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Volume 1: Sino-Japanese War Chapter 65: Contingency

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    After Lu Hong came back from Zhangyuan, Yan Fu brought a telegram. Wang Renkan would come back from the Bund Pier early tomorrow morning and asked them to wait for him to come back to deal with the Nanyang Navy.  That night, Lu Hong interrogated Tian Shengchang again, offering both sticks and carrots. This guy was very honest, but when it came to the affairs of the navy's top brass, he really didn't know the inside story. At this moment, He Dingyi, who was on duty outside,  A poor man was brought in, and he got a piece of paper from someone, saying that if someone sent it, he would be rewarded.  After Lu Hong opened it and read it, he found the word "Wu" at the end of the letter. There were not two lines of words, but there were three or four typos. Apparently it was Wu Ankang, the commander of the right wing of the Navy. He brought the news that tomorrow night, the Navy  The ship returned, but the reason was a bit unexpected. It is said that the customs at the Huangpu River Estuary have been tightening the inspection of anti-smuggling ships in the past few days It seems that that guy Hurd is really working hard for the Qing Dynasty!  After someone rewarded the man, Lu Hong murmured with Qin Tianmin in his room for a long time. The man hurried out to the telegraph office. While Lu Hong was carefully planning what to do the next day, he was responsible for monitoring the Wang family outside Zhoujiadu Pier.  Ouyang Hao from Beihuo Company hurriedly sent someone to deliver the news - there seemed to be unusual movement in the Wang family.  The shopkeeper of Wang's North Co., Ltd. is a forty-year-old opium addict named Wang Asheng. After inquiries from his assistant Tian Shengchang and multiple channels, he is indeed the brother of Yuan Jiugao's third-party concubine. He relies on the prestige of his uncle.  It can be regarded as an escape from the sea of ??misery, but it turns out that this guy didn't take the right path, holding a pipe and oil lamp all day long. Fortunately, besides being good at this, this guy is quite smart in doing things, otherwise Yuan Jiugao would not trust him to take care of this.  industry.  Ouyang Hao took Tian Shengchang yesterday. Wang Asheng didn't have any ulterior motives when he arrived. He just sent someone to find Tian Shengchang at noon to rent an extra set of shelves temporarily. However, unless he found the house where Lu Hong lived, he would naturally not be found.  The old smoker naturally began to think about this matter. When he sent people to Tian Shengchang's house and found no one, he couldn't help but become suspicious.  And in Shanghai, Yuan Jiugao naturally has a lot of connections. Wang Asheng is not only not stupid, but also very shrewd. He actually let him find out some rumors, but naturally this guy can't determine what happened. After all, Tian Shengchang disappeared for a day  , to be honest, it¡¯s really not a big deal. Who knows if he went to find a woman to fool around with!  Therefore, Wang Asheng thought something was wrong and prepared to visit some prominent figures. After all, he had the reputation of being his brother-in-law. He hoped to confirm some news. More importantly, tomorrow was an important day. Yuan Jiugao was coming back. This time  It is said that there is a big deal!  After Wang Asheng went out, he unexpectedly discovered something strange. Ouyang Hao was not discovered by him. There were two guys under him in the tea shop opposite the shop, but some flaws were seen. This made Wang Asheng even more frightened. He thought about it for a moment.  Sneaking back to the house again This made Ouyang Hao feel a little unusual!  After hearing the news brought back, Lu Hong felt that this matter was really difficult to grasp. After thinking about it for a while, he realized that it was almost evening, so he simply stopped doing nothing. He immediately ordered the three teams of people, and Yan Fu also  If you insisted on joining in the fun, you brought them along. We called six or seven carriages and pulled the team directly to the entrance of the alley behind Wang's North Goods Store.  He sent someone to find Ouyang Hao. At this time, there were very few people of this generation walking around. As soon as the two of them got together, they got off the carriage and called a few guys over. Each of them gave two pieces of Yingyang. The black-faced Du Wenlan made an evil sound.  He warned them, "Wait here, take the money, remember to keep your mouth shut, and the official will do the work. If the news is leaked, the whole family will be sent to the army at the least, and will be punished in the future!" Several coachmen saw it before  These government officials with foreign guns thought that this trip was in vain, but they did not expect that they made a lot of money on the fare. They all smiled, and the heads that nodded and bowed assured that they would definitely pretend that they had not grown up.  Mouth, several carriages were waiting carefully in the alley.  Lu Hong led a group of his men to the backyard of Wang's North Goods Store. There was a bluestone wall less than three meters away. He took a running start, stepped on the wall with both feet, and got in as soon as he turned over. This skill was unmatched by his subordinates.  Ouyang Hao and the others, who had never practiced wall climbing before, were immediately dumbfounded In fact, in later generations, this thing was a required course in recruit training. The focus was actually on the decomposition of the overall movements, how to use force, when to break out, and training.  After a while, any soldier with good physique can complete it!  A few seconds later, more than a dozen soldiers rushed in through the open back door. This Wang's shop is not small, with more than a dozen rooms in front and behind it. It's dinner time now, so we'll be waiting all the way.  After rushing to the back hall, I met two boys. Seeing the bayonets shining brightly in the hands of the officers and soldiers, the two boys had already collapsed to the ground in fear.  When Lu Hong saw this, he naturally didn't stop. He didn't intend to shoot and cause any big commotion. What he wanted was to catch everyone in one fell swoop. If anyone was caught along the way, he would be sent to jail. Fortunately, there were seven people in the front room who were really there.  Eight maids and waiters were walking around. They didn't make a move here, but they were already there.?A few fainted, but it saved me the worry of not having to arrest anyone.  When they rushed into the main hall, they were all captured without any reaction. Wang Asheng, his wife, and concubine were eating. When he looked up and saw Ouyang Hao's face, he was very sharp-eyed and immediately recognized him outside during the day.  I've seenImmediately he collapsed to the ground with a look of death on his face. The two women opened their mouths to scream. Chen Huan opened his mouth and immediately became mute!  The situation inside was under control. The two teams, Chen Huan and He Dingyi, immediately separated and counted the Wang family's personnel. They identified people one by one, and found some fish that had slipped through the net from several houses. Then, Du Wenlan, who was squatting outside, was caught.  A person who has climbed over the wall has confirmed that everything is there.  After gathering everyone, Lu Hong immediately took out a document and announced that he had been ordered by the Imperial Envoy and Shanghai Daotai to arrest serious criminals. The idlers would not be held accountable, but they would be locked up in a side room and not allowed to leave until the investigation was completed.  After the truth was revealed, he would be released naturally He also warned fiercely, "Everyone, if you know the whistleblower, the imperial envoy will give you a heavy reward. If you don't report it, you will be punished with the same crime as Wang Asheng after being found out!" He made up his mind to make a quick decision, obviously.  Every piece of news is very important. As for simple execution to extract a confession, he has not not considered it. If Wang Asheng's guilt is proven, Qin Tianmin has already sentenced him, and it will be the death penalty for Qiu Houwenzhan!  The result was somewhat unexpected. Wang Asheng looked like a coward just now, but when he was interrogated alone, he looked completely helpless. Just when Lu Hong was about to take action, Yan Fu ran out and took Lu  Hong pulled him aside and said, "Master Lu, you might as well let me enlighten him. If it still doesn't work, you will be punished again!" In the room next to him, Ouyang Hao and Du Wenlan asked the clerks and maids and they found some important clues.  Quickly, an astonishing amount of silver notes and a whole box of silver ingots were found from the secret room of Wang Asheng's wife and concubine's house This also shocked Lu Hong. He also had tens of thousands of taels of silver notes on hand, but this  The three-foot-high box was filled with silver. It was a scene that often appeared in later TV series. I didn¡¯t expect to see it here. In addition, there were a lot of jewelry. Ouyang Hao estimated that the value of the money here exceeds 5  Ten thousand taels of silver!  More importantly, there are two account books under a pile of banknotes. One is an account book for buying and selling, and the other is an account book for giving gifts. The various inputs and outputs are densely recorded in small regular letters "In October of the year of Gui  On the third day, the Hu family brought in 300 taels of foreign medicine and 450 taels of official silver." "On November 1, the year of Gui, I would like to send you 100 taels of first-class foreign medicine from General Jiangning's Mansion." "On November 6, of the year of Gui, I would like to pay tribute.  "Send Rong Xing first-class foreign medicine for 200 taels."  , Then Wang Asheng has called There will be a ship entering the port tomorrow, but it will not stop at Zhoujiadu, but at Dongjiadu. It turns out they have a warehouse there! "
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