pappabearbooks Chapter 1833 Mai Lan's Timely Rain
Chapter 1833 Mai Lan's Timely Rain
Chapter 1833 Mai Lan's Timely Rain
Cheng Xuyuan was standing in the square in front of the Mailan Police Station building. He had his hands behind his back and was looking at the bronze statue in the square with great interest.
This is a fairly spacious square, where the police gather for training and inspections.
Opposite the gate stands a bronze statue called the Brod Statue.
This is the first figure statue in Shanghai, and was completed at the end of the ninth year of the Tongzhi reign.
Brod was a French naval officer who participated in the Second Opium War in the tenth year of Emperor Xianfeng's reign and was an officer of the Anglo-French Allied Forces.
Ironically, two years later, in the first year of the Tongzhi reign, this officer of the Anglo-French allied forces that invaded the Qing Dynasty was killed in Nanqiao Town, Fengxian, Shanghai while helping the Qing government suppress the Taiping Army.
The French Concession Municipal Council erected a bronze statue to commemorate the event, and also built a Catholic church in Nanqiao as a memorial. Officials from the Shanghai County of the Qing government also held a grand commemorative event.
At this moment, looking at the bronze statue of Brod, Cheng Xuyuan felt it was extremely ironic.
A great power that could be described as a lost nation in Europe, still flaunted its might in the concessions on the Shanghai Bund, and at the same time cowered in fear of the Japanese. Occasionally, when it thought of its new German father, its back would stiffen from time to time. It was simply—
Weird and shameless.
……
The building of Mailan Police Station faces south and has a symmetrical central axis. The number of floors decreases from the middle to the sides. The middle is 10 stories high, the two sides are 8 stories high, and the outermost two sides are 5 stories high. The area of the main building gradually decreases above the sixth floor.
The first to fourth floors are offices and cells.
The fifth and sixth floors are for rest and activities. The seventh floor and above are the living area, with 20 apartments.
The building has entry and exit escalators and two elevators.
Cheng Xuyuan registered and was led by the guard post, then took the elevator to the seventh floor.
As a senior detective of the Mailan Police Station, Su Zhikang enjoys one of the 20 living apartments. When he is busy with work and cannot go home, he can stay overnight in the apartment to rest.
"Inspector, Mr. Huang He is here." An inspector said as he brought the man to the door of the apartment room.
"Thank you for your help. Please go down." Su Zhikang said with a smile as he was wiping his cheek with a towel.
"You're welcome, Inspector." The inspector said quickly. Inspector Su was a kind man who never put on airs when dealing with his brothers, and the brothers also respected Inspector Su very much.
He escorted the person into the room, closed the door politely, and left.
……
"Mr. Huang He?" Su Zhikang looked at the man in front of him and asked with a smile.
The man was dressed in a suit, had a beautifully trimmed beard, wore gold-rimmed glasses, and was very gentle and refined.
"It's me." Cheng Xuyuan bowed slightly and said, "Excuse me for bothering you."
"Brother Huang from Huangdai is..."
"Yes, my brother." Cheng Xuyuan said, "Brother Dai is the eldest, and I am the third. Inspector Su can also call me Huang San."
As he spoke, Cheng Xuyuan took out a silver dollar from his pocket and placed both hands on the table.
Su Zhikang took the silver dollar and looked at it carefully. He saw a notch on one corner of the silver dollar. He rubbed it twice, put it down, and looked at Huang He. "Since you are Huang Dai's brother, you are Su's brother."
He said seriously, "I wonder what Brother Huang wants from me?"
He now knew who the man in front of him who called himself Huang San was:
Cheng Xuyuan, former secretary of the Shanghai District.
Huangdai was Song Fuguo's former alias, and also a code name between the two. Huangsan was the ranking that Song Fuguo gave to several people at the Shanghai station during Zheng Weilong's period when they were communicating privately with him. Cheng Xuyuan was ranked third.
However, it was obvious that the Mr. Huang He in front of him did not know Su Zhikang's identity.
This was also the agreement between him and Song Fuguo. If there was anything, he could come to him. Inspector Su was a well-connected person, with friends from all walks of life. He was known as Mai Lan, the timely rain. If there was anything, he could come to him in the name of asking for help. That would be all.
……
"I have an emergency at home and need to send a letter by telephone." Cheng Xuyuan said, "I hope Brother Su can help me."
After saying that, Cheng Xuyuan looked at Su Zhikang with a smile, but he was very nervous in his heart.
This request for help can be said to carry a strong danger signal.
He had heard of this Inspector Su before. Anyone who had been an inspector in the police station for so many years must be a shrewd person. He believed that with Su Zhikang's intelligence, he would be able to immediately understand a lot of information from his request, and might even guess his identity.
It is impossible to say that I am not nervous or afraid.
However, Cheng Xuyuan thought of his previous secret meeting with Song Fuguo in Chongqing. Song Fuguo said that although Su Zhikang of the Mailan Police Station in the French Concession was not one of their own, he was a kind-hearted man with great righteousness. He could ask for help in an emergency and could make any request.
Cheng Xuyuan knows Song Fuguo, his former subordinate who has now climbed to the same level as himself but is obviously more valued by Boss Dai, and is willing to believe what Song Fuguo says.
In an emergency, he went to Su Zhikang with the attitude of "giving it a try".
Lao Song, Lao Song, I believe what you say, please don’t harm me.
Cheng Xuyuan muttered to himself.
Objectively speaking, although he has been away from Shanghai for more than a year, if he wants to contact the Shanghai district, there are still some ways.
However, at this moment, Cheng Xuyuan would rather come to Su Zhikang, the timely detective, for help than try to contact the Shanghai district.
He didn't trust the Shanghai area, and his intuition told him that it was safest to stay away from the Shanghai area at this moment.
Cheng Xuyuan looked at Su Zhikang. It could be said that he had put his life in Su Zhikang's hands.
……
"Sure." Su Zhikang looked at Cheng Xuyuan and nodded slightly, "Although it is a little difficult, it is possible after all."
Hearing Su Zhikang say this, Cheng Xuyuan breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's just that." Su Zhikang showed an embarrassment, "So that Brother Huang San can know, if it's other matters that Su can help with, Su will have no objection and will order it to be done."
He looked at Cheng Xuyuan and said, "It's just that in this matter, Su is just helping the Huang brothers find a way to rent the goods they need, but the cost..."
"I understand, I understand." Cheng Xuyuan said quickly, "I will definitely not make things difficult for Brother Su."
"That's good, that's good." Su Zhikang smiled, "To be honest with Brother Huang, in Shanghai, as long as you are willing to pay, there is nothing you can't do. All I can do is to keep it as safe as possible. Leave this matter to me."
"Thank you." Cheng Xuyuan was touched, "Brother Su..."
"Eh." Su Zhikang waved his hand. "It's my job to help people in need. If you say too much, it's polite."
Cheng Xuyuan nodded. He knew that although Su Zhikang knew the truth, he insisted on restricting the matter to his friends for help. This was a way to protect himself.
Su Zhikang raised his wrist to check the time, and said to Cheng Xuyuan, "Brother Huang, please wait here. I will go and make some arrangements and come back to reply to Brother Huang."
"Brother Su, please make yourself at your service." Cheng Xuyuan said, "Thank you for your help."
After Su Zhikang left, Cheng Xuyuan sat on the chair, thinking about many things for a while.
If he hadn't come to meet Su Zhikang, he would never have thought that he could actually "rent" a radio station on the black market to send messages. Without personal experience, he would never have imagined that such a thing would happen.
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