Coincidentally, on the same day that Lu Ming shot and killed Seigoro Ozawa, Dai Li closed the case of the Shanghai Municipal Working Committee of the underground party, refused to stay for a moment longer, and immediately left Shanghai as if fleeing.
The next day after returning to Nanjing, he heard shocking news on the radio. A shooting occurred in the Japanese Concession in Shanghai. Four senior Manchurian Railway officials were killed on the spot.
Dai Li immediately realized that this was a major case committed by Lu Ming. After listening carefully, the news reported that only one person arrived at the scene of the shooting and fired continuously. No one of the four people at the scene survived.
Only then did Dai Li know why the commissioner said Lu Ming was lawless. He actually dared to break into the Japanese Concession alone and kill Ozawa Seigoro and Yu Ying'er. He could only be described as lawless.
If Lu Ming finds out that he is the mastermind behind Ning Xiner's kidnapping case, his fate can be imagined. Even if he hides in Nanjing, he may not be able to escape this disaster.
After Dai Li returned to Nanjing, Lu Ming sent Hou Liang's woman and child to his hometown in Huzhou for resettlement, and found an opportunity to tell Hou Liang that everything was fine with his family and there was no need to worry.
Hou Liang was a little excited, his hands were shaking, and he was still speechless, but his eyes were full of gratitude.
Ever since Lu Ming agreed to his request and took away his woman and son, he pretended to collapse without saying a word. He still cooperated with going to the hospital for treatment every day, eating on time, and doing rehabilitation training, but he just didn't speak.
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Dai Li and Weng Bailing did not force him and gave him enough time to recover. They believed that Hou Liang was still valuable. Maybe one day, Hou Liang's mental state would be restored and he could still carry out the anti-underground party cause.
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On the third day after Lu Ming left, Hou Liang suddenly spoke and asked to see Weng Bailing.
Weng Bailing was so happy that he thought Hou Liang had figured it out, so he hurried to see him.
"Mr. Hou, if you have anything to say, just tell me directly." Weng Bailing was gearing up, thinking that a new opportunity to make meritorious deeds had come, so he said eagerly.
Hou Liang suddenly pulled out a pistol from the waist of the agent next to him and shouted with all his strength: "Go to hell." Then he fired.
The other two agents in the room were stunned, but they reacted quickly and immediately drew their guns and shot Hou Liang.
Weng Bailing was shot and lay on the ground, still shouting: "Live, live."
Unfortunately, the marksmanship of the two agents was too accurate. One of them shot Hou Liang in the heart, and the other shot in Hou Liang's head.
"Damn it! This lunatic!" Weng Bailing endured the pain and got up from the ground.
Hou Liang's body was severely damaged and his arm muscles atrophied, so his shooting skills lost accuracy. He aimed at Weng Bailing's heart and shot, but the bullet deflected towards Weng Bailing's shoulder.
Weng Bailing was immediately sent to the Army General Hospital for treatment of his gunshot wound. He also had good fortune telling. The bullet did not damage the bones, but only penetrated the wound. He only needed to rest for a few days to recover.
Weng Bailing did not dare to be careless, so he endured the pain and immediately reported the situation to Dai Li. Dai Li was speechless for a long time.
"Do you think Hou Liang thought we were playing tricks and took away his women and children, so he shot you in revenge?" Dai Li asked.
"Well, I don't know, but he was full of hatred when he shot me, I can feel it." Weng Bailing said with lingering fear.
He finally realized that life and death were in an instant. If Hou Liang's hands hadn't trembled, this shot would have killed him.
"This is over. Don't spread it to the outside world anymore." Dai Li sighed.
Lu Ming was silent for a long time after hearing the news. Only then did he understand that Hou Liang asked him to take away the woman and child just because he wanted revenge. He didn't want to live anyway.
Lu Ming tried to silently taste the feeling when Hou Liang refused. Did he regret his betrayal? A little bit, but not entirely. So why, Lu Ming couldn't feel it for a while.
But when Hou Liang saw him for the last time, he could feel how he felt after learning that his woman and child were safe.
That is a mentality that is unwilling to give up.
Dai Li and Weng Bailing took his women and children hostage, forcing him to become a traitor, but he was unwilling to do so and always wanted to fight back.
Although this did not help his reputation or the losses he caused to the underground party, at least it gave him an explanation for his own life.
Hou Liang is a smart man. After careful observation, he discovered that there was a deep discord between Lu Ming and Weng Bailing. This was his only chance to save the woman and child, so he made a bold decision to ask Lu Ming for help.
He made up his mind that after Lu Ming helped him rescue the woman and child, he would try his best to assassinate Weng Bailing. This was not only revenge for Weng Bailing's harm to him, but also a reward for Lu Ming in a sense.
Now that he has become a traitor and his reputation has been ruined, he can only do this to comfort himself.
When An Yi heard the news about Hou Liang's suicide attempt to assassinate Weng Bailing, she also had mixed feelings and was speechless for a long time.
Since Hou Liang's woman and child were inexplicably taken away, the Fuxing Society's protection measures for Hou Liang have become even stricter. Four more agents and a car were added. People who came and went were covering Hou Liang with their bodies and sniping with rifles.
Hou Liang's plan was useless.
An Yi continued to monitor, observe, and conceive of various plans, but before she could come up with her plan, Hou Liang actually caused a life-threatening assassination incident.
"Don't think too much, since Hou Liang is dead, your mission is completed." Mr. Dong said with a wry smile.
He didn't understand Hou Liang's mentality behind this move, but it could be regarded as a colorful end to Hou Liang's life.
At this time, Hou Liang ended his life in this way, which illustrates how complex human nature is and how difficult it is to distinguish between right and wrong.
Mr. Dong has nothing to do recently. The headquarters still has no order to reactivate his radio station. He can only help Lu Ming send articles every week, and the rest of the time is waiting.
The job of a spy is to wait. Except for waiting for the opportunity to explode, the rest of the time is to be quiet and quiet.
Lu Ming's secret agent school opened as scheduled, with one hundred students in the first batch, seventy boys and thirty girls.
Lu Ming didn't want to have anything to do with Weng Bailing, and he felt uncomfortable meeting each other, so he gradually shifted his work focus and main energy to the secret service school.
Apart from reviewing the reports, Lu Ming didn't care about anything else at the Fuxing Society. However, he also had Zhao Yuanliang as an internal agent in the Fuxing Society, so he could still immediately learn the details of the major and minor events that happened in the Fuxing Society.
Now Zhao Yuanliang has become Weng Bailing's deputy and has become half of the family of Shanghai Station. His goal is to become the webmaster. Unfortunately, Lu Ming can't help much in this matter. The candidate for the webmaster of Shanghai Station must be appointed by hand.
Even Dai Li could only act according to the rules.
However, because of Lu Ming's background and the special circumstances of Shanghai, even though Zhao Yuanliang was the deputy webmaster, he was able to compete with Weng Bailing to a certain extent and formed his own faction in the Fuxing Society building.
The external name of the Secret Service School is Shanghai Institute of Textile Industry. There are two agents at the entrance as security guards. No outsiders or vehicles are allowed to enter without authorization.
Inside is a teaching building transformed from an abandoned factory, with various supporting facilities for teaching. The Secret Service School has established secret training bases in Xiaoshan and Yuhang for special training.
One of the main contents of teaching is foreign language, basically Japanese. After graduation, these students will be engaged in intelligence work against Japan. To be more precise, they will be infiltrated into Japan as spies, so they must pass the Japanese language test.
Many of the first batch of students Lu Ming found were Koreans. One of their characteristics was that they all passed the Japanese language test and basically didn't need to learn much. This was probably a counter-effect of Japan's imperial education to North Korea.
The reason why Lu Ming favors using Koreans as spies is because the Koreans have a life-and-death hatred for the Japanese. Even if they are asked to fight against the Japanese like moths rushing to a flame, they will do it without hesitation.
Another point is that it is very convenient for Koreans to immigrate or sneak into Japan, especially in terms of language and living habits. It can be said that there are no obstacles.
If Chinese people go to Japan in the name of studying abroad, they will still be subject to some restrictions, but North Koreans will be like a duck in water when entering Japan.
After graduation, most of the students will enter Japan in the name of studying abroad or visiting relatives, and then lurk in Japan for a long time, collecting various information and sending it back, and then analyze and use it based on the actual situation between China and Japan to be prepared.
However, Lu Ming also has principles for running this school. Although the goal is to go to Japan, the premise is: I will not offend others unless they offend me, and I will offend others if they offend me.
He decided to make this truth clear at the opening ceremony on the first day of school, so that the students could deeply understand the truth and be fully mentally prepared to fight the Japanese to the death.
Lu Ming's original idea was to have a three- or four-year semester, modeled on the university system, but Soviet experts told him that six months of spy training was enough, and that too much time would not necessarily lead to better results.
Whether a spy can make achievements or not depends not only on drills, but also on being tempered in practice in order to grow and mature.
Lu Ming, who followed the good deeds, decided to change the semester to one year.