Siheyuan: Married a female spy at the beginning of 1944

"Don't worry, I'll go to the hospital and ask for you."

He Daqing put on his clothes and trotted all the way to the hospital.

"Was there a worker with an injured arm yesterday? Do you know where he is now?"

"Ah, the worker you're talking about was taken away by the police."

"why?"

"It seems to be because of the injury to the arm."

He Daqing never expected that Yi Zhonghai would be the first Chinese person implicated by him.

After getting the news, he returned to the courtyard and told Wang Erni.

Wang Erni almost fainted when she heard the news.

"Daqing, what should we do? Our Zhonghai can't possibly have committed a crime. Why did the police arrest him?"

He Daqing knew the reason, but he couldn't say it.

"Don't worry, ask Ma Liu and let him find out. If it's blackmail, we can spend some money.

Don’t rush.”

He Daqing also wanted to save Yi Zhonghai.

But he couldn't force his way into the police station.

If he breaks in today, a warrant will be issued tomorrow.

Their entire courtyard had to be arrested.

He left half a bag of cornmeal and half a bag of flour for his family.

Went to find Ma Liu again.

As soon as Ma Liu opened his eyes in the morning, He Daqing came in a hurry.

He was shocked and thought something had happened in the Qing Dynasty.

"Master He, you've caused me so much trouble, but you're still kind enough to notify me before you run away."

Ma Liu began to pack his things in a hurry.

"What are you talking about? It's not about this. I want you to find out something."

"No, Master He, you just issued the task yesterday, and you want the result today. Do you think I'm a god?"

Ma Liu still thought about what He Daqing asked him to check Tanaka’s address last night.

"Say less and let me finish."

Ma Liu raised his hand to signal He Daqing to continue speaking.

He Daqing took a breath and then told him about Yi Zhonghai.

"Ma Liu, go ask if Yi Zhonghai can be released. If there are any expenses, I'll cover them."

When Ma Liu heard that it was this matter, he breathed a sigh of relief.

Patting his chest and saying

"Master He, don't worry. I will give you a letter tonight. However, you'd better be quiet in the next two days, otherwise Bu Zhonghai's head will be in danger."

At this time, Ma Liu did not forget to warn He Daqing to calm down.

"Okay, I'll leave it to you. Take this 20 dollars and spend it where it counts."

"Hey, how can I be so embarrassed? I'm not doing this for you. I'm saving Yi Zhonghai. How can I let you pay for it?

At least Yi Zhonghai’s family should pay for it.”

Ma Liu said this, but he had no intention of returning the money.

Yi Zhonghai's family was so poor that they couldn't even afford to wear shorts, so how could he afford the money?

"I'll ask Yi Zhonghai for it later. I'll consider it as a payment. You can use it without worry."

Only at this time did Ma Liu put the money away.

"Okay, then Mr. He, please wait for my news."

This is all He Daqing can do at this time.

He can kill people, but he doesn't have the connections to rescue them from the police station.

He could only pray that Yi Zhonghai could be rescued. If he died in there, He Daqing would avenge him.

When I returned to the courtyard, I saw Wang Erni still staying at home with a worried look on her face.

"Don't worry, I've asked Ma Liu to go ask around, and there should be news tonight. Go home and wait for the news.

It's okay. If it was a serious matter, the police would have come to your house last night. It's impossible that they have ignored it until now."

Wang Erni returned home in doubt.

"Let's eat. You must be hungry after running all morning."

"Well, I'll buy some cotton and cloth later so you can make a cotton coat. We three still have some old ones, but you don't have any."

After dinner, He Daqing went to work as usual.

Ma Liu didn't even eat and went straight to their director's house.

"Ma Liu, you really know how to hurry. Come, let's eat together."

When Director Du Yuzhou saw Ma Liu coming, he directly invited Ma Liu to the table.

Ma Liu didn't hesitate to take a pair of bowl and chopsticks from the bowl rack and started eating right away.

After drinking a bowl of porridge and eating a corn tortilla, Ma Liu began to explain his purpose.

"Brother, there is a worker named Yi Zhonghai on the street I manage. He seemed to have been arrested yesterday. Do you know what happened?

The family members asked me about it today."

Du Yuzhou did not directly answer Ma Liu's question. He asked

"What's going on at Yi Zhonghai's house?"

"He has only one wife, and they have no children."

"Don't you have parents or brothers?"

"Neither of them are locals, and their parents and brothers are not in the capital."

Ma Liu is quite familiar with the residents in the surrounding area.

It's not because he cares about his work.

This is because he needs to understand the situation of each family so that he can extort more money at a critical moment.

So how many relatives does each family have and what jobs do their family members do.

He needs to know whether his ancestors were rich or not.

"Just one wife?"

Du Yuzhou frowned. If Yi Zhonghai's family had many people, both parents were alive, and both children were present.

It would be easy to use this to threaten Yi Zhonghai to confess.

But since he only has a daughter-in-law and no children, the threat is much smaller.

"Well, it's just a wife. Big brother, is this person definitely okay? I can guarantee it. Can you use your connections to get him released?"

Du Yuzhou looked straight at Ma Liu for a moment.

Ma Liu chuckled and took out five dollars from his pocket.

"This was given by his family. I didn't take any of it. It's all here. They said they asked me to use my connections."

Du Yuzhou looked at the dollars on the table.

Use your fingers to flick one of the pieces back to Ma Liu.

“I’ll ask, but I’m not sure if it can be released.

Don't give anyone any promises.

These few dollars can't even bribe the jailer. What can you do?"

"Okay, I'll trouble you, brother. I have something else to ask of you."

"What's the matter?"

"Can you please tell your sister to be nicer to me? My body is not strong enough to withstand her abuse.

You don't want your sister, my wife, to be a widow at such a young age."

Du Yuzhou laughed and scolded

"Get lost, I don't care about your affairs. You are a man, but you can't even control your wife.

You still have the nerve to come to me?"

Ma Liu walked away with a grin on his face.

Du Yuzhou put away the dollars on the table, had breakfast, and walked slowly towards the police station.

As for Yi Zhonghai's affairs, he had no intention of caring about it at all.

What does Yi Zhonghai’s life or death have to do with him? Besides, the Japanese have already planned to use Yi Zhonghai as a scapegoat.

If you go and redeem someone yourself, won't that make things difficult for yourself?

Besides, wanting to accomplish such a big thing with just a few dollars is not treating the police station chief as a cadre.

He Daqing and Ma Liu were completely unaware of this.

After He Daqing arrived at the Tan Mansion, Liu Guotao immediately came to greet him.

"Master, Miss Tan wants you to go over there."