At 12 o'clock at noon on September 11, Liu Zezhi drove out of Shanghai to Nanjing, and after arriving in Nanjing, he went directly to Qinhuai Restaurant for a banquet. Since it was only a loose birthday, only four tables were set, and the attendees were all Zhou Fohai's relatives, family members, and cronies around him, and Liu Zezhi was a relatively distant guest. Zhou Fohai's secretary Cao Siyuan received him decently and accepted the birthday gift, neither extraordinarily enthusiastic nor rude, and Han Ruitian didn't mention a word. After the banquet, Secretary Cao sent Liu Zezhi out of the hotel and said with a smile: "After Mr. Liu returns to Shanghai, please convey the gratitude of Vice Chairman Zhou and his wife to Director Li." ”

Liu Zezhi said: "It's serious. Before Liu left, Director Li ordered me to tell him: He is very sorry for Mr. Han's matter, but General Ono insisted on doing so, and he really couldn't help him, and asked Deputy Director Zhou to forgive me. ”

"Han Ruitian is just a distant relative of Vice Chairman Zhou, his affairs can only be taken care of by himself, and it has nothing to do with anyone, Director Li has too much heart."

Liu Zezhi said with a smile: "Vice Chairman Zhou has a large number of adults and is in a high position, but he can understand the righteousness and sympathize with his subordinates, which is really admirable and admirable. ”

Cao Siyuan smiled indifferently and replied: "Where, how can Director Li have the power in his hands, and the spring breeze is proud?" In the career, he has won the trust of Japan's friends. Yesterday afternoon, Han Ruitian's house was raided, and he was pitiful as a director of the Ministry of Finance. There is gold everywhere in Shanghai, but it makes those who have ulterior motives and accumulate wealth to enrich themselves see a joke. ”

This sounds like a lot of nonsense, how can Liu Zezhi not understand the sound outside the strings? He smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of Mr. Cao's jokes, we are engaged in intelligence, and we don't know anything about finance." Who amassed wealth and self-fertilization? The difficulty of making a fortune is the most hated, and the Ministry of Finance should take a good look at it. ”

Cao Siyuan smiled meaningfully: "Cao Mou never thought that Mr. Liu also had this intention, as the saying goes, if you don't do anything wrong, you are not afraid of ghosts calling the door, it can be seen that Director Li is as clear as water, and the rumors are not enough to believe." ”

"Yes, people's words are terrifying, and the rumors that catch the wind and catch the shadows are unguardable. Mr. Cao stayed, Liu said goodbye, if you have the opportunity to go to Shanghai in the future, you must give me a chance to appreciate the light, and let me do my landlord's friendship. ”

At five o'clock in the morning of 12 September, as soon as the sky was bright, Liu Zezhi set off for Shanghai and reported to Li Shiqun on his trip to Nanjing at noon. Li Shiqun pondered for a moment and asked, "Do you think this surname Cao is empty words and intimidation?" And is there a real handle? ”

Liu Zezhi replied honestly: "My subordinates don't know either, I haven't been involved in the affairs of Yicheng Trading Company for a while. ”

"I can't ignore precautions, I haven't had time to ask about the things there recently, so you can go and take a look. All the cash that can be withdrawn can be withdrawn, and the goods that should be sold can be sold as much as possible, or transported elsewhere or transferred to the name of other companies. At this time, you must not give authority to others. ”

At six o'clock in the afternoon of September 12, Mianguan Yiyi, who had been eating and living at the construction site and was in a hurry, inspected the construction site back and forth, called a few people and said: "I want to transport this garbage away in the middle of the night today, you four come here, don't paint the wall first, do you see it-" He pointed with his hand: "Those floor tiles over there, are those big ones, made of marble, and they were originally laid in the hall, you pick them out and put them aside." ”

These four people are Dai Ru and Yu Haochen and other three subordinates. Dressed as a construction worker, the inconspicuous Dai Ru promised: "Taijun, don't worry, it's wrapped around a few of us, and none of it can be broken, unless it was broken before." Such a good thing can be sold for a good price. I just looked, and some of the doors that have been replaced are also made of good wood......"

Mianguanyi glared at them one by one and scolded: "Where did you get so much nonsense! Get to work! ”

Dai Ru nodded with a smile: "Taijun is angry, let's go to work." Let's go, be diligent with your hands and feet, as soon as Taijun is happy, maybe you can reward us with wine money. ”

Two hours later, when the sky darkened, Mianguanyi took a look at the things he had picked out that could be sold to the recycling company, took out a few banknotes and stuffed them for Dai Ru, and said, "Yes, let's have a cup of tea." You can pick and choose the things in the basement too. Wait for the car to come, you go with the car, don't forget to let the receiver write the receipt clearly, I will have a reward after it is done. ”

Dai Ru smiled with the money in his eyes, and nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Taijun, I'll hand it over to our brothers." Brothers, come with me. ”

The four of them came to the basement where the vault was originally located, Dai Ru ordered one of his subordinates to be on guard, and another subordinate to choose something that could continue to be used, and he and Yu Haochen came to the corner of the wall, took out a sharp special steel knife with diamond diamonds, looked at the very inconspicuous gap reserved in advance, and even scratched and pryed. After dozens of knives, Dai Ru carefully picked up a square cement block fifty centimeters wide.

Yu Haochen took a look, the cement block was still solid, and the gap between the reserved low-grade cement did not coincide with the above, and the front and back were staggered by one centimeter. Dai Ru continued. Yu Haochen asked: "It turns out that there is another floor, what was this place before?" ”

"This building was built in the former Qing Dynasty Guangxu period, when everyone believed in feng shui, when the foundation was laid, a shaft was dug and the town was placed. There is no indication on the schematic diagram of the building, and HSBC is only known to the previous senior managers. Once the plan was set, it took us another week to expand the shaft. It turned out that Stationmaster Zhou planned to build a mezzanine under the ceiling, and with such a shaft, it would save a lot of trouble. Suddenly, with a click, the steel knife in Dai Ru's hand snapped.

Without waiting for Dai Ru to speak, Yu Haochen handed over a spare knife of the same material that he carried with him, Dai Ru picked up another cement block, Yu Haochen secretly said that this adds up to almost a meter thick, and no matter how shrewd the person of No. 76 is, he can't dig three feet into the ground.

With the help of Yu Haochen, Dai Ru carefully took out a gold brick forged into floor tiles, Yu Haochen sighed: "Our military commander is really full of talents, except for the weight, there is no difference from the real floor tiles." ”

"You just know? Let's get to work. The two of them took out forty-eight gold bricks one after another. Dai Ru said: "After a while, the garbage truck came, remember that the two old German-made trucks are their own, after loading, you and I will follow the car separately, there are people on the road to answer, just unload it and hand it over to them, we don't have to take care of the rest." ”

Yu Haochen nodded and agreed: "Don't worry." But you can't finish it in one trip, right? ”

"The original arrangement was to make three trips, and No. 76 inadvertently helped us a lot, making a mess of the mess here, and the construction waste could only be transported out of three small trucks three times." Dai Ru explained to another subordinate: "After the third train departs, the two of you will find a chance to leave the construction site and go back to the dance hall to wait for my notice." ”

An hour later, three open-top trucks stopped under the construction site, and Mianguan Yiyi commanded the loading, instructing: "I have to make three trips in one night today." After a while, a car will send a car to help unload the car. Don't forget to put on the canvas canopy after loading, and you will be fined for spilling along the way. ”

Dai Ru, Yu Haochen and others mixed in the crowd of workers to load trucks, and at ten o'clock, three trucks drove out of the construction site. Ten minutes later, two of the cars parted ways with the other and rushed to different waste treatment plants.

Half an hour later, the car drove to a secluded road in the suburbs, the two cars stopped at the same time, Chen Jinsong and a subordinate were already waiting here, everyone did not say a word, and after unloading part of the goods tacitly, the car continued to start, and soon disappeared from view.

A few minutes later, Ge Jiapeng drove over in a truck transporting wholesale vegetables, jumped out of the car to meet with Chen Jinsong, and the three of them loaded the goods into the car together. Chen Jinsong said in a low voice: "Be careful on the road. Come back in two hours for a second trip. ”

Ge Jiapeng replied: "Don't worry, two or three kilometers away, there will be no accidents, I will continue to go to the vegetable market after unloading, and I will come back when the time is almost up." ”

At five o'clock in the morning on September 13, Dai Ru unloaded the last batch of gold bricks on the side of the road, Chen Jinsong patted him on the shoulder, and the two looked at each other and smiled, all without saying a word. Dai Ru and Yu Haochen got in the car and left.

In the past few days, the depressed Zhang Shengyu has been complaining: Li Shiqun broke his promise and did not let him go, and the huge bonus he promised was nowhere to be found. If you want to come and be safe, Ni Xin didn't even arrange a job for him. What to do? In such an embarrassing situation, he could only go to the casino for recreation, and he lost one after another, losing a lot, and he was shy in his pocket, so he had to borrow wine to kill his sorrows, and spend time in the tavern and the second meat shop where coolies entered. At two or three o'clock in the morning of this day, the drunken Zhang Shengyu was "invited" by the unbearable tavern owner to get rid of the store, and he walked leisurely, unable to distinguish between southeast and northwest.

It was still dark and the road was empty, with the occasional car or two passing by. In the early morning of mid-autumn, the cold hit, I don't know how long it took, the east was white, Zhang Shengyu was much more sober, and then he found that he had walked seven or eight miles of the wrong road, and the farther he walked from No. 76. Thinking that there was still more than ten kilometers to go back, he was drunk and weak, and his legs were weak, he stood on the side of the road, wanting to hire a three-wheeled commuter. Alas, how did you get mixed up to the point where you couldn't even sit down for three rounds?.

Suddenly, a truck stopped more than a hundred meters ahead, and two people got out of the car, and two people on the side of the road met and began to unload. The cargo seemed to be heavy and had to be carried by two people to unload the car. One of them looked familiar, and it seemed to be Dai Ru from the Operations Department of the Military Command Bureau. Is that him? How did he end up here? Without waiting for Zhang Shengyu to come up with a way to see if this person was Dai Ru, the two people who got out of the car got into the car again, and the car drove away.

Zhang Shengyu walked forward more than ten meters, hidden behind a big tree, and continued to observe. Soon a truck carrying vegetables arrived, and the two people who had unloaded the goods before loaded the goods with the driver.

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