On June 20, Liu Zezhi came to Tilanqiao Prison and smiled at Warden Wang, who was waiting for him at the gate: "I'm sorry, I'm late, how dare you wait at the gate with your brother?" ”

"It's not too late, it's not too late, it's me who came early. I'll pick you up, so you don't have to register, so you don't have to worry. Section Chief Liu, I've arranged it, please come in, come to my office and sit down first. ”

When the two came to the prison warden's office, Wang Hongying said with a smile: "I have arranged the meeting, you can talk about anything you want, but ...... Please understand that it cannot exceed half an hour. ”

Liu Zezhi agreed: "Don't worry, I'll just say a few words, and I'll leave after speaking, the main thing is to send him something and work together, the rabbit is dead and the fox is sad, alas, this world is ...... I entrust you with these things, don't give them to him all at once. Liu Zezhi handed over a large handbag of paper.

Wang Hongying, the prison director, wanted to check it, and there were prohibited items to explain to Liu Zezhi in person, but he was a little embarrassed. How can Liu Zezhi not see it? simply smiled and took it out: "These are two cigarettes, two packs of milk powder, and two changes of underwear." ”

"No problem, leave it to me, Section Chief Liu rest assured."

"By the way, how is Ling Zun's illness? This is two injections of penicillin, not a tribute. This thing is too difficult to do, I'll figure it out later. ”

Wang Hongying thanked him again and again, and made a gesture to pay for it, but Liu Zezhi pressed his hand: "Your brother is still polite to me?" Just take care of my brother. ”

Wang Hongying gave Liu Zezhi a lot of face, and the meeting was not held in a special interview room that was monitored and observed, and Zhao Jingdong was taken to the guard duty room. Seeing Liu Zezhi, Zhao Jingdong was surprised and delighted, with mixed feelings: "Zezhi, I didn't expect you to come to see me." ”

"How could I not come? A few days ago, it was too dazzling, I didn't dare to come, no, it's been about 20 days, I'll come to see you. Are you okay? In this life, there is always a ditch and a bump, just go through this back word. ”

"Alas, what do you say, yes, you can come and see me, I didn't know each other in vain."

Liu Zezhi persuaded: "Okay, don't complain about the sky, compare Li Minghua, you should be content." I brought you two cigarettes and some food, and Warden Wang will hand them over to you one after another. ”

"Thank you, brother. But I don't like to hear what you say, I'm different from Li Minghua, he is an undercover agent with two faces and three knives, he deserves to die, I am wronged. ”

Liu Zezhi smiled: "What undercover agent? Where do so many undercover agents come from? You are wronged, I believe. Li Minghua may not be unjust, this is all in order to find a scapegoat. ”

Zhao Jingdong sighed: "You, there is no bad guy in your eyes, and you dare to talk about the chief in private, alas, the old brother will not be able to protect you in the future, be careful yourself." You don't know yet, do you? Li Minghua has been privately in contact with Chongqing behind the director's back......"

Liu Zezhi was taken aback: "Really? Then you don't report to the director? Strive to make meritorious contributions to get out of this hellish place. ”

"Alas, how to say that, it's hard to say, I suspect that it may not be his own intention to contact Director Li Minghua with Chongqing behind his back, for fear of self-defeating and offending the Japanese, and wants to investigate privately...... Right now...... Zezhi, please do one thing, I have a brother in the rivers and lakes, named Zhang Xiaodan, can you take the time to meet him? At that time, I thought that it was inconvenient for me to do it, so I asked him to investigate Li Minghua for me, and before the results of the investigation could be handed over to me, I was locked up, maybe he could have something to prove my innocence. ”

"You give me the address, I'll try to arrange it, if I can go, I'll definitely go to him. Lao Zhao, I have to go, you take care of yourself, Director Li will be angry in a few days, and he may let you out. ”

Liu Zezhi found this Jianghu bag named Zhang Xiaodan and inquired about it, and asked him to drink, but this person was not seen, and he was a "big brother Liu", saying that Zhao Jingdong had promised to accept him into No. 76, so he did a lot of things for Zhao Jingdong for free, but he didn't expect the blind man to light the lamp in vain. Liu Zezhi smiled and pretended not to understand, and asked, "Lao Zhao said that he asked you to help investigate a person before, called ...... What's going on, you see my memory. ”

"Li Minghua!"

"Yes, that's the name. Now that Lao Zhao is unjustly imprisoned, he wants to clear himself, have you found out anything about this person? ”

Zhang Xiaodan took a big sip of two glasses of wine, looked at him left and right, and sighed for a long time: "Brother Liu, you are a full man and you don't know that a hungry man is hungry, and now it is more and more difficult to make a living on the beach, and you can't get along...... Alas—"

Liu Zezhi took out a few bills: "You take the flowers first." ”

Zhang Xiaodan clutched the money, but sneered and pretended to excuse himself: "It's the first time we meet, how embarrassing is this?" ”

"If you want to take it, you can take it, what's polite."

Zhang Xiaodan took out two pieces of paper and wrote these crooked words on them: "This is my record of spying on Li Minghua, and I haven't had time to hand it over to Lao Zhao, see if you can use it." ”

Liu Zezhi was disappointed after reading it half-guessing and half-ignorance, it was all a running account, which had no value except for proving that Zhao Jingdong had indeed investigated Li Minghua. He smiled, "I'll take it back and look at it carefully." Lao Zhang, you drink first, I've settled the account, I still have some things, go first. ”

Back in the dormitory, thinking that twenty days had passed since he accepted the order, and there was no progress in the plan for the thorns, Liu Ze's heart was anxious. He remembered that on the piece of paper that Zhang Xiaodan handed to him, it was recorded that Li Minghua had actually followed and monitored Ni Xin twice, what was going on? There should be no conflict of interest between Ni Xin and Li Minghua, and Ni Xin is not something that Li Minghua can offend, Liu Zezhi secretly said that Zhang Keqing deliberately let himself see a few notes that Li Minghua hid It seems that Ni Xin's name is also mentioned. A question that has been there for a long time has hit my mind again: it is not surprising that Li Shiqun knows the existence of the South Pole Star, but he does not know who this person is, which shows the secrecy of the identity of the South Pole Star. But Ni Xin doesn't seem to know less about the South Pole Star than Li Shiqun, which makes people puzzled. Ni Xin...... What's so special about his identity? What is Zhang Keqing's purpose?

A very small fishing village in Hongze Lake, there are only four or five households, and there are fishermen on the boat in the summer fishing season, who come here every three or five days to rest, repair the fishing boats, fishing nets, and then get on the boat and leave, unless there is a storm in the lake, and they have to come here to take shelter in the simple grass shed for a few days, and only Zhou Chengbin takes Xie Chengxin, Liu Lin and the boatman Lao Zhao four people on weekdays. There are fish and shrimp in the lake, Liu Lin cooks some simple meals every day, Xie Chengxin changes the dressing for Zhou Chengbin for examination, and other than that, the four of them have nothing to do. Over the past few years, Zhou Chengbin has rarely been so idle, and he has gradually become cheerful, and he told the other three people about the customs and anecdotes of various places, and talked about the life of his youth. A month has passed, and on this day, Lao Zhao smoked a dry cigarette and said: "Stationmaster Zhou, you are a flag man, right?" If I'm not mistaken, you're still a yellow belt. ”

Liu Linqi said: "What is a yellow ribbon? ”

Zhou Chengbin patted his head: "Children, don't interject." Lao Zhao, how can you see it? ”

Lao Zhao said with a smile: "When it comes to your mother, you always habitually call 'grandma', and the flag people call it that, they call grandmother 'Mrs.'." Also, you call your wet nurse 'Mama', which is only known as yellow ribbons. Ah Lin, the yellow belt is a member of the former Qing royal family. ”

Zhou Chengbin smiled: "Who are you, Lao Zhao?" So much about the customs of the flag people. ”

Liu Lin couldn't help but interject again: "The royal family? It is the people of Puyi and their family in Manchukuo. Stationmaster, then how did you participate in the anti-Japanese resistance? ”

Zhou Chengbin couldn't help but laugh: "Aren't the flag people also Chinese?" You can't think that just because Pu Yi and a few others have become traitors, you have no backbone, right? ”

Liu Lin nodded in approval: "You're right." Let's just talk about me, my two brothers are traitors...... Uncle Zhao, don't laugh, really, I used to feel ashamed, and I was embarrassed to say it. But they are them, I am me. Our column passed by my hometown a few days ago, and Captain Li gave me a day off, and the elders in our clan praised me for earning face for the Liu family. He also said that this year, the ancestors in the Zhongyuan Festival clan will be sacrificed to the ancestors and ancestors, and the two traitor brothers will be expelled from the clan. ”

Zhou Chengbin's face froze, he wanted to say something, but he habitually held back. Liu Lin made another request: "Stationmaster, can you tell us about the past few years, especially the matter of fighting devils in Shanghai, everyone has passed on your gods." ”

Zhou Chengbin is still a child who doesn't grow up, how can he say such a thing? He taught: "You are all twenty years old, you should be mature, these things can't be talked about now, leaks, even if they are unintentional, it will be head-to-head." Later, the land will be restored...... If we were all alive at that time. Chengxin, what's the matter? ”

Xie Chengxin came over and reported: "Stationmaster, Chongqing secret telegram." ”

Zhou Chengbin walked back to the cabin, took out the code book and translated the secret telegram, this secret telegram was very short, one was to ask Zhou Chengbin about his injuries, and the other was to tell him that there was no progress in the stabbing operation. The implication is very clear, I hope he can return to Shanghai to work as much as possible. Zhou Chengbin couldn't help but sigh. The skin trauma on the body has been inflamed and ulcerated because the wound is too large, the fracture cast of the left leg has not been removed, especially the heart, the heartbeat is too fast, the injections and medicines can not be controlled, the slightest strenuous exercise is shortness of breath and chest tightness, breathless, and I am awakened several times every night, and I must get up and sit to relieve it slightly. This situation is also beyond the power of returning to Shanghai. His personal safety is nothing, but this life is Guo Xuan's disobedience and danger, and Liu Zezhi risked being exposed and pulled back from the ghost gate, and he will always die a well-deserved death.

Who is this Japanese spy codenamed "South Pole Star"? What is the purpose of the Chongqing Bureau Headquarters urging this? Chongqing knows his physical condition, and there is Guo Xuan's leadership at Shanghai Station, and his work is not paralyzed.

Xie Chengxin walked into the cabin and reported: "Stationmaster, Captain Li Zhiyong also sent a telegram. ”

According to the rules, Li Zhiyong's telegram does not need to be kept secret from Xie Chengxin, and Zhou Chengbin asked, "What do you say?" ”

"Captain Li said that the nine operatives you ordered him to train have been trained, please instruct."

Zhou Chengbin thought for a while and replied: "You can rush back to arrange it now, and sneak into Shanghai in batches with this group of operatives." After the radio station is set up, the secret telegram will report to Captain Li Zhiyong, and then be silent, waiting for me or Deputy Station Director Guo to contact you. ”

"Yes. Then I'm leaving, do you need to send someone here who knows a little more medical knowledge? ”

"No need, just have Lao Zhao and Ah Lin. My injuries are mainly recovering and don't need much treatment to deal with. ”

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