In the early morning, Xie Xuan was awakened by the sound of hawking on the street outside.
He sat up straight, rubbed his eyes, raised his hands and twisted his waist. His whole body ached.
Last night, he sat and read "The Analects of Confucius" until midnight. When it was almost dawn, he couldn't hold on any longer, so he lay down on the table and fell asleep for a while.
Last time, the codebook used by Xie Xuan to contact the Secret Service was "The Thousand-Character Classic", but this time it was replaced by "The Analects of Confucius".
Fortunately, he changed the book, otherwise Xie Xuan would be bored to death at night.
Xie Xuan was about to go out quietly. As soon as he pulled the door bolt, Ueno Naomi woke up.
In fact, she didn't sleep much. Although her words were full of teasing, she always let Xie Xuan sleep on the bed, but she was afraid that Xie Xuan would actually sleep on the bed.
There is a sentence that reflects Ueno Naomi's mood: I am afraid that Xie Xuan will not come, but I am also afraid that he will mess around.
"Coward, what are you going to do?"
"Eat something. What do you want to eat?"
Naomi Ueno said casually: "What good things can be found here? Just eat something."
"Yesterday I asked my friend that Dongtai's shortbread cakes are very special and worth eating. I'll go buy some and bring them back."
"No, I'll go with you and take a look at the scenery of Dongtai."
When they arrived at Dongtai yesterday, it was already dark and they didn't know what Dongtai looked like.
Of course, the most important thing is to be with Xie Xuan.
Although Xie Xuan and I were not actually husband and wife last night, they were called husband and wife. Isn't it also a kind of romance for the two of them to walk hand in hand on the streets of Dongtai?
The streets in Dongtai are not wide. Only cross streets can pass cars, and other streets can basically only pass carriages.
After the two came out of Shunchang Hotel, they walked along the street and saw the famous shortcake on the street.
Suer cake is made of flour as the main ingredient, which is kneaded into a dough and then wrapped in red bean cake and fried in a pan. Because the layers of puff pastry rise from the inside out, it looks like a slightly blooming golden chrysanthemum at first glance, so it is also called "thousand-feuille cake".
In addition to red bean paste, there are also salty pancakes made from fresh meat, chopped green onion, and salt. Xie Xuan bought one. It is soft and crispy in the mouth, and the more you chew, the more delicious it becomes.
If you add it with soy milk, it won't be so good.
Although Xie Xuan knew Ueno Naomi's purpose of coming to Dongtai, she didn't take the initiative to say it, and Xie Xuan didn't ask.
After the two of them walked around, Ueno Naomi asked someone to find out the location of Honglan Villa.
There are almost no rickshaws here. Anyway, they didn't see one after walking on the street for so long, so they could only go there on foot.
Honglan Villa is a building from the late Qing Dynasty. It was originally a teahouse. When the New Fourth Army's Northern Jiangsu Headquarters moved north last year, Cheng Yuantu delivered a passionate anti-Japanese speech here.
After the New Fourth Army left, the Eighth Security Brigade of the Kuomintang Jiangsu Province settled in Dongtai, and the brigade headquarters was located in Honglan Villa.
Two slouched soldiers stood at the gate of the brigade, guns slung across their shoulders, and one of his military caps was still crooked.
Xie Xuan saw Ueno Naomi walking towards Honglan Villa and asked softly: "What are we doing here?"
Ueno Naomi said: "I never told you that this time I came to Northern Jiangsu to meet Brigadier Hua Zhongyang."
The soldiers at the entrance of Honglan Villa did not stop them after seeing them, and the two of them walked straight in.
Xie Xuan was also convinced. He was so unwary. If the enemy took over the headquarters, why would he fight?
As soon as I entered the headquarters, I heard someone singing:
"You have a emerald green dress and a beautiful crystal flower hairpin. Do you know that my lifelong hobby is nature? No one can see the good thing about spring. If you don't watch out for the fishes and geese, you will be so shy that the flowers close up and the moon closes. Flowers are trembling with sorrow..."
Ueno Naomi asked: "The voice is nice, what is it singing?"
"This is Kunqu Opera "The Peony Pavilion"."
Ueno Naomi turned her head and smiled sweetly: "I didn't expect my husband to be so knowledgeable."
Xie Xuan smiled and said: "This is what makes me great."
The two of them walked to the backyard listening to the music.
There was a pavilion in the center with a banquet table and a guard with a short gun standing next to it.
A man in a suit with dark skin, short, thin, and a scar on his eyebrows was drinking wine and bobbing his head while listening to music.
The man in the suit also hummed: "If you don't watch out for the fishes and geese, you will be so scared that the flowers will tremble in shame..."
Xie Xuan shouted: "If you don't watch out for fishes and geese, they will be so scared that the flowers will tremble in shame."
When the man in suit heard Xie Xuan's voice, he turned his head and looked at Xie Xuan, his eyes full of doubts.
The guard came over and shouted: "Who are you?"
Ueno Naomi immediately said: "We are from Shenpu, looking for Brigadier Huazhong Yanghua."
The man in the suit said: "I am exactly that."
"Hello, Brigadier Hua, I am Ueno Naomi. I made an appointment with Adjutant Luo to come to Dongtai to visit me."
Hua Zhongyang shook his head: "Adjutant Luo? Among my adjutants of the Eighth Brigade, there is no one named Luo."
Ueno Naomi's expression changed: "No?"
She had considered many situations, but she never expected that such a situation would arise.
Have you been fooled? She had just announced her family name, and people already knew that she was Japanese.
Xie Xuan said from the side: "Whether there is Adjutant Luo or not, we come with sincerity."
Hua Zhongyang raised his eyebrows, and the scar moved, and asked: "Just now you said your name is Ueno Naomi? Japanese?"
Ueno Naomi nodded: "Yes, I'm here to discuss recruitment matters with Brigadier Hua."
Hua Zhongyang sneered: "Recruitment? What a big statement. Come on, get these two Japanese!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several soldiers with guns rushed out from beside them and rushed towards them.
Xie Xuan said calmly: "Commander Hua, it's easy to capture us, but it will be difficult if we are released again."
Hua Zhong raised his hand, and the soldiers immediately stopped.
Hua Zhongyang asked: "How do you say this?"
Xie Xuan said coldly: "We are here to bring wealth to Brigadier Hua. If you capture us, this wealth will probably disappear. I'm afraid Brigadier Hua doesn't know who this lady is? He is from Nanjing." An adviser to the government's top military advisory group, even Chairman Wang, is polite when he sees her. But she is locked up in a small Dongtai like yours. What do you think will be the consequences?"
Hua Zhongyang laughed: "The consultant of the Supreme Military Advisory Corporation of the Nanjing Government? Hahahahahahahahahahaha, Brother Mo is indeed Meng Lang just now, the two invited to sit down and talk while drinking. Let's go, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, come, in, come, come, come, in, come, come, come, is here. Man, bring me two more sets of bowls and chopsticks."
Ueno Naomi glanced at Xie Xuan, then turned around and asked with a smile: "Bravida Commander Hua won't arrest me?"
Xie Xuan managed to figure out Hua Zhongyang with just a few words, which she admired very much.
Hua Zhongyang smiled and said: "Miss Ueno is a distinguished guest, how can I arrest you? Don't you know that the so-called Adjutant Luo is actually a member of the military commander. He asked me to pretend to surrender to the enemy. How could I be so stupid? You came just in time. When the person named Luo is arrested, I will treat it as a meeting gift to Miss Ueno."
When Xie Xuan heard this, his heart sank...
