Fast forward and it's mid-October.

In this season, Beiping City has begun to be filled with a cold undercurrent, as long as the old people in Beiping City know that it is time to prepare for winter.

In the streets and alleys, there will be coal blacks shaking briquettes in the alleys.

In the courtyard of every house, there are high coal dust, and if the weather is good, three or five coal sunspots will start to work.

They brought a complete set of sieves, rakes, shovels, two-claw hooks and other tools, wrapped a piece of cloth around their heads, and inserted a short and thick dry tobacco pouch into the cloth around their waists.

When it comes to shaking briquettes, the craftsmanship of coal blacks is really unambiguous.

The briquettes that a family needs for the whole winter can be done by almost one person in half a day.

Just like now, Xu Dachong was beckoning a few coal blacks to work, he asked the guy to prepare a large vat of tea and put it next to him, and looked at the coal blacks who were busy stirring the end of the loess coal and said loudly: "Brothers, if you are tired and thirsty, drink some tea and work again." ”

"Don't worry, boss, we'll get it for you as soon as possible." A coal black man grinned, he was already sweating profusely, and streaks of black sweat flowed down his cheeks and dripped onto the ground.

They shoveled the lumps of coal into the sieve and began to shake them, just like shaking the Lantern Festival, slowly shaking the cubes into briquettes, which were neatly placed in a spacious place to dry, while a group of children next to them stared wide-eyed.

"Okay, you're busy, you're full for lunch, and there's meat!"

Xu Dachong said with a smile, then turned around and walked into the hotel.

"Boss, what are you being polite to these coal blacks?" One of the guys muttered disapprovingly.

"People make money based on their ability, why look down on me, you kid hurry up and work for me!" When Xu Dachong heard this, he immediately glared and shouted, and the guy shrank his neck and ran inside to get busy.

Seeing that the guy didn't listen, Xu Dachong shook his head helplessly.

There's no way, who makes the coal blacks in this era really bitter, and the social status is very low, not to mention the running guys here, even the wild children outside sometimes sing songs and mock them when they see the coal blacks.

"Coal sunspots, I'm going to plate, I saw your mother washing her feet......"

But Xu Dachong would not have such a view.

He is now turning over, but he used to get up early and be greedy from a hard life, he was originally a small person at the bottom of the society, and he was able to climb up by relying on Chu Mufeng, remembering the bittersweet and sweet, how could he casually mock those coal blacks like others?

"Hehe, shake the briquettes!"

Chu Mufeng, who was resting, walked out of the house and shouted as he prepared to go to Xu Dachong's restaurant for breakfast.

"Chief Chu! You're here, inside please. ”

After Xu Dachong saw Chu Mufeng coming in, he hurriedly beckoned the guy to serve breakfast, anyway, Chu Mufeng is the same old thing, needless to say, he knows it.

"This is a briquette for the winter?" Chu Mufeng asked while drinking bean juice.

"yes!"

Xu Dachong sat on the stool opposite with a smile, pointed to the briquettes outside the door and said, "The weather is cold, the briquettes used in the hotel for the winter must be prepared, and I am also ready for you, and I will move them for you after drying them when the time comes." ”

"Well, Lao Xu, thank you!" Chu Mufeng nodded and said.

"Hey, Chief Chu, this is what I should do, you are so polite, but you will torture me!" Xu Dachong hurriedly got up and said.

Naturally, Chu Mufeng didn't have to worry about this little thing, if he didn't even think of this little thing, how could he open a restaurant in front of Chu Mufeng's house.

"Lao Xu, is there any news lately?" Chu Mufeng asked nonchalantly.

"Yes, yes, I remember everything, you wait."

After speaking, Xu Dachong turned around and walked into the backyard, and soon came out with a brown paper, handed it to Chu Mufeng, and said in a low voice: "Section Chief Chu, this is the news collected during this time, you can take a look." ”

"Hmm!"

Chu Mufeng took it and slowly flipped through it, the news records in it were very detailed, and the records of what time and what people said were clear, but on the whole, there didn't seem to be anything worth paying attention to.

"Okay, good job, go ahead!"

After explaining, Chu Mufeng left with the cowhide book after eating.

"Quack!"

When Chu Mufeng walked to the street, there was a sudden crow cry in his ears, and when he looked up, he found that on the elm tree not far away, several crows were chirping.

The crows were still chirping, and there was a squeaky chirping sound on the ridge of the opposite house, which turned out to be a few magpies calling, and their cocked tails were very beautiful.

"Hey, the bad crow, the magpie who announces the good news, they are all together!" Chu Mufeng grinned.

To tell the truth, he dismisses this kind of folk rumors, it is purely to fool the uneducated people, and feudal superstition is unacceptable.

When he got into the tram and looked through the window at the sky not far away, his mood suddenly brightened, because there was a flock of pigeons hovering there, and the white feathers lined the blue sky, which was very beautiful.

It's the weekend.

The place he was going to now was the secret base that had been discussed with Kato Ono, and at nine o'clock in the morning on the third Sunday of every even-numbered month, it was the agreed time to meet, and he would go over to see it whenever he had time.

I wonder if this guy has come back?

With such thoughts, Chu Mufeng came to that secret stronghold.

This is an old mansion located in the depths of an alley near the overpass, which was secretly bought by Chu Mufeng for this matter, and it is very convenient to come over, and the export extends in all directions.

At the beginning, Chu Mufeng's antidote to Kato Ono was time-limited, so if he didn't want to live or die, as long as he had the opportunity, he would definitely come over.

Even if you don't have a chance, you have to create an opportunity to come over, and at the very least, you have to leave useful information in exchange for Chu Mufeng's follow-up antidote.

When Chu Mufeng came to the mouth of the alley at the time point and saw a windmill pattern on the wall, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

The windmill is the code agreed at the beginning, and as long as the windmill appears, it means that Kato Ono has come and is waiting in the house.

Of course, considering his safety issues, if Chu Mufeng did not appear within half an hour, Kato Ono would leave here immediately and wipe the windmill off.

The paper windmill is here, and Kato Ono is there.

Chu Mufeng's spirits perked up, and he walked forward, walking and walking, he slowed down again, and subconsciously paid attention to his surroundings.

It stands to reason that Kato Ono shouldn't play tricks, after all, only he can save his life, and his life is pinched by himself, so he can only be obedient if he doesn't want to be ruined.

However, the cautious habit cultivated over the years still made Chu Mu Summit carefully look at the surrounding environment in case of any accidents.

But it's business as usual, and there's no change.

Squeak.

When Chu Mufeng pushed the door in, Kato Ono saw through the window that it was indeed Chu Mufeng, so he hurriedly came out of the room, looking a little impatient.

"Chief Chu, you're here!"

"Shh

Chu Mufeng put his finger to his lips to signal, turned around and closed the courtyard door, and then took Kato Ono back to the house, and when he came in, Chu Mufeng turned his gaze to the other party.

"Kato Ono, I thought you were gone."

"No, no, Chief Chu, I still want to live well." Kato Ono was still a little nervous and scared after seeing Chu Mufeng again after such a long time.

After all, when he was in Hongfeng Cave, Chu Mufeng left a deep impression on him, which was indelible, and he didn't dare to forget it.

So after hearing Chu Mufeng's question, he hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Section Chief Chu, this time I am going back to the Northeast Special High Division Branch to report on my work, after all, the snake group was destroyed by you in my hands, everyone else is dead, only I escaped alive, I can't make it clear." ”

"Fortunately, thanks to your careful arrangement, coupled with the fact that Yohei Suzuki of the Scorpion Group helped me testify, I was able to cope with the internal investigation of the special high class, otherwise I probably wouldn't have been able to come back."

Think about it, too.

If Chu Mufeng encounters it, he will definitely be strictly screened, after all, anyone who escapes from the enemy is worth wondering if he has been co-opted and turned against him.

Fortunately, the scorpion group Suzuki Yohei was left behind, and now it seems that it played a role at the critical time and helped Kato Ono prove his innocence.

"So you're no longer suspicious and completely safe?" Chu Mufeng raised his hand, rubbed his chin, and asked casually.

"Yes!"

Kato Ono nodded seriously and said with a serious face: "Yes, Chief Chu, I have passed the internal interrogation of the special high class, which proves that I can continue to be trusted, so I was sent back to Beiping City to start a new mission." ”

"What task?" Chu Mufeng's face sank, and his tone was cold.

"Responsible for rescuing the leader of the scorpion team, Liu Sheng Cangquan!" Kato Ono said slowly.

Yanagi Cangquan!

Chu Mufeng couldn't help but sneered and said: "Oh, I didn't expect that your special high class would be a thief, and now you still want to rescue Liusheng Cangquan, but according to what you said, even you will be strictly interrogated when you go back, can it be said that he will not be able to Liusheng Cangquan?" ”

"He has been imprisoned by us until now, aren't you afraid that the person who will be rescued is someone who has been rebelled by us?"

"Impossible!"

Speaking of this, Kato Ono's face changed slightly, and he said with a hint of resentment: "I will accept a strict investigation, and Yanagi Cangquan will naturally be inevitable." ”

"But I dare to say that Liu Sheng Cangquan will definitely not surrender, as long as he is alive, as long as he is rescued, then he is truly safe, and he will not be trembling like me, for fear that something will go wrong."

"Oh, why is that?" These words made Chu Mufeng a little curious.

Could it be that there are any secrets on this Yanagi Cangquan that have not been discovered? In that case, I'll have to talk to this guy when I go back.

"Because Yanagi Cangquan is a member of the Yanagi family, even if it is only a collateral lineage, he is also surnamed Yanagi. As long as the surname is Yanagi, then no one in the island country dares to arbitrarily decide their life and death. There was an undisguised jealousy in Kato's eyes.

It turned out to be from a large family.

"Tell me more about the Yagyu family." Chu Mufeng asked.

"In the island country, the concept of the gate valve family is deeply ingrained, and any person from a large family has the pride of despising the common people. And Yanagi is one of the most famous families, the people of this family control many powerful and important departments in the island country, and there are naturally many members of the Yanagi family in the military department. ”

"Liu Sheng Cangquan is the son of the Liu Sheng family, because he is a side line, so he volunteered to come to Beiping City to carry out the task of the scorpion group, in order to prove himself, and return to the family to get more recognition and cultivation."

"In such a situation, even if Yanagi Cangquan compromises with you, the special high class will be rescued. What's more, according to the information we have obtained, Yanagi Cangquan has not bowed his head and relented, and he is still being held and interrogated by you until now, which makes the special high school even more determined, as long as he is not dead, he must be rescued. ”

Speaking of which, Kato Ono thought that he chose to surrender like this, and he still felt a little guilty and ashamed in his heart.

"Who is the person who came to rescue Yanagi Cangquan this time? It's not just you and Yohei Suzuki, right? After Chu Mufeng remembered this, he followed and asked.

"Yes, it's not just the two of us, to be exact, the two of us are just the deputy leaders of the rescue team, and the real team leader is a young man sent from the special high class, called Yamamoto Forty-eight." Kato Ono replied directly.

Chu Mufeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said unhurriedly: "What is the origin of this Yamamoto forty-eight?" ”

"Section Chief Chu, I have already sorted out the relevant information, please take a look."

As he spoke, Kato Ono respectfully handed over a stack of materials, and Chu Mufeng glanced at it and nodded with satisfaction.

There are photos of Yamamoto Forty-eight in the archives, as well as some of his basic information and work situation, which shows that Kato Ono is working hard and is not fooling around with himself, which makes Chu Mufeng very satisfied.

"How many people have come to the rescue team?" Closing the file, Chu Mufeng asked.

"Plus our three team leaders, a total of sixteen people!" Kato Ono said truthfully.

"How's the weaponry?"

"All the weapons were obtained from the garrison outside the city, and at the moment they were mainly small arms, each armed with two shell guns, fifty rounds of ammunition and ten grenades."

"Where did you get the information from about your operations here?"

"Section Chief Chu, in view of the fact that the snake group and the scorpion group have been completely wiped out, the special high class orders the spider group to cooperate with us to complete this mission this time." Ono Kato named a new group.

Spider group!

When this name was said, Chu Mufeng's eyelids moved slightly.

There is a five-poison group in Beiping City, and the snake group and the scorpion group are currently destroyed, and there are still three spy groups left.

He always wanted to know the details of the other three groups, but there was no clue, but he didn't expect that it would take no effort to come now, and Kato Ono went back and brought out a spider group.

"Kato, what's going on with this spider group?" Chu Mufeng's interest suddenly soared.

Kato Ono then took out a second document and handed it over, and said with some hesitation: "Section Chief Chu, my authority is limited, so I don't know the situation of the spider group very well, I haven't been in contact with it at all when I was in Beiping City before, and these are only known when I returned to the branch of the special high school this time and accepted this mission, this spider group is responsible for the task of rebellion and sabotage." ”

"Rebellion and sabotage?" Chu Mufeng raised the corners of his eyebrows and repeated.

"That's right, it's rebellion and sabotage."

Kato Ono nodded and said: "Rebellion is to rebel against the dignitaries and magnates in Beiping City, and their targets are either high-ranking officials in important positions or businessmen with a lot of money in their hands. ”

"Although I said that I didn't get the list of people who had successfully rebelled against them, I did find out the name of a person who had just rebelled recently, and who was still in the stage of secrecy. I can tell that I heard it outside the section chief's office by chance. ”

"What's it called?" Chu Mufeng's heart suddenly beat rapidly, and his eyes lit up.

"It should be called Li Zhengxian!"

"Li Zhengxian?"

Chu Mufeng heard this name for the first time, and he was obviously confused.

"Do you know Li Zhengxian's information?"

"I don't know!"

Kato Ono shook his head and said helplessly: "It's a coincidence that I can hear this name, I don't know the specific situation of him at all, and I don't dare to ask more at all." ”

"Okay, I'll investigate this person, you go on!" After taking the note and writing down the name, Chu Mufeng then asked.

"In addition to plotting rebellion, the spider group will also carry out all kinds of sabotage activities, which refers to the destruction of all activities held by anti-Japanese people, such as the just-concluded Yimaozhai fundraising activity, which is what the spider group wants to destroy."

"Also, I just learned a piece of news, this news was said by Yohei Suzuki, he said that the spider group and the scorpion group have cooperated. You also know that the Scorpion Group is a full-time assassination, so if there is anyone on the Spider Group's side who can't handle it, it will be handed over to the Scorpion Group to deal with. ”

Kato Ono's words immediately made Chu Mufeng's spirit concentrate.

"You mean that as long as you ask Yanagi Cangquan, you can know the information of the spider group?"

"It should be like this, if anyone in the Scorpion Group knows about the Spider Group, it must only be Yanagi Cangquan. Even Yohei Suzuki didn't know the specific task, he only knew that the two teams had worked together. ”

"Because the spider group generally doesn't kill people, after all, once they kill, it will increase the risk of exposure, so the professional things are left to professional people to do."

Kato Ono continued to add that he was really dedicated to serving Chu Mufeng and telling all this information.

Doesn't there need murderous destruction?

Chu Mufeng groaned secretly, it was normal to do this.

Who said that only killers can engage in sabotage, and there are many forms of sabotage, as long as the purpose of deterrence and warning can be achieved.

If you really choose to kill someone, if you don't have enough planning, it will definitely attract the attention of the police.

Besides, even if the scorpion group responsible for the assassination is in charge of the assassination, does the murder try to choose to make an accident as much as possible?

After all, as a spy, if you can't protect your identity and hide your whereabouts, you will fail.

Once exposed, it means that you will be arrested, and there is only one end to arrest: death!

"How are you going to rescue Yanagi Cangquan?" Chu Mufeng asked some more about the situation of the spider group, and then asked again.

"I don't know!"

Kato Ono shook his head and said helplessly: "Section Chief Chu, although I am the deputy leader of the rescue team, when I came over, there was a strict order from the special high school, and I and Suzuki Yohei did not have any decision-making power, and the operation to rescue Yanagi Cangquan must all obey Yamamoto Forty-eight's orders, and his words are the supreme will." ”

"Then the contact between us will have to change, and we can't just fix it here, in that case it will be inconvenient to connect."

After Chu Mufeng groaned slightly, he raised his head and said decisively: "In this way, if the situation is urgent, you can take the initiative to call me, and if it is not urgent, you can send the information here." ”

"From now on, you're going to send me information once a week to update me on the rescue team's movements, and I want to know their every move."

"Okay!" Ono Kato nodded.

"And most importantly, where do you live now?"

Chu Mufeng thought to himself, as long as I know your residence, then I can arrange for Wang Gezhi to follow you.

"Today is the second day of our arrival in Beiping City, but for now, we have changed three places, and now we are staying in the Chunlai Hotel in the city, as for where we will stay at night, I don't know."

"You don't know, Yamamoto Forty-Eight is a suspicious and cunning man by nature, and he will never stay in one place for long. If you say you want to be watched, I advise you not to do that. ”

"Because if he shows a little bit of his feet, he may have to change his plans, and besides, the rescue team is not all together, and Yamamoto Forty-Eight has also said that he sometimes gives orders to me and Yohei Suzuki through the team."

Kato Ono didn't exaggerate, he just told the truth, as for whether Chu Mufeng would send someone to follow him after he said it, that was his business, and it was not something he could interfere with.

"Well, I know what you said, in the future, according to the contact we just said, after you return to the rescue team, there are two tasks, the first is to inform me of Yamamoto Forty-eight's rescue plan at any time, and the second is to find out the situation of the spider group, or the other two groups." Chu Mufeng picked up the file bag and said solemnly.

"I understand!" Ono Kato put his feet together and bowed his head respectfully.

The two soon went their separate ways from the secret stronghold.

Walking to the street, Chu Mufeng casually called a rickshaw to sit on, and said indifferently: "Garrison Department!" ”

"Gotcha!"

Sitting in the car, Chu Mufeng's eyes were slightly closed, his brain was spinning at high speed, and he recalled the interrogation results he got after he caught Liu Sheng Cangquan.

Yanagi said he only knew that the Toad Group was gathering military intelligence.

Now another spider group has popped up.

In this way, the so-called five poisonous groups, as of now, I have known four, the snake group, the scorpion group, the toad group and the spider group, and there is no information about the remaining one.

But there's no need to rush this, four of the five have been caught, and unless he retreats immediately, don't even think about escaping.

And then there is Chu Mufeng clearly remembered that Yanagi Cangquan said at the time that the intelligence information of the Scorpion Group was obtained from the Snake Group, but now Kato Ono said that the Scorpion Group was cooperating with the Spider Group, and it was obvious that Yanagi Cangquan lied.

Why did he lie?

Obviously, in order to help the spider group cover up, anyway, the snake group has been exposed, so it doesn't matter if everything is pushed on the snake group, so at least it can keep the spider group from continuing to lurk.

"Yanagi Cangquan, you are really cunning enough, but you probably wouldn't have thought that I would know about these situations, it seems that as long as you pry your mouth open, you can get the news of the spider group."

After smoothing out his thoughts, Chu Mufeng suddenly opened his eyes, and the essence of his eyes surged.

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