Chapter 195 Itinerary Leaked
Now that Japanese spies have reached the temple, young monks from Wolong Temple have signed up one after another.
Finally, 38 monks were willing to return to secular life and leave the mountain.
Xiang Chu consulted Master Longchan for his opinion and appointed Master Hongyi as the team leader.
Master Hongyi is a martial arts expert with outstanding character, and enjoys high prestige among monks.
The next morning, Xiang Chu gave Hongyi some money and asked him to lead the young monks down the mountain to report to Liu Zhengxiong at the Nanjing Military Intelligence Department.
Then, Xiang Chu took out 5 gold bars and 1 French francs and handed them to Master Long Chan.
Master Long Chan could not refuse, so he had to accept it and said with emotion:
"Friend Xiang! I will continue to persuade the monks from other temples to come down the mountain and join your team to fight the devils, don't worry!"
Xiang Chu said gratefully: "Okay! Thank you!"
"I'll take you two down the mountain!"
Master Long Chan picked up his Zen staff and walked down the mountain.
The old and the young laughed and talked all the way, they were truly a pair of friends regardless of age.
Even though I send you thousands of miles away, we will eventually part!
Half an hour later, the three of them walked to the car outside the mountain gate.
Master Long Chan took out a string of golden giant clams from his bosom, stuffed them into Xiang Chu's hands, and said:
"Friend Xiang! Last night I heard you mention the devil's 'Nine Chrysanthemum Sect'. I'm afraid you might be plotted against by those devil's evil followers, so I'm sending you a string of golden giant clams, which are the Buddhist treasures of the Chuan Temple. They can calm the mind, detoxify, and ward off evil spirits. Wear them!"
"My dear friend Long! This is too precious."
Xiang Chu said anxiously, unable to accept it in his heart.
"What's so valuable? You are a pillar of the country, put it on."
Master Long Chan put the ring on his left wrist without giving him any chance to explain.
"Thank you, friend Long!"
Xiang Chu said with great gratitude.
Ning Caiwei also said gratefully: "Thank you, Abbot!"
"Amitabha!"
Master Long Chan put his hands together.
Xiang Chu and the other person drove away. After they had gone a long way, when they looked back, they saw Master Long Chan still standing alone in the wind, with his hands clasped together, silently praying for them.
Ning Caiwei drove the car and returned along the same route.
At noon, we arrived at the southwest of Qixia Mountain.
Ahead is the Jiuxiang River, with a stone bridge across the river, but no pedestrians or vehicles crossing the bridge.
At this time, three people who looked like businessmen were squatting at the bridge head eating.
They tied three mules and horses to the railings of the stone bridge, blocking the way to the bridge.
Ning Caiwei said angrily, "Brother Chu! Do you think these three people are sick? There are trees on both sides of the road, but they insisted on tying the mules and horses to the bridge."
Xiang Chu said anxiously: "I feel something is wrong! Stop the car."
"Hmm! Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary!"
Ning Caiwei nodded and stopped the car far away.
To be safe, she didn't turn off the engine.
"Caiwei! You're in the car, I'll go over and take a look."
Xiang Chu gave an instruction, pulled out his pistol, and was about to open the door and get out of the car.
Ning Caiwei warned: "Brother Chu! Be careful."
Suddenly, a startled bird flew up from the forest.
Xiang Chu said anxiously: "Back up quickly!"
"it is good!"
Ning Caiwei put the car in reverse gear and stepped on the accelerator.
The jeep reversed rapidly and in a blink of an eye it had retreated hundreds of meters.
At the place where the jeep had previously parked, five masked men armed with pistols rushed out from the woods on both sides and chased the jeep along the road.
The three men squatting at the bridge head quickly stood up and chased after the jeep.
Needless to say, this group of people had been lying in ambush here for a long time, waiting for Xiang Chu and the other two to come.
Xiang Chu picked up the sniper rifle and said anxiously: "Stop the car!"
Ning Caiwei hurriedly stopped the car, and Xiang Chu opened the door and rushed out.
"Bang! Bang!..."
The other party started shooting, but the distance was a bit far, and the pistol's range and accuracy were not enough.
"Bah! Bah! Bah!"
Xiang Chu pulled the trigger of the sniper rifle continuously, shooting the three masked men running in front one by one, all of whom were shot in the head and died.
The other two masked men were not afraid. Instead of retreating, they advanced and continued to fire at Xiang Chu and the jeep.
"Bah! Bah! Bah!"
Xiang Chu fired three more shots, killing the two masked men and a businessman-looking man behind them.
There were still two men who looked like businessmen left. They finally became scared and turned around and ran away.
"Boom! Boom!"
Xiang Chu fired two consecutive shots, killing one man and injuring the thigh of another.
The man fell to the ground, and regardless of the distance, he shot desperately at Xiang Chu.
"Bang!"
Xiang Chu shot his gun-holding arm and the pistol fell to the ground.
The man tried to pick up the pistol with his other hand, but the other hand was also hit by a sniper bullet.
Xiang Chu rushed forward, stepped on him, and found that he had committed suicide by taking poison.
Ning Caiwei rushed over in her car and asked anxiously, "Brother Chu! Are you okay?"
"It's okay! Get out of the car and keep watch. I'll check who they are."
Xiang Chu gave instructions and began to collect the weapons of these eight people and look for information.
Ning Caiwei jumped out of the car with a gun and closely monitored the movements around her.
Who would have thought that there would be an assassination attempt here, so far away from Nanjing City.
Xiang Chu took a large bag from the car and put eight Browning pistols and all the assassins' belongings into the bag.
Apart from this, these eight people did not have anything on them to prove their identity.
"Who on earth is this person?"
Xiang Chu was very confused.
He recalled the physical and underwear features of the devil and checked to confirm that it was a devil.
Ning Caiwei asked: "Brother Chu! Who are they?"
"Devils! Maybe they are from the 'Thorn Tiger' group."
Xiang Chu responded and walked towards the three mules and horses tied to the railings of the stone bridge.
The three mules and horses were loaded with stolen cultural relics, many of which were rare treasures.
He walked to the bridgehead and found that the bridge over Jiuxiang River had been broken into two pieces.
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Caiwei! The bridge was fine when we came here the day before yesterday. Now it's broken like this, which means our itinerary has been leaked and has been discovered by the devils."
Ning Caiwei nodded and said, "Of course it is. Who leaked our schedule?"
Xiang Chu shook his head and said, "Besides Dai Nong, my three team leaders also know about it."
Ning Caiwei said thoughtfully: "Brother Chu! Could it be that this time when we go into the mountains, we recruited a Taoist priest or monk who was originally a Japanese spy?"
“It’s hard to say!”
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and paused.
"Go back and carefully identify it."
If this is true, then you are shooting yourself in the foot.
Xiang Chu loaded the cultural relics from the mules and horses into a jeep, then released the mules and horses, drove the jeep across the upstream bridge across the Jiuxiang River, and headed straight for Nanjing City.
In the evening, the two drove back to Villa No. 9 Yihe Road.
Guihua hurried out of the living room and opened the gate.
Xiang Chu smiled and asked, "Osmanthus! Is there any stranger approaching the villa?"
Guihua thought for a moment and said, "That young female lieutenant was here last night. Also, the villa opposite has been empty all this time, but the lights were on last night, so someone must have moved in."
"Everyone, come in quickly!"
Xiang Chu hurriedly picked up the suitcase and pulled Ning Caiwei into the living room.
Guihua calmly closed the gate and walked into the living room.
Xiang Chu knew that if the Japanese spies had already reached the villa opposite, they would definitely point their guns at him at this time.
He went up to the second-floor balcony, adjusted the sniper rifle's scope to the maximum, and carefully checked the situation at Villa No. 10, Yihe Road opposite.
Ning Caiwei asked anxiously, "Brother Chu! Could it be that the Japanese spies have found their way to the other side?"
"no!"
Xiang Chu shook his head and paused.
"I saw it. It should be Lin Qiaoer who moved into the villa opposite!"
"what?!"
Ning Caiwei was stunned.
Xiang Chu put down the sniper rifle and said with a wry smile:
"It's okay! She's not in too much danger right now."
Ning Caiwei said thoughtfully: "Brother Chu! Since she is a telecommunications personnel, could it be that she came here specifically to monitor our radio stations?"
"Most likely!"
Xiang Chu nodded heavily.