The First Book The Empty Spirit Chapter 12 Erroneous Action

  It's only afternoon now, and everyone has to wait until evening. During this time, everyone can only wait in the office. They can't go out or make phone calls, so they can only play Western poker cards due to boredom. Things like mahjong and heavenly nine cards are only played during all-night vigils.

  Wang Yaoyu felt that something was off. A person being hunted down, even if seeking revenge, shouldn't be making large-scale purchases of arms. Even if they wanted to buy, they shouldn't do it within the Shanghai concessions, as that would make them too conspicuous.

  Shi An Guo seems to have received a well-prepared message, which is a problem in itself. A person who has lost all his underlings and can only contact others through single-line connections, how could he possibly inform someone he had only contacted a few times about his series of specific actions? Moreover, the massacre that night was obviously due to betrayal. Since there was a traitor, the person being pursued would not easily trust anyone.

  No matter how you analyze it, Wang Yaozu is absolutely not suitable. However, at this time, Wang Yaozu didn't want to say much, and relying on intuition and analysis couldn't convince Shi Anguo, nor did he have any benefit for himself. Since that's the case, why bring it up? If something happens, it won't be his problem either.

  Since we can't go out, dinner will have to be settled in the office. Usually, there are only some simple cooking utensils in the small building of the office, which are generally used for cooking night snacks at night. Now it's impossible to deal with everyone's dinner. According to the rules, it is also not allowed to order meals from outside restaurants, and this rule was set by Shi An Guo.

  The only solution was for Shi An Guo to call the nearby Songhu Garrison Command, which had a special cafeteria. The problem was that the phone could only be answered by Shi An Guo himself. As a result of Shi An Guo's personal call, the delivered food was not ordinary and unpalatable.

  Shi Ankou and Commander Xiong were not on good terms, which many people knew. As soon as Shi Ankou made a phone call, his tone was not very good, it was a direct command, and he didn't even pay the bill. Deputy Officer Yan had told Wang Yaowu that because of Shi Ankou's attitude, Commander Xiong personally gave an order that whenever Shi Ankou called to order food, they would either put too much salt or too much chili peppers in it, so that the people from the investigation team wouldn't be comfortable eating.

  Shi An Guo personally went to pick up the meal, just to prevent people from outside from contacting those inside, including those from the Garrison Command. For a period of time, two Communist spies were discovered hiding in the Garrison Command, which ruined a big event.

  Wang Yaoyu was from Fujian, and he couldn't get used to eating things that were too spicy or too salty. Without even looking at or tasting the dishes that were sent over, he would always say they were either too salty or too spicy, and also burnt. When the food was distributed to each person's hands, a group of people would make sour faces, and all they could do was curse the cook from the Garrison Command.

  Wang Yaoyu brought the bowl of white rice and another bowl to Leyu Xin's office desk, ready to eat together. Fortunately, the cook in the Garrison Command did not dare to do things too absolutely, the white rice was fine, with at most only one or two grains of sand inside.

  "What's wrong? Can't eat it? You can try mixing some dishes with plain rice, so you won't feel too salty or too spicy. Even if you can't finish the dishes, you have to finish the rice, that way you'll have energy."

  Le Youxin's stomach wasn't feeling great, he couldn't eat anything too salty or too spicy, but now there was no choice. He mixed some dishes that looked relatively normal with a bowl of white rice and started stirring. Wang Yaowu didn't want to starve either, who knew what would happen during the operation? Starving made you weak, one careless move and you'd be eating bullets.

  The first bite was still bearable. The second bite started to feel salty and spicy. The third bite began to feel unbearable. By the fourth bite, Wang Yaowu really couldn't take it anymore. He couldn't eat any more.

  "I still have some honey here, let Yanzu take it to make a cup of honey water. It's better for digestion, and help me pour a glass too." Leyu's heart was also very uncomfortable, so he took out a small bottle of honey from the cabinet, helped Wang Yanzu and himself, and the two of them barely finished all the plain rice, then threw away all the dishes.

  Time is passing minute by minute, but it's not time yet. The smell of smoke in the office is getting heavier and heavier, more and more people are smoking, playing poker is also increasing, and later they even started betting money. One group of people bet with another group, the amount of money taken out is also increasing, Wang Xuyao and Le Yuxin don't care about these things, Shi Anguo continues to stay in his own office.

  The sun had set, and the two groups had been arguing for nearly two hours, with both sides getting more and more agitated, until they finally started shouting at each other. At this moment, Le Youxin was meditating with his eyes closed, while Wang Yaoyu was wiping down his gun, disassembling the Browning pistol and carefully cleaning every part of it.

  "Alright, let's get going. Everyone bring your guns and get on the vehicle. All of you must go, this time it's just us, no one from the Security Command is participating." Shi An Guo finally came out of the office, also stopping a conflict between groups 1 and 2, everyone quickly gathered their things, brought their guns outside to assemble.

  It's time, Wang Yaowu quickly assembled the gun, and when everyone had left, he opened his cabinet, where a jade pendant was placed inside. It was brought back by Wang Yaowu's parents from Putuo Mountain in Nanhui when he was young, praying for Guanyin Bodhisattva to bless Wang Yaowu with peace throughout his life.

  Wang Yaoyu was the last to get on, and everyone still doesn't know where they're headed now. Anyway, just sit in the car and wait. When the car stopped, everyone got off and it became clear that only a few people were sent out for investigation this time, and the armed police from the garrison command didn't rush to the front as cannon fodder. Everyone was a bit tense.

  The entire Shanghai survey team consisted of only twenty-five people, with eleven in the first group including the group leader, eleven in the second group including the group leader, and the remaining three were Shi Anguo, Le Yuxin, and Wang Yaozu.

  Wang Ya-zu looked at the time, and from when the car started to now, fifteen minutes had passed. Among all the comrades, only three people wore watches. Ordinary members couldn't afford watches; they'd rather spend their money on gambling or women. However, among the three of them, Wang Ya-zu's watch was bought by himself, while Shi An-guo and Yue Yu-xin received theirs as a reward for their meritorious service after the Northern Expedition.

  Eighteen minutes later, the car stopped. Eighteen minutes had passed and the car had left downtown Shanghai but not the city limits. After getting out of the car, Wang Ya-zu took a look around and knew that this was a residential area.

  Wang Yaizu glanced at the time through the car lights behind him, it was only 8:30 now. It's really early to conduct arms transactions at this hour, but such things are not unheard of. The problem is that most people who dare to conduct arms transactions at this hour have something to rely on.

  After getting off the car, everyone still has to walk for ten minutes. It's foolish to drive the car directly there. In this era, such a large car will attract the attention of most people nearby. By the time the people in the car get out, the person to be caught would have escaped long ago.

  This is a residential area for ordinary Shanghai citizens, with rows of bungalows and occasional two-story buildings, as well as some unique courtyards. If the target really was to trade in arms, then things would be troublesome. When they take action, there will definitely be a gunfight, and this time Shi An'guo had people bring out all ten long guns from the stockroom.

  The goal is to trade in a relatively separate courtyard, and let the outsiders who are put on guard by Maozi be killed. Everyone will surround the courtyard as quickly as possible, and the result will be even more dispersed. Wang Yaoyu also started to get nervous, this is not a joke, one careless move can kill people.

  Life is boring, life has no meaning, but Wang Yaowu doesn't want to die yet, there are still many things that Wang Yaowu hasn't enjoyed.

  The worst situation really happened, just as the two members of the group were about to rush out and break open the door, gunshots rang out. Bullets pierced through the wooden door, and in an instant, the two members of the group were riddled with bullets, Wang Ya-zu judged from the sound that it was the voice of a British submachine gun.

  The sound of the submachine gun rang out, and seven people immediately emerged from the wall of the courtyard. Three were using long guns, while the other four were using box cannons, also known as shotguns. After a burst of chaotic gunfire, the investigators were completely suppressed.

  Wang Yaoyu and Le Yuxin hid behind a flatbed cart, which was used by the family to transport goods for sale. It was left outside, and no one would steal it, so it became a temporary shelter for Wang Yaoyu and Le Yuxin.

  The firepower is inferior to others, the opponent has both submachine guns and rifles, and even the worst is a shotgun. Fortunately, the person using the gun has poor marksmanship, and the bullets are flying everywhere but can't hit anyone.

  Wang Yaowu crouched under the cart, counting the gunshots persistently. When the enemy's gunfire became less frequent, he quickly emerged from under the cart and fired all seven rounds of his Browning pistol at once. Then, of course, he crouched back down to quickly reload the bullets.

  Le Youxin had a gun in his hand, but he just wouldn't fire it. Wang Yaowu was already used to this. Shi Anguo wasn't the only one who got anxious about this either. But Le Youxin had his own persistence. Wang Yaowu planned to wait until all his bullets were gone before going to borrow a gun and bullets from Le Youxin.

  "Bang! Bang!" Just as Wang Yaoyu was loading the bullets and preparing to shoot again, two loud explosions sounded. At that moment, Wang Yaoyu let out a cry: "Ah!"

  Grenade! Submachine guns, rifles, shotguns, and then more grenades. Wang Ya-zu naturally suspected that this was a Communist Party trap to avenge the previous massacre. What made Wang Ya-zu angriest was that Shi An-guo wanted to die himself, but also dragged a group of people with him to die together. This time he was really harmed by Shi An-guo.

  But now is not the time to think about that, we must deal with the enemies in the courtyard. Just as Wang Yaoyu raised his head to shoot, he saw a black object flying towards him! Gunsmoke Silent Volume 1 Empty Spirit Chapter 12 Wrong Action