Xu Yan also knew that Wen Xiuzhi sent Huang Xi to be his translator and assistant, which faintly meant to find out his whereabouts in Japan, but how to say it, this kind of thing is always inevitable. Even if he pushes Huang Xi away, someone else will come, in this case, it is better to let Huang Xi accompany him - he has also dealt with Huang Xi before, and it is better to re-adapt with a familiar beauty than a stranger.

Xu Yan easily agreed to let Huang Xi go to Japan with him, and Wen Xiuzhi was also very happy. He handed the big envelope in his hand to Xu Yan: "Okay, since it's confirmed, the itinerary will be determined the day after tomorrow, Air China has a flight to Japan, and this envelope contains your and Miss Zhu's passports - all official passports, visas from the Japanese embassy and invitation letters from the Japanese government, you remember to keep them yourself." For some other trivial matters, Huang Xi will come to contact you at that time.

By the way, Brother Yan, there is still good news for you - your promotion to lieutenant colonel and deputy regiment has been approved. Because you are in a hurry to prepare to leave for Japan, the ceremony of conferring the title will be held when you come back, but this time you go to Japan, you can pass as a lieutenant colonel at the deputy regimental level. Brother, you went from the deputy battalion to the deputy regiment this time, but you jumped two levels in a row. ”

Wen Xiuzhi solved the promotion for Xu Yan so neatly, Xu Yan was quite surprised - although that night, with Old Man Wen's speech, Xu Yan knew that he would definitely be promoted, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly.

Although he has a special meritorious performance, if it is a normal situation, just a few days of hard work, I am afraid that his meritorious service materials are still wandering in which yamen above, and there will be a promotion order so soon, needless to say, this must be the contribution of the Wen family.

Lieutenant colonel deputy regiment commander under the age of twenty...... Although Xu Yan doesn't know much about the army, he also knows that at his age, he can reach this level, but he is afraid that it is rare. To help yourself. The Wen family must have spent a lot of effort.

Xu Yan was about to say something grateful to Wen Xiuzhi, but the latter waved his hand: "Brother, don't say polite words, talk about it." I'm sorry for you, brother—the old man's orders, but let me give you a straightforward mention of the Colonel's regiment.

To be honest, it's not impossible, it's just that the cost is greater, and we are not reluctant...... But how to say it. Later, I discussed it with my eldest brother, and we both felt that sometimes, we can't listen too much to the old man.

In doing so, you will be promoted three levels in a row all of a sudden, which is a fast promotion, but the consequences are also very great, a 20-year-old cadre at the regimental level, that is going to frighten people to death, it is too shocking to the world. It's very jealous and detrimental to your subsequent growth.

I think it's better to be steady, and postpone the matter of the main group for half a year, although it is a little slower, but it is not so noticeable—what do you think?"

Xu Yan said with a smile: "I don't understand the affairs of the army, but Brother Wen, you are more experienced than me, of course I listen to Brother Wen, I still want to thank you for bothering." ”

Wen Xiuzhi smiled: "Our relationship." Thanks? It's a little thing, it's worth talking about? Otherwise, I've got to go back to the field, man. You get busy first. ”

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Early the next morning, when Xu Yan was still asleep, he was noisy by the ringtone of his mobile phone. He picked up his phone and muttered, "Hello?"

A crisp female voice came from the phone: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, hello, I'm Huang Xi!"

"Oh. Hello...... Huang Xi, what's wrong?"

The voice on the other side of the phone was cautious, and it seemed that the other party was very respectful of Xu Yan: "Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry to disturb you...... But I just got a notice last night that I was going to fly with you to Japan the day after tomorrow...... I would like to come and discuss with you about the itinerary for this flight to Japan, but I wonder when it will be convenient for you?"

After listening to what Huang Xi said, Xu Yan also felt a little sober: "Oh...... Then come over now......"

There was a pause on the phone, and then Huang Xi asked, "Lieutenant Colonel, may I ask, when did you say 'now' to come?"

"Now, just let you come now, immediately, immediately, as soon as possible!"

"Okay, understood, Lieutenant Colonel Xu, I'll be there right away. Wait a minute. ”

Xu Yan hung up the phone and sighed: "It's really inexplicable." He remembered that Huang Xi was originally a very clever and smart little girl, but after returning to the capital after a few days, she became so stupid that she didn't even understand such simple words.

Knowing that Huang Xi was going to come, Xu Yan was going to get up to wash and get dressed, but he didn't expect that before he got up from the bed, the doorbell outside rang "Ding Dong Ding Dong", Xu Yan thought that it wouldn't be so amazing - he ran to the living room in pajamas and lay down on the cat's eye to see, sure enough, just outside the door of the corridor, there was a girl in casual clothes, but it wasn't Huang Xi?

"Your sister!" In a hurry, Xu Yan almost scolded his mother: "I asked you to come over immediately, but I didn't let you really come 'immediately'!"

Scolding the mother is scolding the mother, but when she encounters such a one-tendon companion, Xu Yan can't do anything about her. He also guessed that most of the time Huang Xi called him after he arrived at his door, so he came up as soon as he said it, and within half a minute, the other party immediately appeared at the door of his house by elevator.

Xu Yan hurriedly opened the door and threw a sentence at Huang Xi: "Sit in the living room for a while, and I'll come out." With that, he hurried back to his room, pretending not to see the shallow smile of the girl behind him.

After more than ten minutes, Xu Yan came out of the bedroom neatly dressed, and his hair still looked a little messy. When he came out, he glared at Huang Xi, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and immediately stood up in fear and apologized: "Hello, Lieutenant Colonel, I'm sorry to disturb your rest—I came recklessly." ”

Xu Yan smiled bitterly and waved his hand: "It's nothing, I was careless - have you had breakfast?"

"I've eaten, Lieutenant Colonel. Huang Xi replied softly: "Lieutenant Colonel, do you need to have breakfast? I want to discuss with you the itinerary to go to Japan, it seems that it will take quite a long time, you better eat something first?"

Xu Yan waved his hand: "No need - let's discuss it directly." ”

"It's fine. Huang Xi took out a notebook from her handbag, she spread out the notebook, and looked at Xu Yan very seriously: "Lieutenant Colonel, then we will discuss the itinerary - Lieutenant Colonel, may I ask, how long do you plan to stay in Japan this time? We have to confirm this first." Because the bureau and the embassy have asked us to give them an accurate schedule so that they can arrange it for us. ”

Xu Yan blinked his eyes, his eyes looked at Huang Xi without blinking, but he didn't squeak.

Neither of them spoke. The two looked at each other for half a minute, Xu Yan still maintained this kind of dull eyes, Huang Xi came to her senses, and she was surprised: "Lieutenant Colonel Xu...... You...... I don't think about how long this schedule will last, do you?"

Then, she came to her senses. He quickly apologized again: "I'm sorry, Lieutenant Colonel, I was rude, I shouldn't have speculated about you—since you offered to go to Japan, you must have already made all the arrangements, I shouldn't have thought about it." ”

Xu Yan smiled bitterly, he waved his hand: "It's nothing--in fact, you guessed, I really don't know how long this trip will take to Japan." It depends on whether things are done smoothly or not!"

A curious star appeared in Huang Xi's eyes, and she asked, "Lieutenant Colonel Xu, can I ask?" What are you going to do on this trip to Japan?"

Xu Yan asked Huang Xi: "Didn't the bureau tell you about this mission?

"The bureau informed me that I was going to go to Japan with Lieutenant Colonel Xu on an exchange mission, and I was responsible for acting as an assistant and translator for you Lieutenant Colonel. I also asked them what the specific communication task was, and they just told me that you are in charge of this matter, Lieutenant Colonel, and let me ask you specifics - so I will ask you. ”

Xu Yan waved his hand very arrogantly: "This-you go back and ask the bureau." ”

Huang Xi laughed "poof", and then. She nodded: "Okay, I understand, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, I understand this-that." Lieutenant Colonel Xu, can you let me know how you plan to arrange your schedule? I heard that we are going to exchange and discuss with the Japanese side on dealing with the F-virus fanaticism.

Xu Yan: "......"

Huang Xi: "Lieutenant Colonel." After we settle down, I can notify our embassy and make an appointment with each other. We're going to get on the plane the day after tomorrow, and time is already tight, so don't tell me Lieutenant Colonel you don't know!"

Xu Yan: "......"

Huang Xi and Xu Yan looked at each other for half a minute, she opened her mouth wide in disbelief, and said in a lost voice: "Lieutenant colonel, is it ...... I guessed it again?"

Xu Yan laughed embarrassedly: "Huang Xi, you are really a smart girl in ice and snow!"

Huang Xi seemed to be very shocked, she covered her forehead in despair: "It's nerve-wracking, Lieutenant Colonel Xu, you don't tell me anything like this, I really can't do this itinerary -- in this case, what can we do to deal with the bureau and the foreign affairs department? Even if Lieutenant Colonel Xu you have other arrangements, after all, we are passing through Japan in the name of discussion and exchange, and we can't even tell who to communicate with. ”

"No hurry...... In this way, Huang Xi, you tell me first, who is in charge of the F-virus mania in Japan?"

"I don't know about that. Lieutenant Colonel, wait a minute, I'll call first. ”

Huang Xi came back soon, looking a little confused, she reported to Xu Yan: "Lieutenant Colonel, the situation in Japan seems to be a bit complicated......

Xu Yan pouted: "I've been playing with you for so long, and I haven't seen a time when the situation was not complicated." You say it, Huang Xi. ”

"Japan has gone through three stages in dealing with the problem of F-virus mania: the initial stage, which was before September last year, at that time, because of the outbreak of sporadic cases, the Japanese police treated this as an accidental criminal incident to deal with, this matter first attracted attention in mid-September last year, more than a dozen consecutive crimes in the Tokyo area, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department set up a special countermeasure headquarters for this purpose, responsible for investigating the type of cases in the Tokyo area;

Then, between October and December last year, the outbreak began to spread on a large scale, and the outbreak was no longer limited to the Tokyo area, but also occurred in other prefectures, which caused great panic in Japanese society, and the Central Police Agency of Japan set up a special countermeasure headquarters for this purpose, which was responsible for the nationwide response and prevention guidance;

Since the beginning of this year, however, as the number of cases of 'murderers' has continued unabated, the social panic has become even worse, and the Japanese Government has taken great care of it, and the Cabinet has had to step in and take charge of setting up a countermeasure headquarters -- at this level. In addition to the National Police Agency, various political intelligence agencies, including the National Public Safety Commission, the Cabinet Intelligence Investigation Office, and the Intelligence Headquarters of the Self-Defense Forces, are involved. It is also possible that these frequent outbreaks of cases are caused by biological and chemical attacks by hostile countries, so in addition to ordinary police officers, they also dispatched the army's intelligence system and public security police to participate in the investigation.

This is also the problem now, and in Japan, there are three relatively large countermeasures headquarters responsible for dealing with the F virus. The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Agency's Countermeasures Headquarters, which is responsible for the Tokyo area, the Japan National Police Agency's Countermeasures Headquarters, which is responsible for the whole country, and the Cabinet Office's Countermeasures Headquarters.

Lieutenant Colonel Xu, if you were to go over, which agency would we contact us?"

Regarding these problems, Xu Yan has no knowledge of seven or six of them, but he does not know any of them. He naturally asked the question back: "Huang Xi, which one do you think is better?"

Huang Xi smiled: "Lieutenant Colonel, I can't talk about this question." Shall I tell you about these three departments?"

"The National Police Agency's Countermeasures Headquarters, which is in charge of providing guidance on the nationwide response to the F-virus insanity, are generally not on the front line, but are only responsible for unified command, coordination of police forces throughout the country, and research on the virus. ”

Xu Yan waved his hand: "In this case, forget about the countermeasures headquarters of the National Police Agency, they don't come to the front line in person, it seems that they are not very down-to-earth, right? Even if I communicate with them, these people probably haven't been in contact with the madmen, and they probably can't say that they are ugly - forget it." ”

Huang Xi nodded: "Then." The Cabinet Office's Countermeasures Headquarters is the highest-ranking department, and they have comprehensive information, and they are a joint force of the Self-Defense Forces' intelligence agency and the Public Safety Committee. It is also commensurate with an intelligence officer like Lieutenant Colonel Xu, do you want to contact them?"

For some reason, although Xu Yan is also an officer in the army's intelligence department, he just doesn't have a good impression of those who engage in intelligence work. He said: "Forget about this -- people who engage in intelligence have a strong sense of secrecy and generally have a very tight mouth. Won't give anything to us casually. Moreover, the other party is a department directly responsible to the Japanese prime minister, and the specifications are too high, and I am a junior lieutenant colonel, so people may not be interested in dealing with us. ”

Huang Xi nodded, she didn't want Xu Yan to contact the above two units, because as an intelligence officer, it was too sensitive to come into contact with the intelligence agencies of potential enemy countries abroad, and when the time came, she couldn't even tell her mouth clearly.

It's better to contact the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. People don't talk about politics, they only talk about how to deal with people with F-virus mania, which sounds like ordinary "police cooperation and exchange", and it doesn't sound too harsh.

"In that case, we'll have to contact the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department. The MPD countermeasures headquarters has a lot of contact with people with madness, has actual combat experience, and has a combat mobile team. You're a hands-on player, and if you share your experience with them, that's nominally justified. ”

Xu Yan readily agreed: "Okay, then it's settled." ”

Xu Yan knew in his heart that he didn't really talk to anyone when he went to Japan this time -- to communicate with anyone, on the earth, apart from Zhu Youxiang, who else knew more about the cause of this disaster than himself? What else did he need to communicate with Little Japan?

Determining the exchange unit, Huang Xi was obviously relieved, showing a relaxed appearance that he could make a difference. She said: "In this case, we will go to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department to observe and visit the field, exchange and discuss with their relevant responsible persons, and observe their actual combat exercises -- well, in this case, how about our trip tentatively set aside for five days? If it is just to observe and discuss, this schedule is already very easy." ”

Xu Yan was a little uncertain in his heart, five days was enough time for him to find the vampire? After thinking for a while, he said vaguely: "This time seems to be a bit tight, since it has passed, how can you not play by the way?" Otherwise, just write ten days." If that's not enough, we'll just postpone it. ”

Huang Xihu glanced at Xu Yan suspiciously--Lieutenant Colonel Xu looked so mysterious, what did he really want to do on this trip to Japan? Isn't five days enough? It has to be added to 10 days? It has to be postponed? At this moment, Huang Xi is really a little skeptical, could this guy have moved some crooked thoughts and really want to defect to Japan?

Xu Yan originally thought that going to Japan by himself was just a small matter, that is, buying a ticket and going back and forth. But what he didn't expect was that the bureaucracy of our dynasty had the miraculous ability to turn everything simple into cumbersome, and if everything was related to the "regular procedure," it would be very troublesome, and if the regular procedure was also linked to the so-called "foreign affairs activities," then the multiple of the trouble would immediately multiply in cubic proportions.

Xu Yan's trip, because of Wen Xiuzhi's care, so many red and trivial procedures were simplified by Wen Xiuzhi's permission to Xu Yan, but even so, there are still a lot of trivial procedures left - the foreign affairs department's "Foreign Affairs Activities Manual-Japan Chapter", Xu Yan took it and turned a few pages, which mainly talked about some precautions and taboos for going abroad on business trips to Japan, including some simple Japanese Q&A dialogues.

However, there is very little dry knowledge in the booklet, and most of the pages are to remind cadres who go abroad how to be "neither humble nor arrogant" in front of foreigners, and how to be "polite and courteous" When communicating with the Japanese, the cadres should pay attention to avoiding some sensitive political topics, such as the current hot dispute over the Diaoyu Islands or the Sino-Japanese war, which are all topics to be avoided, and if they encounter Japanese right-wing people or right-wing politicians who deliberately provoke and want to cause controversy on these issues, they should know how to skillfully deal with the other side, divert the topic, and avoid causing incidents that affect the friendly relations between China and Japan......

Xu Yan didn't finish reading the foreign affairs booklet, so he threw it under the table with one hand, and he scolded: "What a ......mess! Phew!"

Xu Yan was disdainful, but Huang Xi was not surprised, she said with a smile: "Lieutenant colonel, the manual of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has always been scolded for calcium deficiency and brain damage, that is, the people in the Foreign Affairs Department of the Ministry have said that the manual compiled by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not keep pace with the times at all, and it is all based on the information of several years ago to make up the numbers. For example, in the current relations between us and Japan, both countries are scolded, but the Ministry of Foreign Affairs still comes out with a pamphlet of "Sino-Japanese friendship" a few years ago to train people who go abroad, so that everyone can avoid controversy, no wonder they are scolded. In fact, it doesn't hurt if you don't read this booklet, but the book "What You Need to Know About Travel and Life in Japan" is a bit interesting, and when it comes to some common sense over there, it's more practical. (To be continued.) )