bookrebus Chapter 247: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Chapter 247: Busy supporting the family in the foreign land
Wei Miao was in a dark room with no lights on, listening to the noise downstairs.
The vibration of the road and the sound of the engine in the distance were particularly obvious in the silence of the night.
At the intersection below, Lu Pingsheng, who had changed into a military police uniform, had a sallow and rough complexion, stiff eyebrows, messy and sparse complexion, and a mouth full of yellow teeth when he grinned. Most importantly, he was missing one of his front teeth and had two small mustaches on his chin.
At this moment, even if his own mother stood in front of him, he would not recognize her. Lu Pingsheng made eye contact with the military police opposite him and nodded imperceptibly.
The truck lights swept over, and Lu Pingsheng stepped forward to stop the car and check its ID.
This was arranged in advance by the Japanese in case other vehicles joined in the middle of the journey.
There were two people in total on the truck, including the driver.
Perhaps they knew that tonight's mission was very important, so they looked solemn and didn't say much.
Lupin not only spoke fluent Japanese, but also had a thick Osaka accent. He checked the documents very quickly and returned them. Only then did the truck slowly move forward in the dark and narrow alley.
Wei Miao was lying on the second floor, sitting cross-legged on gold. Two tiny insects invisible to the naked eye flew out of a small black jar beside him.
When the Japanese soldiers in the truck were cursing the difficult road in the alley, the truck suddenly stalled.
"Bastard!" the driver yelled.
They were from the transport regiment of the expeditionary force and had received the mission temporarily during the day. In order to keep it secret, they had been on edge from the moment they loaded the goods at the train station until now.
Any disturbance makes them feel uneasy.
"Go down and see!"
When the soldiers in the passenger seat just opened the car door and prepared to get out, tiny insects crawled into their ears.
The two of them only felt themselves in a trance for a moment, as if they saw their mother whom they had not seen for a long time in a dream, and were immersed in her loving smile and warm palms.
After shaking his head, the soldier driving the car tried to turn the car key and found that the car could start.
He cursed and drove to the front left.
In a shadow somewhere in the front right, Uncle Zeng Bao, wearing a coat, suppressed the itch in his throat and watched the cars being replaced one by one.
The car he had prepared in advance was driven by Japanese soldiers to the dock of the Japanese Concession.
The Japanese car loaded with treasures drove slowly past him, with the time difference between the two no more than a minute.
He didn't know how Lu Pingsheng and his team had managed to steal the dragon and switch the phoenix so quietly.
Was the trick from Lu Pingsheng, who he couldn't see through, or from Wei Miao, who the old monk was talking about?
Or maybe these two people have reached some kind of strange tacit understanding...
A high-pitched voice behind him interrupted his thoughts.
"Master Jiu, are things going according to plan?"
Uncle Zeng Bao heard the temptation and greed in the man's tone. He frowned slightly, suppressed the disgust in his eyes, and said in a calm voice:
"This batch of stuff cannot be circulated in the market. If there are any clues, the Japanese will find them, and the loss will outweigh the gain."
After hearing this, the shrill voice said nothing more.
After three more cars drove past, Uncle Zeng Bao suddenly asked:
"I heard that your master had had contact with the Wei family boy and Lu Pingsheng?"
Huang Xiaoan was silent for a long time before he said, "I sold Lu Pingsheng a vase."
Uncle Zeng Bao had heard this story before, but he didn't know the specific details.
Huang Xiaoan recounted what happened that day.
Uncle Zeng Bao chuckled after hearing this, "What did your master think when he found out that this vase was sold for $300,000?"
Huang Xiaoan also smiled, and said with a hint of nostalgia: "Master said that these two, one big and one small, are definitely not ordinary creatures."
There was one more thing he did not tell the Ninth Master of the Zeng family. The master said that if he really had no way out in the future, at least he still had some feelings for them. These two might be his way out.
While the two were talking, they saw a light flashing in their direction three times.
This is the signal that all replacements are complete.
Uncle Zeng Bao estimated the time, from the first car coming to the last car leaving, it was no more than an hour. The replacement of hundreds of tons of goods and dozens of cars and people was completed smoothly.
"Go back to your room and have a good sleep." Uncle Zeng Bao turned and walked into the yard behind him.
Huang Xiaoan stood quietly for a while in the dark and cool night, then turned and went in.
Forget it, he came only to retrieve the two things his master had given him.
What does a rootless person like him need so much money for?
Saving your life is important. Only when you are alive can you have hope.
Huang Xiaoan was thinking, after things were done, should he go to the Wei family...
The patrolmen on duty on the street spat at the tails of the last one or two hundred Junkas.
"Just because of these bastards, we have to stay awake in the middle of the night and eat dust here." The speaker was the patrolman who received the reward.
The people around him rolled their eyes and said, "Boss, it's late at night and we brothers have nowhere to go. Why don't we go to the hatchery?"
When the others heard this, they quickly agreed.
There are food, drinks and girls in the bathhouse. It is so comfortable to take a bath and sleep.
The old patrolman knew that his men had bad intentions, but he had already confiscated fifty francs and would use the rest to buy people's hearts.
"Okay, I'll go report to Deputy Chief Inspector Wu."
They had no intention of inviting their superiors to go with them. Not to mention that the hot spring that the deputy chief inspector went to was not of the same level as theirs, the young deputy chief inspector was well-known for doting on his wife.
Those sensational events at the time are still talked about today.
"Where is that bastard Xiao Wuzi?" someone asked.
"Didn't he go to the deputy chief inspector to reason with him?" someone answered.
A group of patrolmen burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at?" Wu Ziyang came over with a group of people.
The old patrolman stepped forward quickly, "Deputy Chief Patrolman, you're still here."
Wu Ziyang threw him a pack of cigarettes and said with a smile:
"You've worked hard tonight. Take your brothers and find a place to rest. I'll approve the expenses later. By the way, we can have a day off tomorrow so you can all have a good rest."
He himself started out as a lowly patrolman and knew the character of these guys.
Any Chinese person would be unhappy to be bothered by the Japanese in the middle of the night.
Wu Ziyang walked towards his car. After the old patrolman watched the car drive away, he put away the cigarette in his hand and turned to the group of people and said:
"You've heard it all, right? We don't need to spend any money."
A group of patrol police cheered on the street in the middle of the night. The common people heard it but did not dare to say anything. They could only cover their heads and curse under their quilts to vent their anger.
A group of people walked away, discussing going to the bathhouse.
No one cared when the patrolman named Xiao Wuzi appeared. They followed them silently and occasionally complained to the people around them.
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