Xinmin Association Investigation Department, Ma Weide walked into his office, obviously not in a high mood, sat on the chair, unbuttoned the tight collar, opened his chest to breathe, just picked up the water glass, but it was empty, scolded in his mouth, got up and prepared to pour water.

At this time, the secretary knocked on the door and reported to him: "Section chief, the hospital called just now, and the two brothers who were sent to the hospital are dead. ”

When Ma Weide heard this, he was even more annoyed in his heart, and in today's arrest operation, he personally commanded and the personnel of the investigation department rushed to the front, but he injured two of his subordinates in a shootout in the alley.

And the Japanese agents of the special high class hid behind and did not contribute at all, so they were unscathed.

However, Yamada turned a blind eye to this, and not only that, but he also believed that the investigation bureau's reckless operation alarmed the target, which led to the failure of the arrest operation.

In the end, he finally gave Ma Weide some face, and did not point his nose and reprimand, but it also made Ma Weide quite embarrassed, and now as soon as he came back, he heard the news of the death of his subordinates, and naturally he was even more unhappy.

Angry, he didn't even want to drink water, so he slammed the cup in his hand on the ground, smashed it, and scolded: "It's all a bunch of waste!" ”

I don't know if he scolded his subordinates or those in the special high class, and the secretary didn't dare to answer when he stood aside.

Ma Weide glanced at the secretary, knew that he was a little out of shape, forcibly suppressed the fire in his heart, and then asked, "What else is going on?" ”

"Oh, and Advisor Nakamura asked you to meet him as soon as you come back!" The secretary quickly replied.

When Ma Weide heard this, he quickly cheered up, raised his hand to tie the collar button, and ordered: "Clean up!" ”

"Yes!" The secretary agreed, and turned to find tools to clean up the shards of glass on the floor.

Maved walked out of the office, walked up the stairs quickly, and soon came to the door of Nakamura's counselor's office, and knocked on the door carefully.

"Come in!"

Ma Weide pushed the door in, took a few steps forward, bowed and said, "Sir, what do you command?" ”

Nakamura Qiantang, senior adviser of the Xinmin Association, the highest person in charge of the Taiyuan Xinmin Association, he wears a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, has a Ren Dan Hu, is not tall, slightly fat, and has a round face that looks very friendly.

But Ma Weide knows very well that Nakamura Chido seems to be sanctimonious, kind and gentle on the outside, but in fact he is a ruthless and powerful character, and he does not dare to slack off on this top boss.

Seeing Ma Weide coming in at this time, Nakamura Qiantang put down the documents in his hand and said with a smile: "I called you here, there is something to arrange." ”

"Please!"

"Yes, the Nikko Club will hold a big event in the near future, the main content is to call on the Chinese in Shanxi to take the initiative to donate grain to supply the needs of the front, at present, this work has begun, these days, government representatives and business representatives in the surrounding areas, will rush to Taiyuan one after another, hold a huge mobilization meeting.

And most of these government officials are part-time backbones of the Xinmin Association, and in these days when they come to Taiyuan, they must ensure their safety, and this job will be handed over to you, no problem, right? ”

At the time of its establishment, the heads of departments at all levels were concurrently officials of the puppet government, for example, the general president of the Xinmin Association was held by Wang Shulu, chairman of the administrative committee of the puppet government.

"Yes, there is no problem, and the Investigation Bureau will do its best to ensure their safety." Hearing this, Ma Weide quickly nodded in agreement.

As the most powerful department in the Xinmin Association, the Investigation Bureau has strong strength and a large number of personnel, so of course it is an unshirkable responsibility.

Nakamura Chido nodded slightly, and then said: "I know that this work is not easy to do, and the public security situation in Taiyuan City is not good now, especially the Chongqing elements are becoming more and more rampant, and they have attacked our military and political dignitaries many times, even Harada's advisers have also been poisoned by them, and the impact of this matter is really bad, and I can't explain it to Minister Ando until now, this mission, you don't take it lightly!" ”

Hearing Nakamura Chido say this, Ma Weide's eyelids jumped, and he couldn't help but slander in his heart, in fact, he knew very well that Harada Kazuya died, which was more in line with Nakamura Chido's wishes.

As the saying goes, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and there are many factions within the Japanese, and Nakamura Chido and Harada Kazuya belong to different factions, and there has always been a lot of suspicion between the two.

And Kazuya Harada came to Taiyuan to serve before, originally with the intention of preparing to replace Nakamura Chido, but those two poisonous snakes solved this trouble for Nakamura Chido, and it was too late for him to be happy!

However, what Nakamura Chido said is also reasonable, and at present, the behavior of Chongqing elements is becoming more and more rampant, and there is a great tendency to make a comeback, the public security environment is getting worse and worse, and their own work is becoming more and more difficult to do.

But at this time, of course, Ma Weide will not complain, because he knows that it is useless to complain, and Nakamura Chido will not sympathize with his difficulties at all, and it is useless to say more.

Exiting Nakamura Chido's office, Ma Weide felt tired, during this time he was running around by Yamada Otomo's envoy, and in the end he didn't settle down, and now Nakamura Chido handed over this trouble to him again, which was really a little overwhelmed.

When he returned to the door of his office, he suddenly raised his eyelids, and saw his subordinate action captain Wang Zhiwu waiting outside the door, one arm hanging on his chest, and a piece of gauze wrapped around his head, faintly oozing blood, white lips, and a rather embarrassed image.

Wang Zhiwu is Ma Weide's cousin, when he was in the Northeast Manchurian Railway Investigation Department, he followed Ma Weide to do things, and then transferred to North China, Ma Weide did not leave him, he has always been with him, and it can be said that Ma Weide is the most intimate confidant.

A few days ago, Ma Weide asked Wang Zhiwu to take Yan Kun to Xia County to track down the whereabouts of Yan Kun's master Lei Tai, but today he suddenly came back, Ma Weide hurriedly asked: "What's the matter, how did you do this?" ”

"Third brother, I can be regarded as seeing you......" When Wang Zhiwu saw Ma Weide, he couldn't help but cry bitterly.

"Alright, go in and say!" Ma Weide frowned, interrupted him, and walked into the office quickly, Wang Zhiwu hurriedly followed.

Closing the door, Ma Weide looked at Wang Zhiwu and asked again, "Why did you come back so soon, what about the others?" What the hell is going on? ”

Wang Zhiwu cried with a sad face and cried bitterly: "Third brother, I will die nine times this time, and I will almost not be able to come back!" ”

With Wang Zhiwu's narration, Ma Weide figured out the situation.

It turned out that Wang Zhiwu rushed to Xia County with a team of people, but after arriving, he learned that the rumors were true, the Xia County area had been destroyed by the long-term war, and the original residents had almost run away, and only some old people who were unwilling to leave their homes and could not flee remained.

As soon as Wang Zhiwu saw this situation, he knew that this mission would be difficult to complete, but he didn't expect that their luck would be even worse next, and before they could inquire about Lei Tai's whereabouts, they clashed with a national army squad that infiltrated Xia County to carry out the mission.

In the face of the heavily armed regular troops, the result can be imagined, after a shootout, Wang Zhiwu's action team was killed and wounded, if it wasn't for Yan Kun's agility and rescue Wang Zhiwu at a critical moment, he would have gone to see Hades by now.

Because of the suddenness of the incident, Wang Zhiwu was injured again, and the investigation had not yet begun, it was already over, and then Yan Kun took care of and escorted Wang Zhiwu all the way back, and was almost caught by the security army on the way, and it was Yan Kun who rescued him, so he got away with it, stumbled along the way, and finally came back alive.

"In other words, you ran to Xia County, lost more than a dozen lives in vain, and didn't hear anything, so you came back?" Ma Weide said angrily.

"So what else?" Wang Zhiwu also didn't want to listen, he raised his injured arm and complained, "It's good that I can come back alive this time, if it weren't for Yan Kun's desperate rescue, you would have waited to collect my body!" ”

Wang Zhiwu is Ma Weide's cousin, who has followed him for many years, and has a straight temper, and the two brothers talk far less scrupulously in private.

Ma Weide also knew that his tone was a little heavy, Wang Zhiwu was injured and came back, he had no good words, so he was inevitably unhappy in his heart, so he had to comfort him gently: "Okay, okay, it's good to come back alive, by the way, what about Yan Kun?" ”

"He's home." Wang Zhiwu replied, looking at Ma Weide's unkind face, and quickly explained, "Thanks to him along the way, I also learned about Entu, so let him go home and rest first, don't worry, I vouch for him, nothing will happen." ”

Obviously, after this trip to Xia County, Wang Zhiwu's attitude towards Yan Kun has completely changed, and he has no previous vigilance.

Ma Weide did not continue to blame Wang Zhiwu, he knew that Yan Kun was not only dragged down by his family, but also his junior brother Shen Hongsheng was locked up in the prison, so he didn't dare to escape.

"Do you think Yan Kun is saving you? He was afraid that if you died, his family and junior brother would bury you with him. Ma Weide glanced at Wang Zhiwu.

Wang Wenzhi is not a fool, he smiled and said: "I know this, but in the end they saved my life, I have to take this love, third brother, I promised him, after he came back, he would let his junior brother go, you have to give me this face." ”

"Roll the calves!" Ma Weide raised his foot and was about to kick, but when he saw Wang Zhiwu's miserable appearance, he took it back, "You are the first to make the decision for me!" ”

"Anyway, it's useless for this person to be locked up in prison, this life for another life, when I return this favor."

Wang Zhiwu also has a lot of energy, and under his repeated insistence, Ma Weide finally agreed to release him.

That night, in the small courtyard of Yan Kun's house, sitting opposite Yan Kun was Shen Hongsheng, who had just been released.

Shen Hongsheng is in his early thirties, with a square face and thick eyebrows, he has been locked up in prison these days, because he insists on refusing to speak, he has suffered a lot more than Yan Kun, and at this time there are still many injuries on his body that have not healed, his face is pale, and he looks very haggard.

There were some drinks and dishes on the table in front of them, and both of them were silent, drinking sip of stuffy wine.

After a long time, Yan Kun put the wine glass on the table and said, "This time it's me who is wrong, but you can also see it, your sister-in-law and nephew are all in their hands at that time, I really can't help it, if you have any anger, just send it out, I have nothing to say!" ”

Shen Hongsheng raised his eyes and looked at Yan Kun, poured the wine in his hand into his mouth, gritted his fine white teeth, and said coldly: "I know that you have been forced to a dead end, and you can't help yourself to hand me over, anyway, I am a single person, and I have nothing to worry about, but you betrayed the master, this is a deception of the master and the destruction of the ancestors......"

"I didn't betray Master!" Yan Kun hurriedly defended, "Master has been gone for so long, even if I tell them, they can't find it." ”

"Then why did you take them to Xia County? Only you and I know Master's whereabouts, Master sent you a letter because he was worried about you, but you betrayed those traitors and brought people to arrest him, don't you dare to say it? ”

Shen Hongsheng is a man of temperament and has a deep sense of righteousness, his senior brother Yan Kun betrayed him for his family, he still has a heart of understanding, but he absolutely cannot forgive Yan Kun's betrayal of Lei Tai, and he is angry in his heart.

Yan Kun felt bitter for a while, he repeatedly explained that it was true that he would take someone to find the master, but he had other plans in his heart, he described Ma Weide's request clearly, and finally said: "I thought about it on the way, even if I find the master, I won't tell them, I will come back after asking things secretly, and I will never leak the whereabouts of the master, no matter how bad I am, it is impossible to do something to deceive the master and destroy the ancestors."

Besides, if you don't make this trip, they won't be able to agree to let you out, and I can't help it! ”

When Shen Hongsheng heard this, his face softened slightly, he also knew that he could come out in the end, Yan Kun had already done his best, thought about it, and asked in a deep voice: "Then this time, have you found the master?" ”

Yan Kun shook his head at first, but then nodded again.

Shen Hongsheng couldn't help but ask anxiously, "Did you find it or didn't find it?" ”

"I didn't find it, but I met an old man, and he told me about someone, I guess it should be Master."

Yan Kun didn't get nothing when he went to Xia County this time, after Wang Zhiwu was injured, when he was buying medicine for Wang Zhiwu, he happened to meet an old man, he couldn't help but inquire, although he didn't have much hope at that time, but he really inquired about some information.

It turned out that the reason why Lei Tai washed his hands was mainly because he accidentally broke his leg when he was climbing over the eaves and walking on the wall, which was not a big deal, but he didn't expect that there was a problem because of improper treatment, and in the end, he was left with a lifelong disability and became a lame.

This accident made him disheartened, and finally broke up with his two apprentices and left Taiyuan without a trace, and this matter was only known to Yan Kun and Shen Hongsheng.

"According to the old man, his neighbor is a well-known gentry in Xia County, the family's surname is Xu, seven years ago, a relative came to the door, this person is a cripple, and according to his description, age, figure, and appearance are the same as Master, this time is also right, I guess it is Master."

Shen Hongsheng was anxious when he heard this, and asked, "Then where is the master now?" ”

"I don't know, I heard the old man say that before the Japanese came, this big family surnamed Xu moved away, and no one knew where they moved, and the master had a disability, and no one could take care of him, so he should have gone with him."

"Gone? Where will it go? ”

Shen Hongsheng muttered to himself in disappointment, and suddenly he reacted and asked in surprise: "The master is from Tianjin, and I haven't heard him say that he has any relatives in Shanxi all these years?" ”

Lei Tai was born in a martial arts family in Tianjin, from elementary school a body of martial arts, when he was young in the martial arts world of Tianjin to break into a lot of fame, only in a weapon fight killed someone, offended a prominent figure at the time, the result of the matter was too big, had to flee from his hometown, wandering around, and finally ended up in Taiyuan, and later because of the difficult life, finally did the snitch.

The two apprentices were very aware of these things and knew that it was impossible for Lei Tai to have relatives in Shanxi.

Yan Kun said firmly: "There must be a reason for this, but the place in Xia County is not big, and these things can be matched, it shouldn't be wrong, fortunately, the master is safe and sound, which is also good news." ”

Shen Hongsheng nodded slightly, now there are wars everywhere, and there is chaos, sometimes there is no news but it is good news.

The two of them were silent for a while, and Yan Kun asked again, "What are your plans now?" ”

"Plans? What is the plan? Shen Hongsheng glanced at Yan Kun.

Yan Kun pondered the sentence for a while, and said slowly: "This time I leaked the bottom, and the people around me knew that I was going through the empty door, and they all hid far away, seeing that this small hotel couldn't be opened, Wang Zhiwu said, let me follow him, I think this is also a road, what are your plans, do you want to go over with me?" ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Hongsheng immediately changed color, slapped on the table, and asked, "You want to be a traitor?" ”

He hated the Japanese to the core, and when he heard that Yan Kun actually wanted to join the Xinmin Association, he immediately turned his face.

Seeing Shen Hongsheng's big reaction, Yan Kun's face froze, and he said with some embarrassment: "I can't say that, Wang Zhiwu said that the Xinmin Association is working for the new government in North China, and the president is Chairman Wang......"

"Isn't that also a traitor! It's all for the Japanese to be lackeys! Shen Hong angrily pointed at Yan Kun's nose and scolded, "We have been thieves and disgraceful, but we can't be traitors and let people poke their backbones." ”

"You know we've been thieves, too?"

Yan Kun couldn't raise his head when he was scolded by his junior brother, and he couldn't help but braid: "Don't you know how many big families we have stolen before?" Took their stuff, and now they know that we did it, do you think it can be too peaceful?

You are alone, you have no worries, you can pat your ass and walk away, what should I do if I drag my family with my family? Then Maved is still staring at me, I don't cast it, can I live a stable life in the future? ”

When Shen Hongsheng heard this, he was immediately speechless, the three of them robbed the rich and helped the poor, specifically attacked the rich, did a lot of big cases, and made a lot of names, although they did not kill anyone during the period, but they also had a grudge, these people are either rich or expensive, rich and powerful, and now they have leaked their bottom and are known by others, it is difficult to guarantee that no one will come to the door, and it is impossible to live in peace.

There was silence again, and finally Shen Hongsheng said in a sullen voice: "Anyway, no matter how difficult it is, you can't do things for the Japanese, if you want to take this road, I won't stop you, but I won't do it, I can't stay here, I'll go, anyway, I can't be a traitor." ”

Shen Hongsheng was a traitor, which made Yan Kun very uncomfortable, in fact, before he spoke, he knew that this would be the result, and when he heard that Shen Hongsheng was leaving, he breathed a sigh of relief, so he nodded and said, "That's okay, where are you going to go?" ”

Shen Hongsheng thought for a while and said: "I want to go to Tianjin, Master used to say that people want to return to their roots, if he is old, he will go back to his hometown in Tianjin, and he will be buried there when he dies, I will go to find him, if I can find it, I will accompany him in front of his old man to do his filial piety." ”

"It's okay, you go to Tianjin to settle down first, and when you find the master, you can bring me a letter, and I'm so relieved, if I can't stay here anymore, I'll go to you, and it can be regarded as a way back."

Shen Hongsheng just nodded when he heard this, raised his hand and poured another sip of wine, without saying anything more.