Chapter 51: Old Friends Reunited
Tang Cheng, who was lying on the roof, was about to go down from the roof, but suddenly saw a man and a woman in the backyard of the tavern. Although Tang Cheng couldn't hear what the man and woman were talking to, he vaguely felt that the man with his back to him seemed to be a little familiar, but he didn't know the people of the Chongqing underground party! Tang Cheng, who had doubts in his heart, immediately opened the Insight Technique, and the Insight Technique, which had been used by Tang Cheng many times, was far more accurate than his own blind guessing.
If it weren't for the magic of insight, Tang Cheng would hardly have believed his eyes, he would never have thought that this thin, bearded, glasses-wearing man in a long shirt would actually be Xu Huanshan. Xu Huanshan, who half-turned around and showed half of his face, obviously made a facial disguise and used insight to determine his identity, Tang Cheng finally believed that this tavern was a secret contact point of the underground party organization in Chongqing.
It's just that before Tang Cheng woke up from the joy of seeing his old friend again, the woman who was talking to Xu Huanshan also showed her true identity under the insight technique, and Tang Cheng was shocked when he saw it. Damn it! This woman who is talking to Xu Huanshan is actually a person from Zhongtong, how is this possible? Tang Cheng subconsciously lowered his figure, and quickly thought of countermeasures in his mind, not only for Xu Huanshan, an old friend, but also for Zhang Jianghe's safety.
Tang Cheng made a slight trick and lured Zhang Jianghe to the city government to arrest people, but he didn't know how long the city government could hold Zhang Jianghe back. At this moment, I found that there were people from Zhongtong in this tavern, and I originally just came to explore Tang City, so I had no way to watch from the wall. Tang Cheng thought quickly in his mind, and in a hurry, he secretly transferred a pistol from his equipment bag, and if the situation changed, he planned to kill this woman first.
In the secret contact point of the Chongqing underground party, there are people from the Central Union, and this can only be because there is a problem with the underground party organization in Chongqing, otherwise the people from the Central Party will not infiltrate into the secret contact point. Tang Cheng had no intention of paying attention to the internal affairs of the underground party in Chongqing, but this matter had already involved Zhang Jianghe, and if the agents of the Central Unification who had infiltrated here knew that Zhang Jiang and the military commander had secret contacts with the underground party, this matter would have caused a big fuss.
The military commanders all knew the relationship between Tang Cheng and Zhang Jianghe, and if Zhang Jianghe was bitten by the Central Unification and had a connection with the underground party, Tang Cheng would naturally not be able to escape the investigation of the Central Unification or the Military Command. Tang Cheng has a large family of relatives, and in order to let his family live well, Tang Cheng will take great risks and do so many things secretly. If his family is in danger because of Zhang Jianghe's exposure, Tang Cheng may not forgive himself in this life.
Tang Cheng, who had a fierce look on the roof, had already taken out *** and screwed it on the pistol, maybe preemptively killing people was the best solution he could think of at present. In the backyard of the tavern, Xu Huanshan, who was talking to the woman, didn't know that the person he wanted to see most on his trip to Chongqing was lurking on the roof not far from him at the moment, and he was ready to kill.
At this moment, Xu Huanshan in the courtyard didn't know that Tang Cheng was watching him on the roof not far away, it had been two days since he came to Chongqing, but he had not yet seen the high-level of the Chongqing underground party organization, Tang Cheng's identity was special, and Xu Huanshan did not dare to let the people of the Chongqing underground party help inquire. "Comrade Chunlan, haven't I already told you, I just want to go out for a walk. I've been here for two days and I've been hiding here, and I want to go out and see what's going on outside. ”
Cao Chunlan, the woman who is talking to Xu Huanshan at the moment, is ostensibly the proprietress of this tavern, but she is actually a member of the Chongqing underground party, and she has another identity, she is a secret agent of the Central Union who infiltrated the underground party organization in Chongqing. In the face of Xu Huanshan's request again, Cao Chunlan's face did not show an impatient expression, but patiently explained and persuaded him, trying to make Xu Huanshan dispel this idea.
"Comrade Xu, the situation outside is not very good, Chongqing has only experienced a severe crackdown, especially for the foreign population. You look like a fresh face, in case something happens to you when you go out, how can I explain it to my superiors. When Comrade Wenda was out, he once told me to take good care of you during the period when he did not come back, and asked you to wait patiently for a few more days, because Comrade Wenda may be able to return to Chongqing in a few days. ”
Xie Wenda is the head of the underground party organization in Chongqing, and he once had several encounters with Xu Huanshan in Nanjing, and if it weren't for Cao Chunlan's repeated move out of Xie Wenda's name, Xu Huanshan might have left here yesterday. Cao Chunlan once again used Xie Wenda's name to persuade Xu Huanshan, who could only sigh secretly when he heard this, he knew that before Xie Wenda returned to Chongqing, he might have to stay here.
Seeing that Xu Huanshan no longer insisted on going out, a smile slowly appeared on Cao Chunlan's face, but before she could speak again, the young man who stayed in front of the tavern to greet the guests suddenly appeared in the backyard. "Boss, there are regular customers in front, saying that they are here for the batch of wine jars last month!" When the young man spoke, he didn't avoid Xu Huanshan, but the corners of Cao Chunlan's eyebrows twitched slightly when she heard this, because the little man's words just now were hidden in a code word that only she understood.
"Mr. Xu, you wait here first, I'll go ahead and have a look." Cao Chunlan's face was as pale as ever, and she whispered a word to Xu Huanshan, then turned around and followed the young man to the front of the tavern. Cao Chunlan left, and Tang Cheng, who had been hiding on the roof, slowly let go of the finger that hooked the trigger of the pistol, picked up a piece of broken tile from the roof, and smashed it towards Xu Huanshan, who was secretly in a daze in the backyard of the tavern. Xu Huanshan in the courtyard didn't realize that he was in deep danger, because Cao Chunlan had a full set of joint codes.
"Smack!" The broken tiles thrown by Tang Cheng from the roof landed accurately in front of Xu Huanshan, and Xu Huanshan, who was horrified in his heart, turned around sharply, and his right hand was already stretched out behind his waist to prepare to pull out a gun. "It's me!" Tang Cheng, who was lifting himself from the roof, gestured with his right hand while taking off the black scarf covering his face with his left hand. Seeing that Xu Huanshan had stopped the movement in his hand, Tang Cheng threw the rope that had been prepared from the roof into the courtyard, signaling Xu Huanshan, who had already recognized him, to grab the rope.
Suddenly seeing Tang Cheng, Xu Huanshan was excited, not immediately lost his vigilance, but just for a moment, Xu Huanshan still chose to believe Tang Cheng. Xu Huanshan, who was clinging to the end of the rope, was quickly pulled up by Tang Cheng on the roof, "Are you stupid!" The woman who spoke to you just now is a Zhongtong person! When I had a previous conflict with the Central Commanders in the city, I once saw a confidential file they had with them, which contained a picture of the woman just now. ”
Tang Cheng had no way to explain to Xu Huanshan how he found out Cao Chunlan's identity, so he had to push the matter onto the head of the Zhongtong Chongqing Workstation, anyway, many people knew about the conflict between him and Zhongtong in the city. Xu Huanshan, who was pulled up to the roof by Tang Cheng with a rope, was stunned when he heard this, according to his understanding of Tang Cheng, Tang Cheng should have a certain good impression of the underground party organization, and he would never joke with himself about this kind of thing.
But Cao Chunlan is the connector who came to Chongqing by herself, whether it is the connector code or the connector token, Xu Huanshan finds it hard to believe that Cao Chunlan will be a spy of the Central Unification infiltrating the underground party in Chongqing. The hesitation on Xu Huanshan's face was all seen by Tang Cheng, but there was no extra time to explain too much to Xu Huanshan at this moment, Tang Cheng just signaled Xu Huanshan to lower his body and stretched his neck to look at the movement in the courtyard.
The person who came to the tavern to contact Cao Chunlan with code words was also a person from Zhongtong, and from the first time Xu Huanshan entered Chongqing, Zhongtong's workstation in Chongqing already knew about Xu Huanshan's appearance. They had not taken action before, just to investigate Xu Huanshan from other channels, but what they didn't expect was that Xu Huanshan, who seemed to be unsightly, was actually an important member of the underground party organizations in Nanjing and Shanghai.
An important member of the underground party who had been active in Nanjing and Shanghai suddenly came to a large rear city like Chongqing, and the Central Unification side suspected that Xu Huanshan must have the latest instructions from Yan'an, and they wanted to know the content of the instructions. Cao Chunlan, who didn't dare to reveal her identity easily, only took half a cigarette to send away the Zhongtong spy who pretended to come to talk about business, and when she returned to the backyard of the tavern, she found that Xu Huanshan was missing.
"Find, send someone out to find it immediately, it's not long, he must not have gone far!" Cao Chunlan suspected that Xu Huanshan had climbed over the wall and left the courtyard, so she immediately beckoned the people in the tavern to go out to look for her, and when Cao Chunlan was left alone in the courtyard, Xu Huanshan, who was lying on the roof, clearly saw the distorted side of Cao Chunlan's expression. A member of the underground party who has been living behind enemy lines for a long time, even if he loses contact with his companions, will never show such an expression, and Cao Chunlan's smoking action does not have the slightest appearance of an underground party member.
"If you still don't believe me, then I'll go down and catch her, and you can ask her yourself!" Tang Cheng, who was lying beside Xu Huanshan, whispered, and raised his right hand so that Xu Huanshan could see the pistol in his hand. Xu Huanshan is also a veteran who has been engaged in underground party work for many years, and he has his own judgment standards in his heart, Cao Chunlan's performance at the moment does look a little wrong. Thinking of what Tang Cheng said before, Xu Huanshan decided to believe Tang Cheng's words, this Cao Chunlan is likely to really have a problem.
Xu Huanshan came to Chongqing this time, not only to find Tang Cheng, but also to shoulder the important task entrusted by his superiors. If Cao Chunlan has a problem, it means that he is likely to have been targeted by the agents of the Central Union in Chongqing, and at this moment, it seems that only the young man next to him is left.