In front of the official residence of Miyata Village Chongze on the West Ann of the Republic of China Road, there is a north-south street, where people come and go, rickshaw drivers are pulling rickshaws, and cars with Japanese sun flags honk their horns on the street from time to time.

In the sparse flow of people, a merchant in his forties walked with a burden and struggled, and kept shouting "Take the rags for 'magenta' and 'magenta' and 'magenta'", "Take scrap iron and scrap copper for 'foreign fire' and 'foreign needles'"

The merchant's shouting is dragging and tuned, crisp and tactful, subdued and frustrated, full of charm. As he walked through the streets, he vigilantly observed the situation on the street.

There are no jugglers along the street, and there are part-time workers, so it's not lively.

There is also a fortune teller who is telling fortunes to passers-by, he is holding a fishing drum in his arms, knocking on the cloud board with his hands, wearing a Taoist scarf, and he looks like a fairy wind and bones.

Wang Donghai pretended to be a housekeeper and sat down to ask the Taoist to tell the fortune.

The fortune teller took the trouble to ask him about his birthday, and after measuring the eight characters, he said, "You are looking for someone." ”

"Yes, please sir help me guide me to the maze!" Wang Donghai said in passing.

The fortune teller pinched his fingers and counted again, and said, "There is fate in this life, and we will meet again in the next life, which may be the best relief for sentient beings who cannot be together." ”

Wang Donghai laughed secretly when he heard this. From time to time, his eyes glanced at the gate of Tamura Takanori's mansion.

The fortune teller took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, so he lowered his voice and said: Tamura rarely shows up after being disturbed, and the time to go out is irregular, but Hong Xingtai often goes in and out of Tamura Mansion. ”

Someone suddenly walked over to them, and the fortune teller raised his voice and sold Guanzi again: "Yin and Yang Yang are uncertain, and good and evil are rewarded by the people of the rivers and lakes." ”

"Thank you for your advice!" Wang Donghai said as he took out two fiat currencies and threw them in front of the fortune teller, and walked away.

It turned out that it was Hong Xingtai and two middle-aged people in horse coats, one fat and one thin, who looked around and hurriedly walked into Tamura Takanori's official residence.

After entering the gate, led by a Japanese agent, he walked straight to the back building of the official residence.

At the junction of the front and back buildings is a long, narrow aisle, covered with thick carpets, hanging branch-shaped, shiny chandeliers, mirrors and flowers everywhere, and nude Western oil paintings on the walls.

In the aisle, several young women in Japanese kimonos stood and bowed slightly to greet them. The leather shoes of the three of them were soft on the carpet.

The aisle is quiet, but the air inside is a little suffocating due to poor ventilation, and it is a little gloomy.

Hong Xingtai stopped at the door of a luxurious room. He knocked cautiously on the door, and someone opened it from the inside.

Hong Xingtai motioned for the two of them to walk in.

This is a luxurious bedroom that has been very well decorated. Takamura Takanori was sitting on the sofa in a military uniform and smoking, and when he saw two people coming in, Tamura Takanori put the cigarette butt in the ashtray and extinguished it vigorously, suddenly stood up, and circled the two of them silently.

Looking at Takamura Takanori's murderous gaze, the legs of the two middle-aged people standing couldn't help but tremble slightly.

Tamura Takanori suddenly grabbed a war knife from the knife holder like lightning, put it on the neck of the tall man, and said coldly: "Yaga, you dare to come to deceive the Japanese Imperial Army, say quickly, who sent you?" ”

"Long face" trembled and said: "Taijun, you just give us two guts, and you don't dare to lie to you, Taijun, the people's army in Haicang saw that the imperial army would soon establish a Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle, and they really wanted to surrender to the imperial army, and we also brought a letter from the county magistrate Ma, and the squires and celebrities in the county signed and painted on it!"

Tamura Takanori stared at the two for a while, and the doubts in his heart were dispelled, and the fierce expression on his face gradually eased a little.

Seeing this, the two of them felt a little more steady.

"Long Face" hurriedly took out a letter from his arms, handed it to Tamura Takanori with both hands, and said, "Taijun, this is a handwritten letter from County Magistrate Ma to you. ”

Takanori Tamura took the letter and looked at it, and said quietly: "Well, they are all willing to be loyal subjects of my Great Japanese Empire, which is very good!" But please also tell them that the magistrate of Ma County should cooperate with the imperial army to recover Haicang, and the imperial army will never treat them badly. ”

"Round face" hurriedly bowed his head and said: That's, that's. However, he also asked Taijun to set a date, and the county magistrate Ma would come in person to discuss the specific issue of surrender with Taijun and present the coastal defense map of Haicang.

"Roar!" Tamura nodded.

At this time, in the Huang Mansion, Huang Deren was chatting with Liu Wencheng at the dinner table.

Huang Deren drank another glass of wine and said with a sigh: "Now the hearts of the people in this world are simply terrible. Assassins are rampant, terrorism is everywhere, and the Chongqing government has degenerated to the level of the Warring States period, and it can do such a barbaric and bloody deed, even inferior to the Japanese. ”

Liu Wencheng tried his best to echo: "Yes, I think the Japanese cultivation is excellent, at least they won't shoot us in the back, which will catch you off guard and be scared." The Japanese speak of the spirit of bushido and fair dueling. Chiang Kai-shek used Dai Li's spies to carry out assassinations all day long to exterminate dissidents, and Mr. Wang and Mr. Zhou were both forced to go to Liangshan under Chiang Gong's assassination plan. ”

Huang Deren took a mouthful of food with chopsticks and put it in his mouth while chewing and said, "The Japanese Imperial Army's offensive is like a tide, the momentum is like a bamboo, the current situation is very favorable to us, we must seize the opportunity!" ”

Liu Wencheng put down the cup and showed a look of surprise: "Opportunity, what a good opportunity?" ”

Huang Deren was full of snorts, and said with a slight meaning: "The Japanese are going to fight Haicang!" ”

"Hit Haicang, is this news reliable? How do you know? Liu Wencheng continued to ask.

Huang Deren took a sip of wine and said: The Haicang side has sent representatives to contact the head of the Tamura office, and they said that they would submit to Japan, cooperate with the Japanese Imperial Army, and take Haicang in one fell swoop.

"Really?" Liu Wencheng became excited for a while: "This is good news!" Then his expression suddenly darkened again, "But what does it have to do with us?" ”

Huang Deren pondered for a moment and said: There is a relationship, of course there is a relationship. We can go to Haicang to develop in the future, although Haicang is a little smaller, but far away from Xia Island, we don't have to suffer from Li Zaixin's nest.

Liu Wencheng was stunned for a moment and said, "Oh, what do you think?" ”

"We're going to help Chief Tamura make this happen!" Huang Deren paused, and said with an old and solemn look: "Didn't you set up the 'Fujian Provincial Party Department', and you can instigate the Japanese army to invade Haicang as soon as possible in the name of a member of the Party Department." As for me, in the name of the president of the "Overseas Chinese Association" in Xiamen, I also suggested to the Xiamen Liaison Department of the Japanese Xingya Institute that a "Xinhua Alliance" be set up in Xiamen to encourage the Chinese to be right, and to plan to participate in the public security work in Haicang. Once Haicang is occupied by the Japanese army, with the strength of the two of us, the maintenance of Haicang will not be ours? ”

Liu Wencheng thought about it and said happily: "Well, it's a good strategy." Mr. Huang was appointed as a senator of the Xiamen Special Municipal Government, concurrently served as the Overseas Chinese Trade Union ZX, and was appointed as the director of the Xiamen branch of the Bank of Japan. ”

Huang Deren waved his hand and said very modestly: "My brother used to serve as an espionage officer for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate General, and often traveled to Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong, and other places. If you and I had joined forces to conspire, this plan would have been possible! ”

Liu Wencheng was overjoyed when he heard this: "If this matter is successful, you will be the maintenance chairman of Haicang, and the younger brother is willing to assist." ”

Huang Deren happily picked up his wine glass: "Come, let us take care of each other, take advantage of the situation, and plot to overturn the great cause." ”

"!" The two men touched their glasses vigorously and drank them dry.