Nanling Hutong in the north of the city, a single courtyard, an old house with a typical style in the north, the architecture of northern China because of various reasons such as sunshine, the residence generally maintains the rectangular rule to the greatest extent, and the space appears to be particularly regular and lacks flexible changes.

The spacious courtyard is facing the five-bay house, the main house is the owner's resting place, surrounded by side rooms on both sides, this is a rather elaborate courtyard.

Liu Monkey and his concubine were lying on their own kang heads, holding a cigarette gun, one end of the cigarette bag pot facing the cigarette lamp placed in the middle, swallowing clouds and spitting out fog one by one, and the room was filled with a thick smell of smoke paste.

Under the stimulation of the smoke, the spirits of both people were immersed in strong sensory stimulation, and they did not notice a few slight muffled snorts in the courtyard outside.

It wasn't until the door of the main room was gently pushed open that Liu Monkey raised his eyebrows, opened his eyes, and was suddenly frightened by the scene in front of him, and the cigarette gun in his hand fell off.

At some point, two masked men appeared in front of them silently.

His concubine also noticed that there were two more people in the room at this time, and was about to shout, when Ji Yun punched him in the neck, and immediately collapsed on the bed.

Liu Monkey eased his nerves, withdrew his hand backwards, and touched under the pillow with one hand.

But Xu Chengyan's movements were faster, grabbed his ankles, dragged him hard, and dragged Liu Monkey's whole person off the bed, "Oops", and landed at his feet.

"Two good men, two good men! There's something to say, there's something to say......" Liu Monkey hurriedly raised his hands and said.

"Everyone is seeking money, and it is inconvenient to have money, just open your mouth, I can take whatever I have in this house, don't hurt the harmony......"

Xu Chengyan sneered, directly grabbed Liu Monkey's neck, and asked in a low voice, "Where are the materials that Lu Mingzhi gave you?" ”

"Lu Mingzhi? You are ......"

At this moment, Liu Monkey suddenly understood that he was not a robber, nor was he an enemy on the road, it was Lu Mingzhi who confessed that something had gone wrong with his affairs.

"Get the stuff out!"

Xu Chengyan pressed Liu Monkey on the edge of the kang, and with a slight force in his hand, Liu Monkey's head was pressed against the kang head, almost suffocating.

"Uh..., yes, yes, in that drawer." At the moment of life and death, Liu Monkey did not hesitate at all, and pointed to the table opposite.

Hearing this, Ji Yun turned around and came to the table, opened the drawer, and saw a briefcase inside at a glance.

took out the briefcase, opened the seal, took out a few pages of paper inside, skimmed it slightly, and nodded to Xu Chengyan to confirm that it was correct.

Xu Chengyan let go slightly, dropped the whistling and panting Liu Monkey, took the paper handed over by Ji Yun, and looked at it briefly.

There are four names in it, one of which is himself, and the following lists the age, place of origin, residence, and even some information about himself after entering Taiyuan, from the side of the investigation, but fortunately, there is nothing to do, obviously they did not find anything.

When the things arrived, Xu Chengyan didn't delay any longer, put away the file bag, turned his head to look at Liu Monkey, the murderous intent in his eyes flashed, and he reached out and grabbed Liu Monkey's hair and dragged him in front of him.

Liu Monkey already knew what was going on at this time, and he was so frightened that the other party not only wanted materials, but also his life!

He hurriedly begged repeatedly: "Don't, don't, spare me......"

But it was all in vain, the other hand had already held his chin, and with a vigorous rub of both hands, there was a "click", and the voice stopped hoarsely.

"Search everything in the house to see if there's anything missing!"

Ji Yun nodded and began to rummage through the room.

Xu Chengyan stepped forward to tie up the woman who was already unconscious, found a piece of cloth, and plugged her mouth tightly, in order to prevent her from calling for help after she woke up, and delaying the time of being discovered as much as possible, the longer the time dragged on, the better it was for them.

They had already discussed it before, and it was not difficult to solve Liu Monkey's problem, but the difficulty was that no one could detect the abnormality and link Liu Monkey's death with Lu Mingzhi, so they had to fake the scene as a false appearance of robbery and murder.

The two men were quick with their hands and feet, and their eyes were accurate, and they soon searched the house thoroughly, and even found the hidden compartment hidden behind the bed.

Documents and other things, in addition to some house deeds and land deeds, there are also some usury IOUs and vouchers, and there is no other material about Xu Chengyan, which makes Xu Chengyan secretly relieved.

"Good boy, this guy is really rich!"

Looking at the mountains of belongings piled on the kang head, Ji Yun couldn't help but have his eyes shining, and he snorted lightly!

I saw a piece of gold in front of me, there are gold bars of different sizes, gold ingots and other gold utensils, the silver dollars of white flowers are dazzling, all kinds of cash are also a large piece of flowers, US dollars, legal tender, as well as the current circulation in Shanxi Union Bank Coupons, Mongolian Xinjiang Coupons, and even a lot of pounds, stacked up one by one, placed together, dazzling, quite shocking.

Even Xu Chengyan was very surprised, it is said that he was born in a gentry family, his family is wealthy, and he has never lacked money to spend since he was a child, so he has never been a person who loves money.

Even in the previous assassination operation, in order to evacuate in time and leave no trouble, he never touched his property, but this time he also gritted his teeth and was surprised: "Just such a hooligan gangster, he can save such a net worth, and I don't know how many immoral things he has done!" ”

Liu Monkey has opened brothels and tobacco houses over the years, all of which are profiteering industries, and have made money from usury, and have done a lot of hurtful things by unscrupulous means, and his net worth is naturally rich, and he has no hobby of collecting antique cultural relics, and has exchanged all his financial savings for hard currency such as gold and silver banknotes.

Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun glanced at each other, and suddenly felt that the six thousand dollars that the bureau headquarters had just rewarded today didn't seem to be fragrant.

Ji Yun smiled, reached out and picked up a wad of dollars, threw them in his hand, and said with a smile: "I said, if there is a shortage of funds in the future, don't apply to the teacher, just look for such goods, how much do you want?" ”

Xu Chengyan also nodded slightly, this is a good way to make money, they have their own bottom line in doing things, and they will not really be robbers for money, but occasionally do it, as long as the target is not good, it is not impossible.

Next, they rolled these things into two heavy bags with sheets, quietly left the compound, and left quickly.

Taking advantage of the deep night, they rushed all the way back to Ji Yun's residence, and now Xu Chengyan's yard was no longer safe, except for his belongings, all other important things were moved to Ji Yun for storage.

Xu Chengyan took an iron basin and burned those land deeds, house deeds, and IOUs, these things are ill-gotten gains, and they are hidden dangers to stay, so it is most appropriate to deal with them in this way.

In the end, he took out the material again, opened it and looked at it carefully, there was nothing wrong with the content about himself, because Tao Sibao had not been able to keep up with it a few times, and he lost Xu Chengyan's trace, so there was basically no tracking.

Throwing his share of materials into the brazier and watching them burn into ashes, Xu Chengyan was completely relieved.

Then I looked at the content of the other three people, two of them were in a somewhat similar situation to myself, they were all outsiders, they had come to Taiyuan in the past three months, and they were of a similar age, so they wanted to meet Lu Mingzhi's suspicions.

However, the last material caught his attention, and in this person's name, Lu Mingzhi also used a pen to draw two horizontal lines, which are obviously different, that is to say, among these four people, in fact, Lu Mingzhi's most suspicious candidate is not Xu Chengyan, but this person named "Wang Shaoyuan".

Wang Shaoyuan, 34 years old, originally from Taiyuan, lives at No. 12 Sanqi Street in the east of the city, is married, has a wife and son, and runs a store called "Laiyuan Rice Shop".

What makes Xu Chengyan strange is that this person is older, he is from Taiyuan, and he has been living in the local area, and none of them meet Lu Mingzhi's previous screening conditions, but why did he list him as the first suspect?

From this point of view, Lu Mingzhi must have discovered this person, but what exactly he found was not stated in this material, and it was thought that he also had reservations about Liu Monkey and these people, and he did not write it in the material, but just asked Liu Monkey to investigate this person.

Xu Chengyan thought about it again and again, secretly wrote down the name "Wang Shaoyuan", and then threw the materials of the three people into the brazier.

Ji Yun on the side was not idle, and took a lot of effort to count the property he brought back, and the cash was about 4,000 pounds, three dollars in dollars, 90,000 legal currency, 70,000 silver coupons, 20,000 Mongolian coupons, in addition, there were many gold and silver dollars that could not be estimated for the time being, but they were definitely worth a lot of money.

Xu Chengyan instructed: "In addition to keeping cash, burying all this gold and silver, these things are not safe!" ”

Ji Yun naturally knew this truth, but he raised his eyes and looked at the small space in the room, and said a little discouraged: "I have such a big place here, and it is not safe to store my belongings, do you want to find a money bank to save it?" ”

Shanxi has been a prosperous place of commercial economy since ancient times, the ticket number and money of Jin merchants have been opened all over the country, but now the war is raging, the situation is turbulent, and the ticket numbers have closed down, but in Taiyuan, the most economically prosperous provincial capital of Shanxi, there are some private money villages, which are opened by powerful businesses, otherwise they will not be able to support now.

Xu Chengyan was also embarrassed when he heard this, in order not to attract attention, the two of them rented a small courtyard with a small door, that is, only for accommodation, plus during this period of time, the Japanese have frequently searched in Taiyuan City, so many belongings are placed here, once the stuffing is exposed, the money is a trivial matter, but it is not worth putting people in.

After thinking about it for a while, he nodded and said: "We will have frequent actions in the future, and it is too unsafe to put these belongings around, so it will be handed over to Zhiyuan for safekeeping, and it will be stored in their Jindeheng Money Village opened by Zhangjia, I remember that they have a safe business there, he is a young owner, and it is not noticeable to go in and out, and it is easy to withdraw." ”

Zhang Zhiyuan's father, Zhang Xingxian, is the president of the Taiyuan Chamber of Commerce, the Zhang family has been doing business in Shanxi for generations, is an old businessman with deep local roots, and the business was once very large, but in the current situation, it is far less than before, but there are three catties of nails in the broken ship, and it is still one of the most powerful businesses in Taiyuan, and there are many industries under its name, including a Jindeheng money village, which is placed here, relatively safe.

"Okay, that's a good idea." Ji Yun nodded in agreement.

At this time, Xu Chengyan took out the briefcase he had snatched again, and after opening it, he poured out all the things inside, all of which were thick stacks of bills.

When he started to get it back, he only checked it cursoryly, and he didn't know the value of these bills, so he ignored the past, but after Zhang Zhiyuan's reminder, it seemed that he wanted to review it carefully.

The bills are of different styles, but at the top of the bills are printed the words "China United Reserve Bank", which is also the official bank opened by the Japanese in North China, and the Union Bank is issued by this bank, and behind it is the Nikko Kaisha as a background.

The contents of the bills are all vouchers and IOUs of current funds, and the objects of exchange are several large banks in Tianjin, including Japan's Zhengjin Bank, as well as the French Industrial Bank, Citibank in the United States, etc., and the amount of funds is very amazing.

However, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun are not good at economics, and the two of them have watched it for a long time, but they have nothing to gain, so they have to put it away temporarily.