On the morning of November 16, Hawaii time, the USS Harvie took off from Honolulu and flew to the North American continent......

Nine hours later, the Harvie flew 4,000 kilometers to the naval base in San Francisco, and after refueling, it directly changed its crew and continued to fly; It took another eight and a half hours, flew more than 3,900 kilometers, crossed the five-hour time difference, and arrived at the Andrews Army Air Corps base, 15 kilometers east of the District of Columbia, at just eight o'clock in the evening Washington time.

Ayers' secretary and a lieutenant colonel officer were already waiting on the edge of the runway with two cars, and when they saw the three men getting off the plane, they immediately stepped forward to salute.

Seeing an acquaintance, Li Junhao was very happy and stepped forward to meet this Mrs. Brown.

Mrs. Brown is an elegant lady in her early forties, who has been Ayers' secretary for 12 years, and has been very familiar with Li Junhao when he was in the Consulate General in Shanghai.

Mrs. Brown then introduced him to Lieutenant Commander Alex Vidal, assistant chief of the Admiralty's Expeditionary Operations Division, who had also been ordered to pick him up.

Lieutenant Colonel Vidal saluted him first, indicating that he had come to receive him on the orders of the Commissioner; Li Junhao hurriedly returned the salute, but he knew that the expeditionary operations department was the superior management department of their naval units/marines stationed abroad, and the assistant director came to pick him up, which was already very face-saving.

After meeting, the group got into a car and left the base and drove west to downtown Washington, but instead of entering the center of the city, they drove southwest to the suburbs.

Mrs. Brown explained that it was now evening and that she would go directly to Mr. Ayers' house.

Li Junhao did not object, although his body is American, but he has no memory of living here, and now he has come to Washington, D.C., and can only rely on Ayers, so he must meet first, and then let him help arrange a hotel accommodation.

More than forty minutes later, the two cars drove up to the gate of a heavily guarded villa area, and after being inspected, they drove in. This villa area is very large, and there are soldiers of the Marine Corps standing guard at the door, but there are many fierce guards in black suits guarding and patrolling inside.

Li Junhao estimated that this should be the residence of a number of high-ranking political officials, and these black-suit guards should be special security personnel, but he did not know which department they belonged to.

The two cars drove to the courtyard gate of a three-story villa in the middle, and when they saw the car coming, a middle-aged man in his forties in the courtyard immediately opened the iron fence gate......

After getting out of the car, Li Junhao said hello with a smile, the middle-aged man was Ayers's personal bodyguard, named Vasco White, and he was also an old man who followed him when he was in Huhai, and when he greeted him, he also responded with a smile.

Of course, Nick, who got out of the second car, also knew White, and he also learned the skills of a bodyguard with White when he was in Huhai, and he also greeted him affectionately.

Avni, who got off the passenger seat of the first car, didn't know anyone, but stood behind Li Junhao and didn't speak; Although she knew that this was the home of the original Consul General Ayers, she did not let her guard down, and she was really a bodyguard.

Everyone entered the courtyard, Ailes had already opened the door of the villa, stood on the steps and looked at this side with a smile, Li Junhao smiled and said, "Uncle, I haven't seen you for a long time, do you miss me?" ”

"Stinky boy!" Ailes laughed and scolded, and saw Li Junhao walking in front of him, stretching out his hands is a hug, Li Junhao laughed and hugged the old man, hugged him off the ground with force, and shook him, which made Ailes, who was originally a little excited, angry and slapped him twice.

After letting go of his hand, Li Junhao said, "Uncle, it seems that you haven't eaten well for a while, and your weight is light!" ”

Ayres and the others were a little moved when they realized the purpose of his action, and Ayres regretted that he had just been angry, and explained: "The campaign work was a little too busy some time ago......

At this time, seeing that he had arrived at the place, Lieutenant Colonel Vidal of the Admiralty stepped forward and saluted: "Mr. Ayers, Colonel Panson has arrived smoothly, then I will take my leave first!" ”

"Well, thank you, Lieutenant Colonel." Ayers Road.

Vidal said to Li Junhao again: "Colonel Pan Sen, the office has already booked a hotel for you, or you can go to the officers' quarters in the department......" As he spoke, he handed over a piece of paper, on which were several telephone numbers and addresses, including the hotel, the Admiralty's officers' quarters, and the Expeditionary Operations Office, etc., "You and the attachés can go over at any time......"

"No need." Ailes said, "Pan Sen can stay with me first, you can return the hotel!" ”

Vidal was stunned for a moment before he said, "Yes, sir." Then he saluted Ayres and Li Junhao before getting in the car and leaving. He originally wanted to tell Li Junhao that the director would meet him tomorrow, but looking at the current situation, he couldn't say this, I don't know if Mr. Ayres has other arrangements, he will go back and report to the director first!

Sure enough, as soon as Vidal went back and said, Director Vaughan said, "That's the case for now, you can contact Mr. Ayers' secretary tomorrow and see what the arrangements are going ......."

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After Li Junhao entered the villa, after looking at the environment, he sighed: "Uncle, your house is far worse than the official residence over there in Huhai, which is a luxurious European-style villa, but this is a wood-paneled house in the countryside!" ”

Ayers and Mrs. Brown and Nick next to him all laughed, but Avne didn't laugh, but looked around the room seriously, and looked up the stairs, looking up to see it, but after thinking about it, she didn't move.

Seeing his movements, White's eyes moved, and he nodded secretly, thinking that the quality of this young female guard was very good, and then looking at Nick, who was following Silly Music next to him, he felt that the level of this half of the students was too bad.

After some jokes, the maid brought the meal and let Li Junhao and the three of them have dinner, the others have already eaten, Mrs. Brown went upstairs to work overtime in the study, White went to the guardhouse in the courtyard, and Ailes sat with a glass of red wine, chatting by the way.

Li Junhao knew that Ayres had something to say to him, so he ate a lot faster, two large steaks and a bowl of spinach and egg soup, and after filling his stomach, he motioned for Nick and Avne to continue, and he got up and went upstairs with Ayres.

Boiling water and tea had already been prepared in the study on the second floor, and Li Junhao began to make tea, but he heard Ayres say, "The president wants to see you!" ”

(End of chapter)