"I heard that I had lunch with Minglou today. What did we talk about?"
In the garden house at night, the satisfied Wang Manchun was lying lazily on the bed, nestled in Wang Yan's arms, and talking about another man.
Wang Yan leaned on the bed and smoked, playing with the big baby out of habit: "He is the director of the Economic Department, and I am the richest man in Shanghai. What can we talk about? It's just some business matters, let me contribute some money , make it easier for me. Oh, by the way, there was also the matter of your uncle embarrassing Ming Jing before. He also knew about it, said some words of thanks, and chatted for lunch. "
"Didn't you talk about me?"
"He is your old friend, and I am your current mistress. It doesn't matter that I am a gangster. He is a serious cultural person. How can such embarrassing things be brought to the table? See what you mean, to Minglou I still miss it."
"Who knows..."
Wang Manchun let out a long breath: "What do you think of him? Are there any problems?"
"He is also a well-read and well-informed person. He is a good conversationalist. We will inevitably interact with him in the future. Maybe we will have a relationship and become a friend. As for whether he has any problems, that is your business. Follow me. It doesn’t matter.”
"I asked you to tell me your opinion, but I didn't say it had anything to do with you."
Wang Yan shook his head and said, "I don't know. I just met him. I just had a good chat with him. I don't know anything else. What can I say?"
"He is also the deputy director of the Special Agents Committee. You know this. Then what is the first thing he does when he takes office? Pay attention to prisoners of war and the disposal list of captured secret agents of both parties. Liang Zhongchun, Director of Operations Division No. 76 , you know this person well. You have met him at Wang Zhaoming's welcome meeting before. He is a defector from the Shanghai Station of the Central Unification Committee two years ago and has been working for the puppet government. He has deep knowledge of the military and underground party members. He told me that he felt there was something wrong with Minglou, and it was probably someone from the military command."
"I still say the same thing, no matter what identity Minglou is, it has nothing to do with me. Even if he really has a problem, even if I know it, I can't say it out of my mouth. I sell penicillin from the red party and make a lot of money. In addition, On the one hand, I believe you have also got the news. Wu Qiren, a high-ranking official in the Communist Party of China, is in charge of Shanghai's work. Do you think I have the courage to provoke him? So, don't cause trouble for me. If you think there is something wrong with Minglou, then Just go check it out, and don’t tell me the situation, lest I unintentionally ruin your important matter."
"Come on, you, you are useless except for that job." Wang Manchun slapped Wang Yan's chest angrily, then turned over and moved to the side, pulling the quilt to cover him: "Sleep! What happened this time Duo, I have to be so busy every day and have to be tormented by you, it’s really a hard life..."
"Isn't that what you did voluntarily? I didn't force you."
As Wang Yan spoke, he put out his cigarette in the ashtray on the bedside table, turned off the light, and another day of infighting passed.
Compared to Wang Manchun, Yu Manli gave Wang Yan more trust. Of course, it was the same reason. She knew that she couldn't hide anything and couldn't play tricks in front of Wang Yan, and she wasn't very loyal to the military commander itself, so she basically said what she said and wouldn't hide it.
Likewise, Wang Yan found out that she had contacted her new superior. He even asked carefully and confirmed that the person who contacted Yu Manli was Mingcheng, who was pretending to be a poisonous snake.
This is the benefit of having a knowledgeable and trustworthy younger brother. Although there is a problem with Mingcheng, it is difficult to ensure that there is no problem with Minglou, but if something really happens, Mingcheng can still protect Minglou by taking charge of the matter, and can also give Minglou a chance to escape and get married. time.
But Wang Yan is not envious, as his positioning is different from Minglou's.
Minglou is the colonel's intelligence section chief at the Juntong Shanghai Station. He is also the leader of the intelligence team of the Shanghai underground party organization. His organizational relationship is with the Shanghai underground party and he is responsible for sneaking into the enemy's interior to collect intelligence. Wang Yan, on the other hand, is the famous number one killer of the Red Party who walks in the dark. His organizational connections are at the central level. He is responsible for business and supplies. He occasionally picks up women and engages in intelligence because his status has reached a certain level, so he naturally comes into contact with them. What you get is considered a part-time job.
In terms of contacting the organization, he contacted two people, one was the handsome man who led him, and the other was the Shanghai underground party
Lu Boda, the first secretary of the organization. He can also send reports himself, and can also hide the radio and run around. He really has no need for his subordinates.
Minglou was different. He had to contact both the military and the Red Party. There were superiors and subordinates involved, and he couldn't do it by himself. Even if there is no Mingcheng, he will have friends in disguise, who serve as liaisons.
Wang Tianfeng's situation is different. He only lurks in Shanghai to command, and does not personally go to the enemy's interior to collect intelligence. He is a player who moves freely, and of course he knows many people. So now Wang Tianfeng is still wanted by Japanese special forces. The previous assassination of Wang failed, and many people who were arrested confessed to Wang Tianfeng. So even if Dai Yunong didn't get him back to be a teacher, he wouldn't be able to survive in Shanghai...
Perhaps because he didn't want to be exposed, although the Wang Mansion was adjacent to the Ming Mansion, Wang Yan had never bumped into the Ming Mansion. The time he leaves is fixed, but the time he comes back is not. Minglou worked in the Wang Puppet Government and had a lot of bad things to do every day. He left early and came home late, so he was so busy that it was normal not to bump into him.
In fact, when Minglou didn't come back, Wang Yan lived here for a year and never met Mingjing. He only occasionally met Mingtai twice who was returning home late in a rickshaw.
Wang Yan's life is still so comfortable. He is supporting the French here and dealing with the Japanese there. The business is on the right track. He only pays attention to the current situation occasionally. As for the matter of arresting the house, he doesn't need to worry about it. The three detectives under him can do their job, so there is no need for him to take action personally.
The situation this time was different from when he was the detective before. He didn't need to study his detectives to centralize power. Because now he has more energy, He Shaohong is his, and Qu Wanping and He Xing are from the Youth League. They may have ideas, but they don't have the courage to go against him. In this case, there is no need to kill another detective and replace him with one of your own.
On the other hand, it was also related to the Japanese. He could say with certainty that one of Qu Wanping and He Xing must be involved with the Japanese. This is a question you can figure out with your feet. The Japanese have been infiltrating the public concession and the French Concession. The inspector has a high position and must be the target of competition.
If he really takes action with the cooperation of these two people, then he is looking for trouble. The Japanese will be unhappy and will definitely cause trouble for him, which is not worth it.
But life can never always be smooth sailing. Wang Yan doesn't look for trouble, but that doesn't mean trouble won't come to him.
Winter has come again in Shanghai. Maybe the world is about to change and the weather is uncertain. This year’s winter is much colder than last year. It was only November and there was heavy snowfall.
"Brother Yan, this day is really evil this year. It rains every year, but this year it snows, and it rains so hard."
Qi Si picked out a pile of mutton slices from the copper pot in front of him, dipped the ingredients in the bowl, stuffed his mouth full of it, and muttered.
He looked at the falling snow outside the window and at the little beggar disappearing across the street, feeling satisfied.
Wang Yan drank the boiled rice wine and looked at the snow outside the window. He smiled and said, "Maybe the world has done so many evil things that God can't stand it anymore."
"Brother Yan, do you think there are really ghosts and gods?"
"That's a good question, but I've never seen it. It depends on whether you believe it or not. If you believe it, then there is it. If you don't believe it, then there isn't it." Wang Yan shook his head and sighed: "But there is no way for misfortunes and blessings, only people bring it on themselves. That's for sure. Look, trouble is coming."
Following Wang Yan's gaze, Qi Si looked back and saw Wang Manchun coming in wearing a windbreaker and boots at the door of the store, patting the snow on his body at the door.
"Indeed, the trouble may not be small."
After that, Qi Si took his own bowls, chopsticks, and Shanghai soda, ran to an empty table next to him, sat down, and got up to go find the boss for another pot.
He knew that usually, Wang Manchun would not come to Wang Yan during the day. But now that he's here, something must have happened involving Wang Yan. It's still snowing so heavily today, making it difficult to drive on the road and drive. If you have to find yourself in such a situation, it only illustrates the problem...
Wang Manchun, whose face was red, sat down against the cold wind outside. After the waiter brought bowls and chopsticks with dipping sauce, she immersed herself in taking two bites of meat to relieve the chill on her body. Although now
Many cars already have a heating system, but there is no doubt that the heating effect is not very good and it will still feel cold.
After calming down for a while, Wang Manchun looked at Wang Yan who was leisurely drinking hot wine across from him and smiled: "Drinking hot wine, eating hot pot, and admiring the heavy snow, you are really in a good mood."
With the slightly harsh tone, it is not difficult to hear the sarcasm in her words.
Wang Yan didn't pay attention. He just raised his head and spoke while picking up meat from the pot: "You came all the way in the snow just to mock me? You have something to say."
Wang Manchun sneered: "Two days ago, we caught a red party member lurking in the confidential office of No. 76. Based on his confession, we caught the liaison officer who contacted him, and this liaison officer The officer’s name is Zheng Chong, and he is a rickshaw puller in your rickshaw shop.”
Wang Yan didn't even stop eating meat. He put some sweet garlic into his mouth and bit it loudly: "Have you finished speaking? What does it have to do with me? Why do you come to me for such a trivial matter?"
"Don't worry, there's more." Wang Manchun stared at Wang Yan closely and said, "According to what Zheng Chong told us, we have captured another person named Yan Zhengcai. This person is familiar to you, right? He is the logistics manager of Yonghua Industrial."
"Anymore?"
"Isn't this enough? Wang Yan, your manager is a red party member. Doesn't it have anything to do with you? Don't you know anything about it?"
"I have some impression of this Yan Zhengcai. He is an honest and responsible person. I didn't expect that he turned out to be a red party member. It's a pity..."
Wang Yan shook his head and sighed, then changed the topic: "But why does he have anything to do with me if he is a member of the Red Party? Why do I need to know? Although he has a higher level, he is just a logistics manager. My subordinates are at his level. Yes, there are dozens of people. It’s good to have an impression of him. You didn’t come here to deceive me, did you? Don’t you know my situation?
I have been doing business with the Red Party for so many years, and I have spent a lot of money to open up trade routes in the Japanese-occupied and Kuomintang-controlled areas. Now I am helping the Red Party sell penicillin and help them purchase supplies. Will there be no red party members in my company or on the business road? Not only the Red Party, but also the Military and Central Unification Council? Are there no people from the Super High School and Iwai Mansion? And you, didn’t you put people under my command? Something happened to them, and you came to me to ask for help? "
Wang Manchun snorted: "Yan Zhengcai was caught last night. He opened the *** office at about ten o'clock. His superior was Li Zhaonian, the deputy general manager of Yonghua Industrial. Our people went to Yonghua Industrial to pounce. , went to his residence again, but couldn't find anyone. His wife and children were all missing. Don't you just have some impression of this Li Zhaonian? Do you still say it has nothing to do with you? "
Wang Yan shook his head and sighed: "I knew there was someone in the Red Party under me, but I didn't expect it would be Li Zhaonian. Of course I know him. He is steady and diligent in his work. He has done a good job in assisting Gu Yongcheng. He has been under me for two years. I really don't know. It's a pity that he turned out to be a member of the Red Party. But if you want to say that it has something to do with me, you are still trying too hard. If you want to say that he embezzled my money, then that has something to do with me, but he is a member of the Red Party. That's up to me. Of?
I forgot the Japanese name of the former Fang Yuantu. He and I entered the prison house at about the same time. But I never discovered that he was Japanese for so many years. If he hadn't blocked my way, I would never have discovered this in my life. He spoke Shanghainese, married a Shanghainese wife, and had a child. How deep did he hide it? What about the Red Party? They can make the Japanese miserable, but aren't they hiding deeper? I can't just put a hat on my head if I have a red party under my command.
Don't think I don't know. How many times have you and the Japanese checked me inside and out? There's a real problem. I've already died eight hundred times, but I can still be here drinking hot wine, eating hot pot, and admiring the snowy scenery? You should go to Gu Yongcheng about this matter. He knows a lot about Li Zhaonian, but I still don't know that much. In addition, please help me make an appointment with Minami Yoko. Whatever you say is my job, and I will apologize to her. In addition, I will also explain Iwai Eiichi later. "
Wang Yan had already thought of this kind of thing, after all, he had a lot of Red Party members. They are in different positions and divided into different groups. Maybe they are all red party members, but no one knows it.
This time, from No. 76 to the rickshaw company, and finally to two people from Yonghua Industrial
The manager involves four people, three of whom work under him. There is no doubt that this is one of the intelligence lines. Li Zhaonian, who disappeared, had to go through two transfers to get to him. He was still the deputy general manager, so he must be a high-level leader, leading multiple intelligence lines in Yonghua Industrial. The one above him might be Minglou.
As for why he lurked in a confidential place and wanted to take the news out, of course it was because this person didn't know Minglou's identity. Another point is that Minglou, the deputy director, has much less power than Li Shiqun, who is really in charge. There is a lot of confidential information that he cannot get. Especially since he had only returned to Shanghai for two months. He had never hung out with Wang Zhaoming or interacted with Ding Mocun before, so he was still not taken seriously. Otherwise, how could Nantian Yoko and Wang Manchun always doubt Minglou...
Hearing Wang Yan's words, Wang Manchun laughed out loud: "I thought you would be scared when you heard the news."
"That's too much to look down on me. This little thing can scare me, so how can I survive to this day? If you bring more people, maybe I will be really scared."
Wang Manchun turned to say: "Your North Station warehouse has been blocked by the military police, and we are screening the people inside. Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing have both been taken to No. 76, but they are not cooperating. I can't talk until I see you. Because of your face, we can't go too far, so I came here to find you.
Don't look so ugly. They both have good food and drink. And I don't want to use them as an article for you. It's just a normal question. It's just that they are too sensitive and cautious to do anything. Ken said, you have to go there. I didn't want to disturb you, so I'll tell you later tonight. "
Wang Yan raised his head and took a sip of wine, took a long breath, and sighed: "It's true that people are under the eaves and can't help themselves..."
That Yan Zhengcai didn't speak until after ten o'clock, just to remind Li Zhaonian that if he couldn't see anyone at work, he would naturally understand what was going on. And on the 76th, he asked Minami Yoko for instructions, and then gathered people for action, surrounded the North Station warehouse, cut off the phone lines, and so on. After a series of things, it would take more than an hour to capture Gu Yongcheng and Shi Changxing, two of his men. General, Wang Manchun finally appeared in front of him. It was now past twelve o'clock.
All was said and done in the warehouse, and the leader was taken away again, which is why Wang Yan has not received any news now. But it was too soon to think about it, because the Japanese were so active and there were still their people elsewhere, so they must have found a way to contact them long ago. Just because it snowed heavily today, his whereabouts could not be found for a while.
"Otherwise, what else do you want to do? Resist Japan? Do you have the courage?" Wang Manchun rolled his eyes: "Are you leaving? Your men are waiting for you to save them."
"Anyway, everyone has been arrested and the warehouse has been sealed, so why are you anxious? Let's talk about it after dinner." Wang Yan shook his head and asked curiously: "How was the red man in the confidential department exposed? He Did you take the documents out?"
Wang Manchunjiao said with a smile: "It's interesting to say that he was so unlucky. The people in the confidential room could go to the archives room to enter the files, but when he went to enter the files, he pushed away the people in the archives room and flipped through the files. The document that he shouldn't have seen happened to be broken in by someone at this time. The red man's skills were a little worse and he was captured directly. Wasn't it easy to get it? I only caught it two months ago. When most of the people in the telecommunications office were gone, a hidden mole jumped out on its own. It was really..."
Wang Yan couldn't help but shake his head. Luck was also a very important part of underground work. It cannot be said that this comrade was not cautious. At that time, the people he chose to leave the archives must have felt that there were few people going there at that time, and they had taken advantage of the loopholes in the archives, so they took the risk. After all, there can't be only one person in the archives room, but he took him away and got an opening. There are really not many people who can't bear to take action when this opportunity comes. It's really unlucky.
At this moment, a man wearing a windbreaker and a top hat came in. He didn't even stop at the door and walked straight towards Wang Yan. However, when he saw Wang Manchun sitting opposite Wang Yan and Wang Yan waving his hands impatiently, he had no choice but to turn around and leave. He didn't report the news in time, so my eldest brother has a problem...
