The official performance is about to take place, on the afternoon of the first day of the performance, Huang Tingting took the members of the repertory troupe for the last rehearsal, in the rehearsal Xu Liping was very involved in playing against the male lead, at this time several people wearing public security uniforms suddenly came to the scene, the actors on the stage thought something had happened, and couldn't help but stop the rehearsal.

At this time, Huang Tingting, as the chief director, explained loudly: "Don't be nervous, because tomorrow we will report to the superior leaders to perform, in order to ensure the safety of the leaders, the comrades of the Municipal Public Security Bureau came to the scene to conduct security inspections, let's continue to rehearse." ”

At the urging of Huang Tingting, the rehearsal continued, Huang Boyang took people around the scene a few times and called Huang Tingting aside, he couldn't help but shake his head at the scene, Huang Tingting spread his hands and eagerly explained something. When Huang Tingting sent the comrades from the Public Security Bureau out, the father and daughter were still arguing about something. These scenes were all seen by Huang Liping on the stage.

During the rehearsal break, Xu Liping leaned over to Huang Tingting's side and asked curiously, "Tingting, it seems that you had something unpleasant with someone from the Public Security Bureau just now?" ”

Huang Tingting mysteriously pulled Xu Liping aside, "Liping, I'll tell you a piece of news quietly, don't tell anyone else first." Just now, the comrades of the Public Security Bureau said that they had obtained a secret piece of information, and that the Kuomintang spies already knew that the city leaders were going to watch our report and performance tomorrow, and that the spies were likely to cause an explosion at the performance site. ”

Xu Liping immediately became nervous when she heard Huang Tingting say this, and her face became very pale. She froze in disbelief and said, "Is this news reliable?" I think the people in the Public Security Bureau are purely scaring themselves, and millions of Kuomintang troops have been beaten away by our People's Liberation Army. I don't believe they have that much courage! ”

"Liping, the Kuomintang spies are very arrogant, don't underestimate their counter-revolutionary energy. These days they have done several serious sabotage incidents in the city. In my opinion, we should be cautious about this information. ”

"Tingting, what you said makes sense. Then we won't be performing tomorrow, right? Xu Liping cautiously asked tentatively,

Huang Tingting said very confidently: "Act! Why not act in such a good play? If we had been frightened by those Kuomintang spies, we would not have been Communists! The Municipal Public Security Bureau will do a good job of security for the leaders who come to watch the performance, and they will lay a big net at the performance venue, just waiting for the spies to take the bait, they will catch one by one, and two will catch a pair! ”

"Oh. I see, but hopefully tomorrow won't happen. Xu Liping frowned and walked away thoughtfully.

This Xu Liping is usually known for her composure, but at this time she really can't calm down. Because the old K of spades has already prepared for the assassination according to the instructions of the Taiwan side, and is waiting for it to be carried out tomorrow. Now that the Communist Party has sensed this situation and is ready to take precautions, if it does not notify the old K of spades in time to stop or change its plan of action, they will fall into the net! Xu Liping must immediately contact the Taiwan side and convey this emergency to the old K of spades through the elder Pei. Although Xu Liping is young but a well-trained spy, she is afraid that she will arouse Huang Tingting's suspicion because of her gaffe, even if the situation is urgent, but there is no reason for the drama to leave halfway without rehearsal, she is still very involved in playing her role. In rehearsals. Huang Tingting has very strict requirements for each role played by the actor, and sometimes a plot has to be rehearsed many times to meet her requirements, so the rehearsal dragged on for a long time, and when the whole drama was rehearsed, it was getting dark. Xu Liping didn't have time to remove her makeup and left in a hurry. Huang Tingting caught up with Xu Liping, took her hand and said, "Liping." We live very close, I'll call a tricycle and let's go together. ”

Xu Liping smiled and said, "No, I'll go back to my parents' house today." It's not the same path as you. ”

"Liping, it's getting late, you have to pay attention to safety!"

"Tingting. Thank you for your concern, see you tomorrow. "At this time, a driver riding a tricycle passed by, and Xu Liping stopped the car and sat on it." Let's go, take me to the vicinity of the White Pagoda Temple in Xicheng. ”

"Gotcha! You sit down. So the driver got up on the tricycle. The rehearsal venue was in Dongcheng, and the coachman pedaled to the direction of Xicheng for a distance, Xu Liping looked back and saw that there was no one behind him, and then said to the coachman: "Master, I won't go to Baita Temple, please drive me to the Jiqing Theater." The sooner the better, and I'll double the car price for you! When the driver heard that he could make more money, he happily turned around and rode quickly in the direction of the Jiqing Grand Theater. When Xu Liping rushed to the Jiqing Theater in a hurry, the big drama in the theater had already started, and the ticket office was empty. Xu Liping looked at the window of the ticket office and couldn't help but be surprised, it was not Da Lao Pei sitting in the ticket office, but a fat middle-aged woman. Xu Liping hurriedly walked to the window of the ticket office and asked the people inside, "Comrade, is Elder Pei here?" ”

The middle-aged woman who sold the ticket saw that Xu Liping was looking for the eldest Pei, and she suddenly asked vigilantly, "Do you have anything to do with him?" ”

"Ah, I'm his daughter." Xu Liping made up a nonsense.

"What? You are the daughter of Da Lao Pei! Your dad was arrested by the public security police this afternoon, and you don't even know about such a big thing! How did you become a daughter? The middle-aged woman glanced at Xu Liping with slanted eyes.

"Huh? My dad was caught? Why? Hearing the news, Xu Liping was stunned.

The middle-aged woman asked angrily: "You are her daughter, don't you know why you arrested him?" ”

When it was determined that the eldest Pei was arrested, Xu Liping's nerves were almost broken, she clearly knew that the eldest Pei was arrested, not only could not notify the old K of spades to terminate the assassination, but even her own situation became very dangerous, and the panicked Xu Liping turned around and left the theater.

The middle-aged woman who sold the ticket was dressed up by an investigator of the Public Security Bureau, and she followed Huang Boyang's instructions and deliberately told Xu Liping about the arrest of the eldest Pei, the purpose of which was to startle the snake.

Xu Liping hurriedly returned home, and her brother saw her panicked expression and asked, "Liping, I see that your face is not good, is there something wrong?" ”

"Brother, it's not good! Hurry up and send a report to Taiwan! Xu Liping couldn't wait to pull her brother into the dark room. Didi, Dididi" strings of radio waves pierced the night sky. Soon Xu Liping got in touch with Taiwan.

The telegram sent by Xu Liping to Taiwan's secret services was: "The headquarters, the assassination plan has been exposed, and the Communist Party public security organs have opened their nets to fish, and this operation must be terminated immediately, but the elder Pei has been arrested, and I cannot get in touch with the old K of spades." In addition, if the eldest Pei defects, my brother and sister and the radio station will be in danger. 100,000 urgent! Wait for instructions.

Taiwan's secret service replied to Xu Liping: Agree to terminate the operation and take urgent remedial measures. Activate the cipher code and frequency band of the backup station; Second, immediately open an emergency channel to get in touch with the old K of spades. The contact location is the Dongcheng Catholic Church, the contact information is dressed in black and holding a lit candle, the contact code is: I have come to seek the Lord's forgiveness, and the contact person is nicknamed Old Fox.

After Xu Liping got the secret telegram from Taiwan, she took out a few gold bars from the dark room, and she said to her brother, "Brother, I want to get in touch with the old fox immediately, and I can't delay for a minute." You transfer with the radio station as soon as I leave. There is a hole in the root of the old cypress tree outside the west gate of the Shejitan in Zhongshan Park. In a few days I will put a note in it that will say when and where our siblings will meet. You can save when you have no money for two gold bars. After Xu Liping finished speaking, she gave her brother two gold bars.

Xu Liping's brother said, "I'll pack up and leave, Liping, you have to pay attention to safety!" ”

"Got it. There will be a period later. After Xu Liping glanced at her brother, she turned her head and hurriedly walked out of the house.

Around Xu Liping's house, there were plainclothes police officers squatting, and when Xu Liping walked out of the alley, several plainclothes people followed from behind. Other plainclothes quietly turned into Xu Liping's courtyard from outside the wall. At this time, Xu Liping's brother was packing up his things in the dark room, and when he came out of the dark room with the radio, he didn't expect that there were several black holes with muzzles pointed at him. He had no choice but to tie his hands and arrest him.

In the middle of the night, a woman dressed in black and masked with a black veil gently knocked on the door of the Catholic church. In the empty church hall, the woman in black stood in front of the idol of the Lord and prayed in a sad voice: "Lord, forgive me!" Lord, save me, this unfortunate woman! The voice echoed through the empty hall.

At this time, a high-nosed and deep-eyed foreign priest appeared, and he asked the woman in black in proficient Chinese: "Madam, do you need my help?" ”

The woman in black lifted the veil, she was Xu Liping. Xu Liping took out a candle and lit it with a match, and then she said with great reverence, "I have come to seek the Lord's forgiveness." ”

After listening to Xu Liping's answer, the priest asked again: "Madam, do you need my help?" ”

Xu Liping replied as it was: "I have come to seek the Lord's forgiveness." ”

"Well, since you're going to seek the Lord's forgiveness, come with me." The priest led the way to a room at the back of the church. After entering the house, Xu Liping couldn't wait to say to the priest: "Priest, I have something important to tell the old fox." ”

"Wait a minute, I'll go and get the old fox out for you."

The priest went out of the house, and in a moment he returned with a man with black-rimmed glasses and a thick beard on his cheeks. The priest pointed to the person who was brought and said to Xu Liping, "Madam, this is the old fox. ”

Xu Liping looked at the old fox, she felt that this person was very familiar, so she asked, "You are the old fox?" We seem to have seen it somewhere. ”

The old fox smiled secretly, "We did meet, and I also know that your name is Xu Liping!" ”

"Huh? You know me! Who are you? Xu Liping was surprised.

The old fox reached out and took off his glasses and beard, and he asked Xu Liping with a smile, "Do you recognize me this time?" ”

"Stationmaster Li, it turned out to be you! Didn't you go to Taiwan? Xu Liping exclaimed.

It turned out that the person who called himself the old fox was Li Liansheng, the head of the former Beiping Station of the Kuomintang Secret Bureau, Li Liansheng put his finger to his mouth and shushed Xu Liping, "Don't shout, be careful that others hear." He looked at Xu Liping, who looked confused, and smiled slightly and said: "I have come back from Taiwan again, and my current identity is a special commissioner of the Beiping Secret Bureau." ”

"Hello Commissioner Lee!" Xu Liping respectfully gave a military salute to Li Liansheng.

Li Liansheng let Xu Liping sit down on a chair, and he asked uneasily: "Liping, you didn't have a tail behind you when you came, right?" ”

When Xu Liping left the house, several plainclothes scouts quietly followed her, but she didn't notice it. Xu Liping replied very simply: "No." ”

Li Liansheng breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'm relieved." ”

This Xu Liping was a middle school student with anti-Japanese ideas during the Japanese puppet period, and her brother was a military commander lurking in Beiping, under the influence of her brother. In the year of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, she also joined the military unification organization. Li Liansheng was the stationmaster of the Beiping Station of the Military Command at that time, and Xu Liping was instructed by Li Liansheng to disguise herself as a progressive student and lurk in Yenching University to engage in spy activities.

"Liping, almost no one knows where I am hiding, I can find each of you, but none of you can find me, if you can find me today, you must be urgently assigned by the Taiwan headquarters, right?"

"Yes. The situation is urgent! Our underground organization is in danger of being cracked by the Communists, so please promptly notify the old K of Spades to immediately terminate the assassination attempt and immediately change his address. Xu Liping took out the secret telegram sent from Taiwan and handed it to Li Liansheng.

Li Liansheng took the secret telegram and looked at it carefully, and then frowned, "I'm in big trouble, Liping, you can rest first." I'll deal with this first! I'll be back in a moment. With that, he turned and walked out.

A few minutes later, a sneaky man in black came out of the back door of the church, and after looking around, he plunged into the dark alley, when several more people came out of hiding, and they quietly followed the people in front of them.

Li Liansheng returned to the house after assigning the task, and he said to Xu Liping: "Liping, because of my status as a commissioner, it is inconvenient for me to show up, and I have already sent someone to inform the old K of spades." Now your situation is also dangerous, hurry back and evacuate with your brother with the radio. And yes. Don't come back to me in the future. Now that the situation is urgent, it's too late for you to escape! Come on! ”

"Commissioner, I'm afraid I'll be caught by them when I go back, so I don't dare go back. Can I hide with you for the time being? Xu Liping begged.

Li Liansheng waved his hand again and again and said, "No! No way! The radio must be preserved, and must not fall into the hands of the Communist Party. You are an agent of the party-state, and you must ensure the safety of the radio station in times of danger, and you will not hesitate to sacrifice your own life if necessary! ”

Xu Liping said anxiously: "I can't go back!" I had already talked to my brother when I came out. He was in charge of moving the radio station to a safe location, and we would see each other again when the situation stabilized. ”

Li Liansheng said sternly: "No! This is not the place for you, let's go! ”

At this time, the priest pulled Li Liansheng aside and whispered, "If she is arrested by the Communist Party." Your hiding place will be revealed. If that's the case, I'll be finished with you! I think it's better to leave her here! After speaking, the priest squeezed Li Liansheng's shoulder with his hand.

Li Liansheng's eyes rolled a few times and then nodded yes. He walked up to Xu Liping and said, "Okay, if you go back, you will be arrested by the Communist Party, it is better for you to stay with me, it is safe here, and I just lack a helper." He winked at the priest and said, "Father, shall we have some whiskey to surprise Miss Liping?" ”

"Okay, I'll take the wine."

The priest brought in a bottle of wine and three glasses from outside, he poured the glasses full of wine and handed them to Li Liansheng and Xu Liping in turn, he raised his wine glass and said to Xu Liping: "Ms. Xu, this is the best whisky in England, cheers!" ”

"Cheers!" The three of them clinked glasses and drank the wine down.

Xu Liping just finished drinking and felt a pain in her stomach like a knife, and then she felt that the world was spinning, she realized that she had been poisoned, but it was too late, a stream of hot blood spurted out of Xu Liping's mouth, she covered her chest with her hands and fell to the ground on her back, her limbs were motionless after a few slight twitches. It turned out that the priest had poured a poison in Xu Liping's wine that could kill people in a few seconds.

Li Liansheng looked at Xu Liping's corpse and sighed: "It's a pity! A young, flower-like woman died in such an unknown way! Father, is it cruel for us to do this? ”

The priest also sighed and said, "This smart and beautiful girl is as delicate as a flower, very lovely, and I can't bear to see her die before our eyes, but she has to die!" If she is caught by the Communist Party, she will definitely confess to you, and in order to save your life, you must have her life, to paraphrase a term in your Chinese chess, this is called losing pawns and protecting cars. Hi! Let's not blame ourselves, the reality is so cruel! The priest squatted down and made a cross in front of Xu Liping's face with his fingers, "Rest in peace!" You have received the Lord's forgiveness, may the Lord bless you, and may your soul be heaven in the morning. ”

"Xu Liping died for the interests of the party and the state, and after I return to Taiwan, I will ask Shangfeng to posthumously crown her as a martyr!" Li Liansheng bowed his head in silence at Xu Liping's corpse. (To be continued......)