20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 403 Luda·Heavy rain
At first, there were big raindrops, which hit the window lattice with a tinkling sound. In the blink of an eye, the dots connected into a line. When I regained consciousness, there was pouring water outside the window and a torrential rain.

The Zongshe Party’s reception began.

At the end of the north corridor on the second floor of the hotel, the banquet hall was brightly lit and guests were strolling in groups.

There was no band to entertain, and the atmosphere was far from joyful.

Among the guests were not only the old and young of the Qing court, but also representatives of the Eastern plutocrats, mainland ronin from the Black Dragon Society, a few mid-level officers from the Kanto Governor's Office, and speculators and careerists like "Cai Yunsheng."

Rong Wuye's men have booked rooms in advance for guests coming from afar, and many of them will stay here tonight.

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PM: 05:55
Xue Yingqing held her bun in her hands, left the guest room alone, walked through the corridor, turned the corner, and stopped near the entrance of the banquet hall.

Looking into the distance, he could not find Master Rong Wu.

"Eh? Miss He!"

After saying that, he immediately turned back and went downstairs. With a smile on his face like a flower, he came to the front desk and called the phone.

At the moment, Su Tai is really worried - not worried about Fifth Master Rong, but worried about this benefactor of the Qing Dynasty.

Su Tai walked into the house with some confusion, then came to the bathroom door, knocked on the door, and asked, "Master Cai, are you feeling better?"

"Alas!" Xue Yingqing said worriedly, "I don't know what's going on. I don't feel very well. I'm lying in the room!"

"Rong Wuye, I'm not saying that, are you too cautious? The young couple is in the house, I have seen the real money and silver, how can it be fake? Besides, there are so many people at the reception today, you Why do you always think there's something wrong with him? Boss Liu from the spinning factory and Boss Li from the flour mill, these are the sponsors we invited. It's still raining outside, so you can't leave everyone here to dry out, right?

"Master Cai, are you busy?"

"Isn't that right! I said he was in trouble because he had eaten too much seafood in the past two days, and he was still stubborn with me!"

Su Tai was shocked and stood still in place for an instant!

Su Tai was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, no, Miss He. If this is an ocean worth eighty thousand, I won't refuse. If such a large amount of money is lost in my hands, I will be eight years old." A head is not enough to pay for it! Let’s do this, don’t worry, I’ll go down and call Mr. Rong and ask for you, wait a minute, wait a minute!”

Xue Yingqing shook his head and sighed: "I had vomiting and diarrhea all afternoon and didn't stop."

I just didn't expect that when I opened the door of "Cai Yunsheng"'s guest room this time, I didn't see "He Lizhen" again.

"Hey! He is a very suspicious person. Although he does everything well, he is a bit mother-in-law. Don't tell me you are looking for him. There are many people at the reception who are looking for him!"

Su Tai hurriedly hid far away and asked, "Miss He, how long has it been since he came out?"

Suddenly, a bright light flashed outside the window, and in the gloomy bathroom, the figure of a strange man was instantly outlined - good guy, naked!
"scare!"

"Rumble--"

"Miss He?"

Afterwards, he quickly walked up the stairs, preparing to comfort the Qing Dynasty's "restoration funder".

Jiang Lianheng killed people without hesitation and silence as he had done in the past. The bayonet in his hand plunged into Su Tai's chest like a machine. One after another, the skin and flesh were broken.

After speaking, he listened quietly for a while, and then became increasingly impatient.

That was the only sound that could be heard in the room.

"Okay, okay, come here quickly! Don't wait any longer!"

"This can't be done, we need to send him to the hospital as soon as possible!"

"vomit--"

"Hello? Mr. Rong Wu, why don't you come over? So many people are waiting for you!" Su Tai's tone was a bit complaining, "The prince will be here soon, and you will be better than the prince." Still big?”

The door to the bathroom was closed, and the sound of spraying and bursts of retching could be heard from time to time. Su Tai was so scared that he quickly covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief.

"Yes, I think so too. I plan to wait until Master Rong arrives, hand the money to him in person and leave. We won't join in the fun at the reception."

While talking, the two came to the door of the guest room.

When Su Tai heard this, he immediately frowned, but it was not because he recalled Master Rong Wu's concerns, but because he was worried about whether "Cai Yunsheng"'s donation to the Zongshe Party could be implemented.

The door panel was only ajar, but once there was a knock, it was slowly pushed open with a groan of "squeaking".

Su Tai discovered her at the reception, immediately pulled away from several guests, and came over with a smile on his face.

"Oh, it's Mr. Su, how are you?" Xue Yingqing greeted with a smile.

"Oops! Master Cai is so careless. Is he okay now? Let's go and see him. If he is sick, we can't delay. If it doesn't work, let's find a doctor to come over and take a look."

As he said that, Xue Yingqing's eyes suddenly lit up, and he quickly walked to the bed, opened the suitcase, revealing golden large yellow croakers, and suggested: "Master Su, you are here just in time, why don't you help us transfer the money to Mr. Rong Wu?"

There were clouds of ink billowing outside the window, and the black suitcase was nowhere to be found on the messy quilt.

Just when he recovered and was about to turn around and run for his life, Jiang Lianheng immediately rushed up, stretched out his left hand, grabbed the braid on the back of Su Tai's head, pulled him down in the bathroom, and raised his Japanese bayonet in his right hand. , raised his arm, and thrust the sharp blade in his hand straight into Su Tai's throat!
At the same time, there happened to be rolling muffled thunder after the lightning flash outside the window!

After hanging up the phone, Su Tai still couldn't help but mutter - in his opinion, people who are too cautious cannot achieve big things!

In fact, from the bottom of his heart, he did not believe that there was anything wrong with the Cai family. Especially after seeing "He Lizhen" with his own eyes, the so-called imposter became a fantasy.

"Very good, very good!" Su Tai looked around and asked slightly strangely, "Miss He, why are you here alone? Where is Master Cai?"

"Uncomfortable? Isn't this... too unfortunate?"

Xue Yingqing smiled sweetly and quickly led Su Tai towards the guest room. As he walked, he asked, "Master Su, isn't Fifth Master Rong here yet?"

When I walked in, I saw that the quilt on the bed was a little messy, and a black suitcase was placed on it.

Blood gushed out and splashed into his eyes. He closed one eye tightly and continued the silent killing like an owl.

Su Tai couldn't shout at all.

He felt as if he was drowning, with thick black blood choking into his trachea, making him unable to breathe, let alone call for help.

At first, he could barely use his arms to block the bayonet. After the futility, he began to instinctively grab around in an attempt to push the murderer away, but because of his weakness, he seemed to be begging.

Life is not tenacious!

Su Tai never understood who killed him until his death.

Soon, his hands hung down limply...

Su Tai had stopped moving, and Jiang Lianheng still stabbed the old man's neck twice.

He is so dead that he cannot die any more.

Only then did Jiang Lianheng stop, put down his bayonet, turned the body up and down to make sure there was no weapon, and then dragged it to a deep corner of the bathroom without changing his expression.

A bloodstain a foot wide was left on the tile floor.

Jiang Lianheng stood up, walked to the sink, turned on the faucet, rubbed the soap into foam, washed the blood on his face, hands and chest, and fixed his hair in the mirror.

The soles of his feet were itchy. When he looked down, he couldn't help but frown - it was Su Tai's blood spreading there. So, he quickly walked out of the bathroom, picked up the quilt on the bed, and piled it next to Su Tai.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Lianheng opened the closet, changed into a clean white shirt, put on a suit jacket, picked up his big leather shoes, and stood in front of the mirror to tie a beautiful bow tie.

Finally, he put away the key and opened the door. At the end of the corridor on the north side, there was a faint buzz of excitement, and the room was finally no longer dead silent.

Xue Yingqing was standing outside the door wearing a dark green cheongsam. While fiddling with the hair accessories on his head, he asked calmly: "Is everything done?"

"Yes!" Jiang Lianheng stopped closing the door, turned around and asked, "Do you want to go in and take a look?"

Xue Yingqing quickly raised his eyebrows and waved his hands: "I don't want to look at it!"

Jiang Lianheng locked the door and advised without looking back: "Okay, okay! Stop styling your hair. Isn't it pretty?"

After saying that, he turned around, stood in the middle of the corridor, raised his right elbow, and said with a smile: "Bao'er, let's go?"

Xue Yingqing couldn't help but roll his eyes, and immediately stepped forward and gently took Jiang Lianheng's arm.

The two stood side by side, briefly brewing their emotions, and a kind and friendly smile slowly appeared on the corners of their mouths.

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Night: 06:27
Jiang Lianheng and Xue Yingqing slowly walked into the banquet hall of the Yamato Hotel and joined the secret cocktail party of the Zongshe Party.

Although the reception was originally scheduled to start at six o'clock in the evening, due to the weather, until now, new guests are still entering the auditorium at the stairs.

However, this gave everyone a quite appropriate "warm-up speech".

As soon as everyone walked in, they all complained about the terrible weather, and the conversation quickly became lively.

So far, all is well.

Jiang Lianheng and Xue Yingqing avoided the crowd and stood far away by the window of the banquet hall, looking around at the guests attending the reception.

Rong Wuye still hasn’t arrived!
Xue Yingqing was heartbroken and couldn't help lowering his voice and asked: "Is there a leak somewhere?"

"That's not the case!" Jiang Lianheng said in a deep voice, "We've already arrived. If we wait a little longer, we still don't see any problems!"

The two of them originally planned to watch the changes from a distance, but Xue Yingqing's natural beauty was too eye-catching, and every now and then someone would come over to chat with her.

Fortunately, these people were not acquainted with "Cai Yunsheng", so Jiang Lianheng did not reveal his flaws.

However, what surprised him even more was that not only did he not know the speculative financial backers who assisted the Qing Dynasty in restoring the country, but most of these financial backers did not know each other and had only heard of each other at best. .

What really brought these financial backers together were the old and young with pigtails.

The remaining influence of the Qing court has not completely dissipated, and many old braids who came from afar are still holding important positions in the pass.

Only then did Jiang Lianheng realize that this so-called cocktail party was actually just an event held to raise "charity funds" for the Clan Socialist Party.

Suddenly, a familiar figure came into view.

He was a short, stocky, middle-aged Japanese man with a thick beard on his upper lip. He was holding a glass of red wine and chatting happily with two Japanese officers.

Jiang Lianheng met him in the arms warehouse in Dalian Port.

"Hey! Shopkeeper Xue, do you know that fat man? It seems... his name is Ishikawa, right? He should have some connections with Su Tai."

Xue Yingqing shook his head and said, "I don't know him, but Su Tai often interacts with the Japanese. It's normal for them to interact with each other."

"Then he hasn't seen Cai Yunsheng, has he?" Jiang Lianheng asked in surprise, "He was also there that night at Dalini Club!"

"Don't be always surprised. You may have some impression, but you have definitely never met formally." Xue Yingqing held her bun in her hands and reminded calmly, "If it were you, would you be able to remember what happened at this cocktail party? Everyone?"

"But I can remember you! Cai Yunsheng hangs around you every day. If you don't make sure that others take a second look, let's go over there for a little bit!"

Xue Yingqing nodded, took a few steps towards the corner, and said, "Calm down! The more vain you are, the more fake you will be to others; the more confident you are, the more likely others will think that they have remembered it wrong. Besides, Rong It’s time for Master Wu to come too, right?”

As soon as he finished speaking, someone suddenly shouted loudly on the other side of the stairs——

"The prince is here!"

There was an immediate reaction in the banquet hall!
Everyone at the cocktail party immediately looked towards the stairs, and swarmed up in a noisy manner, scrambling to greet him respectfully. What's more, when the love reached the climax, they even knelt down on the ground with a "pop" and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Your Majesty, good luck!"

"Your Majesty, you are blessed!"

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Night: 06:46
The heavy rain was pouring down, and relying on the wind, it hit the ground one after another, splashing large areas of mist.

In the dark alley diagonally opposite the Yamato Hotel, Zhao Guoyan and Sai Donggua were soaked by the rain, but they still stared at the movement in front of the hotel, daring not to relax at all.

"Brother Yan, the man who went in just now also has a car, and the ostentation is not small. Isn't he really the fifth master Rong?" Sai Donggua asked.

Zhao Guoyan shook his head and said firmly: "I heard clearly just now, the shout was 'The prince is here', and I have seen Master Rong Wu's car, not the one just now!"

After saying that, even he couldn't help but mutter: "Why doesn't this old bastard come? Isn't he too stable?"

The entrance to the hotel was brightly lit, and several Japanese military police were standing under the eaves, following the officers and princes who had just entered.

The two continued to hide in the dark alley and waited quietly for another ten minutes.

Shaoqing, in the northern section of Zhenyuan Town, two bright car lights finally came slowly towards this direction and stopped at the door of the hotel - without turning off the engine!
Zhao Guoyan squinted his eyes and frowned, and his whole spirit was suddenly lifted!
There were no Japanese military police clearing the way, but there were two Japanese traitor bodyguards standing on the running boards on the left and right sides of the black car, and a dozen or so thugs trotting behind them.

"It's Rong Wuye's car!"

"Then I'll go back and tell Xiao Gu right away!" Sai Donggua immediately replied.

"Wait! Wait a minute!" Zhao Guoyan suddenly frowned.

Rong Wuye did not get off the car!
Someone loudly announced his number at the door of the hotel. As soon as he shouted "Eiwu", he was sternly interrupted by the bodyguard who jumped down from the pedal: "What are you calling! Shut up!"

Immediately afterwards, a man with a short chin got out of the passenger seat of the car.

Zhao Guoyan firmly believed that the man was definitely not Mr. Rong Wu, because when he got out of the car, he bent down and said a few words to the back seat of the dark car, and then turned around and walked into the hotel. The bodyguard did not follow him. Escort——The car didn’t turn off, and Mr. Rong Wu still didn’t get out of the car.

The short-chinned man walked to the front desk of the hotel and seemed to be negotiating something with the waiter. Then he quickly ran up the stairs and disappeared from Zhao Guoyan's sight.

About ten minutes later, Shortchin walked out of the hotel and whispered to the back seat of the car, seemingly returning to life.

Then, he nodded solemnly, turned around and walked into the hotel again, climbing to the second floor, while the bodyguards outside the door were still on standby.

What on earth is going on?
Zhao Guoyan's heart immediately rose, and he couldn't help but secretly thought: Old fox! Really an old fox!
Then, he immediately turned his head, facing the heavy rain, and said quickly to Sai Donggua behind him: "Long Face, don't go looking for Xiao Gu, hurry up and tell Lao Dao and let him report the news to Brother Dao!"

Saidonggua was stunned when he heard this. To make sure he heard correctly, he quickly asked: "What, the operation has been cancelled?"

"Then Lao Deng must have noticed something is wrong!"

As Zhao Guoyan spoke, he took out a box cannon from his arms and said anxiously: "If it doesn't work out, it's up to me to take action on Mr. Rong Wu's idea! Go quickly!"

(End of this chapter)