When Lu Chengzhou went home at night, he paid special attention and did not see Zhang Sichang.
However, when it was almost ten o'clock, he looked out from the second floor and saw a dark shadow.
The next day, Lu Chengzhou received news from Zhang Baotou again. Last night, the owner of Daxing General Store had been hanging around No. 15, No. 24 Road for a long time.
When Lu Chengzhou went to Daxing General Store again, he still didn't get a response from Zhang Sichang.
That night, Lu Chengzhou deliberately returned home early and turned on the lights on the second floor.
At around nine o'clock, Zhang Sichang still took a rickshaw and arrived near No. 15, No. 24 Road.
Zhang Sichang spends two hours near Lu Chengzhou's house every day these days.
Usually, Lu Chengzhou would leave after he turned on the light and went to sleep.
Just like last night, Lu Chengzhou was already at home when Zhang Sichang arrived.
Zhang Sichang found a dark corner and silently stared at Lu Chengzhou's residence.
Zhang Sichang was actually very envious of Lu Chengzhou's life.
With a subsidy from the Japanese secret service and a salary from the British police force, I didn't have to do anything. I lived a pleasant life.
Zhang Sichang didn't know why Nozaki wanted to spy on Lu Chengzhou.
When you can receive so much remuneration every month, do you need to worry about having other thoughts?
When Zhang Sichang was thinking wildly, two people suddenly came from a distance.
As soon as Zhang Sichang saw them, he suddenly felt something bad in his heart.
Although the security in the British Concession is relatively good, it is worse at night.
"Friend, can you borrow some money to spend some time?" the first person said suddenly as he approached Zhang Sichang.
"How can I borrow money?" Zhang Sichang was even more vigilant. He thought to himself, this is Lu Chengzhou's residence. Do young people dare to mess around?
The other party didn't speak anymore, but just looked at Zhang Sichang silently. In the darkness, Zhang Sichang couldn't see the other party's face clearly, but he seemed to hear a sigh.
"Bang!" Zhang Sichang suddenly felt a strong force coming from the back of his head, and his eyes were filled with stars. His eyes glanced at Lu Chengzhou's residence for the last time, and he lost consciousness again.
When Zhang Sichang woke up again, it was already a week later. There was drizzle in the sky and he woke up.
Otherwise, I don’t know how long it will take to wake up.
Zhang Sichang felt a lot of pain in the back of his head. He touched the back of his head and found that it was covered with thick blood. He put it under his nostrils and smelled a strong fishy smell.
As for his clothes and shoes, they were all taken off.
Zhang Sichang tried hard to get up, but after several attempts, he couldn't stand firmly at all.
He had no choice but to crawl, step by step, towards No. 15, No. 24 Road, where Lu Chengzhou lived.
"Bang bang bang!"
Zhang Sichang used all his strength to knock on Lu Chengzhou's house.
At this time, he no longer cared about monitoring Lu Chengzhou, the only thought in his mind was to survive.
If he wants to survive, he can only find Lu Chengzhou. If he stays on the cold street for one night, it is still unknown whether he can survive until tomorrow.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier. Zhang Sichang felt that his strength was losing little by little, and his strength in knocking on the door was also getting weaker and weaker.
He didn't know how long he had been knocking on the door, but just when he was about to despair, the door suddenly opened.
Lu Chengzhou took a flashlight and took pictures everywhere, and finally found Zhang Sichang lying on the ground.
At first, Lu Chengzhou was startled. After he saw clearly that it was Zhang Sichang, he immediately helped him into the house.
"What's going on?" Lu Chengzhou immediately brought a towel, wiped Zhang Sichang's face, and poured him a glass of water, asking "surprised".
"Officer Lu, stop talking, I was beaten with a stick just now." Zhang Sichang said with a wry smile after drinking a glass of water.
"Who is so bold? Stop talking, I'll ask someone to treat your injury." Lu Chengzhou looked at the blood on the back of Zhang Sichang's head and called a doctor at a nearby clinic.
"Thank you." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Fortunately, Lu Chengzhou's home has a telephone so that the doctor can come to his home. Otherwise, going to the hospital would be a hassle.
"Let's bandage the wound temporarily, and then go to Victoria Hospital for a comprehensive examination tomorrow," Lu Chengzhou said.
"My own body knows that it's nothing serious. It's just a slap in the face and I'll be fine after a few days of rest." Zhang Sichang leaned on the chair at Lu Chengzhou's house and said softly.
Compared to the cold streets just now, he felt like he had gone from hell to heaven.
Not long after, the doctor came to Zhang Sichang's door and examined Zhang Sichang's wound. It was not serious.
Obviously, the person who did it had to be measured, otherwise, if it had been a little heavier and the skull was broken, the immortal would not be alive.
"Just stay at my house tonight." Lu Chengzhou said to Zhang Sichang after sending the doctor away.
"Excuse me." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
He felt very guilty now, because he was obviously here to spy on Lu Chengzhou.
However, Lu Chengzhou saved his life.
"What's the trouble? One family doesn't talk to each other. By the way, why are you being attacked here?" Lu Chengzhou asked casually.
"I came out to deliver goods. I wanted to save some money and walk back. Unexpectedly, I was targeted." Zhang Sichang rolled his eyes and immediately thought of a reason.
"Don't worry, this kind of thing will never be tolerated in my territory. Tell me in detail what you lost and who robbed it. I will have someone go check it out tomorrow and I must give you an explanation.
"Lu Chengzhou said swornly.
"Everything I had on me was lost," Zhang Sichang said with a wry smile.
"How much money was lost?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"Not much. Fortunately, the payment has not been settled, otherwise the loss would have been huge." Zhang Sichang shook his head and sighed.
"That's not possible. These people must be brought to justice." Lu Chengzhou said firmly.
"Officer Lu, let's forget it. What are our identities? It's not good for this kind of thing to spread," Zhang Sichang said.
"But, I can't just watch you suffer such a huge loss as a dumb person." Lu Chengzhou said with a face that couldn't bear it.
Zhang Sichang had a thick gauze wrapped around his head, as if he had his head tied up with gauze, which was very funny.
"In order to do good deeds, what's the point of suffering a little loss?" Zhang Sichang smiled.
There was no witness or physical evidence for this kind of thing, and he didn't even see the other person's appearance clearly, so how could he start to investigate?
If things get serious, people will pay attention to him.
What is the most important thing for a spy?
Ordinary, ordinary, unobtrusive.
Once Zhang Sichang becomes the focus of others' attention, how can he pass on information to Lu Chengzhou? How can he contact Nozaki?
"Okay, I will pay attention secretly. If the murderer is found, I will teach them a lesson for you." Lu Chengzhou said comfortingly.
"Thank you very much." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Zhang Sichang was injured, and Lu Chengzhou called a rickshaw to take him back the next day.
"Don't open the business today. I'll report to Mr. Kawasaki later." Lu Chengzhou warned Zhang Sichang after helping him in.
After Zhang Sichang waited for Lu Chengzhou to leave, he used the grocery store's phone to make a call to the Nozaki Residence.
Around noon, Nozaki, dressed in makeup, arrived at Daxing General Store again.
"Why are you like this?" Nozaki received a call from Zhang Sichang and still believed what he said.
After seeing Zhang Sichang, I couldn't believe my eyes.
"It's hard to put it into words." Zhang Sichang said with a wry smile.
He was injured this time entirely because he was performing Nozaki's mission.
"Tell me about the process in detail." Nozaki looked at the gauze circle on Zhang Sichang's head and said thoughtfully.
"It's my fault for being careless. Last night, I met some local gangsters who wanted to do something wrong when they saw me alone. I was already on guard at the time, but I didn't expect that there was someone beating me with a stick behind me. If Lu Chengzhou hadn't come to the rescue, I'd be afraid.
I'm going to die on the street." Zhang Sichang said with lingering fear.
"The security in the British Concession is not that bad, right?" Nozaki said doubtfully.
Compared with other concessions, the British Concession is better in all aspects.
For example, in terms of sanitation, the British Concession had rules and regulations for dumping dirt and cleaning streets.
Each household has a wooden garbage bin. Each household's garbage is poured into their own bin first and is not allowed to be dumped on the street.
Scavengers are employed in the concession to clean the streets every day. Residents dump the dirt in their trash cans into public trucks at specified times every day. The sweepers transport the public trucks to the riverside and dump them into the river.
As for the treatment of feces, it is also very particular.
In the early 1920s, the British Concession Industry Bureau decided to take compulsory measures, stipulating that each household must build a tested septic tank with good performance and connect the sewage pipes to the sewers in the concession.
After all the projects were completed, it was decided to stop using septic trucks in the concession. Household owners and lot owners were required to build new sanitary toilet equipment matching septic tanks in accordance with the new regulations. Therefore, septic trucks became the first to disappear in the British Concession.
If sanitation is like this, public security is even less so.
There are twelve patrol officers assigned to one street, and they will patrol regularly no matter day or night.
Moreover, the place where the incident occurred was next door to Lu Chengzhou's residence, and next to it was the residence of Sun Zhuling, the comprador of Yihe Bank. Are these young people already so bold and arrogant?
Nozaki was in the intelligence business, and he subconsciously connected Zhang Sichang's attack with his mission.
Zhang Sichang's task is to monitor Lu Chengzhou, will he be discovered by Lu Chengzhou?
"The security in the British Concession is okay during the day, but not necessarily at night," Zhang Sichang said.
"You were spying on Lu Chengzhou, and you weren't discovered by him, right?" Nozaki suddenly asked.
"Impossible! I only wait there for two hours every night. Every time Lu Chengzhou is at home, I will come back after he turns off the lights. How could he find me?" Zhang Sichang said firmly.
Seeing Nozaki's silence, Zhang Sichang added: "If Lu Chengzhou hadn't come to the rescue, I might not have survived last night. It can be said that he saved my life."
"I hope so. You have a good rest these days. The task of monitoring Lu Chengzhou ends here." Nozaki said comfortingly.
"Thank you, Mr. Nozaki." Zhang Sichang said gratefully.
Nozaki left by rickshaw. He made a special trip to the vicinity of No. 15, No. 24 Road, and got off the car to see the place where Zhang Sichang was attacked.
Finally, Nozaki looked at Lu Chengzhou's residence and fell into deep thought.
