Xiaobao turned and walked back. The weather in December was dry and cold, and I could freeze my jaw. Hurry home and warm up.

"Boss, do you want to take the car?" A rickshaw stops next to Xiaobao. The rickshaw driver asked, turning his head.

"Don't sit, it's warmer to walk a few steps, and it's colder to sit in the car." Xiaobao said impatiently.

Suddenly, Xiaobao's eyes were fixed on the face of the rickshaw driver. A beard more than an inch long, with black and white. There are still two windward tears in the eye sockets. His face is sallow, his cheeks are deep, and his lips are freeze-dried.

"I, I'm sitting." Xiaobao said as if deflated. Then he lifted his leg and got into the car.

"Sir, where are you going?" The rickshaw driver asked, pulling the cart.

"Whatever!" Xiaobao said angrily. He looked at the rickshaw driver's emaciated back and frostbitten hands on the handlebars. There is also a flowering torn cotton jacket and cotton pants.

The rickshaw was pulled to the outskirts of the city, and the more it went, the more remote it became.

"Where have you been this month? Went on a mission again? The rickshaw driver asked in a whisper.

"Went around the USSR. Vasily was also seen. I told him you had to leave, or it would be too dangerous. Xiaobao replied.

"No wonder I got the order to evacuate." Zhang Fengguang said with his head bowed while pulling the car.

"It's not just Li Siwei and Bai Xuejie who know you in Harbin, right? Don't bother me. Xiaobao said.

"So you really killed the two of them? I told you not to act rashly. Zhang Fengguang replied.

Xiaobao didn't speak again, he waited for Zhang Fengguang to pull him to a place where there was no one.

Zhang Fengguang pulled the car and ran for a while, he stopped and took off his broken felt hat to wipe the sweat on his head. Revealing a head of graying hair.

Just looking at his appearance, Zhang Fengguang should be an old man in his fifties.

Seeing Zhang Fengguang like this, Xiaobao's heart softened a little.

"You don't have to worry about me being exposed, I hid a bomb under the car. The point is that when the time comes, I will use it. Zhang Fengguang turned around and pulled up the car and said.

Knowing that there was a bomb under his ass, Xiaobao was even more uncomfortable.

"Where are you pulling me to?" Xiaobao asked.

Now that Zhang Fengguang has pulled Xiaobao across the railway, the residents are a little sparse.

"Pull you to where I live. You can contact me there later. Zhang Fengguang replied. He had to tell Xiaobao where he lived, which had never happened before.

Zhang Fengguang pulled the car and walked about two miles, he pointed to the front and said, "It's the church in front." ”

Xiaobao saw a small and dilapidated church standing not far from the Songhua River.

There are several Russian churches in Harbin. Mostly resplendent gold. The most famous is the Cathedral of Sophia. It's the first time I've seen a broken church like this.

Xiaobao wanted to get out of the car and walk, so that Zhang Fengguang could save some effort. But Zhang Fengguang disagreed. That would be a bit strange.

"This is a church that some Russians raised money to build in memory of Tsar Nicholas II after they arrived in Harbin. It's just that the money is too small to buy a good plot of land or build a big church. That's what it is. Zhang Fengguang explained.

He pulled the rickshaw around the main entrance of the church, where it was confined and parked at the door of a small door.

A chubby Russian woman came out of the small door, she saw Zhang Fengguang shouting in Russian in surprise, and stepped forward to hug Zhang Fengguang and kiss her.

Xiaobao was stunned.

Zhang Fengguang gently pushed the woman away embarrassedly, took out five yuan from his pocket, handed it over, and said a few words in Russian.

The Russian woman turned her head and looked at Xiaobao a few times, and turned to leave.

"I told her to buy some food." Zhang Fengguang said to Xiaobao.

"Why didn't you say it earlier! I have money here. After Xiaobao finished speaking, he took out all the money in his pocket.

Looking at the handful of banknotes handed over by Xiaobao, Zhang Fengguang embarrassedly took out one from it and chased it in the direction of the Russian woman.

After a while, Zhang Fengguang ran back and said to Xiaobao: "Let's go, let's go into the house." ”

Although the house is very simple, the windows are large according to the Russian style, and the windows are inlaid with glass instead of pasted window paper. So the room was bright.

Walking through the kitchen into the bedroom, Xiao Baoshang shouted as if he had discovered a new world: "Lao Zhang, you are very dishonest." Why are two quilts side by side? ”

"More than half a month ago, her man was drunk and froze to death on the street. No one cares, I pulled him back. A woman is also to blame for the pitiful. Zhang Fengguang explained.

After a large number of Russians fled to the Northeast, intermarriage began to increase. But most of them were Russian women who married Han Chinese men. They also gradually discovered the benefits of Han men, who were industrious and simple and took care of their families, and did not drink as heavily as Russian men.

"Her man was the doorkeeper of this church." Zhang Fengguang pointed to the high roof and said meaningfully.

Seeing that Xiaobao hadn't understood yet, Zhang Fengguang added: "The church is tall and has a transmitter antenna. ”

Xiaobao suddenly realized.

"That's why you're with this woman? Lao Zhang, you are really not authentic. Xiaobao said with a smile.

"I'm a little tired too." Zhang Fengguang replied.

"You don't want to run around outside in the future. It's dangerous. I know you're doing this for me, so don't use it now. You're just here to watch the gate, and I can help you with some too. Xiaobao said.

"Let's get down to business now, she should come back after a while." Zhang Fengguang said.

"How do you explain to her that you know Russian?" Xiaobao asked.

"I told her I was kicked back a few years ago." Zhang Fengguang replied.

Xiaobao nodded. When the Kwantung Army moved north, tens of thousands of northeasterners fled to the territory of the Soviet Union. Later, it was driven back by the Soviet army. Many of them, who had lived on the Soviet side for more than a decade or more, were also driven back.

"Have you inquired about the next step for the Kwantung Army to collect so much grain?" Zhang Fengguang asked.

"Not yet. However, recently the Intelligence Department of the Kwantung Army has to ship grain to the sea once. I think they'll be lucky in the future. Corn and sorghum rice were shipped to Japan, and the Japanese did not eat them. Xiaobao replied.

"How did you meet Vasily?" Zhang Fengguang asked again.

Xiaobao told about the fact that he and Wankura Shourou left Manchuria as diplomatic messengers and went around the Soviet Far East. In it, the meeting with Vasily was carefully discussed.

"If your superiors tell you to go back, won't you go back?" Xiaobao asked.

"I'll report the situation here to my superiors. I'd better stay here. Besides, I will stay here in the future and not go out, but only accept your information. The number of times to send and receive reports is relatively small, but it is still very safe. Zhang Fengguang replied.

"I'm willing to deal with you too. I can't stand another Vasily's one. Xiaobao said with a smile.

"There are very few people who come here for worship. The Patriarch has baptized me. I'm ostensibly a Christian, so I can stay in seclusion for a long time. Zhang Fengguang replied.

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