Crow of the Pretender

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Ming family got up very early.

Ming Jing brought his two younger brothers into the small ancestral hall to pay homage to his grandparents, parents and younger brother Ming Ge.Minglou and Mingtai changed into black suits, knelt down and offered incense one by one.

The sacrifice is over.Mingjing left Minglou behind and closed the door to talk, and Mingtai left first alone.

In the ancestral hall, Ming Jing looked at the tablets of his parents and younger brother, and said, "It's been another year. Last year was an eventful year. I hope our family will be well this year."

When Mingjing said this, he turned to look at Minglou, "I know, you and Ah Cheng are both good boys. You have done what I wanted to do but couldn't, so I only ask for one thing, to protect yourselves.

Also, Mingtai.His mother is kind to our Ming family, and I always think of Xiao Ge when I look at him. If he is safe, he should be 20 years old by now. "

"Big sister..." Minglou patted Mingjing's shoulder reassuringly, but when she said this, Minglou couldn't help but let a face flash in Minglou's mind - Bo Ning.

He looked at the bright mirror, and thought of something, and looked at the portrait of his mother Qin Rui, and couldn't help being stunned.

Mrs. Ming, Qin Rui, was very beautiful. She was a well-known lady and aristocratic family in Shanghai back then.

The Qin family is a scholarly family, and Qin Rui is the eldest daughter of the Qin family. She has willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, a straight nose, and a tear mole at the end of her eyes, which makes her more charming.

Mingjing and Minglou both look like their father, but Mingjing has eyes like their mother.

And when I was a child, the Ming Pavilion hadn't opened yet, so I couldn't tell who it looked like. Later, something happened to the Ming family, and the younger brother and mother fell into the cliff together, leaving no bones left.

At this time, Minglou looked at the photo of his mother Qin Rui again, and suddenly found that Bai Ning's appearance was seventy percent similar to his own mother.

A seemingly impossible idea popped up in Minglou's heart, and he stood there in a daze, not even knowing what was said behind the mirror.

"Minglou, did you hear what I said?" Minglou didn't recover until Mingjing called him.

"Ah, I heard it, I heard it, Eldest Sister." Ming Lou dared not tell Eldest Sister his guess, he was afraid that it was just a ridiculous coincidence, and he didn't want to ignite Eldest Sister's hope and then extinguish it with his own hands.Wait for him to check it out before deciding whether to speak or not.

At this time, outside the ancestral hall.

Mingtai walked lightly, taking advantage of no one's attention, slipped into Minglou's study.

Minglou's study room is very spacious. The solid wood desk is square and decorated with the four treasures of the study. The desk is clean and spotless.

There is an entire large bookcase against the wall. The doors of the cabinet are all inlaid with glass, and the bibliography can be seen clearly through the transparent glass, but the door is locked.In the study, the most conspicuous thing is Ming Lou's black briefcase on the desk.

The briefcase has only two movable metal buttons. Mingtai remembers that his elder brother used this bag often when he was giving lectures in Paris. It is already very old. It is said that it is a relic of his father and is very precious.

Minglou never let Mingtai touch this briefcase. When he was studying at a high school in Paris, he once opened the interlayer of the leather bag out of curiosity to find foreign magazines that Minglou secretly kept. Mingcheng discovered it and "corrected" it on the spot. family law".Mingcheng also said that it was "benevolence outside the law" and did not tell his elder brother.

But now, Mingtai's life is at stake if he touches this purse again.

Just as Mingtai's hand was about to move, the door of the study was pushed open.Mingcheng stood at the door: "Mingtai, why are you here? Brother's study is usually not allowed in, you know that."

"I'm just looking for a book." Mingtai pretended to be calm.

Mingcheng glanced at him: "What book are you looking for? Just open the book list, and I'll find it for you."

"Brother Ah Cheng..."

"You come out first."

"Brother Ah Cheng, keep your voice down, and don't bring your eldest brother here."

Mingcheng said with a half-smile, "Oh? Are you still afraid of big brother? I thought that young master Ming would not be afraid of anything on the first day of the new year."

Mingtai was most afraid of Mingcheng showing such an expression, and immediately surrendered: "I'm afraid, of course I'm afraid. I'm leaving now."

He walked to the door, turned sideways, avoiding Mingcheng's eyes, raised his legs and was about to step out of the door, when Mingcheng asked him: "What book are you looking for?"

"About the fifteenth century... about the European Renaissance..." Ming Tai paused for a while, and said, "Dante's "Divine Comedy."

Mingcheng doubted: "You still read this kind of book? There are books, Latin version, do you want it?"

"Yes..." Mingtai nodded immediately.

Mingcheng walked into the study, took out a large bunch of keys from his pocket, opened Minglou's bookcase, and skillfully took out a Latin version of "The Divine Comedy" for Mingtai.

"Brother Ah Cheng, I still want to watch the adventures of knights." Mingtai said with his neck up, "There is a copy of "Crusader Knights" on it, I saw it."

Mingcheng frowned: "It's better to read less of this kind of book."

"Anti-aggression! I want to see it!" Mingtai stretched his neck and said.

Mingcheng looked up at the bookshelf. The books were so high that they couldn't reach them at all. He sighed and said, "Wait, little ancestor." Then he pushed a small ladder over and climbed up to get the books.

And Mingtai stood behind him, with his hands behind his back, and quickly opened Minglou's briefcase with his backhand.

His fingertips hooked into the briefcase, and he took out a document lightly.

The whole process was very fast, dexterous, and silent, and Mingcheng didn't notice it, at least Mingtai thought so.

Mingcheng got the book and prepared to go down.

Mingtai was a little nervous, and he asked again: "Brother Ah Cheng, is it the Chinese version?"

"Yes, the bibliography is also in Chinese."

"Then I don't want it anymore, I want to read the original version."

Mingcheng was surprised: "You want to read the original version? Didn't you fail the Polish test?"

"I want to study because I failed the exam." Mingtai replied seriously.

Mingcheng had a helpless expression: "Okay, I'll look for it for you again."

Taking this opportunity, Mingtai took out a miniature camera disguised as a lighter from his pocket. He played with the lighter first, watching Mingcheng focus on finding books for him with his back turned to him.

So with his hands behind his back, his fingers dexterously, swiftly, and deftly copied the documents behind him.

After finishing, Mingcheng also found the book: "I found it, but it's just a fragment. It may be bought by the elder brother at the second-hand bookstore in Carusel Bridge."

"Yes, big brother likes the feeling of buying books there. It seems that only the books in second-hand bookstores have the pedantic smell of those seniors. In fact, they are all dirt in the dust." Mingtai ridiculed Minglou, and he felt that the insinuations were mean.

Mingcheng slowly climbed down the small ladder as if he didn't understand.

Mingtai sent the document back intact as if nothing had happened, and buckled the purse button.

"Thank you Brother Acheng." Mingtai took the book and thanked Mingcheng.

Mingcheng locked the bookcase, then turned around and saw the lighter in Mingtai's hand: "When did you learn to smoke?"

"Ah, at school." Mingtai smiled perfunctorily.

Mingcheng didn't seem to agree with it, but he didn't stop him, he just said: "Don't let the elder sister and elder brother see it."

"I know, I locked myself in my room to smoke. Hey, brother Ah Cheng, please don't tell your big brother and big sister." Mingtai said with a smile.

Mingcheng stretched out his hand and nodded Mingtai: "Don't show your tail, brother has a good nose."

Two people came out of the study.

"Brother Ah Cheng, why did you come back from France?" Mingtai asked intentionally or unintentionally.

Mingcheng said: "The situation in Europe is not good either. Come back and save the country."

"Doing work for the new government counts as saving the country?"

"It doesn't matter who you work for, the important thing is to save the country." Mingcheng said lightly.

"Being in the same class as No. 76 can save the country? It's almost the same as harming the country." Mingtai sarcastically.

Mingcheng sighed: "Mingtai, Shanghai's economy has already been overwhelmed, and my eldest brother came back to save Shanghai's economy, naturally it is to save the country."

"Brother Cheng, since ancient times, those who are close to vermilion are red, and those who are close to ink are black." Mingtai said.

"Then, can you clearly distinguish which is Zhu and which is ink?" Mingcheng asked back with a smile.

"Well said..." Mingtai praised sincerely, "Brother Ah Cheng, can you tell me, do you know what color you are?"

Mingcheng smiled: "Colors are expressed differently in the eyes of different people. The eyes of blind people are completely dark, and the eyes of colorblind people can't distinguish red and green. Only normal people can see colorful colors."

Mingtai was silent, he was thinking about the meaning of Mingcheng's words.

"What are you talking about?" Minglou appeared in the stairwell.

"Talk about color..." Mingtai replied, "I went to the eldest sister's room to study." He ran past Minglou with a smile on his face.

Minglou looked at Mingcheng: "Is everything going well?"

Mingcheng nodded: "Very well."

The two went into the study again.

Minglou opened the purse and took out the first document, which read "Military Supplies Department Purchase Plan Timetable".He took it out and spread it on the table: "He got it?"

"Yes, his hands and feet are very nimble." Mingcheng replied.

Minglou sighed and said, "Another move has been made, and we'll see how the black crow reacts." He paused and asked, "Ah Cheng, do you think I'm too shameless for doing this?"

"Brother, there are always times when we have to. Mingtai is the bottom line."

"I have to..." Minglou was silent for a moment, then asked again, "How is the matter going?"

Mingcheng said: "You ordered me to start from the "destruction room" in the confidential room to obtain some official correspondence from the Japanese military, which is very difficult.I managed to get some fragments back and restored several documents related to the delineation of the artillery blockade in the third theater.I'm on the third shelf of your file drawer. "

Minglou stretched out his hand to open the drawer, and there was a collaged document inside. Mingcheng did it very carefully, and the document was neat and tidy.

"Did you find out the call to Wang Manchun yesterday?"

"Found it. At two o'clock in the morning, the call came from Suzhou. But it's strange that the content of the conversation was not monitored." Mingcheng replied, "Could it be a lone wolf?"

Minglou shook his head: "It's still not sure yet."

"Lone wolf" is the spy that Yoko Nanada mentioned recently. She believes that the reason why No. 76 has been repeatedly defeated by the military commander is the lack of a major source of intelligence.

And to engage in intelligence, it is still superior to the super high class.So Yoko Nantian decided to use a pawn "Lone Wolf" as a paving stone for No. 76.

After that, Ming Lou worked hard with Zhou Fohai and found out that "Lone Wolf" had "served" in the Far East Campaign and made military achievements.This person likes to be alone and is not bound by the special high-tech.

Yoko Nantian didn't make it clear who the lone wolf would choose in Erchun.So Minglou had no choice but to choose both of them to stare at.And yesterday, there was a harvest.

"The pattern of No. 76 is about to change."

"Is it good for us?"

"It's hard to say now." Ming Lou sat down, "By the way, how did Bo Ning check?"

Mingcheng shook his head: "It's not going well, this name has no trace in Shanghai."

"Really. It's normal, Wang Tianfeng has always been cautious in doing things. He came up with this name. Then you can try the name "A Lin".In addition, in a small village surnamed Shen outside the city of Chacha, there is a couple of buyers surnamed Shen.Find out where and when they adopted Park Lane. "

"Okay..." Mingcheng paused, "Brother, check this, you probably suspect..."

Ming Lou frowned: "Today, I suddenly found that Bo Ning looks very similar to my mother. No wonder, I always think he looks familiar."

"What! Isn't he?" Mingcheng said in surprise.

Minglou frowned: "Let's check first."

What is Minglou saying now that he is in a bad mood? If Bo Ning is really... Then, what should he do with his original decision?

The author has something to say:

Read all books in Latin, really amazing.This is still the "student" of the Ming family, Young Master Ming, so Minglou, how good should Mingcheng be?

The eldest brother has started to investigate classmate Xiao Ning, and Teacher Wang is coming soon, revealing the secret of his life will not be far away.