Agents of the Republic of China

In the backyard of the headquarters of Shanghai Farmers Bank, there is a small warehouse next to the boiler room.An old bank employee in his 50s wearing reading glasses, holding a bound booklet, led Lin Xiaotang and Gu Shuyu to the iron gate.

The old employee took out a bunch of keys, and after searching for a long time, he finally found the matching key. As the iron door creaked open, a smell of dust and mildew came over his face, causing Lin Xiaotang and Gu Shuyu to frown head.

"Since I moved from Nanjing to Shanghai, these things have been sealed here, and they haven't been opened for a long time. Don't mind the two of you." The old employee said apologetically.

The three of them walked into the warehouse and went straight to a small cubicle in front of the door. The old employee turned on the light in the warehouse, and the warehouse was suddenly bright. There were six rows of safe shelves with a length of more than 20 meters. It is covered with dust, and even occasionally startled bats can be seen flying.

The old employee took a rag to wipe the table clean, and then put the booklet on the table, flipping through it page by page. Without much effort, the old employee pushed the opened booklet in front of the two of them, "Manager Gu , look, this is it, right?"

Gu Shuyu looked at it, nodded, and handed the booklet to Lin Xiaotang who was at the side. Lin Xiaotang took it over and took a look. That's right, the customer's name was "Tian Jiashen", and the place where the seal was signed was a crescent-shaped stamp. a familiar handwriting.

The old employee took out a piece of ink pad and handed it to Lin Xiaotang. Lin Xiaotang dipped the jade plate in the ink pad and put it on the blank space. The old employee took it and checked it carefully. After a long time, he said to the two of them: "That's right, the lines and the handwriting are exactly the same. Ask this gentleman to fill out a form, register his credentials, and I'll get the safe right away."

The old employee moved a ladder and planned to get the safe. After walking two steps, he stopped again and said to Lin Xiaotang: "I sealed the safe of this customer back then, so I have the impression of these two people. .”

Lin Xiaotang, who was filling out the form, was startled, and turned his head quickly, "Mr., can you tell me about the situation back then?"

The old employee smiled and put the ladder by the door, Lin Xiaotang gave him the cigarettes, the three of them came outside the door, and sat down on the bench in front of the door, and then the old employee told the story of the year.

"It was about three months before the fall of Nanjing. That afternoon, there were no customers, so I dozed off in the lounge of the head office's safe. The manager in the lobby outside suddenly found me and said that a customer wanted to rent a safe. I got up in a panic and ran to the front."

"There are two customers. One is about 40 years old, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and wearing glasses. He looks like a gentleman at first glance. The other is wearing a white gown. He looks like a teacher. He is young, probably about 30 years old."

Speaking of this, the old employee chuckled, "Those two people were mysterious and said they wanted to save some things, but I actually know the one in the suit."

"Oh, who is he?"

The old employee racked his brains and thought for a while, "He is from the central treasury. His surname seems to be, surname, yes, surname Zhou!"

"Zhou Chaojian? Is that him?" Lin Xiaotang asked hastily.

The old employee slapped his head, "Yes, that's him, look at my memory!"

"I don't know another young man, but after all, he is somewhat similar to you, sir!" The old employee pointed at Lin Xiaotang.

Lin Xiaotang knew in his heart that this was the eldest brother and Zhou Chaojian who came to the Agricultural Bank to rent a safe.

"Afterwards, the two happily paid the fee, filled out the information, and then went to the back of the vault to store things. We can't be there. I read the names on the information, and I thought, maybe It was the name of the young man who came with Mr. Zhou, but the place where the signature was signed was very special, with a signature of that shape. At that time, they paid the fee for two years. But soon after, I heard the news, That Mr. Zhou was beaten to death, and that young man has never been seen since!"

The cigarette butt in Lin Xiaotang's hand gradually burned to the end, until it burned his fingers, Lin Xiaotang shook unconsciously, and then threw the cigarette butt on the ground.

At this time, the old employee had already carried out a dusty safe, Gu Shuyu led Lin Xiaotang to a room with an iron door in the office building, and then retreated out together with the old employee.

Guo Zhui and Jiao Da who had been waiting stood in front of the door, and Lin Xiaotang closed the door.

The dark green safe lay quietly on the table, as if waiting for someone to unlock its hidden secrets.Lin Xiaotang lightly brushed off the dust on it, pulled out the dagger, pried open the lock on the box, and opened the lid of the box with trembling hands.

There are not many things in the box, a small horse brand bag, two magazines, two stacks of US dollars, a piece of torn cowhide, and two pieces of letter paper.

The broken cowhide seems to be a map, which is full of marking lines of mountains, rivers and rivers. Lin Xiaotang glanced at it roughly, and it seems that this map points to a certain secret place in the mountains, but the map is obviously hand-drawn, and the author obviously He is an expert in military affairs, so it looks like a military map used in the army.But it's unclear exactly which area the map refers to.

Below the broken cowhide map is a series of numbers, which should have some connection with this secret location.

Lin Xiaotang picked up the two pieces of letter paper again, and found that it was actually a list.There were nearly a hundred people's names densely written on it, and Lin Xiaotang suddenly realized after only a few glances. From it, he suddenly discovered the names of Liu Baojia, Chen Xiao, Qin Han, etc., and of course the names of his eldest brother Lin Xiaojun, Zhou Chaojian and Bai Qi.

This should be the roster of the officers' club.

Lin Xiaotang turned on all the lights in the room, carefully looked at the names of these people, and found a name named Min from the 58th Army. This should be the commander Min that Ergou contacted.

But immediately, Lin Xiaotang discovered that many of these names had been drawn with a horizontal line, and Lin Xiaotang felt sad that these should be those who had already died.

Lin Xiaotang took out a pen, and silently crossed the names of Big Brother, Zhou Chaojian, and Head Min from the list.

And in this way, except for Bai Qi and the members of the ex-officer club currently recruited by Beiping Station and Tianjin Station, there are only two solitary names left on the list.

Lin Xiaotang looked thoughtfully at the two names and the marked area.

……

After coming out of the room, Lin Xiaotang repeatedly urged Gu Shuyu to keep today's matter a secret.Gu Shuyu smiled relaxedly, "Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will return to Chongqing early in the next two days. The bank's relocation is a foregone conclusion. As for the old employee, I can take him back to Chongqing. In this way, there will be no one in Shanghai. Know about it."

Lin Xiaotang breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately ordered Guo Zhui to closely protect Gu Shuyu and the others before they left. If necessary, he could arrange someone to escort them all the way back to Chongqing. After arriving in Chongqing, the latent team there will continue to protect them.

……

Back at Ke Hua, Lin Xiaotang put all the things he took from the bank into his safe. As for the list, Lin Xiaotang simply burned it. Only one-third of the people on it are still alive, and most of them are still alive. Some of them have joined Beiping Station and Tianjin Station, Bai Qi is from the *** side, and the remaining two names, one of which Lin Xiaotang has heard of, but it is still unclear whether he is an enemy or a friend. So, you can only put it in your heart first.

Eldest brother Lin Xiaojun was indeed hiding something, which Lin Xiaotang can now confirm, the things hidden in the safe were just in case, so he left clues to other officers' club members.It's just that the eldest brother and Zhou Chaojian never thought that something happened to them one after another. Perhaps the eldest brother thought of this when the accident happened, so he held the jade card tightly in his hand.

But why didn't he tell Ergou these clues? Since the death of Captain Min, what did Ergou run to Tianmu Mountain alone?Does that map have any connection with Tianmu Mountain?

The whole incident was revealed bit by bit, but it brought more questions. Thinking of these, Lin Xiaotang felt that his mind was about to explode.

Shang Zhensheng hurriedly knocked on the door and came in, "Boss, the paparazzi are reporting back, Wanquan has made a move!"

"Oh?" Lin Xiaotang suddenly recovered.

In the past two days, Wanquan has changed another hiding place and even took over a small hotel. This hotel is located in a shanty town in Zhabei. It is said to be a hotel, but it is actually just a carriage and horse shop for traveling businessmen from other places. Resting with the people from the rivers and lakes who traveled all over the world.But what is astonishing is that after Wanquan took over, the hotel had four more employees overnight, and all of them were new faces.Among the guests staying in the hotel, the paparazzi also found some clues. Last night, several people lived in the hotel. It is said that they were businessmen from Yunnan, but the paparazzi who entered the hotel really heard One of the leaders inadvertently spoke the Sichuan dialect.

The hotel is next to an abandoned warehouse, which was originally a granary at the dock and was abandoned later. The paparazzi discovered that Wan Quan, his buddies, and several Yunnan businessmen had appeared here in the middle of the night.

"So, Wanquan will take action?" Lin Xiaotang returned the photos of the clerk and businessman to Shang Zhensheng.

"It should be right." Shang Zhensheng shook the photos in his hand, "I plan to send someone to send these photos to Chongqing overnight, one to Yugong, and one to our latent team. We will use two prongs to find out the identity of these people. The bottom line. Let’s not startle the snake for the time being. These people are a little too cautious in doing things. Once they are alarmed, they will probably go into hibernation again. At that time, it will be difficult! What do you think?"

"Get an extra copy and give it to me. I still have some reliable contacts here, so you can check it!" Lin Xiaotang suddenly thought of Bai Qi and Pan Zhongqi, and their intelligence system can also help to check.

But so far, Zhou Sijing in Beiping still hasn't moved. Could it be that Wanquan's actions this time have nothing to do with him?

Suddenly, the phone on the desk rang.