Chang Kaishen himself understood that he should ask Li Guangyuan about his relationship with ** and ask for a guarantee from there, and in exchange for doing things for them, the center's reply would definitely be negative. Undoubtedly negative. Maybe they will keep his life, is it life to stay in prison and wait for the end? No, a political solution can only be hoped for in order to ensure a normal life.

Zhan Guoqiang and Mei Sipin were negotiating with the West, and if they succeeded in signing a separate peace agreement, then he Chang Kaishen would have a place in the sun and go to a neutral country safely. In the deposit slips of different banks, he used not one name, but nine. He also has seven passports in the safe. If Zhan Guoqiang's "life-saving" operation failed, let Wu Sibao participate, let him go to the top level over there, and use the strength of the six divisions deployed in the direction of Nanjing as a bargaining chip to transfer these troops to other places. But with **, you don't have to be afraid of being hit. Then in two or three weeks the army will fall into the ditch, and Wu Sibao will be very difficult. He had to leave Wang Wei in Nanking instead of going to other secret places, which was the first point. He had to get Wang Wei to hand over power to him, not to Zhan Guoqiang, as the party had decided in 1940, which was the second point. Third, he must get rid of the chief of the General Staff in the shortest possible time and replace him with a general who is familiar with **. And he Chang Kaishen must carry out ring defense in order to realize this idea. Therefore, it is his duty to prepare material for Wu Sibao to denigrate the blockers in no later than tomorrow, "they are pessimists" and "have lost faith in the great national spirit". So he had no right to ask Li Guangyuan the question that almost blurted out: if he started to work for Yan'an, would he be able to get assurances that he Chang Kaishen would be inviolable. He must therefore deal with this channel of Li Guangyuan, and make it a reliable factor in defending his campaign, so as to intimidate that side, and force Yan'an to consider the imminent signing of an agreement for their separate peace with the West to-morrow and to-morrow, when seven divisions will be transferred to the Eastern Front for the Battle of Nanking, and that the war will be won. For the Red Army, which had already suffered from four years of war, it could have been a shock, and the consequences were difficult to predict. Zhan Guoqiang came up with an interesting idea: the people who called him reported from the sea that for some special reason there was serious friction between them and the West. Chang Kaishen's spies had infiltrated the government's people in London, and had been in contact with him through a businessman who had been bribed by agent 76 with five stolen paintings. The notice to the spy had been sent the day before yesterday, which meant that people over there were going to start putting pressure on the people around the big man today or tomorrow. If the strength of the relationship is not reliable, it is difficult and dangerous to concentrate on the offensive.

Yes, he had no right to press Li Guangyuan with questions that would make him uneasy, especially now, when he could see all the messages. Bodhisattva bless, the intelligence center also uses the same password to shoot telegrams. He could easily decipher the instructions and inquiries as he read. As for who sent the telegram, it doesn't matter at all whether Tekko or the Intelligence Service sent it.

Li Guangyuan is a valuable target in this game and should be taken seriously. Any suspicious move will bring a fatal blow to Chang Kaishen.

"Tell me, why did you make up my innocent and kind orderly? You've let his guard down, what are you going to do? ”

"If people are staring at me, I don't feel good, and I'll do stupid things no matter what. If I start doing someone else's work and find out that your orderlies are bored in the car, I can't do anything. ”

"You can invite him to her house. How? There are no other rooms there? ”

Li Guangyuan laughed: "Then I'll try to do it." ”

"What does she look like?"

"You haven't seen that?"

"Judging by the photos, she's cute." Chang Kaishen said half-truthfully. Li Guangyuanma found that his answer was clever and accurate.

"She's even better." Li Guangyuan said. He thinks it's best not to hear the same answer from Chang Kaishen. Did Chang Kaishen have a relationship with this woman? The woman had told him about Chang Kaishen. But he told Chang Kaishen that he started working with her, that is, he could make her admit who made her work outside. Sometimes it is advisable to avoid the facts, because being overinformed can only get in the way.

"When are you sending her out?"

"Tomorrow."

"In order for the action to move quickly, please guarantee her funding. From her file, I learned that she could drive. Let her buy a car abroad and drive to the joint, preferably in Flensburg, where there is a direct line to my office. I don't believe in foreigners. There are Britons everywhere, they are experts in technology, they will install bugs somewhere. Hopefully they'll report back to their superiors. Otherwise, you have to report it level by level; From military to lieutenant, every lieutenant dreams of becoming a lieutenant, and he will not give the information to the major, but to the useful people, then our plan will be in vain"

Chang Kaishen waited for Li Guangyuan to object. He had a reason to do so, because it was hard for a woman to drive hundreds of kilometers from the ferry to that stretch of road. He, Li Guangyuan, is a veteran of driving, and he loves to tinker with cars, and he can go there for a round trip in 24 hours. However, Li Guangyuan did not object.

"I was worried," he said, "that you would force me to run twice a week and get exhausted." ”

"But you say I don't value you. I value you very much, let that guy go, or rather a fool. It's a pleasure to travel around the country, and there are restaurants along the highway that serve delicious meat, and you don't have to lie in the gutter in a hurry when fighter planes attack. But you have to go to Yan'an twice with him, and I can't entrust anyone else to contact him, whether it's me or Zhan Guoqiang, you know. Please don't object, it's close to there, and you want to ask him to meet him. Oh, what do you have to say to me about what we talked about after the concert? ”

"I think," Li Guangyuan replied, "that the questions you said cannot be answered. ”

"Why?"

"Because neither Zhan Guoqiang nor you are sincere. Didn't know the details either. He's the darling of the noodle man, he's playing his own cards, and he can get around you. In order to fulfill his commission, I needed to know as much as possible about his secrets. Apparently, he was using me, as a duck for trapping, and he had the Intelligence Bureau and Tekko point their arrows at me. I think if that woman and her men had become my friends and started working well, a lot of things would have been figured out. It was you who said that I asked Zhan Guoqiang about those shameless deeds that amounted to a worthless death in his office. If you're doomed to die, you'd better let me know for what? ”

"To live." Chang Kaishen muttered a sentence in his mouth, and said, "So you have to consider two paths, one is this woman, and the other is in Yan'an." You have to go there and connect with your own people, and for some reason I am convinced that only in Yan'an can you work deeply. ”

"I believe it."; Gong Yu thought to himself, "He opened the door to Yan'an to me. Perhaps, I'm making some fuss? If he doubts me, he will never mention Yan'an, what is the difference between Yan'an and other places? But so what? That's it in the end."

Chang Kaishen looked at his watch, stood up from the table, and walked to the front of the fish tank: "Fish are more punctual than people, Li Guangyuan." I should be a psychologist, not a policeman. If my parents had money for my college, I would have become a scientist. How's your person? ”

"You've heard that?"

Chang Kaishen threw some food for the fish, smiled at the most clever drum-eyed bubble fish, and replied, "Not yet." Yesterday we sent a battalion of lads to the highlands. So the shifts in all departments were fifteen minutes late. Maybe the horses will send the materials. But tell me about it yourself, you've done a great job. I've carefully studied your conversations with the operator, and it's a very high level. ”

"You recorded all the people who worked as prisoners?"

"Look at what you said, you picked a few of them, and they were selected."

"Pick among whom?"

"The smartest person, Li Guangyuan. But what if this person gets rid of you and runs to Yan'an? ”

"We detained his wife and children. He would never run away. Have your man go to the road and ask for the children's certificates and get a new passport for his wife. ”

"You want to let them go?"

"I wanted him to believe me, and I promised him to decide whether or not to let his family go based on how well he had completed our mission."

"What if he went to the Northeast to find the Russians, told them about his experience, asked to work for them, asked them to help his family?"

"How can they help him? Writing to you? A note to the Ambassador? ”

Chang Kaishen laughed: "Do you want to continue his work in the cell?" Maybe you think it's better to have a secret abode. ”

"Now it's obviously hard for you to have a place to live with delicious food."

"Don't make No. 76 angry, dear friend, even if the occupiers enter the city; I also maintain at least a dozen or so nests that are completely reliable. Why are you asking me for advice? Go ahead and do it yourself. You know, I'm not your advisor, like a python, a ring from head to tail. ”

"I think in three days I can send him to the blockade. I don't think there's any need for me to go to Yan'an right away. He was going to have two days to make contacts, to find his comrades and friends. ”

"But I think it's important that you stay with him from the beginning. Of course, this will have to be discussed with Holenburg. However, if you want to ask for my opinion, then I beg your pardon: you can't leave him alone, and my people always looked at him when they took him to Wuhan. ”

Zhan Guoqiang shrugged: "I will never let him out alone, there may be an uncontrollable reaction at the beginning." He's had enough of me and he's going to go to the Americans or the Russians. This is the most terrible thing, Moscow will learn everything, and our last hope will be in vain. ”

"Who's going to contact that over there? Chang Kaishen asked me to contact her in a safe place. ”

"She's ready to go?"

"Yes"

"Say yes, and you will wait for her in five days at the appointed place. This kind of information is best sent from our embassy. Her connections are amazing, with connections in various university departments. But at the moment, these places are also a mess. People are waiting for our destruction, the whole world is waiting, but there are many who are afraid of our destruction. Rest assured, those people will not get in the way of her movements, and besides, she is not looking for someone else, but a reliable connection, and she will not go to the embassy, but only to our office. ”

Zhan Guoqiang sent Li Guangyuan to the door, took Li Guangyuan's hand as usual, and asked in a soft tone: "What if Miao Chang Kaishen suddenly sends his own people to the Russians and offer their heads to them, as well as Wang Wei, Ding Mocun and your heads, as you think, to contact the Russians?" ”

"I don't think so," Li Guangyuan replied in a steady tone without hesitation, as if he had already thought in his heart, "They are more interested in you." ”

"I know, but I didn't send anyone there, I'm from the south, but Chang Kaishen is from the northeast countryside, and I heard that his mother is from northern Jiangsu. He concealed this matter, because all the people of Northern Jiangsu were more or less **. So, do you think that for him, a blow from behind is not expected at the moment? ”

Li Guangyuan shrugged: "God knows." I don't think anybody. The next time you told me that if the chosen person betrayed us in Yan'an, I would shoot myself in the head, and only after this did you really tell me the essence of this work that I was prepared to sacrifice for this time.

"I'd like to try to unfold this card in its entirety, Li Guangyuan. I have decided to make a deal with what we have in our hands, and in exchange I intend to ask the West to guarantee my life and that of you, and to guarantee our peace. However, in order to prevent Ding Mocun or Chang Kaishen from starting to oppose our next round of activities again, although Chang Kaishen and I have already shaken hands and made peace, I want to put forward a second easily acceptable condition to the other side: make a price for everyone, not just **. The price is calculated in terms of the power of the engine and the liters of fuel. In a word, I will provide cars to the army, we will help the front, and the means will be justified by the purpose. It is more reliable to disguise patriotism than to act in Nanjing. It's just that I'm afraid of that side now, and only those guerrillas can sabotage our operations if it puts renewed pressure on us. ”

'You think they're going to put pressure?'

"Don't mention it," said Zhan, "the intelligence is not fake, it is very reliable, it comes from London." Okay, now you know it all. I'm waiting for you to finish his work, and report to me from over there when you're going to meet me and Mespin, that's one. After you finish her work, you have to report when they are going to Nanjing from Japan, which is two. Well, I wish you success. ”

"Thank you for your blessings. But that's far from all, Captain. What I don't understand is through whom to find the people over there? What should he do, go call? Just say: Good evening, I lost my life, I am a spy sent by Nanjing, I have an idea to rescue the ** people in Prison No. 76, but for this you tricked me to pay me 200 cars and gasoline? ”

Zhan Guoqiang laughed as pleasantly and contagiously as usual.

"Listen, Li Guangyuan, you are a humorous person, good at making jokes so sadly, making people laugh helplessly. Thank you, dear, it seems that I took a mineral bath in Tangshan. No, our people certainly don't have to call anyone. They don't have to touch at all. He has his position, and the people over there respect the people who lead their country. The liaison you are with will telegraph him and ask him to meet with representatives of the underground who have ties to the health forces of the Blue Guards and the police, with the potential to save the unfortunate. Before that, tell him the price of saving people. At first, he had to quote a small figure of five million fiat currency. There will be a refusal. I think that after making conditions for the release of a large number of prisoners, he will agree to pay two million fiat dollars. I think he wasn't interested in freeing philosophers, economists, and historians, because he didn't like competitors, and there were many people who were involved in science who aspired to Marxism. I think deep down I'm interested in getting rid of the intellectuals among those people, and it's too much trouble to deal with them. As for saying that the beautiful woman ......"

Li Guangyuan interrupted him. He understands that Zhan Guoqiang has been completely crushed in his heart, and he needs to balance it so that he can draw a little hope for the future.

"Is she yours or Chang Kaishen's?"

"She's your man, Li Guangyuan. No longer play the role of truth-seekers, they are hysterical. Lovers of truth are always born in oppressed peoples. Free people are not searching for the truth, they are proving themselves. The individual is the supreme truth of reality"

"Wow, type this passage on a typewriter and give it to you."

"You're crazy." Zhan Guoqiang said seriously.

"I have a suspect report." Li Guangyuan took out a piece of paper from his pocket, "I didn't take a copy, this is a transcript of their conversation, look at it for yourself" Zhan Guoqiang as a competitor, 'Do you have anything to say to me about that woman?' ”

After Ding Mocun left Wu Sibao, he didn't even return to the General Security Bureau, so he went directly to the prison at Jiangpu Wharf. What he was entrusted with required him to do so.

Wu Sibao met with Ding Mo Village at the hut. He asked the adjutant to bring a good West Lake Longjing from the dining room, a bottle of authentic Yanghe Daqu from the Yanghe River in northern Jiangsu, some pickled old goose and frosted tomatoes. He poured a cup of fragrant home-brewed koji, clinked glasses with his subordinates, drank it all, and said, "Do you know what you want you to do, man?" ”

"I don't know what I'm supposed to do, minister. However, if I can do it, then I will do it. ”

Wu Sibao smiled faintly: "As far as the mysteries of the mission are concerned, this is beyond your reach, you have to go to the prison to find the general and tell him this; 'Some traitors of the Guard, who have no shame, have tried in vain to consult with your friends and guarantee their personal inviolability after they have released the prisoners. To this end, these traitors intend to refuse to obey the leadership and prevent the faithful guards from carrying out the order to execute all the prisoners and burn them with gasoline without leaving a trace. Obviously, they have succeeded, some of them have already reached Yan'an and the northwest, and negotiations are still ongoing. In this way, no one will need you in the near future. Your fault has been proven, only because of me, Ernst?; Carlden Bronner, yes, yes, you have to say, 'You didn't have your neck broken by the thin steel strings.' So I tell you, if you don't agree to give me a list of your strongholds in the Midwest, then those scoundrels' tanks will destroy this prison. Staying with you in cell seven is your division, who is drafting a plan for my future uprising. We know that you have built ten big banks and oil companies, and the trend is to go deeper and wider. We want to get not only bank account numbers and orders from you to spend the money freely, but also a list of people who will be able to continue working in the future. Whether it's for you or for me, the issue of reputation is key. This is important. You know, I have money, a lot of money, but I need industrialists of repute who can turn my capital into cash in no time; Not only can the money be locked in the safe of the bank, but it can also be set up in a completely legitimate account. Either you write me the names of these people and I move you from this prison to another place where it's absolutely safe, or I don't work hard to keep your life alive anymore, do you understand, man? Do you know how he will be courteous and go around in circles? ”

"I understand this, minister, I understand that you have put forward a task that I cannot actually do. Do you think this hopeless conversation is appropriate? ”

Wu Sibao drank another glass of wine, and then said: "An ancient man once said, 'Is Paris worth retreating?' You are a jurist and you must remember. ”

"Well, first of all, it is recorded that these are the words of Henry IV, but I don't think the French can make such a sentence. Parallels should be found in the ancient Romans. ”

"Then go and find it. In the end, you have to imply that you know everything, even the whispers of the beautiful man when he sends the old general to prison. It's entirely possible that you could tell him some names, and why not? You have to say to him, 'Zhan Guoqiang has confessed a little, and he will say it all.' And you understand why he had to do that, and did you need to be submissive and become a man who was defeated by his own disciples? That's what I'm going to say to you. Good luck. ”

Ding Mocun walked towards him. He smiled and held out a hand. The other party looked into Ding Mocun's eyes with a somewhat suspicious gaze. He held the outstretched hand; Dingmo Village Discovery. The general was thin, and the skin on the temples and sides of the ears was dry.

"Still won't let you go for a walk?"

"Alas," replied Jiang Jun, "this is probably the most painful punishment I have ever suffered, and I have become a complete patient without two hours of walking."

"It's your friend who doesn't allow these two hours of walking." Ding Mocun sighed, "The attack of the bandits is dehumanizing. We're worried that they're going to bomb this prison and kill everyone, so leave you in the basement. So let's go into the woods and get some fresh air, forty minutes, and now I invite you, you won't refuse, will you? ”