jdhmnovel Chapter 289: Japanese Army Searches the City
Chapter 289: Japanese Army Searches the City
Gu Wenxuan put on his clothes and went downstairs with Tan Tai Lengyue.
There is a teahouse and breakfast stall in front of Peng Tiancheng's inn, so it is very noisy.
Peng Tiancheng asked the waiter to prepare a clean table for Gu Wenxuan and the others, served him some better snacks, and put a pot of hot milk.
Although the inn was bustling with people, Gu Wenxuan saw that most of them were the 60 people he brought with him, and there were indeed very few other guests.
They basically booked the entire big carriage shop.
Gu Wenxuan waved and asked Peng Tiancheng to come over and have snacks and tea with them.
Gu Wenxuan smiled and said to Peng Tiancheng: "Look, Shopkeeper Peng, most of the people eating and drinking here are my people, shouldn't you give me a discount?"
Peng Tiancheng said angrily: "What kind of discount is this? We have already included this breakfast in the 20 cents!"
Gu Wenxuan laughed: "It seems that you really didn't make much money. No wonder your business can't continue. Don't you know how to make a profit?"
Shopkeeper Peng said, "Do you know that most of the people who stay at this kind of shop are laborers and peddlers? If you are too expensive, they will not stay at your shop anymore. Then you won't be able to make a penny!"
Gu Wenxuan: "Then why don't you open a higher-end hotel or restaurant? The profit will surely be much greater, right?"
Peng Tiancheng whispered:
"You don't know, it's because teahouses and hotels are relatively low-end places that intelligence is easier to collect, and it's not easy to be noticed. If you do high-end business, more people will pay attention to you. Besides, we don't have the money to do high-end business?"
Gu Wenxuan sighed: "You really overturned my three views. I used to think that you military people were rich and killed people without hesitation!
I never expected that you guys are like this now. You look so poor! And you are so timid in doing things. You are not generous at all!"
Peng Tiancheng glanced at him:
"What you just described is not a member of the Military Control Commission, but a mountain king. It is not as easy to collect intelligence as you think. If it is as you described, I am afraid that the Japanese military police will find it in less than three seconds!"
At this moment, the police chief Guan Jingtian from that night rushed into their teahouse with several Japanese military police.
"Everyone, be quiet. Today, Taijun is here to search for dangerous people because many banks in the Empire of Japan were robbed last night and many people died. Today, the whole city is under martial law. Everyone, cooperate. Otherwise, don't blame me for not telling you if something goes wrong!"
After saying that, Guan Jingtian, along with three Japanese military police and about ten people from their police station, surrounded the teahouse outside the gate.
The 60 men under Ma Zhankui brought by Gu Wenxuan all looked at Gu Wenxuan. As long as he gave the order, they would immediately take out their weapons to fight back against these gendarmes and policemen. Although he did not have guns, they all carried concealed weapons.
A Japanese military police officer spoke in half-baked Chinese:
"All of you sit where you are and accept our search. If we find any suspicious items, you will all be taken to jail. If you resist, you will be shot immediately!"
Guan Jingtian continued:
"Everyone, please sit still and accept our search. Don't worry, as long as you are not a dangerous person, we will not offend you in the slightest. I hope you will cooperate!
Of course, if there are any suspects among you, I advise you to give up resistance!"
Gu Wenxuan waved his hand as if nothing had happened. Ma Zhankui's men knew what he meant and told them not to act rashly.
Gu Wenxuan stood up and walked towards Guan Jingtian: "Captain Guan, the streets are so tense today, what happened?"
When the three Japanese military police saw Gu Wenxuan approaching them, they became very nervous and pulled the bolt of their guns towards Gu Wenxuan: "Don't come over here, or we will shoot if you come any closer!"
Gu Wenxuan quickly raised his hands, and the three smiling military police said, "Taijun! Don't be nervous, we are one family!"
It was only at this time that Guan Jingtian saw Gu Wenxuan. It turned out to be the person he met in the vegetarian restaurant a few nights ago.
Guan Jingtian knew that this man was also the director of a special operations department under the military police, so he quickly said to the three Japanese military police:
"Madam! This Mr. Gu is also a colleague from another place. He also works for the Military Police."
Gu Wenxuan took out his ID and showed it to the three Japanese soldiers.
Although these Japanese did not speak Chinese fluently, they had no problem recognizing Chinese characters. After looking at Gu Wenxuan's ID, they knew that he was the director of the Special Operations Department, so they did not say anything.
Then three Japanese military policemen, along with the police, forced everyone in the teahouse, whether they were drinking tea or having breakfast, to stand up and searched them one by one.
Gu Wenxuan lit a cigarette and said to Guan Jingtian:
"Captain Guan, how serious is this incident?
Why do I see Japanese military police and police everywhere on the streets today searching for suspicious people? Even the city gates are closed. We can’t go back even if we want to!”
Guan Jingtian also said helplessly:
"Mr. Gu, don't you know that all the larger banks run by the Japanese were robbed overnight last night, and many Japanese guards died!
The Fengtian Military Police Headquarters has now issued a strict search order. Anyone with any suspicion will be arrested and interrogated. If there is any resistance, they will be shot on the spot.
Many people have been killed in the city! Even our police are scared to death, because if the Japanese don't like you, they will probably put you in jail.
You know that once you enter the Japanese prison, even if you are innocent, you will probably not be released easily. After all, the world is ruled by the Japanese now!"
Gu Wenxuan pretended to be horrified and said:
"There are so many Japanese banks in Fengtian City. If they were all robbed, how many people would come?
Is he from the Anti-Japanese United Army or a bandit? Or a notorious criminal in the underworld?"
Guan Jingtian shook his head: "Who knows? Logically speaking, a big thief wouldn't be so brave.
If you say they are members of the Anti-Japanese United Army, they have no such precedent. If you say they are bandits, it seems that they don’t have the courage to come to Fengtian City to commit such a big crime! "
"Who on earth is that? How dare he steal all the money from the banks in Fengtian in one night?
This requires not only courage, but also a thorough plan! Besides, it is definitely not a small goal for them to rob so many gold and silver treasures. Logically, the people guarding the city gate should have discovered it?"
Guan Jingtian nodded: "Yes, these robbers robbed so much gold and silver treasures, it is definitely not something that three or five people can do.
But neither the patrolling police nor the gendarmerie found any suspicious persons.
The people guarding the city gates even said that no one entered or left the city gates at night, and no one was seen climbing over the city walls.
"Hey, Mr. Gu, why haven't you left Fengtian in these few days? It will probably be troublesome to leave Fengtian now!"
"Me? I mainly wanted to buy some bulk goods and precious medicinal materials to take back to the mainland, so I was delayed for a few more days. I didn't expect to run into such a shocking case. Now I want to leave, I'm afraid I will be delayed for a few more days!"
"Don't move. You have so many weapons in your hands and on your body. Do you have to go to the police station to explain?"
At this time, there was a commotion in the teahouse. It turned out that the cold weapons of Ma Zhankui's men brought by Gu Wenxuan were searched out, such as flying knives and darts.