The murderer's purpose may have been to let him see He Jin's appearance after his death, which would give him a psychological blow.
Disrupting the opponent's will and fighting spirit is sometimes more effective than pointing a gun directly at him. Of course, pointing a gun at the opponent when he has a mental breakdown would be perfect.
If you can see your opponent paralyzed with fear and crying on the ground, or running hysterically in the corridor, it is equivalent to completing a masterpiece.
This murderer seems to have sadistic tendencies and wants to play a cat and mouse game with Lu Ming. This is of course just Lu Ming's speculation.
There were no signs of fighting or blood in the corridor. The question is, where were the four policemen?
If it was said that four policemen were killed or subdued in an instant, he really didn't believe it.
The policemen of the Shanghai Police Department may be a little stupid in handling cases, but most of them are from the military and are not easily subdued. Unless there are several murderers and they attack instantly, in that case, there will definitely be a firefight or fight in the corridor.
trace.
Could it be that the police were bribed, killed Horgan and then escaped?
Lu Ming shook his head. It was common for police officers to be bribed, but the possibility of two uniformed policemen and two plainclothes policemen being bribed at the same time did not exist at all.
"Who did you offend? They actually set a trap to kill you?" Yan Xiaohui asked, his mood calming down a little.
"I haven't offended anyone, and I don't know who is so vicious." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"I guess this must have something to do with the Sheng family?" Yan Xiaohui looked into Lu Ming's eyes and said.
"Well, it's possible that someone didn't want me to meddle in my own business and reminded me in this way. Someone has assassinated me before." Lu Ming said.
"Really? Then you... who wants to assassinate you?" Yan Xiaohui covered his mouth and exclaimed.
"Japanese." Lu Ming softly spat out three words.
Although the woman who assassinated him last time may be Chinese, she must be related to the Japanese because the U.S. Consulate also sent a note of protest to the Japanese Consulate over the incident.
"Hey, friends outside, listen, I am an American citizen, and Miss Yan is a citizen of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Think carefully about what trouble you will cause to the Japanese government by killing the two of us." Lu Ming shouted to the outside.
"Is it useful for you to shout like this?" Yan Xiaohui whispered.
"Who knows, maybe it will work. Even if it doesn't work, let's scare them first." Lu Ming said with a smile.
The murderer never showed up, and he didn't dare to rush out. If that didn't work, he had to figure out how to get down from the third-floor window.
He tore the bedspread and sheets on the hospital bed into strips, then twisted them into a rope, tied one end to the foot of the hospital bed, and threw the other end out of the window.
"Friends outside, please give me a reply. Stop now before big trouble occurs. The road is facing the sky, so everyone goes to one side." Lu Ming shouted.
"They are murderers? How could you let them escape?" Yan Xiaohui said with a flash of his mind.
"Then what should I do? Even if I have a Maxim in my hand now, it's useless." Lu Ming shook the revolver in his hand and said.
"What is Maxim?" Yan Xiaohui looked confused.
"The water-cooled heavy machine gun shined in the Battle of the Somme in the last European War. The German army used Maxim to wipe out 60,000 British and French troops in one day."
"Sixty thousand people?" Yan Xiaohui opened his mouth wide and fell silent.
The two people chatted, but they were actually hiding the panic in their hearts. Needless to say, Yan Xiaohui, even Lu Ming did not pass through this formation.
He had a gun in his hand, but other than using it on the shooting range, he had no actual combat experience.
He is very courageous, but that does not mean that he is really not afraid of death. No one is not afraid of death. Those who have been on the battlefield for a long time are not afraid of death, but they are numb to death.
It's funny to think about it. He jumped into this trap that was set for him, and Yan Xiaohui also got in confused.
Lu Ming was not sure if Yan Xiaohui would be shot if he walked out now, but he did not dare to take the risk. It is estimated that the murderer would not let anyone go out to report the crime to the police station.
According to Lu Ming's estimation, the entire hospital has been sealed off by the murderer. In this case, the murderer is a gang, not a person, which can also explain why the four police officers disappeared without a trace.
"They don't reply, what should I do? Is it possible that they have left? I'll go out and have a look." Yan Xiaohui said, stood up and opened the door to go out.
"Don't move, they are still outside." Lu Ming grabbed Yan Xiaohui's hand and pulled her behind him.
As if to confirm Lu Ming's words, a gunshot rang out and a bullet shot through the door and flew out of the window.
Lu Ming looked at the flight path of the bullet, and combined with the source of the gunshot, he could conclude that there was an ambush at the stairs at the corner of the corridor, but this person seemed to have fired a little too early.
This man is just a gunman, not the mastermind, Lu Ming judged.
If the mastermind had this kind of mentality, he would have fired the gun as soon as he walked up to the third floor.
Of course I don't know who the mastermind Lu Ming is, but what I can conclude is that the other party is very tolerant, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, ready to launch a fatal attack at any time.
If this kind of attack is not carried out, it will be fatal, and if it is carried out, it will be fatal. This is what Lu Ming is most worried about.
Yan Xiaohui was so frightened that her face turned pale, and her heart was beating wildly. She still looked confused and said: "Why did they shoot at me?"
"They are afraid that you will go out and call the police to report the crime. No matter who they are, anyone who comes in will never go out again."
"Then...the hospitalized patients and doctors here...they all..." Yan Xiaohui did not dare to say any more.
"No, they don't dare to kill indiscriminately. It will cause a big shock in Shanghai, and they can't escape. The people in the building should have been controlled by them. They are trapped in a certain room. They won't have any chance.
Dangerous." Lu Ming analyzed.
"If that's the case, it would be better." Yan Xiaohui said, leaning against Lu Ming.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Lu Ming patted her hand.
He could feel Yan Xiaohui's body trembling slightly as he leaned against him. This was normal. Anyone who was almost shot to death a minute ago would have this kind of physiological reaction.
Relatively speaking, Yan Xiaohui's performance is strong enough.
Lu Ming once heard a veteran who had experienced World War I say that many recruits, when they first entered the battlefield, would be too frightened to move when they heard the sound of gunfire, and some even became incontinent.
Many of these people are gangsters and street gangsters. They are usually bold and do anything, but when it comes to the battlefield, these people are the first to be cowed.
"I'm telling you, my friends outside, you are so ungrateful. If you want to say hello, can you please not use a gun? Can we send one person each to have a good talk?"
At this time, Lu Ming spoke in Mandarin to the outside world, and when speaking to Yan Xiaohui, he spoke in Shanghainese, sometimes mixed with English.
There was still silence outside, not speaking or moving, and not a single sound could be heard.
Lu Ming suddenly thought of a question: Why hasn't Zhang Ziyang come yet?
Could it be that he has already arrived and has been controlled by the murderers outside?
He could conclude that the policemen were subdued and brought under control, but no one would be so bold as to kill these policemen. Offending the Shanghai Police Department would be like poking a hornet's nest, and there was no chance of it.
Killing a Horgan lying unconscious in a hospital bed would not cause much shock, and killing him would not have much repercussions. But killing a policeman or multiple policemen is completely different in nature. That is right.
Challenges of Shanghai Police.
"What should we do now?" Yan Xiaohui asked anxiously.
"There is no good way, just wait. Or wait until they can no longer afford it and go away, or wait until reinforcements arrive from outside to break the situation." Lu Ming said.
At this time, he will not pretend to be a lone hero, saving the world alone or anything like that. He is just a mortal, with a mortal body. As long as he dares to go out and show his face, he will definitely be shot into a sieve.
"That's good, we have become mandarin ducks with the same fate." Yan Xiaohui suddenly smiled and leaned closer to Lu Ming.
"They are connected by the same fate, but they are not a pair of mandarin ducks." Lu Ming said with a smile.
"Then we can be a pair of free wild mandarin ducks." Yan Xiaohui teased.
"Miss, how long has it been? Do you still have time to joke? Just calm down." Lu Ming said with a bitter smile.
"Isn't this the joy of suffering? Maybe we will all die here today, on the same day..." Yan Xiaohui suddenly said with a sad expression.
"No, don't worry, as long as I'm alive, this kind of thing won't happen." Lu Ming said clearly.
"But what if you die?"
"Then you will live. What they want is my life, not yours. These people are professional killers, not bandits, and they will not kill people indiscriminately. As long as they achieve their goals, they will not cause collateral casualties, which is not good for them." Lu
Mingdao.
The two of them said this in English, not wanting anyone outside to understand them.
"Mr. Lu, why do you, a smart person like you, want to go against us? In fact, we have already given you a warning, but you just ignored it. Otherwise, you wouldn't be here today." Someone outside suddenly said in English.
When Lu Ming heard this, he became energetic. What he was afraid of was that the other party would remain silent. As long as there was communication, it would be easier.
But what he never expected was that the other party was actually proficient in English and spoke with a full Cockney accent.
"I said that since you have such knowledge, how could you degenerate into being a killer?" Lu Ming sarcastically said in English.
"Mr. Lu is more knowledgeable, but unfortunately he is willing to work for the rich and be a hound, sniffing around." The other party also mocked.
"Let's do this, whatever price your employer offers you, I'll give you double the price, and you'll pay it immediately after you leave." Lu Ming continued to speak in English.
He concluded that this person was the real mastermind. This person spoke to him in English, probably because he didn't want his subordinates to understand.
"The conditions are the same as above. You can also come to my place and pay immediately after you leave. No, the conditions are ten times higher and I will give you ten times the price." The person outside did not hesitate and also made an offer.
"Ten times? Maybe you really can't afford it." Lu Ming smiled.