At the mouth of Jiaozhou Bay, on Signal Mountain, in an abandoned meteorological station in the former German Concession on Longshan Road, several figures loom - climbing high and looking far away every morning, watching the sea and listening to the waves, it is a part of the life of the people in the island city.

This signal mountain is a higher mountain in the island city, formerly known as Big Stone Mountain, because of the many granite boulders on the mountain. Because there is a flag station built on the mountain, which is specially designed for transmitting meteorological signals when ships and sailing ships enter the port, it is named "Signal Mountain", also known as "Flag Mountain".

However, the atmosphere at the Peak Meteorological Observatory was not harmonious at all.

"Chaozhong, that kid is definitely not a spy! I can guarantee it! An old man in his fifties said categorically - yes, it was Zhao Chunlai, who had not shown up for a long time.

"Hey, Lao Zhao, you won't really treat that kid as your son, will you?!" A young man in his twenties, whose eyes were naturally a little sharp and heroic, said with a little joking.

If Geng Chaozhong were here, he would definitely recognize this person - the leader of the red team, the sloppy head who played with a knife and opened fire! He didn't even leave the island city, and still swaggered to appear in the most conspicuous place on the beach of the island city!

"Zhang Ying! Watch the rhetoric! Another gray-haired, black-faced man who looked like he was engaged in heavy manual labor—probably a boatman—said another stout middle-aged man who was probably a boatman.

Zhang Ying stuck out his tongue and looked at Zhao Chunlai with a little apology, Zhao Chunlai waved his hand, and smiled helplessly - this young man has never been in shape, maybe he has been on the edge of life and death for too many days, and has developed a cynical style of doing things.

"But", the eyes of this middle-aged stout man revealed deep wisdom, which could be said to be completely inconsistent with his appearance, he paused for a moment, and said with a sad face:

"There is a limit to any trust, and in less than three years, we have lost hundreds of comrades, hundreds! We can't afford more failures and setbacks. With every step, you may continue to pay the price of blood and even your life! We have to be very cautious and make sure that nothing goes wrong, we can't afford any failure! ”

Zhang Ying looked at the sad face of the middle-aged man, put away his cynical posture, and said solemnly:

"Lao Qi, what you said makes sense, but in this case, we need fresh blood more, which is very important to us, if it continues to lurk like this, I am worried that more people will lose confidence."

Under the white terror, too many people have lost their will and faith in fear, and have become lackeys and traitors, Wang Fuyuan and Wang Yongzhang are just two of the most hated, and more people are confused and shaken, among which there are many people who have left the party and stayed abroad, those who have left the party to protect themselves, and those who have declared their resignation from the party, and the party organizations in Shandong, to put it mildly, are already paralyzed!

This is the greatest test in the history of our party!

It is precisely because of this that the Party Central Committee has decided to transfer all the leaders of Shandong nationality to other places and people from other provinces to Shandong. Zhang Ying, you have completed the task of the shoe store very well, you can volunteer to stay, it really makes me overjoyed! The middle-aged man surnamed Qi said.

"It's the same everywhere, do revolution! I've long tied my head to the waistband of my trousers, and besides, it must be safe to stay in Shanghai? The Party Affairs Investigation Bureau set up by Xu Enzeng over there is now expanding rapidly, and our work is becoming more and more difficult to do. Mr. Wu Hao told me before he came that it was a strategy to kill two birds with one stone by evacuating some of the elite forces to Shandong, on the one hand, to strengthen the strength of the party in Shandong, and on the other hand, to reduce risks. ”

"Mr. Wu Hao!"

Zhao Chunlai and the man surnamed Qi had a solemn face when they boarded, and their faces were full of admiration.

"By the way, my application for joining the party ....."

After a while, Zhao Chunlai threw out this topic again.

"Lao Zhao, we fully believe in your revolutionary firmness, but joining the party is not only to consider whether the will is resolute, but also to establish a real revolutionary faith, you ask yourself, how much of your joining the party is for the revolution, and how much is it for your son?"

Lao Qi bent down and raised his head, his eyes staring at Zhao Chunlai's eyes tightly.

"This .......", under Lao Qi's sharp gaze, Zhao Chunlai's voice became slurred again.

"Okay, Lao Zhao, do the revolution! Isn't it just for the sake of so many poor people, don't you just treat the people as your sons! Zhang Ying enlightened Zhao Chunlai on the side.

"Okay, let's not discuss this topic for now, let's go back to Geng Chaozhong, this kid. Zhang Ying, let's talk about it first, how is this kid, is it possible to develop into our person, and most importantly, is there any doubt. ”

Seeing Zhao Chunlai's distressed appearance, Lao Qi changed the topic in time.

Zhang Ying frowned at the good-looking sword eyebrows, and thoughtfully recalled the situation of Xinshengtai that day:

"Suspicious! There must be, when I was still squatting there, he had already noticed my abnormality, and this kind of eyesight is definitely not something ordinary people can have. Then when he turned around and entered the door, he obviously looked left and right, which was exactly the direction and time when the two of us team members were running with the rickshaw. To say that I have not been trained, I don't believe it. Our boss said that without training, normal people don't care about these details at all. If you want me to say, that's the biggest doubt. ”

Lao Qi nodded, turned his head and asked Zhao Chunlai again:

"Lao Zhao, you talk about it, pay attention, you must be objective and fair!"

"Suspicious! There must be. When he killed the traitor, he was not afraid at all, and stood there without moving, because he knew very well that the direction of the bullet was not coming at him, and that he had some doubts when he observed the gate and wall of our courtyard later. But it may also be that young people are curious! Besides, 10,000 doubts can't explain a sentence: he has no motive at all! What is he doing lurking next to my bad old man? If he was a spy, wouldn't he have arrested all of us a long time ago? Besides, he cooperated with our work! Zhao Chun said.

"How is there no motive? What if he was sent with half of it? Isn't that a motive? Lao Qi waved his hand as he spoke, stopping Zhao Chunlai, who was about to open his mouth, and continued:

"Staying half of it has long been unpleasant to see Wang Fuyuan, especially after the Fourth Plenary Session of the Second Central Committee of the Kuomintang last year, the reorganization faction led by Wang Zhaoming actually won the majority of seats in Shandong, which is bearable in the eyes of Lao Jiang? I'm afraid that half of them have long planned to kill Wang Fuyuan, the leader of the reorganization faction in Shandong! So let's kill Wang Fuyuan, and we'll definitely be happy to see it happen! Then put a long line to catch big fish, and then catch us all - isn't this how the last two provincial party committees were killed? ”

Zhang Ying shook his head and said, "Old Qi, I think you have been too nervous and suspicious in the past few years, and this Geng Chaozhong's suspicion is actually that he is too smart!" I think we should investigate his previous experience in Baoding, maybe we can explain all this. ”

"Okay, then I'll send a comrade to Hebei, anyway, the form here is also very grim," Lao Qi nodded, and then turned his head and asked Zhao Chunlai:

"Lao Zhao, tell me his details."

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