Lost and Spy

Chapter 707 Announcement of the Mystery
On the streets of Ningbo, even the air is filled with tension.

Ever since the Japanese occupied Shanghai, everyone in Ningbo knew that sooner or later the plaster flag would appear in Ningbo.

But no one said that.

There is a fluke mentality in everyone's heart.

What if?
What if the Japanese forget this place?
The prices of rice and noodles, the necessities of life in Ningbo, vary from day to day.

Even the famous Ningbo dumplings, the price is not the same.

Meng Shaoyuan seemed to be in a good mood.Originally, Chu Xiuyan wanted to invite him to dinner, but this young master let him go to do what he told him to do with peace of mind.

Meng Shaoyuan himself asked Yu Yanchu to take him around Ningbo to taste the specialties of Ningbo.

Don’t forget about the famous stores, such as the rock candy soft-shelled turtle at Zhuangyuan Building, the fragrant dry rice cakes at Feng Hengda, and the north-south dry goods at Shengyangtai.

These time-honored shops are all excluded.

Meng Shaoyuan designated a range.

"There's nothing delicious here?" Yu Yanchu was a little confused: "When I was a child, I would come to Ningbo from Cixi every year to live for a while. To satisfy my hunger, adults never brought me here."

"I'm still going to this place."

Meng Shaoyuan was mysterious, and no one could figure out what was going on in his mind...

……

Yu Yanchu had seen Director Meng's way of eating.

He would choose a restaurant at random and order food casually, without asking if it was delicious or if it was special.

The only thing is that I like to pick a place with a particularly wide view.

Sooner or later, he didn't rush things.

Just kept looking outside.

When the food came, he only took a bite occasionally, still looking at the scenery outside.

Then he suddenly said: "Check out, leave."

Then, choose another place to continue the process.

Going around like this, Yu Yanchu, Gan Ning and Xu Zhu who were accompanying Meng Shaoyuan were all dizzy, completely unaware of what Director Meng wanted to do.

There were about seven or eight restaurants sitting like this. Director Meng suddenly took a bite of the gnocchi and waved the spoon: "Let's go back."

……

"Director Meng, what are you doing?"

When we went back, it was already dark, and Yu Yanchu, who was confused, couldn't help but ask.

"What to do?" Meng Shaoyuan smiled: "Map!"

A map was taken out.

"Look at it."

Meng Shaoyuan drew a circle at every point he visited today, and then connected the circle together with a pen: "Where is the place we turn around today?"

Gan Ning and Xu Zhu are both foreigners, so they don't understand.

Yu Yan suddenly blurted out: "He Donghu's residence?"

"That's right, it's He Donghu's residence!" Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "I heard that He Donghu is cautious. Not only is his house heavily guarded, but he also has a secret road. If we want to attack him, we must Find out where this secret passage is."

Yu Yanchu didn't quite understand.

This is the first time Director Meng has come to Ningbo, and the place of life is sparse. Could it be possible to find a secret way just by sitting in a few shops?

"There is another key point, Yuangu Zhengkang." Meng Shaoyuan seemed to have a plan in his mind: "The Japanese chief in Ningbo will never disappear without the assistance of the locals, and he needs to control the situation in Ningbo. , and actively planning actions, all of this, he cannot do without the help of He Donghu."

"What do you mean?" Gan Ning seemed to understand a bit: "Yuangu Zhengkang is always nearby, can he contact He Donghu at any time?"

"I'm afraid it's more than that."

Meng Shaoyuan sneered: "I doubt very much that Yuangu Zhengkang has actually been hiding in He Donghu's house all this time!"

"It's possible." Gan Ning suddenly realized: "Is there any place that is safer than He Donghu's home? If he wants to give any order, He Donghu will send someone out to give it directly, and it will be less likely to be exposed. And He Donghu's home has The secret road makes it easier to come and go, and it is also convenient for Yuangu Zhengkang to escape in case of an emergency!"

"That's right." Meng Shaoyuan clicked on the map in front of him: "The so-called secret road is not digging a place where you can leave at home. You have to have a safe exit. For example, now we are attacking He Donghu Our home is surrounded by us, so it is absolutely impossible for him to arrange an exit in the vicinity.

How far away?The cost of manpower and material resources is too great, and it is easy to be exposed during the excavation process.Therefore, it can only be the area we went to today, and the exit must be kept very secret. You can't suddenly emerge from the ground in broad daylight?Or who lifts the lid and goes straight into the ground? "

When Xu Zhu and Yu Yanchu heard this, they roughly began to understand.

"Laotaixin Grocery Store, Niuji Tangyuan Store!"

Meng Shaoyuan wrote down these two names on the map: "I have been going around here, and finally found the target. The old Taixin grocery store, the store is not big, but there is a shopkeeper and a guy inside. Such a small For a shop, hiring one more clerk would be an extra expense. Especially the boss and the clerk, they behaved very abnormally.

When a customer comes, he is absent-minded, and the shopkeeper looks at the situation outside from time to time, which can be regarded as he is waiting for the customer.But what about that guy?Pull up a bench and sit outside, what store clerk have you ever seen do that?I guessed that he was not waiting for guests to come to his door, but was letting the wind pass, using special means to deliver news.

As for the method, I also saw it. Outside the store, there was a jar of soy sauce. Hey, the lid was opened. Who saw soy sauce preserved like this.That means safety.Once danger is discovered, it is natural to cover the lid, but in fact it is sending dangerous information to the accomplices.If the grocery store is sentinel, what about the real point?

The best place is Niuji Tangyuan Restaurant. The door is closed, but there are shadows flickering in the window. There must be someone inside. What are you doing?Watching the movement of the grocery store!Let’s look at the locations of the two stores, which are 30 meters away from He Zhai. If everything is according to my judgment, Niuji Tangyuan Store is the real entrance and exit of the secret road! "

In other words, this is also the main path of Yuangu Zhengkang's life!
Yu Yanchu asked in shock: "Director Meng, you can know where the entrance and exit of He Zhai's secret road are just by going around like this?"

"For any mystery, the answer has already been announced." Meng Shaoyuan said lightly: "The key question is, where is the answer hidden, and can you find it? Many key elements of solving the mystery are waiting for us to find out. Find!"

Xu Zhu immediately interjected, "Then shall we pull out these two points overnight?"

"I think Director Meng means that there is no need to go so early." Gan Ning said immediately: "If we really want to pull it out, I'm afraid we have already done it now..."

Speaking of this, he glanced at Meng Shaoyuan and found that Director Meng nodded encouragingly at him, and then continued: "If you attack rashly, I'm afraid you will startle the snake. Maybe He Donghu has other ways to escape. But once we are in He Donghu There was some commotion in the house, Yuangu Zhengkang who was hiding there, his first reaction must be to use the secret path to escape."

Meng Shaoyuan found that Gan Ning had made great progress during the time he followed him.

And Xu Zhu was almost at a disadvantage in this regard. What he was best at was how to get the prisoner to speak.

"We have a serious shortage of manpower here." Meng Shaoyuan said in a deep voice: "Lai Songsheng's eight people are absolutely reliable and can be relied on. The most reliable is Chu Xiuyan's Yongshang Anti-Japanese Death Squad. If Wu Guozhu's tax police are willing to help , that would be great, but there is still a force that can be used, and I have already sent someone to invite him..."

While talking there, one of his subordinates hurried in: "Director Meng, Wu Chengzhang, station chief of the Ningbo Military Command, is here."

"Please!"

After a while, Wu Chengzhang walked in:
"Which one is Director Meng from Shanghai?"

"I'm."

"Director Meng, I have admired your name for a long time." Wu Chengzhang shook hands with him: "I received an order from Director Dai himself, saying that you will go to Ningbo to perform a mission, and let my Ningbo station do my best to assist you. When will you come?"

"I arrived in Ningbo early in the morning." Meng Shaoyuan didn't hide anything: "This task is very urgent, brother dare not neglect in the slightest."

"Director Meng, please tell me, what do you need our assistance from Ningbo?"

Before he finished speaking, Meng Shaoyuan had already replied: "Station Master Wu, I made a mistake. It is not you who assist us, but I am here to assist Ningbo Station."

Wu Chengzhang was startled.

He had known for a long time that Meng Shaoyuan, who came from Shanghai, was Dai Li's confidant and favorite general. He must be proud of his success at a young age.In addition, this task was assigned by Dai Li himself, I am afraid that this young director will be even more arrogant.

It's just that he didn't expect Meng Shaoyuan to be so polite when he spoke.

Meng Shaoyuan was pressed for time, and he didn't go around in circles with the other party: "Director Wu, whether it's from Ningbo or Shanghai, you and I have the same purpose. But this time, my brother is directly under the command of the third department of the chairman's attendant room!"

Wu Chengzhang gasped.

Good guy, this is not a small matter.

"Director Wu, my brother is not trying to use the name of the chairman's attendant to pressure you." Meng Shaoyuan said unhurriedly: "You also know that since I have given this title, after the mission is successful, I will never get along with you." You stole the credit, all the credit will be solely shared by you, Station Master Wu, and all the infamy that will arise will be borne by me, Meng Shaoyuan!"

"Director Meng, don't say anything." Of course Wu Chengzhang knew the stakes: "If you need me to do anything, just tell me."

He also knew that since Meng Shaoyuan had the chairman's attendant backing him, his background was very important, and once the task was accomplished, the chairman's attendant would never make a big deal of it.

The benefits are naturally exclusive here.

As for what kind of reward the chairman will give Meng Shaoyuan, it is not something that I can ask and hope for.

Meng Shaoyuan's willingness to give this credit to himself is already a great favor!

(End of this chapter)