The operator found that the girl seemed to be eating at a diplomatic banquet, her movements were gentle, and the moth-eaten apples looked rather like some strange exotic fruit.

"I named him the nation"

"In memory of whom? Your husband? Still is? By the way, what is his name? ”

"Who?"

"Your Husband"

"Called the founding of the country"

"I know about statehood. No, what I'm asking is his real name, what is his last name? ”

"I knew his name was Jianguo"

"He didn't even say his name to you?"

"I think," the operator smiled, "that your spies, like all spies in the world, know each other under pseudonyms. My leader in Yan'an knows that my name is Lili and not Li Li, and the people who are probably in touch with Jianguo and his leaders here know."

"I seem to have heard of your chief's surname," said Miss Wang, after a moment of silence, "you have to thank us, it is Li Guangyuan who is in charge of you: he is known here for his open-mindedness and strong logic."

To the Commander of the Guard, Zhan Guoqiang. Top secret, in-person.

That's it.

Commander of the Guards

Last night I began to put the "Truth" action plan into practice. Familiarize yourself with the landscape, roads, and terrain in advance. In my opinion, it would be disprudent to inquire about the more detailed information of the driver who will transport the file of Wu Sibao, the head of the Party Affairs Office, or about the proposed route. This causes some level of alertness on the part of the guards.

I intended to do this quietly as much as possible, but the events of last night prevented me from realizing the plan of "covert" operation. When my plainclothes officers crossed the truck in the middle of the road, the convoy carrying the files of the chief of the Party Affairs Office did not stop and opened fire on the truck and my three plainclothes officers. The first car escorting the file, without asking questions or checking documents, drove towards our truck and knocked it over into a ditch on the side of the road. The road is clear again. The five men in the first cover car jumped into the car behind, and the convoy moved on. I know that there were at least five or six submachine gunners on each truck. It was later revealed that these men were neither soldiers nor officers. They were the staff of the State Office who were mobilized on the eve of the evacuation of the archives. Wu Sibao personally ordered them; Shoot anyone within twenty meters of the car, regardless of rank.

I realized that I had to change the tactics and ordered the division of the convoy. I ordered some of my men to follow the convoy along the parallel road to the intersection of the road and the railroad line: the officer on duty was isolated and replaced by someone we trusted, who lowered the railings and blocked the way. I and the rest of the crew split the convoy into two parts and left them where they were. Regrettably, we had to use weapons because they ignored our offer to negotiate and fired back at every truck until the last bullet was gone. The first twelve trucks arrived at the intersection at the same time as our cars, but there were already ten reserve tanks of the XXIV Army, which served as the convoy of the head of the General Office of Defending Party Affairs. Our personnel were forced to withdraw. All the trucks we captured were burned, while all the seized bags and zinc boxes were moved to several armored transports and transported to the airport. The driver who drove the armored transport to the airfield was eliminated by our assault group.

Your loyal subordinate, Chang Kaishen.

Rove arrives at the secret residence with two of his assistants. He was slightly drunk, so he always spoke in French. Mei Sipin told him that Ding Mocun agreed, and that in Li Guangyuan's absence, he, Rove, and the Communist Party spy would work.

"Wu Sibao sent Li Guangyuan to carry out the mission, and Rove could take a completely different way of working at this time. The arrested person has a special affection for soft-hearted people after encountering a fierce investigator. Is Li Guangyuan soft-hearted? Ding Momura laughed and asked him to smoke.

Mei Sipin lit a cigarette and he pondered for a moment. What made him satisfied was that Zhan Guoqiang knew that Chang Kaishen had a conversation with a certain staff member of the Central Security Bureau, but Li Shiqun knew nothing about it, and this "loophole" created the possibility for him to skillfully deal with the two forces. Therefore, it was natural that he would never tell Zhan Guoqiang the essence of Li Shiqun's suspicion of Li Guangyuan, but Li Shiqun had never heard of a mysterious conversation that seemed to Zhan Guoqiang to be betrayal and informing.

"You want me to see how Li Guangyuan will lead the work of the spy, right?" Chang Kaishen asked.

"Why?" Li Shiqun was surprised, "Why did you bother to ask? I think he's a good at radio transceiving."

"Has he forgotten what he said?" Chang Kaishen was very surprised.

"Is he going to do me any harm? Is it worth reminding him? Maybe it's not appropriate to do so? To work in this damn place, you have to be skillful, and you have to use all kinds of tricks not to deceive the enemy, but to fool your own people to hell."

"Do you want to give Rove a separate 'score' in the work of being a 'female pianist' of the Communist Party?"

The spy is usually called a "pianist" and the leader of the spy team is called a "conductor". In the recent chaos of a large influx of refugees into Shanghai, who had to house evacuated workers, these terms were somehow forgotten, and spies who were arrested were often referred to by ethnicity rather than occupation.

Li Shiqun said melancholy: "Do the work of a 'female pianist'...... No, let Rove keep in touch with Li Guangyuan, the purpose should be one. And the way to achieve the goal can be different"

"That's right, too"

"How's the decoder doing?"

"Those passwords are very complex and difficult to solve"

"Put some pressure on that woman. I don't believe she doesn't know the spy chief's password."

"Li Guangyuan does her job on her own terms"

"Li Guangyuan is not here for the time being, so let Rove put some pressure on her"

"His way?"

Li Shiqun was about to say something, when the phone rang on the table. Wang did not invite Li Shiqun to attend the meeting.

Of course, Li Shiqun remembers what he said about Li Guangyuan. However, the night before yesterday, when they had a long talk with Chang Kaishen on foreign financial issues, Chang Kaishen mentioned by the way:

"As far as you are concerned, your people must ensure absolute secrecy about this activity, and we must invite the most reliable people we can trust to participate, such as Li Guangyuan and Luo Fu."

Li Shiqun is deeply asking for this kind of trick: if Chang Kaishen mentions someone and can't help but ask about this person's condition, it means that this person has received his attention, which means that this person is a person who is "useful".

Upon preliminary inspection, none of the intercepted Yoman files were found that could explain that the party had transferred money to a foreign bank. It seems that either the documents have been evacuated, or the secret bank account numbers and the names of the financial agents he needs once peace arrives are in Chang Kaishen's extraordinary memory, and finally, there is another possibility, the documents are on the dozen or so cars in front of the cordon and the army tanks, which is a pity

But among the files intercepted by his men are some of the most thought-provoking material. In particular, Li Guangyuan wrote a letter to Wu Sibao, which, although unsigned, confirmed that a defective activity within the Security Department was brewing.

Zhan Guoqiang showed this material to Mei Sipin and asked him to investigate. Mei Sipin agreed to complete the task assigned by the commander of the guard, but he knew very well in his heart that this task could not be completed. However, the discovery of this document led him to the idea that there would be more important materials in Chang Kaishen's file, so that he could conduct another review of his staff.

Find out if they are working for Chang Kaishen at the same time, and if so, when to start, what problems to address, and who to target. Mei Sipin was not afraid to know that his staff was working for two masters at the same time. It was important to him to envision what it would be like for Bowman to know his divine plan for peace.

Mei Sipin sent several personnel to consult the archives. Almost every hour he asks what new material there is. All he got was the answer: "There is no valuable material for the time being."

Did everything go well?

"How's your boss?" The tall man asked, "Is it healthy?" ”

"Yes," he smiled, "everything is fine."

"Would you like a cup of tea?"

"Thank you, that's great"

The man came into the kitchen, and he came out of the kitchen and asked:

"Is your roof reliable?"

"I live on the second floor," the agent didn't understand his codeword.

The Spy smiled coldly, put the kettle and began to boil the water. He was right in his judgment, it was a layman who came to him, and the "roof" who volunteered to help means "cover" in the jargon of spies around the world.

"The only thing is not to be in a hurry," he admonished himself, "the old man is now a turtle in an urn." He'll give it all the truth, but he'll have to be careful with him."

"You can't drink this kind of tea in Shanghai today," he said, moving the cup of tea to his peers, "those bastards make the common people drink low-quality tea residues, and here they sell genuine Longjing tea." ”

"I have long forgotten this taste," my colleague took a sip and agreed, "I haven't drunk this kind of Longjing in nearly ten years."

"The people of Hangzhou taught me to drink water while drinking strong tea. Would you like to try it? ”

Everything makes him feel comfortable at the moment, whether it's walking, thinking about problems, or breathing, he feels relaxed and happy. He laughed happily:

"Never have I ever drunk water at the same time as I drank strong tea".

"It's a different flavor: the difference in temperature and taste creates a special taste"

"Yes," the agent said, taking a sip of water, "very interesting"

"Did he ask you to send me any message?"

"Nope. It's that little glass bottle."

"Strange"

"Why?"

"I thought he would tell me when to wait for him"

"He didn't say anything about it"

"That's right. I haven't asked you yet, do you have any money on hand? ”

"It's enough right now"

"If you need money, come to me and I can lend it to you. Of course, there are none, but you can always maintain it for a while, by the way, have you noticed whether there is a tail? ”

"Tail? Does this mean stalking? ”

"Right"

"I didn't pay much attention to that."

"You're being careless. Didn't he warn you about that? ”

"Of course I reminded. But after many years, especially after I got out of prison, I felt free here and got a little carried away. Thank you for the reminder."

"This should not be forgotten at any time. Especially in this neutral place. The police here are cunning and very cunning. Is there anything else you want to tell me? ”

"Me? No, nothing else"

"Give me your documents"

"He told me to keep my documents with me at all times"

"Did he tell you that now you are under my leadership?"

"Nope"

"Again, it was mentioned in the cipher letter you handed me to you. Let's think about what we can do to be more foolproof. You are now"

"I'll go back to the hotel now and get a good night's sleep."

"No, I mean... What you do"

"Get enough sleep first," interrupted the agent, "I really want to sleep for a day, two, or even three days, and then think about work." All the documents and manuscripts I left in Nanjing. However, I can memorize almost all the tasks that need to be done."

The spy of No. 76 took the agent's Nanjing credentials and threw them on the table carelessly.

"The day after tomorrow at two o'clock to pick up a new one, we will go to the French Concession to go through the registration procedures. To be precise, try to do it as well as possible: the attitude of the British is extremely bad and more and more arrogant"

"Who?" The new agent didn't understand.

Spy 76 coughed a few times: he showed his feet, and in order to better cover up his flaws, he smoked a cigarette and slowly and leisurely smoked before answering.

"The British regard everyone who passes by as a spy. As for what kind of person you are, whether you are a member of the Communist Party, or where you come from, it's all the same for these guys."

"He didn't tell me to register here"

"It's all written on the code letter"

"His master is in Nanjing," Spy No. 76 pondered, "there is no doubt about that, didn't he say that his manuscript of documents remained in Nanjing?" In this way, it was a man from Nanjing who fell into our hands, which is too lucky. Don't rush it," he reminded himself again, "Don't rush it."

"Well, I thank you very much," the agent said, standing up, "The taste of Longjing is indeed very good, and drinking it with cold boiled water is even better"

"Have you informed him that everything is arranged? Maybe you need me to do this? ”

"Can you do this through your comrades?"

"Yes," Spy 76 thought to himself, "I didn't expect it," "great"

"Yes, I can do it through my comrades. But you also report to him at the same time, don't delay"

"I wanted to report today, but I couldn't find the kind of postcard stamp I needed anywhere"

"If you can't buy it, I'll get you the stamps you need the day after tomorrow. What is printed on a stamp? ”

"Blue color. Be sure to be blue."

"Good. Is the postcard on you? ”

"No, in the hostel"

"It's not going to work. Can't leave anything behind in the hostel"

"Look at what you said," the agent smiled slightly, "these are ordinary postcards, and I bought ten of them in Nanjing." I have the contents of the letter in my head, and there is nothing negligent on my part."

The host shook hands with the agent in the antechamber and said:

"Be careful, be careful, comrade. Please note that the calm here is only superficial"

"He warned me beforehand, I know"

"Just in case, leave your address"

"Cyclamen Ryokan

"Who are the people living there?"

"Why do you ask?" Professor Shi was surprised.

"It's the name of the hostel. Zhejiang's people generally live in inns with their own names."

"Nope. I don't think there are any Zhejiang people there."

"We can look into that. If you see me at your hotel, please don't approach me or greet me, because we don't know each other."

"Good"

"Now so, if anything happens to you, call me. Remember the phone number," he said twice.

"Yes," Professor Shi promised, "I have a good memory." Learning Latin to train your memory is much more effective than any other method"

He walked out of the gate and crossed the road unhurriedly. An old man in a fur vest closes the blinds of his bird shop. Birds are jumping around in their cages. Professor Shi stood in front of the shop window, watching the birds.

"Do you want to buy anything?" The old man asked.

"No, I just want to admire your birds"

"The best of me is in the store. I'm different from everyone else," said the old man, who was very talkative, "and everyone put the most attractive products in the windows. In my opinion, birds are not commodities, birds are birds. Many writers often come to me, and they sit and listen to the birds. One of them said, 'Before I go through the ordeal of writing a new book, I'll be like the mythical singer Orpheus, and I'll have to hear enough of the world's greatest musical birds.' Otherwise I won't be able to sing to the world a beautiful song that will find me in Eurydice.'"

Professor Shi wiped away the tears that suddenly welled up in his eyes. He left the window and said, "Thank you."

"Why can't you turn on the lights? Who are you afraid of? Li Guangyuan asked.

"I'm not afraid of you," he replied secretly.

"Okay, let's go dark."

"I'm used to it in your house. It's comfortable and quiet."

"Especially during the bombing," he said, snorting, "my back hurts to death, and I don't know where I got the wind." I went to the bathroom and got an aspirin. Sit down, give me your hand, the sofa chair is here."

Li Guangyuan walked into the bathroom and opened the medicine box.

"Black Rumbling, I'll take the wrong medicine, but don't take a laxative," he said when he got back to his room, "put the curtains down, my curtains are thick, and then burn the fireplace"

"I tried, but the curtains won't come down, so you installed the mechanism."

"Not at all, just a stick. I'll get it done. What's wrong, old man? Who are you afraid of? ”

"Chang Kaishen"

Li Guangyuan covered the window with a curtain and went to turn on the light.

When he heard the switch go off, he said, "I unscrewed the plug on the safety brake." It is quite possible that you have a bug installed here"

"Who?"

"We"

"What's the point?"

"That's what I came to you for. Light your stove first, then sit down and talk. We have very little time, but there are many important issues to discuss."

Li Guangyuan lit the dry chopping wood. The fireplace whined low. The fireplace is rather strange: it whines at first, and only when the stove burns does the noise disappear.

"What's going on?" Li Guangyuan sat on the sofa chair closer to the fire and asked, "Old friend, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Me? I don't have anything. Rather, what are you going to do? ”

"Do you mean in principle?"

"Including in principle"

"In principle, I'm going to take a shower and then lie down and sleep. I shivered with cold and was so tired."

"Li Guangyuan, I came to you as a friend."

"Come on," Li Guangyuan frowned, "Why do you want to coax people like a three-year-old child?" In the mood for a drink? ”

"Think"

Li Guangyuan brought brandy and poured a cup for Lao Huo and himself. They drank it all in silence.

"Good wine"

"Another drink?" Li Guangyuan asked.

"Great"

They had another drink. Lao Huo snapped his fingers, made a gurgling sound, and then said, "Li Guangyuan, I'm investigating your situation this week."

"I don't understand what you mean"

"Chang Kaishen assigned me to secretly investigate the evidence related to your physicists"

"Listen to me, Lao Huo, you talk to me like you're playing a dumb riddle. What does the arrested physicist have to do with me? Why do you want to investigate my matter secretly, and what is Chang Kaishen's intention in finding evidence of my crimes? ”

"I can't explain it to you, and I'm inexplicable myself. All I know is that you are under suspicion and surveillance"

"Me?" Li Guangyuan looked very stunned, "This is just nonsense." Otherwise, our leaders will be distraught and overwhelmed by the current chaos."

"Li Guangyuan, didn't you teach me to analyze and calm down when I encounter problems?"

"When you encounter such a thing, you still want me to calm down? Will I be able to calm down after what you said to me? Yes, I'm not calm, I'm angry. I'll go find Chang Kaishen now."

"He's sleeping. There is no need to rush to him. Hear me out first. What I would like to tell you about are some of the findings in cases involving physicists. I haven't reported this to Chang Kaishen yet. I'm waiting for you."

Li Guangyuan needed a short period of time to concentrate his thoughts and re-examine whether he had left behind any material that would reveal him, even if it was the least noticeable, such as records of questions and answers, showing excessive interest in details, and so on.

"What is Lao Huo going to do?" Li Guangyuan was thinking, "If I denounce him, he leaks that No. 76 is conducting a secret investigation on me, which will bring him to death." He's a desperate agent, how could he do that?

Was he assigned by Chang Kaishen to test me? Not necessarily. There are no of them here, and they should know that what would be more beneficial to me after this conversation is to abscond. It is not 194 now, and the front line is close at hand. Could it be that he came on his own initiative? Although he was an extremely cunning man, he was not so clever as to dare to play such a trick on his own. I don't quite understand this naïve and naïve trickery, but it is precisely such tricks that may prevail over logic and reason"