Chapter 51: The Phantom of a Rainy Night

Before it was completely dark, it suddenly began to rain, and the rain became heavier and heavier, and it turned into a torrential downpour. The Japanese patrol hirata Saburo of the public concession who had just taken over was very annoyed when he looked at the pouring rain outside the window, unlike the other Japanese patrols in the public patrol room, Saburo Hirata really cherished this hard-won job, especially the extra income that could be obtained every time he worked the night shift, which made Saburo Hirata hate to be on the night shift all the time.

"Hirata, it's still early, maybe by the time the two of us patrol the streets, the rain may have stopped." Shimizu Kojiro, who was on the same night as Saburo Hirata, saw his companion looking out the window at the rain, and he already understood what Saburo Hirata was thinking. Shimizu Kojiro, who has a lot of land in his family, doesn't care about the extra income on the night shift, but he knows that Hirata Saburo still has four younger siblings to support, and if it weren't for Hirata Saburo being able to send home a sum of money every month, his long-ailing mother might have died a long time ago.

Saburo Hirata and Kojiro Shimizu are not fellow villagers, but they were soldiers in the same year, and they were also transferred from the gendarmerie to the patrol of the public concession in the same year. Perhaps it was Hirata's heart's prayer that worked, but after it was completely dark, the rain gradually weakened, and Hirata, who was wearing a raincoat, couldn't wait to leave the fishing room, and Shimizu Kojiro, who was a companion, had to follow. The route of the two of them is almost fixed, but every time he walks through the fourth street, Hirata Saburo always goes into the alley on the side of the street and waits for the gamblers to come out of the casino not far away.

Although Shanghai is basically under the control of the Japanese army, there will still be many people in the public concession who do not give face to the Japanese army, and the casino more than 20 meters away from Saburo Hirata is one of them. There are many gangs in Shanghai, among which the Green Gang is the largest gang organization, and the casino that Saburo Hirata is staring at at the moment is the industry of the Green Gang. Saburo Hirata and Kojiro Shimizu weren't brainless people, so they didn't target that casino, but waited outside the casino for their prey to appear.

Ten minutes later, Saburo Hirata came out of the alley scolding, but Shimizu Kojiro, who was following him, was holding back a smile. The two hid in the alley and waited for more than ten minutes, but no one waited, Shimizu Kojiro didn't care, but Shirata Saburo was even more annoyed. Annoyed, Saburo Hirata took a bamboo basket in the alley to vent, but he didn't want the bamboo basket to contain a few stones, and he kicked the bamboo basket vigorously and almost broke his toe, so Shimizu Kojiro had such an expression at the moment.

"Okay, I'm not smiling anymore, I promise I won't laugh again." Maybe it was because he was too uncomfortable, and not far from the alley, Shimizu Kojiro couldn't help laughing, and Hirata Saburo, who was walking in front, stopped and turned around to look at Shimizu Kojiro with a flushed face. Seeing that his friend was really angry this time, Shimizu Kojiro hurriedly waved his hand at Saburo Hirata, while forcibly holding back a smile, and promised Saburo Hirata, who was like the bottom of a pot.

Although Saburo Hirata and Kojiro Shimizu have different family backgrounds, the two have been patrolling the streets together for more than a year, although the relationship between the two is not a close friend, but there is still a friendship. Seeing that Shimizu Kojiro had already relented to himself, Saburo Hirata, who was annoyed in his heart, was not easy to attack, so he had to turn around and continue to patrol the street silently, but the speed of travel was a little faster than usual. The two turned around the street where the casino was located, and then walked a short distance along the side of the street, and Saburo Hirata, who had been thinking about his thoughts, was pulled by Shimizu Kojiro who was on his side.

"Don't speak, I don't think there's something quite right." There was a sound in his ears that Shimizu Kojiro could suppress, and at the same time, a push came from his shoulder, and under surprise, Saburo Hirata was vigorously pushed to the side of the street by Shimizu Kojiro. Looking in the direction of Shimizu Kojiro's eyes, in the rainy night, there was a black car parked on the street in front of the two, and there seemed to be a person sitting in the black car. Hirata Saburo subconsciously looked down at his watch, and with the help of the faint light from the street lamp behind him, Hirata Saburo was finally able to determine the time at this moment------ just past midnight.

Saburo Hirata, who had determined the exact time, immediately looked up at the black sedan in front of him, and thought in his heart that it was the same as Shimizu Kojiro squatting beside him, and there was indeed something not quite right. It was already midnight, and at this time of year, the street was long deserted. Moreover, most of the houses in this street are residences, and it is rare for people to park their cars on the side of the street, and there is still a person sitting in the car parked on the side of the street in the middle of the night, so anyone who is not a fool should be able to see that something is wrong.

What to do? Shimizu Kojiro, who already had a tacit understanding, turned his head to look at Saburo Hirata, and after a little thought in his heart, Saburo Hirata had already pulled out the * on his waist. Seeing that Saburo Hirata had already pulled out his pistol, Shimizu Kojiro also took out his own matching gun, and the two looked at each other, and then quickly moved along the street towards the black car in front of him with * in hand. It's just that the two of them moved out a few meters, and Shimizu Kojiro, who had been staring at the car, was pulled by Shirata Saburo with his hand, and before Shimizu Kojiro turned his head, he was protected by Hirata Saburo.

Looking over Saburo Hirata's shoulder, I saw a black shadow suddenly appear on the wall of the wall not far from the car, and two large bags fell out of the wall in a row, and the black shadow on the wall also slid out from the front wall. "Stop, move, I'll shoot." Before Shimizu Kojiro could react, Saburo Hirata had already rushed up with *, and Shimizu Kojiro, who reacted later, also rushed up, and pointed at the person in the car with his hand.

The black shadow that was pointed at by Saburo Hirata with a gun did not dare to move, but just raised his hands high according to Saburo Hirata's intentions, and at the signal of Saburo Hirata, Kojiro Shimizu left the car and stepped forward to open the two large bags at the feet of the black shadow in turn. After just one glance, Shimizu Kojiro's breathing became short, "Saburo, it's all money, it's money." The overjoyed Shimizu Kojiro couldn't help but turn around and whisper at Saburo Hirata, still holding a handful of banknotes in his right hand that he had withdrawn from the big bag.

Saburo Hirata was also stunned by the handful of banknotes in Shimizu Kojiro's hand, if these two big bags were full of banknotes, it would be a lot of wealth. Just when Hirata Saburo was in a trance, another black shadow appeared on the wall that was no longer the focus, and with a soft "poof" sound, a ball of gunfire suddenly burst out on the wall, and Hirata Saburo, who pointed at the previous black shadow with money, fell backwards in response. The gunfire appeared too suddenly, and Saburo Hirata's fall was also very sudden, and Kojiro Shimizu hadn't even woken up before he was knocked to the ground head-on by the meteor that appeared next.

Lu Yuan, dressed in black, turned out of the wall, and the two people sent by the Shanghai underground party first threw the bodies of Saburo Hirata and the others into the wall, and then drove away with a large bag. Lu Yuan, who was coincidentally met by Shiburo Hirata, was the third one to be looted tonight, and in the trunk of this black car, there were already several of the same big bags, which were naturally filled with gold, silver, and banknotes of various colors. At 2 o'clock in the morning, Lu Yuan, who was carrying a large bag, turned out of the house of the fourth traitor, and there was almost no free space in the car at the moment.

The car galloped all the way, and soon returned to Lu Yuan's residence, and after letting the sleepy-eyed cook go to sleep, Lu Yuan then sent the two people of the Shanghai underground party to the guest room to rest in person, and then moved all the big bags to his study. The floating wealth that was copied from the four traitors' homes was filled with 7 large bags, and Lu Yuan counted them alone until the sky turned white, so that he could count the various banknotes, oceans and gold bars in them, as for the gold and silver jewelry mixed in them, Lu Yuan just piled them into a pile.

Xu Huanshan, who received the call, rushed to meet Lu Yuan with a meal, and after enjoying a hearty Western-style breakfast, Lu Yuan let Xu Huanshan and the two Shanghai underground party members into his study. "According to what we said in advance, you will account for 30% of these harvests last night. I'm going to go to another place soon, so I want all the ocean and fiat currency. These dollars and pounds are left to you, and there are also some yen and francs, and as for these gold and silver jewelry, I will not give them to you, who knows if there are any secret marks on these things. ”

Lu Yuan generously pushed a bunch of foreign currencies to Xu Huanshan and the three of them, as well as a few gold bars and a few simple gold tweezers. "In addition, last night I also killed two Japanese patrols in the concession, and they used *. Although the power of * is not very good, this gun is still not afraid of dumb fire and jamming, I think you should be able to use it. As he spoke, Lu Yuan took out the two * that he had seized from Saburo Hirata and the others last night and put them on the table, and pushed them to Xu Huanshan along with some scattered bullets.

It was not the first time that Lu Yuan had shot and killed the Concession Patrol, so Xu Huanshan did not appear nervous and unbelieving when he heard this, but reached out and picked up the * on the table and played a gun in his hand. After Xu Huanshan put away the banknotes and pistols on the table, Lu Yuan, who was biting a cigarette in his mouth, took out a thick stack of documents from a large bag under his feet and handed it to Xu Huanshan. "This is something I happened to get last night, I haven't looked at it carefully, but you should be interested."

Xu Huanshan stretched out his hand to take over the documents, only opened them and hurriedly read two copies, Xu Huanshan's face changed significantly, and then he left in a hurry with his own people and things. "It seems that I guessed correctly" Seeing Xu Huanshan and the others leave, Lu Yuan reached out and rubbed his chin, and then took out a document from the drawer.