"Young master, there is a person surnamed Xu who called to look for you, and he didn't say what was the matter, but he said that he was waiting for you in the old place." Uncle Fu, the housekeeper, kicked into the basement, and Lu Yuan's first thought when he heard the words was that Xu Huanshan was looking for him, as if he was the only one surnamed Xu among the people he knew. After casually prevaricating a few words from the housekeeper Uncle Fu, Lu Yuan cleaned up the gun parts scattered on the workbench and went to the French Concession alone to meet Xu Huanshan.

The place where Lu Yuan and Xu Huanshan met was a coffee shop, Xu Huanshan was still dressed as a rickshaw driver, and Lu Yuan just packed a cake in that coffee shop, so he took Xu Huanshan's rickshaw as a matter of course. "What's the matter with me? Didn't I say don't call my house? Lu Yuan was very disgusted by Xu Huanshan's behavior of calling home, so he didn't have a good face for Xu Huanshan.

Ignoring Lu Yuan's vicious words, Xu Huanshan explained to Lu Yuan in a low voice while pulling the rickshaw, "There was a sudden, I left a mark outside the Rose Bar, but you didn't show up for two days in a row, and I don't know when you will be able to meet me, so I had to call you." Xu Huanshan's explanation did not dissipate Lu Yuan's anger, but for the anxious meaning implied in Xu Huanshan's words, Lu Yuan secretly guessed all the way.

"I'll be honest with you, one of our intelligence points was discovered by the Japanese yesterday, and we were arrested a total of six people, including two comrades who were in charge of the daily work of the intelligence point. It would take three days for the task force sent by the higher authorities to arrive in Shanghai, and according to the information we have so far, the Japanese are already preparing to secretly transfer our comrades to other places. Xu Huanshan pulled the rickshaw into an alley, and then told Lu Yuan the truth.

"So, you're ready to try to get your men out of the hands of the Japanese before the squad arrives in Shanghai. It's just that you don't have a suitable candidate for the start at the moment, so you found me, but you must know that my price is not low. Lu Yuan had already heard what Xu Huanshan meant at this time, so he took the initiative to grab the words. Xu Huanshan admired Lu Yuan's inferences very much, but he frowned a little at the frivolous meaning between Lu Yuan's words.

Seeing that Xu Huanshan seemed to have something to say, Lu Yuan continued with his words, "I'm in charge of doing it, but you have to provide detailed information, especially topographic maps and the means of transportation needed for retreat. But there is one thing I want to say first, everything will have to wait until I have read the information you have provided, and I cannot promise you now. "Give the underground party a little favor, Lu Yuan will not refuse, but if Lu Yuan wants to risk his life to complete an impossible task, then Lu Yuan can only refuse to return to the mountain.

An hour later, Xu Huanshan got the detailed information that Lu Yuan needed, and according to the information held by the Shanghai underground party, this group of Japanese had three strongholds in the Shanghai Concession. It's just a strange thing for Lu Yuan, this group of Japanese did not detain the captured underground party members in the Japanese Concession, but imprisoned them in the French Concession in a grand manner. Xu was surprised to see Lu Yuan, and Xu Huanshan explained at this time, "After the incident, we sought the help of the patrol house in the French Concession, and with the patrol house coming forward, this group of Japanese had no way to transfer people out of the French Concession. ”

"I didn't expect your underground party to deal with the concession patrol house, it's a bit interesting." Casually quipping Xu Huanshan, Lu Yuan continued to study the information and information provided by the underground party. After Lu Yuan counted all the information provided by the underground party, he immediately explained some precautions and preparations that needed to be made in advance by Xu Huanshan. "Lao Xu, I will need two cars and three helpers, among these three people, two must be able to drive, and I need someone who has seen your comrades to recognize people in person, I don't want to rescue a few Japanese people at that time."

"Since you have something to do with the patrol house of the French Concession, then I hope that if things go wrong, you can convince the patrol house to arrive at the scene a little slower after discovering the abnormality." Having said this, Lu Yuan suddenly paused and looked at Xu Huanshan without blinking. "Lao Xu, you have to understand, I'm not afraid of the patrol room, but I don't want to conflict with the patrol room, if someone finds out my identity, I must kill all the insiders."

Lu Yuan's words behind him were full of threats, and Xu Huanshan felt that his scalp was numb for a while, and he nodded his head in agreement. After explaining everything, Lu Yuan looked at his watch, and seeing that it was still early, Lu Yuan smiled at Xu Huanshan, "It's almost the right thing to say, now, isn't it time to talk about my reward?" If we agree, maybe we can act tonight. ”

It would be nice for Xu Huanshan to be able to rescue his captured companions earlier, but when it came to Lu Yuan's reward, Xu Huanshan immediately made a bitter face, because he knew that Lu Yuan was used to lions opening their mouths widely. Sure enough, after Lu Yuan lit a cigarette, Xu Huanshan heard Lu Yuan say, "I know that your underground party is not a rich person, but I can be regarded as helping you with my head this time, since you were captured by the Japanese 6 people, then let's count it according to the head, how about 100 oceans per person?" ”

Hey, as soon as he heard Lu Yuan say such a condition, Xu Huanshan immediately jumped up, good guy, one person costs 100 oceans, and 6 people will spend 600 oceans, which is definitely not a small amount for the Shanghai underground party. "Brother, let's discuss it again, 600 oceans is not a small amount, our funds have not been enough, we will definitely not be able to do it if we take out 600 oceans at once." In order to persuade Lu Yuan to lower his requirements, Xu Huanshan even began to call Lu Yuan brothers, completely ignoring his middle-aged age.

"That's it" Lu Yuan immediately dragged out a long voice, and Xu Huanshan's distorted face at this time made Lu Yuan couldn't help but snicker secretly. "Otherwise, it's better to be like this, those 38 rifles you took last time shouldn't have been sent out of Shanghai so quickly, I'll only charge you half the price this time, but you have to send me five new guns." Lu Yuan didn't ask for too much, but just asked Xu Huanshan for five new guns, because he needed more spare barrels.

Thinking carefully about the conditions proposed by Lu Yuan, Xu Huanshan went to make a few more phone calls, which could be regarded as nodding and agreeing, but because of the 300 oceans after half price, Xu Huanshan still bargained with Lu Yuan, and in the end, Lu Yuan had to agree to only charge 100 oceans this time, plus three brand-new 38 rifles. Returning to the residence, Lu Yuan unexpectedly saw Shu Heman, and learned that Shu Heman had been waiting for him for almost 2 hours, and Lu Yuan knew that Shu Heman had made a choice.

"Mr. Schuchmann, I thought you wouldn't come to me, but I'm glad I'm here for you, I can see that you've made your choice, and I hope your choice will be good news for me." Lu Yuan motioned for Uncle Fu, who was guarding Shu Heman, to leave, and took out a cigarette and a lighter and handed them to the other party. Shu Herman stretched out his hand to take the cigarette and lighter that Lu Yuan denied, but did not light the fire and smoke according to Lu Yuan's instructions, but first put the cigarette and lighter in his hand aside, and then said solemnly to Lu Yuan.

"Mr. Lu, I am grateful that you have offered me a job, but I want to know what I need to do. If it's something that doesn't go against human nature, I don't think I can refuse your kindness. Schuchman's words are actually a bit contradictory, but Lu Yuan doesn't care much about these, all he cares about is Schuchman's attitude.

Motioning for the other party to sit down first, Lu Yuan said, "Mr. Schuchman, I think I have already told you before, what I did was to rely on the information provided by Mr. Hansen to intercept the materials we needed from other black market merchants. I don't know what standard you mean by not violating human nature, but I can make a promise to you, and I will never force you to do something you are unwilling to do, but I want to make it clear in advance that this promise of mine does not apply to the Japanese. ”

Hearing this, Shu Heman pondered for a while, and then nodded to Lu Yuan and replied, "I think I already understand what you mean, okay, I promise to accept your employment, in fact, I have no way to refuse your kindness." Lu Yuan was overjoyed by Schuchman's answer, and then beckoned Schuchman to go upstairs with him to the study.

After entering the study, Lu Yuan opened the safe hidden behind the bookshelf, took out a stack of dollars and handed it to Schuchmann. "Schuchmann, there is an old saying in China, there is no rule without rules. Since you have accepted my employment, then I should pay you, here is 200 dollars, which is half a month's payment I paid you in advance. A thick stack of banknotes was placed in front of Schuchmann, but he didn't accept it directly, and there was a look of doubt in his eyes.

With $400 a month, Mr. Schechman could not think of any other job in Shanghai that would pay so much, even though the young man sitting across from him was a black marketeer. Shu Heman sat motionless, but Lu Yuan smiled indifferently, "My name is Lu Yuan, you can call me Lu or boss, you deserve this money." I know you used to be a soldier, and if you show me what you're really capable of, maybe you'll get paid more. ”

"I had an operation tonight, the Shanghai underground party was captured by the Japanese and a few of their companions, but they promptly sought the help of the patrol line in the French Concession, forcing the Japanese to have no way to send those who had been caught out of the French Concession. The underground party was ready to get their companions out of the hands of the Japanese, so they came to me, and we don't know when the Japanese will send them out of the French Concession, but I have the latest information. Lu Yuan had completely forgotten that Schuhmann was a German, so he handed the information brought by Xu Huanshan to Schuhmann.