In fact, after staying in Peking for two days, Xu Chengyan was also preparing to go to Tianjin, and he could take this opportunity to wait for the opportunity to eradicate Pan Yugui.

Zhou Shirong knew that Xu Chengyan was in Pingjin and Tianjin, so he thought about it and asked: "In this way, I still have a few intelligence officers at hand to mobilize, let them go to Tianjin with you, and all actions are under your command." ”

Xu Chengyan did not agree immediately, but asked: "Do they have horizontal contact with the personnel of Tianjin Station?" ”

He knew that because the geographical location of Beiping Station and Tianjin Station was close to each other and they belonged to the same intelligence area, it was inevitable that there would be a slight relationship between the subordinate personnel, just like Taiyuan Station and Suiyuan Station at the beginning.

If they really arrived in Tianjin, if these people were recognized by the traitors at Tianjin Station, they would have thrown themselves into the net.

"Don't worry, I can guarantee that there will be no problem with these people."

Zhou Shirong knew what Xu Chengyan meant, just as Xu Chengyan thought, Beiping Station is indeed deeply involved with Tianjin Station, and even many intelligence officers have worked in both intelligence stations, and even Chen Zhiting, the deputy stationmaster of Tianjin Station, who is now replacing Zeng Quan and presiding over the work, turned out to be his deputy, the former deputy stationmaster of Beiping Station.

Therefore, as soon as there was an accident at Tianjin Station, Beiping Station also suffered a lot of losses, as long as the intelligence officers who could be exposed were forced to transfer or lie dormant, but the intelligence officers selected for Xu Chengyan have been well protected and have no contact with Tianjin Station.

But Xu Chengyan thought about it again and again, and finally rejected Zhou Shirong's kindness, and decided to act alone and not contact others.

Although he is weak and unfamiliar with the environment, there will definitely be a lot of difficulties when he acts alone, but the advantage is that he can ensure that his identity is not revealed, and the less people know about the connection between himself and Beiping Station, the better, except for Zhou Shirong, he doesn't want to deal with other people anymore.

Seeing Xu Chengyan's insistence on this, Zhou Shirong could only agree, and said: "Okay, I wish you success, but I still have to say one thing, if you don't do anything, don't force it, otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to Brother Guangji!" ”

Xu Chengyan secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Zhou Shirong still saved face in the end, in fact, even if he didn't say it, it was impossible for him to really carry out the assassination mission at any cost.

Chu Guangji owes Zhou Shirong a favor, and it is not worth fighting for himself, but he still replied with a sincere face: "I must be careful and complete the task as soon as possible, you just wait for my good news!" ”

After the matter was discussed, the two shook hands and said goodbye, Xu Chengyan left first, walked out of the back hall, picked up his umbrella at the door, went out to stretch the umbrella bone, and left quickly while it was drizzling.

He hurried all the way back to Yoshinoemon's mansion, and the guard at the gate saw Xu Chengyan coming back, and quickly saluted respectfully and let him in.

Now they all know Xu Chengyan's identity, this young man is a student of Advisor Yoshino's early professor, and he was even taken to live in the mansion, which shows how much Advisor Yoshino values this student, coupled with the special explanation of the housekeeper Takeda Guiming, now up and down the mansion, they are all respectful to Xu Chengyan, as if he is already half a master.

At this time, Takeda Guiming was under the eaves, sitting cross-legged, supporting the tea table in front of him, building a pot of new tea, while tasting tea, listening to the rain, it was comfortable, seeing Xu Chengyan coming back in a hurry, beckoning him over, and asked: "Where are you going again, it's not idle when it's raining." ”

"Walking around and walking in the rain in this 600-year-old ancient capital is really a special feeling."

Xu Chengyan put away the umbrella, sat down cross-legged opposite Takeda Guiming, took the hot tea handed over by Takeda Guiming with both hands, took a sip and put it down, and said with emotion: "In the end, it is still Beiping City, a place where humanity gathers, when I was young, I often heard my father talk about it, and I thought in my heart that when I grow up, I must come to Beiping to have a look, take a look at the little emperor who abdicated, and take a look at the palace where he lives."

But now that the emperor is gone, the palace is empty, but it is worth the trip, and I don't know when I will come back in the future. ”

Listening to Xu Chengyan's words, Takeda Guiming frowned, and said with some displeasure: "What, you still have to go?" Didn't I say that it is much better to stay here, stay in Beiping, with the support of Mr., you can have better development than to go back to Shanxi and have no one to take care of. ”

Takeda Katsura followed Yoshino Emon for half his life, and it can be said that apart from each other, there are no relatives around, so he hopes that Xu Chengyan can stay in Beiping.

But when I talked about it before, Xu Chengyan didn't agree, and now I can't help but be a little disappointed when I see that Xu Chengyan still has no intention of staying.

"Uncle Wu, after all, that is my hometown, besides, there is no news from my family so far, no matter what, I have to find them first, otherwise, I will stay in Beiping, and I will not feel at ease."

Hearing Xu Chengyan mention his family, Takeda Guiming suddenly lost his words, he knew that what Xu Chengyan said made sense, but if he was himself, in the troubled times, his relatives were separated, and he was naturally worried all the time, and he couldn't rest assured for a moment.

After a long time, Takeda Guiming said helplessly: "Actually, Mr. also thinks about your going and staying, mainly because I want to listen to your own opinions, and if you have the opportunity to talk to him yourself, you can prepare in advance." ”

Xu Chengyan nodded and agreed: "Understood, let you bother!" ”

In the evening, Yoshino Emon came home from work, the three of them sat at the dining table to eat, and after three rounds of drinking, Xu Chengyan looked at Yoshino Emon and said first: "Teacher, I think about going to Tianjin tomorrow." ”

When Yoshinoemon heard this, he paused the chopsticks in his hand, then put them down gently, picked up the wine glass and took a sip lightly, and then asked, "Go to Tianjin?" What's the matter? ”

"Mainly to deal with some official business, the editor-in-chief asked me to bring back some documents that need to be handed over to the headquarters in Tianjin, as well as some gifts that my colleagues entrusted me to bring to my family, which has been delayed for a few days, and I want to send them as soon as possible.

In addition, I just want to go to Tianjin to have a look, when I was studying in Shanghai, I often heard people say, 'Shanghai in the south, Tianjin in the north', this time I had the opportunity to go and have a look, and visit everywhere. ”

"That's right!"

Yoshino Emon frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "I heard that the public security in Tianjin is not very good during this period, a few days ago, Tianjin Mayor Pan Yugui was assassinated by anti-Japanese elements, and the special high school is also arresting suspicious people everywhere, you should be careful when you go this time, in this way, I will send a few reliable people to accompany you." ”

"You don't need it!" When Xu Chengyan heard this, he quickly waved his hand and said, "I still like to look around by myself, I am uncomfortable if there are too many people, and you know my skills, there will be no problems with safety, you can rest assured!" ”

Xu Chengyan has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and he also studied martial arts and firearms from Takeda Guiming, so Yoshino Emon knew that he was extraordinary, and he didn't insist on listening to his unwillingness.

After thinking about it, he then asked, "Listening to Gui Ming, do you still want to go back to Taiyuan?" ”

Xu Chengyan nodded and didn't speak.

"It's good to go back!" Yoshino Emon nodded.

He didn't insist on Xu Chengyan staying, on the contrary, he was very pleased with Xu Chengyan's choice, this student came to recognize each other this time, and did not have the heart of climbing power and being noble because of his teacher's high position, but decided to return to his hometown to find relatives, and for this reason, he was even willing to give up the development of his career, which is enough to show that his heart is like a child, and he acts like a gentleman.

Takeda Katsura heard Yoshino Emon say this, and was about to speak, but was stopped by Yoshino Emon waving his hand.

"This is your choice, of course I will not stop it, young people step into the career too early, their minds are not firm, it is inevitable to be distracted, lose themselves, it is not a good thing.

I think when I was studying, I was determined to travel all over the mountains and rivers of the northern country, and spent more than 20 years writing books and sayings, otherwise I would not have this opportunity today, it can be seen that fame does not have to be early, you have more experience below, it is also good, and the future will be long! ”

"Thank you for your understanding, I also know your hard work, it is all for my sake, when I find my family, everything will be arranged, I will definitely come back and follow the teacher!"

"Okay, we'll make up our minds!" Yoshino Emon laughed, picked up the wine glass, and touched Xu Chengyan lightly, and the teacher and student drank it all.

The next day, Xu Chengyan took a large number of bags and packages, boarded the train again, and rushed all the way to Tianjin.

Because it was a high-speed express train, it took less than three hours to reach Tianjin, and with a whistle, the train drove into the station, and the wheels rolled against the tracks, flashing sparks, and finally slowly stopped.

The doors of the carriages were opened, and the passengers who got off the train rushed out, and the platform was immediately crowded with people, all of them with large bags of luggage, bustling like moving ants.

The people who got on and off the bus were huddled together, shouting and shouting one after another, and they were so noisy that they couldn't hear what they were talking when they stood in front of them.

Xu Chengyan didn't expect that there would be so many people at the station, so he had to take his luggage and move forward with all his might, moving step by step along the crowded flow of people, until he squeezed out a hot sweat and walked out of the station, and his side was more relaxed.

Tianjin is the largest city in the north, the center of material operation and commercial trade, the south and north have to pass through here, only the noisy scene of the railway station, it can be seen, the prosperity is far better than Beiping.

Out of the station, he looked left and right, but there was a flow of people all around, so he had to walk some distance further to the intersection in front of the station, where he waited for rickshaws and lined up along the side of the street.

Seeing the flow of people pouring out of the station, the rickshaw drivers got up one after another, loudly solicited business, negotiated the price in a few words, pulled up the passengers and left, just vacated a parking space, and immediately a new rickshaw squeezed up, the cycle went back and forth, and it was very lively.

Xu Chengyan also put down his luggage at this time, and was about to say hello, when he suddenly saw two rickshaws in front of him staggered with each other, hanging together somewhere, one of the rickshaws was hung out horizontally at once, and a small figure was thrown out of the car, and then a woman's exclamation came...

Things happened right in front of him, Xu Chengyan reacted very quickly, his toes touched the ground, his figure rushed out quickly, his feet stretched out, and he caught the baby who was about to land, and then gently picked it up, and his hands were gently and skillfully caught in his arms.

All this happened suddenly, and it ended quickly, Xu Chengyan's reaction was fast, and his movements were like flowing water, and he took the baby thrown out in his hand in just a moment, and the child was wrapped in swaddling clothes, ignorant, with his eyes wide open and unharmed.

At this time, the surrounding people let out an exclamation, and the woman on the rickshaw immediately pounced, and took the child from Xu Chengyan's arms, her face was bloodless with fright, her lips trembled, and she didn't know what to say.

The two rickshaw drivers were also frightened, quickly put down the car, stepped forward and bowed deeply to Xu Chengyan, and thanked them repeatedly, they are all coolies, and they will earn food and clothing in a day.

The woman also came to her senses at this time, bowed deeply to Xu Chengyan, and kept saying words of gratitude in her mouth.

Xu Chengyan comforted him again and again, signaled that it was okay, and said a few more polite words to each other, and did not delay any longer, turned around and picked up his luggage, and was about to leave.

But he suddenly found that in the blink of an eye, there was one less piece of luggage he put on the ground, and he hurriedly looked around, but there was a tide of people around, and there were passengers coming and going in front of him, where could he find it.

In this era, public security is generally not good, and even more so in crowded places such as railway stations, where thieves are used to stealing rampantly.

He was annoyed in his heart, although the value of the items in the lost package was not high, and there was nothing valuable, but after all, it was a gift entrusted by his colleagues to bring him to his family.

"Bastard!"

Xu Chengyan scolded angrily, but he was unfamiliar with others, and it was impossible to get it back, so he could only shake his head and consider himself unlucky.

But at this time, I saw two people coming from the opposite side, a young man with one hand buttoning a man dressed in short clothes, and the other hand holding a package, half-pulling and half-mopping came to Xu Chengyan.

The young man pushed the short-clothed man to the ground, and then kicked him in the stomach, and the latter immediately covered his stomach with his hands, his body bent, and let out a miserable scream from his mouth.

"It's yours!"

The young man handed over the package, which was the one Xu Chengyan had lost.