Chapter 1 The Xenophobia of Rivers and Lakes

"Give me back the mountains and rivers!"

"Exorcise the Japanese Invaders!!"

"Give me back the mountains and rivers!"

"Exorcise the Japanese Invaders!!"

In the café of the Modern Hotel, Shang Kun leaned against the window, turning his head to look at the marching procession with his arms raised and shouting, and he was concentrating.

What he saw was not only the anti-Japanese sentiment of this group of children, but also the chaos of the leaflets.

As an agent, Shang Kun loves it because it's a great place to hide.

Not far away, a woman walked slowly.

The woman was very careful, first found a vacant seat to sit down, and waited for no one around to pay attention to her, and then got up and walked towards Shang Kun for the second time. But before she arrived at Shang Kun's location, her eyes had never made contact with each other, and from the appearance alone, no matter who observed these two people, they could only come to the conclusion of the words 'never knew each other'.

"Sir, are you waiting for the girl from the Love Pavilion?"

Shang Kun smiled, slowly stood up, and stretched out his hand to hold the other party's black lace gloves: "No, but I would feel honored to have such a girl sitting next to me." ”

Both of them seemed very polite, and they stopped on point, even shaking hands with their fingertips touching their fingertips.

This is a code, and the code is not in words, but in the light touch of the fingertip to the fingertip, first tapping twice, then tapping again after the interval is vacated, and finally the last two taps are finished. As for words, anything is fine, and the woman responded by removing one of her gloves and holding a white lace fan in the other.

The code is right.

Shang Kun and the woman in front of him sat down at the same time, and she said, "Why did you make an appointment with such a conspicuous place?" ”

Shang Kun replied: "The comprador of the German foreign company met with the proprietress of the Yushui Huan Love Pavilion, except for the café of the Six Nations Hotel, other places are the most conspicuous, right?" ”

The woman was slightly stunned, the two of them were obviously not talking at the same level, what she cared about was the eyes around her, and this man was wholeheartedly integrating the environment and not letting himself be abrupt.

"How's the situation in North Manchuria?"

Two people who don't ask each other's names start discussing the current situation as soon as they meet.

"Not so good."

After she said this, her face did not show worry, but smiled evilly as if she had seen through the man's tricks, and this expression was like a courtesan playing tricks with a man who was looking for fun.

"The Japanese forced Li Shaoyang to death on the street, Xu Ruifeng, a local Jianghu figure, killed Zhang Hongyan because of a turf dispute, and some anti-Manchu anti-Japanese forces wanted to take the risk to rescue Miss Li, but after throwing down two corpses, there was no repercussions."

Shang Kun naturally stretched out his hand, put it on the back of her hand, and asked as if taking advantage, "Why are the characters of the rivers and lakes involved?" ”

The woman bowed her head shyly, deliberately shrank her hand back, and replied: "Elder Xu is a Beiman cannon, we don't have a deep relationship, but this person never accepts the business of devils, nor does he accept the offerings of other Jianghu figures, like a proud tiger, unwilling to look down at the wolves around him, how can he allow people like Zhang Hongyan to step into his own territory." ”

"This guy is kind of interesting."

Shang Kun was puzzled, but she could see a fleeting curiosity in her eyes.

That's where agents come in, they can make people who can't hear the conversation see the utterly mismatched scenes, and they can control their voices to a level that only two people can hear, so that they show a gentlemanly demeanor.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Shang Kun withdrew his hand and said slowly: "Since the Communist Party disrupted the situation in Fengtian, more than half of our people have been lost, and while I tried my best to preserve half of the underground network in Fengtian, I was transferred to Heilongjiang by 'Mr.' to take charge of the underground work in Beiman and re-establish the intelligence network. ”

"I'm short of people."

Shang Kun raised his head and looked at the woman: "It's very lacking." ”

She didn't talk nonsense, and asked straightly: "What kind of people?" ”

"If you do the dirty work, it's better not to implicate us."

"Why don't you transfer from Nanjing?"

"The first is that the water from afar cannot catch the thirst of the near, the second is that the distance is far and it is easy to have problems, and the third is that if you are arrested during the mission, it is easy to leak secrets."

Shang Kun said thoughtfully: "We must learn the lesson of Fengtian and isolate all personnel, so that even if there is a problem in one place, it will not be too widely implicated." ”

The woman nodded: "If the funds are sufficient, we can hire people from the rivers and lakes by sprinkling bonuses......"

"No way!"

Shang Kun immediately rejected the proposal, and then explained: "When have you ever seen a restaurant run a restaurant and treat business as his own business? ”

"We're doing a job where the slightest mistake will cost you your head, and I can't be afraid of a character who may run away at any time."

The woman thought of something and asked, "Did you just come for the elder?" ”

She felt that on the entire ground in Beiman, only the elder Xu met the other party's requirements!

"What's the problem?" Shang Kun stared at the eyes of the woman in front of him, trying to catch even a flicker in them.

"It's not a problem, I investigated this person when I first came to Beiman, he is a person without party affiliation, and he refused the big reward of the little devil with his enthusiasm alone, and he is one of the few rich and noble people who can't be lewd." She thought for a moment: "It's just that this person is too mysterious, until now I don't know what this person looks like, everyone in the rivers and lakes knows that this person's surname is Xu, his marksmanship is superb, and his left pistol is not afraid of any strong in the rivers and lakes, but, after all, no one has ever touched it, in case it ......"

Shang Kun waved his hand, took out a cigar in his suit pocket and lit it, then shook out the burning flame of the cigar tip and said, "No more in case." ”

"Being able to take out Zhang Hongyan has proven his ability; Ignoring the Japanese for so long proves his temperament......"

"If we don't admit this kind of person, he will become someone else's guest in the blink of an eye."

Shang Kun took a hard puff of his cigar, exhaled the smoke and said, "Regarding him, I decided to contact him personally, and you are responsible for liaison." ”

"I can't reach him."

"Why? Haven't you been in contact with these people on the ground in North Manchuria? ”

The woman sighed resentfully: "There are actually many kinds of rivers and lakes, and Tiao Ding (Xizi) also calls themselves Jianghu people, but for the real ground-sitting cannon, they are not Lima people (their own people) at all." ”

"Just like me, I run Yushui Huan, which is very important to the people of the rivers and lakes, because I can get in touch with the dignitaries of the little devil military and can collect the information they want. So, on the surface, they will take great care of me, but when it comes to important information, they are all like frightened birds. ”

"You mean, the rivers and lakes of North Manchurian are very xenophobic?"

"No, I mean, the entire Northeast is very xenophobic."