Sheng Muyi knew why her father liked Lu Ming because their personalities and conduct were so similar.
They also hate partisan struggle and are proud to be nonpartisans.
It's just that Lu Ming believes in the three principles of equality, freedom, and democracy, and his father Sheng Youde is a firm believer in the three principles of democracy.
Sheng Muyi heard from her father that Lu Ming once asked him for help and released an arms ship from the customs, but that was just to help the Caobang. It was for Yuan Mingzhu's face, not to help the Communist Party.
Of course she didn't know that Lu Ming had gone further. Letting go of the arms ship was just his first step. He had already run very far and was not behind Sheng Muyi at all.
He is now covering the Communist Party's most important spy in Shanghai, and hired this spy to report for him, giving him a legal identity and a worry-free life.
Not only did she not know about this, but neither did Lao Guo. Lao Guo only knew that there was a secret radio station in Shanghai that kept in touch with the headquarters, but he didn't know where the radio station was hidden or in whose hands it was.
Lao Guo asked Mu Yi if he could pull Lu Ming over. It was just an idea that suddenly popped up in his mind, and he felt it was inappropriate after he said it.
Experience tells him that one must not rush for such a thing, but must wait until it is done.
He didn't know yet that Mr. Dong had received an injunction from the headquarters: to suspend the development of Lu Ming.
He had no contact with Lu Ming, nor had he expressed his desire to develop Lu Ming to the organization, so Mr. Dong did not convey his superiors' ban to him.
The time gap is all caused by the tense struggle situation and the slow flow of information within the Shanghai underground party. This is also something that cannot be done.
Lao Guo poured a glass of water for Sheng Muyi and said seriously: "Today we have to complete a task. On behalf of the organization, I will convey to you the underground party's "Confidentiality Work Regulations". The most important one is that at any time and under any circumstances
, can’t even admit their identity…”
Sheng Muyi listened quietly and remembered the key points.
Lao Guo then asked Sheng Muyi what he thought of the information sent today and whether he had his own understanding and knowledge.
Sheng Muyi repeated her analysis of the situation to Lao Guo, especially Japan's intention to attack Shanghai.
Lao Guo's pen quickly recorded on the paper, and he also used shorthand.
Although they are all shorthand, each stenographer has his own unique shorthand method, so one stenographer's shorthand notes may not be recognized by another stenographer, and it also sounds like a code.
However, shorthand is only for recording as quickly as possible, not for encryption. These are two fields.
After Sheng Muyi finished speaking, Lao Guo had almost finished recording. He stood up and looked at the pocket watch hidden deep in his clothes and said, "You must leave immediately. Every minute you stay here, you are in danger of being exposed."
Sheng Muyi stood up feeling a little unhappy. She really wanted to talk about revolutionary ideals with Lao Guo and Song Zhenyang and study Marxist-Leninist theory together like she did in Hong Kong. Although she was surrounded by Japanese at that time, it was a rare happy time in her life.
It can be said that Lao Guo and Song Zhenyang, two real Communists, lit the first bright light on her life path. Many previously hazy thoughts became clearly visible and tangible at that moment.
On the road of life.
Although the theoretical level of these two people may not be as high as hers, and they have not read as many books as she does, they are practitioners of the revolution and have withstood the test of life and death. Every word and every thought they have is
It is closely linked to China's destiny.
Practice brings true knowledge.
Although Sheng Muyi was reluctant in every possible way, she still had to leave. She knew that this was not Hong Kong, but Shanghai, which was surrounded by enemies and had a dangerous environment. What's more, she had to think about Lao Guo's safety.
Lao Guo warned Sheng Muyi that she must pay attention to her words and deeds and protect herself.
Lao Guo repeatedly emphasized that the meeting should not be considered in the near future, but he still agreed with her on the code and location for the next emergency meeting.
Sheng Muyi closed her eyes and recited Lao Guo's words silently in her mind several times, then stood up and walked out from the back door, and got directly into the rickshaw. After a while, the rickshaw started moving.
But this time the person pulling the rickshaw was not Lao Guo, but the man she saw when she entered the house, the man who pretended to be a calligrapher and wrote letters home on his behalf. This was a secret stronghold of Shanghai's underground party organization.
The rickshaw pulled her back to a restaurant in another alley and stopped in front of it. Sheng Muyi got out of the car, and the rickshaw driver quickly disappeared while pulling the rickshaw, without saying a word to her or even looking back at her.
Only then did Sheng Muyi realize the strict discipline of the underground party organization. This was an instinct developed in a harsh environment. If you are careless, you may encounter unexpected events.
Sheng Muyi walked through the alley back to the parking lot of the department store, then got into her car, took off her disguise, put on the clothes she wore when she came out, and drove back to Sheng's Enterprise.
Lao Guo did not leave immediately. He began to write the shorthand on paper into a formal manuscript. After he finished writing, he read it carefully and frowned.
The information is not only important but also contains too much information. I wonder if it can be sent to the headquarters via telegram.
If you do not send it through the radio and rely on human power to transmit it, there is naturally a risk of being intercepted by the enemy, and there is also the issue of timeliness. This is urgent information.
For information that is not limited by time, it is generally passed through personnel, just like a baton, passed from one stick to another, and finally transmitted to the head of the headquarters.
However, when encountering very time-sensitive information, there is no need to delay and every second counts, so it must be sent through the radio.
Lao Guo burned the shorthand manuscript, put the transcribed manuscript into a small wooden box, hid it in the middle of his clothes, and walked out. By this time, the rickshaw had returned.
Lao Guo sat in the car and said: "Go to the postal building."
A rickshaw immediately took him to the postal building.
They rented several mailboxes in the postal building and a storage box in the lobby of the Shanghai Wharf Customs Building as a delivery point for storing and collecting intelligence.
These delivery points have been numbered in advance, and both parties delivering and receiving have the keys to the mailbox and storage box. As long as they tell the other party the number of the delivery point, the intelligence delivery task is completed.
Lao Guo was sitting in the car, feeling very nervous.
As an intelligence agent, the most dangerous thing is when you carry important information with you. It is like carrying a time bomb.
If you are intercepted and inspected by the police or special agents on the way, you are in danger of being exposed at any time because there is no time to process the information.
Many comrades were arrested not because they made mistakes at work or were betrayed by traitors, but because they were suddenly intercepted on the street and the spies and police who conducted raids discovered information on them.
In order to track down the Communist Party, the Kuomintang's spies and police in Shanghai would do almost anything, and this trick was the most common.
Lao Guo was sweating a little. He didn't bring a gun. Once he was caught by the spies and police, it was useless to bring a gun. The idea of killing one person to earn one by killing two is only suitable for the battlefield. The principles of agents are condensed.
In one sentence: it must not be exposed.
Once exposed, the agent's mission will come to an end. Even if he escapes by chance, he will no longer be able to engage in latent missions and will have to return to the office to do paperwork, or even have to leave the white area.
He holds a capsule in his hand. If he is suddenly intercepted and has no way to escape, he will swallow the capsule without hesitation. He is not afraid of death, nor is he afraid that he will not survive the torture of the enemy, but he is afraid that he will be in a coma.
exposed top-secret information.
The information was placed in a wooden box, which was sprinkled with phosphorus powder used on match heads. As long as a match was struck and put in, it would burn, and the enemy would not be extinguished for a moment.
When they put out the fire, all they got was a pile of ashes.
During the entire operation, each agent must be rehearsed in a secret stronghold until he is proficient in his movements.
Of course, this set of techniques does not need to be mastered by peripheral members of the underground party like Sheng Muyi, because they have been strictly regulated and are not allowed to carry any information with them when they go out.
Once someone violates the rules, the organization will cut off contact with him.
The various regulations for underground work may seem unkind, but they are all paid for with blood and lives.