No. 76, the secret service headquarters of the Secret Service Committee of the Central Executive Committee of the Wang Puppet Kuomintang. It was originally located at No. 67 Daxi Road and was later moved to No. 76 Jisi Feier Road. In the previous No. 67 period, it was a spy organization under the puppet government supported by the Japanese. Of course, it is also under the puppet government supported by the Japanese now. But Wang Zhaoming's weight is obviously not comparable to those before. It is for this reason that Number 76 is even more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
In fact, whether it was the previous No. 67 or the current No. 76, the sins committed by those who persecuted were extremely serious.
People are always like this. Once they make up their minds to rebel, they will deal with their own people more cruelly than the others. Because they had no way out and they had to show off in front of their new master, they naturally acted even more ruthlessly.
Of course, nothing is absolute, nor is it impossible to make ends meet with the current situation. However, compared to the entire group of traitors and Japanese devils, they still constitute a minority.
Because people are accustomed to punching and drawing knives at the weak. Whenever they have some small power, they have to stand over others and dominate. Mr. Lu Xun said that when a slave becomes a master, he will never give up the title of "master". His pretentiousness is probably more complete and ridiculous than that of his master. It's basically the same thing as this. Villains in the peaceful era are not like this.
At around two o'clock in the afternoon, after having lunch comfortably, Wang Yan followed Wang Manchun to the headquarters of No. 76. In a conference room, he met Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing.
Wang Manchun was right, and he did not treat these two people harshly.
Fortunately, Gu Yongcheng was a cultural person after all. He wore gold-rimmed glasses and looked upright, while he was boredly flipping through a book he got from somewhere. Shi Changxing couldn't help it anymore. He slumped on the chair crookedly, with his legs crossed, his big leather boots on the table, his hat on half of his face, and he snored loudly.
Seeing Wang Yan open the door and come in, Gu Yongcheng quickly stood up and called for someone. Shi Changxing, who was sleeping, heard the noise and took his hat in confusion. He looked at Wang Yan and looked at him with a smile, and stood up quickly.
He wiped the saliva from his mouth and attacked first with righteous indignation: "Brother Yan, you are finally here. You don't know, the Japanese and their No. 76 have gone too far. They didn't even say hello. They sent thousands of military police to surround our warehouse and search everywhere. They even arrested the two of us here. Is this arresting us? This is a slap in your face, Brother Yan. The entire warehouse was sealed and delayed. How big of a problem are we? How much damage has been caused? What to do with the money? Are tens of thousands of workers and thousands of brothers all drinking the northwest wind?"
Wang Yan waved his hand: "Okay, what kind of face can I have? It's not like you don't know what happened. We have a red party, how can we not let them be investigated? Hurry up, you two are cooperating with Director Wang's people Investigate, tell everything about Li Zhaonian's situation clearly, and then leave quickly and go back to calm people's minds. If you have anything to say, I'll wait for you outside. Oh, by the way."
Looking at Wang Manchun beside him, he said: "I'm here just in time. I also know that Yan Zhengcai. Can I go and have a look?"
"Of course, if you don't want to vent your anger, you can also vent your anger through execution yourself."
"Forget it then. This number 76 is like a sieve. I don't have the guts to punish the Red Party. What if this spreads out and people come to me later?"
Wang Manchun snorted, rolled his eyes at Wang Yan, ignored him, and told his subordinates to lead Wang Yan and the curious Qi Si to the prison inside No. 76 where anti-Japanese personnel were detained.
This prison has three floors above ground and one underground floor. On the lowest floor, you can see the upper floors upwards, which is connected. But even so, it's not that good inside. The whole thing is filled with a damp and unpleasant smell. It was snowing heavily outside, and the temperature in the prison was not very high. The detainees were wearing very thin clothes and were shivering in the cold.
It was under such circumstances that Wang Yan saw in a cell on the lowest floor that he was wearing a coat, with a bruised nose and swollen face after being beaten, gauze wrapped around his exposed hands and feet, fresh blood on the collar of the coat, and on his neck. The scars were exposed on the flesh, and it looked like he had been beaten badly.
Comparison only hurts. If Xia Changguo could be like Yan Zhengcai, he would not die. At this time, it is hard to say that he is still alive. Of course, that is without embarrassment with the Red Party.
Seeing Wang Yan standing outside the iron fence with his hands behind his back expressionlessly, Yan Zhengcai struggled to get up, curved the corner of his mouth, showed an ugly smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "Brother Yan, I'm sorry. I’m causing trouble for you.”
"I have thought of this trouble for a long time, but what I didn't expect is that your Red Party has infiltrated my subordinates so well. Senior officials like you and Li Zhaonian are actually members of the Red Party. How stupid are you? You will be honest under me. If you are doing real work, you will get a lot of salary and benefits every month, so why bother with so many things."
"I can't mix in anymore, I've become a traitor now." Yan Zhengcai smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother Yan, what's happening over there at Li Zhaonian?"
"If there was any movement, wouldn't you have heard it here?" Wang Yan glared at him angrily: "The man ran away, and the Japanese gendarmerie surrounded the warehouse. They want to search it thoroughly, and no one is missing. Screening. I also called Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing over to cooperate with their investigation. Do you know how much damage it caused to me? "
When Yan Zhengcai heard that the person had run away, he breathed a sigh of relief and let out an unpleasant laugh: "Then it's out of my control."
He had tried his best. Although those few hours were not necessarily enough for Li Zhaonian to evacuate, as long as he was not arrested immediately, the possibility of safe evacuation would increase infinitely, and he always had hope in his heart.
Just when Wang Yan was about to say a few more words, Li Shiqun trotted over, followed by Minglou and Mingcheng.
"Oops, Mr. Wang, I'm really negligent. I'm so sorry." When he arrived at Wang Yan's side, Li Shiqun wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and spoke while breathing heavily.
Minglou, who was one step behind, also said, "Yes, Mr. Wang, I shouldn't have disturbed you. It's just that your men are too loyal, so I have to trouble you to go all the way in the snow."
Wang Yan shook his head and sighed, with a look of helplessness on his face: "I can't help it. It's my subordinates after all. If something like this happened, I can't escape the responsibility of poor supervision. But Director Li and Director Ming, don't worry, you two. I will cooperate where necessary. I just hope you can understand me. After all, I do business with the red party, and there is no way to avoid having some red parties lurking under me.
I'm not staring at the company all day long. These people are very serious about their work. To be honest, my industry can flourish because of Yan Zhengcai and Li Zhaonian who escaped. They are hidden so deeply that I really have no way to identify them, and I don’t have the trouble to identify them. In the entire Shanghai Bund, I now have the largest industry and the largest number of employees, and I have contacts with the Red Party.
But other businessmen also have dealings with the Red Party, and their business is not small. I don't believe there are no Red Party members among their men. And everyone knows that under our people, there are also people from the military command, the Central Command, people from the Super High School, Iwai Mansion, and your people. It would be meaningless if we cling to this point. "
Li Shiqun shook his head repeatedly: "Mr. Wang, don't worry, we have absolutely no intention of exaggerating the matter. And when it comes to business, even the Japanese are trading penicillin with the Red Party. What does that have to do with you? And just now, Minister Zhou We also called Section Chief Nantian from the Special Higher Education Course and told us to get it done as soon as possible without taking up too much of your time."
Minglou nodded seriously on the side with a look of 'He's right'. His status was not enough. Li Shiqun had defected to the Japanese for many years. With Li Shiqun's presence, he had no say.
"Then I can rest assured. Unexpected disasters are the most annoying." Wang Yan sighed again: "Okay, Director Li, you are so busy, so don't deal with me, an idle person, and let Director Ming stay. That's good. I guess it won't take long for Director Wang to ask questions. I'll talk to him about business matters and go back in a while."
"I really have a lot of troubles. If that's the case, let Director Ming stay. Another day, I'll call Minister Shang Din and make an appointment with Minister Zhou. Let's have a drink together. Since the last party, we have been thinking about each other. , I had fun drinking with you, and I must show off when the time comes."
Li Shiqun didn't talk nonsense. He had a low status and didn't like to smile with Wang Yan, so he told Minglou and left his secretary here to listen to the news.
Seeing Li Shiqun leave, Minglou said: "Mr. Wang, Minglou still wants to say sorry to you. This kind of trivial matter should not disturb you. But for safety and to avoid future trouble, I have to go out. This is the next best thing.”
"What's the point of being sorry? I can understand your actions, but it's me who will suffer the loss after all. But luckily it's snowing heavily today and the roads are not smooth, otherwise the loss today would be nothing."
His goods need to be transferred, and his money needs to be transferred. The contracts signed with other people also specify the dates. If the delivery date is delayed, he will lose money. Although when the contract was signed, various situations had been considered and sufficient time was left to deal with emergencies, but it is natural to say how serious it is.
Minglou nodded happily: "That means you are lucky, and it happened to catch up with the heavy snow today. After the search and screening on No. 76 are completed, there will be a lot less trouble in the future, and you can be stable for a long time."
"Am I lucky? It's the Red Party's bad luck! I've heard all about it. There was a Red Party member lurking in a confidential place who went to the archives room to peek at the files and was bumped into by someone. This Red Party member happened to be bumped into. If the party had better luck, he wouldn't have been caught, he wouldn't have looked like he was dying, and I wouldn't have been able to show up here."
"In this case, it would be better to say that his fate is bad." Minglou pointed to Yan Zhengcai in the prison cell with a smile: "If the red party lurking in the confidential room can survive for a while like him, then It has nothing to do with you."
"I can't even figure it out. The Red Party members under me have all reached the level of managers. Instead of transporting goods honestly, they go to collect intelligence." Wang Yan waved his hand: "Let's go, let's not talk about this. Your Economic Department is currently Are there any changes? I heard from the people below..."
Wang Yan strolled away with his hands behind his back. He really chatted with Minglou about business matters, and Minglou, the director of the Economic Department, also answered patiently and said nothing else.
From the previous simple conversation, Wang Yan could tell that Minglou didn't actually know what was going on. Because in addition to the red party in the confidential office, there is also the rickshaw puller from the rickshaw company. This is wrong, because what the two of them were talking about was the source of the matter, and the meaning of Mingtou's words was that nothing happened at the beginning. The person who was directly connected to him was the person from his rickshaw company, and then Yan Zhengcai was brought out, and then Li Zhaonian was implicated.
Minglou must have heard about this and came over from the municipal building. The municipal building is not close to No. 76. It snowed again today, making the road difficult to drive, and it will take a long time.
Since Minglou was not notified before, Minglou could only ask briefly when he came over, and Li Shiqun simply replied. So just now Wang Yan briefly talked about the situation, leaving a message for Minglou so that Minglou could go back and continue questioning Li Shiqun or Wang Manchun.
It doesn't matter how things happened. The important thing is, what kind of intelligence is it that makes the red party, who has finally lurked in a confidential office, take the risk to take a peek in the archives room. This is something that Minglou, the intelligence leader of Shanghai’s underground party, needs to investigate clearly...
Wang Manchun did not interrogate Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing for too long before letting them out. Originally, he wanted to send them out in person, but when he saw Wang Yan and Minglou at the door, they were holding on to the snow and smoking. While chatting, there were many people around her, so she turned around and went back.
She was also embarrassed to have an old friend and a current companion. Especially she knew that Wang Yan was bad. If she really went out, he would definitely say some unpleasant words to disgust her, so she avoided it tactfully.
"Director Ming, how long will it take to finish the work at the warehouse?"
"I really can't say for sure. You also know that this is all decided by the Japanese. Otherwise, even if you gave No. 76 the courage, you wouldn't have surrounded your warehouse. Don't you think so?"
"Okay, that's it. I'll drink again when I get the chance. It'll be interesting to chat with you."
"It's Minglou's honor. It's snowy and the road is slippery, so please drive slowly."
Wang Yan waved his hand, told the two of them the location, got into the car driven by Qi Si and left first.
Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing walked out of the gate of No. 76, got into the car of their subordinates who had been waiting here, and left with them.
"Brother Yan, Japanese..."
Qi Si, who was driving, was about to speak when he saw Wang Yan shaking his head through the rearview mirror and suddenly stopped talking. After thinking for a moment, he realized that they were the two coming from No. 76. He had been following Wang Yan for a while, and the car was out of his sight. That's the secret service headquarters, and all the people coming and going are secret agents. Who knows if they took the opportunity to load things in the car?
"Brother Yan, it will be time for dinner soon after we drive back. If you ask me, why not just eat directly? It will also bring bad luck to Manager Gu and Brother Shi. After all, No. 76 is not a good place."
"How long have you just eaten?"
"It's cold, so it will be consumed quickly. I'm still growing, right?"
While Qi Si was talking, he looked around in the car. Occasionally, he would fumble around with his hands. He would also look in the outside rearview mirror to see if there was any car following him. When passing by an intersection, he would also look into the alleys on the left and right. , hoping to see whether there are suspicious vehicles on other parallel roads.
The two of them chatted slowly and leisurely along the way, and it was already past four o'clock when they returned to the French Concession. So Wang Yan adopted Qi Si's suggestion and found a Sichuan-Chongqing hotpot restaurant to eat.
It was cold and the roads were difficult to walk, and the restaurant's business was not very good. No one wanted to come out, so there were not many people in the store at this time. Qi Si was tearing apart meat from a pot while Wang Yan was sitting at the table with Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing. This conversation was not something Qi Si could listen to.
Wang Yan took a sip of wine and ate a mouthful of peanuts. He used his chopsticks to pick up the mutton slices in the pot. He looked at the two people opposite who were a little nervous and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"
In the conference room No. 76, when Wang Yan entered, he saw Shi Changxing winking at him. It was because there was something inside.
Shi Changxing and Gu Yongcheng exchanged glances. Gu Yongcheng pushed up his glasses, sighed, leaned forward, looked at Wang Yan carefully, and whispered tentatively: "Brother Yan, if I say that Li Zhaonian is in our hands, won't you?" Are you angry?"
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