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"Oops, laughing! You're out! Liang Liqun had already circled outside the military police headquarters for a long time, and when he saw Yu Xiaoshu, he hurriedly greeted him and hugged him.

"Brother Liqun?" Yu Xiaoshu was shocked, most of the time in this half year was like a lifetime, and he was taken away together that day, he really didn't expect that the two of them would meet again one day.

"Mr. Yu, young master, this is not the place to talk, get in the car first!"

Liang Heng greeted the two people who were a little excited.

Liang Liqun pulled Yu Xiaoshu and drilled into the car.

"Go back to the mansion," Liang Heng entered the car and instructed the driver.

Liang Liqun explained to Yu Xiaoshu, "I heard that you saved my life, and my father wants to meet you." ”

"I said who has so much energy that he can lend me out of the Japanese for a day. I couldn't imagine that you scolded the Japanese that day, and I thought I would never see you again. ”

Yu Xiaoshu was deeply impressed by Liang Liqun's performance that day, although he couldn't understand Japanese, his expression could still be seen.

"Hey, I don't know why, I was so angry at that time, my mind was hot, and I thought that I wouldn't be able to live anyway, so I opened my voice and roared. How are you, how are you doing for most of the year! ”

Liang Liqun flipped Yu Xiaoshu over, "Did you hurt your muscles and bones?" ”

Yu Xiaoshu smiled, "They thought they could use it in the future, so they didn't touch me." ”

Lingliqun let out a sigh, "That's good, that's good." ”

"What about you? How are you, how can you get out of danger and go back to Shanghai after such a scolding? ”

"Hey, I'm ashamed to say that I was a classmate of the Japanese embassy in Nanjing when I was studying in Japan, and although he was not in Nanjing, the reporter who accompanied the army knew me that day. After going up the mountain, I went to Hong Kong to hide for more than half a year, and I only returned to Shanghai a few days ago. ”

"Huh? That young man, what is Huang, where is he? How's it going? ”

Liang Liqun saw Yu Xiaoshu, and remembered Huang Wuning who ran back with him to save him.

"I'm still in prison," Yu Xiaoshu sighed, "After I went in, I was detained separately, and I can't say what happened to everyone." ”

"I don't know if the news is good news, or if you reacted quickly and dragged him off the car, and then I inquired left and right, and the compatriots in those cars that day were all pulled to Yanziji and shot, and the bodies were all thrown into the river."

"I don't know what happened to Zhou Jingcheng."

"He didn't stand up in the end, and he has brains, so he should have escaped this catastrophe."

Yu Xiaoshu was speechless, nodded silently, this topic was too heavy, the car was quiet for a while, and no one spoke.

The car approached the Japanese sentry post on Sichuan Road and Bridge, and Liang Liqun patted Yu Xiaoshu's shoulder, "Sit here and don't move, the pass will be done for you." ”

Before the car arrived at the sentry post, Liang Heng and the driver got out of the car and bowed, took out the pass to negotiate with the Japanese, and after a while, they returned to the car, and the car continued to start.

"Where did the documents be issued, so powerful?"

"Hey, you don't care."

Yu Xiaoshu stretched out his hand and put it in front of Liang Liqun, "My pass, always show me a look." ”

He read the newspaper every day, and knew that the recent assassination operations against traitors and traitors in Shanghai were endless, and he only stopped for a while, and he inspected the passing vehicles, and there was no one who was not checked in detail by the Japanese army, and he had seen the pass documents of the military police headquarters, and the passers-by holding the documents of the military police headquarters were also interrogated very carefully.

He was genuinely curious.

Liang Liqun was helpless, and handed the small folding paper card to Yu Xiaoshu, which was all in Japanese, but the issuing authority was three Chinese characters, "bamboo organ".

"What kind of institution is the bamboo agency? How come you've never heard of it? ”

"I don't understand, a friend worked hard to get it!"

Yu Xiaoshu didn't ask much, Liang Chengjie is a Shanghai business tycoon, he has been famous for a long time, and only the Liang family should have such great energy to get himself out of the hands of the Japanese.

The car passed through the public concession and came to the Liang Mansion located on Aimaiyu Road in the French Concession.

Although it is in the bustling city center, it is a quiet place.

The three of them got out of the car, and Liang Xinyi was waiting in the front hall.

"Are you Yu Xiaoshu?"

"Hello Miss Liang!"

"Let's go back, go back!" Liang Liqun saw that Liang Xinyi was about to stop talking again, and hurriedly pulled Yu Xiaoshu upstairs.

"Seeing me is like seeing a ghost," Liang Xinyi was annoyed, "Uncle Heng, is this the person the master made an appointment?" ”

"That's right, I heard that it was this Mr. Yu who saved the young master."

"Looks pretty good."

"Yes, my bearing is good, when I came out of the Japanese military police headquarters, I still had a straight waist, and my face did not change when I saw the Japanese, which is rare."

"I heard, it's the military intelligence officer of the national government? I was arrested by the Japanese army for more than half a year, and I didn't surrender to Japan? ”

"I don't know this, listening to him talk to the young master, I should have known each other before, eighty percent, it's a colleague."

"Yu Xiaoshu." Liang Xinyi repeated the name silently, and also walked upstairs.

"Please sit," Liang Chengjie shook hands with Yu Xiaoshu, sat on the sofa first, and looked at the young man carefully.

"To be able to return to Nanjing for the sake of the dog during the bloody battle in the dangerous city, Mr. Yu is really a noble person of my Liang family."

"Uncle has won the award, Brother Li Qun and I are half colleagues, we have always been able to talk, and I was entrusted by me to escort my little girl back to her hometown in Hunan, I am very grateful, besides, for the cause of revolution against Japan, I don't think Brother Li Qun and other comrades can be sacrificed casually."

Liang Chengjie nodded approvingly, "I have been detained by the gendarmerie for more than half a year, and I can still have such a good conversation, and it is said that Huangpu is talented, which is really worthy of its reputation." ”

"I'm ashamed, Xiaoshu is the sixth phase of the Huangpu telecommunications student team that entered the 15th year of the Republic of China, and I was fortunate to listen to the lecture given by Mr. in Huangpu in Guangzhou, "The Similarities and Differences between Marxism and Sun Wenism".

"Oh?" Liang Chengjie was obviously happy, "I can't imagine that more than ten years have passed, and there are still people who remember my lecture." ”

"Mr.'s lecture was clear and simple, everyone was very impressed, and many students were more determined to believe in the revolution because of this lecture!"

"Really?" Liang Chengjie's eyes lit up, this meeting was completely sudden for Yu Xiaoshu, so it was impossible for him to prepare in advance, so the above words should be sincere, and he also felt quite moved.

"I still want to thank you, so many years have passed, I myself am busy every day, I have lost a little academic enthusiasm back then, I didn't expect it to affect some young people, in the sixteenth year of the Republic of China, some people also made a fuss about my speech at that time, saying that I publicly propagated communism. Now it seems that the truth is becoming clearer and clearer, and it can affect you, and I still do my part for the national revolution! ”

"Mr. Liang spoke highly of Marxism at that time, and it is normal to have such a misunderstanding, and I don't know how to view communism today."

"Communism is just a castle in the air, more than ten years ago, I was also depressed for the future of the country, so I worked hard to study it, and now it seems that the Three People's Principles are the right way for China. It's really hard to look back on. ”

"Mr. Liang is so humble, you joined the League of the Founding Fathers Organization on the day of studying in Japan, when the Founding Fathers stood on the side of Soviet Russia and urged the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, Mr. Liang's speech cleared the clouds for China's future, and really gave many students new inspiration!"

"You life-saver, you really can talk!"

Liang Chengjie glanced at Liang Liqun.

Although it was the first time they met, the three of them talked lightly and happily, and they all laughed.

In the midst of this laughter, Liang Xinyi sneaked in and sat in the corner of the sofa.

"You're talking about the Three People's Principles, I heard you!"

Liang Xinyi grinned, as if she had always sat still.

"Sister Liang Xinyi!" Liang Liqun had to introduce it again, and he couldn't get rid of this ghost clever sister anywhere.

Shicai didn't have time to greet in detail at the door, so he was lazy. I always hear Brother Li Qun talk about you, I have admired you for a long time, a top student of Fudan University! ”

"Hey, what is high and low, now that the school has moved away, I'm just a can't graduate!"

Liang Xinyi said something, and everyone laughed again.

"Eh, Mr. Yu, just now you said that you entrusted my brother to send your daughter, are you married? How is the family? ”

"Xinyi, why are you so rude?" Liang Chengjie found Yu Xiaoshu to have something to say, the conversation had not officially started, and as soon as Liang Xinyi appeared, the topic began to deviate.

"If you want a revolution and a life, a loyal revolutionary like Mr. Yu must be a good father and husband in life! I'm just curious, revolutionaries are all over the world, what to do in their own homes! ”

Yu Xiaoshu said, "Don't get in the way, it's okay to talk about it, the little girl is three years old this year, her mother is not there, it was too chaotic during the war, and I have a lot of things, for safety, I can only send her back to my aunt's house in Hunan first." ”

Liang Liqun glanced at Liang Xinyi, but Liang Xinyi's mouth was faster than his eyes, "Let my brother, a careless ghost, send the child, you don't worry, what about Mrs. Sister-in-law?" ”

"As far as you talk a lot, Xiaoshu finally came to the house today, you are here to do an investigation!" Seeing Yu Xiaoshu's embarrassed face, Liang Liqun secretly blamed Liang Xinyi for being troublesome, and hurriedly played a round.

Yu Xiaoshu smiled awkwardly, he didn't say it, in fact, he didn't know where to start, the relationship between the couple was not good after marriage, two years ago, Mrs. Yu got the opportunity, left her husband and daughter, and went to the United States to study, and has not been heard from since.

"Hey, now that the country has reached such a crisis, for a responsible man, of course, state affairs are more important than family affairs, and you are a real hero when you were arrested by the Japanese for the sake of the country. Unlike some people, they go to Hong Kong to talk about girlfriends! Liang Xinyi looked at Liang Liqun.

Liang Liqun rolled his eyes in anger.

"Haha, Miss Liang, don't say that, everyone is fighting for China, a group of us died in Nanjing at that time, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, in fact, if it weren't for Brother Li Qun angrily denouncing the Japanese at the scene of the massacre, we would be two ghosts under Huangquan today!"

"Backbone!"

Liang Xinyi stretched out her big finger at Liang Liqun.

"You, you, Brother Yu, he didn't know what happened to us that day, he was abducted by my prospective brother-in-law, don't be like her." Liang Liqun knew that Liang Xinyi was sarcastically asking him to go to work at the Municipal Office again.

"What quasi-brother-in-law, what quasi-brother-in-law I don't know yours!"

mentioned Zhao Xing'an, Liang Xinyi was unhappy again.

"Okay, Xinyi, don't make trouble, you and Liqun go out, I have something to say to Mr. Yu!"

Liang Chengjie saw that Liang Xinyi's gag was not like words, so he could only stop it.

"I still have a lot of questions for Mr. Yu, hey, what are you doing!"

"Didn't you hear your father? Don't go yet! Liang Liqun pulled Liang Xinyi out.

As soon as Liang Xinyi left, the world suddenly became much cleaner.

"The little girl is a complete patriot, and his brother just went to work in the Shanghai Municipal Office, and she was not satisfied and smiled."

Liang Chengjie took care of him in advance, and he wanted to talk to Yu Xiaoshu alone for a while, so there were no more idle servants in the house.

"Mr. Yu, I want to say a few words to you alone, I will ask Liqun to avoid it, you know, my son is big-mouthed and confused, and there are some things to talk about between the two of us."

"What do you say," Yu Xiaoshu realized something and straightened up.

"You must wonder how I can have such great energy to get you out of the Japanese military police headquarters."

Liang Chengjie picked up the teapot, and Yu Xiaoshu hurriedly took it over and added tea for the two of them.

"Now Shanghai, is the world of the Japanese, they control most of Shanghai, the concession has become an isolated island, although at present due to the forces of European and American countries, do not dare to openly provoke the concession, but have exerted a lot of pressure on all aspects, my Upper East enterprises, is currently being seized in batches by them looking for excuses, look at the current situation, if you do not make some concessions, will soon be collapsed by the Japanese."

"So, sir, you cooperated with Japan?"

"No," Liang Chengjie paused for a moment, "Not yet." ”

"However, since the fall of Shanghai, I was entrusted by Mr. Du and the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce to stay here to sort out the situation, and the Japanese have never given up their intention to force me to cooperate."

"To be honest, I've been hesitating in my heart."

Liang Chengjie stood up and paced back and forth.

"I don't have many choices, either leave Shanghai and go to the East remotely, in fact, it is almost the same as giving up decades of struggle, I have been in business for decades, to get to where I am now, and openly support the national government, the industry will definitely be confiscated as enemy property; Either stay in Shanghai, support it and wait and see what happens. ”

"Sir's observations have come to a conclusion?"

"Yes, I'll tell you my conclusion now, and this conclusion has something to do with you."

"In fact, our predicament is somewhat similar, for example, because you wanted to save Liqun, you failed to get out of Nanjing and fell into the hands of the Japanese, even if you were detained by the military police headquarters for so long, you did not fall into the water."

"And my husband stayed in Shanghai for the sake of the Upper East industry, and now he has not chosen to cooperate with the Japanese."

"Yes, it's wrong."

"I stayed in Shanghai, not entirely for the sake of the Upper East, for my personal name, for the sake of my life, for the country and the nation, it is difficult to take righteousness!"

Liang Chengjie sighed deeply.

"At the beginning of the August 13 Shanghai War, everyone was observing, thinking that like the 128 War, it would end quickly, so that most private enterprises did not respond to the call of the national government to move inward, if Japan can withdraw in a short time, the cost of being a righteous and awe-inspiring national hero will be very low, but now the war has lasted for a year, the capital has fallen, North China has lost, the national army has been defeated and retreated, and seeing that the war cannot be ended in a year or two, everyone's mentality has changed."

"When I stayed here, I also thought of the possibility that if we all withdrew, Shanghai's economy and financial industry would inevitably fall into the hands of the Japanese, and the unfavorable situation of the war and the arrival of the stalemate stage would inevitably lead to the emergence of a large number of rebellious speculators, and at that time, the national government would completely lose its economic control over the occupied areas. Without economic control, it is so difficult to regain lost territory by force! ”

Yu Xiaoshu was silent, these words sounded a bit like a traitor and traitor, but if you listen carefully, it seems to make some sense, in the current situation, if a patriotic industrialist and financier like Liang Chengjie still adheres to the attitude of refusing to cooperate with Japan. What awaits them is indeed only extinction.

Yu Xiaoshu is a pragmatist, and has always had little confidence in people's passion and beliefs, as long as this situation continues, a large number of Japanese agents and agents will emerge to completely replace patriotic businessmen like Liang Chengjie to manipulate Shanghai's economy.

He personally experienced the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, and in terms of the quality of soldiers, weapons and equipment, logistical support, and military industry, China, which is poor and weak, does have a considerable gap with Japan, and the patriotic spirit and bloody flesh cannot make up for the huge gap between this in a short period of time.

"I, Liang Chengjie, grew up in the late Qing Dynasty, studied in Japan, followed Mr. Sun, joined the League, and I am confident that there are few people who love the Republic of China more deeply than me, but there are few people who see Europe and the United States, and even Soviet Russia and Japan more than me. I think you'll understand my next choice. ”

"What Mr. said is that the city of Nanjing fell, those who remained in the city of Nanjing, and fought to the death with the Japanese, were all people from various countries, consulates and embassies of various countries evacuated Nanjing, although the Japanese army had scruples, but it was not strongly resisted by various countries, the interests of the war are fought out by real swords and guns, and all countries will think about themselves and count on the mediation of various countries, and they will never really end the war."

"You're right, I managed to see you today, with my own selfishness. You saved Liqun, I repeatedly heard Liqun mention you, he is really grateful to you, back to Shanghai to the present ten days, from the moment he got your news, he vowed to save your life, for this matter, he spent on various places not to mention, every day at dawn, he ran to the gendarmerie headquarters to dredge, every day like this, people have lost a lot of weight. ”

"At the same time, when I see you, I also have my public heart, I always hope that you are a Whampoa student and a national elite, just as you firmly thought that Liqun should not be sacrificed in vain, and I don't want you to sacrifice in vain today, when the nation is in danger, it is also my wish to save a seed of struggle for the country."

"Sir, you hope that I will not refuse to cooperate with the Japanese?"

"Xiao Shu, this time I can transfer you out of the military police headquarters to meet, not by gold and silver, but by your own value, the outbreak of the Songhu War of Resistance has been a full year, and it has reached a critical moment, the Japanese need me to work for them, stabilize the economy of Shanghai, and also need you to work for them, establish an intelligence agency attached to them, for this value, although we refuse to cooperate, but we have also survived without danger until now."

"However, this situation will soon come to an end, and I will give you the news that a retired old gentleman, who is much older than me, may come forward to cooperate with Japan and become the head of the Shanghai Municipal Government; According to the news from Li Qun, during his stay in Hong Kong, a large number of former members of the Military Command Bureau left the organization, and their lives were unsustainable, and they constantly sought channels of contact with the Japanese, and there were already very important figures who expressed their desire to cooperate with the Japanese. ”

Yu Xiaoshu was silent, judging from the general trend of the Anti-Japanese War in China, it has indeed reached a critical point in the contest of interests and people's hearts.

"On the Japanese side, the plan of using Chinese to govern the Chinese is also stepping up implementation, and this time the military police command ordered you to let you out to see me is a high-level organization that has just been established, with the participation of the Japanese Ministry of Army, the Ministry of the Navy, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and is called the Special Committee on China of the General Staff of the Japanese Army's Base Camp."

Codename...... Bamboo traps? ”

"Yes, judging from the composition of this agency, you also know how much Japan attaches importance to intelligence work against China, and you must have heard about the person in charge of this agency."

Yu Xiaoshu didn't speak, and the names of countless heads of Japanese military intelligence agencies flashed over and over in his mind.

"Is it?"

"That's right, Japanese Army Lieutenant General Kenji Dohihara."

The Huanggutun Incident, the 918 Incident, the establishment of Manchukuo, and the planning of the autonomy of the five provinces in North China...... In the intelligence work of the government and Japan, this is an unavoidable and thunderous name, is it really him?

"Kenji Dohihara is the head of this agency, Yukio Takeuchi of the General Staff of the Base Camp, and Hengtaro Tani of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have all participated in the operation of this agency, including Yutaka Uchino, who is in daily contact with you, and he is now the head of the Special High Section of the Japanese Military Police Headquarters in Shanghai, and he is also an assistant to Yukio Takeuchi."

"The intelligence I have gathered is that the Japanese army is about to launch a greater offensive in the autumn, and whether it is the new government in Shanghai or the subsidiary of the intelligence agency against China, it will be established in the next step, and there is not much time left for us."

Yu Xiaoshu waited with bated breath.

"The industries in the Upper East have been frozen one after another, although this is irrelevant to the overall situation of anti-Japanese resistance, but in a small way, it still affects the capital turnover of a series of anti-Japanese organizations. I'm not going to let this continue. ”

"What is Upper East doing now?"

"Yes, the Upper East has a series of accounts that act as underground coffers for the treasury, and I have to make a decision to cover their long-term existence."

"I invite you here this time, and I also have something to discuss with you. At present, Uchino Fengxun has found an intelligence agent under Xu Enzeng, whose name is Shi Bingnan, I heard that he is very capable, and intends to use Shi Bingnan as the core to prepare for the establishment of a new intelligence agency. It's just that Shi Bingnan's rank in the original government intelligence agency is too low, so he has not acted for a long time. And this Shi Bingnan urgently needs a defector with a certain status and identity to support him. This time you were able to get out of prison smoothly, except for Liqun running before and after, he contributed the most, and the documents of the bamboo organ were also issued through him. If possible, I can arrange for you to meet with Shi Bingnan, and through his cooperation with Yutaka Uchino, you may be able to get ahead of the others and establish a pseudo-intelligence agency with the support of Japan. I have a hunch that in the future, it may become a major part of the puppet regime supported by Japan. ”

Liang Chengjie looked at Yu Xiaoshu, "I think this is a rare and good opportunity, you can break into Japan's core intelligence department, if you develop smoothly, it is not impossible to become a leader in a certain aspect of the puppet government in the future, then when the time comes, not only can you restrain the enemy's actions, but also obtain important information and make greater contributions to the revolution." ”

"However, I don't have any official background. This is just a suggestion, for you personally, this is a very high price, you will be misunderstood and spurned by friends, the public, all mouths of money, accumulation of bones, in case you and I sacrifice, can not wait for the day of victory, maybe we will be national scum and never be able to turn over. And, one day, after you really have great power and wealth, you will be able to stick to your heart, which is also something I'm not sure about. I don't know if you think my idea is feasible? ”

Yu Xiaoshu was surprised, with decades of hard work for the commercial results, for the Ministry of Finance as an underground treasury for capital exchanges, such a matter of important information related to the life of the family, related to the future of the Anti-Japanese War, Liang Chengjie actually got out of his ignorant life, how can he live up to such a trust?

"Mr. just said that it is easy to sacrifice one's life for one's own name, and it is difficult to take righteousness for the sake of the country and the nation. Xiaoshu is willing to advance in the face of difficulties! ”

His eyes moistened.

"When you say this, a big stone in my heart is put down. As long as you don't die, I believe that one day, you will be worthy of the land that raised 40,000,000 compatriots across the country. ”

Listening to Liang Chengjie's statement, Yu Xiaoshu's blood boiled, a rare opportunity to break into the Japanese puppet regime from the source of creation, and finally grasp the economic and intelligence lifeline of the occupied areas. This is a seemingly fantastical fantasy, the slightest carelessness will break the bones, and may even fall under the guns of one's own people, and no one asks them to do so. There is only a little hope for Liang Chengjie.

"Li Qun doesn't know these things, he has a lively nature, although people are kind, but they can't make these decisions, therefore, I hope you understand that at all times, to anyone, to any doubts, misunderstandings, criticisms and accusations, and to today's events, you must remain silent."

"Students understand!" I don't know when Yu Xiaoshu's scattered heart has gradually begun to cheer up, this Whampoa student who has only listened to Liang Chengjie's lecture already feels that the person opposite, although he is old, still has a resolute and youthful atmosphere that only belonged to the early days of the Republic of China twenty years ago.

"This fantasy of mine can't even be called a plan, and I hope you will be especially careful, especially with the intelligence agencies of the government, and don't reveal the news until they find a completely safe channel. Too many people and insufficient conviction are taboos for intelligence agencies. ”

"Mr. Liang, don't worry, your hard work today will not be in vain!"

"Then that's all I said, I know that you have registered a southeast trading company in Shanghai before, this company has always been an empty shell, in order to cover in the future, I will introduce Wang Shouchun, the financial director of the Upper East, to you, and he will help you do the accounts, move funds, if necessary, this company can be used as your cover. Shou Chun has been with me for more than 20 years, is my trusted old friend, he is skilled, absolutely nothing will go wrong, if you have any financial needs, funds, logistics are provided by me, any need can come to me. ”

"Sir trusts me so much, I don't know what to say."

Yu Xiaoshu never expected that today's conversation would end like this.

At noon, Yu Xiaoshu and the Liang brothers and sisters accompanied Liang Chengjie to have a sumptuous family banquet, everyone talked and laughed, Liang Xinyi still kept making jokes about Liang Liqun and setting Yu Xiaoshu's words, while Liang Liqun was cautiously probing, and hoped with a sad face that Yu Xiaoshu would not be stunned and fight against the Japanese, and lost his life in vain.

And Yu Xiaoshu talked and laughed, making this table like a spring breeze.

Full of wine and food, still accompanied by Liang Liqun and Liang Heng, he got into the car back to the Japanese military police headquarters.

He knew that Yutaka Uchino was waiting for him.

He also knew that he didn't have to die, but he didn't know how to live in the future.