Chapter 75.

“Old Xu, what’s the place across the street?”

“The Central Hostel, Mr. Cheng, don’t you know it?” Xu Qinghe let out a surprised cry, who in the public concession doesn’t know the Central Hostel?

What a familiar name, Cheng Mo immediately remembered, “Isn’t that the property of Inspector Lu of the Central Constabulary?”

“That’s right.”

“Go, go over and take a look.” Cheng Mo thought for a moment, lifted his foot and walked over to the opposite side.

“Chief Cheng, this Inspector Lu has a bad temper, take it easy.” Xu Qinghe hurriedly followed and reminded in a low voice.

“It’s not like I’m going to cause trouble, what am I afraid of?”

Xu Qinghe smiled sarcastically, you just had this stance, if you don’t look like you’re going to cause trouble, people won’t believe it when you say it.

The two round pillars went in, an arched entry door, and as soon as he entered, he smelled a strange odor.

“What’s that smell?”

Xu Qinghe hemmed and hawed without saying anything.

Cheng Mo also reacted to the smell, this kind of throat smell, is the “Fushou cream” burning flavor, although there is a clear decree to stop the sale of opium in the Concession, but some people are so powerful that they do not pay attention to this ban, so there are many underground smoke houses exist.

This central hostel owner is Lu Liankui, he is also a public tenant Chinese inspector, who will come to check his property, so this inside the open sale, smoking opium smoke soil is not a secret.

But what kind of person would live in such a place, and still let the Japanese special forces do not hesitate to disguise themselves and sneak into the Concession to keep an eye on them?

This person chose to live in the central hostel, also has the intention of borrowing Lu Liankui’s power, as long as he is in the central hostel, the Japanese special would not dare to easily go in to look for things, once discovered, they will also be in trouble.

But Lu Liankui this person is obviously not a good person, if the Japanese find him, he will not betray their own hostel guests may not be.

“Don’t follow me, split up.” Cheng Mo and Xu Qinghe pulled apart, Xu Qinghe was a person on the ground and would definitely be easily recognized.

The Central Hostel only had six floors, but the construction specifications weren’t low, and with an elevator installed inside to go up and down the stairs, it was considered a relatively luxurious configuration on Wumao Road.

The two Nittoku across the street both chose to stay in the rooms on the third floor, and one at the beginning and one at the end, must have been carefully selected, and at the height of the middle floor, they could monitor all the rooms in the entire building of the Central Hostel in the direction of their windows.

It would be great if they could get a list of the guests staying at the Central Hostel.

If the proprietor of the Central Hostel wasn’t Lu Liankui, it wouldn’t be too difficult to get the list, but the problem was that Lu Liankui wasn’t a person who was easy to deal with, and it was obviously not easy to get the guest list from his Central Hostel.

With so many guests, God knows, which one was the target of the Nittoku surveillance? Arriving at the hostel’s service desk, Cheng Mo reached out and gently tapped on the countertop, drawing the front desk’s attention.

“I have a friend, he said he’s staying at the Central Hostel, it’s been a few days, his name is Po, can you check for me, which room is he staying in?”

“Po, we have a lot of people named Po here, but I haven’t really heard of the guest you’re talking about.” The receptionist thought for a moment and shook her head.

“Show me the check-in roster, I’ll know it as soon as I see it.”

“No, the check-in roster is not allowed to be shown to outsiders, it involves the guest’s information, I’m sorry sir, please provide us with your friend’s exact information, we can check it for you.” The front desk very politely refused Cheng Mo’s request.

“I remember that his surname is Liu or Liu something or other, we all call him Po, his big name is not really clear ……”

“I’m sorry, otherwise, you leave your own information, we can help you to convey with the guests?”

“Forget it, wait for him to come to me on his own, begging me to do something, but also let me come over to him, really ……” Finished Cheng Mo directly waved his hand, twisted his head and walked out. “Old Xu, help me get the list of guests staying, especially those who are more than a week old.” Cheng Mo gave an explanation with Xu Qinghe and then came out from the Central Hostel.

Xu Qinghe was instantly stumped, he was just a small scout, and there were some things that were beyond his ability.

But Cheng Mo ordered him to do it, so he could only do it.

“Brother Xu, which gust of wind blew you here?” When the front desk foreman of the hostel saw Xu Qinghe, he obviously knew him, and he was greeted with a greeting.

“Recently the tenement is not peaceful, either killing or robbing, two pieces of mouth at the top, running legs below, this is not, not my job, also sent over.” Xu Qinghe naturally took the cigarette handed over by the foreman.

“Brother Xu has worked hard, go up and relieve yourself, I’ll arrange it for you?”

“No need, how can I have that free time, I’m just passing by, I came to rest my feet, this French Concession has been plagued by assassination tragedies one after another, making our Public Concession all over the place, and the higher-ups have requested that anyone with an unknown identity should be on the lookout for it.”

“Don’t worry about this, the Central Inn is Inspector Lu’s property, as long as there are any suspicious elements, we are the first to report them to the inspector’s office.” The foreman assured.

“Okay, you give me the check-in roster to look at, as a matter of routine.”

“I’m afraid this can’t be done, the inn’s guest roster is confidential, why don’t you say hello to our Inspector Lu?”

“This little thing still need to trouble Mr. Lu, you’re making too big a deal out of it, forget it, forget it, it’s not a big deal, it’s just that our new head of Cheng insisted that we visit each and every one of them, and finally have to report back to him… a youngster who appeared out of nowhere, doing everything he can…. … “Xu Qinghe cursed.

“What’s the origin of this Cheng leader of yours, the moment he came, he rode on your head, Brother Xu?”

“Who knows, anyway, there must be someone behind it, or else at a young age, as soon as he came to be an inspector, however, I heard that he is a senior student who stayed in Japan.”

“Staying in Japan, no wonder.” The foreman let out a laugh, seemingly comprehending.

“Okay, I rested almost, have to go to the next one, my waist is fast running broken these two days ……” Xu Qinghe saw that he couldn’t see the list, and could only withdraw first.

The foreman went back quickly, took two packs of cigarettes to Xu Qinghe hand a plug: “Xu brother, we Lu inspector wants to make friends with your Cheng leader, but also ask you to help matchmaking, after the matter is accomplished, there will be heavy thanks.”

“Cheng, but I can’t guarantee that it will work out.” Xu Qinghe did not refuse, just two packs of cigarettes, not a big deal.

Lu Liankui’s reputation is not as strong as it used to be, and he is not as arrogant as he used to be. Since the incident of “Mr. Yu”, his reputation in the public rented area has been in tatters, and he is lucky to save his life.

“Lu Liankui wants to make friends with me?” Cheng Mo was a bit surprised, he didn’t have the slightest interaction with Lu Liankui, nor did he have any interests.

How did he see himself? Was it because of his relationship with Pryde, or did his background of studying in Japan cause him to misunderstand.

It’s not that we can’t get in touch with him. The target of this Jet is staying at the Central Hotel that he owns, so there’s no getting around it. What this former “Fourth Hundred” really wanted to do with himself, the only way to find out was to meet him.

“Yes, I am willing to meet with Inspector Lu.” Cheng Mo nodded, “Time, place, he’ll decide.”

“Good grin.”

“Cigarettes you keep for smoking.” Cheng Mo pushed back the two packs of cigarettes that the foreman had bribed Xu Qinghe with, he wasn’t so petty.

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