Less than a week before the Spring Festival in the Year of the Snake, the twenty-fourth day of the Year of the Dragon, this day is known as the Xiao Nian in China.

Japan's cultural heritage and China originally attached the same importance to the Spring Festival as the Chinese, but since the Meiji Restoration, Japan's emerging forces have been trying to get rid of the influence of Chinese culture on them, from propaganda and even system, the celebration of the Spring Festival has been restricted, and for decades, the Japanese people have developed the habit of not being able to celebrate the Spring Festival.

It was on this day that Zhao Ming, Ye Tufei and others came to Tokyo.

This is the fourth time that Zhao Ming has set foot on the soil of Tokyo. Thirty years ago, he followed the Father of the Nation and hibernated in Tokyo for a while, and at that time, his impression of Tokyo was that it was prosperous and advanced. For the next 30 years, he never came to Japan again until he began to prepare for a new government.

In the course of the year, in order to gain the support of Japanese dignitaries, he has made two trips back and forth to Tokyo, and this is the third trip. He had the impression that Tokyo was gradually declining.

"If peace can be restored between China and Japan, Tokyo will surely be able to restore its prosperity!" Zhao Ming sat in the vehicle that came to greet him, and expressed such feelings to Ye Tufei.

Mitsumasa Yonechi attached great importance to Zhao Ming's visit and appointed a special person to the airport to greet him. This kind of treatment made Zhao Ming full of confidence in this trip to Tokyo, and his feelings for Japan became more sincere.

Ye Tufei's identity is Zhao Ming's special assistant, and for such a position, the Japanese side understands that he is Zhao Ming's personal bodyguard, so when arranging the seat of the car, Ye Tufei was arranged to ride with Zhao Ming.

"Japan is a resource-poor country, and although its national power has grown rapidly in recent decades and is now a world-class power, it is still difficult to support a protracted war. Mr. Zhao, we have reason to believe that both the Japanese emperor and the Japanese military also hope to end this war between China and Japan as soon as possible. Ye Tufei followed Zhao Ming's thinking and continued to cheer for Zhao Ming.

Zhao Ming was thoughtful, and only after a while did he reply to Ye Tufei: "The establishment of a new government may be one of the ways in Japan's quest for peace. ”

Thinking that while Japan had been seeking peace with Chongqing while supporting his new government, Zhao Ming's mood suddenly became melancholy.

He turned his head, looked out the window at the street scene of Tokyo, and muttered, "Or perhaps, all our preparations in Nanjing are just to make wedding dresses for others......"

Ye Tufei turned around from the front passenger seat, smiled at Zhao Ming secretly, and said, "Mr. Zhao, I have a way to make what you are worried about never happen!" ”

Zhao Ming's heart trembled suddenly, and he asked in a lost voice, "Is there any way?" ”

Ye Tufei smiled again and said, "It's inconvenient now, when I'm free, I'll tell you in detail." ”

Mitsumasa Yonechi arranged for the pick-up by only an official from the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and although the rank was not high, the treatment of Zhao Ming during his last visit to Japan has been greatly improved. When the convoy arrived at the villa prepared for Zhao Ming and his entourage, Hachiro Arita, the foreign minister of the Minai cabinet, unexpectedly greeted him.

Hachiro Arita is a well-known China expert in Japan, and has good personal relations with many Chinese dignitaries, and has known Zhao Ming for many years.

But seeing Arita Hachiro come to greet him in person, Zhao Ming was so excited that he was a little confused about whether to shake hands or bow.

Hachiro Arita lifted the black round-framed glasses on the bridge of his nose, looked at Zhao Ming carefully, and said, "Mr. Zhao, I haven't seen you for many days, you have lost weight." ”

This simple greeting of concern actually made Zhao Ming's heart turn upside down, and the sourness and helplessness of the past two years rushed to his heart for a while, and he wanted to be polite to his old friend, but when he opened his mouth, the voice actually choked, and a thousand words were finally converted into a sigh.

Arita Hachiro knew Zhao Ming's mood at the moment, he didn't care about Zhao Ming's gaffe, but patted Zhao Ming's shoulder with pity, and comforted: "Mr. Zhao, everything will be fine, everything will be as you wish." ”

Zhao Ming smiled apologetically, he restrained the fluctuations in his inner emotions and returned to his normal state: "Mr. Arita was able to come to visit my old friend in his busy schedule, Zhao Ming was grateful, and he was excited for a while, which made you smile." ”

Hachiro Arita smiled and said, "Mr. Zhao's visit is the first major event of my Ministry of Foreign Affairs, no matter how busy he is, Hachiro also has to distinguish priorities." ”

Hachiro Arita is worthy of being a Chinese expert, not only in the authentic Chinese language, but also in the psychology of the Chinese.

When Zhao Ming heard this, his mood suddenly brightened. Regardless of whether what Hachiro Arita said is true or not, the fact that he was able to stoop to come to him today already shows the importance of the new government in the Minai cabinet.

Hachiro Arita not only came to meet Zhao Ming, but he also prepared a reception banquet for Zhao Ming.

This kind of banquet is a purely diplomatic occasion, and what is said on this occasion is also some diplomatic rhetoric, and everyone is just going through the motions.

Rao is so, Zhao Ming is also very excited, he rarely drinks on weekdays, he does not refuse to come that night, when the dinner is over, although Zhao Ming is not drunk, but he is also red-faced and bare-footed.

After the guests of honor dispersed, Zhao Ming returned to the villa where he stayed with the support of Ye Tufei.

As soon as he returned to his own space temporarily, Zhao Ming suddenly came to his senses, and he said to Ye Tufei with a smile: "How is it?" My acting skills are okay, right? ”

Ye Tufei realized that Zhao Ming was pretending to be drunk.

A person in the wine field, can drink a pound but only drank eight taels, compared with the kind of people who only have three taels but drank half a catty, obviously the latter will make people feel more bold, Zhao Ming is to grasp this kind of psychology of people, to the Japanese present to create a very excited, bold and grateful look.

"This kind of Japanese sake has a very low degree and tastes very bad, and it is not as good as our Chinese liquor." Zhao Ming explained that he was pretending to be drunk: "If I don't pretend to be a little drunk, I'm afraid I'll have to drink more tonight." ”

Ye Tufei smiled, Zhao Ming's explanation was too far-fetched, but then again, the sake was indeed not very good. "That sake is like our old boiled water, it's not fragrant, and it's not mellow."

Zhao Ming took out the usual tea from his luggage, Ye Tufei hurriedly served the teacup and tea set, and after serving, he picked up the boiling kettle again, and tried it with the back of his hand when he uncorked the bottle, but found that the water temperature was not enough, so he said to Zhao Ming: "I'll go change the bottle of boiling water." ”

Zhao Ming waved his hand and pressed a button on the desktop: "These rough jobs will be handed over to the next person to do it." Xiao Ye, sit down and talk to me. By the way, you said in the car that you have a way to stop the Japanese from contacting Chongqing? ”

Ye Tufei sat down and replied, "It's very simple! Mr. Zhao, you just need to stab the Communist Party for these things. If the Japanese really made peace with Chongqing, who would suffer the most? By no means a new government, but the Communist Party. ”

Zhao Ming's eyes lit up, his hands slapped his thighs, and said, "What a sentence that woke up the people in the mountains!" The Communist Party is the best at creating public opinion, and if they have evidence from Chongqing in their hands, hehe, then Jiang will have a big head. ”

Ye Tufei smiled: "Why is it a big head? He will be kidnapped by public opinion, not only will he terminate his contact with the Japanese, but he will also openly proclaim the slogan of fighting to the end again! ”

Zhao Ming stroked his palms and laughed, and said: "In this way, Jiang will completely offend the Japanese, and there will never be a chance for peace!" ”

Ye Tufei said: "The key is the evidence, if the Communist Party does not get conclusive evidence, I am afraid it will be difficult for this public opinion to create momentum." ”

As he was talking, there was a knock on the door, and a waiter arranged by the Japanese side brought two bottles of boiling water.

Ye Tufei took it over and made tea for Zhao Ming and himself. "In addition, we also need a reliable channel for us to pass on the evidence to the Communist Party, so that the Japanese or Chongqing cannot catch the small tail."

Zhao Ming's originally relaxed expression was a little embarrassed: "We have the evidence, and there are enough, but this channel ...... As you said, it's hard to be 100% secure. ”

Ye Tufei pushed Zhao Ming's teacup over and said with a smile: "What I'm worried about is that the evidence is not conclusive, but the problem of channels is not difficult." ”

Zhao Ming said suspiciously: "Do you have a good way?" Quick, I'll hear it! ”

Ye Tufei paused and lit a cigar for himself. He is already very familiar with Zhao Ming now, and he never hides it in front of Zhao Ming, and although Zhao Ming does not smoke, he is not very disgusted by the smell of cigars, especially the cigar smoke that Ye Tufei spews.

"Mr. Zhao, don't forget, there is also a Communist Party in Japan!"

Zhao Ming frowned, pondered for a moment, and asked, "Are you familiar with the Communist Party organization in Japan?" ”

Ye Tufei smiled faintly and replied: "I'm a little bandit on a small hill, where do I know any Japanese Communist Party?" It was my business partner, the sixth son of the Nie family in Shanghai, and he had a German journalist friend, who was said to have great powers and had some connections with various aspects. ”

Hearing Ye Tufei say that this character was a German reporter, Zhao Ming relieved himself, although Japan and Germany are not allies now, people in the political circle understand that the two countries will come together sooner or later.

"Is this man reliable?" Although Zhao Ming was relieved, he still asked in a stream.

Ye Tufei replied: "This person is not only a journalist, but also has diplomatic immunity issued by the German Embassy in Japan. Mr. Zhao, you should understand his identity when I say that, right? ”

Zhao Ming was completely relaxed, he lay on his back, crossed Erlang's legs, picked up the teacup, blew, and took a sip. "Well, I'll let someone hand over those evidence to you later, Xiao Ye, without further ado, you can work hard tomorrow!"