The First Volume: The Hollow Spirit Chapter 56: A Shot to Kill

  Only fifty steps away from the destination, all bicycles were placed to one side, and everyone surrounded the entire courtyard in the shortest time. Under Shi An's command, Wang Yaoyu and Le Yuxin were responsible for the front and back yards, while Mao Zi and Tie Tou, armed with British-made submachine guns, took charge of the main attack.

  This is a very ordinary small courtyard, and there are many such courtyards in Shanghai. The original gate was changed into a storefront to sell various goods. After passing the storefront, it's the small courtyard, inside which there are three large rooms: one is the kitchen, one is the main room, and another is the guest room. Now the problem is that because people were afraid of stirring up trouble and didn't enter to investigate, they don't know which room is the main room and which room is the guest room.

  People who run small businesses usually have the habit of raising dogs. They are used to prevent theft and also to boost courage. The bandits were already prepared for this, and those from the lower levels of the Green Gang had ways to deal with domestic watchdogs.

  A steamed bun smeared with meat sauce, laced with a special **poison** for dealing with dogs. The poison knocks out the dog much faster than killing it, and makes less noise. Once the dog is down, the person in front has already made preparations for a strong attack. The axe for breaking down the door is ready.

  Wang Yaozu and Le Yuxin stood together, looking at each other. The task given by Shi Anguo was simple: prevent anyone from escaping, and once there was a big commotion, immediately climb over the wall. Wang Yaozu had already found a foothold to climb over the wall nearby, and he didn't need Le Yuxin's help; he could easily climb over the wall on his own.

  "Yaozu, it seems that this time you were able to get the clue so quickly because of your credit. Yaozu, you have indeed made progress recently and are finally willing to make an effort." Leyu also brought over a stepping stone and waited with Wang Yaozu for the response from ahead.

  "It was just good luck. One time when I was eating breakfast outside, I ran into a few homeless kids begging for food, and out of pity, I helped them out and saved them from the police. It just so happened that among them was a girl named Xiao Yue who had seen the owner of the grocery store kill someone at the Zhu's Bank. She was scared and came to me for help. After investigating, it turned out that such an important clue was simply delivered to me like this. It seems that doing good deeds really does have rewards, and I should do more of these kinds of good deeds in the future, laying down more threads."

  Wang Yaoyu said this with great pride. For many people, doing good deeds can bring trouble and require sacrifices without seeking returns. But Wang Yaoyu would never do such good deeds; he only wanted to do some good deeds that could be easily done and then get returns.

  "Is that so? Everything is a cycle of cause and effect. You helped those vagrants, and they in turn helped you. But this isn't a good cycle of cause and effect." For Le Yuxin, this indeed wasn't a good cycle of cause and effect, and Wang Yaoyu also thought so - helping two people only to go kill another person, how could that be considered a good cycle of cause and effect? But Wang Yaoyu also believed that all of this was necessary, stepping on others in order to climb up himself, in order to get everything he wanted.

  There was a commotion ahead, the sound of Maozi and Tietou breaking down the door. At this time, Wang Yaoyu and Le Yuxin had not yet made a move, nor was it their turn to act. Shi Anguo had left the two here for one main purpose: to prevent anyone from escaping through the back courtyard, and also to give Tietou and Maozi an opportunity to make a name for themselves. Le Yuxin didn't need any credit, Wang Yaoyu's merit was already great enough; in order to maintain balance within the organization, the two actual team leaders also had to establish some achievements.

  First, there was the sound of breaking doors, followed by gunfire, continuous gunfire. Wang Ya-zu immediately stepped on the stepping stone, the people in the stockroom wouldn't shoot like that, truly trained people would fire handguns with time intervals, only amateurs would use handguns for continuous shooting, bullets are consumed quickly and it's also hard to hit the enemy. It was clear that the people in the grocery store had woken up and were firing their handguns wildly.

  He stepped on the stone, and Wang Yaoyu's first reaction was not to climb over the wall, but to observe if there were any people inside the courtyard. The lights in both main rooms were on, and the sound of gunfire came from the shop at the entrance of the courtyard, where it seemed like someone was fighting, and there didn't seem to be anyone else inside the courtyard. Wang Yaoyu turned his head around, looked at Le Yunxin, and signaled that there were no enemies in the courtyard. Then he started climbing over the wall.

  Le Youxin also stepped on the stepping stone, looking at the store across the street where gunshots were coming from continuously, and then looked at Wang Yaoyu in the courtyard. At this moment, Le Youxin suddenly put away the Buddhist beads on his right hand, and the first thing he did after flipping over the wall was to pull out a pistol.

  Wang Ya Zu was searching, he had to determine which of the two large rooms was where the guest was staying. The so-called guest was the suspected Communist Party member who was to be caught. There was only a 50% chance, if he entered the wrong room, at most he would only catch the shop owner's wife. The target in the other room might escape. At that time, the responsibility for letting the Communist suspect escape would fall on Wang Ya Zu and Le Yun Xin.

  Le Youxin stood beside Wang Yaowu, also observing the surroundings, his right hand tightly gripping the gun, ready to fire at any moment. Just then, a violent explosion suddenly erupted from within the grocery store, and the heat wave generated by the explosion directly blew onto Wang Yaowu and Le Youxin's bodies. A small grocery store indeed had a hand grenade, but what Wang Yaowu noticed was that amidst the explosion, there were angry roars and screams, indistinct women's screams.

  If there were really women in the store, then one of the two large rooms was empty. Wang Yaowu immediately fired a shot at the windows of both rooms, and then Wang Yaowu and Le Yuxin crouched down together. One of the rooms immediately returned fire, with counterattacking gunfire.

  Finally, the location of the target was confirmed. Due to the explosion, people outside the courtyard couldn't enter for the time being. The credit is right in front of us, and Wang Yaowu has no reason not to rush over. Turning his head, Wang Yaowu said to Le Yunxin: "Brother Le, let's catch him. The credit belongs to both of us." After finishing speaking, Wang Yaowu quickly approached the house where the target was located, but at this time, another explosion sound came from the direction of the store.

  Wang Yaoyu was on the left side of the door, and Le Yuxin was on the right. Wang Yaoyu nodded to Le Yuxin and made a gesture, as Le Yuxin had a family to support, Wang Yaoyu naturally had to be the first to rush in. Seeing that Wang Yaoyu was ready, Le Yuxin, who was gritting his teeth, also got ready, with an extremely serious expression on his face.

  Kick the door, dodge, look for the target, and point the gun at the figure. Originally thought there would be a fierce battle, but instead heard the other side shouting: "Don't shoot, don't shoot, I surrender! I have important information to reveal, I not only know many names of the Shanghai underground organization, but also know a huge secret! Don't kill me!"

  The person inside the house threw the gun to the ground and raised his hands high. A thin, middle-aged man in his 40s stood in front of Wang Yaozu and Le Yuxin like this. Judging from his begging for mercy, it can be confirmed that this is the one who escaped at the beginning. Wang Yaozu was very happy, because now things are almost over.

  "I don't want to die, I really don't want to die. Don't shoot, I'll surrender, I have very important information about the relationship between the Garrison Command and your intelligence agency..."

  Facing such a timid and cowardly person, Wang Yaoyu felt very uninteresting. Wang Yaoyu even suspected that the person in front of him was not their target, because this person was too afraid to die, too despicable! Many people faced the guns of the Garrison Command soldiers and the guns of these investigation team agents, still fearless of life and death, wanting to perish together. Even as an enemy, Wang Yaoyu deeply admired the spirit of those who had died. But this person in front of him, Wang Yaoyu felt disgusted from the bottom of his heart!

  "Bang!" A sudden gunshot, the person shouting to surrender was speechless. He was shot in the head and couldn't speak anymore. Wang Yaizu turned around in extreme surprise, looking at Le Yunxin beside him.

  Le Youxin shot and killed the man, then put away his gun. Wang Yaoyu didn't point his gun at him, but instead asked: "Why?!"

  "So many people died for him, just for one person to die so many people. Even the owner of such an ordinary grocery store died. At this time he actually wants to surrender! Ya Zu, don't you think that such a person should not live in this world?! Le Yu Xin's expression was very serious, this reason for killing is absurd, but only those who have really been on the battlefield and experienced life and death can understand."

  "Just kill him, anyway this kind of person shouldn't continue living. It's just that things are a bit troublesome!" Wang Yaizu finished speaking and put away his gun, turning around to look for something. However, Wang Yaizu's movements were very slow, constantly paying attention to the situation behind him, the two people in the room were all gambling!

  Wang Yaoyu soon found what he was looking for, and at this time a large number of people also entered the yard. A box of hand grenades was just a short distance from the corpse, the box had been opened, and the hand grenades were placed in some disarray, it was clear that someone had picked them up and then put them down again. The coward who had originally wanted to fight desperately but ultimately gave up due to fear, died in vain. Smokeless First Volume Empty Spirit Chapter 56 One Shot to Death