The Spy

Chapter 403: Being cheated

"The Japanese transport team in Wuhan was attacked by bandits from Xiaohuangshan three days ago, causing heavy casualties. Shanghai has sent a lot of supplies to Wuhan."

This information is not important, Yan Ming put it at a later stage.

Xu Qingyun knew the situation in Xiaohuangshan. He had previously investigated Niu Yuanxiang and that group of bandits. He originally suspected that it was a Japanese spy, but in the end he found out it was Niu Yuanxiang, so Xu Qingyun gave up the investigation.

It seems that Niu Yuanxiang is indeed walking together with the bandits of Xiaohuangshan. It is estimated that Xiaohuangshan has become an organizational force.

After reading the information carefully, Xu Qingyun put it down. This group of people was very brave. It was the first time that someone dared to rob a Japanese transport team after the fall of Wuhan.

There were bandits who dared to rob the Japanese in the past, but they were mainly in the Northeast, which fell early and anti-Japanese activities never stopped.

This time they directly captured a supply team heading to Wuhan and seized dozens of trucks of supplies.

He is very courageous, but has a brave and resourceful approach.

Well done, Niu Yuanxiang has developed a good team.

After returning to Xiaohuangshan, Niu Yuanxiang has been busy counting the supplies. There are not many people in this bandit's nest who can count, and those who do know only a little bit. Niu Yuanxiang was afraid that they would make mistakes, so he took action himself.

Although he was very tired, Niu Yuanxiang couldn't hide his excitement when he saw these supplies.

There were more than a hundred boxes of food. The boxes didn't look big, but the food inside was packed very tightly. After taking everything out of the boxes, it piled up into a small mountain.

Niu Yuanxiang was the first to count the arms. Now they have been distributed, with more than 800 people each receiving one, and more than 200 guns left in storage.

There are more than double the number of all kinds of arms than before.

The food is even more abundant, and the amount that has been counted is enough for the people of Xiaohuangshan to eat until the New Year.

After this battle, Niu Yuanxiang's status in everyone's hearts rose further, and many people on the mountain have joined the party.

Following Niu Yuanxiang, they didn't have to do evil like other bandits, and could live comfortably. More importantly, they were fighting against the Japanese, whom they hated the most.

The few people who helped count and move things looked at Niu Yuanxiang with even more respect. They had never seen so many guns and food. These were all captured by Niu Yuanxiang and his team.

After several hours of busy work, several people announced the results of the inventory, which included not only guns, ammunition and food, but also many precious medicines, including life-saving sulfa drugs.

Cheers echoed across Xiaohuang Mountain.

They became bandits just to survive. Now they have no worries about food and clothing, everyone has their own weapon, and there is medicine to use when they are sick or injured. Isn't this the life they dream of?

Niu Yuanxiang was in a very happy mood, not only because of the supplies, but more importantly, the image of the organization represented by Niu Yuanxiang was becoming increasingly prominent, and it was just a matter of time before the combat effectiveness of Xiaohuangshan would submit to the organization.

Niu Yuanxiang put the seized radio station away and would report it to the organization in a few days.

Niu Yuanxiang was an undercover agent who had received professional training. He was able to use the radio himself, but he had to report both radios and then apply to the organization for the use of one of them.

This is discipline. If the organization really needs the radio station for more important things, he will give up.

Every member of the Red Party has such awareness, which is the foundation of the Red Party’s strength. In terms of discipline, no one can compare with them.

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Shanghai.

"boom."

The door was pushed open with force.

Yuji Horiuchi staggered into the house, obviously having drunk a lot of alcohol. Boss Yang had no choice but to help him back to bed to rest.

Boss Yang came specifically to see Yuji Horiuchi.

Boss Yang made his fortune in his early years by running a textile factory. Later he opened a silk factory, but the business has always been lukewarm.

It was not until Yuji Horiuchi found his daughter and had a Japanese son-in-law that Boss Yang used this relationship to defraud a lot of money.

It's a case of selling dog meat under the guise of selling mutton. Although the silk sold by Boss Yang is also real silk, the real silk sold by him is blended with a large amount of bleached tussah silk. The price of inferior tussah silk is much lower than that of mulberry silk.

Tussah silk is originally yellowish brown in color, but after bleaching, its appearance is almost identical to the light yellow mulberry silk, and the difference cannot be discerned by the naked eye.

Only an experienced weaver can tell the difference by feel.

There were also buyers who discovered clues after purchasing a large amount of silk, but there was no evidence, and Boss Yang had the support of Yuji Horiuchi, so the case was left unresolved.

This time, Boss Yang came to see Yuji Horiuchi for this matter.

In a few days, the government will conduct random inspections on several textile factories, including his silk factory. Boss Yang got the news in advance through his informants and came to discuss countermeasures with Horiuchi Yuji.

Unexpectedly, the person was not at home. After waiting for a long time, a drunk man came back. Boss Yang is Yousi's father-in-law, but he didn't dare to lose his temper with him at all.

Horiuchi Yuji was the one who made him rich.

Boss Yang settled him down and prepared to go home and come back another day.

There is another big order tomorrow. Boss Yang has already handled the relevant matters and the goods will be delivered to Xu Xiaoer tomorrow.

This batch of silk was mixed with inferior tussah silk. Boss Yang had already sent people to inquire about Xu Xiaoer, and he found out that he was not a specialist in smuggling textiles.

Such people cannot tell the difference between mulberry silk and tussah silk. Boss Yang is ready to make a fortune from Xu Xiaoer by trading at the price of high-end silk.

Xu Xiaoer, who had just returned home, had no idea that he was being treated as a prey and was still being intimate with Bai Xu.

Although Xu Xiaoer's academic performance is not good in school, he will take revenge when he has a grudge. Anyone who wants to trick Xu Xiaoer will definitely suffer severe revenge.

The night quietly leaves and the sun rises above the branches.

Xu Xiaoer and his men arrived at the transaction location, and Boss Yang's men had already arrived.

Boss Yang asked for the two to be settled, and Xu Xiaoer brought enough money.

The transaction went smoothly. After Xu Xiaoer checked the silk and found no problem with the quantity, he paid for fifty gold bars and the money and goods were settled.

The price was negotiated in advance, one pound of silk for one gold bar.

This kind of thing is indeed very expensive, but in Xu Xiaoer's hands, he can make double or even more money.

The people brought by Xu Xiaoer made a quick inspection and found that Boss Yang was very cunning. He deliberately scattered the items and hid the bad ones among the good ones.

It is difficult to find out until you make it, after all, the things look the same, but the quality is different.

After bringing fifty kilograms of high-quality silk back to the reconnaissance team, Xu Xiaoer found a famous textile master in Shanghai and asked him to keep the best first-hand goods that he had promised to Bai Xu.

Master Rong is an elder of the Rong textile family. He has made custom clothes for many important people. With his sharp eyes, he can tell what size and style are suitable for the customer at a glance.

"This is the finest silk. Please pick out the best. It should be enough to make a women's coat. It should be about 1.65 meters long."

Master Rong pulled out a strand of silk, looked at it towards the sun, and then twisted it with the tip of his thumb.

"Judging from the color, it should be top-quality. The ancients said it was as smooth and lustrous as jade, which was describing the top-quality silk. It is white with a hint of yellow like jade, but pure white when viewed through light."

Master Rong took out a ball and examined it carefully. Before he finished speaking, he frowned.

"Why are these a bit harder and rougher?"

Master Rong put the silk to his nose and sniffed it, then borrowed a match to light it. After several operations, his expression became increasingly uglier.

Xu Xiaoer quickly asked: "Is there any problem?"

Master Rong said nothing, but just shook his head. Xu Xiaoer saw that Master Rong was in trouble and said, "Master Rong, just say whatever you want to say."

"There is indeed something wrong with the goods. This batch of goods is adulterated. There is tussah silk in it. I'm afraid you will have to pay a lot of money."

Master Rong sighed and pointed at the silk and said, "Although this batch of goods looks the same as real silk, the feel and smell are wrong. If you smell it carefully, there is a smell of bleach that has not been processed properly."

"You mean there are fakes here?" Xu Xiaoer was very surprised, his voice was filled with anger.

"It can't be called a fake. High-quality silk is made from mulberry silk, and this is made from bleached tussah silk to pass off as the real thing."

After saying that, Master Rong tentatively compensated: "In fact, it's okay to sell it as high-quality silk clothing, but the feel and quality are not that good."

Xu Xiaoer shook his head. This was not something he would do.

When someone does evil to you, you should punish the evildoer instead of doing evil to others.

Although Master Rong did not do the work of selecting the silk, Xu Xiaoer still paid the agreed amount and waited for all the real silk to arrive before letting Master Rong do it.

"I can't ask you to make clothes with silk this time. I'll wait for next time."

"Thank you, Boss Xu. I can't take so much money without making clothes." Master Rong shook his head and only accepted some of it.

"These are my travel expenses. I admire Mr. Xu's sincerity in preventing these inferior products from entering the market."

Master Rong clasped his fists in thanks and left with his apprentice. Xu Xiaoer no longer cared about the batch of goods, but called the people from the operations department to ask for more detailed information from Boss Yang.

Xu Xiaoer knew that he had a Japanese son-in-law who had some power, but he didn't expect that Boss Yang would dare to cheat him.

Suppressing the anger in his heart, Xu Xiaoer saw that Takeda was not in the office, so he asked someone to pass on the message.

Only a small part of the fifty gold bars belonged to Xu Xiaoer himself. He didn't care about the loss of money. The key was Kamei's side.

He could imagine that Kamei and Takeda must be angrier than him, after all, they were the ones who were cheated the most.

However, if you do this kind of business in the future, you must be careful and cautious and do it after a detailed investigation. People nowadays are very bold.

Xu Xiaoer came to Takeda and complained directly.

This was the first time he was cheated, but anyone who dared to cheat him would have to see if they could withstand Kamei’s revenge.

On the surface, the business belonged to him, but in fact it belonged to Kamei and Takeda.

"Damn it, how could he be so bold as to sell you fake goods?"

Takeda shouted angrily that Xu Xiaoer's business had always been peaceful and everyone knew his background so no one dared to do this.

Didn't expect that someone would actually try to take advantage of them and cheat them out of their money?

"This boss Yang has a Japanese son-in-law named Horiuchi Yuji. I guess he dared to do this because he thought he had Horiuchi's support."

Xu Xiaoer whispered that Horiuchi's rank was not low. Although he was not in the military, he had considerable influence and many connections.

Horiuchi is powerful, so Boss Yang is naturally not afraid of him.

"You must immediately arrest this Boss Yang, search his house, and take back our money. I will deal with Horiuchi Yuji." Takeda ordered.

"Yes, I'll go right away."

After receiving the order, Xu Xiaoer no longer had any scruples. He called the members of the action team and rushed to Boss Yang's house in a mighty manner.

This time, in order to make an example of someone, Xu Xiaoer took away half of the people in the operations department.

Such a big commotion could not be hidden from Cao Xiangwen. He soon found out that someone had cheated Xu Xiaoer in business and gave him bad goods.

"Why bother?"

Cao Xiangwen sighed, to pit Xu Xiaoer was to pit Kamei and Takeda. Now the headquarters has moved to Nanjing and Wuhan. In Shanghai, Kamei is not only powerful, but also one of the top figures.
Especially since they are an intelligence department, if you are targeted by them, you will be skinned alive if you don't die.

The journey was smooth. We were just going to catch a small boss who made his fortune by cheating others. No accidents would happen, let alone ambushes.

Xu Xiaoer ordered his men to break down the door, and as soon as Boss Yang walked out, he was pinned to the ground.

"Who are you? Why did you arrest me? Let me go now, or you will not be able to bear the consequences."

Boss Yang, who was pinned to the ground and unable to move, did not forget to threaten everyone. Xu Xiaoer squatted in front of him and took a good look at the boss who had cheated him.

"Bring it back to me."

Boss Yang kept shouting and threatening, so Xu Xiaoer had someone cover his mouth.

"Don't think your good son-in-law can save you. He can't take care of himself. Boss Yang, I admire you. You dare to adulterate my goods."

Xu Xiaoer smiled coldly and said that he didn't need to worry about Horiuchi Yuji, as Takeda and Kamei had ways to deal with him.

"Boss Xu, I didn't adulterate anything. Is the silk I gave you real silk?"

Boss Yang was still stubborn. Xu Xiaoer was too lazy to talk to him and just had him tortured and put in the jail of the detective department. Boss Yang had no chance of getting out alive.

"Stop fighting, I'll give you the money back."

Boss Yang couldn't bear the punishment and kept shouting, but Xu Xiaoer ignored him. If he had known this earlier, why would he have done it?
His money has been taken back, including all of Boss Yang's wealth.

You are unwilling to do business with me properly and force me to snatch you away. Boss Yang, you deserve it.

As for Horiuchi, Xu Xiaoer didn't think about it at all. That was the responsibility of Takeda and Kamei. They could target him however they wanted without him having to step in.

"Section Chief, I had someone check it out. There are a lot of problems with Horiuchi, but they are not enough to kill him."

In the Special High Police, Takeda is reporting to Kamei. Xu Xiaoer was cheated, and the most angry one is Kamei, as it is equivalent to cheating him of his money.

However, Boss Yang cannot take this money away, Xu Xiaoer will take it back.

"Is it enough to catch someone?"

"That's enough, but we don't have enough reasons."

"If the reason is not enough, then give me enough reason. I leave this matter to you. You must kill him for me."

Kamei shook his head. There was something wrong with Horiuchi, but the reason was not enough to prove that he did not betray the empire, so the Special High Police could not arrest him.

Frame-up? It's not like they haven't done this before.

Kamei felt relieved to leave it to Takeda.

"Hay."

Kamei took the order and left. With Kamei's order, the next step would be easy.

Horiuchi works for the Ministry of Internal Affairs and is a member of the Cabinet.

Fortunately, his rank was not high, so Kamei was not too worried. However, without evidence, Kamei could not take direct action against him.

Takeda will get the evidence, and with that, he will kill him quickly, even if the chief section chief knows about it.

Horiuchi is not one of their people and has nothing to do with the military. Just give more to the chief section chief when the time comes and he will never pursue the matter.

(End of this chapter)