No. 75, Jisi Feier Road in the west of Shanghai, No. 74 to the east and No. 76 across the road are all garden houses built by foreigners who bought land from Daotai Yamen. The house numbers are the blue background and white letters of the public concession. Inside the gate there is a three-story foreign-style building, a new bungalow, and a large garden.
At this time, Zhou Wen was standing at the gate of No. 75, looking at this garden-style building with an area of more than 700 square meters, and felt very satisfied. This is a property that Mr. Du and Zhou Wen exchanged. It is located in the west area of the public concession. It is relatively quiet and the surrounding environment is elegant and peaceful. It is a good place to live.
Ordinarily, Zhou Wen's three-story villa on Yuyuan Road cannot be exchanged for the garden house in front of him. The main reason is that the floor area is simply incomparable, and there is also a row of bungalows. Zhou Wen estimates that even if it belongs to a detachment, It's more than enough for all the brothers to live in it.
But Mr. Du was a generous man, so he not only gave him this foreign-style building in exchange, but also gave Zhou Wen two houses with three entrances not far away. It was really an exchange of one house for the other, but the value was very different. It means making friends with Zhou Wen, but also means returning Zhou Wen's greeting.
Zhou Wen naturally had nothing to say about Mr. Du. He was so bold and generous, showing the demeanor of a big shot in the world.
But what Zhou Wen is most satisfied with is not his luxurious villa, but the garden house across the road that is similar to his own. It is No. 76. It is not known whose private residence it is now, but in a few years, it will become A dark cave that everyone talks about.
In 1938, after the Japanese army invaded Shanghai, eager to control Shanghai, they provided money and guns and ordered Li Zhiqun, a traitor from the Central Unification Committee, to establish a traitor spy organization. Li Zhiqun felt that his appeal was not enough, so he invited Ding Mocun, a double agent of the "Military Tong" and "Central Tong" who was willing to be a traitor.
They recruited members of the "Military Command" and "Central Command" who were willing to surrender to Japan as backbones, and hired gangsters, gangsters and other social scum as thugs, and assembled a team of traitorous spy organizations. After being selected by the Japanese spy agency "Mei Agency", No. 76 Jisi Feier Road was used as the residence of the Ding Mo Village and Li Shiqun spy organizations. This is the secret agent headquarters of the notorious Wang Puppet regime in history, with the full name "Central Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang" Executive Committee Secret Service Headquarters."
The special agent headquarters "No. 76", which served as a tool for the Japanese invasion of China, committed heinous crimes in history. The targets of "No. 76" were mainly anti-Japanese patriots from all walks of life and parties, causing one bloody tragedy after another. It even brought the organizations and activities of the military command and the Central Command in the occupied areas to the brink of extinction several times.
Now, this building that will bring misfortune to various anti-Japanese organizations in Shanghai in the future is right in front of Zhou Wen, so while he is shocked, he can't help but feel that God has his own arrangements. Could it be that the Buddha specially asked him to end it? The fate of this magical cave?
The person who brought Zhou Wen to see the house was one of Mr. Du's confidants, a capable young man in his thirties named Ming Zheng. Zhou Wen learned through Su Jixian that Mr. Du had four capable men, and the top two were named Wan. Mulin, one is the bright sign in front of me.
Ming Zheng saw that Zhou Wen had been looking at No. 76 across the street, so he explained: "Scholar, No. 76 across the street is the residence of Chairman Chen of Anhui Province. He usually comes to live there for a short time, mainly with his family and a few people living there." My nephew who studies in Shanghai lives here.”
Zhou Wen smiled and nodded: "They are all good houses! I am very satisfied. Thank you Mr. Du for me."
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Time soon came to the end of March 1932.
This morning, the early spring sunshine shone lazily on this city that had just experienced the baptism of war.
At Shanghai North Railway Station, a train from Nanjing has just entered the station. Amidst the steam, a few people stepped out of the first-class carriage. One was a tall foreigner with chestnut hair and a suit. He wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looked quite elegant.
Behind him followed a beautiful young woman in a blue satin cheongsam, and two young men in Chinese tunic suits carrying suitcases. After the four people got off the train, they walked directly to the platform exit without any pause.
At this time, the doors of other carriages had just opened, and crowds of people poured out of the carriages like a river, bustling towards the exit.
At this time, the four people from before had already walked out of the platform. Under the guidance of a tall young man who had been waiting at the door, they walked towards several parked cars while talking and laughing. Not long after, they saw a handsome young man in front of him, wearing a crisp gray suit, standing next to the car. He was looking over with a smile. The tall foreigner quickly greeted with a smile: "Scholar, why are you here in person?" Pick us up?”
This young man is Zhou Wen, and the tall young man who leads the way is naturally Ti Jing.
However, the three people behind the foreigner, led by the beautiful young woman, all came to Zhou Wen and bowed and said, "Hello, young master!"
Zhou Wen smiled bitterly and touched his nose and said: "Sister Ying, Ayi and Ashun, didn't I tell you not to call me that? Our mercenary group doesn't like this."
"That's not possible. In a place like Shanghai, how could it be possible, Master, that you don't have many servants around you?" the beautiful young woman said with a smile.
It turned out that these three people were Zhao Ying, Zhao Yi, and Zhao Shun. They and little Henry all came to Shanghai quickly after receiving Zhou Wen's order.
After Zhou Wen made arrangements for several footholds, he was ready to implement a series of predetermined plans, and the three siblings, Little Henry and Zhao Ying, were all indispensable figures in the plan.
The two cars drove directly to No. 75 Jisi Feier Road. Even though the Zhao Ying siblings were used to the sights of big cities in Tianjin, they were still shocked by the prosperity of Shanghai.
After the car drives through the gate, what comes into view is a spacious green lawn and garden. On the front is a three-story European-style building, and on the side of the building is a row of bungalows. The layout and appearance of the entire building are... It was so elegant and elegant that even little Henry, who had seen a lot in the United States, looked at it and praised it repeatedly.
Zhou Wen said with a smile: "This will be our base camp in Shanghai from now on. It's up to you, Sister Ying, to decide the layout and the number of additional manpower needed. I don't have time to do this."
Zhao Ying's beautiful eyes smiled with satisfaction and said, "Young master, don't worry, leave it all to me. I just don't know if the young master's wallet is enough?"
Zhou Wen laughed and said, "Enough is enough, Sister Ying, just don't worry."
