Bright Sword: Double penetration of the dealer, shocking Li Yunlong

"Oh, it's okay. This is what we should do. You can sleep here tonight and go home early tomorrow morning."

Then everyone went back to their rooms to sleep.

There were no further troubles that night, and everyone slept very well.

Early the next morning, Li Jingrong had already packed up and was waiting downstairs.

Then everyone got up one after another and went downstairs.

"What are we going to do today?"

"Li Jingrong, do you have any plans?"

Political Commissar Liu Yuxiang asked.

"I observed Chang'an Avenue last night, and I still think this place is very strange."

"Oh? What's strange about that?"

Everyone looked at Li Jingrong in confusion.

"Let me analyze this for you. First of all, don't you find it strange? Why do people here know about the Japanese army's plan?"

"Could it be that someone tipped off or something? Secondly, by the second half of the night, Chang'an Avenue was practically deserted, and even the vendors who had set up stalls there earlier in the night had packed up and gone home early."

"Logically, such a long Chang'an Avenue should be brightly lit at night, but in the second half of the night, it becomes like a village. It feels like everyone has disappeared from the world."

After hearing Li Jingrong's analysis, everyone felt that it made sense.

"Well, I think what Comrade Jingrong said makes sense. Chang'an Avenue is so long, and when we arrived, it was like a bustling city. But in the second half of the night, there was no one walking on the street. This scene is really rare."

Li Jingrong thought for a while and then motioned the waiter to come over.

"I want to know why the streets here are almost empty at midnight, not even a single vendor."

"And why do you know about the Japanese military plan?"

As soon as Li Jingrong finished speaking, the waiter quickly covered his mouth with his hands.

"Hey, sir, please keep your voice down a bit! You can't say that!"

Everyone was shocked when they saw the waiter's reaction.

"what is going on?"

The waiter put down his work and sat next to us and explained the story in detail.

"In the past, our area was truly a bustling metropolis at night. Whether it was the second half of the night or the first half, there were people coming and going. You could say the lights on Chang'an Avenue never turned off the entire night."

As he said that, the waiter picked up the tea on the table and took a sip.

"But two days ago, when the new Japanese leader, someone named Yamamoto, arrived, everything changed here."

"He personally led his troops to Chang'an Avenue. After telling us that he was a non-commissioned officer in the Japanese army, he used this as a threat to us, saying that he would use the entire Chang'an Avenue as the entrance and exit for his goods. He also revealed his horrific plan as a threat."

Having said that, the waiter took another big sip of the herbal tea.

Li Jingrong also saw fear in his expression, so he signaled him to speak slowly and not to be anxious.

"Later...afterwards, because everyone protested and rejected the Japanese army's demands, one night a Japanese soldier led a group of people to Chang'an Avenue. They committed all kinds of atrocities. For the next few days, no one dared to go out on Chang'an Avenue at night."

"Since everyone needed to make money, there was no choice but to agree to Yamamoto's rude request."

"Then Yamamoto agreed to allow them to sell goods on Chang'an Avenue as usual, but with a time limit: they could do so in the first half of the night, but they had to leave in the second half."

As he spoke of this, sweat was pouring down the waiter's forehead.

After seeing this scene, Li Jingrong comforted the waiter.

"It's okay. This will pass soon. By then, everyone will be able to happily sell things like before, and Chang'an Avenue will return to its former bustle."

Then Li Jingrong and his group came out of the inn.

"In that case, our plan is very clear."

"Oh? What's the plan?"

Everyone looked at Li Jingrong in confusion.

"The waiter just explained the situation in Chang'an to us. What we need to do next is to explore some of the traffic conditions or sections of Changjie."

"At the same time, we should ask the people about the specific time when the Japanese army transported goods in the past two days."

"So you mean to investigate this Chang'an Avenue, right?"

"Yes, our mission is to investigate Chang'an Avenue."

Then Li Jingrong assigned tasks to everyone.

Half an hour later.

"Everyone, remember this: the main purpose of our investigation of Chang'an Avenue this time is to find out the time period when the enemy's cargo was transported and how many vehicles were involved."

"This will make it easier for us to take action and implement countermeasures when the time comes."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's get going without delay."

The group then began investigating in various places along Chang'an Avenue.

Li Jingrong knew very well what he wanted to do.

So he and Li Yunlong went to the entrance and exit of Chang'an Avenue together.

The entrances and exits of Chang'an Avenue are divided into four places.

One is to enter Chang'an Avenue, which is where the two of them are now.

The other exit leads to the outside.

The remaining two exits lead to different directions. Since Chang'an Avenue in Chang'an City is the main traffic artery, various vehicles and people from different places come and go here every day.

"Oh my goodness! There are so many roads here. No wonder the Japanese army used North Chang'an Avenue as their main transportation route."

Li Yunlong said as he watched.

"Because the four passages along Chang'an Avenue lead to various places and welcome all kinds of people and vehicles every day, it's not surprising that the Japanese army chose this as their main cargo transportation route."

Li Jingrong found that there were many elderly people next to Chang'an Avenue. They all lived here all year round. I was also very familiar with this situation and the road conditions.

Then Li Yunlong and Li Jingrong stepped forward and asked.

"Hello, sir. I'd like to know if the current Chang'an Avenue was used by the Japanese army to transport goods?"

"Yes, this group of evil Japanese soldiers have occupied our road. At a certain time, all vehicles are prohibited from passing through, and only Japanese vehicles transporting goods can pass."

"At this point, the number of vehicles passing through Chang'an Avenue has been reduced by half."

The old man said through gritted teeth.

"Sir, do you know when the Japanese army usually transports goods?"

"Of course I know this. The Japanese army usually starts transporting goods in the afternoon because they need to load the goods onto the vehicles in the morning. So in the afternoon there will be many Japanese army vehicles transporting goods back and forth."

"And after they finished transporting goods in the afternoon, they had to transport them again in the middle of the night. I don't know what happened last night, as I didn't hear any sound from the transport vehicles."

"No wonder it was so quiet last night. There was no movement at all."

Li Jingrong suddenly remembered that the streets were extremely quiet last night.

"And sometimes these Japanese troops would transport supplies at night."

The old man said again.

The two looked at each other.

"Uncle, what did you just say? What do you mean by concentrating until the evening?"

Li Jingrong asked.

"You are not from here, otherwise how could you not know this?"

"Yes, sir, we are from out of town. We heard that the Japanese army is plotting a new plan recently, so we came to take a look."

"You guys are not from the Eighth Route Army!"

The two of them panicked for a moment, and then Li Jingrong thought of a reason.

"No, sir, how do we look like the Eighth Route Army? Don't the Eighth Route Army wear uniforms? Look at our clothes, they're almost the same as yours. How can we be the Eighth Route Army?"

The panicked Li Yunlong also calmed down at this moment.

"Well, I thought you were the Eighth Route Army."

We sneered, and then the old man continued.

"Because the Japanese army would carry out large-scale transport every other night, that is, they would not carry out transport during the day, but would concentrate on large-scale transport in the second half of the night."

"Well, that's why the people living along Chang'an Avenue have to suffer from insomnia every other night, because it takes almost four hours to transport them back and forth."

As the old man spoke, he took out his pipe and took a puff.

“Basically, it’s almost dawn when we finish transporting.”

"No wonder so many doors were shut along the way. Are they trying to catch up on some sleep?"

Li Jingrong thought.

"Uncle, we are leaving now. Sorry for disturbing you."

After saying goodbye to the old man, the two of them walked into Chang'an Avenue.

The whole journey was bustling with the sounds of vendors shouting, children crying, and so on.

If we put the Japanese army aside, this place still has its own unique charm.

"Why did you just say we're not the Eighth Route Army? Wouldn't it be better if you couldn't say it?"

Li Yunlong asked in confusion.

"Oh, you're stupid! If you tell me you're from the Eighth Route Army, I'll probably tell everyone. And then word will spread from one person to ten, and from ten to a hundred, and it'll soon reach the ears of the Japanese army."

"If the Japanese army gets the news, they will send troops to attack us. Do you think you will be the only one to suffer? What about the people on Chang'an Avenue?"

Li Jingrong said to Li Yunlong seriously.

"Hey, look at you. I was just saying something, but you're making such a fuss with me! Hehehe!"

Li Yunlong said with a grin.

"Hey, if you could treat yourself the same way you treat your troops, you would have been an excellent company commander long ago."

After Li Jingrong finished speaking, he strode forward.

Li Yunlong was stunned for a moment before he came to his senses.

"Hey, Comrade Jingrong, what are you talking about? What do you mean I could have been an excellent company commander long ago? Are you saying that I'm not an excellent company commander now?"

Li Jingrong ignored him and continued walking forward.

"Hey, don't go. Explain to me clearly what an excellent company commander is."

The two of them walked and argued.

At this time, Political Commissar Liu Yuxiang, Zhang Yang, Gao Mingsheng and others on the other side also got some clues about the Japanese army, so they immediately went back to tell Li Jingrong.

At noon, everyone gathered in a restaurant to report on their work while eating.

"It looks like everyone had a great morning!"

Political Commissar Liu Yuxiang said.

"Then tell me what you have to report."

Let’s discuss what to do next.

"Let's start with Li Jingrong's group."