In the middle of August, the people who were exposed to the sun were dizzy, and the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, and the weather was too hot, and they were in a hurry to go home. In such a summer day, the rich people in Beiping sat under the tree and cut a watermelon that was soaked in well water for a long time. The poor people's homes are much simpler, the men are stripped and gathered together with large porcelain bowls, pouring a few bowls of herbal tea to relieve the heat, and the women are gathered in the house, discussing the embroidery patterns in their hands in a whisper, and drinking a few sips of herbal tea from time to time, which is comfortable and comfortable.

Kojiro obviously didn't have this kind of good fate, he just entered the backyard to take a bath, and the guy who took care of the business in the front yard came to report, saying that there was a big customer in front of him, and he wanted the shopkeeper to receive him personally. Kojiro looked at the bath that had been set up in the small hall, and turned his head to follow the guy to the front yard. Kojiro runs the only antique shop in Beiping City, which is said to be the shopkeeper, although he is often squeezed by his peers, but he can still earn a food and clothing, and he is also extremely kind to people in Ping, and he is good friends with people.

But since the army was stationed in Beiping City, Kojiro is like a different person, as long as it is a business in the antique shop, he has to intervene, who dares to say a word, immediately come to the military police to arrest people, come and go, everyone calls Kojiro a little turtle egg. The trading in the antique shop has also turned into private transactions, and the previous appreciation will be slowly canceled, and no one will be willing to sell the objects they have recovered at a high price to the little turtle eggs cheaply.

It is extremely rare for Kojiro to come to the door in person such a thing as today, and it is based on this consideration that he will give up taking a bath and immediately go to the front yard to meet customers. Kojiro's antique shop is a store in the front and back yard, and Kojiro has lived here for 6 years, and the locust trees planted in the yard when he moved have grown very thick.

"What is this gentleman's surname?" Kojiro's Chinese is very good, he has been in China for many years, and his ability to see people has grown a lot, there are two people standing in the store, and Kojiro can see at a glance that the short man in a horse coat is the master, and the tall guy next to him is a follower.

The young man in the horse coat smiled slightly, and replied, "Don't give your surname that, my friends call me that five" Kojiro had a stirring in his heart, and the surname should be the banner man of the Manchu Dynasty. Look at the five in front of you, the melon skin hat is inlaid with a piece of jade in the middle, wearing a snow-forged horse coat, and the open cloth shoes customized by Ruifuxiang are at the feet. Don't look at this as cloth shoes, Na Ruifuxiang used to be a shop that customized official boots for the palace, and ordinary people didn't do your business at all.

Seeing that Kojiro was secretly looking at himself, the big man standing on the side stretched out his hand, and the big man standing on the side casually took out an object from his arms and handed it over with both hands. Kojiro's eyes were almost glued to the object of the five grenades, which was an agate snuffbox, and at a glance at the style and shape, it was a good object made in the palace. The five just smoked two snuffs, and casually threw this priceless snuff bottle to Changsui, and Kojiro's heart has been hanging high, what if this baby is broken?

"Fifth Master, do you have something to sell when you come to my small shop today?" Seeing that the five didn't speak, Kojiro was anxious, so he asked urgently. Look at the style of the five, there should be a lot of good things in the house, if this deal is done, then the money will be made.

"Mr. Kojiro, that's the case, I have encountered a little difficulty at home, I need to turn around, I want to consign a bronze tripod to you" Kojiro was about to ask where the thing was when he heard the bronze, but the five waved his hand to stop Kojiro's question, "This thing is my family's heirloom, let's talk about it first, three months, as long as I have three months of relief, I will redeem this thing, and add you a hundred percent of the profit, do you think it's okay?" ”

Kojiro blinked his little eyes and calculated his profit in his heart, if he sold it directly to himself, then he had to lower the price as cheaper the better. But the meaning of the five is to redeem it, since it is to add one percent of the profit, then it can raise the price high, so that your own one percent of the profit will not be more.

After the calculation, Kojiro agreed to the request of the five to redeem the things, and discussed with the five the words of looking at the things and the way to pay, and then sent the five masters and servants away. "Close the door and rest, I won't do business today" Kojiro was happy in his heart, and ordered Yamada, the young man he brought from Yumoto, to close the door.

"Yamamoto-kun, did you see the distinguished guests in the front hall just now?" Kojiro, who returned to the back hall, called a man in a black cardigan. "You go and follow them now, see where they live, you must inquire clearly, go and go back quickly" Kojiro waved his hand and motioned for the black-shirted man to leave on his own. Yamamoto just nodded casually, bowed out of Kojiro's shop, and chased in the direction that the guy in the store had pointed out.

On the surface, Kojiro was a merchant in the antique business, but in fact he was an intelligence officer of the Ministry of War of Japan, who entered China in advance to explore the topography and economic culture, and to prepare for the full occupation of China. This person named Yamamoto is a person from the Black Dragon Society, who was sent by the War Department to protect Kojiro, and as a result, he was developed into an errand runner by Kojiro, who loves money and lives.

"Don't look back" The tall man who followed behind the fifth master grabbed the fifth master who was going to turn back, and as soon as Yamamoto followed them, the chief found it casually. A guy in a black shirt suddenly appeared from among the coarse cloth-clad people on the street, and even a fool could see that this was a guy with bad intentions. The fifth master also felt the strangeness behind him and thought about looking back, but he didn't = think that his entourage also found out.

The tall man of the "foreign car" casually summoned a rickshaw, carefully waited for the fifth master to get into the rickshaw, gave the driver a few words, and then spread out his two long legs and ran with the rickshaw. Seeing this, Yamamoto, who was following them, also called a rickshaw and followed closely behind, and Kojiro had instructed him to know where they lived.

The fifth master's rickshaw drove all the way and turned into an alley, and Yamamoto saw the fifth master get out of the car and enter a house before turning back to Kojiro's shop. He has already found an old man in the alley to inquire about the house that the fifth master entered, it seems to be a Manchu nobleman's son of the outer house, and now he lives in a good kiln sister from Suzhou, I heard that when he moved here, the carriage that pulled things was discharged several streets away, and he was full of atmosphere, and he looked like he should have been redeemed by the nobles.