January 2, 1939, evening, Shanghai Tang International Hotel.

Zhou Fohai raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, six o'clock, and then he turned to look at Ding Mocun beside him and said, "It's almost time, these others won't not come, right?" ”

Ding Mocun thought for a while and replied: "Probably not, Chang Yuqing won't talk about it first, this Zhou Mingrui and Tang Yi are both smart people, even if they guess the purpose of Wang Gong's banquet, they will be there if they think about it." ”

Zhou Fohai nodded when he heard this, and then stopped speaking, but looked out of the door with a slightly anxious gaze, Li Shiqun had already arrived, and was now talking to Wang Zhaoming in the room.

It is estimated that in less than a minute or two, I saw a black Cadillac coming, and the first to get out of the car was Azzi, and then Luo Zhuangshi also got down from the cab, and the two came to both sides of the back door of the car and opened the door.

Tang Yi and Zhou Mingrui got out of the car almost at the same time, and while the two got out of the car, Luo Zhuangshi threw the car key in his hand to the doorman who greeted him, and the doorman took the car key, and under Luo Zhuangshi's signal, got into the car and drove away.

As the car drove away, the four of them slowly walked towards the gate led by Tang Yi and Zhou Mingrui, all four of them were wearing black tweed coats of the reconnaissance department's field operations, and when the wind blew, the corners of the four people's clothes were blown, and they looked extraordinarily imposing.

As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Fohai greeted him with Ding Mo Village.

"The two of you have arrived, and Mr. Wang is waiting for the two of you in the upstairs room." Zhou Fohai said with a smile.

This was cleverly said, and it euphemistically and secretly pointed out that Tang Yi and Zhou Mingrui were late.

Zhou Mingrui nodded when he heard this, as if he didn't understand the meaning of Zhou Fohai's words at all, he just waved his hand and said with a little pride: "Then take us to see Mr. Wang." ”

When Zhou Fohai heard this, he was immediately a little annoyed, this Zhou Mingrui not only did not apologize for his tardiness, but also called himself like a guide waiter.

He Zhou Fohai is a figure with a certain status in the party and in the government of the Republic of China, and he was also the minister of the Central Propaganda Department before he voted in Japan! Now he is so despised by a Japanese lackey agent!

Ding Mo Village, who was on the side, saw Zhou Fohai's appearance of having a seizure, and hurriedly took a step forward to separate the two.

"Wang Gong is upstairs, come, I'll take the two directors up." Ding Mo Estate said.

treats Ding Mocun, Zhou Mingrui's attitude is obviously much better, after all, he is also a god of wealth who gives money to himself.

Zhou Mingrui nodded and said, "So there is Deputy Director Laudin." ”

Seeing Ding Mocun leading Zhou Mingrui upstairs, Tang Yi deliberately came to Zhou Fohai's side half a step behind, looked at Zhou Fohai with an angry face, and whispered: "Brother Fohai doesn't have to be depressed, this Zhou Mingrui's temper has always been like this, it's weirdly tight." ”

Zhou Fohai glanced at Tang Yi, his face softened a little, and he said, "Hello Deputy Director Tang, you and I are still meeting for the first time, right?" ”

Tang Yi smiled when he heard this: "Yes, but I have long admired the name of Brother Fohai." ”

"Hey! Where, I am the name of Deputy Director Tang who has admired you for a long time! Zhou Fohai said.

After a few polite words, the two followed the footsteps of the first few people upstairs.

"This Tang Yi doesn't have the slightest arrogance of a son, how can he be like that Zhou Mingrui, who is simply a warlord Qiu Ba who doesn't even give face!" Zhou Fohai thought to himself.

Everyone went upstairs and entered the room, and after a long circle of courtesies and courtesy, they all sat down, and the seats were very clear.

Wang Zhaoming naturally sat in the chairman's seat, and Zhou Fohai sat on his right, and Zhou Fuhai's secretary stood next to the two.

The first place on Wang Zhaoming's left hand was naturally Zhou Mingrui, followed by Tang Yi, Ding Mocun, and Li Shiqun, and when he arrived at Li Shiqun, he happened to be next to Zhou Fohai again.

At this time, a subordinate of Zhou Fohai downstairs came to the door, he knocked on the door of the room that had not been closed, Zhou Fohai's secretary immediately walked over, and after the two talked in their ears for a while, the secretary returned to Zhou Fohai's side and whispered a few words.

Then Zhou Mingrui nodded and said to everyone: "Chang Yuqing sent his subordinates to the front because they were unwell and could not attend the banquet. ”

Ding Mochun pursed his lips disdainfully when he heard this, and said in a mocking tone: "It's just right that he didn't come, and he didn't arrange an outsider's seat anyway." ”

When everyone heard this, they all laughed, but no, it was true that they didn't prepare extra seats at all, and they didn't know who arranged it, and the calculation was accurate.

Tang Yi laughed with everyone, but he saw a little clue in his heart, this seat seemed to have been arranged a long time ago, so Chang Yuqing would naturally have already been calculated.

But the owner is Wang Zhaoming, how could he be sure if Chang Yuqing will come? It seems that someone in the secret service headquarters must have told Wang Zhaoming or Zhou Fohai in advance, and in the current situation, it must be Ding Mocun or Li Shiqun.

Just as Tang Yi was thinking, Zhou Fohai waved his hand to signal the food to be served, and after a while, cold, hot, vegetables, and soup were all placed on the table, and Zhou Fohai's secretary poured wine for everyone one by one.

Wang Zhaoming saw that the wine and food were together, so he stood up, he looked at everyone with a standard elegant smile and said: "You will all be the humerus dignitaries of the new government in the future, and I, Wang Zhaoming, can't say anything about it, so I will first salute you with this glass of wine." ”

In the end, he is the person who has been the chairman of a party, and his words and body movements are smooth, coupled with his face and figure that are completely in line with oriental aesthetics, an invisible momentum emanates from his body.

If he hadn't discussed it with Tang Yi in advance, Zhou Mingrui felt that he would probably not be able to support Wang Zhaoming for too long.

Immediately after that, everyone hurriedly stood up and drank wine with Wang Zhaoming, and as soon as the wine glass was put down, Wang Zhaoming looked at Zhou Mingrui on the left and said: "When I was in Chongqing, I also heard of Zhou Mingrui's name for a long time, and this time I set up a secret service headquarters with Director Zhou's ability, which Dai Li is afraid of having a headache again." ”

Zhou Mingrui waved his hand when he heard this, and said: "Thanks to Tanaka Dazuo's trust, Zhou can sit in the position of this director, and I, Zhou Mingrui, will not live up to Tanaka Dazuo's trust, and I will definitely drive all the unified cadres of this army back to Chongqing." ”

Wang Zhaoming frowned when he heard this, Zhou Mingrui's words clearly expressed his position, and it was straightforward, and he didn't give Wang Zhaoming any face.

On the other hand, Tang Yi on the side will stand up and play a round.

"Come, I toast Wang Gong, I have a lot of respect for Wang Gong!" Tang Yi said.

Wang Zhaoming's face improved when he heard this, and he didn't pay attention to Zhou Mingrui anymore.

Zhou Fohai on the side was interested and hurriedly asked, "I don't know why Deputy Director Tang respects Wang Gong?" ”

Tang Yi picked up the wine and said with a smile: "My father also has great respect for Wang Gong, and he used to read Wang Gong's poems in my ears when I was a child, especially that generous poem!" Even now, it's still impressive, and it fascinates me! ”

Wang Zhaoming was even happier when he heard Tang Yi say this, and he had another drink with Tang Yi, Tang Yi's sycophant was uncomfortable, Wang Zhaoming's most brilliant and proudest moment in his life was undoubtedly when he assassinated the regent of the former Qing Dynasty, and Wang Zhaoming was extremely narcissistic and self-appreciating his poems, Tang Yi immediately made Wang Zhaoming give him several steps in his heart.

Tang Yi, who sat down after drinking the wine in the cup, looked at Wang Zhaoming's face that was still handsome but only left to chase power and desire, and could no longer find any half of the heroic and heroic face of the revolutionaries back then.

Tang Yi thought disappointedly in his heart: "Draw the knife into a fast? Live up to the boy's head? ”