At about six o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Lei took a rickshaw and got off at the entrance of the alley of Yong'an Lane, Feixia Road, the French Concession of Shanghai.

This person is Zhao Agui, the apprentice accepted by the owner of the "Yipin Scholar" bookstore, and Chen Lei felt a little surprised and panicked by the arrival of his uninvited guest, which immediately aroused his vigilance.

Because according to Chen Lei's stored memories, there is no second person who knows about the place he rented, except for Iwai Ichiro and Lao Fang.

In other words, Zhao Agui originally didn't know that he lived here, if it wasn't for the old party telling him, it was because he had been following him and followed him here, otherwise, Zhao Agui should not have appeared here.

After calming down, Chen Lei, whose face returned to normal, took vigorous steps, greeted Zhao Agui who was standing in front of the small attic on the second floor from a distance, and asked casually: "Brother Agui, how did you find here?" Did Boss Fang ask you to come? ”

Zhao Agui, who was originally standing in front of the second-floor attic at No. 25 next to the entrance of Yong'an Lane, was still looking around, looking at the crowd coming and going on Xiafei Road, hoping to find Chen Lei's figure from inside.

Suddenly, at this time, Zhao Agui heard Chen Lei's question not far away, he immediately followed the reputation, and after seeing Chen Lei coming over, he immediately stepped forward with joy.

"Mr. Chen, I can wait until you come back, don't you know, I've been waiting for you for more than three hours while I'm standing here!" Zhao Agui did not answer Chen Lei's question, but said something with a little complaint.

Standing in front of Chen Lei, Zhao Agui took two deep breaths before replying, "Mr. Chen, the place you live in is quite good!" Do you know that at two o'clock this afternoon, someone from the telegraph office sent me a telegram from our boss from Beiping.

"Boss Fang said in the telegram that I should put a copy of "The Family of Gold Powder" pressed in the drawer of his desk. It was said that Mr. Chen had left him in the store a few days ago. He also gave me your address Mr. Chen, and asked me to deliver the novel "The Family of Gold Powder" to Mr. Chen as soon as I received the telegram. Before half past two, I closed the door and waited downstairs at your house. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Agui hurriedly took out the novel "The Family of Gold Powder", handed it to Chen Lei with both hands, and said with relief: "Okay now, when Chen Xinsheng comes back, this book can finally be handed over to you, and the task assigned by Boss Fang has been completed." ”

For Zhao Agui's above words, Chen Lei was confused, because according to his remaining memories, he patronized the "Yipin Scholar" bookstore two weeks ago and bought a copy of the novel "The Family of Gold Powder", which is still on his desk in the meat bedroom, and did not fall into the store as Zhao Agui said.

However, Chen Lei thought about it again, if what Zhao Agui said above is true, it means that the old man, who is far away in Beiping, must have taken this telegram to his apprentice Zhao Agui in a hurry, and did not hesitate to tell Zhao Agui his address, just to let Zhao Agui come and send him a copy of Zhang Hatshui's I novel, things must not be so simple, there must be something strange here.

took over this yellowed novel from Zhao Agui's hand, and it was obvious at a glance that this was not a new book, it should be some years, and the edges of the pages were still a little fluffy, and it could be concluded that this book had been turned over many times.

Thinking of this, Chen Lei asked curiously: "Brother Gui, I have accepted this book, before you go back, can you let me take a look at the telegram sent to you by your boss?" ”

Zhao Agui didn't have any suspicion of Chen Lei, in his eyes, Chen Lei and his master, Boss Fang, were very good friends, let him take a look at the content of the telegram, naturally there would be no problem.

As soon as Chen Lei's question fell, Zhao Agui took out the telegram from his jacket pocket, handed it to Chen Lei with both hands, and said, "Well, Mr. Chen, you are the telegram that our boss sent me from Beiping, you can read it." ”

After receiving the telegram, Chen Leiyin read the brief content of the telegram in less than three seconds, and it was indeed as Zhao Agui said, it was the old party who asked Zhao Agui to send him the novel "The Family of Gold Powder", and there was still his specific address on it.

For the sake of prudence, Chen Lei felt that his address should not be known to more people, and if this telegram continued to be returned to Zhao Agui, it might be a time bomb in his hands, and it must be dismantled as quickly as possible when he finds signs of explosion.

Thinking of this, Chen Lei held the telegram with a smile on his face, and said to Zhao Agui who was standing in front of him with some embarrassment: "Brother Agui, I have a reluctant request, can this telegram be placed in my hand?" When your boss Fang comes back, I will ask him to verify this matter, and it will be useless to put it in your hands anyway. ”

Zhao Agui scratched his head and agreed a little reluctantly: "Okay, Mr. Chen, you can keep this telegram." ”

Next, Chen Lei briefly exchanged a few words with Zhao Agui, and then sent Zhao Agui away, and he was still standing at the entrance of the alley in Yong'an, watching Zhao Agui leave, and waited until Zhao Agui's figure disappeared into the bustling crowd, and then he turned around and walked to the attic on the second floor in front of him to open the door and enter.

Zhao Agui, who was walking on the Xiafei Road on foot, looked preoccupied, his cheeks were full of doubts, he couldn't understand why Mr. Chen didn't trust him enough, and he had some doubts about what he did.

He came all the way to deliver the book to Mr. Chen's boss, and stood downstairs in Mr. Chen's house for more than three hours.

Moreover, after seeing the content of the telegram from Boss Fang, he was still a little suspicious about the delivery of the book, so cautious and cautious by nature, how did he become a very good friend with his amiable boss Mr. Fang? It's really confusing.

Opening the room on the first floor, Chen Lei stepped over the threshold, turned around and closed the door, and looked down at the ground inside the threshold that he had not stepped on, and he found that the layer of incense ash that he had sprinkled before leaving this morning had not left any traces, not even a single ant had climbed.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lei went up to the second floor and took a few glances at the incense ashes sprinkled on the balcony facing the street in the bedroom and bathroom, the same was true, leaving no traces, which showed that no one should have been here during the time he left.

Chen Lei, who was relieved, lay down on the bed in the bedroom, and took out the dilapidated and yellowed novel "The Family of Gold Powder" that Zhao Agui had just sent, as well as the telegram sent by Lao Fang to Zhao Agui, which made him fall into deep thought.