CHAPTER XXI

Afternoon of October 12

Although the weather was not cold at this time, the chill from the inside made Tang Yi keep rubbing his cold hands, and after repeatedly confirming that there was no tail behind him, Tang Yi got into a rickshaw.

"Go to Xinglong Silk Village."

As soon as he entered the silk village, Tang Yi was "enthusiastically" invited to the backyard by Tong Qinli, the shopkeeper, to talk in detail.

Tang Yi was the first to ask in the hut, "Have all the personnel been transferred?" ”

"It's all transferred, but some of the documents that were urgently destroyed are not backed up, and it's a bit troublesome to rebuild and complete the Shanghai station, at least a month later." Tong Qinli said.

"I have an important question for you now, please tell me truthfully." Tang Yi stared at Tong Qinli tightly and said.

Tong Qinli frowned, felt Tang Yi's slight abnormality, and said, "Say, what do you want to ask?" ”

Tang Yi slowly spoke: "In the early morning of the eleventh, apart from me, is there anyone else who has also passed this information to you?" ”

Tong Qinli obviously didn't expect Tang Yi to ask this, his expression was stunned and said, "How do you know?" Indeed, there were two pieces of information. ”

"Who? Who sent it? Tang Yi asked.

Tong Qinli was silent for a while and said: "Yes, Lao Fang, who runs a bookstore on Qingxiang Road, is a member of the Communist Party in Shanghai, and I didn't know him, but he came to me in the early morning of the same day and told me about it urgently, what?" What do you know? ”

After Tang Yi sighed deeply when he heard this, he told Tong Qinli what happened at noon today, and after learning about the situation, Tong Qinli was silent for a long time before he slowly spoke: "I didn't expect that there were traitors among our own people, but they asked them to help us wipe our buttocks, and it also affected ......."

"I'm going to meet this old man and ask him something." Saying that, Tang Yi stood up.

"Are you crazy? How can you reach them privately? If you let the bureau know, have you thought about the consequences? Tong Qinli grabbed Tang Yi and said.

"The consequences? For the sake of our nation's own warriors! I've eaten all the consequences!! Tang Yi shook off Tong Qinli's hand and turned to leave.

Tong Qinli looked at Tang Yi's back, smiled wryly and said to himself: "Who doesn't want to do it for the sake of the nation, but after all, I can't help myself in the party-state......"

Bookstore at No. 34 Qingxiang Road

Tang Yi got off the rickshaw and walked into the bookstore, there was no one in the bookstore, only the bookstore owner leaned on the counter and looked at Tang Yi who suddenly came in, Tang Yi walked over and said, "Hello boss, I'm looking for Lao Fang." ”

The boss squinted his eyes and looked at Tang Yi and said, "What is the guest's surname?" Know the old side? ”

"I don't know, but my colleague knows Lao Fang, and he also came to say thank you to Lao Fang, thank you Lao Fang for doing me a favor in the early hours of yesterday morning." Tang Yi said.

The boss frowned and was silent, probably hesitating Tang Yi's identity.

Tang Yi couldn't help but say: "I know Section Chief Qiao Xiping, and I also came to tell Lao Fang about his situation." ”

The boss's face changed drastically and asked, "Who are you?" ”

"Military command intelligence personnel codename "Feng"

.......

In the room behind the bookstore, the boss looked at Tang Yi and asked anxiously: "I am Lao Fang, how is Comrade Qiao Xiping?" ”

Tang Yi told the old man about the matter heavily, and then sighed heavily and said, "I will try my best to help him, my name is Tang Yi." After speaking, Tang Yi stretched out his hand.

The old man was silent for a long time before holding Tang Yi's hand and saying, "I have heard the name for a long time, Deputy Director Tang." ”

"Old Fang, I now want to know how Chief Qiao's wife and children are doing, and if they need my help to help them leave Shanghai Tang." Tang Yi asked.

"Thank you for your concern, at about seven o'clock yesterday afternoon, after the special agents of the Investigation Department interrogated, I felt that something was wrong, so I arranged for Comrade Qiao Xiping's wife and children to leave Shanghai Beach and go to Yan'an." Lao Fang said.

"That's good, so I'll rest assured, the reason why I'm here today is to protect Section Chief Qiao's wife and children so as not to fall into the hands of the enemy." After Tang Yi finished speaking, he said goodbye to the old man and left, he risked being suspected by Dai Li this time, and he also came to the bookstore in order to be able to protect the safety of Qiao Xiping's wife and children, and to leave the blood behind this warrior for the Chinese nation, after getting the news of the safety of Qiao Xiping's wife and children, Tang Yi had no need to stay.

It's just that when Tang Yi was about to leave the room, he turned his head and said from his heart: "For the sake of the Chinese nation!" ”

Lao Fang was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Tang Yi to suddenly say such a thing, he nodded heavily and replied: "For our great nation!" ”

Soon after Tang Yi left, another person came to the bookstore, it was Lao Zheng, a rickshaw driver who had been squatting on the corner of the street, Lao Zheng was in the secret sentry of the bookstore, and he was usually responsible for transmitting information to the bookstore, he came in and walked to Lao Fang's side and asked quietly: "What is the situation with that person just now?" ”

Lao Fang didn't answer, and hurriedly pulled Lao Zheng into the back room, closed the door and said, "That person just now is Tang Yi, the deputy director of the real investigation!" He is a military commander's sleeper in Shanghai! He just brought the news that Comrade Qiao Xiping has been arrested! ”

"What?" The amount of information was too large, and Lao Zheng couldn't relax for a while.

After relieving Lao Zheng for a while, Lao Fang said: "I think Tang Yi is completely different from other military commanders, it can be seen from the news that he risked his life to send Comrade Qiao Xiping today, and guess what he told me before leaving?" ”

"What did you say? Don't sell it, say it quickly! Lao Zheng was anxious.

He actually said to me, "For the sake of the Chinese nation!" "It's definitely not the words of those agents who have been brainwashed by the military command and are only dedicated to the party-state! I think he has the potential to be developed! Lao Fang said excitedly.

Lao Zheng was silent instead, he looked at Lao Fang and asked seriously, "Can you be sure?" He's a military commander! Don't you know the attitude of the military commanders towards us? Mingli cooperates with us, but in fact, he secretly snorts and stumbles on us, guarding us everywhere! Yesterday you risked your life to send information, and I don't agree with that! ”

Hearing him say this, Lao Fang slapped the table and said: "How can you say that, no matter what they do to us, for the anti-Japanese national united front, for our nation!" It's all supposed to be done! ”

"You are too narrow-minded, Comrade Zheng Jingxian!" After the old man finished speaking, he seemed to be still angry, and then said a word.

Zheng Jing lowered his head a little ashamed before saying: "Tang Yi's sister Tang Jing is one of the new members of our organization that developed last year, I always thought that Tang Yi was a traitor, so I let her temporarily lurk around Tang Yi and wait for awakening, if we really decide to develop Tang Yi, we can wake up Tang Jing to investigate whether Tang Yi is qualified to be absorbed into the organization!" ”

"I'll report to the organization right away!" Lao Fang hurriedly said.