Chapter Seventy-Three: Peeling Back the Thread
Drip!!!!
With the roaring whistle, the train from Jinan to Qingdao arrived at Sifang Railway Station on time.
Geng Chaozhong stood inside the platform, waiting for Liu Yiban to get off the train.
Unless necessary, the Party Investigation Section generally does not take the train during the day, but often chooses to take the train at night.
After all, there are many people and miscellaneous eyes during the day, and the party investigation department is good at pulling hatred, warlords, the Communist Party, and internal factions are dumping, and any one has to guard against it.
It can be said that Liu Yiban's return to Qingdao this time also broke the convention.
Geng Chaozhong stared at the few single carriages in front of the train, panting slightly - it was already more than 3 o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to the Party Affairs Investigation Section, and the train from Jinan to the island city arrived at the railway station at 4 o'clock. Geng Chaozhong returned to Corey, and immediately drove to the train station non-stop, and when he got off the car, he saw that it was already more than four o'clock, for fear of delaying the pick-up, he almost trotted all the way into the platform.
But it seems that Liu Yiban hasn't come out yet.
Geng Chaozhong still waited patiently, and it was not until ten minutes later, when almost everyone got off the train, that Geng Chaozhong saw a young man wearing a peaked cap and looking like a student walking towards him with a handbag, and when he looked at it, it was Liu Yiban.
"Section Chief, your outfit is really unexpected!"
Geng Chaozhong took the handbag, looked around, and continued to ask, "You are the only one?" ”
"Well, no one knows about my return to Qingdao except you." Liu Yiban nodded.
Geng Chaozhong looked around vigilantly, covering Liu Yiban's body, and the two of them came to the back door of the train station one after the other - for safety reasons, Geng Chaozhong parked the car there.
Escorting Liu Yiban to the car, Geng Chaozhong started the car and walked back.
Liu Yiban took off his cap, sighed, and said:
"Xiao Geng, you can tell me about this kind of shocking wealth, which is enough to prove your loyalty. If I were you, I would definitely hide this secret in my heart, and no one would tell me. Maybe I'll kill Schultz again. ”
Geng Chaozhong haha and said, "Section Chief, you're joking." ”
"I'm not kidding."
Behind him came Liu Yiban's serious voice.
"Tell me about Xiao Geng, what do you think. Ever since you handed me that 10,000 oceans worth of bonds in an old German prison, I thought you were a very interesting person. Now tell me this secret again, I think you are not only interesting now, but also a saint! ”
Geng Chaozhong's heart sank, and he subconsciously wanted to look back at Liu Yiban's expression - however, Liu Yiban was sitting in the back seat, and there was no rearview mirror in the car at this time, and Geng Chaozhong didn't know his expression at all.
"Section Chief, do you want to hear the truth?"
Geng Chaozhong did not answer, but asked rhetorically.
"Between the ugly truth and the good fake, I still choose the truth." Liu Yiban said.
Geng Chaozhong sighed while skillfully driving the car, with a regretful expression on his face:
"Section chief, in fact, when Schultz told me the news yesterday, my first reaction was to kill him and swallow his wealth alone. But on second thought, first, it is uncertain whether this wealth really still exists; Another one, even if it exists, it is not something that a little person like me can take away. I figured out this matter as early as when Zhu Fatzi asked me to enter old Germany. ”
"You are wise, and wise people always live a little longer." Liu Yiban said.
Geng Chaozhong drove the car out of the Sifang Railway Station and walked south along the road.
"I don't have to go back to Corey, I don't want anyone to know about this time. You drive directly to Taitung Town, where there is a Tongju Fu Shang Inn, you can go there. Liu Yiban's voice came again.
Geng Chaozhong hummed and drove the car directly to Taitung Town.
The island city is divided into four major districts, after the Germans occupied Qingdao, they used the means of forced land acquisition to occupy the original Qingdao Kou, set up a European urban area, the rich people originally in Qingdao moved to the area of Dabao Island and Xiao Bao Island, and formed a Chinese urban area along Shandong Road, and then coolies and construction workers gathered in Taixi Town, and ordinary merchants gathered in Taitung Town.
This Tongju Fu business inn is located in the central business district of Taitung Town.
Geng Chaozhong and Liu Yiban got out of the car and walked into this traditional Chinese-style courtyard, which was filled with all kinds of local and foreign goods, straw, silk, peanuts, cotton, and wood.
A businessman who was nearly forty years old and wearing a horse coat walked out, and when he saw Liu Yiban, he immediately showed a kind smile on his face, and his mouth was a pure Zhejiang accent:
"First class, how can I have time to come over today, it's cold, come in, it's warm inside."
Liu Yiban's face also showed a smile, this kind of smile Geng Chaozhong had never seen on Liu Yiban's face, but Geng Chaozhong was very familiar - this is the smile of relatives when they meet.
"This is my brother Liu Yishan."
Liu Yiban introduced Geng Chaozhong, and then opened his mouth to introduce to Liu Yiban's brother:
"This is my most trusted subordinate, Geng Chaozhong. He will come more often in the future. ”
That Liu Yishan also has the delicate face of Jiangsu and Zhejiang people, and there are quite similarities between his eyebrows and Liu Yiban, it seems that he is indeed Liu Yiban's brother Undoubtedly - the two brothers are one in politics and the other in business, but they have a Zhejiang business style.
He glanced at Geng Chaozhong's face, nodded and said simply: "Not bad." ”
The three of them walked into the room and sat down around a small square table.
"Class 1, it's so late today, what's the matter with me?"
Liu Yishan opened his mouth to ask, it seems that Liu Yiban does not come to this place often.
"Big brother, I just came back from Jinan and have a secret mission. I'm not going back to Corey tonight, you arrange a room for me, and I'll sleep for the night. Liu Yiban said.
"Okay, I'll arrange it." Liu Yishan got up and walked out.
Seeing his brother go out, Liu Yiban turned his gaze to Geng Chaozhong.
"There was a big incident in Jinan, and the Jin army Yan xs put Feng YX under house arrest, and Feng YX sent people to Jinan to meet Han Fuqu, wanting to instigate him to unite with the Jin army against the principal. This is a very important matter, I can't stay here for too long, if you have any plans, just say it as soon as possible. ”
Geng Chaozhong nodded, it seems that the Central Plains War is about to break out.
"Section chief, you told me about this this morning, and I still have a complete map of the Jiaoao Governor's Mansion that Schultz gave me. You see. ”
Geng Chaozhong took out a house structure diagram from his arms as he spoke, and spread it on the table.
"Schultz told me that the priest, as a respected local priest, can often go in and out of the Jiaoao Governor's Palace, but even so, he can't successfully hide anything in the key places of the Jiaoao Governor's Palace, and the most likely thing is that he hid the bonds in this place of the Jiaoao Governor's Palace."
Geng Chaozhong pointed to a house on the second floor to the south.
"Jiaoao Governor's Mansion Hall!"
Liu Yiban blurted out.