When Li Shiqun went downstairs, Sorge looked at his back and dropped an inexplicable sentence: "I really can't understand your brotherly party!" ”

"What do you mean?"

"Nothing, nothing, let's talk inside. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 As he spoke, Sorge turned and walked towards the room inside.

When they arrived in the room, Sonya, who came from behind, as she had done the previous two times, made a cup of coffee for each of them and put it down, gently closed the door, and went outside to guard it.

"Is there something about Niu Lan and his wife?" Sorge asked straight to the point.

"Yes, I met with Zhang Chong, director general of the Investigation Section of the Organization Department of the Central Committee of the Kuomintang today, but Mr. Zhang Chong made a condition that he needed $20,000 for the activity so that he could help with this."

"$20,000? Are you kidding? Sorge asked, wide-eyed.

"Yes, I thought it was a joke at first, but Mr. Zhang Chong said that as long as you are willing to give 20,000 US dollars, he can go out and help you find the whereabouts of Niu Lan and his wife."

"Mr. Feng, $20,000 is not a small amount, I need to report to my superior, and after getting a reply from my superior, I will contact you in time." Sorge said with a frown.

"Mr. Sorge, I think it's best to report to your superiors now, and we will finalize this matter as soon as possible while Mr. Zhang Chong is still in Shanghai."

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Feng's suggestion is very good, then please trouble Mr. Feng to help guard outside for the time being, and Sonia and I will go upstairs to send a report." Sorge stood up and said.

Feng Chen waited at the bar on the second floor, picked up the book that Sonia put on the bar, and looked at the cover, which turned out to be Tolstoy's "War and Peace".

Feng Chen sat in front of the bar and began to flip through the book "War and Peace" with great interest, and the two sentences marked in pencil on the page that Sonia folded deeply attracted Feng Chen.

"The root of Kutuzov's insight into the events of that time lies in the fact that he has pure and strong feelings for the people."

"Kutuzov knows that it is not the orders of the commander-in-chief, not the terrain occupied by the army, not the number of artillery and killings, but the elusive morale force that determines the fate of the war."

That's right, morale!

When I read this book before, why didn't I appreciate the true meaning of these two sentences? Thinking in his heart, Feng Chen's heart suddenly brightened, don't the soldiers of the Nineteenth Route Army have a strong morale that shares the same hatred and hatred of the enemy?!

Feng Chen casually flipped through the book "War and Peace", and his mind began to think cranky......

After a long time, Sorge and Sonia walked down from upstairs to one after the other.

"Mr. Feng, please tell Mr. Zhang that I agree to pay him $20,000 for the event, but it must be after I see the real thing, preferably Niu Lan's handwritten note, which can prove exactly where Niu Lan is."

"Okay, I'll tell Mr. Zhang what you said."

After talking about Niu Lan, Sonia continued to read a book at the bar and was on guard, and Feng Chen followed Sorge back to the room.

After sitting down again, Sorge said: "Mr. Feng, do you know that the leadership of your party and the Red Army is now in the hands of Wang Ming, Bogu and other Soviet factions, who are vigorously criticizing "guerrillaism" in the central Soviet area and advocating the model of our October Revolution. ”

"What? Attack Ganzhou? ”

"Yes, Comrade Wu Hao put forward a proposal not to fight, but his suggestion was not adopted by the Provisional Central Committee."

"In case there is a war between China and Japan in Shanghai in the past few days, and the Central Red Army attacks Ganzhou, isn't that doing the Japanese a favor?" Feng Chen said as if he was talking to himself.

"Mr. Sorge, I need your help. If there is a fight between China and Japan in Shanghai, I would like to borrow your radio station as soon as possible to report to the Party Central Committee and Comrade Wu Hao. ”

"It doesn't matter, before Comrade Wu Hao left Shanghai, I made a promise to him."

When Feng Chen got up to say goodbye, Sorge said: "Mr. Feng, I hope you will think again about whether to join us and become one of us, you must know that Comrade Wang Ming of your Provisional Central Committee is also a member of the Soviet Bolsheviks. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Sorge, and let me get in touch with my superiors before I answer you." Feng Chen shook Sorge's hand, turned around and left the room.

When he returned to the Shanghai Social Bureau, he was about to go upstairs, and happened to meet Fang Xiaoman who was hurrying downstairs, Feng Chen stopped and asked, "Xiaoman, what are you doing in a panic?" ”

Fang Xiaoman gasped and replied, "I was looking for you, the bureau is invited, there may be a new task." ”

Feng Chen followed Fang Xiaoman to the office of Director Wu Wenxiong, who was holding a magnifying glass in his hand and looking carefully at a map spread out on his desk.

Seeing Feng Chen and the others coming in, Wu Wenxiong put down the magnifying glass in his hand, pointed to the sofa and said, "Sit down and talk." ”

"Bureau, what's new?" Feng Chen asked after sitting down on the sofa.

"Just now, Commissioner Zhang called and asked the three of you to go to the city government as soon as possible and give full assistance to Commissioner Zhang in handling the negotiation with the Japanese side and the contact with the Nanjing Central Investigation Bureau."

"Will this be over?"

"Well, hurry up and get ready, go over immediately, Xiaoman will bring the radio station too, and I will arrange a car for you."

The three of them hurriedly packed up and immediately rushed to the city hall.

In the city government, Zhang Chong arranged another room for the three of them next to his temporary office, and then instructed Feng Chen: "The three of you are responsible for my external liaison affairs during my stay in Shanghai, and you are only responsible to me. ”

"Radio only liaises with the Central Investigation Bureau?" Feng Chen asked.

"No, in addition to the Central Investigation Department, you also need to liaise with the Military Department of the Nineteenth Route Army and the Military and Political Department, so you must pay attention to confidentiality, this room cannot be allowed to outsiders to enter and exit at will."

Feng Chen spent a sleepless night at the Shanghai Municipal Government.

The next day, on the morning of 28 January, Zhang Chong attended a meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Government, which was mainly to discuss whether or not to accept the four unreasonable demands made by the Japanese side.

It wasn't until around 13 o'clock that Zhang Chong came out of the conference room, hurried to the room where Feng Chen and the three of them were, and instructed: "Immediately call the Central Investigation Bureau and the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Shanghai Municipal Government has unified its opinions and accepted all the four demands put forward by the Japanese side." ”

"Accept them all?" Feng Chen looked at Zhang Chong with disbelief and asked.

"Accept them all! At the same time, a telegram was sent to the military headquarters of the 19th Route Army to make preparations for the change of guard between the Zhabei garrison and the 6th Military Police Regiment that will arrive tomorrow morning. ”

Zhang Chong finished the arrangement and went back to his office next to him.

Mo Sanqiang, who was standing at the door, looked at Feng Chen and Fang Xiaoman, and scolded angrily: "These bastards of the Shanghai Municipal Government are all cowards and afraid of death!" ”

"Sanqiang, don't talk nonsense." Feng Chen stopped.

"Although the Shanghai Municipal Government has accepted all four unreasonable demands from the Japanese side, what should we do if we still refuse to do so?" Fang Xiaoman looked at Feng Chen and asked.

"I think the same way, and I'm thinking about whether I should go to the Japanese consulate to find out the news."

"I think it's necessary, here you leave it to Sanqiang and me, I'll start sending a report now, you go over and report to Commissioner Zhang, see what his opinion is." As he spoke, Fang Xiaoman had already sat down in front of the radio station and began to send out the report.

In Zhang Chong's office, Feng Chen stood respectfully in front of his desk and said, "Commissioner, I want to go to the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai to find out the news, do you think it's okay?" ”

"Oh? I heard that the Consul General of the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai, Ruichi Hiraoka, was your teacher? ”

"Yes, Ryuichi Hiraoka was my teacher when I was studying at Meiji University in Japan, and he also advocated the peaceful settlement of this dispute; a few days ago, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs also sent a telegram to the Japanese Consulate in Shanghai to settle the dispute peacefully.

"Since you have this relationship, it's okay to find out the attitude of the Japanese, but you must be safe."

"Commissioner, there's one more thing to report to you."

"Oh? Please speak. ”

"Ryuichi Hiraoka asked me to use the pseudonym Ichiro Ishikawa to help him go to Wusongkou to learn about the movements of the Japanese Marines, and I analyzed that this incident may affect Ryuichi Hiraoka's future, so he will do this."

"Have you reported to Director Wu?"

"Reported!"

"Okay, I know, you go, if there is any important situation, you have to report to me immediately!"