Yu Peiliang summoned all the personnel of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command to the conference hall.

"I have gathered everyone together today to announce an appointment, and upon my recommendation and examination and examination by the higher-level departments, Comrade Zhu Hongda is hereby appointed as the deputy head of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, and at the same time as the director of the Operations Department."

Zhu Hongda saluted Yu Peiliang, then took the letter of appointment and gave a military salute to everyone.

"We congratulate Deputy Stationmaster Zhu." Yu Peiliang took the lead in applauding.

Everyone applauded, and Zhu Hongda looked full of ambition.

Ah Qiang was very excited, his hands were red, in Shanghai Station, Ah Qiang has the strongest relationship with two people, one is An Huiming, who has been martyred, he has always been An Huiming's right-hand man, and he plays for An Huiming before and after the saddle, so he is deeply appreciated by An Huiming; The other is Zhu Hongda, Zhu Hongda is very good at being a man, although Zhu Hongda is not Ah Qiang's top boss, but he takes care of Ah Qiang and his brothers very much, so at one time, Ah Qiang and Yu Peiliang proposed to be transferred from the intelligence department to the operations department, but Yu Peiliang did not agree.

Of course, Yu Peiliang would not agree to Ah Qiang leaving the intelligence department, he was worried that as soon as Ah Qiang left, those people from the intelligence department would also follow Ah Qiang to Zhu Hongda, so wouldn't Tan Jingting become a lonely man and a bare-bones commander. Yu Peiliang knew that Ah Qiang was a very capable person, and he also knew that Ah Qiang had always coveted the position of intelligence director, if Tan Jingting was not sent down to be the intelligence director, he did intend to leave this position to Ah Qiang, and he had promised Ah Qiang, but since the above had already made arrangements for the personnel in the station, he Yu Peiliang naturally would not disrupt the above arrangements for a small Ah Qiang. He can only try his best to appease Ah Qiang, care more about him in life on weekdays, and even help him find a girlfriend, but Ah Qiang is a fierce person at first glance, and after several girls met once, they were too scared to have any more relationships with Ah Qiang.

Although Yu Peiliang repeatedly warned Ah Qiang to have a good relationship with the new intelligence director Tan Jingting, so that he could work together to do a good job. But Ah Qiang always disobeys the yang and the yin, and several times he eats inside and out, and first reveals the news of the intelligence department to the operations department, so the performance of the operations department is always so eye-catching, and he takes the lead everywhere, which is deeply appreciated by Yu Peiliang.

Ah Qiang felt that this Tan Jingting was taciturn and very cold, except for the contact at work, he was always lukewarm to him, far less than Zhu Hongda to call him a brother and brother. Therefore, this time Zhu Hongda was promoted, and Ah Qiang was sincerely happy for Zhu Hongda.

Tan Jingting's face is expressionless, this is Tan Jingting's consistent style, and it is generally difficult for ordinary people to detect his joys, sorrows and sorrows from his face, so it also leaves people with a cold feeling.

At this time, Tan Jingting also clapped his hands in agreement. He had also heard about Zhu Hongda's experience, and knew that he had participated in several important assassination operations, but later learned that in those well-deployed assassination operations, Zhu Hongda was just a peripheral person, helping to pass on the news, watching the wind, and answering the response, and he was not an assassin on the front line at all. Only the most recent assassination of Taro Hashimoto can be called a real assassination. Therefore, Tan Jingting will inevitably have a sneering disdain for Zhu Hongda's braggadocio about his past experience on weekdays.

Zhu Hongda's exploits are simply pediatrics in his eyes Tan Jingting, he Tan Jingting has seen thousands of troops and horses, experienced bloody rain, and braved the rain of bullets, not to mention anything else, there are as many as eight or nine gunshot wounds and knife wounds on his body alone, which are the best proof of his Tan Jingting's birth and death. However, these may be worthless in the eyes of those who play with power.

"Deputy Stationmaster Zhu's achievements are obvious to all, and I hope that you will take Deputy Stationmaster Zhu as a model, work hard, and the door to promotion will always be open to those comrades who actively strive for progress." Yu Peiliang gave another encouragement.

Everyone applauded again.

After the meeting, everyone dispersed, Yu Peiliang patted Zhu Hongda's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Hongda, although you have been promoted to deputy stationmaster, you still have to guard against arrogance and rashness, and continue to work hard, you also saw just now, some people are still very jealous of you, everyone has similar qualifications, and some are even higher than you, why did you choose you, not others?" The high places are cold, you must not only let those who are vassals of you work for you, but also let those who are jealous and suspicious of you can be used for you. ”

Yu Peiliang is teaching Zhu Hongda the art of royalty, hoping that Zhu Hongda can benefit from it and be able to take charge of himself in the future.

"Thank you for the stationmaster's life, Hongda has been taught." Zhu Hongda was still immersed in joy, and only superficially coped with Yu Peiliang's earnest teachings.

"Okay, let's go."

Zhu Hongda called Shuyan in the corridor.

"Shuxian, I'm promoted, how about it, let's go have a meal together and celebrate." Zhu Hongda couldn't hide his joy, what he wanted to do most at this time was to share his joy with his beloved.

"Congratulations, Hongda, but I, I still have a lot of things on hand." Shuyan's face is difficult.

"There's no end to the work, promise me." Zhu Hongda saw Shuyan's resignation, and hurriedly came over to plead with her.

"Why don't I call Lily too?" Sook-yeon proposed.

Shuyan didn't want to be alone with Zhu Hongda, and after coming into contact with Zhu Hongda a few times, Shuyan always wanted to avoid him, for fear of being accidentally caught by Zhu Hongda.

"Shuxian, you are angry with me, right, a yellow-haired girl, what kind of wine and food are you drinking and eating with us? It's just you and me, it's decided, I'll wait for you after work. Zhu Hongda's tone cannot be refused.

Shuyan saw that she couldn't shirk it, so she had to agree: "Okay, it's up to you." ”

At half past five in the afternoon, Zhu Hongda took Shuyan to the Red House Western Restaurant.

Zhu Hongda was very gentlemanly to help Shuyan hang up her coat, pull out a chair for Shuyan, wait for Shuyan to sit down, and then go back to his side to sit down.

"Shuxian, you can order." Zhu Hongda held his cheek with one hand and handed the menu to Shuyan with the other.

"Let's order it." Shuyan gestured to Zhu Hongda.

Zhu Hongda smiled: "You are always so casual. “

Zhu Hongda snapped his fingers, the waiter came, Zhu Hongda took the menu and explained to the waiter, the waiter nodded, and left.

The red candle on the table illuminated Shuyan's face, looking at Shuyan's face like a hibiscus and her beautiful eyes, Zhu Hongda was a little distracted, and he swallowed his saliva.

"Shuxian, finally we can enjoy our two-person world." Zhu Hongda looked at Shuyan affectionately.

"Hongda, don't forget, I'm a married woman." Shuyan avoided Zhu Hongda's projected gaze and said softly.

"Shuxian, do you think I'm not as good as that little reporter in your family?" Zhu Hongda is full of ambition and full of confidence in his career. In his opinion, the impoverished Ouyang Rui was like a sparrow and a phoenix compared to him.

"Of course not, but Hongda, you know, I am a person who marries chickens and dogs, do you want me to go out of the wall?" Sook-yeon asked rhetorically.

"The pursuit of your own happiness, this has nothing to do with the red apricot out of the wall, I won't let you be an underground lover, I will definitely marry you in the media, don't worry." Zhu Hongda swears.

"Hongda, you are really a little whimsical, do you want to abandon your bad wife, I want to fly separately from my little reporter Lao Yan, and then, you and I will be together? Hongda, you have just been promoted, don't give others any grip, otherwise you will rise quickly and fall quickly. Shuyan persuaded her with good words, hoping that Zhu Hongda would not continue to entangle herself.

Zhu Hongda was silent, and the waiter presented the dishes and a bottle of red wine one by one.

"Shuxian, come, I'll pour you wine." Zhu Hongda poured Shuyan a glass of red wine. I poured myself a glass.

"Come, Shuxian, for the sake of our friendship, cheers." Zhu Hongda raised his wine glass and clinked glasses with Shuyan affectionately.

"Cheers to you to the next level." Shuyan took a sip of red wine and said with a smile.

In the early morning of February 10, 1946, it was originally planned to hold a rally to celebrate the success of the CPPCC meeting in Chongqing's Jiaochangkou Square in the morning, but as a result, the agents of the Central Unification arranged thugs in the venue and injured more than 60 people, including Guo Moruo, Tao Xingzhi, Ma Yinchu, and Zhang Naiqi, who were elected by the people. This bloody case has caused great shock at home and abroad. People of insight sighed: "If you are power-hungry and do this, there is no cure!" ”

The occurrence of this bloody case directly undermined the call of the people of the whole country for peaceful and democratic nation-building after the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, and made the masses of the people see clearly the reactionary features of the Kuomintang reactionaries in sabotaging the resolutions of the CPPCC, insisting on dictatorial civil war, and trampling on the people's democratic rights, and also exposed the fact that there were no human rights and democracy in old China under the brutal rule of the Kuomintang.

As a result, the masses of the people held high the banner of "fighting for democracy and opposing dictatorship" and waged a resolute struggle against the reactionary forces of the Kuomintang. The Chinese people were forced to embark on the road of all-out fighting the Third Civil Revolutionary War, the People's Liberation War.

Yu Lin asked Shuyan to connect with Liu Yuening of the Aurora University Reading Club, and called on those members of the reading club who usually demanded progress and college classmates to march in the streets to oppose the Kuomintang dictatorship.

Shuyan came to Aurora University and got in touch with Liu Yuening, Liu Yuening immediately launched activities, and soon, those patriotic students who were full of enthusiasm were gearing up, writing slogans, writing banners, making parade flags, and contacting brother schools, so that all major colleges and universities in Shanghai took action and launched a patriotic student movement in full swing.

The huge demonstrations ignited the patriotic fervor of the people, and also made the reactionary forces of the Kuomintang hate it to the core, and they tried their best to suppress it.

Yu Peiliang has been very busy lately, and the student demonstrations have been surging like a tidal wave, and although they have been suppressed by force, they have achieved little success.

When the phone rang, Yu Peiliang picked up the phone, and it turned out to be Dai Li's secretary calling, asking him to fly to Chongqing with Dai Li to report to work.

Yu Peiliang hurriedly instructed Zhu Hongda: "I'm going to Chongqing with Boss Dai, and I'll leave it to you here." ”

"The stationmaster can rest assured that Hongda will do his best to maintain order in Shanghai." Zhu Hongda swears.

Yu Peiliang nodded to Zhu Hongda with satisfaction, and left with his briefcase, and never came back. On March 17, 1946, Dai Li's plane crashed in Daishan, Jiangning County, a suburb of Nanjing, killing all the people on board, including Yu Peiliang.

Yu Peiliang's death gave Zhu Hongda another chance to be promoted, and he replaced Yu Peiliang as the stationmaster of the Shanghai Station of the Military Command.

On June 26, 1946, the Kuomintang besieged the liberated areas of the Central Plains with 300,000 troops, and the civil war broke out.

On July 1, 1946, the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Kuomintang Military Commission was officially terminated and reorganized into the National Defense Secrecy Bureau, with Zheng Jiemin, director of the Second Department of the Ministry of National Defense, concurrently serving as the director, and Mao Renfeng, the former secretary to the director of the Military Command Bureau, as the deputy director.

And Zhu Hongda became the stationmaster of the Shanghai Station of the Secret Bureau.