When the train slowly passed in front of Major Li Kongrong, through the transparent glass window, he saw Kong Xiangxi in a ceremonial dress, as well as Chen Shaokuan and Zhou Yingcong in a navy dress. They were getting up from their seats, surveying the crowd on the platform.

More than 100 consulate personnel, military attachés stationed in Germany, military students, overseas students, and overseas Chinese, all holding small flags in the blue sky and white sun, waved their hands under the platform, and there was also a military band next to them, and the instruments were all shining, waiting for the conductor to order the music; Forty or fifty people also came from the German side, the largest of which were Shacht, Minister of Economy and Governor of the National Bank, Suvend, Director of Protocol of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Personal Representative of Field Marshal von Blomburg, Minister of Defense, Deputy Minister of Communications, and a group of Germans from the Far East Association and the China Industrial Research Association.

Two or three hundred people crowded on the platform, watching the train slowly stop, and when the door opened and Kong Xiangxi was the first to appear at the door, there was immediately a warm applause on the platform. Kong Xiangxi was not in a hurry to get out of the car door, he stood on the porch and smiled and waved to everyone, his eyes slightly scanned the audience, and finally looked at Shahet and the others who greeted him with a smile on their faces.

Major Li Kongrong was originally standing with the army cadets in a ceremonial uniform and a saber hanging from his waist, but when he saw Kong Xiangxi get out of the car, he immediately walked out of the queue and stood under the threshold, holding Kong Xiangxi with his hands. Kong Xiangxi didn't care about his arrival, and under Cheng Tianfang's introduction, he shook hands with Shacht tightly. For a while, the spotlight flashed continuously, and the Chinese and German reporters and correspondents from various countries in Berlin immediately took pictures of this symbolic scene. Under the leadership of Ambassador Cheng Tianfang and others, applause rang out again, and some students waving flags shouted 'Long live Sino-German friendship'.

After shaking hands, Kong Xiangxi walked around the platform again in order to greet his compatriots, waving around to thank him. After that, he entered the waiting room, where Schacht delivered a welcome speech on behalf of the German government, and Kong Xiangxi replied.

The whole process took less than half an hour, and Major Li Kongrong's task was only to stand by Kong Xiangxi's side and follow him closely. However, the major's mind was not entirely on Kong Xiangxi, when Kong Xiangxi got out of the car, he looked at Chen Shaokuan and Zhou Yingcong. Chen Shaokuan didn't see any joy or anger on his face, he was probably tired, with some tiredness in his eyes; Zhou Yingcong responded to his gaze, but he didn't say anything, the gaze just swept over him, and then they no longer met.

After the welcome at the station, Schacht, who represented the German government, sent Kong Xiangxi and his party to the hotel, but he only sent them to the door before shaking hands and saying goodbye. Li Kongrong waited for Kong Xiangxi to move in before he had time to run to the navy, but he didn't rush to find Chen Shaokuan, he only looked for Zhou Yingcong.

"What did the Minister hear?" The major looked at Zhou Yingcong and asked uneasily, only then did he realize that Chen Shaokuan was ignoring him.

"What else can you hear," Zhou Yingcong was changing clothes, "You yourself misbehaved, of course the minister is angry." ”

"I didn't misbehave." Li Kongrong's forehead sweated excitedly, "This matter can be confronted face to face." ”

"Confronted? Not necessarily. Zhou Yingcong looked at him and smiled lightly, "I have already asked Lang Jiancheng and the others just now, and a female student suddenly appeared in the naval dormitory playing the piano, it was not invited by the students." ”

"But I didn't have an affair with her." The Major shouted, "I'm just asking him to compose the music." ”

"Composing music?" Zhou Yingcong smiled even more, "Shao Sheng, when did you like music?" Don't say that Lang Jiancheng has made false accusations, it is very misleading for you to invite a girl to the naval dormitory, if you don't make friends with that female student, who can say that you are not good at all? ”

"So you're saying I had an affair with a schoolgirl?" Li Kongrong looked at him as if he was meeting him for the first time.

"I didn't say that. I just want to say that you are also at fault in this matter, and if you don't invite that female student, no one will gossip about you. Zhou Yingcong said, "If you don't gossip, the minister will naturally not be angry, and he will not drive you back to China." ”

"And what does the minister say now?" The major finally asked the question he had been thinking about for dozens of hours - Chen Shaokuan's attitude.

"What else can the minister say?" Zhou Yingcong looked at him, "You don't know the minister's temper, once you have a preconceived concept of people, it's very difficult to change it......

"Let me ask you, have you sent the telegram to the minister?" The major didn't want to theorize, he just wanted to know what was really going on.

Seeing Li Kongrong glaring at him, Zhou Yingcong smiled bitterly before saying, "No." ”

"None? You! Li Kongrong's face distorted, and he immediately turned around and said, "I'll go find the minister." ”

"Don't go......" Zhou Yingcong wanted to pull him, but Li Kongrong went out as soon as he turned around.

"Report!" Standing at the door of Chen Shaokuan's room, Li Kongrong shouted a report. Chen Shaokuan was talking to Lin Xianxi.

Glancing at him with extreme disgust, Chen Shaokuan turned his head and said, "Come in." What's up? ”

"The lower official wants to ask the minister to prove his innocence." Li Kongrong, who walked into the room, went out, but his words were very inappropriate.

"It's useless to look for me," Chen Shaokuan stopped looking at him, "If you obey the order, you should return to China yesterday." Whether you are innocent or wronged, you can go to the Military Balance Division to explain. ”

"Then the lower official asked the minister to allow the lower official to return to China with Lang Jiancheng, Han Zhaolin, and Huang Tingshu to explain ......"

"No! The three of them are going to study in Germany, and you can go back to your home country alone. Chen Shaokuan interrupted.

"Even if the subordinate returned to China and went to the Military Balance Division, he said that there was no evidence and no evidence." Li Kongrong said.

After he finished speaking, Chen Shaokuan was silent, but Lin Xianxi said: "If you want to return to China, you will return to China, why are you still talking so much gossip?" Your minister already knows that if you behave properly, will anyone make irresponsible comments? It's good now, if you insist that someone else is spreading rumors and false accusations, what evidence do you have to prove that the other party is making false accusations? Could it be that the three of them have an enmity against you and are all falsely accusing you? ”

As soon as Lin Xianxi opened his mouth, he caught misbehaving and said something, Li Kongrong was stupid, and he didn't know how to answer at all. As far as he is concerned, he does have some resentment towards his other self in this matter, and he has nothing to do to compose any music when he is full, which is really a blood mold.

Seeing that Li Kongrong was blocked by his own words, Lin Xianxin said again: "The minister has stopped pursuing this matter, you can return to China in a few days after accompanying Mr. Yongzhi." We really don't worry about you, what if something happens again. ”

"I'm ......" Li Kongrong, who heard that he had returned to China, suddenly exploded in his brain, he worked hard for a month just to become a captain in the future, and no one expected that the submarine would return to China without seeing it.

"Is there anything else you want to say?" Lin Xianxin looked at him, and then laughed, "Don't forget that you are a member of the navy after all, and you can't ignore the arrangements of the ministry." ”

"I only ask the minister to allow me to stay in Germany and learn submarines." Li Kongrong said in a low voice, his eyes no longer looked at Lin Xianxi, but at Chen Shaokuan, who was not looking at him, he couldn't figure out where he had offended the minister.

"Kaien left you?" Lin Xianxin sneered, "There are more than 10,000 people in the navy, and everyone wants to go abroad to learn submarines, why do you need to use you?" You'd better go back. After a few days, I will return to China. ”

"Xiaguan begs the minister for permission......" Li Kongrong didn't speak to Lin Xianxi, he took two steps and looked at Chen Shaokuan, he even had the idea of kneeling - if kneeling is useful.

"You go back." Chen Shaokuan finally spoke. Before Li Kongrong came, Lang Jiancheng had just left, and he was clear about things. Maybe Li Kongrong and the female student are innocent, but something will definitely happen in the long run; Thinking about him and Kong Lingyi again......

"Minister, please ......" Li Kongrong whispered, his eyes full of pleading.

"Let's get out." Chen Shaokuan, who thought about his decision again, whispered, he was worried that Li Kongrong would not go out and was about to call Zhou Yingcong to come, Li Kongrong sighed, turned around and went out in resignation.

"Kindness?" After Li Kongrong left, Lin Xianxin sneered again. "He's lucky this time, if he and the female student become a good thing, and the city is full of storms, how to clean it up? That's Jiang Baili's daughter, Jiang Baili will agree to his daughter as a concubine for him? ”

The major who walked out of Chen Shaokuan's room was like sleepwalking, he really wanted to find a place to cry, but he wanted to cry but couldn't. Nine years ago, he couldn't go abroad if he wanted to, and now he has to be driven back when he goes abroad, is this fate? If it's not fate, why would God play with himself like this? When I got back, my wife asked what to say. What to say when asked by colleagues? Said that he was not innocent, so he went around and returned to China? Said that he didn't go abroad for further study? It's really better to die! The Major subconsciously touched his waist, but he didn't touch anything - he didn't have a gun today.

I don't know how long he stayed outside the hotel, at this time, Li Kongrong was like a wild dog that had been kicked hard, lying in the garden panting and licking his injuries. It was only when Kong Xiangxi's secretary Zhang Pingqun asked him to prepare a car to go to the hospital that he regained some consciousness. At this time, Cheng Tianfang also walked over, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's still your brother's thoughtfulness......"

Cheng Tianfang was full of smiles behind his glasses, although he boasted that he was a clear stream, he was still extremely happy to be able to pat Kong Xiangxi's fart, so he looked at Li Kongrong who instructed him how to pat the horse, and the more pleasing he looked, if it weren't for the fact that his daughter Cheng Qi was still young, he really wanted to marry his daughter to this Adjutant Li.

The major is now full of bitterness, his time in Germany is only six days, but in front of Kong Xiangxi, he has to pretend to be okay and do his duties as an adjutant. Only Kong Lingyi, who was thin in the center of the hospital, saw that his whole face was stiff, so he asked him a few words with concern, but he was not good at informing Kong Lingyi of the internal affairs of the navy, so he only smiled bitterly at him.

Hospital, German Ministry of Economy, German National Bank building, dinner, the muddy major himself did not know what he was doing, only when he wrote a diary before going to bed at night, he briefly revealed today's events, but at this time, he had already accepted his fate, not only did he not write in the diary why he wanted to return to China, but also asked the other self not to have any ideas to interfere in this matter, because he himself also wanted to return to China.

The information on the diary is incomplete, in the middle of the night, Li Kongrong woke up and saw the diary and only felt inexplicable, yesterday was fine, why did he think about returning to China today? If he really wants to return to China, how should his anti-Japanese plan be implemented? Did you really go to Hunan and Sichuan to lay mines? It's better to go into the chamberlain.

With these grievances, he directly called Qiu Zhongming, the most reliable among the naval cadets, who is from Sichuan, who is silent on weekdays, but he is steady and meticulous, and the number of places abroad is determined by his graduation grades, and his grades rank first.

"Let's talk about today." In the empty living room, Li Kongrong sat and lit a cigarette, and Qiu Zhongming stood in front of him.

"Please tell the chief in detail, the lower official doesn't know what's going on." To be honest, Qiu Zhongming has always been afraid of this chief, especially at night. At this time, the chief felt like a beast, and his eyes were as bright as a beast.

"Did Lang Jiancheng say something to the minister?" Li Kongrong, who didn't want to talk nonsense, asked directly. "You know, I'm going back in a few days. I still don't know what this is all about. ”

"The chief is leaving?" Qiu Zhongming was taken aback. He was indeed afraid of Li Kongrong, but it was not fear, but awe. And faintly, he felt that only by serving under such a chief would his non-Fujian family have a bright future.

"Well, the minister decided." Li Kongrong spat out a puff of cigarette and said quietly.

"I don't know what happened today. Just talk about it, tell me what you see, what you think. Li Kongrong said. It's not about denigrating anyone, I'm just wondering how it got to this point. ”

"Yes, sir." Qiu Zhongming responded, and he said, "After welcoming Mr. Yongzhi at the train station, we went to the hotel. Major Zhou from the department lectured us, and then Captain Lang and the three of them were taken to the hotel by him, and it took about ten minutes to come out. Captain Han didn't look good before he went in, so he ...... when he came out It's a different person, with a grinning face.

In the afternoon, Captain Lang also brought Major Zhou and Major Lin here, and Major Lin lectured us, saying that he would be in charge of this place in the future, and all the students would report to him and listen to his orders......"

Qiu Zhongming is just a student, of course he can't know the affairs of the ministry, and besides, he is from Sichuan, even if there is news, it is the latest news. Li Kongrong was about to finish a cigarette, but he still didn't hear anything crucial. However, the general outline of the matter is clear - Lin Zhun and Lang Jiancheng are classmates after all, and their relationship with Zhou Yingcong and others is also extremely close, so even if the truth is on his side, he still has to get out, and Chen Shaokuan can't offend everyone surnamed Lin because of him.

How to break the game? Li Kongrong smoked one cigarette after another. In fact, the method is not the most important, the key is that Major Li Kongrong has already been captured and bowed his head to accept his fate. It's just a matter of resigning to other things, and this kind of thing will only make him look down on him.

"Come to my room at five o'clock in the morning." Li Kongrong said, "Tomorrow, when you go to class, help me go to the hospital once and give a letter to Miss Kong." ”

"Yes, sir." Qiu Zhongming glanced at Li Kongrong in some surprise, but still agreed.