Chapter 385 Contact
Li Youchui, his face full of smiles, pushed open the door of an inn. As soon as he entered, he restrained his smile: "Miss Meng."
Meng Yanxin looked at the person who came in: "Any news?"
"I've heard something. Pei Jingming was recently scolded by the President. It seems it was because the warlord sold grain seeds."
Li Youchui repeated the news he had heard.
"Is there any other news?" Meng Yanxin looked at him and asked.
"There is still too little information to be found out at the moment. This is all we can find out." Li Youchui said apologetically.
"It's okay, it's fine now. You've worked hard, go and rest first!"
Meng Yan was not in a hurry. They had just settled down, and it was already impressive that they could find out the news so quickly.
She had to admit that the people Miao Jiu had given him were very capable, as they had been able to find out the news in just a short time.
He is indeed a smooth-talking oil hammer.
"Ms. Meng, someone just brought this over." Wu Suanpan walked in holding a small wooden sign.
Meng Yanxin took the wooden sign, took out another wooden sign from her bag and put them together, fitting perfectly.
"When was it delivered?"
"Just now, someone must have known you were coming when we hung the things at the door, otherwise the news wouldn't have been delivered so quickly."
Wu Suanpan guessed.
"He must have important news. I have to go see him." Meng Yanxin put away the two wooden signs.
"I'll go with you." Wu Suanpan immediately prepared to follow.
"Miss Meng, we will go with you." Baozhu and the other three female soldiers also stood up and prepared to go with her.
Meng Yanxin looked at them and said, "If we go together, we'll be too conspicuous."
She thought for a moment and said, "Baozhu and Wu Suanpan come with me. You and Li Youchui go out together and help me gather some more information."
"But be careful not to be discovered."
"Okay, Miss Meng, be careful. We'll be waiting for you at the inn."
Meng Yanxin nodded and left the inn with the other two.
They walked around in circles and came to an empty alley, where a masked man was leaning against a wall.
He saw Meng Yanxin coming with two people, and his eyes were full of displeasure: "I said I only saw you."
The man's voice was hoarse, and if you didn't listen carefully you wouldn't understand what he was saying.
"Don't be angry. I come here alone, which always makes people worry. They won't come near me. I will double the reward I promised you."
Meng Yanxin was worried that he would go back on his word, so she offered her own conditions.
The man frowned and hesitated for a moment before finally nodding in agreement: "Come here alone, I'll only talk to you."
“Brother, you won’t lose any money, we can listen to it with Miss Meng.”
Wu Suanpan was still a little worried about Meng Yanxin's safety.
"I only sell my information to her." The man pointed at Meng Yanxin.
He turned to look at Wu Suanpan: "I'm here to make money, I won't do anything to her."
"It's okay, just wait for me here." Meng Yanxin pulled the two of them and spoke.
"Be careful." Baozhu looked at her.
Meng Yanxin nodded and walked towards the man.
Baozhu watched her slowly approach the man, her hand already on the gun at her waist.
If he dares to attack, I will kill him immediately.
The man didn't care what he saw. He waited until Meng Yanxin was close enough before speaking: "Pei Jingming has been in frequent contact with people from the Taisho Empire recently."
"Today, a Taisho woman came to see him. They spoke the Taisho language. I don't know what they said."
"But the woman slipped Pei Jingming a note. I don't know what was written on it, but he didn't look very happy after the woman left."
"He placed the note in a locked drawer in his study. You'll need to find out what it is."
The man stopped talking after he finished speaking.
After listening to this, Meng Yanxin sorted out her thoughts and asked, "Is there any other evidence?"
"Pei Jingming is a very vigilant person. He burns anything that is harmful to him after reading it."
"As for whether there is any other evidence, I haven't found it. This is all I know."
The man told everything he knew.
Meng Yanxin took out a bag, and the sound of silver coins colliding could be heard inside.
"Thank you, please contact me if you have any news."
The man reached out to take the bag, weighed it in his hand, and left the alley without saying another word.
Wu Suanpan watched him leave, then walked over to Meng Yanxin and asked, "Miss Meng, any news?"
"We may have to sneak into Pei Jingming's house." Meng Yanxin said as she watched the man leave.
"This is too dangerous." Wu Suanpan frowned.
"Let's go back first." Meng Yanxin looked at him and said.
Wu Suanpan didn't say anything and called Baozhu to go back to the inn together.
Li Youchui and the other two female soldiers have not returned yet.
After Wu Suanpan and the others sat down, he spoke: "Miss Meng, do you really want to go to Pei Jingming's house?"
"Yes, otherwise we won't be able to get the evidence." Meng Yanxin said firmly.
"I'll go. It's too dangerous for you to go." Seeing that he couldn't be persuaded, Wu Suanpan had to change his method.
"No, you don't know what you are looking for." Meng Yanxin looked at him and shook her head.
"No matter what, we can't let you go alone." Baozhu also disagreed.
During the dispute between the two sides, Li Youchui and others came back. Knowing her plan, they decided to go with her.
Although they are not very literate, they are good at finding things. With their help, you can find things much faster and save a lot of time.
Meng Yan saw that neither of them could convince the other, so she could only nod and agree.
Li Youchui was responsible for surveillance, a female soldier was responsible for keeping an eye on Pei Jingming, and another female soldier was responsible for leading away a servant in the house.
Wu Suanpan, Baozhu and Meng Yanxin entered the Pei family to search for evidence.
After the discussion, everyone prepared themselves and waited for the opportunity.
Li Youchui would go out every day and figure out Pei Jingming's regular behavior patterns.
"Pei Jingming leaves home at 7:30 every morning to go to work at the government office. He won't come home suddenly unless something unexpected happens."
"There's only one servant at home. After he leaves, I'll go out to buy groceries. If I find someone I can chat with, I'll chat until it's almost time for dinner before I go back."
Wu Suanpan looked at one of the female soldiers and said, "You are responsible for holding the servants and keeping an eye on Pei Jingming. If he comes back, you call Pei Jingming's home as quickly as possible and hang up after two rings."
Several people nodded to show that they understood.
The next day.
Several people arrived at the breakfast stall near Pei Jingming's home early and waited for Pei Jingming to go out.
Meng Yan was afraid that Pei Jingming would recognize her, so she put on some disguise: "Did you put on the leaves that Juanjuan gave you?"
Several people took out leaves from their arms. The leaves were still as freshly picked as if they were not dry at all, and they could not even be broken by them.
Although they were curious, they had no way of telling anyone about it.
He put away the leaves in his hand and saw Pei Jingming coming out of the house. He didn't find anything unusual, so he stopped a rickshaw and left.
A female soldier stood up, lowered the brim of her hat and followed.
Everyone else was still waiting patiently for the servants to leave.
Seeing the servant leave, another female soldier also stood up and followed.
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