Chen Nan ate lunch alone, he only drank one bowl of that pot of soup, and most of the remaining half of the pot was served in the casserole, and he would drink it after Aunt Tang had a meeting in the evening.

Because he didn't finish speaking, Chen Nan still wanted to ask Aunt Tang which ** party he suggested he joined, so he didn't leave, sat at the desk and wrote the manuscript, and wrote two newsletters in a row to promote the new trend of socialism, he was a little bored, flipped through it, took a copy of Tagore's "Gitanjali" poetry collection from the shelf, opened it to see, it was the original English version, and I was fascinated at a glance, turned page after page, and finally found a photo hidden inside.

The photo is yellow, it's been some years, there is a man and a woman on it, dressed quite fashionably, more new than the contemporaries, the man is handsome and heroic, the woman is charming, glamorous, it is clearly his father and Aunt Tang!

Chen Nan knows a little about the affair between his father and Aunt Tang, but the adults are reluctant to mention it, he knows very few details, in the end, he is engaged in journalism, Chen Nan likes to dig up these old things, carefully look at the back of the photo, and actually found that the place where he took the picture is the Shikumen house where he is now.

It turns out that Aunt Tang's home is the love nest of her father and her back then! No wonder Aunt Tang is not married until now, no wonder she doesn't live in the small western-style building assigned by the organization, she just wants to live in this Shikumen house.

Chen Nan couldn't help but moisten the corners of his eyes, for Aunt Tang's infatuation, for this love in the city back then, he wanted to know, why didn't Aunt Tang become one of his aunts, since his father could marry four wives, why couldn't he tolerate a Tang Yan?

He put this photo in his pocket, ready to wait for Aunt Tang to come back and ask her about the vigorous and lingering stories of the year.

However, Tang Yan never came back, and at half past seven in the evening, Chen Nan called the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee, and the other party told him that the Propaganda Department did not have a meeting, and Vice Minister Tang did not come, so he called the General Office of the Municipal Government again, and the answer was the same.

Chen Nan was anxious and said, "It was Vice Mayor Pan who sent someone to invite Vice Minister Tang, how can you not know?" ”

The other party replied to him coldly: "Vice Mayor Pan Hannian went to Beijing to hold a party congress last month, and he has not returned to Shanghai yet, how can he arrange a meeting." ”

There was a busy sound on the phone, the other party hung up the phone, Chen Nan lost his soul, he didn't understand what was going on.

Chen Nan waited until ten o'clock in the evening, but Aunt Tang was still nowhere to be seen, so he closed the door and locked it and went back to his house.

The next day, Chen Nan came to the newspaper office early, sat in his seat and was restless, colleagues came one after another, but Aunt Tang was not seen, and she did not come until ten o'clock, Chen Nan was anxious, and directly found the president to report, saying that the editor-in-chief Tang was taken away by the city yesterday and has not heard from him so far.

The president, a middle-aged man in his fifties and an old leftist who was accustomed to the wind and rain, pondered for a moment and said, "Wait and see. ”

After waiting like this for three days, Tang Yan was still missing, and the people below were talking about it, and Chen Nan also heard some rumors that Tang Yan was involved in the *** group of the former public security director Yangfan, and had been secretly arrested by the relevant departments.

Chen Nan was completely anxious, he ran up and down, inquired everywhere, and searched all the courts of the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and each time he got the same reply: "I don't know, I don't know, I don't understand." ”

After Aunt Tang's disappearance, Chen Nan's life became more and more sad, he was a child from a senior cadre family, and he unconsciously had the taste of arrogance when he gestured on weekdays, colleagues didn't like such people very much, in the past, there was Tang Editor-in-Chief Protection, no one dared to do anything to him, now Tang Yan was secretly arrested, Chen Nan's umbrella is gone, his father is far away in Jiangdong, and the whip is out of reach, this hard day has come.

Chen Nan, who was ostracized by his colleagues, lived like a year, looking forward to Tang Yan's return every moment and punishing these snobbish villains, but he didn't wait for Aunt Tang, but waited for a word from the president.

"Xiao Chen, you have made a lot of mistakes at work recently, are you too tired, I think you should rest for a while."

Chen Nan was put on a big vacation and went back to his hometown depressed.

On the day he left, he didn't give up, and visited Tang Yan's house again, hoping for a miracle.

A miracle happened, and the door of Aunt Tang's house was open! , Chen Nan was so excited that he almost rushed in, shouting Aunt Tang in his mouth, thinking that Auntie was finally Zhaoxue, and turning back to the club together was equivalent to a slap in the face to those villains.

But when he entered, he was dumbfounded, and there were four or five strange men in the room, all dressed in plain clothes and wearing white gloves, and they were rummaging around, and one of them looked at him vigilantly, with his hands on his waist, bulging at his waist, and obviously a pistol.

"Who are you?" Chen Nan asked in a trembling voice.

"We are from the Public Security Bureau, you are Chen Nan, we don't want you to talk nonsense about today's matter." Although the plainclothes leader claimed to be a city bureau, he spoke with a Beijing accent.

Chen Nan understood that these people were probably sent by the central government to collect evidence of Aunt Tang's crimes, and he suddenly felt cold to the bone, and he couldn't say anything.

Lost and dejected, Chen Nan went back to pack his luggage and took the train back to his hometown in Jiangdong.

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The provincial capital, the official residence on Fenglin Road, Chen Nan came back in the dust, and the family was very happy, Zhang Luo cooked dinner and put the bath water, but Chen Nan didn't even wash his face, so he rushed into his father's study, saying that there was something important to say.

He quietly put a yellowed photo on the table, Chen Zikun picked it up and took a look, it was a photo of himself and Tang Yan, it was more than 20 years ago, he was not yet 30 years old, as a provincial overseer, he was on an equal footing with all the marshals, and the anti-smoking corps under his command was stationed in Shanghai.

"Alas, the wind is always blown away by the rain and the wind, it's all a thing of the past." Chen Zikun sighed, pushed the photo back, lay on his back on the rattan chair, closed his eyes, and remembered the past vividly.

"Father, Aunt Tang, she was secretly arrested." Chen Nandao.

Chen Zikun opened his eyes, but he didn't show much surprise.

"Most of the people who engage in intelligence work will not end well." Chen Zikun said to himself, he thought of his brother-in-law Yan Qingyu, what a dashing person with unique skills, but he died on the intelligence front.

"You want to save Aunt Tang, she must have been framed." Chen Nan was extremely eager.

Chen Zikun said lightly: "I know about this matter, you go wash your face and eat." ”

Chen Nan wanted to say something more, but looking at his father's expression, he didn't seem to want to talk more, so he scolded and left, slandering his father for being a ruthless man, and Aunt Tang was infatuated for decades, but he didn't save him when he saw death, which was really chilling.

Chen Zikun didn't want to rescue Tang Yan, a night of husband and wife, when he was in the Shanghai Tang Golden House to hide Jiaojiao, and the female reporter spent an unforgettable time, and later had to part ways because of political events and position issues, but Tang Yan has always been in love with herself, and saved her family in the period of liberation.

But Chen Zikun also understands that his energy is not as good as before, especially when it comes to this kind of historical issues and political struggles, Tang Yan was secretly arrested, and the water is very deep, and the recent arrest of Yang Fan, deputy director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, is also related to the disappearance of Pan Hannian, deputy mayor of Shanghai.

Pan Hannian is an important leader of our party's secret front, responsible for the work behind the enemy line in East China, Tang Yan is his subordinate, a few months ago Pan Hannian went to Beijing for a meeting, and there has been no news since then, some people think that Pan is going to carry out a secret mission, but people with a heart know that Pan should have been secretly arrested.

And all of this is related to the resignation of Rao Shushi, the former first secretary of the East China Bureau, Pan Hannian, Yang Fan, and Tang Yan are all Rao Shushi's old subordinates, and they are involved in historical problems, and no one can run away, not to mention that Tang Yan was extremely active during the Wang Puppet period, haunting inside and outside the 76th, engaged in intelligence work behind enemy lines, that is dancing on the tip of a knife, mixing in spies all day long, and it is too easy to pick out some historical problems from them.

Chen Zikun decided to start from the periphery first, inquire about the level of the Tang case, if it is just the people below who use the topic to play, it will be easy to do, if it is someone at the top who speaks specifically, then don't expect it, it is not good to fold yourself in.

He picked up the photo on the table again, looked at Tang Yan's appearance when he was young, and couldn't help but immerse himself in the past again.

During the meal, Chen Zikun asked Chen Nan what his plans were, and Chen Nan said dejectedly that the newspaper could no longer accommodate him and wanted to go back to the provincial capital to find a job.

Chen Zikun said: "The editor-in-chief of Huaijiang Daily, Ruan, is an old friend of my father, and entering the newspaper is a matter of one sentence. ”

Chen Nandao: "I feel that my knowledge is far from enough to be qualified for the work of a journalist, and I want to go back to school to continue my studies." ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's okay, your uncle is a professor at Jiang University, so let's arrange for you to go to graduate school." ”

In this way, Chen Nan's organizational relationship was transferred from Shanghai to Huaijiang Daily, where he was given a full-time study, entered the Department of Journalism of Jiangdong University to continue his studies, and became a college student again.

Inter-provincial transfer, directly into the provincial party newspaper office, can also study full-time, if ordinary people have such energy, thanks to Chen Nan is Chen Zikun's son, in order to complete all kinds of complicated procedures in a short period of time so conveniently.

Lin Wenlong is a professor at Jiangdong University, a member of the Provincial Committee of the Democratic League, and a graduate tutor of Chen Nan.

"Aunt Tang, I don't know where you are now, I have joined the ** party and have lived up to your teachings." After the accession ceremony, Chen Nan said this to the vast sky.

At this time, his Aunt Tang was far away in a solitary cell in Gongdelin Prison in Beijing, bowing her head and writing confession materials, lonely behind bars, isolated from the world.