There are two kinds of people in the world, one is not fatal, and the other is resigned. No matter what time it is, it is the majority who accept their fate.

Shen Chen didn't want to blame them. In fact, death is easy, life is hard, but many people can't think of this.

The "Double Tenth" festival passed relatively peacefully under the strict vigilance of the concession authorities, and although there were still expected slogans, it was not a big deal compared to violent attacks.

In Gangtu, a bamboo archway was erected at No. 76, and a small triangular blue sky and red land national flag decorated with the words "peaceful nation-building" was hung.

In Minami, the puppet regime held a meeting attended by representatives of various official institutions and 80 elementary school students who listened to speeches praising Japan and denouncing the government.

On the contrary, the Patriots posted only a small number of anti-Japanese slogans on the walls along Seymour Road and near the Zhongbai Company on Nanjing Road, as well as secretly distributed some pamphlets.

Shen Chen felt that it was wise to keep a low profile like this. Under the strict vigilance of the concession authorities, to oppose the Japanese in public was foolishness, exposed in vain, and increased danger.

At this time, Shen Chen received information from Zhang Chengfu, saying that Cao Bingsheng's father and son had often gone to No. 76 recently, and asked him to be more careful.

This is indeed bad news for Shen Chen. But he was not sure, so he decided to confront Cao Bingsheng face to face to see what he said.

If Cao Bingsheng's rhetoric can't convince Shen Chen, then he won't be afraid to use ruthless hands to kill Cao Bingsheng's father and son.

But Cao Bingsheng didn't seem to be aware of Shen Chen's murderous intent, and after receiving the call, he happily went to the appointment, as if he hadn't done anything wrong.

In this meeting, Shen Chen did not call Xu Huaiyi, it was him and Cao Bingsheng. At the same time, he also asked Zhang Chengfu to temporarily leave the French Concession and stay with Chu Jiao and Zhao Youcai, ready to be guided by him and carry out actions.

In the private room of the hotel, Shen Chen didn't talk nonsense, and after sitting down for a while, he asked Cao Bingsheng what he was doing at No. 76.

Seeing Shen Chen's cold face, Cao Bingsheng hurriedly explained, and in order to win Shen Chen's trust, he also revealed his identity as a Chongqing spy.

It turned out that Li Shijun and Ding Mochun at No. 76 had a conflict, and Cao Bingsheng's father and son felt that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, and they did not want to be traitors and merge with No. 76.

At the beginning, Li Shijun recruited Ding Mo Estate and promoted Ding Mo Estate as the "front desk manager", which was originally a strategic behavior under the guiding ideology of "as long as you make profits, you don't have to seek fame".

Because at the beginning, Wang Jingwei had not yet committed treason and did not come to Shanghai. Li Shijun felt that it was too risky to take the lead in colluding with the Japanese, and he almost became the target of the shooting of Yu Songqiao, a military commander.

Therefore, he decided to leave the matter of showing up to Ding Mo Estate, and counting the money in the back is the most ideal division of labor.

However, in the middle of this year, with the arrival of Wang Jingwei Group, the situation changed.

In Wang Jingwei and Zhou Fohai's minds, Ding Mochun is the number one, and he Li Shijun is only Ding Mocun's deputy.

Since he is a deputy, Li Shijun is far worse than Ding Mochun in terms of power status.

After the Sixth National Congress of the Wang Party, Ding Mocun pressed Li Shijun everywhere, in addition to being the top spot of No. 76, he was also the Minister of Social Affairs, and then assisted Zhou Fohai to preside over the "Purge Committee" and took charge of Wang's puppet "Peace Salvation Army".

Therefore, Ding Mo Estate not only deployed personnel at No. 76, but sometimes even pointed fingers at Li Shijun and his wife, domineering.

Li Shijun was unwilling to do this, so he began to compete with Ding Mochun for the real power to control No. 76, and fought openly and secretly.

First of all, Li Shijun took advantage of the contradiction between Wang Jingwei and Zhou Fohai to move himself to Wang Jingwei's side.

As soon as Wang Jingwei arrived in Shanghai, Li asked Chen Chunpu to forward a long letter of 10,000 words to Wang, introducing himself as a "pendulum", he was a talented boss, and Ding Mocun was just a hand he used.

At the same time, in order to curry favor with Wang Jingwei, everything was done in front of Ding Mo Estate, in order to show his vow as a pioneer, and he also stepped up to get close to the Japanese masters.

In this regard, there has been progress. Li Shiqun gradually gained favor in both aspects. At the same time, Li Shijun also stepped up the attack on the image of Ding Mo Estate and spread public opinion that was unfavorable to Ding Mo Estate.

More importantly, Li Shiqun grasped the internal organization of No. 76, attacked the other party, cultivated and consolidated his strength, and gradually transferred the real power to his own hands. The Ding faction must not be allowed to form a force.

When he found out that his original assistant Tang Huimin was biased towards Ding Mo Estate, Li Shijun lost no time in making an excuse to imprison him.

Then, Li Shijun found that all the spies who voted No. 76 in the Shanghai Party Department system were often biased towards Ding Mocun. So Li Shiqun adopted the method of physical elimination to cut off the source of pro-Ding elements from the source.

For example, Zhang Xiaotong, the head of the Kuomintang Shanghai Party Department, was arrested on No. 76, just because he was worried that if Zhang Xiaotong surrendered, it would also be from Ding Mocun's faction, so Li Shijun asked Zhang Xiaotong to be killed and his body destroyed.

After discovering the information about Ding and Li's discord, Cao's father and son's boss ordered them to act at the right time.

In September, Cao's father and son hooked up with Ding Mocun, the minister of Wang's puppet society, through the relationship between Wang Hesong and Sun Mingqi of Wang's puppet social department.

So, as secret agents in the French Concession, they went to No. 76 from time to time to find Ding Mo Village. Moreover, in front of Ding, he said that Li Shiqun was secretly playing tricks on him and stirring up trouble between Ding and Li.

The purpose of Cao's father and son is very simple, that is, to add fuel to the fire and let Ding and Li compete with each other so that the fish can profit.

Shen Chen never spoke when Cao Bingsheng was talking, observing Cao Bingsheng's expression and even the tone of his speech.

At the same time, Shen Chen also considered the information he had recently received from various parties, as well as Zhang Chengfu's observation report.

Judging from the comprehensive situation in all aspects, Shen Chen felt that what Cao Bingsheng said seemed to be the truth. At least so far, nothing has been done against him.

"Brother Shen, I'm being honest with you, and I have nothing to hide." Cao Bingsheng looked at Shen Chen, smiled bitterly, and said, "If you still don't believe in your brother, then, then shoot me to death." ”

Shen Chen lowered his eyelids and thought about it, and said lightly: "Brother Cao has never thought about it, this is not only useless, but also very dangerous. Although Ding and Li have contradictions, they are both traitors, and it is just a struggle for power. But if you want to collude with Brother Cao, the nature is completely different. ”

Cao Bingsheng nodded and said, "There is an order from the peak, and it has to be executed, this is one of them; Second, if you can provoke Ding Li's infighting, no matter what the result is, it will always be advantageous. As for the danger—"

After a pause, Cao Bingsheng showed a fierce look and said: "As long as our father and son don't enter No. 76 at the same time, if they want to kill them, they have to weigh one or two." The brothers under me also have a lot of ruthless characters. ”

It turns out that you two are so insistent and so intended.

Shen Chen felt that this was not sure. Letting the Cao father and son go for fear of retribution may be so on the surface, but what if there is any accident?

"Ding and Li are fighting among themselves, and they will inevitably send their subordinates to monitor each other. Li Shijun can't always be in the dark about your provocation activities. Shen Chen continued to persuade: "Maybe I already know it now, but I haven't found the opportunity to kill him." ”

"It's a possibility." Cao Bingsheng agreed, and said: "This is a matter of time or time, as long as Ding Mocun does not leave No. 76, he will always be known by Li Shijun or his subordinates." But it's also something that can't be helped. ”

Shen Chen saw that Cao Bingsheng still insisted that as long as the father and son did not enter No. 76, they would not be poisoned, and he was also very helpless. He is not a chattering person, so stop here and stop persuading.

Dante and Li had contradictions, and Shen Chen had other ideas. is not to rely on his mouth to provoke like the Cao father and son, but is ready to take action to add fuel to the fire.

"Who is more powerful in No. 76 between Ding and Li?" Shen Chen asked seemingly casually.

"Li Shijun has Wu Shibao's gang of outlaws, and Ding Mocun has collected some spies from the former party department and the former military commander, which should be considered evenly matched!" Cao Bingsheng groaned and said: "Now it's up to who can be in the limelight, or who is in the fight." ”

Shen Chen pursed his lips and said, "I don't see it that way." As far as I know, the financial power of No. 76 is in the hands of Li Shijun and Wu Shibao's wives, and if you have money, you can win people over; Moreover, it seems that the Japanese are more partial to Li Shijun, and most of the internal affairs are decided by Li Shijun and his wife. ”

Cao Bingsheng nodded and said, "But Brother Shen, don't forget, Ding Mocun is the number one and the director, which is also a more favorable condition." ”

"Then Brother Cao thinks which of the two Ding and Li is in power and is better to deal with?" Shen Chen raised his eyebrows, not optimistic about anything in his heart.

"Of course it's Ding Mo Estate!" Cao Bingsheng is very sure about this.

is also insidious and cunning, but on the surface, Li Shijun is more ruthless, and Ding Mochun is slightly inferior.

Shen Chen smiled and didn't speak.

In his opinion, which one is the same, the dogs of the Japanese, damned traitors. Moreover, No. 76 wants his own life, no matter which of Ding and Li wins, this will not change.

Cao Bingsheng saw that Shen Chen didn't agree with it, and he didn't say anything about it, so he took out some intelligence information to Shen Chen, and said: "Don't want Brother Shen to help do anything else, it's still like before, if you dare to commit trouble in Brother Shen's land, just clean it up ruthlessly." ”

Shen Chen nodded, put away the intelligence information, and said, "That's nature. I have already formed a dead bond with No. 76, and I dare to enter the concession to make trouble, and I am seeing one to clean up the other. ”

Cao Bingsheng laughed and said, "It's a pity, there is no iron man like Brother Shen in the French Concession, but the people of No. 76 are rampant." ”

Shen Chen looked a little puzzled and asked, "Brother Cao's subordinates also have ruthless hands, why don't you see any movement?" ”

Cao Bingsheng was a little embarrassed, and said: "This, alas, although they are ruthless enough, it is not good to do this work and leave traces." ”

Hmph, don't force your head, you are also afraid of the Japanese, afraid of the spies of No. 76.

Shen Chen sneered, but his face did not show it,

The two ate, drank and talked, and after nearly an hour, they dispersed.

From the reply obtained by Cao Bingsheng, Shen Chen believes that it is basically reliable.

Whether he can pick it out or not, he doesn't care. But Shen Chen felt that Cao Bingsheng's father and son were a little overconfident, and the danger of tooth extraction was very great and unpredictable.

Since the persuasion was not moving, Shen Chen had to make some preparations in advance.

In the evening, he called Zhang Chengfu and gave him a sum of money to make more friends with the brothers in Cao Bingsheng's gang. At the same time, Shen Chen told Zhang Chengfu that if Cao Bingsheng's father and son went to No. 76, he would definitely not follow.

Zhang Chengfu roughly guessed what Shen Chen meant, which was a preparation for the Cao family's father and son after the accident.

"You may not know how Xu Huaiyi got to power." Shen Chen told Xu Huaiyi about it and said, "You are now a leader, which is a favorable condition. Remember, not everyone has to be wooed. But I hope that when the opportunity arises, you will have a group of more loyal brothers to support. ”

Zhang Chengfu nodded and said, "I understand." ”

"In addition, those who may compete with you for the throne and can't be wooed, you find out their situation clearly." Shen Chen continued to explain: "Like the address, preferences, places you often go to, and so on. ”

Zhang Chengfu smiled bitterly and nodded in agreement. He knew that if there was a fight for the throne in the future, these guys would probably be more than lucky.

"One last thing." Shen Chen said: "Pan San Province lives at No. 201 Jupolaisi Road in the French Concession, you can take the time to reconnoitre." ”

Zhang Chengfu knew that Pan Sanxing, an economic traitor, and knew that Shen Chen was going to attack him, but he didn't resist at all.

After sending Zhang Chengfu away, Shen Chen returned to the patrol room branch and studied the intelligence information given to him by Cao Bingsheng.

Obviously, it is relatively easy to infiltrate the periphery of the No. 76 spy organization, and even Xu Huaiyi's brothers can blend in, which can be seen from this.

But it was difficult to get into number 76. Therefore, Cao Bingsheng's information is scattered and not very important, but it cannot be said that it is useless.

Based on the information of Ma Mingyu, Xu Huaiyi, and Cao Bingsheng, Shen Chen still got a lot of information. For example, the characteristics of the vehicle of the 76, the registration plate, and so on.

Although No. 76 may make some disguises, with this information, Shen Chen is still able to make a targeted arrangement.

In particular, the intelligence mentioned that there were two modified cars on No. 76, which attracted Shen Chen's attention. The rear seats of these two cars were removed, and they looked like the vans of later generations.

Shen Chen touched his chin and thought for a while, and finally understood what these two cars were for. It must have been to facilitate the kidnapping, and the hostage was pushed inside and pressed into the car......

After thinking about it, Shen Chen listed the characteristics and license plates of the two cars separately and prepared to hand them over to the patrol below.

If you find a similar vehicle entering the concession, do not stop it, or follow it, or stop it for inspection when it is about to go out.

The same is true for other suspected No. 76 vehicles, it is not so easy to put them in first and get out.

Since Shen Chen was transferred to the patrol room of Jing'an Temple, it was still relatively calm in his jurisdiction. Elsewhere, mainly in the French Concession, terrorist activities are frequent.

In this regard, Shen Chen had some doubts, is No. 76 focusing on cracking down on anti-Japanese people in the French Concession?

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