The gate of the courtyard opened. When the two guards saw Lai Huaiwu coming in, they quickly stood up. Lai Huaiwu nodded to them, and walked directly to the room inside without saying a word.

This yard is inconspicuous from the outside. The yard is full of mixed things, which is no different from ordinary courtyards in civilian areas. However, it is very different when you walk into the room. The space inside is very large, with a total of seven or eight rooms, and the furnishings and arrangements in the room are also clean and complete.

There were several Qing Gang disciples sitting in the middle of the room. These people were bored and were playing cards around the table.

When Lai Huaiwu saw his subordinates playing cards, he remembered that he had lost money in the casino just now, and frowned and asked, "Who is watching that old guy?"

"Fatty guy is watching!" A disciple of the Qing Gang replied quickly.

Lai Huaiwu ignored them anymore, walked through a corridor, came to the innermost room, and stretched out his hand to open the door.

This is the room where Wei Hongde was detained. The windows of the room were nailed to death with wooden boards, and there was no light in the room, so the lights were turned on during the day.

A row of iron fences were welded in a corner of the room, and there was only a wooden bed inside the fence. Wei Hongde was lying on the bed, not sure whether he was asleep or awake.

Sitting at the door was a short and fat Green Gang disciple, responsible for guarding Wei Hongde. When he saw Lai Huaiwu coming in, he quickly stood up.

"team leader!"

Lai Huaiwu frowned. His subordinate was stupid and slow to react. He called himself "captain" in front of the meat ticket. However, after thinking about it, Wei Hongde could not survive tonight anyway, so he did not scold him.

He asked, "Is the old guy awake?"

The fat man quickly replied, "I woke up and talked to me just now."

Lai Huaiwu stepped forward a few steps, and Wei Hongde, who heard the sound, sat up from the wooden bed. Lai Huaiwu walked closer to check, but found no abnormality, so he was about to turn around and leave.

But Wei Hongde couldn't help but speak, "My friend, can you discuss that your asking price is too high. I know the situation of our Wei family. I can't raise so much US dollars in such a short time."

Hearing Wei Hongde's words, Lai Huaiwu turned around and looked at him, snorting coldly: "Old guy, you can't bear to pluck your hair at this time. Don't talk nonsense. In short, if you don't have money, you will be killed."

When Wei Hongde heard this, he shook his head and sighed, then turned over and lay down, and stopped talking.

Lai Huaiwu ordered the fat man again: "Stop talking to him, you are stupid, don't let him get in trouble."

The fat man nodded quickly. He was weak in character and slow in his brain. He was the most bullied among his companions. He pushed him all the things he had to do. The work of guarding Wei Hongde was naturally handed over to him.

Lai Huaiwu left the room and came to the main hall. Seeing that his subordinates were still playing cards, he kicked one of his subordinates angrily and said, "Stop playing, talk about the main business!"

These subordinates saw that Lai Huaiwu had a bad face and did not dare to play at the moment. They quickly threw down the card in their hands and sat up straight.

When they were in the hall, they were Lai Huaiwu's confidants. After they were brought to No. 76, they still followed Lai Huaiwu to work, and they were all old teams he could trust.

Lai Huaiwu coughed lightly and said, "I will collect the money tonight. Lao Wu will take your people with me. You can guard the cannon here. Everyone should be careful. This old guy is valuable, don't have any accidents."

After hearing this, several people agreed in unison. The disciple of the Qing Gang, nicknamed Da Cannon, said with a smile: "Good guy, 300,000 US dollars! The people we tied up over the years cannot afford so much money together. They are tycoons on the beach, it's different, tsk tsk!"

"A lot of money, our brothers have worked hard to give us a share of the captain's share. Captain, how much do you think we can share?"

"That's right, captain, you didn't ask, at least you have a clear mind. The brothers were all itchy in the past two days, and they had just gotten a piece of fat..."

Hearing his subordinates talking, Lai Huaiwu had some thoughts, but he naturally could not say more in front of his hands. His face turned cold and he scolded: "Do your own business well, the captain of the team can't treat us badly. Brother Fourth, after it gets dark, go to the wasteland in the southern suburbs to dig a deep pit. When I come back tonight, this old guy will end up burying the person. This matter will be done."

As soon as Lai Huaiwu said, everyone was stunned. Da Cannon said in confusion: "Captain, it's really a smuggling vote. This is a bad rule!"

Lai Huaiwu rolled his eyes, glared at him, and said ruthlessly: "This is the command of the captain. Besides, Wei Hongde has seen us and heard our voices. He has power behind him. His identity is extraordinary. If he really finds a debt to the back, it will be a big trouble. Remember, everyone will have a door-to-door in the future. Once the wind is gone, he will be in trouble."

When everyone heard this, they naturally knew the pros and cons, and they nodded and agreed.

Lai Huaiwu thought about it again, and then ordered: "This is a bit of a bad rule, but it can only be considered unlucky. Da Cannon, to make him a few dishes, a pot of wine, and a delicious food and drink for him to take him for a ride at night, which is considered to be the right thing to do!"

Time passed quickly. In the evening, in the room where Wei Hongde was detained, the fat man lifted a vegetable basket to the iron fence, opened the lid, and handed the plates of side dishes and a pot of wine inside from under the fence.

Wei Hongde sat on the edge of the bed, staring at the fat man's behavior, and his face changed. He stepped forward, grabbed the fat man's hand, and asked in a trembling voice: "Little brother, what does this mean?"

The fat man was shocked by Wei Hongde, and quickly shook his hand and broke free. He said with a stuttering sound: "You...you eat, this is what the captain gave you to you."

Wei Hongde suddenly felt a dazed, and he had been calm for a long time, staring at the fat man's face, and asked again: "Little brother, I know you are a kind person. Tell me, why? Your Qing Gang also has to talk about the morality of the world when doing things. We have no complaints or grudges!"

Wei Hongde has experienced storms in Shanghai for a long time and has enough experience and experience. After being kidnapped, he roughly guessed the other party’s origin based on some details he observed. It was probably done by the local Qing Gang.

The fat man was speechless by Wei Hongde's words. Although he was a little weak, he was not really stupid. He naturally knew the reason. His mouth moved and finally murmured: "You, don't blame me. The above said that you have a special identity and are a powerful figure. I am afraid that you will cause trouble afterwards, so..."

Wei Hongde's head buzzed, and he felt dizzy and almost fell to the ground. He knew very well what this meant. It seemed that he would not be able to go home tonight and would not have a chance in the future.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, Lai Huaiwu and four subordinates left the slum. He wanted to go to the trading location Lanjiaqiao to check in advance, prepare for receiving ransoms, and prevent accidents during the transaction.

Just as they left the slum, a low voice sounded in the darkness: "Team leader, there were five people left, and there should be seven to eight people in it, which is just convenient for us to do it."

The person who spoke was Zhou Hao, the action captain under Zuo Gang. The people around him were naturally Zuo Gang, who had been lurking in the city and was responsible for intelligence activities.

After Lai Huaiwu appeared at the Wanguo Casino today, he was immediately discovered by Cui Yuanfeng's subordinates. The people involved in the investigation were naturally Cui Yuanfeng's trusted personnel. These people were all Shanghai station agents who had worked with them. They had received formal training and had rich intelligence experience. They were completely rich and rich in asking them to monitor Lai Huaiwu and others.

So after that, Lai Huaiwu was followed all the way, and he successfully found the slum where Wei Hongde was detained. The location was found and Cui Yuanfeng was immediately reported. After several twists and turns, the information was finally passed to Zuo Gang in the evening.

Zuo Gang, who had received the instructions and was on standby at any time, quickly dispatched after receiving the information and led his operation team to the vicinity of the slums, ready to carry out a rescue operation against Wei Hongde at any time.

Seeing Lai Huaiwu and others leaving, Zuo Gang did not take action immediately. He was cautious in his work. After careful observation, he found that although this slum was remote, it was not too late. There were sporadic pedestrians passing by from time to time. He knew that it was too early to take action at this time, so he whispered: "Wait a minute, there are still two hours left before the ransom delivery. We are rich, so don't act rashly."

As time passed by little by little, the night became deeper and deeper, and the surroundings were silent. Zuo Gang looked at the time and it was already nine o'clock in the evening.

"Do it!"

With his order, dozens of figures moved quietly to the slum.

This courtyard looks very ordinary in appearance, and the surrounding courtyard walls are not high. It is not difficult for these experts with extremely rich operation experience to attack targets such as terrain.

They chose different attack directions, divided into three groups to approach the courtyard wall, and cooperated to build a handrail to easily send the three most agile players into the wall, and then quietly guarded under the wall, waiting for them to solve the guards in the courtyard.

Zhou Hao was among the three team members. He was as light as a monkey, and he quickly climbed into the wall and landed quietly. As soon as he stepped on the ground, he immediately bent down and observed the movements around him. He confirmed that no one noticed it. He touched the gate of the courtyard. Soon the other two team members also sneaked in from different directions.

There was indeed a Green Gang disciple on duty in the yard. He was sitting on a chair, leaning slanted against the door frame, throwing a peanut into his mouth, humming an unknown little song gently, leisurely, and not much alert in his heart. He never thought that someone would come to the door directly.

When Zhou Hao walked forward lightly and suddenly strangled his neck, he was not alert at all. As Zhou Hao tweaked it hard, his fragile neck bone was twisted by the force, and his body immediately softened.

At this time, the two players of the operation also leaned over. Seeing that Zhou Hao had solved the guard, they turned around and leaned towards the room.

Zhou Hao turned around and gently opened the yard gate. The members of the action team waiting outside quickly entered and approached the doors and windows of the room. Seeing that they were in their positions, Zhou Hao waved his hand and a crisp sound. The members of the action team each broke open the doors and windows and rushed in as fast as possible.

In addition to the fat man guarding Wei Hongde, there were six Green Gang disciples in the room. Faced with this sudden change, they obviously couldn't defend themselves. Before they could react, the short guns in their hands kept firing, making a muffled sound under the action of the muffler.

Several Green Gang disciples had no chance to resist at all, so they were beaten to tremble all over, and bloody flowers bloomed in their chests and heads. A few painful screams came to an abrupt end.

Zhou Hao waved his hand and the team members immediately began to search for other rooms and quickly kicked open the door of the room where Wei Hongde was imprisoned.

Zhou Hao rushed in first, and saw Wei Hongde locked in the iron fence, and the fat man who was trembling in the corner, scared to death.

"Puff!"

Zhou Hao did not hesitate at all. His reaction was extremely quick. When the corner of his eyes swept the fat man, Colt's hand in his hand made two light sounds, and the bullet accurately hit the fat man's head, killing him on the spot.

The two team members behind him rushed in almost the same time. Seeing the situation in the room, they relaxed and their guns dropped.

At this time, Wei Hongde in the iron fence was also stunned by this unexpected scene!

Just before, he was still waiting for the arrival of death in a state of despair, but in a blink of an eye the situation reversed. Looking at Zhou Hao and others, his eyes suddenly swept away the despair just now. He already knew that he had survived the dead and broke free from the brink of death.

"Continue to search, take away all the bodies, and clean up the traces!" Zhou Hao issued an order to other team members.

This operation is different from the past. The purpose is only to rescue Wei Hongde, and no traces of the Shanghai Intelligence Department can be left behind.

This was explained clearly by Zuo Gang before the operation, because Wu Shicai had had many dealings with the Shanghai Intelligence Department, and the Japanese were also familiar with the characteristics of the Intelligence Department's operations. If you check it carefully, it would be easy to connect Wei Hongde with the Shanghai Intelligence Department, and the situation would be difficult to predict later.

The team members are well-trained experts, and they are naturally familiar with these things. They handle everything quickly.

"Mr. Wei, offended me!"

A cloth belt covered Wei Hongde's eyes and was taken out of the slum. A car leaned over and parked beside him. Zuo Gang was sitting in the back seat of the car.

The rescue operation was relatively simple, and it was just dealing with a few Qing Gang members. It was nothing to the intelligence operation team, let alone unexpectedly. There was no need for Zuo Gang to take action at all, so he was just outside and did not participate directly.

Wei Hongde was sent into the car and sat next to Zuo Gang. The car started and drove quickly towards the Suzhou River.

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I had a headache yesterday for a long time, so I didn’t write much. I just finished it today, and it’s a bit late to update it. I’m sorry!
Chapter completed!