Living in the Hong Kong Film World

Chapter 731
When he got closer, Li Yi suddenly realized that the figure turned out to be Brother Cheng who was selling steamed buns at the street corner.

He was in a hurry and was walking in the direction of the big world.

Li Ye followed him, and gradually walked out of the area of ​​the four roads, and came to the territory of the French Concession.

This made him wonder, what is Cheng Ge doing here so late?
Soon, Brother Cheng came to the back door of a single-family courtyard, and looked back and forth vigilantly.

Li Ye hid behind the shadow of the alley and observed quietly.

Brother Cheng covered his mouth and meowed like a night cat, and the back door creaked open from the inside, allowing him to sneak in.

Seeing this situation, Li Yi suddenly became vigilant. Could it be that Brother Cheng is doing something shady?

After waiting for a while, he quickly walked towards the single-family courtyard and came to the back door.

Without knocking on the door, he looked at the courtyard wall, estimated the height, took two run-up steps, jumped, and climbed up the courtyard wall lightly.

Using both arms, he pulled himself up, poked out half of his head, and looked into the courtyard.

The courtyard was empty, and there was no one guarding it. There was a light in the side room, and there were people indistinctly.

He tapped his toes lightly on the wall, using his strength to fly over the courtyard wall, and then lightly landed on the ground.

Bending his body, he quickly walked to the window of the side room and listened attentively.

Inside, Brother Cheng's voice came clearly: "Boss, I heard that you have that imported high-quality tobacco soil for sale here?"

Li Ye was taken aback when he heard the words, what did Brother Cheng do buying tobacco?Had he, too, fallen into that habit?
A male duck voice appeared, and asked carelessly, "Where did you hear that?"

Brother Cheng accompanied him with a smile: "I heard from Wang Er, the street slipper. He said that the smoked ointment here, boss, is delicious and the price is fair. My wife is about to give birth. The doctor in the hospital said that she The body is weak, and this labor may be difficult, so I want to buy some high-quality smoked earth ointment to relieve the pain during labor..."

"Alright, alright!"

The male duck voice said impatiently: "I don't care what you buy it for? Have you brought any money?"

"Bring it."

Brother Cheng quickly replied, "I'll buy half a catty."

"Half a catty?"

The male duck's throat was not happy: "You think you are buying seasoning? Grandpa doesn't do small business, at least buy one!"

one?
Li Ye noticed this special quantifier.

Among the smoky soils, only the best Bengal soils are rolled into balls and sold.

This kind of smoky soil was produced in India and was transported to East Asia by the British East India Company for sale.

The packaging boxes of this kind of smoke and soil are all long wooden boxes made according to uniform standards. The inside of the box is divided into two layers. The gaps between them will also be filled with chopped and dried stem and leaf slag.

These fillings are all bonus items. Excluding these fillings, the net weight of the smoke soil itself is 164 pounds, which is 125 kilograms according to the current unit conversion, and a smoke soil ball is 25 taels.

This kind of high-end goods has always been enjoyed by the rich in the private rooms of the smoking hall. This courtyard is clearly an ordinary homestay. How can there be good Bangladeshi soil for sale?

Could it be the head of a smuggled snake?

"One!"

Brother Cheng couldn't help exclaiming: "We can't use that much!"

The male duck's voice was unambiguous: "I don't care if you use it or not? I'll cut you half a catty, and who will I sell the rest to? At least one! If you don't have one, don't sell it!"

"This……"

Brother Cheng made a mistake.

After thinking for a moment, he said helplessly, "Forget it, one is just one, but I don't bring that much money."

"How much did you bring?"

"Two oceans."

"Well, it's not enough, it's still 23 yuan short."

While speaking, there was a clanging sound, as if the voice of a male duck snatched away two pieces of ocean.

"Huh? How much?"

Brother Cheng asked in surprise, "23 yuan? So expensive?"

"Is it too expensive?"

The male duck sneered: "It's too expensive to smoke red clay? What kind of public clay do you want to buy?"

"you!"

Brother Cheng was angry: "The red soil is poisonous, if you suck too much urine blood, aren't you cursing my family?"

"Hey! You little red guy, you can't afford goods, and you talk a lot!"

Brother Cheng was so angry that his voice trembled a little: "I bought it because I heard that your price is fair. The public soil in the tobacco shop is only ten yuan a catty. You are selling it too expensive!"

"Eh? I don't care how much the smoke house sells. I only sell it for one yuan or two here, and it's 16 yuan a catty. What's the matter?"

Brother Cheng gasped for a while, and suddenly said, "I won't buy it! Give me back the money!"

"What are you doing? Do you want to snatch it?"

"Ouch! Damn it! How dare you bite me! You want to die!"

Hearing the movement of hands inside, Li Ye's expression froze, he quickly drew out his gun, and was about to break in.

Just when he was about to knock on the door, he heard a "bang" gunshot from the room.

Bang!

He knocked open the door, and saw Brother Cheng, who was standing on a wooden table with money, clutching his stomach, and slowly fell to the ground.

"Brother Cheng!"

He stepped forward and supported Brother Cheng.

"Inspector Li Ye..."

Brother Cheng's stomach was bleeding, and he closed his eyes in pain.

He looked around and saw that there was no one in the room except Brother Cheng, and the window on the other side was wide open, dangling by the night wind.

Putting down Brother Cheng, he ran to the window.

Turning over the window is the outer wall of the backyard.

He jumped up, turned over the wall, and looked back and forth, but there was no trace of the duck's voice.

This ran away?So fast!

Worried about Brother Cheng's safety, he jumped off the outer wall and returned to the side room, only to find that Brother Cheng had disappeared, only the door was wide open.

Where's Brother Cheng?He was shot, and if he ran around, the bullet would easily deflect and his life would be in danger.

He chased out the gate and searched around, but he didn't see any trace of Brother Cheng.

How could this be?
He returned to the courtyard again and came to the side room.

Only this time, he saw the layout of the room clearly.

On the right side of the door is a desk and a chair, and behind it is a wooden cabinet and a bookshelf. Brother Cheng was shot on the outside of the wooden table.

There was a yellow-black smoky soil ball on the wooden table. He stretched out his hand to grab it, only to feel that the tentacles were soft, and it smelled like urine. It was indeed the public soil that Brother Cheng wanted to buy.

Along the walls on both sides of the room, there are long strips of wooden boxes, and there are hundreds of boxes by visual inspection.

He came to the wooden box and used the iron bar standing by the wall to pry open a wooden box, only to see forty balls and balls neatly stacked inside.

Two more were pried open, as well.

Li Ye looked at the rows of wooden boxes and was shocked.

So much smoke and soil, according to the market price, this is more than [-] oceans!

This was a shocking case, and he dared not take it lightly.

On the road outside the door, there was the sound of a watchman beating the watchman. He hurried to the door, stopped the watchman, and asked him to help him find Xiangzhabei, where he himself guarded.

He waited until the sky was brightened, and then he waited for Xiang Zhabei and the watchman who came in a hurry.

Xiang Zhabei was also taken aback when he saw the opium in the room.

After learning that they didn't see Brother Cheng on the way here, Li Ye arranged for Xiang Zhabei to stay here to guard, while he rushed to the chief patrol room.

(End of this chapter)