Bright Sword: Leading the Special Operations Squadron to Fight the Japs

Chapter 504 Antique Dealer Ma Longtu

Under the "protection" of the three soldiers, Fatty first went to Hu Dadao's home, greeted his sister-in-law cordially, and then said:

"Sister-in-law Hu, Brother Hu asked us to take all the savings at home. He has a big deal with merchants in Luoyang and Beiping!"

The eldest sister-in-law of the Hu family looked at the familiar fat man suspiciously. When she saw him nod, she turned around and went into the house with a sad face. She rummaged around for a while and finally brought out a small box with great effort.

"My four brothers, this contains most of our life savings. Please warn our old Hu to be careful when doing business and not to be tricked by those people from big cities!

If it doesn't work out, we can just live this plain and simple life!"

Several soldiers looked at the large courtyard, the busy servants and maids, and the silk and satin on the noble lady, and seemed to doubt their ears:

Is this just plain and bland?

The soldiers opened the small box and saw that it was full of hard currency - gold bars!

It seems that this rough guy Hu Dadao has a natural obsession with gold. But this also makes it convenient for Wang Meng and others. After all, it would not be convenient to carry several large boxes of silver dollars.

The three warriors split into two groups, two followed the fat man to find Ma Longtu, and the other one returned to the Longmen Grottoes with a small heavy box of gold bars.

At this time, Wang Meng was admiring the exquisite stone statues and murals in the cave.

"Chief of Staff, we have the gold bars. I just questioned Hu Dadao, the antique dealer named Ma Longtu. He is cautious by nature and has more than a dozen gunmen around him, all of whom have Mauser pistols."

"Humph, this unscrupulous businessman is only interested in profit. If he doesn't come later, I'll just find a stone and tell him that the mural has been damaged and ask him to come and have a look!"

"Okay, I'll do it right away!"

Wang Meng’s guess was correct. After Ma Longtu received the news from Fatty, he was also very suspicious.

The thin and short Ma Longtu stroked his mustache, and a strange light flashed in his shrewd eyes.

"Fatty, how come it broke on the first day? In the past, it was broken into hundreds of pieces and then put back together, but why is this piece broken now?"

"Boss Ma, this mural is so big, it must cost at least several thousand dollars. If a piece is damaged or it can't be put together, you can't blame us. You still have to pay us the money!"

Although the fat man's palms were full of sweat, he still spoke intermittently according to the words taught by Wang Meng.

Ma Longtu began to have doubts in his heart. It sounded extremely unreliable. This was a business worth ten thousand dollars and he couldn't ruin it so carelessly.

"Well, you guys stop for now. I'll send someone to check it out in a couple of days. Don't move. If it doesn't work, I'll hire some experts for you!"

The fat man and the two soldiers knew that Ma Longtu was not planning to go to Longmen Grottoes, so they could only feel anxious, because they did not dare to urge Ma Longtu, otherwise they would "overdo it" and easily arouse suspicion.

"Okay, Boss Ma, we'll take our leave now and wait for your news!"

Ma Longtu waved his hands, frowned, and stroked his mustache.

At this moment, the butler at the door ran in hurriedly with a panicked look on his face, holding a piece of stone in his hand.

"Master, it's not good!"

"Why are you panicking? Calm down!"

The old butler was out of breath and stood beside Ma Longtu for a minute before handing him the stone.

"Master, Captain Hu of the Security Corps sent another stone flake over, saying that a lot of the stone flakes have been broken and can't be put together!"

Ma Longtu's hand holding the teacup shook, and the top-quality Xinyang Maojian tea splashed all over the floor, scalding him and making him grimace.

"Damn it, why didn't you tell me about this earlier?"

The butler had a look of despair on his face. Didn’t he just say “calm down”?

"Master, what can we do about this matter now?"

"You idiot! Didn't we tell them to chisel each piece piece by piece according to the numbers in the photos? You can't even do such a small thing! Let's go and take a look!"

As soon as the fat man and two other soldiers left the Ma residence, Ma Longtu followed, bringing with him a dozen servants in tight clothes.

"Hurry back and report to Chief of Staff Wang and Commander Wei that Ma Longtu is coming with a dozen servants, all armed with Mauser pistols!"

One of the soldiers immediately took the path and ran quickly towards the Longmen Grottoes.

About half an hour later, seeing that there was no one around, Ma Longtu led his men into the Binyang Middle Cave.

The sun was shining brightly outside. When I hurried into the cave, I felt dizzy for a moment and everything in front of me was dark, as if the Buddha statues in the murals were moving back and forth.

"Damn, where are people!"

"Here it is!"

A loud voice was heard, followed by a dozen pistols pointed at their heads.

After ten seconds, Ma Longtu and his group finally adapted to the light inside.

Ma Longtu narrowed his eyes and saw many unfamiliar faces, especially the one in the lead. Why did he look like a good guy? He didn't have any gangster vibe at all!

"Where is Hu Dadao?"

"Haha, you're still planning to look for Hu Dadao, you should worry about yourself, right?"

After Wang Meng finished speaking, he waved his hand gently, and the soldiers of the reconnaissance company of the 201st Airborne Regiment stepped forward to seize their weapons. Except for Ma Longtu, everyone else squatted aside.

"What does it mean?"

"Can't you see? You've been robbed!"

Ma Longtu has been hanging around in this semi-black and semi-white antique industry for many years and has seen countless monsters, including thieves, tomb robbers, and robbers. When he heard that he was robbed, he actually felt relieved.

They are all gangsters, so we should at least give them some face. Besides, they are just robbers who want money. If all else fails, they can just spend money to avoid disaster!

As long as it is a problem that can be solved with money, it is not a problem.

“So we are brothers in the underworld. I am Ma Longtu from Luoyang Ma’s Antique Shop. I have some influence in this small business in Luoyang.

He is the adjutant of Commander Chiang Ting-wen of the First War Zone. I can have some influence with my connections.

However, we can't let our brothers work in vain. We can use the three hundred dollars to buy some wine for you brothers, and then you guys better stay away from the Longmen Grottoes!"

Wang Meng sneered. It seemed that after changing into this outfit, these bandits and bullies really regarded them as "social people"?

"Cats have their own ways and mice have their own ways. We came here for a reason. If you want to exchange your life for three hundred dollars, your life is too cheap, isn't it?"

Ma Longtu saw that Wang Meng looked unfamiliar and thought he was a bandit or a deserter, so he wanted to give him three hundred dollars to get rid of him. But now it seems that he was too optimistic.

"Okay, if that's the case, then make an offer?"

"I want all your wealth!"