Seeing that Kyosuke Watanabe nodded in agreement, Tetsuo Takahashi was very satisfied, although Kyosuke Watanabe was his subordinate, but because he was a member of the special high class, he still had to be more polite and tactful.

Of course, as a senior and superior, Tetsuo Takahashi does not have a background that scruples about Kyosuke Watanabe, in fact, Tetsuo Takahashi himself has enough qualifications and status to give orders to Kyosuke Watanabe, it's just that he doesn't want to be too ugly.

Everything was explained clearly, and Xu Chengyan and Kyosuke Watanabe exited the office together.

The two of them went downstairs together, and Kyosuke Watanabe couldn't help but ask curiously: "Chengyan-kun, I don't know what the relationship between you and the editor-in-chief Takahashi is, can you be so valued?" ”

Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, intentionally or unintentionally changed the book in his hand to a different position, the cover of the book was facing Kyosuke Watanabe, and said: "Mr. Takahashi and my teacher have a friendship with classmates, and they are my elders, so they take special care of me, Watanabe-kun, please don't care, I have just come into contact with work, and there are many things I don't understand. ”

Of course, he didn't mind making Tiger Skin bigger, and his relationship with Yoshino Emon was his most powerful talisman, and the more people knew about it, the better, and it was much easier to do so.

Kyosuke Watanabe was stunned when he heard this, his eyes swept over the book in Xu Chengyan's hand, and he instinctively felt that this book must be related to Xu Chengyan.

Moreover, he knew very well that Tetsuo Takahashi was an early student of the East Asian Tongwen Academy, and his classmates were from all walks of life and departments in Japan, and many of them were still in high positions.

He usually has eyes above the top and an arrogant attitude, but that is only different from person to person, people with real strength and background, he is not stupid enough to be tough, so he showed a smile on his face, and said in a harmonious voice: "Where is it, if there is any need in the future, please speak up, I must know everything." ”

As the chief reporter of the newspaper, Kyosuke Watanabe has his own separate office, which is not far from the office of Xu Chengyan and others.

Xu Chengyan was walking back, but he saw Bai Sinan standing sideways at the door, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Lao Bai, what are you looking at?" ”

"I'm looking at you!"

"Look at me?"

"You just came down with Watanabe, how about it, he didn't show you a look?"

Since Xu Chengyan came to the newspaper office, he was called to the office by the two editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief to talk in turn, and now he sees Kyosuke Watanabe, who usually looks arrogant, also walking with Xu Chengyan talking and laughing, which naturally makes Bai Sinan's curiosity greater.

Xu Chengyan smiled slightly and explained: "It was the editor-in-chief who asked me to be Watanabe-kun's assistant to follow up and report on the grain donation campaign, and I think Watanabe-kun is still very easy to get along with." ”

After hearing the last sentence, Bai Sinan pursed his lips, but he didn't hear it, and the two of them went back to the office together.

But as soon as I entered the room, the office was empty, and in normal times, there would always be a few reporters staying here to work, but today there is no one.

Xu Chengyan asked in surprise, "Where have all these people gone?" ”

"I just got the news that the people from the Investigation Department and the Special High School were arresting criminals in the eastern part of the city, and I heard that there was a shootout, and several of them were arrested and sent by the editor-in-chief."

Xu Chengyan was stunned, since it was the people of the special high school and the investigation department, it was very likely that it was aimed at the anti-Japanese organization, and he hurriedly asked: "Do you know who is being arrested?" ”

"I heard that it is a Chongqing element, but it is difficult to say what the specific situation is, and we will know when they come back,"

Chongqing molecules, that is, the people of Taiyuan Station!

Xu Chengyan suddenly felt a sense of foreboding in his heart, especially when he knew that Ma Weide's behavior was strange, could he really find the whereabouts of Taiyuan Station.

Xu Chengyan couldn't help but feel anxious, he had to figure out the situation, but from here you can see the benefits of joining Xinmin Daily, as a peripheral organization of the special high class, Xinmin Daily can get in touch with these internal information faster than others, Xu Chengyan doesn't have to do anything, just wait for the person who went to the interview to come back, and everything will be understood.

Then he asked, "Do we need to send someone over for something like this?"

"Under normal circumstances, we will be notified, mainly for propaganda needs, for example, before the special high school arrested a large number of Chongqing elements, our Xinmin Daily has focused interviews and continuous reports, praising political achievements, singing praises of virtue, nothing more than this set.

But there are also special circumstances, if they can't say it, we can't ask more, to put it bluntly, it is to let people recruit them to come, linger to go, there are too many twists and turns, I am easy not to mix this kind of thing, just stay on the phone. ”

"Aren't the people from the Social Department going?"

"Ministry of Social Affairs?" Bai Sinan smiled, waved his hand and said, "It's okay for them to engage in gossip and entertainment news, how far away is this kind of thing." ”

Knowing that Bai Sinan didn't know the specific situation, Xu Chengyan didn't ask any more, returned to his desk, looked out the window, turned around and sat down, just picked up the "Overview of the Northern Kingdom" in his hand, looked through it slowly, and patiently stayed in the office to wait for the news.

As a result, Xu Chengyan immediately fell into the gods, and this book can be widely praised by the Japanese academic and intelligence circles, and it is indeed worthy of its name.

The book provides a detailed introduction to the political economy, climate, customs, agriculture, industry and commerce, finance, transportation, and transportation of Hebei, Shandong, Suiyuan, Shanxi provinces, and even Shaanxi.

In particular, there are extremely careful descriptions of dangerous places with extremely high military value, and they are also equipped with accurate maps, and some places are even accurate to the location of an ordinary bridge, no wonder Naohito Eguchi said that this is a must-read book for high-level Japanese officials, through this book, even a person who has never been to China can have a deep understanding of northern China.

Of course, there are also some insights and interesting stories from Yoshinoemon during his field trip, and the content of the article is also fascinating and very enjoyable.

He has been traveling all over northern China for decades, trekking through mountains and rivers, encountering many dangers and difficulties during the process.

It can also be seen that in order to complete this book, Yoshino Emon put in unimaginable hardships and efforts.

Xu Chengyan only looked at a small part of the content, and he had to admire.

Bai Sinan on the side saw Xu Chengyan looking at the book so engrossedly, and he also came over with some curiosity.

Only then did Xu Chengyan wake up, quickly put the books together, and asked, "When is it?" ”

"It's almost noon, it's time to get off work, aren't you leaving?"

Xu Chengyan frowned, took out the pocket watch he was carrying in his arms and looked at it, and was about to speak, when he heard the sound of footsteps outside, and several colleagues hurried back.

Bai Sinan saw that it was the colleague who had been arrested before, so he asked, "How is it?" Did you catch someone? ”

"Caught, but the man is dead!" A reporter shook his head and said, "In the future, I will stay away from this kind of thing, and I will go there to take a look for a long time, and no one will pay attention to it." ”

He's dead? Xu Chengyan's heart tightened, and he also asked, "Is it really a Chongqing element?" How many people are there? Are you sure you're dead? ”

Seeing that it was Xu Chengyan who asked, a clever reporter hurriedly replied: "It should be a person, we saw them carry out a corpse and throw it into the car, and no one else saw it, and when they left, I also inquired nearby, the dead person was called Geng Dacheng, and I heard that it was a school worker in Dong'an Primary School." ”

Bai Sinan asked again: "The investigation department didn't say anything, so is this news still sent?" ”

"Of course I can't send it, I still want to ask a few more words, but the head of the investigation department, Section Chief Ma, has an ugly face, and he has nothing to say, so he sent us away, I guess it was messed up this time."

"I listened to a few words on the side, it seems that this person still killed himself after being injured, these Chongqing elements are really ruthless, if this person is not afraid of death, what are you afraid of?"

"Yes! It is always said that death is like home, but how many have really done it? ”

"It's not one today! These people are not afraid of death, fierce and difficult, even the leader of Yoshioka was not killed by them, if you want me to say, this Taiyuan City will be rare in the future. ”

"Shhhhhh Bai Sinan listened to them more and more chaotic, for fear of saying something inappropriate, so he hurriedly admonished.

This sentence seemed to be a floodgate, closing the sound of discussion, and the room was quiet all of a sudden, but fortunately, they were all Chinese reporters, and everyone looked left and right, and they stopped talking.

In just a few words, Xu Chengyan already had a clear idea, the target of the arrest was a person, and the disguised identity was Geng Dacheng, a school worker from Dong'an Primary School, who committed suicide in the process of arrest.

Could this have something to do with what I reported earlier? Xu Chengyan hesitated in his heart, and at this time, seeing that the time to get off work had come, he got up and said hello to everyone, and walked out of the newspaper office quickly.

He didn't go home directly, but first came to Ji Yun's residence to meet, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he directly asked about this morning's application.

Ji Yun said angrily: "This Takahashi is very difficult, one moment to say that my writing is not good, and the other time to dislike me for not being good at Japanese, there are so many problems with picking and choosing." ”

Xu Chengyan was in a bad mood and asked impatiently, "What about the end?" ”

Ji Yun spread his hands and said helplessly: "Of course I refused, it seems that they have a very strict control over Xinmin Daily, and it is really difficult for ordinary people to break in." ”

"Forget it, then we'll talk about it later!" Xu Chengyan said disappointedly.

Ji Yun saw that Xu Chengyan's mood was not high at this time, and asked strangely: "What's the matter, is there something?" ”

"Well, I just heard a piece of news today, the special high school and the investigation department suddenly carried out an arrest operation, and killed a person on the spot, most likely one of our people!"

"What? Our people! Ji Yun straightened up all of a sudden, his face became serious, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Xu Chengyan briefly recounted the matter, and finally said: "When I saw Ma Weide before, I had a bad premonition, feeling that he was probably coming for us, and this happened today, but I don't know who the person who sacrificed is, we have to report it as soon as possible to verify his identity." ”