Ma Dake was originally a bandit leader. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, this guy secretly got involved with the Liu family and unexpectedly transformed into a security chief in the Jiangbei countryside. Tangcheng is eyeing Ma Dake because this guy has not forgotten to secretly engage in smuggling business even after becoming the security chief. His arms smuggling business has touched the interests of many arms dealers in the city. Most of the arms dealers in the city have Pao Ge's background. Now that the Liu family has almost lost power, Ma Dake has become a big piece of fat.
The search team had been watching Ma Dake for a long time, and Zhang Jianghe would never allow anything to go wrong at this time. Therefore, when Tang Cheng deliberately mentioned Ma Dake, Zhang Jianghe could only temporarily give up the idea of asking Tang Cheng to collect clues. Zhang Jiang and Tang Cheng were able to cope with it for the time being, but Xu Huanshan didn't want to give up his previous idea of asking Tang Cheng for help, so after escaping from danger, he made an appointment with Tang Cheng again the next day.
"Lao Xu, we are old friends. You should know that I am a person who sticks to my word! I only want to have a clear conscience when doing things, but nothing can endanger my family, relatives and friends. This is my bottom line! "After meeting, Xu Huanshan didn't want to waste any more time, so he chose to go straight to the topic, but Tang Cheng's reaction was still the same as yesterday, and he refused Xu Huanshan's request. Tang Cheng's attitude made Xu Huanshan feel that Tang Cheng had chosen to protect himself wisely. Seeing the suspicion in Xu Huanshan's eyes, Tang Cheng did not hide his attitude.
"Whether you think I'm cowardly or wise enough to protect myself, what I want to say is that I'm not yours, and I don't owe you anything!" After saying that, Tang Cheng stood up and was about to leave, but was woken up. Xu Huanshan, who was stunned, was stopped. Xu Huanshan knew that at this time, Tang Cheng must not be allowed to leave, otherwise he would never have a chance to deal with Tang Cheng again. Rather than seeking help from Tang Cheng to inquire about information, Xu Huanshan was more interested in Tang Cheng's goodwill towards underground party organizations. After all, he had already obtained a lot of supplies and arms from Tang Cheng. More importantly, Xu Huanshan has never given up lobbying Tangcheng to join the underground party organization. He does not want his efforts to be in vain because of a trivial matter.
Under Xu Huanshan's strong obstruction, Tang Cheng sat down again, but judging from his expression, he did not want to continue the topic with Xu Huanshan. "You know, I have always wanted to persuade you to join us. The country is weak and needs many young people like you to do something for this country..." Knowing that he could not continue the previous topic, Xu Huanshan immediately changed the subject. Knowing that before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Tang Cheng.
"Old Xu, what do you think I'm doing now? Do you think I spend all my time living and drinking every day?" Tang Cheng, who had long seen the other party's intentions, looked at Xu Huanshan without blinking. "Since Nanjing, I have been helping the military to hunt down Japanese and puppet spies. Up to now, there are at least dozens of Japanese and puppet spies who have been directly killed or injured in my hands, not to mention those who have been captured and imprisoned. Do I Doesn’t what you do count as doing something for this country?”
Tang Cheng's words made Xu Huanshan speechless. When he first met Tang Cheng in Nanjing, Xu Huanshan already knew that Tang Cheng helped the military commander capture Japanese and puppet spies. After learning that Tang Cheng went south to Chongqing, Xu Huanshan also investigated the situation of Tang Cheng's coming to Chongqing through the Chongqing underground party organization. How could he not know that Tang Cheng went south to Chongqing and had been hunting down Japanese and puppet spies. Therefore, Xu Huanshan was unable to answer Tang Cheng's last rhetorical question.
"Old Xu, I told you the last time we met! I am not good at doing sophisticated things, especially those things that your underground party does. What I am good at is hunting down Japanese spies, and I I think the things I do are also helping this country. Why do you have to ask me to join you? If I join you, can I still be like now, hunting down Japanese spies in the city unscrupulously? "
Tang Cheng's words made a look of helplessness appear on Xu Huanshan's face. Chongqing is now a Kuomintang-controlled area. Even if the Kuomintang and the Communist Party cooperate, the underground party forces cannot appear in the open to do things. Once Tang Cheng agrees to join the underground party, all activities will go underground. If Tang Cheng insists on continuing to search for Japanese and puppet spies in the city, he can only be a two-faced man who is in the Cao camp but in the Han Dynasty. According to Tang Cheng's Character, that's simply impossible.
Seeing the helpless expression on Xu Huanshan's face, Tang Cheng spread his hands towards Xu Huanshan, "Look! I'm afraid you yourself know that there is no such thing as the best of both worlds! My father died in the hands of Japanese agents, and I My biggest wish in life is to hunt down Japanese spies as much as possible. Joining you means that I have to give up this wish! If you had to choose, what would you do?"
yes! If it were you, how would you choose? This problem in Tangcheng really stumped Xu Huanshan. If you think carefully about Tangcheng's current identity, you are basically a third party outside the military command and the underground party. Although the search team is officially under the military command, Tangcheng still has the identity of a policeman and can leave the search team at any time. . After a little thought, Xu Huanshan finally gave up the idea of lobbying Tangcheng to join the underground party organization.
From Xu Huanshan's gradually relaxed expression, Tang Cheng guessed Xu Huanshan's thoughts and immediately relaxed. "Old Xu, even if I reject your lobbying, we are still friends! Your underground party may not be as convenient as me in dealing with the Japanese and puppet spies. If you have information and intelligence on the Japanese and puppet spies in the city, you can follow me. Cooperate! You provide relevant information, and I will be responsible for arresting people and providing you with material help afterwards!"
The cooperation model Tang Cheng mentioned was that he had cooperated with Shanghai underground party organizations when he was in Shanghai. Moreover, facts have proven that both Tangcheng and Shanghai underground party organizations have benefited from this cooperation model. Regarding the cooperation idea proposed by Tangcheng, Xu Huanshan cannot immediately respond. He still needs to discuss with the leadership of the Chongqing underground party before making a decision.
"Old Xu, let me remind you! You'd better not tell anyone else about my identity! I know that you have insiders in the military and central government, and the military and central government also have insiders in your ranks. I I don’t want to be an unlucky guy who is accidentally betrayed." When Tang Cheng said these words, the expression on his face was serious, and Xu Huanshan couldn't help but pay attention to Tang Cheng's reminder.
After separating from Xu Huanshan, Tang Cheng did not return to the military camp immediately, but went to the newly built labor camp outside the city. This newly built labor camp, led by the search team, looked much larger than the previous farm, and the garrison had invested a lot of manpower. When Tang Cheng arrived at the farm, a patrol team from the garrison happened to be there. It comes from outside. "Captain Tang, why are you free to come here today?" The patrol captain happened to be a familiar face who had met Tang Cheng, but Tang Cheng couldn't call him by his name.
Tang Cheng came to the farm just to learn about the current construction status of the farm. According to the previous plan, the construction of this new labor reform farm should be completed soon. Thanks to the search team's previous cleanup operations in the city, there are already more than 200 gangsters of all kinds in this newly built labor camp, and they are being escorted by soldiers from the garrison to carry out farm construction. 200 people were only the number of people in a company. Seeing that the farm was only half-constructed, Tang Cheng wondered whether to launch another crackdown.
While Tang Cheng was standing in the newly built labor camp outside the city, secretly worrying, Xu Huanshan, who had returned to the contact point, was informing his contact person of Tang Cheng's cooperation proposal. "Lao Xie, I think this cooperation proposal is very good. At least hunting down the Japanese and puppet spies in the city will be of great benefit to us and the country." Xu Huanshan did not mention Tang Cheng's identity, but just relayed it Tangcheng’s cooperation suggestions.
"The current situation, although it is the cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, the Central Military Commission is still eyeing us! Even if we have some information about the Japanese and puppet spies in the city, I am afraid that even if we provide these information, the Military Command may not believe us! Moreover, If we are not careful, the military commander may transfer our situation to the Central Commander-in-Chief, after all, they are of the same faction, and our underground party is the target of their attack and arrest!"
The middle-aged man whom Xu Huanshan called Lao Xie, although he didn't know the purpose of Xu Huanshan's efforts to promote this kind of cooperation, after thinking about it secretly, he felt that Xu Huanshan was right. Although it is now the stage of cooperation between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, their underground party organizations can still only carry out underground activities. Even if they know the situation of Japanese and puppet spies in the city, they will not be able to arrest these Japanese and puppet spies like the military commander did.
If the person Xu Huanshan mentioned would provide materials in return for the intelligence support provided by the underground party organization after capturing the Japanese and puppet spies, then their Chongqing underground party organization would not actually suffer a loss. "Lao Xu, you are worried first. I will convey this matter you mentioned to my superiors! You also know that this is still a sensitive period, and many things require consideration from all aspects!" Although Lao Xie said nothing about Xu Huanshan I have already made some thoughts about what I said, but the underground party organization has strict procedures and regulations. This matter still needs to be discussed by the superiors before a decision and reply can be made.
"Lao Xie, hurry up, I'm worried that if we wait too long over there, things will happen again!" Xu Huanshan didn't say much, because he actually couldn't make up his mind. After all, Tang Cheng still had a layer of connection with the military commander. relationship, but he finally reminded Lao Xie specifically. At this time, Xu Huanshan did not expect that it was precisely because of his deliberate reminder that the Chongqing underground party organization noticed Tangcheng. To be precise, they followed the clues and noticed Tangcheng from Xu Huanshan.
