorcycles The military police's special three-wheeled motorcycle was driving over quickly.
Tang Cheng had good eyesight. When he saw two three-wheeled motorcycles filled with military police approaching quickly, he subconsciously quickened his pace and walked past the wooden horse. "Hey, wait a minute!" Tang Cheng, who had already bypassed the wooden barrier, was stopped by the military policeman next to the third sergeant. Although Tang Cheng had already bypassed the wooden barrier in front of the checkpoint, he also knew that he couldn't leave regardless, so he had to follow the military policeman's instructions and stand quietly where he was.
Tang Cheng guessed well. The two three-wheeled motorcycles that appeared at this time were patrol teams from the Military Police Headquarters. Their mission was to patrol Hongkou District and several checkpoints in the outside world. Tang Cheng stood behind Ju Ma, looking calm, but actually he was secretly on guard. If he found something was wrong, he would be ready to force his way through. Before Tang Cheng left the hotel, all the firearms in his carry-on equipment bag were loaded with bullets and the safety was turned on.
The three-wheeled motorcycle was moving very fast, and it only took a few breaths before it stopped in front of the checkpoint. The people who were waiting in front of the checkpoint to pass the checkpoint immediately subconsciously stepped back because they all knew how powerful the military police were. A second lieutenant of the military police got off the first three-wheeled motorcycle. This man had angular eyes, and he looked like a cunning person at first glance. The military police lieutenant first stood on the spot and looked around, and finally set his sights on Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng's expression did not change at all.
"Fujita, what does that person do? Why is he standing outside Juma?" Perhaps because he saw the expat card held in Tang Cheng's right hand, the military police second lieutenant only glanced at him and then closed the realization. On the gendarme who collects money for cigarettes. The military policeman named Fujita immediately approached the military police lieutenant with a smile on his face, and whispered the original words of Sergeant III to the military police second lieutenant. "Oh! He's from Boss Yingben!" The military police lieutenant turned around and looked at Tangcheng carefully.
Tang Cheng, who was still standing outside Juma, didn't feel anything at the moment. The third sergeant standing on the side had already grimaced. He knew that the military police second lieutenant who suddenly appeared seemed a little different from the Yingben boss. deal with. Just as the third sergeant was about to speak, he saw the military police lieutenant pointing at Tangcheng and yelling, "Bring this man back! No one can pass the checkpoint before receiving the latest order from the headquarters." Enter the concession.”
