A week later, Feng Tao, dressed in a light blue suit of Verdin, came to the delicious restaurant, went up to the second floor, walked to the door of the No. 2 private seat, and opened the blue cloth curtain, and a woman wearing a purple Sichuan silk cheongsam and a gray and white cotton vest sat opposite the dining table. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Mr. Feng, please come in and sit down." The woman stood up, looking very tall, and she smiled and waved her hand, "I am Meiyu." My name is Xiao Meiyu, and Mei Yu is the pen name under which I write my articles. ”

After Feng Tao entered the door, his face was still the surprised look that widened just now, "Oh, you, you are Ms. Xiao." I, I really didn't expect you, you are Mr. Meiyu. When I read the article, I thought you were a man."

Xiao Meiyu giggled, "Oh? Where did Mr. Feng tell that I was a man? Is it the word "rainy season"? ”

"Not exactly." Feng Tao sat down and waved his hand, "The main thing is your article, I don't think your article was written by a woman." ”

Xiao Meiyu was stunned, then blinked her eyes, "Is there anything unique about women writing articles?" ”

Feng Tao smiled and said: "Women write articles, it seems that they lack a big perspective, right? It seems that it is inseparable from the narrow range of the big wife and the little wife fighting, right? I've read the detective novels of the British writer Agatha Christie, and they write back and forth, that is, the big wife and the little wife fight, and in the end they all kill people, but they have no social significance. is also a detective novel, and the novel of Conan Doyle, another Englishman, has a strong social significance. His first novel, A Study of Blood Letters, sharply exposed the brutal persecution of its followers by a cult organization in the United States. The murdered family was ruined and killed, but the murderer was not prosecuted in any way by American law, and was protected by British law in the United Kingdom. On the contrary, the survivor who survived the death came to England and liquidated the murderer, but he broke English law for homicide. The novel naturally leads to a realistic social topic, does the law protect the good people or the bad guys? ”

Speaking of this, he saw Xiao Meiyu nodding approvingly, and he was naturally happy in his heart, and continued: "In addition, in terms of solving the case, Christie's Poirot cannot be compared with Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. Poirot first identified all the parties involved as the murderers, and then investigated them one by one. A friend of mine who is a police officer and an expert in criminal cases told me that Poirot can't solve cases like that, and that if he engages in guilty determination, he will be unjustly killed. Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes is different, he does not engage in any guilt determination, he focuses on scene investigation, understanding the historical background and interpersonal relationships of the parties to the case, and finding the culprit through meticulous and rigorous evidence collection. In this regard, Holmes is stronger than Poirot. ”

Xiao Meiyu said meaningfully, "Mr. Feng's words have some truth, but they can't be generalized. The novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Mrs. Beecher Stowe is a profound reflection of the tragic and unfortunate inhuman life of black slaves in the United States before the American Civil War, and some people believe that this novel actually triggered the Civil War and contributed to the abolition of slavery in the United States. It seems that many male writers' works don't have such a great social impact, right? ”

Feng Tao nodded, and then said excitedly: "I know this novel, when Mr. Lin Xi translated the novel into Chinese, he deliberately changed the title of the book to "Black Slave Calling Heavenly Record", and the Chinese also adapted the novel into a drama, "Black Slave Calling Heavenly Record" is still our first modern drama in China." ”

Xiao Meiyu also smiled at this time, "Then how does Mr. Feng think that my article is written by a man?" ”

Feng Tao said: "The person who scolded me is undoubtedly a man, and he has studied all the plays I have played, which shows that he is very scheming. However, your article is more insightful than theirs, and at once it gets to the point of the matter. So, all of a sudden, they got stuck. This is a completely different perspective from only focusing on the fight between the big wife and the small wife. So, I thought you were a man. ”

Xiao Meiyu smiled and did not speak.

At this time, several cousins came in with trays, and put four plates of cold dishes, two plates of stir-fried vegetables, two plates of roasted vegetables, a bottle of liquor, and bowls, chopsticks and spoons on the table one by one, and after the cousins went out, Feng Tao looked at Xiao Meiyu's face with heavy incense powder, lipstick and eyebrows, black hair coiled behind her head, and a strong smell of perfume on her body, and blinked her eyes suspiciously, "Ms. Xiao, you said in the article that you are a veteran of the Anti-Japanese War, but you are dressed now, no, you don't look like a soldier." ”

Xiao Meiyu smiled, "I retired in February this year. ”

Feng Tao let out an "oh", and then asked, "So what rank did you have before you retired?" ”

Xiao Meiyu blinked her almond eyes and looked at Feng Tao, "It's a top word, guess." ”

"Captain?" Feng Tao blurted out, saw Xiao Meiyu shaking her head with a smile, thought for a while, and said; "Sergeant?"

Xiao Meiyu still shook her head with a smile.

Feng Tao gritted his teeth, "Senior soldier? ”

Xiao Meiyu laughed, "Guess again." ”

"It can't be an admiral, can it?" Feng Tao was dejected. It turned out that although the military ranks of officers were overflowing, after the unification of the military rank system in 1935, the promotion of generals was still very strict, and there were restrictions on posts (8 first-class generals and 22 second-class generals). For officers who meet the so-called criteria for promotion to general, but are limited by the number of posts, they are awarded the rank of lieutenant general plus general. However, there are only a handful of officers with the rank of lieutenant general plus general. After the outbreak of the all-out war of resistance against Japanese aggression in 1937, the number of generals began to expand, but until 1944, the total number of all living generals, including lieutenant generals and generals, did not exceed 60.

"Of course not the Admiral." Xiao Meiyu's happy smile is like a flower plate with flower petals at the moment, "But it's still on the word." ”

"Colonel?" As soon as Feng Tao blurted out, Xiao Meiyu smiled and nodded.

Feng Tao blinked and looked at Xiao Meiyu again. The number of female soldiers in the army was not very large even during the Anti-Japanese War, and there were relatively few female officers, and even fewer female colonels.

Suddenly, Feng Tao laughed, he scratched his head, and said teasingly, "Are you a colonel?" Then I'm still a general, and you still have to salute me. ”

Xiao Meiyu knew that the general Feng Tao was referring to Xiao Xiang, the **** major general and division commander he played in "Defending Changsha", at this time she took out a photo from her black leather handbag and handed it to Feng Tao.

Feng Tao took the photo and saw that Xiao Meiyu was really dressed in a military uniform and was very angry. The collar badge of the uniform is indeed inlaid with the insignia of the colonel - two bars with three beans.

Feng Tao looked at the photo, turned around and took a look, and found that a movie poster of "Defending Changsha" was posted on the side wall, and in the center of the poster was a frontal portrait of Feng Tao wearing a military uniform with two mustaches specially pasted on his upper lip, and the collar badge was inlaid with the logo of the major general of the army - a bean. In the background is a combination of enemy aircraft bombing, black smoke billowing out, and **** soldiers lying in the trench shooting.

Feng Tao returned the photo to Xiao Meiyu, then pointed to the poster and looked at Xiao Meiyu teasingly, "Ms. Xiao, did you see it?" I'm wearing a military uniform, too. Because this movie has the support of the Political Department of the Military Commission, my military uniform was borrowed by a general on his own initiative. Do you understand, it's a real military uniform, not an acting outfit made by the costume team. ”

Xiao Meiyu was a little angry, her face sank, and she took out a blue document from her handbag and handed it to Feng Tao, "Is this certificate also a prop for acting?" ”

Feng Tao took it and opened it to see that on the far right side of the document was a vertical row of Song characters "Military Commission Investigation and Statistics Bureau Instruction", and on the left side, from right to left, with neat brush characters written vertically, "Colonel Commissioner Xiao Meiyu of this bureau, now Chinese New Year's Eve is thirty-four years old (author's note: the age here is imaginary, and the age is 33 years old). Serving the country in the army, the cold and heat are ten degrees. Defeat the enemy and eliminate traitors, and make many achievements. It is hereby inappropriate to continue to serve for any reason, and it is hereby approved to be discharged from active military service and retired to reserve duty. On the right side of the text of the order is a one-inch black-and-white photo of Xiao Meiyu wearing a colonel's uniform, and on the right side are printed "Director" and "Deputy Director" respectively, and below are two larger brush signatures "Zhang Zhizhong" and "Dai Li". To the right of the signature is a neat calligraphy "February 7, 29th year of the Republic of China". The certificate was also stamped with the "Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the National Government".

Feng Tao looked at the retirement certificate and was a little surprised. "What? The director of the Military Command Bureau turned out to be General Zhang Zhizhong, and Mr. Dai Li was only the deputy director? ”

Xiao Meiyu smiled and said that the successive directors of the Military Command Bureau were all concurrently served by the director of the first division of the chairman's chamberlain, and in fact, Dai Li was fully responsible, so Dai Li, the internal manager of the military command, called Dai Boss. From April 1939 to April 1940, Zhang Zhizhong served as the director of the first division of the chamberlain's office, and naturally also served as the director of the Military Command Bureau.