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Perhaps the murderer's purpose was to let him see He Jin's appearance after death, to give him a psychological blow.

Disintegrating the opponent's will and fighting spirit is sometimes more effective than pointing a gun at him directly.Of course, pointing the gun at the opponent when he's having a nervous breakdown would be perfect.

To see an opponent paralyzed on the floor crying, or running hysterically down a hallway, is a masterpiece.

The murderer seemed to be abusive and wanted to play a game of cat and mouse with Lu Ming.Of course, this is just Lu Ming's speculation.

There were no signs of a fight in the corridor, no blood.The question is, where did the four policemen go?

If it was said that the four policemen were killed or subdued in an instant, he really didn't believe it.

The policemen of the Shanghai Police Department may be a little stupid in handling cases, but most of them are from the army, and they are not so easy to be subdued, unless there are several murderers and they attack instantly. In that case, there will be firefights or fights in the corridor trace.

Could it be that the police were bribed to kill He Jin and escaped?

Lu Ming shook his head. It is very common for police officers to be bribed, but the possibility of two uniformed policemen and two plainclothes policemen being bribed at the same time does not exist.

"Who did you offend, that they set up a trap to kill you?" Yan Xiaohui asked, calming down a little.

"I didn't offend anyone, and I don't know who is so vicious." Lu Ming smiled wryly.

"I guess, it must have something to do with the Sheng family's affairs?" Yan Xiaohui looked into Lu Ming's eyes and said.

"Well, it's possible that someone didn't want me to meddle in my own business and reminded me in this way. Someone assassinated me before." Lu Ming said.

"Really? Then you...who wants to assassinate you?" Yan Xiaohui screamed while covering her mouth.

"Japanese." Lu Ming whispered three words.

Although the woman who assassinated him last time may be Chinese, she must have something to do with the Japanese, because the US consulate sent a note to the Japanese consulate to express protest.

"Hey, friends outside, listen, I'm an American citizen, and Ms. Yan is a citizen of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Think about it carefully, what kind of trouble will the Japanese government cause if you kill both of us." Lu Ming shouted to the outside.

"Is it useful for you to shout like that?" Yan Xiaohui asked in a low voice.

"Who knows, maybe it will work. Even if it doesn't work, let's scare them first." Lu Ming laughed.

The murderer never showed up, and he didn't dare to rush out. If it didn't work, he had to figure out how to get down from the window on the third floor.

He tore the bedspread sheet on the hospital bed into strips, twisted it into a rope, tied one end to the foot of the hospital bed, and threw the other end out of the window.

"Friends outside, give me an answer, please stop now before there is a big mess. The road is open to the sky, each side will go." Lu Ming shouted.

"Are they murderers? How could you let them escape?" Yan Xiaohui said with a fever in his head.

"Then what should I do? Even if I have a Maxim in my hand, it's useless." Lu Ming shook the revolver in his hand and said.

"What is Ma Keqin?" Yan Xiaohui was at a loss.

"The water-cooled heavy machine gun shined brilliantly in the Battle of the Somme in the last European war. The German army used the Maxim to wipe out 6 British and French allied forces in one day."

"6 people?" Yan Xiaohui opened his mouth wide and fell silent.

The two of them were gossiping, but they were actually covering up the panic in their hearts. Needless to say, Yan Xiaohui, even Lu Ming didn't go through this battle.

He has a gun in his hand, but he has no actual combat experience except for using it on the shooting range.

He is quite courageous, but it doesn't mean that he is not afraid of death, no one is not afraid of death, those who have experienced the battlefield are not afraid of death, but they are numb to death.

It's funny to think about it, but he got into the trap set up for him by himself, and Yan Xiaohui also got in in a daze.

Lu Ming wasn't sure if Yan Xiaohui would get shot if he went out by himself, but he didn't dare to take the risk, probably the murderer wouldn't let a person go out to report the case to the police station.

According to Lu Ming's estimate, the entire hospital has been sealed off by the murderer. In this way, the murderer is a gang, not a single person. This can also explain why the four policemen disappeared without a trace.

"They don't reply, what should I do? Could someone have already left? I'll go out and have a look." Yan Xiaohui said, got up and opened the door to go out.

"Don't move, they're still outside." Lu Ming grabbed Yan Xiaohui's hand and pulled her behind him.

As if to confirm Lu Ming's words, there was a bang, and a bullet shot through the door and flew out of the window.

Lu Ming looked at the flight trajectory of the bullet, and combined with the source of the gunshot, he could conclude that there was a person ambushed by the other party at the corner of the corridor at the stairs, but the person seemed to shoot a little too early.

This person is just a shooter, not a mastermind, Lu Ming judged.

If the mastermind had this kind of psychological quality, he would have shot him as early as he walked up to the third floor.

Of course this mastermind, Lu Ming, does not know who it is, but what can be concluded is that the other party is very forbearing, like a poisonous snake lurking in the grass, ready to launch a fatal attack at any time.

If this kind of attack is not launched, it will be dead, and if it is launched, it will be killed. This is what Lu Ming is most worried about.

Yan Xiaohui's face turned pale with fright, her heart was beating wildly, and she said with a blank face: "Why did they shoot at me?"

"They are afraid that you will go out and call to report the crime. No matter who it is, anyone who comes in, don't even think about going out again."

"Then...the hospitalized patients and doctors...they all..." Yan Xiaohui didn't dare to continue.

"No, they don't dare to kill indiscriminately, it will cause a big shock in the whole Shanghai, and they can't escape. The people in the building should have been controlled by them, and they will not be locked in a certain room. Dangerous." Lu Ming analyzed.

"If that's the case, it's better." Yan Xiaohui leaned close to Lu Ming and said.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Lu Ming patted her hand.

He could feel the slight trembling of Yan Xiaohui's body leaning against him, which was normal, and anyone who was almost shot to death a minute ago would have this physiological reaction.

Relatively speaking, Yan Xiaohui's performance is strong enough.

Lu Ming once heard from veterans who had experienced World War I that many recruits, when they first entered the battlefield, would be too scared to move when they heard the gunshots, and some even became incontinent.

Among these people are gangsters and street gangsters, who are usually bold and omnipotent, but when it comes to the battlefield, they are the first to be persuaded.

"I said friends outside, you are too careless, can you not use a gun when you want to say hello, can we send a person each to have a good talk?"

At this time, Lu Ming spoke Mandarin to the outside world, and spoke Shanghainese to Yan Xiaohui, sometimes mixed with English.

There was still silence outside, neither speaking nor moving, not a single slight sound could be heard.

Lu Ming suddenly thought of a question: Why hasn't Zhang Ziyang come yet?

Could it be that he has already come and is also controlled by the murderers outside?

He could conclude that those policemen were subdued and brought under control, but no one would be so bold as to kill these policemen. Offending the Shanghai Police Department would be like stabbing a hornet's nest.

Killing a He Jin who was lying unconscious on the hospital bed would not cause much shock, and killing him would not cause much repercussions, but killing a policeman or multiple policemen is completely different in nature, and that is right. A challenge for the Shanghai Police.

"What should we do now?" Yan Xiaohui asked a little anxiously.

"There's no good way, just wait. Either wait until they can't afford it and walk away, or wait until reinforcements arrive to break the situation." Lu Ming said.

At this time, he would not pretend to be a lonely hero, save the world by himself or something, he is a mortal, with a mortal body, as long as he dares to show his face, he will definitely be shot into a sieve.

"That's good, we've become mandarin ducks with the same fate." Yan Xiaohui suddenly smiled, and got closer to Lu Ming.

"It's connected by fate, but it's not a pair of mandarin ducks." Lu Ming laughed.

"Then we can be a pair of free wild mandarin ducks." Yan Xiaohui teased.

"I said Miss, what time is it, do you still have the time to joke around? Just focus on it." Lu Ming said with a wry smile.

"Isn't this a joy in bitterness, maybe we all die here today, on the same day..." Yan Xiaohui suddenly said with a sad expression.

"No, don't worry, as long as I live, this kind of thing will not happen." Lu Ming said flatly.

"But what if you die?"

"Then you will live too. What they want is my life, not yours. These people are professional killers, not bandits, and they won't kill people randomly. As long as they achieve their goals, they won't cause casualties, which is not good for them." Lu Ming Road.

The two of them spoke in English, and they didn't want to be understood by outsiders.

"Mr. Lu, why do you, such a smart person, want to fight against us? In fact, we have already warned you, but you just ignore it. If you didn't, you wouldn't be here today." Someone outside suddenly said in English.

When Lu Ming heard it, his spirits lifted. What he was afraid of was that the other party would keep silent all the time, as long as there was communication, it would be easy.

But what he never expected was that the other party was proficient in English and had a full London accent.

"I said, since you have such knowledge, how could you degenerate into being a killer?" Lu Ming sarcastically said in English.

"Mr. Lu is more knowledgeable, but it's a pity that he is willing to work for the rich, willing to be a hunting dog, sniffing around." The other party also sneered.

"How about this, I will double the price your employer offers you, and pay immediately after you leave." Lu Ming continued to speak in English.

He concluded that this person was the real mastermind. This person spoke to him in English, probably because he didn't want his subordinates to understand.

"The conditions are the same as above, you can also come to my place, and you will pay immediately after you go out, no, the conditions will be increased ten times, and I will give you ten times the price." The people outside also made an offer without hesitation.

"Ten times? You may really not be able to afford it." Lu Ming laughed.