Pedestrians on the street suddenly became confused and ran in all directions, eager to get out of here.
But there are still some brave people who gather next to the bank and watch the fun with their mouths open.
They couldn't explain why they gathered here. Watching the fun was probably the least important idea. Maybe, they also had a chance to rush in, grab a handful of money, and run away! This messy situation is an opportunity!
Only a few minutes later, the patrolling Japanese military police rushed over, quickly blocked the bank door, held up a paper trumpet, and ordered the robbers hiding in the bank to come out and surrender!
The robbers in the bank were also quite experienced. They dragged the bank manager over, grabbed him and blocked him at the entrance of the bank, shouting outside!
The Japanese military police didn't care about the life or death of the bank manager, so they shot at the bank door!
8-13
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Watanabe and Takashi who were sitting in the small hotel were alerted!
They all heard that the gunfire came from the east and was very close! This was the situation that surprised them!
They stretched their heads out of the window and saw that the Wulin Road outside the street entrance had already become a mess, with many people gathered!
In such a situation, they all believed that it was related to Mrs. Beiyuan in Lanpu Lane! But why was it at this time and why was it on Wulin Road in the east? They couldn't figure out what was going on!
Damn it, if you want to kidnap Mrs. Beihara, mother and daughter, this is not how you kidnap them! A little trouble on the Wulin road attracted us away! How is that possible!
A plainclothes man ran in and solved their doubts.
The plainclothes officer said that there were a few daring scoundrels who suddenly rushed in when the bank was off duty just to steal money! Now they were in a confrontation with the military police outside!
Watanabe rolled his eyes, stared at Takashi, and quickly said: "You stay here and guard! I'll go take a look!"
Yingji nodded immediately, "Go quickly! I'll be here to guard you! Come back as soon as possible if there is any situation!"
Watanabe rushed out of the small hotel and ran towards Wulin Road with two plainclothes men.
Takashi stuck his head out of the window and looked at Watanabe's back and the situation outside the intersection of Erma Road. He saw that a large number of military police were coming over at this time. They roared to drive away the crowd and maintain order in the area.
About two or three minutes later, gunshots suddenly rang out again!
The crowd of onlookers ran around in all directions, shouting and shouting like a tide. After running for a few steps, they stopped and looked back.
After a while, several more shots were fired over there! Onlookers were running around like a tide again.
But after a while, to Takashi's great surprise, those onlookers turned back and ran towards the bank! They seemed to be rushing into the bank too!
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Ten minutes later, Watanabe finally returned to the small hotel.
He said viciously: "A few bastards, armed with sticks and machetes, actually want to rob a bank! They are simply blind!"
Yingji stared at him and asked: "How many people!"
"I heard there were three or four people, or four or five people! Not many!"
"Ran!"
"Reinforcements of the military police are here. They attacked inside. Those guys jumped from the second floor to the roof outside and ran away!"
"Are they grabbing money?"
"We don't know about this yet! We'll have to check with the bank to find out! It's closing time, so there shouldn't be much money."
The two of them stared at each other like that. What they were thinking about was actually Mrs. Kitahara and her daughter!
"Have you noticed anything unusual here?" Watanabe asked.
Takashi was still thinking about the situation in front of him. He just shook his head and did not speak!
"Takaji-kun, Mrs. Kitahara is busy in the restaurant on the west side at this time! Those people are robbing the bank on Wulin Road on the east side. Is it useful? Tell me!"
Takashi frowned, unable to understand this! Even if those bank robbers wanted to kidnap Mrs. Kitahara, they shouldn't have done it like this! It was simply inexplicable!
He turned back to a plainclothes man and said, "Go and see Mrs. Kitahara's restaurant and see what she is doing!"
Ten minutes later, the plainclothesman came back and reported, "Mrs. Kitahara has been busy working in the restaurant, and her two daughters are also there! I asked the people observing nearby, and they found nothing unusual!"
Takashi's head and one of his fingers nodded downwards, as if he already knew this situation!
But he rolled his eyes and said: "Watanabe-kun, based on my experience, they must have adopted a method that we did not think of! It is a method that we did not think of!"
Watanabe pointed outside, "What else can they do! Tell me, what else can they do! Her home is right there, and she works in a small restaurant! There is such a big place nearby, and everywhere
They are all our people! Tell me, what else can they do!"
At this time, Yingji was really distressed to the extreme!
He just believed that those guys must have used some method that he couldn't think of! But he couldn't think of it, and this is a shame!
He turned back and said to the plainclothes man behind him: "Tell everyone to monitor closely!"
He stared at Watanabe and said: "I judge that they are going to rob someone either tonight or tomorrow night!"
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Watanabe got the latest situation. Not a single robber was caught in the Wulin Road bank! But it finally became quiet there, which made him feel better!
Since Takashi said it was either tonight or tomorrow night, he had no other choice but to continue sitting by the window and observing!
At eleven o'clock at night, both he and Takaji saw the mother and daughter slowly walking towards the west end of the already deserted Second Avenue. Mrs. Kitahara was holding her youngest daughter, and her eldest daughter was carrying a bag, walking behind her mother.
around.
They look lonely, weak and helpless, which is even more pitiful.
Finally, they turned into Lanpu Lane and soon reached the door of their house.
The eldest daughter took the key from her mother, opened the door and went in. The lights in the room turned on. After that, Mrs. Kitahara went in with her younger daughter in her arms. Finally, the door was closed.
Watanabe stared at Takashi and said, "I'm afraid that's it tonight!"
Takashi's face was full of confusion. He thought about such a simple process over and over again, but he couldn't think of any problem here!
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However, neither Takashi nor Watanabe expected that there would be a different situation at Mrs. Kitahara's house.
The eldest daughter Lanxiang opened the door first, turned on the light, and put the cloth bag on her shoulder on the small table.
Mrs. Kitahara then entered the door. She was still holding her sleeping little daughter in her arms.
But just when she turned to close the door, she suddenly saw a person standing behind the door! It was a woman! She was staring at her intently and put a finger on her lips! This was to tell her to be quiet!
The weird thing about this little plot is that Yuko has been warned by Takashi and is mentally prepared. Therefore, she is always prepared to encounter unexpected situations!
On the other hand, if she didn't know anything and was unprepared, she would definitely scream in fright when she saw the person behind the door! If that were the case, the plainclothes agents outside would hear it! Yang Wenfan probably wouldn't be able to escape either!
Last but not least, Yang Wenfan was a woman and she put her finger on her mouth again. Although Yuko looked at her in horror, she really didn't make a sound!
"Who are you?" she asked in shock.
The eldest daughter Lanxiang also saw Yang Wenfan and was also shocked and speechless!
Yang Wenfan took out the photo, held it up to Mrs. Kitahara, and said in quite fluent Japanese: "It's you in this photo, madam. You must have figured out where this photo came from!"
Yuko murmured and asked: "What happened to Aosuke? Ah, what happened to Aosuke?"
Yang Wenfan didn't know who Cang Jie was, so he could only guess that he was this woman's husband! If she cared about her husband, the matter at hand would be easier to handle!
She said: "Madam, please put the two children to sleep first, okay? Then we will talk slowly."
Yuko hurriedly put her younger daughter on the floor in the back room, and then she pushed her older daughter to sleep.
But the eldest daughter pouted stubbornly, "No, I want to know what happened to dad! I want to know!"
In this way, Yang Wenfan confirmed that the man named Cang Jie was indeed the woman's husband!
She couldn't have been more astute as she said: "Come on, let's all come to the back room. It's better this way."
She turned off the light in the outer room, closed the door to the inner room, and then sat down cross-legged on their bunk.
She took Lan Xiang's hand and said, "Girl, what's your name? Sit down and tell me."
Lanxiang sat down next to her and said, "My name is Kitahara Lanxiang. Auntie, what's wrong with my dad!"
Yang Wenfan said softly: "Your father was on a mission in Chongqing and was caught by people from Chongqing."
Lan Xiang still stared at her, "Why do people over there in Chongqing want to arrest my dad! Why!"
Yang Wenfan looked at this child who was only about eight years old and felt really helpless. But explaining to this girl was actually explaining to the mother. She had to say what she wanted to say clearly!
"Lan Xiang, Japan is at war with China, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. Your father went to Chongqing and did some things that were very detrimental to the people in Chongqing!"
"What's the disadvantage? Please explain clearly!" Lan Xiang stared at her with big eyes.
"What your father did may cause the Chinese First Army to fail and even kill many people! Do you understand this! It may cause the Chinese First Army to die many soldiers! The families of those dead soldiers also have parents, wives and
Children!"
"My father also has a wife and children! It's me and my mother!" Lan Xiang said stubbornly.
"But the Japanese army came to China to kill people, right? We used to live well, but the Japanese army came and killed my family and burned my house. Lanxiang, what do you think I should do?
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At this time, Lan Xiang was speechless. Although she was only eight years old, she could still understand this truth.
"Auntie, what will happen if they catch my father?" Lan Xiang opened her eyes wide and looked at Yang Wenfan sternly.
"Lan Xiang, you and your mother should save your father! If you don't save him, he may not survive!"
"How can we save? We have nothing! We don't even know how to get to Chongqing!"