Wang Yunqing purchased several hundred acres of paddy fields in the Fenghuangling area, and dozens of tenant farmers rented crops all year round. Ma Liangchen only heard about this place but never came, and Shuzhen would not bring him to Phoenix Ridge without Wang Yunqing's permission, so Phoenix Ridge is a safe place for the time being, Wang Yunqing wants to place Yurong in the home of a tenant he trusts to recuperate, and then send her out of Beiping after her condition is basically improved. Yurong is also familiar with this place in Phoenix Ridge, when she was not married, her brother would take her here every summer to escape the heat.

Wang Yunqing has a house built for summer in Fenghuangling, and the couple did not go to their own house after arriving in Fenghuangling, but drove the car directly to the door of a tenant's house. This tenant's surname is Zhang, he has rented Wang Yunqing's paddy fields for more than 10 years, this person has a straightforward temperament, stresses faithfulness, treats people and things very chivalrous, and has a lot of prestige among the local villagers. Although Wang Yunqing and this tenant surnamed Zhang have a world of difference in status and identity, the two are very good friends. When Wang Yunqing came to Fenghuangling, he had to bring some gifts bought in the city to his home to visit, and when he encountered a tenant surnamed Zhang in difficulty, he also gave him some rent reduction. Wang Yunqing just wants to place Yurong in his home to recuperate.

At midnight, the family surnamed Zhang, who had already fallen asleep, was woken up by the barking of dogs in the courtyard, and when Lao Zhang heard someone knocking on the courtyard door, he immediately got up from the bed, put on his clothes and walked into the courtyard and asked loudly, "Who?" I don't sleep at night, and I still come to the door! ”

Wang Yunqing whispered outside the door: "Lao Zhang, it's me." Hurry up and open the door! ”

Lao Zhang didn't hear who it was, he asked loudly again, "Who are you?" ”

"Lao Zhang, don't shout, I'm Mr. Wang from the city."

Lao Zhang heard that it was Wang Yunqing's voice, so he hurriedly stopped the dog barking, and he opened the door. This yard is very large, and the courtyard gate is also very wide, Wang Yunqing directly drove the car into the courtyard and parked it.

"How could it be you? What are you doing at Phoenix Ridge this big night? Lao Zhang asked confusedly.

Wang Yunqing "shh Lao Zhang let them into the hall and sat down. At this time, Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law also got up, and she greeted Wang Yunqing and his wife with a sleepy face, and then she was busy boiling water and making tea.

Lao Zhang asked: "It can be seen that the two of you must have something urgent when you come to Phoenix Ridge in the dark!" ”

Wang Yunqing smiled and nodded, he put a suitcase in front of Lao Zhang and said, "Lao Zhang, this is the two of us who bought something for the adults and children in your family, you accept it first, and then we will talk." ”

"Boss, you've always been so polite to me. I'm a little embarrassed! If you have any troubles, just say to me, if my Lao Zhang can help you solve it, I will never say a word! ”

"Let you guess, I'm going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and I really have an urgent matter to disturb you so late today." Wang Yunqing bluntly said that the Japanese wanted to arrest Yurong, and he wanted to hide Yurong in Lao Zhang's house to recuperate.

After hearing this, Lao Zhang patted his chest and said: "Dongjia, you can rest assured to hand over Yurong to me, Yurong is absolutely safe to recuperate in my home, and I will let my wife take good care of her!" ”

Wang Yunqing warned Lao Zhang. "There are devils and traitors here, right? You have to be careful, don't let the news go! ”

"There aren't many devils in the nearby town, and the puppet army has a squadron, and that squadron leader is my brother. The chief of the village is the master who runs errands for the devil on the surface and secretly wants to the devil's wife. I have a good reputation, and everyone on the black and white road gives me some face. Your sister is absolutely safe staying in my house! Lao Zhang pointed to the statue of Guan Gong on the table and said: "Owner, I, Zhang, have always been loyal and righteous, and I stick a knife in my friend's ribs." Your sister is my family, and her life is mine. Don't worry! ”

Wang Yunqing smiled and nodded: "Lao Zhang, I know who you are." Otherwise, we wouldn't have bothered you. ”

At this time, Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law brought a pot of hot tea, and Lao Zhang asked her to fry a few dishes, and he wanted to have a few sips of wine with Wang Yunqing and his wife. Wang Yunqing hurriedly stopped and said, "It's so late, don't bother you." ”

Lao Zhang said that the distinguished guests had to drink when they came, and Wang Yunqing and his wife had to be hospitable.

While talking, Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law brought a bottle of soju and a plate of scrambled eggs, and she said to Wang Yunqing: "Dongjia, this is our own soju wine, but it is fragrant, and it will not go up if we drink too much." You drink it first, and I'll fry a few more appetizers. After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, but Mrs. Wang hurriedly stopped her and said, "Brother and sister, it's not appropriate to disturb you at night, you can rest quickly, don't be busy!" ”

Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, you are my family's distinguished guests, and you usually take care of us very much. It's rude if we don't treat us well. ”

Lao Zhang dissuaded Mrs. Wang, "Sister-in-law, a plate of scrambled eggs is enough for us to drink, you don't care about her, let her fry a few more dishes for us." ”

Mrs. Wang stood up and took Lao Zhang's daughter-in-law's hand and said, "That's it, I'll go to the stove room with you and give you a start." ”

"That's not going to work! You are a guest, how can you go to the kitchen! Lao Zhang still has to dissuade him.

Wang Yunqing said: "Lao Zhang, they are not outsiders, let's drink, you can go with them." ”

"That's fine, let's drink first." Lao Zhang picked up the wine bottle and poured it full of wine glasses for Wang Yunqing and himself, and the two drank as soon as they clinked glasses.

Wang Yunqing and Lao Zhang are always thinking about Yurong when they drink wine, whether she has left the Wang family mansion safely, whether she can come to Phoenix Ridge safely is still unknown, the anxious Wang Yunqing is not thinking about the wine, he just drank a few sips and couldn't drink it, Lao Zhang saw that Wang Yunqing was worried and no longer persuaded to drink, so he said something reassuring to him.

After the wine and food were served, a few people hastily ate a few bites and cleaned them up. Lao Zhang and his daughter-in-law cleaned up the west room in the courtyard for Wang Yunqing and his wife to live in, and then slept separately. Wang Yunqing and his wife were afraid that Yurong would have an accident, so they lay on the kang and tossed and turned all night without closing their eyes. ，

There is a thriving coffin shop in Xicheng, Beiping, the owner of this coffin shop is surnamed Ma, who is in his thirties, burly, with a thick hairy beard, known as Ma Dabeard. A few coffin buyers came early in the morning, and he was busy as soon as the shop opened.

"Is that Boss Ma?" As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man with fine skin and tender meat and a big back walked into the coffin shop.

Ma Dabeard nodded and greeted him with a smile on his face and said, "Hello, I am Boss Ma." ”

The man who came claimed to be surnamed Zhao, and he handed Ma a bearded object. Ma Dabeard took it and saw that it was a sealed envelope, he looked at the other party with some confusion and asked, "What is this?" ”

"My lord wants to order a cypress wood for longevity. Both coffins and coffins. This is a detailed design requirement, you need to draw a drawing according to the requirements, if your design meets the requirements of my master, your deal will be done. Hurry up, I'll pick up the drawings in the afternoon. ”

When the bearded man saw that this was a big deal, he was happy and said, "Oops! That's big business! I don't need to draw, there are all kinds of longevity materials in my backyard, please follow me in, sir. ”

"No, I have other things to do. You have to hold on, my lord is waiting for it! The person who came left the sentence and turned around and left.

The bearded man walked into the inner room with the envelope, and he sat down on a chair and took a sip of tea. Then the envelope was torn. He took out the letter and looked at it, his brows suddenly tightened, it turned out that this letter was a letter for help from Yurong's cousin-in-law who he had not met for many years. Ma Bearded sat at the table and read the letter carefully. The letter briefly wrote: Brother, sister-in-law needs to go back in an emergency, pick me up at the back door tonight, cut!

On the surface, this bearded man was engaged in the longevity timber business, but in fact the coffin shop he ran was an underground intelligence station of the Kuomintang Military Command Bureau in Beiping, and in addition to the task of collecting intelligence to assassinate enemy agents, this intelligence station also used the convenience of selling coffins and handling funerals to smuggle arms and medicines for the Kuomintang region. Ma Dabeard is the head of this intelligence station. Although his identity is extremely secret, he was introduced by Feng Xuanxia when he was trained under Dai Li in his early years, and Ma Dabeard is Feng Xuanxia's distant cousin, and Feng Xuanxia knows him a little. So Feng Xuanxia thought that if Yurong encountered something difficult to solve in Beiping, Ma Dabeard was a person who could be relied on. Before this, Feng Xuanxia had already written him a secret letter, in which he explained Yurong's situation. asked him to help Yurong when she was in danger.

After reading the letter, Ma Dabeard sat down in his chair and pondered, thinking about whether to help his cousin out of danger. Because underground work requires a strong degree of concealment, for the safety of the organization. All actions must be carried out in strict accordance with the instructions of the upper peak, and unauthorized actions are never allowed, and escorting Yurong out of the city is not something that Ma Dabeard should take care of. But Feng Xuanxia is his cousin, and Yurong is his cousin-in-law, he can't see the wife of a national army general let the Japanese catch it! After thinking about it, Ma Dabeard slammed his fist on the table hard, and he decided to do his cousin a favor!

Ma Dabeard got up and walked into the antechamber, called a man named Dazhu to his side, and walked with him to a room in the backyard of the coffin shop.

Ma Dabeard said to Da Zhu with a serious expression: "Da Zhu, I will give you a task tonight. ”

As soon as Da Zhuzi heard that there was a task, he came to his senses, "Boss, my hand hasn't opened meat for a few days, which guy do you want me to slaughter tonight?" ”

"You're addicted to murder?"

"Devils and traitors kill one less one, don't kill white, don't kill!"

"I'm not asking you to kill people today, I'm asking you to save someone." Ma Dabeard said to Da Zhuzi: "One of my distant cousins-in-law is a person with a very special status, she is recuperating at her brother's house in Beiping, you will go to her residence at half past ten tonight, quietly take her out, and then bring her to us safely." Remember, no accidents are allowed! Ma Dabeard handed the note with Yurong's address to Dazhu.

"Boss, don't worry."

"In addition, you have a task early tomorrow morning, which is to secretly send my cousin-in-law out of Beiping City under the noses of the enemy."

The big pillar said, "No problem! We're going to have a good time playing this trick. ”

Ma Dabeard taught Dazhu a lesson and said: "Boy, tomorrow we will send people, not guns, medicines and radio stations, this matter is not that simple!" ”

Da Zhu anxiously asked, "What are your good ideas?" ”

Ma Dabeard said unhurriedly: "Don't worry, I already have a proposition in my heart." He immediately called in from outside a guy named Lao Fu and asked, "Lao Fu, is there any business for us to send funerals in the next two days?" ”

Lao Fu replied: "There are only a few coffins to be taken away today, but there is a funeral business early tomorrow morning." ”

Ma Dabeard's eyes lit up, "Lao Fu, you tell me more details." ”

"The dead master we are going to send is an old man from the Northeast. There is a cemetery near Haidian Xiyuan called Northeast Yiyuan, where the dead are all from the Northeast, and the old man will be buried there. ”

Ma Dabeard asked again: "Is there a lot of family members for the old man?" How many people are going to go with the funeral? ”

"The old man was surrounded by only his wife and an unmarried daughter, and his daughter secretly told me that she had an elder brother who was an officer of the Northeast Army, and later followed Zhang Xueliang to Xi'an, and has not been heard from so far. Her mother was sad because of the death of the old man a few days ago, but she couldn't afford to get sick, and she couldn't take care of her mother, so no one at home went with her on the day of the funeral. The matter of burying the old man is left to us, and she will give us some extra money. ”

A smile appeared on Ma Beard's face after listening to Lao Fu's words, "Oh, I see." I want to be alone for a while, so you two can go out first. After the bearded man let the big pillar and the old man out, he lit a cigarette and pondered.

There are several special coffins hidden in Ma Da's bearded shop, this kind of coffin looks tall and heavy from the surface, and the material is solid, but if you lift the lid of the coffin and look closely, you can see that the coffin is shallow inside, and the bottom of the coffin is very thick, this bottom is actually a hidden mezzanine, but from the appearance of the coffin, it is difficult to see the clues. The coffin is a thing used by the dead, and ordinary people on the street see the coffin of the dead person for fear of sticking to the bad luck, so they will avoid it from afar, even if they meet the inspection of the devil and the puppet army, they are perfunctory and hurriedly released. Ma Dabeard is to seize this kind of psychology of people, and use this coffin to smuggle weapons and medicines. His specific method is to put the deceased in this kind of coffin and then drag it to the suburbs for burial, and then send someone to dig up the grave after dark, remove the contents of the mezzanine at the bottom of the coffin, and restore the tomb to its original state, which is both effective and does not show a trace. Ma Dabeard wants to use this special coffin to secretly send Yurong out of the city.

Ma Dabeard took out a pen and paper and wrote a reply letter to Yurong, and there were only a few words on the letter: half past ten in the evening, coachman, big pillar.

He sealed the envelope and put it in his arms. In the afternoon of the same day, Lao Zhao came to the coffin shop to design the drawings, and Ma Dabeard handed him the written secret letter to take back. (To be continued......)