Chapter 394: A near miss (please recommend and vote monthly)
Author: His Majesty’s Dried Fish
Chapter 394: A near miss (please recommend and vote monthly)
"Braised pork, steamed fish, tender chicken with scallion oil, and two bowls of rice. Thank you."
Minglou brought Li Qiang to the restaurant, and after sitting down, he said to the waiter, without any sense of nervousness about being about to be assassinated.
In a short time, the two people's dishes were brought out one by one.
"Two gentlemen, your dishes are ready, please use them." After saying that, the waiter left.
However, just when Minglou was about to use his chopsticks, he was stopped by Li Qiang, "Wait a minute!"
Before he finished speaking, and before Minglou could react, Li Qiang picked up his chopsticks and quickly took a bite from each dish, not even missing Minglou's bowl of rice.
"Okay, there's nothing wrong with these meals. You can eat them."
"Aqiang, what are you doing?"
Li Qiang said angrily: "Brother, if someone wants your life now, aren't you afraid that they will poison the food?"
"What are you afraid of? I can't tell if there is poison in this food?"
Li Qiang was very disapproving after hearing this, "Hey, you are not a god, how do you know if there is poison in this food?"
"Don't worry about this, I know it anyway! But you, you don't even know if this food is poisonous, how dare you eat it?"
"Then what's going on? I remember when my uncle and I caught a huge python in the Dahei Mountains. He said it was a thousand-year-old python, and he forced me to swallow its gallbladder. After that, I
It will be immune to all poisons!"
Of course, Li Qiang couldn't just tell Minglou directly that he was able to develop antibodies to common poisons because his physique was strengthened during the time travel, so he casually made up a mysterious-sounding reason.
Naturally, Minglou didn't believe this reason, but he couldn't restrain his curiosity and asked jokingly: "What if it's potassium cyanide?"
"I don't know, I haven't tried it."
"Then... do you want to give it a try?" Minglou said with a smirk.
Li Qiang flatly refused without thinking: "I'm so full that I can't stand it? I won't try!"
"Then let's eat first! Otherwise the food will be cold and it won't taste good!"
So the two started chatting and eating.
However, when the two of them were halfway through eating, Minglou suddenly lowered his voice and said in a confused voice, "How is it? Do you see anything?"
Li Qiang kept stuffing meat into his mouth and said: "Those guys should be all in place already, two at the front and back doors, one at the bathroom door, two on the second floor, and one more, most likely
I've already disguised myself as a waiter, just in case."
"As expected of the elite among the elite, your powers of observation are really extraordinary!" Minglou couldn't help but praise after hearing this, "Then I'll test you again. Who do you think among these guys will be the first to shoot at me?"
Where’s the gun?”
"If it were me, I should let the person on the second floor shoot first. After all, those two guys are condescending and have the highest chance of succeeding with one shot."
"Heroes think alike!" Having said this, Minglou put down the chopsticks in his hands and continued to ask while wiping his mouth, "Then if you were asked to strike first, how many could you kill?"
"Three!"
"No, it's too little." Minglou shook his head and said, "What if I give you another gun?"
"Five."
"That's pretty much it!" Minglou took out his gun and handed it to Li Qiang from under the table.
"Brother, you gave me your gun, then you..."
"Don't worry, I have a solution!" After saying that, Minglou stood up and walked straight to the bathroom.
Minglou's every move naturally attracted the attention of all the killers who were lurking in the dark and ready to strike at any time. Therefore, as soon as Minglou walked into the bathroom, the guy guarding the door also followed him in.
However, not long after, a gunshot was suddenly heard inside, and the restaurant was immediately in chaos. Li Qiang took advantage of the situation and leaned down, and moved quietly at a very fast speed under the cover of the panicked crowd.
Arriving at a perfect location, he quietly waited for his prey to appear.
Soon, the other killers saw that the accomplice who had followed Minglou into the bathroom was still not coming out. They finally realized that something was wrong, so they ignored everything else and ran to the door of the bathroom and surrounded the only entrance and exit.
But just when they were about to rush in, Li Qiang's gun fired.
Li Qiang was seen firing his bow from left to right, and fired three shots from each side. Almost in the blink of an eye, he knocked down the five people on the opposite side to the ground. Only one guy with extremely quick reactions hid behind the stone pillar for the first time, and then escaped.
After a disaster, he and his only remaining companion fired wildly in the direction of Li Qiang.
For a time, dense bullets hit Li Qiang like raindrops.
However, even so, Li Qiang still leaned against the stone pillar and fired back calmly, even silently counting the bullets in the guns of the two guys.
According to past experience, most people will subconsciously shoot out all the bullets in their hands after being overly frightened until there are no bullets in the gun, and these two guys are no exception.
And when they realized that all the bullets in the magazine were empty, it was already too late. In the blink of an eye of the two guys, Li Qiang suddenly dodged out from behind the stone pillar, "Bang!"
"Pa!" The two shots accurately hit the gun-holding hands of the two guys. Blood spattered immediately, and the guns fell to the ground. Then Li Qiang rushed forward with a quick step and raised his hand with the butt of the gun without saying a word.
He knocked those two guys unconscious.
But at this moment, another gunshot was heard in the bathroom, which made Li Qiang's heart that had just been relieved rise again.
Although he still didn't know what was going on inside, he couldn't think too much at this time, so Li Qiang simply changed his mind and kicked open the bathroom door. However, the next scene made Li Qiang stare in surprise.
Big eyes.
I saw two male corpses lying in the corridor of the bathroom. Although Minglou's body was covered with bloodstains at this time, the bloodstains were obviously not his. There was a familiar figure standing in front of the sink, and it was someone else.
Surprisingly, it was Wang Manchun!
"Brother, this..."
Xiang Minglou just waved his hand at him, then turned to Wang Manchun and said: "You should leave quickly! People from the new government will come soon and it will be troublesome!"
Hearing this, Wang Manchun didn't say anything, just nodded slightly towards Minglou and left through the ventilation duct above the bathroom.
The time goes back ten minutes.
Not long after Minglou entered the bathroom, he noticed that the guy who had been guarding the door of the bathroom also walked in after him.
However, facing this guy who was obviously malicious, Minglou did not deliberately keep his distance from him. Instead, he took out a cigarette from his arms and held it in his mouth. Then he took the initiative to step forward and said to the man: "No.
Excuse me, brother, can you lend me a fire?"
As soon as these words came out, the man couldn't help being stunned, and then he took out his lighter and handed it over, "Take it!"
But before he finished speaking, Minglou's hand had already reached his waist, grabbed his pistol and shot him. The poor guy probably didn't even figure out how he died, he just stared like this.
His eyes were wide open and he fell into a pool of blood.
After the gunshot, Minglou did not rush out. Instead, he walked slowly to the sink and turned on the faucet.
But at this moment, there was a sudden sound above his head, and then a pistol was pressed against his waist.
"Mr. Ming is indeed a senior agent of the military commander. Even my most capable subordinates are not your generals. But no matter how well you know your skills, you are still not as fast as a bullet, right?"
"After working on it for a long time, it turns out that you are the real back-up, and you even sacrifice your own men for this. I have to say, this is really in line with the consistent style of your Zhongtong!"
As soon as these words came out, the man behind him couldn't help but squinted his eyes and asked word by word: "How do you know that I am from Zhongtong?"
Minglou stood up with a smile, "Of course I know..."
However, Minglou was only halfway through what he said when he stopped abruptly, because just after he stood up, he saw the guy pointing the gun at him through the mirror in front of him, and at the same time, he also saw the guy standing next to him.
Wang Manchun!
"Manchun!? How could it be you?" At this time, Minglou finally changed his face and said in disbelief.
But before Wang Manchun could say anything, the man jumped in front of her and said proudly: "Well, that's a nice expression. It seems that you really don't know the true identity of your childhood sweetheart! It really complies with the old saying,
The hero is sad and the beauty is in trouble!"
Just as he was talking, gunfire suddenly broke out outside the door. Without asking, he knew that this must be Li Qiang's masterpiece.
The sudden sound of gunfire made the man immediately nervous, but he still tried his best to say in a calm tone: "No wonder you are so calm, it turns out you were prepared. But again, no matter how fast your people move, they will still be quick.
But my bullets? By the time they rush in, your body will be already cold!"
The man said that he was about to pull the trigger. However, at this critical moment, Wang Manchun suddenly flew up and kicked the man's wrist. Then, without waiting for him to react, he grabbed the man's hand.
A pistol.
"Wang Manchun, what are you doing?" The man asked fiercely, covering his right hand that was still aching.
"I think I should have told you that I will never allow my senior brother to die in the hands of others! Right, Lao Dao?"
"You! OK, OK, you come! You fire this shot, okay?"
However, Wang Manchun ignored him. Instead, he walked behind Minglou with his gun raised and said with difficulty: "Brother, I'm here to see you off on your last journey."
"You know, Manchun? I have imagined countless endings for myself, but I never thought that one day I would die at the hands of the person I love most."
Seeing that Wang Manchun's heart had begun to waver because of Minglou's words, the old knife quickly urged: "Manchun, what are you still hesitating about? Shoot! People like us often live in betraying others and being betrayed by others.
There's a fine line, the more you hesitate, the longer his pain will be! No matter how much you hesitate, we won't be able to escape!"
"You're right, I really can't hesitate any longer!" With that, Wang Manchun pointed the muzzle of the gun at the old knife and pulled the trigger without hesitation, and there was a "pop" sound.
Then he said quietly, "I said, call me Deputy Station Director Wang, why don't you remember it well?"
Before he finished speaking, the bathroom door was kicked open violently, and then Li Qiang rushed in...
Half an hour later, the security team and the agents from No. 76 finally arrived at the Central Hotel belatedly, even later than Zhou Fohai, who had arrived immediately after receiving the news. Naturally, the leader was furious.
Got scolded.
After training those losers, Zhou Fohai said to Minglou with some fear: "What a surprise! I didn't expect these anti-Japanese elements to be so arrogant. How are you? Are you not hurt?"
"No, this time thanks to my brother Mingqiang. Not only did I kill five anti-Japanese elements in one fell swoop, but I also captured two alive. Otherwise, I would have been responsible for my little life here. I also ask Mr. Zhou to make the decision for me.
Find out who is behind the scenes and give me justice!"
"Don't worry, I have already told you that the two survivors will be interrogated overnight, and they will make sure to vomit out everything they know!"
…
It's night, in Wang Jingwei's office at Jiming Temple.
"Have those two anti-Japanese elements been recruited?" Old Wang Jingwei sat behind his desk and asked slowly.
"It's a move, but..."
Seeing that Zhou Fohai was hesitant, Wang Jingwei couldn't help but frowned, "Just say what you have to say, there's no need to be so hesitant!"
"Yes! After interrogation, the two guys all insisted that Minglou was an agent of the military reunification, and he was not an anti-Japanese element. He planned this assassination operation to help the new government eliminate the traitors."
"Eradicating the moles? This is really an extremely legitimate reason! I have to say that these anti-Japanese elements are really naive. They want to support us when they die. Do they really treat us as three-year-old children?"
Having said this, Wang Jingwei paused for a moment before continuing, "Is there any evidence?"
"No."
"No? That's just a false accusation!"
Upon hearing this, Zhou Fohai immediately understood and said quickly: "I understand what you mean!"
After saying that, he excused himself and left the office.
However, just after Zhou Fohai left, Wang Jingwei hesitated for a moment, but finally grabbed the phone in front of him and said, "Secretary Shi, come here."
It was not long before Secretary Shi opened the door and walked in, "Sir, did you call me?"
Wang Jingwei nodded, "Immediately send a report to the civet cat in Chongqing and ask him to do everything possible to find out the details of Minglou and see if he is an agent of the military command."
"OK."
"In addition, you go to Zhou Fohai and ask for the photos of those anti-Japanese elements, and send someone to Chongqing. After they are all investigated, report them to me as soon as possible!"
