Chapter Forty-Five Assassination

  Yu Nong waited at the Wang Jiang wine building until the sun was low in the west, but still didn't see Ye Tufei's figure. He was certain that Ye Tufei had already understood his intentions.

  Not long after, the subordinates reported that Ye Tufei's follower went to the dock, but nothing was done, and he just turned around and left. The brothers wanted to follow him, but unfortunately, they couldn't keep up.

  The fisherman hadn't figured out the purpose of Ye Tufei's move yet, when another subordinate rushed over to report an emergency situation: Zhou Hai had gone to the Japanese Consulate, looking very flustered. He stayed at the consulate for about half an hour before returning home to pack his bags. By now, he was probably already at Zhao Ming's residence in Tsim Sha Tsui.

  Two things linked together, Yu Nongchang let out a breath, he was certain that Ye Tufei must be preparing to force his way through.

  "Strengthen the control over Zhao Ming's residence, and absolutely cannot let Ye Tufei find an opportunity!" Yu Nong gave orders to Yang Ruocai, "In addition, immediately start investigating the structure of Zhao Ming's residence, 'figure out' his bedroom. Once we get accurate intelligence, we will take extreme measures against Zhao Ming immediately, and absolutely cannot let him leave Hong Kong alive."

  Yang Ruocai replied, "I've made some preparations. There's a 'female' person in charge of external procurement at Zhao Ming's residence. We've already grasped her family members. I'll take action now, and if luck is on our side, we can obtain the intelligence by this afternoon."

  Yu Nong nodded slightly and said, "Hmmm, if we can get the information this afternoon, then we'll take action tonight. Zhao Ming has lived long enough, I wish he won't see tomorrow's sun!"

  "Don't worry, boss, I'll go take care of it right away!"

  Thanks to Ye Tufei's deliberate arrangement, Yang Ruocai had an unexpectedly good luck and saw Gu Dasao as soon as he arrived near the Zhao residence.

  When Gu Daxi was "invited" to Yang Ruocai's presence, her latent excellent acting skills were finally revealed. At first, she was terrified, then listened, and eventually was convinced by Yang Ruocai. When Yang Ruocai took out a thick stack of Hong Kong dollars, Gu Daxi's eyes turned green.

  In less than half an hour, Gu Dajie was conquered by Yang Ruocai. She said she would fully follow Mr. Yang's instructions and inform him of everything she knew, without reservation. After getting detailed information about Zhao Ming from Gu Dajie, Yang Ruocai immediately reported to Yu Nong. Under Yu Nong's instruction, he gathered the raiders he had previously identified and carefully prepared for that night's raid mission.

  After Gu Dasao and Yang Ruocai parted ways, she hurried back in five steps at a time, finishing the half-hour journey in just fifteen minutes. When she was out of breath and handed over the stack of Hong Kong dollars to Ye Tufei, he understood and smiled as he returned the stack to Gu Dasao: "Don't be in such a hurry, sit down and catch your breath, have some water, we've got plenty of time."

  Gu Da didn't have the patience to wait, nor did she care about her aching chest, and hastily told Ye Tuofei the whole story. After listening, Ye Tuofei joked with Gu Da, saying: "If you had persisted a bit longer, what you would have gotten wouldn't just be Hong Kong dollars, who knows, maybe even a few gold bars."

  Gu Da Shu ignored Ye Tu Fei's joke and told him seriously: "Mr. Ye, you must keep your promise and let Mr. Zhao take me to Shanghai."

  Ye Tu Fei agreed, but still asked Gu Da Shu a question: "Then you went to Shanghai, what about your family?"

  Gu Da's eyes turned red instantly, and she choked with sobs: "What family do I have left? I'm the only one who escaped to this place. That good-for-nothing husband of mine, all he did was gamble and drink. The whole family relied on my meager earnings to get by. Honestly, I've had enough of this life already. My three biological sons all died in battle... Alas, it's all because of that damned Chiang Kai-shek's evil deeds! They're always fighting and struggling with each other, but the ones who end up dying are us ordinary people!"

  Ye Tu Fei nodded and replied: "Yes, yes, it's better not to fight, Mr. Zhao doesn't advocate for fighting."

  "Actually, I think Japanese people are quite good and polite. Last time on the street, I was hit by a Japanese person's car, but they immediately got out of the car to apologize and took me to the hospital. They even paid for my medical expenses and later came to my home to give me money and gifts. If this were in our own country? Ha! Those wealthy people who can drive cars wouldn't care about the lives of ordinary people like us!"

  Ye Tu Fei was speechless. What Gu Da Sao said was indeed the truth, and it's no wonder that Gu Da Sao had such thoughts. In the entire country, how many people are like Gu Da Sao?

  After seeing off Gu Da Sao, Ye Tu Fei was certain that the surprise attack by the fishermen and farmers would likely take place tonight. He then called for Guo Zhong Lin and brought him into Zhao Ming's room.

  "We will board the ship early tomorrow morning. Mr. Zhao, before boarding, you need to make some preparations to avoid unnecessary trouble."

  Zhao Ming obediently followed Ye Tufei's arrangement.

  "Also, you need to switch rooms. You are not allowed to leave this room or have contact with anyone before I give the order, except for your wife, who needs to stay in that room with you."

  Zhao Ming didn't understand Ye Tufei's intention, wanted to ask, but Ye Tufei put his finger to his lips and made a zipping motion, stopping Zhao Ming's question. "Don't ask me why I'm doing this! I have my own reasons, but it's not convenient for me to tell you. I hope Mr. Zhao can understand and tolerate, and resolutely execute my orders."

  Zhao Ming nodded silently.

  Ye Tufei arranged for Zhao Mingfu's 'wife' to be taken care of, and ordered Guo Zhonglin to give Zhao Ming a makeover. He then went to find Zhou Hai.

  "Tonight, you and your wife move into Mr. Zhao's room!"

  Zhou Hai was also perplexed and blurted out: "Why?"

  Ye Tufei smiled and said, "Has Mr. Zhou forgotten the rules? If you want to leave Hong Kong safely, please follow my instructions. And don't ask me why, because I won't answer you even if you do."

  Zhou Hai seemed to be thinking of something, and looked at Ye Tu Fei silently nodding his head.

  Then Ye Tufei summoned Zhao Ming's guard captain again, "Let your brother check the guns and ammunition well. Tomorrow morning we will board the ship. I estimate that there will inevitably be some trouble."

  "The squad leader replied: 'We are always preparing at all times, rest assured that even if we exhaust all our brothers, we will ensure the safety of Mr. Wang and yours.'"

  Ye Tu shook his head and said: "It's not Mr. Zhao and me, but Mr. Zhao and his wife. My safety doesn't need you to consider."

  The squad leader said: "Do you want me to give you a gun too?"

  Ye Tu Fei smiled and said: "I don't need that thing, besides, I also won't use that thing."

  The squad leader was very curious and asked: "What kind of weapon did Mr. Ye use? Oh, if you're not comfortable, let's just forget I asked."

  Ye Tu Fei smiled happily and replied, "What's convenient or inconvenient, I'm the sixth young master of the Nie family, the heir to the Nie family's business, so my weapon is naturally the ocean and gold bars."

  This was of course a joke by Ye Tufei, but the joke gave the careless questioning Guard Captain enough face and also made the Guard Captain have a good impression of Ye Tufei. Three years later, when Ye Tufei went to Nanjing on a special mission, he met with the Guard Captain again, who gave Ye Tufei great help and even saved his life.

  But now, everyone's fate is in Ye Tufei's hands. If he needs the Captain of the Guard to sacrifice himself, then the Captain of the Guard will not live until tomorrow. Fortunately, in Ye Tufei's plan, the Captain of the Guard and his entire guard only played a role in setting off smoke bombs, not only did they not need to make sacrifices, but it can even be said that their responsibilities were relatively easy.

  Everything was ready, Ye Tu Fei arrived at the courtyard, the sky gradually darkened, night was about to fall.

  "Come on! Mr. Yu Nong, see me off for a while!"

  Ye Tu Fei stretched out his limbs and silently shouted towards the sky.

  Because Ye Tufei had announced the plan to board the ship early tomorrow, Zhao Mingfu and his wife, Zhou Hai and his wife, as well as others in the residence all went to bed very early. Mr. Wang's guards also followed their usual routine, posting only two sentries at the main gate and four guards in the bedroom corridor.

  At midnight, the captain of the guard led a wolf dog that had been cross-bred with local stray dogs to patrol around the courtyard. After not finding anything unusual, he left the wolf dog at the main gate post and went back to his room alone to sleep.

  Two hours later, the big "gate" post changed shifts. When changing shifts, the old post said to the new post with a skeptical tone that everything was normal. The 2 am shift is usually the most difficult to get through, and guards on duty at this time often sneak in some rest, one dozing off while the other stays awake, or both simply doze off together. But this state of affairs would never happen again to these two brothers who had just come on duty, because by this time Yang Ruoxi and others had already snuck up.

  A streak of dim light flashed by, and the hybrid wolf dog suddenly curled up on the ground, whimpered twice, convulsed a few times, and then remained motionless. Before the two sentries could react, they were slashed open at the throat by an icy blade, and as they watched the blood gush out, they let out a startled cry but couldn't make a sound.

  Having solved the big 'gate' guard, Yang Ruocai and others quietly 'touched' up to the second floor. The two guards on the second floor had already entered their dreams, one leaning against the wall, and the other simply sitting crookedly on the ground.

  "On the second floor, following the stairs to the right of the third door is Mr. Zhao's bedroom." Yang Rucai heard Gu Dajie's testimony again in his ear. He gestured for two team members to take care of the two sentries separately, while the others followed him into Mr. Zhao's bedroom.

  All the raiders were ready, and Yang Rucai suddenly waved his hand. Four figures rushed towards the third room, while the other two figures rushed towards the two sentry posts.

  The bedroom door was like a paper shell for Yang Rucai and his men, one of whom kicked it open with just one foot.

  Right in front of the door was a sofa, and on the side of the sofa was an iron bed in European style. On the iron bed, two people were obviously sleeping. One of them woke up with a start and sat up suddenly.

  At this time, the sound of gunfire rang out.

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