Chapter 1187 Lotus
His eyes paused on the coachman’s shoes for a moment, and Jiang Cheng’s brows frowned slightly.
There were several broken tables placed at the entrance of the nearby alley, and a large iron kettle was placed on the ground. It was dark and dark, with a fire underneath and white water vapor spurting out from the spout.
A few people were sitting sparsely around the table, wearing tattered clothes and swinging cattail leaf fans in their hands. Some of them were looking down at the newspaper. There was a big bowl with foul language on the table. From time to time, they picked it up and took a sip. It looked like a man A casual tea stall.
At the same time, everyone noticed that there was a sign hanging on the wall next to the iron gate with the words Su Zhai on it.
It seems that the owner of this house is named Su.
The man who looked like a butler walked to the iron door, clenched his fists and knocked on the door.
Jiang Cheng found that the movements of his hands were strange. First he tapped twice slowly, then paused, and then tapped twice quickly, just like a secret agent trying to read a code before a joint.
Almost immediately, the iron door opened a gap, revealing a small half of the face behind it.
A man with a fleshy face stared at them warily. He was not tall, but very strong. The muscles on both sides of his neck were bulging. He was wearing coarse clothes. He should be a servant of the nursing home.
"Don't be nervous, it's me." The man who looked like a butler accompanied him with a smile, "These people are guests invited by the master to treat the master. I personally picked them up from the patrol room. There is no problem."
Although the housekeeper said so, the man still did not relax his vigilance. His sharp eyes like an eagle swept over everyone, and he opened the door after about ten seconds.
The housekeeper led a group of people into the courtyard quickly, and Lin Qianqian was the last one. As soon as she stepped into the courtyard, she heard a "bang" behind her, and the man who opened the door closed the door hard, which startled her.
"Everyone, my husband is not in good health. He likes peace and quiet. I hope you can abide by the rules here." Perhaps knowing that they can't run away, the housekeeper's attitude towards them is also different. He was no longer as respectful as he was at the beginning, he said with a smile on his face.
"Okay." Everyone was very cooperative.
The house doesn't look like much from the outside, but once you get inside, you realize it's something special. The area is much larger than expected, and there's even a pond with a unique shape.
But the pond was bare at the moment, and there was another person with his back to them, submerged in the waist-deep water, pulling out the few lotus plants left in it.
Lotus flowers are in full bloom this season, complementing the rockery and clear water, creating a beautiful scene. However, the people here ruthlessly uprooted the lotus flowers, leaving the fat man confused.
There are still many lotuses that have been plucked out by the pond. Someone is barefoot on the shore, picking up the lotus flowers by the handful, and throwing them into a wheelbarrow without mercy.
Yao Shunyu trotted over and talked to the people on the shore. After the housekeeper noticed it, he hurriedly followed him and pulled him back with a very bad attitude, "What do you want to do? I told you, here No walking around!”
Yao Shunyu covered his stomach with a painful expression on his face, "I don't want to either, but I have to find a convenient place. I have a bad stomach."
The housekeeper couldn't do anything to him, so he had to let him endure it first. If you hold back, they will be there.
About a minute later, the group was taken to a small building with three floors. It looked antique from the outside, and there were two shirtless men standing outside the door.
The housekeeper stepped forward and whispered something with a smile on his face. The two men glanced at Jiang Cheng and the others one by one, and then opened the door and let them in.
"I'll go in and report, you guys are waiting here, don't wander around." After leaving a few words, the housekeeper turned around and walked inside.
The place where they are now is similar to a living room, and everyone is not outside, and they all find a place to sit down. At this time, Yao Shunyu still has the same painful expression as before. He was the first to find a sofa and sit down, with his legs crossed carelessly.
"Same as outside?" Zhang Shiwei, in a suit and leather shoes, was the first to break the silence, looking at Yao, Shunyu, and obviously talking to him.
Yao Shunyu glanced outside the door, not realizing that anyone was watching. He lowered his legs, his arrogant appearance became much more restrained, and his voice lowered, "Well, just like outside, all the servants in this house are They are pretending to be Japanese.”
“Just now I ran over to talk to the two people fishing for lotus flowers and asked. Where is their toilet, but they just looked at me without answering, their eyes full of vigilance."
"We met a total of 3 men when we came in, and no one spoke. And you should pay attention to the attitude of the housekeeper. , does he need to be so humble in front of his subordinates?”
Listening to Yao, Shun and Yu's words, the fat man's head got bigger. Along the way, he also noticed that something was wrong, but what happened to the Oriental people?
"The rickshaw pullers outside and the people sitting at the tea stalls drinking tea are all Japanese in disguise. This house is completely under surveillance." Jiang Cheng said.
Li Shanru leaned back on the chair, folded his hands on his chest, and sneered, "But these Asian idiots don't know how to disguise at all. It's cooler at this time, which is a good time for rickshaws to work, but Those two people actually parked the car and took a nap. , and their skin is very good. How can it be possible for people who have been pulling cars outside all year round and living in the sun and wind to make a living?"
"And those guys sitting at the tea stall, they are actually reading newspapers? ?" Li Shanru showed a completely incomprehensible expression. Qing said, "Looking at their clothes, they don't even have food for the next meal, and they still have the energy to buy newspapers? Besides...In this world background, there are probably not many literate people among ordinary coolies."
"Mainly their feet." There was a very soft sound When a soft voice sounded, Lin Qianqian raised her hand and pulled back the broken hair on her temples, "Their toes are turned out, and there is a gap between the index finger and the toe. This is caused by wearing clogs all the time, but Chinese people don't have such a habit. , only the Orientals have it.”
"Also, it's strange that they pull out lotus flowers. Chinese people don't have this habit, but Asians do, because in their culture, lotus flowers are taboo and considered to be mourning flowers."
"You cannot give gifts to patients when visiting them. Lotus flowers, it is taboo to send greeting cards with lotus patterns. In Japan, lotus flowers are only used for funerals." Lin Qianqian's voice was very soft, but everything was on point.
He Ping, who had been a personal bodyguard, leaned forward with a serious expression, "One more thing, these Japanese people are not ordinary people. From their physical fitness, eyes, and other details revealed, they Should be a soldier.”
< br>Li Bai sat upright, and the white coat on her body gave her a very special temperament, "So... our mission goal this time is to be under the strict surveillance of the Japanese soldiers."
"Maybe it's for protection. Not sure." Yao Shunyu narrowed his eyes. (End of chapter)