That morning, Qiao Tianchao went to work at the Jinan Station of the Military Command Bureau as usual. The guard at the door handed him a letter, the envelope was so thin that it didn't even close it. Confused, he opened the envelope. It is more accurate to say that it is a letter, it is better to say that it is a note, and on a piece of paper, there is only a line of beautiful small words: Cousin, someone from my hometown is here, I want to see you, and I live at No. 28 Xiangmin Road. The payment is a cousin.

After reading the letter, he could not hide the excitement in his heart, this was a signal sent to him by the organization, and he casually asked the guards: Who is the person who is delivering the letter?

The guards told him that it was a lady in a red cheongsam.

That day, he spent it in excitement and anxiety, this was the happiest day after he came to Jinan, and he couldn't help but whistle a few times.

Before it was time to get off work, he asked Xu Yinchu for leave, saying that his cousin had come to Jinan and he wanted to go over to have a look. At this time, the Jinan station had just been established, in addition to the people who had withdrawn from the northeast, the Military Command Bureau had added some personnel, and Xu Yinchu had a very clear distinction between the distant and the close when he was working, and in his words, the brothers from the northeast station had been tested, and he could be trusted. Those who are newly assigned to the Jinan Station of the Military Command Bureau still have a long way to go before they can be recognized and trusted by Xu Yinchu.

Xu Yinchu asked with concern: If there is anything you need help with, even if you talk about the matter on the ground in Jinan, our military commanders can still settle it.

Thank you, webmaster. Qiao Tianchao saluted Xu Yinchu, turned around and walked out.

Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng came to No. 28 Xiangmin Road almost with urgency. They came by car, and since he asked Xu Yinchu for leave, he had to be more blatant, and the experience of underground work told him that the more blatant he was, the less likely it was to arouse people's suspicion.

When the car drove to the entrance of the alley, it stopped, he and Wang Xiaofeng walked inside, and finally saw No. 28 Xiangmin Road and found that this was a teahouse. The light in the room was a little dim, Qiao Tianchao walked in and adapted to it, Wang Xiaofeng followed closely behind him, and suddenly heard a female voice shouting: Cousin, you are here.

Then he saw a young woman, standing up from behind a teahouse, and sure enough, she was wearing a red cheongsam, and he hurriedly answered: Cousin—

The woman stretched out her hand and led them to the private room, where the light was much brighter than outside, facing the street, and through the window you could see the pedestrians outside. After the three of them sat down, the woman first introduced herself: I am a traffic officer of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, call me Li Lu, and I will be responsible for contacting you in the future.

Qiao Tianchao said excitedly: Great. No one has contacted us during this time, and we are all dying.

Li Lu explained: Some time ago, one of our transportation stations was destroyed by the enemy, which was just built in our hometown. If there is anything in the future, you can come here to find me, I am not here, and I can find my aunt.

After speaking, Li Lu shouted outside: Auntie, come here.

At this time, a middle-aged woman walked in and nodded affectionately at the two. Li Lu confessed: It is these two comrades, Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng.

It's time to come home, and you're welcome to come and visit me often, and you'll call me aunt from now on.

Wang Xiaofeng hurriedly said: If I'm okay in the future, I often come over to sit down and talk, okay?

My aunt smiled and said: Of course, we are not relatives, you have such a relative in Jinan, how can there be a reason not to move. You sit, I'll make dumplings, and eat dumplings together at night.

After the defeat of the Kuomintang in the northeast, they were busy mobilizing troops in North and Central China, trying to stop the speed of the advance of the Siye army to the south, and finally they could only bet on the south of the Yangtze River. At present, a large number of fortifications are being built along the Yangtze River, which is the final bottom line of the Kuomintang. Jinan is located on the boundary of neither south nor north, which is also the territory of the Kuomintang, so a large number of troops have been hoarded around Jinan. The organization of the carefully established traffic station, most of which was destroyed by the enemy, the establishment of No. 28 Xiangmin Road, the organization is considered, first of all, to ensure the smooth communication, especially with Qiao Tianchao. When this traffic station was built, the organization did not think about secrecy, but needed to use Qiao Tianchao's special identity to protect this traffic station, so Li Lu personally came forward to find Qiao Tianchao as a cousin, and left him a contact letter in a public form.

Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng were both cordial and surprised by the organization's decision.

The happiest person was Wang Xiaofeng, she took Qiao Tianchao's arm and said: In the future, we will also have a home.

That night, they ate dumplings together in the teahouse, and their cousin, cousin, and aunt screamed, and they were like a family.

After eating, Li Lu accompanied Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng on the street. Li Lu held Qiao Tianchao with one hand and Wang Xiaofeng with the other, and she said to Qiao Tianchao: "Cousin, you put on a military uniform when you come next time, and let people know that you are a military commander, so that others will not dare to bully us."

When she said this, her voice seemed exaggerated. It just so happened that a group of armed native soldiers walked by them.

Qiao Tianchao also said in a loud voice: Cousin, don't worry, there is nothing in Jinan that the Military Command Bureau can't do, and if you have any business difficulties in the future, you can find your cousin.

To outsiders, they are happy relatives.

When he walked to a place where no one was, Li Lu suddenly lowered his voice and said, "Why don't you report yet?"

Her abrupt question, so that the two of them were confused for a while, and looked at her together in a daze, Qiao Tianchao finally asked: What report?

Marriage report! Some of the others have worked together for a few months and then made a report, which is conducive to work.

The two men were silent at once. From the Northeast to Jinan, they have been together for almost a year, and before Li Lu pierced this layer of window paper, the two of them really didn't have this idea. Work is work, and they have always been in a comradely relationship. Li Lu's hand let go of Qiao Tianchao's arm and muttered in Wang Xiaofeng's ear. Qiao Tianchao couldn't hear what they were saying, but he still blushed.

That day, on the way back, neither of them spoke again, looking out the car window and thinking about their own thoughts. They were silent until they entered the house. Qiao Tianchao casually turned on the light, and the sudden light made both of them feel very dazzling.

For Wang Xiaofeng, she will think of Li Zhi every once in a while. In the days when she lost contact with the organization in Nanjing and when she first arrived in Jinan, she had been thinking about two people, one was Li Zhi and the other was Qiao Tianchao. When I think of Li Zhishi, it is that kind of warm and romantic feeling, when the two of them were fighting guerrillas, one was the captain and the other was the political commissar, and they often fought for their own opinions, and they didn't even say a word for a few days. Later, because of the change of work, Li Zhi went to the regiment to become a political commissar, and she worked as an instructor in the field hospital. At that time, Li Zhi often rode a horse to the field hospital to see her, and she didn't think too much about it at that time, she always felt that this was friendship, that kind of comradeship, and it was normal to look at each other. Later, perhaps because the comrades-in-arms joked too much, she began to find that she hadn't seen Li Zhi for a few days, and her heart was empty, until Li Zhi appeared in front of her again.

When she was in Nanjing, she was worried about Qiao Tianchao's safety while missing Li Zhi. The two men always overlapped and flashed before her eyes, but the feeling was so different.

Li Lu's unintentional words tonight woke up both of them, and they began to re-examine each other. The image of Li Zhi stubbornly appeared in Wang Xiaofeng's mind that night, and if it weren't for the sudden special task, she would not have left him.

That night, she had a dream in which Li Zhi ran towards her with a whip on his horse, shouting as she ran: Captain Wang, I came to see you.

As for Qiao Tianchao, he had not considered marriage before, from enlisting in the army to serving as the commander of the reconnaissance company, he grew up in the war. Because of his youth, and because of the endless battles, he had no time to take care of his love and marriage, even if he had that idea, he didn't have this condition at that time. After penetrating into the enemy's interior, he spends his days adapting to this special environment, and all his energy is used to playing his role while completing the various tasks assigned to him by the organization. The end of the war in the Northeast so smoothly is not unrelated to the confidential information he provided.

At this time, Qiao Tianchao, who was in Jinan, had something on his mind that night, and he began to pay attention to Wang Xiaofeng, who was close at hand. In the past, although the two lived under the same roof, they never really paid attention to her, and only regarded her as their comrade-in-arms, cooperating to complete a task.

Comrade Li Liang, secretary of the Dezhou District Committee of Shandong Province, the underground of the Communist Party of China, was secretly arrested by the enemy. Li Liang was captured by the enemy on the way to the joint, and he disguised himself as the owner of a department store, but his whereabouts were still targeted by the people of the Central Bureau of Statistics. After the enemy arrested Li Liang, he was secretly escorted to Jinan.

The instructions given to Qiao Tianchao by Li Lu, an underground traffic officer, were to make every effort to rescue Comrade Li Liang. Because the enemy has not yet been completely sure that Li Liang is a communist, he is only suspicious at present, and wants to use torture to make him confess.

Qiao Tianchao knew Li Liang, and when the Third Division opened up a base in Shandong, Li Liang was the guerrilla leader in the Dezhou area. Li Liang's guerrillas were in charge of leading the way for the reconnaissance company at that time, and went around behind the devil's stronghold. On that occasion, the guerrillas worked with the Fifth Regiment to eliminate the stronghold of the devils. A batch of weapons captured after the war was given to the partisans on the instructions of their superiors. Qiao Tianchao personally led the reconnaissance company to deliver these sophisticated weapons to Li Liang, and Li Liang and the guerrillas were so excited that they danced with excitement. That night, Li Liang invited Qiao Tianchao to drink "sweet potato wine", that is, in that conversation, Qiao Tianchao knew that Li Liang was very envious of the regular army of their third division, and he always hoped that the third division could incorporate them. Later, Qiao Tianchao also applied to the organization several times, but due to the needs of the struggle, the idea of the guerrillas becoming a regular army was never realized. After the Third Division went north, Li Liang's work also went underground.

This was the first time Qiao Tianchao had received the task of rescuing his comrades. Before doing this, he comprehensively considered the situation in front of him, and through his work at the Northeast Station, Xu Yinchu already believed in him as an adjutant, and this is what he probably meant by knowing his confidant in adversity. But if you want to rescue Li Liang, it is almost impossible for him to show up single-handedly. He wanted to come forward to rescue Li Liang in the name of the Military Command Bureau, and only in this way could he have some hope. But in the name of the Military Command Bureau, you can't bypass Xu Yinchu's pass, in that case, it will be counterproductive. He decided to talk to Xu Yinchu first.

That evening, he took Wang Xiaofeng to Xu Yinchu's house. Since arriving in Jinan, Xu Yinchu lived in a two-story small building in the courtyard of Jinan Station of the Military Command Bureau.

Qiao Tianchao and Wang Xiaofeng's sudden visit made Xu Yinchu and Shen Lina look very happy. Shen Lina must have been lonely and unbearable, she affectionately took Wang Xiaofeng's hand and took her upstairs.

Qiao Tianchao said a few words to Xu Yinchu about the station, and Xu Yinchu changed his words: Adjutant Qiao, didn't you come today to talk to me about work, right?

Qiao Tianchao smiled embarrassedly before telling the truth. He called Li Liang his cousin, and during this time he often went to No. 28 Xiangmin Road, and almost everyone at the military command station knew that Qiao Tianchao had an aunt and cousin in Jinan who opened a teahouse and did business. Now that a cousin came out of Qiao Tianchao's mouth, Xu Yinchu was not surprised, he stared at Qiao Tianchao for a long time and said: Adjutant Qiao, I believe in your character, you can actually do this by yourself, don't forget that you are my adjutant, but you still took the initiative to come to me, not bad! You're a man with brains, and I've helped you with that. After speaking, he slapped Qiao Tianchao on the shoulder twice.

Xu Yinchu immediately picked up the phone and first connected to the Central Bureau of Statistics, after all, this case was handled by someone from the Central Bureau of Statistics. Then, he called the garrison area and told him about Li Liang's situation, and the other party did not dare to slack off on the call from the Military Command Bureau, and promised to find out Li Liang's whereabouts immediately.

Xu Yinchu put down the phone and said lightly: Xiao Qiao, although we are military commanders, we are also people! If you have any difficulties in the future, you can come to me directly.

Qiao Tianchao hurriedly said: Thank you for the trust of the stationmaster.

Xu Yinchu said again: Adjutant Qiao, you are still young, you must have the opportunity to show your ambitions. You have been with me for several years, I can trust you, and I will definitely recommend you when I have the opportunity in the future.

Qiao Tianchao stood up and said with a grateful face: Thank you for the stationmaster's cultivation, don't worry, I, Qiao Tianchao, am your person no matter where I go.

The whispers of the two women upstairs were also coming to an end. At this time, Wang Xiaofeng smiled and took out two gold bars from her handbag and stuffed them into Shen Lina's hand silently. Shen Lina's eyes widened when she saw Huang Chengcheng's gold bar, and then she said in a loud voice: Good sister, you are too polite.

Wang Xiaofeng lost no time in saying: Something happened to the people in my hometown, and I would like you to say a few kind words in front of Stationmaster Xu.

Shen Lina heard that she was begging Xu Yinchu for something, and the action of collecting gold bars seemed to be at ease, she pinched her expression and said: It's all her own family, what else is polite.

Next, it's time to send off the guests.

Xu Yinchu, who saw off the guests, naturally found the gold bar in Shen Lina's hand. Xu Yinchu is not a greedy person, there have been officers who have bribed him before, but he has refused, and he himself has never bribed, so he seems very unwilling, a man in his forties, he is only a station commander, as for the rank of lieutenant general on his shoulder, it is just a comfort. Shen Lina complained a lot about his unwillingness, and if he was willing to do some activities at the beginning, he would not have been sent to the chaotic northeast. Shen Lina wanted him to stay in Shanghai, after all, she was familiar with it, and life there could make her feel like a fish in water. Now, Xu Yinchu always feels that he owes Shen Lina a lot, not only to make her suffer, but also what he didn't explain is that he has a wife in his hometown in northern Jiangsu, and he still secretly sends money to his hometown every month. Therefore, the guilt in his heart had to make him half a cut shorter in front of Shen Lina.

At this time, Xu Yin was also excited when he saw Shen Lina's happiness for the first time. Facing the young and beautiful Shen Lina, he quickly became interested, and the two of them went to the bedroom and married passionately. In the end, it was Shen Lina who reminded him: You can help with Adjutant Qiao's affairs.

Xu Yinchu didn't say anything, but he thought in his heart: Xiao Qiao is a good person!

Qiao Tianchao met Li Liang when he was middle-aged the next day.

Li Liang was held in a cell in the garrison. It seems that the enemy has already used torture, Li Liang has injuries all over his body, and there are still blood marks on his mouth at this time. Before coming, Qiao Tianchao saw Li Liang's confession at the headquarters of the garrison area, and in addition to his name, occupation and age, the confession column was blank.

When the people from the headquarters heard that the people from the Military Command Bureau were coming to see Li Liang, they were frightened, and while they were busy taking care of Qiao Tianchao, they actively introduced the reason why Li Liang was arrested. Yesterday, Xu Yinchu personally called the garrison headquarters and asked about Li Liang, and they knew that this time they had encountered a hard stubble. They dare not provoke the people of the military commanders, and if they offend the people of the military commanders, their future will end here, and maybe the people of the military commanders will be caught, and you will be punished for a trumped-up crime. Squatting in prison is a small matter, and it is not uncommon to lose your head. After listening to Qiao Tianchao's explanation, those who handled the case nodded hurriedly and said: Adjutant Qiao, we really don't know that he is your cousin, this is really a big flood that washed the Dragon King Temple, and the family doesn't know the family.

When Qiao Tianchao asked to see his cousin, they dared to delay, and immediately trotted in front to lead the way.

Li Liang never dreamed that he would meet Qiao Tianchao here, he thought that he had seen it wrong, stared at him, and it took a few seconds for him to wake up.

Qiao Tianchao pretended to be true and said: Cousin, I'm sorry for making you suffer.

After speaking, he hurriedly stepped forward to inspect Li Liang's injuries. An officer from the headquarters on the side hurriedly ordered his subordinates to handcuff Li Liang and said that he would treat Li Liang's injuries immediately. The colonel officer in charge of handling the case almost slapped himself in front of Qiao Tianchao.

Li Liang knew that he had been rescued. As soon as Qiao Tianchao appeared, he understood everything, this was the organization rescuing him. From the moment he was arrested, he was ready to sacrifice.

The reason why Qiao Tianchao did not pick up Li Liang that day was that the people in the garrison area still had to close the case routinely, and they had to give an explanation to the people of the Central Union, because the people were arrested by the people of the Central Union. The procedure is still indispensable, as soon as Qiao Tianchao left, the people from the headquarters invited Li Liang to the guest house.

The next day, Qiao Tianchao took the car from the military command station and picked up Li Liang from the garrison area and pulled him all the way to No. 28 Xiangmin Road. Texas can't go back, although he wasn't caught this time, but it doesn't mean that he will be safe in the future.

Qiao Tianchao waved goodbye to his comrades with tears in his eyes.