Chapter 8 The speaker has no intention and the listener has intention
In front of the gate of Deyi Building, when Wang Guanqiao came out, a man wearing a gray cloth gown and a pair of brown sunglasses came over and said, "Brother Ninth."
Wang Guanqiao's courtesy name is Jiuguang. Because there are many brothers and sisters in his family, and he happens to be the ninth oldest, people who are close to him respectfully call him Jiu Ge.
This man's name is Hua Kezhi. Although he is not a member of the Ax Gang, he has a close friendship with Wang Guanqiao.
Wang Guanqiao looked at Hua Kezhi for a while and then said with a smile: "Azhi, don't you find it troublesome to put on makeup every time you go out?"
Hua Kezhi said with a smile: "There are too many enemies, so it's better to be careful to avoid being shot in the street."
He had a brace inserted in his mouth and a pair of brown eyes. It would be difficult to recognize him unless he was a very familiar person.
Wang Guanqiao looked around and knew that Hua Kezhi must have brought someone to protect him secretly, so he said: "Azhi, it's okay. Let the brothers go back. Let's go have a drink at the wedding."
Hua Kezhi hesitated for a moment and said, "Brother Jiu, the more I think about it, the more wrong I feel."
"What's wrong?"
"Have you ever told anyone else besides me that you came back from Xiangjiang?"
"No."
"How did that person named Huang know that you were back?"
"The Qinggang disciples are all over Shanghai, and they can find out what happened in the Mouse Cave. It's not surprising that Lao Huang knows my whereabouts."
"The Qing Gang and Bald Jiang have always vented their anger out of the same nostril. The person named Huang may not have good intentions. I'm worried..."
Wang Guanqiao laughed: "What are you worried about? Are you worried that Huang is plotting against me? Azhi, you are overthinking, he doesn't have the guts. Let's go, I'm already hungry. Let's eat and chat later, and I'll tell you something.
What I saw and heard in Xiangjiang.”
Wang Guanqiao looked confident, and Hua Kezhi didn't know what to say and made a gesture behind him, indicating that the Ax Gang could withdraw.
"Azhi, guess what the reason why Huang asked me to have tea?"
"I guess I'm here as a lobbyist."
"clever!"
"What does he mean?"
"It's just to persuade me not to be an enemy of Bald Jiang and to be a peacemaker..."
The two chatted while walking. Not far ahead was the Chenghuang Temple. There was a "Xixiangfeng" restaurant run by Anhui people. Wang Guanqiao and Hua Kezhi often came to eat.
Wang Guanqiao turned around inadvertently, and a seemingly ordinary passerby behind him suddenly took out a pistol from his arms.
Having experienced this kind of thing many times, Wang Guanqiao felt as if he had a mirror in his mind. The other party must be someone sent by the government to hunt him down.
"Azhi, be careful!"
Wang Guanqiao shouted and quickly took out his pistol.
Before he could turn on the pistol's safety, the other party had already fired.
"boom!"
"boom!"
"boom!"
Fortunately, Wang Guanqiao was quick and he ducked into the alley. One of the bullets grazed his scalp and flew past, narrowly missing the Tianling Cap.
Hua Kezhi was not slow to react and hid in the alley on the other side.
Wang Guanqiao didn't dare to fight, mainly because he didn't know how many people were coming from the other side, so it was better to avoid them for the time being.
"Azhi, see you at the same place! Let's go!"
"clear!"
Hua Kezhi walked quickly towards the alley.
The alleys here lead in all directions, and Wang Guanqiao has every chance to escape.
Not far ahead is the back door of a textile factory. In order to facilitate workers' entry and exit, the iron door is never locked. As long as you pass through the factory, you can go out through the front door of the factory.
When he reached the place, Wang Guanqiao was dumbfounded. The iron door was actually locked.
I have no choice but to keep running.
Further ahead is the Renji Nursery, a charity organization that specializes in adopting abandoned babies.
Abandoning a baby is a shady matter. The abandoner secretly puts the baby at the door of the nursery when no one is paying attention, and then leaves quickly, fearing that others will see it.
The nursery has designed a drawer embedded in the wall for this purpose. Just open the drawer and put the child in, and it will be sent directly to the nursery.
It was the same today. There was a baby who was only a few months old in the drawer. Maybe the abandoner was negligent and the drawer was not pushed back into the wall.
In order to avoid the bullets, Wang Guanqiao ran as close to the wall as possible. He was looking behind him and accidentally bumped into a protruding drawer.
With a bang, the drawer fell to the floor.
Fortunately, the drawer was not too high from the ground, and the baby was wrapped in a thick quilt, so the child luckily escaped the disaster.
If you were an ordinary person, at such a life-and-death moment, your first priority would be to escape, and you would not care about anything else.
Wang Guanqiao did not just walk away, but immediately squatted down, carefully picked up the baby, and then freed up one hand to stuff the drawer back into place.
Suddenly seeing someone, the baby stopped crying, opened its big eyes, and looked at Wang Guanqiao curiously.
Wang Guanqiao felt relieved and said with a smile: "Uncle is very busy. I'll come over to see you when I'm free someday, okay?"
As he spoke, he put the baby back in the drawer and pushed it in gently.
After such a delay, it would be impossible for Wang Guanqiao to escape calmly.
For this operation, Boss Dai arranged a total of three groups of people. One group was responsible for following and waiting for opportunities to assassinate. The other two groups were all ambushing in this alley.
Because Boss Dai had already figured it out, Deyilou was very close to the Chenghuang Temple, and it happened to be lunch time, so Wang Guanqiao would definitely go to Xixiangfeng for dinner.
I think back then, Boss Dai, Wang Guanqiao, and Hu Zongnan were sworn brothers who had worshiped Guan Gong.
However, things changed as time went on, and Wang Guanqiao conspired to assassinate Director Chiang Kai-shek many times. The closest he came to success was in Lushan, when the gunman was only a few dozen meters away from Director Chiang Kai-shek.
Once when Wang Guanqiao and Boss Dai passed by the Chenghuang Temple, Wang Guanqiao said casually: "I have a habit. As long as I walk here, no matter how busy I am, I will definitely go to Xixiangfeng for a meal!"
The speaker is unintentional and the listener is intentional. After so many years, Wang Guanqiao has long forgotten this matter, but Boss Dai has not forgotten it.
This time Mr. Huang made an appointment with Wang Guanqiao to meet at the location actually proposed by Boss Dai. He was preparing in advance for the assassination.
The area around the Yoyotō is relatively secluded, making it the perfect place to kill people.
Wang Guanqiao hates evil and is known as an "anti-Japanese righteous man". Ever since the Japanese invaded Northeast China, he has made bold statements: He will be willing to cut himself off and vow to fight the Japanese invaders to the end!
Today, Mr. Huang stepped forward as the intermediary, which was regarded as giving Wang Guanqiao the last chance.
If the negotiation is successful, no matter what happens, if the negotiation is not successful, what awaits Wang Guanqiao will be a trap that has been laid long ago.
Since the merger of Ning and Han, factional fighting within the government has continued. Now is a good opportunity to win over people's hearts. As long as there are other options, no one wants to kill a high-profile "anti-Japanese martyr".