The true biography of Yaqiao, the first chivalrous king of the Republic of China

Chapter 57
Snowing.

Beginning in the evening, goose feather snow drifted all over the sky, and it became denser and denser as it fell.The snow in Shanghai is quite different from that in the north.The air humidity in Shanghai is high, the snowflakes are falling, sticking to each other, and there are some raindrops mixed in. The snowflakes are big and absorb enough water. Instead of falling, they seem to be "smashed" and bloom on the ground.After falling to the ground, due to the high ground temperature and heavy traffic, it melted quickly, and the road was wet; but the snowflakes that fell on the roof, treetops, and flower beds "stand" and are white.In this way, the sky is white and the ground is dark, becoming two distinct worlds of black and white.In the north, on the contrary, the snowflakes are small and the temperature is low. In the cold wind, the snowflakes fly around like headless flies.Whether it falls on the ground or on the roof, it is not easy to melt. The world is covered with silver and snow.

The sky gradually darkened, the street lamps were turned on, and the firecrackers were fired one after another.However, the heavy snow fell with gusto, and became more and more urgent. In less than two hours, some places had already accumulated half a foot of snow, and under the dim streetlights, there was a gloomy white light.Wang Yaqiao walked up and down in front of the window, smoking one cigarette after another.Yaying reheated the food again and again, but Shuqiao's car did not show up for a long time.

Bishop Zhao Road, in the French Concession, is named after a French missionary.The total length is only 820 meters and the width is 15 meters.Liu Zhilu Mansion is built beside this quiet road.Liu Zhilu (1890-1941) was a native of Meixian, Guangdong.Graduated from the third phase of Guangdong Whampoa Army Crash School and Baoding Beiyang Army Lecture School. He joined Mo Rongxin, a warlord of the Guangxi clique, and his official career was prosperous. In 1916, Mo Rongxin led his troops to drive away Chen Bingkun, the governor of Guangdong. Liu Zhilu made outstanding achievements in battle. He was appointed as the chief of staff of the Governor of Guangdong and the guardian of Chaomei. He was in Shantou City and had jurisdiction over 16 counties and cities. Young General".Later, the Guangxi forces were driven back to Guangxi by the Guangdong Army. Liu Zhilu led the remnants to go northward, traveled through several provinces, entered Shandong, and was incorporated by Zhang Zongchang. In the summer of 28, the Zhi-Shandong Allied Army was defeated by the National Revolutionary Army. When Liu Zhilu and Zhang Zongchang broke up, he asked for 13 million "dissolution fees" and went to Shanghai to work as a public servant. He made friends from all walks of life and had a very warm fight with Wang Yaqiao.Liu's mansion on Bishop Zhao Road was newly built by him, and he didn't usually live there. The mansion was actually a stronghold for him to make friends.As the Spring Festival was approaching, he returned to Mei County early and handed over the mansion to Wang Yaqiao for use.

"Brother Nine, it's snowing too much tonight, so Shuqiao may not be able to come. Go to bed and rest, and I'll wait for you." Seeing her husband looking tired, Wang Yaying persuaded her with concern.

Standing on the fourth floor, Wang Yaqiao poked his head out of the curtain and looked out the window. The street lights were dim, and the night was as black as ink, and there was not even a single person.He threw away the cigarette butt, nodded, returned to the bedroom, took off his coat and black and purple lamb vest, leaned on the pillow, pulled off the quilt, and covered him.The clock "Dang, Dang, Dang" rang ten times.

Wang Yaying was sitting on the coffee table by the window, eating watermelon seeds, staring at the road, thinking: Shuqiao didn’t call because he must be afraid that the phone at home would be monitored by spies; it was so late, the old man was not in good health, so maybe he couldn’t come La……

Suddenly, "Bang, bang, bang", there were four or five knocks on the door.

Like a conditioned reflex, Wang Yaying immediately stood up and listened carefully.

"Bang, bang, bang", there was another violent slamming sound from outside the gate, loud and urgent.

not good.Because according to the agreed code, first knock three times, then two times, and finally three times.

Wang Yaying didn't want to think too much, and hurried into the bedroom to wake up her husband who closed his eyes and meditated.

"Brother Nine, wake up, Quolao (Shanghai's dialect for spies) is coming around again!"

Wang Yaqiao got out of bed and pulled out the pistol from his waist.He signaled his wife to turn off all the lights, then grabbed his coat and hurriedly put it on, and glanced out the window. He felt that the secret agents must have surrounded the mansion.So, taking advantage of the dim snow light outside, he walked up to the balcony behind the house - a new house was being built next door, and the scaffolding was erected, with a beam as thick as a bowl, which just reached the balcony of Liu's mansion.Wang Yaqiao put the pistol behind his waist, climbed over the railing, and wobbled over the ten-meter-wide beam with both hands and feet. He listened to the downstairs, but there was no movement.He quickly put down the "soft pole", slid down the rope to the ground, pushed through the bamboo fence in the backyard, and quickly disappeared into the vast night...

As soon as her husband left, Wang Yaying quickly locked all the big and small doors upstairs and downstairs.

With heavy rewards, there must be traitors.

Ever since Chiang Kai-shek posted a notice on the street offering a reward of 10 yuan to capture Wang Yaqiao, there have also been villains in Wang Yaqiao's team.Dai Li sits in Shanghai and dispatches his subordinates to "watch and guard" these secret strongholds.Although it is a "little year", I don't care about rest.He believes that at this time, Wang Yaqiao is prone to be careless.In the evening, when he received a report that the lights in Liu Zhilu's mansion, a secret stronghold, suddenly turned on, he was overjoyed and thought that it was very possible that Wang Yaqiao would spend his "little year" in Liu's mansion.He immediately led 30 people from the detective team of the Chinese Public Security Bureau and the patrol room of the French Concession to attack late at night, hoping to capture Wang Yaqiao in one fell swoop.

However, he did not expect that Wang Yaqiao hadn't rested until after 10 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Dai Li asked someone to break open Liu's mansion, led his men to climb up to the third floor, turned on the lights, and rushed into Wang Yaqiao's bedroom. He saw a quilt that had been pulled open on the bed, touched it with his hand, and it was still warm; Look at the size, it fits well on Wang Yaqiao.

Lu Ying, the detective team of the Huajie Public Security Bureau, pushed Wang Yaying in and reported, "Boss, the doors of all the downstairs and upstairs rooms have been broken open, and Wang Laojiu was not found. There is only this woman in the entire mansion."

"Are you Wang Yaying?" Dai Li asked coldly.

"Since you know, why bother!" Wang Yaying replied coldly.

"Wang Laojiu ran away. But Shanghai is a place the size of a palm, where can he escape?" Dai Li turned around the room with his hands behind his back, and said, "Wang Yaying, logically speaking, I should call your sister-in-law madam. I ask you to tell Ninth Brother that it was the little brother Dai Chunfeng who said that going against the government is not an egg hitting a stone, but what good fruit can there be? As long as he rein in the precipice and have any demands, I will look at the situation of my brother back then In terms of points, try to satisfy him!"

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand and led his subordinates to leave.After leaving the gate of Liu Mansion, Captain Lu whispered in his ear: "Boss, why don't you take this bitch away?"

Dai Li said coldly: "You are so stupid! Haven't you read "Historical Records" and don't know the story of getting a share? People like Wang Laojiu don't care about their families. It's easy for us to take Wang Yaying away, but Take her away, where are you going to find clues about Wang Yaqiao? Besides, we are all dragging our families and leading our families. If we take Wang Yaying away, Wang Yaqiao jumps over the wall in a hurry, can we let our family go?... You hurry up and send some capable officers , set up whistles around, and keep an eye on Wang Yaying secretly. Put a long line and catch big fish!"

So, why did Wang Yaqiao slip away so fast that day?
Wang Yaqiao is a shrewd person. Whenever he goes to a place, he first checks the surrounding intersections and designs an escape plan in his mind.A "soft pole" is tied around his waist, which is a thin rope woven with fine silk thread, and a small iron three-claw is tied to one end. In case of danger, whether it is slipping down the rope or turning over a high wall , leaving no trace. On the night of "Xiao Nian", he escaped from the encirclement like a monkey and went straight to a big hotel.He knew that there were taxis waiting for guests in front of big hotels.After getting into the taxi, he went to another secret stronghold of his own.Later, I learned that on the day of "Xiao Nian", there was a lot of wind and snow, and the house on Ladu Road where my mother lived was full of spies.For the sake of safety, Wang Shuqiao made an impromptu decision not to take his mother to Liu's mansion.

(End of this chapter)