Kaina Road.

At noon, when the sun is in the sky and the temperature is at its highest during the day, there are hardly any people on the streets, only the occasional car and the sweaty driver pulling the rickshaw passing by.

At this time, most people stay inside, whether it is to cool off or sleep, and no one wants to run outside.

A man wearing a grass temple and a gray homespun robe didn't know which alley he came out of, and his walking speed was neither fast nor slow.

Wearing a pair of cloth shoes and a pair of brown glasses, he looks like a teacher.

I walked forward for about thirty or forty meters, and when I looked up, I saw that the plaques of the four dragons flying and phoenix dancing and typing of "Yuanli Pawnshop" were on the round arch of the carved stone bricks.

The pawnshop's door was halfway open, blocking out the glare of the sun's rays outside.

The straw hat man looked around, and as soon as he raised his feet and walked in, as soon as he entered, he felt that it was a world of difference from the outside, which was at least seven or eight degrees lower than the outside.

It's really cool.

A large courtyard, after crossing, is the main hall of the pawnshop's business, at this time except for the pawnshop guys and worshippers, the guests are basically invisible.

High platforms and thick iron railings are standard for pawnshops.

The straw hat man was very light-footed, and when he walked in, he didn't even alarm the guy behind the counter, still dozing off on the table, and even had a long snort.

The straw hat man was empty-handed, not like he had come to be a pawn, and when he came in, he looked around at the furnishings in the pawnshop before he walked over and tapped lightly on the exposed half of the counter.

"Babble!" The pawnshop guy actually tilted his head over, changed to a more comfortable position, and continued to sleep with his mouth shut.

It's a dream about something delicious and unwilling to wake up.

The straw hat man increased the intensity of the percussion, this time the guy was awakened, he looked up suddenly, saw the straw hat man, and quickly stood up, maybe the leg sitting was numb, and the action of getting up was too fast, and the stool under him was hooked down.

There was a loud sound, hula.

The whole pawnshop was alarmed.

"Little Liuzi, what are you doing......" A stern question came from the door of the counter.

"The big shopkeeper, here are the guests." The young man's face was panicked, and he quickly bent down, helped the stool up, and then stood at least three feet away from the counter with his head bowed and his hands down.

At this moment, one or two coughs were heard, and then an old man with white hair mixed with this silk coat and a hookah in his hand lifted the curtain and walked out.

The guy hurriedly stretched out his hand and helped him, although the pawnshop courtier didn't look so old, but there were many rules in the pawnshop, Xiao Liuzi was estimated to be an apprentice or something, this line of work is not so easy to get out of the school, and some people have been in this industry for decades, and they may not be able to train a pair of discerning eyes.

Talent is indispensable for eyesight.

"This gentleman, surnamed Shi, is the big shopkeeper of the pawnshop, what do you need?" Lao Chaofeng first reported the door, and then asked politely.

"Shopkeeper Shi, can you help me take a look at this thing, how much is it worth." The straw hat man seemed to be playing a trick, and he had an extra white jade bracelet in his hand and handed it over.

"The texture is warm and moist, good jade." Shi Lao Chaofeng stretched out his hands to take it, touched it in his hand, and took it to the bright place to look at it carefully.

"Thirty oceans."

"Thirty oceans is too low, I'm a high-grade mutton fat white jade." The straw hat man lowered the brim of his hat slightly and said.

"How many oceans is that gentleman going to be?"

"At least a hundred oceans, I shouldn't be without me." The straw hat man said at a price.

"Sir, if you die, I can call the shots and give you this price, but if you live, I can add another twenty oceans to you at most."

"Forget it, it's not appropriate, give it back to me, I'll go to another house to have a look." The straw hat man refused outright and reached out to ask for his bracelet.

"Sir, if you are sincere, we can still discuss." Shi Da shopkeeper was busy, opening a pawnshop, it was not open for three years, and it was open for three years, although this is a bit exaggerated, but the pawnshop is indeed not a business that ordinary people can do.

"A hundred oceans, I will only be a week, and I will come to redeem it in a week." The straw hat man said, "If the shopkeeper is willing, open a pawn ticket, pay, if you can't do it, return the jade bracelet to me, and I will find another house." ”

"Sir, if you are a good worker, a hundred oceans, what our store can't do, what our store can't do, you just run all over Shanghai, no one can do it, don't believe it, you can try it." Shi Da's shopkeeper raised his eyebrows and returned the jade bracelet directly.

The straw hat man took the jade bracelet, didn't say a word, turned around and left.

Now Shi Da shopkeeper was dumbfounded, he tried this trick a hundred times, the people who came to be things listened to him, no one did not hesitate, and in the end he increased the price a little, and did the business.

But this one is good, just turn around and leave, this is good, this business is yellow, this is a high-grade mutton fat white jade bracelet.

This one is at least 150 yuan, and if it were a pair, it would be even more valuable.

The usual scene does not only happen in Yuanli pawnshop, Yufeng pawnshop, Shengyuan pawnshop......

A man wearing a straw hat has appeared in many powerful and famous pawnshops in Shanghai, when a mutton fat white jade bracelet costs a hundred oceans, or live, not a single penny.

This hundred oceans of work is basically not profitable for pawnshops, so as long as there is no profit at all, everyone is reluctant to do this business.

So, such a little story began to spread in the pawn world, and even some black-hearted pawnshops wanted to frame the white jade bracelet in the hands of the straw hat man as "stolen goods", and reported to the patrol room, wanting to delay the time to arrest the person and hack the thing!

This straw hat man is not an ordinary person, not only did he see through the other party's tricks and get out easily, but that night, this black-hearted pawnshop was washed in blood.

……

"It was Zheng Jiayuan who did it, he was looking for the white jade bracelet in Wu Xin's hand, they should be a pair." That night, Chen Miao received a call from Sakurako Ikeuchi.

In addition to him, there was also Wan Shenghe, and the two of them rushed to the Broadway building together to meet Sakurako Ikeuchi.

"It seems that he used this method to spread the news, as long as Wu Xin sees the news, she will naturally understand that he is looking for her." Wan Shenghe was also surprised after listening to Sakurako Ikeuchi's explanation.

"It seems that our attempt to get him to come to the door on his own initiative has failed." Sakurako Ikeuchi sighed, Zheng Jiayuan's caution and difficulty were three points stronger than she imagined.

"Our channel for spreading the news is too single, and we underestimate Zheng Jiayuan's cunning." Chen Miao nodded.

How can a person who can become the secretary general of the Shanghai District of the Military Command, and after the Japanese invasion of Shanghai, hold on to the isolated island for almost three years before being forced to leave because of exposure, how can he be easy to deal with?

"Why is Zheng Jiayuan so confident that Wu Xin will go to him after hearing the news?" Wan Shenghe said, "Chongqing has sanctioned Wu Xin, and Zheng Jiayuan dares to go against Dai Yunong?" ”

"Could it be, it's just smoke?" Chen Miao said, "Zheng Jiayuan knows that we already know what he is going to do, to test our reaction?" ”

"But we've already left clues on the black market, doesn't he know the news?"

"It's hard to say, he may or may not know." Chen Miao said, "Let's make an assumption, let's assume that Zheng Jiayuan knows that 'Wu Xin' went to the pawnshop to pawn a white jade bracelet for the embarrassment of life, then he can naturally go to this pawnshop to investigate, question, and then he can find out." Wu Xin's whereabouts, this is also what we want, but if he knows about it, but instead of doing it, he takes another bracelet himself, and uses this way to inform Wu Xin, I will look for you again, or rather, what agreement does he have with Wu Xin, such as not going to the pawnshop to pawn the jade bracelet and other oaths, then we have made a mistake from the beginning. ”

Sakurako Ikeuchi and Kazuzu Wan both nodded, which made sense.

"Let's talk about the second situation, that is, Zheng Jiayuan didn't know the news that the 'Wu Xin' we arranged was the white jade bracelet, but used his own way to find Wu Xin again, and even asked the military commander's people to help, it was all a false shot, a deliberately released smoke screen, even to say, this is a method that they have discussed long ago after losing contact, and this can avoid the sanctions of the military commander!"

"Hmm."

"No, I have already followed your instructions and asked my insider to report the news of Miss 'Wu Xin' appearing at Henry's Pawnshop." Wan Shenghe said, "Zheng Jiayuan should already know the news by now." ”

"How did you get your inside line to report to the top?"

"I asked him to say that a few days ago, Henry's pawnshop held an auction, and he happened to see such a white jade bracelet at that auction, so he secretly inquired about who the original owner of the pawn was, and then the pawnshop said that it was an old woman in her fifties."

"Did Zheng Jiayuan reveal the information about the white jade bracelet to the people in the first district of the military command?" Chen Miao asked.

"Yes, but the description is not detailed."

"That shouldn't be a big problem, could it be that he has insight into our plan, he shouldn't know that after Wu Xin was arrested, her belongings have been confiscated by us." Sakurako Ikeuchi said.

"No, from Zheng Jiayuan's point of view, he must take the worst-case scenario into account, so he won't take the initiative to find Wu Xin, but let Wu Xin take the initiative to see him, which is the safest." Chen Miao shook his head and denied, "We all thought of him simply. ”

"So what now?"

"It's because I didn't think it through, the news we gave before is tantamount to reminding him that Wu Xin is not in our hands, and she escaped from Miss Sakurako's hands." Chen Miao sighed, "This is the purpose of his plan in this step, the military commander still wants to sanction Wu Xin, how could he want to go to Wu Xin through the people of the military commander, if he finds it, what if he directly executes the sanction order?" ”

"Sanshui-kun, don't blame yourself, when you came up with this solution, we hadn't received relevant news yet, and our opponent was too cunning and unexpected." Ikeuchi Sakurako didn't blame Chen Miao, Chen Miao's idea was good, and she herself felt that there was no problem before letting people carry it out.

She is the one who is really at fault, and if she had thought it through, maybe it would have been different.