In the early morning of August 8th, under the leadership of Guan Bingwen and Cao Yaba, Wei Ran, Mei Xiang and others took the members of the troupe and the only remaining prisoner Furukawa onto two tank boats on the grain transport river.

After everyone was settled, the two grain ships set off again and continued southward along the river, sailing in the direction of Dagu.

At the same time, in the cabins of the two boats, everyone, including Wei Ran, Mei Xiang and the others, as well as members of the theater troupe, all changed into coarse cloth clothes prepared by the boat handles in advance, especially the girls, who used the clothes on the deck to

I pulled out the iron pot I used to cook in, and used the bottom of the pot to smear the ashes on my face and neck.

In the cabin of the boat behind, Xiao Su's mother waited for Wei Ran to lower the straw curtain on the window, then lit a kerosene lamp with her own hands and placed it on the only table.

On the table top of this broken table, there is a set of "The Tale of Genji" printed in Japanese and a copy of "Rashomon" also printed in Japanese. But in addition, there is a set of two volumes of "The Tale of Genji" with illustrations.

"Jin Ping Mei", as well as two blue bricks wrapped in cloth strips, plus dozens of ocean dollars, a roll of paper tickets, and a watch.

Not far from the table, Furukawa, who had been stripped of his clothes and whose limbs and joints had been taken apart by a veterinarian, was lying on a tattered reed mat like a dead fish, looking at the sitting man with a look of despair and pain.

Little Su’s mother at the table.

Picking up the porcelain bowl filled with tea and drinking it all in one breath, Xiao Su's mother casually put the porcelain bowl in her hand beside the pile of books on the table, "Furukawa, ever since you planned my daughter Meixiang.

When the troupe started, our friendship was almost over."

"But I never intended to hurt Meixiang," Furukawa said, looking at Xiao Su's mother, "Not only did I..."

"Okay, okay, stop it."

However, Xiao Su's mother didn't give the other party a chance to finish her words at all. She knocked on the two blue bricks and said, "I'm just going to ask you two things. What's the communication password of which radio station? And, what's the matter with that bastard Ueda?"

What is your identity?"

Seeing that Furukawa didn't speak, Xiao Su's mother picked up a book of Jin Ping Mei and flipped through it casually, reminding her, "If you don't want to tell me, I'll let my eldest nephew ask. He will definitely let you tell me, but you definitely don't want to tell me."

I thought I would be happy."

"Ueda belongs to crane"

Furukawa was silent for a moment and then said, "Crane is an intelligence organization jointly established by the military and the Black Dragon Society."

"What is Crane's responsibility?" Wei Ran, who was standing next to the straw curtain, lit a cigarette and asked.

"Collect intelligence, make friends with celebrities, and provide Beifei He with a safe false identity."

Furukawa paused, "The Northeast is integrated into China. If the war goes well, it will erode the economy, culture and land of the Northeast. If the war fails..."

"talk"

Seeing Furukawa stop, Xiao Su's mother subconsciously slapped the table. Furukawa, who was lying naked on the ground, also shivered subconsciously, and then continued, "If the war fails, we will wait for an opportunity to lie dormant and bribe wealthy businessmen and landlords.

Support bandit warlords and incite rebellion. The goal...the goal is to achieve de facto poisonous power in the Northeast."

"How many people are there in He?" Wei Ran asked.

"I don't know." Furukawa shook his head, "How could I possibly know such a thing."

"Does Ueda know?" Xiaoguan, who was also in the cabin, asked.

"I don't know if he knows." Furukawa shook his head, "But I am sure that he has a very high status in Crane."

"Radio communication password" Weiran reminded.

"In that book of Jin Ping Mei, the seventh illustration is the first page. The last digit of the four-digit code corresponds to the page number, the first digit corresponds to the number of lines starting from bottom to top, and the second and third digits correspond to the number starting from the right.

Which word to the left?"

"Next question"

Mei Xiang, who was listening on the sidelines, asked a seemingly innocuous question, "What is your plan this time?"

“I actually don’t know very well.”

Furukawa looked at Xiao Su's mother and replied, "Ueda said that he would use the status of Miss Meixiang and Chunhua Opera Troupe to arrange a group of people to go to Fengtian.

If I don't help him, he will directly send troops to occupy Xu Qing Letter Apartment and arrest everyone, and he will kill you.

If I cooperate with him in this matter, he promises to kill only the members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe, Wei Ran and Miss Jasmine.

In this way, he will not only ensure your safety, but also ensure that we can live a good life after we return to recruitment."

"Huh!" Xiao Su's mother snorted, obviously not believing such nonsense.

"Be more specific about your plan," Wei Ran suddenly asked.

Furukawa turned his head and glanced at Wei Ran, who had helped him open the joints of his limbs, and couldn't help but shuddered, "Ueda once said, let me take you and Canhua to Yanfang, and he will send people to watch the book house for the last time.

test.

If there is nothing abnormal in the study room that night, let me invite you to leave Tianjin in the name of Xiao Su’s mother returning to her hometown to worship her ancestors. His people will deal with you on the train before arriving at Tangshan and carry out the operation at Xugezhuang Station.

Dump the body and replace it with his own.

As long as they successfully replace all the people around Miss Meixiang and the members of the Chunhua Opera Troupe, they will take Meixiang hostage and take the railway to Fengtian, where they will open a theater in the name of the Chunhua Opera Troupe and hibernate."

When Furukawa said this, he looked at Xiao Su's mother again, "He promised me that as long as we arrive at Sugar Mountain, we can immediately take the train back to Tianjin. He even helped us buy the ferry tickets from Tianjin to Osaka."

"Where did Zhitian go?" Guan Bingwen asked.

"I don't know" Furukawa shook his head.

"For the sake of past friendship, you have to give me a reason to let you go." Xiao Su's mother said abruptly.

Hearing this, Furukawa was stunned, and after a moment of silence he said, "I only know that he went to Peiping, but I don't know exactly where he went."

"Do you have anything else to ask?" Xiao Su's mother looked at Wei Ran and Xiao Guan, and finally at Mei Xiang.

"Since there is no such thing," Xiao Su's mother stood up, "great nephew, do your aunt a favor."

"Hey! You said it?" Wei Ran responded quickly.

"Find a big enough sack for your good uncle and sink it." Before Xiao Su's mother finished speaking, someone had already raised the straw curtain.

"Little Su's mother"

Furukawa called out to Xiao Su's mother who was about to take one foot out, "I want to know, are there really no feelings between us?"

"A bitch is ruthless, an actor is ruthless, what stupid thing are you thinking of?"

Xiao Su's mother snorted and asked as she walked out, "My nephew, remember to put two more stones for ballast in his sack. Don't let it float for a while."

This time, Wei Ran did not respond in a hurry, but looked at Mei Xiang.

"Just do what Xiao Su's mother tells you."

After speaking, Mei Xiang, who was wearing ragged clothes, sighed, lifted the curtain and chased out.

After looking at Guan Bingwen in the room, Wei Ran winked, and when the latter went to find the sack piece, he also squatted down next to Furukawa.

"Does she really have no feelings for me?" Furukawa murmured to himself.

"You?" Wei Ran smiled, "Just give up, you are not worthy of Xiao Su's mother."

Hearing this, Furukawa let out a long sigh, and then closed his eyes as if he had resigned himself to his fate. He allowed Wei Ran and Guan Bingwen to put him and a big stone into a sack, then tied it tightly and carried him out.

into the cabin.

"Plop!"

In the splashing water, this bulging sack successfully made a splash, and then sank straight to the bottom of the water.

"We still have to find Ueda," Guan Bingwen said as he took the cigarette from Weiran.

"Just tell me what you need me to do," Wei Ran and Tao Canhua, who had been guarding the cabin door just now, said in unison.

Glancing at Xiao Su's mother and Mei Xiang standing side by side in the direction of the bow, Guan Bingwen then moved his gaze to Tao Canhua, "Canhua, we do need your help, but in addition to needing your help to capture Zhitian, we also need you to do

Something more important."

"What do you need me to do?" Tao Canhua asked immediately.

"Are you still familiar with your hometown?" Guan Bingwen asked.

"Lu'an Mansion?"

"right"

"How can we be considered familiar?" Tao Canhua asked, "I followed my father when I was very young, and I haven't gone back for many years."

"You can speak the dialect there. If you have relatives or acquaintances, you are familiar with it."

"That must be considered familiar," Tao Canhua replied immediately.

"Canhua, if you really plan to help, why not go back to Lu'an Mansion as Sister Meixiang's nephew? You haven't been back for so many years, I guess no one will recognize you."

"Go back to Lu'an Mansion?" Tao Canhua was a little puzzled for a moment, "What are you going back to do?"

"We need some spies there." Guan Bingwen paused, "Of all the people I can think of, there is no one more suitable than you."

"I..." Tao Canhua paused, "I can go, but I want to have a status."

"Position?" Guan Bingwen smiled, "What status do you want?"

"For example, your anti-Japanese killing gang will do," Tao Canhua said almost subconsciously.

"Okay, then I'll approve you to join the Anti-Japanese Killing and Rape Group." Guan Bingwen agreed to the other party's request without even thinking about it.

"You are not allowed to trick me." Tao Canhua looked at Guan Bingwen suspiciously.
To be continued...