In the dark night alley, two figures were taking advantage of the darkness to quickly shuttle through it.
"Brother Qiang, this... this is midnight, where are we going... to?"
Yunlong asked as he ran, panting heavily from time to time.
You must know that before this, he was very confident in his physical strength, but he was surprised to find that he was not good enough in front of Li Qiang.
Only with the strength of his own efforts could he barely keep up with Li Qiang's speed. While he was shocked, he couldn't help but feel a little admired.
However, Li Qiang never said a word and just ran ahead, even speeding up a bit.
It seems to be saying: "You still have the strength to speak, right? Then just speed up!"
After finally reaching the destination, Yunlong was already out of breath. Looking at Li Qiang, he was only slightly short of breath and didn't even break out in sweat.
And Yunlong's heart also changed from a little admiration at the beginning to complete admiration.
After finally catching his breath, Yunlong looked at Li Qiang with a puzzled expression and asked, "Brother Qiang, what are you looking for?"
"Looking for your fourth brother."
As soon as these words came out, Yunlong was stunned, and then he couldn't help but think to himself: Even if he is perfunctory, he must at least find a decent excuse! How can he find someone like this?
But even so, Yunlong didn't say anything more. He just followed Li Qiang step by step, paying careful attention to the surrounding movements.
The two of them walked around in circles for several times before Li Qiang finally said excitedly: "I found it, please help me move the things above!"
Hearing this, Yunlong didn't think much. Without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and walked over. Together with Li Qiang, he moved a heavy water tank to the side. Only then did he realize that he found a sink on the ground.
Manhole cover.
"Brother Qiang, this thing is so tight, how do you open it?"
However, before he finished speaking, Li Qiang had an iron rod in his hand that he found somewhere. He inserted it into the manhole cover and with a little force, he pried open the manhole cover that was still tightly closed.
"Old Xu! Are you in there?"
"Is it...Brother Aqiang?"
Although the voice was very weak, it was enough to lift Li Qiang's spirit.
Yunlong jumped down without saying a word, and soon lifted Xu Baichuan up.
Although Xu Baichuan had lost a lot of weight like Zheng Yaoxian at this time, and the wound on his leg was covered with a thick layer of blood scab, making it difficult to even stand, his energy seemed much better than Zheng Yaoxian's.
The first thing Xu Baichuan said when he saw Li Qiang was, "Where is Lao Liu? How is he?".
"he's good!"
After hearing what Li Qiang said, Xu Baichuan let out a sigh of relief and said, "That's good, that's good..."
After restoring the scene, Li Qiang and Yunlong took turns carrying Xu Baichuan around many clear posts and secret posts. It took them two full hours before they finally carried him back to the Ming Mansion.
On the way, from Xu Baichuan's intermittent narration, Li Qiang roughly understood the ins and outs of the matter.
It turned out that Zheng Yaoxian had observed the surrounding terrain in advance and knew that there was a sewer in the dead end, which happened to be connected to the underground drainage system that the Japanese had just completed not long ago.
But even so, accidents still happened. First, Xu Baichuan was unfortunately shot in the leg on the way. Then, in order to cover him and Zheng Yaoxian, the members of the Iron-blooded Anti-Corruption Group did not follow them into the sewers, but decided to use their own
His life provided the last cover for the two of them!
However, although the two of them escaped, after struggling to climb to another exit, they were embarrassed to find that except for a few apples that Zheng Yaoxian took the opportunity to knock over the fruit stand, there was no other food on them.
.
So in the next few days, the two of them barely survived by sharing these apples. However, Zheng Yao first ate the apple skin, while Xu Baichuan ate the apple flesh.
Hearing this, not to mention Yunlong, even Li Qiang couldn't help but be moved.
After returning to Ming Mansion, Dr. Su immediately performed a detailed examination on Xu Baichuan, debrided and applied medicine. He worked from late at night to dawn, and finally succeeded in saving Xu Baichuan's seriously injured leg.
A gunshot wound, and the leg has begun to scab and suppurate.
It was only then that everyone finally breathed a long sigh of relief, and the hanging stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.
However, just a few hours later, A Ping brought explosive news to Li Qiang: something happened to Dr. Yang!
"what happened?"
"Last night, Dr. Yang led people into the detention point secretly set up by Chief Ade and rescued Han Bing."
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang immediately realized that Dr. Yang was most likely the "Piaofeng" Mingtang mentioned who had been dormant before!
But even so, Li Qiang still said with a surprised look on his face: "Rescued? Dr. Yang..."
"Yeah!" A Ping nodded quickly and heavily, "I think Dr. Yang should be one of ours."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qiang smiled bitterly, which made A Ping a little confused, "Brother A Qiang, what is this?"
"It's nothing, just like this, with Ade's temperament, he must have reported to the headquarters overnight and asked the headquarters to investigate me, right?"
"Brother Aqiang, you are really good at calculating! Can you even calculate this?"
"I'm not a god, how could I have such great magical powers!" Li Qiang said with a smile, "It's just that I know that guy too well. If he wants to check, let him check. If the problem can be found so easily,
, I don’t even know how many times I have died.”
Hearing this, Aping finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Aqiang, what is my next task?"
"I've been talking for a long time, but this is the only thing you asked to get to the point." After saying that, Li Qiang waved to A Ping, motioning for him to come closer, and then lowered his voice and whispered to him.
After listening carefully to Li Qiang's explanation, Ah Ping quickly nodded and said, "Don't worry, Brother Ah Qiang, I've written it down."
"Go! Remember, it's your own safety and you don't have to force yourself. If you encounter special circumstances, you don't have to ask for instructions and evacuate immediately."
"yes!"
After sending Aping away, Li Qiang found Minglou.
"We are going back now? Why are we leaving in such a hurry?" Upon hearing that Li Qiang was leaving, Minglou frowned and asked in confusion.
Li Qiang did not explain, but told him the news brought by A Ping.
"I see, but in this case, you will become that guy's number one suspect!"
"That's the best. Even if I don't leave, he will ask the headquarters to investigate me for the crime of unknown people. It's better to let him suspect enough at once. Anyway, I have too many lice and I don't have to worry about too many debts. Since
If he wants to play, then I will play with him and see who can have the last laugh."
"You are quite open-minded."
"That's right!" At this point, Li Qiang said to Minglou as if he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, brother, it's not that I'm unpleasant to speak, but with Ade's temperament, if there's no one around to restrain him, something will happen sooner or later.
,so……"
"I understand! Don't worry, I have already prepared countermeasures for this kind of thing. Not to mention Ade, even Station Commander Chen of Shanghai Station will not be able to do anything to me if he becomes a convert in the future."
"Really? I don't believe it. Why do I think you are deceiving me?"
Minglou smiled, and then imitated Li Qiang's behavior just now and whispered a few words to him.
It's okay that Li Qiang didn't listen. After listening, he couldn't help but give a thumbs up to Minglou, "High! I have to say, brother, your move is really clever. This makes me feel more at ease."
"Then when are you leaving?"
"What? Are you driving me away so soon? You have to let me eat my breakfast at least, right?"
After hearing this, Minglou just smiled and shook his head, without saying anything.
And just when Li Qiang finished his breakfast and was about to leave for Hangzhou, Minglou handed an envelope to his hand.
"For me?"
"It's for Cheng."
"Hey! I knew it! What is it?"
"Keep it secret!" Minglou said with a mysterious face, "Don't open it halfway!"
"Know it!"
There was no conversation all the way. In the evening, after a bumpy journey, Li Qiang returned to Hangzhou covered with dust.
"Brother Aqiang, you're back!" As soon as he stepped onto the deck of the "Bianzhou", Axiang jumped out of the cabin and greeted him excitedly.
"Where's Cheng?"
"In the study."
"Well, you can call Haitang later and ask her to come over for dinner tonight."
Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, Axiang did not agree happily as usual, but said hesitantly: "Well... Brother Aqiang, um..."
Li Qiang couldn't help but frown, "What about this and that? What's wrong with you, Axiang?"
"Since returning from Shanghai, she has moved to live on the boat..."
Hearing this, Li Qiang breathed a sigh of relief, "Axiang, you really scared me to death. I thought something happened to her! Just stay here, there are still many empty rooms on the ship anyway..."
However, before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Axiang, "No, that's not the case. Brother Aqiang, Sister Haitang... did not stay in the guest room, but moved directly to your room."
"What?" It was okay that Li Qiang didn't listen, but he was shocked when he heard it.
After the brief surprise, Li Qiang calmed down, then walked to Axiang and whispered a few words softly.
After hearing this, Axiang's face immediately blushed, and there was a hint of excitement. She nodded lightly and ran off the boat quickly.
"Axiang, run slowly, don't fall!"
However, Axiang had already run away at this time, and he didn't know if she heard him, so Li Qiang had no choice but to smile and shake his head, and then went straight to the study.
"Hey! Deputy Director Ming, where are you working hard?" As soon as he entered the door, Li Qiang couldn't help but tease Cheng, who was writing hard.
"Hmph! Do you think I think that? Who asked me to deal with such a hands-off shopkeeper?" Acheng replied angrily, "Why did you come back so suddenly?"
Li Qiang did not hide anything and simply told what happened during this period. Then he took out the letter from Minglou and handed it to Acheng, "Here! This is what the eldest brother asked me to deliver.
For you."
"Oh, let's put it there!"
"Why don't you take it apart and take a look?"
Acheng asked calmly: "Isn't this for me?"
"yes!"
"Then when will I dismantle it, do I still need to tell you?"
However, Li Qiang didn't give up, "Then can't you satisfy my curiosity?"
"No! No time!"
"..."
"But...if someone is willing to share the work at hand, maybe I can free up my hands to open this letter and take a good look at it."
"This is revenge! Naked revenge!"
"Then do you want me to open this letter?"
"This is not nonsense!"
"Then this month's salary table..."
"I'll do it!"
"Okay, this is what you said!"
"Yes, yes, I said, take it apart quickly!"
So Acheng opened the envelope calmly under Li Qiang's urging. However, what was surprising was that what was inside was not a letter, but a few photos that had just been developed!
"This...could it be..."
"Oh, it's really a photo of our nephew and niece!" Li Qiang said with surprise and joy, "Don't tell me, this photo is quite clear!"
"Have you told eldest sister?"
"Don't worry, on the night the two children were born, my eldest brother asked me to send a secret message to my eldest sister to tell her the good news."
"Then the eldest sister must be very happy, right?"
"Of course! It's just..."
"But what?" After hearing what Li Qiang said, Acheng suddenly became nervous and felt a little uneasy in his heart, so he asked quickly.
"As of now, I haven't received a call back from my eldest sister. I guess there must have been some major changes in Northern Jiangsu. Even before I came back, I had already asked Sister Mei and the others to find a way to find out the news there. It should be soon.
There will be results.”
"You mean the eldest sister..."
"I'm telling you, Acheng, until we have accurate information, can you please stop scaring yourself? Do you have so little confidence in our eldest sister and our troops?"
"...No, I have to find out this matter myself, otherwise I won't be able to sleep well!"
After saying that, Ah Cheng stood up and walked out.
"A Cheng, where are you going?"
"Suzhou!" Acheng said as he took his coat off the hanger, "If anyone asks, just say that Uncle Rong, who helps take care of the old house, is sick and send me back to take a look."
"How long will it take to go?"
"Three days...five days at most."
"Okay, be careful on the road."
"I know!" After saying that, he hurried away.
As soon as Cheng walked away, Haitang walked in and asked inexplicably: "What's wrong with Cheng? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing. It's just that Uncle Rong, who helps take care of the old house, is sick. I asked him to go back and take a look."
Although Haitang was still a little doubtful after hearing this, she did not continue to delve deeper. Instead, she said in a confused manner, "It's almost time. Should we set off?"
