Chapter 5: Chen Miao's Value
The thunderstorm in summer came and went quickly, but Chen Miao still couldn't go, he had a gunshot wound on his body, and the concession implemented a curfew policy.
In case he met the red-headed Ah San who was patrolling on the road and arrived at the patrol room, it would be equivalent to doing Chen Mingchu a great favor.
Moreover, he said that he opened a room in the Oriental Hotel, but he said casually that he did not open any room at all.
It's too far to go back to that safe house in the French Concession.
Chen Miao has been running non-stop since he got up in the morning, he has not rested for a day, a person with injuries and fever.
It's a miracle that he's made it this far.
He just couldn't hold on.
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"Old Cai ......" Liang Xueqin still wanted to sing two songs to Chen Miao, but found that he had already fallen asleep with his head hanging on the soft collapse, making a slight snoring sound.
It was the first time he had spent the night at his own place.
"Boss Qin, it's raining so hard, will the third brother go back tonight?"
"Lao Cai, do you have clean clothes, and old ones are okay?" Liang Xueqin asked, she couldn't let Lao Cai see the injured Chen Miao, these days, no one can believe it.
"I understand, I understand......" Lao Cai Xiaoji nodded meter by meter, Liang Xueqin has been with her for three years, and the man who pursues her can line up from this small attic to the street, but he has a soft spot for this Chen Miao.
In her opinion, one has affection and one intention, and if this leads to a good relationship, it is also a merit.
What's more, this Liang Xueqin is a free body, and he eats with talent, and there is the boss of this Tingxue Building, so it's too late for him to stammer.
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I slept so soundly that I didn't even dream.
When Chen Miao opened her eyes, she found that Liang Xueqin was sitting on a stool opposite, one arm supporting her head, her eyes slightly closed, obviously staying here all night with her.
The beauty was deeply grateful, and Chen Miao felt that the guilt in her heart had increased again.
Slowly sat up, looked up at the window, and at this time the east was already white.
"Are you awake?"
"Well, I fell asleep like this at your place last night?" Chen Miao was a little embarrassed, he didn't remember when he fell asleep.
Nothing like this had ever happened to him.
"Well, you have injuries on your body, I didn't dare to touch you." Liang Xueqin explained.
"It's okay, by the way, I didn't say anything in my dreams, did I?"
"Of course you did, and told me that you would give me a pony and say that you were the nobles of European horses, and you fell asleep as you spoke." Liang Xueqin stood up and said with a playful smile.
"Hehe, I'm just saying it, don't take it seriously, there's nothing else." Chen Miao scratched his head in embarrassment, he knew that this Nizi did it on purpose, if it hadn't happened to Chen Mingchu, it would not be a big problem to give Liang Xueqin a foal, but now, he didn't even dare to go back.
"I asked Lao Cai to prepare a set of clean clothes for you, if you go out here, it's not appropriate." Liang Xueqin stood up, pointed to a set of clothes on the table and said.
"Xueqin, it's still thoughtful, I will give the money to Lao Cai for this dress, I bought it." Chen Miao was not pretentious, he really needed a set of clean clothes, and the clothes that came through him were stained with blood.
"You turn around, I'll change my clothes?"
"What's there, it's not that I haven't seen it......" Liang Xueqin's cheeks were crimson, and she lowered her head and snorted, but she still turned around.
"I've spent a night with you, but I'm afraid that the gossip of the people in this bookstore will ruin your reputation if it spreads out when the time comes?" This Liang Xueqin's medicine is really effective. The night's kung fu didn't hurt so much.
"If anyone dares to say it, I dare to admit it, what's the big deal?" Liang Xueqin said very hardly.
Chen Miao couldn't help but stumble when she heard this, so she could only turn around and smile: "I'll leave right now, and when someone asks, let Lao Cai help you cover up, and say that I left last night." ”
Chen Miao was about to put away the clothes he had changed into, but was snatched away by Liang Xueqin: "You are injured, you can't take care of yourself, put these dirty clothes here with me, wash them, you come and get them." ”
"Xueqin, it's not good for you to do this......"
"If you die outside, this outfit will be a memorial for me." Liang Xueqin said stubbornly.
"Okay, whatever you want." Chen Miao didn't come back to her senses in a good breath, the woman became stubborn, let alone nine cows, even ninety cows couldn't pull them back.
"I'm leaving, why didn't I see Qiao'er this night?" Chen Miao didn't plan to stay, and got up to leave.
"Lao Gu has not been in good health these days, so I asked her to take care of him." Liang Xueqin explained that Xing'er was the girl in front of her, and Lao Gu's name was Gu Shouwen, and she was the three-stringed child who accompanied her.
The two have worked together for many years, and they are also teachers and friends.
"Let's go, don't send it." Chen Miao directly raised his feet and stepped out of the attic, he didn't dare to look back, for fear that his heart would soften and he couldn't help but go back.
No wonder the ancients said that Gentle Township is a hero's mound.
"Third brother, how did you rest last night?" Chen Miao came downstairs and heard a familiar voice behind him.
"I said Lao Cai, don't you walk without sound, do you want to scare me to death?" Chen Miao pretended to be frightened, stroked his chest and said.
"Scare you, I don't have the guts, you are the famous third brother." Lao Cai smiled, with a hint of flattery in his eyes.
"This matter is not in a hurry, Lao Cai, I stayed overnight last night to listen to the matter of Xuelou, and I ask you to cover it up for you." Chen Miao took out a stack of money from his cuffs and stuffed it into Lao Cai's hand.
"Ouch, third brother, you will see the outside world when you say this, what is the relationship between you and our Qin boss......" Lao Cai saw the green money in his hand, and immediately smiled and bent, these days, how many people don't like banknotes?
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Huxi, No. 76 Jisfeier Road, where the headquarters of Wang's puppet agents is located. (At this time, it had not yet been formally established, but this spy agency attached to the Japanese invaders had been in operation for more than half a year, and it was notorious.) )
The gate is a newly repaired archway, engraved in the middle of the blue background white characters four words "the world is the public", the two sides of the dark pavilion each pressed a machine gun, is facing the outside of the gate, forming a cross fire point without dead ends.
After entering the gate, there is a playground, and the main building is a garden house, with three floors above ground and one basement, which the spies are used to calling Gao Western.
Walking up the stone steps, there is a corridor and an escalator in the middle, a reception room in the east, a communication room behind the reception room, then a storage room and a telephone connection room, and on the opposite side of the reception room is the dining room, which has a door leading directly to the meeting room.
There are three directors in the secret service headquarters, one principal and two deputies, but on the second floor, there are only the offices and bedrooms of director Ding Mohan and deputy director Lin Shiqun.
Another deputy director, Tang Ruimin, is currently in Nanjing and does not work here.
As Chen Mingchu, who had just surrendered to Cheng and was appointed as the section chief, in addition to being flattered, there was also a trace of sincerity and fear.
"Secretary Mao, is Director Ding here?"
"Section Chief Chen, Director Ding is here, are you in trouble?" Ding Mohan's confidential secretary, Mao Ziming, stood up and nodded with a smile.
"I have something important to report to Director Ding." When he first arrived, Chen Mingchu seemed to be a little restrained.
"Wait a minute, I'll go in and ask for instructions." Mao Ziming got up and left his position, pushed open the door, and walked in directly, as Ding Mohan's secretary, he didn't need to knock when he entered the office.
After a while, Mao Ziming came out and invited Chen Mingchu in.
"Section Chief Chen is here, please take a seat, Secretary Mao, go make a cup of tea and send it in." Ding Mohan walked over from his seat and greeted him very warmly.
"Director Ding, I have come to ask you for my guilt, and the arrest of the military commanders in Shanghai has failed......" Chen Mingchu stood with his hands down, looking restrained.
"Section Chief Chen, this matter has nothing to do with you, I already understand, it was the senior management of the Police Department of the Ministry of Industry and Bureau who leaked the news and let these people escape." Ding Mohan smiled and said comfortingly.
"Thank you Director Ding for your magnanimity."
"By the way, is there any news about that Chen Miao?" Ding Mohan pulled Chen Mingchu down on the leather sofa in the office and asked.
"At about eight o'clock last night, someone said that he was seen at the Rongsheng gambling stall in Huxi, and by the time our people passed, he had already left." Chen Mingchu said, "The people at the scene said that it took him less than half an hour to win thousands of yuan and leave." ”
"This person's gambling skills are so powerful?"
"Yes, anyway, I played mahjong with him, never won, this person is cautious, timid, good at gambling, although his status in Shanghai is not high, but the position is very important, and he has the only cipher machine in the Shanghai area of the military command, and the decipherment of all confidential messages must go through him, so to speak, whoever masters him is equivalent to mastering the contact between the Shanghai district of the military command and the bureau headquarters, so he wants to take down this person at the first time, but he didn't expect that something went wrong."
"I don't blame you for this, it was just an accident." Ding Mohan waved his hand, and said with a hint of excitement on his face, "This Chen Miao is really a talent, with what you know about him, how else can you find him?" ”
"Maybe there's one." Chen Mingchu heard that Ding Mohan was interested in Chen Miao and wanted to win him over, but in fact, this was also his idea.
"Tell me about it?"
"In addition to being a good gambler, Chen Miao also likes to visit the bookstore, and when he has free time on weekdays, he goes to the bookstore to sit down, and the most he goes to is a bookstore in Yimiao, called Tingxue Building, I heard that he has an extraordinary relationship with Liang Xueqin, the owner of Tingxue Building." Chen Mingchu said.
"But the famous Shanghai beach queen Liang Xueqin?" Ding Mohan's small eyes the size of mung beans lit up on his crab shell face, and his eyes shone brightly.
"That's right, it's Liang Xueqin, the queen of commentary, Director Ding, do you know?"
"I heard that this Liang Xueqin is a unique performer, how can Chen Miao, a gambler, have anything to do with her?" Ding Mohan showed a look of intense interest.
"I don't know about this, I was only transferred to Shanghai from Nanjing two years ago, and before that, I heard that their relationship was not ordinary." Chen Mingchu said, "But I heard my subordinates occasionally mention that there are many business tycoons and political dignitaries who pursue Liang Xueqin, but those people can't see them, and Chen Miao can see them anytime and anywhere." ”
"This is interesting, a gambler actually won the favor of the queen of the bullet, what is it about this Chen Miao that attracts her?" Ding Mohan suddenly became curious.
"Director Ding, I think that this Liang Xueqin can be used, maybe he can lure Chen Miao out." Chen Mingchu suggested.
Ding Mohan nodded slightly, if other methods don't work, this is a way, since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass.
He believes that as long as people have weaknesses, this Liang Xueqin may be Chen Miao's weakness.