December 7th. In the five halls of Huaqing Pond, Shaofan stood outside waiting for Chiang Kai-shek to receive him, and there was a commotion inside from time to time that Chiang Kai-shek's habitual swear words.

Shaofan asked the guard at the door, "Who is inside?" ”

The guard said: "It's General Zhang Xueliang." ”

At this time, the young marshal's choked voice came from the room: "Chairman! Think twice when the country is in danger! Let me lead my subordinates back to the Northeast to regain lost territory! ”

"Say no more! **If China is not destroyed one day, it is in danger, Hanqing, don't be obsessed! ”

"Chairman!"

"That's it! Don't say it, I'm not going to change my mind. ”

"Chairman!"

"Get out! Get out! ”

After a while, Zhang Xueliang burst into tears from the main hall of the five halls, and Shaofan looked at it and said in awe: "Young marshal!" ”

Zhang Xueliang used to be the director of the education department of Huangpu in the past, and he was also one of the people that Shaofan respected very much.

Zhang Xueliang's red eyes looked at Shaofan with a little sadness and helplessness: "Ao! It's Shaofan! I'll talk to you another day about something now. As he spoke, he left in a hurry, probably not wanting Shaofan to see his crying red eyes and sad expression.

December 9th. In Chiang Kai-shek's office in the five halls, Shaokun hurriedly trotted to Chiang Kai-shek and said, "Chairman! Something happened in the city of Xi'an. People in Xi'an marched in the streets as if to commemorate the December 9 Movement, but a policeman shot and killed a schoolboy as the procession headed towards Lintong. ”

When Chiang Kai-shek heard this, he was furious and said, "What is that Han Qing doing?" Immediately notify Han Qing to come forward to deal with this matter. ”

"Yes!"

Zhang Xueliang was afraid that the Central Army would be very poisonous to those students, so he hurriedly drove to Baqiao to calm down the people's anger, but there was still a marching student team to come to Huaqing Pond and sang "Songhua River" until the evening.

Shaofan and Shaolong stood in the cordon and looked at the students with high patriotic feelings, and the two of them were helpless. At this time, I saw a soldier trotting all the way and said, "Captain of the guard! The chairman ordered that if the students did not evacuate by nine o'clock in the evening, they would be blocked by fire. ”

"What?" Shaolong and Shaofan were both shocked.

Shaofan said: "Big brother, if we carry out this order, then our Shen family will be infamous through the ages." ”

"yes!" Shaolong said: "But you can't disobey it!" ”

Shaofan looked at his watch and said, "Big brother is still an hour until nine o'clock, I think we will go and talk to the principal." ”

"Hmm!" Shaolong nodded in agreement.

When Shaofan and Shaolong came to the five halls, they heard Zhang Xueliang and Chiang Kai-shek arguing.

"What to say to their students, it's what you let go of on a daily basis. Only machine guns can talk to them. ”

"The machine gun doesn't hit the Japanese, but it wants to hit the students, and I can't do it and won't do it."

I saw Zhang Xueliang angrily come out of the five halls and walked towards the gate of Huaqingchi without even looking back, but fortunately, Zhang Xueliang persuaded the students who marched and petitioned to retire before it caused a tragedy, and it was also this incident that made Zhang Xueliang make up his mind to launch the Xi'an Incident that shocked China and foreign countries. When Zhang Xueliang stepped out of the door of the five halls, Shaofan seemed to have seen a determination in the eyes of the young marshal, and this determination was from sadness; Helpless; Born out of despair, he has a domineering and murderous intent, but at the same time, he can also feel chivalrous.

The night in Xi'an was so peaceful, the snowflakes flew in the air, and in an elegant way, they fell to the ground and melted away in an instant, Shaofan sat alone under a pomegranate tree, quietly looking into the distance, holding the silver cross necklace in his hand. Whenever he calms down alone, he thinks about the same person, whether he is abroad or after returning home, that person is a sustenance for him when he was studying abroad, and the love he has always wanted to see. Shaofan looked into the distance and silently missed Wenwen in his heart, I wonder if she is doing well now? Shaofan didn't go to her after returning to Nanjing, because their correspondence was suddenly interrupted three years ago, Shaofan thought a lot but didn't think of an answer after all, maybe Wenwen didn't want to deal with him anymore, right? Because they have known each other for so short a time, a short one-night acquaintance seems to have reason to fade and erase him. Shaofan is emotionally introverted, his arrogance and good feelings can't be hit, so he didn't have the courage to find the daughter of the Jin family after all, no matter whether Shaofan fell in love with her at first sight or fell in love with her, he always thought that Jin Xiwen was his only love for six years, but he also knew that there was a word in the world called "wishful thinking".

"Wenwen! Do you miss me as much as I do right now? Shaofan looked at the sky on a snowy night, recalling Jin Xiwen's charming smile and lovely face, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Shaofan!" A word next to him pulled him back from his memories. Shaofan looked back and saw that it was his eldest brother Shaolong, and asked, "Why are you here?" ”

Shaolong smiled: "I feel very flustered these days, as if something big is going to happen." ”

Shaofan stood up and said: "The biggest thing in China today is the loss of the country, and we are still in the nest. Lamentable! Lamentable! ”

Shaolong raised his eyebrows and said, "Hey! Don't let the principal hear your words, and then be careful to scold like Zhang Shaoshuai. Besides, the friendship between the young marshal and the principal is not shallow, and the young marshal scolds, you! Be careful with you. ”

"I'm telling the truth." Shao Fan Dao.

Shaolong said: "The truth is not good. It's not easy for our Shen family to get to this point, don't be ruined by you. ”

Shaofan smiled: "Don't scare people." Our Shen family is iron-clad and has made many contributions to the national government, the Xinhai Revolution; Push DAO Manchu Qing; Northern expedition; There were several times of great encirclement and suppression in the Eastern Crusade, and there were no people from our Shen family that time. Just this big truth is ruined, as for it? ”

"As for!" Shaolong said categorically: "Let me tell you, the principal is not right about things. Your big words in Nanjing, the principal has given our old man a lot of face, and if you change someone else, you have already been dealt with by Dai Li's group. ”

"Humph!" Shaofan said: "The three eastern provinces were sold by these individuals. ”

"That's it!" Shaolong said: "You don't have to say a word!" ”

Shaofan suddenly thought of something and said, "Big brother! I just got a report from 012. said that they found many Northeast troops along the way, as if they were facing a great enemy. You guards beware! ”

Shaolong said: "Then Zhang Xueliang won't rebel, right?" ”

"Hard to say! Zhang Shaoshuai and the Japanese are a national hatred and a family feud! The principal was adamant that he would not let him fight the Japanese, and that would not make him *crazy. Shaofan said: "You have to be careful when terminating!" As he spoke, he patted his eldest brother on the shoulder and left, saying as he walked: "Actually, it is not easy for the young marshal to come to this point, and the revenge of killing his father has not been avenged; The hatred of the death of the family was not over, and after listening to the principal's words, he gave up the three northeastern provinces that the Zhang family had run for many years, and let the Japanese army surrender; Disarm. Hundreds of thousands of Northeast Army troops withdrew into the Guannai without firing a single shot, and he felt good in his heart if he left his hometown, not to mention that he had to bear the infamy of a "general who does not resist" without complaint. He doesn't want to have the pain of breaking the country anymore and making us all slaves of the country! ”

December 9, 2:30 a.m. Inside the Yang Hucheng Mansion.

Zhang Xueliang sat on the sofa with a cigar in his hand, silently meditating, the lighter in his hand had been lit for a long time, but it still hadn't been lit.

"Han Qing! Now is not the time to talk about personal relationships, don't hesitate. Yang Hucheng said.

Zhang Xueliang thought for a long time and closed the lighter vigorously and said, "Okay!" ”

Yang Hucheng said: "Okay! We just followed the original plan. My Northwest Army was responsible for disarming the Xijing Guest House and arresting the high-ranking officials who had accompanied the chairman. Your Northeast Army will head to Huaqingchi, and at the same time relieve the 10th Corps of the 10th Corps that is about to board the train at the Xi'an Railway Station, and take control of Chiang Kai-shek's landline at the airport. ”

Zhang Xueliang nodded in agreement and added: "The time is set at 5:00 a.m. on December 12, and the chairman of the committee will be captured." Bai Fengxiang; Liu Guiwu, the two of you and I went to see the chairman of the NPC Standing Committee on the 10th, remember the topography of Huaqingchi and know the chairman, and don't arrest the wrong person. ”

"Yes!" The two officers stood at the same time and saluted.

Yang Hucheng said: "There are also the two brothers of the Captain of the Guard of the Chairman and the Shen Family, the head of the National Youth League who follows the Chairman of the Committee, it seems that they are also powerful characters. ”

Zhang Xueliang said: "You can rest assured of this. They are all from Whampoa, and I have a bit of a personal relationship. On the evening of the 11th I invited them to a feast at my house, and when the time came, I would have to arrest them. ”

The next day, Zhang Xueliang took Bai Fengxiang with him; Liu Guiwu went to Huaqingchi to attend the meeting. Mingli was attending a military meeting, and secretly observing the terrain and getting to know Chiang Kai-shek.

Bai Fengxiang swept all the sentry posts and terrain of the five halls with a keen eye, three steps and one post, four steps and one sentry, and the security was indeed strict, he secretly remembered all of them in his heart, but he also forgot one thing, that is, the secret post of the special service company of the Shaofan National Youth League. Shaofan only discharged the pistol in the light, and most of the troops were secret sentinels, rockeries and hidden pavilions; Shrubs and tall trees are hidden spots for dark sentinels. At the meeting, Chiang Kai-shek announced the sixth encirclement and suppression of the Communists, which made Zhang Xueliang very annoyed, and had a big quarrel with Chiang Kai-shek, and walked away.

In order to ease the relationship between him and Zhang Xueliang, Chiang Kai-shek specially hosted a banquet for the generals at the Xijing Guest House at noon on the 11th, not only Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, but also Jiang Dingwen; Temporary; Zhu Shaoliang and other generals came together.

Before the banquet began, Chiang Kai-shek called out to the young marshal and said, "Han Qing, I have thought about it, since you don't want to suppress the Communist Party, I won't endanger you." ”

Zhang Xueliang smiled and said: "Chairman, are you ......?"

Chiang Kai-shek blocked Zhang Xueliang's words before he finished speaking: "Han Qing! If you don't let you fight with **, it doesn't mean that the national government won't fight with **, ** is a rabble that messes with our dynasty and breaks our law and order, and if we don't eliminate them, we will take away our country. No matter how big the Japanese are, they don't have the ability to swallow China in one bite, and ** is to take away the world from us! ”

Zhang Xueliang was now completely disappointed in Chiang Kai-shek, and he didn't have any illusions and coped: "Thank you, chairman." ”

At the beginning of the banquet, Chiang Kai-shek said: "The Northeast Army and the Northwest Army have been suppressing the Communists all the year round, so they have decided to have a great plan for the Central Army to take over Shaanxi to suppress the Communists, and appointed Jiang Dingwen as the commander-in-chief of the former enemy of the Northwest Suppression of Bandit Army, and Wei Lihuang as the commander-in-chief of the border areas of Shanxi, Shaanxi, and Suining provinces. ”

There was applause at the banquet, and Chiang Kai-shek took out a glass of boiled water and said: "Come!" Cheers to our sixth encirclement and suppression! ”

"Cheers." The crowd responded.

At the banquet, Chiang Kai-shek handed over the task of encirclement and suppression to the Central Army and issued the order to transfer generals, and everyone knew in their hearts that even Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng knew that Chiang Kai-shek began to distrust the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army, and Chiang Kai-shek's move made Zhang even more; The two generals Yang were even more determined to carry out the operation in the early morning of the 12th.

After the banquet, Shen Shaofan and Shen Shaolong came to say hello to Zhang Xueliang out of politeness.

Zhang Xueliang said: "It seems that the chairman of the committee is about to return to Nanjing. This time, I didn't fulfill the friendship of the landlord, and came to my house for a light meal in the evening. ”

"Okay!" Shaofan and Shaolong readily agreed.

Shaolong saw Zhang Xueliang walking away and said, "Third child, I always feel that something big is going to happen?" ”

"Hey, big brother! I see that you are almost the same as the second brother, don't be suspicious, you are not a military commander. Shaofan said with a smile.

In fact, Shaofan also began to doubt many things, why the Northeast Army and the Northwest Army were like a great enemy, and what were they guarding against? There is also a person who also smells the uneasiness and northeast of Xi'an with rich experience; The uneasiness of the Northwest Army is Shen Shaokun.

When Chiang Kai-shek arrived in Xi'an, it is estimated that the busiest thing is not the spy company and the attendant guards, but the military commander and the central commander, Xi'an is the forefront of the suppression of the Communist Party, and the military commander has a huge spy agency here, and tens of thousands of telegrams are received from the military commander's radio station every day, the Northeast Army; **； The Japanese and other suspicious telegrams will be intercepted and then deciphered by the military commanders, but a few days ago, a strange code was intercepted by the military commanders, this is a brand new code, and the decipherment work is underway.

Shaokun is a veteran intelligence officer, he has started the intelligence work of the military command since he came out of Huangpu, and he has lingering feelings about the situation in Xi'an. What was that mysterious code, and what was it about? Deciphering the code was a very time-consuming and brain-intensive task, and he knew it very well, but his instincts told him that they didn't have much time left.