Chapter 739 With a wave of hands
Hearing the constant gunshots from the Ball Ballroom, Lu Xingo felt extremely anxious. He hid in an alley and paced back and forth impatiently.
Kuang Youli, the captain of the Fourth Brigade of the Detective Team of the Puppet Shanghai Municipal Government Police Department, is a distant relative of A Yuan. This man was originally a clerk in the Shanghai Public Security Bureau of the National Government. After the establishment of Su Wenxi's Puppet Avenue City Government, the Puppet Police Department recruited After joining the police force of the former National Public Security Bureau, it was at that time that Kuang Youli entered the pseudo police station of Dadao City Government.
After the establishment of the Shanghai Puppet Municipal Government, Wu Shanyue took over the police station with the support of Sanbonjiro and established the Detective Brigade. Kuang Youli was transferred to the Detective Brigade by Wu Shanyue because he had some friendship with Wu Shanyue while working in the Shanghai Public Security Bureau. , and was appointed as the captain of the fourth brigade.
In fact, Kuang Youli's Fourth Brigade is also one of Wu Shanyue's direct troops in the Detective Brigade, which is where he has the confidence to restrain Wang Kangnian.
A Yuan reported to Lu Xingge that when his distant relative Brother Kuang was having a drink with him, he once complained after drinking that he was now a traitor and had brought shame to his ancestors; he said that the head of the old Meicun family asked someone to deliver a message. He said that if he continued to be a traitor, he would not be allowed to enter the ancestral grave in the future.
According to A Yuan, Kuang Youli sighed and said that his name was given to him by the patriarch, that is to say, he is polite and polite, and he is a reasonable person. Now that he has become a traitor, he is the most unreasonable person who forgets his ancestors.
After learning about this from A Yuan, Lu Xingge arranged for A Yuan to start tentative contact with Kuang Youli. After Kuang Youli expressed his willingness to put things aside and work for Chongqing, Lu Xingge decisively decided to meet Kuang Youli in person.
Today's meeting place was chosen by Kuang Youli. He has some friendship with Pang Shui, so it is safe to meet here.
Who would have thought that the problem in this meeting did not lie with Zhang Xiaolin's New Asia Peace Promotion Association, nor did it attract the attention of the Japanese. Instead, his second brother Cheng Qianfan led a large group of people to suddenly attack.
Although he was worried about Kuang Youli, Lu Xingge did not act rashly. If he did not show up, Kuang Youli would be relatively safer.
In fact, Lu Xingge was quite conflicted about his second brother Cheng Qianfan.
In the previous ‘meeting’, the second brother pretended not to recognize him, but in fact, he secretly warned him and signaled him to leave immediately. He was quite pleased with this.
He felt that his second brother's conscience was still intact and he could try to fight for it.
However, the second brother seemed to just treat him differently. Surrey and the Japanese were getting closer and closer. The patrol room in the central area of the French Concession would even conduct searches from time to time to hunt down 'violent elements'. And the so-called 'violent elements' , are actually anti-Japanese elements.
If the illegal concession authorities still have some taboos about extraditing arrested "anti-Japanese elements", the arrested persons are basically detained in the Target Range Prison on Xue Huali Road because of "insufficient evidence of anti-Japanese elements". Otherwise, Cheng Qianfan would already have a lot of blood debt on his hands.
There has been a voice within the Shanghai Station calling for measures to be taken against the pro-Japanese element Cheng Qianfan. However, the Chongqing headquarters has always maintained a veto attitude towards this matter. The reason is very straightforward:
Cheng Qianfan is a senior police officer in the French Concession Patrol Office. He is also quite powerful and influential in Shanghai. The most important thing is that this person has many connections with the French, British, Americans, and Japanese. To deal with such a person, It is likely to arouse the anger and resentment of friendly countries.
Lu Xingge didn't know whether he should be relieved or angry when he learned about the headquarters' attitude towards Cheng Qianfan.
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“Mr. Cheng.” Kuang Youli raised his fist and saluted Cheng Qianfan.
“Captain Kuang.” Cheng Qianfan was a little surprised, “Why, it’s so late and Captain Kuang is here to have fun too?”
“I’ve been feeling pretty lucky these past two days, so I decided to touch a few.” Kuang Youli smiled bitterly and shook his head, “No, I just touched a handful…”
Seeing that Cheng Qianfan's expression was a little cold, Kuang Youli took out the Pai Gow from his pocket and said, "I have to thank Mr. Cheng. This card is very unlucky. If Mr. Cheng hadn't come here, I would have lost miserably. .”
“Hahaha.” Cheng Qianfan laughed, “Captain Kuang owes me a meal.”
“This is natural, this is natural.” Kuang Youli also laughed.
With that said, Kuang Youli pointed in the direction of the door, "Mr. Cheng, look..."
“Monkey, let Captain Kuang leave.” Cheng Qianfan said to Hou Pingliang.
“Mr. Cheng, thank you very much.” Kuang Youli said happily, “Kang will be the host someday. Thank you, Mr. Cheng, for your support.”
“Captain Kuang, tell Director Wu a favor for me.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“Definitely.” Kuang Youli nodded quickly and said.
It’s interesting to say that Cheng Qianfan had a grudge against Wang Kangnian of the Detective Brigade, and Wu Shanyue was Wang Kangnian’s immediate boss. It turned out that the two men had a pretty good relationship.
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“Wait a minute.” Cheng Qianfan suddenly said coldly.
Kang Youli stopped in his steps and was startled at the same time.
“Captain Kuang has forgotten your friend?” Cheng Qianfan said.
Kang Youli was even more frightened. He suppressed his panic and looked at Cheng Qianfan with a puzzled expression.
Xiao Cheng always smiled and pointed at the dancers who were standing in a line.
Everyone understood what Mr. Cheng meant. Some of the dancers who knew Kuang Youli immediately started shouting, "Captain Kuang, I am the sixth. My mother-in-law is the sixth."
“Brother Kuang, my little brother is here.”
“Uncle Kuang, I am the youngest member of Zhang Baiming’s family.”
Kuang Youli glanced at these "acquaintances" and smiled bitterly in his heart, but he had to accept Mr. Cheng's sentiments.
He pointed at the first person to speak, "Lao Liu", "Mr. Cheng, Lao Liu is a relative of mine."
“Let him go.” Cheng Qianfan smiled slightly.
"Yes." Lu Jiufan agreed and pushed the 'Old Six' who had been captured from a room on the second floor forward, "Please."
Lao Liu hugged Lu Jiufan, bowed to Mr. Cheng, and followed Kuang Youli away.
Cheng Qianfan looked at the two people leaving, yawned, and waved his hands.
Da Toulu stood up and said, "Okay, you are all people who have been deceived by Pang Shui. Those who have been named should go to the patrol room, find out the size of the matter, hire a guarantor, and then go home."
“Others, come and register. Remember, you are registering your name, which is your last name and where you live.”
Watching Da Toulu busy, Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette and stood at the door.
Neon lights flashed, half of his body was enveloped in red and purple light and shadow, and half was in darkness. Snowflakes fell in the air, dyeing his hair white again.
He frowned slightly.
Today was indeed a dangerous day. He had no idea that his comrade would actually appear at the Ballroom.
He was shocked when he saw the man who just called himself "Lao Liu" being escorted down from upstairs.
This ‘Lao Liu’ once had a hidden identity, and the household registration certificate for this identity in the French Concession was also produced by him.
Cheng Qianfan has seen the photo. Although he doesn’t know the name of this ‘old six’ and his status within the organization, he knows that this person is his comrade and his status is not low.
Because the household registration certificates he handled at that time were basically middle- and high-level cadres and leaders of the Jiangsu Provincial Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Committee who had returned from the Soviet area and Soviet Russia.
At that time, Comrade Zhulin once joked that if the reactionaries captured the "little flames", they would basically be able to wipe out almost all the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Shanghai Municipal Party Committee.
Cheng Qianfan was very angry at the time. He said he didn't like the joke. He said that Comrade 'Zhulin''s words questioned his party spirit and doubted his loyalty to the party. He said that even if he was arrested, he would definitely Be unyielding and be a Bolsvik with an iron will.
Comrade ‘Zhulin’ apologized to him.
Comrade ‘Huo Miao’ accepted Comrade ‘Zhulin’’s apology.
Cheng Qianfan 'recognized' Comrade Lao Liu and was thinking about how to release this person without leaving a trace. It would be best to find a reason to release a group of people, so as to avoid leaving hidden dangers as much as possible.
However, he did not expect that Kuang Youli of the Detective Brigade would choose to take away this friend nicknamed "Old Liu".
While Cheng Qianfan breathed a sigh of relief, he couldn't help but think about two possibilities:
First of all, Kuang Youli and ‘Lao Liu’ are indeed distant relatives.
Second…
At this moment, a patrolman came over and whispered to Mr. Cheng.
“Take me to see it.”
"yes!"
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Cheng Qianfan stared at the footprints on the ground. Some of the footprints had been covered with new snow, making them slightly blurry, while some were still very deep.
He looked up at the second floor.
“He should have jumped from the second floor.” Hao Zai, who was responsible for surveying the yard, reported.
Cheng Qianfan nodded and jumped down from the second floor. The footprints would be deep and have skid marks.
“Have you asked?” Cheng Qianfan asked.
"I've asked, but it's of no use." Hao Zai shook his head, "Upstairs is where the dancers take a rest and play with women after they get tired of dancing or gambling."
Cheng Qianfan nodded. The special nature of the second floor meant that waiters in the ballroom rarely bothered him.
Recalling that ‘Lao Liu’ was escorted down from the second floor, Cheng Qianfan already had a vague guess in his mind:
Comrade ‘Laoliu’ secretly met with a certain comrade on the second floor.
He led his team to suddenly break into the "Ball Ballroom", which disrupted the meeting.
Comrade ‘Lao Liu’ did not risk his escape because he was relatively confident in the confidentiality and safety of his identity.
As for why the other comrade ran away, there is only one answer, and that is that this person's cover identity is extremely secret, or this identity should not appear in the 'Piqiu Ballroom', or this identity should not be related to Comrade 'Old Six' Interaction, or it may be better for this person to be less visible.
In short, this person must flee urgently.
Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly, then touched his chin and smiled, "It seems that we suddenly broke in and surprised the rabbit."
All the men laughed.
If it is between a dancer and a dancer, there is probably no need to be frightened and run away. Even if there is a fierce wife at home, there is no need to run away. If the policeman is frightened and the policeman shoots, it will be very unlucky.
So, after everyone listened to Xiao Cheng’s words and thought about it for a while, they all agreed with the boss’s analysis. The identity of the escaped person was ‘clearly revealed’.
One of the police officers smiled and said, there are some bold and unrestrained people in this "ball club".
Everyone laughed again and tutted.
“Unlucky!” Mr. Xiao Cheng cursed with a smile.
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Lu Xingge saw Kuang Youli and a middle-aged man wearing a woolen hat coming out of the main entrance of the dance hall.
He glanced at the door of the dance hall again and saw no policeman coming out. He finally felt at ease.
Luo Yannian also didn't expect that Kuang Youli was also in the 'Ball Ballroom'. However, thanks to Kuang Youli today, if not, he would have fallen into the hands of Cheng Qianfan. Although he would have probably escaped in the end, he would have entered into the hands of this pro-Japanese guy. In sight, it's not always good.
Luo Yannian was about to speak when he saw Kuang Youli's expression and understood immediately.
"Brother Kuang, thank you very much for what happened today." Luo Yannian said, cupping his fists.
“When you talk to my relatives, you are out of touch when you say this.” Kuang Youli said, and then gave a wry smile, “Who would have thought that such a thing would happen.”
"Yes, Xiao Cheng always kills a big shot like Mr. Pang whenever he says." As he spoke, he shook his head and clicked his tongue twice.
He was happy about this matter. Cheng Qianfan was the counter-revolutionary patrol leader, Pang Shui was one of Zhang Xiaolin's right-hand men, and one of the six vice-presidents of the New Asia Peace Promotion Association.
The New Asia Peace Promotion Association plundered people's supplies, killed people, captured and killed anti-Japanese comrades. As one of Zhang Xiaolin's think tanks, Pang Shui naturally had an important responsibility for this.
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Seeing Kuang Youli separate from the man in the woolen hat, Lu Xinge followed for a while, and after confirming that no one was around, he decisively appeared: "Captain Kuang, please wait."
“There is no way out despite the mountains and rivers.” Kuang Youli asked in a low voice very cautiously.
“There is a lot of spring in front of the diseased tree.” Lu Xinge replied.
“Captain Lu, I have long admired your name.” Kuang Youli said with clasped fists.
"Captain Kuang, I have admired him for a long time. Lu admired Brother Kuang's ambition and praised him. He couldn't help being happy and came here to meet him." Lu Xingge smiled heartily and said, "It's not convenient to talk more here. Please come this way."
"please!"
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At the entrance of the 'Ball Ball Ballroom', the dancers who were 'named' got on the tarp military card shivering in the wind and snow.
Just as the three military trucks in the central patrol room were activated and were about to **** the "suspect" back to Xue Huali Road, four trucks came speeding from a distance.
"Cheng Qianfan, others are afraid of you, but I, Zhan Si, am not afraid of you." Zhan Si jumped out of the truck in front of him and roared menacingly.
Everyone in the tarpaulin truck in the patrol room had a slightly strange expression, and they felt that these words seemed quite familiar.
“Cheng Qianfan, let Ah Shui go.” Zhan Si waved his hand, “If not, don’t blame me for being rude.”
As he waved his hand, the occupants of the truck jumped out one after another.
Each truck pulled about twenty people, and there were about a hundred people in four trucks, all of whom were armed with short guns.
Seeing Cheng Qianfan's silence, Zhan Si laughed loudly. He brought three times as many people as Cheng Qianfan. Are you afraid? Mr. Cheng!
Cheng Qianfan looked at the proud Zhan Si coldly and waved his hand.
With a wave from Mr. Cheng, the patrol officers quickly appeared on the roofs of the three military trucks in the patrol room and set up their light machine guns.
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