A month passed quickly.
In the blink of an eye, it was 1936, December 12, the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China.
Different from the past when he was always fishing in Jigo Alley, during this period, Ma Xiaoguang was very serious about work. Unless something happened, he would stay in the office and work hard.
Of course, no one can say anything if he works hard. Who dares to stop Chief Ma from serving the party and the state?
Everything was business as usual, everything was calm.
But Ma Xiaoguang was not calm at all, because he knew that the big event that shocked China and the world had happened in the early morning, but he still pretended to be nonchalant.
"What's wrong? Is something wrong?" MISS Liu (Wu Qiuyi) asked with concern.
In fact, Ma Xiaoguang didn't sleep much all night. The two dark circles under his eyes had betrayed him deeply, but he refused to admit it.
"It's okay. What can happen? I smoked too much yesterday and didn't sleep well." Ma Xiaoguang replied.
After chatting with a bunch of colleagues from the special operations team for a while, Ma Xiaoguang arrived at Hong Gong Temple.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the anxious and panic-stricken radio station director Wei Daming.
"Mr. Wei, is something wrong?"
A thought flashed through Ma Xiaoguang's mind and he asked quickly.
Originally, Wei Daming was a technical expert and was polite to many people. Of course, he would not pay attention to the former Ma Xiaoguang.
However, over the past year or so, because Chief Ma has turned on the recharge mode and transformed into a krypton gold player, his popularity and character have improved many times compared to before, and Wei Daming has become extremely kind to him.
Normally nothing happens, and the two of them would make a few jokes when they met.
Wei Daming looked at Ma Xiaoguang with complicated eyes, and then pulled him aside mysteriously.
"Since early in the morning, there have been no telegrams from the direction of Chang'an. No matter how many times I call, there is no response!"
Although it was already winter, Wei Daming was dripping with sweat, and it seemed that the lawsuit was also on his mind.
"How about changing the frequency?"
Although Ma Xiaoguang knew what was going on, he couldn't explain it, so he could only cooperate and say with a confused look.
"It's no use! I've tried everything. There must be something big happening in Chang'an! I won't talk to you anymore. We'll talk about it another day. I'm going to see Director Dai..."
The fat Wei Daming ran very fast at this time and disappeared in a flash.
Ma Xiaoguang stood in the yard, but did not go further into the office building. He was a little confused, so he took out a Hard Gate and lit it on his own.
chaos?
This has just begun. In the coming land of China, major events will happen one after another. Even if I traveled through time, I would be a little overwhelmed...
Hardman had just smoked half of the smoke when he saw Wang Puchen running out of the office building in a hurry.
"Oops! Team Leader Ma, Director Dai is asking me to look for you, Director Wei said you are here..."
Without saying much to Wang Puchen, Ma Xiaoguang put out his cigarette butts, threw them in the trash can, straightened up his appearance, and went outside Director Dai's office with Wang Puchen.
"Report!"
"Come in quickly! Close the door!" Director Dai's voice was unusually anxious.
"Xiran, did you discover anything while you were in Chang'an?"
"Didn't I report it? Didn't the superior say it was a stunt by an intelligence broker?"
Ma Xiaoguang knew in his heart that major events would eventually happen according to the historical trajectory.
But when I came back from Chang'an, I reported everything I saw and heard, so it can't be considered a dereliction of duty or anything else.
"Oh! Looking back now, it was really confusing at the time... You have no problem! Do you have inside information on Chang'an?" Director Dai asked anxiously.
"Sir... most of my insiders are in Shanghai, Jinling, or Chongqing. I do know one or two lamas from Guangren Temple in Chang'an, but I couldn't get in touch for a while!"
Ma Xiaoguang said in a dumbfounded voice that Director Dai was usually as still as a mountain and as calm as water, but it was rare to see him looking so panicked.
"Oh! Yes, yes, yes, I am confused too!"
"There must be something! Something big! We are in contact with Chang'an every day. Starting from this morning, the radio call sign cannot be found... There must be something big!"
Director Dai was a little confused, but he no longer regarded Ma Xiaoguang as an outsider and murmured in front of him.
"I also reminded the principal not to go to Chang'an again, and to be wary of Zhang and Yang..."
Director Dai sat on the sofa a little slumped and said to himself.
Ma Xiaoguang now knows the cause and effect of this matter, and even some details.
The intelligence he had in Chang'an was naturally reported to the Secret Service, and Director Dai had also received intelligence from other places.
The problem is that due to various reasons, this information has been selectively ignored...
As expected, history still has its huge inertia. Of course, this inertia is good for Ma Xiaoguang and China.
"Sir, I think the principal is an extraordinary person and the leader of the country. Nothing will happen to him!" Ma Xiaoguang quickly began to comfort Director Dai.
"I hope so... Xi Ran, from now on, all members of your special operations team will be armed and on alert 24 hours a day! Everyone is on standby!"
Director Dai stayed for a short while, his expression quickly returned to normal, he remembered his work, and immediately gave instructions.
Ma Xiaoguang made the call from Director Dai's office. Wu Qiuyi didn't ask anything after receiving the call, but immediately summoned all the members of the special operations team and followed the order.
As the saying goes, good things don't go out, but bad things spread thousands of miles. When Ma Xiaoguang came out of Director Dai's office, the atmosphere in the entire Secret Service became a little weird.
Colleagues who are usually very enthusiastic greet each other in a perfunctory manner, as if the things around them are not important.
Except for himself, everyone else is an unimportant passerby, A, B, B, D...
"Starting today, everyone is on standby and no vacation is allowed... How are the people at Lao Li's side?" Ma Xiaoguang asked Wu Qiuyi in a rare and serious tone.
"I've already called. There are guns in the training class, and I've asked Old Liu to apply for ammunition from the General Affairs Department!"
Wu Qiuyi's tone was as calm as water, which was completely different from her female colleagues in other departments.
"Try to bother and check with Lao Chen and Lao Tu to see if there are any other omissions! The special operations team can't mess up."
Wu Qiuyi took the order in a deep voice and left the office.
Ma Xiaoguang lit up the Hardman again, but this time he did not smoke, and let the cigarette burn like this...
"Is something really happening?" Fatty asked with some confusion.
"I don't know yet..." Ma Xiaoguang said quietly, but his eyes already told the fat man the answer.
The fat man stopped talking and just helped Ma Xiaoguang clean up the cigarette butts and ashtrays on the table.
Ma Xiaoguang has been sitting like this, waiting, until it is almost time to get off work on weekdays.
The phone rang again. It wasn't Wang Puchen, but Director Dai himself.
Ma Xiaoguang put down the phone and rushed to Director Dai's office as quickly as possible.
On December 12, the twenty-fifth year of the Republic of China, the "Double Twelve Incident" that shocked China and the world broke out!
Chang'an soldiers remonstrated, and more than ten important officials below the chairman were detained together.
Jinling is in chaos!
Ma Xiaoguang directly entered Director Dai's office, which was unimaginable before.
Unlike peacetime, when he was standing in front of the abyss and holding mountains, Director Dai was now a bit silent.
Ma Xiaoguang knew that this was for sure.
After all, Director Dai and the Chairman of the Committee have a very close relationship. They are both prosperous and both suffer losses. If something happens to the Chairman, the CC faction and other factions will never let Director Dai and the Secret Service take advantage of them.
If it doesn't work well, there will be no people to eat.
This is truly a national event, beyond the control of agents.
It can be seen that Director Dai now feels a deep sense of powerlessness...
"Xi Ran... here you go, sit down."
Director Dai raised his head tiredly and said to Ma Xiaoguang.
"Sir, something has happened... You have tried your best. Sir, if you have an assignment, Xiran will definitely go all out!" Ma Xiaoguang said to Director Dai in a deep voice.
"Xi Ran, very good!" Director Dai took a deep look at Ma Xiaoguang and sighed.
"Sir, don't worry too much. Things may not be the worst."
"The strong wind knows the loyal ministers, and the strong wind knows the strong grass. Now I can see clearly who is the loyal minister, who is a human, and who is a ghost..." Director Dai still sighed.
Standing with a person in his most helpless and difficult time can be regarded as a confidant.
From Director Dai's eyes, Ma Xiaoguang felt this way.
"Madam, I'm going to Chang'an with my foreign friends. We're going by plane... Do you want me to go or not?" Director Dai asked hesitantly.
Ma Xiaoguang knew that Director Dai was definitely not acting, and he was indeed a little undecided. In this situation, no one would be able to make up his mind.
Now, news has spread that some people suspect that Director Dai and his secret service colluded with Zhang Yang and deliberately deceived the Chairman into going to Chang'an.
As an agency responsible for intelligence, the Northeastern and Northwest armies were the focus of surveillance by the Secret Service at that time. Director Dai also actively interacted with important officials of the two armies and laid many chess pieces.
But things still happened!
As a confidant of the Chairman, if they go to Chang'an at this time, even if Generals Zhang and Yang don't trouble Director Dai, they will probably be shot if they see the Chairman!
Looking at it now, it might be better in Jinling.
"Sir, do you want to hear the truth or a lie?"
Ma Xiaoguang frowned, gritted his teeth and asked Director Dai.
"Of course it's the truth!"
"This incident is nothing more than two situations. One is that the chairman of the committee is in trouble, which will definitely lead to chaos in the country. The other is that the chairman of the committee escapes from danger, and rewards will naturally be given based on merit."
"Sir, there are only two options. One is to run and stay in Jinling. In fact, it is almost the same as running away. I'm afraid it is better to run away... Otherwise, I'm afraid you will be in bad luck, sir!"
"Ma Xiaoguang, you are so brave!"
When Director Dai heard this, his expression changed and he stood up suddenly, shouting loudly.
Even though he said this, Director Dai also had an angry look on his face.
However, his eyes gave him away.
Director Dai's eyes were full of expectation - he hoped that the courageous Ma Xiaoguang would continue talking!
"Sir, please forgive me. Xiran said these words from the bottom of his heart. They are all for the future of you and our brothers. There is absolutely no selfish intention!"
"And, I believe that sir will choose the second path I mentioned!"
Ma Xiaoguang looked calm and said to Director Dai with a firm tone.
