Lu Xinge walks with a long stride, but his speed is neither urgent nor slow.
He held a cigarette between his fingers and took a puff from time to time.
When he smokes, he will watch his surroundings with vigilance from the corner of his eyes.
This is a public telephone box at the French Concession Telegraph Office.
Lu Xinge glanced at it and saw that the person in charge of the phone in the booth was a fat woman with wavy hair.
The fat woman fell asleep. She leaned back on the chair, her mouth opened wide, and she purred slightly.
"Call." Lu Xinge knocked on the wooden cover of the window.
The woman did not wake up.
Lu Xinge raised his voice and patted the cover harder.
The snoring stopped, and the woman woke up in fright. She looked around in panic, then became angry and scolded Lu Xingo.
The scolding stopped abruptly.
"Just give me a call and soon, the rest is yours."
"Okay." The fat woman took the banknote and smiled flatteringly. She opened the drawer and took out a key marked with a red string, and then skillfully opened the locked wooden cover of the phone.
Lu Xingge lowered the brim of his hat, picked up the microphone, raised his head slightly, and glanced at the fat woman.
The fat woman smiled coquettishly and opened the door of the phone booth. "Go and relieve yourself. Don't damage it."
The woman left the phone booth, walked about thirty or forty steps, stopped against the wall, took out a small handful of melon seeds from her pocket, and ate them slowly.
"We need to find No. 16, West Aixian Road, Chengli."
The call will be put through soon.
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Cheng Qianfan stood at the window.
He was playing with a cigarette in his hand, turning the cigarette between his fingers like a magician's magic wand.
From Lu Xinge, he confirmed his suspicion that it was not his eldest brother who sent someone to ask for help.
So, it is basically certain that this is Aunt Ma's personal behavior.
Aunt Ma knew Lu Xingge and knew the relationship between Lu Xingge and him. She found out that Lu Xingge was trapped, and then she thought of coming to him to inform him.
This seems to make sense.
But, how did Aunt Ma judge that Lu Xingo was in danger?
In addition, Aunt Ma's method of coming to the patrol room to summon the police was very clever. It can be seen that Aunt Ma is not an ordinary person.
Cheng Qianfan frowned slightly.
Unexpectedly, my old neighbor of ten or twenty years, Aunt Ma, who is sharp-tongued and always good at taking advantage, actually has a secret that no one knows.
He looked out the window and saw the dim light of the lonely street lamp.
There are stars in the night sky.
He shook his head. There were many people struggling to live on the huge Shanghai beach. How many people like him had another side hidden under the mask?
Asking his eldest brother Lu Xingge to come over from Shanghai Station, Cheng Qianfan admitted that this was a slightly risky move.
After all, Lu Xinge showed his face at the secret service headquarters and kept his name. However, he thought carefully.
There is no doubt about Lu Xinge's military qualities. Since he himself cannot interfere too much with the Special Forces, the Rangers really need such an excellent military commander. .
The reason why he chose Lu Xingo was straightforward: trust.
The eldest brother is one of his own.
This 'own person' can be said to be a revolutionary comrade-in-arms of the Red Party, or, for example, apart from comrades such as Lao Huang and Lu Dazhang, this is one of the most trustworthy own people outside the party.
Although the Shanghai Special Situation Task Force is relatively mysterious, it is only limited to the middle and lower levels. Many senior officials in the Military Command Bureau are aware of the existence of such an armed force. Over at the Chongqing Bureau headquarters, he had been in secret contact with Qi Wu. Qi Wu once reminded him that the special forces team was strong and would inevitably be missed by some interested people. Among these caring people, Wang Tiemu is the most important.
After Wang Tiemu took up his duties at the Shanghai Station, he was naturally moved when he learned that a powerful armed force like the Shanghai Special Task Force existed.
He is the kind of decisive character who does whatever he wants and directly seeks to get this armed force.
This person suggested to Dai Chunfeng that the special situation team be placed under the Shanghai Station, and the reason was very good. He had no intention of annexing the Shanghai special situation group, and considering the importance and safety of the Shanghai special situation group, the Shanghai special situation group would be It specializes in intelligence and leaves the operational aspects to the Shanghai Station.
However, the relationship between Dai Chunfeng and Wang Tiemu soon became discordant, and even a major rift appeared. Wang Tiemu's suggestion was directly rejected by Dai Chunfeng.
Dai Chunfeng even angrily scolded Wang Tiemu for "thinking about getting something for nothing all day long, and being shameless." Although Wang Tiemu's plan to seize the special task force failed before it even started, this incident also served as a reminder to Cheng Qianfan.
Wang Tiemu and others coveted the Shanghai Rangers, but Cheng Qianfan didn't think Dai Chunfeng would be tempted.
Of course, maybe Dai Chunfeng's greed is slightly different from that of others. Other princes want to annex and enhance their own strength. Dai Chunfeng may have other considerations, such as breaking away from the Shanghai special situation group and continuing to expand. The independence of this armed force makes it a pure military mobile force directly under the Chongqing Bureau headquarters that can serve various units in Shanghai.
There is no doubt that Dai Chunfeng must be interested in further controlling this armed force.
He chose Lu Xingo as the military commander of the Rangers as a response. Because Lu Xingge is Dai Chunfeng's person. To be precise, the eldest brother Lu Xingge is Dai Chunfeng's nail in Shanghai Station:
After Ruan Zhiyuan's death, Cheng Qianfan was ordered by Sanbenjiro to assist in investigating the matter. At that time, he learned this information from Ruan Zhiyuan's confession after he was arrested by the Special Higher Education Department. Dai Chunfeng intended to promote talents like Ruan Zhiyuan within the Shanghai Station. (Ruan Zhiyuan's self-report), he had privately revealed to him that Lu Xingge could Get closer and show more trust.
Cheng Qianfan was inclined to agree with Ruan Zhiyuan's words.
Lu Xingge was transferred to the Shanghai Station from the Nanjing Secret Service Headquarters. Cheng Qianfan had previously met with Song Fuguo, and the two talked about the situation at the Shanghai Station at that time.
Cheng Qianfan mentioned sworn sworn brother Lu Xingge.
Song Fuguo was full of praise for Lu Xingge, saying that he was indeed a young talent favored by the bureau.
In addition, Cheng Qianfan also had his own analysis on Lu Xingge being attracted by Wang Tiemu and moving closer to Wang Tiemu. He did not think that Lu Xingge's move was a betrayal of Dai Chunfeng.
Lu Xingge was not valued by Zheng Lijun. Wang Tiemu used Lu Xingge's talents to do things, and that was all. Lu Xingge was definitely not Wang Tiemu's crony.
Cheng Qianfan knew his eldest brother well. If Lu Xingge was the nail that Dai Chunfeng arranged to break into Shanghai Station, his eldest brother would never betray Dai Chunfeng.
From this, Cheng Qianfan even suspected that his eldest brother accepted Wang Tiemu's olive branch and moved closer to Wang Tiemu. This matter should be a smooth move after getting Dai Chunfeng's approval. Based on his understanding of his eldest brother and Dai Chunfeng, when Cheng Qianfan arranged for Jiang Mule to lead the team to find Lu Xingge's whereabouts earlier, he was already planning to win his eldest brother over and join the special forces.
Cheng Qianfan believed that he proposed to Dai Chunfeng at the right time to keep Lu Xingge in the special situation team, and Dai Chunfeng was happy to see it happen.
The only surprise in this matter was that Lu Xinge discovered his identity this time. This is an unexpected situation.
Cheng Qianfan knew that he and the Shanghai Special Situation Team were more important to Dai Chunfeng than Lu Xingge. If Lu Xingge knew this secret, Dai Chunfeng would have a headache on how to deal with it.
It is impossible for no one to know his identity. Among other things, Tao Zi, Hao Zai, Zhou Ru and many other subordinates naturally know that they are also in danger of being suddenly captured by the enemy and betraying him.
Being in this business is inherently risky.
Cheng Qianfan is also considering it. Generally speaking, there are two ways.
One is that Lu Xingge was transferred to the Shanghai Special Situation Group and became a subordinate of Cheng Qianfan.
However, Lu Xinge has already shown his face at the secret service headquarters, so this method is not safe. Another way is to transfer Lu Xingge away from Shanghai.
However, after experiencing the "nagging" incident, neither Cheng Qianfan nor Dai Chunfeng in Chongqing would rest assured that Lu Xingge would dominate the army.
He works at the site, which has nothing to do with whether Cheng Qianfan trusts his elder brother, even if Cheng Qianfan firmly believes that his elder brother will not betray him even if he is arrested.
As Song Fuguo said before, he believed in comrades, but did not believe in torture instruments. Dai Chunfeng was the hero.
In this way, Big Brother's results are nothing more than two:
First, transfer back to the rear. This is safer, but it is not absolute.
Secondly, it cannot be ruled out that the eldest brother accidentally died in a certain operation.
After careful consideration, Cheng Qianfan proposed to Dai Chunfeng according to the original plan that Lu Xingge be transferred to the special situation group. However, it was not close to the core intelligence department of the special situation group, but instead entered the special forces to be responsible for military operations.
The eldest brother is one of his own.
Dai Chunfeng naturally knew this.
At the same time, the eldest brother is also one of Dai Chunfeng's own.
This is a candidate acceptable to both parties.
Cheng Qianfan believes that this is not the best but the most appropriate choice to solve the matter. The next day.
early morning.
After breakfast, Cheng Qianfan took a walk in the garden with Xiao Zhizhi, who was also full. Li Hao accompanied him to report the situation.
"Ota called me yesterday afternoon, but he didn't tell me what to do with Brother Fan on the phone."
"I also called home." Cheng Qianfan nodded. After he returned home yesterday, Ruolan told him that a Mr. Tian called him.
"Brother Fan, according to your opinion, over there at Ota..." Haozi asked worriedly.
"It should be related to the matter with the caravan." Cheng Qianfan said to Haozi not to worry, "Don't pay attention to it, Ota will come back to me if anything happens."
Regarding Jiujiu Trading's cooperation with the caravan, and the Japanese army's investigation near Wuxi Meicun, before the caravan set off, he did some things to cooperate with the organization, but after the caravan set off, he would not take any further action. Everything is based on feedback from Ohta Yuichi.
"Haozi, I have one thing for you." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Brother Fan, please give your orders."
"Check Aunt Ma."
Li Hao was quite surprised, "Brother Fan, you suspect..."
"Aunt Ma will not be an enemy." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "You can handle this matter yourself."
Aunt Ma would not be an enemy, but Cheng Qianfan would be very uncomfortable if someone with a secret background was around and involved in such a secret matter.
"Understood." Haozi nodded. He looked at Brother Fan and hesitated to speak.
"What's wrong?"
"Brother Fan, sister-in-law doesn't know you're injured yet, right?" Haozi asked.
"A small injury, so that she won't worry." Cheng Qianfan said that he was resting in the study yesterday.
As he said that, he glared at Haozi and said, "Keep your mouth tighter."
"Brother Fan, if there is an injury, there will be a scar." Li Hao reminded.
"Yes. If there is an injury, there will be a scar." Cheng Qianfan sighed with deep eyes. He knew that what Haozi was saying was that Ruolan would see the scar on his back sooner or later. However, Cheng Qianfan thought more deeply. This scar may never be a problem for him, but once something happens, it may become a suspicious point, which requires a reasonable explanation.
Kunshan, Qiongxi Village.
Li Shunan held the handkerchief in her hand, which was stained with blood. She was a little at a loss as to whether she should wipe the blood from the corner of the other person's mouth.
She glanced at the wounded soldier lying on the bed with his head raised and his eyes empty.
This man had been in a coma for eight or nine hours, and the first thing he said when he woke up was to ask his soldiers.
Li Shunan told him that he was the only one fished out of the river, and no one else was alive. This is what this person looked like.
There were footsteps outside.
Then, the wooden door was pushed open.
Li Shunan's cousin Peng Yuzhang came in with a package in his hand.
"Are you awake?" Peng Yuzhang asked.
"When he woke up, he asked how his soldiers were doing, and then that was it." Li Shunan said with a worried look at the soldiers who were still in a daze.
Peng Yuzhang sighed and opened the package. Inside was a few pieces of clothing. "There are men and women working in the village. You can't wear this. There are some clothes here. Let me help you change."
With that, he motioned to his cousin Li Shunan to go out and said, "Shunnan, go outside and watch, and someone will tell me."
This is a dilapidated City God's Temple. They placed the wounded soldier here so that he would not attract the attention of outsiders.
Peng Yuzhang helped the wounded soldier change his clothes. Although the soldier still didn't speak, he was still willing to cooperate.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Peng Yuzhang accidentally touched the other party's wound and quickly apologized. Then he was stunned. In addition to three new wounds on the wounded soldier's body that had turned out, there were also There were more than a dozen old scars, large and small. One of them on the chest seemed to be a bullet hole, and two long and narrow scars on the abdomen came into view. He took a breath of air. How did this person survive such serious injuries?
"This injury?" He pointed and asked.
He didn't expect the other party to speak, and carefully changed the other party's clothes, "You are big, so the clothes may be a bit small."
"Yesterday there was a lot of gunfire over the Gardenia Valley. When the gunfire stopped, the Japanese set fire to it." "I took my lady to cast a net in the lake, but I didn't expect that I caught you when I caught you. I thought you were dead. The lady was frightened."
"Fight with the Japanese on the bayonet," the wounded soldier said.
Peng Yuzhang was very happy to see that he had spoken. He heard in the play that there is no greater sorrow than death, and he was really worried that this man would just keep silent.
Hearing that the dense scars on this man's body were caused by fighting with the Japanese with bayonets, he was in awe and said, "Well done."
"Where's my gun?" asked the wounded soldier.
This was the second sentence Peng Yuzhang heard from the wounded soldier.
