HSBC was founded in 1864 and has its head office in Hong Kong. The Tianjin HSBC branch was originally built on Baoshi Tudao in the British Concession, and was destroyed in the war during the Gengzi Revolution. In 1925, the HSBC branch was rebuilt on Victoria Road in the British Concession.

After completion, HSBC is divided into the main building and the rear building, which is a three-story brick and wood structure with a basement. The exterior of the main building is decorated with façade granite, with high stone steps, and twelve Western eaves stone pillars are erected in front of the door. There are four symmetrical stone pillars on both sides of the east gate, and two columns on the side doors to support the eaves door cover. On the south side, there are 8 Western eaves stone pillars to form an eaves corridor, and the entrance is a large bronze door with flower decorations. The exterior is tall and majestic, while the inner hall is wide and gorgeous. The roof of the main hall is covered with steel mesh glass, and the hall is surrounded by pillars, with marble outside the counter and cork flooring inside. It is a Greek classical Revival style building.

The key that Han Daring found in Yin Xiao's leg was the key to the safe deposit box of HSBC. However, it is not easy to open a safe deposit box, in addition to having a key, I must bring a safe deposit box rental certificate and my own seal, which can open the box.

The key is in Han Da'er's hand, but the proof of the rental of this safe deposit box is really not, this thing cannot be forged, in addition to the rental period, there is also the name of the renter, and the seal of the renter. Moreover, the bank also has a rental record card in hand, which also has the rental time, autograph, and stamp style. The most important thing is that Yin Xiao has already been cremated, where can I find it.

It is said that the little Jew and his father have been in the business world for many years, and he is a frequent customer in the bank or a VIP. But his father struggled to use his lips and tongues, and even used the trick of dredging with money. The bank manager still said that the box can only be opened if the procedures are readily available, which is the bank's dead rule.

The little Jew was not angry, and secretly scolded these British people for being elm-headed and dead-eyed, Han Daring also scratched his head at this time, he couldn't open the box, this key was useless, the clue was in front of him, but he couldn't get it. At this time, a Buick sedan came to the door of the bank.

Two people got out of the car, both dressed in Western clothes. The young man at the head wore a crisp white suit and shiny leather shoes. Wearing a Panama hat and sunglasses with terrazzo, he looked high-toed, but his face was a little pale. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he had a gemstone ring on his hand, the sun shone at the door, and the gems on the ring were shining, and he looked like a rich young master.

This young master is followed by a young man, wearing a white shirt, suspender shorts, high socks and small leather shoes, which should be the little follower of the young master in a suit. The little attendant was carrying a large suitcase in his hand, which seemed very difficult, and it seemed that the suitcase should be filled with a lot of heavy objects.

Han Daring turned around and took a look at this person, but before he could really see this person, this person had already recognized Han Daring and stepped forward to greet him with a smile.

"Brother Han! Long time no see! ”

The young man who spoke was the person rescued by Han Dada'er in the crypt of the City God Temple earlier, the brother-in-law of the director of the National Police Department, "Bai Chongwei".

Bai Chongwei's family is originally from Guangxi, and it is a big family in the local area, and many people in the clan are military and political leaders. Bai Chongwei's father did not like to be in politics, but he was good at business, and when he was young, he came to Tianjin Wei to do business, and later settled here, married and had children. The Bai family has a very rich background, and Bai Chongwei has a sister above him, who married the current director of the National Police Department two years ago. Since then, the Bai family's influence in Jinmen has become greater, and the business has become bigger and bigger, involving all walks of life.

Although Bai Chongwei is a gentleman, he has studied business with his father since he was a child, and unlike ordinary gentlemen, this kid can spend money and make money, and he is very business-minded. Han Daring actually thought of asking him for help earlier, because he had saved his life by chance before, so Bai Chongwei was very grateful, and promised Han Daring that if he wanted to help, he would go directly to him, and he would do his best no matter what happened.

But Han Da'er is a more individual, if he asks his friend to send a little iron buddy for help, he is not welcome. But he always felt that he was a policeman and it was his duty to save people. He and Bai Chongwei didn't have much friendship originally, so if he ventured to Bai Chongwei for help, it seemed like he wanted someone to repay the favor, and he really couldn't do such a thing.

Bai Chongwei has been in the business for a long time, and as soon as he entered the bank gate, he saw that Han Da'er's face was embarrassed, and he saw him standing with two Jewish businessmen, an old man and a young man, thinking that there was some economic dispute, so he hurriedly came up and asked to see what he could help!

Bai Chongwei, although he is not very old, seems a little frivolous, his family is rich, and he is the brother-in-law of the director of the National Police Department. In fact, although this kid spends a lot of money and often goes in and out of some Fengyue casinos, his human nature is not bad, and he is still a master of gratitude.

He was saved by Han Daring before, and he had to put aside the ordinary gentleman, although he was grateful for his kindness at that time, and he said it well, but he threw it all to the back of his head, and he wouldn't take the grace of saving his life seriously at all, if you don't think it's too late to save your life, it's good, and you can still remember the benefactor's goodness?

Bai Chongwei is different, since he was saved by Han Daring, he has been thinking about his life-saving grace, and always wants to find an opportunity to repay the kindness. And after a few contacts, I feel that Han Da'er is very straightforward, and in the business field on weekdays, those deceitful hypocrites are completely different, so I respect him very much in my heart.

When Bai Chongwei asked, Han Dada'er didn't excuse himself, and hid the section of Sanyang Sect, only saying that he had obtained a key to a safe deposit box, which was important physical evidence, and he came to HSBC to open the box to find clues to solve the case. It also happened that Bai Chongwei also came to open the box today.

He recently got some inside the government. At that time, the silver dollar was used as a circulating currency, because foreign money contained a large amount of silver, and the government was afraid of the outflow of silver, so it thought about monetary reform, and planned to withdraw the silver dollar in circulation in the market and issue new banknotes. Bai Chongwei is a smart person, he knows that real money and silver are hard currency, and paper bills do not maintain their value, so he exchanged a large number of silver dollars in good condition, and some of them were exchanged for gold bars.

Bai Chongwei learned that Han Daring wanted to open the box, but lacked a seal and certification procedures, so he came forward to ask the manager to guarantee it. Although this HSBC bank is a British bank, it also has some shares of foreign Chinese, including some shares of Bai Chongwei, but the proportion is very small.

He thought that the original tenant had died, and no one would renew the lease of the safe deposit box in the future, so he could pay for the renewal of the lease. thought that in this way, the foreigner manager could open his face, who knew that these British people were all dead-eyed.

At this time, Bai Chongwei's face straightened, his eyes instantly became very sharp, he approached the bank manager, and whispered a few words in his mouth, Han Da'er only vaguely heard the words "embezzlement of depositors' deposits", his voice was very low, but he couldn't hear it clearly.

I saw that the bank manager's face changed, and what Bai Chongwei said seemed to be related to him. After a while, the manager's expression was a little calm, and he returned to his previous English gentleman's style, his waist was straight, but the expression on his face was much more relaxed, and he was not at all like the unruly appearance before.

The manager walked up to Han Daringer, smiled and asked Han Daring which safe deposit box to open and what the box number was.

Han Daring laughed secretly in his heart, look at you British devil, you have a hand in pretending to be a bastard, and you talked about the rules just now, but you are not afraid of losing face!

Han Daring didn't know the safe deposit box number, so he could only hand the key to the bank manager, who took the key, asked for the name of the renter of the safe deposit box, and then turned around and went into the office to check the safe deposit box records.

The little Jew secretly raised his big finger and said to Bai Chongwei:

"Hanging lanterns on the drum tower - Gao Ming!"

Bai Chongwei didn't expect that this young man who looked like a Jewish businessman turned out to be an authentic Tianjin dialect with one mouth, and he was slightly stunned, and then returned the salute with a smile. The little Jew was neither recognizable nor polite, so he came up and talked to Bai Chongwei. Little Jew's father, when he heard about Bai Chongwei's identity, also took the initiative to come over to say hello. Several of them were chatting next to them, but Han Daring was anxiously waiting for the bank manager to return.

After waiting for about a cigarette, the bank manager returned to Han Da'er with the record, and then took the initiative to take a few people to the underground vault.

HSBC branches have underground safes, and the safe deposit boxes are generally on the ground floor, and there is a small vault in the first small door on the right hand side of the gate. Only safe deposit boxes for valuables are in the underground vault. The bank manager walked outside the door of the vault and used the key to open the heavy iron door. led Han Da'er to the rows of safe deposit boxes.

These safes don't look too big, with a row of silver metal doors, each with two symmetrical keyholes on the left and right. The manager took out the small key brought by Han Da'er, and took out another identical small key.

It turned out that the safe deposit box was one for the tenant and the bank, and the box could only be opened if it was used together to prevent the bank's internal guards from stealing. The manager inserted the two keys into the two key holes on the small door, then turned to the right, and with a click, the door of the safe deposit box opened.

The manager motioned for Han Daring to take care of himself, and then turned around and walked out of the vault. This is the bank's rule, when the customer opens the safe deposit box, the bank staff needs to avoid it, and cannot spy on what the tenant has stored, so as not to make it clear if the tenant loses something.

Han Daring opened the safe deposit box and saw a stack of papers inside, which seemed to be documents. There was a small heavy piece of wood pressed against the paper. This piece of wood is a cube, the size of a tea bowl, the whole body is black and shiny, and the hand is as hard as pig iron, and it is originally a piece of ebony cut into a square. He said that ebony was put in his pocket, and went to look through the stack of documents, which were in English and Chinese, but they were a company share contract. The company name is "Kowa Trading Company"

Han Daring put away the documents, held them in his hands, and then looked at the safe, which was empty, so he closed the door and pulled out the key and went out of the vault.

When several people returned to the bank hall, Bai Chongwei saw the name of the company on the contract in Han Daring'er's hand, but he sighed. Han Daring saw that Bai Chongwei seemed to know the company written in the contract, so he hurriedly asked. After asking, I found out that this Xinghe Trading Company is a very small company, specializing in import and export trade, similar to foreign companies. The owner of this company is a Chinese, but the real boss behind the investment is an Englishman named "George Brown".

The little Jew's father also knew this man, and it was said that this man was a Chinese expert, an art dealer, and even more capable of repairing antiquities. But this person has been living in seclusion in a western-style mansion in the British Concession of Tianjin Wei, and has stopped repairing antiquities since seven years ago.

The little Jewish father did not know as much as Bai Chongwei did. Han Daring wanted to inquire more about this Xinghe trade and George Brown, but Bai Chongwei had to open a box to store gold and silver, and there were also some bills of exchange in the bank, so he couldn't withdraw for the time being. Han Da'er had no choice but to meet at the Majestic Hotel for a meal in the evening, first, to thank the little Jewish father and son and Bai Chongwei for their help, and secondly, to talk in detail about the Xinghe trade and the behind-the-scenes investors.

Han Daring handed over the keys to the bank manager and told him that the tenant was dead and that he could just quit the lease. After thanking Bai Chongwei, he left HSBC with the little Jewish father and son. Bai Chongwei also had to open the safe deposit box to store gold bars and silver dollars, and he was not polite.

As soon as Han Daring walked out of the bank gate, a kid walked over. He rubbed beside Han Daring and passed by. Han Daring is a patrol officer on the street, and his insight is so keen, but he still has this way, he reached out and touched his pocket again, and suddenly realized that the ebony cube he had just taken out of the safe deposit box was gone.

Han Daring twisted his arm to catch the kid who stole things, but unexpectedly, the thief's feet were extremely fast, and he had already run out two or three feet away, and Han Daring wanted to chase it, but it was too late. Seeing that the thief turned around three times and two times, he turned to another fork in the road......