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Yes, Minister! Chang Kaishen replied. He felt an unexpected lightness in his heart.

"The mission is: there is an enemy active in that area; There, "Wu Sibao looked at Li Guangyuan," there were treasures belonging to the party and the nation in the salt mines; The sword has been raised, and the hand that dares to raise it should be cut off. You understand the mission? ”

"No," Chang Kaishen replied, "we are a secret agency, and we are rough people. Comrade Minister. It can be another person who cuts off the enemy's hand, and I need Li Guangyuan here; If he has a special view on the problem, Li Guangyuan must know it, otherwise it will be difficult for him to complete the task you have given him. ”

"If I think it is necessary to mention the peculiarity of this matter, I will do it, Comrade Chang." Wu Sibao said quietly, "The people below me will give Li Guangyuan the necessary help." ”

"No," Li Guangyuan retorted hesitantly, "your man is a very qualified person, Your Excellency Minister, he is a blind witness, I beg your pardon, he cannot see or hear anything, he will only repeat the slogans sent to him by his superiors." We can't work that way. ”

Li Guangyuan wanted to say that he would try to find reliable clues to his actions. He needs to get off here. From Chang Kaishen's opposition to his trip to the border area, it can be concluded that the killing of the orderly soldiers was precisely to deprive him of freedom of movement. He understood Chang Kaishen's trick. Now he can leave, but Chang Kaishen is unwilling. Opposing Chang Kaishen at this moment would mean the failure of the whole idea, because even if Wu Sibao gave the order and Chang Kaishen had to agree in this office, when they left here, Chang Kaishen was still a master with status. No, not a word. One should listen, and wait, even if the mentally painful wait is unbearable.

Wu Sibao understood that he had to find a way out of his complicated situation. He was not going to give in. What used to be a code of conduct now seems to be child's play. However, a way of getting rid of the minister's prestige should be sought. Wu Sibao is very good at doing this.

"If you are high up, sitting in the center, Chang Kaishen, and suspicious of the people of the provinces and even high-ranking officials, I will not be able to dispel your suspicions. Judging by all things, the enemy is on the move, and they have people in the headquarters in the village of Dingmo. Yes, exactly. In his villa there was a special group of the Sixth Division, where the enemy operated. Do you understand the subtleties of the mission? Ding Mocun personally supervised the work of the newspaper operator to intercept and receive news from the East and the West. What would you do if someone told you that the enemy was working with our 76? As an honest person, you will definitely interrupt this person and accuse him of slander. I don't think you're going to be in the company of the enemy. ”

Li Guangyuan smiled slightly: "Then why?" From the point of view of our profession, Your Excellency, Minister, is even beneficial: an excellent possibility to start the game. ”

Wu Sibao stood up: "You have to prove to me that Ding Mocun is quietly playing games, not cautiously and cunningly hiding the enemy in his own home. Lay on my desk the infallible evidence of your superiors, and if you have the slightest doubt in your heart about his loyalty, report it to me immediately. You come in person, here or at the Prime Minister's Office. ”

So Li Guangyuan asked a question. This question can make him progress, be able to get ahead of Chang Kaishen, get rid of his supervision, and at the same time not make him angry, and leave him the power to make the final decision.

"What is the attitude of your subordinates towards this special status of the person who comes? How to deal with his jealousy, surveillance, and the ** who dictates to me, and eliminate this contradiction? ”

"I telegraphed to him and told him that you are independent and acting on my orders. Well, I don't rule out the possibility that he will be jealous. If the results of the examination are good, you can contact me and tell him about the situation. If you find out about the tragedy, if you see clearly the infidelity of Dingmo Village, and don't say a word about the people I sent, don't say anything, come directly to me. ”

Chang Kaishen said: "Thank you, distinguished minister, it is easier for us to consider this matter now. ”

He understood that Li Guangyuan had overtaken him at a sharp turn, and he once again expressed his admiration for the wisdom and accuracy of this man, so he decided to show his trump card. He believed that this trump card would be enough to keep Li Guangyuan in Berlin, or at least to make him rush back from the mission site as soon as possible, like a bloodhound.

"In the last few days, Minister, my men have handed me all the material concerning Russia, **, Ben, and there is still some French material. This is what I asked him for. These materials are too precious to describe in words; If your 'museum' is worth hundreds of millions, then my documents are simply priceless. I intend to entrust Li Guangyuan with the selection and inventory of this newspaper bank. The newspapers were about the upper echelons of Paris, Moscow, Belgrade and Warsaw. We'll deal with them in the future. My document is going to be rewritten to fifty pages. I firmly believe that Li Guangyuan is more qualified than others for this job. ”

"You can choose someone who can preliminarily sort out the newspaper and put it in that position."

"I don't want to praise Li Guangyuan in person, but no one can do a better job than him. If someone had done the sorting work first, it would have been difficult to divide the army, industry, and ideology into categories later. ”

Chang Kaishen glanced at Li Guangyuan slowly, as if waiting for him to help, and said, "I'm going to start work immediately, and I'll move over there after the preliminary tidying up." However, Li Guangyuan remained silent, his eyes were always on Wu Sibao, as if to prove that he did not have the power to make the final decision.

"No," said Wu Sibao, "Li Guangyuan was going there anyway, because according to the opinion of the experts, the telegram was sent to the key person and to his newspaper center." Although the soldiers threatened us that the other side might start attacking, there was a temporary calm on the battlefield. Li Guangyuan worked there at his own pace for three to five days, then returned to Nanjing to sort out your materials. ”

As a result, Li Guangyuan once again surpassed Chang Kaishen. He stood up first, so that Chang Kaishen could understand that he thought the conversation was over. He understood Wu Sibao's order and wanted to carry it out.

Chang Kaishen just said: "I'm sorry, friend, is it possible for you to wait in the reception room for a while?" I would like to discuss a confidential issue with the Minister. ”

Li Guangyuan walked out.

"Minister," Chang Kaishen coughed a few times, and then said, "Has the person your doctor prepared to penetrate the rear already sent out by your men?" ”

"Not yet. Why are you asking this? Where did you get the news about him? ”

"From the people under you. In the guard unit there are acquaintances from my time in Chongqing. Don't scold him, for him, I am a copy of yours. I am interested in your people because the game against the Communist Party that I mentioned to you not so long ago is in its final stages, and I need some loyal people, loyal to you, loyal to the party. My plan has been carefully examined, and now it is time to turn my vision into action. ”

Li Guangyuan waited in the reception room, feeling the silence here and the absence of air raids. There were only three people connected to the telephone: Wang Wei, Zhan Guoqiang and Mei Sipin. Wu Sibao does not contact other people. He said in his heart; "You should leave, this trip is the last chance. I've found out what I can find. Wu Sibao's mention of Chang Kaishen's traitor was accidental. However, this 'accident' almost gave me a heart attack. As for what they kept in the tunnel, I couldn't report it to the center, I could only remember in my head what was real and what was fake. There are no liaisons, and it looks like there won't be any. I am the target of both sides. But if I understood what we mean, then I wouldn't understand the entry here. Perhaps they are sick people who have lost the ability to understand things. I can't get out of Nanjing, it's delusional to escape from here to the East, and I'll be caught in less than a day, no matter what I pretend to be, and it's a mountainous area over there, where I can live, and eventually I will go to the East along the mountain road from there. Chang Kaishen couldn't send anyone to keep an eye on me, and he definitely had to order them to keep me safe. This freed my hands and feet: 'I will move forward according to the needs of the action, and you will leave a hundred meters.' Let them find it. I don't believe Chang Kaishen's nonsense about that document. It's bait, and he wants me to swallow it. In the car he would wait for me to show interest in his documents. These materials are invaluable to any newspaper. I didn't show him interest, so I did it. ”

After returning to No. 76, Chang Kaishen took out a flat box from the safe and put it in front of Li Guangyuan: "This is just a piece of the material about people in the scientific community. The relatives of these people are secretly working with our people in the occupied territories. Take a look and think about how you can write it down more accurately and briefly so that it can be used by the newspaper staff for our purposes in the future. Please note that the other materials, including those in Russian, have been edited in a different way. You'll have to figure out how you're going to turn all these various things into some thin pieces of paper and print them on the drawing paper that my companion gave me before you get to the border. When you return, I will arrange you in my secret point, and send two stenographers, who will be outstanding. You take back the materials in question, they are worth more than all the pieces of Michelangelo and Raphael. Please take my word for it."

The special line between Chang Kaishen and Ding Mocun rang suddenly.

"Yes." Chang Kaishen replied, "Please speak, Captain, it's good, I'll go right away." Chang Kaishen stood up and shook his head: "It's a little urgent, you are waiting in the reception room, and the secretary will bring you tea." I'll be back in twenty minutes. ”

Li Guangyuan sat in front of him, sipping tea, and listened absentmindedly to his secretary's reply to those flaming phone calls. In his mind, he secretly hoped that a tall young man would come to him over there, and this man would say the five words that had to be said, and when he heard the answer, he would say, "Comrade, I will escort you back to the border area." ”

"Maybe I'm in your way?" Li Guangyuan asked the secretary, "I can go to my office and wait." ”

"The squad leader told you to wait here." The secretary said without any words.

Now he recalls Chang Kaishen's recent visit every day. Chang Kaishen's face appeared in front of his eyes from time to time, and slowly he saw the gray hair on Chang Kaishen's poorly trimmed left sideburns.

He is a "detail-oriented" person. He likes to repeat these words: "In the art of cinema, the small things are the mark of talent, and in our work, the small things can be the turning point in a big battle." If General Wang hadn't paid attention to his opponent's knife, had not invited him to the 'Maxim' restaurant, and then led him to his own residence outside the city. Who knows how the operation in the military arena will develop, and how many fighters in the damp and dirty trenches will fall prey to those bastards. I don't know if the carriage along the riverfront was intentionally arranged or accidental. But if it's an idea, then it means that something is done deliberately. If it was accidental, and his assistant inadvertently took it and he decided to adopt it, then he should be honored and praised for his skill in finding something important in the subtleties. ”

No matter how strange Da was, it was Chang Kaishen's unshaven face that made her fall into the constant imagination of the future, and his feelings were vague and not very clear.

Returning from a walk in the woods, he understood everything. The decision to make the future appeared before his eyes like a picture, and the picture was complete.

"Chang Kaishen is very delicate, and if he doesn't care about cultivating his face now," he said in his heart, "then he won't notice anything outside of his life until we are all liberated, and before the collapse is here." Now he is not able to carry out full surveillance, only the most important directions are retained, and the rest of the directions, especially everything behind him, can no longer be taken care of. The more violent and sudden my actions are, the more chances there are of success, and the more chances I have of fleeing to the West."

He was preparing for action for a long time. When he considered the full details of his actions, he had a clear purpose for his actions.

He did not want to become a regular soldier immediately, and he himself did not consider himself a military man, despite the fact that his family belonged to the "family of glory".

But by the time he joined the army, many treaties had already been signed, and in fact the commanders of the army lost the right to own the army. So he fulfilled his duty as a true nation. There can be no army, and every countryman must make every effort. Provide the country with a strong army. In his opinion, it is not the machine and the plough that will determine the future, but the bayonet and artillery.

After graduating from the Cavalry School in 1923, he became a captain at a young age. He became an adjutant to the Deputy Chief of the General Staff. His father was a Chinese nationalist idealist who published history textbooks in which he called on young people to take revenge: "We are a nation with no room to live" and he first printed maps for the General Staff, so that his son's career was assured.

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