undeliverable

Shocked, he quickly got up, wiped his face, put on his uniform, kicked up the car and rushed out.Yesterday the master opened the incense hall, and the brothers Zhang Wen and Lai Shunfa he introduced were finally accepted by the master. After worshiping the incense hall, a group of disciples and grandchildren drank to celebrate.All business was delayed.

The delayed business was the last letter of the day.Sending and receiving letters are divided into morning and afternoon shifts.Went out for a drink yesterday afternoon, so I didn't receive the letter.The received letter should be delivered to the bureau before the morning shift.Otherwise, I will be scolded by the boss.

Before dawn, people in Shanghai get up early, and people who buy vegetables and breakfast are walking in twos and threes at the entrance of the alley and on the road in a hazy way.Li Dongbao rushed to Erma Road as if flying, and began to collect mailboxes. Erma Road and Sanma Road are his own mail routes, each with two mailboxes. Sima Road and Feixia Road are Lao Zhang’s mail routes. Lao Zhang returned to Suzhou yesterday I went to my hometown for a funeral. I was afraid of losing my job, so I didn't ask for leave, so I asked Dongbao to help with the delivery and collection.The two roads of Lao Zhang are long, and each has three mailboxes.

Each postbox corresponds to a canvas pouch with a key attached to it. Take the key to open the postbox, put the letter inside into the pouch, roll it up, and put it into the postbag on the frame of the car.Dongbao is used to this kind of way of life, before the sky is completely bright, he has already collected 7 mailboxes, and opened the first mailbox at Feixia Road. The mailbox is dirty and sticky, like blood stains, Dongbao scolded Because people often put the things they bought on the mailbox to rest their hands and wipe the dirt. There are fresh meat, garbage baskets, toilet poles, and even excrement spoons.The second mailbox was still sticky.Dongbao quickly wrapped up the found mail, rolled it up with a key rope, and stuffed it into the mail bag.Go to the last mailbox at the intersection.

This mailbox is on the west side of the high steps of Huamao Bank.There are many police and military police standing around the crossing of Shizi Road.On the east side of the high steps of Huamao Bank, some plainclothes gathered around a dark object on the ground, searching.Since Feixia Road was on the edge of the French Concession, some patrols also came from the police station.A policeman and a constable stood by the mailbox, whispering.When Dong Bao walked over, they were all familiar faces who came and went frequently. The policeman was also the apprentice of another old man in the gang, and he had a greeting ceremony of raising his eyes and bowing his head.Dong Bao pointed to the mailbox, and the policeman stepped aside and said, "Hurry up, the Japanese are on the lookout!"

Dongbao opened the door of the mailbox and asked, "What's the matter, so nervous?"

"Last night, we fought all the way from the south of the road to the north of the road. The one who was killed is still lying there." The patrolman pointed to the pile of things surrounded by plainclothes on the east side.

"Just now the captain came and said that the Japanese were about to block the road. You should leave quickly. If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave." The policeman said.

Dongbao rolled up the letter and hurried back to the dormitory.He wanted to roughly sort the mail, and when he arrived at the office, he would stuff it into each postal bag, and then the morning mail truck would take it away without anyone noticing it, so as not to let the team leader see it, and he didn't know how many things would happen.

He divided into three piles according to the field, the city, and the suburbs.Then divide the city according to the various sub-bureaus.Li Dongbao has been an old postman for many years, and this kind of sorting work is easy to handle.There are not many letters in the mailboxes, and they will be sorted out in a few minutes.But the first two mailboxes on Feixia Road each delivered a letter that could not be sorted.Envelopes with unknown addresses, or blurred, damaged, or dirty envelopes often appear. This kind of ordinary mail that cannot be sorted and therefore cannot be delivered is generally thrown back into the waste letter pile in the bureau for scrapping.No big fuss either.

But what made Li Dongbao terrified was that there were three red words "Send to the Anti-Japanese War" on the two envelopes...

In a panic, Li Dongbao sent the sorted letter to the bureau and stuffed it into the sorting parcel.Going to the front office, I didn't see Zhang Wen. I asked the girl who received the package, and said that Brother Wen was off duty.

Dongbao ran to Zhang Wen's dormitory again, still not sober.He pulled him out desperately, and cursed sleepily: "I'm begging an old man, how much money you pay for your filial piety, and you drink so much wine, it's not worth it. Damn Xipi, why are you making trouble so early in the morning? Get some more sleep."

Came to a small teahouse, found a secluded place to sit down.Li Dongbao took out the two undeliverable letters and showed them to Zhang Wen.When Zhang Wen saw that it was full of blood, he said, "Oh, it's so dirty, why don't you throw it into the waste letter pile." The two envelopes were one big and one small, one thick and the other thin.Dongbao took out a piece of paper from the small envelope and showed it to Zhang Wen.Zhang Wen opened his eyes wide before drawing half of it.It was a huge money order...

When Li Dongbao saw the money order from the unsealed envelope, he immediately thought of discussing it with Zhang Wen. First, Zhang Wen was the third brother of his loyal sworn brother, and second, Zhang Wen was the most educated of their brothers. Yes, the third is that Zhang Wen works at the exchange counter.

Zhang Wen took out the money order and looked at it carefully.It was a money order from Nanjing, the kind of cash money order cashed at sight.That is, no matter who takes the money order, the post office only needs to stamp the stub with his hand, and the cash will be paid.The address on the money order is a hotel room, and the name is a four-letter Japanese name.There happened to be a miniature flat stamp inside the envelope, which was also the word four.

Dongbao asked, can the money be withdrawn?Zhang Wen said that the cash withdrawal post office happens to be our branch office, as long as the bottom account is found out and the money is transferred to the branch office, it can be withdrawn.The procedure is fine.What, you want to make money?

Dongbao said: I am not sure, so I came to discuss with you?

Zhang Wen said: "Ill-gotten gains...wait a minute, what's written on it?"

There is a narrow message board next to the money order, with a few words written in Chinese: counseling fee.

Dongbao shook his head, puzzled.Said to read the letter quickly.The two opened the big envelope and pulled out a thick stack of papers, all in Japanese, and some of them also had maps, forms, and pictures.On the upper left corner of the first page, there is an extremely small four-character Chinese word "important consultation".The last page is not in Japanese, but a string of four garbled characters, with numbers and foreign codes, mostly Chinese and Japanese.The bottom line reads "Japanese Anti-Anti-Comrade Association" in small Chinese and Japanese characters.

The two said at the same time, hurry up to find Lai Shunfa.Shun Fat works as a clerk in a Japanese firm and knows a little Japanese.It is the second of their three brothers.

Shunfa could barely read some Japanese, but fortunately there were quite a lot of men there, so he was surprised when he looked carefully.The title of the document is "Shanghai Decisive Battle Plan", and there are two appendices at the back: "Outline of Imperial Army and Navy Operational Plan" and "Decisive Battle Emergency Measures Just To Be"!

Shun Fa said: "You guys are getting into trouble, you dare to take this kind of thing home."

The three panicked.The boss, Li Dongbao, has seen more people in the world, he has been in Shanghai for a long time, and he has been in the gang for a long time.In the past, people relied on others and helped each other to cause disasters. As long as the old man came forward, he could usually settle it.Find the master!

The master, Kong Lingfu, was born in Shandong, with the word "Xue".Among his contemporaries in Shanghai, he is considered to have a little martial arts and a little practice.How to say this, that is, he doesn't want to fight and fight all over the world all the time, and wants to do some serious business.Therefore, Boss Kong's territory is not large, the incense hall opened late, there are not many disciples, and the handicap is also neat.

Kong Lingfu saw the two letters and knew it was a serious matter, because his friends in the police station and the patrol room had already called to say hello: the Japanese were hunting and arresting, and told the brothers in their gang not to move around.Kong Lingfu felt that the situation was very serious, so he hurried to ask his old man for advice.

Kong Lingfu's master, that is, Hu Zushan, Li Dongbao's master, has a white beard and is known as "White Hu Fairy" Hu Ye.Although he is the boss of the word "Wu".But he was older and didn't like to go out. After the Japanese came, he even hid at home under the pretext of illness.But the few disciples he was close to often came and went, never avoiding.He wants to know the big things outside, and he also gives advice on the small things at home.

See two blood letters.White Huxian Hu Ye felt that this was a great event.Immediately made the following arrangements.[-]. This matter must be kept secret, only the four of you, master and apprentice, know, and don’t spread it to outsiders; [-]. Keep the two letters separately, Li Dongbao should not take the letter, and the three of you should split up and hide; [-]. Other matters are at my disposal, tomorrow Early in the morning, Xiao Kong came to me to listen to the news.

After the four left, he immediately called Boss Huang.Although Boss Huang is the boss of the gang who stayed in Shanghai, he is strictly controlled by the Japanese.He didn't dare to cause trouble, so he told Boss Du to report immediately.

A telegram was sent to Hong Kong (Bangzhong Secret Radio Station), Boss Du had already gone to Chongqing.Quickly call Chongqing again.This shocked the world.

It turned out that in December of the previous year, the U.S. military captured the Pacific island of Leytai after arduous fighting. So far, the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy has been wiped out. On January 12, Koiso Kuniaki, who succeeded Hideki Tojo as prime minister, held the final decisive battle meeting in Tokyo.At the meeting, the generals of the main combat faction gained the upper hand and formulated the so-called "Outline of the Imperial Army and Navy Operations Plan" and "Outline of Extraordinary Measures for Decisive Battle".In addition to carrying out stubborn resistance on the Japanese mainland, they also "launched a landing counterattack in Shanghai, Taiwan and other key areas in China, so as to prevent Japan from being isolated and helpless."In these fateful decisions, the suicidal "Tamasha" method of warfare was enacted, in which Japanese soldiers and people were required to physically fight Allied planes, ships, tanks, and artillery in order to "serve allegiance" to the Emperor .At the same time, the meeting also adopted the opinion of Kunizaki Koji, summoned Miao Bin of the puppet Nanjing government to Tokyo in an attempt to get in touch with the Chongqing Nationalist Government through Miao Bin, and then the Chongqing Nationalist Government mediated with the United States and the Soviet Union, using decisive battles and diplomacy. means to strive for a good result.

In late January, the Japanese base camp sent the "Outline" and "Outline" of the decisive battle to the headquarters of the China Expeditionary Force in Nanjing, and issued a secret order to "focus on strengthening combat readiness in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River", "especially the coastal areas near Shanghai", and prevent the Allies from The army landed in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.After Neji Okamura accepted the order, he immediately formulated the "Shanghai Decisive Battle Plan" focusing on defensive landings.According to this plan, "scorched earth warfare" and "jade fragmentation warfare" will be launched in the Greater Shanghai area, and "defense in depth" and "mobile attack" will be used to "destroy the main force of the enemy army with a well-established system and reduce the pressure on local defense."

There are a group of war-weary and anti-war officers in the Japanese base camp and the Nanjing Expeditionary Army Command.They had also heard about the assassination of Hitler by top German military officers in the wolf den, and tried to follow suit.There has always been no shortage of officers and incidents in the Japanese army, but there is no suitable opportunity and target, and they are unwilling to be executed as war criminals in the future.So he planned to disclose the decisive battle plan to the Allies in exchange for forgiveness after the war.The group of officers in the Japanese base camp asked the staff officer who delivered the secret order to find a senior officer in the headquarters of the dispatched army after he arrived in Nanjing, gave him two copies of the outline, and let him steal Okamura Ningji's "Shanghai decisive battle plan." ".At the same time, the group of military officers in the Japanese base camp collected a sum of money and sent it to the senior officer in the Nanjing Command as intelligence funds, or donated it to the Chinese Anti-Japanese Organization, and signed it with a code to prove their contribution to the fight against Japan.This senior counselor did not have a direct channel to contact the Chinese anti-Japanese side. He only saw in a secret report that there were promotional materials and contact information of the Japanese Anti-War Alliance in Shanghai.So he came to Shanghai with the secret documents.The huge sum of money was inconvenient to carry around, so it was directly transferred to Shanghai.His method of blindly killing a mouse by killing a cat is nothing more than a foolish act of throwing himself into a trap.The Japanese military police soon hunted him down on Feixia Road. At a critical juncture, he relied on the idea of ​​killing a mouse by killing a blind cat, and put the money order and documents into two mailboxes respectively, and wrote the three words with his bloody fingers.

Allied intelligence agencies have discovered that the Japanese base camp has issued an outline for a decisive battle.This is very important information for the Allied Forces. Knowing Japan's final combat intentions and methods can determine the next combat policy against Japan.Because whether the little boy plan is implemented or not depends on whether Japan is stubborn.

Unexpectedly, the Shanghai Youth Gang got this information.The inefficient national government is still evaluating the value of the telegram, because if this information is exposed, the transactions between Chongqing and the Japanese will also be exposed.U.S. commander Wedemeyer, who was eager to get information (after Stilwell had a stalemate with the police, he was replaced by Wedemeyer) couldn't wait to step into the office of the police, and pointed out that if Neiji Okamura carried out a scorched-earth decisive battle, a big city like Shanghai would have It may not be guaranteed, and the Allied landing operations will also be hindered.Let him get the information as soon as possible and hand it over to the Allies.

Under the urging of the U.S. military, the Chongqing side mobilized various channels, and urgently sent multiple telegrams from the rear, some to the military command, some to the central command, some to the U.S. intelligence station, and some to the Shanghai station of the international intelligence organization.At this time, the united front is good, and Chongqing requires the Communist Party to use its own strength to obtain information.

There was a telegram from Boss Du to the Shanghai Youth Gang: He demanded that the information be handed over to Chongqing, and anyone who lost it would be shot.

It took more than a day for the telegram to go back and forth.Things changed dramatically during this time.The Japanese knew that the intelligence was brought out from the shooting of the Japanese high-ranking officer, and the arrest of anti-rebel officers in Nanjing and Tokyo.But judging from the escape trajectory of the senior officer, the information has not been leaked yet.So they searched extensively on Feixia Road and found two postboxes with blood stains.Following the clues, I went to track down the postman who received the letter, saying that he had gone to Suzhou.After tracking down the postman in Suzhou, the Japanese also delayed for more than a day.When I found out that Li Dongbao was taking over, it was already early the next morning.Li Dongbao originally wanted to follow the master's order and hide out, but he didn't expect that the Japanese military police came so quickly and he was arrested under the covers.

Originally, the master said that Zhang Wen took the small envelope and Lai Shunfa took the big envelope.Because it will be more convenient for Zhang Wen to pay in the future.Lai Shunfa changed the envelope when he came out.By the time White Huxian Hu Lord received a call from Boss Huang, Li Dongbao had already been arrested, and Zhang Wen and Lai Shunfa had just gone out of hiding.

Mr. Hu called Kong Lingfu to find out that Li Dongbao had been arrested.Quickly ask Kong Lingfu to send someone to protect Haolai and Zhang, and get back the information as soon as possible.

Kong said that I don't have many apprentices.Hu Ye realized that he could no longer keep secrets among these few people, and had to use all his disciples and grandchildren.Immediately summon the four major disciples Tiger Wolf Bear Snake and two disciples.

Boss Huang got the telegram over there, and he saw that the big thing was not good. If the information was lost, he must be the first to ask him, even if he visited his mountain gate.His following measures are completely shirking the burden and throwing away the responsibility.On the one hand, he informed Mr. Hu to protect the information; on the other hand, he ordered his subordinates, through the secret channels of the gang, to use the family traditions of the Qing Gang to issue instructions to protect the intelligence to old men above the "learning" generation.It only said "keep it when you meet it, give up your wealth, and don't allow it to be lost." This is a general mobilization order, which neither says where the information is nor how to protect it.In this way, the matter spread among the gang, and it tended to two aspects: on the one hand, there were indeed some disciples in the gang who were full of loyalty and family and country feelings, and they were fed up with bullying and humiliation since the Japanese occupation, let alone getting rich Even food and clothing is a problem, and under the call of the big boss, he must swear to the death; on the other hand, some scum in the gang who secretly took refuge in the Japanese also got the news.Since Li Shiqun was poisoned to death by the Japanese, No. 76 could no longer play a role, so the Japanese no longer established a special pseudo-secret organization, but developed an intermediate force in the gang, buying and absorbing gang members to work for them, although it is not as effective as No. 76 High and powerful, but with many eyes and ears, wide reach, and low funds, it is a good method when the war is gradually declining.So those old men who were bribed were eager to move, trying their best to find out the whereabouts of the information, in order to serve the Japanese master, not to mention the rumor that there was a huge sum of money accompanying the information.Everyone is salivating.

The Japanese seized Li Dongbao and were anxious, eager to find out the whereabouts of the intelligence at once.Intensified torture in the gendarmerie.Li Dongbao became brothers with Zhang and Lai since he was a child, and they love each other as brothers.He came to Shanghai earlier, entered the post office and joined the gang, and after he settled down, he got Zhang and Lai to Shanghai, found a job, and introduced him to the gang to worship the old man.They Yangzhou people regard the behavior of the White Widow as a model, how can he confess his brother at this time (and he really doesn't know where Zhang and Lai are hiding, as long as he doesn't name the two brothers, the Japanese There is no further investigation direction).A whole day of torture, to no avail.

The Japanese military police were furious, scratching their heads, not knowing what to do next.Word came from the eyeliner of the Green Gang over there.It is said that the information is in the hands of the Green Gang.The Japanese turned worry into joy, and then turned joy into worry.The Qing Gang has become very powerful in Shanghai. There are hundreds of old men from the "big" generation to the "Xue" generation, and tens of thousands of disciples and grandchildren. Pay attention to "promise not to cheat", Boss Huang turned out to be a "loophole", so the Green Gang spread all over Shanghai and all walks of life.It is said that it is in the Green Gang, so how to find it.

Without No. 76, the Japanese spy organization "Mei" in Shanghai quickly recruited several gang leaders who had already been bribed, and ordered them to find them quickly.

White Huxian Hu Ye is not listed here.However, one of his Four King Kongs, the Golden Ring Snake and the Golden Shebiao, voted for Tang Ziqing, another old man with the word "Wu".After Tang Ziqing came out from the Japanese, he immediately notified his apprentices, including Jin Shebiao.

Tang Ziqing was very ambitious. After the Japanese came, Boss Huang didn't care, Boss Du went to Hong Kong, and Boss Zhang was killed.Tang Ziqing had always coveted the position of the boss in Shanghai. He was Boss Du's right-hand man. Once Boss Du left, he took over most of Boss Du's power in Shanghai, including his apprentices and the pornography, gambling and drug business. I wanted to use the power of the Japanese to occupy Shanghai Beach.He openly took refuge in the Japanese and was afraid of being killed like Zhang Xiaolin, so he secretly contacted the Mei Agency and recruited more apprentices in Shanghai and nearby cities. He did not hesitate to anger his fellow brothers, violated gang rules, and poached the boss of the same sect, so a disciple appeared. Two shot situation.

Bai Huxian called the four apprentices and conveyed Boss Huang's instructions. If there is something wrong in the gang, the brothers should help each other. Once they are in distress, they will gather together to help. This is a common method in the gang.

After Jin Shebiao came out from the master, he immediately asked his disciples to look around, paying special attention to Brother Kong's branch.Things soon took shape.Li Dongbao is an old man in Hu Ye's grandchildren, and the brothers in the next room are very familiar with him.He was arrested by the gendarmerie for more than a day, and the news was quickly heard by the apprentices. The Japanese did not get back any information from Li Dongbao.

The brothers in the next room all knew that Li Dongbao introduced two brothers who had just paid homage to Master Kong's incense hall, and some of them even went to have a banquet.These two newcomers had exchanged posts with Li Dongbao before they joined the gang, and they had a close relationship.Jin Shebiao was shrewd and cunning, and immediately suspected that the information had been transferred to the two Dongbao brothers.But the two have long since disappeared.For apprentices who have just joined the gang, people from other branches can't figure out the details at once.Jin Shebiao went to ask Kong Lingfu.Although the two are brothers and sisters, they are not on good terms. At this moment when human life is at stake, they are wary, not to mention that Kong Lingfu already knew that Jin Shebiao had secretly voted for Tang Ziqing (this kind of thing can't be hidden in the gang) ), this kind of bullying behavior has nothing but contempt in my heart.Only one reply: "I don't know."

Jin Shebiao is a hooligan on the beach.It's just that he started relatively late, and his seniority is not big, and he only wants to make a fortune and become bigger.The current intelligence matter immediately attracted him, one is rich, the other is that the Japanese pay attention to it, and the third is that things are very close to him.Therefore, he was not in a hurry to report to Tang Ziqing, thinking of keeping the money alone and handing over the information directly to the Japanese, so that he could get both rewards and support.So he sent his apprentices to look around.

When Lai Shunfa encountered this incident, he was both unwilling and lucky.The reluctance is that they are reluctant to part with the job of the Japanese foreign company. Fortunately, the Japanese will not find out that the information and money have fallen into the hands of their brothers.So he took a leave of absence from the foreign firm, and hid in the Yixiang Hall of Wu Chunmei, a "younger" Wu Chunmei whom he was dating nearby, thinking that he would go to work after two days of wind.Unlike Changsantang, Yaoertang can provide a long-term contract, and you need to pay for one night to stay, because Yaoer's girl does not have a private room, even if Yaoer is willing to let you stay for a long time, the madam will not agree, unless There is a large sum of money to cover people and housing.Lai Shunfa is just a boy, how can he have the money to live in Yaoertang for a long time, Wu Chunmei is congenial and tender, but the old bustard can't help but accuse Sang Huai and block the door begging for money.Just when Lai Shunfa was about to leave for work, he heard that brother Dongbao had been arrested.He didn't dare to go back, so he discussed with Wu Chunmei, planning to exchange the money order for money, or live longer, or redeem himself.Only then did Wu Chunmei know that Lai Shunfa had gotten into trouble and made another small fortune.

Lai Shunfa wanted to exchange money at the post office, but he didn't know the procedures, and he didn't know whether the Japanese had already set their sights on the post office.After wandering on the street for a long time, I thought I should go to Zhang Wen.When I went to Zhang Wen’s dormitory, I said I was on leave to go back to my hometown, maybe Suzhou or Zhenjiang.Lai Shunfa, Zhang Wen, and Dongbao grew up together, thinking that this brother is really timid, so he ran back to Yangzhou after hiding.

As soon as I returned to the entrance hall of Yixiangtang, I saw Wu Chunmei waving her hands with disheveled hair, and several apprentices of Jin Shebiao rushed out behind her.Lai Shunfa turned around and ran, but he was crushed to the ground within a short distance.The hozen scattered all the clients in fright.It turned out that Ah San, a young apprentice of Jinshebiao, was also a frequent visitor of Yixiangtang and knew Wu Chunmei well.Wu Chunmei was in a hurry to help Lai Shunfa find out about the exchange of money orders, so Ah San said that he could just exchange them for me.Just a few sentences and two sentences made it clear that Lai Shunfa had accidentally obtained a money order, so he waited on the sidelines and took Lai Shunfa back to Jinshebiao Xiangtang.

Jin Shebiao was about to torture Lai Shunfa about the whereabouts of the money order and information, when Kong Lingfu brought someone over to snatch him.The old bustard of Yixiangtang called and sued Mr. Hu (all the halls in this area are under the management of Mr. Baihuxian), saying that it was your apprentice who disturbed my business.Mr. Hu immediately realized that the matter was related to intelligence, and told Kong Lingfu to go there quickly.So in the incense hall of Jinshebiao, the two brothers and sisters confronted each other. In terms of martial arts, Jinshebiao's people were not as good as Kong Lingfu, and in terms of numbers, Jinshebiao had more apprentices.Here, Jin Shebiao was afraid that the duck he got would fly away, so he quickly sent someone to notify Tang Ziqing.Over there, White Hu Xian Hu Lord rushed over.Immortal Baihu is not partial to Kong Lingfu, each apprentice is in charge of him, and arresting people in the next room is not in accordance with the rules. Brothers argue, and the master takes care of it.During the stalemate, the Japanese military police broke in.Although Xiangtang was in the French Concession, when the Pacific War broke out, the Wang puppet government took back the concession. Therefore, although there were not many Japanese military police, they drove straight in.

White Huxian Hu Lord was furious, why did he invite the Japanese for the family affairs of the hall (he believed that it was Jinshe who invited them, and his disciples knew foreign countries, how could he not be angry).Go up to negotiate, you don't have to worry about the meaning, we can handle it ourselves.The Japanese came here with a purpose. Tang Ziqing had already informed the Japanese about Li Dongbao's brother being captured by Jin Shebiao, and the Japanese were in a hurry.No matter if your lord came to stop you, the team leader just slapped his ears when he went up, Mr. Hu put on a stance, Kong Lingfu's people also put on a stance, and the Jinshe bidder didn't see it well, so he put on a stance Posture (after all, it was my master who was humiliated).The Japanese didn't care about this, the captain raised his gun and knocked down Mr. Hu, and with a wave of his hand, the machine gun swept at the Xiangtang (not at the crowd, because we don't know where Lai Shunfa is yet).Everyone fell to the ground in fright.Captain Sergeant Cao shouted, "Where is Lai Shunfa?" Ah San hurriedly pushed Lai Shunfa out who was lying on the ground.The gendarmes escorted Lai Shunfa and left in a car.

The Japanese did not find any information on Lai Shunfa, nor did they find a money order.At this time, the Japanese were neither aware of the existence of the money order nor interested in the money order, and only wanted to recover the information.Unable to bear the torture, Lai Shunfa told Zhang Shu's whereabouts - Yangzhou.Although the Japanese are happy, Yangzhou is hundreds of miles away from Shanghai, and it is not something that can be solved in half a day by contacting and arresting them back and forth.

Here, Kong Lingfu discussed with the other two brothers about organizing the funeral for Master Hu.Jin She cites the Japanese to kill Mr. Hu, which is an act of deceiving the master and exterminating the ancestors, which is a big treason.The remaining three brothers unanimously agreed to expel Jin Shebiao from the gang, and told the brothers in the gang to avenge their master. Don't let Jin Shebiao interfere again.For the time being, Kong Lingfu was elected as the leader of the gang to handle the current funeral, revenge, management and other matters.Jin Shebiao was willing to succumb, and he would lose a lot of benefits just by quitting those places.So the area near Feixia Road in the French Concession has been fighting violently these days. The two groups of Mr. Hu's original fighting made a mess, and Mr. Hu's funeral stopped there.

The Japanese stepped up their search for information and set the direction of the search to Yangzhou. The war was tight, the 76th fell, and the Mei Agency was short of manpower. In order to track down the intelligence, we will urge the bribed gang to assist in it.Because Tang Ziqing is the most powerful among these gang leaders, and he has his disciples and grandchildren not only in Shanghai but also around Shanghai. Major General Yingzuo, the head of the Mei Agency, recruited Tang Ziqing and asked him to go to Yangzhou to intercept the stolen information. ASAP.Tang Ziqing nodded and bent down to agree, but there was something hard to say in her heart.It is true that he has many disciples and grandchildren in the Suzhou and Shanghai areas, but most of them are in Suxi, and the power in Suxi is very weak.And Yangzhou is a world held hostage by Cao Youshan, the boss of the Green Gang, and Chang Yuqing, the upstart of the Green Gang newly supported by the Japanese. Tang Ziqing's hand cannot be reached directly. .

There are several forces in other areas that are also pursuing intelligence. One is Chongqing. This time, in order to investigate intelligence, the Chongqing underground organizations in Shanghai, such as the Central Command and the Military Command, have united together.In fact, in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War, a "Shanghai Unified Committee for Work Behind the Enemy Areas" was established to comprehensively guide the underground work in Shanghai during the Anti-Japanese War.Helplessly, each organization went its own way, competing for credit and funds, and let No. 76 be defeated one by one. At the end of the war, their respective forces shrunk, and they had no choice but to unite again. The only way they could rely was to use the gang. Fortunately, Boss Du was originally a □□Appointed director of the "Shanghai Unification Committee for Work Behind the Enemy's Rear".As a result, both forces in the gang are pursuing intelligence.

Another force is the anti-Japanese organization led by Mao Zedong, which should not be underestimated.There are their peripheral organizations and personnel at all levels in Shanghai, especially the middle and lower level workers and workers, and there are many guerrilla organizations in the suburbs of Shanghai.Therefore, the government used their advantages to mobilize the masses to inquire about intelligence.

What's more, both the CIA of the United States and the international intelligence organization of the Soviet Union want to get this information as soon as possible, but their influence in Shanghai is too small to play a pivotal role in such a big city.

The following forces did not know at first that the Japanese had set the direction of investigation in Yangzhou.Each of them is looking for it through their own channels, and it can also be said that they are all blindly hitting the mouse.

Tang Ziqing rushed to Nanjing by train, and brought gifts to meet Cao Youshan.It is not an exaggeration to say that he met, Cao Youshan is one of the only five big men left in the "big" generation of the Qing Gang, and according to the rules of the Qing Gang, you can only meet with a big gift.Cao Youshan was old and didn't want to take care of things. When he heard that it was a Japanese matter, he quickly pushed it to Chang Yuqing.It cannot be said that Cao Youshan shirked the incident.In the past two years, Chang Yuqing has taken refuge with the Japanese, and the area around Nanjing has become his world. Even though Chang is Cao Youshan's apprentice, he no longer takes Cao Youshan seriously.Tang Ziqing took a small steamer to Zhenjiang to meet Chang Yuqing in the rain. Zhenjiang is Chang Yuqing's own incense hall, and it was opening an incense hall in Zhenjiang that day.Both of them were raised by the Japanese. When they met, they cherished each other and exchanged glasses of wine.Tang Ziqing was in a hurry and didn't dare to drink too much. Chang Yuqing also knew that Japan's personnel were serious, so she accompanied Tang Ziqing on a boat across the river to Yangzhou overnight, and immediately gathered her descendants in Xiangtang and spread them all over Yangzhou.The city of Yangzhou is not big, and these hooligans are all born and bred. They had crossed paths with Li Dongbao and the three brothers in the past, or had feuds, quarreled and fought (so the three Dongbao didn't want to enter the incense hall in Yangzhou, but ran away Went to Shanghai to pay homage to Xiangtang).In less than half a day, I searched all over Yangzhou, but there was no trace of Zhang Shu.Tang Ziqing was in a hurry and asked to look again. Except Zhang Shu's family, his uncle's house, his mother-in-law's house, Li Dongbao's house, and Lai Shunfa's house were all searched. Not only did he find himself, but no one had seen Zhang Shu come back.

Zhang Shu didn't return to Yangzhou at all - this was the conclusion of Tang Ziqing and Chang Yuqing's discussion.I can't explain it when I go back like this.Chang Yuqing has a teacher named Gu Huatang, who knows everything about language, astronomy and geography, and is known as Xiao Zhuge and Sai Banxian.Seeing that the two big men were in a hurry, they said: I can't catch anyone, so I can get some clues and go back to make a deal.So I had an epiphany and asked what is the best way.Gu Huatang said: Zhang Shu didn't come back, so he must have a place to stay in Shanghai.Nothing more than relatives and friends.Not all his relatives and friends are from Yangzhou...So the minions were assigned to question the family members of the three Dongbao brothers.The three families saw that the person was not kind, and how could the relatives and nephews be murdered, and refused to explain.Coaxing and deceiving, coercing and luring, these hooligans are just local rascals, and they can only use dirty methods when they are in a hurry, intimidating and torture, causing restlessness and blood and blood.It wasn't until the children were forced to howl like ghosts and howls that they finally found out some clues about their relatives in Shanghai.Most of them lived far away, and it was unclear where they lived. Yangzhou people didn't know the territory of Shanghai. There was a clue about Zhang Shu's uncle's house that aroused Tang Ziqing's vigilance. Tang Ziqing hurriedly telegraphed the housekeeper and hurried back to Shanghai by boat. Tell Chang Yuqing to continue to investigate.

Zhang Shu wanted to go back to Yangzhou to hide for a while, because Shanghai is far away from Yangzhou, and it is not easy to go back and forth, so he visited his cousin before returning to Yangzhou.His uncle's family is very close to his family, and he has been very close to his uncle's family since he was a child, especially his cousin, who is like a brother.I would like to ask if there is something or something to send.Cousin Zhao Yinghao is a worker in the Lujiazui area. He has worked in many factories. Because of his boldness and loyalty, he became the foreman there, and became the boss's enemy, so he was always dismissed and changed places.Zhao Yinghao built a wooden house in the shanty town, and his wife and children lived there.That day, Zhao Yinghao went to day shift and didn't come back until after 10 o'clock in the evening.I heard about the incident on Feixia Road in my class. Li Dongbao was arrested. Zhao Yinghao, a fellow from Yangzhou, knew Li Dongbao and told Zhang Shu that Zhang Shu trembled in fright.I thought Master Hu was wise enough to let them hide earlier.Alas, why didn't Brother Dongbao leave?It was getting late and he couldn't leave, so Zhao Yinghao arranged for Zhang Shu to live in a big work shed in a shantytown, where there were all single workers, and some of them were Datong shops.The next day it rained continuously, so Zhao Yinghao took a break from work and told Zhang Shu that he should wait until the weather cleared before leaving.In order to avoid danger, Zhang Shuben planned to return to Yangzhou by water. It was neither safe nor comfortable to take a boat in rainy days.Zhao Yinghao said: It's just a matter of drinking two cups with my brother.After laying out the food and wine in the shed, I asked Zhang Shu: I can't make a good living without it, but why are you in a hurry to go home because of the New Year and the holidays.My brother, Zhang Shu had no choice but to tell the truth.Zhao Yinghao was quite surprised: this is a matter of life and death.After thinking for a moment, he said: "Don't go back for the time being. Your whereabouts are obvious. The Japanese will know that you have returned to Yangzhou after a little careful investigation."I'll find someone to inquire about it again, to see where things are going, and then make plans for the next step.Zhao Yinghao is a small foreman, and he also has a few worker brothers at his disposal.After sending them out to inquire, they found out that there was a mess in Feixia Road, and Baihu Xian's disciples started fighting.Bai Huxian was beaten to death by the Japanese, and an apprentice, Lai Shunfa, was also taken away.Zhang Shu was stunned, the master was beaten to death, and the two brothers who lived and died were arrested.Zhao Yinghao said: You must never go back to Yangzhou, you hide here for a while, and then leave when you have a chance.

So Zhang Shu lived in the shanty town.There are simple prefabricated houses for each family, and there are also single houses.