Lost and Spy

Chapter 1161 Orphan Treasure
Not only can't go back to the office for the past few days, but they can't even go to Wu Jingyi's residence.

Wu Jingyi was busy enough with the dossier that was damaged by herself.

Fortunately, fortunately, although he is not welcome in the headquarters office, District Chief Meng is admired in other places.

In the several places I went, the commanders were all excited.

What an honor it is for District Chief Meng to come and inspect in person?

His only apprentice, Qi Xuezhen, is now the squadron leader.

It stands to reason that with Qi Xuezhen's qualifications and military exploits, there is no way for him to be the squadron leader, but is it true that he, Meng Shaoyuan, is not doing too much work for his own benefit?
Fortunately, Qi Xuezhen was quite up to date, and she had indeed learned a lot from Teacher Meng, and she performed quite well in the position of captain of the intelligence squadron.

This also blocked the mouths of many people.

But think about it the other way around, even if someone is dissatisfied, would Young Master Meng still care?

As soon as he saw Qi Xuezhen, thinking of teaching her skills that day, he controlled Qi Xuezhen with a few snaps of his fingers and made her take the initiative to undress, Meng Shaoyuan couldn't help but feel a little heartbeat.

Stop it, stop it.

At least I am a district head or a teacher, so I have to act like a teacher, right?

Listening to Qi Xuezhen's report on work, it was quite boring. It was nothing more than a person from a certain Japanese contact point, when to go out, when to meet who and so on.

Meng Shaoyuan was yawning when he heard it.

Qi Xuezhen is his student after all, and she knows what her teacher is thinking: "District Chief Meng, I wonder if you are interested in something."

"Tell me." Meng Shaoyuan looked listless.

"There is a businessman in Shanghai named Zheng Baiyu. He is a big collector in Shanghai and he is considered a patriotic businessman." Qi Xuezhen said immediately: "After the Battle of Songhu, he ended all his business in order to avoid being threatened by the Japanese..."

"Get to the point." Meng Shaoyuan started yawning again.

"He has a batch of things that have been in the enemy-occupied area."

"what?"

"Antique calligraphy and painting."

"Not interested in."

"There are many exquisite treasures in this batch of antique calligraphy and paintings."

"Oh?" Meng Shaoyuan became interested.

"The specific situation, why don't I call this Zheng Baiyu here, and you can ask yourself?"

……

Zheng Baiyu, 53 years old, is a native of Shanghai.

Wearing a white-washed long gown, it can't be seen that he is a rich man.

But it is said that before the Anti-Japanese War, he opened a cotton spinning factory, a light bulb factory, and also ran a restaurant.

"Hello, sir." Upon meeting, Zheng Baiyu said politely, "Don't dare to ask your name, sir?"

"wish."

"Congratulations, sir." Zheng Baiyu held a fan in his hand, and passed the fan forward: "This fan, please appreciate it, sir."

fan?

Meng Shaoyuan took it over, opened it, and saw two lines written on the fan:

"A stone can be broken, but its firmness cannot be taken away; Dan can be ground, but its redness cannot be taken away."

Meng Shaoyuan didn't look at the inscription, but just said perfunctorily: "Good words, good words."

"Actually, the handwriting is mediocre, and the calligraphy can't even reach the upper-middle level."

Zheng Baiyu said unexpectedly: "If you rely on this word alone, it is worthless, but this word depends on who wrote it."

"Who wrote it?"

"In the past, Nian Gengyao was the great general of Fuyuan, who quelled the chaos in Qinghai, but Nian Gengyao was arrogant and domineering. Emperor Yongzheng personally welcomed him back to Beijing. To remind him, he inscribed this pair of fans and gave it to him."

Oh?
The fan that Yongzheng inscribed for Nian Gengyao?

"Sir, please take a look." Zheng Baiyu approached and pointed to the fan: "Here is the inscription of Yongzheng. It is for this reason that the value of this fan has doubled."

"Good fan, good fan."

Meng Shaoyuan really didn't understand what was so good about it: "This is a good fan, sir, take care of it, if it breaks, I won't be able to afford it."

Zheng Baiyu didn't reach out to take it: "Mr. Zhu, this fan was originally my honor to you."

"Honor me?" Meng Shaoyuan was taken aback: "Then why don't you get paid for nothing."

"Bai Yu originally asked the officer for something."

"Is it about your antiques and cultural relics?"

"Exactly." Zheng Baiyu didn't hide anything anymore: "Boyu has been in business for generations, and they are all good at antiques, calligraphy and paintings. For four generations, they have accumulated a lot of good things.

Back then, for the convenience of managing the factory, Bai Yu's home was in Hongkou, which had always been a Japanese-controlled area, but I was definitely not a traitor, and there were times when I made false claims with the Japanese.

Before the war started, I hastily sold the factory and Hongkou real estate, and took refuge in the public concession.However, several boxes containing antique calligraphy and paintings could not be transported because of the sudden outbreak of war. "

"and many more."

Meng Shaoyuan interrupted him: "You said you sold the factory before the war? Did you know that war would break out?"

"Yes." Zheng Baiyu didn't deny it either: "I experienced it on January [-]th, and I can guess what Little Japan was thinking. At that time, I saw that the situation was not right, so I decided to sell it at a low price. A factory. It's better than having your hard work destroyed in the flames of war."

This is a smart guy.

Meng Shaoyuan nodded slightly: "Where are these things of yours hidden now?"

"No. 520 Zhengmin Road."

"where?"

"No. 520 Zhengmin Road."

"Is the Ye family's garden on the side?"

"Exactly."

"Come here, send Mr. Zheng off." Meng Shaoyuan blurted out without thinking.

"Sir, what is the meaning of this?" Zheng Baiyu was puzzled.

Without Meng Shaoyuan opening his mouth, Li Zhifeng helped him and said: "Mr. Zheng, Yejia Garden is the headquarters of the Japanese Gendarmerie in Shanghai. This is tantamount to smuggling things out under the noses of the Japanese. The danger is too great." .”

"That's not the most dangerous thing." Zheng Baiyu said, "The most dangerous thing is that the place where I hide my things now has become the warehouse of the Japanese Gendarmerie and... the interrogation room..."

"Respectfully send off Mr. Zheng." Meng Shaoyuan respectfully put the fan on the table: "Mr. Zheng, go slowly, don't send it off, come and bring a few catties of fruit to Mr. Zheng."

"Wait a minute, Commander Zhu." Zheng Baiyu had no intention of leaving at all: "If it wasn't so dangerous, Bai Yu would not have been able to find Commander Zhu. Although these things have not been discovered by the Japanese for the time being, just in case... ...I do not hide from you sir, there are a large number of orphans in this batch, once they fall into the hands of the Japanese, it will be a loss to the country and the nation."

Meng Shaoyuan remained silent.

What he knew was that during the Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese looted a large number of precious cultural relics from China.

Never let such a thing happen in your own hands.

But the problem is, it's too dangerous.

Want to smuggle this batch of cultural relics under the noses of the Japanese?

Almost too slim.

"Sir, I think so." Zheng Baiyu said with a lot of effort: "It's better to smash the jade than to destroy the tiles. If there is no way to ship these things, then, just destroy them!"

I would rather destroy them than fall into the hands of the Japanese!

(End of this chapter)