Chapter 80: The Trial

Sakura's information arrived in time, and Lee Seung-ki immediately changed the contact point.

In the office, Nagagawa Eagle is furious.

"Bastard!" Changchuan Ying got up and scolded, "Are you all waste? How could the point of contact that had been with me for two days suddenly disappear! ”

"Director, they suddenly changed the liaison office, and in two hours, they all withdrew from our control without realizing it, and the subordinates never expected them to withdraw so completely, as if they had discovered us."

"Two places were discovered at the same time, is it because their sense of smell is too sensitive or we are too exposed......" Nagagawa Taka propped his hands on the table, lowered his head in contemplation, and said suddenly, "Get Kawashima Sakurayuki." ”

From time to time, Sakura Xue came and stood at the door and slammed the door.

"Come in." Nagawa Eagle had already sat down, but his anger had not subsided, and his face was gloomy.

Sakurayuki came in and stood expressionlessly, her eyes all hollow.

"I'm talking to you about something." Nagagawa Ying restrained himself and took a sip of tea.

"Director Changchuan, if there is anything you can't wait for tomorrow, I'm going home."

"Hmph, there's no hurry." Changchuan Ying said, "Our work has been gradually unfolded, the so-called everything is ready, only the east wind is owed, we have laid out a tight net, just wait for your intelligence to determine where this net is spreading, why, didn't you say it?" ”

"They were still suspicious of me and didn't tell me anything." Sakura Xue said.

"I'll calculate," Changchuan Ying pinched his fingers and said, "Eight or nine days, you have nothing else but this sentence?" ”

"Director Changchuan, apart from this sentence, I really have nothing to say."

"I've had enough!" Nagagawa Taka roared and stood up suddenly, "Kawashima Sakurayuki! I'll only give you three days, and if you don't send me some useful information, I'll dismiss you from your position, and you'll go back!" ”

"You don't have that right."

"I can have this right! Because I suspect you, and if you can't take action to prove your innocence, I can even arrest you. Don't let me find proof! ”

"What do you suspect?" Sakurayuki's eyes widened and she said, "You just want to get revenge on me!" ”

"Get out!" Takashi Nagagawa pointed to the door, "I don't want to explain anything to you!" ”

Kawashima Sakurayuki lowered her eyebrows and was silent, sank her breath, suddenly raised her head, and left.

Someone at the door saw Kawashima Sakurayuki leaving, and Fang came in and said, "Chief Harada, please come over." ”

"Got it, I'll go right away." Changchuan Ying took a deep breath, slowly exhaled, stretched out his stiff face, sorted out his clothes, and went.

Miyazawa Shinobu was in an extremely embarrassing situation, he had to choose to be passive and inactive, only had a meeting, and when the time came, he returned to the museum, the twilight was getting thicker, and Sakurayuki went back alone in a huff, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt useless.

When I arrived at the hall and went upstairs, Sakura Kawashima kicked the door open, shaking the whole building loudly.

Miyazawa Shinobu sat on the bed with his eyes closed, raised his eyelids when he heard the voice, and didn't care, thinking that since you have chosen a lonely road, I can't accompany you.

Sakura paced around the room, chanting, "How can you be justified! Doubt me, doubt me on both sides! Li Chengqi - suspicious and ungrateful, hesitate for a while, only wait for the whole army to be annihilated! Changchuan Eagle - since he doubts me, give an order, withdraw me, I will leave immediately, I will leave this place, I will go home! ”

She flipped over the utensils on the table, and these things were scattered all over the ground, and after venting for a while, she turned around and walked to the window, pushed open the window, and saw that the twilight was deep, the sky was red, and the cherry blossoms were panting in the distance.

"Have you eaten?"

Sakura looked left and right, but there was no human figure.

"I'm here." Shinobu Miyazawa pushed open the window and stuck his head out of the next room.

Sakura pouted and ignored her.

"Keep it for you, you are messing in the house, come to me."

Sakurayuki remained motionless and silent.

"Okay, if you don't eat, I'll sleep, hit things quietly, don't disturb me." Shinobu Miyazawa retracted his head and closed the window.

"You-" Sakurayuki closed the window and broke into Miyazawa Shinobu House, seeing him sitting precariously and smiling.

"Here you go, chopsticks, eat."

Sakura Xue sat down and bowed her head to eat, and after a while, her appetite also came up, and she devoured it.

"Feeling bad?" Shinobu Miyazawa asked.

"Didn't you ignore my business, and what are you doing with me at this time?"

"It's just a routine concern for you, nothing else, you'll go back after eating!"

Ying Xue took a bite of food, but before she could swallow it, she paused to hear him say this, and then put down her chopsticks and stopped eating, "I'll go back." With that, he got up and went back to his room. Miyazawa didn't keep it, let her go back, and seeing her back disappear, Miyazawa's heart sank, and then the sound of slamming the door was like a muffled drum, beating his heart trembling.

Two days later, in the Lychee Hall, in the back room, Li Chengqi made an appointment to meet Yingxue.

Li Chengqi said with a smile: "The line you provided that day saved the lives of at least three comrades, as well as saved two intelligence lines, you did a good job, I thank you on behalf of the organization." ”

"Heh, thank you, just treat me as an outsider," Ying Xue thought about it, and then said coldly: "Is this just today?" Can I leave when you're done? ”

Li Chengqi turned from joy to worry and asked, "What's wrong with you?" The face is not good, the state is not good, this will affect your work, the organization values your intelligence here, and you must not make mistakes at this time. ”

"Values me a lot?" Sakura smiled bitterly, "But you just don't believe me, do you?" ”

"How do you say that?" Li Chengqi suddenly raised his eyebrows, kept blinking, and said hesitantly, "The organization trusts you very much...... Correct...... There's a task for you......"

"Oh? You said. ”

"By the way, I told you no? The organization is preparing to evacuate Japan and return home, and tomorrow afternoon, most of the important members of the Huaxing Association will gather for a final meeting to discuss the retreat. ”

Ying Xue shook her head and smiled bitterly, and said, "You never told me, forget it, I don't matter anyway...... So what do you want me to do this time? ”

"Decide on a time and place for this meeting."

"When and where?" Sakura knew that this was a task related to the overall situation of life and death, and its importance was self-evident.

"Yes."

"How...... Why do you suddenly believe in me so much? But I really can't do it, and I don't know when and where it's safe. ”

"This meeting is very important, and you can't go wrong at all, so I decided to let you provide a time and place." Li Chengqi looked at Sakura Xue intently, seemingly nervous, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Ying Xue was happy and worried, unconsciously raised the corners of her mouth, and suddenly frowned and said, "But this matter is very important, and I absolutely can't accept it." ”

"You must take orders, you can." Li Chengqi believed.

Ying Xue blinked, lowered her head slightly, her heart was pounding, she hesitated for a while, and then looked up at Li Chengqi's firm eyes, she agreed: "That...... I, I'll get back to you tomorrow at noon. ”

"Okay, at noon the day after tomorrow, I'll still be waiting for you here."

Sakura Xue was happy about this, and tried her best to pick a place and set a time, and at noon two days later, she went to the appointment.

"I chose the shore of Xunhua Lake in two days." Sakura Xue said.

"There, okay?"

"Yes, look at the recent weather, the day after tomorrow should be clear, as long as the weather is clear, the people on the shore of the lake are gradually increasing, it is easy to cover them to come, there are a few houses next to it, among which the house in front of a big cherry tree I have asked someone to clean up, after two o'clock, you can arrange for them to come over for a meeting, if there is an accident on the way, you can retreat from the back door, to the lake by boat across the lake, opposite is the market, it is easy to hide." Sakurayuki said, "I'll cover you to get to your destination safely, and then watch around, and let you know if there's anything unusual, and you go out through the back door to take the boat, and I'm ready for the boat." ”

"Very good, but you don't need to cover up, we have someone to cover, we will arrive before three o'clock, you go directly to the room you arranged and wait, you don't need to be vigilant, you are also a member of the meeting."

"It's... Is it? Sakura was half-convinced.

"Yes." Li Chengqi replied firmly.

According to Li Chengqi, this was an extremely important meeting, and most of the important members of the Huaxing Association had to participate, the purpose was to discuss the retreat, and Ying Xue had a big quarrel with Changchuan Eagle in the past two days, so naturally he didn't tell him about it.

Two days later, at half past twelve, Sakurayuki circled with them for more than two hours in order to get rid of the people who were being followed by Nagagawa Eagle, and finally got rid of them, and then almost at two o'clock, she went to the meeting.

Waiting in an empty house in front of the big cherry tree on the shore of Lake Xunhua, Sakurayuki waited for the arrival of the participants.

Although the weather is clear, the doors and windows of the house are closed tightly, so the light in the whole room is half bright and half dark, Sakura Xue can hear the slight hum of the crowd outside the window, and she can also hear the sound of the soles of her shoes colliding with the floor as she paced anxiously, she feels that the room is getting darker and darker, and a trace of coolness seeps out of the air. She stared at a yellowish light that emerged from the floor, then slowly moved to the wall, then climbed onto the beam, fading until it faded away.

Seeing that the light was gone, Sakura Xue suddenly realized that the light in the room was even darker, and she opened the window, and the sun was setting in the west, and the red glow spread all over the western skyβ€”it was already evening more than three hours later.

"What's going on?" Sakurayuki thought to herself, when she suddenly heard heavy footsteps coming from the floor.

"How can there be people? I've been down there and I've never seen anyone come in. Sakura Xue saw that there was no way to avoid this house, and wanted to go through the back door, but she didn't want to be unclear, so she walked to the stairs and looked up.

"Waiting, Fluttershy." Li Chengqi suddenly appeared and said.

"What? You...... Alone? How long have you been on it? ”

"I've always been there, from the moment you walked in the door, I've been there." Li Chengqi walked down the stairs.

"What about them? No - I see, you're lying to me. Sakura Xue suddenly, as if smiling, laughing and angry, "You-I'm going crazy, heh, what do you want?" I can't stand you...... You know I've been worried about this for five days, and you-"

Sakurayuki turned and slammed the door through the back door.

Li Chengqi ran up and grabbed her: "Listen to me, I know I'm sorry for you." ”

"Let go of me." Sakura Xue said coldly.

"I'm willing to say 10,000 sorry if you're willing to listen, but, butβ€”"

"I don't want to hear it, I'm tired."

"You wait, I'll say the last word, tonight at eight o'clock, it's still this place, you must come, we will wait for you!"

Sakura Xue paused, didn't look back, listened to him say a word, let go of his hand, and still left.

In the intelligence department, a group of people are in a meeting, and Akira Harada is making a statement.

After Sakurayuki came back, he sat down next to Miyazawa Shinobu and listened to Harada Akie say: "Since accepting the mission and then establishing the headquarters, according to the clear goal of the rebels to evacuate Japan as soon as possible, we have adopted a strategy of static braking, that is, to lay a tight net and wait for the impatient fish to pounce on the net, but weaving the net precisely is a key step in this strategy, and no fish are allowed to slip through the net, otherwise once a fish rushes out, there will be fish that follow closely to make the hole bigger and bigger, and then they will rush out. The situation collapsed, and the consequences were unimaginable. ”

Harada Akie said, looked at Nagagawa Taka, and said, "Director Nagakawa, tell me about the situation in the past few days." ”

Nagagawa Taka nodded, and calmly stated: "Since the establishment of the headquarters and the ascension of Chief Harada to the commander-in-chief, additional manpower has been dispatched near the port, paying close attention to passing pedestrians, and for each ship, it will be allowed to leave the port after careful investigation, and no suspicious things have been found so far; In addition, the intelligence work is progressing smoothly, although two contact points were lost a few days ago, but at noon today, we successfully captured two suspicious elements, from which it can be seen that the rebels can no longer hold back, and have begun to fight for the opportunity to contact in a risky way, we know that the Huaxing Society is a highly disciplined and organized group, its members are scattered, and we must first get in touch before we can make decisions, so we only need to constantly interfere with the communication between them, so that the Huaxing Society can be in a state of disintegration. ”

"That's right, but static braking is the first stage, and at a certain time, you have to get rid of the passive situation, and you must take the initiative." Harada said, "But at present, we must do four things well: first, send more people to check the ships leaving the port; Second, intelligence work is in full swing; Third, the suspicious elements captured were interrogated overnight, and fourth, the spy work of Miyazawa Shinobu and Kawashima Sakurayuki must be further advanced. Shinobu Miyazawa, give a report on your work. ”

Shinobu Miyazawa looked around and found more than a dozen eyes staring at him, he didn't know anything, and he choked for a while.

"He doesn't know, I say." Sakura glanced at Changchuan Eagle and said, "They are still wary of me, so I am not allowed to know much, but I understand that the Huaxing Society is looking for an opportunity to hold a meeting, when most of the main members will participate, is to convey the order of the front, and urgently convene a temporary meeting before the retreat to discuss and formulate a retreat plan." I'm further gaining their trust to get more information, so I'm asking Chief Harada and Director Nagakawa to give me time and be patient, don't be in a hurry, and don't give up on my line of intelligence. ”

"I've given you time, how many days? Every time I ask you, I shirk it, I don't know if I ask three questions, we don't have much time left! Besides, every decision I make is to get more information, and if you can get information from within the Huaxing Society, I have no reason to order you to withdraw, but your performance is disappointing to us. Changchuan Ying said resentfully.

Harada Akie looked serious, looked at Sakurayuki, and said: "What Director Nagagawa said is very pertinent, in this way, from now on, I will give you three more days, I want valuable information, such as obtaining the time and place of the rebels' meeting, such as their retreat plan, otherwise, you will come back, and we can at least arrest one person who is connected with you." ”

"Yes." Sakura replied.

Nagagawa Sneered, because Sakurayuki was always trying to get rid of the people he sent to follow, so he was even more suspicious of her.

Harada Akie said again: "Kawashima Sakurayuki, I heard that you can speak Chinese, so go and interrogate those two suspicious elements." ”

Sakurayuki nodded, and followed Nagagawa Takashi to the interrogation room, where one person was already tied up, and the other should be in the cell.

Sakura Xue took a closer look and felt that this person was familiar, so she said, "You raise your head." ”

Xiao Wu looked up, and was taken aback when he saw Ying Xue, and recognized her as the one who rescued Li Chengqi, and was as excited as seeing a bodhisattva who saved the suffering, and trembled with excitement, and even said: "Save me, save me......"

Changchuan Ying stepped forward and asked, "He seems to know you, what are you talking about?" ”

Ying Xue weighed the pros and cons in her heart, and didn't know how to answer him, so she only said: "I had a relationship, and suddenly met me, but it was just some nonsense." ”

Changchuan Ying immediately darkened his face, his heart was very unhappy, and he didn't say anything in his mouth.

"Don't try him yet, I want to see another person."

"Take it back!" Nagagawa Ying ordered the people on the left and right, and then came to the cell with Kawashima Sakurayuki, Sakurayuki raised his eyes, this person had never seen before, he straightened his back, sat cross-legged in the corner, closed his eyes, and his face was not afraid.

"Just judge him."

"Take him to the interrogation room." Takashi Nagagawa said to the people around him.

In the interrogation room, seeing him, Ying Xue thought of Huaxinghui and Li Chengqi's words, he wanted to go to the meeting at eight o'clock, and she was thinking about whether to go or not.

"Why don't you start yet?" Takashi Nagagawa asked.

Sakurayuki Kawashima looked at a shape-shaped hole in the wall, it was already dark outside, "I don't know what time it is?" Ying Xue meditated and suddenly asked, "What time is it?" ”

One of the people outside replied, "Half past seven." ”

"I'm leaving!" Sakurayuki turned her head.

"What? You're interrogating! What could be more important than this! ”

"It's important, I'll be back soon." Sakurayuki Kawashima put down these words and walked out of the door of the interrogation room.

"Bastard," Nagagawa scolded at her back, looked down for a moment, and said to the adjutant "Tell someone to follow her." ”

The man agreed, and Nagagawa Taka went to Harada Akira to report the situation.

"How's it going?" Akie Harada asked.

"Sakurayuki Kawashima left without permission, and no one here understands Chinese, so there is no way to interrogate."

"Walked without permission? Didn't her teacher teach her to obey orders and follow commands? ”

"Kawashima Sakurayuki is like this, although I am her superior, it is difficult to check and balance her, our cooperation is very unpleasant, Harada-sir, I hope you can come forward."

"Hmm..."Harada Akie frowned, muttering to himself, "She belongs to the Secret Service, you are the Director of Intelligence, and I am directly under the Military Department, the three parties are independent, and there is a relationship of checks and balances, although the command has been established and the subordinates are divided, but the maverick style of their Secret Service is difficult to change, for her, I can only exercise functional rights, and I have no command of her specific actions, and she will not prohibit me, if you want to fully control her, only one person can." ”

"Her immediate boss, Kurokawa Shikibu!"

"Yes, when it comes to this, I think of Miyazawa Shinobu Shinobi, he is more senior and experienced than Kawashima Sakurayuki, so he is not as sharp as her, but he still maintains the general style of the secret service, these days, he seems to be obedient to people and things, but he does not participate in every decision and plan of the command, does not object, does not raise any opinions, completely like an outsider, this inaction is not a silent resistance to cooperation, but I have no way. It seems that Kurokawa Shikibu must be brought over. Harada said in a deep voice.

"Then I'll arrange it," Nagagawa said.

"Hmm.

"And how will tonight's interrogation proceed?"

"Chiben, come in." Akira Harada shouted.

"Yes." A young man named "Senbon" walks up to Akira Harada's table.

Chibon and Nagagawa nodded at each other.

"This mission is special, Qianben is a special translator and assistant from the superior, you can cooperate."

"Yes."

"Yes."

As soon as Changchuan Ying walked away, he had a plan, turned around and said, "Don't worry." ”

"How?" Akira Harada wondered.

"I-" Nagagawa Taka heard the footsteps, turned his head to look at the door, it was Miyazawa Shinobu who came, he hurriedly shut up, and said, "Then I'll go down first." ”

"Hmm." Akie Harada nodded.

Miyazawa Shinobu only looked at the door, and when Nagagawa Takashi went out, he saw Harada Akie's eyes staring straight at him, and Fang said, "Excuse me, Harada, I'm just here to find Sakurayuki, it seems that she is not here." ”

"Even you don't know where she's gone, let alone us." Changchuan Ying passed by him and said coldly.

Miyazawa Shinobu smiled and turned to leave, along the way, recalling the appearance of Nagagawa Takashi who wanted to speak and stopped and the unfathomable expression, Miyazawa Shinobu had a bad premonition.

On the shore of Xunhua Lake, the candlelight in the hut in front of the big cherry tree flickered and dimmed, and Sakura Xue suddenly broke in, and saw two people sitting quietly in the dim yellow candlelight and waiting, and the people around the sentry also chased after them.

"Retreat!" Sakurayuki panted.

Both of them had been looking forward to it for a long time, and they were shocked by the sudden intrusion of Sakurayuki, and when they heard this, they were stunned for a moment.

"Let's go, team leader." Li Chengqi said urgently.

A calm middle-aged man stood up, picked up a black hat, turned around and walked out the back door.

"There's a boat on the lakeside, get on board!" Sakurayuki followed.

Li Chengqi led two sentry men to follow over.

A group of five people got on the boat, put the ropes, strutted the poles, and the boat rocked and swam away, the night was hazy, and the faint moonlight swayed on the sparkling lake, making the whole water surface a messy white ripple.

Sakura stared at the shore and saw two dark shadows moving in the night, but the boat was moving away, and there was nothing to worry about. Sakura Xue turned her eyes to look at this middle-aged man, his face was furrowed and horizontal, as if he had experienced a war battlefield, but his eyes were like autumn waves, bright and clear, and the haze in Sakura Xue's heart was suddenly swept away.

"Fluttershy, huh?" The middle-aged man asked.

"Yes," Li Chengqi said, "Fluttershy, this is Cheng Xing's team leader, who was a general in the Anhui-Henan Revolutionary Zone, the Second War Zone, before he went to Japan. ”

"Hello, Comrade Fluttershy." Cheng Xing smiled and stretched out his hand.

Sakura shook his hand, nodded and smiled, "Hello, team leader." ”

"You little girl, let you enter this Longtan tiger's den, it is already difficult for you, we have made more trouble in the past few days, let you suffer, I apologize to you on behalf of the comrades, especially for Comrade Li Chengqi, you must forgive him, everything that happened to you was arranged by us cautious old people."

Sakura shook her head with a smile, understanding that they had been testing themselves all along.

"Now we believe in you completely and officially invite you to join the ranks of revolutionaries, are you willing?"

Ying Xue's eyes lit up, she glanced at Li Chengqi, then at Cheng Xing, and said, "Yes." ”

"Okay, but due to your status and special tasks, I will only make verbal appointments to you and assign tasks." Cheng Xing said, "Comrade Fluttershy, in my capacity as the head of the intelligence team of the Huaxing Society, I am announcing your appointment and tasks. ”

The boat traveled to the center of the lake, and it was dark on all sides, only the lake surface was flooded with layers of light, and the night breeze was blowing, and several people were excited. Sakura sat down and listened attentively.

"You are hereby appointed as a special intelligence officer of the intelligence group, codenamed Butterfly, lurking in the Wudaokou Intelligence Department, waiting for an opportunity to move, obtaining enemy intelligence, and waiting for the command of the next move."

"Yes!"

"The next few days, ten days, or even indefinite solitary battles, you will be miserable, you will be on the brink of extreme danger, are you afraid, Comrade Fluttershy?"

Sakura pursed her lips and shook her head.

Cheng Xing gazed affectionately at Fluttershy's delicate and immature face, impressed by her courage and determination to fight without hesitation at a young age.

After Yingxue reported the work and information one by one, the ship had docked, and at the time of parting, Cheng Xing instructed, "Comrade Fluttershy, please take care." ”

"Yes."

Cheng Xing then went ashore and disappeared, Li Chengqi still had a sense of guilt in his eyes, and he looked nervously at Fluttershy and didn't know how to speak.

"I ......"

"Chengqi, don't say it, I don't blame you." Sakura smiled.

"Thank you." Li Chengqi was relieved.

Ying Xue shook her head, Li Chengqi gave her a few more words, and then left.

Sakura waited for them to disappear, abandoned the boat and landed, and slipped back while it was dark.