As soon as the cruise ship docked, the police officers who had been waiting at the pier immediately placed security in the pier area and boarded the ship with representatives from the shipping company. After some investigation and evidence collection, the security law was lifted.
It was precisely because of Li Qiang's testimony that the representatives of the steamship company did not embarrass the captain Wu Jiang too much.
After declining Wu Jiang's sincere invitation, the two got off the boat.
As soon as I walked down the gangway, a familiar voice rang, "Master Aqiang, Mistress, thank God, it's great to see you are okay! I just saw so many police officers coming up, I thought something had happened.
Oh! It scared me to death!"
Li Qiang waved his hand, "It's nothing, it's just a little incident. But Secretary Hong, uh, I should call you Manager Hong now. The bank is so busy, why did you come all the way here?"
"This is the young master's order, how dare I neglect it!" At this point, Hong Zhong paused for a moment, and then continued, "It's windy here, Master Aqiang, young mistress, let's get in the car first!
"
After saying that, he took the two of them into a car parked not far away.
"The young master has already booked a room for you two at the Royal Hotel in Hong Kong. I will send you there right now." With that said, Hong Zhong started the car, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car out of the pier quickly and steadily.
"By the way, Manager Hong..."
"Master Aqiang, I really can't bear the title of manager. Why don't you just call me Azhong?"
"Okay, Azhong, how has the business situation been at your place recently?"
"It's not bad. It's been stable and improving. Although the eldest young master is in Shanghai, he still needs to make all major decisions." Hong Zhong replied truthfully, "Why do you ask this?"
"I often hear my elder brother say that the sense of smell of capital is the sharpest. You have been here for a long time and you should have got a lot of training in this area. Don't you smell any danger?"
"It can't be said that it didn't happen at all. Since the outbreak of the Soviet-German war, it has had a huge impact on the Hong Kong stock market. Although the British have stabilized the stock market and did not let it collapse, the entire stock market is still very depressed today.
, many wealthy businessmen have even liquidated their stocks and begun to sell their property."
"What about you? Do you have any plans?" Li Qiang asked again.
"No, the eldest young master asked me to stay in Hong Kong, so I'm not going anywhere."
"Staying behind... is very dangerous."
"What's the point? My life was given to me by my master. At worst, risking my life can be regarded as repaying your kindness to my master."
This short sentence made Li Qiang a little touched, and he couldn't help but nod his head, "That's good, but it's still the same sentence. Unless it's a last resort, you still have to be useful, so that you don't have to worry about having no firewood for the green hills.
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"yes!"
"Ah, by the way, I almost forgot. Before leaving, my elder brother asked me to tell you that you can start preparing for 'that matter'. As for those who are preparing to leave Hong Kong, you can pick the key points and draw up a list for me as soon as possible. I have
Urgently needed."
As soon as these words came out, Hong Zhong's eyes couldn't help but light up, and even his hand holding the steering wheel tightened subconsciously, and he replied repeatedly: "Okay, I understand."
After sending the two to the hotel, Hong Zhong said goodbye and left. Li Qiang was not idle either. After returning to the room, he immediately made a long to-do list in his mind.
First of all, the most important task is to establish a relationship with Du Yuesheng of Hengshe. It is best to go to Chongqing on the same plane with him; secondly, the thing that Zhou Fohai gave to him is to find a way to get close to that big shot; and then Ming Ming
Lou had given him the task, and although he had followed his instructions, he was still confused as to what that matter actually meant. Should he continue to investigate further?
Just as he was thinking about it, Haitang, who had just finished taking a bath, walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel. While wiping her hair, she asked curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
It has to be said that even Li Qiang could not resist such a fragrant scene, and his cheeks immediately felt a little hot.
But even so, Li Qiang still forced himself to calm down and replied as calmly as possible: "It's nothing, I just feel that this mission is a bit complicated and I can't start."
"You are still under too much pressure." Haitang smiled and walked behind Li Qiang, and massaged his shoulders considerately with a pair of jade hands, "Although you were calm on the surface when we were on the boat, I know that you were
You must be under a lot of pressure!"
"You know me so well?"
"Of course, so what you need most now is to relax and have a good rest..."
Saying that, Haitang smiled evilly and leaned down...
Three hours later.
"Is this what you call relaxing and resting?" Li Qiang slowly opened his eyes and asked with a half-smile as he looked at Haitang, who was leaning in his arms like a kitten.
Haitang replied with a proud look on her face: "How is it? The effect is good, right?"
"It's not bad, but can you be gentler next time? Several times I thought my bones were broken by you."
"How can that work? If the strength is not enough, how can I make you relax and fall asleep so quickly?"
"Well, that makes sense, but why are my clothes missing?"
"It would be better if you take off your clothes!" Haitang replied with a blushing face.
"Oh, that's it. Where are your clothes?"
"I……"
Just as he was talking, a knock on the door interrupted the conversation between the two of them at an inappropriate time.
"Master Aqiang, are you there?"
As soon as he heard Hong Zhong's voice, Li Qiang immediately got up from the bed, changed his clothes as quickly as possible, and then opened the door.
As someone who has been there, Hong Zhong guessed it after just one glance, and hurriedly said: "Um... Young Master Aqiang, sometimes I come at the wrong time? How about... how about I come back later?"
"No, you came at just the right time. I was just about to find you!"
"I wonder what Master Aqiang's orders are?"
"Give me a car, not a driver. Also, help me reserve a seat in Retiro Gardens so we can talk more easily."
"Okay, I'll do it right now!" After saying that, he handed the file bag in his hand to Li Qiang's hand, "This is the list you asked for and I've sorted out some related information."
"Thanks for your hard work!"
"It should!"
In a short time, Hong Zhong got a vintage Ford classic car from nowhere and handed the key to Li Qiang.
Li Qiang got into the cab without saying a word, drove Haitang out of the hotel, and soon drove the car to the gate of the University of Hong Kong with ease. However, the destination of their trip was not the University of Hong Kong, but the campus of the University of Hong Kong.
There is an ancient book library separated only by a wall.
In fact, the original name of this library was Feng Pingshan Library. It was funded by "Justice of the Peace" Feng Pingshan and donated books. The Hong Kong Chinese Entrepreneurs Association proposed to build an additional library. It broke ground in the 20th year of the Republic of China and completed the following year.
's library.
As for why it was renamed the Ancient Books Library, we have to start with the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War in the 26th year of the Republic of China: At that time, the Japanese army blatantly invaded Shanghai, and at the time of the national crisis, many people chose to flee in order to save their lives and property.
Naturally, it is inevitable to take some gold and silver items with you when you leave.
However, to those who are preparing to flee, those precious ancient books that are worth as much as national treasures are nothing more than old papers that are neither suitable for clothing nor edible, so few people pay special attention to them.
Among them are 30,000 ancient rare books hidden in the Nanjing Central Library, which were once completely forgotten by many people.
Little did they know that many people in the cultural circles of our country at that time tried every means and spent huge sums of money to purchase these ancient books. Not only were they valuable, but most of them were rare or extinct copies of the Ming Dynasty edition. Once lost, it would become a pity in the field of Chinese culture.
Therefore, trying to find a safe way out and a safe place for these heavy and fragile precious books became the top priority for Zheng Zhenduo, Xu Senyu and others at that time.
At that time, the most ideal way was to transport these ancient books directly to the rear of China. However, given the traffic conditions and the dangerous current situation at the time, this was not easy to do. A more feasible solution was to transport the books to China first.
Hong Kong, then transferred to Yangon, Myanmar, and then transported from Yangon to Chongqing via the Burma Highway. This circuitous and arduous road indeed took a lot of effort from those involved.
However, when sending books to Hong Kong, it is always necessary to have an absolutely reliable receiving place and proper contact person.
Finally, after many considerations, Feng Pingshan Library was naturally included in the consideration of Zheng Zhenduo and others, and it was quickly determined to be an excellent place for the transfer and placement of these precious ancient books.
The reason why this place was chosen was not only because an acquaintance of Zheng Zhenduo happened to be teaching at the University of Hong Kong at that time, but also an even more important reason, that is, the military commander at that time had secretly set up a liaison station in the library.
With such double guarantee, Feng Pingshan Library naturally became the best place to receive and store this batch of ancient books.
So starting from the 27th year of the Republic of China, Zheng Zhenduo and Xu Senyu mailed ancient books to Feng Pingshan Library in batches.
You must know that wartime is no different from peacetime. Whether it is road transportation or mailing and pickup, all obstacles have become obstacles in the middle. In order to protect the ancient books as much as possible, the sender can only ask for them to be sent as soon as possible to ensure that the books are sent as quickly as possible.
Out of danger, too late to sort things out.
Therefore, when the books arrive at Feng Pingshan Library, they still need to be sorted before being shipped to Yangon, Myanmar.
From the August 13th Incident to the end of the 29th year of the Republic of China, tens of thousands of thread-bound books were sent from Shanghai to Hong Kong. To transport this batch of books safely and properly, they had to be packed carefully. Therefore, the ancient books at that time
With the assistance of the military commander, the custodian invited more than a dozen cultural figures to secretly organize the books, and packed a total of 111 boxes, totaling more than 30,000 volumes.
At this point, Feng Pingshan Library began to be renamed the Ancient Books Library in the literati circle.
After getting off the car, they saw a three-story building with a facade made of red bricks and decorated with granite stone carvings. There was a large glass dome on the roof and the facade was symmetrically designed.
However, before he could sigh, Li Qiang frowned, because there was a piece of white cloth hanging on the main entrance of the building, and there were elegiac couplets written on white paper on both sides of the door. The heavy atmosphere inside made people feel breathless.
Come, almost every step you take, you can really feel countless sad emotions rushing in from all directions, making people unconsciously sink into it and feel heavy.
Before Li Qiang could figure out what was going on, a young voice suddenly rang out, "Brother and sister, are you also here to see my father?"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qiang was startled. He hurriedly looked at the sound and saw a girl with two braids and pink jade inlays sticking her head out from behind a bookshelf. She was curious.
looking at himself.
"Yan Ji, don't be rude!" Before Li Qiang could speak, another female voice with a slightly stern tone rang out, and then he saw a beautiful woman in linen and mourning holding the little girl's hand and walking away.
He came over, tried his best to smile, and said apologetically, "I'm really sorry. There have been so many people coming to express condolences to my husband recently, so Yan Jicai..."
Having said this, the woman covered her mouth with her hands, and then her shoulders began to shake uncontrollably.
After a long while, he managed to control the sadness in his heart and continued: "I'm sorry, I lost my temper. During my husband's mourning period, our museum is temporarily closed to the public. Please wait until it reopens next month before coming again!"
"Oh, that's such an unlucky coincidence. Sorry for disturbing you!" After saying that, Li Qiang took Haitang and bowed deeply, but then he changed the topic, "It's just that we are okay.
I just came here from Shanghai because I heard that your library collects a lot of ancient books, including the extremely precious "Rong Zhai Liu Bi", so I hope you can be accommodating, madam."
As soon as these words came out, the woman couldn't help but be stunned and wondered: "Sir, as we all know, "Rong Zhai Essays" only has five strokes. Where did the six strokes come from?"
"But I clearly heard that someone has been seen here."
"Really? I may have remembered it wrong. You two, please follow me to the warehouse behind to look for it!" After saying that, the woman lowered her head and gave a few instructions to the girl named Yanji, and then took her with her.
The two of them walked towards the warehouse at the back.
After entering the warehouse, the woman turned a mechanism, and then a secret door appeared in front of everyone.
"Just go through the dark passage, turn left and keep walking."
Li Qiang nodded quickly after hearing this, and then quickly walked in with Haitang.
The secret passage at the beginning was not only dim, but also very narrow. They could only grope their way forward by relying on the light from the entrance. After the two men followed the woman's instructions and turned to the left, the secret passage suddenly opened up and the surroundings gradually became brighter.
stand up.
However, just as the two of them were about to reach the end, someone was already waiting there in the distance. It was none other than the head of the Hong Kong Station of the Military Command, Li Weigong!
