When Lu Jiu came in to report on her work, Cheng Qianfan was eating noodles.
He told Cheng Qianfan that after everyone heard that Vice President Cheng had given a large sum of money to Fei Yi's family, they all gave a thumbs up and said Mr. Cheng was benevolent and righteous.
Cheng Qianfan was eating noodles by himself.
Braised noodles with pickled vegetables are Banxianlou’s signature noodles.
When cooking, first use the best pork bones to make a fresh soup, add shrimps and shrimps, wash and fry the fresh fish into pieces, then wrap it with gauze to cook the soup.
In this way, fish soup and meat soup are combined to form noodle soup. The meat and bone soup is rich and fat, and the fish soup is fresh and white.
Then, put the noodles into the fresh soup, add a little finely chopped pickle stalks, simmer over low heat and then serve.
In order to ensure the smooth taste of the noodles, Mr. Cheng's staff would wait for tea in the private room of Banxian Building. As soon as the noodles were served, they would rush back.
Including waiting for someone, car gas money, etc., the bowl of pickled cabbage noodles that 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' is eating now is enough to feed a poor family of three for a month.
…
Cheng Qianfan put down his chopsticks and took a sip of the drink.
When Cheng Qianfan was seven or eight years old, Shanghai Watsons published a soda drink advertisement in the "News", involving a soda called "Kekolu", which it said had the effect of "strengthening and refreshing".
Cheng Qianfan, who had just become literate, was greedy and clamored to drink this energizing water.
Then, Su Zhifu made a pot of herbal tea and said that this was the qi-enhancing water.
Cheng Qianfan believed it to be true.
Later, Sister Shaoyao bought a bottle for him to drink, and he realized that it had this flavor.
After the death of his parents, Cheng Qianfan refused to drink herbal tea for a long time.
Later, Sister Shaoyao and her brother-in-law disappeared. He mistakenly believed that Sister Shaoyao had been killed, so he even gave up the oral dew, along with the mung bean cake from Shen Dacheng Pastry Shop.
In the first summer after marrying Ruolan, Ruolan made herbal tea and he drank it again. However, the taste of the herbal tea was different from the herbal tea made by his mother. He knew that he would never be able to drink the herbal tea that brought back memories of his childhood. The taste of herbal tea was gone.
Three years ago, his sister Cheng Min came back, and the mung bean cakes from Shen Dacheng's pastry shop and this delicious mouth jelly came back into his life.
Although Watson's advertisements have now renamed this soda to Coca-Cola, Cheng Qianfan is still used to calling it Coca-Cola.
"Brother Fan, do you really think this stuff tastes good?" Lu Jiu glanced at the bottle of Keguolu. He really didn't understand what was so delicious about it.
He once tried to take a sip, but it tasted worse than soup and he immediately vomited it.
And it’s extremely expensive, a dozen Coca-Cola costs three yuan in French currency.
Cheng Qianfan rolled his eyelids and glanced at Lu Jiu like a country bumpkin, "The soda from Citigroup is aphrodisiac."
Lu Jiufan smiled, aphrodisiac? This sounds like what the foreign devils used to deceive the Chinese people. To aphrodisiac, it must be tiger penis wine.
Cheng Qianfan ignored Lu Jiufan and continued to eat noodles.
He ordered Da Toulu to secretly arrest Fei Ji. This incident had a bad impact.
After all, there was such a good show on the front foot that "Mr. Xiao Cheng stood up for Pao Ze", and then he turned around and ordered his subordinates to secretly arrest Fei Ji. This move harmed the reputation of "Mr. Xiao Cheng".
Soon, Mr. Xiao Cheng took a generous sum of money to the Fei family, and some rational comments came out:
There are doubts about Fei Dai, but Vice President Cheng can support and protect Fei Dai in public, which is a responsibility.
The reason why Fei Dai was arrested secretly was to clear away the suspicion on Fei Dai.
Who would have thought that Fei Dai committed suicide? This shows that there is indeed something wrong with Fei Dai.
Therefore, Vice President Cheng cannot be blamed for Fei Dai's death.
On the contrary, Vice President Cheng had previously taken risks to keep Fei Ni, and even risked being implicated by Fei Ni.
Under such circumstances, Vice President Cheng still cared about Pao Ze's feelings, and the Fei family's rich silk gold was really a great deal.
After this, the negative impact of forcing Fei Ni to death on Cheng Qianfan, although it cannot be said to be completely gone, has faded a lot, at least on the surface.
…
"Brother Fan, Fei Dai's family has come to find him. They want to collect Fei Dai's body." Lu Jiufan said.
Cheng Qianfan put down his chopsticks and picked up a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth.
While picking his teeth, he took the application form that Lu Jiu turned over, glanced at it casually, and said, "It's up to you."
"Brother Fan is benevolent and righteous." Lu Jiufan knew that this was Yun and quickly complimented him.
"That postman's name is..." Cheng Qianfan bit his toothpick, looking thoughtful.
"Old Xing." Lu Jiufan said quickly.
"Hmm, what's the background of this old Xing? Have you found out?" Cheng Qianfan put down his toothpick, took out the cigarette case, and took out a cigarette.
Lu Jiufan skillfully took out his lighter and came over to light Cheng Qianfan's cigarette.
Because Cheng Qianfan liked to use lighters, many of his men followed suit.
Lighters are not ordinary items, they are expensive Western gadgets.
The money spent by the patrolmen on purchasing lighters was naturally distributed to the merchants and the arrested "violated citizens", which caused even more complaints among the people. This was also a new crime for "Mr. Xiao Cheng" to prey on the common people.
"We have some clues." Lu Jiufan said, "My subordinates sent someone to take the 'first mate''s photo to find out. Some of Lao Xing's neighbors said they had seen the person in the photo visiting Lao Xing's house."
"When did it happen?" Cheng Qianfan raised his eyebrows and asked.
"It hasn't been long," Lu Jiufan said, "That is, in the past half month."
"What I want is the specific time." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice, "Go and find out what day the 'first mate' went to see Lao Xing, whether it was in the morning or afternoon, whether he went empty-handed or with a gift, Lao Xing Did you go out to greet him, or did you just knock on the door and get in?"
He looked at Lu Jiufan and said, "Please keep this matter confidential."
"Understood." Lu Jiufan nodded.
But he was thinking about it in his mind.
Keep it secret?
Keep it secret from whom? Who to guard against?
The name of Deputy Inspector Lu Hu immediately came to his mind.
This time Fei Dai was captured secretly, and Brother Fan demanded that he be captured alive. Judging from Fei Dai's subsequent violent suicide, Fei Dai's identity is not simple, and a living Fei Dai is obviously more valuable.
Da Tou Lu messed up things. It seems that Brother Fan is very dissatisfied with Da Tou Lu...
Or, simply dissatisfied?
Cheng Qianfan signed the application, handed it back to Lu Jiufan, flicked the cigarette ashes, and asked, "What is Jiang Shiyi busy with?"
Lu Jiufan showed a strange expression, "Idle and wandering around."
"Where have you been wandering around?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"Pawn shops, antique shops, gold shops, and people dressed like dogs go to foreign banks." Lu Jiufan said.
"Let him go." Cheng Qianfan chuckled, "As long as he doesn't run away, we won't be restrained."
"Understood." Lu Jiufan said.
"Where is Lao Xing's body?" Cheng Qianfan suddenly asked.
"They should still be in Xiafei's prison." Lu Jiu thought about it and said.
"Send someone to keep an eye on it and search Lao Xing's house."
"Yes." He looked at Cheng Qianfan, "Brother Fan wants to use this old man to fish?"
As he spoke, he frowned, "It stands to reason that the dead Lao Xing is of little use to them."
"You're so stupid." Cheng Qianfan glared at Lu Jiu, "Old Xing, an honest fellow, wants to do such a big thing that makes him lose his head. Tell me what he wants?"
'Mr. Xiao Cheng''s eyes seemed to be shining with golden light, "Don't look at this old guy's poor look. It can't be done well, tsk..."
"I understand." Lu Jiufan said quickly after being scolded.
He secretly sighed in his heart, as expected of Brother Fan, even someone like Lao Xing could squeeze out a few ounces of oil in Brother Fan's hands.
After Lu Jiufan left, Cheng Qianfan frowned:
Lao Xing.
He preferred that Lao Xing was a military commander.
In addition, Cheng Qianfan highly suspected that Lao Xing had secretly defected to Li Cuiqun, or that he had been secretly arrested by Li Cuiqun's people and then rebelled.
Otherwise, the appearance of the 'first mate' with such a group of people is the most suspicious thing.
It is impossible to just monitor the military commander Lao Xing.
More like secret collusion.
…
"What's going on?" Zheng Lijun's sinister gaze rested on Yu Zhengze, as if he was suppressing his anger, "Chief Yu, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation!"
"Stationmaster, subordinate." Yu Zhengze said with a grimace, "I don't know why something happened to Lao Xing. Originally, everything went very smoothly."
He swallowed, glanced at Zheng Lijun cautiously, and then continued, "My subordinates arranged for two groups of people to follow them, the overt and the dark. The overt line will be discovered by them. As expected, these two people immediately moved from the hotel, and Lao Xing was the hidden line. That group, with Lao Xing's ability, will definitely be able to follow the two people who made the withdrawal."
"Then what?" Zheng Lijun snorted coldly, "I didn't wait for Lao Xing's report, and everyone was gone!"
Yu Zhengze looked sad and didn't know how to explain.
Zheng Lijun glanced at Yu Zhengze, feeling increasingly irritable.
Ruan Zhiyuan committed treason, former station chief Zheng Weilong was arrested, and the Shanghai Station suffered heavy losses. After more than a year, it still failed to recover.
And now, after the internal fighting between Zheng Lijun and Wang Iron Mu, there is even more chaos inside the Shanghai Station.
Under this circumstance, the intelligence capabilities of the Shanghai Station have also been affected to a certain extent.
The information they have received so far is confusing and even contradictory:
Lao Xing was suddenly shot to death.
A group of people rushed out and caught a man and identified him as the murderer of Lao Xing.
Then there was a confrontation between the patrol room and this group of people, and later that guy Cheng Qianfan came forward to take down this group of people.
Later, I found out that the person initially identified as the murderer was Fei Dai, the inspector of the Xiafei Patrol Room.
After that, no more news came back.
Zheng Lijun only felt that his head was very heavy.
Who killed Lao Xing? Is the murderer really the policeman? Why did the patrol attack Lao Xing?
Lao Xing's death was because he was exposed?
So, the patrolman named Fei Dai is a red party member?
In other words, Fei Dai is not the murderer?
And what are the origins of that group of people who suddenly appeared?
Why did they suddenly appear at that moment?
In fact, compared to when Lao Xing was suddenly killed, Zheng Lijun paid more attention to the sudden appearance of this group of people, or was more alert!
Just because the timing of this group of people's appearance was too coincidental.
Zheng Lijun couldn't help but suspect that there was something fishy.
…
Cheng Xuyuan hurriedly opened the door and entered.
"What did you find out?" Zheng Lijun asked eagerly.
Cheng Xuyuan had a secret in his hand while patrolling the French Concession. This secret was said to have been given to Cheng Xuyuan by Song Fuguo back then. Since then, it has been directly under the control of Cheng Xuyuan. Even Zheng Lijun does not know who this person is.
"I heard about it." Cheng Xuyuan took two sips of water, and after he had regained his breath, he continued, "That group of people are from Li Cuiqun."
"Li Cuiqun..." Zheng Lijun's expression changed slightly.
Shanghai Station did not pay attention to Ding Mu Tun and Li Cuiqun, a traitor spy agency supported by the Japanese at first.
In addition, the Shanghai Station also received an order from the Chongqing headquarters to get rid of Li Cuiqun and took action.
It's a pity that stupid guy Wang Zhimu failed in his action. Not only did he not get rid of Li Cuiqun, but he alerted the snake and attracted Li Cuiqun's revenge. Two traffic stations in Shanghai Station were destroyed consecutively in less than a month. .
It was Li Cuiqun's fierce counterattack that made the Shanghai Station realize the difficulty of this spy organization that they had not paid attention to at first.
"Are you sure he is from Li Cuiqun?" Zheng Lijun asked in a deep voice.
"It's certain." Cheng Xuyuan said, "And the identity of the leader of this group is very special."
Zheng Lijun handed Cheng Xuyuan a cigarette and motioned for him to continue.
"This person is the 'first mate' who was in charge of the assassination of Cheng Qianfan by our old friend and was later arrested by the patrol room." Cheng Xuyuan said.
"Is it him?" Zheng Lijun looked surprised, "Isn't there news that this man died in the hands of the Japanese after he was extradited to the police station?"
"The rumors should be wrong." Cheng Xuyuan said, "Many of Cheng Qianfan's men knew this 'first mate'. It is unmistakable. Looking at it now, this man did not die in the hands of the Japanese, but surrendered on his knees. No. I don’t know why I ended up working under Li Cuiqun again.”
"Nothing strange." Zheng Lijun sneered, "Most of Dingmu Tun and Li Cuiqun's subordinates are the eggless bunch of Zhongtong."
As he spoke, his expression darkened.
"It looks like -" Cheng Xuyuan also looked embarrassed, and both of them realized the problem, "There may be something wrong with Lao Xing."
Lao Xing had just been killed, and Li Cuiqun's people rushed out.
If there is nothing fishy about this, even the devil would not believe it.
"It's not possible, there must be a problem." Zheng Lijun said in a deep voice.
He looked at Yu Zhengze who was standing aside and did not dare to speak, "Chief Yu, do you think there will be a problem with Lao Xing?"
"Stationmaster." Yu Zhengze thought for a while and said cautiously, "Could it be that Lao Xing was just being targeted by Li Cuiqun's people. Li Cuiqun's people wanted to take a long-term approach to catch big fish, so they kept standing still, but... Unexpectedly, Lao Xing was suddenly beaten to death, which was completely beyond their expectations, so they could only show up in a hurry."
Zheng Lijun looked angry at first, but now, Yu Zhengze is still trying to excuse his men's problems.
However, he immediately showed a thoughtful expression.
"Impossible." Zheng Lijun shook his head immediately.
Most of Li Cuiqun's subordinates were from the Central Government, and the military commanders were very familiar with and understood the methods of the Central Government.
Compared to the fact that Lao Xing was secretly watched by so many people, he was more inclined to believe that Lao Xing had committed treason. Furthermore, Lao Xing was most likely to have defected to Li Cuiqun.
So many people are watching secretly?
With a thought in his mind, he more firmly rejected Yu Zhengze's speculation.
Even for surveillance, it only makes sense to send one or two people to monitor. There is no reason for so many people to gather together and maintain surveillance for a long time.
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