The middle-aged fat man looked around, and after making sure that no tail was growing behind him, he called a tricycle. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The tricycle pulls over after entering Xueyuan Street in Shanghai's Old Town. The fat man sent the coachman, opened his umbrella and continued walking. This is the downtown area of the old Shanghai city, which has a history of more than 500 years. The walls of the old Shanghai were built during the Ming Dynasty to resist the invasion of the Japanese from the sea, and now, the new generation of Japanese invaders has completely occupied her through the Songhu Armistice Agreement.

Don't underestimate the winding streets and old buildings, which were already bustling markets hundreds of years ago, when Nanjing Road, known as China's first commercial street, was just a suburb of farmland and vegetable fields outside the county of Shanghai.

The middle-aged fat man walks through the narrow old streets, lined with cramped houses that are close to each other.

It was dinner time, and the lights were turned on in the kitchens of every house. The sound of frying in the pan, the clanging of dishes and chopsticks, and the sound of people persuading him to eat constantly hit his eardrums. The smell of the food is even more tangy.

Generally speaking, fat people always get hungry earlier because their digestive function is better than that of ordinary people. And at this moment, the middle-aged fat man is already hungry. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch, the hands pointing to six o'clock. He hastened his pace—the appointed time for the first joint was approaching.

Not far from here, there are not many guests at the Songyue Tower at the east end of the City God's Temple in the old city of Shanghai today. This is a restaurant that sells vegetarian food, and in such a war-torn year, the common people can't even fill their stomachs, so they won't have any leisure to taste vegetarian food.

On the window seat on the second floor, a middle-aged scribe in a black robe was reading a copy of the "Pujiang Evening News" -- Chen Dezhao had a plate of "sauce beef", a plate of "stir-fried shrimp", a plate of "sweet and sour big yellow croaker" and a bowl of fat cabbage and straw mushroom soup in front of his eyes -- the vegetarian food in Songyuelou had reached this level, and the "sauce beef" made of vegetarian chicken, the "shrimp" made of konjac, and the "sweet and sour big yellow croaker" made of tofu skin were not only very realistic in appearance and color, but also very similar in taste.

He put down the newspaper, looked at the Roman watch on his wrist, and looked back and forth outside the window. When he saw the figure of a middle-aged fat man with an oil-paper umbrella turning in from the empty Daxing Street, his heart moved.

"Could it be him?"

Sure enough, the man walked all the way against the foot of the wall, disappeared from his vision for a moment, and when the man reappeared, he was already standing at the staircase on the second floor of the Songyue Tower. The fat man looked around and decided that Chen Dezhao was the person he was looking for, so he walked straight to Chen Dezhao's seat and sat down:

"Dude, excuse me. I'm not very good at vegetarian dishes, can you tell me about the famous vegetarian dishes in Songyue Building? I heard that the vegetarian dishes of Shanghai Gongdelin Restaurant are also very famous, so which one is more satisfying than the vegetarian dishes of Gongdelin? ”

Chen Dezhao replied unhurriedly: "In spring, I like to go to Gongdelin to eat fresh bamboo shoots and sell them. In the summer, I like to come to Songyuelou to eat vegetarian cold wontons. In autumn, my hobby is to drink fat cabbage soup here. In winter, Gongdelin's vegan hot pot makes me yearn for it infinitely. ”

A smile appeared on the face of the middle-aged fat man—the code was right. But the process of splicing was not over, Chen Dezhao took out half a silver dollar from his arms and put it on the table. The fat man also took out another half of the silver dollar from his bosom - and Chen Dezhao's half of the silver dollar exactly formed a complete silver dollar - and the two halves were tightly fitted. Now they can trust that the person in front of them is the one they are looking for.

"I'm Chen Dezhao."

"I'm Dong Jintao." The two introduced themselves.

"Eat first, you'll be hungry." Chen Dezhao lowered his voice, "We'll leave after eating, and the three of us will have a meeting in the evening." ”

The "person and that thing" that Chen Dezhao mentioned to She Manshi and that this action must wait for has finally arrived.

……

Five women couldn't sleep that night.

Of the five women, Yu Aizhen is the most difficult to sleep.

After returning from a dinner with Ye Jiqing at Li Shiqun's mansion, she lay on the bed tossing and turning.

As she expected, dinner at Li Shiqun's Mansion on Yidingpan Road in Huxi was by no means as simple as a meal. No matter how Ye Jiqing coaxed her, Yu Aizhen just insisted: "I don't know where this dead guy ran away!" ”

In the end, Yu Aizhen simply closed her eyes and stopped talking, regardless of Ye Jiqing's eagerness to blow her beard and stare at her, but there was nothing she could do. Yu Aizhen is this kind of person - can you expect a female hooligan to listen to your persuasion politely? This is already Yu Aizhen giving Ye Jiqing face, if she was replaced by someone else, Yu Aizhen would have already taken a big slap fan!

Just when the two sides were frozen there, Li Shiqun, who had been hiding outside the restaurant and eavesdropping, finally appeared - since Ye Jiqing couldn't handle Yu Aizhen, he had to let Li Shiqun go in person.

"Don't worry, as long as Zhang Guozheng doesn't bite people indiscriminately, your big Wu guy will be fine! Therefore, you can watch Zhang Guozheng more when you go to observe the interrogation of Zhang Guozheng every day. Li Shiqun first pointed out the current situation to Yu Aizhen.

Yu Aizhen was afraid of Li Shiqun in her heart, especially his gloomy eyes, which made her creepy. Several times, she wanted to ask Ye Jiqing how she felt about such a pair of "wolf eyes" all day long, but she was embarrassed to ask. Now, these "wolf eyes" are also aimed at her, and she doesn't dare to meet Li Shiqun's gaze, but despite this, she still feels cold and uncomfortable on the back of her neck.

In terms of momentum, Yu Aizhen has already lost first!

It's one thing to be with your good friend Ye Jiqing, it's another thing to deal with Ye Jiqing's husband Li Shiqun - isn't it a hundred times more difficult?!

"Since Zhang Guozheng won't bite people indiscriminately, then the Japanese won't be able to catch the handle of Wu Datou. Since the Japanese can't catch him, there is no way to take him. Li Shiqun saw Yu Aizhen lower his head and knew that his analysis had worked, so he took advantage of the situation to strike while the iron was hot; Your big man Wu is now a wanted criminal, but don't worry, this is just a gesture made by the Nationalist Government for the Japanese to see. He only needs to go to the squad room of the Japanese gendarmerie for a few days and then come back safely, and he will not suffer at all. Li Shiqun's voice was soft and seductive. Yu Aizhen groaned and hesitated.

"You have to remember, don't believe anything Li Shiqun and Qingqi say, those who do what they do are ruthless people and have no faith at all! Don't hand over Wu Sibao casually, you must negotiate the conditions. At this time, Hu Lancheng's words echoed in her ears again. Yes, you can't trust Li Shiqun, you can't just hand over the four treasures to the Japanese! Thinking about it, she raised her head, her eyes confused:

"I really don't know where this damn hunk is hiding! Director Li, you have to believe me, as long as I know where this dead pig's head is hiding, I will definitely pull him out and hand him over to you! Yu Aizhen's ability to tell nonsense is no less than Li Shiqun's, and her face is full of sincerity.

"Aizhen, think about your house, car, and strips! Are you planning to give all your hard-earned possessions to the Nationalist Government? Ye Jiqing, who had been beside him and didn't speak, spoke. As a close friend of the boudoir, she knows Yu Aizhen's weaknesses well. This gentle sentence was like a muffled thunder that was slamming into Yu Aizhen's heart. Yes, what Yu Aizhen is really reluctant to give up in her heart is not the prominent official position on the seventy-sixth, the love between men and women with the concubines, and the love between husband and wife with Wu Sibao, but the huge amount of family wealth that she and Wu Sibao have collected. With money, the official position can be donated, and the handsome man will also send it to the door himself. But if you don't have money, go back to the poverty of your childhood? She didn't dare to think that she was used to the days of fine clothes and fine food, how could she live without money? She really couldn't imagine it.

Li Shiqun cast an appreciative look at his wife, and continued to put pressure on Yu Aizhen: "As long as you hand over Wu Da to the Japanese, I guarantee that no one will dare to touch your family property." When the big man comes out, you will continue to enjoy your blessings, and no one can control it! ”

"Say no more!" Yu Aizhen stood up and said resolutely: "Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I will take the four treasures to the seventy-sixth to surrender!" Then she gritted her teeth and said to Li Shiqun: "You are a talker, if there is a big man in our family, I will fight with you!" With that, she picked up the small bag beside her and didn't say goodbye to the two, and walked away.

Now, when Yu Aizhen returned home and lay on the bed to calm down, she regretted it again.

"You have to remember, don't believe anything Li Shiqun and Qingqi say, those who do what they do are ruthless people and have no faith at all! Don't hand over Wu Sibao casually, you must negotiate the conditions. She recalled Hu Lancheng's reminder again.

"Mr. Hu, I forgot your reminder and handed over the four treasures without discussing the conditions with Li Shiqun!" Yu Aizhen's heart was extremely uncomfortable, like a helpless mother who had just sold her child.

"Will you hand it over tomorrow?" She asked herself.

In the same city, in the Anping Hospital on Gao'an Road in the French Concession, only five kilometers away from Yu Aizhen's mansion on Yuyuan Road, She Manshi also couldn't sleep in her single room.

She had just met "that person" and "that thing" who had just arrived in Shanghai today. Although she didn't like the direct look at "that person" at herself--she had heard of few female comrades in the base area in northern Jiangsu, she couldn't stare at herself like a big pervert. However, this thought was only fleeting, and she was immersed in the tension before the battle. Now, in the words of Chen Dezhao, "the conditions are ripe". Therefore, she will be able to go to the safe deposit box of the Shanghai branch of Zhengjin Bank tomorrow to retrieve the confidential book she has stored there.

The thought of tomorrow's action fills her with a desire to fight - she has been depressed for a long time since becoming a "traitor", and she can finally prove herself with battle!

She repeated in her mind the steps of tomorrow's action - it is not a simple matter to go to Zhengjin Bank to retrieve the secret book, and it is necessary to plan carefully to ensure that the person and the book are safe.

She fell asleep late that night, and in her dreams, she saw Stone Heart.