Chapter 260 Assassination
The golden sunlight in early summer evening shines on the magnificent Huitong Bank Building, reflecting a colorful halo, which is so beautiful that it makes people feel fascinated.
The waiting time passes minute by minute
The people sitting in the cafe were all focused outside the window. They did not notice that there was a waiter missing by the bar counter of the cafe. The owner of the cafe sitting at the bar was Mr. Qingsong. At this time, he was a fashionable man in a suit, with shiny hair on his black hair and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on his white face, looking gentle.
These two gangs who shouldn't have appeared in Shanghai met strangely in this French cafe and each other was scheming.
I don't know how long it took
The sunset had already set, and there was only a trace of sunset left in the sky. Two four-wheeled carriages came to the front of the Huitong Bank headquarters building. Several big men in suits and tie walked out accompanied by a group of bodyguards, stood on the steps and said goodbye, and then entered the two carriages in front and back respectively.
Borgson's gray-blue eyes stared at the distance like a hawk. He could confirm that the middle-aged man with a slightly fat body was Zhu Wei, whose clothes and expression were quite similar. Zhu Wei and two foreigners sat in a carriage behind.
The two bodyguards with guns immediately sat next to the driver in front, and the two bodyguards sat on the wooden frame behind the rear of the car. The driver threw out a loud whip flower and drove the luxurious carriage with double-horse shafts all the way forward.
Time is tight
Borgson just took a quick look at Sheng Yeyun, and saw that his eyes were full of anticipation, nodded heavily, and immediately got up and walked out quickly.
The operation team has entered the ambush site in advance as expected. To actually pull the trigger, Borgson, the operation team leader, must personally direct the operation team, launch a thunderous blow.
After they all left, Sheng Yeyun stood up calmly and left with the cheongsam in his hand.
Next to the Shiliyangchang, Nanjing East Road, there are many high-end hotels, casinos and nightclubs, which are the golden caves for singing and singing every night.
When the carriage turns from the Shiliyangchang, it has to pass an arched stone bridge. It naturally needs to slow down here, which is an excellent ambush place.
In the carriage at the rear
There were two arrogant Westerners sitting on the main seat, one was Sir Mason, a senior director of HSBC Bank who had just arrived in the UK, and the other was Mr. Junilio, a French director of the Shanghai Public Concession Work Department. Opposite them was an associate manager of a trading company who looked like Zhu Wei. The person was named Hou Guanghai. He was a Normandy company employee who had just been promoted. He was essentially a substitute, but he himself had no idea.
"Mr. Hou, I found that you look very much like Lord Zhu. At the beginning, I confused me. Don't you think it yourself?"
"Haha... It's Sir Mason like this. I have worked in Europe before. I know that Europa often finds it difficult to distinguish Orientals. I think Orientals look the same. We call it facial blindness, which is a very interesting phenomenon."
"Well, it's possible that I'm wrong," Sir Mason smiled and said to Mr. Junirio. "I'm very satisfied with the progress made in today's talks. The two sides have reached an initial intention. HSBC will conduct comprehensive and in-depth cooperation with Huitong Bank and Normandy. We have had a very tacit understanding in cooperation with Sanmalinda before. In the future, we have hope to strengthen comprehensive financial cooperation in Australia, the Qing Dynasty and the entire Nanyang region. This will probably satisfy the shareholders of the British Isles. I would like to thank Mr. Junirio for setting up a line for us. I will highlight this in my special report to the board of directors."
"Thank you, Sir Mason, both Huitong Bank and Normandy are big companies with great reputations. They have had many years of cooperative relationships with the Public Concession Industry Department. As a director in charge of the Financial Affairs Committee, I am very cooperative with them, especially with Sir Zhu. Although it was said that I had a gap with Sir Zhu, I can say responsibly that this is completely nonsense." Mr. Junilio was also very satisfied with the results of today's emergency meeting. He held up the crystal wine glass with a reserved expression, which contained the bright red French red wine, and raised his glass to greet him;
"Let's have a drink for the breakthrough progress made in today's talks, and I think it's a very good start."
"Hahaha... That's great." Sir Mason also raised his glass.
Hou Guanghai sat in front of these two big names and felt that Yu You were honored. He was promoted from an unknown small staff member. He was a little bit unaware of the North. He also raised his wine glass with both hands and said with a smile. "Congratulations to the two adults, Sir Zhu attaches great importance to his relationship with the Ministry of Industry and HSBC. He specially organized a grand banquet tonight and invited some top figures from Shanghai to attend. Some official big names even wanted to post to personally invite them to invite them, and specially entrusted them to accompany them for the time being. Please don't be surprised."
"Hahaha...Sir Zhu is so polite."
Two four-wheeled carriages, one in front and one behind, slowed down when passing the curved arch bridge. At this time, a ox cart in front suddenly broke and overturned, piled up with sacks like hills and sprinkled everywhere, completely blocking the road ahead.
As a last resort, the two carriages stopped one after another.
Nanjing East Road is a very prosperous main road. After the carriage turned and passed the Quarch Bridge, it was blocked in front of it, and several rickshaws soon followed behind and had to stop.
The rickshaw driver who pulled the cart looked anxiously wiping the hot sweat on his face, and looked forward with his toes, seeing that the road was blocked but helpless.
A strong man wearing a hat and carrying a load stopped by the carriage. The bodyguard sitting behind looked at him with a little puzzled look, always feeling something was wrong.
This shaped man wearing a hat is tall and his hardworking rough cloth clothes are a bit too clean. What is particularly surprising is that from the neck under the hat, his skin is too white, just like a white person.
"Not good... there is a fraud..."
The two bodyguards sitting on the wooden frame behind looked at each other in horror, and in a panic, they pulled out the revolver on their bodies and wanted to stop them...
At this moment
Several Western men sitting in the rickshaw behind suddenly stood up, pulled out their revolvers and fired them closely at close range. With the clear and dense sound of gunfire, they beat the two bodyguards behind into blood sieves with intentional calculations and unintentional gunshots.
The strong man carrying a load ignored it and quickly pulled the front and back loads with his hands, then threw it hard on the luxury carriage carriage. Two sticky heavy objects were nailed tightly to the carriage, and the fuse on it emitted a dazzling spark, which was particularly conspicuous in this quiet evening.
"Oh, run away."
The Westerner standing in the rickshaw shooting with all his might was Bergson, who looked cold-faced. Seeing that the explosive bag had been ignited, he was so scared that he rushed down like a rabbit, and crawled into the scattered crowd and ran wildly behind.
Only a few helpless rickshaw drivers were left at the scene. One of them was hit by a stray bullet and fell into a pool of blood. The others hid beside the car and insisted. The rickshaw was a Jingui guy who was eating, and even if he sacrificed his life, he would not dare to throw it away.
At this time, the gunman in front had already reacted and was pulling his gun to shoot at the back. The strong man carrying a load ran back a few steps and was hit by the hot bullet. Several red blood flowers bloomed on his back, and one end fell to the edge of the Quarch Bridge.
"Boom..." Two earth-shaking loud noises
The shock waves generated by the strong explosion swept over like a strong wind. The meat scraps and iron pieces produced by the explosion knocked down a large number of people nearby who had no time to hide, and distorted the strong bulletproof carriage and charred it. The horse and the bodyguards in the front seat, the broken limbs and arms of the driver all flew into the air, forming two tragic bloody mushroom clouds.
The bulletproof carriage in front was also overturned by a powerful impact force. Two horses were wailed and were knocked to the ground, and were seriously injured by the strong shock wave.
After the strong smoke of gunpowder passed, the scene was filled with tragic scene.
The carriage in the center of the explosion was completely destroyed, and it was crushed and torn apart like a toy. It was filled with splashing plasma and broken limbs and broken arms. A flying wheel was thrown to the edge of the curved arch bridge more than 10 meters away, and a wheel was thrown to the edge of the ox carriage dozens of meters away. It can be seen that the power of the explosion was extremely amazing, and survivors would not be left at the scene of the explosion center.
In a few minutes
Sharp whistles rang everywhere, and a large group of red-headed A San and the concession police officers rushed over...
Not long after
The British executive of the police station with the senior inspector logo on his shoulder arrived. He led a large group of Western police officers to carefully investigate the scene. The thunder that broke out this time was too big. Without a reasonable explanation, he could not withstand the status of a senior inspector in the UK.
There were wailing sounds everywhere at the scene, like a bloody slaughterhouse, lying down in radioactive manner, killing and injured.
Four Westerners were rescued from the four-wheeled carriage in front, including HSBC Bank and foreign escorts from the Industrial Department. Two of them were shocked to death on the spot, and two were seriously injured and vomiting blood. They were most likely to have injured important parts of their lungs and are in their lives.
After a long time
The senior police officer in charge of the investigation reported; "Report to the inspector, we found a white Western man in coarse cloth clothes at the scene, and shot five shots on the back. According to witnesses at the scene, he threw two explosives into the carriage, which was the culprit of this shocking explosion.
On-site surveys and witness explanations can basically restore the true nature of this vicious explosion.
This is a highly targeted and vicious attack planned by foreign forces. The target may be the victims Sir Mason and Mr. Junilio, director of HSBC Bank in the UK. The motive for the crime is unknown and is still to be investigated further."
"Oh Maiga, please pray to the omnipotent God to punish these evildoers. What did I encounter?" The senior British inspector was in a splitting headache and was almost crazy.
"Sir, will this case be investigated?"
"Investigate, mobilize all the strength to find out. If the real murderer behind the scenes cannot be found, everyone present, including me, cannot bear such serious consequences. This is not a vicious explosion case, but a serious diplomatic incident. We must know who is so bold and reckless? He will pay a heavy price for it." The senior inspector waved his hands and shouted, his expression was a little out of control.
This is really like sitting in the house with a closed door, and disaster comes from heaven.
Whether it is Sir Mason, a senior director of HSBC, or Mr. Junilio, his immediate superior, the Director of the Department of the Department of the Industry, they are all very influential figures. Now they both died in vain under the curved arch bridge on Nanjing East Road, which makes people cry without tears.
This big slaughter is firmly taken down, even if it is the senior British inspector of the police station, he can't stand it!
He felt the blackness in front of his eyes, his face became paler, and his lips trembled, "I want you to mobilize all your strength to find out thoroughly. Which bastard did it? No matter who informant provides important clues, we will give me a heavy reward, and give me a reward of 500 tael silver for clues, no... I will give a reward of 1,000 tael silver. I will know the result within three days, otherwise you will all go to the tramp and sell my butt. This time I am serious, do you understand?"
"Yes, Lord Inspector." The foreign police officers were frightened and complained.
This is really a hornet's nest. You must be fully energetic to deal with this level, otherwise everyone will not be able to get it right and will be dying.
Chapter completed!