It snowed all night, and everything was covered in white. Yanjin City was covered in silver, and the temperature dropped suddenly.
Ray-Ban wore a police-style cotton coat and walked around with a cigarette in his mouth from time to time. Today he was on duty to check at the city gate.
Yesterday morning, he received an order to cover Tao Jianming and Daniu out of the city. It was the first time for Lei Pen to do such a thing, and he couldn't help but feel a little anxious, fearing that something might go wrong.
In addition to the people from the police station, there are also two Japanese soldiers at the gate. They mainly play a supervisory role. The police are mainly responsible for checking documents. After all, the language is more convenient.
In the distance, gongs and drums were noisy, and a team of people came from a distance to welcome the bride. Eight bearers carried a sedan chair and walked toward the city gate amidst the music of drums.
A policeman clasped his hands, stretched his neck and looked around, saying, "Chief, it seems someone's family is having a wedding..."
Lei Ban spit out the cigarette butt on the ground and said, "What do you mean, it's a wedding. Didn't you look at the sedan chair?"
As they approached, a man in his forties who was in the wedding party jogged all the way to the city gate, clasped his hands in his fists and said, "Hey, gentlemen and police officers, thank you for your hard work!"
As he spoke, he took out a few packs of cigarettes and a pack of candy bars from his arms, and said, "Today is the day when my young lady will leave the cabinet. I hope it's convenient for you all!"
Lei Ban took the cigarettes and candies, first gave them to the two Japanese soldiers, and then said with gestures, "Taijun, I like cigarettes and candies, and the girl is getting married!"
The Japanese soldier peeled off the candy wrapper, put the candy into his mouth, gave a thumbs up with a smile on his face, and said, "Wedding candy, sweet, big and good!"
Ray-Ban walked up to the procession of sending off his bride and said, "Who marries his daughter in such a grand manner?"
The middle-aged man followed behind and said, "Mr. Guan from Hexi Street, the shopkeeper of Guanji Rice Shop."
"It turns out that the rich man from Guan Dynasty married his daughter, no wonder..." Lei Pen knew in his mind that the people who wanted to leave the city were hiding in the team.
He turned around and shouted, "Lao An, come here and interview the young and old men to see if there are any rebels on the wanted list!"
A policeman walked over quickly, holding two portraits in his hand and comparing them one by one. Tao Jianming and Daniu dressed as trumpeters and hid at the back of the line.
Lei Ban saw the blue scarves tied around their necks, and pretended to be impatient and said, "Old An, hurry up and eat the wedding candy, don't delay the girl's auspicious moment!"
Lao An was holding the portrait, and his hands were almost frozen. After listening to Ray-Ban's urging, he simply became a good person and said, "No questions asked, let me go!"
The middle-aged man clasped his fists and said, "Thank you all for being so accommodating, thank you so much!"
Ray-Ban waved his hand and said, "Let's go, let's go!"
As the escorting procession slowly passed through the city gate, a Japanese soldier suddenly shouted, "Wait a minute!"
Lei Pen was startled and hurriedly walked over and said, "Taijun, what's wrong?"
"Their documents have not been checked and they cannot leave the city!" the Japanese soldier said in blunt Chinese.
Lei Pen said with a smile on his face, "Taijun, there are so many people. If we check the IDs one by one, it will not take an hour. Chinese people pay attention to auspicious times when they get married..."
The Japanese soldier shook his head and said, "I don't understand what you are saying. I can't leave the city without documents!"
Lei Pen cursed in his heart, these Japanese soldiers are so fucking disobedient, they just put the cigarettes and candy in their pockets, they are still doing business business, and they don't know how to be accommodating at all.
There was no way, the decision-making power was in the hands of the Japanese, and Lei Ban had nothing to do. He walked to the end of the line and said loudly, "Taijun wants to check the documents, so everyone has their good citizen certificates ready. Those who forget to bring their documents will not be able to leave the city today!"
He was reminding Tao Jianming and Da Niu to quickly find an opportunity to grease their feet and escape before they were found!
Daniel whispered to Tao Jianming, "What should we do?"
Tao Jianming glanced at the sidecar motorcycle parked at the city gate, with the key still on the key door, and said, "Don't panic, there are only two Japanese soldiers. If it doesn't work, just grab the car!"
Tao Jianming knew that there must be some of his own among these policemen. If he could kill the Japanese soldiers by surprise, he would have a chance to escape!
Daniel said worriedly, "But if we run away, the Guan family will suffer..."
Tao Jianming ignored this point and was in a dilemma for a while.
The few people in front checked their documents, and just as the bearers were carrying the sedan to go out, the Japanese soldiers held their rifles and said, "The bride also needs to be checked!"
The middle-aged man said from the side, "Taijun, I have shown you my lady's ID, what else do you need to check?"
The Japanese soldier pointed to the sedan chair and said, "At least three people can be hidden in here. How can we know if there are others if we don't check thoroughly?"
As he spoke, a Japanese soldier pushed aside the bearer who was blocking the sedan chair in front of him, reached out and opened the sedan curtain. The bride was dressed in a bright red auspicious dress, with a red headband covering her head.
It was clear at first glance that there was no one hiding in the sedan chair. The Japanese soldier chuckled and reached out to lift the bride's head cover.
"Beep! Beep!"
Two cars, one behind the other, slowly stopped at the end of the wedding party. Jiang Xinyu opened the door and got out of the car, saying loudly, "Why are there so many people stuck in the crowd? What are you doing for food! (Japanese)"
The Japanese soldier looked at Jiang Xinyu, who was in plain clothes, and said hesitantly, "Who are you?"
Lei Pen quickly whispered, "Taijun, he is Jiang Xinyu, captain of the detective team, brother-in-law of Major Hattori!"
The identity of the detective captain was not much of a deterrent to the Japanese soldiers, but the title of "Major Hattori's brother-in-law" forced them to take it seriously.
Jiang Xinyu walked up to the sedan chair, glanced at the eclipsed bride, reached out to lower the sedan curtain, and said to the Japanese soldier, "Have you compared the portraits?"
To "Major Hattori's brother-in-law" who spoke fluent Japanese, the Japanese soldier said respectfully, "We have compared."
"Have you found any rebels?"
"No."
"Since there are no rebels, let's let them go!"
"Their documents have not been checked..."
"Just for the sake of routine business, so many people are blocked in the city gate, which seriously affects the traffic. I have to leave the city for business soon, and I won't waste a minute!"
The Japanese soldiers discussed with each other, waved their hands and signaled that they could lift their poles to let them go, and the drums and music of the farewell procession sounded again, and they walked out of the city gate with a flurry of music.
Taking advantage of his own identity and using the excuse of going out of the city for business, Jiang Xinyu forced the gate to let him go. Jiang Xinyu was completely using his power to suppress others!
To put it bluntly, even if someone later knew that there were rebels hiding in the wedding party, Jiang Xinyu could just say that he was anxious to leave the city at that time, and he had compared the portraits and found no problems.
Lei Ban secretly breathed a sigh of relief, walked to Jiang Xinyu's car window, and said, "Xinyu, it's freezing cold, where are you going on business?"
"Xinjiadian." Jiang Xinyu glanced at his watch and said, "I'm in a hurry. Let's talk when we have time!"