In the backyard of the headquarters of Shanghai Farmers Bank, there is a small warehouse next to the boiler room. An old bank employee in his fifties wearing reading glasses, holding a bound booklet, received Lin Xiaotang and Gu Shuyu came to the iron gate.

The old employee took out a bunch of keys and searched for a long time before finding the matching key. As the iron door creaked open, a smell of dust and mold hit their faces, making Lin Xiaotang and Gu Shuyu frown. head.

"Since I moved to Shanghai from Nanjing, these things have been sealed here and haven't been opened for a few days. Don't mind," the old employee said apologetically.

The three of them walked into the warehouse and went straight to a small partition in front of the door. The old employee turned on the lights in the warehouse, and the warehouse suddenly became bright. There were six rows of safe shelves more than 20 meters long in the warehouse. Of course, , has been covered with dust, and even occasionally startled bats can be seen flying.

The old employee took a rag and wiped the table clean, then put the booklet on the table and flipped through it page by page. Without much effort, the old employee pushed the opened booklet in front of the two of them and said, "Manager Gu , you see, this is it.”

Gu Shuyu looked at it, nodded, and handed the brochure to Lin Xiaotang who was standing aside. Lin Xiaotang took it and took a look. Yes, the customer's name was "Tian Jiashen", and the signature place was a crescent-shaped seal, with a few words vaguely visible on it. A familiar handwriting.

The old employee took out a piece of ink pad and handed it to Lin Xiaotang. Lin Xiaotang dipped the jade plaque in the ink pad and covered it in the blank space. The old employee took it and compared it carefully. After a long time, he said to the two of them: "Yes, the pattern and handwriting are exactly the same. Please ask this gentleman to fill out a form and register his ID, and I will take out the safe right away."

The old employee moved a ladder and planned to get the safe. After taking two steps, he stopped and said to Lin Xiaotang: "This customer's safe was sealed by my hands back then, so I have an impression of these two people." .”

Lin Xiaotang, who was filling out the form, was startled and turned around quickly, "Old sir, can you tell me about the situation back then."

The old employee smiled and put the ladder by the door. Lin Xiaotang gave him the cigarette. The three of them came outside and sat down on the bench in front of the door. The old employee then recounted the situation back then.

"It was about three months before the fall of Nanjing. That afternoon, there were no customers, so I took a nap in the lounge of the safe of the head office. The manager of the lobby outside suddenly came to me and said that a customer wanted to rent a safe. Then I got up in a panic and ran to the front."

"There are two customers. One is about forty years old, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and wearing glasses. He looks like a gentleman at first glance. The other is wearing a white gown and looks like a teacher. He is young, probably around thirty years old."

At this point, the old employee burst into laughter and said, "Those two people were mysterious and said they wanted to save something. In fact, I know the guy in the suit."

"Oh, who is he."

The old employee racked his brains and thought, "He is from the Central Treasury. His last name seems to be, yes, Zhou."

"Zhou Chaojian, is it him?" Lin Xiaotang asked quickly.

The old employee slapped his head and said, "Yes, that's him, look at my memory."

"I don't know the other young man, but having said that, he is somewhat similar to you, sir." The old employee pointed at Lin Xiaotang.

Lin Xiaotang knew in his heart that his eldest brother and Zhou Chaojian came to the Agricultural Bank of China to rent a safe.

"After that, the two people happily paid the fee, filled out the information, and then went to the secret room of the vault at the back to store their things. We couldn't be present here. I saw the names on the information, and I was thinking, maybe It was the name of the young man who came with Mr. Zhou, but the signature place was very special, with a signature in that shape. At that time, they had paid two years of fees. But not long after, I heard the news, That Mr. Zhou was beaten to death, and the young man has never been seen again."

The cigarette butt in Lin Xiaotang's hand gradually burned to the end, until it burned his fingers. Lin Xiaotang shook unconsciously, and then threw the cigarette butt on the ground.

At this time, the old employee had already taken out a dusty safe. Gu Shuyu led Lin Xiaotang to a room with an iron door in the office building, and then he and the old employee exited.

Guo Zhui and Jiao Da, who had been waiting, stood in front of the door and waited. Lin Xiaotang closed the door.

The dark green safe lay quietly on the table, as if waiting for someone to unlock the secret it concealed. Lin Xiaotang gently brushed off the dust on it, pulled out the dagger, and pried open the lock on the box. His hands trembled slightly. The box lid is open.

There weren't many things in the box, including a small horse-playing poker, two magazines, two stacks of U.S. dollars, a piece of torn cowhide, and two pieces of letter paper.

The broken cowhide seemed to be a map, filled with markings of mountains and rivers. Lin Xiaotang took a rough look at it. It seemed that the map pointed to a secret place in the mountains, but the map was obviously drawn by human hands, and the author was obviously He is a military expert, so it looks like a military map used by the army, but it is still unclear which area this map refers to.

Underneath the broken cowhide map is a series of numbers, which should have some connection with this secret location.

Lin Xiaotang picked up the two pieces of letter paper again and found that it was actually a list with the names of nearly a hundred people written densely on it. After just two glances, Lin Xiaotang suddenly realized that he suddenly discovered Liu Baojia, Chen Xiao, Qin Han, etc. Names, of course, are those of eldest brother Lin Xiaojun, Zhou Chaojian and Bai Qi.

This should be the roster of the officers' club.

Lin Xiaotang turned on all the lights in the room, looked at the names carefully, and discovered a name named Min from the 58th Army. This should be the commander Min who Ergou contacted.

But then, Lin Xiaotang discovered that many of these names had a horizontal line drawn on them. Lin Xiaotang felt sad that these should be those who had sacrificed their lives.

Lin Xiaotang took out his pen and silently crossed out the names of his eldest brother, Zhou Chaojian and Captain Min from the list.

As a result, excluding Baiqi and Peiping stations, Tianjin station currently has only two lonely names on the list of former officers' club members.

Lin Xiaotang looked at the two names and the marked areas, thoughtfully.

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After coming out of the room, Lin Xiaotang repeatedly told Gu Shuyu to keep today's events secret. Gu Shuyu smiled easily, "Mr. Lin, don't worry, I will return to Chongqing in the next two days. The bank's relocation is a foregone conclusion. As for the old employee , I can take him back to Chongqing, so that no one in Shanghai will know about this matter."

Lin Xiaotang breathed a sigh of relief and immediately ordered Guo Zhui to protect Gu Shuyu closely before they left. If necessary, he could arrange for someone to escort them all the way back to Chongqing. After arriving in Chongqing, the lurking team there would be responsible for continued protection.

…

Returning to Ke Hua, Lin Xiaotang put everything he took from the bank into his safe. As for the list, Lin Xiaotang simply burned it. Only one-third of the people on it were still alive, and most of them Some of them have already joined the Peking and Tianjin stations. Bai Qi is from the *** side. One of the remaining two names is one that Lin Xiaotang has heard of, but it is still unclear whether he is an enemy or a friend. Therefore, I can only put it in my heart first.

The eldest brother, Lin Xiaojun, was indeed hiding something. Lin Xiaotang was now sure of this. The things hidden in the safe were just in case, so he left clues to other officers club members. But the eldest brother He and Zhou Chaojian never thought that they would be in trouble one after another. Perhaps the eldest brother had thought of this when the accident happened, so he held the jade medal tightly in his hand.

But why didn't he tell Ergou these clues? What was Ergou doing alone in Tianmu Mountain after Captain Min was killed in battle? Is there any connection between that map and Tianmu Mountain?

The whole incident was revealed bit by bit, like peeling off cocoons, but it brought more questions. Thinking about these, Lin Xiaotang felt that his brain was about to explode.

Shang Zhensheng hurriedly knocked on the door and came in, "Boss, the paparazzi reported that there is definitely something going on."

"Oh." Lin Xiaotang suddenly became energetic.

In the past two days, Wanquan has changed his hiding place and actually took over a small hotel. This hotel is located in a shanty town in Zhabei. It is said to be a hotel, but in fact it is just a carriage and horse shop, which is specially used for traveling merchants from other places. It is a place where wanderers can stay, but what is surprising is that after Wanquan took over, the hotel had four more waiters overnight, and they were all strangers. Among the guests staying in the hotel, the paparazzi also discovered I got some clues. Last night, several people stayed in the hotel. It was said that they were businessmen from Yunnan. However, the paparazzi who sneaked into the hotel really heard that one of the leaders inadvertently said Sichuan dialect.

The hotel is adjacent to an abandoned warehouse, which was originally a granary on the dock and was later abandoned. The paparazzi discovered that Wan Quan, his clerk, and several Yunnan businessmen had appeared here in the middle of the night.

"So, Wan Quan will take action." Lin Xiaotang handed the photos of the clerk and the businessman back to Shang Zhensheng.

"It should be right." Shang Zhensheng shook the photos in his hand, "I plan to send someone to send these photos to Chongqing overnight, one to my apartment, and one to our latent team. A two-pronged approach will be used to find out the identities of these people. The bottom line is, let’s not alert others for now. These people are a little too cautious in doing things. Once they are alerted, they will probably hibernate again. By then, it will be difficult to handle. What do you think?"

"Wash out an extra copy and give it to me. I still have some reliable connections here, and I can check it out." Lin Xiaotang suddenly thought of Bai Qi and Pan Zhongzhi, and their intelligence system could also help check it out.

But so far, there has been no movement from Zhou Sijing in Peiping. Could it be that Wanquan's action this time has nothing to do with him.
Chapter completed!