Episode 19 Spy Case

In the Forbidden City in the middle of the night, the Ganqing Palace was unable to see his five fingers, and only the uniform breathing sound came from the bed. Suddenly—

A vague dream, followed by a scream.

Several palace maids rushed in, turned on the lights, and looked at the bed.

Zhu Yourong sat on the bed, her face pale, her arms tightly hugged the quilt, gasping for breath, and cold sweat fell from her forehead.

"No... it's okay, you all retreat, I... I've had a dream..."

...

"Oh, it's all this book," Zhu Yourong asked the palace maid to comb her hair and threw a novel on the desk, laughing, "The dog inside is so scary that she will have nightmares after reading it..."

It was an English novel, "the hound of the baskervilles" - Baskerville's Hound.

So, on this day, the little girls and old wives who were washing clothes and sweeping the floor in the palace were all talking about it. His Majesty dreamed of a big dog last night...

...

The next day, Qiu Qiu smiled when sending a newspaper to Xiang Xiaoqiang:

"By the way, you know, there are several tabloids today who say that His Majesty dreamed of Tiangou, saying that something might happen this year."

Xiang Xiaoqiang stuffed a hamburger into his mouth and said something vaguely. Qiu Qiu didn't understand and frowned while waiting for him to finish eating.

Xiang Xiaoqiang swallowed it easily and said:

"Isn't this already an accident? All wars have happened. Is there anything bigger than this? Those tabloids..."

"No," Qiu Qiu also seemed mysterious and whispered, "They also said that Jiming Temple and Qixia Temple both have masters' night star viewing statues, saying that this year, next year, there will be Tengou offenses... Maybe the Yangtze River Defense Line will... Xiaoqiang, you know, Tengou is a great omen."

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Qiu Qiuqiu with serious expression, a little amused. This girl was really superstitious. He slapped the table half-true and half-false and shouted:

"Okay! Don't talk nonsense. The Yangtze River defense line can be linked to Tengou! I'll catch you first if I spread panic."

Qiu Qiu looked at the door, and lying on the desk with his upper body, holding his cheek and smiling:

"Then, you catch me..."

Xiang Xiaoqiang stared at the shape of Qiu Qiu's chest pressing on the table, and said:

"Tengou...a bad omen...bra..."

So the salty hand reached over. Qiu Qiu let out his hand with a "ah" sound, opened his hand, jumped up shyly, tidied up his clothes, and looked at the door guiltily.

Since seeing the scene of erotic due to stomachache last time, Qiu Qiu refused to let Xiang Xiaoqiang have any intimate actions towards her in the office.

Xiang Xiaoqiang flipped through a few pages of the desk calendar, turned to January 22nd, then stared at Qiu Qiu and said with a smile:

"A few days left, oh, don't worry, squeeze, I'm not anxious."

Of course Qiu Qiu knew what he was referring to, so he spat shyly, opened the file bag and handed him a document.

Xiang Xiaoqiang took it with a smile, glanced at it for a few seconds, and his smile gradually disappeared. He raised his head and asked:

"You said, what master said that something happened to Tsubasa this year?"

"yes."

This is an emergency order from the Commander. The Chief Meteorological Detachment of the Army Aviation Corps warned that there may be heavy fog in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in the next few days, especially in the Nanjing section. It is estimated that the heavy fog is not encountered in previous years. Therefore, the Supreme Commander ordered all military units to be on the highest level and stick to the Yangtze River defense line. He specially asked the Civil Guard to prepare for the fight against the Qing army.

Xiang Xiaoqiang held his forehead and murmured:

"It seems that those two masters are really capable..."

He looked up and said:

"Can't wait. Let them do what I told you yesterday, hurry up and let them do it, don't delay it."

...

A duck blood vermicelli soup restaurant at the entrance of the Navy Hospital. This restaurant is very famous. Although it is not luxurious, with wooden tables and benches, it is crowded with diners every noon and evening. People who don’t know each other often come to eat on a table. Because it is close to the embassy area, many blonde and blue-eyed foreigners often come to eat. On the one hand, the food is delicious, and on the other hand, it is also to experience this atmosphere. Now, during the war, the business of those big restaurants is bleak, but this kind of small restaurants is still very good. After all, it is difficult to hold a big banquet after the war, but the meal still has to be eaten.

It was as usual at noon today. In the most inconspicuous corner, two people were squeezed into a table, one was a lower-level naval clerk, with a big-brimmed hat on the side and eating the soup in snoring.

Opposite was an elegant gentleman, in a suit and ties, bow tie and hat, and seemed to be waiting for food. He glanced at the lower clerk opposite him from time to time, as if he was very despised of his eating habits.

Suddenly, the naval clerk looked around and saw that no one was paying attention. He slowly pulled out a file bag from under the butt and handed it to the opposite side from under the table in the chaos. The foreign gentleman on the opposite side also glanced at both sides, took it quietly, took it, and stuffed it under the coat he took off by his side.

Then he took out a thick envelope from his arms and handed it over from under the table. The naval clerk took it, secretly opened the seal, glanced at the thick banknotes inside, showed a hint of satisfaction, stuffed it into his arms, and still ate in snoring.

After a while, the naval clerk finished eating, wiped his mouth and lifted his butt and left. A new customer sat in his seat. The shopkeeper also brought food to the foreign gentleman opposite, and the foreign gentleman also started to eat.

However, this scene did not escape the eyes of a person on the back table.

This is also a foreigner, with short light blonde hair, very young, sharp eyes, looking at the naked scene in front of him, his mouth couldn't help but become O-shaped.

pflaume.eisern-mann, it was the one who always went to the hospital to pursue Xiuxiu, the "A Tie".

Suddenly, the gentleman at the front table looked at the door of the store and became frightened. He wanted to lift his butt and leave, but hesitated, looking around, his face as if he was earthy. A Tie followed his gaze and saw several people in windbreakers appearing at the door of the store, surrounding the naval clerk who had just left. Two escort him into the car, two guarded the door, and looked into the store.

The gentleman Yang saw A Tie behind him, turned his head and asked softly in German:

"Are you German?"

A Tie was shocked and said:

"yes."

The gentleman Yang stood up holding his coat. When he passed by, the file bag fell to the ground and said softly:

"Please send it to the German Embassy...Long live Hitler."

He patted his back and then went to the door without looking back. A Tie was filled with blood and quickly picked up the file bag. Before hiding it in his arms, he only saw the Chinese characters on it saying: "Top Secret - The Ming Navy's 1937 Shipbuilding Plan".

The gentleman arrived at the door and was taken away by two people in windbreakers very calmly.

He looked at his back and replied silently:

"Long live Hitler."

After eating with excitement, A Tie covered the file bag on his chest and was about to return to his residence quickly, but he was stunned as soon as he left the house. Several people wearing windbreakers and top hats blocked him.

The leader asked politely in English:

"Sir, what are you holding in your arms?"

Seeing that he didn't understand, he asked in French. Finally, he asked in German. The German young man's face turned pale quickly.

A man pulled out the file bag from his arms, took a look, and handed it to the leader. The leader smiled slightly and said:

"People's Guard Security Team... It seems you have to go with us and explain it."

...

In the People's Guard Command, Xiang Xiaoqiang praised his stomachache with satisfaction:

"Yes, Ziteng's game is pretty."

"Hehe, where," his stomach smiled and said, "We're doing this."

Xiang Xiaoqiang picked up the file bag on the table, took it out and flipped through:

"Why, why is it really a shipbuilding plan!"

Qiu Qiu laughed aside and said:

"Then you can't put a stack of newspapers in. What if he read it at that time? Hehe, this was borrowed by me specifically from our Yangtze River Fleet Archives. I was so exhausted. This is just a submarine and torpedo boat construction plan, not the main ship. And it was a few years ago, and it was useless to read it. You see, there is the Grasshopper on it!"

In other words, the poor German boy was so humble that even if he really sent the file bag to the German embassy, ​​it was at best just the expiration of the futures a few years ago. In fact, this trick was often used in later generations. During the expulsion war between the US and the Soviet Union, they set up a situation to frame each other and then expel the other diplomats. This is mostly to revenge the other party to expel their own diplomats.

Now they are not trying to expel German diplomats, but use this trick to investigate the "Condor Legion". Although these Germans are not diplomats, they also have legal identities. As long as one of them is involved in the "spy case", the People's Guard will have an excuse to investigate and investigate. They are not diplomats, and those who do not have diplomatic immunity can be arrested, detained, or even sentenced. Under coercion and temptation, they are not afraid that these people will not tell the truth.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied, patted the file bag, asked about his stomachache:

"How is that guy's reaction now?"

"It seems that he is quite loyal, and he is determined to protect the 'German diplomat'. He insists that the document bag was found on the stool, and he guessed who had forgotten it there, and he picked it up just because he was curious. He said he was innocent."

"Hmph, he said that he was innocent, that's innocent?" Xiang Xiaoqiang sneered, "Have the Ming Navy's shipbuilding plan in his arms, so why don't we say this matter? Continue to review and try hard. It doesn't matter if he doesn't say the file bag. We don't ask about the file bag, we only ask what we really care about. This kid is now devoted to the file bag, and everything else must be poured beans on the bamboo tube."

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought evilly:...I told you that you are not aware of your appearance, and you are always upset Xiuxiu... Otherwise, there are so many people in your group, you may not have to attack you. Just attack Xiuxiu and interrogate your boy first, and then talk about it for a few days.

Sure enough, the German young man with Chinese name "A Tie" cooperated with all other issues, except for insisting that the file bag was picked up, especially when he heard that if he didn't tell the truth, he would arrest all the people in their Nazi Party branch for interrogation, so he simply made up his mind and told the real purpose of coming to the Ming Dynasty.

A Tie said that they were a group of veterans of the German Wehrmacht. Because they felt that there was no development in Germany, they saw the war in the Ming and Qing Dynasties and felt that they were of great use in the East, so they formed a volunteer army and wanted to serve the Ming Dynasty and earn some money to spend. Now I don’t know what the Ming Dynasty means, so let them find out first.

"As for me," A Tie also felt that he was too young, saying that the veteran was too irresponsible, and he said nonsense, "I am a military school student and was expelled for violating the school rules. Because of my good Chinese, I will be an interpreter for everyone."

National Defense Forces? Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled and listened, without exposing him, just clicked:

"By the way, is ss in German a Wehrmacht or SS?"

A Tie's face changed slightly, and he lowered his head and murmured:

"It's...SS."

A Tie's statement sounds like a group of veterans "volunteering" to come to the Ming Dynasty, and I really can't hear any official background. But if you think about it carefully, you will understand that Germany is now actively expanding its military. How could it have "no future" as a soldier in Germany? It seems that it is probably the "Condor Legion" created by Hitler.

The German young man looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang and always felt familiar. He suddenly said "ah" and remembered that this was the person who made him "stand at attention" in German in the ward that day. He asked carefully:

"May I ask..."
To be continued...