Chapter Fifty-One: Kidnapping

  Ye Tu Fei felt somewhat regretful; he had considered the problem too simple.

  The ten soldiers brought by Inoue Masao have caused great trouble for Wei Xiangdong's action. A clever plan may turn into a strong attack, and as soon as the gun goes off, both sides will be red-eyed, and at that time, it is not guaranteed to pretend to be real. If Wei Xiangdong personally commands, he can still control it, but he is so clever that he has pushed Wei Xiangdong away.

  In a double-blind situation, it was not an easy task to coordinate a good performance in the first place. Now, with the influence of those ten Japanese soldiers, Ye Tufei did not dare to think about it anymore. He began to ponder how to wrap up the show and minimize the losses.

  It was seven o'clock, which was the agreed-upon time for action between Wei Xiangdong and Ye Tufei, but everything seemed normal, as if Wei Xiangdong's men didn't exist at all.

  Another five minutes passed, and everything remained as usual.

  Yue Tuo flies like a needle on a broom, but Gao Qiao Xin is still as lively and talkative as ever.

  After another five minutes, there was finally some movement, and an explosion sound came from a distance.

  "What's going on?" Takashi Goto asked first, asking Masuo Inoue.

  Masuo Inoue knew what had happened. But when his superiors asked, he would have to have an answer, so he immediately stood up and prepared to go out and take a look.

  Takahashi Shin stopped Inoue Masao and said, "Tell your soldiers to go take a look. The explosion sound is far away from us, no need to be nervous."

  Takao Inoue responded with a "Hai!" and then headed for the door. Just as he opened the wooden door, he was pushed back by a black muzzle, and immediately afterwards, the window was also opened, and two long guns were stretched out.

  Following the muzzle of the gun pressed against Zhang's forehead, a tall and sturdy black-faced man walked in, followed by three more men carrying box-shaped guns.

  "We don't want to hurt anyone, as long as you all behave and don't resist, I guarantee your safety." The black-faced man warned the people in the house with a Shandong accent.

  Ye Tufei and others have been waiting for this moment, naturally they didn't dare to move, Takahashi Shin also seemed to be waiting for this moment, he quietly put down the chopsticks in his hand, raised both hands above his head, indicating that he had no intention of resisting.

  Only Ikegami Masao, whether it was due to the samurai spirit of 'purity' or a sense of responsibility towards his superior officers, firmly pushed the muzzle of the black-faced man's gun away with his forehead, still cursing: "Baka!"

  Takahashi sighed and said: "Ikeda-kun, please don't make a futile resistance anymore. To be killed like this is a shame for the Great Japanese Empire!"

  Inoue Masao finally gave up his resistance, he stepped back, turned around and bowed to Takahashi: "Sorry, it was my negligence, I am willing to accept punishment."

  Takahashi smiled wryly and said, "The punishment given by the Chinese is already enough for us."

  The black-faced man became impatient, pointing his gun at Gao Qiao and then at Zhang Luo Hui, saying: "You two, step forward and come with us for a walk?"

  Zhang Luo Hui suddenly fainted, pointing at his own nose and asked: "Me? Do you know who I am?"

  The black-faced man got angry and shouted: "You dog traitor dare to talk back? Don't you want to live?"

  Zhang Luohui also got angry, thinking that you are a stupid and arrogant thing, you recognized the wrong person, and in front of me, you dare to be so reckless, playing with kidnapping, these brothers around me are your ancestors!

  Ye Tu Fei saw the situation was not good, and hastily pressed down Zhang Luo Hui, saying: "Captain Zhang, Captain Zhang please calm down, give Ye Tu Fei some face, okay? Whatever you do, don't provoke these bandits, if anything happens to Mr. Gao, it would be terrible."

  The black-faced man suddenly realized he had mistaken the person and hastily corrected himself, saying: "This Ye fellow must also come with us!"

  Then let's hurry up! Ye Tu Fei signaled Zhang Luo Hui not to make any unnecessary trouble.

  Takahashi Shin'ya stood up expressionlessly and prepared to follow the black-faced man.

  If it's like this, the show can also be stopped. For producer Takashi Kobayashi and director Yeto Fei, although there is a slight regret and inadequacy, it's still passable.

  However, Hei Lian Hanzi was not satisfied and ordered his subordinates to bring out several sacks.

  What the hell is this supposed to be? Ye Tufei cursed inwardly.

  No wonder Ye Tufei was angry, any actor who improvises in front of the director will make the director unhappy. However, it's a different story during live performances, Director Ye Tufei had no choice but to accept this black-faced extra's terrible improvisation and deal with him after the show is over.

  However, Zhang Luohui, who was temporarily acting, was unhappy. He was given an extra scene for no reason and not even paid a fee. That's tolerable, but the added scene actually required him to suffer humiliation?

  Zhang Luohui suddenly pulled out a gun and pressed it against the temple of the dark-faced man.

  The black-faced man's subordinates immediately 'stood up' and pointed their guns at Gao Qiao Xin and Ye Tu Fei.

  What the hell is going on here! Ye Tufei almost burst out in a loud curse.

  This performance that doesn't follow the script at all will make the director collapse.

  Fortunately, Gao Qiao Xin was still somewhat clear-headed and knew that no matter what, he had to end this farce as soon as possible, lest they be discovered by the Japanese patrol.

  He then cooperated with the black-faced man's request.

  Under Gao Qiao Xin's lead, Ye Tu Fei also calmed down and expressed his willingness to get into the sack.

  Zhang Luohui 'showed off' a cow 'forcing' hand after, also wanted to understand, and actively handed the gun over to the black-faced man.

  The black-faced man saw that it was good to stop, tightened the sack, and four people carried two of them. He himself carried one and quickly withdrew from the Fragrant Pavilion.

  The play had just ended, and Feng Zhongliang, Guo Zhonglin and other brothers immediately followed Ye Tufei's 'handover' and surrounded Inoue Masao, asking him about his countermeasures in a flurry of questions.

  What countermeasures can Inoue Masao take? He is preoccupied with dereliction of duty and punishment. He cannot even think of the most basic reaction of firing a warning shot in time.

  This is exactly what Feng Zhongliang and others had hoped for.

  It wasn't until five minutes later that the Japanese patrol arrived. They had discovered the bodies of ten Japanese soldiers in a nearby alley not far from the Fragrant Pavilion, and only then did they seal off the area and search for Ryo Masao and Feng Zhongliang inside the pavilion.

  At this time, the poor Inoue Masao's spirit had collapsed, and he only covered his face and cried. He did not answer a word to the patrol leader's questions. Fortunately, Feng Zhongliang and others were still calm, and they described the whole process in a roundabout way, so another five minutes passed.

  With ten minutes of time, it was enough for the black-faced men to retreat.

  That night, Yamashita Kōgo in Xuzhou City received a call from Jiajiazhuang's garrison.

  When he heard the news of Takahashi's kidnapping, Yamashita Kengo's little heart suddenly throbbed. He didn't think that Takahashi would use such a daring method to achieve his plan. However, after thinking deeply about it, he couldn't help but cheer for Takahashi. This move was risky, but the gain would be just as great.

  After hanging up the phone, Yamashita Kyogo felt relieved and instructed the duty officer of the Kempeitai not to interrogate Peng Youming anymore, and everyone could take a good rest.

  Then he stayed by the phone. Yamashita Keigo thought that the Communist Party's side was eager to rescue Peng Youming, and it was possible that as soon as they got their hands on him, they would immediately send a message asking for an 'exchange'.

  However, the telegram never came back on line, that is, his subordinates never received information from the Communist Party side.

  Yamashita Kengo couldn't help but worry about Takahashi Noboru.

  This worried emotion made Yamashita Kengo feel strange, it was not simply a concern for the safety of his comrades, but also mixed with some lingering feelings. This feeling, Yamashita Kengo had experienced before, when he was young and secretly fell in love with a 'female' classmate.

  Yamashita Kengo was shocked and humiliated by this feeling. He tried to shake it off, but instead of getting rid of it, it only intensified.

  With this, the mixed feelings of shame and humiliation accompanied by the torture, Yamato Kakeru 'struggled' 'struggled' vaguely until dawn.

  Ko 'disorderly' washed his face and rinsed his mouth, Yamashita Kōgo then made phone calls one by one to ask what had happened that night. However, the answers he got were that except for a kidnapping case at the Jia family's villa, in which ten Imperial soldiers died, nothing else had happened.

  Yamashita Kengo's heart began to beat faster as he faced the breakfast sent over by his subordinates, but he couldn't muster up any appetite.

  It wasn't until lunchtime that Yamashita Keigo finally got the news he had been waiting for, and at that moment, he broke out into a radiant smile like a child.

  At the same time, Ye Tufei also 'revealed' a brilliant smile like a child.

  Last night, Hei Lian Hanzi and his brothers smoothly withdrew from Jiajiazhuang with three sacks of people. About one mile east of the town, there was a forest where Wei Dong had arranged for a mule cart in advance.

  The black-faced man beckoned to his brothers to put the three sacks on the mule cart, and then headed east all the way to Gengji Town. Halfway through, Wei Xiangdong and others caught up, took a glance, didn't see Gao Qiaoshen and Ye Tufei, suddenly startled, and asked the black-faced man: "Shi Heizi, what's going on? What happened?"

  Shi Heizi was asked by Zhang Er's monk 'Mo' and scratched the back of his head, saying: "Nothing! Oh, right, something unexpected happened. There were a few little Japanese hiding around the Fragrant Pavilion, but it wasn't a big deal, just delayed for a few minutes."

  "Where is he? The one who tied you up?"

  "Look, aren't they all on the cart?"

  Wei Dongxiang was both delighted and annoyed, hastily rushing two steps forward, catching up with the mule cart, ordering it to stop first.

  After the mule cart stopped, Wei Dong hurriedly untied the sack.

  Shi Heizi also rushed over and was puzzled by Wei Xiangdong's actions, asking: "Captain Wei, what are you doing?"

  "Wei Dong replied irritably: 'What's it to me? I'm just helping you out again, so you won't get beaten up as much!'"

  "Get beaten?" Ishikuro was even more confused and said, "A little Japanese, two stinky Han traitors, how would they get beaten if they were tied up?"

  At this time, Wei Xiangdong had already untied the first sack. Coincidentally, it was Zhang Luohui, who had the most fire in him.