Chapter 41 In the forty-first quarter, I left Shanghai in the net

On the first night of November, everyone had dinner, and only Du Yuesheng, Lu Jingshi, Zhu Xuefan, and Xu Caicheng were left in Du Yuesheng's Huagebei Road antique room. The atmosphere in the room was solemn, and everyone looked dignified. The four of them secretly negotiated, and Du Yuesheng spoke first. He said: "Whether to go or not? How to go?" Lu Jingshi was the first to speak: "I think there is actually only one question that the gentleman mentioned, and that is how to get there?" "Of course," Zhu Xuefan immediately agreed, "Mr. has mentioned how to go, but in fact he doesn't think about whether to go or not."

"When it comes to how to go, I have three opinions." Lu Jingshi continued: "First, you have to go; second, everyone prepares your purses and puts them at hand, ready to leave at any time; third, you can't leave until the most secure and favorable time." Du Yuesheng told several of his confidants that at this time the Japanese did everything possible to keep him in Shanghai. On the second day after the national army retreated, the Japanese sent a friend of his to tell him formally: "Today, the Japanese military asked me to tell Mr. Du two things. First, after the Japanese occupied Takahashi, the first thing they did was to send a team of gendarmes to protect the Du Clan Temple, and to prevent other people from harassing them."

Du Yuesheng said that he once responded with a sneer and said: "In my opinion, this is their plan to lure and capture. They thought that Du Yuesheng would go to the ancestral hall and sue his ancestors if he wanted to leave Shanghai. They took this opportunity to arrest me." The visitor smiled and said: "The second thing, according to the Japanese: Japanese soldiers have deployed heavy troops along the river to strictly prevent Mr. Du and others from leaving the country. There are brigades of Japanese soldiers guarding both sides of Shiliupu and Yangshupu. I think he means that if Mr. Du comes from Board the ship at the concession dock, and if necessary, they will not hesitate to break into the concession and stop you."

Du Yuesheng frowned and said: "Speaking of which, the Orientals are determined to trap me, Du, in Shanghai." The visitor still looked at him with a smile, nodded deeply, and after a while, said: "The Dongyang people have already made a list. To establish the 'Shanghai Citizens' Association' next month, Mr. Du is appointed as the chairman, and the committee members include Wang Xiaolai, Lu Bohong, Rong Zongjing, Yao Mulian, Gu Xinyi, You Jusun, etc... " "Anyway, the hearts of the Orientals are dead," Du Yuesheng patted the edge of the table lightly and said, "At the very least, Wang Xiaolai has already boarded the boat, and I'm afraid he has already arrived in Hong Kong by now."

The lobbyist retreated and left.Several people listened to Du Yuesheng finish this scene in detail, and Lu Jingshi interrupted and asked: "Sir, you probably have already asked, who else is planning to withdraw from Shanghai Beach?" Therefore, Du Yuesheng counted the results of his persuasion or temptation one by one over the past few days: "Brother Jin Rong said that he is too old to bear the hardships of wind, frost, rain and dew. The head next door is crazy, and even if we leave, we have to keep it a secret from him. Brother Tingsun was a little hesitant, and he decided to stay and watch Watch the wind."

Zhu Xuefan asked: "Mr. Gu, how many of them are there?" Mentioning Gu Jiatang, Du Yuesheng said triumphantly: "Gu Jiatang and Ye Zhuoshan are very rare. They would rather give up their career and property in Shanghai and decide to follow me to the ends of the earth." Lu, Zhu, and Xu were amazed.Du Yuesheng smiled slightly at Xu Caicheng, and said meaningfully: "From what you can see, the Orientals sent heavy troops to guard Yangshupu and Shiliupu, and to monitor the docks in the concession. I'm afraid their goal is not on me, Du, right?" Xu Caicheng also laughed, and he answered frankly:

"Naturally, there are still many bigwigs in the concession who have never left, such as Song Ziwen, Yu Hongjun, Qian Xinzhi, Hu Bijiang, Xu Xinliu, etc. If they can be captured alive, Yingzuo's contribution is not small." After hearing this, Du Yuesheng laughed loudly, then glanced at the few confidantes in front of him, and comforted them and said: "Therefore, you don't have to worry about me. There are still so many important people in Shanghai fleeing from the tiger's mouth. Mr. Dai and the others must have a safe and proper plan." Speaking of this, Du Yuesheng paused, looked at Lu and Zhu, and asked, "The problem now lies with you two, Jingshi and Xuefan, what are you going to do?"

Lu Jingshi replied: "I have already decided to go to Ningbo first, then go to Changsha on the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway, and transfer to Hankou. Xuefan decided to go directly to Hong Kong." "Very good." Du Yuesheng nodded and said, "It's not too early, you should go back to prepare separately. The central government moved to Sichuan, and I will definitely go to Chongqing in the future. Let's part today. I believe it will not be too late for the meeting later." Far." The safest and most favorable time is to wait until November 25th.In the evening, Song Ziwen made a phone call to Du's mansion. It was simple and clear. He just informed Du Yuesheng:

"The ticket has been bought. The French 'Aramis' will stop at the Dharma Realm Wharf. We will board the ship tomorrow night." On that day, the family members of Du Mansion were discussing a lot, fearing that the Japanese would send troops or hijack them secretly in plainclothes, so some suggested that Du Yuesheng slip on the boat after dressing up; some suggested sending more brothers to arrange arrangements along the way; Emergency protection was desperately needed to break through and board the ship. Some people even suggested to borrow the strength of the re-arrest house and the British and French troops and ask them to send troops to guard Du Yuesheng before and after boarding the ship and declare martial law.

"Forget it." But Du Yuesheng waved his right hand and said impatiently, "I, Du, don't put on makeup, and don't protect me. When the time comes, I'll go alone. As for martial law, it's best to ask you to stop the people next door." Yan, now as long as Marshal Zhang hears you yelling, then I really can't leave." Du Yuesheng's words frightened everyone so that they dared not speak.So he said goodbye to his wife and children first, and then made arrangements for them to go to Hong Kong one after another.At the end, Du Yuesheng expressed his difficulties:

"I'm leaving tomorrow. It's inevitable that I'll take a three-point risk before and after boarding the boat, so I won't take anyone with me." The next day, before leaving, he summoned Wan Molin and Huang Guodong again. He first asked Huang Guodong: "Have you figured it out? How much is my total debt?" "I figured it out a long time ago, but my uncle is very busy, so I didn't ask about it." Huang Guodong reported a sum, and Du Yuesheng's shortfall exceeded 2 million yuan. Wan Molin stuck out his tongue secretly, but Du Yuesheng caught a glimpse of him unexpectedly, and he said with a smile: "Is this a lot of money?" Wan Molin replied loudly: "Of course, uncle, more than 2 million!" However, Du Yuesheng unexpectedly laughed loudly. He stood up, patted Wan Molin on the shoulder, and said loudly: "Mo Lin, you don't have to worry. Take care, I will go out this time, and when I come back after the victory of the War of Resistance, I can replace at most one gold spittoon, and I can pay off the debt of more than two million yuan." The people in Du's family chewed these few words of Du Yuesheng over and over again, and discussed them in private. Everyone didn't understand what he meant, and thought that Du Yuesheng had a golden cellar elsewhere.How did they know that Du Yuesheng lacked both economic vision and numerical concepts throughout his life.But this time he made a prophecy, and it will be fulfilled after 8 years. After 8 years of Anti-Japanese War, the victory will be returned to Shanghai, and the value of the currency will be depreciated again and again. It is really easy to convert the huge debt of more than 2 million yuan with gold coupons. At this time, he asked Wan Molin again: "Mo Lin, these days, I have taken care of you one after another, have you remembered all of them?" "Remember it, grandpa." "Then I don't need to say it again." Du Yuesheng smiled reassuringly, and said again, "There are many incidents that I can't think of for a while, and I haven't taken care of you. I don't need to mention them. In short, when I was in Shanghai, everything I don’t tell you what to do with the matter, I’ve left Shanghai, so I might as well handle it as usual.” "Understood, grandpa." In the evening, as night fell, Du Yuesheng traveled lightly and in modest clothes. He only brought a servant and a car with him to the Dharma Realm Wharf, and the journey was smooth and unimpeded. The lights of the French passenger ship "Alamis" were flickering, reflected in the Huangpu River, like countless silver snakes flickering around. Du Yuesheng boarded the French luxury cruise ship without incident. The foreign tea house bowed like a man and guided Du Yuesheng to the big dining room. My dear, there is a puppet among them who turned around and saw Du Yuesheng approaching, so he cheered with great joy: "Okay, Mr. Du is here!" Du Yuesheng took a quick glance and found that Song Ziwen, Qian Xinzhi, Hu Bijiang, Xu Xinliu... were all very close friends, so they shook hands one by one, greeted each other, and sat down modestly.Although a group of old friends have not yet escaped from the tiger's mouth, they are all in high spirits and keep laughing and laughing. After a while, another burst of cheers was led by Du Yuesheng, and the dining room became more lively, because although Shanghai Mayor Yu Hongjun arrived late, he still arrived in time. In the dining room of the French cruise ship, where Chinese bigwigs and dignitaries go to bed, tens of thousands of Japanese "imperial soldiers" are sleeping in the open, wearing stars and wearing stars, armed with live ammunition in Shiliupu, Yangshupu, along the banks of the Huangpu River They are closely guarded, ready to intercept those big bosses who hijacked China and stayed in the concession at any time, but they are in vain and very disappointed. The next morning when the "Alamis" anchored, the thousands of "imperial troops" could only watch the French cruise ship slowly pass the Huangpu River, leave Wusongkou, sail into the vast expanse of mist, and sail in the boundless East China Sea. , direct flights to Hong Kong.