Chapter 82: Encountering a traitor

At 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, He Yuzhu climbed up from the kang carefully.
He glanced at Xu Damao and the others who were still sleeping, quickly put on thick winter clothes, a scarf, a hat, and gloves, and then walked out of the courtyard.
Heading towards the ghost market outside Andingmen and Deshengmen.

The closer you get to Andingmen, the more silent, masked passers-by appear on the road.
Some of them, like He Yuzhu, had nothing in their hands, while others were carrying baskets, big bags, and lanterns in their hands.

Arriving outside Anding Gate,
At this time, dots of lights were lit up on both sides of the moat, and the reflections in the river water did feel a bit eerie.

Strolling into the ghost market,

Passing by a few stalls casually, He Yuzhu discovered that there was really a wide variety of things for sale here.

In addition to the various antiques, calligraphy and paintings and food mentioned by Uncle Gui, the rest also include wine, sugar, tea, pork and other daily necessities.

What's more, he saw weapons and ammunition on several stalls.

However, not only is the price not cheap, but it only requires US dollars and gold bars, which discourages most speculators.

He Yuzhu soon discovered that the people in the ghost market had their own set of rules when doing business.

Not only is the voice so quiet that it is almost inaudible, but when someone asks for a price at the stall, no one will bother them no matter how anxious they are.

I'm afraid there will be some misunderstanding.
Because no one knows what others will take out from their pockets in the next moment.

He Yuzhu first walked along the two sides of the moat to the ghost market. After roughly understanding the rules here, he also started to take action.
"My man, how are you going to sell these grains?"

Food is the most scarce commodity at this time, and the stall owner was not surprised by He Yuzhu's seamless connection.
I started chatting with him patiently again.
"Buy in bulk or in batches. Buy in bulk for 25 gold yuan per jin, and 4000 per dan."

"Is that enough?"

"That's enough. Don't worry, man. I haven't opened the shop yet."

"Can it be less?"

Hearing He Yuzhu bargaining, the stall owner raised his voice a little.
"This is your first time in the black market, right?
The rules of the ghost market are no bargaining, no asking about the source, if you want it, take it, if you don’t want it, don’t delay me from talking to the next person, get out of here.”

"Yes, yes, yes, buy the whole lot.

But you have to give me this pick."

"Of course, even if you want to leave it to me, I won't take it. It would be strange if others don't snatch it from me when they see me carrying an empty pole."

……

"Sir, how much do you want for this half of pork?"

"Oh, I met a rich man. What's going on at home?"

Seeing that he was asking about this, He Yuzhu applied what he had just experienced when buying food and said unhappily,

"That's a violation of the rules, sir. Can you tell me the origin of your pork?"

"Okay! Please forgive me,

Originally, it was sold at 200 gold yuan coupons per pound. Since the man wants it, this 100-plus pounds of pork will cost 2 yuan.

The extra pound or two is just an apology to me."

He Yuzhu originally thought that he had met a straightforward boy.

As a result, he carried the pork to a remote place and put it in the space, only to find that the half of the meat was only 98 kilograms, not even 100 kilograms. However, he estimated that the stall owner had left the ghost market by now.
I'm too lazy to think about it anymore.

But he didn't intend to cause trouble to the stall owner. When he put the pork away and prepared to return the same way, he found a few dark figures approaching from a distance.
Seeing this scene, He Yuzhu shrank back behind the wall and merged into the shadow of the corner.
Then he took out the shoulder pole he had just obtained from buying food.

Just as he was getting ready, he heard the sound of several people talking outside. It turned out that the stall owner had gathered his accomplices and came to the door.
"Dog, club,
This is a ghost market, just scare them, don't shoot.
If we alert the patrol and delay our business in the ghost market, we won't be able to afford the blame from the commissary."

"Don't worry, boss. He's just an ordinary person. It's easy for us to catch him!"

"Don't worry, boss. We know what we are doing.
This ghost market business is not only done by our Military Supply Department, but also by the Beiping Governor's Office and the Bureau of Secrets. We don't want to be the one to take advantage of it."

"It's good to understand. Be careful.
Our goal is to get the pork back, preferably without causing any loss of life.

After being plundered by the old man for so long, the one who could come up with 20,000 gold yuan notes at this moment was definitely not an ordinary person.

Who knows if killing someone will cause trouble."

"I understand. This isn't the first time you guys have done this. Be careful when you act."

When he first heard them say not to use guns, He Yuzhu replaced the carrying pole in his hand with a Thompson submachine gun.

He had no qualms about killing the other person.

But I heard behind.
It turns out that there are not only people from the Quartermaster Department in the Ghost Market, but also people from the Commander's Office and the Security Bureau.

Moreover, the parties not only knew each other's existence, but also attached great importance to the business of the ghost market. After that, He Yuzhu gave up this idea.
He quietly put the gun back.

Because he still had more than 300 million gold yuan notes in his hand, he also wanted to take this opportunity to buy more things in the ghost market.

Unexpectedly, after a few gunshots, the ghost market was completely ruined.

The losses will be huge then.

As for why He Yuzhu did not take out the carrying pole again,

Of course it’s because using a carrying pole makes too much noise. It’s okay to use it on ordinary people, but it’s easy to use it on soldiers to make them react.

Hiding in the shadows, He Yuzhu soon saw several people walking over.

I took a quick look at the back and saw only three people.

He Yuzhu made up his mind instantly and took two steps at a time. Before they could react, he grabbed the heads of the two people behind him and hit them hard.
There was a dull thud, and the two of them fell down limply.

At the same time, he let go of the two people's heads and jumped forward, and the leader in front heard the sound and turned back instinctively.
Then I saw a dark shadow throw himself to the ground, and then hit him hard on the head with a fist.

I fainted instantly.

After knocking out the three people quickly and efficiently, He Yuzhu checked their breath and found that they were not dead yet, so he started to collect the money.
3 unknown brand Mauser pistols, more than 300 rounds of bullets, nearly 3 gold yuan notes, and 5 silver dollars.

After collecting the three people, He Yuzhu dragged them to the corner of the wall in the leeward place. As for whether they would freeze to death tonight, he had no right to care.
While it was still early, he quickly turned around and walked into the black market again.

Knowing that he had robbed those three people from the Quartermaster's Office today,
There is a high probability that someone will come to the black market to fish tomorrow.

So after ruling out those antiques and calligraphy and paintings that had no practical value for the time being, He Yuzhu would approach and ask about any daily necessities.
After some pretend bargaining, they bought everything without any hesitation.

(End of this chapter)