Chapter 20: A Mysterious Disappearance
The weather at the beginning of September is still a little hot in summer. As soon as October begins, the sky is high and cloudy, which is very different from summer. The begonia trees in the courtyard are also swaying with the autumn wind. Yin Cheng must have instructed Ziyun to make a pot of good tea every day, sit quietly under the begonia flower tree, taste the fragrance of tea, and appreciate the letter from Tong Mingyuan. In fact, there is not much content in the letter, only that everything is fine, so that Yin Cheng can take care of his body. A letter to the family, Yin Cheng cherished. Just wanted to ask Ziyun to put it away for her, but when she turned her head, the person disappeared. Yin Cheng had no choice but to put it away by himself. Lifting his feet again, Ziyun stood beside Yin Cheng again, still holding the gift in his arms. Yin Cheng was puzzled, so he asked why.
Ziyun was a little hesitant and said, "It was sent by the third miss, and the third miss also said that she hoped that the young lady could forgive her." ”
Tong Wanjing's behavior surprised Yin Cheng, they were a family, and it was difficult to be gracious, so Yin Cheng let Ziyun put them in the matching room.
Compared with the tranquility here in Yin Cheng, Tong Mingyuan and his party who are far away in Guangdong are indeed frightened and cautious everywhere.
Guangzhou, Room 2011, 2nd Floor, Nebula Hotel
In 2011, everyone gathered in the room. Through the window of this room, you can see the bustling streetscape. But the scene was blocked by a thin layer of gauze curtains. Liu Yanche played with the wine glass with his left hand, and gently lifted the corner of the gauze curtain with his right hand, as if he was observing something. Wang Yuwan has already changed out of her favorite Western dress and put on a cheongsam with a very oriental beauty. According to Wang Fugui, the significance of this cheongsam is extraordinary, and he deliberately saved money to buy it for Wang Yuwan, but according to Wang Yuwan, when he wore this cheongsam, he was laughed at by Wang Fugui. Suddenly, Liu Yanche "shhh ”
All of a sudden, everyone gathered in front of this small window. There was an endless stream of pedestrians on the street, and I saw a man in a black trench coat calmly walking down the bustling street. From time to time, the man looked behind him, as if there was some secret. Wang Yuwan quickly opened the map and quickly explained the terrain around here. After finishing speaking, Wang Yuwan assigned: "Tong Mingyuan, Liu Yanche, you block him from behind, Wang Fugui and I take a detour to intercept him from the front." Wang Yuwan closed the map and said, "Let's start acting!" With that, the four of them went their separate ways.
Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche went downstairs first, walked briskly, and quietly followed behind the person. Wang Yuwan and Wang Fugui went out from the back door of the hotel and walked along a small street. The sister and brother were walking briskly, and at the fork in the road ahead, Wang Fugui stopped and said, "Sister, which direction to go?" ”
Wang Yuwan also wanted to ask this question, but Wang Fugui took the lead. Wang Yuwan smiled awkwardly and said, "Brother, sister doesn't know." Wang Fugui was speechless for a moment, sighed, and said, "Sister, didn't you look at the map just now?" How could you not know! ”
Wang Yuwan glanced at Wang Fugui, and with the memory just now, he walked straight, ignoring Wang Fugui's surprise behind him. After waiting for Wang Fugui to catch up, the two sisters and brothers walked briskly again. When the two arrived at the meeting place, the man in the black trench coat, Tong Mingyuan, and Liu Yanche were gone. The two were very puzzled, and carefully looked for some clues on the ground, but unfortunately there were no traces. Wang Fugui said loudly: "It's just gone? ”
Wang Yuwan was also puzzled, and finally patted Wang Fugui on the shoulder and said, go back! The two had no choice but to go back to the hotel and report the news to Liu Chang.
The crowd was crowded, and on the corner of the busy street, the man in the black trench coat quietly watched the two of them.
It's been a long time, and Shanghai is just repeating that we must find someone as soon as possible and complete the task. The task is simple, but it is a little difficult to find ....... On this day, Wang Fugui held the telegram just sent from Shanghai in his hand, looked depressed, and said to Wang Yuwan: "Sister, it's still the same sentence, and there is nothing else. Wang Yuwan raised her head from the document, looked at Wang Fugui and said, "Or, let's go and find it?" ”
Wang Fugui glanced at Wang Yuwan, recalling that in the past few days, this urban area has been turned around three times, and there is no trace at all, and twice they were treated as Huazi and given them a piece of ocean. The "hard work" in the past few days made Wang Fugui feel very uncomfortable, so when he heard Wang Yuwan's suggestion again, Wang Fugui instinctively shook his head. It's just that too many protests and objections have been expressed, and none of them exist in Wang Yuwan, and soon, Wang Fugui was escorted out by Wang Yuwan and continued to look for the two of them along the street that he had walked three times.
When the owner of the dress shop opposite the hotel saw Wang Yuwan's sister and brother, he said, "You two are going out!" ”
"Hmm."
"Here's a letter to you." So saying, he gave the letter to the two of them. Wang Yuwan quickly opened the envelope and browsed quickly. After reading it, a pair of eyes with coldness approached the owner of the dress shop and said, "Who gave this to you?" When, what did I say to you. It's better to tell the truth, otherwise, your life will not be saved. ”
Wang Fugui quietly observed the boss's expression, and saw that he was calm and calm, without the slightest change in demeanor. The boss smiled and smiled at Wang Yuwan: "Miss is so courageous, let me open my eyes." ”
Wang Yuwan smiled lightly, walked up to the man, and said, "Sir, although I couldn't take a photo a few days ago, the smell of ink on this body makes me dare not forget it for the rest of my life!" ”
"Oh?" Wang Yuwan's words seemed to arouse the man's great interest, "Miss, how do you say this?" ”
"Sir, when I intercepted that day, although my brother and I arrived a little late, but the smell of ink on the side of the road was very great, I think you and the two of them have already dealt with each other, and it has lasted for a while, when I searched these days, I didn't care about this dress shop, because I think this is opposite the hotel, you will not blatantly hide the two of them here, but the next morning reminded me of a sentence."
The corners of the man's mouth rose, he was very satisfied with Wang Yuwan's words, and took Wang Yuwan's words, "The most dangerous place is the safest place." ”
As Wang Yuwan expected, that day before Wang Yuwan and the two arrived. He did detain Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche in the basement of this dress shop. In the past few days, he has followed behind the two sisters and brothers, observing all the way, and has not found any clues that Wang Yuwan or Wang Fugui have discovered, unless it is the first time he has been discovered, or these two are too well hidden. Wang Yuwan spent a long time talking and her throat was dry, so she understood Wang Fugui with her eyes and continued to talk to him. Wang Fugui nodded and said, "Then this big brother, can you tell me, where did you buy that black windbreaker?" I don't look bad. ”
The man was confused by Wang Fugui's nonsensical words, and the man had no choice but to say: "Little brother, every clothing store in Guangzhou sells them." ”
"No, no, no, I just want to know where you got this from?"
"I bought it from a dress shop ten meters ahead."
Listening to what the man said, Wang Fugui nodded, pulled up Wang Yuwan, who was drinking water, and said, "Sister, go and buy that black windbreaker with me." ”
Wang Yuwan looked helpless and puzzled, the matter was about to come to an eyebrow, but she was interrupted by Wang Fugui, and when she was about to speak, she was blocked by Wang Fugui. After walking out of the store five meters away, Wang Fugui whispered in her ear: "Sister, I suspect that he has two strongholds, and just now in the store, there are four people with guns, if you continue to talk about it, I'm afraid you and I will die there." ”
Wang Yuwan also understood that as soon as she entered the house, she discovered this secret, but she didn't understand what Wang Fugui said that there were two strongholds, and she didn't understand it before she asked, but it had been explained by Wang Fugui, according to his observation, the dress shop ten meters away was the most depressed one in the city, and the black windbreaker that person was wearing was not the goods that the store could enter at all. It is clear that he inadvertently leaked important information in his answer to Wang Fugui's question.
Wang Fugui's explanation made Wang Yuwan even more confused. Wang Fugui looked at Wang Yuwan's puzzled eyes, sighed hatefully, and said, "Sister, you still graduated from West Point Military Academy, why don't you have any logic!" With that, he took her to the clothing store.
As soon as you enter the store, you will be greeted by the fragrance of flowers, which is also mixed with the familiar smell of the two. Wang Yuwan and Wang Fugui smiled heartily and walked straight to the owner of the store. Wang Yuwan watched everywhere, and Wang Fugui described the appearance of the trench coat to the boss. Ask him if he has any such clothes. The boss was embarrassed: "Childe, there are such clothes, but they are all covered." I'm afraid I can't sell it to you. ”
Wang Fugui nodded thoughtfully and said, "Boss, how much did you get into this black windbreaker?" ”
"This ......" the boss was very puzzled and a little hesitant, "this is confidential, I can't tell you." ”
Wang Fugui smiled slyly, put his arms around the boss's neck, and finally got other news besides the price. According to the owner, the shop had been bought, and a secret room had been carved out behind the fitting room to prevent anyone from entering.
After listening to the boss's words, Wang Fugui was more sure of the speculation in his heart, and Wang Fugui said to the boss: "Boss, this is a secret between us." After speaking, he stuffed a gold bar into the boss's hand, and then he called Wang Yuwan and went back to the hotel together.
When she returned to the house, Wang Yuwan still didn't understand. Wang Yuwan looked at Wang Fugui, who was taking off his coat, and asked, "What's going on, tell me quickly." ”
Wang Fugui was unhurried, and did not take into account Wang Yuwan's urgent mood at all. Wang Fugui took off his coat, poured a glass of water, and said while drinking: "Sister, when I first found that person a few days ago, I found that he was covering the store we just went to, and when we arrived there, the ink smell was very strong, indicating that that person must have brought Mingyuan and Yanche into that store." Just now I threatened and bribed the boss, and he told me that there is a secret room in this store, and ah, he himself originally opened a clothing store, so why bother to go to another store to buy clothes. ”
Wang Yuwan nodded, patted his head, and said, "Brother, I didn't expect you to observe very carefully." So what are you going to do? ”
Wang Fugui smiled mysteriously and said, "I won't tell you." Then, the conversation changed and said, "Sister, I'm hungry, go buy some food!" Wang Yuwan was helpless, so she had to go downstairs alone.
Since that day, Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche got the order to intercept from behind, except for behind the hotel door, they quietly followed behind the man. Unexpectedly, because of Wang Yuwan and Wang Fugui's accident, and the underestimation of that person's strength, he and his Neiying were caught in, and it has been a long time, except for when eating, the black cloth on his eyes was removed, and the rest of the time was not covered.
On this day, there was a "squeak" at the door, and a voice came, "Take off the cloth!" As soon as the words fell, Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche felt that they had seen the light of day again. The man sat down in front of them and asked, "Say, why are you following me?"
Liu Yanche didn't say a word, and Tong Mingyuan said: "This is the task entrusted to me by the party-state. ”
"Do you know who I am?"
"Yuan Yi, director of the Guangdong Provincial Intelligence Bureau."
"Your Excellency is the son of Tong Zheng, the commander of the Shanghai Army, Tong Mingyuan, and the other should be Liu Yanche, the son of Liu Chang, the mayor of Shanghai!"
Liu Yanche laughed dryly and said; "Mr. Yuan has good eyesight."
Yuan Yi waved his hand and told them all to go out. Then he untied the rope for Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche, and took them to the tunnel behind the secret room. The tunnel was brightly lit, and it must have been taken care of by someone on a regular basis. After a while, we arrived at the exit. Yuan Yi pushed open the door, and what appeared in front of him was a neat house. Books, newspapers and periodicals were very neat, and after the three of them entered, a red Communist Party flag was clearly hung on the wall, and Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yan were dumbfounded. Yuan Yi disagreed, and said, "What, I'm surprised!" I didn't expect that the head of the Guangdong Provincial Intelligence Section was the Communist Party! ”
Tong Mingyuan quickly came back to his senses from surprise and said, "What is your purpose?" ”
"The purpose? Now that you have seen the situation in China, it is imperative for our two parties to cooperate......"
Before Yuan Yi finished speaking, Liu Yanche spoke: "You want us to be the same as you?" Can you tell us why? ”
"Yes," Yuan Yi said freely, "First, I appreciate your talent and loyalty to the organization, and second, you are all members of high-ranking officials' families, and the information you have must be unknown to us." We need both of you to help. Yuan Yi looked at Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche as if he was suspicious, so he added: "Don't worry, I have already reported to the organization, and if you are willing, they will agree to join the party." ”
Tong Mingyuan and Liu Yanche didn't know what to do, and hesitated: "Let's think about it later." ”
"Okay."
"But you're going to let us go."
"That's fine."