Andre. The tall, blond man held out his hand.

"Zhou Xuanhe." Geng Chaozhong thought for a moment and replied.

The faces of the two were filled with the enthusiasm of comrades, but the vigilance in the depths of their eyes was not reduced at all, and after a short but powerful handshake, Andre tentatively said: "Follow me?" ”

"Thank you, but you don't need it," Geng Chaozhong refused with a smile, "Also, please return this dagger to his master." ”

Geng Chaozhong's knife handle turned outward, and he handed over a dagger, which was the one that Yuzhen gave him.

"I hope you will think about our proposal, and you and I have been negotiating recently, and the atmosphere at the official level is very good, so you can trust us." Andre said in a low voice, "Also, I will find a way to send you back to Nanjing." ”

"Well, I understand, but I have other tasks, but thank you for your kindness." Geng Chaozhong replied.

Since 33 years, China and the Soviet Union have been secretly pacting non-aggression with only one purpose - that is, the common enemy of the two countries in the Far East - Japan.

However, because of the Soviet zone in China, the negotiations have not been smooth, but now that the Soviet zone has disappeared, the negotiations between the two countries have accelerated, and the major political newspapers in Japan have already published the concern that China and the Soviet Union may conclude a jump, and the military friction between the Soviet Union and Japan on the Manchurian-Mongolian border is precisely because of this distrust.

Andrei was silent for a moment, as if he had given up persuasion, he rubbed his hands, and seemed to want to leave, but when he turned around, he turned back again: "I heard that you are Yuzhen's friend, don't you want to meet her?" ”

"Not for the time being, we will meet by fate." Geng Chaozhong shook his head.

"Okay, then I'll see you soon." Andrei put the object of fate on his head and turned to leave.

A moment later, several gunshots rang out in the distance, and the bamboo forest fell silent.

Geng Chaozhong did not leave, he stood where he was, and before leaving the Mitsui Iron Works, the conversation between Xiangzi and himself appeared in front of his eyes again:

"Date kun, I know you're not Japanese, and when you started to go back to Hokkaido, your actions only made me wonder, but when I returned to Tokyo and Sato-san asked me to investigate Watanabe, I had already figured everything out."

"Date kun, I don't want to kill you, but if you go back and report Sato-san, even I will be implicated, and Sato-san will definitely put part of the blame on me in order to get rid of the crime, so I have no choice."

"Date kun, I have confessed everything to Sato-san, he will do it in the near future, I have no choice but to wish you good luck, but I once promised to tell you a life-threatening secret, and now I have told you."

"Goodbye......."

Geng Chaozhong shook his head and walked quickly to the place where Nakamura escorted him to the bamboo forest to park, where the two remaining gendarmes had already fallen to the ground. He walked to the back of the car, opened the trunk, and there was a spare tank of gasoline in it, and couldn't help but settle down, and then quickly sat in the driver's seat. Soon after, black smoke rose from the rear of the car and disappeared down the mountain road.

..........

An hour later, Sorge apartment.

"What about people?" Zhu Muyun looked at Andre who came back, with a little anxiety on his face.

"He doesn't want to come back," Andre shook his head, "and," Andre looked at Yuzhen, who was bowing his head to the side, "and he asked me to return this knife to you, saying goodbye." ”

Yuzhen's face was a little pale, she took the knife, and without looking at it, she threw it aside.

"Yuzhen, please don't do this," Andre's blue eyes showed a little pity, "We can all see it, but I have to say that ending a relationship is a relief for both of us." ”

"Shut up." Yuzhen glared at Andre fiercely, turned around and walked away.

"Zhukov senior," Andrei shrugged his shoulders helplessly, "Look? ”

"You should persuade him to come back," Zhu Muyun glanced at Yuzhen's departing back, "He should know some secrets, and besides, his identity is also very important to us." ”

"Obviously, he's been exposed," Andre shook his head, "so I don't think it's necessary." ”

"It's Mr. Richard, not you, who makes the decision." Zhu Muyun gave a serious hint.

"Then I tell you, he is a very strong-willed man, and I cannot persuade him." Andrey made no secret of his stubbornness.

"Okay, when he comes back, you can tell him like this!" Zhu Muyun had nothing to do with this guy, shook his head and walked into the inner room.

..........

In front of the floor-to-ceiling window, Yuzhen's eyes stared at the night sky with stars flickering outside the window, and a teardrop fell from his cheek.

In front of Zhu Muyun, there was no need for her to hide her emotions.

"Yuzhen, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you before, it's because ........" Zhu Muyun walked to Yuzhen's side.

"Nothing, I've already guessed out, who is his wife?" Yu Zhen deeply touched a finger and wiped away the tears that were falling.

"The secret service arranged it for the daughter of one of our old comrades, and he can't and can't refuse." Zhu Muyun sighed.

"He doesn't want to say no, does he?" Yuzhen turned his head, his angry face pale and beautiful.

"This kind of thing," Zhu Muyun smiled bitterly, "You know, I've been divorced twice, and you're asking Yu Blind." ”

"Poof," Yu Zhen smiled, but the tears still couldn't stop falling, "Brother Zhu, you once told me that it's difficult for people like us to have a stable relationship, right?" ”

"Yes, it's difficult, but it's not necessarily, didn't he say it, goodbye." Zhu Muyun caressed Yuzhen's shoulder.

"Are we destined?" Yuzhen's eyes were confused.

.........

"It seems that Nakamura will not come back........"

Mitsui Iron Works and Sato are also looking at the starry sky in front of the window.

It was already completely dark, but Nakamura and Date had no news yet, unlike the British proverb "no news is good news", in the world of intelligence, if there is no news, it must be bad news.

"Sato-san, what are you going to do next?" There is also a person standing on the side, with slightly frowning eyebrows, and thinly applying powder, which is Xiangzi.

"Kako, what do you say?" Sato looked at Kako with a smile, "Now that the only people who know about this matter are you and me, there is no need for us to be suspicious of each other." ”

"According to the original plan, report to the top, and arrest at the same time!" Kako's face was covered with frost.

"Someone!" Sato spoke.

A gendarme walked in, "Chancellor, please command." ”

"Investigate, where did Nakamura go, and then send ........" Before the voice fell, the phone rang suddenly, Sato picked up the phone, and after a conversation, put down the phone and said:

"No need, the people have been found, Nakamura and his party were ambushed near Sensoji Temple, leaving four corpses, you go and call a few instructors from our training center, all of them!"

"Hey!" The gendarme said yes and ran out quickly.

"Run, run," Sato sat back at his desk and muttered to himself, "Date, I never underestimated you, and you never let me down." But now, you don't threaten me anymore, at least, your threat to me has been reduced to a minimum. ”

In less than ten minutes, all seven instructors from the spy training center, except for Kako, gathered in Sato's office.

"Everyone," Sato's sharp eyes swept over everyone present, "Nakamura and Date were attacked when they went out on a mission, four people died, Date fled, but he hasn't come back until now, and I just received news that Date has been bribed by Soviet intelligence officers since he came to Japan, and this ambush was done by him in collusion with the Soviets, this is the confession I just received!" ”

After saying that, Sato threw a thin confession paper in front of everyone.

"Nani?!"

Everyone present was stunned, Date Jun turned out to be a mole sent by the Soviet side, this .......

"Xiangzi, the confession was sent by you, and you tell everyone the details." Sato set his sights on Kako.