"Are you sure he was taken away?" Cheng Qianfan used a knife and fork to cut a croissant into equal-sized pieces. He pushed the dinner plate in front of Xiaobao and asked calmly.
"What Little Thorny Ball said," Hou Pingliang said, "He ran to every corner, so he wasn't captured."
Xiao Qiuqiu was born as a beggar. He became a master of an old thief named Mao Kun and became a three-handed man who made a living by his craftsmanship.
The clever little spiked ball was spotted by Hou Pingliang and became his little spy.
"Take Little Spiny Ball to have a bowl of mutton soup." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Understood." Hou Pingdian nodded and left.
Cheng Qianfan looked at Xiaobao and saw that Xiaobao had speeded up his meal. The little girl finished the cakes and croissants in two or two, burped with satisfaction, and touched her belly, "Brother, go home.
, I promised Xiaozhizhi to play with him."
"Okay." Cheng Qianfan smiled and nodded, "I will ask Datou to take you back in a while. Brother has something to do here."
"I know, I know." Xiaobao waved his hand impatiently, "I know, my brother is going to see Sister Zhang."
Cheng Qianfan was stunned for a moment and couldn't help laughing. He pinched Xiaobao's little face and said, "You are as big as a kid."
"Brother." Xiaobao suddenly looked serious and fierce, "Xiaobao had something to say first."
"Say." Cheng Qianfan also said seriously.
"Brother has many sisters. Xiaobao doesn't want to take care of them, and he can't." Xiaobao crossed his hands on the coffee table with a serious look on his face, "Xiaobao's only sister-in-law is sister Ruolan."
"Of course." Cheng Qianfan smiled, and then under Xiaobao's angry gaze, he suppressed his smile and said seriously, "Your sister Ruolan and I are very close, and your sister-in-law is of course Ruolan."
"That's okay." Xiaobao jumped down from her seat, patted her butt, and waved to the big head on the far side, "Brother Big Tou, let's go home."
…
Lee Kee Haggis Shop.
Cheng Qianfan opened the pampas grass curtain and came in.
Little Thorny Ball, who was drinking mutton soup, quickly got up from the bench and stood respectfully. Because he got up in such a hurry, he couldn't help but burped, "Brother Fan."
Several guards from 'Jiujiu Trading' also stood up and said in unison, "Brother Fan."
Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly, and then he said calmly towards the little thorn ball, "Continue, we'll talk after you're full."
The little prickly ball was dumbfounded, not daring to move.
"Eat." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
Little Thorn Ball looked at Hou Pingliang who was standing aside.
"Brother Fan let you eat, look what I do." Hou Pingliang said angrily, "I'm full."
Little Thorn Ball hurriedly picked up the black porcelain bowl and stuffed his stomach with the remaining soup and the soaked sesame seed cakes soaked in the mutton soup.
Then he wiped his mouth, burped with satisfaction, then lowered his eyebrows and showed a flattering smile, "I'm full."
"Well, okay." Cheng Qianfan nodded with satisfaction, "It's good to have a full stomach. There is nothing more important than a full stomach."
Hou Pingliang winked, and several other guards immediately exited the mutton soup shop and stood guard outside the door.
…
"Do you know who arrested you?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"I saw Lao Ke from Jing'an Temple bringing those people to arrest people." Xiao Qiuqiu said.
"Lao Ke is the boss of Jing'an Temple Road." Hou Pingliang said in Brother Fan's ear.
The boss is not the leader of the Three Hands, but the steward of the Green Gang on the street. The Green Gang appoints this person to extract money from the hands of the Three Hands, and at the same time protect the "personal safety" of the Three Hands, for example, to recruit people from the patrol room and the police station.
"Is he Cheng Haitao's man?" Cheng Qianfan asked thoughtfully.
Hou Ping nodded brightly.
Here, the little prickly ball also opened its mouth.
"Say what you have to say." Cheng Qianfan looked at Little Thorny Ball.
"I heard from the master that Lao Ke is now with a boss Dong." Xiao Qiuqiu said.
"Did you hear that right? Did your master really say that?" Cheng Qianfan stared at the little thorn ball and asked.
"Yeah." Little Thorny Ball nodded.
"That's interesting." Cheng Qianfan touched his chin and said with a smile.
Lao Ke used to be with Cheng Haitao. Cheng Haitao was helping, and his official identity was the Chinese Inspector Fang of the French Concession Patrol. Of course, this person's most well-known identity to Shanghai citizens was that he openly defected to the Japanese in the French Concession. One of the traitorous detectives.
In the middle of last month, this person was shot in the street by the Shanghai District Action Team of the Military Command.
Unexpectedly, not long after Cheng Haitao died, Lao Ke found a new supporter so quickly.
"Have you met this Boss Dong?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
Little Thorn Ball shook his head. He was the lowest-ranking little Yakuza among the three little Yakuzas with three hands. How could he be qualified to meet the boss Dong's backstage boss?
"Do you know why they arrested you?" Cheng Qianfan asked again.
Little Thorny Ball still shook his head.
Cheng Qianfan waved his hand and motioned for Hou Pingliang to take Little Thorn Ball out.
Soon, Hou Pingliang came back, "Brother Fan, the little prickly ball has a tight mouth."
"I always feel at ease when you do things." Cheng Qianfan nodded.
Hou Pingliang is his subordinate in the patrol room, but in fact, to be precise, Hou Pingliang is only loyal to him.
Hou Pingliang is trustworthy for his loyalty and loyalty, which is no less loyal than that of Wu Shunjia, Yang Changnian and other members of the Special Situation Group who were loyal to Team Leader Xiao Mian.
"Brother Fan, is someone planning to do something?" Hou Pingliang asked.
Jiujiu Trading had a warehouse near Jing'an Temple Road. Based on this warehouse, Jiujiu Trading began to gradually swallow up the underground black market transactions from Jing'an Temple Road to Tongfu Road.
In this way, Jiujiu Trading has naturally blocked many people's financial opportunities, and also robbed some people of their financial opportunities.
"It doesn't look like it." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "If they want to move us, those three hands can't get on the stage."
He looked at Hou Pingliang and said, "However, we cannot take it lightly."
Cheng Qianfan said to Hou Pingliang, "Little monkey, your vigilance is right. No one knows these days that someone will suddenly shoot at us from any corner."
He took out the cigarette case and took out a cigarette.
Hou Pingliang took out a lighter and helped Brother Fan light it.
Cheng Qianfan took a puff of the cigarette and puffed out a light white air from his nose. He threw the cigarette case to Hou Pingliang, "Well, you can keep an eye on this matter, but be sure not to let the little prickly ball go and pry."
He shook his head, "I always feel like there's something going on here."
"Understood." Hou Ping nodded.
…
Cheng Xuyuan is very cautious.
Before parting ways with Zhang Shencai, he specifically told Zhang Shencai not to go near the Grand Guangming Theater in the near future, and that it was best to avoid the Jing'an Temple Road area.
Cheng Xuyuan had his own logic. Zhang Shen evacuated out of caution because he encountered Cheng Qianfan's men near the Grand Guangming Theater.
So, there must be some reason for this.
Or, according to superstition, maybe it was Zhang Shencai's caution that allowed him to escape.
This mysterious principle needs to be followed from the beginning to the end. Specifically for Zhang Shencai, he must continue to avoid the vicinity of Jing'an Temple Road recently to avoid entering the swamp again.
Subsequently, Cheng Xuyuan did not return directly to the district headquarters in Shanghai.
He hailed a rickshaw and went straight to Xianshi Department Store.
Cheng Xuyuan spent about half an hour shopping in Xianshi Department Store, and after confirming that no unusual personnel were following him, he bought a toy for each of his children in the toy store, and then took the toy back to the district headquarters on Shanzhong Road.
"My Comrade Zi'en, you are too, too cautious." Chen Gongshu looked at Cheng Xuyuan and said with great dissatisfaction. He almost used the word "cowardly", but when the words came to his lips, he changed it to "cautious". (PS2)
Cheng Xuyuan, courtesy name Zien.
Knowing that Cheng Xuyuan was frightened by Cheng Qianfan's people only because of intelligence agent Zhang Shen and issued a false warning, Cheng Xuyuan made the arbitrarily decision to evacuate without finding any clear danger, and did not choose to contact Wan Sanliang to get the photos. Chen Gongshu
Very dissatisfied.
"Sir, I decided to evacuate for safety reasons." Cheng Xuyuan tried to explain, "Cheng Qianfan is extremely pro-Japanese. This person is essentially a traitor, and he is a traitor who is trusted by Wang Chuhai and Chu Mingyu.
, when such a person appears at the Grand Guangming Theater, I have to guard against him."
"You said it yourself, Cheng Qianfan took his adopted sister to watch a movie." Chen Gongshu shook his head and said.
He looked at Cheng Xuyuan, "I think you were frightened by those things."
The things he mentioned were referring to the several encounters Cheng Xuyuan experienced when he was almost arrested by the enemy.
Cheng Xuyuan became a little angry, "Sir, Mr. Cheng was frightened by the enemy. I believe this does not need to be proved."
He pointed to his chest, "Cheng has been in Shanghai since the 25th year of the Republic of China. It has been two years since Shanghai fell, and I am still in Shanghai. In this occupied area, which has the most complex and dangerous struggle situation in China,
I, Cheng Xuyuan, have never said that I am afraid of the word, and have I ever frowned once?!"
Looking at the angry Cheng Xuyuan, Chen Gongshu also knew that what he had just said was indeed too much.
Objectively speaking, in the past two months of working with Cheng Xuyuan, he had a pretty good impression of this secretary.
Not to mention anything else, although Cheng Xuyuan may be dissatisfied with his increasingly pressing decentralization and restriction of powers, he never shirks his duties when doing things and is always conscientious.
Not to mention traitors such as Wang Tiemu and Chen Mingchu who surrendered to the enemy, Cheng Xuyuan's performance was already perfect.
"I said the wrong thing." Chen Gongshu apologized decisively, "We all work for the party and the country, and we are really public-minded. I hope that brother Zien will forgive my brother for his inappropriate words."
Chen Gongshu was a very proud man. Seeing such a proud man take the initiative to apologize, Cheng Xuyuan was still a little angry, but he finally felt a little more comfortable.
"You know that I am a person, but I have a bad temper. I hope you will forgive me." Cheng Xuyuan also apologized.
He thought for a moment and said, "I have also considered the photo, but I still want to get it as soon as possible."
Cheng Xuyuan said to Chen Gongshu, "I will immediately send someone to notify Wan Sanliang to meet tomorrow."
After thinking for a while, Cheng Xuyuan said, "However, we can't do it in Guangming Cafe anymore."
He was touched by someone at the door of Guangming Cafe today. This incident is quite eye-catching. If he appears at Guangming Cafe again tomorrow, it will inevitably arouse the suspicion of interested people. You must know that the agents of No. 76 are pervasive, so they have to
Defend.
"Okay, everything is up to you." Chen Gongshu said cheerfully.
He was very satisfied with Cheng Xuyuan's attitude.
…
"Brother Fan!"
"Brother Fan!"
"Brother Fan!"
Cheng Qianfan entered the arresting hall from the yard and went all the way to the deputy chief inspector's office on the second floor. The patrol officers along the way stood at attention and saluted with a respectful attitude.
"Who is that?" Cheng Qianfan casually named a newly recruited patrol officer, "Zhai Jinqiu, right?"
"Brother Fan, my subordinate Zhai Jinqiu is waiting for dispatch." When Cheng Qianfan called out his name, Zhai Jinqiu was very excited and stood at attention and saluted.
"Yes, very energetic." Cheng Qianfan nodded with a smile, "Go and call Haozi."
"Yes!" Zhai Jinqiu saluted the French military salute again and walked away happily.
Looking at the back of Zhai Jinqiu, who was leaving happily, Cheng Qianfan had a smile on his face.
This young man reminded him of Qin Di.
Qin Di, who had just joined the company, was so energetic and looked forward to everything.
…
"The three hands on Jing'an Temple Road were identified by Lao Ke. This is very unusual." Cheng Qianfan said to Haozi.
"Those three hands are the foundation of Lao Ke's foothold on Jing'an Temple Road. Everything he eats and drinks comes from these little bastards." Li Hao nodded and said, "Without something extraordinary, he would not do such a thing."
"That's exactly what I mean." Cheng Qianfan nodded.
In fact, he still had a hidden worry in his heart.
He saw people from Juntong Shanghai District at the ticket office in front of the Grand Guangming Theater, and then heard that three hands were taken away near Jing'an Temple Road, which made him have a bad association.
The enemy is becoming more and more rampant, especially the arrogance of No. 76, so any vigilance is not unnecessary.
In addition, according to what Xiao Qiuqiu said, after Cheng Haitao was sanctioned by the military in Shanghai, Lao Ke quickly found a backer, Boss Dong.
With the surname Dong, Cheng Qianfan almost reflexively thought of Dong Zhengguo from the Secret Service Headquarters.
Even Cheng Qianfan admitted that this traitor, who was code-named "First Officer" in the Central Unification Committee, had some abilities and means.
"Brother Fan, do you suspect that this boss Dong is that guy Dong Zhengguo?" Li Hao asked.
"This is exactly what I am worried about." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "If this is really the case, then the nature of this matter is very serious."
He said to Li Hao with a solemn expression, "Little Monkey is investigating openly, so you don't need to pay attention. You are conducting a secret investigation here, at least to find out what happened on Jing'an Temple Road."
"The greatest value of the three hands is that they are well-informed and have sharp eyes. These people grabbed the three hands. I guess they are trying to find some clues." Cheng Qianfan tapped his fingers on the table. "Be quick, I'm worried that things will change if you wait too late."
"Yes." Li Hao also looked serious and nodded.
…
No. 76, Jisfield Road.
"You mean, Cheng Qianfan once appeared at the Grand Guangming Theater?" Li Cuiqun frowned and asked Dong Zhengguo.
"Yes, Director." Dong Zhengguo nodded, "Brothers found out that Cheng Qianfan took her adopted sister to watch a movie at the Grand Guangming Theater."
Li Cuiqun was deep in thought. He was thinking whether Cheng Qianfan's appearance at the Grand Guangming Theater was really to watch a movie? Or was there something going on inside?
It stands to reason that the Grand Guangming Theater is one of the best cinemas in Shanghai. It does not seem strange that Cheng Qianfan took his adopted sister to watch a movie.
However, with Cheng Xuyuan suddenly breaking the appointment, Li Cuiqun couldn't help but think more about it.
"Send someone to investigate and find out when Cheng Qianfan arrived at the Grand Guangming Theater, what movie they watched, what time did they leave the theater, and where did they go after leaving the theater?" Li Cuiqun said in a deep voice.
At this time, Wan Sanliang knocked on the door and asked for an audience.
He happily announced the good news to Li Cuiqun, "Brother Li, Xing Bengen called me and made an appointment to meet tomorrow to pick up the photos."
Li Cuiqun was overjoyed, "Really?"
"Exactly." Wan Sanliang nodded fiercely, "Xing Bengen is on the phone, telling me the time and place of our meeting tomorrow."
"That's great." Li Cuiqun rubbed his hands excitedly, and then he shook his head and smiled. In this way, his junior student was cleared of suspicion just now.
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