Traveling through the Republic of China to become a special agent, the system is very easy for me

The next goal was to rescue the hostages. Yuan Ye did not give himself a chance to breathe and immediately drove towards the place where the hostages were held.

He had to get there as soon as possible because he was worried that once Wu Shibao found out that the deal had failed and he hadn't received the ransom, he would transfer or kill the hostages, so the sooner the better.

Yuan Ye was right to worry. At this time, Wu Shibao had already returned to No. 76 and was in Li Qunshi's office, waiting with Li Qunshi for his men to deliver the ransom.

They expected that if the transaction went smoothly, the ransom would be delivered to Li Qunshi's office within an hour.

In the afternoon, Wu Shibao interrogated Higgins and his companions again, but still did not get any valuable information.

After that, he returned to No. 76 and reported to Li Qunshi. Wu Shibao believed that these people should not have participated in the crime and might not have known about it at all. The Military Control Commission must have obtained intelligence through other channels, disguised themselves as people from Villa No. , called the pastry shop, took the cake away, poisoned the cake, and then sent it to Villa No. .

Li Qunshi basically agreed with Wu Shibao's opinion, because he also felt that if there really were members of the Military Control Commission among the few people, they would not be stupid enough to wait for them to come and arrest them, but would have escaped long ago.

Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility of luck, but Wu Shibao has interrogated the suspect twice and failed to uncover anything, so he feels that this possibility can basically be ruled out.

In fact, he didn't have much hope. It would be great if he could find out. Even if he didn't, it wouldn't be a complete loss. Anyway, he could use this opportunity to get a ransom, which was not bad either.

So after listening to Wu Shibao's report, he did not seem too disappointed.

The only thing we can do now is to wait for the ransom news.

Once the ransom was received, Higgins and several of his men were immediately killed and the bodies were disposed of.

If the ransom is not received, the decision will be made based on the circumstances whether to transfer the hostage to another place or kill him.

……

Half an hour later, Yuan Ye drove to a corner near the end of Guangwu Road in the International Settlement and stopped.

He observed that this place was relatively remote, with only a few houses scattered around, and they were quite far apart from each other. It was indeed a good place to hide hostages.

It was already dark by then, and lights had been turned on in some houses. Yuan Ye listened attentively in the darkness in order to determine which of these houses was where the hostages were being held.

He has already locked onto these houses. Although he has the specific house numbers, it is not a good idea for him to go door to door in the dark to check the house numbers. This is time-consuming, laborious, and easy to be exposed.

He soon noticed a two-story building with a yard 70 meters away. From the conversations of the people inside, he determined that this was the house where the hostages were being held.

There were ten people inside, five of whom were from No. 76, Wu Shibao's men. They were all in the main room on the first floor, drinking and talking.

The other five people were Higgins and his four buddies, who were imprisoned in different rooms upstairs and downstairs, tied up and lying on the floor.

Yuan Ye decided to act immediately. He took out a Browning pistol, installed a silencer on it, then got out of the car and slowly approached the two-story cottage under the cover of night.

He came to the side of the courtyard wall, climbed over it quietly and entered the yard. The gate was closed. There were two cars in the yard, a Renault and a Chevrolet. Yuan Ye put the two trophies into the space.

The door of the main room was ajar, the light was on inside, and the sound of several people talking could be heard.

Yuan Ye quickly determined the locations of several people through the sounds. These people were sitting around a square table in the middle of the main room, talking and laughing, completely unaware that death had arrived.

Without saying a word, Yuan Ye kicked the door open and without giving the men time to react, he raised his gun and started shooting.

Puff puff……

After a few muffled thuds, several people didn't know what was happening, and in a flash, they fell into a pool of blood and died!

Yuan Ye stepped forward, searched the gun from the body and put it into the space, then entered the room where the hostages were held and released Higgins and the four men. After a day of torture, the five men had some skin injuries of varying degrees on their bodies and were mentally depressed.

But when they saw that they were rescued, they were overjoyed and their spirits were obviously improved.

When several people passed by the main room, they were shocked to see five bodies lying in a pool of blood on the ground.

They knew that it must have been done by the young man who saved them, and they were all amazed. One person actually killed five people. It was really amazing!

I can't help but respect and fear this young man!

Yuan Ye took them into the car, asked for the address of Higgins's home, said he would take them back, and then drove towards Xiafei Road in the French Concession.

Several people on the road expressed their gratitude, and Higgins asked him what his name was and said he wanted to repay him.

"No need."

Yuan Ye shook his head and stopped talking. Seeing Yuan Ye's serious attitude, several people did not dare to speak anymore.

Half an hour later, the car arrived at the intersection of Xiafei Road. Yuan Ye signaled Higgins to get out of the car. Higgins expressed his gratitude again, but Yuan Ye still did not speak. Higgins got out of the car awkwardly, thinking, what a weirdo, and walked towards home.

Yuan Ye thought, your wife has already thanked me, and I have already received 50 gold bars as a thank-you fee, so there is no need for you to thank me again.

Yuan Ye watched him leave, took out a stack of banknotes from his pocket, gave each of the four men 1000 French francs, and said:

"Keep this money, and remember, don't go to work at Huamei Bakery anymore. It's best to leave Shanghai and find a small business somewhere else to support your family.

I can save you this time, but I may not be able to save you next time."

The four guys took the money and felt very touched. They really met a good person!

For them, this amount of money is very difficult to earn even if they work for several years and go without eating or drinking. With this money, it is completely enough to start a small business, and it is more than enough. Even if they don't work, it is enough to live for several years. It is really a blessing in disguise!

You have to know that one thousand yuan of legal tender still had considerable purchasing power in 1939. Although the legal tender had depreciated at that time, the rate of depreciation was still very slow. An ordinary worker only had a monthly salary of about 20 yuan.

Of course, it would be best to use the money to start a small business, which can protect against inflation, so Yuan Ye also suggested this.

The reason why Yuan Ye did this was that he wanted to give them some compensation. After all, this incident was caused by him and he always felt guilty about it.

It would be fine if he didn’t know, but now that he knew, he would definitely do something.

In addition, he was also worried that they would be in danger again if they returned to Huamei Pastry Shop because there was still a possibility of retaliation from No. 76.

Although Yuan Ye thought that this possibility was not high, Li Qunshi would not want to make a big deal out of this matter. After all, it involved the French and it would not be good for him if he made a big fuss about it.

But Yuan Ye did not dare to take it lightly and it was better to be cautious.

"Thank you so much. We will listen to you and stop working at Huamei Bakery. We will find another way out."

The four guys hurriedly expressed their gratitude.

At this moment, they were still frightened by the torture they had suffered today, and they also felt that what he said was right and was completely considerate of them.

After Yuan Ye waited for them to get off the car, he immediately drove away from Xiafei Road. He had something important to do.