After Shen Yigong went upstairs, he hesitated for a moment in front of the door, raised his hand and knocked.

"Come in." Xu Ruonong's voice came from the study.

When he entered, he saw Xu Ruonong sitting on the sofa in a depressed mood. When he saw that the people had come in, he looked up and asked, "The people are gone?" ”

"Gone."

Xu Ruonong sighed. Shen Yigong was wondering whether to ask who it was, but he heard Xu Ruonong speak first: "Xiao Wei can also be regarded as a comrade who has worked in Jiangsu and Zhejiang for many years, he is not very old, but he has a lot of experience in underground work against the enemy. ”

"He just ...... like this"

"We had a little bit of friction." Xu Ruonong covered his forehead and felt helpless, "I hope he can be more aware of the current struggle situation in Shanghai, and be wary of some strangers around him." But there are some things that can not be just talked about, especially feelings, and it is a waste and blasphemy to talk about feelings in the same way that you engage in politics and struggle. But our work does not allow for the face of love in the same way as ordinary people. ”

He looked very embarrassed, raised his hand and motioned for Shen Yigong to sit down, and said, "Before Mr. Huo contacted you to come to me, I actually had other important things to complete when I returned to Shanghai." ”

"What is it?"

Xu Ruonong showed a rare smile on his face: "Get married." ”

This surprised Shen Yigong.

The man said, "You heard me right, I came back to Shanghai on New Year's Day to marry my wife." We have known each other for five years and she is a very elegant and intellectual woman. I am very touched that she can always wait for me and love me. Her only wish is that we can get married, I love her very much, Shen Yigong, so even if the crisis in Shanghai was not completely resolved on New Year's Day, I still asked Huo Zuo to come. ”

"If that's the case, the organization theoretically didn't want you to go back to Shanghai at that time."

"It's not just that I don't like to go back to Shanghai, but likewise, the organization doesn't agree with Mr. Huo's request." Xu Ruonong said this, but he still smiled happily, "There is a high probability that I will disappear into this world immediately because of contact with Huo Zuo." But for the sake of that small result, I can give the woman I love a wedding, a promise, a result. ”

He said.

"I willingly."

Even if the iron-clad heroes are not afraid of death, there will be tenderness in the end.

"She looked so beautiful in her bridal dress, a beauty that I will never forget in my life. But that's all I can give. I told her I still had a job to do and that I was going to settle down...... I'll go back to her. ”

"Does she know you're still in Shanghai?"

Xu Ruonong shook his head: "You can't let her know, otherwise she will be in danger." Even if I got married, it was held in secret, and I didn't dare to let more people know about my relationship with her. ”

Shen Yigong admired his affection and bravery, and also felt sorry for this relationship that could not be above board. He thought of Xiao Wei who had just left, and was slightly confused: "Does what you said have anything to do with the quarrel just now?" ”

"Yes. Because of women, because of love. I know it's not convincing enough to say this when even I can't help myself, but for men, love can be both a motivation and a weakness. Too many men have lived for women and have lost their lives after living for women. Xu Ruonong said, "And now, the [Harmony] Government of the Central Government of the Nation has specially cultivated a group of women who aim for men's lives. From what information I have so far, at least three female agents have returned to Shanghai. ”

"What do you mean......"

Xu Ruonong's eyes became stern: "One of them, I suspect is the woman I met with Xiao Wei in the café a few days ago. ”

He told Shen Yigong that a few days ago, when Xiao Wei was about to leave after connecting with his comrades in a café, he accidentally knocked a lady's handbag to the ground, and when he picked it up for the other party, the other party's eyes made him unforgettable for a while. Yesterday, by chance, they met again in the bookstore, and it turned out that the girl they met by chance at the café lived near his house.

And what he just said obviously shrouded this encounter, which originally sounded extremely romantic, with an eerie atmosphere.

"Does that require me to investigate deeply?"

Xu Ruonong stopped: "Don't use it for the time being." There's an important meeting here tomorrow night, and you're mainly responsible for the pick-up and protection of the comrades. The status of the few people who came in the organization is very important, and the security work must be done well this time, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Understood."

After the man said this, he waved his hand to signal that Shen Yigong could go out.

When Shen Yigong got up to leave, he watched the other party walk back to the desk, opened a book from the scattered materials on the table, took out the photo sandwiched inside, and looked at it quietly for a long time. From afar, the photo shows a young woman wearing flowers on her head.

That's about Xu Ruonong's wife.

He closed the door softly, no more bothering.

Before leaving the apartment, Xu Ruonong handed him an envelope with the addresses of the people to be picked up the next night. Shen Yigong got a foreign coachman again, and according to the address in the envelope, from four o'clock in the afternoon of the next day, one by one received Wangdri.

It was cloudy from the morning, with dark clouds, humid air, and thunder. By noon, the rain was falling heavily. Shen Yigong wore a robe, and ran briskly in the rain curtain.

Because of the rain, it got dark quickly, there were eight people on the list, and the meeting time was 6 p.m. On rainy days, Shen Yigong didn't dare to run too fast, people came and went, and several major roads were congested. By six o'clock, there were only three participants, and the fourth Shen Yigong was still on the way to pull the cart.

The fourth, who lives in Yangpu, came down from upstairs, looked at the thunderstorm that was falling rapidly, and snorted softly.

"It's weather."

This man wore a shirt with khaki cargo pants, held a black briefcase in his hand, and when he got into Shen Yigong's rickshaw, he said unhurriedly in an official dialect with a Sichuan accent: "You pull carefully, safety first, don't fall." ”

Shen Yigong saw that although he was short, there was a spirit between his eyebrows and eyes, and he nodded with him when he heard the words: "Don't worry, my steps are steady." ”

It took at least half an hour to run from Yangpu to Wangdri, and following the car driving on the left, Shen Yigong wiped the water on his face, secretly feeling a little anxious.

When he was about to reach Gordon Road, he saw that the road in front of him was a little blocked, and turned back to apologize to the gentleman in the car: "I didn't expect this weather to delay your meeting today." ”

The person in the car waved his hand: "It's okay. Don't worry. ”

Shen Yigong pulled the car around the car in front of him, and when he was about to find a shortcut into the alley, a small car rushed out of the alley recklessly. He hurriedly grabbed the car and avoided it, and by the time he reacted, the car had already entered the mainstream of traffic.

The spring rain was finely pressed down and poured straight into the man's neck, which was wrapped in a robe. Shen Yigong ignored the car for the time being, avoided it and continued to look at Wangdri, but when he was about to feel the door, the person in the car suddenly stopped him.

"You wait."

Shen Yigong hurriedly stopped: "What's wrong?" ”

"What license plate was that car just now?"

“…… Yellow! ”

"You put me down."

As soon as he said this, Shen Yigong hurriedly pulled out an umbrella from under the car to support him. The man stepped out of the rickshaw with his briefcase, and his face, which was originally unhurried, finally showed a moment of vigilance. He took out a gun from his bag and secretly stuffed it into Shen Yigong's hand: "Go and see, do a good job...... Worst-case scenario. ”

As soon as these words came out, Shen Yigong's heart sank for a while. He nodded, tucked his gun into his coat, and walked briskly towards 1067 Wangdri.

Narrow alleys, rainy, dark clouds.

The buildings on the left and right are eerily quiet for some reason. Shen Yi stomped on the water pit and approached the door of the apartment.

In front of the big iron door downstairs of the apartment, Shen Yigong stretched out his hand and touched it gently, and the door was pushed open with a "creak". A smell of blood rushed towards him. Shen Yigong's hand holding the gun clenched tighter, and he raised his hand to tear open the rope that tied his coat around his neck, and the wet object fell to the ground in an instant, making a sound.

"Anyone!"

He had wanted to lure the enemy out, even if a bullet had been fired at him when the sound had just begun.

But no, there was only too heavy silence under the strong smell of blood.

Walking through the courtyard, he saw a mess of wet footprints on the steps, leaving a few blinding dark red in the middle of the many footprints. He pressed his gun and stepped up the steps, stood in the middle of the room and asked again: "Is there anyone?" ”

There was no answer.

The words that the gentleman had said before he came flooded back into Shen Yigong's mind - "Prepare for the worst." ”

He rushed up to the second floor, and his footsteps could only be heard in the entire apartment. The gentlemen who were sent before all gathered in Xu Ruonong's study for a meeting, so even if something really happened, it could only be there. He rushed over and pushed the door open - the gunshot rang out, Shen dodged the bullet with a bow against the door, fired several shots in quick succession, drew his knife and forced into the three agents left in the house.

All men, wearing the black uniform of the Politburo, one had been killed, and the other two were entangled with Shen Yigong. Shen Yigong glanced at the study, several corpses were lying across the scattered papers, blood stained the carpet red, and the room was filled with a lingering breath of death.

Only the two of them were left to attack Shen Yigong one after the other, one strangled him by the throat and knocked him to the ground, and the other pressed his arm and unloaded the arm he held the gun with. Shen Yigong could clearly feel that his hand was dislocated, but he didn't make a sound, and pulled out a knife from his waist with his backhand and cut the throat of the person on his body.

The moment the blood sprayed on his face, he slammed his head backwards, and while the other party was dizzy, he stabbed him in the throat with his left hand.

It all happened so quickly, only a few seconds before and after he entered the door, and then the victory was decided, and life and death were visible. Shen Yigong waited for the person under him to flutter a few times and lost his breath before finally dragging a dislocated hand and staggering to his feet.