In the warehouse of the "Qizhi Bookstore" that served as a liaison station, Zhou Chengbin spent a whole night looking at the floor plan of the Aili Garden, and he made various calculations, and finally had to admit in frustration: whether it was from the underground drainage pipes or digging another tunnel, it was not feasible to enter the secret room by another way without going through the entrance and exit designed when the secret room was built.

At five o'clock in the morning on August 10, Li Zhiyong rushed over as promised. Seeing Zhou Chengbin's eyes red, Li Zhiyong already felt something bad in his heart, but he still asked: "Stationmaster Zhou, how is it, is there a way?" ”

Zhou Chengbin pointed on the map: "If you want to dig a tunnel, from here - you see, it is the most recent, the amount of work is not something we can complete, I have made a preliminary calculation, with the most advanced excavator, 24 hours a day of uninterrupted construction, it will take ten days." If you dig by hand, spread with simple tools, and hide from the eyes and ears of the day, a year is not enough. Besides, the amount of earth excavated is so large, how to deal with it? ”

Li Zhiyong's heart was half cold, and this way was impassable. He asked, "Is it possible to use underground drainage lines?" ”

"It's also unrealistic. Hartung built the Aili Garden without cost, and the area of the garden was too large. This is also a means for this rich Jewish man to show off his wealth in Shanghai, where every inch of land is valuable. There were no other buildings within a kilometre of the neighborhood, and Hartung had removed the various municipal facilities that led to Guò from under his garden at his own expense. There are now no underground pipes in the garden, except for a few open gutters that drain rainwater. ”

Li Zhiyong leaned over and looked at the map for a while, and said: "The only entrance and exit of this secret room has been cleverly designed as a part of the rockery, which is the central landscape of the garden...... Unless we have invisibility. ”

Zhou Chengbin looked at the floor plan and was stunned for a while, and said: "Five days later, it was the Midyear Festival, and the Japanese held a memorial service in Aili Garden, and invited a group of monks and Taoists to recommend Jiao for the souls of the Japanese devils who 'broke jade' in the Battle of Zaoyi. You take Xie Chengxin's disguise and sneak in and observe the scene. ”

Li Zhiyong responded, thinking about how to blend in. Zhou Chengbin said again: "You went to Dao Yan, the host of Baiyun Temple in the west of the city, and said that it was Dean Meng Xiaojie of Kangci Hospital who asked you to find him. You say you want to eat with him, and he will arrange it. ”

"Understood, I'll go in a moment."

Li Zhiyong went back to the Tiger Stove to change into a seventy-percent old summer blue cloth robe, called Xie Chengxin on the way, and the two came to Baiyun Temple together. The Baiyun Temple in the west of Shanghai City and the famous Baiyun Temple of Beiping can not be compared, only the front and back two into the main hall, the front hall is dedicated to the Jade Emperor, Taishang Laojun and so on. Other gods such as Tie Guan Li and other eight immortals, medicine king Sun Simiao, spotted Niangniang, civil and military God of Wealth and other gods are crowded in the apse. There are more than a dozen Taoist priests living in a small courtyard. Another small cross-courtyard is actually doing the business of cooking vegetarian food, and you can order food and takeaway. Although the host Daoyan is a monk, his utilitarian heart is more fiery than that of mortals, and he is hovering among the dignitaries and eunuchs, and he enjoys it.

The Midyear Festival is coming, and in the troubled times, people can't control their own destiny, so they have to entrust the future to the gods in the underworld. It has been almost three years since the Nanjing Massacre, and many people whose families have been separated and who are still struggling to survive in the world also need to spend time for their loved ones on this day. Dao Yan was even more busy, not to mention that he had a good relationship, and the God of Wealth opened the way and took over the errand of the Songhu Japanese army to fight in Aili Garden.

Dao Yan did everything possible to take over this errand not for money, he had secretly scolded several times in his heart: Little Japan is just picking the door, I have never seen the world, and I am embarrassed to take out the money I gave? In order to climb the big tree of the Japanese, he took the opportunity to get to know more Japanese eunuchs. It's a pity that Baiyun Temple is really short of manpower, and every Taoist priest can't stretch out a pair of hands, and the anxious Daoyan can't eat or sleep for the past two days. In a hurry, my heart hurt severely, and I had to see President Meng of Kangci Hospital twice.

Fortunately, there was a clever little apprentice Qing Teng who gave him an idea: spend money to hire some people to serve as temporary Taoist priests. Dao Yan patted his thigh: It's really a human head pig brain, such a simple idea, why didn't I think of it?

The little apprentice who came up with the idea originally thought that the master would give him a few rewards, but he didn't expect Dao Yan to smile and say: "This idea has long been thought of by the master, and he is about to find a few foreign Zhijiao to do it." Our master and apprentice really have a good heart. You can't talk about it, and if it reaches the ears of the Japanese, you're going to lose your head. I'll do it for the teacher. This cup of tea will be rewarded for you to drink, this year's new authentic Hangzhou Longjing flag gun. ”

Dao Yan swaggered out of the door, Qingteng angrily "bah", poured the cup of residual tea, scolded for a while, and finally had nothing to do.

When Li Zhiyong and Xie Chengxin came to the door, Dao Yan had just come back from outside, and he found a few people, some of whom asked for too high a price, and he didn't want to break the bank; Some of the sharp-beaked monkey gills don't look like that; Some people wanted to go, but when they heard that they were dealing with the Japanese, they retreated. He was wondering whether to go to the market to pull a few people, but he was afraid that the market would be mixed up, and the news would leak out, and the Japanese would blame him, so he couldn't eat and walked around.

I heard that the two of them are distant relatives of Dean Meng Xiaojie, and they want to go to Aili Garden to open their eyes, and they also want to find some extra money. Xie Chengxin is also dignified. Dao Yan was overjoyed, this was really dozing off Someone sent a pillow, but he took the shelf and said: "It is said that we monks should not do such a thing, but Dean Meng's face ...... Okay, I'll break the vows. As for the remuneration? Let's see if you can do this, you can find a few more people, and I will give ten yuan savings tickets to make tea money for one person. ”

Li Zhiyong suddenly had an idea, and he didn't answer immediately, Dao Yan thought he was too little, and hurriedly said: "As for the two of you, I'll add another ten yuan to each of you, and you can buy a pair of shoes to wear." The two of them are lay people, and they don't understand that this mid-year festival is a great merit, and it can't be measured by money. ”

Li Zhiyong looked at Xie Chengxin and nodded in agreement: "How many brothers do we have, how many people do we need in total?" ”

Dao Yan thought that there were still a few more pujas that day that also needed manpower, and he was not worried about the Japanese affairs without paying attention to them, so he said, "You can find four more people, plus the two of you, for a total of six." ”

"Well, we're mainly trying to open our eyes. Master Abbot, the money must be paid upfront. A total of $100 savings tickets. ”

Dao Yan was overjoyed: "Okay, then it's decided." A total of eight people are needed for this ritual in the Aili Garden, and you don't understand anything, so I will take my apprentice Qingteng with you. The six of you must come on the evening of the 14th of this month, change into robes, comb your fake bun, and I will teach you a few more verses. The money will be given to you when that time comes. Don't worry, I'm a monk and don't speak. ”

After listening to Li Zhiyong's report, Zhou Chengbin thought about it for a while and asked, "I didn't expect such an unexpected opportunity." Do you already have an idea? Let's hear it. ”

"Stationmaster, I want to make a fuss at this bullshit Ping'an Jiao Festival and light a fire and burn this garden. And then little Japan will definitely be rebuilt, and by that time ......"

Zhou Chengbin closed his eyes and thought, the Aili Garden is about the face of the Japanese, and it must be rebuilt after it is burned down, and the person responsible for the reconstruction project may be the Municipal Police Station, or it may be No. 76. Both places have ways to think about it. Even if other organs are in charge, as Liu Zezhi, it is not difficult to say hello and install a construction team.

Li Zhiyong knew that he couldn't be disturbed at this time, and stood quietly aside. After a while, Zhou Chengbin made up his mind: "Time is very urgent, be wise and brave, activate the first and second action groups under Xie Chengxin, commanded by you and Xie Chengxin." I arranged for other people to be responsible for bringing gasoline and explosives into the scene. Once this is arranged, I will try to tell you where these items are hidden before I act. There are three points I want to remind you: the rockery must be destroyed, but the secret door of the secret room must not be exposed. You have to be in control; Also, for the sake of Dean Meng's safety, this Dao Yan can't let him live; Finally, the true purpose of this operation is not necessary for anyone but you to know. You just need to tell everyone that in order to combat the arrogance of the Japanese devils, the Shanghai station decided to disrupt this festival. ”

"Yes, my subordinates understand, please rest assured. If you have no other instructions, I'll go and gather men. ”

Zhou Chengbin suddenly stopped Li Zhiyong again: "Zhiyong-" called such a sentence, and there was no follow-up. This may be goodbye, but a light and tasteless "take care", why say it?

Zhou Chengbin didn't say anything, but Li Zhiyong already understood, he didn't speak, Zhengse stood up and gave a military salute, turned around and left.

This book was first published on Kanshu.com