The two Japanese, one old and one young, immediately took off their hats and saluted when they saw the owner of the house returning, bowing slightly, and the old man smiled in a fairly proficient Chinese pronunciation: "Cheng Sang, the despicable person is the head of the Beijing branch of the East Asia Tongwen Academy, Zhongxia Shu, who took the liberty to visit today, please forgive me." ”

It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, there is naturally another face hidden behind the smile, of course Cheng Nuo will not naively think that people are simply to admire him, in the face of not understanding the truth and reality, he chooses to brake quietly.

"Mr. Zhongxi, the East Asia Tongwen Academy is a "fantastic famous school" for the intellectual youth of your country, and everyone yearns for it, but I have never had any contact with your school, and I have no interest in intersecting for the time being. ”

Zhongxiashu didn't care about the unfriendliness in this tone, and put his hat back on with a smile on his face: "Confucius has a saying called 'friends come from afar, it's fun', you and I are colleagues in the education field, of course, visiting Cheng Sang is to make friends, I happened to hear that you have just returned from Shanghai, and you have come to put on a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust." ”

After speaking, the Central and Western Asian trees tilted their heads slightly towards the young man beside him, and the young man understood, and immediately gave up his position and opened the door of the car behind him.

"Guanghe Lou private room, please go to listen to the play."

There is no good banquet, and there is a play in the play.

Cheng Nuo originally wanted to refuse directly, but after thinking about it carefully, with the devil's urine nature, he naturally would not give up easily, and now that the two parties have not really torn their faces, at least their personal safety can be guaranteed, so it is better to go to the appointment and see what kind of medicine is sold in the other party's gourd, so he deliberately hides it.

"It turns out that Mr. Zhongxi is also a friend of Liyuan, and I am fortunate to be lucky, but I am a countryman, and the iron tiger is still not used to sitting and enjoying the blessings, so I still sit on my own broken three wheels comfortably."

"It's okay, the guest is as good as the host, how comfortable Cheng Sang is, let's come." Zhongxiashu thought for a moment and said with a smile: "That's it, I'll take the car in front to lead the way, and I'll bother the two of you to follow behind, how about it?" ”

"Then according to Mr. Nakanishi's words, we will follow slowly." Cheng Nuo nodded, his face was calm, and outsiders couldn't see any thoughts at all: "But I've been out for a day, I have to go back and change my clothes, and the two of you will wait for a while." ”

"It's okay, Cheng Sang, please take care of yourself."

However, after Cheng Nuo really went back, he immediately asked Li Laosan to close the door with a serious expression.

"Lao Li, I remember that you had contact with the victims of our Shiwowotou before, is there such a thing?"

Although Li Laosan was a little dazed, he still nodded and said: "Yes, there is such a thing, I didn't think that those people were pitiful, we came from that section again, and I was able to pull a handful, and I picked a few young adults to introduce to Mr. Guo. ”

Cheng Nuo nodded and patted Li Laosan on the shoulder: "That's it, Lao Li, you find someone to go to the experimental field outside the city, invite those workers and masters to Guanghe Building, pretend to listen to the play, but in fact protect me." ”

Suddenly, a mud-stained hand shook from the door, and then a mud baby popped out: "I'll go, let me go!" ”

After all, it is his own species, Li Laosan recognized it as a dog at a glance, and he was so angry that he was about to take off his shoes on the spot: "It's long and capable, right, I actually eavesdropped on the adult's speech, look at you, I'll clean you up for your mother first." ”

Seeing this, Goudan'er immediately coaxed, wiped his hands on his face, and the more he wiped it, the dirtier his face was, his face was full of mud, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and he barked on a mouthful of white teeth: "I didn't mean to eavesdrop on the foot of the wall, I accidentally heard it when I watered the wheat seedlings in the yard just now, the front door Guanghelou is right, don't worry." ”

After speaking, he didn't give the two of them time to react, and went straight to the back door as soon as he slipped through the smoke.

When the figure disappeared, the lines on Li Laosan's face softened a lot: "The wings of this little chicken are finally hard, hard and good, sooner or later, the old arms and legs will not be able to protect you one day." ”

After looking back at Cheng Nuo who had already changed his clothes, Li Laosan was a little worried and said: "Sir, do we have to go, I heard that this Oriental devil is not a good thing, just with a few of us, I am afraid that I will not be able to suppress the scene." ”

Cheng Nuo was relieved: "When the narrow road meets, the brave wins, and the timid are bullied." If you don't listen to what this drama is singing, that's called passivity, don't worry, Lao Li, I know it in my heart. ”

Then the two left the house and followed behind the car.

In the car, the young man couldn't bear his anger, and slightly lifted the curtain of the rear car window, and after seeing Cheng Nuo and them following, his heart was a little more stable.

"Teacher, your alma mater, Tokyo Imperial University, has more talents, and I believe that there must be someone willing to come and support our cause, why do you treat that person so favorably?"

Zhongxia Shu closed his eyes and said lightly: "Yusuke, according to your meaning, what should we do about the talents of China?" ”

A trace of fierceness flashed in Yusuke Nakanishi's eyes: "For these people, we have to hoe them all by our means, and strangle all the tomorrow of China today, and the Yamato nation only needs the rich land of East Asia." ”

"Confused! Is this the result of your studies at Dong-A Tongbun College? Stupid to the extreme, in this state, how can you safely penetrate into the depths of China, and how does the investigation report come about? "For the performance of the nephew, Zhongxiashu is very dissatisfied, compared with the appearance when he was talking and laughing with Cheng Nuo just now, it is like two people.

"Hey!" Yusuke Nakanishi immediately lowered his head, not daring to look directly.

"There is a saying in Zhina that is very good, it is called 'go to the army to fight and plot, then to fight the enemy, then to attack the army, and then to attack the city', you go back and savor this sentence, the clan sent you to Shanghai East Asia Tongwen Academy to train you to become a 'China expert', not a vulgar martial artist with only muscles in his head." The Central and Western Asian Tree closed the dead fish eyes again, and said in a deep voice: "The academy is to understand the people's feelings, customs, and business habits in various parts of China and to revitalize Sino-Japanese trade as the purpose of running the school, and intelligence is above all else!" ”

The role of the East Asian Tongwen Academy, as often referred to in later film history, as the Special High School and the Manchurian Railway Co., Ltd., was to collect intelligence in China, recruit a small number of Chinese children, train them to become out-and-out pro-Japanese factions, and willingly serve the interests of Japanese imperialism after graduation. At the same time, a large number of talented people who can carry out political and economic aggression and strategic espionage activities in China are trained among the children of the Japanese.

However, his history predates those two institutions, one of the predecessors was Hankow Leshantang, the first Japanese espionage agency established in China, and later merged with the Nissin Institute of Trade, which was even more rampant, and in the Sino-Japanese First Sino-Japanese War, almost all the students who graduated from the institute participated in the war of aggression against our country, and the crime was heavy.

As one of the most dazzling scholars in China, Cheng Nuo naturally attracted the attention of this ancient spy agency, communicated with the Japanese Chamber of Commerce in Tianjin, and set up a horse in Central and Western Asia to bring his own nephew to meet this "Zhina man", and by the way, cultivate his own lineage strength, he is far away from the Shanghai headquarters, how can he not be selfish.

Yusuke Nakanishi lowered his head, ostensibly listening to what he said, but in fact, he passed on the Japanese "fine tradition" very well: "I heard that some of the predecessors served as military interpreters in the Sino-Qing War and went to the front line, and some with secret missions infiltrated the enemy territory, stained the grass with blood, and ushered in the empire today."

Before he finished speaking, Yusuke Nakanishi's face instantly ushered in a slap.

"Smack!"

"Baga, tell me how many years you will enter and graduate, what do you need to do if you want to graduate!"

"Hey! Enrolled in the fourth year of Taisho and graduated in the seventh year of Taisho, as the 14th Shengjing class, it was necessary to conduct a survey on both sides of the Shina along the Jinpu Line, complete the report of the "Great Travel Journal", and issue a complete social survey paper. ”

"Tell me, what work you and your classmates have accomplished so far?"

"I" Yusuke Nakanishi swollen cheeks, and he was speechless for a while.

Starting from the first cohort, each class of students will form a group of several students to go deep into the Chinese mainland for field research and write investigation reports and travel logs three months to six months before graduation. The contents of the survey cover the economic conditions, business habits, financial capital, trade conditions, geographical situation, folk customs, transportation, local administrative organizations, foreign enterprises and influences in various parts of China. In addition to text, there are also charts, sketches, photographs, and so on.

In the past few decades, except for Tibet, basically all parts of the country have been surveyed, the north reaches Kulun and Uriya Sutai in Outer Mongolia, the west reaches Kucha, Yili, and Tacheng in Xinjiang, reaches the Sino-Russian border, and even sets foot in Southeast Asia in the south, no wonder the Japanese joke that in Chinese mainland, there is no place where students from the East Asian Tongwen Academy have not visited.

The number of students is limited each year, and the Toa Tongbun Academy specially arranges classes for graduating classes, divides them into small groups, and each class is responsible for a certain area, and after the investigation, a report is issued, and a lecture is given as a student thesis, in duplicate, in addition to one copy each kept by the Toa Tongbunkai and the Toa Tongbun Academy, one must also be submitted to the General Staff Headquarters, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce.

As a member of a small family in a certain part of the island country, he really looks down on those classmates of untouchable origin, if it weren't for the elders in the family, it would be impossible for Yusuke Nakanishi to come to China, let alone eat and sleep with him and conduct social surveys, let alone even think about it.

Yusuke Nakanishi lowered his head, unable to see his face at all, and others had no way to figure out his inner thoughts, but the swelling blood vessels in his neck and the bulging mouth muscles from time to time were clearly still unconvinced.

"Yaga, Yaga, Ya Lu."

However, Zhongxiashu didn't want to wrestle with his clan nephew anymore, and he didn't talk again along the way, until the car drove to Guanghe Building, his face changed in an instant, and he greeted the tricycle with a smile.

"Cheng Sang, it's been a bumpy road, and you've suffered, this is Guanghe Building, I booked a private room on the second floor, and asked Cheng Sang to come with me."

"Then there's Mr. Lao Zhongxi." Although the young Japanese tried his best to dodge and not let others see the situation of his face, the sharp-eyed Cheng Nuo still caught it, and the vigilance in his heart immediately raised a notch, and said with a professional smile: "It is said that when you come to Beijing, you must listen to the play, why has the family been overstretched, and I haven't found a chance to come over, and now it is the blessing of Mr. Zhongxi." ”

Talking about Mr., Cheng Nuo actually wants these two little devils to die before the other, what kind of bullshit East Asia Tongwen Academy, isn't it the same as the Western missionaries who learned, sooner or later it will have to be done.

Just hiding things in their hearts, the two of them stepped into the Guanghelou Opera Garden one after the other.

It's just that Kangxi personally inscribed the couplet at the door: "The sun and moon lamps, the rivers and seas, the wind, the thunder, the drums, the heaven and the earth, Yao Shunsheng, the end of the civil and military affairs, the ugliness and the cleanliness of many characters in ancient and modern times", he silently told something.

Said to be a private room, in fact, not elegant at all, into the opera garden is greeted by two large pillars that are unsightly, the ground is uneven broken bricks, even upstairs can sometimes find the broken floor, go to the second floor window and glance out, found that in addition to selling snacks and drinks on both sides of the road, there is an open-air urinal nearby, which is really a bit "clean and hygienic".

Even so, the first and second floors were actually full of people, the business was very good, and the atmosphere was hot.

Coming to the private room and sitting down, after the Central and Western Trees gave some orders to the subordinates on the side, several men with food boxes came in one after another and laid out the food one by one.

"Cheng Sang, this is the meal I specially ordered in advance at the restaurant, it may not be as delicious as when it first came out of the pot, but it is definitely delicious." Zhongxiashu got up with a smile and pointed the head of the braised carp to Cheng Nuo: "Good dishes with good shows, and there are colleagues by your side, in the ancient saying of your country, life is like this, what more can you ask for." Pursuing too much else, there are too many difficulties, life is too tiring, it is better to enjoy the moment with me. ”

Cheng Nuo quietly dialed the fish head back, put down the chopsticks and said with a smile: "When I saw this fish, I suddenly thought of a proverb in your country, called '鰯の头もconfidence から' (sincerity, gold and stone are open), if you just pursue comfort, wouldn't life be too monotonous?" ”

Zhongxia Shu laughed, looking very happy: "Cheng Sang is really knowledgeable, even our common sayings are understood, it seems that you and I have a very close relationship, I invite you to eat a real Japanese-style sardine another day, and taste our food." ”

He took a piece of fish skin by himself, chewed it a few times in his mouth, and rolled his eyes up slightly: "But although the proverb is good, it has some superstitious meaning in us, is it a bit inappropriate for a scientist?" ”

Cheng Nuo said: "But we are in China now, and I believe that sincerity is spirituality." But since I'm a guest from afar, I, as the host, have to let you taste Chinese food. ”

As he spoke, he shouted to the guy downstairs, "Hey, master, what do you have to eat here?" ”

The guy tilted his head and shouted in the shape of a trumpet with his hands: "Authentic old Beijing, we have whatever you want to eat." ”

Cheng Nuo raised his eyebrows and smiled, all he wanted was this sentence: "Okay, bring me two portions of your most authentic bean juice, stewed, belly and fried liver, if it's not authentic, don't pay!" ”

"Well, you'll see! No, you smashed my stall, and I didn't say anything. ”

Looking at the little devil who was still stupidly happy on the side, Cheng Nuo was not at ease and asked: "Mr. Zhongxi, I haven't eaten my own food in old Beijing, have you?" ”

Zhongxiashu thought for a while, shook his head and said, "Except for roast duck, I haven't eaten Beijing food for the time being." ”

Cheng Nuo smiled: "Then you have a mouthful, these dishes I shouted can't be eaten in ordinary places, no matter who eats them from outsiders, it is difficult to forget the deliciousness in this life." ”

Rancid, fishy, fat, and smelly, these four masters correspond one by one, and the more authentic the smell, the heavier the smell.

The old devil who has a good life, you have taken a big advantage!