Xuzhou, historically one of the nine states in China, has been the key to the north, the gateway to the south, the place where soldiers must fight and the center of businessmen since ancient times. Xuzhou has more than 6,000 years of civilization history and 4,000 years of city building history, is the famous millennium Yanjing, there is "the emperor of the nine dynasties Xuzhou nationality" said. Xuzhou is the birthplace of Han and Han cultures, the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism, and is known as "the hometown of Peng Zu, the hometown of Liu Bang, and the hometown of Xiang Yu". It can be seen how important Xuzhou's strategic significance is.

Xuzhou has been a place of wealthy merchants since ancient times, so the buildings and all the facilities in Xuzhou were in a leading position in China at that time, and its prosperity was no less than that of Shanghai, which is known as the little Paris of the East. Entering the city from the north gate, most of the buildings on top of the gate are full of European style, and in the middle of these Western-style high-rise buildings, there are occasionally a few buildings with a Chinese ancient style, making this street have a unique style. The Xiangzi Teahouse is located on this street with a mix of Chinese and Western styles.

The Xiangzi Teahouse is not large, only two floors, the whole building is made of wood, and the roof is covered with asbestos tiles, which looks very ordinary, and even a little out of place with the surrounding European-style buildings. However, on the eaves on both sides of the roof, two eagle statues with wings ready to soar into the sky make the otherwise ordinary small attic suddenly out of the ordinary, and the faint emanation of the sky-high ambition makes this teahouse particularly conspicuous on this street. Some people say that if it weren't for these two eagle statues, maybe this Xiangzi teahouse would have ceased to exist a long time ago. Some people also say that people who come here to drink tea are not only drinking tea, but also want to come here to let themselves be a little kingly.

Legend has it that during the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a year when the Qianlong Emperor came to Xuzhou in the game of Jiangnan, because of the hot weather, he rested in this teahouse and ordered a pot of tea by the way, at that time this teahouse was not called Xiangzi Teahouse, and there was no current scale, just a very ordinary herbal tea shop outside Xuzhou City. At that time, Emperor Qianlong was thirsty and wanted to drink water, and he Kun wanted Emperor Qianlong to endure it first because of the simplicity of the tea shop and the fear of unhygiene, and then wait for the tea to wait for the tea after entering the city to find a good inn, but the Qianlong Emperor smelled the tea fragrance of the tea boiled by the owner of the tea shop, and he couldn't help but be addicted, regardless of the opposition of He Kunzhi, he called two pots of tea up, and drank it, only to feel sweet and delicious without losing the fragrance of the original tea, Qianlong drank this drink enough to drink two large pots. In a good mood, he asked the boss: "Uncle, your tea is so good, why is the business so light?" The old man sighed and said: "Now where will people come to my broken teahouse to drink tea, everyone talks about dignity and goes to the big teahouse, and some poor people who pass by here every day will come to me to drink some tea and rest." When Emperor Qianlong heard this, how could it be done, such a good tea could not be buried like this, so he personally funded the construction of a teahouse for him in Xuzhou City, and after asking the name of the old man, he personally inscribed the name "Xiangzi Teahouse". So far, there is Xiangzi Teahouse in this world, hundreds of years have passed, the world has changed, Xuzhou City has long been no longer the scene of the past, almost all the surrounding buildings have been demolished and reconstructed, and only this Xiangzi Teahouse has been standing, the wind and clouds have changed for hundreds of years, and now this Xiangzi Teahouse has become a witness to the history of Xuzhou City. Now the shopkeeper of this Xiangzi teahouse is a descendant of the old man of the herbal tea shop, named Kong Xianglin. When the old man made a fortune because of Qianlong, after getting a plaque of "Xiangzi Teahouse", he set up a rule at home, that is, to let future generations have an auspicious word in their names, because he wanted to pass on this Xiangzi Teahouse. Hundreds of years have passed, the Confucian family has not forgotten this ancestral teaching, and each generation of heirs, even if there is no auspicious character in the previous name, will add a xiangzi to the name after taking over as the shopkeeper. And it is the seventh generation that has been passed on to this generation.

Kong Xianglin is not very old, and he is only in his early thirties this year, but he began to follow his father to manage the business in the teahouse at the age of sixteen. Kong Xianglin was twenty-eight years old, that is, he began to take over the position of the shopkeeper of the teahouse in the twelfth year of the teahouse, and he took over the position of the shopkeeper this time It was really a helpless move, because his father Kong Qingxiang let the little devil be killed, and it was precisely because of his father's tragic death that he had another identity as the shopkeeper of the small teahouse, that is, the deputy director of the underground party branch of China [***] in Xuzhou. Since joining China four years ago, Kong Xianglin has used the identity of Xiangzi Teahouse to cover up to protect the surnames of dozens of revolutionary volunteers, and it is precisely because of these achievements that the Chinese party organization decided to promote him to the deputy head of the underground party branch in Xuzhou. It is precisely because Kong Xianglin has never made a mistake over the years that the heavy responsibility of protecting the safety of Yang Zhenning and other scientists this time fell on Kong Xianglin again.

Zhang Dongbei and others took advantage of the night to sneak into Xuzhou City, and began to look for the location of Xiangzi Teahouse in Xuzhou City according to the simple map given to him by Liu Bocheng. In today's Xuzhou City, as long as the sky is dark, all the people are not allowed to go to the street, so there is not a single pedestrian on the wide street at the moment. The sudden appearance of Zhang Dongbei and others made the already gloomy street even more weird.

Zhang Dongbei and the others kept looking at the surrounding environment like a thief cat, and after making sure that there were no secret sentinels and patrols, they would quickly move from one dark corner to another. Now dozens of them are alone in the heart of the enemy, only be very careful, otherwise once they are inadvertently bumped into by the little devil, then it will inevitably cause the little devil to chase and intercept, although with their skills, it is not difficult to escape from Xuzhou City again, but this time the reason why they mixed into Xuzhou City is because they are carrying an important task, if they just escape safely after being discovered, it will be a complete failure for them. But if you don't escape from the city after being discovered, and fight guerrilla with the little devils in the city, it will be even more difficult to save Yang Zhenning and the others from the city. Therefore, Zhang Dongbei and his group of dozens of people had to be extremely careful.

Along the way, Zhang Dongbei and the others encountered several waves of patrolling little devils, but fortunately, they were all professionally trained, and they all reacted at the first time, hid themselves as quickly as possible, and avoided these little devils. After each time he dodged these little devils, everyone sighed. Although there are many dark alleys and some sheltered places on both sides of the street, it is also very exhausting to rush to these places very quickly every time, and since entering Xuzhou City, everyone has been fighting for twelve points, and everyone's nerves are now like a straightened rubber band, which is the most tiring for them.

After nearly two hours of searching, Zhang Dongbei finally found a small two-story attic called "Xiangzi Teahouse" in the middle of two high-rise buildings.

"That's it. Come with me, everybody, and be careful about what is going on around you. Zhang Dongbei whispered to everyone.

"Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock knock ......"

Zhang Dongbei knocked on the door panel of the teahouse very regularly. Not long after the knock on the door, a low inquiry came from behind the door panel of the teahouse, "Who are you?" ”

"I'm your sister-in-law." Zhang Dongbei replied that this was a code made by Zhang Dongbei before departure, and Liu Bocheng sent a telegram to Kong Xianglin in secret message as soon as Zhang Dongbei and them set off.

"My sister-in-law? You are clearly a man, how can you be my sister-in-law? The room sounded again.

"I didn't finish talking just now, I'm your sister-in-law's old friend, and your sister-in-law specially asked me to come to you." Zhang Dongbei continued to say the code.

"Then what do you say about my sister-in-law?" Ask again in the house.

"Very stupid and naïve!" After Zhang Dongbei finished saying this last code word, there was a sound of moving the door panel in the teahouse. It's inside opening the door for them.

After the door panel opened, a man with a slight sense of cangsang appeared in front of Zhang Dongbei and others, this person was wearing a pair of glasses, wearing a long shirt, his body was slightly thin, and his already thin body was bent at the moment, and on his curved back, there was a place under his clothes that was high and bulging. At first glance, you could tell that this man was a hunchback. Zhang Dongbei and the others were all shocked when they saw him, but they didn't think so, and said with a smile: "You are comrades of the 129th Division's Wolf Tooth Special Operations Brigade, come in quickly." Now the city is under martial law, and after dark, the whole city is not allowed to walk on the streets, and if it is discovered by the little devils, it will be troublesome. ”

Zhang Dongbei and the others nodded, and they all quickly got into this small teahouse. The area of the teahouse is not large, but the cleaning is very clean, giving people a sense of brightness, dozens of people standing in such a small space, it should feel crowded, but at the moment everyone does not have this feeling, but feels very spacious and comfortable.

After the hunchback closed the door of the store again, he turned to Zhang Dongbei and the others: "I am Kong Xianglin, the shopkeeper of this Xiangzi teahouse, you can also call me Camel Xiangzi." ”

Camel Shoko?

Zhang Dongbei couldn't help but let out a low cry after hearing this title, and then glanced at the Kong Xianglin in front of him strangely. Because when he heard this name, his mind suddenly thought of a famous book "Camel Xiangzi" by Lao She that he had read in his previous life.

The other people didn't know why Zhang Dongbei was surprised, and thought that he was just curious after hearing the other party's name. And at this moment, they were also a little curious in their hearts, why this person would call the nickname Camel Xiangzi, which sounded strange.

Looking at Zhang Dongbei's somewhat surprised expression, Kong Xianglin also misunderstood Zhang Dongbei's meaning, and thought that he was surprised by his nickname like everyone else, so he smiled: "Actually, I wasn't like this before, but four years ago, my father died in the hands of Yue himself, I went to find my theory, I didn't expect those who said that I was unreasonable, and beat me violently, that time I was in bed for several months, and my body slowly recovered, but since then my waist can no longer straighten, and then I don't know what the reason is, There was a hump on my already bent waist, and a group of children saw that I was carrying two camels behind my back, so they began to call me Camel Xiangzi, at first I was not used to it, and often beat and scolded these little ones, but later, even the adults called it that, I was helpless, and then later, slowly got used to it. Now everyone calls me Camel Shoko when they see me, and sometimes I forget my real name and only remember my name as Camel Shoko, so don't be surprised. After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhang Dongbei and the others and smiled.