In the early morning of the next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Deng Hui and Yan Gaoyi rushed to the police station early, looking for Lu Mingzhi all over the place, and immediately panicked.

They stayed in the residence last night and didn't wait for Lu Mingzhi to go back, they were all anxious.

Now is the time for the rumors, Lu Mingzhi did not return all night, this is the first time in several months, coupled with Lu Mingzhi's series of abnormal performances yesterday, the two of them have faintly felt that something is wrong.

"You say, did the captain have an accident?" A trace of panic flashed in Yan Gaoyi's eyes, and he asked uncertainly.

Deng Hui clenched his fist and said fiercely: "Something must have happened, but I'm afraid that we are one step too late and he will run away by himself!" ”

"What, that's it? Leave us alone? ”

Deng Hui stomped his foot, gritted his teeth and said: "When I broke us apart yesterday, I felt that something was wrong with him, but I didn't expect that the brothers for so many years would fly away from each other when disaster came!" ”

The two of them were originally under pressure, but they had been relying on Lu Mingzhi for a long time, and they could barely support themselves, but now that the backbone of the main heart was gone, they were suddenly overwhelmed by the pressure and were completely crushed by this last straw.

"So what now? Let's go too? Yan Gaoyi had already had the intention to escape from danger, and he looked at Deng Hui, and the meaning was already very clear.

"Let's go, let's go right away!" Deng Hui stomped his foot, "When Niu Xingfa and the Japanese find out, the first person to arrest and inquire is us, and we won't be able to leave if it's too late!" ”

He thought very clearly in his heart, no matter what happened to Lu Mingzhi, they couldn't stay.

If Lu Mingzhi was retaliated by the military commander, his life was not guaranteed at this time, and the two of them were the next targets of action, would they still stay and wait for death?

If Lu Mingzhi absconded on his own, what would the Japanese do? Of course, it was from the two of them Lu Mingzhi's henchmen to track down their whereabouts, and at that time, I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to leave if I wanted to!

Therefore, no matter what happens, they have no reason to stay, anyway, they have already had the intention of going, and when they are constantly interrupted, they will suffer from it, and they can't care about anything at this time!

The two men immediately stopped delaying and hurriedly left the police station.

At noon, on a seat on the second floor of a richly decorated café, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun sat opposite each other.

Ji Yun took a sip of coffee lightly, looked down from the window, and saw that the bastard Tao Sibao, who had been following Xu Chengyan, was standing on the side of the street downstairs, looking left and right from time to time.

Xu Chengyan will be watched by this guy as soon as he goes out during the day, every time he wants to get rid of him, he has to spend a lot of time, he didn't act today, so he simply chose an expensive café to meet Ji Yun, but Tao Sibao was shy in his pocket, and he really didn't want to enter the door, so he could only guard from a distance.

Ji Yun couldn't help but say at this time: "Just solve this kid first, it's always a trouble to follow behind!" ”

Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, he looked at the newspaper in his hand, and said slowly disapprenosingly: "It's easy to solve him, and it will alarm Liu Monkey, don't be too anxious!" ”

Xu Chengyan's meaning is very clear, as long as he gets rid of Liu Monkey and takes away the list, a small character like Tao Sibao will naturally give up tracking without anyone to instruct him.

Ji Yun nodded, and then said: "I have figured out where Liu Monkey lives, he lives in Nanling Hutong in the north of the city, there have always been two nursing homes in the residence, and there is a good woman living in the residence, it is easy to touch it, when will we do it?" ”

"Tonight, the sooner the better, or it's always a nuisance!"

Solving gangsters like Liu Monkey is not a difficult task for Xu Chengyan and the others, so they didn't take it to heart.

Xu Chengyan then asked, "Did you go to Bo'ai Hospital?" ”

"Go, I paid 3,000 yuan in the name of Lu Mingzhi, which is enough for the cost of Miss Tian's hospitalization, plus he met with the female nurse yesterday, if the Japanese track it down, it will definitely prove their relationship."

This is also the reason why Lu Mingzhi went out alone, went to see Tian Wenhui late at night, and paid a large amount of money for Tian Wenhui the next day, which is enough to show that no one is restricting his freedom, so it is difficult to explain his disappearance.

Ji Yun put a piece of pastry into his mouth, and said with some regret: "This time for Lu Mingzhi, but there is blood, and half of the funds that have just arrived have been gone at once, and it is a little overspending!" ”

The funds that Chu Guangji rewarded the two of them before, and it cost a lot of money just a few days after they arrived, which made Ji Yun feel a little heartbroken.

"It's all small money, wait for the reward from the headquarters, what is this money!" Xu Chengyan smiled faintly, and handed the newspaper in his hand to Ji Yun, "Look at this newspaper." ”

"What's the news?"

Ji Yun took the newspaper and read it for a while, there was a lot of information published on it, the content of the five elements and eight works was complicated, and after a while, he looked up at Xu Chengyan in confusion and asked, "What do you think of Xinmin Daily?" ”

Before the Japanese did not occupy Shanxi, because of social stability, there was no war for decades, Shanxi's economic development was very good, at that time in the provincial capital Taiyuan, concentrated the vast majority of political activities and commercial affairs in the entire Suijin region, which made the newspaper industry develop extremely rapidly, the whole Taiyuan City, large and small, a total of dozens of newspapers, the circulation is also very considerable, can be called the prosperity of the industry.

However, after the Japanese occupation, the situation took a turn for the worse, the brutal war caused a large loss of population, resulting in the decay of commerce, coupled with the strict control of propaganda and speech by the Japanese, up to now, most of the newspapers in Taiyuan City have closed down, and the remaining few newspapers are struggling to maintain, at present, there are no more than ten newspapers in Taiyuan City.

However, Xinmin Bao is different in that it is presided over and distributed by the Xinmin Association, which was specially supported by the Japanese, and it is a semi-official newspaper, not only in Taiyuan, but also in Shanxi, and in the whole of North China, which is far beyond the reach of ordinary newspapers.

It is conceivable that the contents of such a newspaper are naturally used to propagate the political ideas of the Japanese and the puppet government, to sing praises to the Japanese aggressors, to distort facts, and to paralyze and deceive the Chinese people, and the ordinary Chinese people do not care about it at all.

Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand, pointed to a piece of content in the newspaper and nodded.

Ji Yun watched it again, and it turned out to be a job advertisement, probably about Xinmin Daily's recent recruitment of Chinese reporters who understand Japanese.

"What? Are you looking for this job? Ji Yun immediately understood, it seems that Lu Mingzhi's words last night reminded Xu Chengyan that he was going to find a way to cover up his identity.

"Yes, newspaper reporter!" Xu Chengyan nodded and continued to explain.

First of all, during the Republic of China, because the overall education level of the society was very low, the profession of journalist was a relatively decent high-end profession, and in the minds of the people, the profession of reporter was not even worse than those government employees who ate imperial food, as well as teachers who were role models, and it was definitely a legitimate profession.

Secondly, the identity of a reporter is relatively special, it is originally an industry that inquires about news everywhere and collects various materials, so compared with ordinary work, there is a great advantage, that is, it does not need to sit on time, most of the time is work outside the newspaper, interviews or writing, more free in time, and easier to control, once there is action, you can withdraw at any time, and it will not attract attention.

"According to this, the profession of a journalist is really good, but why is it Xinmin Daily?" Ji Yun frowned and asked.

"Because of the background of the Xinmin Newspaper, it belongs to the Xinmin Association, and the Xinmin Association is a peripheral organization of the Japanese Special High School, and joining the Xinmin Newspaper is equivalent to joining the subordinate department of the Japanese.

And if we can use this as a ladder to continue to infiltrate the Xinmin Association, this is a very good intelligence channel, which meets the needs of future work. ”

Xu Chengyan was obviously well thought out, and he made Ji Yun clear with his words, both of them were educated and intellectual youths, and it was not a problem to write articles.

In particular, Xu Chengyan is proficient in Japanese and fully meets the requirements of the application, as long as he applies for the job, it should not be a problem.

"Okay, let's give it a try! But my Japanese is not very good, it is all the foundation you taught before, and I don't know if it will work. Ji Yun nodded in agreement.

"I've told you a long time ago that there's no harm in learning more Japanese, but now you know that you hate less when you use books!" Xu Chengyan said with a joking smile, Ji Yun was reluctant to learn Japanese before, but he forced him to learn some of it.

The two of them joked a few words, Xu Chengyan remembered something again, and then asked: "By the way, when I went to the library today, did Lao Ding say anything?" ”

According to the regulations of the Taiyuan Intelligence Station, every intelligence officer must regularly report his whereabouts to his team leader every once in a while, and this time is set by the intelligence group according to the actual situation to ensure that there are no accidents, so that if there is an intelligence officer who loses contact, the intelligence group will also find the problem in time, respond as quickly as possible, and make various contingency measures.

Today is the time for them to report, but Xu Chengyan has someone around him who is following, and it is very inconvenient to move, so Ji Yun went to the Jushu Museum to report to the team leader Ding Mingrui.

Ji Yun immediately nodded and said: "There is really something, Lao Ding informed us that at eight o'clock in the evening, the whole group will go to the library to meet, I see what he means, there must be something important." ”

"What could be the important thing?"

"He didn't say it, I didn't ask, I'll know when I go!"

Xu Chengyan's eyes suddenly lit up: "You say, is it that our commendation order has come down, and it is said that it is not so fast?" ”

For this commendation, both of them know in their hearts that it is a sure thing to be promoted to one level, but the procedure for promotion of military rank is not simple, and it is not up to the Military Command Bureau to have the final say, and it is necessary to go through some necessary procedures, and the Military Command Bureau will report to the Military Command Department, and then be approved and sent back, which will take a certain amount of time.

However, Ji Yun said firmly: "Don't say it, I see that Lao Ding's expression is estimated to be about the same, since we assassinated Yoshioka Masao, his attitude has been much better, and he is polite to talk to me." ”

Xu Chengyan heard this, smiled proudly, and said: "An old fritter like Lao Ding, who has a heart to live, this time he is rewarded, he is not qualified to point fingers at us, of course he has to be polite." ”

Thinking of the long-awaited commendation order, both of them were full of thoughts and joy.

"You say, how much good can it give us this time? In addition to the military rank, at least this number should be awarded, right? Otherwise, it can't be justified! ”

Ji Yun stretched out his hand and compared a number, and guessed in a low voice.

"It should be about the same!" Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, "However, if I can give a medal again, it will be even better!" ”

"Bestowed? Are you sure? Ji Yun's eyes lit up immediately, his body leaned forward suddenly, and asked in a low voice, his face full of hope.

In the Kuomintang army, if there are personnel who have made great contributions, they can be awarded medals of different levels according to the size of their contributions, and this is a great honor for a soldier.

Xu Chengyan smashed his mouth, and said with some uncertainty: "I think it's about the same, when it's okay in the past two days, I pondered, you said that we have made a great contribution this time, and there must be a bit of a loss just to give the first-class rank, and now the situation in Shanxi is difficult, we can make such achievements, and the bureau headquarters must pay attention to it, if it is not good, it will really give a medal, which is not impossible." ”

Ji Yun was said by Xu Chengyan, and his heart suddenly became hot, and he couldn't help but whisper: "If that's the case, that's great!" I'd rather not have a penny of reward, as long as I can give a medal, I will be content in this life! ”

Both of them are ambitious, enthusiastic young people who serve the country, and their enthusiasm for honor is far higher than the others, and they are looking forward to it.