Under Wang Yanan's guidance, Xiao Zhenlei drove through the French Concession to the Public Concession, and Cheng Baguio's home was in the western area of the Public Concession.

"Turn left at the intersection in front, turn the corner in front and walk three miles away!" Wang Yanan pointed ahead and said.

"Good!" Xiao Zhenlei agreed.

After the car turned left and entered a small road, after fifty meters, a carriage came in front, in addition to the driver who drove the car, behind the carriage sat an Oriental in a suit, Xiao Zhenlei looked at it and knew that this person was definitely not Chinese, because this person had a mustache in the middle of his lips, and in this era, the only Orientals who like to have a mustache in the middle of his lips are Japanese.

The path is not wide, barely enough for two cars to pass through guò, and there is a small ditch on each side, but both sides are driving in the middle of the road, and no one has any intention of giving way, which is inevitably blocked.

Xiao Zhenlei stepped on the brake and pressed the horn, "Dididi??????".

The driver of the carriage in front leaned out and pointed to Xiao Zhenlei in the car and shouted: "Hey, you drop, get out of the way, let's go first!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei took out a cigarette and lit it and took a few puffs, leaned out and pointed at the coachman: "Get out of the way of your carriage first, let my car pass first, hurry up, good dogs don't get in the way."

When the coachman heard this, he immediately shouted: "Baga, you drip down the pig, my master is a high = noble drop of the Japanese Empire, you quickly give way, delay my protagonist's affairs, you can't afford to eat!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei was furious when he heard these words, "What's the matter, your little Japan is just winning a Russo-Japanese War now." Is he crazy now? Yes, Lao Tzu still has urgent matters. Too lazy to argue with you here".

Letting go of the anger in his heart, Xiao Zhenlei didn't say anything. Directly let go of the brakes, increase the accelerator, the car suddenly let out a roar, and rushed forward directly, the little Japanese coachman and the middle-aged Japanese man sitting behind the car saw each other actually drive directly over, and their faces immediately turned pale.

"Yaga, what are you going to do? Stop, stop! The driver stood in the driver's seat and pointed at the car and shouted.

The coachman's shouting was of no avail, not to mention the two men in the carriage. The mule and horse pulling the cart saw a behemoth rushing in front of them, and was immediately frightened, raised two front hooves and let out a long neigh, and then regardless of the coachman's control, he actually pulled the carriage and ran into the ditch on the side of the road, and the driver behind was naturally inevitably pulled by the mule and fell into the ditch, and after half of the body was suspended, the whole carriage immediately overturned in the ditch, and the little Japanese coachman and the middle-aged Japanese man on the car were overturned and fell into the paddy field next to the ditch, smashing over a seedling.

The moment the carriage overturned, the car drove past it. There was neither a side nor a collision, Xiao Zhenlei stepped on the brakes to stop the car, stretched out his head and saw the little Japanese coachman and the middle-aged Japanese falling into the paddy field and getting up, both of them were covered in mud. There was not a single place left out from head to toe, like two mud monkeys, he couldn't help but laugh. Pointing at the two men: "Hahaha?????? This is the noble people of the Great Japanese Empire? Come on, we don't have time to watch you two clowns play tricks here. Bye-bye! ”

Xiao Zhenlei let go of the brakes, stepped on the accelerator and drove the car to carry Wang Yanan away. Leave the middle-aged Japanese and the coachman covered in muddy water in the paddy field and jump to their feet and scold, "Baga, Baga, hateful Zhina people, my conscience is greatly broken, you wait, don't let me find out who you are, otherwise I will kill you, a lowly Chinese pig!" ”

There is no air conditioning in the car, it is June now, the temperature is a little high, the car is a little hot, Xiao Zhenlei opened the window to ventilate the car, Wang Yanan covered his mouth and laughed secretly, she saw the whole process just now, the image of the two Japanese after falling into the paddy field is really funny.

Under the guidance of Wang Yanan, the car quickly drove to the door of Cheng Baguio's house, and what made the two strange was that the hundreds of female workers who had been surrounding the Cheng family to ask for wages were gone, and the door of Cheng's house was empty, except for the garbage on the ground, there was no one

, even the door of the Cheng family is closed.

Xiao Zhenlei parked the car in front of the door, and after getting out of the car, he said to Wang Yanan: "Yanan, you go knock on the door to see if there is anyone at home!" ”

"Good!" Wang Yanan stepped forward and knocked on the door as soon as he agreed, and it took two minutes before the door made a "creaking" sound and was opened, and a small guy stuck out a head.

The little guy's face was a little pale, and he was stunned when he saw Wang Yanan: "Miss Wang, why are you here again?" ”

After hearing this, Wang Yanan's face became very ugly, and he puffed up angrily: "Why can't I come?" Are you ladies back? Is your master at home? ”

"Miss didn't come back, the master is at home, but he fainted just now, and Madame is taking care of it!"

"This is my friend with your young lady, let's go in and see your master!" Wang Yanan pointed at Xiao Zhenlei and said to the little guy, and after speaking, he turned his head to Xiao Zhenlei and said, "Brother Xiao, let's go in!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei nodded and walked into the Cheng Mansion with Wang Yanan.

After the little maid closed the door, he left Xiao Zhenlei and the two of them, and ran to the inner courtyard to report the news, and after a while, a middle-aged woman in her forties with a decent dress and a good face walked out with two maids.

Wang Yanan walked over first and said, "Auntie, I heard that Uncle Cheng fainted, how is it now?" Have you asked for a doctor? Oh, this is my friend Xiao Zhenlei and Baguio, who is the owner of Zhenhua Company."

Xiao Zhenlei bowed and saluted, got up and said, "Hello aunt, I came in a hurry, and it was really abrupt to come to the door without a gift!" ”

Mrs. Cheng reluctantly showed a smile, "It turns out that young man, you are the boss of the famous Zhenhua Company, okay, you have such a big family business at a young age, and the future is limitless!" Come, please sit here, Xiaocui, serve tea to Mr. Xiao and Miss Wang! ”

The three of them sat down separately, due to the major events at home, Mrs. Cheng's worries were all on her face, her face was a little haggard, and she said to Xiao Zhenlei and Wang Yanan: "After those female workers left just now, Baguio and her father breathed a sigh of relief, but at this time a Japanese came. Our lord had been talking to the Japanese man for less than a quarter of an hour before he fainted, and he had not woken up yet, so I had just sent someone to ask for a doctor. I'm sure it should come soon! ”

"Japanese?" Xiao Zhenlei asked, and then looked at Wang Yanan.

Wang Yanan also looked at Xiao Zhenlei. Both of them understood that there was a Japanese man sitting in the carriage before, and he fell into the paddy field with the coachman, could it be them?

Xiao Zhenlei asked: "Is the Japanese wearing a dress, in their thirties, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with well-groomed hair and a handful of small danren beard in the middle of their lips?" ”

When Mrs. Cheng heard this, she immediately nodded and said, "Yes, it's him." Why, do you know him? ”

"I don't know, but we just ran into him on the way here!" Wang Yanan said, and told the story of the carriage he met on the road.

Mrs. Cheng was very relieved after hearing this, and said fiercely: "It's good to fall to death, the Japanese are really bad!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and asked: "Auntie, we know that Uncle Cheng's factory is because it owes the wages of the female workers, and the female workers are worried that the Cheng family's factory will collapse and they will not be able to get the wages, so they surrounded the Cheng Mansion, why did we come here just now." Are the women workers gone? ”

Mrs. Cheng's face became even more worried when she heard this, and she sighed: "I heard people say that the female workers were originally gathered outside, but later I don't know who said in the crowd that our Cheng family may be about to collapse. I was worried that my wages would be wasted, so I asked all the female workers to go to the public office to file a complaint, so that the government could order our family to pay the arrears of the salaries of the female workers. The other female workers listened and went with them, if the government accepted their complaints. Then our Cheng family is afraid that we will really have to sell our houses and land to pay off the wages of the female workers! ”

Xiao Zhenlei heard this: "I heard that Uncle Cheng has been doing business in Shanghai for many years, so he should know some people more or less. If you have a certain connection, can't you borrow a sum of money from some business friends to turn around? ”

"Hey!" Mrs. Cheng sighed: "Our lord doesn't know what went crazy, he purchased tens of thousands of asbestos yarn at once, and all the money in the family was invested, but it didn't take long to find out that this year's cotton harvest in the West was bumper, and the cotton cloth produced here not only can't be sold, but people also sell it to our Daqing side, after the news came out, many people knew that the cotton cloth spun by our factory was only afraid to be piled up in the warehouse. They were worried that they would be wasted after lending us money, and none of them would want to borrow it! ”

Officialdom and shopping malls are not uncommon examples of this kind of wall falling down and being pushed by everyone, Xiao Zhenlei is not easy to say, the key now is to find the missing Cheng Biyao, and Cheng Biyao has been missing for so long, but the Cheng family has no extra energy to care about the disappearance of their daughter because of something happened in the factory, Xiao Zhenlei can also see from the attitude of the Cheng family, they don't care much about Cheng Biyao's daughter, in the concept of people in this era, the daughter is going to marry sooner or later, and it is someone else's family, The valued Cheng Dù is definitely not as important as his son, the Cheng family can not care about Cheng Baguio, but he can't not care, he feels that Cheng Biyao's disappearance is only related to the accident in the Cheng family's factory, otherwise it would not be so coincidental.

Xiao Zhenlei thought for a while and asked, "Auntie, do you know what Uncle Cheng talked about with that Japanese?" ”

Mrs. Cheng shook her head and said, "They really said it in the study, how can I know what their men talked about with each other!" ”

After Xiao Zhenlei listened to Mrs. Cheng's words, he knew that he was afraid that this matter would only be clarified after Cheng Yusheng woke up.

The three of them sat in the living room and talked for a while, and a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy came out of the back room and said to Mrs. Cheng in a very bad mood: "Mother, why hasn't the doctor come yet?" Dad has passed out for so long and hasn't woken up."

Mrs. Cheng hurriedly said: "I have already sent someone to urge, it should be almost there, oh, Jia Le, this is your sister's friend Mr. Xiao, Miss Wang, you also know it!" ”

The young man's name is Cheng Jiale, he is Cheng Biyao's younger brother and the only son of the Cheng family, he looked at Xiao Zhenlei, but he bowed his hand very well: "Hello Mr. Xiao, my name is Cheng Jiale!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei got up and smiled: "Okay, it turns out that your name is Jia Le, this name is good, by the way, how do you go to school today?" ”

Cheng Jiale said: "Oh, I am studying at Nanyang College, and the school is on summer vacation!" ”

Xiao Zhenlei knows that Nanyang Public School, this school was founded by Sheng Huaixuan in the 22nd year of Guangxu, just in the concession, after more than ten years of development, now there are not only primary schools, middle schools, teachers, but also universities, schools with a complete system of education.

It didn't take long for a small guy to invite a doctor, this doctor had some ability, and he woke up Cheng Yusheng with a needle, which made the Cheng family finally breathe a sigh of relief.

After sending off the doctor, Xiao Zhenlei and others saw Cheng Yusheng in the back room, Master Cheng is not very old, only in his fifties, but people in this era are old, and they look like they are in their sixties.

After being introduced by Mrs. Cheng, Cheng Yusheng expressed his gratitude to Xiao Zhenlei for being able to come to visit after the accident at Cheng's house, but he had just woken up and was not in good spirits.

Xiao Zhenlei felt that Cheng Biyao's disappearance was not a separate matter, it might be related to the Cheng family being surrounded by female workers, so it was necessary to find out what was happening, he looked at Cheng Yusheng on the sickbed and asked: "Master Cheng, just now I heard Mrs. Cheng say that your factory owes female workers salaries for more than a day or two, why didn't the female workers come to make trouble today?" ”

Cheng Yusheng sighed when he heard this: "Hey, the workers can't get their salaries, and I'm also very uncomfortable, this is only to blame for not seeing the shape clearly, let the factory be cut off from funds, and the workers will make trouble sooner or later, but I know that they must have provoked and spread rumors this time, and several workshop directors in the factory also got some news, and some of them came to sue me yesterday, but I didn't care much about it at the time, and I couldn't stop them from coming to make trouble!" ”

"Do you know who is stirring up and spreading rumors in the middle?"

Cheng Yusheng shook his head.

Xiao Zhenlei looked at his appearance and knew that he really didn't know, so he asked again: "Then what did the Japanese come to you for just now?" What did you talk about? Who is he? I suspect it's not that simple, and maybe Baguio's disappearance has something to do with it."

"Hey, there is such a big thing in the family, even my daughter is gone, it's my incompetence as a father, although I said that I reported the case to the patrol room, but what can the patrol room do?"

Cheng Yusheng sighed and said: "Xiao Xian's nephew, the Japanese you just said is called Mitsui Fu, the elder brother of the former Mitsui foreign company manager Mitsui Shou, after Mitsui Shou died, he took over the business of Mitsui foreign company, and is the current manager, he came here today because he wanted me to sell a part of the equity to him, he can take out a sum of money to pay me the arrears of workers' wages first, so as not to let them continue to make trouble!" And this is not unconditional, he asked me to marry Baguio to him, this bastard, it is simply taking advantage of the fire to rob, I knew that the Japanese are such virtuous, I shouldn't have agreed to let them join the shares in the first place? ”

Hearing this, Xiao Zhenlei understood that there was a chance that the Japanese were the devil of this matter, and he was also a little surprised, and asked: "What, does Mitsui have shares in your factory?" How many shares? ”

"Yes, Mitsui & Co. accounts for 30% of the shares!"

"Then how many shares do you want you to sell to him? How much does it cost? ”

"Thirty percent of shares, a total of 30,000 taels, so much money is almost enough to pay the workers!"

I understand, I understand everything, but this qiē is just Xiao Zhenlei's speculation, and without investigation, it cannot be confirmed that Cheng Baguio's disappearance is related to Mitsui Fu. (To be continued......) R1292