In the way of "three long and one short", after knocking on the door, Chen Lei stood outside the door of the "Yipin Scholar" bookstore, and for about ten seconds, he heard a "squeak", and the door of the store was opened from the inside, and a head poked out of the crack in the door.

Chen Lei, who was standing outside the door, looked at the person who opened the door from the inside, and was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

"Mr. Chen, are you here so early? Is there something urgent to find our boss? Zhao Agui didn't know about the knock code of "three long and one short", and when he saw through the crack in the door that the person who came was Chen Lei, he opened the door of the store, and after yawning, he asked weakly.

After Chen Lei was let into the bookstore by Zhao Agui, he immediately replied: "Yes, Brother Agui, I came so early to find your boss Fang has a very important urgent matter. Is your boss here? ”

In the face of Chen Lei's inquiry, Zhao Agui yawned again, shook his head, and replied: "Mr. Chen, don't you know, our boss left two days ago, saying that he would go to Peking on a business trip and come back in a week. ”

After listening to Zhao Agui's answer, Chen Lei hurriedly asked, "Brother Agui, did your boss say that you went to Beiping to do something?" Also, after he arrived in Beiping, where did he live and how to get in touch with him? ”

For Chen Lei's questioning, Zhao Agui was stunned, only to see Zhao Agui think for about five seconds, then shook his head and replied, "Mr. Chen, this is not true." Before leaving, Boss Fang just told me to take care of the bookstore. Don't be lazy when he's not around. As for what he went to Beiping to do, where he lived, and how to get in touch with him, Boss Fang did not explain. ”

Hearing this, Chen Lei immediately "chuckled" in his heart, and he couldn't contact the old party now, so he didn't know what to do next.

Because after the fall of Shanghai, Chen Lei, who was a secret underground party member of the Central Special Branch, used various identities such as a reporter, a youth gang, a military commander, and a central commander as a cover, and hid down, and always maintained one-line contact with the old comrades who introduced him to the party.

Although Chen Lei knew that there must be many underground party comrades lurking in the huge Shanghai Tang, he could only get in touch with the old party in the matter of information transmission, and other underground party comrades lurking in Shanghai could not have any contact for the sake of the other party's safety and his own safety.

With a long sigh, Chen Lei found that this Zhao Agui standing in front of him just said that the old man had specially instructed Zhao Agui to be optimistic about the bookstore before leaving, but the old man had only been gone for two days, and Zhao Agui looked listless and sluggish.

"Brother Gui, why do you keep yawning? I must have not slept well last year, did I secretly go out to play money again at night? If you don't tell the truth, when your boss comes back, I will definitely sue you in front of him. Chen Lei coerced and lured Zhao Agui.

Under Chen Lei's coercion, Zhao Agui hurriedly waved his hand, and hurriedly denied it: "No, no, no, Chen Xinsheng, I didn't cheat and play tricks during Boss Fang's departure, and I didn't secretly go out to play money at night, don't wronged me!"

"I did sleep late last night, and there's a reason for that. Because during the day last year, the bookstore added a novel "Charge" written by a person named Zhang Hatshui. It sold very well during the day, and by the late afternoon, a hundred copies of the Charge novel were sold out. I called the people at the press and asked them to deliver the goods.

"The people in the printing hall said that this novel was selling very well in the French Concession and the Public Concession in Shanghai, and there was no stock, and 10,000 copies were printed last night. I stayed in the store until the middle of the night, and at about half past two o'clock, the printing house brought 200 copies of the novel "Charge" to our bookstore. I put the 200 novels in the store and fell asleep on the counter.

"No, just now, I woke up when I heard Mr. Chen knock on the door outside. If I go back to sleep in the dormitory in the backyard of the bookstore, Mr. Chen, you just knock on the door of the bookstore, and I'm afraid you won't wake me up. I know that Mr. Chen and our boss Fang are very good friends, I really didn't be lazy, and asked Mr. Chen to be insightful. ”

In the process of listening to Zhao Agui's confession, Chen Lei looked at the bookstore a few times, and sure enough, in the eye-catching position of the second row of bookshelves, he saw a neat row of "Charge" novels.

As far as Chen Lei could see, the "Charge" novel placed on a large row of bookshelves should have the appearance of 200 copies, so he believed it.

After self-defense, Zhao Agui saw that Chen Lei didn't talk, and thought that Chen Lei didn't believe what he just said, so in a hurry, he had to say closely: "Mr. Chen, if you have something urgent to find our boss, you can tell me first, and when our boss comes back, I will tell him as soon as possible." Anyway, Mr. Chen, if you need my Zhao Agui's help in anything, just ask Mr. Chen not to sue our boss, and let me Zhao Agui do anything. ”

Seeing Zhao Agui's sincere look, Chen Lei knew that he had wronged him just now, but he definitely couldn't reveal half a word to Zhao Agui about the information he reported to the old party, but he couldn't arouse his suspicion, especially to put an end to Zhao Agui's curiosity.

Thinking of this, Chen Lei immediately pointed his finger at Zhang Hatshui's novel "Charge" on the second row of bookshelves, and smiled at Zhao Agui, who was standing in front of him with an anxious face, and said, "Okay, Brother Agui, look at your kid in a hurry." If you put a hundred and twenty hearts, I won't say that yours is not in front of Boss Fang.

"Actually, I like to read books, and there are many kinds of books in your bookstore in the French Concession, so I often visit them. Today, I came to find your boss, and for outsiders, it doesn't matter much.

"I am a fan of Zhang Hatshui, and I learned two days ago that his novel "Charge", which was serialized in the newspaper, has been completed and will be published in Shanghai Tang. I also heard that 10,000 copies were published and distributed in Shanghai just yesterday, and they were sold out in various bookstores in less than a day. I am usually very busy during the day and only have time at night.

"No, I rushed over early this morning to find your boss, just to ask him to leave me a copy of Zhang Hatshui's novel "Charge". Since your boss Fang is not here, and there are so many new novels on the shelves of your bookstore, you can get me a copy! ”

As soon as Chen Lei's words fell, Zhao Agui hurriedly ran over and took a copy of Zhang Hatshui's novel "Charge" from the bookshelf

, both hands were handed in front of Chen Lei.

After paying eight yuan, Chen Lei picked up the novel "Charge" by Zhang Hatshui, said goodbye to Zhao Agui, and left the bookstore "Yipin Scholar".

After walking on Feixia Road for about five minutes, Chen Lei secretly made a decision in his heart, and immediately beckoned to intercept a rickshaw and disappeared into Feixia Road, where cars were coming and going.