In this world, there is never a pie-in-the-sky good thing.

Nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief, it is impossible for Li Hong not to know this truth.

Li Hong thought for a while and decided to meet the old man outside the headquarters to find out what poison was being sold in the other party's gourd.

"Notify the guards outside the command and let the old man in."

"Yes, Tuanza!"

The soldier saluted and immediately ran out to inform the guards.

After a few minutes, an old man led by a guard entered the headquarters.

The old man was about 60 years old, with gray temples, a pair of old-fashioned glasses, and a cotton robe.

The old man looked at the young Li Hong strangely, and Li Hong's sharp gaze also looked at the other party.

Immediately, the old man took off the felt hat on his head, and said to Li Hong: "Presumably this is the head of the famous war zone, right?" When I saw Captain Li today, he was really heroic, young and capable, and he admired and admired for a long time. ”

"I don't dare to be a famous war zone, I am Li Hong, may I ask who this old gentleman is?"

Li Hong asked the old man to sit down, and then asked the orderlies to make tea.

After the old man sat down, he introduced himself to Li Hong: "The contemptible person's surname is Jia, his name is Rengui, and he is a housekeeper of the local old man's family. ”

Li Hong kept staring at Jia Rengui to observe, and every body expression of the other party did not escape his eyes.

Judging from his reading experience, this Jia Rengui in front of him is a person who can speak well and has a lot of city government.

The old man Gan in Jia Rengui's mouth is full of Gan Weigou. Gan Weigou is a well-known local gentry with a lot of money and many properties and real estate under his name.

Gan Weigou's reputation in the local area is not very good, and he has done many bad things to oppress the good and exploit the common people.

Because the locals hated him, they privately nicknamed him "Gan Wei Dog".

Gan Weigou knew many powerful warlords and bureaucrats, and every officer and general stationed in Beigu Town, Gan Weigou would give a valuable "meeting gift".

Li Honggang entered Beigu Town, and heard some of his subordinates talk about Gan Weigou's various bad deeds, which is willing to put it bluntly, he is a rich local tyrant who oppresses goodness, not a good thing.

He took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "Mr. Jia, I am a soldier and I don't like to beat around the bush, just say anything you have to say." ”

"Since Commander Li is a straightforward person, then he won't go around the bend in the future."

Jia Rengui showed a somewhat hypocritical smile on his face, and said bluntly: "Our Master Gan knows the prestige of Captain Li, and has admired him for a long time, he wants to get acquainted with a young and promising hero like Commander Li, I wonder if Commander Li can go to Gan's Mansion to have a meal and sit down to talk?" ”

After Li Hong knew the other party's intention, he fell silent, this Jia Rengui clearly wanted to buy him.

Gan Weigou, a wealthy and unkind gentleman, since he gave him money, Li Hong naturally had no reason to refuse.

"Mr. Jia, I, Li Hong, have just arrived, and I have heard of your Master Gan, who is quite famous in the local area, generous, righteous and squandering money......"

Li Hong's hypocritical words also came as soon as he opened his mouth, and he praised Gan Weigou, a local tyrant and inferior gentleman, for his high demeanor and kindness.

"So, did Captain Li agree to go to the house?" Jia Rengui's face inadvertently showed a subtle sneer.

Before Jia Rengui bought Li Hong, he did a lot of investigation of intelligence materials, originally, he thought that it would be difficult to buy an anti-Japanese hero like Li Hong, but he didn't expect that it was as black as a crow in the world.

Li Hong agreed to the other party's invitation and said slowly: "Mr. Jia, you go back and tell your master that I, Li Hong, will come to visit you in person tonight." ”

"Okay, Captain Li, I'll go back to the house to report to the lord immediately."

Jia Rengui bowed slightly to Li Hong, and then walked out of the command headquarters under the leadership of the soldiers.

Waiting for Jia Rengui to go out, Chen Lin came over with a serious expression.

"Brother-in-law, are you really going to a banquet in the evening?"

"Is it possible that someone sent me money and I still don't go?"

"Brother-in-law, this Gan Weigou is not a good person, I heard that this guy has a close relationship with traitors and devils in private, he invited you to dinner, will it be a Hongmen banquet?" Chen Lin said suspiciously.

Li Hong smiled deeply and said, "Chen Lin, to tell you the truth, Gan Weigou invited me to dinner because the drunkard did not mean to drink, and the Hongmen banquet is completely possible." ”

Just now, Li Hong promised Jia Rengui to go to Ganfu, just to find out what Gan Weigou's hole cards were.

"Brother-in-law, the heart of guarding against people is indispensable, you are now a big tree, the little devil wants your head carefully, if you don't pay attention to the loss of your head, my sister will have to be widowed......" Chen Lin lifted Li Hong and asked him to be more vigilant.

"You kid crow's mouth."

Li Hong slapped him on the head, and then said: "Chen Lin, you go back and prepare, change your clothes, and go with me to meet that Gan Weidog at night." ”

"Yes, Tuanza!"

Chen Lin saluted and immediately left the headquarters.

……

Beigu Town, two kilometers from the center street, Ganfu.

Ganfu has high walls and deep courtyards, the gatehouse is high and magnificent, and there are two majestic stone lions standing outside the door, as well as several guards with spears on their backs standing guard.

Before it was dark, bright lanterns were hung outside the house, as if to welcome some distinguished guests.

In the inner hall of Gan's house, several men were plotting something together.

"Mr. Ikeda, there is one thing that Gan can't understand, since Li Hong agreed to go to the banquet, it is easy for us to kill him, why should the Imperial Japanese Army insist on wooing this person?" The person who spoke was Gan Weigou, and he asked a middle-aged man sitting next to him in confusion.

Gan Weigou sat on the Taishi's chair, wearing a mink coat, he looked about fifty years old, and he had a black spot on his face that resembled a birthmark, which looked a little treacherous.

Sitting next to Gan Weigou was a middle-aged man in his thirties, wearing a suit and a felt hat on his head, and looking a bit gentlemanly on the outside.

The man known as Ikeda, whose full name was Shunji Ikeda, was a spy officer at the Central China Dispatch Command of the Japanese Army.

This time, Li Hong was invited to the banquet, but it was not Gan Weigou, but Ikeda Shunji's intention.

Shunji Ikeda had been active in Tohoku before, working for the Kwantung Army, plotting rebellion and buying many people, and he had been in China for many years, so he was a China expert.

Shunji Ikeda took a sip of tea and said with a sly smile: "Mr. Gan, there is a saying in your Chinese art of war, which is called attacking the city for the bottom and attacking the heart for the top, and a talented officer like Li Hong, killing him is the best strategy for the inferior, if you can take it for your own use, let you Chinese deal with Chinese, hehe......"

After listening to this, Gan Weigou nodded suddenly, and patted his ass with his thumb: "Mr. Ikeda, your trick is too clever, high, really high!" ”

(End of chapter)