The deaths of Yasumi Yanagawa and Hashimoto and us dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the Japanese.

In April 1939, Kenji Dohihara, then the head of the Japanese secret service in Shanghai, issued an order that was actually very correct:

Stop launching offensive operations against the military command, and the various departments stick to their existing interests.

This order will ensure that the Japanese institutions in Shanghai will not suffer heavy losses, slowly recover, and then look for new opportunities.

In Shanghai, the Japanese army adopted a posture of encirclement against the public concession, which had long since become an "isolated island," and the military commanders inside and outside the concession could only fight alone, which was their greatest disadvantage.

Therefore, slowly advancing is a wise choice made by Kenji Tsuchihara.

However, this caused strong dissatisfaction in the military department.

This also became the last stone that crushed Kenji Dohihara.

At this time, the military commanders also stopped the offensive.

Continuous battles, so that they are exhausted.

The military commanders also need to recuperate and adjust.

Meng Shaoyuan issued an order in early April:

During this month, the Shanghai District of the Military Command Bureau entered a state of "hibernation" in an all-round way, and all units were not allowed to carry out large-scale operations except for monitoring the Japanese invaders.

This state of "hibernation" will definitely not last, because Wang Jingwei is about to come to Shanghai.

At that time, the military commander will wake up from a short sleep, and it will be time for the bayonet to be red again.

Meng Shaoyuan could take a good rest.

"I'm going to get a good rest for a few days, and don't bother me unless I have an urgent mission."

"Okay, got it."

Meng Shaoyuan gave a special advice.

What a rare vacation.

From now until the arrival of Kenji Dohihara's successor, there will be no major movements.

Wang Jingwei won't be in Shanghai until next month.

Taking advantage of this time, Tian Tian and Sophia turned the world upside down in the dark......

Forget it, every day, it seems that the physical strength can't keep up.

Or do you want to see what other goals you have to do?

Yu Yanchu?

Don't dare to touch it, the teacher especially told himself.

Qi Xuezhen?

My own apprentice can't do it.

Just thinking about something wrong there, Wu Jingyi suddenly came in with the confidential officer Xiao Zeng.

Meng Shaoyuan was a spirit, he poured the tea out that day without morality, and it was all splashed on Xiao Zeng's body, don't Wu Jingyi betrayed herself, Xiao Zeng came to take revenge on him, right?

"District Chief Meng, Xiao Zeng has encountered something and wants to ask you for a favor." As soon as Wu Jingyi opened her mouth, she said, "She herself is embarrassed to tell you directly." ”

"What's the matter?" Meng Shaoyuan asked lazily.

Xiao Zeng hurriedly said: "Actually, it's not my business, it's my cousin's business......"

"Hey, don't be too complicated." Meng Shaoyuan interrupted her: "I'm going to take a vacation for myself now, it's too complicated, and it's delaying my rest." ”

"It's not too complicated, but I can't tell you for a while, why don't you let my cousin tell you?"

This is also the rule of the military command, like the district chief's office, which is equivalent to the Shanghai district headquarters of the Military Command Bureau, and no outsiders are allowed to enter without approval.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at the time: "Can you arrive within half an hour?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"Then let him come, don't delay my lunch."

……

Xiao Zeng's cousin is named Chen Wanruo, who has just graduated from college and works as an intern reporter in the newspaper.

He is not tall, and he is very ordinary, with black-rimmed glasses, and he is timid.

However, he wears a bracelet on his left wrist, which looks crystal clear, but it is quite beautiful.

"This is our District Chief Meng, if you have any problems, he will definitely be able to help you solve it."

Xiao Zeng said to his cousin.

Hey, the dignified head of the Military Command Bureau, how is it like Chinese cabbage, when it comes to wholesale, you can know it by a person, and you can ask you for help if it is a person?

"I ...... I guess I was deceived. Chen Wanruo opened her mouth, and her eyes turned red.

"Liared?" Meng Shaoyuan asked casually: "Is it a fraud or a fraud?" ”

"Huh", Chen Wanruo not only had red eyes, but her whole face turned red.

Xiao Zeng still knows his district chief too well: "I was cheated of money, twenty-four oceans." ”

Twenty-four pieces?

It wasn't much for Meng Shao, but it was a huge amount of money for such a young reporter who had just graduated.

"Tell me, what's going on?" Meng Shaoyuan was idle.

Chen Wanruo said boldly: "Our editor-in-chief heard that I was going to interview, so he asked me to go to Luo Ji to see if I could help buy a watch." ”

Redeem on behalf of the customer?

Meng Shaoyuan seemed to understand what was going on.

As life became more and more difficult, many people had to send their goods to pawn shops and barely survive on a little "pawn money", and businessmen with a keen sense of smell soon sniffed out the "business opportunities".

Spend a few dollars, buy those pawn tickets, let the tickets and the owner forever dissociated, and then sell them, won't you make a lot of money!

As a result, many merchants, including dignified jewelry stores and goldware shops, thrift stores, paper cigarette stalls, etc., and even ordinary homes have hung up signboards for valet redemption.

Sending items to pawnshops is not much money, nominally "worth ten and five", that is, items worth 100 yuan can be used as 50 yuan, but in fact they can often only get 30 or 40 yuan, or even lower.

And once the deadline has passed and there is no way to redeem it, the original will be owned by the merchant. In this case, many people know that they cannot afford to redeem the original goods, and are willing to sell pawn tickets to reduce losses.

Others don't have a lot of money, and after buying pawn tickets from the valet redeemer, they redeem the goods from the pawnshop, although they are older, but they are much cheaper than the new ones, so why not?

Chen Wanruo, who accepted the request of the editor-in-chief, found Luo Ji after completing the interview task.

And bought a pawn ticket they accepted in Luo Ji, and the face of the ticket was written as a "double horseback fifteen-diamond rectangular watch", the price was 12 oceans, and the pawn tickets were sold for 10 oceans.

After bargaining, the ticket was reduced to 8 yuan. Chen Wanruo thought in her heart that it was quite cost-effective to buy a watch worth fifty or sixty yuan for 20 yuan, so after paying the money, she took the pawn ticket and excitedly went to find the pawn shop marked on the ticket.

After a lot of trouble, I finally found the pawnshop in a remote alley.

The so-called "pawnshop" was also changed from a house, and only the black character "dang" was painted on the closed door. Knocking on the door, a man in his forties came out, probably dozing off, and after stretching his waist, he struggled to glare at the sleepy eyes that could not be opened, and asked coldly, "What's the matter?" ”

"Ransom." After Chen Wanruo answered calmly, she couldn't help but sigh secretly, from your expression, it can also be inferred that when the owner came to ask for an object in embarrassment, you didn't know what it was difficult to see on your face.

The bookkeeper who was sitting at the counter looked at the pawn ticket sent by Chen Wanruo for a while, and then ticked the abacus for a while before he raised his head and said, "The interest is 3 yuan, and the deposit fee is 1 yuan......

Chen Wanruo never expected that the owner took 12 yuan from the other party as money, and after 5 months, he would have to pay 3 yuan of interest and 1 yuan of storage and delivery fees.

However, having reached this point, I had to take 16 oceans together and hand them to the gentleman.

After a full quarter of an hour, the guy took a small white paper bag and came out and handed it to Chen Wanruo. Chen Wanruo opened it and saw that it was indeed a rectangular watch.

However, there is a lot of yellow rust around the case, the glass on the surface is still cracked, and the strap is so old that it is almost broken......

In short, when you see this watch, you will immediately think of the broken pavement at the entrance of the alley, which is too far from the beautiful watch you imagined!

Chen Wanruo negotiated with the guy, saying that I spent so much money, why is the watch so bad?

The guy immediately said with a straight face: "Nonsense! How can there be a mistake in a pawn shop? If you don't take good care of yourself, how can you rely on others? ”

Now that the money and pawn tickets have been sent, what else is there to say?

Chen Wanruo had to admit that she was unlucky, and she changed her mind, and silently comforted herself, the case and glass are not good, as long as the internal parts are good, it is the same, and suddenly, new hope floated in her heart, but she took the watch to her ears and listened to it......

There was no sound at all! In a panic, I turned the small screw of the clockwork a few times, but it still didn't work; A few more turns, and it's still the same.

The fellow was already impatient, and shouted in a straight voice: "Go! What are you doing there? ”

Chen Wanruo was helpless, turned around and walked out of the door, standing on the uneven road, with a glimmer of hope, opening the case behind her.

As soon as the little thing slipped, it immediately turned the scattered little screws, small wheel teeth, small copper blocks, etc., hidden inside, upside down, only the broken clockwork, dragged outside like a small snake, and one end was still nailed to the wheel teeth, shaking and shaking incessantly.

Many of the small parts were embedded in the cracks in the cracks, and it was hard to put them away......

……

Hearing this, Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "This is the most common scam in Shanghai, Luo Ji and the pawnshop are the same family, and they colluded to deceive you people who want to be greedy...... Well? ”

Meng Shaoyuan suddenly remembered something: "Chen Wanruo, you are in the tabloid office at home, right?" ”

"yes, there are four of them."

"That's right."

Meng Shaoyuan shook his head: "Let me guess again, the money you ransom was also given to you by your editor-in-chief, and it is about the same as what you spent, right?" ”

"Yes, yes." Chen Wanruo said repeatedly: "The editor-in-chief gave me a total of twenty-five oceans. ”

"What kind of bullshit newspaper is this?" Meng Shaoyuan said with a smile: "They are specifically deceiving you people, twenty-four oceans, your editor-in-chief, Luo Ji, pawnshop, everyone divides it together." Then, if you don't succeed, you have to pay the editor-in-chief twenty-four oceans. But you don't have any money, what should you do? Don't you have a bracelet on your hand? I think it's worth a lot of money. The editor-in-chief will definitely let you take this bracelet as compensation, and I guess he was already staring at it when you went to apply. ”

"This is what my mom gave me." Chen Wanruo's tears came down.

"Don't cry, don't cry." Meng Shaoyuan hurriedly said: "Wu Jingyi, you send two people to go with this little girl and solve this matter." ”

However, if a military commander wants to carry out such a private task, he must obtain permission from above.

Chen Wanruo thanked her repeatedly.

It's just that Meng Shaoyuan at this time would never have dreamed that a small favor he helped today would be of great help to him in the future, this little girl who is not amazing!