The four men were wearing the same clothes as the Caogang gunmen, wearing the same sunglasses and peaked caps. Not to mention the Japanese who were watching around them, even the Caogang gunmen themselves might not have known that four people had sneaked into their team if they didn't check carefully.
The convoy of two cars and three large trucks rumbled away. The Manchurian Railway agents hiding around them had their eyes red. At this moment, they could only stare blankly, watching the convoy slowly snake away. It was too suffocating.
Surrendered.
Even if they knew that the four An Gonggen people were most likely hiding in three large trucks, they did not dare to intercept them. Interception would mean triggering a large-scale gun battle. Not only would they not be able to take away anyone, but they might not be able to survive many of them.
It's not that they don't have much enthusiasm for fighting, it's just that their weapons are incompetent. The guns in their hands become nothing more than children's toys when compared with the Thompson submachine guns. Why bother asking for trouble?
"Evacuate, all evacuate, just leave a few people to monitor." Ozawa announced helplessly.
Ozawa's order meant that the operation to capture An Gonggen and the four men was a complete failure. This was not their fault. Their opponents were simply too powerful. Only then did they understand what it means to be strong but not to suppress local snakes.
After the convoy completely disappeared, Lu Ming finally felt relieved. There were no gunshots around, which meant that no one was intercepting them. In another twenty minutes, An Gonggen and the others would arrive at the dock safely, where there was already a ship waiting for them.
They weighed anchor immediately after boarding the ship, took a long sleep, and arrived in Nanjing early the next morning.
"Finally, we got rid of this hot potato. Your strategy is really clever." Zhang Ziyang did not leave the apartment. He was worried that the Japanese would become angry and cruel to Lu Ming, so he continued to protect Lu Ming with his four men.
"It's nothing clever, it's just a waste of money." Lu Ming waved his hand in pain.
This night was indeed lively and beautiful, but it cost him almost five thousand yuan. Five thousand yuan could buy a very good courtyard house in Beijing and a building in Shanghai.
Five thousand yuan is enough for an ordinary family of three to live with food and clothing for more than forty years, which is of course only the lowest level of food and clothing; it is enough for a middle-class family to live for ten years, but he threw it all away in one night.
If his parents find out about this, they will give him a beating.
Lu Ming didn't think he was very powerful. He was really helpless and had no choice but to burn money in order to be safe. If he was really a wealthy person, he might be able to find a way to get An Gonggen without spending a penny.
The four of them were sent away.
Zhang Ziyang is the one who feels the most ashamed. The cause of the incident lies with him. If it weren't for protecting him, Lu Ming might not have risked his life to save An Gonggen and the four of them at all costs.
Lu Ming's tense nerves finally relaxed and asked Zhang Ziyang and the others to rest. He fell asleep as soon as he lay down on the bed and didn't wake up until the afternoon. The same happened to Zhang Ziyang. He found a room and started sleeping.
He was still asleep and didn't wake up until Lu Ming came to find him.
The four men brought by Zhang Ziyang were resting in the other two rooms. Lu Ming and Zhang Ziyang did not call them after they woke up. Letting them sleep well at this moment is the biggest reward.
"Do you really want to leave Shanghai?" Zhang Ziyang asked.
"Yes, I promised Mingzhu to accompany her to Lushan Mountain to find Ziyuan." Lu Ming nodded.
"But Ziyuan may not be in Lushan now. She may have returned to her hometown in Huzhou."
"No, if she comes back, she will definitely go to Mingzhu first to deal with the matter of terminating her engagement with Sheng Di." Lu Ming analyzed.
"Miss Sheng and Ziyuan disappeared one after another. There is something fishy about this matter from the inside out. I think this is an obvious trap." Zhang Ziyang said.
Lu Ming said nothing. He had never thought about this problem.
It stands to reason that if Zi Yuan went out normally, she would not be unable to see newspapers and magazines, nor would she not be unable to hear the radio. She should have known about Mu Yi's disappearance.
In this case, no matter where she is, she will return to Shanghai immediately. How can she send two letters back and continue traveling by herself?
The strange thing is that of her two letters, one was sent to her hometown and the other was sent to Sheng Di. The sending addresses of both letters were in Lushan.
To send a letter, you must go to the post office, and the post office must sell newspapers and magazines. How could you not see the announcement that the Sheng family offered a large reward to Sheng Muyi? This announcement was published in major newspapers and magazines for more than a month.
What does this mean?
It means that the person who sent the letter is definitely not Ziyuan herself, nor can it be her close friend. If it is really her close friend, it is impossible not to tell her this announcement.
It is very possible that this is a trap, and Lushan Mountain is the specific address of the trap, and whoever goes there will fall in.
However, he felt that he was not qualified enough to have someone set up a trap to deal with him in Lushan. Moreover, the Japanese were already competing with him in Shanghai, so why bother taking off his pants and farting and going to Lushan to dig holes?
A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, but he was also startled by the thought, and his body shook involuntarily.
"What's wrong, are you dizzy?" Zhang Ziyang was very frightened when he saw his startled state.
"Do you think this letter was deliberately used for fishing?" Lu Ming asked.
"This is very possible, but who should I catch? What's the point of catching you and me?" Zhang Ziyang asked puzzled.
"Such a painstaking trick is of course to catch a big fish. Could it be that he wants to force Sheng Muyi to show up?" Lu Ming bent his finger and hit the table.
"Sheng Muyi? Are you crazy? Are you scared by the Japanese? Not really." Zhang Ziyang came over to touch Lu Ming's forehead.
"Let's go, let me talk about serious business." Lu Ming opened Zhang Ziyang's paw and said.
"How could Sheng Muyi show up when she's neither alive nor dead? Did she come to see you last night?" Zhang Ziyang felt that Lu Ming's thinking was too much.
"Then tell me, who in the world is most worried about Yuan Ziyuan?" Lu Ming asked.
"Of course they are Miss Yuan's parents and her sister. They are relatives."
"That's wrong. The person closest to Yuan Ziyuan in the world is Sheng Muyi, and the reverse is also true." Lu Ming said firmly.
"They are good, but they can't compare to blood relations." Zhang Ziyang expressed doubts about Lu Ming's point of view.
No matter how close friends are, they are just friends. How can they be better than family members? This is what Zhang Ziyang thinks. Lu Ming and he are as good as a pair of pants, but they can't compare to the family relationship with his parents.
Lu Ming knew that Zhang Ziyang couldn't understand this kind of relationship, and any more explanations would be in vain. Only by being in it can you understand things like love.
"Actually, Yuan Ziyuan hid in my apartment for a while before she ran away. For almost a month, she seemed to be avoiding someone or something." Lu Ming felt that it was time to tell Zhang Ziyang about this.
"Why is she hiding here with you? Does sister Mingzhu know? How could you agree? Hey, aunt, dear!" Zhang Ziyang started to be confused again.
Lu Ming glared at him, and Zhang Ziyang repeatedly cupped his hands and said, "You're kidding, you're kidding, don't take it seriously."
"I don't understand either. It's strange that it's strange here. When Ziyuan was hiding here, Sheng Muyi secretly came over to meet her. During that time, I happened to go back to my hometown in Huzhou with Mingzhu."
"Well, I know this. The two of them didn't get married and both sneaked back to Shanghai." Zhang Ziyang smiled playfully and waited for Lu Ming to continue.
"In Shanghai, is there anything that makes Sheng Muyi feel scared and has to escape?" Lu Ming seemed to be asking Zhang Ziyang, but in fact he was also asking himself, but neither of them could find the answer.
"It's impossible. She is still hiding from others in Shanghai? How could such a thing happen?" Zhang Ziyang shook his head directly.
"But this is the fact. It's just that we have no way of knowing their situation at the time. They must have had no choice but to choose to escape." Lu Ming analyzed.
"Well, there is a possibility. Do you think the two of them... have that kind of relationship?"
"What kind of relationship?" Lu Ming asked casually without taking back his thoughts for a moment.