Xu Wenwu was happy for a while, and only then did he suddenly realize that Li Yixin, a traitor, had an objective cover effect on the work of the party organization.

Li Yixin's life and death are uncertain now, so the status of Jianzhong Trading Company in Stone Town will immediately decline, and it will be more difficult for Hu Yongqiang, who has entered Jianzhong Trading Company, to carry out his work in the future, and this will objectively have an adverse impact on Hu Yongqiang's work.

However, fortunately, the organization sent Gao Hongcheng into the internal smuggling investigation department, and finally made up for this adverse impact, depending on how well Gao Hongcheng's work was carried out.

Of course, Xu Wenwu also reported this situation to his superiors at the same time, and now the Japanese, traitor agents and pseudo-policemen in Stone Town are pouring out, quite some of the posture of the military command Stone Town Station some time ago, and he has to ask the entire underground party organization to reduce its activities to avoid being discovered by the enemy.

What he didn't expect was that on the third day after Xu Wenwu reported the situation to his superiors, Lao Houhui sneaked into Stone City in such a terrifying atmosphere and made an urgent appointment with him.

When Xu Wenwu felt that he saw Lao Hou at the agreed contact place, he couldn't help but complain a little: "Comrade Lao Hou, why did you suddenly come here at this time?" I'm sure you've seen the atmosphere in Stone Town right now, and it's a great risk for your safety that we contact you in such a situation. Do you have any new instructions from your superiors this time? ”

Lao Hou nodded with a serious face and said, "I rushed to Stone City urgently after receiving your report, mainly because of other work. We Communists cannot stop working just because the enemy has investigated them strictly, and I will naturally consider the issue of security. Is there a connection between Hu Yongqiang and Gao Hongcheng now? ”

"No, the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department seems to be ownerless after Li Yixin was stabbed, and basically the people in the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department are a little panicked. Due to Li Yixin's injury, some people's attitudes towards Hu Yongqiang began to change, which also made Hu Yongqiang's work much more difficult than before. Therefore, Hu Yongqiang did not immediately establish contact with Gao Hongcheng, he wanted to wait and see where the wind went. ”

When Lao Hou heard this situation, he raised his eyebrows and couldn't help but criticize with some anger: "You told Comrade Hu Yongqiang that we must have initiative in our work and not wait, because sometimes passive waiting is harmful to our work. Comrade Gao Hongcheng has been in Stone Town for a few days, and Comrade Hu Yongqiang should establish contact with him as soon as possible. ”

"Yes, I will convey the instructions of my superiors to Comrade Hu Yongqiang today."

"Oh, by the way, what is the current condition of that Li Yixin's injury? Objectively, this person has a certain cover effect on the development of Comrade Hu Yongqiang's work, and I hope that he will continue to remain in the post of director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Department. You should instruct Hu Yongqiang to try to find a way to understand Li Yixin's current injury and report it to the organization in a timely manner. Lao Hou pretended to be nonchalant.

Due to secrecy reasons, he never told Xu Wenwu the news that Li Yixin was his comrade, and this is also a principle in underground intelligence work, and the scope of knowledge of the identity of the hidden comrade should be limited to the minimum as much as possible.

What's more, Li Yixin was almost arrested by the Japanese when he first came to Stone Town to connect with the underground party organization in Stone Town, and the reason for this incident has still not been clarified, so the real identity of Li Yixin has always been kept secret from Xu Wenwu.

"I don't know, it is said that Li Yixin was seriously injured, his life and death are uncertain, and he is still lying in the Japanese military hospital. However, this Li Yixin did objectively cover Hu Yongqiang in the past, Hu Yongqiang reported to me recently, saying that although this Li Yixin is a traitor, there is no great evil, and there is only money in his eyes, so he wants to plot against Li Yixin for our use. Xu Wenwu replied.

Lao Hou shook his head: "Hu Yongqiang's suggestion is not feasible, for people like Li Yixin, they have no faith at all and only look at money, such people can only use at most, and cannot rebel." ”

"Yes, that's what I told Hu Yongqiang, let him dispel this idea, it is impossible for our organization to absorb such people to join." Xu Wenwu saw that Lao Hou agreed with his point of view, and nodded again and again.

"Since he wants to take advantage of this Li Yixin, then he should be allowed to return to the position of director of the Anti-Smuggling Investigation Division as soon as possible. Is there a way for Hu Yongqiang to get into that Japanese hospital? We have to understand the current situation of Li Yixin's injury. ”

Xu Wenwu suddenly felt in his heart that Lao Hou's performance today was a little strange, Lao Hou took such a big risk to sneak into Stone City, and the most asked question was the injury of Li Yixin, a traitor, could it be that the superiors attached great importance to this Li Yixin?

Although he had doubts in his heart, Xu Wenwu did not raise this question to Lao Hou, because he knew that according to discipline, he could not inquire about his superiors' thoughts, unless his superiors felt it was necessary to tell him.

So Xu Wenwu shook his head and said: "That hospital is the rear hospital of the Japanese 16th Division in Stone Town, the doctors and nurses are all Japanese, and Hu Yongqiang has no way to get close to it. I can only ask Hu Yongqiang to pay close attention to this news, but it is impossible for him to enter the Japanese hospital. ”

Lao Hou was actually anxious after learning that Li Yixin's life and death were uncertain, and Li Yixin was the most important chess piece in the puppet government organs of Stone Town. If Li Yixin is lost, then the organization's work in Stone Town will be greatly affected, which is a situation that he is extremely unwilling to see.

Lao Hou wondered, who planned and carried out this assassination operation? Is it the Central Union?

It shouldn't be, you must know that now Li Yixin is also a celebrity in the mind of Deputy Director Ye of the Central Union, how could the Central Union assassinate Li Yixin?

After thinking about it, Lao Hou asked: "Comrade Xu Wenwu, what do you think of this assassination incident?" Who planned and carried out the assassination? ”

In fact, Xu Wenwu thought about this issue after Hu Yongqiang's report, and he had a bold idea, but there was no evidence.

Therefore, when Lao Hou asked questions, he expressed his guess: "I personally believe that this assassination incident was planned and implemented by the Zhongtong Stone Town Investigation and Statistics Office. Because the only anti-Japanese organizations in Stone Town are the military commanders, the central commanders, and us. The military command has collapsed, and for the time being, there is no strength to carry out such an assassination. Now only Zhongtong has the ability and motivation to carry out the assassination, so I think it is almost certain that the Zhongtong Stone Town Investigation and Statistics Office did it. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that there were people who had a deep hatred for the Japanese who carried out this assassination independently, and the target was a Japanese officer, and Li Yixin just happened to be there. But this is a bit unlikely, as the killer's retreat is said to be calm and prepared in advance. ”