After breaking with Yuan Shikai, Tang Shaoyi lived in Shanghai for several years, co-founded Jinxing Life Insurance Co., Ltd., and served as the chairman, and later refused the lure of the Beiyang warlords many times.

After Chiang Kai-shek came to power, Tang Shaoyi only regarded himself as a veteran of the party-state, holding some idle positions, such as a member of the Central Supervisory Commission of the Kuomintang and a member of the Nationalist Government.

Chiang Kai-shek had hired him as a senior adviser, but he refused to do so.

In 1928, Tang Shaoyi served as the county magistrate in his hometown of Zhongshan County, got rid of all kinds of bad habits of officialdom, was very honest, and was very praised by the local people.

Before he was appointed magistrate of Zhongshan County, Tang Shaoyi actually still held the titles of member of the Central Supervisory Committee of the Kuomintang, member of the National Government, and member of the Standing Committee of the Southwest Political Affairs Committee.

But Tang Shaoyi has a good life, but he wants to go back to his hometown to be a county magistrate.

As early as 1929, Sun Ke and Wu Tiecheng proposed to the Nanjing government to upgrade Sun Yat-sen's hometown Zhongshan County to a national model county, and decided to set up the "Zhongshan County Discipline Implementation Committee" to supervise the implementation of discipline and administration by the county government.

Therefore, Tang Shaoyi, the county magistrate, is different from other county magistrates.

After a few years as a county magistrate, Tang returned to Shanghai to work as a duke.

After the outbreak of the Songhu Anti-Japanese War, the Japanese army showed off its might in Shanghai, but Tang Shaoyi's mansion was still in the French Concession.

In the vicinity of Tang Shaoyi's villa, the patrol house of the French Concession took special security measures, sending many Annan patrols to patrol back and forth 24 hours a day, and set up a guard at the gate, not allowing idlers to enter and leave at will.

In this case, he is also happy to be at ease, living in a simple place all day long, usually at home, to appreciate the antiques to entertain himself, especially porcelain has a special interest, every time he rubs and plays, he can't put it down.

After all, Tang Shaoyi is different from the ordinary concession apartment.

After the Japanese invading army authorities occupied Shanghai, they started Tang Shaoyi's idea, and in the "fishing plan" formulated by the Japanese, they secretly formulated the so-called "Southern Tang and Northern Wu Plan", and Feng Chen had seen this list when he was in Japan.

The main content of this plan was to appoint Tang Shaoyi and Wu Peifu and other figures to establish a peaceful regime to replace Chiang Kai-shek as the opponent of Sino-Japanese negotiations.

The formulation of the fishing plan caused the Japanese spies in China to be ordered to step up their planning from all sides, and soon the rumors of Tang Shaoyi's secret contact with the Japanese spies spread.

The telegram sent by Dai Li to Feng Chen's intelligence group fully shows that Dai Li has set his sights on Tang Shaoyi, or that the rumors that Tang Shaoyi was secretly in contact with the Japanese were already known to Chiang Kai-shek and Dai Li in Chongqing.

After flipping through Dai Li's telegram and reading it a few times, Feng Chen frowned and thought, and didn't speak.

"Team leader, is it difficult to meet Tang Shaoyi?" Fang Xiaoman asked.

"It's not that I'm embarrassed, I'm thinking, how likely is it that this idle Tang Shaoyi will join the Japanese?" Feng Chen weighed the Tang Shaoyi he knew in his mind.

"Now the situation is turbulent, it's hard to say, after the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, you haven't seen those politicians who are not willing to be lonely, they have jumped out one after another, and there are many traitors!" Fang Xiaoman sighed noncommittally.

"Tomorrow I will go to Tang Shaoyi's Mansion to find out his details first, and mobilize him to go to Hong Kong, if he doesn't agree to go to Hong Kong, then there must be a problem here." Feng Chen made a decision.

"Then I'll go with you tomorrow." Fang Xiaoman said.

"Okay, after you get up tomorrow morning, you go to the antique shop first, prepare a pair of blue and white porcelain vases as gifts, and we will visit Tang Shaoyi in the morning."

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At about ten o'clock in the morning of the next day, Feng Chen drove the car, accompanied by Fang Xiaoman, with a pair of blue and white porcelain vases from the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, to the Tang Mansion on Fukaisen Road.

Outside the door of Tang Shaoyi's mansion, there was indeed a team of patrols patrolling back and forth, and this team of patrols saw a car driving over, stopped at the gate of the Tang Mansion, and immediately came over to prepare for inspection.

"Oh? It turned out to be Mr. Feng! The little leader of the patrol room who came over was Liu Shaokui's subordinate, and when he saw that the person who got out of the car turned out to be Feng Chen, he hurriedly bent down to greet Feng Chen, he was very clear about the relationship between Feng Chen and Liu Shaokui.

"Oh? What have you been up to lately? Feng Chen asked casually.

"Inspector General Liu has been investigating the case of the disappearance of the female patient in Ward 318 of Renai Hospital recently." The little boss replied.

"Brothers, have worked hard, tell you Inspector Liu, I'll invite you to drink another day." In the hands of Feng Chen and Fang Xiaoman, one of them was holding a blue and white porcelain vase, and he was about to enter the Tang Mansion with his legs raised as he spoke.

"Mr. Feng, there will be guests at Premier Tang's house." The little leader suddenly called out to Feng Chen and said mysteriously.

"Got guests?" Feng Chen stopped and looked at the little leader and asked.

"Yes, half an hour ago, Ryuichi Hiraoka from the Japanese Consulate accompanied a short and fat man with a Rendan beard and a smile on his face to visit Tang Shaoyi." The little boss replied.

"I see, what's your name?" Feng Chen suddenly had a good impression of Liu Shaokui's subordinate.

"Mr. Feng, the little one's name is Sun Zhouzheng, you can call me Zhou Zheng, I am a member of the Qinggang Gang Generation." The patrol leader replied.

"Oh? It turned out to be my own person, I said Zhou Zheng, after you change shifts in a while, go to the third floor of the "Current Affairs Weekly" magazine, go to Wang Tiemin to get 50 yuan, buy wine and drink for the brothers, and say what I said. Feng Chen felt that this Sun Zhou was quite eye-catching, and he had the intention to win him over.

"Thank you, Uncle Feng!" Sun Zhouzheng clasped his hands into fists and gave Feng Chen a salute.

"Let's go on duty." Feng Chen waved his hand and stepped into the door of Tang Shaoyi's mansion.

In the courtyard of the mansion, one of Tang Shaoyi's family members saw Feng Chen walking in with a blue and white porcelain vase, and immediately stepped forward and blocked Feng Chen's way.

"Sir, you're here to see my master to admire the vase, right?" The family looked at the vase in Feng Chen's hand and asked.

"Hehe, you misunderstood, go and inform your master, just say that Feng Wenxuan's eldest son, Feng Chen, the president of the "Current Affairs Weekly" magazine, was entrusted by his father to visit Uncle Tang." Feng Chen played the banner of his old man.

"Okay, Mr. Feng, wait a minute." The family agreed, turned around and went in to report.

Feng Chen stood in the courtyard and looked around, the courtyard of the Tang Mansion was not very big, but it was very elegant, there were two thick osmanthus trees planted on the left and right sides of the courtyard, and next to the corridor, Yueji was planted, and the whole courtyard seemed very quiet.

While Feng Chen and Fang Xiaoman were admiring the moon flowers in the courtyard, the family just now trotted over and said, "Mr. Feng, please inside, there are guests at home, and it is inconvenient for the master to greet him personally." ”

"You're welcome!"

Feng Chen followed the family to the back living room.

I saw that Tang Shaoyi accompanied Ryuichi Hiraoka and another middle-aged man with a short stature and a smile on his face, standing at the door of the living room to greet Feng Chen and Fang Xiaoman.

"So the teacher is here!"

Feng Chen hurriedly handed the vase in his hand to Fang Xiaoman behind him, then arched his hand towards Hiraoka Ryuichi with both hands in his fists, and secretly glanced at the short and fat man next to Hiraoka Ryuichi.

"Feng Sang, let me introduce you, this is Lieutenant General Tu Feiyuan." Ryuichi Hiraoka introduced the person next to Feng Chen.

"Oh? I've heard the name for a long time, and General Dohihara is good! Feng Chen clasped his fists again and arched towards Kenji Tu Feiyuan.

"Quick, quick, quick! Everyone, please come in the house. Tang Shaoyi enthusiastically let everyone into the reception room.

Feng Chen beckoned, and Fang Xiaoman put the two blue and white porcelain vases on a table of eight immortals in the reception room.

"Tang Shibo, my father heard that you live in Shanghai, and specially asked someone to bring a letter, so that I could take time to visit you, there is no suitable gift, I heard that Shibo likes to appreciate antiques, so I sent these two blue and white porcelain vases to Shibo."

Feng Chen shouted Tang Shaoyi's heart, Tang Shaoyi did have a very good relationship with Feng Chen's father Feng Wenxuan, and the two of them can be said to belong to the veterans of the Xinhai Revolution.

More importantly, Tang Shaoyi, who has lived in Shanghai for a long time, often hears of Feng Chen's energy in Shanghai, and he not only has a close relationship with Du Yuesheng, but also has a very good relationship with the Japanese

Tang Shaoyi muttered in her heart, if she had a good relationship with Feng Chen, she would invisibly have another layer of umbrella in Shanghai.