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An Yiming seemed to be a little wary of Lin Xiaotang. Hearing his question, he shook his head noncommittally, "You and I have been fighting for many years. I really don't like the department that Mr. belongs to. I appreciate Mr.'s kindness. If the superior When asked, I will report truthfully and will never involve Mr.

After finishing speaking, An Yiming smiled politely, and pointed to the bottle of wine on the table, "This is my treat, please enjoy yourself, excuse me."

Lin Xiaotang froze on the spot for a moment, this was the first time that he was prevented from coming to the stage by someone, obviously he was helping them, why did he seem to be rushing to help him with things, isn't this a bit self-indulgent mean.

An Yiming turned around and walked off the stage. At this time, a female singer was leading a group of sexy dancers to perform hard.An Yiming raised the wine glass in his hand to the female singer, Lin Xiaotang could clearly see that the female singer gave him a mischievous wink.

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In the middle of the night, Lin Xiaotang returned to Todajin again. Although he knew that there would be a "tail" arranged by No. 76 and Yazawa Shinichi behind him, this was the place introduced by Sasaki, so Lin Xiaotang didn't have to hide it.

"It seems that the things you entrusted to me are superfluous, and one of the parties doesn't seem to trust me!" Lin Xiaotang asked Tachibana as he was fighting with a bowl of soy sauce ramen.

Chief Tachibana was very strange. After asking about the whole story, he recalled some things Pan Qiqi told himself when he left.In fact, when Pan Zhongqi left Shanghai, he had some concerns about the cooperation between his favorite general and Lin Xiaotang.

The reason is that although An Qiming is not very old, he is an old revolutionary. He joined the organization as early as the period of the Great Revolution and has been working on the hidden front in Shanghai.

After the failure of the first cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Chiang Kai-shek betrayed the revolution and hunted and killed revolutionaries in Shanghai.Faced with the harsh white terror at that time, many unsteady people and opportunists within the Communist Party resigned one after another, and some people even betrayed organizational secrets and former comrades as their own advancement.As a result, the Central Special Branch of the Communist Party of China in Shanghai formed a secret armed force - the "red team".The main purpose is to eradicate traitors and deter the enemy. Its members are mainly from the Shanghai workers' picket team and the Northern Expedition Army, all of whom are good at shooting and blasting.

The red team launched a series of operations in Shanghai. They were elusive, hit every shot without a single miss, and shocked the enemy for a while, and their reputation resounded all over Shanghai.

This caused great panic in the Nationalist government at that time. At that time, the military command had not yet been formally established, and Xu En, the agent leader of the Central Command in charge of intelligence work, dispatched his general Han Da to Shanghai to encircle and suppress the "red team."

With the assistance of Su Chengde, director of the Huxi Division of the Shanghai Station of the Central Committee, Han Da took the traitors of the Red Team as a breakthrough point, and finally arrested most of the members of the Red Team, including Kuang Hui'an, Meng Huating, Zhao Xuan, Chen Jieming, the backbone of the Red Team People were killed immediately.

"Could it be that An Yiming is...?" Lin Xiaotang couldn't help asking.

Tachibana nodded.

Back then, An Qiming was a passionate young man who had just joined the revolution. He had just joined the Red Team and completed preliminary military and intelligence training courses.The old members of the red team affectionately call them "spare tires".

When the red team had an accident, because An Qiming hadn't entered the list of front-line members, and had been in single-line contact to accept the task of the superior.Therefore, after the death of the only liaison officer, although they escaped the enemy's hunt, they also lost contact with the organization at the same time.

It wasn't until after the Xi'an Incident that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party realized their second cooperation that An Qiming got in touch with his superiors again.

"Perhaps it was because of his deep experience back then, that's why he maintained a high degree of vigilance against the personnel of the Central Command or the Military Command, and it can even be said to be hatred. An Qiming doesn't know your background very well. In Shanghai, no one except Mr. Pan and I knew about our cooperation. It may be because of this that An Qiming mistakenly thought it was an ordinary cooperation with the military commander, so he acted so indifferent!"

"The same room is fighting! How many elites are wasted in the civil strife like this!" Lin Xiaotang sighed, "If I stood in his position, I am afraid that when we meet, I will not maintain such calmness."

Chief Tachibana looked at Lin Xiaotang suspiciously, "Then, will you still protect him?"

Lin Xiaotang sucked the last noodle in the bowl into his stomach, and wiped his mouth satisfied, "Mr. Pan's request, I will definitely do my best. Since he refuses to accept our help, then we will change the way Come and do it!"

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The greyhound racetrack is actually the earliest racetrack in Shanghai. Due to the high operating costs of horse racing, it was quickly transformed into a greyhound sport. At first it was a gathering of nobles among foreigners and high-ranking officials in the Shanghai Concession. a great event.

Outside the circular arena, people were everywhere in the dark. People of all colors passed by Lin Xiaotang, and there were even many foreigners in various costumes, all kinds of languages ​​filled their ears. Standing in the crowded crowd, Lin Xiaotang suddenly felt a little confused. Overwhelmed.This is a great scene in Shanghai. Every Thursday, a large number of gamblers will come here. This is also a rare scene in troubled times. Probably because everyone does not know what their tomorrow will be like. In order to kill time, some want to fight for some living expenses, and some are purely to enjoy this kind of stimulation.

Although he has been in Shanghai for a long time, Lin Xiaotang has never been here so far. In a few days, he personally brought a group of Xingye's subordinates who rushed over from Tianmu Mountain to follow An Qiming and his girlfriend, that is, the girl from Huizhong Hotel, named Huanyan. Singers are here.

Entering the greyhound racing track, the sight suddenly opened up. A circular runway was surrounded by viewing venues up to several floors. Several wooden boxes were placed side by side at the starting point of the runway. The shouts of spectators and gamblers resounded throughout the venue.The enthusiasm of the spectators, as well as the hoarse shouts and blood red eyes of the gamblers holding a pile of betting stubs, coupled with the rising temperature, made people feel extremely hot.

Lin Xiaotang knew that the wooden boxes in the arena housed the greyhounds used for competitions. In the past, all the greyhounds were imported from England or Australia. This kind of dog is best at running, extremely fast, and the most suitable for racing. Contest.But since the Japanese captured Shanghai, the dog racing track has been closed for a while, and it reopened last year, but there are far fewer greyhounds. There is no way, the organizers had to replace them with some fighting dogs, so the atmosphere of the competition faded Many, but the taste of blood is much stronger. "

Sometimes, during the race, the greyhounds would suddenly bite. At this time, it became purely a dog fighting contest. Those gamblers would be more excited when they saw the blood, and they would use it as a gamble. So, now Although the greyhound racing field here is still very lively, the atmosphere is not as good as before.

Lin Xiaotang was wearing sunglasses, standing on the stand next to An Qiming and Huanyan, observing their every move.It is undeniable that although Huanyan is 27 or [-] years old by visual inspection, the charm of a mature woman is particularly attractive.Lin Xiaotang could also tell that they were indeed a real couple, and the obsessive look in their eyes couldn't lie.

Huanyan seemed to have discussed who to bet with An Qiming, clutching a few banknotes in her hand, squeezed through the crowd and walked towards the betting window, instead of turning around and smiling at An Qiming.When An Qiming looked at Huanyan, he suddenly spotted Lin Xiaotang who was standing next door, and his smile froze.Immediately, a disgusted expression appeared on his face, and he turned his head away.

At this time, a person suddenly came up from the steps between the two stands.

The man was about the same age as Lin Xiaotang, standing in the aisle of the stands, wearing a peaked cap, wearing a washed white jacket, holding a bag of buns in his hand, and hurriedly putting the buns in with the other hand Mouth delivery.

Originally, this person's attire was not unusual, but Lin Xiaotang always felt that he was sneaking glances in the direction of An Qiming and Huanyan intentionally or unintentionally, so he quietly ordered his subordinates to start paying attention to him.

On alert, Lin Xiaotang took the opportunity to light a cigarette and began to look around. Although there were many people in the stands, almost everyone was paying attention to the direction of the runway, with the exception of a few peddlers in the aisle.

Lin Xiaotang's eyes shifted to the entrance of the stairs on the south side of the aisle, and he couldn't help being stunned for a moment. There were three men in suits standing at the top of the stairs. Although they were also facing the runway, their attention was obviously not there. They turned their heads frequently to look at the stands. Lin Xiaotang looked at the crowd, and found that what they were observing was the area where the man who was eating buns was located.

Suddenly, a sharp whistle sounded, and the stands suddenly fell silent, but then shouts like a mountain roar and a tsunami resounded throughout the arena, the wooden boxes on the runway suddenly opened, and a black figure sprang out from each wooden box, The action was so swift that the whole stand was boiling. The gamblers waved the ticket stubs in their hands and shouted the numbers they bought frantically. They raised their arms in front of Lin Xiaotang, and their vision was suddenly blocked.

An Qiming was still as calm as ever, through the corner of his eyes, Lin Xiaotang felt that he was searching for something, was he looking for a happy face?Probably not, Huanyan is not in that direction.

The racing dogs on the track were running wildly, and they were approaching the finish line in a blink of an eye. When the first racing dog crossed the finish line, countless voices rang out, mixed with surprise laughter, and even more sighs and curses. There was some confusion in the time stands.

But at this moment, a muffled gunshot sounded from the stand where An Qiming was, and the stand fell into silence for an instant. People looked at each other blankly, not knowing what to do for a while.