At 3 p.m. on March 3, the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937).

A young man wearing a top hat and a long gown came to the Nanjing branch of the Bank of Communications.

A clerk saw that the person was extraordinary, carrying a black briefcase in his hand, thinking that the owner of the money came to the door, and hurried to meet him.

"Sir, may I ask if it is a deposit or a withdrawal?"

"Oh, I work in the Ministry of Finance, my surname is Zuo, and I have official business to find you Manager Chen."

"It turned out to be Mr. Zuo. Mr. Zuo, Manager Chen is not here, Xu Xiangli is here. ”

"Xu Xiangli is okay, please let me know, is it okay?"

The staff's surname is Wu, and when he heard that the person was from the Ministry of Finance, he didn't dare to slack off at the moment.

"Oh, please Mr. Zuo wait, I'll report it first." The staff surnamed Wu let Mr. Zuo onto the sofa next to the lobby and bowed.

There is a circle of sofas in the lobby, which is a temporary lounge area for guests to do business.

"Okay, I'm tired."

Mr. Zuo sat on the sofa and looked at it with a copy of the "Central Daily" in his hand.

After a while, a half-bald middle-aged man hurried down from the second floor.

"Mr. Zuo, this is our Xu Xiangli." The clerk surnamed Wu pointed to the middle-aged man and introduced Mr. Zuo.

"Xu Shouxian, Mr. Zuo, what are you doing?" Xu Xiangli smiled and bowed slightly to Mr. Zuo.

"Oh, Xu Xiangli, that's the case, here's an official document for you to see." Mr. Zuo picked up the briefcase, took out an official document from the briefcase and handed it to Xu Shouxian.

Xu Shou took it and saw that it was an official document from the Ministry of Finance, which read: "When you see the words, you will pay two thousand yuan of legal tender for secret business." ”

The signatory column is written with a brush "Gong Hanzhang".

Gong Hanzhang is Vice President of the Executive Yuan and Minister of Finance of the Nationalist Government.

As one of the four major banks issuing legal tender, Bank of Communications often has official correspondence with the Ministry of Finance, and Xu Shouxian is very familiar with Gong Hanzhang's signature.

Xu Shou first saw that it was indeed Gong Hanzhang's handwriting, and he didn't doubt it at all, so he turned back to the clerk surnamed Wu and said, "Go and get 200,000 legal currency." ”

The clerk surnamed Wu agreed and went.

Xu Shou first asked Mr. Zuo to sit down, and he sat opposite him.

"Mr. Zuo, which department do you work in? Xu often goes to the ministry, why do you look at the face? Xu Shou asked first.

"Xu Xiangli, my surname is Zuo, I work in the Ministry of Finance, you just need to know this. For anything else, it's better not to ask. Mr. Zuo replied lightly.

Xu Shou first inquired about Mr. Zuo's details, of course, with the purpose of further handover.

I didn't want to be blocked back by Mr. Zuo's words, and then thought of the words "secret business" on the official document, Xu Shouxian had no choice but to laugh: "Yes, yes, Mr. Zuo is a secret business, Xu is abrupt." ”

Mr. Zuo ignored him, picked up the newspaper and continued to read, while Xu Shouxian could only stay awkwardly.

His embarrassment didn't last long, and the clerk surnamed Wu had already prepared 200,000 fiat coins and carried them over in two boxes.

"Mr. Zuo, 200,000 fiat currency, please take a look." Xu Shou opened the box first, and a pile of new fiat currency was neatly lined up inside.

Xu Shouxian noticed that Mr. Zuo was instantly moved, a trace of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, and he stood up excitedly.

However, this very strange gaffe only lasted for a short second or two, and Mr. Zuo quickly regained his composure.

"No need to order, how much money can be worse from the bank? Xu Xiangli, goodbye. Mr. Zuo said lightly, closed the box casually, picked it up and left.

"Slow down, Mr. Zuo, please write a note. The rules are like this, please forgive Mr. Zuo. Xu Shouxian hurriedly stopped Mr. Zuo, and when he saw that he was uneasy, he followed up with an explanation.

"Well, that's a nuisance." Mr. Zuo put down the box, Xu Shouxian handed over the pen and paper, and Mr. Zuo wrote a receipt on the desk and handed it to Xu Shouxian.

Xu Shou took it and looked at it first, and saw that the receipt was written like this: "I hereby receive two million yuan in legal tender from the Bank of Communications, Zuo Tianyi." October 3, 25th year of the Republic of China"

"Xu Xiangli, there's no problem, right?" Zuo Tianyi asked.

There is a document and a receipt, and there is absolutely no problem with the formalities. Xu Shouxian replied with a smile: "No problem, no problem, Mr. Zuo, please." ”

Zuo Tianyi put on a top hat, lifted two boxes, hurried out of the bank gate, called a rickshaw at the door, and drove away.

Xu Shou politely sent it to the door first, and looked at Zuo Tianyi with a smile on his face.

Suddenly, something felt as if something was wrong.

"Zuo Tianyi just took a rickshaw and left? No cars, no protection personnel? Isn't that a bit too sloppy? You must know that there are 200,000 huge sums in those two boxes. ”

I picked up the official document and the receipt and looked at it, and said in my heart: "There is no problem with the official document, and there is no problem with the receipt, why does it feel wrong." No, I'll have to ask. ”

Xu Shouxian hurried back to the office on the second floor, picked up the phone and called the manager Chen Bai's house.

Soon, the phone was picked up.

"Manager, I'm Shouxian."

"Oh, Shouxian, is there something wrong?"

"Manager, just now a person named Zuo Tianyi from the Ministry of Finance brought an official document signed by Minister Gong to withdraw 200,000 legal currency, I don't feel quite right, so I called you to ask Minister Gong to verify."

"Okay, I'll check right away."

After speaking, Chen Bai put down the phone.

Xu Shouxian put down the phone, the uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger, and recalled that Zuo Tianyi had a trace of ecstasy and greed that should not have been after seeing the huge amount of money, which made Xu Shouxian even more uneasy.

"Jingle Bell ......"

The phone rang, and Xu Shouxian hurriedly picked up the phone: "Shoumin, I just called Minister Gong, he didn't issue any withdrawal documents at all, and the Ministry of Finance didn't have any Zuo Tianyi." ”

"Huh? Fake?! The suspicion in his heart was confirmed, Xu Shouxian was shocked, quickly threw down the phone, ran downstairs, and shouted as he ran: "Hurry up, go chase Zuo Tianyi ......." ”

……

The huge money fraud case quickly alarmed the top management.

Gong Hanzhang, vice president of the Executive Yuan and minister of finance, immediately called the Nanjing police station and strictly ordered the police station to solve the case within 10 days.

Police Chief Yang Wenxuan didn't dare to slack off when he received the call, and a phone call called Duan Yide, the inspector director.

"Yide, this case is handed over to you, Dean Gong has ten days to solve the case, you must take it to heart, don't be careless, you must solve the case within the time limit, otherwise, our brothers will not be able to eat and leave." I think, just leave it to Lin Chuang. Yang Wenxuan briefly reported a few words of the case and solemnly instructed.

"Director, this case is so huge, why didn't Dean Gong hand it over to the Secret Service? I estimate that even if the perpetrators are not from the Ministry of Finance, they are also people from other ministries, and we dare to go to those big yamen to investigate the case? Duan Yide obviously didn't want to take this hot yam.