Although there was a sign on the door that said "Closed during the Spring Festival and will open on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year", there was no sign of rest inside the photo studio.
Guo Qiyun was developing photos in the darkroom, Yu Manli was in the attic receiving messages from Shangfeng, and Mingtai frowned and kept writing and drawing on a small blackboard in front of him, as if he was
What are you planning?
Soon, Guo Qiyun walked out of the darkroom with the newly developed photos, "Team leader, the photos are ready."
Mingtai took the photo and without saying a word, fixed it on the small blackboard with thumbtacks. After observing it carefully, he finally said: "Minister of Munitions Department Chen Bing?"
Before he finished speaking, Guo Qiyun said: "Yes, I know this person. He used to be an agent of the military commander, but later he defected to the Japanese."
"Do you have a photo?"
Guo Qiyun shook his head, "No, his photos should be stored in the archives section of the headquarters together with the files. Even if he applies for retrieval immediately, it will definitely be too late."
"Then... can you draw a portrait?"
"Yes!" Guo Qiyun said without hesitation, "But even so, it will take a few more days."
"Then you have to work hard for a few days to find this man for me! He must have something we need on his hands."
However, before he finished speaking, Yu Manli, who had just come down from the attic, said as she went downstairs: "Team leader, are you trying to kill him?"
"That can only be regarded as a prelude. This time, I'm going to make some big noise!" Having said this, Mingtai ignored the shocked expression on Guo Qiyun's face, turned to Manli and asked, "How are you, Viper?"
Is there any reply?"
"Yes, in five days, the Japanese will hold a victory celebration for the North China Battlefield at the Navy Club. It is the best time to take action."
Mingtai couldn't help but narrowed his eyes after hearing this, "Congratulations on the victory..."
At this moment, three long and one short doorbell sounds suddenly came from the door, and the three of them immediately entered a state of alert in unison.
"Who could this be? I'll go out and have a look!" Yu Manli was the first to stand up and said as she walked out.
"Wait a minute!" However, before he took two steps, he was stopped by Guo Qiyun, and then he said under the questioning eyes of the other two people, "Maybe it's the Red Party."
"What did you say?" Before he finished speaking, Mingtai stood up and slapped the case, staring at him.
Guo Qiyun could only bite the bullet and explain: "Three long and one short are the emergency distress signals of the underground Red Party."
"How do they know this place?" Mingtai asked again.
"In a previous operation, 'Venomous Bee' was injured and almost died. It was the agents of the Red Party who rescued him and sent him here. I think they may have had some emergency situation before they found him here.
."
"Are you sure that's their emergency distress signal?"
"It's certain that this password was agreed upon by 'Venomous Bee' with them, and no one else should know it."
Only then did Mingtai finally nod his head, "Since they have helped us before, naturally we can't help but die. Let's go out and take a look!"
"Yes." After saying that, Guo Qiyun quickly went downstairs and opened the door.
Mingtai and Yu Manli each took out their pistols, loaded their bullets, and walked slowly to the stairs. Using the stairs, they quickly built a fire cover network that could provide a three-dimensional intersection, and both pointed their guns in the direction of the door.
After everything was ready, Mingtai signaled Guo Qiyun to open the door.
And just after the door opened, a middle-aged man hurriedly walked in.
"It's you?!" As soon as he saw the person coming, Guo Qiyun couldn't help shouting in surprise.
At this time, Mingtai also walked out from behind the wall with a gun in hand and asked Guo Qiyun: "Do you know him?"
Before she finished speaking, Yu Manli, who came next, lowered her voice and said: "He is the red party who led the team to ambush and blow up the Sakura last time."
Hearing this, Mingtai suddenly nodded, and then asked: "What do you call it?"
"Call me Uncle Li!" Having said this, Uncle Li looked at the three people in Mingtai and continued, "Who among you is in charge? I need your help!"
"I make the decision!" Mingtai said in a clear and convincing voice, "Uncle Li, right? I wonder what you want us to do for you?"
"Two hours ago, one of my comrades went to the Wanguo Hotel to steal an important document belonging to Wang Puppet Quartermaster. He made a mistake and was arrested on the spot by the Eagle Dog No. 76 at the door of the hotel. Fortunately, she had already handed over the document before that.
Delivered promptly."
"Now that the documents have been sent out in time, why are you still coming to us? You don't want us to help you save people, right?"
"Exactly!" Uncle Li glanced at Mingtai with admiration, "Before the action, I made an agreement with her that if we miss, we will lead the enemy to the Moonlight Bar, and then I will try to rescue him."
"The people in No. 76 are not fools and will not be fooled by you so easily."
"That's right, so I put a meal reservation coupon for the Moonlight Bar in her bag in advance and wrote down to meet her there at eight o'clock in the evening."
However, when he heard this, Mingtai couldn't help but feel funny, "Since you set the trap, then you can just go to the rescue. Why bother looking for us?"
"Because I know that you are also plotting against Chen Bing. If you agree to help me save people, then I think I will be willing to share the information we have obtained with you." Uncle Li said calmly, "
So, this condition should be enough to show my sincerity, right?"
Mingtai thought for a while and looked at Uncle Li. He didn't know why, but he felt a strange affection for this person when he saw him.
Is it because of that "Miss Hui"? Or...
However, as soon as this idea came out of his mind, Mingtai shook his head hard, tried his best to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, and continued to ask: "Do you have an internal picture of the bar?"
"I'll draw it for you." Uncle Li then took out a pen and quickly drew the internal structure of the bar on the letterhead provided by Guo Qiyun, and the way in and out was naturally clear.
After just one look, Mingtai memorized the internal structure of the bar in his mind, and then asked the most critical question, "Do I know your comrade?"
"You should know."
Before he finished speaking, Mingtai almost blurted out: "Miss Hui?"
"Yes." Uncle Li glanced at Mingtai with a meaningful look and replied calmly.
"It's true that we meet each other everywhere in life." A smile appeared on Mingtai's lips.
But at this moment, Yu Manli suddenly said: "Team leader, please think about it carefully. With our current capabilities, it is really not appropriate to fight head-on with No. 76."
"That's right!" Mingtai nodded in agreement, but then changed the subject, "So this time, we can't fight head-on, we have to outsmart him!"
After saying that, he held the structural diagram of the bar's interior that Uncle Li had just drawn in one hand and told his plan at the same time.
"...This is the plan, do you understand?"
As soon as these words came out, Guo Qiyun and Yu Manli both stood up and said: "Yes."
"Very good! Ready for action."
Hearing this, Uncle Li said sincerely, "Thank you."
Mingtai nodded slightly, then waved his hand and ordered: "Let's go. As for the specific details, we will talk about it in the car."
And just as everyone was driving non-stop to the Moonlight Bar, a phone call suddenly came to Liang Zhongchun's home.
"Hello? Is this Liang Mansion?" The phone was connected, and then Li Qiang's anxious voice came.
"I am Liang Zhongchun, who are you?"
"Director Liang, I am A Qiang!"
Hearing this, Liang Zhongchun couldn't help being stunned, but even though he still couldn't figure out what medicine was sold in Li Qiang's gourd, he still said politely: "Who do I think it is? It turns out to be brother A Qiang!
What's up?"
"Director Liang, just now, your brother-in-law had a big fight with Captain Wan of the Third Action Brigade at the Wanguo Hotel. He almost got into trouble! Do you think you are...?"
It's okay that Liang Zhongchun didn't listen. After listening to Li Qiang's report, his head suddenly turned into two heads, and he said extremely impatiently: "Who are you talking about? Tong Hu? Why did this big man go to the Wanguo Hotel for the Chinese New Year?
Already?"
"This... I'm not sure about my humble position! It seems that I received a tip and took people there to investigate the anti-Japanese elements."
"It's a zebra farm! How many times have I told him to calm down, but he's good. He just made such a small achievement, and his tail is raised again. He just took my words as farts, right?"
!…”
In anger, Liang Zhongchun started talking in his hometown dialect. However, it was not until he vented his anger that he finally realized that the person on the other side of the phone was not the Tong Hu who always caused trouble for him, but Li Qiang!
So he immediately said apologetically to Li Qiang: "Oh, brother A Qiang, I'm really sorry. I was so angry that I fainted just now, and now... I'm not blaming you, please don't take it personally.
go!"
Li Qiang was very considerate, "It doesn't matter, Director Liang, I can understand your mood. After all, every family has its own scriptures that are difficult to recite! It's just that the boy captain just now..."
"What's up with him?"
"he……"
The more Li Qiang hesitated, the more anxious Liang Zhongchun became, "Brother Qiang, if you have anything to say, just say it. Don't have any worries."
"Just now, a female thief stole four yellow croakers from Minister Chen of the Munitions Department. Just as she was about to escape from the hotel, she was caught by Captain Wan. But just as Captain Wan was about to take her away
When they were brought back to the headquarters for careful interrogation, Captain Tong arrived and insisted that the female thief was an anti-Japanese element and should be handed over to him. Captain Wan naturally refused, but then Captain Tong... actually showed off.
, forcefully snatched people away from Captain Wan."
"What did you say?" Liang Zhongchun could no longer calm down. You must know that Wan Lilang belongs to Zheng Yaoxian, and that guy is a famous protector. What can he do if he offends him? He is so cheap.
Has my brother-in-law been kicked in the head by a donkey? How could he do such a mindless thing?
Thinking of this, Liang Zhongchun almost shouted, "Quick! Give him the phone and ask him to answer the phone."
"This..." The more anxious Liang Zhongchun became, the slower Li Qiang spoke, "I'm afraid not, Captain Tong has already taken the person away."
"Take it away? Where did you take it?"
"I don't know about that."
"Don't know?" Hearing this, Liang Zhongchun was almost so angry that he spit out a mouthful of blood.
But before he could calm down, Li Qiang continued: "But Captain Wan seems to have sent someone to report to Director Zheng. You still... Hello? Hello? Director Liang... Liang
Director?"
Before Li Qiang could finish what he said, the call was suddenly hung up.
Li Qiang then put down the phone with satisfaction, walked out of the phone booth, and walked towards the Moonlight Bar across the street...
The night was blurry, and snowflakes began to drift in the sky at some point, flying on the streets that gradually fell into silence. Mingtai, wearing a black windbreaker, stood under the dim street lights and lit a cigarette leisurely.
He took a deep breath, and then exhaled a puff of light smoke, his eyes still sharply staring at the bar called "Moonlight" across the street.
Slowly looking back, Mingtai began to play with the lighter in his hand again, turning it on and off, quietly watching the flame rise and then extinguish, and occasionally looking around at the street scene, full of
A cynical attitude.
After an unknown amount of time, Mingtai finally put out the cigarette in his hand and put away the lighter at the same time. But the strange thing was: he did not move towards the Moonlight Bar just across the street, but turned around neatly.
I walked in the opposite direction, but before I could take a few steps, I was stopped by a faint cough.
Then he swayed and entered a dark alley.
"Quiting before the battle is not your style." A deep voice slowly sounded in the alley.
"That only shows that you don't know me well enough." Mingtai said with a smile, "It's you, Brother Aqiang, when did you get so close to the Red Party?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang slowly walked out from the shadows, "I'm asking you now, why did you ask me instead? Who gave you the courage to act without permission?"
?”
"Of course it's the moral justice of the world and the justice of the nation!" Mingtai said confidently.
"What a moral and national justice! Is this the reason why you ignore family rules and organizational discipline?"
"Exactly! If Shangfeng still wants to punish me with this, then I have nothing to say!"
Hearing this, Li Qiang took a deep look at Mingtai and continued for a long time: "Since you have made up your mind, why are you backing out again?"
"The other party has already set up a dragnet around the bar. If we follow the plan we made before, it will be difficult to escape with our manpower and firepower. So we must think long term and find another way!"
"It seems that you are not as reckless as I thought." Li Qiang seemed to be very pleased to say, but the next sentence surprised Mingtai, "If I can help you deal with the gang outside,
Guy, how sure are you that you will escape unscathed?"
