Long Yun, who had a warlord-style mustache, spoke an extremely difficult to understand official dialect and introduced the people present to Chu Aiyun, a nobody.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce. This Chu Tingchang (the pseudonym he gave himself) righteous soldier is the first merit of this painful killing of the Japanese Kou's prestige, tomorrow he will go to Chongqing to meet the chairman of the committee, today we in Yunnan from all walks of life here are not only to wash the dust for him, but also to practice, but unfortunately that Ouyang righteous soldier has a gunshot wound in the foot, still needs treatment, can not meet us. ”

Speaking of Ouyang Shou, Long Yun sighed. "That flying officer Ouyang is currently being treated in the hospital, and the doctor reported in the afternoon that he is no longer in serious trouble. Come, let me introduce you, this is my brother, the commander of the First Army, Lu Han. ”

Lu Han, dressed in military uniform, stood up straight, holding a wine glass in his hand.

"As the saying goes, wine strengthens the hero's courage, and daring to kill the Japanese must be massive, Lu admires the hero's ability to enter the tiger's den alone, and he has nothing to accompany him, so he will do it first here."

Chu Aiyun hurriedly stood up and raised a glass to socialize, but he didn't expect Lu Han on the other side to raise his neck and drink dry, the other party was the commander, he couldn't help but appreciate his face, so he could only swallow this glass of wine, only feeling a fever in his throat, choking and coughing, and he couldn't think of a low degree. He reminded himself to be careful, it was too dangerous to talk indiscriminately when he was drunk.

"Hehe, it is said that Guizhou produces good wine, but in fact, the spirits in our Qianbian Yizhou are not bad, right?"

Long Yun laughed. "If you make friends, you have to make friends with me Brother Luján, what is a knife in the ribs? What is the turn of a lifetime? Long Yun said and slammed Lu Han's chest. Lu Han laughed heartily, revealing such a genuine temperament.

Chu Aiyun thought to herself, you can be happy, there are times when you cry.

"This is my other brother, Mr. Zou Ruoheng, the most famous master of national art in Yunnan. At that time, Mr. Zou and I and Lu Han followed General Cai Yi to fight against the thief Yuan Shikai, a head knocked on the ground, formed a brother with a different surname, and later Brother Zou was unfortunately injured in Cotton Slope and returned to his hometown to teach boxing. ”

On the opposite side, an old man wearing a long robe and a white beard stood up with a cup and a fist, looking at the crane-haired and childish face, like a fairy wind.

"People who practice martial arts are the most heroic, come, the old man respects the hero first."

Chu Aiyun had no choice but to take another drink, he felt quite sober, he usually drank beer as the base of three bottles, and secretly thought, according to the degree of acid, it shouldn't be a problem to deal with half a catty of liquor, right? I don't know when this round of toasting will be over. Of course, he didn't know that the way he calculated it was very wrong.

"I don't know what kind of road right art Haojie is practicing?"

Mr. Zou asked with his fists clenched.

"I ...... In fact, I don't know how to punch or kick, but I just take advantage of his unpreparedness, knock him down at once, and then choke his throat, the Japanese have short hands, he wants to pinch me, but he can't use it, hehe. ”

Chu Aiyun only drank a few glasses before and after, and he felt that he could still cope with nature, but in fact, he talked a lot more than usual.

"Chu Zhuangshi is modest, attacking his lower plate and knocking it down with one blow is precisely the difficulty in martial arts. The so-called ten punches are not as good as one wrestling, and the Japanese are good at jiu-jitsu, and they have been practicing horse steps since childhood, so it is not easy to put them down. Come, the old man will pay another cup to the strong man. ”

Chu Aiyun poured another glass.

"Dare to ask the strong man, where does the teacher come from?"

"When I was a child, I learned several sets of Tai Chi kung fu."

"Oh? What is the school? ”

"Children's Palace...... No, no, when I was a teenager, my father taught me several sets of boxing techniques. Only say the rules of the ancestors, and do not show them to outsiders. He woke up suddenly, and almost said the wrong thing, this Yizhou liquor was full of stamina, and the cold wind outside the window blew, which made it even more powerful.

"Oh? Sure enough, it's a family history, but it's a pity that how many of my Chinese stunts have been destroyed in this unspread door, hey. ”

Master Zou sighed blankly.

Lu Han introduced all the way, Chu Aiyun was careful to socialize, but others couldn't help but drink toasts, and gradually drank a lot. I just felt dizzy, but I didn't say anything wrong.

The lights went out suddenly, and after a while, the servants came in, closed the curtains, and lit the candles. The banquet continued.

"Why turn off the lights? What kind of custom is this? ”

"Hey, the righteous don't know, now that the lights of the beauty industry are controlled, my Dragon Mansion is no exception. Otherwise, this * will come down. ”

"Understand, understand. It's all done by the Japanese. As Chu Aiyun spoke, he patted Long Yun's shoulder.

"Righteous man, what do you think of my mansion?"

Long Yun asked a little playfully. The other dignitaries present also nodded along with them.

"Okay, good, but I always feel like I've been here before." Chu Aiyun said with drunken eyes.

"The righteous man laughed, it has only been 5 years since my mansion was built."

"5 years? Impossible, wasn't this place called Zhenzhuang State Guest House before? You can't be wrong, I remember that outside this window was a rockery. He walked to the curtain with garlic under his feet. Pulling back the curtains, it seems that the small lake dug by hand is much smaller than I remember.

The righteous man laughed.

Long Yun smiled and turned to the other guests, obviously Elder Brother Chu Ting didn't have much to drink.

"I don't know what the righteous man came from that year?"

"What year? Can't remember. Chairman Long, why is there an empty seat here? ”

Chu Aiyun staggered back to his seat, but stood and did not sit down.

"Actually, Boss Dai came back from Burma to contact the British, just in Kunming, Long originally intended to invite him to the banquet, but unfortunately Boss Dai was on temporary business. Still, we'll see you tomorrow. ”

"Why do you see you tomorrow?"

"Because tomorrow, the righteous man will take Boss Dai's plane to Chongqing."

"Which Dai boss?"

"It's Director Dai Li, Dai Dai."

"Ahh

Chu Aiyun sat down and woke up five or six minutes from drunkenness.

Ogikubo, Tokyo, in the private residence of Fumihiro Konoe. He invited a few of his cronies and friends to talk here at night.

The Konoe, who was sitting in the chief, shook his head and sighed from time to time, and Nobusuke Kishi, who was sitting at the end, peeked and watched, waiting for an opportunity. When he received a call from the prime minister at home, he knew he had a play. But sitting here, I don't know how to tell such crazy things.

The guard sighed for a long time, and finally spoke.

"Actually, I'm not nostalgic for power, but when I'm gone, who will form a cabinet? Who wants to accept such a mess? ”

He finished and glanced at the few people present. Nobusuke Kishi is the only one who does not have an official title, and because of his relatively young qualifications, he does not have much intersection with a figure like Konoe, but his views on the relationship between the United States and Britain are relatively close. Why is he being asked today to discuss such an important matter? He didn't know either. In short, he reminded himself that Japan's fate was in his own hands, and he must not say the wrong thing.

"In my opinion, non-members of the royal family can't subdue the military department? Why don't you recommend the Prince of Higashikure Palace to form a cabinet? He is a prince and an army. I think I can subdue the army. ”

Suzuki, president of the Planning Institute, said.

"By no means, don't you know Your Majesty's mind? He will not involve the royal family in the decision of whether to go to war or not. Minister of the Interior Kido said.

"And who are your candidates?"

"If you want me to say...... If you want me to say, it would be better for you to nominate Tojo and let him form a cabinet. ”

Koichi Kido suddenly said a name that surprised everyone here.

"What?"

"Looking at the government and the opposition, he is the only person who can subdue the military department."

"No, no, don't you remember the crazy things he said in front of His Majesty? Say anything, just close your eyes and jump off the platform of Kiyomizuji Temple. This is completely a matter of temperament that can only be said by people who are not in their position and do not seek political power. ”

"That's why I want to nominate him to form a cabinet, since he is not in his position, he can say anything cool, so it's better to let him do it. I think that's how he puts himself in the shoes of the real problems facing the country. can make a more rational judgment, and Tojo is a fool, as long as His Majesty gives some instructions, he will still not look back. ”

Kido pushes his plans hard, looking for all sorts of plausible excuses for this bad idea.

Konoe also began to nod, what Kido said was also political common sense, only the person with the highest tune can suppress the rest of the military department, it is better to let Tojo clean up the situation, as a punishment, but also let him understand how anxious it is to sit in this position.

"Never."

Sitting in the corner, Nobusuke Kishi, who had the lowest status, suddenly shouted.

"What is Mr. Kishi's opinion?"

Kido asked, a little displeased.

Only then did Nobusuke Kishi realize that he had messed up and interrupted the conversation of the big guys, but he didn't know what to say next.

"I know where there is oil, right under our noses, in North Manxingren."

In his hurry, he turned the topic to oil, avoiding the difficult question of choosing a prime minister.

Konoe and several others, all of whom attended the afternoon meeting, couldn't help but be surprised, it seems that the outgoing Minister of Industry and Commerce should not know such a confidential matter, right?

"Even if there is, the reserves are not enough."

The guard replied vaguely.

"No, the reserves are sufficient, with an annual output of close to 300 million barrels."

He let it go, and simply copied the number Makino told him.

"I say, Kishi-kun, you're not kidding, are you?"

"No kidding, this is the information of the British American Petroleum Company, which I got from Shanghai."

"Facts? It's the unscrupulous Kagesa Zhenzhao who told you again, right? You've been getting close lately, huh? Kido sneered. Are there still a few charlatans who claim to be able to pinch and calculate? What happened last time,Intelligence Deputy Minister Okuda is angry enough.。。 ”

"The information was indeed obtained by Major General Kagesa, but I don't know what charlatans are."

At the last moment, Nobusuke Kishi was still cowardly, and he didn't rush to tell the reality and inventory of Makino and others, the words were on his lips, but he couldn't say anything. You can only resist with Kagesa's intelligence.

"Major General Kagesa has intelligence, why didn't he report it to the Ministry of War and tell you?" Kido chased after him and fought fiercely.

"Because his information was lost and he couldn't confirm it, he had to talk to me about it privately."

"That's it, Kishi-kun, please don't mention this kind of absurd number." Konoe made a round, "Ito of the Intelligence Bureau is also about to send someone to Manchuria to investigate the oil matter, since you are free and interested, why don't you go together." If we can find it, whether it is 10 million barrels or 20 million barrels, all our problems will be solved. ”

"Okay, I can go to Manchuria and investigate. However, can you negotiate with the Navy and lend me an old ship first? It is better to have crane equipment? ”

"What kind of boat do you want to go to Manchuria?"

"That's right," Nobusuke Kishi's mind raced, conceiving his lie, "Rear Admiral Kagesa returned home last month with information about Manchurian oil, which was supposed to be reported to the Ministry of War and the Cabinet Intelligence Bureau, but that information was left on the Izumo and sank along with it, I think...... Salvage it. ”