Lost and Spy

Chapter 1029 A Small Deception
The successive deaths of Yanagawa Yasujun, Hashimoto and us dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese.

In April 1939, Kenji Doihara, then head of the Japanese spy agency in Shanghai, issued a very correct order:

Stop launching offensive operations against the military system, and all ministries will stick to their existing interests.

This order can ensure that the Japanese institutions in Shanghai will not suffer major losses, recover slowly, and then look for new opportunities.

In Shanghai, the Japanese army adopted a posture of encircling the public concession, which had long been an "isolated island". The military commanders inside and outside the concession could only fight alone, which was their biggest disadvantage.

Therefore, advancing slowly is a wise choice made by Kenji Doihara.

However, this caused strong dissatisfaction from the military.

This also became the last stone that crushed Kenji Doihara.

At this time, the military commander also stopped attacking.

Continuous fighting made them exhausted.

Military reunification also needs to recuperate and adjust.

Meng Shaoyuan issued an order in early April:
During this month, the Shanghai District of the Military Control Bureau entered into a state of "hibernation" in an all-round way, and all departments were not allowed to carry out large-scale operations except to monitor the Japanese invaders.

This "hibernation" state will definitely not last long, because Wang Jingwei will soon come to Shanghai.

At that time, the military commander will wake up from a short sleep, and it will be time for the bayonet to see red again.

Meng Shaoyuan could take a good rest.

"I'm going to take a good rest for a few days, unless you have an urgent task, don't bother me."

"okay, got it."

Meng Shaoyuan gave a special warning.

A rare holiday.

From now until the arrival of Kenji Doihara's successor, there will be no big movements.

Wang Jingwei will not be in Shanghai until next month.

Taking advantage of this period of time, Tiantian and Sophia were in a daze and turned the world upside down...

Forget it, every day, my physical strength seems to be unable to keep up.

Or look at other goals?
Yu Yanchu?
Don't dare to touch it, the teacher especially told me.

Qi Xuezhen?
My own apprentice can't do anything.

As she was dreaming there, Wu Jingyi suddenly came in with the confidential officer Xiao Zeng.

Meng Shaoyuan was agitated. That day he poured the tea out without public morals, and it ended up pouring all over Xiao Zeng. Don't tell me Wu Jingyi betrayed her, and Xiao Zeng came to seek revenge on him, right?
"District Chief Meng, Xiao Zeng has encountered something and wants to ask you for help." Wu Jingyi said as soon as she opened her mouth, "She herself is too embarrassed to tell you directly."

"What's the matter?" Meng Shaoyuan asked lazily.

Xiao Zeng quickly said: "Actually, it's not my business, it's my cousin's business..."

"Hey, don't be too complicated." Meng Shaoyuan interrupted her: "I'm going to take a vacation for myself now. Too complicated things will delay my rest."

"It's not too complicated, but I can't explain it for a while, or let my cousin talk to you?"

This is also the rule of the military command. Like the district chief's office, it is equivalent to the Shanghai headquarters of the military command bureau. Without approval, no outsiders are allowed to enter.

Meng Shaoyuan checked the time: "Can we arrive within half an hour?"

"Can, can."

"Then let him come, don't delay my lunch."

……

Xiao Zeng's cousin is Chen Wanruo, who just graduated from university and works as an intern reporter in a newspaper office.

He is not tall and looks very ordinary, wearing black-rimmed glasses, timid.

However, there is a bracelet on the left wrist, which looks crystal clear, which is quite beautiful.

"This is our District Chief Meng. If you have any problems, he will be able to help you."

Xiao Zeng said to his cousin.

Hey, the majestic head of the military command bureau, why is it like Chinese cabbage? In terms of wholesale, anyone can know each other, and anyone can ask you for help?
"I... I was probably deceived." Chen Wanruo's eyes turned red as soon as she opened her mouth.

"Cheated?" Meng Shaoyuan asked casually, "Cheating money or sex?"

With a "swish", Chen Wanruo's eyes were not only red, but her whole face was flushed.

It was Xiao Zeng who knew his district chief too well: "I was cheated out of money, 24 yuan."

24 yuan?

It's not much to Meng Shaoyuan, but it's a huge sum of money to such a young reporter who just graduated.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Meng Shaoyuan was also idle.

Only then did Chen Wanruo boldly say: "Our editor-in-chief heard that I was going to do an interview, so he asked me to go to Luo Ji Valet Redeem to see if I could help buy a watch."

Valet redemption?

Meng Shaoyuan seemed to understand what was going on.

Due to the sad day by day, many people had to send their items to pawnshops, and more and more people were struggling to survive on a little "pawn". Businessmen with keen sense of smell quickly sniffed out the "business opportunities".

Spend a few dollars to buy those pawn tickets, let the tickets have no relationship with the owner forever, and then sell them, can't you make a lot of money!
As a result, many businesses, ranging from dignified jewelry stores and goldware shops to thrift stores and cigarette stalls, and even ordinary residences put up signboards for redemption for customers.
Sending items to pawnshops is not worth much money. Nominally, "ten is worth five", that is, items worth 50 yuan can be pawned for 40 yuan, but in fact they can only get [-] yuan or [-] yuan, or even lower.

And once the time limit expires and there is no way to redeem it, the original will belong to the merchant.Under such circumstances, many people know that they are unable to redeem the originals, and are willing to sell the pawns to reduce losses.

Others don’t have a lot of money. After buying the pawn ticket from the valet redeemer, they redeem the item from the pawnshop. Although it is a bit old, it is much cheaper than the new one. Why not do it?
Chen Wanruo, who accepted the editor's request, found Luo Ji after completing the interview task.

And I bought a pawn ticket they accepted in Luo Ji. On the face of the ticket, it said "Double Horseback Riding Fifteen Diamond Rectangular Watch".

After bargaining, the pawn ticket was reduced to 8 yuan and the transaction was made.Chen Wanruo thought to herself that buying a watch worth 20 to 60 yuan for [-] yuan was a good deal. After paying the payment, she took the pawn ticket and excitedly went to the pawn shop indicated on the ticket.

After a lot of trouble, I finally found the pawn shop in a remote alley.

The so-called "pawn shop" was also changed from the residence, only a black "Dang" was painted on the closed door.Knocking on the door, a guy in his forties came out. He was probably dozing off. After stretching himself, he stared hard at his sleepy eyes and asked coldly, "What's the matter?"

"Redemption." After Chen Wanruo replied calmly, she couldn't help but secretly sighed. From your expression, it can also be inferred that when the owner came to beg for pawn with the object in embarrassment, you didn't know what to see on your face. look like.

The accountant sitting at the counter looked at the pawn ticket sent by Chen Wanruo for a while, then dialed the abacus for a long time, then raised his head and said: "The interest is 3 yuan, and the deposit and delivery fee is 1 yuan." ..."

Chen Wanruo never expected that the owner would have to pay 12 yuan in interest plus 5 yuan in deposit and delivery fees after 3 months after taking the other party's 1 yuan as gold.

However, having reached this point, I had no choice but to take 16 yuan and hand it over to that gentleman.

After a full quarter of an hour, the clerk came out with a small white paper bag and handed it to Chen Wanruo.Chen Wanruo opened it and saw that it was indeed a rectangular watch.

However, there is a lot of yellow rust around the case, the glass on the surface has a crack, and the strap is so old that it is almost broken...

In short, when I see this watch, I immediately think of the damaged road at the entrance of the alley, which is far from the beautiful watch I imagined!
Chen Wanruo negotiated with the clerk, saying that I spent so much money, how could the watch be so broken?

The man immediately reprimanded with a straight face: "Nonsense! There is no such thing as a wrong item in a pawn shop? If you don't take good care of it yourself, how can you rely on others?"

Now that the money and pawn tickets have been delivered, what else is there to say?

Chen Wanruo had no choice but to admit that she was unlucky, and after a second thought, she comforted herself silently, the watch case and glass are not good, as long as the internal parts are good, it is the same. listen……

There was no sound at all!In a panic, I turned the small screw that set the clockwork a few times, but it still didn't work; I turned it a few more times, it was still the same.

The guy was already impatient, and shouted straight: "Go! What are you doing there?"

Chen Wanruo had no choice but to turn around and walk out the door. Standing on the uneven road, with a glimmer of hope, she opened the case at the back.

As soon as this gadget slipped, it immediately turned over the messy small screws, small gear teeth, small copper pieces, etc. hidden inside, and only the broken mainspring dragged outside like a small snake. One end is still nailed to the gear teeth, shaking and shaking constantly.

Those many small parts are embedded in the cracked road cracks, no matter how difficult it is to clean up...

……

Hearing this, Meng Shaoyuan smiled and said: "This is the most common scam in Shanghai. Luo Ji and that pawn shop belong to the same family. They colluded together to deceive you people who want to be cheap... huh?"

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly remembered something: "Chen Wanruo, are you at the tabloid office?"

"Yeah, there are only four people in total."

"That's right."

Meng Shaoyuan shook his head: "Let me guess again, the money you redeemed was also given to you by your editor-in-chief, and it's about the same as what you spent, right?"

"Yes, yes." Chen Wanruo said repeatedly: "The editor-in-chief gave me a total of 25 yuan."

"What kind of bullshit newspaper is this?" Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile, "They're just trying to trick you guys, 24 yuan, you editor, Luo Ji, and the pawn shop, you all share it together. You have to pay the editor-in-chief 24 yuan. But you have no money, what should you do? Don’t you wear a bracelet? I think it’s quite valuable. The editor-in-chief will definitely let you take this bracelet as compensation, I guess, He was already watching when you went to apply for the job."

"My mother gave it to me." Chen Wanruo burst into tears.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Meng Shaoyuan said hastily: "Wu Jingyi, you send two people to go with this little girl and settle this matter."

As long as the military command wants to take out such a private mission, it must get the permission of the above.

Chen Wanruo thanked repeatedly.

It's just that Meng Shaoyuan at this time would never have imagined in his dreams that the small favor he helped today would be of great help to him in the future from this unattractive little girl!

(End of this chapter)