Liao Ruolan translated Mr. Asakura's words to Qiao Yanfang and asked her what she thought.
Qiao Yanfang said: "It's better to stay here first. As long as you have the approximate address of that teahouse, you can always find out."
After discussing it in this way, they had lunch on the road first, and then found a small hotel to stay in Xinjiekou.
24-9
As soon as they saw the bed, they looked at each other and smiled, not wanting to move. The bed was too tempting for them.
Liao Ruolan said: "I don't know how you are, Mr. Asakura and I are exhausted. Let's take a rest before leaving."
Qiao Yanfang shook her arm and said, "Sister, I've been waiting for you to say this."
Everyone laughed happily. They agreed to rest for an hour before going out.
Naturally, Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan lived in the same room.
Although the room is simple and simple, there is nothing to complain about when I am tired.
However, just as they stretched themselves out on the bed and closed their eyes, they heard a rapid knock on the door from outside.
Qiao Yanfang was taken aback, quickly jumped out of bed, drew her gun in her hand, and then slowly opened the door.
Mr. Asakura was seen standing outside the door, pointing to her wrist and gesturing for her to look at his watch.
She pulled up her sleeves and took a look, and was shocked. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon. She turned back and stretched out her wrist to Liao Ruolan. Liao Ruolan looked at his watch and opened his mouth.
She hurriedly got out of bed and put on her shoes, saying, "We slept for more than two hours! Let's go! Let's go!"
Qiao Yanfang couldn't help but look at her watch and whispered: "I just closed my eyes, why is it already four o'clock? Our watches are all broken?"
Liao Ruolan chuckled, "Fortunately it's not an emergency, otherwise it would have been really bad."
They hurriedly washed themselves and arranged their clothes before going out.
Qiang Hu and Xiao Zhang were already waiting outside the door. Although they were smiling, they looked like they were not awake.
24-10
This time, Qiang Hu and Xiao Zhang were walking in front. They walked all the way and inquired, and finally found the Fuxi Tea House on the west edge of Houhai. Qiang Hu turned back and gestured to Qiao Yanfang, indicating that this was the place.
According to Mr. Asakura, this is where Japanese people in Peiping often gather.
Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan both stopped and looked carefully at the tea house and the surrounding situation.
This tea house faces Houhai. It is a two-story Western-style building that looks very old. The original arched doors, windows and carved brick columns are damaged, the paint is cracked and peeled, and the windows are covered with dust.
There is no sign of prosperity.
There are several old locust trees outside the door, with huge crowns, covering the door of the teahouse like dark clouds. They are gloomy and dark, adding a spooky atmosphere to the teahouse. There are no people nearby, and it feels like a forbidden area.
The dilapidated door of the tea house was like the entrance to hell, with cold air constantly coming out of the door.
Both Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan felt a little horrified.
However, since they are here, they must go in and take a look.
Qiao Yanfang turned back and gestured to Qiang Hu, asking them to stay outside. The two of them sat down on the curb on the street, like tired tourists, looking at the rippling lake surface in the back sea.
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Mr. Asakura took the lead and led Liao Ruolan and Qiao Yanfang up the steps and into the teahouse.
After they entered the door, they discovered that the light inside was dim, and they could only see some people indistinctly, sitting at the table like ghosts.
They may be drinking tea, but it seems more likely that they are plotting an assassination or robbery!
Those tables and chairs seemed to have been handed down from ancient times, thick and ancient, as if they had grown there.
The structure inside the teahouse is also very complex, with several tearooms of different sizes connected one after another, one on top of the other. Each tearoom looks like a murder scene, and there seems to be a terrorist mechanism hidden behind each door.
The wooden floor under their feet had long since decayed, and every step they took would make a creaking sound, as if it would collapse at any time, causing them to fall into the trap below. But the figures in the distance drifted silently, like ghosts.
A waiter floated over like a ghost and asked in a hoarse voice: "Who are you, drinking tea? Come in."
Following the waiter's gesture, they entered another large tea room and did not dare to go any further. If they walked further in, they might really step into hell. Qiao Yanfang grabbed Mr. Asakura and pointed to a table next to the aisle.
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She whispered to them: "Let's stay here. Guard the aisle and come in and out."
Both Mr. Asakura and Liao Ruolan agreed with her suggestion. They sat down carefully at the table.
They were looking around when they suddenly saw a head appearing among them, which surprised them.
When they stopped being frightened, they saw that it was still the thin waiter.
The waiter looked back and forth at them like a ghost and asked, "Want tea?"
Mr. Asakura may have heard about the scene here. He first said: "A pot of tea, three cups. I also want melon seeds."
The waiter nodded to them and disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan looked around and didn't see where he went.
A few minutes later, a large teapot fell from the sky and placed in the middle of the table with a bang.
The waiter appeared again like a ghost at the table. He held three tea cups with three fingers and placed them silently on the table. Suddenly, a wicker basket filled with melon seeds was placed on the table.
They could never figure out which hand he was holding the wicker basket with.
The waiter said: "You three, please use it slowly." Then he disappeared again and disappeared without a trace.
Qiao Yanfang's sharp eyes had already noticed that the waiter's hands were like eagle talons. The three fingers of the eagle's talons were once inserted into the cup. She grabbed the teapot first, rinsed the tea cup, poured three cups of tea, and placed it on the cup.
In front of everyone.
They picked up the tea cups almost at the same time, looked at each other with wide eyes, and took a sip of tea very carefully, as if they were tasting whether the Heding Red in the cup was authentic.
At this time, Mr. Asakura also came in mysteriously. He stretched his head forward, his eyes were much larger than usual, and they were shining in the darkness.
He said: "Did you hear the voices?"
Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan kept hearing a squeaking sound nearby, like a rat gnawing on wood. When Mr. Asakura mentioned it, they realized that it was a voice. Anyone who spoke with such a voice must be plotting assassination and robbery.
Something like that!
Mr. Asakura said: "They speak Japanese. I'm going to have a chat with them and see what I can find out."
Before Qiao Yanfang and Liao Ruolan could speak, Asakura disappeared. They looked back, but they were nowhere to be found.
The two of them looked at each other with big eyes and small eyes, as if they were frightened.
Qiao Yanfang whispered: "The place Mr. Asakura mentioned is just like this place. It's like a hell! Moreover, it's still the same old hell left over from the last century!"
Liao Ruolan laughed softly, "I didn't know there was such a place. However, listening to the voices around me, there are indeed many people speaking Japanese. Maybe it is really a place where Japanese people often come."
"Sister, who are they? Are they with Mr. Asakura?"
"Maybe, I can't say for sure." Liao Ruolan answered cautiously.
"Anti-war? Can't stay in Japan anymore?" Qiao Yanfang stopped beating around the bush and asked simply.
"Don't ask me, I really don't know. But it's really scary here."
Qiao Yanfang burst into laughter, "Sister, everyone who comes here turns into a ghost as soon as they enter! Including us! Maybe at some point, a ghost will appear next to us and scare us!"
When she said this, she suddenly stared at Liao Ruolan and opened her mouth in horror, as if she was frightened.
When Liao Ruolan turned around, she suddenly realized that there was a terrifying ghost standing next to her, bending over and staring at Qiao Yanfang.
She was so frightened that she almost screamed.
Qiao Yanfang jumped up, rushed over like lightning, and punched the ghost figure. There was only a muffled "bang" sound, and she hit the ghost figure in the chest.
She shouted at the top of her voice: "Old Wei, is that you!"
The ghost was very tall. He grabbed Qiao Yanfang's fist and pulled her into his arms. At the same time, he let out a loud laugh and shouted: "Xiao Qiao, Xiao Qiao, it's really you! I'm staring at you."
For a long time, I just couldn’t believe it was you!”
Qiao Yanfang also hugged his neck, swaying back and forth, and kept jumping, "Old Wei, why is it you! Why are you here!"
Immediately, she pulled the ghost named Lao Wei to sit down at the table and said: "Come on, come on, sit down quickly. Lao Wei, let me introduce, this is Miss Liao, who is with me. Sister, this is
It’s Lao Wei, Wei Jiechen, my old friend!”
The ghost named Wei Jiechen sat down at the table and stared at Liao Ruolan with his shining green eyes.
He grinned widely and said with a smile: "Oh my god, there is a beautiful little Qiao in our organization, which is amazing enough. And there is such a beautiful one..." He suddenly stopped talking, looked back at Qiao Yanfang and said
: "Miss Liao is also in our organization?"
Qiao Yanfang smiled charmingly and shook her head at him, "Miss Liao is my friend and is drinking tea with me here."
Wei Jiechen said "Ah" and said, "Miss Liao, I'm sorry."
When Liao Ruolan heard these words, she immediately understood that the ghostly Wei Jiechen was the same person as Qiao Yanfang, a spy from the Intelligence Department of the Military Commission. What she heard next indirectly proved her suspicion.
Qiao Yanfang said: "Old Wei, didn't you go to Japan?"
Lao Wei said: "I am going to Japan. I have been there for more than a year and just came back two days ago. There is something going on there. I will report back when I come back. I have to go there in a few days. I also have a group there, which is pretty good.
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"Is what's going on over there dangerous?"
"Be cautious, it's not a big problem. What about you, what are you doing in Peking?"
"Zifeng sent me to send people to Peking. I have to go back tomorrow at the latest."
"Then, before you leave, let's have a meal together. Zifeng is also very good, right?"
"Yes, it's good. We're all quite busy. You know."
"Yes, yes, I know. There may be something going on in Shanghai. I heard about it in Japan."