January 11, 1939, Shanghai Tang.

Tang Yi didn't get up early today, he leisurely walked down the stairs to the hall, and just happened to see his father Tang Chaoyuan sitting on the sofa smoking a cigar and reading the newspaper.

Seeing Tang Yi go downstairs, Tang Chaoyuan put down the newspaper in his hand.

"Why did you wake up so late? Not going to work today? ”

Tang Yi pursed his lips and yawned and said, "General Yingzuo has arranged a new task for me, I will follow up on the new task in the next few days, and the affairs in the department are handled by Zhou Mingrui, so I can be lazy." ”

Hearing this, Tang Chaoyuan nodded, took a sip of his cigar and said, "Zhou Zuoren was assassinated in Tianjin yesterday. ”

Tang Yi came to the edge of the sofa, reached out and picked up the phone on the coffee table, and asked while broadcasting, "Oh?" Who did this to you? Military commanders? ”

Tang Chaoyuan shook his head and said: "The newspaper said that it was done by a patriotic student in Pingjin, and it seems that he was still a student of Zhou Zuoren, and he said that he was not used to seeing him flattering." ”

"Hehe, what do these students know, they all rely on their enthusiasm to do things without thinking about the consequences." Tang Yi pouted with the earpiece and pretended not to care.

In fact, at this time, Zhou Zuoren was not fully oriented to Japan, and he was entrusted by the Cultural Fund Compilation Committee chaired by Hu Shi to translate English and ancient Greek manuscripts at home, until the Cultural Fund Compilation Committee moved to Hong Kong.

On the other hand, he served as a visiting professor in the Department of Chinese Literature of Tianjin University, until after the assassination, the Japanese used this as an excuse to send Japanese military police to be stationed in Zhou Zuoren's house, which objectively accelerated the process of Zhou Zuoren becoming a traitor.

At this time, the phone was connected, and a voice came from the other end, it was the old housekeeper of the Gu family.

"Hey, this is the Gu Mansion."

Tang Yi heard the words and said, "Uncle? I'm Tang Yi, please tell Jun Qiao that I will be late today, and tell her to have breakfast first. ”

"Well, I see." The old butler replied.

"I'm in trouble."

"Uncle, what's the matter?"

After a few polite words, Tang Yi hung up the phone and looked at Tang Chaoyuan and said, "Father, you go to read your newspaper, I'll go to the restaurant for breakfast first." ”

After that, he stood up and walked towards the restaurant, and was just about to leave the hall when he heard Tang Chaoyuan's voice behind him.

"Come to the study after eating, I have something to explain to you."

"Got it." Tang Yi replied.

......

After Tang Yi came to the study after eating and closed the door, he just found a chair and sat down, when he heard Tang Chaoyuan ask, "What new task did Ying Zuo Zhenzhao give you?" ”

"It's not a big deal, some time ago, a detective died in the French Concession, and he suspected that it was related to a certain important member of the Shanghai Special Municipal Government, so he arranged for me to investigate the situation." Tang Yi replied.

Of course, Tang Yi can't talk too much about this matter with Tang Chaoyuan, after all, this matter involves the secret mission of Chongqing to arrange Tang Yi to secretly infiltrate the Communist Party.

And Peng San's death is also because of this, so the specific situation of this matter naturally cannot be known to Tang Chaoyuan.

Tang Chaoyuan nodded when he heard this, and he didn't ask carefully, in his heart, he naturally absolutely believed in this Tang Yi, who was both a son and a comrade.

"I received the news from above, during this time, the Mei organ searched fiercely, and for the sake of safety, we have been silent in the near future, and daily contact has been temporarily suspended, unless there is an emergency, there will be no active contact during this time." Tang Chaoyuan said.

"Got it," Tang Yi replied.

Immediately afterwards, Tang Chaoyuan said in a rare tone of concern: "You must also pay attention to safety during this time, this Ying Zuo Zhenzhao is not an ordinary character, by the way, do you still have contact with the Communist Party?" ”

When Tang Yi heard this, he knew in his heart how could he tell the truth to his father? So he hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No, there is no contact." ”

......

When Tang Yi arrived at the investigation office with Gu Junqiao, it was already close to ten o'clock in the morning, but naturally no one dared to say anything.

Naturally, Fang Hu was busy with the mess of the intelligence department, and Gu Junqiao didn't come to do anything.

When Tang Yi came to the office, he saw Xiang Jie and Luo Zhuangshi, two professional doglegs, sitting in the office and not knowing what to discuss.

Seeing Tang Yi coming in, the two of them also stood up and saluted Tang Yi.

"Have something to report?" Tang Yi said as he came to the desk and sat down.

"Yes." The two replied.

Tang Yi thought about it, after all, making Xiang Jie's affairs more confidential, so he took the lead in nodding to Luo Zhuangshi and said, "You can talk about it first." ”

When Luo Zhuang heard this, he began to report: "Yesterday, the brother who arranged to investigate Li Changyu came to say that this Li Changyu is very famous in the patrol of the French Concession, and he is known as the first criminal investigation master. ”

Tang Yi nodded when he heard this, motioning for Luo Zhuangshi to continue.

He has a wife and a son, and now they all live in the French Concession, and the people under him say that Li Changyu is a very family-oriented person and loves his wife and son very much.

However, although this Li Changyu is not greedy, he will also get some oil and water from the prisoners in the patrol room on Foch Road in private, but I don't know why, his family doesn't seem to be rich. ”

Tang Yi frowned when he heard this: "It shouldn't be, with his inspector's salary and the oil and water he fishes, it is impossible not to live a rich life." ”

"So I specially spent a lot of money to inquire about this matter, this Li Changyu saved all the money he made, as if he was worried about the domestic situation after the war, and wanted to send his wife and children to live in France." Xiang Jie just said hurriedly.

Tang Yi nodded when he heard this, "That's reasonable, after all, it costs a lot to send it to France." ”

Immediately afterwards, Tang Yi waved his hand and said to Luo Zhuangshi: "You continue to send people to follow up, and strive to inquire more, okay, you go down to prepare the car first, and you will go to the French Concession in a while like yesterday." ”

"Yes."

After watching Luo Zhuangshi turn around and leave the office, Tang Yi looked at Xiang Jie.

Xiang Jie also hurriedly reported after seeing Tang Yi's eyes: "Young Master, I went to see the Wu Fang you said yesterday, and as soon as he saw the list I took out, he immediately said that as long as he could help him pay off the account, he would help him with everything." ”

Tang Yi nodded when he heard this and said: "You can't believe all what this person says when he is a hooligan, you arrange someone to keep an eye on Wu Fang secretly, if this person changes his hexagram and doesn't cooperate at that time, you will ......."

Xiang Jie hurriedly made a gesture to wipe his neck and said, "I understand." ”

Immediately afterwards, Tang Yi spoke again: "I will give you the news after the matter is done, and you will immediately let the people who are staring at Wu Fang do ......" After speaking, Tang Yi also made a gesture to wipe his neck.

Xiang Jie was stunned when he saw this, "In other words, no matter what this matter is, as long as this Wu Fang is over, he will die?" ”

Tang Yi nodded and did not speak.

"I see."