Chapter 49: Chasing the Soul with One Sword

Style: Historical Author: nirvana birdWords: 4928Update Time: 24/01/12 08:59:05
The rainy season in Jinling is gradually passing, and the long hot summer is coming soon. Boss Zhong is sitting at his desk again, lost in thought. This time he is really at his wits end.

The Red Leaf Group that I was in was wiped out in one fell swoop, and the person in charge was arrested. Now I have become a kite without strings. What should I do? Returning to the Inoue Mansion, I guess if I go back, I won't commit seppuku, and I'll probably be beaten to death with a stick.

After much deliberation, the only solution for now was to go to the dark side with Boss Ma, who was throwing money away. However, the loss of an income still made him depressed.

Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a sound on the stairs, and someone came up. It was Boss Ma, whom he loved and hated. However, after all, Boss Zhong was a professional agent and well-trained, and would not easily write his inner thoughts on his face. .

He politely invited Boss Ma and Miss Liu to sit on the sofa, grinded two cups of authentic coffee himself and served them to them politely.

"Well, Boss Zhong is still so polite. MISS Liu, please give it a try. You can open a shop with this skill." Boss Ma took a sip of coffee and praised.

"What's the instruction from Boss Ma here today?" Boss Zhong asked anxiously, thinking, maybe he's going to be taken out and shot?

"How is Boss Zhong's business lately?" Boss Ma asked with concern, the smile on his face showing sincerity.

"It's... thanks to the two of you, it's okay, it's okay..." Boss Zhong didn't know what kind of medicine Boss Ma was selling, so he could only agree casually.

"What do you mean it's okay? In this case, MISS Liu is a professional like Lao Liu in terms of business. You will ask the assistant manager and assistant manager below to come up later to discuss how to operate the business. As for business, we still need to make it bigger and stronger." Boss Ma He waved his big hand confidently and said cheerfully.

"Okay, okay, don't scare him, let's get down to business..." MISS Liu couldn't help laughing, and said with a smile.

"There is an order from the top..." Boss Ma, who should be Commander Ma at this moment, took out something like an official document from his body and read.

Upon hearing this, Boss Zhong immediately followed the example and suddenly stood at attention, but MISS Liu was shocked.

"I said Boss Zhong, don't be so nervous, relax..." Chief Ma said with a smile and comforted him.

"Japanese intelligence personnel Zhong Yuting and others have inspired the Chinese people to uphold their righteousness, abandon the darkness and turn to the light, repent, and are willing to help us in China's revolutionary cause... We have specially established the Tiance Intelligence Group..." Chief Ma read out the letter of appointment in a serious manner. .

"Boss Zhong, you and I are officially colleagues now. From now on, you and I will communicate on a single line. In an emergency, a traffic officer will contact you with the agreed code, but he will only convey my orders. Otherwise, you will not accept anyone's dispatch." ." Ma Xiaoguang continued to explain.

In fact, this "Tiance" intelligence team is the result of long discussions between Ma Xiaoguang and Wu Qiuyi. Now there are several agents who have either surrendered or been bribed. If they were to be incorporated into the Secret Service, they would be worried that the original brothers would have ideas, and that these people would His identity and experience are special. As for the party-state's secretive measures, which are widely leaked, the Japanese spies will find out in less than two days. It would be a clandestine secret work. Therefore, after asking Director Dai to set up a special "Tiance Intelligence Group" for deployment, To manage these special personnel, Boss Zhong and Li Mengyun, as well as Koichiro Ozawa, who was bribed in the Shanghai Stock Exchange, became the first members of this group.

This is Wu Qiuyi's idea as well. What if something goes wrong if Commander Ma and the female spy Li Mengyun are left alone for a long time? It is much better to have organized management.

Boss Zhong, who had found the organization again, had a look of excitement on his face, and swore to the lamp again, swearing allegiance to the party and the country, even if he was broken into pieces... Chief Ma was so moved that he stood up and shouted several slogans with Boss Zhong. , which made Director Dai in Nanchang sneeze.

After the confidential matters were finished, Boss Zhong solemnly called the associate manager and assistant manager to introduce MISS Liu to the two of them, saying that he was a senior executive of Tianma Yang Company in the beautiful country and came to discuss cooperation matters on behalf of the head office. Both parties should work together, Dayang and Earn both Japanese yen and American knives...

MISS Liu and two professionals went to the first floor to discuss business matters. Naturally, the two bosses stayed upstairs to discuss corporate business strategy, asset mergers and acquisitions and other major matters.

During the Republic of China, Boss Ma showed little interest in business matters and returned to his job after making a few casual remarks.

"Recently the empire - ah no, the Japanese intelligence organizations are lurking in Jinling. There is no special news, just one about you..." Boss Zhong said and glanced at Boss Ma.

"Oh, that bullshit fatwa you're talking about, I know it." Boss Ma said casually, picked up the cigar on Boss Zhong's desk, cut it open and lit one, not to mention the taste was better than cigarettes. few.

"Sir, you have a heavy responsibility and you should not take risks easily." Boss Zhong warned him sincerely this time. Just kidding, if Chief Ma really dies, the first people who will be unlucky are his "Tiance Intelligence Group" group.

"Don't worry, I won't make fun of my life. Your mission is to develop this watch shop business. In addition, communication at all levels must be strengthened. You know this very well. Most useful information does not come from normal channels. ..." Chief Ma put on a solemn expression and began to guide Boss Zhong's work.

Boss Zhong naturally said yes and praised Chief Ma's professionalism. However, this time Chief Ma was different from the fat man and others. He just sipped coffee and cigars with a smile without comment. Just kidding, sir. It is not something that can be expressed easily.

The time for serious work always passes quickly. At noon, Boss Zhong warmly invited Boss Ma and MISS Liu Shangguang to have lunch at Fuchang Hotel. However, Boss Ma resolutely refused to accept the subordinate’s invitation and said he would meet again another day. He drove But the car and MISS Liu went straight to Xinjiekou.

Originally knowing that the leader was coming, Li Mengyun warmly invited Boss Ma to have lunch on the phone, but MISS Liu firmly objected for the safety of the leader. The two could only find a small restaurant to deal with it casually after the clock shop business was completed. , did not give female agents a chance.

For the sake of confidentiality, the two went directly to Li Mengyun's house. They were the only three people who knew about it, so safety could be guaranteed.

Different from Boss Zhong's enthusiastic attitude, Li Mengyun just smiled lightly after learning the news of the establishment of the "Tiance Intelligence Team", politely expressed her gratitude to Chief Ma, took out a stack of manuscripts written in Juanxiu font, and then made an excuse It's hot and tired. Please reply in advance, sir. If there is a task, just inform me as agreed. You should go all out and work tirelessly.

The work that was originally expected to take two hours was completed in less than ten minutes. When he came out of Li Mengyun's house, Chief Ma was holding the manuscript as if he were holding a pile of hot potatoes. He was a little at a loss. He thought for a while and handed it over without reading a word. Miss Liu.

Quickly scanning the document and not finding any sensitive black words, MISS Liu put the document away properly and put on a flowery smile, which made Chief Ma a little confused and thought to himself: "Oh, these female agents are really... They’re all drama queens—I don’t understand.”

Chief Ma was a kind-hearted man and did not think too much about the acting skills of the female agents. He and Miss Liu hurried to the next stop - Tianma Yangxing on Jinpu Road.

After crossing the river smoothly by ferry, the two came to Tianma Yangxing. Now the "Fuji Hotel" on the opposite corner has also been seized by the Secret Service and used as a contact point. In this way, the two sides interact with each other, and the security is improved a lot. , this devil has some merits in intelligence technology. He still needs to learn from the barbarians and not be blindly arrogant - Chief Ma couldn't help but think.

Just when Chief Ma was still thinking about strengthening his studies, a group of little beggars gathered around him. Miss Liu was a kind-hearted person, so naturally he didn't want to see these suffering children. It would not work to give money directly, and they would most likely be plundered by the beggars. We went there, but we couldn't get a penny in the hands of the children, so we had to take them to the "Fuji Restaurant" on the opposite corner to get some food. Not too much. It's not stingy. People who have been hungry for a long time can't eat too much. , or starve to death or starve to death.

Chief Ma strongly supports MISS Liu's charity work. Although in this troubled world, doing so is a drop in the bucket, but doing more is better than doing nothing. Besides, these children are so young that no one can bear to watch them. suffer.

MISS Liu took the children to the "Fuji Restaurant", leaving Chief Ma standing alone on the street, smoking a cigarette and waiting for her. Anyway, they all arrived, and there was no difference between them.

Not long after he lit up the cigarette, he felt palpitations for no reason. This was a long-lost feeling of danger. Ma Xiaoguang also had this feeling when he broke into the office of Li Sheng Yang Company. Ma Xiaoguang, who had gone through the test of life and death, had become calm and still had words in his mouth. He was holding a cigarette, but he was more vigilant and looked around.

At this time, a strong gust of wind passed behind him, and a thin man dressed as a beggar struck out like lightning, stabbing Ma Xiaoguang with a bamboo dog-beating stick.

The assassinated beggar originally planned to take advantage of the situation when he and a group of beggars were swarming up to ask for money. Unexpectedly, MISS Liu Dafa's kindness left him standing there alone. He was afraid of being exposed and had no choice but to take action.

This man was originally thin, and had been crouching just now. He was totally inconspicuous among the beggars, but this time he was as fast as the wind, and he saw that the dog-beating stick was about to hit Ma Xiaoguang's back.

But at this moment, Ma Xiaoguang somehow dodged, and the dog beating stick passed by his left shoulder. Ma Xiaoguang did not hesitate, and reached out with his right hand to grab the dog beating stick. The opponent twitched a few times, but the dog beating stick seemed to be embedded in iron stone. , motionless.

Just when the other party was hesitating, Ma Xiaoguang's left hand was not idle. He made a fist with his left hand and struck the beggar's right chest with the force of wind and thunder. Most people could not take a punch, but this beggar did not dodge. His right chest was exposed and he received this punch.

Ma Xiaoguang punched out, but it was as if he had hit a defeated cat. There was nothing to do, but he saw the beggar smiling strangely, and heard a "swish" sound. Ma Xiaoguang only had a dog beating stick left in his right hand, but the beggar had an extra one in his hand. The sword with an extremely thin handle gleamed with cold light but stabbed towards Ma Xiaoguang like lightning.

It was too late, but Ma Xiaoguang did not panic. A man from Tiebanqiao avoided the fatal sword. When the beggar saw that the blow missed, he changed from stabbing to slashing, and the rapier carried the head with the sound of breaking wind. Cut off.

Ma Xiaoguang didn't care whether the posture looked good or not. It was important to save his life. Taking advantage of the iron plate bridge posture, he rolled on the spot and avoided the sword again.

Ma Xiaoguang is not a master who just takes a beating without changing hands. He raised his eyes and saw the beggar's dog-beating stick, and quickly picked it up.

Ma Xiaoguang stood up and danced the dog-beating stick vigorously, with no water splashing in. He looked completely different from the passive beating he had just done.

There was a soft sound of "ding, ding, clang", and in an instant, the dog-beating stick and the rapier had crossed each other dozens of times. The rapier was originally extremely sharp, but for some reason it did not leave many marks on the dog-beating stick.

The beggar didn't expect that the other party would stabilize the situation so quickly. With a low roar, the rapier struck Ma Xiaoguang again. This blow was much faster than the previous two, but he saw that the beggar's body seemed to merge with the rapier. One, they became one body and flew towards Ma Xiaoguang like a meteor.

Ma Xiaoguang did not panic, and did not swing the dog-beating stick again. Instead, he stood in front of him and guarded the door. Seeing the beggar and the sword approaching, he bent his elbow and put away the stick, turned the stick into a sword and stabbed the beggar quickly.

At this moment, MISS Liu from Fuji Hotel heard people shouting on the street: "Fighting..." "Killing..." When he turned around, he saw a beggar flying toward Ma Xiaoguang with a thin sword. , I wanted to rescue but it was a little too late. I had to save even if I didn't have time. The person who was about to separate the little beggar rushed towards Ma Xiaoguang.

But at the moment when he saw this flash of lightning, when he saw that the tip of the rapier was about to hit Ma Xiaoguang, the beggar froze, standing on the spot, with a stream of bright red blood flowing from his shoulder.

After Ma Xiaoguang was discharged from the Central Hospital, when he fought with people or fought with spies, he mostly relied on cleverness to win, and was unwilling to use brute force. This is the influence of later generations' thinking - more people are willing to rely on wisdom or technology to win rather than fight. This time, in desperation, he remembered reflexively that the owner of this body was the notorious "Master Ma" - the fighting technique that the instructor had trained thousands of times on bayonet assassination techniques and Shaolin stick techniques. I consciously used it, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. It seems that people's potential is really unlimited in life and death situations.

MISS Liu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Ma Xiaoguang had reversed the situation. He was unwilling to steal the limelight from Chief Ma and continued to stand aside and watch vigilantly to see if anything else happened.

Much to the beggar's expectation, his own fatal blow was also his famous work - he chased the soul with a sword but ended up being lonely, and instead he was stabbed in a hole by a bamboo pole.

Before he could continue to think about life, Ma Xiaoguang took out the pistol from the holster with his left hand, pointed it directly at him, and said: "Friend, I don't want to kill you, put the sword down yourself."

"The man is as good as the sword..." the beggar said harshly. He must not maintain the demeanor of a swordsman.

"Then say it again, put down the sword!" As he spoke, the strength of Ma Xiaoguang's right hand suddenly increased a lot, and he raised the muzzle of the gun with his left hand.

The beggar felt that there was a huge boulder pressing on his chest. He wanted to move but it was difficult to move. He looked at the black muzzle of the gun. In the end, the swordsman's face was still not as good as the threat to his life. The rapier fell to the ground with a "clang".

Ma Xiaoguang stepped on the hilt of the sword with his foot, and the rapier bounced up. He put the pistol back into the holster with his backhand. Before the rapier fell to the ground, he grabbed the hilt. The sword flashed but was pressed against the beggar's neck.

This time, the beggar didn't resist obediently. Of course he couldn't resist even if he wanted to. There was still a dog-beating stick stuck in his shoulder, and blood was still flowing down.

Ma Xiaoguang escorted the injured beggar into Tianma Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. The employees all looked at Boss Ma with admiration. Unexpectedly, Boss Ma was not only a good character, but also good at skills.

They escorted the beggar to the warehouse in the backyard of the foreign company and called a brother from the Secret Service who was posing as a staff member. He restrained the beggar, took off the dog beating stick and stopped his bleeding.

After the disposal was completed, he asked the beggar tied into a rice dumpling on the ground: "How are you, my friend? I am willing to admit defeat and tell me the story."

"I am Xue Feng, the soul-chasing sword of the Silver Sword Sect. I can kill or behead him at will. If I frown, I am not a good man!" the beggar said bitterly.

When he heard the name of the assassin's apprentice, Commander Ma was shocked. There was actually a sect called the "Silver Sword Sect". Sure enough, there were all kinds of sects in the world!

Seeing Boss Ma's uncertain expression, MISS Liu was a little puzzled. He was just a martial arts sect, so he wouldn't make Boss Ma so nervous, would he?

She didn't know that Commander Ma was distracted and thought of something indescribable.

Boss Ma was a law-abiding person, and he did not want to abuse lynching even in this kind of pursuit. He called his brothers from the nearby police station to take Xue Feng away. Besides, he was just a killer for a reward, so he couldn't find out any shocking secrets. of.

As soon as the people from the police station left, they heard a staff member from a foreign company come over to report that they had a phone number to look for.

It was Kevin, a long-lost old friend who answered the phone.

"Oh, Jack, it's great to hear your voice. You must take care of yourself. I heard some amazing news in Shanghai..." Kevin shouted on the phone.

"Isn't it just the legendary fatwa from some Jianghu sects? What's so scary? Don't worry about my friend." Ma Xiaoguang comforted Kevin.

"Oh, God, you are such a brave person. This is great. If you are not busy recently, come to Shanghai immediately. There is a big business that we need to discuss together..." Kevin said mysteriously on the phone said.

I put down the phone and thought about it for a moment. The spies were dormant now. The crisis in Jinling City was temporarily over, and I could free up my hands to take care of the Shanghai stock market business. This was also very important. If I didn't have the funds to do spy work, how could I do it?

More importantly, I just happened to go to Shanghai to inquire about other information about Jianghu's pursuit order and Japanese spies - I haven't contacted Ozawa for a long time, so I have to let him find the organization.

He had a suspicion in his mind, so he hurried back to Chicken Goose Lane, called a group of brothers and two captains (Lao Chen and Lao Tu) to arrange the work, and reported his whereabouts to Section Chief Xu and Secretary Wang Puchen - although the secret service was Under special circumstances, you have more freedom, and you can't just leave. This is not a trip.

The next day, Boss Ma took the train with MISS Liu, Fatty and Cao Mu and the other four to Shanghai.