Jiang Xinyu was wearing a gray windbreaker and a black top hat, sitting at a table. Opposite him was a middle-aged man in a royal blue gown and gold-rimmed glasses, who looked like a teacher.
This person's name is Chen Dasheng, and he is Jiang Xinyu's superior. There has always been a single line of contact between them. The advantage of this is that even if someone is exposed at a certain point, other people will not be implicated.
Jiang Xinyu whispered: "How is the situation?"
Chen Dasheng: "It went very smoothly. The refined salt has been safely transported out of the city. If nothing else happens, it will be delivered to the Jizhong Border Area soon."
"There are many checkpoints on the road, so be careful."
"I arranged for them to take the waterway from Xiyingmen Ferry, and they were loaded onto the ship yesterday. We have our comrades in the Hebei Salt Transportation Bureau, so there is basically no problem."
"Well, that's good...has the radio station arrived?"
"Halfway there, the other half is still on the way..."
Chen Dasheng shut up, and the waiter came over with a tray and placed two steaming bowls of braised noodles on the table: "Take your time, if you need anything, just say hello."
When the waiter walked away, Jiang Xinyu picked up the chopsticks and stirred the noodles in the bowl while saying, "What does half way mean?"
"To ensure safety, the radio parts were disassembled in bulk and carried in batches by two comrades."
"oh……"
"Besides, I'm going to Shanghai tomorrow and I won't be back until about a month or so."
"Going for so long?"
"If you encounter an emergency, you can go to Shuijing Hutong. There is a Huichuntang Clinic nearby and ask for Dr. Sun Shiming. Your contact code is..."
Ten minutes later, the two people walked out of the noodle shop and went east and west separately.
It was now seven o'clock in the evening, and there were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street. Jiang Xinyu lit a cigarette and walked along the street. Suddenly, a woman's short cry for help came from the alley next to her, and then she seemed to be gagged.
Having been a policeman for two years, Jiang Xinyu was very sensitive to this kind of thing. He initially judged that a woman from a good family had encountered a gangster, so he immediately ran into the alley without hesitation.
A short fat man stood at the entrance of the alley. When he saw someone coming, he immediately took out a folding knife from his pocket and shouted: "Boy, stop meddling in other people's business and get out of here!"
Jiang Xinyu didn't talk nonsense to him, and accelerated towards him. Before the short fat man could open the knife in his hand, he was punched heavily in the face. He screamed, covered his face and hit the wall.
A man and a woman were fighting in the alley. The man covered the woman's mouth tightly with a lewd smile on his face: "Little sister, you have never tasted the taste of a man. You will know the benefits in a moment..."
The woman whimpered and struggled hard, kicking and beating her for a long time. She was already a little exhausted. After all, a weak woman could not compete with a strong man.
Jiang Xinyu shouted: "Stop!"
The man turned around, looked at Jiang Xinyu in surprise, and shouted: "Old scar, old scar!"
The short fat man chased in with a knife. The corner of this guy's eye was opened by Jiang Xinyu's punch, and blood flowed down his cheek. Under the dim light, his face looked unusually ferocious.
Lao Scar: "Liangzi, be careful, this kid is very aggressive."
Ryoko let go of the woman, took out a folding knife from his pocket, snorted and said, "A heavy strike? I'll use up the hand he uses to hit people today!"
Jiang Xinyu reached out and took out the gun and said with a smile: "How to use it?"
The two guys were dumbfounded, looked at each other, threw the knives on the ground in unison, bowed their hands and said: "Sir, we are ignorant of Mount Tai, dare I ask who you are?..."
Jiang Xinyu: "Police."
Liangzi immediately took out a handful of silver coins from his arms and said, "Officer, please let us go. We will thank you deeply in the future..."
Jiang Xinyu looked at the silver dollar in his hand and said coldly: "Insulting good women in the street and openly bribing police officers. Scum like you deserve to die!"
Liangzi put away her flattering smile and said: "Officer, it's alright. We didn't do anything to that girl. You're not done yet? Let me tell you, we brothers are both Mr. Yuan's people. You just want to arrest us.
Go in, Master San will post a message tomorrow and he will let us go."
Jiang Xinyu: "Stop talking nonsense and squat against the wall!"
Liang Zi and Lao Ba squatted under the wall and said angrily, "I advise you, these days, there are many friends and many paths, why bother making yourself uncomfortable?"
Jiang Xinyu ignored them, walked up to the trembling woman, and said, "Miss, are you okay?"
The woman tugged at the torn hem of her clothes with her hands, trying her best to cover up the exposed skin, and said in a trembling voice: "I'm fine, thank you, thank you."
Jiang Xinyu took off his windbreaker and handed it over, saying, "Put it on."
The woman took the windbreaker and put it on, took a deep look at Jiang Xinyu, and said, "Officer, what's your name?"
"Jiang Xinyu, from the Hongqiao Branch. This area is not under my control. I just happened to pass by today."
"Thank you." The woman bowed deeply and started walking out of the alley.
Jiang Xinyu stopped her and said, "Miss, you can't leave yet. You have to go to the police station with me first to record a statement..."
The woman took out a blue ID card and handed it to Jiang Xinyu, saying: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to the police station to record a statement, but now... I have to go home."
Jiang Xinyu took the certificate. The name column on it was written in both Chinese and Japanese: Hattori Mina.
Jiang Xinyu said in surprise: "Are you Japanese?"
Hattori Mina bowed again: "Yes."
Jiang Xinyu returned the certificate to her. The police had no right to force a Japanese to take a statement. They could only watch Hattori Mina walk out of the alley quickly, stop a rickshaw on the street and hurried away.
"Officer, the victim is gone, why are you still trying to arrest us?" Ryoko said with a playful smile.
They squatted in the corner and did not hear clearly the conversation between Jiang Xinyu and Hattori Mina. They only saw Hattori Mina bowing vigorously.
Jiang Xinyu put the gun in his waist and said calmly: "I'm afraid not even Yuan Wenkui can save you this time."
Lao Scar curled his lips: "Who are you trying to scare? If you think the money is too little, just say so..."
——Mina Hattori had a quarrel with her brother and left the military police force in frustration.
She was wandering on the street alone and bought a bunch of odds and ends that girls liked. Before she knew it, it was getting late, and when she was about to go home, she was stared at by two gangsters.
These two guys were habitual offenders. They dragged Mina Hattori into the alley while no one was paying attention, and followed the old rules, one guarding the other.
Had it not been for her encounter with Jiang Xinyu, Hattori Mina would not have been spared today.