After Lu Ming and Liu Qiwen returned to the intelligence office, Lu Ming went into the room where he rested and never came out again, nor did he eat lunch.
Liu Qiwen knocked on the door several times, but there was no response. She had no choice but to call in.
Lu Ming muttered a few words, meaning leave him alone. He just wanted to be alone today.
At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Lu Ming suddenly came out of the room. Liu Qiwen hurried over, held Lu Ming's arm and looked at his face carefully.
Not bad. Nothing seems to have changed, it's still the same.
"What are you looking at? You don't think I want to commit suicide, do you?" Lu Ming said angrily.
"It's not enough to commit suicide. The tendency of self-abuse is quite obvious." Liu Qiwen saw that Lu Ming looked like he was about to go out and helped him tidy up his clothes.
"Well, I'm going out for a while and won't be back for dinner. I have nothing to do today, so you should get off work early." Lu Ming waved his hand and wanted to go out.
"Where are you going? Why don't you take me with you?" Liu Qiwen said with a smile. In fact, she was worried about Lu Ming and worried that something might happen to him.
"I'm going to the Lingering Garden. I have nothing to do. I'm going to chat with Mr. Sheng and have dinner at his place." Lu Ming smiled, but the implication was that it was not suitable to take her there.
Lu Ming went downstairs, got into his car, and went straight to the Liuyuan Garden.
In the room just now, Lu Ming had already made an appointment with Sheng Youde on the phone to go to the Liuyuan Garden in an hour to discuss something.
"Old man, just tell me what the Japanese want from me by kidnapping Du Juan as a blackmail. If you don't want to tell me, I will go to Japan to find the answer myself."
In Lingering Garden, Lu Ming sat in front of Sheng Youde's desk and was openly and honestly forced to have an abortion. He couldn't wait for a moment.
"Well, since you asked like that, I'll tell you the truth. They don't want to get anything from you, but they want to get you." Sheng Youde sighed and said helplessly.
"Get me? What's so important about me? Do you want to get the list of potential agents from me?" Lu Ming asked in confusion.
Lu Ming believes that the most valuable thing about him is the complete list of potential agents.
Only Lu Ming knows where everyone on the list is now and what position they are in.
Even Huang Yanning is not completely clear about these detailed materials.
"It has nothing to do with your little intelligence office. The Japanese haven't taken a fancy to you yet. They want you because you are a key." Sheng Youde said with a bitter smile.
It's over, it's over. The Secret Intelligence Service, which has been busy for several years and carefully planned, turns out to be just a simulated toy in the eyes of big guys like Sheng Youde.
Lu Ming's mind flashed back to the "officers and soldiers chasing robbers" game he played with a few friends when he was a child. The children were very busy and sweaty. In the eyes of adults, it was just a child's play.
"Am I a key?" Lu Ming was confused after hearing this.
Of course he knows what a key is. There are countless types of locks in the world, and each lock has a corresponding key. But he is a living person, how can it be a key?
"To be precise, you are the key to the door to world-class wealth. I can't tell you exactly what's going on now, but you will know it later." Sheng Youde poured him a glass of wine and said.
"Why can't you tell me now? I'm very anxious now. Du Juan's matter is urgent." Lu Ming was really anxious.
"Because you are not mature enough, I'm afraid you won't be able to bear this blow. If you know the whole thing, it will subvert your entire world view, this world, this society, and the relationship between people, etc.
Everything is subverted. When I say this, do you understand?" Sheng Youde said seriously.
"I have matured and can withstand any blow." Lu Ming puffed out his chest and said.
"No, you won't be qualified to know about this until you are forty years old." Sheng Youde shook his head and said.
"Why do you have to wait until you are forty? You are almost old." Lu Ming said it was difficult to understand.
"Because forty-year-old is not confused, people's psychological maturity actually begins at the age of forty. In their twenties, they are only physically mature, but psychologically still very naive, and their world view has not been fully established. Only by the age of four
After the age of ten, your worldview will take shape and you will have independent thoughts and personality." Sheng Youde said.
"Old man, this is a matter of fire in the house. I can wait that long, but Dujuan can't wait that long. She is still waiting for me to save her every day."
Lu Ming was very anxious and thought in his mind that this old man was talking all kinds of weird things. Do you want me to wait until I am forty years old before I go to save Du Juan? There will probably be no one alive by then.
"Du Juan's matter is not urgent. If you handle your own affairs, you will naturally save her. Before the Japanese catch you and take control of you, Du Juan will be safe and sound. When you fall into the hands of the Japanese, Du Juan's value will be reduced."
No, there are only two fates for her..." Sheng Youde looked into Lu Ming's eyes and said.
"Which two? As long as Du Juan can come back alive, I'm willing to do it." Lu Ming suddenly stood up, and Sheng Youde waved his hand, motioning for him to sit down and not get excited.
"One is that you cooperate with the Japanese, and they will send the cuckoo back safely, and the other is that they deceive you into sending it back, but end up killing it anyway. The other is that you are unwilling to cooperate, then you two will stay together for a long time.
Japan, don't even think about coming back. Do you dare to bet?" Sheng Youde slapped the table and said.
Lu Ming's body suddenly softened. He didn't dare to gamble, he didn't dare to gamble with Du Juan's life.
"I have been investigating the Dujuan matter. Don't worry, I will do my best on this matter. Don't you want to go to Japan? It's not impossible, but you have to wait until I have arranged everything, including how you enter Japan.
, how to come back safely, etc., but the most important thing is to find out where Du Juan is and whose hands it is." Sheng Youde said seriously.
Lu Ming sighed and nodded.
He was not satisfied with the answer, but there was nothing he could do about it.
He is eager to go to Japan to save Du Juan, but how to save Du Juan? He doesn't even know where Du Juan is.
When Ning Xiner was kidnapped, she was hidden by the Japanese in Shanghai. He could not find her, let alone the four Japanese islands, overseas territories, and many desolate places.
"Do you think there is a possibility that Du Juan did not go to Japan at all?" Sheng Youde said suddenly.
"This is impossible. My people saw Du Juan being taken on a cruise ship to Japan by the Japanese, and watched the cruise ship leave the port with his own eyes," Lu Ming said.
"Did anyone see Dujuan landing at a certain port in Japan?" Sheng Youde's thoughts were very thorough.
"It's just that this link is missing. If someone sees her getting off the boat, they can follow the clues to find out the whereabouts of Du Juan." Lu Ming was so excited that he broke into sweat.
"I have been thinking about this issue. Did the Japanese make a false move? They did take the cuckoo on the cruise ship to Japan, but they changed things halfway and sent a ship to take the cuckoo to other places, such as Taiwan and North Korea.
Go back the same way, back to the northeast." Sheng Youde frowned.
"Why do you think so?" Lu Ming was a little confused.
"Because whether it's the connections of the Kenta family or my connections in Japan, although I can't do everything, it's not that difficult to find someone. Du Juan is not a military or political figure, how can he be so close?
Ventilation?" Sheng Youde thought thoughtfully.
"What I said makes sense. The Japanese have a way of setting traps and digging holes. We have to be on guard." Lu Ming seemed to have woken up.
"After investigating for such a long time and spending so much effort, it is still a mystery where the cuckoo is in Japan. In my opinion, the trick played by the Japanese has been exposed." Sheng Youde said angrily.
"Maybe it's just like the old man said, this is a hide-and-seek game. As long as I don't show up in Japan, those people behind the scenes won't show up, and Du Juan's whereabouts will never be found out," Lu Ming said.
"That's true, but don't be impatient. We will play according to the rules of the game. You wait a few more months. I need to arrange some things and open up some relationships to pave the way for you. When you go to Japan, you can
Just think that the cuckoo people are in Japan." Sheng Youde said.
"I understand, the truth is also false when it is fake, and the fake is the real thing." Lu Ming nodded repeatedly.
Lu Ming thought that Sheng Youde would never agree to his going to Japan, but he didn't know that Sheng Youde had changed his mind, which meant that there was hope for rescuing Du Juan.
Once Sheng Youde recommends him, the government will not prevent him from going to Japan.
For this matter, Lu Ming once tentatively called General Zhang Wenbai. General Zhang pondered on the phone for a long time and finally persuaded him to give up the idea.
What General Zhang means is that officers above the rank of major general of the Republic of China are not allowed to go to enemy-occupied areas without permission. This is an express provision of the Military Commission.
Action can only be taken with Mr. Chiang's approval, but General Zhang believes that Mr. Chiang will not approve Lu Ming's going to Japan. It is absolutely impossible.
Because Mr. Chiang will not let a person with countless party-state secrets in his head fall into the hands of the Japanese.
Lu Ming believed that the provisions of the Military Commission were reasonable, but Sheng Youde must have a way to help him go to Japan.
"What do you think of this election year in the United States?" Sheng Youde asked.
"It should be no problem for President Roosevelt to be re-elected. His New Deal has revitalized the U.S. economy. The work-for-work policy has allowed countless unemployed people to return to work, and countless families have food and clothing. Although many upper-class people and union leaders
People yelled at him that he was a communist, but the people at the bottom supported him," Lu Ming said.
1936 was an election year in the United States. Countless eyes in the world were staring at the changes in the American political arena. It can even be said that who will be the president of the United States has affected the direction of the world political landscape.
In Germany, after the death of President Hindenburg, Hitler combined the powers of the president and prime minister into one, thus completely taking the power into his hands, openly becoming the head of state, and beginning a dictatorship.
The situation in Europe is in turmoil. In this political atmosphere, the international political direction of the US government has become a barometer of world politics.
"If President Roosevelt is re-elected at the end of the year, you should go to the United States." Sheng Youde said.
"Don't the Republic of China government have a Ministry of Foreign Affairs? Why let me go?" Lu Ming asked in confusion.
Lu Ming knew about this, and the government intended to send him as Mr. Chiang's personal representative to visit President Roosevelt in the United States in order to open up channels for Sino-US relations, but the trip failed due to various reasons.