Lost and Spy

Chapter 206 New Year's Eve Banquet
In the 26th year of the Republic of China, it was February 29th in the Gregorian calendar and the [-]th day in the twelfth lunar month.

Lunar New Year's eve.

It was still in the afternoon, and the firecrackers all over the street were already crackling and set off.

This is a truly flavorful year.

Those guys in the second office have long been absent-minded.

I wish I could fly home right now.

But isn't it time to get off work?

Those brothers under Meng Shaoyuan can have a good year this time.

Section Chief Meng not only paid a generous New Year fee, but also gave everyone pig knuckles, big herring and so on.

In fact, the whole of the two places can live a very good year this year.

This is mainly due to the establishment of Litong Company.

Although through smuggling, more than half of the profits went to the accounts of Meng Shaoyuan's wealth company, but a large number had already accumulated in the accounts of Litong Company.

Dai Li instructed Meng Shaoyuan to donate part of it to give the people in the Second Office a good year.

Moreover, Dai Li really took special care of Meng Shaoyuan. In front of several section chiefs, he revealed intentionally or unintentionally that all the money was earned by Meng Shaoyuan.

In this way, Meng Shaoyuan immediately became the "person of his own" in the minds of these section chiefs.

Many section chiefs knew that Meng Shaoyuan was alone in Nanjing, so they all invited him to their home for a New Year's Eve dinner, so they could get close to him.

It's a pity that Meng Shaoyuan already had an appointment, so he had to decline one by one.

"Hey, the call is coming. Let's gather in the yard. Director Dai wants to give a lecture."

Soon, spies big and small filled the courtyard.

After a while, Dai Li came out and glanced at his subordinates: "Are you all waiting to get home from get off work for the New Year?"

A few people had embarrassed smiles on their faces.

"If you keep you so hard, you don't have the heart to do things." Dai Li smiled: "Except for those above the deputy section chief to stay behind, everyone else should go back!"

As soon as these words came out, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers.

Director Dai is wise!

Not long after, the second place, which was still bustling just now, immediately became deserted.

The cadres who stayed behind were called to the conference room.

"Don't blame me, who made you all cadres?"

Dai Li's opening remarks were this: "I know that all of you here have wives and children, and you are more anxious to go home than anyone else. After waiting for a year, the result is that you will continue to come back to work tomorrow afternoon. I am not unreasonable." People who are humane, just say a few words, except for the left-behind personnel on duty, all go home to celebrate the New Year."

These cadres smiled.

Dai Li continued: "The Third Plenary Session of the Fifth Central Committee will be held soon. We cooperate with the Gendarmerie Command and the Garrison Command to be responsible for the security of Nanjing. Negligence, everyone is responsible for the area has a clear division of labor, if something goes wrong, I only hold the leader accountable.”

Speaking of this, his eyes fell on Meng Shaoyuan: "Meng Shaoyuan, the various teams of the Operations Division must control the people on our suspect list. In addition, your special operations team will be used as a mobile force. I will dispatch two vehicles to you , wherever it is needed, it will appear at the first time."

"Yes!"

Until now, at least half of the people in the conference room knew that there was a special operation team in the second office, and it was under the control of Meng Shaoyuan himself.

Director Dai really didn't say anything about Meng Shaoyuan.

After explaining the task there, Dai Li checked the time: "The meeting is over, let's go back to celebrate the New Year."

Dai Li and Tang Zong are on duty today.

Meng Shaoyuan hesitated for a moment: "Director Dai, Section Chief Tang, why don't you go back to celebrate the New Year, and I'll be on duty. Anyway, I'm alone, with nothing to worry about."

Dai Li and Tang Zong glanced at each other: "Old Tang, I heard that none of the prisoners can lie in front of Meng Shaoyuan, so take a look now, is our Deputy Section Chief Meng telling the truth or a lie?"

Tang Zong looked at him seriously for a while: "He's lying! Judging from his appearance, his brothers have long been at his house waiting to go back."

Embarrassing.

This old Tang is too shameless.

A smile flashed across the corner of Dai Li's mouth: "Lying in front of the leader, I will write it down for you. Hurry up and go back. By the way, Old Tang's treat on the second night of junior high school, don't forget to go."

……

Meng Shaoyuan's house was already bustling with activity.

Zhu Yanni helped Zhao Changle's daughter-in-law, Mu Guixiang, in the kitchen, while the men were all playing Pai Gow there.

Lu Yixuan also brought his apprentice Ren Yinghao here. After this year is over, he will have to bring a group of people to Chongqing.

Ren Yinghao was not qualified to sit there, so he just served tea and water.

"Oh, it's so lively."

Yue Zhenchuan and Wei Yunzhe opened the door and came in. When they saw that they were playing Pai Gow, their eyes immediately lit up: "I'll push the dealer, I'll push the dealer!"

Lu Yixuan, who was pushing the farm there, was lucky and won a lot of money. Hearing what Yue Zhenchuan said, he just took advantage of the slope to get off the donkey and gave him the dealer.

"Play, play. The more you play, the more you win."

Yue Zhenchuan didn't even look like an officer at this moment, he looked like a gambler in a casino.

A table of money on the table.

Yue Zhenchuan took a look at their cards, picked up his own Pai Gow, and muttered: "Eight dry and four dimensional, Wen Chengwu is not enough, Ding three matches two and four, the monkey king makes trouble in the heavenly palace! Kill all!"

As soon as he touched the last card, his tone changed drastically: "I'm stupid!"

Plum blossoms with red heads, no point!

Compensation!

There was gloating laughter at the gaming table.

"Come again, come again, I believed him!"

When Meng Shaoyuan came back, Yue Zhenchuan's eyes were red, his face was pale, and he was sweating profusely.

Meng Shaoyuan thought he was sick.

Lu Yixuan is still the big winner.

It was Guo Rui's first time playing this game, and he actually won a little bit.

"Meng Section Chief, together?"

"I can't do that." Meng Shaoyuan shook his head again and again: "I said Yue Zhenchuan, have you lost all your money?"

"Everyone is asking me to borrow money." Wei Yunzhe murmured, "This man is just a gambler. Once the monthly salary is paid to him, he will lose it in a few days. I said, Lao Yue, when will you pay back the money?" what?"

"I owe it, I owe it."

With this deck of cards, Yue Zhenchuan again won a small but lost a big one.

By the time the kitchen said it was time to eat, Yue Zhenchuan had already owed a huge debt.

"Wait, wait." Lu Yixuan said suddenly: "Well, I will help you pay back the money that Lao Yue owes you."

And such a good thing?

Yue Zhenchuan was overjoyed, and was about to thank him, when Lu Yixuan immediately said: "Old Yue, if this is the case, you can write me a note, and I will lend it to you. The monthly interest will be two cents, and the interest will increase."

"You don't need to do this. There is still interest, compound interest?"

"Isn't this a brother who settles accounts clearly?" Lu Yixuan enlightened him there: "Think about it, rather than owe so many people and have to pay back the debt every month, it's better to owe me one person. Anyway, I'm in Chongqing , and won’t always stare at you to collect debts, right?”

Yue Zhenchuan thought about it too, and readily wrote Lu Yixuan an IOU according to Lu Yixuan's wishes.

Meng Shaoyuan shook his head with a smile.

Poor Yue Zhenchuan, this is considered to be in the water.

This Lu Yixuan is a profiteer, his money is so easy to borrow?

Pay back the interest, and when we meet again next time, Yue Zhenchuan may owe a lot of money.

The dishes came one by one.

Tian Qi pulled Lu Yixuan aside, and whispered: "Yue Zhenchuan's note, you add [-]% and transfer it to me?"

"Adding [-]% is too little, isn't it?" Lu Yixuan said furtively.

"It's almost there. You also know that it is difficult to get debts from Chongqing to Nanjing. It is convenient here. And you can earn [-]% if you change hands."

"Twenty percent."

"Fifteen percent."

"make a deal!"

How did Yue Zhenchuan know that in just a few minutes, his creditor had changed.

A table full of dishes and several bottles of wine.

Wine was poured into the bowls, and the brothers coaxed Meng Shaoyuan to say something.

Meng Shaoyuan was also polite and cleared his throat:
"I entered the second office in June last year. In a blink of an eye, it has been eight months. Most of the people here are old brothers. But there is still one person missing, Lao Mu."

The eyes of Zhao Changle and his wife turned red immediately.

"I suggest that this first bowl of wine be respected to Mu!"

"Respect old Mu!"

Meng Shaoyuan then said: "Our parents gave birth to our group, and then brought us together. It's not easy. Just our group, we have done a lot in the past eight months. Everyone has done a lot. We are called spy dogs behind our backs, but we spy spies have a clear conscience, this bowl of wine is a toast to spies dog!"

"Respect dog agent!"

All of them, for the first time, said the three words "dog spy" so confidently.

"I propose, I propose." Zhu Yanni said hastily: "For the third bowl of wine, we have to respect Section Chief Meng. Section Chief Meng took us to be promoted and make a fortune. Who would have thought of this before? Official. So, this bowl of wine, toast the dog's head!"

"Respect the dog's head!"

I rely on!

Meng Shaoyuan couldn't laugh or cry, the head of a dog spy is a dog's head?
Who came up with it?

The three bowls of wine were toasted, and the scene immediately became lively.

Yue Zhenchuan pulled Yuan Zhonghe to punch there, and the others were either toasting or bragging.

Follow Section Chief Meng, that is really ambitious.

He can be an official and make money.

"Ren Yinghao, don't be restrained, eat." Meng Shaoyuan noticed that Ren Yinghao didn't move his chopsticks, so he specially confessed: "You did a good job this time, and let you buy all the new year's goods, and the price is still low. Lu Jinshi didn't look at it. It's your fault."

"Thank you, Boss Meng." It was the first time Ren Yinghao had dinner with such a "big" official, and he couldn't help but feel a little bit reluctant.

Lu Yixuan took a sip of wine: "Yinghao, follow Boss Meng well, that's the most promising one, look at me, a down-and-out Jinshi, with food and clothing now, the number one scholar in the Qing Dynasty can't compare to me .”

Speaking of this, Lu Jinshi said with a smile: "I was in Chongqing, and I met a man. Coincidentally, the Jinshi who was on the same list as me, what do you think they are doing now? Setting up a stall and writing letters to people to make a living. First-hand The words are really beautiful, what a pity, what a pity."

Tian Qi remained calm, put a pig's trotter into Lu Yixuan's bowl: "Lu Jinshi, eat a pig's trotter."

Lu Yixuan was startled, then remembered the interrogation room, and his face flushed.

The few people around who knew the stalk all burst into laughter.

(End of this chapter)