Chapter 1 Stalking and Countermeasures
"I'm leaving, next time if there is something like this again, look for me." Handing over the two Germans to Hans, who came to the dock to greet him, Lu Yuan couldn't wait to return to his residence to get a good night's sleep, so no matter how Hans kept him, Lu Yuan still left without looking back. Compared with more than a month ago, Shanghai does not seem to have changed, but after Lu Yuan returned to the concession, he found that there were many more plainclothes agents on the streets and alleys.
"It's No. 76, the Japanese have been introducing the handle into the concession, and the Ministry of Industry Bureau will naturally not agree. The Japanese encircled a group of ruffians and gangsters in Shanghai and the scum of the military commanders who surrendered and renegade, and set up a spy organization in western Shanghai, which was called No. 76 outside. "Knowing that Lu Yuan returned to Shanghai today and specially came to pick up Xu Huanshan, when he mentioned No. 76, he looked a little gnashing of teeth, Lu Yuan knew why Xu Huanshan was like this, it must be No. 76 who arrested the underground party.
"You pay for it, and I'll help you get them." Lu Yuan, who was in the back seat of the car, stretched out his hand and patted Xu Huanshan's shoulder, but when he mentioned money, Xu Huanshan's face showed a trace of embarrassment, which made Lu Yuan couldn't help but be surprised. "It can't be that you're strapped for money again, right? I said, do you eat money or do you spend money? I remember the few times we cooperated, you didn't lose any money, could it be that you really spent all that money? Lu Yuan couldn't help but cry out, just the money he handed over to Xu Huanshan was not 100,000 yuan, and there was no money after only a few months of hard work, Lu Yuan really didn't know what to say.
"Originally, you made a fuss in Shanghai so many times, and the Japanese have reined in a lot, and the above took this opportunity to lay a few more channels, but there was no way, the stalls were too big, and it cost money everywhere." Xu Huanshan's explanation was very general, but Lu Yuan had already heard the deep meaning from it, so he didn't ask any further, but judging from Xu Huanshan's subsequent meaning, the Shanghai underground party wanted to cooperate with Lu Yuan a few more times.
"Okay, it just so happens that I need money recently, it's still the old rule, you provide manpower and intelligence, and I'll take specific action." There was still some distance from his residence, and Lu Yuan suddenly reached out and patted Xu Huanshan. "Don't stop, keep driving, we're being targeted." Lu Yuan's words made Xu Huanshan's heart jump wildly, and looking behind him from the rearview mirror of the car, Xu Huanshan really saw a black sedan falling behind his car.
Xu Huanshan did not panic, but according to Lu Yuan's reminder, he still drove all the way forward at the speed just now, passing through two streets in a row, and the black car behind him was still following closely, Xu Huanshan was already sure that he was being targeted at this moment. "Don't panic, you keep driving, take them around a few more times first." When Lu Yuan said this, he had already opened the suitcase he was carrying and pulled out a pistol from the box. When he found that there was a car behind him, Lu Yuan had already secretly scanned the car with a full-view map, and after confirming that the three people in the sedan were plainclothes agents, Lu Yuan suddenly became murderous.
was targeted by plainclothes agents, Lu Yuan guessed that there was only one possibility, that is, Xu Huanshan was targeted, and it was the No. 76 that Xu Huanshan said to himself just now. The car drove slowly, and when he just turned a street corner, Lu Yuan, who was in the back seat of the car, suddenly opened the door and rolled forward and rushed out of the car. Xu Huanshan, who was a little caught off guard, wanted to step on the brakes, but suddenly saw Lu Yuan, who was already leaning on the corner of the street, waving his arm at him, and Xu Huanshan continued to drive away like the front.
The black car that was following Lu Yuan had just turned onto the street and had not gone far when a bicycle suddenly sprang out of a lane on the side of the street, and the young man on the bicycle seemed to want to dodge, but he hurriedly swayed and fell in front of the car. "Damn, where did the little red guy come from? Get out of here. The driver slammed on the brakes and scolded subconsciously. The young man who fell in front of the car was humming on the ground and seemed to be unable to get up, and the swearing driver couldn't help but tilt his head out of the window and curse loudly at the young man on the ground.
The man in the short shirt in the back seat also cursed, reached out to open the car door, and wanted to go out and use his fists and kicks to solve the young man who was in the way. The strange situation suddenly appeared at this moment, and the young man who fell in front of the car suddenly got up and stood up, and walked around to the position of the driver at the front of the car in three steps and two steps. Stretched out his left hand and grabbed the driver's hair violently, and his right hand had already taken out a pistol with * from his lower waist, and turned his head towards the co-pilot seat to see that the black-faced man pulled the trigger.
After a soft sound, the black-faced man in the co-pilot's seat was no longer alive, and he collapsed in the seat with a head full of blood, and there was another soft sound, and there was an extra bullet hole in the driver's temple. The young man who killed two people in a row reached out to open the door of the back seat of the car, drilled into the car, and stretched out his pistol in his right hand to point at the only man in the short shirt who was still alive in the car. The man in the short shirt who was pointed at the muzzle of the gun had already been dumbfounded, and he didn't react at all, just looked at the young man sitting next to him with straight eyes, his lips moved, and only burst out the words "you, you" without words.
Lu Yuan, who was holding the pistol, pulled the trigger without the slightest hesitation, and the frightened muttering of the man in the short shirt was immediately blocked by the faint sound of gunfire in his throat. Lu Yuan immediately reached out and rummaged in the other party's pocket for a while, then shrank back and exited the car, then picked up the bicycle on the ground and turned around and walked towards the alley next to him. Lu Yuan, who walked into the alley, did not pause at all, just pushed the bicycle and walked forward quickly. Lu Yuan, who had crossed the alley and appeared on another street, jumped on his bicycle and pedaled a few times, riding along the road like a fashionable young student.
"The person who is stalking is 76!" When Lu Yuan and Xu Huanshan met at the agreed place, Lu Yuan handed Xu Huanshan the documents he found from the three plainclothes agents. "If you think about it, is it possible that one of you was captured by No. 76 and confessed to you? These three guys all have guns on them, and they're following them so obviously, if I hadn't happened to be there, maybe they'd have just grabbed you. ”
Lu Yuan's words made Xu Huanshan fall into deep thought, Lu Yuan has not appeared in Shanghai for more than a month, so the person who was watching just now will not come to Lu Yuan, the only explanation is that there is a problem on his side. "It's hard to say now, but a while ago, we had several places that were destroyed by the special high school, and some people were arrested. I can't say that all of your suspicions are correct, but they are not far from ten. Seeing that Xu Huanshan himself was also confused, Lu Yuan did not continue to ask, but Lu Yuan handed over the pistol seized from the three plainclothes spies just now to Xu Huanshan.
"Tell your superiors about cooperation, and I've agreed. It's not that this No. 76 is very arrogant, then let's start with them, Wu Sibao is one of their leaders, this is still a member of the Qing Gang, I heard that there is no shortage of money, so let's take him first, I'll wait for your news. After speaking, Lu Yuan got out of the car with his suitcase, casually called a rickshaw on the side of the street and left.
They didn't come back for more than a month, the residence was still the same, and the Fuber couple took good care of it, and Hogg and Schuchmann, who had returned to Shanghai from Hong Kong, did not go out, and deliberately waited at home for Lu Yuan. "Lu, you are a big liar, you said that you were going to Chongqing to meet, but you suddenly ran to Baoding, causing us to run to Chongqing in vain." Hogg still looked like he was chattering, so much so that Schuchmann subconsciously sniffed, and he smelled a strong smell of gunsmoke from Lu Yuan.
Lu Yuan glanced at Hu Shuheman, who wanted to speak and stopped, and motioned for the two to go to the study with him to talk, and the three of them went upstairs into the study, and Lu Yuan took out the gold bars in the suitcase. "I went to Baoding to do Hans a favor, but I didn't expect that the harvest this time was not small, and these 20 gold bars were enough to buy a big house in Macau. The situation in Shanghai will soon change, and we must hurry up what we are planning, and if the situation suddenly changes, things may not be easy. ”
Although Hogg and Schuchmann's wives were Jewish, they were Germans in the truest sense of the word, and even if such a person could go to the United States, he might not face a good situation if war broke out in Europe. From the beginning of Lu Yuan's reception and help, he was thinking about finding a way back for them, going to Alaska to be a big landowner to pan for gold was after the end of the war, and now the most important thing is to help Hogg and them find a place to live before the Germans go crazy.
Hogg's choice is Hong Kong, and Schuchmann doesn't care as long as he follows Lu Yuan, but the place Lu Yuan chose is Macau, which is a small place like Hong Kong. Looking at the entire course of World War II, the only place in Asia that was not affected by the war was Macao, and Macau was an overseas colony of Portugal, which would be suitable for Schuchmann and his survival like Shanghai. Hogg took the initiative to invite Ying to go to Hong Kong to deal with the arms this time, the main purpose was to personally inspect Hong Kong and Macao, and it turned out that as Lu Yuan said, Macao seemed to be more suitable for living than Hong Kong.
"I have already told Mr. Hans about the passport application, and he owes me a lot of favors this time, and it should not be a problem to get us some passports through him. If the passport is not easy to get, then let's go directly to Macau to open a company, and then find a way to send the family over. The Portuguese in Macau are not immortals who do not eat the fireworks of the world, as long as the money is spent, we can stay in Macao until the end of the war. As he spoke, Lu Yuan pushed the gold bar on the table to Hogg, who immediately smiled and narrowed his eyes.