Lin Mucheng and Ning Zhiheng looked at each other, the room was silent for a while, and the atmosphere became solemn.

After a long time, Lin Mucheng said slowly: "Sure enough, there is no good banquet, it seems that this wine is not happy to drink today!" I'll just say that you spies don't get along well, but, Zhiheng, although you are a high-level member of the Military Command Bureau and the director of the Second Division of Operations, you can't frame me for no reason, right? I am also a colonel and brigade commander of the national army, and without evidence, it is difficult for you to convict me! ”

Ning Zhiheng smiled bitterly, nodded, and said again: "Brother Mu Cheng, don't worry, I invited you here today, there is no malice, the original intention is to have a good talk with you, you listen to me first tell me about the origin of the matter." ”

Lin Mucheng had stabilized his mood at this time, since Ning Zhiheng had found out the reason, there would inevitably be a follow-up, and at this time he could only see the move, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll listen!" ”

So Ning Zhiheng didn't go around in circles anymore, and directly recounted the old events of the year: "Three years ago, that is, in this late autumn season, I just graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and was assigned to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department at that time, which is the predecessor of the Military Command Bureau. ”

When Ning Zhiheng said this, he paused slightly, his eyes carefully observed Lin Mucheng's subtle changes, and saw that Lin Mucheng's face was calm and normal, without the slightest abnormality, but his right hand on the table was tightly clenched into a fist, and the green tendons on the back of his hand were exposed, which showed that the emotions in his heart must be extremely nervous and shocking.

Ning Zhiheng continued: "At that time, the leader of the shadow team, Windmill, could not survive the torture and was electrocuted alive, but another member of the puppet finally opened his mouth, not only did he confess to everything, but most importantly, he also confessed to a very hidden Japanese spy, this spy's code name is Feiyan!" ”

When Ning Zhiheng said this, Lin Mucheng could no longer remain calm.

"Feiyan"! What a distant and true name! How many years did this name torment him! has always been buried deep in his heart, afraid that one day, someone will shout this name in his ear, but this day still came!

Lin Mucheng took a deep breath, trying to suppress the panic in his heart, but it was useless, his heart was still beating violently, after Huang Xiansheng, who was codenamed puppet, was arrested, he almost couldn't sleep all night, and he kept his eyes open until dawn every night, how many times, what appeared in front of him in a trance was the scene where a group of people broke into the door and arrested him.

But as time passed, nothing happened, and he could no longer receive any messages from the Japanese, as if everything had returned to its original state, everything was just a nightmare, and he wished it was a dream!

originally thought that he had escaped this catastrophe by luck, and the Japanese gave up on themselves for some reason, Lin Mucheng secretly rejoiced, and later with the full-scale outbreak of the war, his troops went to the front line, and fought with the Japanese on the battlefield, he gradually put aside his worries and threw himself into the battlefield, this memory gradually blurred, but now I know that he had been exposed as early as three years ago, but I don't know why no one has come to arrest him.

"I was presiding over this case at the time, and when I knew the true identity of this Feiyan, it turned out to be you! When we were the eldest son of Lin Zhen, the general in Baoding, I didn't know what to do? After all, I am also a member of the Baoding Department, I hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to cover up this secret for the benefit of our Baoding Department. ”

Lin Mucheng's eyes couldn't help but widen when he heard this, and he looked at Ning Zhiheng in disbelief, he couldn't be sure if what the other party said was true? If it is true, then the other party undoubtedly dragged him back from the edge of the cliff.

"How? Brother Mu Cheng, don't you still believe what I said? It's okay, you keep listening.

Although I decided to hide this secret for you, but after all, I still have to track down the Japanese spy behind you, so I decided to follow you, you don't know, for a long time to come, I have been by your side, and your every move is under my surveillance.

You live at No. 27 Yongfu Road in the north of Nanjing, go out at 7 o'clock in the morning every day, go to work at the Zhengnanhu station, eat at the division headquarters at noon and do not go home, eat at a "Hexiang Restaurant" in the evening, go to the nearby "Le Yao Ballroom" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and go back to your father's house for lunch every weekend, go to the Army Officers' Club to play cards in the afternoon, and still go to the Joyful Dance Hall in the evening.

Every time you play cards in the Officers' Club, you like to sit in a chair by the window at the westernmost table, you know? I'm sitting not far from your right, watching your every move. ”

Lin Mucheng almost jumped up at this time, Ning Zhiheng's description was not bad at all with his life in Nanjing, and even some details he had forgotten, but Ning Zhiheng remembered it clearly.

Lin Mucheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, he didn't have the slightest doubt about Ning Zhiheng's words now, he knew the shadow team, he knew the puppet, he knew his code name Feiyan, and even quietly followed and monitored himself for so long, he was so dull that he didn't even know everything.

"You may not know that the Japanese did not really give up on you, they sent a new high-level agent Snow Wolf shortly after, trying to reactivate you, but they didn't expect that I had been in the shadows, just when he was about to screen you, it still fell into my hands, in order to protect your identity from being revealed, I had to kill him again, and I was almost killed by the explosion, but fortunately, I was lucky and escaped this catastrophe safely.

After these two incidents, the Japanese were unable to find out the real cause, and they became suspicious of you, and finally had to give up contact with you, so I should really thank you for being able to stay safe and sound for the past three years. ”

Lin Mucheng looked at Ning Zhiheng in a daze, and didn't know what to say for a while, if it was really as he said before, the person opposite had done so many things for himself without his knowledge, and in order to protect his identity, he did not hesitate to kill people twice, and almost took his own life, then he was indeed a reinvention of his own kindness!

"It's all your words!" Lin Mucheng said vaguely, I don't know what he means? Is it to deny his identity as a Japanese spy? Or deny that Ning Zhiheng has made a contribution to him?

Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Brother Mu Cheng, I didn't say this to make you thank me!" In fact, I was also selfish at first, your identity was too special, I was afraid that I would find you out, which would affect the reputation and interests of the Baoding Department, and I was also afraid that your father Yougong and the elders of the Baoding Department would be dissatisfied with me, so I weighed it again and again, and simply concealed the secret for you, but then I had trouble one after another, and I had no choice but to continue to extinguish and continue to conceal the truth, but then things were not under my control, the Sino-Japanese War broke out, and you and I were both sent to Shanghai to participate in the Battle of Songhu, I can't protect myself anymore, so I can't take care of you anymore, but fortunately, the Japanese don't dare to confirm your position from then on, and they are reluctant to give up your extremely valuable pawn, so the matter dragged on. ”

Ning Zhiheng's words are true and false, he is not really that great, for the sake of the Baoding Department and Lin Mucheng, he was still shallow at the time, but he was simply afraid of the Lin family's revenge and the oppression of the Baoding Department, if Lin Mucheng was really exposed, he was afraid that he would have died a long time ago.

Lin Mucheng's head hung down, and he sighed lightly, as if venting the depression that had accumulated in his heart for a long time, his face seemed to have aged ten years all of a sudden, showing a painful look, and his heart was full of emotion, and finally said: "I haven't had a good time in the past few years, I have always been afraid that the Japanese will come to the door again, they have my handle in their hands, I am afraid that they will coerce me to betray the country and the nation, I am afraid that my crime will affect my father and family, and I don't know how many times I have been awakened by nightmares in the middle of the night."

In fact, in the end, I also figured it out, and simply gave up this life, and I could also atone for my previous crimes, so I rushed to the front in every battle, where it was hard, where it was dangerous, I didn't hesitate to rush it, everyone thought that I fought bravely, fearlessly, in fact, they didn't know, I just hope that one day, a bullet flying from the battlefield hits here, and I can be completely freed, so that no one will know anymore, Lin Mucheng was once a traitor, a coward! ”

Saying this, Lin Mucheng seemed to have unloaded the burden he had been carrying for a long time at once, and he only felt a sense of relief, the kind of fear that arose as long as he thought about it in the past disappeared, he looked up at Ning Zhiheng, and then said: "Thank you, Zhiheng, I didn't expect that there would be someone who has paid so much to protect me, and the grace of reinvention cannot be repaid, but you made it clear today, what are your plans?" ”

Ning Zhiheng was also embarrassed when he heard Lin Mucheng spit out the words in his heart, he was convinced of the change in Lin Mucheng's mentality, so he said, "What are you going to do?" What else can be planned? I've been hiding it from you for so many years, I can't beat myself in the mouth and hand you over anymore, right?

To tell the truth, I don't dare to wait any longer, in the past few years, you have fought bravely on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, and made many meritorious achievements, which can be said to be on the rise, if it weren't for your qualifications, now I'm afraid that you have been promoted to general, there is news that it won't be long before you go further, and at that time, you will have more and more military power in your hands, that is to say, your potential threat is getting bigger and bigger, if you don't make things clear to you, the Japanese will come to the door in the future, in case you do something foolish, then I can't regret it, This is equivalent to planting this scourge with my own hands, and I am afraid that I will have to eat the bitter fruit of myself! ”

Speaking of this, Ning Zhiheng walked back to the dining table, picked up the wine bottle and filled the wine glass for himself and Lin Mucheng, and said again: "I'm afraid that you will go astray again, at that time, the relatives will be painful, and the enemies will be fast, I can't afford this consequence!" ”

Only then did Lin Mucheng understand Ning Zhiheng's hard work, he was afraid that the higher his status, the more harm he would cause, and today he was forcing himself to express his position.

At this time, his heart was already open, where was there any hesitation, he reached out and picked up the wine glass, raised it in front of Ning Zhiheng, and said calmly: "I have made up my mind, if they dare to come to the door again, I will kill them with my own hands, the big deal is that the fish will die and the net will be broken, and I will never be coerced by the Japanese again." ”

"Okay, I just want you to have this attitude!" Ning Zhiheng said happily, he also raised his glass and touched Lin Mucheng, and the two of them drank it all.

When the matter was clear, Ning Zhiheng laughed and said: "Brother Mu Cheng, not only have you had a hard time in the past few years, but even I have been hanging in the air in my heart, and now that I have made my words clear, I will be relieved." ”

At this time, Lin Mucheng no longer had the initial estrangement and vigilance towards Ning Zhiheng, when he knew that this person had been secretly and silently protecting himself all these years, the gratitude in his heart was incomprehensible, no matter what Ning Zhiheng's original intention was, but all the efforts he made for himself were true, especially after the two people had a common secret, the relationship suddenly changed dramatically, and this was also the first time in many years that he let go of his guard against people.

"Zhiheng, I will never defect to the enemy and betray the country again, but the Japanese still have some of my handles in their hands, they relied on these to coerce me at the beginning, if they come to the door in the future and know my position, I am afraid that they will make these things public, I am not afraid of life and death, but I am afraid that the identity of this traitor will insult the lintel, and affect my family, especially my father's reputation, if so, I will die without redemption."

Lin Mucheng has long put life and death aside over the years, but the most important knot lies in this.

Of course, Ning Zhiheng had already taken measures, and he said with a smile: "Brother Mu Cheng, you are too worried, what kind of big deal is this?" Are those things nothing more than a letter of allegiance and a few photos? Oh, and a few pieces of instructive information that aren't worth it! ”

"You, how do you know!" Lin Mucheng was surprised inexplicably, Ning Zhiheng even knew this.

Ning Zhiheng said with a smile: "There are only a few sets of tactics to rebel, everyone knows that you can't play any tricks, I have already thought about it for you, these methods work for others, but when you meet me, don't forget, who am I?" I am a high-level cadre of China's highest intelligence department, the director of the second operational department, in terms of rank, there are only a few intelligence departments in China with a higher status than me, and with me to testify for you, who dares to question your identity? ”

Lin Mucheng was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Tell me, what are you going to do?" ”