After leaving the editor-in-chief's office, Xu Chengyan went to meet Tetsuo Takahashi again, and in the contact with the two editors-in-chief and editor-in-chief, the relationship between Tetsuo Takahashi and Xu Chengyan was obviously closer.

First of all, he recruited Xu Chengyan into the newspaper, and after all, he is still a junior of Yoshinoemon, and he can be regarded as Xu Chengyan's elder, and the two of them get along far more casually than Naohito Eguchi.

When Tetsuo Takahashi heard Xu Chengyan's arrangement to go to Beiping, of course he was very happy, and he had been paying attention to this matter, so he instructed: "Come to me when you leave, I specially prepared a gift for me during this time, and you gave it to Senior Yoshino for me." ”

"Okay, I'll bring it for you!" Xu Chengyan nodded in agreement, and then his mind changed, and he obviously hesitated.

Tetsuo Takahashi specially prepared a gift for Yoshinoemon, which would have been a good thing, but they had very little time to get along with each other, and Tetsuo Takahashi probably didn't know about Yoshinoemon's preferences, and the gifts he prepared didn't know if they were in line with Yoshinoemon's wishes.

Tetsuo Takahashi saw at a glance that Xu Cheng was about to speak and stopped, and couldn't help asking, "What, is there anything wrong?" ”

Xu Chengyan smiled slightly and explained, "I don't know what the gift you prepared is?" If it's too valuable, I'm afraid Yoshino-sensei doesn't like it. ”

"Oh! What do you have to say, tell us! ”

In order to please Yoshino Emon, Tetsuo Takahashi took a lot of effort to prepare a precious jade artifact of great value, originally thought that he could win Yoshinoemon's love, but now when he heard Xu Chengyan say this, he suddenly couldn't make up his mind.

Xu Chengyan said: "According to my understanding of the teacher, he has always not cared about money, my father hired a teacher for me back then, and once sent a few valuable antiques as a gift, but the teacher did not accept it, he thought that these things are flashy, and once they are deeply trapped, it is easy to lose their minds, and they are not taken by the gentleman."

However, he has a soft spot for the study room and books, you might as well consider it from this idea, it doesn't need to cost too much, the value is too heavy, the teacher doesn't like it, and in the end it backfires, but it's not beautiful. ”

Tetsuo Takahashi suddenly felt when he heard this, and after thinking about it carefully, Yoshino Emon was really such a person, who was able to put aside everything and travel through the dangerous mountains and rivers alone, painstakingly trying to understand the reality of northern China, and was called an "ascetic" figure by the Japanese academic community for decades, which shows his temperament.

When he first met Yoshinoemon in Tianjin, his residence was also simply furnished, and it could even be said that it was "simple", and the guests were only entertained with a cup of tea, but Yoshino Emon talked and laughed calmly, calmly, and did not care at all.

It seems that his gift is indeed a little inappropriate, Tetsuo Takahashi nodded slightly: "You reminded me well, I almost made a mistake, I will choose a new gift, alas, I haven't seen you for a few years, and I don't know if Senior Yoshino still remembers my unsuccessful junior." ”

Xu Chengyan said with a smile: "You are too worried, I will definitely introduce your situation to the teacher at that time, please rest assured!" ”

Xu Chengyan and Takahashi Tetsuo have been in contact for a long time, and when the two talked, Takahashi Tetsuo repeatedly expressed his frustration, especially after being transferred to Shanxi to serve as the editor-in-chief of this small one, he was even more frustrated.

He can be regarded as an early student of the East Asian Tongwen Academy, and his qualifications are not bad, but he has a bad career and bad luck, and he has never gotten a good position, so he is very dissatisfied with his current situation.

He didn't shy away from Xu Chengyan these words, and Xu Chengyan also knew his thoughts, which was thinking of asking Yoshinoemon for help through his own mouth, and Xu Chengyan was naturally happy to be a good person, and promised to speak for him.

While the two were talking, the phone on the desk rang, and Tetsuo Takahashi turned to pick it up.

"Okay, okay..., I'll arrange it right away!"

Tetsuo Takahashi said while recording on paper, after a few short sentences, he put down the phone, looked at Xu Chengyan, and asked with a smile: "Do you have any work arrangements for the past two days?" ”

"Nope!" Xu Chengyan shook his head, "What, there is an interview task?" ”

"Just now, Adviser Nakamura called and said that we should ask our newspaper to arrange an exclusive interview with several officers who had been wounded in the battle, and that the front-line combat was ineffective, not only were there heavy casualties and futile efforts, but the morale of the army was low, and the military asked us to do some propaganda to boost morale.

You have an excellent writing style, and it is the best place to write this kind of article, and if you have time, I will leave it to you. ”

Xu Chengyan immediately got up, nodded and agreed: "Then leave it to me, is there any time requirement?" ”

Tetsuo Takahashi handed the record in his hand to Xu Chengyan and said: "Time is a little tight, it's best to see the newspaper tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, you go this afternoon, and strive to hand in the manuscript tomorrow, this is the list of these officers, they are now recuperating in the army hospital, thank you for your hard work!" ”

"Army Hospital? Okay, no afternoon, I'll rush over now! ”

Xu Chengyan took the list, bowed down to say goodbye to Tetsuo Takahashi, and left the office.

When he returned to his office, said hello to his colleagues, cleaned up briefly, and was about to go to the army hospital, he happened to see Bai Sinan walk in.

Bai Sinan raised his eyes and saw Xu Chengyan, and immediately smiled: "Chengyan, aren't you on vacation?" Why did you come back so soon? ”

"The injury is almost healed, why don't you go back to work, no, the editor-in-chief arranged for me to interview the wounded officers on the front line, and I will rush over."

When Xu Chengyan said this, he suddenly remembered something, and said to Bai Sinan: "By the way, is there you on the leave list this time?" I'm going to Peking in a few days, and we're just going to go together. ”

"You're going to take a vacation too?" Bai Sinan asked in surprise, Xu Chengyan is a native of Shanxi, why did he go to Beiping for a vacation?

Of course, Xu Chengyan would not reveal his visit to the teacher, and said with a smile: "It's a business trip, go to the headquarters in Peking to do something, just in time for the vacation, we can have a companion." ”

"Tut, it's different, we can't catch up with a vacation in a few months, as soon as you come, you will arrange a business trip back to the headquarters, this person is more angry than people!"

Bai Sinan looked envious, and then sighed: "But there is no me in the leave list this time, so I can't accompany you, oh, by the way, you just brought some things back for me this time, as well as my salary in the past few months, and now the local post office is becoming more and more unreliable, everything is lost, I sent a package back last time, and there is no reply from home until now, and I don't know if I have received it, you just take a look at the situation at home for me." ”

Shanxi because of the mountains on all sides, the terrain is dangerous, and the surrounding provinces of transportation and postal are very inconvenient, very little contact, but it is precisely because of this terrain that Shanxi can avoid the war in these decades, a corner of peace, and live a peaceful life for decades.

"Okay, you're ready, I'll leave in three days, and I'll bring it for you!" Xu Chengyan readily agreed.

Bai Sinan's home is in Tianjin, only more than 100 kilometers away from Beiping, and there is a Pingjin railway connection, dozens of trains a day, very convenient, but two hours away, as long as you want, you can go back and forth several times a day.

And the purpose of Xu Chengyan's trip to Peking this time, in addition to meeting his teacher Yoshino Emon, is more important, he is going to Tianjin to visit an elder, which is his real purpose.

At this time, several other Chinese colleagues heard that Xu Chengyan was going to Beiping, and they all came up and asked him to bring some letters and belongings back.

Several of the people on vacation this time are Japanese, and there is some estrangement between Japanese reporters and Chinese reporters, and they do not get along well, so at this time, when they heard that Xu Chengyan wanted to return to Beiping, these Chinese colleagues asked one after another, and Xu Chengyan also agreed.

After dealing with these chores, Xu Chengyan left the newspaper office, stopped a rickshaw, and rushed all the way to the army hospital.

The army hospital is a military unit that only receives the wounded and sick of the Japanese military, and the entrance is also guarded by sergeants.

Xu Chengyan stepped forward and took out his press card, quickly passed through the guards, and came to the ward area of the inpatient department, asked the nurse about the wounded Japanese officers, and searched for the ward according to the nurse's instructions.

Suddenly, his gaze froze, and not far in front of him, in the garden rest area outside the corridor, several officers sitting on horizontal chairs and talking caught his attention.

Through the glass window, he could see very clearly, two of the officers he knew and remembered well!

One is Akira Quartz Tree Osa, the head of the Special High Division, and the other is Yamada Otomo Shosa, the intelligence officer of the Special High Division.

They were spoken to by a middle-aged man in a hospital gown, with white gauze wrapped around his forehead, apparently a wounded person here.

This scene immediately made Xu Chengyan feel abnormal, what did Aka Quartz Tree and Yamada Daitomo do when they came to the Army Hospital?

It may be to visit an injured friend, but since they are friends, it can only be a personal relationship, so there is no need for two superiors and subordinates with very different identities to visit at the same time.

If it is a colleague, but the special high class is not a combat unit, and it is rare for intelligence officers to be injured, and during this period of time, the intelligence officers lost by the special high division are basically done by Xu Chengyan, and almost none of them are alive, so the identity of this wounded person is a little puzzling!

Watching the three of them talk, Aka Shishiki was still very kind to the wounded, patting each other's shoulders with a smile and saying something.

Just when Xu Chengyan was puzzled, a woman's voice came from behind him: "Excuse me, what are you doing here?" This is the inpatient department, so if you want to see a doctor, please go to the medical department. ”

Xu Chengyan hurriedly turned around, it turned out to be a young female nurse who approached and asked him in Japanese about his intentions, except for doctors and nurses, the others were soldiers, Xu Chengyan was dressed in a suit and civilian clothes, and he was carrying a camera on his chest, which looked a little out of place.

Xu Chengyan had no choice but to stop observing, nodded slightly, and replied in Japanese: "I am a reporter from Xinmin Daily, and I came to interview Shosashi Ishizaki of the 41st Brigade and Captain Yoki Mitani.

When the female nurse heard that she was a reporter from Xinmin Daily, and Xu Chengyan's image was elegant and delicate, she was very favored by the female nurse, so she smiled and said: "It turns out that you are a reporter, Shi Qi Shaozuo is in the 103rd ward, and Captain Mitani is next door to him, I will take you over." ”

Xu Chengyan originally wanted to observe for a while, but the female nurse was so enthusiastic that he could only nod his head and thank him, and followed the female nurse to the ward.

As he walked, he pointed to the wounded man outside the corridor and asked, "Excuse me, which unit is this patient from?" This time, our main purpose is to report on the heroic deeds of our army on the front line, and there are many people who need to be interviewed, and I would like to choose more interviewees. ”

In fact, he didn't need to explain, the female nurse was not on guard at all, she looked in the direction of his finger, and immediately replied: "He is Kitahara Koshaosa, but I guess I will disappoint you, he is not from the combat army, he is a wounded person sent by the special high school." ”

Sure enough, it's the intelligence officer of the special high class! Hiroshi Kitahara? This name is very unfamiliar, there are not many intelligence officers with the rank of Shaozuo in the Taiyuan Special High School, that is, there are only a few, but there seems to be no such name, which makes Xu Chengyan's doubts even heavier!