Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Meeting Before Parting

What Bai Zhanshan thought in his heart, Tang Cheng ignored it at all, seeing that Zhou Hongxiang's injury had healed, and Zhang Jianghe's complexion was getting better and better, and the issue of returning to Nanjing was put on the agenda by Tang Cheng again. "Uncle, I see that your injuries are almost healed, and the doctor also said that you can go out now, and there is only a little more than a month left before the New Year, I wondered, should we go back to Nanjing?"

After breakfast the next day, when he accompanied Zhou Hongxiang and Zhang Jianghe to play cards as usual, Tang Cheng mentioned to Zhang Jianghe about returning to Nanjing. Zhang Jianghe's face didn't see anything, but Zhou Hongxiang's face was a little stiff, and a question suddenly appeared in her heart, Tang Cheng's uncle and nephew were going back to Nanjing, and Zhou Hongxiang didn't know where she should go!

The change in Zhou Hongxiang's face has already been seen by Tang Cheng, although this woman has some experience in the rivers and lakes, she is very wary of people. Tang Cheng had the intention to take Zhou Hongxiang to Chongqing together, but after all, the other party was a member of the Shanghai Underground Party, and Tang Cheng didn't know what the attitude of the Shanghai Underground Party was at the moment. Tang Cheng thought of the question at this moment, Zhang Jianghe also secretly thought in his heart, and Tang Cheng's thoughts were the same, Zhang Jianghe also wanted to take Zhou Hong's makeup away.

Since losing contact with his superiors, Zhang Jianghe, who has always maintained one-line contact with his superiors, has actually become a lonely goose. Zhang Jianghe, who is fighting alone, often wakes up in his sleep in the past few years, and he has too many things to say to his own people. The appearance of Zhou Hong's makeup gradually calmed down Zhang Jianghe's heart, which was originally on the verge of collapse, after all, there was already a person of his own by his side.

Zhang Jianghe tried to contact the underground party organization through Zhou Hongxiang, but this is Shanghai, and the underground party organization here is separate from Nanjing, even if Zhang Jianghe reveals his identity to the Shanghai underground party organization, Shanghai will not be able to verify it. Under all kinds of considerations, Zhang Jianghe did not reveal his identity to Zhou Hongxiang, but through ordinary chatting, he pretended to tell Zhou Hongxiang some things about the intelligence department unintentionally.

Zhou Hongxiang naturally won't let go of such a good opportunity, she always takes advantage of the opportunity to go out and pass on what she heard from Zhang Jianghe here to the Shanghai underground party organization, so the organization will consider letting her stay here forever. But Tang Cheng suddenly mentioned returning to Nanjing today, Zhou Hongxiang was caught off guard, and in a hurry, Zhou Hongxiang, who was blank in his mind, looked up at Tang Cheng, with a trace of loss in his eyes.

Zhang Jianghe was silent, and Tang Cheng thought that Zhang Jianghe had any other ideas, so he opened his mouth and continued. "Uncle, it's been almost two months since I came to Shanghai, and my mother is still waiting in Chongqing! Besides, if you go back late, I'm afraid there may be a change! Tang Cheng hadn't received a signal from the secret contact point for a while, so he was faintly worried that if Zhang Jianghe couldn't be transferred to Chongqing smoothly, all the efforts he had made before would be in vain.

"Well, then go back!" Tang Cheng mentioned the family who had already been transferred to Chongqing, Zhang Jianghe nodded heavily, Chongqing is also a mixed place, the family only relies on a few children to protect them, where can Zhang Jianghe rest assured. Zhang Jianghe finally gave a positive answer, Tang Cheng couldn't help but secretly rejoice, he had long wanted to leave the big quagmire of Shanghai, especially the big dog skin plaster of Bai Zhanshan here.

Tang Cheng immediately called Hans to borrow a car, and before packing his bags, he had to go out to meet someone. The person Tang Cheng wanted to see was Xu Huanshan, but what he said was Zhou Hongxiang's going, "Mr. Xu, my uncle and I have already discussed, and we will leave Shanghai in the next few days." Miss Zhou and my uncle get along quite well, depending on what my uncle means, he wants to take her to Nanjing, but I don't know what you mean here! ”

Tang Cheng's words were very vague, but Xu Huanshan already understood what Tang Cheng wanted to express, leaving Zhou Hongxiang by Zhang Jianghe's side was a decision made by Xu Huanshan after discussing with the Shanghai underground party organization, and Zhou Hongxiang himself did not object to this arrangement. At this moment, he suddenly heard Tang Cheng say that he was going to return to Nanjing, and Xu Huanshan, who had already been mentally prepared, couldn't help but be a little surprised, and after a little silence, Xu Huanshan spoke.

"It's okay to go back to Nanjing, Shanghai is too chaotic for a while, and our people are scattered and silent." Xu Huanshan didn't know that Tegaoke's madness for a while was related to Tang Cheng in front of him, and what he said just now was just helplessness in the face of the deterioration of the situation. "I may have to return to Nanjing after a while, but I don't know if I can see you when I return to Nanjing!"

The matter of the Tang family's southward movement was already known to Xu Huanshan when he secretly investigated Tang Cheng before Xu Huanshan came to Shanghai. And the last time I met Tang Cheng, the other party did not hide the idea of going south to Chongqing at all, Xu Huanshan is a smart person, and he would not have thought that Tang Cheng just used Nanjing as a transit station. Tang Cheng knew that Xu Huanshan's words still meant to test himself, and whether he could see himself in the other party's words was actually the intention of secretly continuing to cooperate.

Thinking of this, Tang Cheng shook his head slightly, "Mr. Xu, I told you a long time ago that I have no interest in politics and so-called parties. I just want to be a pure person and do something for this country and nation according to my own ideas. When I went to Chongqing, I was just an ordinary policeman, and in my spare time, I might help catch a few Japanese spies lurking in Chongqing. People like me don't have a thirst for power, as long as the money is enough, I just want to take care of my family and relatives and friends around me! ”

These days, Zhang Jianghe, who has been idle, has taught Tang Cheng a lot, and now that he is talking, he has also learned to say that Yunshan Mist Cover says half and leaves half and half leaves. Tang Cheng did not directly refuse Xu Huanshan, but the meaning of the refusal was obvious, especially when it came to politics and parties, he bit the words heavily. Tang Cheng's words made Xu Huanshan's face show a wry smile, he couldn't hear the meaning of Tang Cheng's words, and while he was disappointed in his heart, Xu Huanshan felt that Tang Cheng had a straightforward personality.

"Miss Zhou has been practicing martial arts since she was a child, and my family is full of old and weak women and children, and the two brothers will follow me in the future. So, I thought, if there is no objection from your side, I want to take Miss Zhou south to Chongqing together, and besides, my uncle is afraid that he also has this idea! After going to Chongqing, my uncle may be the deputy head of the Chongqing station of the intelligence department, and if it weren't for the fact that there are many people in Nanjing who are vying for this position, we wouldn't have to rush back to Nanjing. ”

When Tang Cheng spoke, the index finger of his right hand kept tapping on the table rhythmically, Xu Huanshan's eyes shrank, and he suddenly realized that Tang Cheng made an appointment with him today, and maybe only what he said just now was the focus of this meeting. The investigation of Zhang Jianghe has been going on in Nanjing, but there is no complete conclusion yet, but according to Zhou Hongxiang's secret observation these days, this Zhang Jianghe does not seem to have malicious intentions towards the underground party.

But this is only Xu Huanshan's own judgment, and it is related to the safety of the entire underground party organization, and Xu Huanshan does not dare to act carelessly. However, Zhang Jianghe's transfer to the post of deputy head of the Chongqing Station of the Intelligence Department is a good opportunity, and if this line can be used to insert personnel within the Intelligence Department, it will be a great help to the intelligence work in the future. A smile slowly appeared on Xu Huanshan's face, but in front of Tang Cheng, Xu Huanshan did not express his position directly.

"Ms. Zhou has lived with her master since she was a child, and she has been helping us since her master passed away last year. You can rest assured of her character, but she is not very old, and I am afraid that I will not be able to meet your requirements by then! On the matter of Zhou Hongxiang, Xu Huanshan was a little hesitant, comparing Zhou Hongxiang is not an official member of the Shanghai underground party.

"You don't have to worry about this, since I am willing to take her south to Chongqing, I naturally have my reasons." Tang Cheng was very resolute at the moment, especially when he knew that Zhou Hongxiang was not an official member of the Shanghai Underground Party. "Her previous identity in the rivers and lakes can just avoid the secret scrutiny of the intelligence department, and if she stays in Shanghai for a long time, it will not be good." When Tang Cheng said the last four words, he bit the words heavily, Xu Huanshan paused for a moment, and then immediately reacted.

There are some things that Tang Cheng has no way to tell Xu Huanshan at the moment, and war will break out in a few months. In the face of increasingly tense situations, the intelligence department, which is obviously understaffed, will be upgraded to the Military Command Bureau, and then aggressively recruit and buy troops to expand its manpower, including many ordinary people with a background like Zhou Hongxiang. Tang Cheng didn't know if Xu Huanshan had the intention of asking Zhou Hongxiang to infiltrate the intelligence department at the moment, but he was willing to help Xu Huanshan do this in advance, but he couldn't tell Xu Huanshan about this plan in person at the moment.

Xu Huanshan naturally didn't think that Tang Cheng, who was sitting opposite him, had already thought so far, and after a little muttering, Xu Huanshan expressed respect for Zhou Hong's choice, and Tang Cheng also showed the same idea. After the meeting with Xu Huanshan, Tang Cheng went to Hans's restaurant again, and Hans was very relieved to see that Tang Cheng had recovered to the extent that he could go out on his own. "Hans, I'm going back to Nanjing, I'm going to see you before I leave."

Hans seemed to be prepared for Tang Cheng's departure, and hinted that Tang Cheng would meet again soon. Tang Cheng didn't think about it deeply, thinking that this was Hans's joke, he didn't expect that he would see Hans again in Nanjing half a month later. Meeting Xu Huanshan and Hans separately, the trivial matters before leaving Shanghai were all over, and on the way back to his residence, Tang Cheng secretly thought to himself, and now it seems that there is only one thing left to persuade Zhou Hongxiang to go south to Chongqing together.