In the next two days, a large number of Japanese military police and plainclothes agents not only blocked all access to and from Shanghai, but also raided almost the entire Shanghai. Fortunately, members of the Shanghai underground party organization all have legal identities and legitimate professions, so no losses were incurred. After Zhou Xiantang and several others from the Military Command Shanghai Station escaped from trouble, they also dispersed and left Shanghai in pieces. This large-scale search by the Japanese army did not pose a threat to them.
Only the Central Command station in Shanghai suffered real losses. They, who had always been at odds with the military command, ignored the warnings issued by the military command station in Shanghai. As a result, the military police and Japanese puppet agents successively destroyed many contact points in the concession, and a large number of people appeared. loss of life. Of course, the gains of the Japanese were not limited to this. When they searched the concession earlier, they accidentally uncovered the British and American intelligence strongholds in the concession and captured many British and American intelligence officers lurking in the concession.
These things have nothing to do with Tang Cheng. He has been hiding in the attic of the small western-style building for the past two days. As long as he carefully avoids the servants responsible for cleaning in the small building, Tang Cheng can even leave in the remaining time. Attic, wandering around in the small building for a while. Life in Tangcheng was easy, but life for the top brass at the Military Police Headquarters was difficult. Although their large-scale manhunt captured many resistance elements and even uncovered multiple British and American intelligence bases lurking in the Shanghai Concession, the mysterious attacker was not found.
The relatives of those noble officers have already set off from Japan by boat and will arrive in Shanghai one day. By then, they will face even greater pressure. What to do next? In the conference room, which was not very large, there were not only senior officials from the Military Police Headquarters, but also representatives from the Shanghai Special Higher Education School and the Mei Institute. Everyone had a gloomy look on their face. Everyone knew what was going to happen next, but they didn't think of a way to solve these troubles.
At night, the concession seemed much deserted than the previous two days. The wealthy people who were accustomed to nightlife no longer went out to have fun. Most of the people wandering the streets at the moment were plainclothes spies. Tang Cheng slid out of the attic window along the rope and slid downstairs quietly. In the past two days, he only left the small building after nightfall to buy water elsewhere. Not far from the small building, Tangcheng has entered an alley. As long as you walk through this alley, you can see a small restaurant.
But the situation was a little different tonight. Tang Cheng had just entered the alley when he vaguely heard someone talking in a low voice not far ahead. Tang Cheng, who had always been cautious, did not appear panicked. He only slowed down, but did not stop completely. Secretly turning on the triple eyepiece skill, he just walked a dozen meters along the alley and slowly poked his head out from behind a pile of debris. He immediately saw two men in short shirts, talking quietly in the alley in front of them. .
Tang Cheng looked at what the other two were wearing, and it seemed that they were not ordinary people, so he squatted quietly behind the debris and listened carefully to what the two people in front of him were saying. After Tang Cheng listened quietly for a while, he started to laugh at himself for being less courageous! The two men in short shirts who were talking in a low voice in front were not plainclothes spies or gang members in the concession. These two were just thieves who made a living by sneaking in and picking locks.
The largest number of people in Shanghai are not rich people, but gangsters who rely on various means to make a living in Shanghai, so it is not strange to meet two bold thieves and gangsters here. It was not difficult for Tang Cheng to deal with these two thieves and gangsters, but he did not take action against them, but continued to squat behind the debris. After about a cigarette, the two thieves and gangsters who were talking in low voices finally left towards the other end of the alley. Tang Cheng also stood up and followed quietly behind them.
Based on what the two men had just discussed in low voices, Tang Cheng knew that these two guys were planning to rob a nearby business house tonight. Although I don't know how these two thieves got so bold to attack a business at this time. But Tang Cheng had been hiding in the attic for the past two days and was already extremely depressed. He happened to meet two thieves who looked interesting, so Tang Cheng planned to follow them quietly and take advantage of them. oriole.
The two thieves who left the alley walked south along the street for a while, and then stopped in the shadows near the street entrance. The two of them stopped here and seemed to be observing the situation in front. After waiting for a while to have a cup of tea, in Tangcheng, more than 40 meters away behind them, they saw a sudden appearance from the street entrance in front. Flashlight beam. Then, Tang Cheng saw the two thieves parked on the street, running quickly towards the intersection in front of them.
Oops! There is help here! Seeing the actions of these two thieves and gangsters, Tang Cheng immediately realized that the person who turned on the flashlight at the intersection in front of him was the same as these two thieves and gangsters! Tang Cheng continued to move forward with the three people who were already together. After a short time, the three people in front finally stopped and stopped outside a three-story building. Seeing that the three people in front of him had stopped, Tang Cheng guessed that the three-story building on the street might be the trading house mentioned by the two thieves.
The trading company that was secretly targeted by these three thieves seemed to have no hired guards. Tang Cheng watched helplessly as the three men opened the main door of the trading company with small tools. But what happened next was beyond Tang Cheng's expectation. Not long after the three thieves entered the trading house, Tang Cheng heard faint shouts coming from inside the trading house. Tang Cheng, who had already moved outside the main entrance of the trading house, hurriedly dodged to hide in the shadows on the street. Then he saw a guy with a face covered in blood rushing out of the main door of the trading house.
Looking at the shoes on this guy's feet, Tang Cheng knew that he was one of the three thieves. Behind this thieving gangster, a handsome man with a scar under his left eye chased him out of the business, carrying a Japanese tanto with a curved blade in his hand. There were three people who entered the trading house, but now only one came out. Not only was his face covered in blood, but he was also chased by a guy carrying a short knife. Anyone who sees this situation can understand what happened.
Tang Cheng, who was standing in the shadows on the street, did not pity the guy with blood on his face. He watched the two chasing each other and escaping in the opposite direction. Tang Cheng immediately entered the trading house. As soon as he entered the door of the trading house, Tang Cheng immediately smelled a strong smell of blood. As expected, when Tang Cheng reached the stairs, he saw two bodies lying under the stairs. Beside the body were some small tools for prying open doors and locks, and a black cloth bag.
Tang Cheng ignored the gadgets and leaned over to pick up the black bag on the ground. Feeling that the bag had some weight, he immediately opened the bag. The contents of the bag were very simple. Apart from some banknotes, there were only a few gold bars and two small boxes. Just as Tang Cheng was about to open the two boxes, he heard footsteps outside the door of the business. He immediately put the bags and boxes into his equipment bag, and then followed the stairs to the second floor of the business.
There were not many rooms on the second floor, but two of them had open doors. Tang Cheng looked at the two rooms carefully and found that one of them was an office, while the remaining one looked like a lounge. The footsteps downstairs became clearer and louder, and soon they came from the stairs. Tang Cheng had no choice but to hide in the office temporarily. By coincidence, the footsteps that appeared on the second floor finally stopped outside the office door. Tang Cheng could only take out the pistol with a silencer from his equipment bag.
"Where are the things you stole from here?" Tang Cheng, who was hiding behind the door, clearly heard the sounds outside the door. The voice sounded a little hoarse, and then there was a muffled groan, but it was short-lived, as if the mouth was covered and the sound was held in the throat. Tang Cheng guessed that the person who asked the question was probably the scarred man chasing people with a knife, and the one who groaned must be the thief with blood on his face.
Tang Cheng did not show his head, nor did he make any reaction. He just hid quietly behind the office door. In the following time, Tang Cheng, who clearly heard the conversation between the two, finally figured out why this scar-faced man wanted to ask about the reason for introversion. As luck would have it, these three thieves came upstairs and slipped in to pick the lock. By coincidence, they entered this office. Everything went smoothly at first.
It was only when they opened the safe to get their belongings and were about to leave that they accidentally knocked over a small ornament on the office table, which woke up the scar-faced man in the lounge next door. The three thieves stole the road and fled, but were chased by the scar-faced man carrying a short knife. They killed two of them on the stairs. The remaining one took the opportunity to rush out of the business, but was caught by the scar-faced man unexpectedly. return.
What the scar-faced man was asking about now was the black bag containing the belongings, but neither of them knew that after they left the trading house, Tang Cheng quietly entered and took away the black bag. The thief was tortured to death, and he bit himself to death for not getting the black bag. The scar-faced man had no choice but to drag the thief, who was already in the mud, back to the first floor to inspect the scene.
Seeing the two people leaving the second floor, Tang Cheng, who was behind the office door, was also ready to leave. But just as he came out of the office, someone knocked on the door of the business firm. There were two black cars parked outside the business. In one of them, a middle-aged man and two men in suits got out. In the other car, three Japanese military police officers carrying weapons got out. Tang Cheng looked carefully from the window in the corridor on the second floor. One of the three Japanese military police officers was still a major.
