Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Early in the morning on the 26th, Zi Yan went to the streets with Wan Qili's instructions, and went to various city gates, main streets and intersections to inquire, but found an unexpected situation. At a larger city gate like Guanghua Gate, there were only two or three guards standing on both sides of the gate, and no checks were conducted on passers-by. The plainclothes officers at the gate were gone.

The smaller city gates didn't even have guards.

Withdrawn?

This is normal. Two nights have passed since they left Shanghai. The Military Control Commission did not know that Wan Qili and Su Bai took a detour to Huzhou, where they stayed for a night. There was no trace of them for two days. Perhaps they did not come to Nanjing at all. It is time to cancel the operation. If this continues, it will cause panic and negative emotions among the people, and also give those who like to speculate the opportunity to gain attention.

Wan Qili was still very cautious and sent a telegram to Luo Pinzhang to see if he had any information in this regard.

After three attempts to contact Luo Pinzhang, I finally got through to him in the afternoon. He only replied with a few words: I have returned to Shanghai, investigating, come back soon.

Wan Qili immediately understood the meaning of Luo Pinzhang's telegram. Sure enough, people from Shanghai had come, and it was a team led by Luo Pinzhang. After two days of not seeing Wan Qili and Su Bai, they had returned to Shanghai.

The investigation was even simpler. They started by investigating what Wan Qili did in the Lan Jieru incident, and they investigated her through her immediate superior, Luo Pinzhang. In other words, Luo Pinzhang also began to accept the investigation.

There is no doubt that Luo Pinzhang will be implicated. He has not been punished yet, but he has to be careful when replying to the telegram.

The quick return means that Wan Qili should go back to cooperate with the investigation and make things clear.

Wan Qili is still so optimistic. At this point, it is time to make things clear.

She planned to send Su Bai on a long-distance bus tomorrow and then return to Shanghai. Since everyone was ready to confront each other, she didn't mind returning a day later.

"Okay, I'll take you out for a good meal later. There are a lot of delicious food in Nanjing!" Wan Qili told everyone about some Nanjing delicacies, and Xu Tianyi was drooling when he heard them.

As soon as it was past six in the afternoon, Wan Qili walked out of the Xinglong Hotel with three people. The personnel in Shanghai had been withdrawn, and no one could recognize Wan Qili at a glance on the street. In Nanjing, it was not possible to go around the streets with a one-inch photo to find people to verify it. However, Wan Qili still put on some simple makeup and wrapped a gauze scarf.

As for Su Bai and the other two, there was no need to do that. They could just put their hair up when combing it.

However, as soon as Wan Qili walked out of the hotel, she found that something was wrong.

The main entrance of the hotel is next to a big restaurant, and opposite the restaurant there is a man selling pressed duck on his shoulder.

It’s quite a novelty to sell pressed duck across from a big restaurant.

What is even more surprising is that such hawkers usually carry their loads on their shoulders and walk through the streets shouting their wares, but this one put his load on the ground and stood next to it.

If you are tired of walking, you may just walk to the opposite side of a big restaurant to take a break. Usually you will put the load on the bamboo baskets or food boxes on both sides and sit on the load to rest. Some people even sit directly on the ground.

But this person not only stood there, but also kept looking over here. When his eyes met Su Bai and others, he showed a slightly surprised expression and immediately looked around.

"Come back!" Wan Qili snorted, and several people shrank back from the door.

Oh no, someone is following me.

How to do?

Wan Qili was at a loss for a moment.

"There is a back door. Let's go through it!" Zi Yan pointed to the back. There was another back door next to the small building behind the hotel.

"You go and take a look." Wan Qili said.

Zi Yan ran back quickly and found no one outside the back door.

Wan Qili shook her head. Not seeing it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Given the strict operations of the Military Control Commission, it is impossible not to have someone guarding the back door. She didn't know where they were hiding.

Perhaps, they deliberately exposed a flaw to us, the back door is more dangerous.

"Sister, we don't know how many people are on the other side, so just be prepared to surrender. We may suffer a little, but there is no danger." Wan Qili turned around and said to Su Bai.

This was also what Luo Pinzhang had instructed her. Although the order to kill traitors had been issued, it would only be implemented when absolutely necessary. As long as Su Bai did not run away or resist, his life would not be in danger.

Su Bai had also thought about this matter. For the sake of penicillin, even if he could not clear his innocence, they would not sentence him to death. They would treat him as a useful traitor to produce penicillin for them.

Or, is it a way of redeeming oneself?

Su Bai didn't want to work under gunfire, and more importantly, just because they didn't kill him didn't mean they would spare Xu Tianyi.

If Wan Qili's idea could be realized, she would be able to clear her name during the interrogation and investigation, but it would be too late by then. Xu Tianyi might... have met with an unexpected disaster.

They will not let go of a man who killed a patriotic doctor, a small character who is insignificant to them, until they are proven innocent.

Although Su Bai did not refute Wan Qili's suggestion, she was unwilling in her heart.

Perhaps, if we put forward conditions to them as soon as they were arrested, we could save Xu Tianyi's life?

Wan Qili saw Su Bai's hesitation and said anxiously, "Sister, what do you think we should do? This is all caused by a misunderstanding. I can't shoot at my own people, right?"

"Okay, then let's go back to the house and rest and wait." Su Bai said this with a bit of sourness.

I don't want to surrender, but I have no other choice. If the Military Control Commission really surrounds this place...

Fighting would lead to death, but if he surrendered, Xu Tianyi's safety could not be guaranteed.

We can only take this as the condition for cooperation and give it a try.

"Call your boss over to talk!" Wan Qili stood at the door and shouted at the man selling pressed duck. Only then did she realize that there were a few people selling cigarettes and wind gourds on the left and right, and they all seemed to be their people.

The man selling pressed duck didn't say anything, just nodded and gestured for Wan Qili to go back first.

"The people at Nanjing Station behave and do things differently from other people!" Wan Qili said angrily.

The three of them returned to the house and waited for about half an hour. Then the waiter from the restaurant came and reported that there was a middle-aged man outside looking for Miss Lan and hoped that Miss Lan would go out alone.

This confused several people again. Wasn't he looking for Wan Qili?

Why did he start looking for Miss Lan again and let her go out alone?

The waiter added that these people had come yesterday to check out a few outsiders, both men and women, in their twenties, who had a car.

"Okay, tell him to wait a few minutes." Su Bai asked the waiter to go out first.

"What's going on?" Su Bai asked Wan Qili.

"How should I know what's going on? It's like a ghost!" Wan Qili didn't know what the Military Control Commission's Nanjing Station was doing.

Judging from the waiter's description, the scale of the Military Control Commission's operation this time was very large. In addition to setting up fortifications and checks at more than a dozen city gates in Nanjing, all the hotels in the city should have been searched.

With this condition restriction, we can quickly narrow down the scope of investigation by identifying outsiders, both men and women, who are in their twenties and have cars.

The other party asked Su Bai to go out alone, but it was impossible for him to listen to him.

At least one person must be brought along. After two rounds of fighting, Xu Tianyi decided to go with Su Bai.

Wan Qili was a little angry. If you don't see me, I won't see you either. Let's see what tricks you will play next?