Lao Hou did not answer Hu Yongqiang's question immediately, but took the envelope, checked the seal, tore open the envelope, and took out the note written by Li Yixin and read it.

After reading it, Lao Hou replied to Hu Yongqiang: "He is the 'owl' and an excellent underground worker of our party. Mu Qingwan was transferred from other places to cooperate with him. The principle of working underground was previously limited, so I didn't tell you his true identity. But now that the objective situation has changed, since he has revealed his identity to you, it means that he is in a difficult situation now. You must promise to keep your mouth shut about his identity and not tell anyone. ”

In fact, from Hu Yongqiang's report just now, Lao Hou has found that Li Yixin did not tell Hu Yongqiang all the personnel of the entire group, for example, the identities of Che Mei and Yin Qunli did not tell Hu Yongqiang.

This is not because Li Yixin believes in Hu Yongqiang, but because of the particularity of underground work, the identities of Yin Qunli and Che Mei also need to be kept strictly confidential. It can be seen that Li Yixin is very cautious, if he is not now included in the list of suspects by Yukio Fujita, then Li Yixin will not directly identify himself to Hu Yongqiang.

After thinking about it, Lao Hou found that Li Yixin still had a little omission, that is, he didn't realize that Ye Xiaozhou, a special agent of the military command who followed him to Stone Town from Chongqing, might also be tracked and monitored by the Japanese special high school, and this Ye Xiaozhou knew that Yin Qunli was a hidden person of the military commander, and he met Yin Qunli. If Ye Xiaozhou was caught by the Japanese in Stone Town, then no one dared to guarantee that Yin Qunli's identity as a military commander would not be exposed.

So Lao Hou said to Hu Yongqiang: "Comrade Hu, I want to give you a task now. According to the needs of the work, you must find a way to notify Ye Xiaozhou, who was in the trading company under construction for three days and dried nets for two days, to evacuate Stone Town without revealing his identity. ”

When Hu Yongqiang heard this, he immediately asked, "This Ye Xiaozhou is also a comrade of our organization?" ”

Lao Hou shook his head, and did not explain in detail, but replied lightly: "Lao Hu, you are an old underground party member, you should know some things that you shouldn't know, it's better not to ask." I can only say that this Ye Xiaozhou is not a Communist Party, but a hidden member of the military command, and as time goes by, even if the special high school wants to arrest him, you have to find a way to protect him. There are some things I can't tell you, but it's a job need, and there are no conditions to talk about it. ”

Hu Yongqiang opened his mouth and buried his doubts in his heart. Because he knew that since Lao Hou was unwilling to elaborate on the reasons why he wanted to protect Ye Xiaozhou, he couldn't ask, and could only honestly carry out Lao Hou's orders.

Lao Hou continued: "That's it, you hurry up, remember, if you detect that someone is following and monitoring you, you can't come here again, and you also have to find a way to alert Ye Xiaozhou without delay." Fortunately, this Ye Xiaozhou was arranged by Li Yixin to work as a staff member in Jianzhong Trading Company, as long as he goes to the office, you can have direct contact with him. Remember not to reveal your identity to Ye Xiaozhou. ”

As for how to alert Ye Xiaozhou without revealing his identity, he didn't have any way, because Lao Hou's request was really a bit difficult.

So Hu Yongqiang asked Lao Hou: "Then in what capacity did I alert Ye Xiaozhou?" If my identity can't be recognized by Ye Xiaozhou, then can Ye Xiaozhou believe the alert I raised? ”

Lao Hou thought about it for a while, and decided to reveal a little more secret to Hu Yongqiang: "In this way, don't directly alert Ye Xiaozhou in person, and find a way to leave him a note, just say that Jianzhong Trading Company has now been suspected by the Japanese of having military commanders lurking, so he must be careful, and it is best to temporarily withdraw from Stone Town immediately." Write a code name 'Young Master'. Ye Xiaozhou will believe it when he sees this note. ”

Now there is another person with the code name 'Young Master', Hu Yongqiang is a little confused, he doesn't know what information Lao Hou still knows what information to write, but he can be sure that the information in the organization is quite well-informed, and even some code names Lao Hou within the military command knows everything about it.

But now that Lao Hou already has a clear order, he must carry it out. Underground work is like this, the orders issued by the upline and the leader, no matter how strange, the downline cannot delve into the cause, but can only be followed. So he patted his chest and made a promise, and then left the tea shop.

And Lao Hou had a lot of questions in his heart at this time, and he also wanted to know how the news that the important cadres of the party organization were going to return the same way and pass through Stone Town was leaked. Even Li Yixin suspected that Yukio Fujita might have known the news.

Time is running out now, and that important cadre is about to arrive in Stone Town. Since Li Yixin was on the suspicion list of Yukio Fujita, Li Yixin could no longer be involved in this task, and the task of escorting this important cadre quietly through Stone Town could only be completed by Lao Hou himself.

However, before that, he must immediately report the matter to Minister Pan, who has not yet returned from Yan'an, and wait for Minister Pan to give his opinion before taking the next step.

So Lao Hou immediately dragged out the hidden radio station and immediately sent a telegram to the Yan'an headquarters, reporting Li Yixin's current situation, and suggesting that this important cadre change his route and not easily return to the base area through Stone Town, so as to avoid danger.

And Minister Pan's call back came quickly, which Lao Hou did not expect. However, it is clear that the news he reported this time is very important, so Minister Pan must have replied immediately after reporting to the leaders at the Yan'an headquarters.

In the telegram, Minister Pan demanded that Lao Hou must carry out the task of escorting the important cadre back by the original route through Stone Town, because that important cadre was already very close to Stone Town, and it was very troublesome and difficult to change the route temporarily.

But at the same time, Minister Pan also has to wait for the successful completion of the task, there can be no mistakes, and at the same time investigate the cause of the leak.

As for why Li Yixin was on the list of suspects in the special high school, Minister Pan also asked Lao Hou to find out as soon as possible, because this is a very unfavorable move for the party organization's power in Stone Town, and only by finding out the reason can targeted measures be taken to make the Japanese take their eyes off Li Yixin.

As for the issue of the escort of the latter group of participants of the Japanese Communist Party to Shanghai secretly, since these people had only been on the road for a long time and had time to change their route, Minister Pan informed Lao Hou that he could ignore the escort of these people, and that the Social Affairs Department of the Southern Bureau could urgently mobilize underground organizations in various localities to escort these people and no longer pass through Stone Town.