wind in the dark night

Chapter 295 Game within a game
Qi Yue lifted a corner of the curtain and peeked out. A black shadow jumped down from the west side of the courtyard wall. He accidentally stepped on the broken ice and fell head over heels. The dog-skin hat on his head fell to the ground.

Although his appearance could not be seen clearly, the flat shovel-like head and Jiang Yuying's slightly embarrassed expression revealed the identity of the visitor - Ma Kai.

"Frozen pears and apples, large bunches of candied pear paste~"

Hearing the familiar hawker's voice, Qi Yue's heart skipped a beat. He vaguely realized that something seemed a little wrong.

After all, prostitution is not a good thing, especially in a small place like Lianhua Town. If it becomes known to everyone, it will be embarrassing for both the client and Jiang Yuying herself.

Normally, this kind of thing would only spread among a certain group of people, but the strange thing was that the vendor selling candied pear paste knew everything about it!
Ma Kai is a member of the Anti-Japanese United Army Working Group. Although he has not received any special agent training, he will abide by the minimum confidentiality discipline and it is impossible for him to tell everyone about his relationship with Jiang Yuying.

In addition, it was already dark and there were no street lights. Most of the street vendors had already packed up their stalls and gone home, but this hawker had not left yet, which was very suspicious.

Is he stalking and monitoring?

Combining scattered information, Qi Yue sorted out his thoughts. Everything that happened today was probably part of the "plot" designed by Gao Kejian.

First of all, when coming to Lianhua Town this time, he would definitely go near the school and would definitely be seen by Ma Kai and others. Later, Ma Kai "accidentally" found the "Manchuria Daily News" newspaper in Jiang Yuying's house and recognized Qi Yue in the newspaper.

Secondly, any agent would be the same. As long as time permits, he would definitely give some instructions to the inexperienced spy. Li Yongxin's home is on West Street, and Jiang Yuying also lives on West Street.

As long as Qi Yue appears on West Street tonight, whether he goes to Guandai Hutong or not, he will meet the peddler selling candied pear paste. The reason is very simple. The peddler is Xu Tao's subordinate.

Even if Qi Yue had no interest in Ma Kai, the vendor would find ways to reveal the situation, with only one purpose: to make Qi Yue suspicious.

——The way Ma Kai and his gang eat is consistent with the state of the Anti-Japanese United Army, which suffered from lack of food and clothing for many years.

In Gao Kejian's opinion, with Qi Yue's keen sense, thinking of the work team in the town, he would definitely be interested in the identities of these people.

Jiang Yuying's behavior was also suspicious. No matter how careless a person was, it was impossible for her to tell the secrets she knew to an irrelevant person - even if the other person was a police sergeant.

Besides, Xu Tao would definitely remind Jiang Yuying in advance, just like Qi Yue reminded Li Yongxin: I am your only contact person, and your identity must not be revealed under any circumstances.

Obviously, this is a game within a game!

Of course, speculation is just speculation. There is actually another possibility: the hawker did not go home because he wanted to make more money, and Jiang Yuying told the truth because he was careless.

Is it a coincidence?
Or a conspiracy?

The probability is 70% to 30%, just like a multiple-choice question. If you don't know the answer, no matter what you choose, it may be wrong.

These thoughts flashed through Qi Yue's mind in a flash, and he quickly made a decision. He grabbed the ashtray and knocked on the wall a few times using Morse code: It's anti-bandit!
This is equivalent to answering Zhao Zhenhai's words.

——Someone is coming!
——It’s anti-banditism!

At this time, the dark shadow - Ma Kai got up from the ground, picked up his hat and patted it a few times, complaining to himself.

Frequently going in and out of a widow's house would easily attract the attention of someone with ulterior motives. Moreover, the work team had a lot of things to do and did not have much time during the day. Ma Kai and Jiang Yuying's trysts were basically held at night.

Nowadays, licensed prostitutes need to pay entertainment tax, stamp duty and banquet tax, which are divided into four levels according to different levels. Taxes account for about 20% to 50% of income.

The advantage of being a secret prostitute is that, in addition to not having to pay taxes, you can also save the trouble of going to the hospital for monthly physical examinations. As long as you are not afraid of contracting venereal diseases, both buyers and sellers can save a lot of expenses.

Therefore, those "notorious" prostitutes have considerable incomes. As long as they are cautious and no one reports them, they can get out of poverty and become rich in three to five years and live a decent and stable life.

Although Jiang Yuying did not make it clear that she was in this line of work, Ma Kai knew it very well but pretended to know nothing. Every time he visited her at night, he would pay attention to the door light. If it was on, it meant that she was entertaining guests and was free. If it was off, it meant that she was receiving guests.

Seeing that a guest had arrived, Mr. Jiang bolted the door, but Jiang Yuying did not regard Qi Yue as a guest and forgot to turn off the lights. Ma Kai did not knock on the door either. He did not want to alarm the neighbors and just climbed over the wall to come in.

Arriving at the door of the east wing, Ma Kai was about to reach out and knock on the door when Zhao Zhenhai jumped down from the wall, holding a Nambu-style pistol in his hand, and shouted in a low voice: "Don't move!"

The Anti-Japanese United Army's work team had nothing special in terms of personnel composition. They just knew a few more words than ordinary soldiers, which made them suitable for propaganda work. In addition, they held Binjiang Province identity cards, so they could easily pass through inspections. For example, Ma Kai, under the threat of a gun, had no ability to respond and was stunned on the spot.

"Put your hands up, quick!"

Zhao Zhenhai approached slowly.

Witnessing all this, Jiang Yuying panicked and said to Qi Yue: "Officer Qi, the one wearing a blue cotton jacket is Ma Kai, and the one holding a gun... could he be a bandit?"

Qi Yue put the fruit knife on the coffee table into Jiang Yuying's hand and said, "Use it for self-defense."

"But he has a gun..."

Jiang Yuying was very nervous.

At this moment, the door of the upper house opened with a creak. Mr. Jiang heard the noise, held a lantern in his hand, opened the door and came out to check.

"Who?"

Zhao Zhenhai turned around suddenly.

Seeing the man coming with a gun, Mr. Jiang was so frightened that he shuddered and dropped the lantern on the bluestone floor. With a snap, the glass cover shattered.

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Qi Yue was waiting for such an opportunity. He quietly opened the half-closed door and whispered to Jiang Yuying who was holding the fruit knife, "Don't panic, rush out and attract his attention!"

Before Jiang Yuying could figure out what was going on, the person had been pushed out. Almost at the same time, Qi Yue shouted, "Be careful!"

boom!
Zhao Zhenhai's gun fired.

The boss suddenly sounded the alarm in the room, and then a dark shadow rushed over with a knife in hand, with another bandit standing beside him who had not yet been subdued. At this life-and-death moment, there was no time to think carefully.

The bullet hit her chest at close range. Jiang Yuying screamed and fell on her back, blood gushing out of the wound.

"Eiko!"

Ma Kai rushed over.

Zhao Zhenhai kicked him over and shouted, "If you dare to move again, I'll kill you!"

Qi Yue came out of the house, pretending to be in a hurry, and said while putting on his coat: "Don't shoot, leave him alive!"

Jiang Yuying glanced at Ma Kai who was crawling over and said breathlessly, "Da Kai... I can't do it anymore. Please take care of my dad for me..."

"Yingzi, you won't die..."

Ma Kai comforted him.

Jiang Yuying was barely breathing: "Dakai, you know... for you, I won't eat pork anymore... when I save enough money, we will move to the city and buy a big house, and we will never separate again..."

He hadn't finished his words, ran out of breath, his head tilted, and he died.

"Dakai, what happened to Yingzi?"

Mr. Jiang asked from a distance.

Ma Kai howled twice: "Yingzi is dead."

Mr. Jiang was startled and fell to the ground in the snow.

(End of this chapter)