Chapter 17 The 'White Snake' Wanders to the People
Su Baichang's words immediately aroused my interest: "Is it more bloody than I imagined?" ”
Su Baichang was amused by my words: "It's really bloody." Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info I just scrapped some of my tongue in Huang Daheng's affair just to be able to clear up and explain what I'm going to say next. In fact, the celebrity was unwilling to marry this 50-year-old Shanghai gangster leader, so after getting married, he cheated on her husband when she was not at home and fell in love with a suave rich man. Because this celebrity didn't like her ex-husband, she probably had a plan to divorce one day when she got married, so she secretly transferred the property of her ex-husband's family from a very early age. Because she was planning for her future life, she stole the white snake necklace that had scared her half to death. But she didn't take the diamond necklace with her, for a pair of greedy eyes were already watching the new lady what she had done. This person is also waiting for an opportunity, a chance to make a difference in his life. And this person is none other than a maid who has just worked in the Huang Mansion, and is also a relative of the old man who later deposited the necklace in the antique shop. ”
In this way, it is not surprising that the old man who is far away in Thailand not only owns the necklace, but also can tell the ins and outs. I nodded knowingly, "But I'm curious how this relative of his was able to steal the necklace from the house of the heavily guarded rogue leader at the time." ”
"To be clear, that servant is the mother who later sells necklaces." Su Baichang explained, "The most bizarre thing is that his mother is not a Jiangyang thief with unique skills, or even an ordinary person who hasn't even read a book for a few days. It's just that his mother's usual information has long noticed that the new wife of the family is acting very strangely. However, seeing that the new wife is very favored by the old man at home, he didn't dare to say more. Or that everyone knows about it, but they dare not be angry, this old man has already handed over the key to the safe at home to the new wife, what do they dare to say more? But her mother was still observing, carefully confirming her suspicions. Until one day, while he was cleaning the stairs, he saw the famous lady fall down the stairs, and his mother ran to help him, and at the same time caught a glimpse of a yellow gold bar in the new wife's unzipped handbag. His mother confirmed her suspicions, but she, like all insiders, chose to remain silent. She picked up the new lady as if she had seen nothing, and without a look of surprise or panic on her face, she went about her work. After that, she rarely approached this famous ling, and even deliberately did not meet with famous singers directly, for fear that Mingling would realize that she had peeked at her secret that day, and bite back and steal it herself. But it's likely that the Ling was too nervous at the time to pay attention to her secret being seen. In addition, this celebrity is used to being pampered and arrogant in that family, so he doesn't think that anyone will tell the old man about this matter, and he is still arrogant and domineering at home. The Huang Mansion has always been calm. The maid saw that she would not be wronged, so she was relieved. While plotting for her own greed, she discovers something else. When she observed the new wife, she noticed the subtle changes in the family from the new wife's more and more obvious actions in the future, and she knew that the new wife was going to leave the family after all, and the new wife had a lover outside, so she wanted to empty the baby in the house and want to fly away with her new love. Thinking of this, the maid was firm in her original plan, she knew that although the huge mansion would not be hollowed out overnight, this matter would be exposed one day, and she would face the fate of being fired. So as soon as she was ruthless, she decided to do something that violated her principles, steal something from the new lady, and then flee with her family. ”
I didn't understand one thing, so I asked, "Then why did they go to France?" Obviously, you can live better if you go to a neighboring province. ”
Su Baichang chuckled: "You underestimated the power of that Mr. Huang in Shanghai at that time. He was known as one of the three tycoons in Shanghai back then, and this family was just a small person, as long as he was caught, it would be the fate of death, and I didn't lie to you. As for why she went to France, it was because the owner of the mansion where she worked at that time was an inspector in the French Concession, and working as an errand in his house could eventually contact some people, and as long as they had enough money, they could also buy these people to help them escape to France. It was with this in mind that his mother made a decision that she would regret for the rest of her life. Through long-term observation, she learned the rules of Mingling's work and rest, and she took advantage of Mingling's cheating to sneak into Mingling's room under the pretext of cleaning the room, and took a few pieces of jewelry and a few banknotes from her jewelry box or handbag. She knew that this would not be enough for her family to flee, and she later shifted her target. She secretly took the key given to Mingling by Mr. Huang and secretly opened the safe and took two gold bars to leave on the days when Mingling cheated and didn't go home. Because the owner of the mansion was a detective in the French Concession, although this servant was not educated, because he was usually exposed to this environment, he also knew that some protective measures should be taken in the process of stealing, and he did not leave any evidence such as fingerprints. And the white snake necklace was one of the things that the maid stole from the famous lady's jewelry box. On the other hand, the new lady did not dare to speak out, although she noticed some obvious changes in her room and safe. After all, she was still afraid that her theft of money would be exposed, after all, she knew that she had offended many people in the mansion by her usual arrogant and domineering appearance, and no one would intercede for her after the matter was revealed. So she intensified her efforts, not only did she not make a noise, but she also moved these possessions more quickly. And the maid just felt the pulse of the new lady and knew that she didn't dare to make a noise, so she dared to continue to stay in the Huang family until the new wife's east window incident happened, and the cheating was witnessed by her husband. At this time, out of fear, the new wife took secret materials such as account books in the safe that could threaten the owner of the mansion to seek help from her stepfather, hoping to find a chance for divorce. During this time, there was chaos inside and outside the mansion, and Mr. Huang mainly focused on finding his new wife and recovering the deadly information in her hand, so he didn't care about other things. Taking advantage of this opportunity, the maid escaped from the mansion, because the diamond necklace was too ostentatious, so she only exchanged the gold bars for the ticket to leave, and then sailed with the ship to Marseille, France. By the time Boss Huang found that his house was about to be emptied by his new wife, and in order to recover the property, the maid had already boarded the ship bound for Marseille. ”
I searched for the historical background of the time in my memory: "I remember that the famous lady and the owner of the Huang Mansion divorced in 1926, so this maid should have arrived in France after 1926." This was followed by the German Western Front offensive on May 10, 1940, the entry into Paris on June 12, and the surrender of France 10 days later. The maid's family stayed in France for nearly 14 years before he fled back to China after the German occupation of France? "I was recalling what Su Baichang had told me about the old man before, and I was facing the time when everything happened.
Su Baichang also sighed with some emotion: "Yes, in the end, her child returned to China." In fact, in the autumn of 1940, the maid had already guessed that she might be in danger, so she took a step ahead of her two children to apply for false identity information and sent them out of France. But the situation in Europe was very uncertain at that time, and there was almost no place to hide except for neutral countries. It is difficult for them to apply for asylum under false identities, so they have to flee France in other ways. But the escape itself was a risky risk. His brother was discovered while fleeing with him to the French border, and the Vichy government was arrested and imprisoned, and then sent to a concentration camp. After escaping the French border, he returned to Marseille and boarded a ship bound for the United States from Marseille in exchange for hard labor. At first, he thought he would flee the war when he arrived in the United States, but the United States joined the war after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Less than three months after he arrived in the United States, he was directly conscripted into the Asian theater. In fact, he would not have been requisitioned at that age and physique, but don't forget that his mother bought him a fake identity before he left France, and the age on his ID card was a little older than his actual age, just enough to be drafted. In March 1942, he was conscripted and came to the Bataan Peninsula. ”
"Between April and May 1942, the U.S. forces suffered a series of defeats in the Philippines, and on May 5, with the surrender of U.S. forces on Clegiddo Island, the Philippines fell completely. I guess that man must have become a prisoner of the Japanese army at that time, right? But in his story, didn't he say that he went directly to Nanyang after being rescued? So why did he say that he left China? "I was a little confused again.
Su Baichang shook his head unexpectedly: "In fact, he really came back. Because of the defeat on the Bataan Peninsula, 80,000 U.S. troops and Filipino locals were escorted to prisoner of war camps, where they were subjected to unimaginable brutal abuse, starvation, beatings, and inhumane manual labor as usual, and most horrifyingly, the horrific fate of being slaughtered at any time. On this march, 10,000 prisoners of war have been slaughtered. In the midst of the massacres and abuses along the way, he was once again given a chance to escape. ”