Wen San'er never expected Xu Jinge to come to the door, he hadn't seen Xu Jinge for a long time, Wen San'er wondered, how did Xu Jinge know about his trip to Zhao's house to pay for the month? However, Xu Jinge is a person with status after all, and his personal visit is really a face for Wen San'er.

At this time, Wen San'er was being pushed by the strength of the wine, and he had no scruples when he spoke, and he said loudly: "Ouch, isn't this Lao Xu, how do you know that I am here?" In the past, Wen San'er always respectfully called "Xu Ye" when he saw Xu Jinge, but today he was a little drunk, and he actually called "Old Xu".

Xu Jinge didn't care about Wen San'er's disrespect, he glanced out the window and whispered: "Remember, if someone asks, just say that I am your cousin and do business." ”

Wen San'er blinked his little eyes and didn't wake up for a long time, and said in his heart that he wasn't from the Secret Bureau? How did you become a businessman again? He asked puzzledly: "You have changed your career to business, then the Secrecy Bureau ......"

"Shhhh Be quiet, don't mention the Secrecy Bureau, I'm your cousin, and I'm in the antique calligraphy and painting business, remember? ”

"Remember, you're not from the Secret Service, you're ......"

"Wen San'er, you are really a pig brain, how many times have I told you? Don't mention the Secrecy Bureau, not a word. ”

"Yes, yes, you are my cousin, I said cousin, I don't understand this, then ...... What kind of faceless errand or something? Why can't you mention it? Last time, the big pants made a mistake with me, and I showed the brand, and this kid almost peed his pants when he heard it, and this brand can take care of things. ”

Xu Jinge sat down with a long shirt, looked at the furnishings in the room and said, "Cousin, why are you drinking alone?" Let me do the same. ”

Wen San'er then remembered to make wine, and he poured Xu Jinge a glass of wine: "Please, Xu ...... Cousin, our brothers are dry. ”

Both of them dried their wine in one gulp.

Wen San'er filled the wine for Xu Jinge again, and asked cautiously: "Cousin, how do you do the calligraphy and painting business?" In these years, the nest head is almost unable to eat, and there are still people who buy calligraphy and paintings? ”

Xu Jinge picked up a peanut and put it in his mouth, and said: "Of course there is, the price of calligraphy and painting will only rise and not fall at any time, the key is to see what goods you have in your hand." Cousin, I came to you today just for a deal, and I have to ask you for help in this matter, if it is done, you and I can make a profit, will you do it? ”

Wen San'er drained the wine in the glass in one gulp, slammed the wine glass on the table, and replied resolutely: "Dry, as long as you have money to earn, and you don't have to lose your head, why don't I do it?" ”

Xu Jinge approached Wen San'er: "Do you still remember Sato's "Orchid Bamboo Picture"? ”

"Why don't you remember, didn't you let the flower cat rob it later? Hua Mao'er's hands are black enough, and he has done everything for this little thing, it's a pity that the little Japanese girl......"

"I tell you, this painting is now in my possession, and I am looking for a buyer all over the world."

"Yo, I can't help with this, and you don't look at the people I know? It's not pulling a cart or setting up a stall, these grandsons have never seen anything else except the nest, you want to give him a calligraphy and painting, maybe wipe your buttocks. ”

"But don't forget, when Professor Luo of Yenching University fell in love with this painting, the shopkeeper Chen didn't sell it, but sold it to the Japanese with a black heart, and this incident was stabbed into the newspaper by Lu Zhongyong, so that the college students smashed the 'Treasure Pavilion', do you remember this incident?"

"Of course I remember, Professor Koro is dead......

"But isn't his daughter Luo Mengyun still there? As far as I know, the Luo family still has some family background, Mrs. Luo is also from a large family, and she also likes antique calligraphy and painting, I heard that when Professor Luo was alive, he did not hesitate to go bankrupt when he bought antique calligraphy and painting, but he was embarrassed to move Mrs. Luo's dowry assets, I wondered, Mrs. Luo and Luo Mengyun must be interested in this painting. ”

Wen San'er slapped her thigh excitedly: "Hey, look at my brain, why did you forget this stubble?" Now it's easy to do, I'm pulling a monthly subscription for Miss Luo, and I'll pull the strings for this deal. ”

Xu Jinge said solemnly: "You remember, rushing is not a deal, you can only order to Miss Luo, if she is interested, you can introduce me to meet her, you don't care about the rest, as long as the transaction is completed, I will naturally have you here." ”

Wen San'er nodded again and again: "I can trust you, don't worry, I'm a strict mouth, and I won't say a word that I shouldn't say." ”

Xu Jinge said: "Actually, it's not a big deal, people are scholars, if we show our identities, I'm afraid of scaring people away, isn't this deal yellow?" ”

"That's, that's, I know, I understand......"

The National Peiping Library is located in Wenjin Street, Xicheng, which was originally a vacant land in the Imperial Horse Circle in Ouchi, which is a royal forbidden land. In 1929, the National Peking Library and the Beihai Library were merged, and the director was Mr. Cai Yuanpei, and the new library of the merged Beiping Library was completed in 1931. The new museum faces the Beihai Sea in the east, and the stone fence revetment, and the panoramic view of the Beihai Sea is obvious. The carved dragon and Danma, the cloud head railing, the tile beast, the painted forehead, etc., are all built in accordance with the specifications of the palace-style building. The whole building is in the shape of an I-shape, with the last long column being a book stack, and the front long being a reading room and a memorial room. The white marble stone lion, Huabiao, Kunlun stone and Taihu stone in front of the library gate are all relics of the Old Summer Palace, and the stone steps in front of the building are also like the palace of the Forbidden City, embedded with carved dragon stones, showing the royal style everywhere.

Luo Mengyun got out of the car in front of the gate of the library, she told Wen San'er to pick her up in two hours, and then walked into the door of the library. This is where Luo Mengyun often comes, she comes at least three times a week, and the liaison who has never met here hands over the information that has been turned into a password, and she sends it out through the radio, as for the content of these information, Luo Mengyun herself does not know, because she does not have the password.

Luo Mengyun walked into the reading room, filled out the reading list, and then clamped the book list on the book machine, and then sat down and waited. The novelty of this library building is the book transporter and floor tiles. Its book transporter can read the book list from the front building to the back floor to ask for books, and transport books to transfer without manpower; Its floor tiles are more distinctive, it seems to be hard and smooth, but in fact it is soft and elastic, and there is no sound of squeezing when you walk into it with leather shoes. Luo Mengyun waited for less than ten minutes, the book machine brought the books she needed, Luo Mengyun observed the surrounding movements with her spare eyes, and when she was sure that no one was paying attention to her, she took out the information sandwiched in the books and put it in her handbag, and the activity of delivering information was easily completed. This is undoubtedly a very clever method, everywhere reflects the mastermind of the mastermind, the person who takes the information does not know where the upper line is hiding, even if they are caught red-handed, the agents of the Secret Bureau can only get a "letter from heaven" written in a password, unless you arrest all the dozens of staff in the library in the back building, and interrogate them one by one, even so, you dare not guarantee that you can lock the hiding location of the "upper line", he may have calmly moved before you start the operation.

In fact, Luo Mengyun came to the library not only for connectivity, she also has her own things to do, recently she is collecting a large number of academic papers and monographs written by her father during his lifetime, and is also preparing to organize the large number of collections left by her father into a book, and publish a monograph of "Professor Luo Yunxuan's Collection". Professor Luo Yunxuan was born in the Jiangnan Wang family, with a family history, and there were four Jinshi in the Ming and Qing dynasties alone. Luo Yunxuan received traditional culture education since childhood, and was later admitted to Hangzhou No. 1 Normal School, where he studied Mandarin under Li Shutong, Chen Wangdao, Xia Yazun, Liu Dabai and others. In 1919, Luo Yunxuan went to Cambridge University in the United Kingdom to study at the official scholarship, and returned to China after obtaining a doctorate degree to teach at Yenching University. Luo Yunxuan often told his daughter that he didn't have much success in his life, and in the end he was just a teacher, and he was really ashamed of that era. Luo Mengyun asked, why do you say this, what era is it? Luo Yunxuan replied, for readers, the Republic of China period should be the most free era in China in 5,000 years, and it is also an era of endless cultural giants, specifically, a group of Chinese cultural people who are familiar with the subset of scriptures and history have re-accepted Western modern education, creating a group of Chinese and Western figures, these people have received the best courtesy after returning to China, and have been given generous living treatment and an unprecedented free academic environment, which is why there are many cultural masters among them. Of course, this kind of good time is not long after all, and it is not as good as day by day when it enters the national ** period, and later, not to mention academic freedom, even personal safety has become a problem, China's 5,000-year history is a huge strange circle, always starting with a beautiful vision, and ending with pain and frustration, and history has gone through a long circle and returned to the original place. Luo Yunxuan admits that he doesn't see much significance in this kind of historical reincarnation.

Luo Mengyun never said to her father that as far as she is concerned, the cause she has devoted herself to is to build a free and just society, and the communists have the ability to create a new history and also have the ability to establish an advanced social system, which is a great initiative that has never been done before, and the reincarnation of history will be carried out in a spiraling and wave-like way, and it will never be possible to return to the original starting point. In order to achieve this great goal, Luo Mengyun is willing to sacrifice his blood and life to the altar, although he will die nine times without regret.

Luo Mengyun spread out the reference books and notebooks and began to work in an orderly manner.

Xu Jinge, who was sitting in the other corner of the reading room, seemed to be concentrating on reading, but his eyes never left Luo Mengyun. In order to prevent leaks, Xu Jinge did not even notify his assistant Zhao Jianmin, and the tracking of Luo Mengyun was basically done by himself. Judging from Luo Mengyun's actions just now, there should be no doubt that this is the joint location of the Communist Party. Xu Jinge has to admire the cleverness of his opponent, it may not be easy to catch the liaison who delivered the information, unless you carry out a large-scale operation, arrest all the staff in the library and interrogate them one by one, even so, it is difficult for you to guarantee that you can find the liaison, and when the communist army is approaching the city, a large-scale search operation will inevitably cause a strong backlash from all walks of life in Beiping, and I am afraid that it will be very passive politically. Xu Jinge considered that the safest way at present is to closely monitor and wait for the order of Nanjing, it is said that Director Mao Renfeng has handed over the materials of this case to President Jiang, and the president has not yet expressed his position, and it is naturally up to the president to decide how to proceed next.

Xu Jinge lowered his head and continued to read.

After Wen San'er broke up with Luo Mengyun, he wondered where to spend these two hours, he pulled the empty car and walked west along Wenjin Street, and walked to the south exit of Liu Lansu Hutong.

Liu Lansu Hutong is connected with Tianqing Hutong in the north, and Xi'anmen Street in the south. The northern section of the alley has the Xuandu Shengjing built in the Yuan Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty Qianlong 25 years changed its name to Tianqing Palace. There is a statue of Liu Lan inside, and the place is called a person. Liu Lan is the famous sculptor Liu Yuan of the Yuan Dynasty, the statue of the god is exquisite, the statue of the god and ghost made by the Dongyue Temple outside the original dynasty, after many have been destroyed, only the eight places of the West Mountain still exist its hand-shaped Arhat.

Wen San'er originally planned to enter from the south exit of Liu Lansu Hutong and go to a teahouse next to Tianqing Palace to drink tea, but as soon as he entered the alley, he met Li Erhu. Li Erhu was walking out with a few brothers scolding, Wen San'er consciously leaned the car against the wall to make way for this guy, Li Erhu stared at Wen San'er at a glance: "Hey, pulling the car, how can I look familiar to you?" ”

Wen San'er bowed respectfully: "Master Li, please say hello to you, you really have a good memory, you have taken my car in the first few years, no wonder you look at me well." ”

Li Erhu stopped: "Well, I've been in your car, when?" ”

Wen San'er inspired: "That time you went to Second Master Sun's house to fight crickets, I picked you up. ”

It's better not to mention Wen San'er, this mention of Sun Erye made Li Erhu angry, last time he and Sun Erye called the board and planted face, Li Erhu has always been angry, but Wen San'er doesn't know each other, but he brought this matter out again, isn't this a mallet into Li Erhu's eyes? So Li Erhu split his face and gave Wen San'er two mouths, and scolded: "It's the grandson's dog ...... who has been making trouble for a long time."

Wen San'er covered her face and asked inexplicably: "Master Li, why do you beat people?" ”

Li Erhu smiled coldly: "As the saying goes, beating a dog and bullying the master, what if I beat the uncle?" ”

Wen San'er originally wanted to theorize a few words, but when he saw that Li Erhu's subordinates had short knives hidden in their sleeves, he changed his mind, and he lowered his head and didn't say anything.

Li Erhu pointed at Wen San'er angrily and said, "Grandson, if you go back and pass a message to the surnamed Sun, just say Uncle, I want to meet him again when I spare time, do you hear?" ”

Wen San'er nodded hurriedly: "I heard, Master Li, I'll bring the words as soon as possible." ”

"Tell me again!"

"Yes! I said this, surnamed Sun, Li Ye said that one day you will spare time to unload one of your old thing's thighs, Li Ye, is it okay to say so? ”

"Well, your kid is quite good at talking, that's what he means, just say that, if he is not convinced, he will go to Zhiqiao to find me."

Wen San'er asked cautiously, "Then can I go?" Li Ye. ”

Li Erhu glared: "Go?" What are you thinking, didn't you see that I was about to go out, uncle? Just take your car and go to Beihai Sandwich Road. ”

"But...... Master Li, I'm a monthly car, and I have to pick up ...... later."

A minion kicked Wen San'er and scolded: "Where are you talking so much nonsense, are you tired and crooked?" ”

Li Erhu got into Wen San'er's car and ordered: "Bring me good guys, and call a few cars to go together." ”

The Hokkai Road is separated from the former Imperial Garden, which was once the Imperial Garden, and there is a walkway less than three meters wide between the tall walls of the Imperial Garden and the low houses. On July 14, the 32nd year of the Republic of China, the wife of Jiang Hongtao, the wife of the Congenital Taoist Association, was injured by an unknown person in Beihai Sandwich Road, and the detective team of the Beiping City Police Department and the Sixth Sub-Bureau of the Inner Six Sub-Bureau were involved in the investigation. The detection of this case was thunderous and rainy, and finally it was over. Later, the people on the underworld were optimistic about the seclusion of the Beihai Sandwich Road, and all the things that were in the rivers and lakes and gathered to fight were carried out in the Beihai Sandwich Road, and the patrolmen of the Inner Sixth Sub-Bureau would not go to that kind of place to patrol even if they received a report from the informant.

Wen San'er has heard a lot about the underworld being on fire, but he has never seen it, and it is really helpless to be coerced by Li Erhu today, otherwise he would not have the courage to kill him.

The cause of today's fight was a trivial matter, one of Li Erhu's brothers, "Scara Eye", was eating at a restaurant in East Forty Tiao, and happened to meet a brother named "Ban'er Ya" under the "East Four Qinglong" who also went to eat, and the two of them only glanced at each other and clashed, "Ban'er Ya" thought that "Scar's eyes" had a provocative meaning in his gaze, and it was a very abnormal thing to encounter this kind of gaze on his own territory, anyway, he had to say it. And "Scar's Eye" also has his own reasons, he stubbornly thinks that uncle, I look at him to look up to him, what's wrong? Since both sides have a good reason, it is inevitable to make a move. Originally, "Scar's Eye" and "Ban'erya" were half a catty to eight taels, and no one was far behind, but at this time, the two brothers of "Ban'erya" passed by here, and they broke the rules of fighting alone on the rivers and lakes for a while, and the three of them beat "Scar's Eye" together and broke the bloodstream. The consequences of this matter are very serious, this is related to the face of "Dazhiqiao Li Erhu", his brother was beaten, if he doesn't pay attention to it, will he still be mixed up in the rivers and lakes in the future? Li Erhu considered that the "Dongsi Qinglong" is also a famous person, and the rules on the rivers and lakes still have to be followed, he sent someone to send a post to the "Dongsi Qinglong", and the other party also replied to the post according to the rules, and the two parties agreed to have a duel in Beihai at a certain time on a certain day.

Wen San'er caught up, and he was involved in the underworld in a daze.

The time agreed by the two sides was 10 o'clock in the morning, and Li Erhu and his group arrived 10 minutes early. At ten o'clock, the "Dongsi Qinglong" arrived with seven or eight brothers in a foreign car. The two sides lined up in their own formations as if they were fighting in ancient times, and there was an open space between the two formations, and Wen San'er estimated that this land would be the main battlefield for a while.

"Dongsi Qinglong" is a tall and stout middle-aged man, in his forties, his head is shaved blue, this master took off his cotton jacket and threw it on the seat of the car as soon as he got off the foreign car, revealing the tendon flesh of the upper body, and a green dragon tattoo with teeth and claws coiled from the chest to the back. At this time, it was the cold and windy winter, and the "Dongsi Green Dragon" was like a summer, with a calm demeanor, and he didn't care about the biting cold wind. His voice was very loud: "Which one is Li Erhu?" Stand up and let us see and see. ”

Li Erhu stepped forward and hugged his fist: "It's Li Erhu below, it seems that you are the 'Dongsi Qinglong'?" ”

"Dongsi Qinglong" also hugged his fists in return: "I am, the nickname given by friends on the rivers and lakes, it's just a little vain, I said brother, how do we play today?" ”

Li Erhu said: "It's all mixed up in the rivers and lakes, I don't say the rules of the road, you also understand, no matter how big everything is, it's just a 'reason' word, your subordinates beat my brother, and it's three to one, and it's on your own territory, so doing this will inevitably win, and it will also damage your reputation, brother, I came today to ask for an explanation." ”

"Dongsi Qinglong" laughed: "There is a saying, tell your subordinates, in the future, you will come to my territory less, even if you come, it doesn't matter, it is the dragon you are coiled, it is the tiger you are lying down, you and I are naturally safe, if you walk sideways on my territory, seven disobey and eight are not angry, then I'm sorry for you, I have one to kill one." ”

Li Erhu changed color when he heard this: "Listen to what you mean, Dongsi is the back yard of your family, and others can't go there?" What if your people go to Southtown? I also see one chop one? ”

"Dongsi Qinglong" replied with a smile: "It depends on whether you have the ability to do so, if you Li Erhu can cover the sky in Sijiu City with one hand, not to mention my brothers, even my Qinglong will listen to you." ”

The "scar-la-eye" with gauze on his head couldn't hold it back for a long time, and shouted loudly: "Big brother, don't talk nonsense with him, let me chop this bastard!" ”

"Dongsi Qinglong" stared at "Scar's eyes" and sneered: "Little rabbit cub, I think you are tired and crooked, dare to scold me?" I'm going to kill you today. ”

Li Erhu took an iron ruler handed over by his subordinates, and ordered: "Stand far away for me, Tengteng Field, I will meet Qinglong." ”

"Scar's eyes" took out a bright meat knife from his sleeve and stepped forward, he pointed at Qinglong and challenged: "Qinglong, I'll fight you alone, this little thing can't be done by my eldest brother, you can copy the guy." ”

Qinglong took an axe handed by his subordinates, pointed at Li Erhu and said, "The surname is Li, you lean on the side first, and when I finish cleaning up this little rabbit cub, we will play again." ”

Li Erhu replied indifferently: "Okay, we don't have to worry about the board, it's okay if I wait for a while, let my brother play with you first." ”

Wen San'er had never seen this formation, and he was already scared at this time, and he wanted to sneak away when no one was paying attention to him, but after thinking about it, Li Erhu was afraid that he would not be able to spare himself in the future, unless Li Erhu and his gang were all hacked to death by the other party in the fire, but then again, even if Li Erhu and his gang were cleaned up by the other party, would the "Dongsi Qinglong" also regard themselves as the helpers invited by Li Erhu? If this is the case, it will be troublesome, it is easier for these people on the underworld to kill someone than to kill a bed bug, Wen San'er is really in a dilemma, but in any case, it is better not to escape at this time.

"Scar's eyes" and Qinglong have passed several moves in the blink of an eye, and the knife and axe collide with a sharp metallic clang. "Scar's eyes" are eager for revenge, a meat knife is impenetrable, sometimes stabbed, sometimes chopped, and the knife is not far from the other party's vital point. In contrast, Qinglong seems to be at ease, his footwork is flexible, his movements are agile, he defuses the opponent's offensive one by one, and is not in a hurry to counterattack the opponent, it can be seen that this person is very experienced in martial arts, he does not take the opponent in his eyes at all, and is not in a hurry to counterattack the opponent, but is deliberately consuming the opponent's physical strength and looking for flaws. After a few slashes, Scar's eye became impatient, and he was eager to get close to his opponent in order to fight in close combat, because once he melee the opponent's axe would be less powerful, and the strengths of his short knife would be fully exploited. Qinglong also saw the opponent's intentions, so he was not fooled, and always kept a distance from his opponent in the move......

Li Erhu, who was standing on the sidelines watching the battle, started psychological warfare at this time: "Qinglong, your footwork is okay, it can be seen that you are a practitioner, but I don't understand a little, why can you only dodge and not attack?" Didn't your teacher teach you? I'm sorry, I'll teach you a trick, when the short axe is close to the body, although the lethality is greater than that of the knife, but the speed is slow, and it is generally used by people with great strength, in other words, unless you make the axe as alive as a knife, it is difficult for you to gain the upper hand......"

Li Erhu didn't finish speaking, Qinglong had already made a trick, his wrist flicked, the axe blade slashed obliquely towards the façade of "Scara Eye", "Scar Eye" hurriedly raised the knife to block, who knew that Qinglong changed his move, the axe turned around in the air, and slashed at the wrist of "Scar" holding the knife with extremely fierce force, like a hot knife cutting butter, his right hand was cut off by Qi Xinxian and fell to the ground. Scar's eyes screamed, and blood gushed out from the broken wrist......

Wen San'er's spirit collapsed suddenly, he felt that there was a hot current in his crotch running down his thighs and into his shoes, his legs trembled violently, and his body slowly slipped out of the wall and collapsed to the ground.

Li Erhu yelled: "Brothers, give it to me." He took the lead in swinging the iron ruler and rushed towards the green dragon, and the brothers behind him were also red-eyed, and they all showed their hands and pounced. Qinglong's subordinates did not show weakness, and immediately took out various murder weapons to meet them, and the two sides launched a fierce scuffle......

Wen San'er, who was squatting at the base of the wall, slowly opened his eyes, and he found that the clearing had become a slaughterhouse in the blink of an eye, with blood splattering everywhere, and a pair of people rolling and killing everywhere, cursing, screaming, the sound of iron tools crashing, and the muffled sound of blunt weapons hitting flesh were intertwined, like the end of the world...... Suddenly, a short axe in the air turned over and roared, "bang" slashed on the wall a few inches away from Wen San'er's head, the short axe was bounced out, and the broken bricks fell on Wen San'er's head, Wen San'er was frightened for a moment, he didn't know where to come from, there was a "dry land onion" jumped up more than three feet high, in a blink of an eye has run out of dozens of meters away, in an instant, Wen San'er suddenly turned around and jumped back, his foreign car is still here, this car is equivalent to his life, he would rather lose a thigh than lose the car, Wen San'er pulled up the foreign car and fled without his life......

Xu Jinge, dressed as a businessman, knocked on the door of No. 8 Jiaozi Hutong, and the door was opened by a sergeant of the national army with "Thomson" *** on his chest, he saluted Xu Jinge and asked, "Are you Mr. Wen?" ”

Xu Jinge nodded: "Contemptible Wen Yisheng, I made an appointment with Miss Luo on the phone, please let me know." ”

The sergeant opened the door: "Miss Luo is waiting for you in the living room, please come with me." ”

Xu Jinge walked with the sergeant across the patio, and he carefully observed the architectural layout of the mansion and found that it was not a traditional Chinese-style courtyard house, but a combination of Chinese and Western architectural styles that prevailed in the early Republic of China. Its forecourt is a Chinese-style bungalow, which is used by servants and handymen and guards. The last time Xu Jinge came to visit Wen San'er, he only observed the layout of the front yard, but did not have the opportunity to see the whole picture, which is why he decided to reconnoiter again.

Passing through a moon gate, you enter the backyard, which is surrounded by lush vegetation and undulating terrain, with a wooden Chinese verandah surrounding it. The owner lives in a small two-storey building with an all-wood structure, with traditional Chinese bucket arches, rafters and cornices, as well as a large Western-style terrace and floor-to-ceiling glass windows.

Xu Jinge thought to himself, no wonder Duan Yunpeng, an old thief, fell in love with this courtyard, it was strange that such pomp and circumstance did not attract thieves. Thinking about it further, Xu Jinge also felt a kind of frustration, I am afraid that there are two or three thousand active generals in the national army, and the position of a major general may not be high, but if every general has such financial resources, then half of China's military expenditure may be spent on generals. Xu Jinge heard his assistant Zhao Jianmin say that since the beginning of the civil war, the annual civil war expenditure accounted for 80 percent of the total expenditure, taking the 36th year of the Republic of China as an example, the military expenditure was 10 billion yuan, and the annual fiscal revenue was only 1.7 billion yuan, and the 8.3 billion yuan was all made up by the money printing press. This is also the reason why ** decided to replace fiat currency with gold yuan coupons, and finance is a monster that is difficult to control, easy to move, ** thought that the issuance of gold yuan coupons can stabilize the currency, and the actual effect is worse, in August this year when the gold yuan coupons replaced the fiat currency, the actual depreciation rate of the fiat currency was 470,000 times before the Anti-Japanese War. There are no specific statistics on the speed of depreciation of the gold yuan bills, but one thing is certain, all the money printing machines are printing money day and night, as a **, this is simply a suicidal act. Xu Jinge thought to himself, the country's economy has reached such a point, the unlucky people are still the people, ** high-ranking officials, army generals will definitely not use gold yuan coupons, ** the decree on prohibiting private ownership of gold and silver foreign currency can only scare the people, but it can't scare them, these people will not be stupid to exchange gold and silver for useless gold yuan coupons. It can be seen that the future of this country is depressing, and once it reaches the point where the laws of the country are like farting, the legitimacy of its rule does not exist.

Luo Mengyun's first impression of Xu Jinge was not bad, he was wearing a three-piece navy blue suit with an elegant texture, a tweed top hat of the same color, and his demeanor was polite and gentlemanly. Luo Mengyun was secretly surprised, the foreign coachman Wen San'er was a roe deer and a rat-headed man, and he was short in stature, how could he have such a tall, strong, and good-looking cousin? According to Wen San'er, his grandfather and Mr. Wen's grandfather are cousins, and they were both rich families earlier, but Wen San'er's grandfather later learned to smoke a big cigarette, and this smoke wiped out the happy life of his son and grandson. Luo Mengyun is not a suspicious person, she is kind by nature, she never thinks badly of others, from a certain point of view, she is not suitable for secret work, just because Luo Mengyun's superiors take into account her background and special social relations.

Luo Mengyun was overly angry and did not have a sufficient understanding of the complexity of society, and when she studied Marxist-Leninist theory at the Yan'an Party School, she accepted the view that the most determined revolutionaries come from the toiling masses, and the toiling masses have the purest and simplest thoughts and feelings, and they are the masters of the future society. So isn't Wen San'er from the working people? According to the above point of view, Wen San'er's thoughts and feelings should also be pure and simple. Luo Mengyun remembered that she had a discussion with Fang Jinglin, Fang Jinglin's views seemed to be a little extreme, and even brought out Bernstein's discourse on proletarians to prove his views, when she was studying at Yan'an Party School, Luo Mengyun thought of Fang Jinglin's words more than once, she thought that this was a wrong idea, and its root was probably from Fang Jinglin's non-working people's family, and she also planned to find a time to discuss with Fang Jinglin to help him raise his awareness, not to mention, that Bernstein was a traitor to Marxism, Revisionists, how can the words of such people be used as arguments?

Luo Mengyun did not doubt Wen San'er's words, besides, she knew about her father's dealings with the "Treasure Pavilion" Chen shopkeeper about "Orchid Bamboo Map", and Luo Mengyun was even very grateful to Wen San'er for providing him with such news. In Luo Mengyun's memory, when he was a child, his father often moved, the reason was that his father took a fancy to a certain cultural relics or calligraphy and painting, and he sold the house because he wanted to get it and didn't have money for a while, so he sold the house, and Luo Mengyun couldn't remember how many times he moved. She also likes Chinese calligraphy and painting, if she can buy "Orchid Bamboo Picture", first, it can be her father's long-cherished wish, and second, she can add a lot of color to the monograph "Professor Luo Yunxuan's Collection", why not?

Luo Mengyun stretched out his hand to Xu Jinge and said, "Mr. Wen, I'm really sorry for you to run in person, please take a seat." ”

Xu Jinge had carefully considered that Luo Mengyun had seen herself when the Anti-Japanese War broke out in the 26th year of the Republic of China, did she still remember it after 11 years? According to common sense, it is difficult for ordinary people to have such a good memory. Despite this, for the sake of prudence, Xu Jinge still put on makeup and made some changes to his appearance.

Xu Jinge deserves to be a good actor, he has fully entered the role at this time, his positioning of the role is a businessman who only cares about profits, and he has no interest in the rest of the things, and even the necessary greetings are waived, he shook hands with Luo Mengyun absent-mindedly, and said straight to the point: "Miss Luo, I brought the painting, please take a look, but before that, I have a few words to say in front." First of all, the origin of this painting is clear, you probably read the newspaper back then, Chen Mingze sold this painting to the Japanese Sato, and later because the news leaked, it caused the anger of the patriotic people, Chen Mingze went bankrupt because the shop was burned. You know all this, and I think you should also know what happened in the future, how this painting came into my hands, because as a collector, he has the right to know the trajectory of the artifacts he will collect before that, which is also an important evidence to judge the authenticity of the artifacts. ”

Luo Mengyun replied with a smile: "Oh, Mr. Wen is really an expert and a responsible businessman, please continue, I am very interested in listening." ”

Xu Jinge took out a cigar and asked politely, "I'm sorry, can I smoke?" ”

"Please."

Xu Jinge lit a cigar with a delicate lighter, took a puff, and slowly sprayed the smoke to the ceiling, he had to master the rhythm of the conversation, showing both the shrewdness of a businessman and the fact that he was a rich kid who was used to living a pampered life.

"Miss Luo, there is another thing you may have read in the newspapers back then, from the '77 Incident' to the fall of Beiping, there was a major murder and robbery case in Beiping, and the victims were the Sato family, and a large number of belongings disappeared along with this "Orchid Bamboo Picture......"

Luo Mengyun nodded: "I also know this." ”

"Then let me be brief, this is an underworld leader named Xiao Jianbiao, this person was engaged in trafficking and smuggling before the war, it should be said that he is a professional criminal, this person ran to Chongqing after robbing property, and colluded with a group of black-hearted officials to engage in smuggling activities during the Anti-Japanese War, and also withheld and resold the materials aided by the allies. In short, this person has committed many crimes, and after two years of investigation and evidence collection, the court has obtained evidence of his crime, and is preparing to try his case in the near future. You know, a lawsuit is a lot of money, he has to hire a lawyer, he has to get a lawyer, he has to pay off the officials, he has to buy witnesses, so his family sold the painting to me. ”

Xu Jinge opened the Nanmu box and unfolded the "Orchid Bamboo Map" for Luo Mengyun to take a look.

Luo Mengyun saw this "Orchid Bamboo Picture" back then, she still remembered her father's obsession with appreciating this painting as a child, the scene of the year is vivid, and now things are not people, her father has already driven the crane to the west, and she has no chance to appreciate this "Orchid Bamboo Picture", Luo Mengyun felt a sour feeling in her heart, and couldn't help shedding tears.

Xu Jinge's current identity is a businessman, he naturally has to act with the thinking of a businessman, the businessman doesn't care about tears, he cares about how to make the business done, so he continued in a tone: "Okay, you already know the origin of this painting, about other methods of authenticity, I believe that Miss Luo's family history will have her own judgment." The second question I want to talk about is the price and the payment method, you know, this painting was sold for 3,000 oceans before the war, and now 11 years later, doubling the price should be a reasonable price, this is my fixed price, I can't bargain, I beg your forgiveness for this. ”

Luo Mengyun nodded and replied, "I admit it, it's worth the price." ”

"So you agree with the price, can I understand that?"

"Yes, I don't make a counteroffer."

"Miss Luo is worthy of her famous background, and her shot is really refreshing, Wen admires it, in comparison, she is like a market vendor, and she must compare baht, I am really embarrassed...... So let's talk about the next question, that is, the payment method, my condition is not to accept banknotes, only silver dollars, of course, gold can also be, I don't know if Miss Luo is convenient? ”

Luo Mengyun looked at the painting carefully and replied casually: "Your conditions are understandable, I agree." ”

Xu Jinge stood up: "Miss Luo, we can make a deal, according to the rules, this painting can be left in your hands for three days, and you can return it at any time within three days, if there is no objection, you should pay after three days." ”

Luo Mengyun also stood up: "Please rest assured, Mr. Wen, I will ask your cousin to send the money to you in three days, I won't send it to you, goodbye!" ”