Sun Yumin couldn't wait to escape from this small reception room, he couldn't face Chen Bui's care, and he couldn't forgive himself for being stupid again and again, so that he finally missed Lu Man, a good girl. If he had made up his mind and walked with her regardless of it, would these things not happen later? He really wanted to know the result, but there was no regret medicine for sale in this world, and Lu Man would definitely become his eternal regret, just like the scar on the left side of his face, this regret would be an indelible scar in his heart.

"Yumin, pack up your things, I still have something to ask you." Chen Bui didn't notice Sun Yumin's subtle expressions, all he had was care for his son-in-law and missing his daughter.

"You say." Sun Yumin's tone was very respectful, which was a habit he had maintained since the first time he dealt with Chen Bui.

"How are her mother and son?" When Chen Bui asked this, he was not a high-ranking government official at all, and he was not a respected dignitary, but a lonely old man who missed his children.

"Xiaoman is in Anhui, like you, I haven't seen her for a few days, and after I arrived in Jiangxi, I haven't been back to Huoshan." Sun Yumin didn't want to prevaricate the kind elder in front of him with lies, so he simply used war, orders, and the duty of a soldier to block him and continue to ask.

"Yes, as a person of the party-state, how can he only guard his wife and children's hot kang!" When Chen Bui heard Sun Yumin's words at first, he was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he seemed to be talking to himself, but in fact he praised Sun Yumin in disguise.

There was a brief silence in the room, only broken by the sound of high-heeled shoes at the door.

"Knock knock."

There was a light knock on the door three times.

"Come in."

Chen Bui responded.

Sun Yumin just wanted to find an excuse to leave, isn't this the best opportunity? He hurriedly got up, and just wanted to say goodbye to Chen Bui, but was motioned to sit down again.

“……”

Sun Yumin was speechless, so he had to sit down again, and his eyes followed to the door.

It was the female secretary who had been following Chen Bui for a long time who came in, she first said hello to Sun Yumin, and then she didn't shy away from anything, and said directly: "Director, the chairman wants to see you and your uncle." ”

This is expected, although Sun Yumin is extremely reluctant to go, but now he would rather face this dictator than continue to stay with Chen Bui, because he really doesn't know how to respond to this Republic of China who is as kind to him as a mountain.

"I see, you can reply to the person who came to inform you and say that we will be over right away."

Chen Bui sent the secretary out, but he showed no signs of getting up, which made Sun Yumin, who was sitting down again, a little embarrassed.

"Yumin, wait a minute, I have a few words to ask you, chairman, let's delay a while, it's not a big deal." Chen Bui resolved Sun Yumin's embarrassment with a word, he still didn't know that this person in front of him was no longer a son-in-law, and he didn't dare to let go of his worries and guilt to face him.

"Oh, you have something to say."

Sun Yumin sat down again, looking like he was humbly listening.

"How did you get so close to Chen Cheng? When did he pull him into the civil engineering department? Chen Bui threw out two questions in a row, and seeing that Sun Yumin's expression was a little unnatural, he added: "I didn't say that I couldn't mix with Chen Cheng, I just wanted to know what happened." ”

"I've only seen Commander Chen once so far, so I can't talk about getting close to him. As for the Department of Civil Engineering, I have never had this kind of idea or plan, and it is only because Commander-in-Chief Luo has always regarded me as his own person, and in the end, Commander Chen has rewarded and wooed me in every possible way, which will give people this illusion. Don't worry, I don't have this interest in getting involved with people of any kind or faction, all I want to do is fight the Japanese devils. ”

Listening to Sun Yumin's words, Chen Bui couldn't stop nodding, and at the end he said: "Actually, getting close to Luo Zhuoying and them is not necessarily a bad thing, but it is not necessarily a good thing, you must grasp this degree." He was worried that Sun Yumin didn't fully understand, and said: "As a monarch, he has always paid attention to the art of trade-off, originally He Yingqin, Chen Cheng and some generals without factions, there are three legs, but your sudden addition has greatly increased the strength of the civil engineering department, and this balance of power has been broken all of a sudden, with the character of the president, alas, ......"

Chen Bui didn't explain directly, but just sighed deeply.

Sun Yumin could understand his hard work, and he could also understand his worries about how he was dealing with others, which made him feel a little more guilty about the elder in front of him.

"Don't worry, except for fighting devils, I won't participate in all the intrigues."

"I don't want to see you clean yourself, but once you're in the door, some things can't help yourself."

The word involuntary is really the most appropriate description for Sun Yumin, starting from the Songhu battlefield, whether it is leading troops to fight or being promoted in the line of fire, whether it is holding the city or taking the initiative to attack, many things are actually what he is unwilling to do, isn't this involuntary! He also knew that Chen Bui was worried that once he and Chen Cheng got together, it would be difficult to get out in the future. But the elder in front of him didn't know that he had the idea of going from his brother to the light from the beginning, and as for these worries, he could completely ignore them.

"Yumin has been taught." He didn't say anything on this issue, and he didn't know how to explain his thoughts to Chen Bui, this secret buried deep in his heart, unless he really went there, he would definitely not tell anyone, even Liu Wenzhi, who he trusted the most.

"Yumin, in fact, I am quite relieved of you, except for some times when I will be willful, I am still very satisfied, the military exploits made in the past few years, not only I remember it in my heart, but the chairman of the committee has not forgotten it either." Chen Bui's gaze wandered away from him, and he looked at the door, as if there was Lao Jiang standing there, and he continued: "There is another thing, you have to pay attention, the last time you sold arms to the Communist CD New Fourth Army, if it weren't for the chairman of the committee, you were deceived, and you were really short of money, plus 'new great merit, otherwise do you think it will be so easy to pass the test?' ”

"Also, Dai Li's failure to fall into the trap in this matter is also a blessing, so if you can not offend him, try not to offend him. As far as I know, among the people close to you, there are his secret agents, and I don't know who they are, so you must be more careful and take precautions. ”

Chen Bui said a lot in one go, and from these words, it can be seen that he is both important and concerned about Sun Yumin, and is more reminding and teaching.

Dai Li's spy placed by his side, isn't this Chen Lai? If Dai Li wants to know something from this Nizi's mouth and catch something about himself, it is simply a fool's dream. When Chen Bui talked about the people who were close to him and sent by Dai Li, Sun Yumin showed a slight smug look on his face, fortunately Chen Bui didn't feel that there was anything wrong, otherwise it would be really difficult for him to answer the question.

After Chen Bui saw Sun Yumin nodding his head a few times, he smiled with satisfaction, got up and said, "Let's go, don't let the president wait too long." But when Sun Yumin got up and followed him forward, he suddenly turned around and advised: "Wait a minute, the president will definitely ask you about your views on the battle situation, you have to have a spectrum in your heart, you must do this well, don't be too reckless, like this time to resist the two main divisions of the Japanese army, you can't do it again." ”

"Got it!" Chen Bui's concern made Sun Yumin's heart warm, and this moment gave him the illusion that he was still Chen Bui's son-in-law.

In a small, but elegantly furnished study, Lao Jiang was dressed in a gray robe, lying on a rocking chair, holding a book in his hand, and a cup of tea with the lid uncovered on the coffee table next to him.

When he walked in side by side with Chen Bui, Sun Yumin was not attracted by the ancient style full of eyes, but was fascinated by the fragrance of tea in the room, he was not a good tea person, but he understood that the bowl of tea that Lao Jiang had in his hand was not an ordinary thing.

"President, Yumin is here."

Chen Bui called Lao Jiang gently.

This soft call made Lao Jiang, who was reading a book, move his eyes to them.

"Sun Yumin, commander of the 12th Army of the National Revolutionary Army, reports to the chairman."

Sun Yumin not only stood straight, but also respected the military salute very standardly, but his voice was not very loud, he was not a grassroots officer now, but a general with heavy troops, and he was no longer worthy of his identity when he reported loudly.

"It's Yanji and Yumin, you two come and sit." Lao Jiang put down the books in his hands and beckoned them to sit down in front of him.

"Yumin, you just called me the chairman, so you haven't been in Whampoa, have you?"

"Yes, chairman, Yumin is stupid and has no chance to enter Huangpu for further study."

"What you said is not right, if you, the victorious general, are stupid, then there are still a few smart people in our army." Lao Jiang had a smile on his face, his eyes were full of appreciation for Sun Yumin, and after jokingly saying the last sentence, he then turned his head to Chen Bui and said: "Find an opportunity to give Yumin a better name, I'm afraid the first five issues of Huangpu are not appropriate, and the sixth issue is not good, just the seventh issue, the seventh issue of the supplementary life, just order it like this, this matter Yan and you will do it personally." ”

Sun Yumin didn't feel anything about Lao Jiang's words, but in Chen Bui's ears, it was no less than a bombshell, and it fell on him defenselessly.

Giving Sun Yumin a "name" of Huangpu is a great gift from a clear point of view, and the glory of the protégé of the Son of Heaven is on his head, and he will be a little energetic in front of people. But is that really the case? Absolutely not, Chen Bui has followed Lao Jiang for so many years, how can he not know the inner doorway.

Maybe Lao Jiang Zhen has the idea of wanting to be accepted as his own disciple, but the name of this Huangpu supplement is a big thunder for Sun Yumin.

Within the entire national army, a little bigger, within the entire government, who doesn't know 'who doesn't' clearly, Sun Yumin and his 12th Army are now a strong force in the civil engineering department, enjoying the same treatment as the 18th Army, but Chen Cheng and Luo Zhuoying, who are the masterminds of the civil engineering department, are all from the Baoding Army Military Academy, although there is no shortage of people from Huangpu in the civil engineering department, such as Li Shuzheng (Huangpu Phase 7), Mu Tingfang (Huangpu Phase I), Mo Youshuo (Huangpu Phase II), Hu Lian (Huangpu Phase IV) and so on. But the backbone of the civil engineering department is still a person from the Baoding Military Academy, if this time Lao Jiang really wants to give Sun Yumin a Huangpu additional student, this may make Chen Cheng annoyed and ashamed, even if he doesn't show anything for a while, but the mustard in his heart will definitely be there, and in the future, he will definitely not be so full of help to the Twelfth Army and Sun Yumin as he is now. This is the art of checks and balances, this is the small means that the people in power have at their fingertips, but the role of such small means is immeasurable, just like in front of him, does Sun Yumin accept it? Or is it a prevarication? In fact, whatever he did was wrong! But fortunately, Sun Yumin, who rarely plays with power, didn't expect to go up this floor, but Chen Bui was anxious for him.

"Okay, President." Chen Bui saw Lao Jiang's intentions clearly and clearly, but he didn't show anything wrong, as calm and calm as usual, and even answered Lao Jiang's words without shock.

Sun Yumin didn't expect that there would be so many Taoisms in Lao Jiang's casual words, and he didn't expect that Chen Bui was already thinking about how to help him when this proposal was thrown out.

"Yumin, this battle of northern Xiang, fortunately with you and Zuomin (Wang Yaowu) to turn the tide, it did not lead to the fall of Changsha, I should have rewarded you heavily, but there is really nothing to do, so I have to give you a vain Huangpu name, you won't dislike my heart, right?"

Except for the time when Sun Yumin reported it, he never spoke, and he kept listening to the conversation between Jiang and Chen, although they didn't say a few words, but in Sun Yumin's heart, it was like a year. Now that he heard Lao Jiang's name, he could only respond: "These are all the well-planned methods of the chairman, coupled with the bloody battles of the front-line soldiers, to have such a not bad result, in which Yumin only played the role of connecting the upper and lower levels, where to talk about the credit." ”

Chen Bui was still worried that Sun Yumin, as a soldier, did not know how to be tactful, but from this reply, it is enough to prove that he is no longer the young man who was two or three years ago, and he would be high-spirited and could not rub sand in his eyes.

"Yan Ji, listen, listen, is this still like my invincible God of War general?" Sun Yumin's words obviously won the favor of Lao Jiang, and this sycophant was on point.

"Yumin is right, if you don't preside over the overall situation and strategize, even if he has three heads and six arms, he won't be able to win." Compared with Sun Yumin's unsuccessful sycophant kung fu, Chen Bui's method of wearing a high hat for Lao Jiang is obviously more handy.

"This time, Anan Weiji has suffered a lot of losses around Changsha and Yichang, I don't think he is so easy to give up, Yumin, you have always analyzed the situation very well, I want to hear your opinion." Lao Jiang finally got to the point, which was exactly what Chen Bui reminded him when he came over before.

Sun Yumin was actually very aware of Anan's actions, and after the end of the Second Battle of Changsha, in just two months, this hard-line militarist element hurriedly launched the war again, and this attack on Changsha was the famous Third Battle of Changsha in history.