On the streets of Ningbo, even the air is a bit tense.
Ever since the Japanese occupied Shanghai, everyone in Ningbo knew that sooner or later the plaster flag would appear in Ningbo.
But no one said that.
Everyone has a sense of luck in their hearts.
What if?
What if the Japanese forgot this place?
The prices of daily necessities such as rice and noodles in Ningbo vary from day to day.
Even the famous Ningbo rice dumplings are priced differently.
Meng Shaoyuan seemed to be in a good mood. Originally, Chu Xiuyan wanted to treat him to a meal, but the young master asked him to go about his duties with peace of mind.
Meng Shaoyuan himself asked Yu Yanchu to take him around Ningbo to taste Ningbo's specialties.
Not to mention particularly famous stores, such as Zhuangyuanlou’s rock sugar turtle, Feng Hengda’s fragrant dried rice cakes, and Shengyangtai’s North and South dry goods.
These long-established stores are excluded.
Meng Shaoyuan specified a range.
"There's nothing delicious here?" Yu Yanchu was a little confused: "When I was a child, I would come to Ningbo from Cixi every year to stay for a while. I wanted to satisfy my cravings, but adults never brought me here."
"I still want to go to this place."
Meng Shaoyuan is mysterious and mysterious, and no one can figure out what is going on in his mind...
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Yu Yanchu finally got to know Director Meng's way of eating.
He would pick a restaurant at random and order something to eat casually, without asking whether it tasted good or not, and whether it had any special features.
The only thing is that I like to pick a place with a particularly wide view.
He doesn't rush things in the morning or evening.
Just kept looking outside.
When the food was served, he only took a bite occasionally, still looking at the scenery outside.
Then he would suddenly say: "Check out and leave."
Then, choose another place and continue this process.
After spinning around like this, Yu Yanchu and Gan Ning and Xu Zhu who were accompanying Meng Shaoyuan all fainted and had no idea what Director Meng wanted to do.
After sitting there for about seven or eight restaurants, Director Meng suddenly took a bite of the dumpling and waved the spoon: "Let's go back."
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"Director Meng, what on earth are you doing?"
When we returned, it was already dark, and the confused Yu Yanchu couldn't help but ask.
"What to do?" Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Map!"
A map was taken out.
"Take a look."
Meng Shaoyuan drew a circle at every point he visited today, and then used a pen to connect the circles: "Where are we going around today?"
Gan Ning and Xu Zhu were both outsiders and couldn't understand.
Yu Yanchu suddenly blurted out: "Where does He Donghu live?"
"Yes, that's where He Donghu lives!" Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "I heard that He Donghu is a cautious person. Not only is his home heavily guarded, but there is also a secret passage. If we want to take action against him, we must Find where this secret passage is."
Yu Yanchu didn't quite understand.
This is Director Meng’s first time in Ningbo. He lives in a sparse place. Can he find the secret passage just by sitting in a few shops?
"There is another key point, Masayasu Gentani." Meng Shaoyuan seemed to be confident: "This Japanese head of agency in Ningbo will never disappear without the help of local people, and he needs to control the situation in Ningbo , and actively planned actions, all of which he could not do without the help of He Donghu."
"What do you mean?" Gan Ning seemed to understand: "Yuangu Zhengkang is always nearby and can be contacted by He Donghu at any time?"
"I'm afraid there's more to it than that."
Meng Shaoyuan sneered: "I highly doubt that Yuan Gu Zhengkang has actually been hiding in He Donghu's house!"
"It's possible." Gan Ning suddenly realized: "Is there any safer place than He Donghu's home? If he wants to give an order, He Donghu can send someone directly to give it, and it will be less likely to be exposed. And there are people in He Donghu's home. The secret passage makes it easier to come and go, and in the event of an emergency, it will also be convenient for Genya Masayasu to escape!"
"That's right." Meng Shaoyuan clicked on the map in front of him: "The so-called secret passage is not a place where you can dig a way out of your home. You must have a safe exit. For example, let's attack Ho Tung Lake now. His home was surrounded by us, front and back, left and right, so there was no way he could arrange an exit in the nearby area.
What if it's further away? It consumes too much manpower and material resources, and it is also easily exposed during the excavation process. Therefore, it can only be the area we went to today, and the exit must be kept secret. You can't just suddenly have a person appear out of the ground in broad daylight? Or does anyone lift the lid and dive directly into the ground? "
When Xu Zhu and Yu Yanchu heard this, they began to understand roughly.
"Lao Taixin Grocery Store and Niuji Tangyuan Store!"
Meng Shaoyuan wrote these two names on the map: "I kept going to this neighborhood before finally finding the target. The old Taixin grocery store is not big, but there is a shopkeeper and a clerk inside. Such a small store In a store, hiring one more waiter would be an extra expense. Especially the boss and the waiter behaved very abnormally.
When guests come, the shopkeeper is absent-minded and looks outside from time to time. This can be seen as him waiting for the guests. But what about the guy? Move a bench and sit outside. Have you ever seen a shop assistant do this? I guessed that he was not waiting for guests to come to the door, but was showing off and using special means to convey news.
As for the method, I also saw it. There was a soy sauce jar outside the store. Hey, the lid was open. Who saw soy sauce being preserved like this? That means safety. Once danger is discovered, it is natural to close the lid, but in fact, it is sending dangerous information to accomplices. If grocery stores are sentinels, what about the real points?
The best location is Niuji Tangyuan Shop. The door is closed, but there are shadows flashing in the windows. There must be someone inside. What are they doing? Watching the grocery store! Looking at the location of the two stores, they are thirty meters away from He Zhai. If everything goes according to my judgment, Niuji Tangyuan Store is the real entrance and exit of the secret passage! "
In other words, this is also the key to life for Yuan Gu Zhengkang!
Yu Yanchu was speechless and asked: "Director Meng, you can know where the entrance and exit of Hezhai's secret passage is by just turning around in a circle like this?"
"The answer to any mystery has actually been announced a long time ago." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "The key question is, where is the answer hidden? Can you find the answer? Many key elements to solve the mystery are waiting for us. Discover!"
Xu Zhu immediately said: "Then we go to remove these two spots overnight?"
"I think what Director Meng means is that there is no need to go so early." Gan Ning immediately said: "If we really want to remove it, I'm afraid we have already done it by now..."
At this point, he glanced at Meng Shaoyuan and found that Director Meng nodded encouragingly at him, and then continued: "If we attack rashly, I'm afraid we will alert the snake. Maybe there is another way to escape in He Donghu. But once we are there, If there is any commotion in the house, Genya Masayasu who is hiding there, his first reaction will definitely be to use the secret passage to escape."
Meng Shaoyuan discovered that Gan Ning had made great progress while following him.
But Xu Zhu was a bit worse in this regard. What he was best at was how to get prisoners to speak.
"We have a serious shortage of manpower here." Meng Shaoyuan said thoughtfully: "The eight people under Lai Songsheng are absolutely reliable and can be relied on. The most reliable is Chu Xiuyan's Yongshang Anti-Japanese Death Squadron. If Wu Guozhu's tax police are willing to help , that’s the best, but there is still a force that can be used, I have already sent someone to invite him..."
While he was talking there, a subordinate hurriedly walked in: "Director Meng, Wu Chengzhang, the commander of the Military Command Ningbo Station, is here."
"please!"
After a while, Wu Chengzhang walked in:
"Who is Director Meng from Shanghai?"
"I am."
"Director Meng, I have long admired your name." Wu Chengzhang shook hands with him: "I received an order from Director Dai personally, saying that you are going to Ningbo to perform a mission, and let our Ningbo Station do our best to assist you. I was just thinking When will you come?"
"I arrived in Ningbo early in the morning." Meng Shaoyuan did not hide anything: "This mission is very urgent, and brothers dare not neglect it in the slightest."
"Director Meng, please tell me, what assistance do you need from our Ningbo side?"
Just after he finished speaking, Meng Shaoyuan had already replied: "Stationmaster Wu, we made a mistake. It's not you who is assisting us, but I am here to assist Ningbo Station."
Wu Chengzhang was startled.
He had long known that Meng Shaoyuan, who came from Shanghai, was Dai Li's confidant. He must be proud of his success as a young man. In addition, this mission was personally assigned by Dai Li, which makes the young director even more arrogant.
I just didn't expect that Meng Shaoyuan would be so polite when he spoke.
Meng Shaoyuan was pressed for time and did not go around in circles with the other party: "Director Wu, whether it is Ningbo or Shanghai, you and I have the same purpose. However, this time, brother is directly under the direct command of the third department of the chairman's attendant's office!"
Wu Chengzhang took a breath of air.
Good guy, this is quite a big deal.
"Director Wu, I don't want to use the reputation of the Chairman's Attendant to pressure you." Meng Shaoyuan said calmly: "You also know that since I have taken this title, I will never work with you after the mission is successful. You are trying to steal all the credit, and all the credit will be yours alone, and all the infamy will be borne by me, Meng Shaoyuan!"
"Director Meng, don't say anything." Of course Wu Chengzhang knew the stakes: "Whatever you need me to do, just ask me."
He also knew very well that since Meng Shaoyuan had the support of the Generalissimo's Attendant, his background was of great importance, and once the task was accomplished, the Generalissimo's Attendant would never make a big deal about it.
The advantage is naturally that you can enjoy it here exclusively.
As for what kind of commendation the Chairman would give Meng Shaoyuan, that was beyond his control or extravagant expectation.
Meng Shaoyuan's willingness to give this credit to himself is already a huge favor!
