Chapter 1125 Xiao Mian’s life value
"Our country declares war on Germany. The war is limited to countries. Civilians are innocent." Peter looked at Cheng Qianfan and said righteously, "Private property is sacred and inviolable."
Cheng Qianfan chuckled, obviously thinking that Peter was pretending, so he took out a piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to Peter.
Pete took it and looked at it.
This is the situation of German overseas Chinese in the French Concession that Cheng Qianfan investigated:
There are currently 433 German expatriates in the French Concession.
It includes houses, commercial properties, bonds, etc. A rough overview is as follows.
In addition, on the day after Germany declared war on Poland, German expats in Shanghai were already alert.
“Many of them have withdrawn their savings stored in French and British banks and transferred them to banks in the Netherlands, Belgium and Italy.” Cheng Qianfan said, “So, it will be easier to get the money stored in the bank. trouble."
Speaking, he shook his head regretfully.
"Qianfan." Peter said with a serious expression, "I said, the war has nothing to do with civilians, France will not plunder civilians' private property."
Cheng Qianfan took a deep look at Peter, and finally nodded, "Okay then."
As he spoke, he took a puff from his cigarette and said, "You guys are just having dinner, and I'm going to get some soup and water. It's thankless, so that's fine."
Peter's expression was still serious, and he was obviously unwilling to continue talking about this topic.
Cheng Qianfan felt even more confident. Although the French declared war on Germany, it seemed that they were just declaring war for the sake of declaring war.
The war has nothing to do with civilians?
During the European War, the French Concession authorities were merciless when they detained and confiscated German assets, businesses, and savings, and even insulted German women.
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Back to the deputy chief inspector's office on the second floor, Cheng Qianfan opened the window and shouted toward the medical room, "Old Huang, hurry up and press your shoulders."
“Come on.” Lao Huang popped his head and responded, holding a cigarette in his mouth, and went upstairs.
Cheng Qianfan personally made tea for Lao Huang and said loudly, "Try it, the best Lu'an melon slices."
"Mr. Cheng's good tea, I want to try it." Lao Huang motioned to Cheng Qianfan to lie down on the chair.
“I was really worried that you weren’t in the medical room just now.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“Just as I was getting ready to go out, Liu Xing from the General Affairs Office came to see me to prescribe medicine.” Lao Huang said.
He was very anxious just now and urgently wanted to leave the patrol room to send out the information that Cen Xu had died and that the Japanese were waiting at No. 62, Masinan Road.
“Is there something wrong?” Lao Huang asked.
Since Comrade Huo Miao said he was worried and just went out, this must mean there is something new.
“I just saw someone from No. 76 outside.” Cheng Qianfan said.
"who?"
“Cao Yu.” Cheng Qianfan said.
“It’s such a scourge that has lasted for thousands of years. Why is this guy not dead yet?” Old Huang also frowned.
Not to mention that one of his ears was broken on Kaisen Road. In addition, he also participated in the No. 76 round-up of the Military Command Shanghai Station and the Shanghai Special Intelligence Group several times. It can be said that Cao Yu was able to escape after many life and death catastrophes. Pass a tribulation.
“This guy is really tough.” Cheng Qianfan said helplessly.
Not to mention other things, the last time he rescued Sheng Shuyu, Cao Yu escaped again. Last time, he used Xiaochi to get rid of a group of No. 76 Action Group, and Cao Yu happened to be at the back door. Crouching and guarding, he also escaped.
"Do you think Cao Yu is passing by? Or is he squatting nearby? Who is their target?" Lao Huang asked thoughtfully.
“I’m not passing by.” Cheng Qianfan shook his head, “Old Huang, you’ll know just by taking a look at the window.”
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Lao Huang reached the window sill, put out the cigarette **** in the ashtray on the windowsill, and glanced outside.
“That shoe shiner is a stranger.” Lao Huang came back, pressed on Cheng Qianfan’s shoulder and said.
He frowned and thought, "What do you think their goal is?"
"I can't tell." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "But it's unlikely that he came for us."
The special party branch in the French Concession has actually cut off personnel contact with the local party organizations in Shanghai. All information is transmitted through dead mailboxes, and only the special party branch in Shanghai can transmit information to the local party organizations in Shanghai. Unless there are special circumstances, Shanghai Local party organizations are not allowed to take the initiative to contact them.
And there has been no action on their side recently.
Hence, the possibility of the special party branch in the Shanghai French Concession being targeted by the enemy is very small.
“Unless I’m being targeted,” Cheng Qianfan said, and then he shook his head, “It’s not very likely.”
If No. 76 really had doubts about him and would spy on him secretly, he would not choose Cao Yu, a 'familiar face'.
“Everything is as usual, just pretend we don’t know about this situation.” Cheng Qianfan thought for a while and said, “Just do what you usually do.”
Since they have discovered that the person No. 76 is nearby, they must not be chaotic at this moment, and should remain unchanged to cope with all changes.
“I will go out as usual in a moment.” Lao Huang picked up the hot towel soaked in the washstand, wrung it half dry, and applied it to Cheng Qianfan’s face. “The information must be sent out.”
"Okay." Cheng Qianfan thought for a moment, "You are an experienced comrade. I can trust you to do your job."
After a pause, he warned again, "However, there is a principle. You must be careful and vigilant. Safety is the top priority in everything. If there is any situation, I order you to give up passing on information."
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“You just keep an eye here, I’ll come back as soon as I go.” Cao Yu bit a toothpick and said to his man who was leaning on the telephone pole and reading the newspaper to cover up.
“Eh.” The subordinate nodded, and then let go of the newspaper in his hand.
"Lend me the newspaper to read." Cao Yu 'snatched' his newspaper and read it while walking, clicking his tongue from time to time.
He walked west along Xue Huali Road for two or three hundred steps and turned into a small alley.
Meanwhile, I turned into an alley again, came out of an intersection, and called a rickshaw.
About ten minutes later, Cao Yu got out of the car, entered an alley again, and knocked on a door.
Entering the door, there was a lot of people inside.
This is a secret gambling stall.
Cao Yu looked at the noisy environment and his face fell, "I haven't been here for the past few days, why is it so noisy."
As soon as these words came out, the enthusiastic gamblers looked over with unkind expressions. After seeing clearly who the speaker was, they quickly changed to smiles.
Someone even slapped himself in the mouth and said, "Mr. Cao, please don't blame me. Please keep your voice down."
Cao Yu nodded proudly.
“Mr. Cao, please come upstairs. Third brother has been waiting for a long time.”
“Lead the way.” Cao Yu nodded.
“Brother, you are too greedy.” Xia Wenqiao cursed while still throwing two gold bars to Cao Yu.
"I almost died several times. I have seen through this world. Nothing is as real as this yellow croaker." Cao Yu played with two small yellow croakers and nodded with satisfaction.
“You can talk now,” Xia Wenqiao said.
“There’s no hurry.” Cao Yu glanced at Xia Wenqiao, “I’m very curious.”
“What are you curious about?” Xia Wenqiao asked.
“Brother Xia is determined to work hard for Chongqing?” Cao Yu asked with a smile.
"How do you say this?" Xia Wenqiao chuckled and took a deep look at Cao Yu, "The world is difficult and making money is not easy. I am just a middle-aged man."
"Forget it, I have no control over whether your Brother Xia is a man in the trap or whether he really voted for Chongqing, and I don't want to know." Cao Yu shook his head, "I just want to make sure. If your Brother Xia asks me to inquire, I will use the money to do things. There’s no other pull, that’s all.”
“Of course.” Xia Wenqiao laughed loudly, “That’s what it is, what your brother Cao said.”
Cao Yu laughed.
“Two small yellow croakers are not enough for what I want to say today.” Cao Yu suddenly stopped smiling and said slowly.
“Brother Cao, you are not particular about this. You have already collected the yellow croaker, and now...” Xia Wenqiao’s face darkened.
“Xiao Mian.” Cao Yu suddenly said.
He spoke very quickly and in a low voice, but Xia Wenqiao heard it clearly, and his expression suddenly changed.
He looked at Cao Yu.
“Xiao Mian from the Military Command Shanghai Special Intelligence Group.” Cao Yu said, “Brother Xia, don’t say you don’t know who he is.”
He smiled and said, "Even if you are just one of them, it is impossible for you, Third Brother Xia, not to know about Xiao Mian."
Xia Wenqiao looked Cao Yu up and down, his eyes a little cold. Suddenly, he laughed loudly, "Brother Cao, you went to the wrong temple this time with the pig's head."
Cao Yu frowned slightly and said nothing, just looking at Xia Wenqiao.
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“Brother Cao, that Xiao Mian.” He frowned and said.
"I'm not interested in this person's affairs, let alone touch him." Xia Wenqiao shook his head, "I'm afraid you have to return those two small yellow croakers to me."
“Did you really find the wrong temple?” Cao Yu half-smiled.
“We really found the wrong one.” Xia Wenqiao nodded.
"It's Cao who is presumptuous." Cao Yu laughed loudly, "However, I want to correct Third Brother, I am not looking for the temple gate with a pig's head, I can save the temple gate if it is in trouble."
As he said that, he weighed the two small yellow croakers in his hands twice, put one into his pocket, and put the other on the table and pushed it to Xia Wenqiao, "Old rule, keep half of it if it doesn't work out."
Cao Yu stood up and patted his butt, "It's a pity. I thought I would get a chance to make a lot of money."
He shook his head, "The life of Xiao Mian is worthless, tsk tsk."
Seeing that Cao Yu was about to open the door and leave, Xia Wenqiao's expression changed continuously, "Brother Cao, stay."
Cao Yu stopped and turned to look at Xia Wenqiao, "Sir Brother Xia, do you have any other instructions?"
“Third brother, I have always admired heroes.” Xia Wenqiao said with a smile, “As for this Xiao Mian, I—”
“Didn’t Third Brother just say that he didn’t want to touch this matter?” Cao Yu frowned and said.
Seeing that Xia Wenqiao was about to speak, he waved his hand and said, "It's not that I have a bad mouth, brother. Actually, if the third brother is just curious, my mouth is not easy to speak."
He made a gesture of weighing the yellow croaker, "Only if I meet a gentleman who really knows the goods, my mouth will be valuable."
"Here, I'll give it back to you." Xia Wenqiao didn't talk nonsense. With a solemn look on his face, he pushed the small yellow croaker on the table to Cao Yu, "Add another big yellow croaker."
As he spoke, he opened the drawer under the table, took a large yellow croaker and pushed it along the table.
“It seems that the third brother, the middleman, is still doing a lot of business.” Cao Yu picked up the small yellow croaker and the large yellow croaker and struck them one by one with his hands. The precious metals made a crisp sound when they struck.
A smile appeared on his face, but then he shook his head and put down the big and small yellow croakers. He looked at Xia Wenqiao with a smile and said, "Not enough."
Xia Wenqiao didn't say anything. He just stared at Cao Yu, his expression getting gloomier.
"Brother Xia, don't be angry." Cao Yu smiled, "It's just a business. A man who knows the goods will naturally think it's worth it."
His fingers tapped lightly on the table, "The third brother is in trouble."
Xia Wenqiao's heart trembled. He understood what Cao Yu meant. He was just a middleman. If he really wanted to buy this information, there would be a buyer to pay for it. He, the middleman, was a little anxious.
"Buy low and sell high. If I give you more, you will earn less." .”
"It's not easy to sell, just don't sell it." Cao Yu shook his head, "In my opinion, the goods this time are worth the high price. If the price is low, it breaks the rules and it is better to keep it."
"Brother Cao really knows how to do business." Xia Wenqiao looked gloomy and sneered, "Let's set a price."
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“Twenty large yellow croakers!” Cao Yu raised two fingers.
"Impossible!" Xia Wenqiao was furious. He looked at Cao Yu with a cold face, "Brother Cao, don't use your skills of conquering local tyrants to divide their land on me. I, Xia Wenqiao, am just a middle-aged man. , not a wealthy person."
Cao Yu's face changed drastically. He looked at Xia Wenqiao with a livid face, "Brother Xia, why did I join the Red Party back then? It's impossible for you not to know the inside story. Cao was bearing the burden of humiliation for the party and the country's grand plan to suppress bandits. Don't do anything like this." Come and humiliate me."
"It's urgent, it's urgent, it's urgent." Xia Wenqiao pointed at Cao Yu and laughed, "It's a joke, brother Cao, don't be anxious."
"This joke is not funny at all." Cao Yu snorted coldly, looked at Xia Wenqiao, gritted his teeth and said, "Twenty large yellow croakers, not one less."
"No." Xia Wenqiao shook his head directly, "Xiao Mian's life is not worth it in the eyes of those over there."
“Forget it.” Cao Yu stood up and walked straight towards the door of the room.
Xia Wenqiao frowned, his expression changing continuously, "Brother Cao, stay here."
"Brother Xia, human life is at stake. Since we are going to do this deal, shouldn't we all be happy?" Cao Yu came back to his senses and looked at Xia Wenqiao helplessly.
"Okay." Xia Wenqiao slapped the table, "Let's be happy and take a step back. You, Brother Cao, can give me a nice word and I'll give you a fixed price."
“Twenty large yellow croakers.” Cao Yu said immediately.
Xia Wenqiao's face was so gloomy that he could shed tears. He looked at Cao Yu coldly and said, "Brother Cao, this is not a good thing for you."
"Twenty large yellow croakers." Cao Yu frowned, as if weighing, and finally said slowly, "I only pocketed part of this money."
Hearing this, Xia Wenqiao frowned and looked at Cao Yu. Finally, he nodded slowly, "Twenty large yellow croakers, okay, I agree."
“Xia Sange Asali.” Cao Yu was overjoyed and made a gesture of weighing yellow croaker.
However, when he saw Xia Wenqiao looking at him with a sneer, he couldn't help but frown, "Brother Xia, what do you mean?"
"I can produce twenty large yellow croakers here." Xia Wenqiao took out the large yellow croakers one by one from the drawer, and then arranged them so that there were exactly ten large yellow croakers. "Don't worry about not having enough. Third brother, I will say a word and someone will be there." Send it."
He looked at Cao Yu, "But for such a big deal, do I need to inspect the goods first?"
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