Chapter 182: Searching for Traces
"Well, Political Commissar Huang, I was just about to report to you, early yesterday morning, Yu Lin and Sister Shuyan were pursued by more than a dozen spies of the Secret Bureau, Yu Lin and the enemy have already exchanged fire, Yu Lin told me last time, Sister Shuyan may have been exposed, need to evacuate as soon as possible, let me be ready to respond, so, as soon as I heard the gunshot, I went over to answer, when I saw Sister Shuyan was shot, Yu Lin carried her into the cabin, I asked Yu Lin to go with us, he said that he still has a task to complete, let me take Sister Shuyan to retreat first, He stayed behind to intercept the enemy. Later, I took Sister Shuyan and rowed away, and I heard a dense burst of gunfire on the shore, and I don't know what happened next. “
"According to what you say, Yulin is likely to be outnumbered and encounter accidents." Political Commissar Huang couldn't help but worry about Yulin's safety.
"I heard Sister Shuyan shouting 'intelligence, intelligence' all the time in a coma, did they have important information to send to northern Jiangsu?"
"Well, I'll make a call to Dr. Qian from the field hospital and ask the nurse to check Shuyan's clothes."
Political Commissar Huang immediately called Dr. Qian to explain the situation.
After a while, Dr. Qian called to tell Political Commissar Huang that there was nothing in Shuyan's clothes.
Political Commissar Huang thought for a moment, and estimated that Shuyan and Yulin must have obtained some important information, but in view of the urgency of the situation at that time, they couldn't keep the information by their side, but hid it in a secret place, and it seemed that to reveal this secret, they could only wait for Shuyan to wake up, or meet Yulin to get it.
Political Commissar Huang thought for a while and patted Mei Zhijie on the shoulder: "Zhijie, it seems that you still have to work hard, go to Shanghai again, first, inquire about Yulin's situation, no matter whether you live or die, you must try to find out." Second, Mingfeng is about to go to Shanghai to connect with Yulin, if Yulin encounters an accident, you will replace Yulin to connect with Mingfeng. “
"Yes." Mei Zhijie gave a military salute to Political Commissar Huang.
In the evening, Mei Zhijie set off from the base area in northern Jiangsu in a canopy boat. Before leaving, Political Commissar Huang told him that he must inquire about Lu Yulin's whereabouts, that he must see people alive and corpses when he dies, and that if he is alive, he must bring Lu Yulin back safely, Lu Yulin is a great hero on the hidden front, and he is about to win, and he must let the comrades who are fighting in the heart of the enemy see the dawn of victory.
Yes, these incognito comrades did not hesitate to shed blood and sacrifice for the revolutionary cause, did not hesitate to be misunderstood by their compatriots, did not hesitate to separate their flesh and blood, they endured humiliation and burden, and waited for the hardships and hardships of outsiders.
Mei Zhijie cautiously rowed the boat while observing the situation on the water and the shore, after all, the enemy was casting a net in the past few days, frantically searching for suspects.
Suddenly there was a light in front of him, it was a patrol boat, looking in the direction of Mei Zhijie, and then a sound came from the loudspeaker, telling him to stop the boat for inspection.
Mei Zhijie stopped rocking, and the patrol boat approached Mei Zhijie's awning boat, and then two marine policemen boarded the canopy and searched the cabin with flashlights.
"You're the boatman?" Two marine policemen took flashlights and shone a picture at Mei Zhijie.
"Yes." Mei Zhijie blocked the dazzling light with his hand.
"We're going to search." The water warning told Mei Zhijie to get out of the way.
"What is there to inspect a small boat like ours?" Mei Zhijie muttered.
"This is an order from above, let us check the passing canopy boat these days, saying that a wounded woman escaped to the base of the communist army in northern Jiangsu in this kind of boat."
"Boss, you see, I'm from northern Jiangsu, not from Shanghai to northern Jiangsu, there should be no problem."
"We're also routine, okay, you let us go, let's search."
After saying that, the two marine policemen drilled into the cabin, turned over in the east, and looked in the west.
The canopy boat had already been cleaned, and the blood stains left by Shuyan in the cabin had already been scrubbed clean, but under the bottom plywood of the cabin near the stern, Mei Zhijie had two pistols, and if these two guns were found, it would be bad.
The short man was about to turn over the splint of the cabin, Mei Zhijie's heart tightened, he immediately shook the canopy boat with his feet, the boat swayed from side to side, and the two marine policemen collided together, holding their heads and crying for their fathers and mothers.
"What's going on? How did the ship sway? The two marine policemen rubbed their heads and shouted at Mei Zhijie.
"The wind and waves are strong at night, boss, if it's nothing, I want to go quickly, if it's late, the wind and waves will be even greater, I heard that there are more than ten winds in the past two days." Mei Zhijie deliberately scared the two marine policemen.
"Then let's hurry up, or our patrol boat will be overturned in a strong wind."
As soon as the two marine policemen heard that the gale was coming, they hurriedly left the canopy boat and boarded the patrol boat, and Mei Zhijie's hanging heart finally let go.
Mei Zhijie shook the oars vigorously, and the awning boat drove in the darkness......
When the canopy boat arrived near Yangjiadu, it was already more than six o'clock in the morning of the third day, and Mei Zhijie couldn't take a break, and hurriedly walked towards the light and shadow photo studio.
Arrived near the light and shadow photo studio on Luban Road, Mei Zhijie found that the glass door was smashed, and he had an ominous feeling in his heart, he looked around, there were few pedestrians on the road, so he approached the photo studio, pushed the door open, flashed in, and it was also a mess inside, Dad fell at the staircase, was shot in the chest, and was already out of breath. Mei Zhijie put down his father's body, then ran up to the second floor, saw the attic door above the lounge on the second floor open, and climbed up to the attic again, and saw the tiger window open, he knew that Tiger Boy and Katsuo might have run out from here, but I don't know where they are now.
Obviously, the stronghold has been exposed, Daddy was killed, Tiger Boy and Katsuo are nowhere to be found, so what about Yulin? Under the circumstances, would he have been able to get out of the way?
He remembered that Xu Mingfeng had told Political Commissar Huang that there was still a backup contact point-Yuxiang Tea Shop, so Mei Zhijie hurriedly walked towards the Fahua Republic Road......
There are many shops on Fahua Republic Road, Mei Zhijie carefully observed the surrounding crowd, and found no suspicious people, so he walked towards Yu Xiangcha, entered the store, saw the tiger boy inside, and hurriedly called softly: "Tiger boy." ”
Tiger Boy turned around and saw that it was Mei Zhijie, so he hurriedly stepped forward to hug him and cried.
"Tiger boy, don't cry, tell me, what's going on?" Mei Zhijie hurriedly stepped forward to comfort the tiger boy.
"The photo studio was destroyed, and my father didn't know if he was dead or alive, I and Shengnan finally escaped, I asked Shengnan to hide in the shantytown for a few days, the young master and Sister Yurong were guarded by plainclothes there, I don't know what happened to the young master and Shuyan's young grandmother?"
"I just came from the photo studio and my dad died." Mei Zhijie told Tiger Boy the bad news.
"Daddy is dead?" When the tiger boy heard the bad news, he cried sadly.
"Don't cry, Tiger Boy, tears won't solve the problem."
Tiger Boy wiped his tears with his sleeve: "Then do you know the situation of the young master and the young grandmother Shuyan?" ”
"Sister Shuyan has arrived at the base area in northern Jiangsu. She was wounded, but she should still be saved. ”
"Young Grandma Shuyan is injured? What about the young master? Is he also in the base? Tiger Boy is very concerned about the safety of the two.
Mei Zhijie shook his head: "No, the situation was urgent, more than a dozen spies pursued us, Yu Lin asked me and Sister Shuyan to go first, he stayed to block the enemy, Sister Shuyan was injured at that time, Yu Lin urged me to go quickly, I rowed a boat with Sister Shuyan and left, I don't know much about the things behind, but the situation at that time, Yu Lin was afraid ......"
"No, the young master won't have an accident." Tiger Boy couldn't hold back his tears.
"Tiger boy, now is not the time to cry, we must first find a way to find out Yulin's whereabouts. If Yu Lin falls into the hands of the Secret Bureau, then Tan Jingting should know Yu Lin's whereabouts. Mei Zhijie reminded the tiger boy.
"Yes, I know that Tan Jingting and our young master used to be classmates of the Whampoa Military Academy, and they just met a few days ago. He must know the whereabouts of the young master. But I don't know where he lives? Maybe Sister Yurong knows, otherwise, I'll inform Sister Yurong. After being reminded by Mei Zhijie, Tiger Boy stopped crying, and he remembered that Yu Lin had mentioned Tan Jingting to him.
"Okay, Tiger Boy, you go to Yurong and think of a way. Be careful not to expose yourself. ”
Tiger Boy nodded, and was about to go out, when the fat aunt came back from grocery shopping.
"Mother, this is Section Chief Mei from northern Jiangsu." Tiger Boy introduced Mei Zhijie to his mother.
"Oh, it's from my hometown, quick, sit upstairs." When the fat aunt heard that it was Yulin's comrade-in-arms, she was very happy, as if she had seen a relative.
"You're a fat aunt, Yulin told me about you." Mei Zhijie clenched the fat aunt's hand.
"Mother, I went out beforehand, and Chief Mei stayed here." Tiger Boy explained to the fat aunt.
"Okay, Chief Mei, you go upstairs to rest, I'll cook you something delicious." The fat aunt wants to take out her housekeeping skills to entertain Mei Zhijie.
Tiger Boy walked out of the Yuxiang Tea Shop, he knew that Yurong also had plainclothes watching there, and he would definitely arouse suspicion if he went so rashly, so Tiger Boy walked around the surrounding pharmacy, bought a few herbs, and then walked towards Bali Bridge......
Tan Jingting originally planned to arrest Ah Cheng's family after the light and shadow photo studio was removed, but his subordinates reported that it was Ah Cheng's Fangyuan Pharmacy, except for a woman and three small children, there was no one else, Tan Jingting listened, moved with compassion, and didn't want to embarrass a lonely woman and three children who were not yet sensible, so he canceled the arrest operation, changed to covert surveillance, and sent two secret agents to keep an eye around the Fangyuan Pharmacy to see if there were any communists who had dealings with this Chinese medicine shop.
Tiger Boy carried a large bag of herbs to Fangyuan Pharmacy.
"Boss, I'm a guy from Baolong Pharmacy, Boss Yuan asked our shopkeeper to show him a few items last time, and asked me to bring them today." Tiger Boy said as he pointed to the package he had brought with him.
Yu Rong saw that it was a tiger boy, and she was pleasantly surprised, since Ah Cheng disappeared, she wanted to go to Jixiangli, the photo studio and Yu Xiang Tea Store to report the situation, but she saw two unfamiliar faces outside who had been wandering around here, and knew that she had been targeted here, so she didn't dare to act rashly, for fear of implicating other contact points, so although she was anxious, she could only dispel the idea of going out to inquire about the news, and she didn't even dare to make a phone call, for fear of being monitored. Now that he saw the tiger boy coming, and he was disguised as a medicine shop guy, he knew that there must be something important, and he was overjoyed, so he hurriedly stepped forward to respond.
"Oh, you're a buddy at Baolong Pharmacy, aren't you? Yes, yes, we want to get some food from you, so let's get the goods, I'm just going to feed my baby. ”
Yu Rong walked upstairs with a rice bowl in her hand, and the tiger boy followed behind Yu Rong with herbs. The plainclothes outside stared at them intently.
After arriving upstairs, Tiger Boy put down the herbs, hugged Yurong, and his voice choked.
"Sister Yurong, something happened to the photo studio, and my father died. The young master also did not know where to go. Katsuo and I managed to escape. ”
When Yu Rong heard this, her face turned pale: "What did you say?" Daddy is dead? The young master is missing? ”