"The Central Committee and the Theater Commander's Department are iron-hearted this time, and they must be eliminated! Intelligence proves that nearly 100,000 Japanese puppet troops under the jurisdiction of Qing Shui, the Japanese chieftain in the north of Guangqing, have been frequently mobilized, and they really have the intention of attacking Guangqing and then attacking the south. At this time when the party-state was in crisis, he still did not listen to the greetings of the commander, refused to obey the central government's decrees and military orders, and showed all kinds of signs of collaborating with the enemy, so he didn't get rid of it? If you don't get rid of him, if he wavers under the temptation of the Japanese puppet and changes his banner, then the frontal defense line of our army will be under the heavy pressure of more than 200,000 enemies, and the rear will be dangerous, and the consequences will be unimaginable! ”

Zheng Lingbao said as he paced back and forth in the spacious office, his shiny black riding boots suddenly moved to the desk, and suddenly moved to the sofa and coffee table, and the soles of the boots and the red lacquered floor continued to hit, making a crisp sound of "deed".

"But, despite this, the Governor's Department is not ready to make a big move. The commander originally planned to quietly settle the matter by legal means, but the implementation method was: In the name of convening a theater defense meeting, lure him out of the mountain and detain him, and then force him to personally issue an order to let the troops of the Nationalist Army march into Guangqing, reorganize the army, clean up the area, and deploy defenses on the front line of shooting deer near the enemy. But the commander obviously had taken precautions, and the commander personally came forward, three invitations and nine invitations, but he ignored them, and only this afternoon did he agree to send his sycophant Jingwu Qijing out of the mountain on his behalf. ”

The light of the gas lamp reflected Zheng Lingbao's face very brightly, and the smugness on that bright face was naked, he couldn't hide it, and he didn't seem to be ready to hide it.

"As a result, we have to use extraordinary means. As a matter of fact, Commander Li of the Guerrilla Supervision Office had long anticipated this move, and had already made careful arrangements for me, that is, to eliminate it from the inside at any cost, and once it succeeded, our army would take advantage of the leaderless group of dragons to advance heavily and occupy Guangqing. That's the case. ”

Zheng Lingbao let out a long breath, sat down on the sofa opposite as if relieved, took a sip of the residual tea, and said:

"Commander Li didn't allow me to tell anyone about all this, but I thought about it, and now I told your commissioner. I don't mean anything else by this, I just want you to be mentally prepared, so as not to be caught off guard! ”

Ying Beichuan sat opposite Zheng Lingbao, in a cold sweat, almost stunned. He was caught off guard now. As a commissioner, he did not know anything about this series of major arrangements after the Theater Commander's Department had made such a series of major arrangements, which was enough to prove that the commander had long since ceased to regard him as the legitimate representative of the state government stationed in Guangqing, and that once the commander fell, he, the nominal commissioner, would inevitably fall with him. Therefore, after listening to Zheng Lingbao's high-minded talk, his first feeling was that this series of conspiratorial plans of the Theater Commander's Department was not only against Commander Qi, but also against him.

He struggled to pull the withered yellow skin and smiled, and stammered:

"Good! This...... This is good! This one...... This commander considered the overall situation of the Anti-Japanese War, and planned and arranged it in this way, this ...... Well, too...... Yes? It also makes sense! It's just that Commander ...... No, there are signs of collaborating with the enemy, I don't know if there is this...... Is this evidence? ”

Zheng Lingbao said:

"Absolutely! Do you know about it, Commissioner? The surname Qi has opened up a second transportation line in the occupied area outside Shelu County, if he does not reach some tacit agreement with the Japanese chief Qing Shui and the Chi Nanjiao of the Kuang Han Righteous Army, can it work? Can a large number of steel pipes and equipment be transported in? ”

Ying Beichuan was shocked again:

"There's this...... This kind of thing? ”

Zheng Lingbao smiled bitterly:

"Still bluffing you?! Qi Kuiyuan dares to lie to you, the commissioner, my little inspector doesn't dare to lie to his top boss! ”

He was on fire:

"No...... Don't lie to me, these situations, you ...... Why didn't you tell me earlier! ”

Zheng Lingbao spread his hands:

"What's the use of telling you earlier? Can you stop the surname? Do you dare to stop the surname? Qi Kuiyuan doesn't even listen to the words of the commander, can he listen to you? ”

Quite right. In Zheng Lingbao's complaining words in private, he is the director of the joint security office at most.

Zheng Lingbao said again:

"In the eight counties of Guangqing, apart from the blue sky and white sky and red national flag in the compound of our special office, how can there be any place like the Republic of China under the leadership of the chairman of the National People's Congress? Shouldn't this situation end sooner? Don't you want to be a decent chief executive who prohibits the commissioner? ”

Why wouldn't he want to? But the situation of the eight counties of Guangqing has been in existence for a long time, neither caused by him, nor maintained by him, there are commanders and 100,000 soldiers, can he just think about it?

Recalling carefully, he was also as passionate and generous as Zheng Lingbao in front of him, and he also had the ambition to serve the country and the nation. When he was first sent here by the provincial government five years ago, he wishfully wanted to break the situation here, and he made some solid efforts to this end.

He went deep into the people, widely solicited people's opinions on local autonomy, and compiled these opinions into a document, and personally submitted them to the province**; He also questioned the ruling method implemented by Commander Qi to integrate Wang Kou's faction, and questioned Qi himself in person; He also expressed strong dissatisfaction with the ban on smoking in eight counties, but the practice of publicly expropriating a large amount of tobacco and transporting it abroad, but what did he get? The provincial ** asked him to be "rare and confused", and the commander asked him to get out of Guangqing, and one night, someone threw a bomb at the door of the special office......

Of course he can't go, once he leaves, the blue sky and white sun flag of the special agency may not be able to be saved, where will the face of the special office go? In the first half of the year, not only did he not leave, but he still went to the Guangren headquarters to find Commander Qi.

When the commander saw him in the same way, he was surprised to hear that there had been a bomb at the entrance of the special office, and he seriously said that he wanted to investigate. When Commander Qi saw him, he was very polite, and sometimes he was entertained with wine and food. But Commander Qi was unceremonious to the provincial **, opening his mouth "dog day" and closing his mouth "day damn it", without the kind of gentleness and elegance when he met with elites from all walks of life.

Later, I learned that Commander Qi was scolding the provincial ** on the surface, but in fact he was scolding Ying Beichuan, and Commander Qi called this practice only spanking and not slapping in the face. He and the provincial ** both represent the national government, and the provincial ** is far away from the mountains and is the ass of the national government; He is in Guangqing, and he is the face of the national government. Commander Qi scolded the provincial **, no one was helpless, even he should be Beichuan and couldn't report to the provincial **. What can you report? You can't say that Commander Qi wants to "day your mother"?!

Commander Qi is a hooligan at heart.

At that time, he did not have a deep understanding of Commander Qi's rogue nature, and his unclear conscience still prompted him to want to do something good for the people of Guangqing under the best possible circumstances, even if it was to send a breath of fresh air.

He put aside the status quo of the commander for the time being, started small, and tried to deal with some local problems as a commissioner, such as: real estate conflicts, homestead conflicts, and so on.

Unexpectedly, even such a sesame trivial matter, Commander Yan would not let him care, and the people who first found him to fight the lawsuit were all spanked, and then the people who wanted to find him did not dare to look for him. At the instigation of no one else, the commander suddenly issued a proclamation urging all joint security offices to set up "mediation committees" and to resolve any disputes with the "mediation committees." As a result, the "mediation committee" was set up overnight in more than 70 joint security offices in eight counties, and in the end, his pitiful role was gone, and he completely became a clothes rack placed by the state government in Guangqing, and his actual power was even inferior to that of a director of the joint security office.

He was aware of the current affairs, so he had to retreat in the face of difficulties.

After he retreated, the commander did not feel sorry for him anymore, he ate and drank well, and sent it to him twice in three days, and after he bought the Stibek from outside the mountain, he also gave him the used old Citroen.

Commander Qi praised his good handwriting, saying that his handwriting and ink are moist, wild and unrestrained, as continuous as smoke and clouds, and as tall as a pillar base.

He had no choice but to practice his words honestly and write a false report for Commander Qi with the practiced words. Every time he wrote, Commander Qi couldn't afford to lose him, not only sending "sheep tickets", sending the ocean, and sometimes sending good tobacco soil. Later, he simply let him take a share of the tobacco business outside the mountains sold by the Guangqing Tobacco Paste Bureau.

Commander Qi is also righteous.

Feeling the righteousness of Commander Qi, and then re-examining everything under Commander Qi's rule, he discovered that Commander Qi had made many achievements in local autonomy: In addition to the split river, there were no less than 10 large and small rivers in the eight counties of Guangqing, all of which were cured by Commander Qi, and with Guangren County as the center, all the roads in the eight counties were networked, and the telephones were also connected. Although Commander Qi said that he relied on guns and killing sticks to rule, after all, he put the eight counties of Guangqing under control of no theft, no gambling, no drugs, and no prostitutes, and it may be too much to say that "the road is not left behind," but it is indeed a fact to say that "the house is not closed at night," and this is very difficult to do under Chairman Chiang's rule.

As a result, the report he wrote for Commander Qi was very emotional, and once even proposed that the province should petition the central government, and then assign the six counties near Guangqing to Commander Qi, and try out local autonomy, so angry that the province ** approved three "confused" in his report.

He respected Commander Qi, and Commander Qi respected him, and two years later, the special bomb case was finally solved. The commander of the 4th Brigade of the Self-Defense Army, who was stationed in Qinghe County, was shot. Before he was pulled to the execution ground, Commander Qi showed him the mouth of the fat man, and he realized that it was not Commander Qi but Brigade Commander Mi who was the main soldier to throw bombs at the special office.

Commander Qi said:

"I'm a local self-government committee, how can I do such a thing of a chicken and a dog thief?! I wasn't satisfied with your brother at the time, I could ask the province to change a commissioner, why can't I take this policy! Besides, if I am engaged in local autonomy, it is not a matter of secession, the government is still the government! You should be a commissioner, you should still be a commissioner! ”

He also wrote a report to the provincial commander and the commander of the theater, greatly exaggerating this trivial matter, saying that the commander was loyal to the party and the state, respected the special commission, and protected it in many ways. At that time, the commander of the wind was worried about the tobacco and soil that the commander had transported, and after reading his report, he tore it up three times and threatened to shoot him.

Now, he and Commander Qi are tied together, and Commander Qi's interests are his interests, and Commander Qi's crisis must also be his crisis; As long as the commander is eliminated and the national army marches into Guangqing, he, the commissioner, may really be shot by the commander.

This means naturally I can't tell Zheng Lingbao in front of him, Zheng Lingbao is a person sent by the Commander's Department of the War Zone, maybe he was sent to supervise him.

Now he wants to figure out, when will Zheng Lingbao start? What's the plan? Is it too late to inform Commander Qi yourself?

He took a sip of tea and said to Zheng Lingbao as naturally as possible:

"Inspector Zheng, since you have come to this point, you have done this again...... I have nothing to say about this arrangement. But is this ...... This one is extremely cunning, only ...... I'm afraid it's not easy to start, right? ”

Unexpectedly, Zheng Lingbao looked at the wall clock on the wall, and said with a mysterious smile:

"Your brother doesn't have to worry too much, it's eleven o'clock at night, and I estimate that the surname Qi has already died at the mouth of Niutou Gorge!"

He was taken aback, and the teacup in his hand fell to the floor with a "bang", splashing the full cup of tea on the ground.

"What? ...... Qi Kuiyuan is dead? ”

Zheng Lingbao nodded:

"I ask your commissioner to come forward to lure the surnamed Yan out of Guangren County, just to send him a funeral at the mouth of Niutou Gorge!"

"You...... Aren't you hurting me? As...... If the stabbing fails, the surname ...... What is the surname of the ...... How will you spare me?! ”

"How could it not be?! I've already arranged everything! Tonight's set-up is also well thought! Mines were buried on the road at the mouth of Niutou Gorge, and two destroyer points were set up on the mountains on both sides. The surname is lucky to escape the lightning bombing, and he can't escape the crossfire network composed of two annihilation points, the surname is certain to die tonight, and today next year is his anniversary, because of this, now I will show you the bottom, so that your brother has a preparation to deal with! ”

His face was pale, and his lips trembled for a long time before he finished a sentence:

"I ...... I...... How to ...... Cope? ”

Zheng Lingbao is confident:

"It's very simple, you don't know that there is such a thing, the surname Yan came to Qinghe Special Office and it was not invited by you, it was he who took the initiative to come,—— of course, you can also hide for a while. Anyway, the secession situation here is coming to an end, and the large forces of the national army will be driven in within a few days......"

As soon as he said this, the phone on the table rang, and he wanted to answer it, but Zheng Lingbao grabbed the microphone in his hand first:

"That's right! I'm the commissioner, you're ...... Oh, good! Good! I...... I'll call! ”

Zheng Lingbao desperately covered the microphone transmitter at one end, as if he had been shot, and stood in a daze, not speaking for a long time.

He walked up to Zheng Lingbao and asked uneasily:

"Whose phone number?"

"Old ...... Lao Yan...... Target! ”

He ...... He's not dead? ”

Zheng Lingbao shook his head painfully, and then, calming down his emotions, said to him:

"Remember, you don't know anything! You invited him to come to talk about the opening of the mouth of the river, don't panic, understand? ”

He nodded quietly, forcibly suppressed the sincere joy in his heart, and took the microphone from Zheng Lingbao's hand:

"That's right! I'm Ying Beichuan, oh, it's Gong Yan! It's not there yet! What? Oops, that's unlucky! Good! Good! Then I won't wait! ”

He put down the phone.

Zheng Lingbao grabbed him:

"What the hell is going on?"

He smiled indifferently:

"Nothing happened, Commander Yan hasn't crossed the Niutou Gorge yet! His car broke down near the 37th joint insurance office, and it has not been repaired until now, saying that it will not come tonight! ”

Zheng Lingbao sighed:

"Alas! There is such a coincidence! ”

He yawned comfortably:

"This is the will of God, it is up to people to plan things, and it is up to heaven to make things happen!"