Chapter 61: Sidestepping

  The dragon flew back and turned around, only to see that on the straw in the corner of the wall, one person was lying on the ground, another half leaning against the wall. Not knowing who had just spoken, he shouted: "Who is it? Who was just mocking me?"

  There was no light in the room, and the only ray of light came from a small iron window beside the door. At this time, it was late afternoon, and the sky outside was gray and hazy, making it even harder to see inside the house.

  Gu Longfei was inexplicably locked in by Zhang Erniu and others, his heart filled with a burst of furious anger, his usual calmness and rationality all thrown aside. He hastily rushed inside, wanting to grab the person who had just spoken. His feet trampled on the straw, making a rustling sound, kicking up a cloud of dust that drilled straight into his nostrils. He let out several successive sneezes before finally stopping in his tracks, but still quickly arrived at the corner of the wall.

  He walked up to the man by the wall and shouted: "Were you the one who just spoke?"

  At this time, his eyes had gradually adapted to the dimness in the house and vaguely saw the face of that person. It turned out that the person was an old man with a head full of messy hair and a beard, staring at him steadily. Although the old man looked disheveled, his eyes shone like cold stars.

  That man calmly said: "Young man, don't be so hot-tempered. Stay for a few more days and your anger will all disappear!"

  Jade Dragonfly saw that his words seemed to be without malice, and his calm demeanor reduced the anger in her heart. She said irritably: "I'm innocent, I didn't do anything, why did they bring me here? I've suffered a great injustice, can't I even cry out for justice?"

  That man sneered coldly: "Ask everyone here, who wouldn't say they're innocent? Who doesn't think they've been wronged?" As he spoke, he pushed the person lying beside him with his hand and said: "You tell me, are you innocent or not?"

  The person next to him, who seemed to have fallen asleep just now, was woken up by someone and said drowsily: "I'm innocent! I'm innocent!" After finishing speaking, he tilted his body to one side, ready to fall asleep again.

  Jade Dragonfly heard the man's voice, extremely familiar, very much like a person, and hurriedly squatted down to turn him over. Taking a closer look, he couldn't help but be greatly shocked, and exclaimed: "Uncle Feng, how did you end up here?"

  He heard someone calling him, his heart shook, and he suddenly woke up. He sat up, rubbed his eyes, and said in surprise: "Gu Bangzhu, what are you doing here too?" It turned out that the person sleeping was none other than Feng Xiaotian, the sworn brother of Huamanlou.

  Feng Xiaotian returned from overseas and honestly managed the family business, not socializing with people from various parties, nor breaking any laws or regulations. How could he have ended up in a big prison? Gu Longfei didn't have time to pay attention to the person who spoke earlier and asked: "Uncle Feng, what...what reason did you get locked up for?" He originally wanted to ask what crime he committed, but this question was completely inappropriate, so he changed his words.

  Feng Xiaotian shook his head and said, "I don't know either, why they brought me here."

  "Jiulong Fei hastily asked: 'You were caught here, then... what about Yao Shan and Feng Ling?'"

  At this time, the door was kicked open with a loud bang, and two policemen carrying guns on their backs came in. They shouted fiercely: "Zhang Xiaofan, come out!"

  Jiulong Fei was taken aback, who is Zhang Xiaofan? There were only three people in the room, himself and Feng Xiaotian didn't have the surname Zhang, could that disheveled person be Zhang Xiaofan? But, at such an old age, he wouldn't be called by such a name!

  The man leaning against the wall corner heard the cry, slowly stood up, patted his body a few times, pulled off a lot of rice straw stuck on his clothes, hummed softly in his mouth, didn't even glance at the person coming in, and walked out with his head held high!

  After Zhang Xiaofan left, Gu Longfei asked: "Uncle Feng, when were you caught and brought in?"

  Feng Xiao Tian sighed, and after a moment of contemplation, he said: "I think there's something very suspicious about this matter! The other day you had someone send over a letter, I studied it carefully and thought it made sense. So while being cautious of Hirota Koki and his son, I destroyed the 'Missouri' plan! You don't know how hard it was for me to get my hands on that plan and what price I paid for it, but thinking about how it absolutely couldn't fall into Japanese hands, I gritted my teeth and destroyed it!" After he finished speaking, he let out a long sigh again, his voice choked with emotion, and the corners of his eyes were already welling up with tears.

  "Uncle Feng, the leader of the Flower Gang told me about all the difficulties you encountered when he brought you back with the plan. Oh, it was really tough! But don't worry, I'll give a copy of the plan to the leader of the Flower Gang and let him take it back to Chongqing!"

  "Is that Big Brother Hua? Didn't he pass away?" Feng Xiaotian also received the notification sent out by Xiao Dao, but didn't have time to attend his funeral before being locked up.

  "This... is the situation, I know that Huabang had another friend, he was the leader of Chongqing's special agent stationed in Hankou. Before his death, Huabang handed over the plan to that agent and asked him to send it to Chongqing!" Gu Longfei was shocked and almost spilled the beans! He originally didn't intend to reveal that the real Huamanlou had long passed away, and this fake Huamanlou was just a substitute who staged a fake death to deceive the people of Xiaodao Hui. He forgot about this for a moment and almost exposed the truth."

  Feng Xiaotian heard that the plan had been sent away and immediately felt relieved, but he looked at Gu Longfei with some confusion and asked: "Hua Dage is just a Jianghu person, how did he get involved in this matter? That day, you said in the letter that Hiroshi Matsumoto put poison in everyone's wine, took advantage of our dizziness to secretly open my safe, used a micro camera to take pictures of the plan, and then you manipulated it behind the scenes, stealing Hiroshi Matsumoto's film. However, you are just the vice leader of the Small Knife Society, how did you think of taking away Hiroshi Matsumoto's film?"

  Gu Long thought to himself that he didn't need to hide this from him, so he said: "I'll just tell you the truth. Hua Bangzhu is not only the leader of Xiaodao Hui, but also has another identity as a special agent sent by the Chongqing faction to Hankou to deal with the Japanese! And I am also under Hua Bangzhu!" The last sentence he said was very ambiguous, seeming to imply that he was both a member of Hua Manlou's special task force and Xiaodao Hui.

  Feng Xiaotian nodded and said, "So that's how it is. No matter what your identities are, as long as what you're doing benefits the country and the nation, then it's worth trusting! Ah, what a pity for Hua Dage, not only a good hero in the Jianghu, but also an unsung hero who saves the country and its people behind the scenes!"

  Jiulong Fei saw the flowers full of buildings, in Fengxiao Tian's mouth, got extremely high praise, felt strange in his heart, not at all to his taste, for a moment did not know what to say!

  Feng Xiaotian sighed for a long time before saying, "After receiving your message, I secretly checked my safe and found that the hidden mark I made on it had been tampered with. So, to test the father and son duo, I burned the plan in front of them! At the time, I observed their expressions and reactions, which were indeed abnormal. This morning, they stayed at my place but felt bored themselves, so they bid farewell and left!"

  "Ha! These two, father and son, are using the Anti-War Alliance as a pretext to spy on us! Unfortunately for them, we've seen through their ruse. I can hardly wait to see their faces when they find out what's happened to the things they wanted - all burned to ashes! Oh, and I almost forgot, we should inform Chongqing about this. Didn't you say that Hirota Munetaka was in the Army General Staff? This is like having a wolf sleeping by your bedside!"

  "Feng Xiaotian also hastily said: 'Right, you quickly think of a way to inform them! But we are locked in here now, how can the message be sent out?'"

  Jiulong smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, we'll figure something out! Oh right, when were you caught, and what about Yao Shan and Feng Ling?"

  Feng Xiaotian said: "Yesterday, after I sent off Guangtian and his son, Yaoshan and Fengling said they were going out of the city for a trip, saying it was to visit their mother's grave. As soon as they left, these police came to my house, without asking any reason, took out ropes and tied me up, and brought me here in one go. They didn't even let me explain myself, and after locking me up, no one came to ask me anything. I was thinking all night why they arrested me, and worrying about Yaoshan and his sister, so I couldn't sleep at all! You, what did you do to get caught?"

  The ancient dragon flew up and shrugged its shoulders, spreading its hands and saying: "Like you, I was also caught by them for no reason!"

  The two of them were thinking to themselves, these police officers must be under Wang Dahai's command. It was impossible for Wang Dahai not to know about this matter, and it was possible that he had ordered their arrest himself. But why?

  "Uncle Feng, do you know this Zhang Xiaofan?" Gu Longfei suddenly asked.

  "Who?" Feng Xiaotian didn't react for a moment.

  "Is it the person who was just taken away? Where will they take him? Will he be released?"

  "Oh, you're talking about him? I don't know him! I just arrived yesterday too, but he said he's been locked up here for several months already!" Feng Xiaotian said: "I asked him why he was brought in, and he only said two words 'wronged', just like what you said when you came in! As for taking him out earlier, it doesn't seem like they're letting him go!"

  Gu Longfei only then understood that he had just come in and thought he was wronged, so he loudly shouted injustice out the window, immediately suffering Zhang Xiaofan's ridicule. So it was, he couldn't help but worry: "Won't they execute him?"

  Feng Xiaotian shook his head and sighed, "Alas, this world is hard to understand!"