20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 253 Helping Hand

"Crash!"

The broken boat passed by on the river, creating a wave.

Going down the river, looking at the right moment, a big furry hand accurately grasped the collar of the person who fell into the water, and worked with the boatman to drag him onto the deck.

The bearded foreigner clasped his hands together and pressed the chest of the drowning man several times, and then discovered the wound under his ribs.

"Fang! Fang!" The bearded man shouted in a panic in broken Chinese, "Bring me my first aid kit!"

"I'm coming!"

At the end of the deck, a thin young man with a white face skillfully put away his valuable photographic equipment, picked up the suitcase at his feet, and ran to the bow of the ship with a "dong dong dong".

"Talk to him!" the bearded man ordered while rummaging through the suitcase.

The young man was a little at a loss, but asked: "Say, what are you talking about?"

"You can say whatever you want, whatever you want to say."

The young man lowered his head and looked at the pale face of the person who had fallen into the water. He couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and shook his head and said: "Brother! Brother, can you hear me? Hey! Where are you from?"

The person who fell into the water was pushed and pushed without any reaction.

"Sir, this man, this man seems to be dead."

The bearded man shouted something in foreign language.

After hearing this, the young man imitated that tone and translated to the boatman: "Uncle, drive faster!"

The boatman was still unhurried, holding the steering wheel and saying: "Follow the wind and the water, it's fast enough!"

At this time, the warm sun was rising, just emerging from the sea level, and a thin layer of orange-red morning mist hung on the water.

The port terminal in the distance gradually became busy, with ocean-going cargo ships and driftwood boats going back and forth non-stop.

The whistle sounded piercingly, the bells rang rapidly, and the shouts echoed...

Beige sail shadows, towering masts, shirtless dock workers...

The scenery seems to have lost its boundaries, allowing the paint to saturate and spread out, like a pair of watercolors that have not yet dried...

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Yutai Inn, guest room on the second floor.

Wang Zhengnan and Chuang Hu stared at each other, sitting opposite each other without saying a word.

There was an eerie silence in the room, and the ticking sound of the hands on the dial seemed particularly real.

I don't know how much time passed, Chuanghu closed Ronglai's pocket watch with a "pop" sound, his legs were shaking anxiously, and he suggested with a smile: "Brother, I think it's almost time, why don't we go to the train station and wait first?" them?"

Wang Zhengnan slumped on his chair and remained silent.

The big fat on his face squeezed his eyes into slits, and he didn't know whether they were open or closed.

When Chuanghu saw Nanfeng didn't respond, he stood up, tentatively waved his hand in front of him, and murmured to himself suspiciously: "Is this - asleep?"

After shaking twice more, Chuanghu rolled his eyes, stood up on tiptoes, and walked slowly towards the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as his fingers touched the door handle, Wang Zhengnan's voice came from behind.

"If you dare to leave, I will shoot you!"

When Chuanghu heard this, he quickly retracted his hand and turned to sneer: "Brother, are you not sleeping? I'm just hungry and want to go downstairs to get something to eat. Hey! Look, what are you doing with a gun? Stop it quickly. Get up, brother, he has kind eyes and a Buddha statue on his face, and he looks like a kind-hearted person at first glance, but I don’t want to make fun of this thing, I’m a coward.”

"If you are timid, just sit down." Wang Zhengnan put away his gun, "Don't use these words to praise me, saying that I am kind-hearted is useless, I listen to Brother Dao. He said to leave at noon, so we have to leave at noon; He said he asked you to follow us, so you have to follow us. It's only nine o'clock, why are you in a hurry!"

"No hurry, no rush! Aren't I afraid that you'll be hungry?"

"What's the matter? It's not like I've never been hungry."

"You?" Chuanghu said with a suppressed laugh, "You really don't look like someone who has ever been hungry."

Wang Zhengnan was too lazy to explain.

Chuanghu then suggested: "How about we go downstairs and have something to eat together? Is that okay?"

"That won't work either." Wang Zhengnan flatly refused, "You are Buddha, I can't run away from you."

Chuanghu had no choice but to sit down again.

At this time, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Chuanghu's heart tightened and he quickly stood up and stepped back.

Wang Zhengnan immediately pulled out his gun again, covered his head with the handkerchief on the table, and said, "Come in!"

The waiter from Yutai Inn walked in with a smile on his face and asked: "Sir, excuse me, I remember you guys. The leader seems to be named Jiang Lianheng. Am I remembering correctly?"

The two looked at each other, and Wang Zhengnan asked hesitantly: "Yes, what's wrong?"

The waiter smiled and replied: "He said last night that a friend might come to see him, and now he is waiting downstairs!"

These words were originally made up by Jiang Lianheng to find out the situation.

Unexpectedly, the lie came true and a person appeared out of thin air?

Wang Zhengnan felt uneasy and hurriedly asked: "What does that person look like?"

"What's it like?" the waiter rolled his eyes and recalled, "He has a narrow forehead, a medium build, and he looks a bit slovenly. His lips are quite dark, and his eyes are bloodshot."

The more Wang Zhengnan listened, the happier he became. Finally, he stood up directly and greeted Chuang Chuanghu: "Come on, follow me downstairs!"

Chuanghu was unaware of the situation and followed hurriedly, but asked, "Huh? Aren't you afraid that I'll run away? It's not like some killer is chasing me!"

Wang Zhengnan walked down the stairs alone and smiled evilly: "Don't worry, you can't run away!"

"Ah?" Chuanghu didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse, so he hesitantly followed him to the lobby on the first floor, where he saw a "tall" young man standing at the edge of the counter, looking around at the diners in the hall with a wary look. , between the brows, there was a faint aura of violence, occasionally mixed with a bit of heroism.

"Xifeng!" Wang Zhengnan huffed and stepped forward to greet him, "You are really here!"

Li Zhengxi turned around, grinned at him, and called, "Second brother."

Meeting an old friend in a foreign land.

The joy of meeting him was fleeting. Li Zhengxi immediately set his eyes on Chuang Hu and asked coldly: "Who is this?"

"Oh, he is a writer." Wang Zhengnan chuckled and said, "Xifeng, you have to keep an eye on him for me. Brother Dao is very jealous of him and won't let him go!"

Chuanghu hurriedly responded and said with a smile: "What the hell! Are you doing things for Brother Dao? You should be. How could I run away!"

Li Zhengxi looked like a wooden pile, staring straight at him. He didn't apologize, but said coldly: "You'd better not run away."

With the west wind around, Wang Zhengnan's tense expression obviously relaxed a lot. He pulled the other person and asked, "Why are you here?"

Li Zhengxi said: "That's right. The telegram you sent seems to be breaking up with others here. How can I rest assured that my sister-in-law sent me here after spending the whole night together?"

"You came alone?"

Li Zhengxi looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "I brought eight of them. They are all good guys who dare to do it. My sister-in-law personally selected them for me."

Wang Zhengnan looked over Xifeng's shoulder, glanced outside the door, and asked, "Who are you?"

"Tsk! Second brother, you know how to speculate." Li Zhengxi explained, "On someone else's land, I brought so many people to see Brother Dao. What if something goes wrong? I asked them to divide them into three groups. Lived somewhere else.”

"That's fine, that's fine!" Wang Zhengnan asked again, "When did you come?"

"We arrived last night at the New and Old Market Streets. I inquired about several inns and hotels, and finally found you." Li Zhengxi sighed, "Eh? Where is Brother Dao? Take me up to meet you!"

"Oh! Let's talk upstairs!"

The two of them led Xifeng into Jiang Lianheng's guest room, and with the help of others, they recounted the encounters in Yingkou in the future, such as Laoye Pavilion, Wakengdian, Mr. Qiao, etc., exactly.

Li Zhengxi was impatient. He didn't listen for a long time before he interrupted repeatedly.

"In other words, Brother Dao went out before dawn and hasn't come back yet?"

Wang Zhengnan nodded: "Brother Dao said that if he hasn't come back by noon, let us go to the train station and go back first."

"I'll go find him."

Li Zhengxi said the next sentence, raised his butt and headed out to go downstairs.

Wang Zhengnan hurriedly stopped him and advised: "Xifeng, please don't cause trouble. Yingkou is so big, where can you find it? Just listen to Brother Dao's arrangements for everything."

"Fart! If something happens to Brother Dao, how can we force ourselves to go back to see my sister-in-law?" Li Zhengxi shook his arm and continued, "Isn't it the pier? I'll find out if I go there for a walk."

While talking, the door suddenly opened.

When Liu Yansheng came back, he was surprised when he saw Li Zhengxi and asked hurriedly: "Xifeng, why are you here?"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Li Zhengxi asked directly, "Where has Brother Dao gone? Why hasn't he come back yet?"

"Don't worry, don't worry! Brother Dao is fine, he went to find Zhao Guoyan."

Everyone asked in unison: "What happened to Zhao Guoyan again?"

Liu Yansheng shook his head helplessly, sighed, and said, "It's a shame. It's a serious injury."

Li Zhengxi frowned and immediately asked: "Brother Dao took the risk to find him, and you came back by yourself?"

"Xifeng, don't be impulsive! I'm just following Brother Dao's arrangements!"

It turned out that after Jiang Lianheng and Liu Yansheng left the river bank, they quickly split up.

Jiang Lianheng went to look for a car, while Liu Yansheng ran towards the city and fired several loud noises into the air from time to time to attract the attention of the Japanese garrison and help Zhao Guoyan and Brother Dao buy time for rescue.

But what the outcome will be is currently unknown.

After hearing this, Li Zhengxi waved his hands repeatedly and said, "Come on, you three just wait here! I'll go find Brother Dao myself!"

Everyone tried to dissuade him, but Xi Feng didn't care at all. In the end, he opened the door, went downstairs, walked through the pedestrians who came to catch the morning market, and headed north along the street, heading straight to the south bank of the Liao River.

Unexpectedly, not far after walking out of Yutai Inn, I caught a glimpse of Jiang Lianheng in the direction of the fork in the road.

"Brother Dao, Brother Dao!"

Li Zhengxi did not shout loudly, but looked around first and saw no one acting suspiciously. Then he walked quickly across the street, followed Jiang Lianheng, lowered his voice and shouted a few words.

Jiang Lianheng had a dark face the whole time, as if he turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear. His eyes did not show any surprise. In other words, his thoughts were not on Xifeng at all, so he walked quickly towards the inn without saying a word.

Li Zhengxi couldn't help but swallowed when he saw this.

Brother Dao is usually talkative and arrogant, but only at certain times will he be so taciturn - Si Fengkou knows it, Zhao, Han, Zhong, Liu and others also know it - when he has made up his mind to kill. when.

"West Wind."

Jiang Lian walked in front and shouted without looking back.

"Here!" Li Zhengxi hurriedly followed.

"How many people did you bring here?"

"Eight, my sister-in-law picked them, they are all people who can fight and dare to attack."

"enough."

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