Early spring 1946, mountain city.

This undulating city is full of steps, but as a wartime companion capital, it is still one of the most prosperous cities in the Republic of China. As far as the eye can see, the streets and alleys are full of grocery stores, tailor shops, small facial paralysis and even medical clinics. "Rejuvenation Medical Hall" is such an inconspicuous place, but because the doctor Lu Haodong has always been clever and benevolent, he has a good reputation and considerable management.

However, today, the door of the medical hall is closed, and the sign of "Closed for one day" is hung, and some familiar neighbors ask, and the young man only says that it is difficult for Lu Lang to treat himself, and he occasionally falls ill with a cold.

However, Lu Haodong, who was supposed to be bedridden at this moment, sat in the secret room on the second floor, touched his goatee, and asked the woman at the table, "Is he better?" ”

The woman was wearing the usual moon-white Chinese dress, a royal blue coat, and a shawl for her hair, which made her body thin and pale, and her eyebrows were picturesque but like smoke and sorrow, and she sighed and said: "How can it be good, although it is not the first time, but to send his comrades on the road, alas, he is very depressed." ”

Lu Haodong understood that what the woman said was the truth, but as an underground/worker of the party, the sharp knife inserted into the enemy's interior was something that this "he" had to bear, so he said gently: "Comrade Meng Ying, I can't meet him often, you are by his side because of your work, but you must do his job well, this is also the task assigned to you by the organization." ”

Not long ago, the party successfully broke into the Kuomintang military command for many years, and Zheng Yaoxian, known as the "devil six" in the rivers and lakes, was forced by Dai Yunong, the Gestapo, to personally execute Zeng Moyi, a communist party member who was undercover in the military command. made Lao Zheng, who already had a "deep blood feud" with the party, even more passive and painful, and personally sent his comrades away, this heartbreaking others could not comfort him.

Meng Ying nodded without hesitation and said, "Comrade Lao Lu, don't worry, Yu Gong, I secretly joined the party in 42 years, and it is my job to cooperate with the 'kite'." For selfishness, Comrade Zheng Yaoxian rescued me from the clutches of the Japanese when I was most desperate, and I should have taken care of him. She spoke slowly, but with an unquestioning openness, which did not match her delicate image.

This made Lao Lu very satisfied, since the establishment of their group, he has been the organizer, originally there were six comrades, scattered in various departments of the Kuomintang in Chongqing, and he has always been in one-line contact, except for Zheng Yaoxian and Meng Ying who know each other's identities for special reasons, everyone else strictly abides by the confidentiality regulations, and even the superior leader Yuan Nong does not know their true identities.

But because of several anti-communist upsurges, three comrades have already died, and the remaining Zheng Yaoxian, Cheng Zhen'er and Meng Ying can't keep each other's secrets - Zheng Zaijun and Cheng Zaizhong can intercept important information, and Meng Ying Because of physical reasons, in addition to covering Zheng Yaoxian, the most important task is to come to Lao Lu here to deliver news under the pretext of seeing a doctor. After all, Zheng Yao was the colonel and director of the Kuomintang military command, and if he had nothing to do to see Langzhong all day, he would really rush to send the two of them to the king of Hades.

This is a helpless thing, and what makes Lao Lu Yu even more is that in the process of work, Zheng Yaoxian and Cheng Zhener had a relationship between men and women, which is fatal, not to mention the discipline of underground work, that is, on the surface, the military command and the central command are also chickens and dogs who do not interact with each other when they hear each other, don't you give people a handle like this? For this reason, regardless of the feelings of the two parties, Lao Lu has applied to his superiors to transfer Cheng Zhen'er, who is originally from the northeast, to prepare for the takeover of the three eastern provinces.

Compared with these two uneasy offline, Lao Lu suddenly felt that the little girl Meng Ying was really a good comrade who knew discipline, in order to confirm Zheng Yaoxian's inappropriate image, she had lived in the Zheng family since three years ago, which was equivalent to losing a girl's reputation, that's it, she had no affection for Mr. Zheng Yao over the years, and she did her job very well.

Even if Meng Ying made a request, it was from the perspective of work, "Comrade Lao Lu, I know you are embarrassed, but even if Lao Zheng can pass this hurdle in his heart, even if we all know that even without him, Zeng Moyi, a good comrade, can't be saved, but in the eyes of the guerrillas, he is already heinous and can't die late for a moment." If Lao Zheng dies at the hands of our own people, then not only will he be wronged, but we will no longer be able to find such a steel knife comrade. ”

Lao Lu was shocked, remembering the incomprehension of some comrades and the inevitable launch of the "hoe and rape operation", which was also a dilemma for the candle to burn at both ends, but Xiao Meng said the truth, he thought about it for a long time in a dilemma, and finally said in his low Sichuan accent: "Comrade Xiao Meng, please rest assured, I can't watch our good comrades die in vain, at least while I am alive." I'll definitely figure it out on the guerrilla side. You have to be careful yourself. ”

Meng Ying was weak and powerless when she heard his assurance, and she was not disappointed, but after all, she was not familiar with Lao Lu to the point where she could complain casually, so she had to whisper: "Of course I believe in Comrade Lao Lu, and I hope you can make ...... Other comrades believed that the thread of the 'kite' would always be in the hands of the party, and that he was more military than the military commander, and that it was also a knife for the heart of the enemy, which could pierce a little deeper. ”

Lu Haodong was shocked, looked at Meng Ying's immature and smooth face, and couldn't help but feel a little admiration.

However, at this time, there was a sudden commotion downstairs, and the two immediately became alert and took a defensive posture, but the young man then lifted the alarm, "It's Miss Cheng here." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a "da-da" walking sound, and saw Cheng Zhen'er running up in a hurry, she was obviously wearing tweed professional clothes and a shawl with her hair, but at this time she looked messy. Lao Lu was relieved first, and then he was extremely dissatisfied, and scolded sharply: "You doll, do you know how dangerous it is to run over like this?" Is there still a bit of vigilance? ”

Cheng Zhen'er was blushing and panting, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't care about anything else, so she hurriedly said: "Lao Lu, please, go and stop the comrades of the guerrillas, they want to kill Lao Zheng." ”

"What did you say?" Lu Haodong and Meng Ying spoke almost in unison.

"Really, I just intercepted a message from the radio station of the Central People's Republic of China, and the guerrillas are preparing to rob and kill him on his way to the Dai Mansion in the Immortal Cave at nine o'clock tonight. The address and message of the generator are correct. Cheng Zhen'er was in a hurry, and spoke quickly.