The Qianmen area is a traditional business district in Beijing, and the Qianmen area suffered heavy losses and serious damage in the Gengzi year. After six years of recovery, the Qianmen business district has returned to its old look, especially when the Spring Festival, the biggest festival for Chinese, is approaching, and this area is even more lively.

On the afternoon of the New Year, as the twilight was four, the bustling crowd gradually dispersed, and they went home to prepare to worship their ancestors for the New Year. The firecrackers that continue to explode make the air carry a faint fragrance of gunpowder, indicating that another Spring Festival is coming. The leather shop in Dashilan Shun Fuxiang has closed, the guys have already received red envelopes and returned to their respective homes, the boss Li Yunxiang and his wife Zhang with a big belly put the ancestral tablet on the polished Eight Immortals table in the hall, and Zhang began to prepare the offerings from the stove room to the end.

There was a knock on the door, and at first I thought I had heard it wrong, but yes, it was the front yard door that was knocked.

"Who's coming at this time? Really. "Zhang's family is from Beijing, but Li Yunxiang's ancestral home is Shandong, and he has no relatives in the capital, even if he is a relative, he will not come to the door at this time.

"I'll take a look, and there's no big deal." Li Yunxiang put on a cotton robe and went to the front yard to open the door.

Soon, Li Yunxiang led in two men, one tall and one short, judging from the appearance of their clothes, the short man with a white face and a leather robe was the mainstay, and the tall man with a black face and a dark blue coarse cotton robe was an entourage.

"How can you lead it into the back house? And it was at this time," Zhang got up and avoided.

"Ah, what a happy event. A relative from my hometown came, he was my cousin Zhang Xiaoyun, who was a friend of my cousin. Li Yunxiang looked very strange. said that it was a big joy, but there was no joy on his face, "Cousin, she is your sister-in-law." ”

"Sister-in-law is fine. I just entered the capital, and it was really disturbing. Zhang Xiaoyun gave a salute to Zhang.

"Uncle is well. Sit down, and I'll prepare the meal. Zhang felt that her husband seemed a little nervous.

Zhang left the hall, and Zhang Xiaoyun sat on the guest seat loudly, "Sit down, isn't it a surprise?" The black-faced man moved a few steps and stood guard at the door.

"Yes. I didn't expect you to come ...... Director," Li Yun laughed with him. Didn't dare to sit down.

"You are the elder brother, how can there be a reason why my younger brother sits and you stand? Sit down and say. Stay, no problem, right? ”

"No problem, no problem." Li Yunxiang replied in a Shandong dialect. Carefully sit on the main seat opposite.

"It's a good day." Zhang Xiaoyunpi looked at the furnishings in the house with a smile, "It looks like you have really become a businessman." ”

"Never forget your mission......

"Really?" A sharp gaze swept over. Li Yunxiang lowered his head weakly.

"This year. How many times have you violated discipline? Well? I made a vow before leaving. It's all on the sidelines, right? ”

"Director Jiang......" Li Yunxiang knelt down.

A look was thrown over, and the black-faced man pulled Li Yunxiang up, "Sit and say." ”

That's right. Zhang Xiaoyun is Jiang Yun, the intelligence director of the Mengshan Army.

Hearing Zhang's procrastinating footsteps, Jiang Yun's gloomy face was immediately full of smiles, "The family is fine, my father has been educating me with you, third brother...... Sister-in-law," Seeing Zhang's coming in, Jiang Yun stood up with a smile on his face and took the package from the black-faced man's hand, "The little tuyi brought from my hometown is not a tribute, and I hope my sister-in-law will accept it with a smile." ”

"It's all my own family, what do you bring?" Seeing the bulging package, Zhang's face had a smile, "Uncle entered Beijing today?" Easy to walk on the road? ”

"I entered the city in the morning, and I came back first, and it took me a long time to find this place......" Jiang Yun looked at the woman with a smile.

"Old Seven, I'll settle you down first, right?"

"Well, I don't know if it's convenient or not."

"Convenient, convenient. The guys are all home, and it's okay to have a few more. Li Yunxiang got up, led Jiang Yun and the others out of the hall, returned to the front yard, opened the west chamber, and lit the candles, "I'll make ......a fire."

"Hold on to God. If I want to deal with you, it's not me who came. Jiang Yun said coldly, "You are busy with yours first, and we will talk after dinner." ”

"Yes, yes," On a cold day, beads of sweat appeared on Li Yunxiang's forehead.

Li Yunxiang was sent to Beijing to establish this intelligence station the year before last, but he never had a specific task, and he was instructed to be a real businessman, which was not difficult for him, because before he joined the army, his family was engaged in the leather business. But his father died on the Kanto Road in the second year of the Gengzi Rebellion, and his mother remarried, and the family road fell into the middle. In the second year after he joined the army, he was selected into the intelligence department, worked at the Xuzhou station for a year, and was transferred back to the headquarters. This Shun Fuxiang leather goods store has nothing to do with Mengshan Army except for him.

Director Jiang Yun suddenly came to the door, and the problem was obviously his wife. According to the discipline, he had to get permission from the headquarters to ask for his wife, which he violated. His wife, Zhang, was born in a small bureaucratic family, and her father was a petty official in the Ministry of Industry, and now he has returned home. Because I met Zhang's family after a shopping trip, we had a heart for each other, and it became this marriage. He reported to the headquarters only after marrying Zhang, and the headquarters never replied. It's been ten months.

Now it's time to liquidate his mistakes.

The discipline of the Intelligence Service is strict and impersonal. It is said that those rules were set by Commander Long himself. When he was at Xuzhou Station, the stationmaster Han Sihai was reported by his subordinates for his private dealings with the government, and was executed after being recalled to the headquarters. The case was reported within the Intelligence Service. He believes that marrying his wife without permission is not an act of betrayal of the organization, but what will Director Jiang, who has always enforced the law strictly, do with him? Jiang Yun has a few "famous sayings", enter the intelligence department, you are not your own! There is no second mistake, one time is enough to kill you, the enemy does not dispose of you, the organization will also dispose of you! You can defect, and even if you run to the ends of the earth, the organization will bring you to justice, and your family will be punished!

What is certain is that Jingshi is by no means an intelligence station of his own, and someone must be secretly monitoring him. Take stock of your behavior. Except for this mistake, everything else is fine, the accounts are clear, and there is no corruption...... If Director Jiang doesn't let go of himself, what should his wife who is pregnant with Liujia do?

The atmosphere of the dinner was excellent, Jiang Yun talked and laughed vigorously, and the anecdotes of Jinan made Zhang giggle, and even said that he must go to Jinan to have a look, and complained that Li Yunxiang did not take him back to his hometown. Director Jiang has this ability, and you can never see through his heart from the surface.

Meal. Zhang went back to the bedroom. Jiang Yun began to interrogate Li Yunxiang. Li Yunxiang "confessed" that he was confused for a while, forgot discipline, did not report to the organization in a timely manner, and asked the department to give him the most severe punishment.

"Punishment? I ask you. Military law is also a human favor. But why do we need to stipulate that the marriage of intelligence officers needs to be approved? ”

"The subordinates understand. That's because I'm afraid of getting into a spy. Li Yunxiang replied with his head down.

"Why didn't Zhilu Dao report it? A report according to the normal procedure does not necessarily mean that it will not be approved! If it weren't for your lack of other disciplinary violations, if it weren't for your wife's innocent family background, you would have died. Jiang Yunyin said predictably. Let's write it down first, and give you a chance to make meritorious contributions. ”

"Subordinates must be guilty of meritorious service."

"Your father-in-law Zhang Jingyue has a younger brother named Zhang Haoyue, who is in the food and salary unit of the Beiyang Military and Political Division, right?"

"Yes, it's the Food Bureau now."

"You have a heart. The commander led the main force south, and the family was worried that the main force of Beiyang would be unfavorable to Shandong, and if they had a plan to advance the troops, they would not be able to hide it from the Food and Salary Bureau. Your task is to get the Beiyang army dispatch plan from your wife's uncle, and how many towns to go out? When will the troops be dispatched? ”

"Understood. The subordinates will definitely complete the task. ”

"Don't let this Zhang Haoyue be suspicious, understand?"

"Understood. So, how is intelligence delivered? ”

"There is a Pan Kee antique shop in Liulichang. When you look for Boss Pan, you will say that you want a chess game of Tang Bohu, and he will know who you are. ”

Tang Yin's calligraphy and painting are unique, when will there be a chess game handed down? Li Yunxiang casually understood the true meaning of the connector code loophole, "My subordinates have written it down." ”

"Lao Liu stays with you as a buddy, okay?" Jiang Yun pointed to the black-faced man.

"Yes, you can."

"Li Yunxiang, the organization cultivates you, and spends money to let you come to Beijing to be the boss, not for you to simply enjoy happiness."

"Yes, yes, all for the great cause of the Mengshan Army."

"Just remember. It's up to you to perform. If done well, the previous negligence is a purchase and sale. If there is another violation of discipline......"

"My subordinates will never dare to make mistakes again."

"Intelligence work is brutal, and you can't make a mistake. Say the wrong thing, go to the wrong place, and your head is in danger! Your head is small, but the commander's great cause is great. You have to keep that in mind. Now, your station is activated. Lao Liu is the stationmaster, the business is mainly based on you, and Lao Liu does not interfere. Work is arranged by Lao Liu. ”

"Yes, I will do what the stationmaster orders."

On the second day, that is, the Spring Festival of Ding Weinian, Jiang Yun left the Shun Fuxiang leather goods store and walked alone to the Fu Lai Shun Winery on Morison Street. Because it was the Chinese New Year, although the winery was opened, there were few customers. Jiang Yun asked Boss Xing, and was immediately led into the back hall by the guy.

"Oh, my God! What are you doing here? Xing Dongyun, the person in charge of the Beijing terminus, dropped the book in his hand and said to Jiang Yun in surprise.

"Ha Luha, you are leisurely." Jiang Yun took off his fur hat, and by the way, he ripped off the fake braid and threw it on the Eight Immortals Village.

"The Commissioner is going to the Northeast?"

"Clever." Jiang Yun smiled and gave a thumbs up to Xing Dongyun.

"Why are you alone?" Xing Dongyun stood up and looked out of the glass window.

"You don't care about this, I don't want anyone from you. What's the latest news? ”

"There is a lot of news, the imperial court rewarded the commander viscount, and even the commander's eldest son was awarded a light car captain, by the way, the imperial court awarded the commander Linjiang and other four provinces to patrol the envoys. I guess the decree is already on the way. ”

"The Four Governors? What do you mean? Jiang Yun chewed on the news that Xing Dongyun said, he didn't care about any viscount and earl, it had no substantive meaning, but he was awarded the envoy of the four provinces on the border of Long Qian and Hunan and Jiangxi, but he needed to think about the meaning behind it, "Well, have Lao Yuan's soldiers moved?" ”

"There is no news of a build-up, at least not yet. Yang Shixiang arrived a few days ago, living in Xianliang Temple, it seems that he moved out of Lu, whether he went to the Governor's Mansion of Zhili, it is not clear. ”

"What is the news that His Majesty Yang Shixiang has seen?"

"The specifics are not yet clear. The official offices are all sealed, and it is not good to go to the house to ask. However, it is expected that there will be a dispute over weapons, and it is said that Tie Liang was angry at Hua Yuan's refusal to allocate the shells. ”

"Well, this family knows. What else? ”

"There's an Australian named Morrison who works for the British. He is the chief correspondent of The Times in China, and after the Chinese New Year, he will go to Shandong to do an exclusive interview. He went to Xianliang Temple to see Yang Shixiang, and he probably mentioned this matter. ”

"Australians? How did you meet? ”

"Oh, he lives on this street, and even the name of the street is Morrison Street. He likes my mushroom head here, and he's a friend. This person is not simple......" Xing Dongyun reported the situation 1510.

"Foreigners are dog-eat-dog. France has been allied with Russia for a long time, and the target is, naturally, Germany. Britain and Japan are allies and are close to France and Russia. The Germans are fighting with us hotly, maybe the British can't sit still and want to go to Shandong to intervene? ”

"Lao Xing has learned a lot in the past few years. If the commander knew the truth, he would be very happy. Not bad. Jiang Yun looked at Xing Dongyun with a smile. This is the "veteran" who set up the intelligence department with him, the old man in the Mengshanzhai period, who has sent a lot of important information back to Shandong from here over the years.

"Didn't you tell me to focus on the news of the Great Powers?"

"Yes, yes, you're doing a good job. At present, we are mainly dealing with the imperial court and Beiyang. I'm afraid that the affairs of foreigners will be in the future. By the way, last time you said that Yuan Shikai was deflated, is it possible to completely take away military power? ”

From Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Wang Zhanyuan, Wang Shizhen, Zhang Huaizhi, Li Chun, Cao Kun...... A large group of generals are all Lao Yuan's people, and unless Tie Liang replaces them all, he will not really control the Beiyang Army. Replace these people, not to mention whether it will work or not, Beiyang will be stripped of the backbone, what is there to worry about? However, there was news recently that the twentieth town was prepared to be formed with the troops in Tang Shaoyi's hands. ”

"With whom? With that Zhang Zuolin? ”

"No, Beiyang will send someone here. First said Zhang Huaizhi, Duan Zhigui was also fighting, and recently shouted a man named Meng Enyuan. Estimates are inconclusive. The court dragged on too much, and it always kept pulling back and forth. To be sure, Twenty Towns will not be like Eighteen Towns. ”

"Beiyang doesn't send people to Eighteen Towns?"

"Lu Shan did a good job, Zhu Jiabao was coaxed, not to say that except for Lu Shan, no one can live in the eighteen towns. On the contrary, a few petty officers were transferred from Fengtian, and it is estimated that they are now in Changchun. ”

"Two things. The first is the use of commanders by the imperial court. This is the most important thing, let our main force stop in Jiangxi and not advance or retreat, there must be a conspiracy. The second is to find out whether the imperial court has a plan for using troops in Shandong. ”

"Understood. When are you leaving? ”

"Afternoon." Jiang Yun said in the end, "Don't contact the White Rabbit easily, if there is a military plan in Beiyang, the White Rabbit will contact you." ”

White Rabbit is the code name of Duan Yongqing, a deep potential Beiyang Army staff officer, and he was the most important of the first spies to initially use animal code names by the Mengshan Army's intelligence agency. But as the head of the Beijing Intelligence Station, Xing Dongyun is aware of the existence of Duan Yongqing. (To be continued......)