The reason why Li Yan, an agent of the military command, had to make a desperate gamble and venture into Cheng Ruixiang's silk village was also because the current situation made him have no other choice - it is unknown whether the lurking location in the shantytown of the railway station has been exposed at this moment, the whereabouts of Peng Sanxi, a soldier of the captured spy company, are unknown, and the No. 1 courtyard of Yangliu Lane, the old nest, may be wiped out at any time. Desperate, he can only grasp the life-saving straw of Cheng Ruixiangxiao, who is also an "anti-Japanese element", and if he can succeed, he can rely on and use the other party's latent forces in the city to jointly resolve this crisis.

He vaguely felt that the "anti-Japanese shopkeeper Xiao" that the strong man who was shot yesterday spit out in his mouth when he faced Squad Leader Shen should have been at the scene at that time, and even the first person who exchanged fire with the Japanese was Shopkeeper Xiao and his subordinates.

Soon, he made an agreement with Shen squad leader at the mouth of the alley, if he found that the silk village across the street had become the bait of the Japanese puppet spies, he would directly fire a warning shot in the storefront, and after hearing the alarm, Shen squad leader must not hesitate, and immediately returned to the No. 1 courtyard of Yangliu Lane, commanding another soldier of the special service company and the radio station elder Liu to evacuate quickly, to find a new temporary foothold in Wencheng City, and at the same time call the Shanxi Station of the Military Command and the 391st Regiment Headquarters of the Central Army to ask for instructions and support.

"Don't be afraid, protect the radio, as long as the Shanxi Station is still there, as long as Major Wang and you Qin Tuanzuo are still there, there will always be a way to answer you!"

Li Yan, who said this, looked eagerly at the sergeant of the Central Army in front of him, who had been with him for more than a month, and the expression on his face was not without tragedy.

At the same time, inside Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village, all the people were also tense and ready to deal with the approaching danger.

After desperately escaping from the shantytown in the square in front of the station last night, Xiao Junping and everyone also spent a sleepless night!

Finally killed the three ruffians, although it was not in the ideal place and time, the captain of the enemy engineer of the Eighth Route Army was secretly happy. But what still made him uneasy was whether Zhang Shaonian, the former ruffian of the Jin army, still had a living accomplice, and who else knew that he had been a captain and staff officer of the Jin army? In addition, yesterday at the most critical moment in the shantytown, someone fired from the side and attacked the Japanese patrol who was rounding up their side, and thanks to this help, the enemy workers escaped from their deaths.

Who did it? Listening to the gunshots, it seemed to be fired by Mauser*, although the fire was not dense but the marksmanship was quite accurate, Xiao Junping saw at least two Japanese soldiers knocked down on the spot by the bullets of this surprise attack.

Could it be the Blue Coat Society that the traitor leader Meng Longsheng has been thinking about endlessly: a military spy officer?! In addition to them, what kind of anti-Japanese colleagues will there be in Wencheng City at the moment? If they are really military commanders, why did they happen to appear at the scene where their own side was in danger? Could it be that the Xu Brigade detachment's foothold in Wencheng has been seen through by the military commanders?

Cold sweat oozed from the forehead of the young enemy captain, and all the happiness he once had turned into fear - that meant that the underground intelligence point that he thought was impenetrable was actually full of loopholes!

Finally supporting until the opening time, Xiao Junping ordered the door to open as usual to welcome customers, and at the same time sent an enemy worker to the foothold of the other two team members in front of the train station to inquire about the news. Thankfully, the two men had returned to their place of residence last night without any danger, thanks to the familiarity of the terrain. Xiao Junping sent a message to them that one person would be on duty at the residence all day today, ready to pick up the transfer of people from the Silk Village there (if necessary); The other person went to work in the freight yard of the railway station as usual to collect the latest news.

And at this moment, an uninvited guest came in the silk village, which instantly made the enemy captain nervous.

This richly dressed and extraordinarily bearing customer is none other than Li Yan, a lieutenant agent of the second intelligence group of the Shanxi Station of the Military Command.

Before Li Yan entered the store, the appearance of the spy even Shen's squad leader did not arouse suspicion, at that time, there were still other customers in the store, one man and two women, and Shen squad leader was sandwiched in it, pretending to choose clothes and fabrics for the change of seasons, and finally left under the pretext of being too expensive, and deceived Sun Nier, the female clerk who received him.

At that time, Xiao Junping was receiving an old couple customer, and the other party was going to handle the marriage for his son at the end of the month, and the amount of cloth and silk he wanted to buy was huge, which overwhelmed the second shopkeeper for a while, so he also neglected the presence of the sergeant squad leader of the Central Army Special Service Company, and it was not clear that the Shen squad leader actually observed and recognized Xiao Junping's identity from the side.

But at this time, the customer who stepped into the store opened his mouth to invite the "shopkeeper Xiao" to meet, and Xiao Junping, who was a few steps away, heard this, and the professional smile that had just surfaced on his face suddenly froze.

The comer is not good!

Sun Nier, who didn't know what was going on, was just about to turn around and introduce the shopkeeper Xiao to this wealthy buyer, but she saw the latter's nervous expression at a glance, she was shocked in an instant, faintly realized that something was wrong, and her already open mouth was tightly closed.

However, at this moment, Li Yan, the military commander agent who was watching the sixth road, had already captured the secret, and judged that the young man who was a few steps away should be the target he was looking for.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, look up for a long time," Li Yan smiled and arched his hands towards Xiao Junping undoubtedly: "My brother's surname is Li, he is the manager of a trading company in this city, and he came to visit here today, and he has important matters to discuss with Shopkeeper Xiao." ”

At this point, the captain of the enemy engineer of the Eighth Route Army could no longer deny that he was the shopkeeper of Xiao, so he also arched his hands in return, looked directly into the eyes of the other party, and replied word by word: "It turned out to be Manager Li, fortunately - the small business of the contempt, will actually enter the eyes of a large company, dare to ask Manager Li what you do?" ”

Li Yan had already seen the situation in the store, and at this moment, there was only one customer selecting a few bundles of cloth on the corner counter, and a male clerk was waiting on the side, and the other was Shopkeeper Xiao and the handsome female clerk.

He noticed the door that led to the back—apparently, Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village had another world inside that door.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, what I want to talk about is an important business, is it convenient to go and sit in the back?" As Li Yan spoke, he pointed in the direction of the back door with one hand.

At this time, Xiao Junping was silent on the surface, but he was doing a quick analysis in his heart: this guy has a ruddy complexion, a good complexion, and a luxurious dress that is also extremely decent, and it seems that he is not going all the way with the previous down-and-out military ruffian Zhang Shaonian - if it can be ruled out that he is Zhang Shaonian's accomplice, and he is not a friend or an enemy, maybe he is from the side of the Japanese puppet spies!

Thinking of this, the captain of the enemy engineer became more and more nervous, and subconsciously glanced at the gate, wondering if there were any companions behind the other party.

The military commander agent once again caught Shopkeeper Xiao's eyes and understood what he was worried about, so he smiled: "Shopkeeper Xiao, please be relieved, brother, I came very sincerely this time, I didn't bring anyone with me, I just want to discuss with you alone." ”

Although this remark came from his opponent, Xiao Junping's heart was still relieved; At this moment, another enemy worker walked out of the back hall, and when he saw the posture in front of him, he immediately had an epiphany, Xiao Junping seized the opportunity, glanced at the enemy worker member, signaled him to observe outside the door, and at the same time stretched out his hand towards Li Yan and made a gesture of invitation - ready to plan the plan, bring this uninvited guest to the back hall, and act at the opportunity.

Since entering the door, Li Yan has judged from the atmosphere in the store that this mysterious place with the brand name of silk and satin village is not controlled by Japanese pseudo-spies, and the people in the store are obviously in a state of freedom, so his mentality is also relaxed, and he gives in a little modestly, and walks towards the back hall.

The enemy engineer captain of the Eighth Route Army, who was following him two paces away, involuntarily pressed his waist, and his own weapon was pinned to it: Mauser*.

However, even though the resourceful Xiao Junping had many guesses, when the two of them sat down in the room, the words spoken by the other party still made the owner dumbfounded.

"Shopkeeper Xiao, the situation is urgent, I won't lie in front of the real person," Li Yan opened his mouth straight when he was sure that there were only the two of them in the house: "I know that you are the Eighth Road, the commander of the special service company of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, Zhao Company Commander, who fought side by side with you in the shantytown in the square in front of the station last time, and that Captain Zhao Mu is my colleague who cooperates - the contemptible surname is Li Mingyan, the lieutenant of the Shanxi Station of the Military Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission of the National Government. ”

The heart of the enemy engineer captain of the Eighth Route Army was pounding: all this was too unexpected! Military Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission, isn't that the military commander called the Blue Coat Society by the Japanese puppet spies?! The person sitting in front of him turned out to be a lieutenant of the military commander!

Xiao Junping, who was speechless for a while, immediately believed the identity revealed by the other party - because of the spy company commander of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army who had indeed fought side by side with him. Except for the anti-Japanese comrades, no one knew about the scene that happened in the shantytown in the square in front of the station.

However, to the surprise of the enemy engineer captain, Li Yan, a lieutenant of the military command, then confessed frankly: Last night, still in the shantytown in the square in front of the station, two of his subordinates found that the Japanese patrol was exchanging fire with unknown people, so they took the initiative to shoot to help. One of his subordinates later personally killed a traitor who had been shot and fell to the ground, and the traitor clearly knew the true identity of Shopkeeper Xiao.

It's Zhang Shaonian! After listening to the physical characteristics of the traitor described by Li Yan, Xiao Junping was even more convinced, and couldn't help but get up from the chair and stand up, stretching out a hand towards the other party: "Xiao Junping, Lieutenant Li, Hello Lieutenant Li!" ”

At this point, the two underground lurkers who were holding each other's palms tightly, and their hanging hearts were finally put down.

"Xu Brigade Detachment! You must have been very familiar with the 391st Regiment of the friendly Central Army, and in recent months, you have fought together, and the merits of both of you have been awarded the commendation of the commander of the Second World War Zone! To tell you the truth, Company Commander Zhao and several of his subordinates of the 391st Regiment Special Service Company are now under the orders of their regiment commander Qin Zhongxiao to send and do things for our army's Shanxi Station. ”

Xiao Junping suddenly realized that the Captain Zhao Mu, who had been rescued by himself, had a lot to do with the Shanxi Station of the Military Command, and last night seemed to be a karmic retribution: Captain Zhao's subordinates were in the same shantytown, and in turn saved the lives of himself and his comrades in the enemy engineering team!

Of course, thanks to Zhang Shaonian, who had already returned to the west, the people of the military command found out the old bottom of the enemy engineering team in Wencheng in a blink of an eye. This is Xiao Junping's excitement and frustration.

"Lieutenant Li, thank you for your timely rescue last night. I dared to ask, does the military commander Shanxi have a foothold in Wencheng City? ”