Zuo Shaoqing had been sitting in Ye Gongjin's room all morning, smoking silently and controlling her fatigue. She was very worried that she would fall asleep suddenly.
Ye Gongjin rarely spoke, obviously still anxious about his situation.
Only Qian Yuhong couldn't sit still. While chattering, she took a towel and wiped the furniture everywhere. She was a person who loved cleanliness, so she wiped the furniture in the room until it was bright and shiny. After that, she wiped it with a mop.
He also told them not to move their feet after they landed on the ground to avoid leaving footprints.
I waited like this until lunch. At the dinner table, I mainly listened to Qian Yuhong talking alone.
After finishing the meal, Zuo Shaoqing and Qian Yuhong cleared the table together, put the plates and bowls together and put them at the door. She really wanted to go back to her room to take a nap and regain her strength.
At this time, Ye Gongjin said: "Young Master Zuo, give me a cigarette."
Zuo Shaoqing took out a cigarette and handed it to him, then lit it for him. She paid attention to Ye Gongjin's eyes and felt that he seemed to have something to say, so she didn't say that she wanted to go back to rest and sat down on the sofa to smoke.
Sure enough, when Ye Gongjin saw that Qian Yuhong had packed her things, she said, "Yuhong, you have been busy all morning. Go back to your room and take a rest."
Qian Yuhong raised her head, looked into Ye Gongjin's eyes, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll take a rest for a while. You guys can sit down." After that, she left the room.
Ye Gongjin was silent for a long time, and finally said: "Young Master Zuo, you are a good agent. You have a strong working ability since I came out from the beginning. I still feel the same now."
Zuo Shaoqing knew she had to be careful. She sat up straight and showed her respect, "Director, thank you."
Ye Gongjin smiled peacefully, "Without you, Yuhong and I are both in danger. Young Master Zuo, I want to know why you want to save me?"
Zuo Shaoqing thought about it seriously and said softly: "When my sister came back, no matter what, I was bound to die. The director is willing to keep me, I am very grateful. This is one. Secondly, it is also for this reason.
, if a new director comes, I'm not sure whether he will keep me."
Ye Gongjin nodded. This statement was quite reasonable. He smiled and said: "But you may have come out, and I don't completely trust you, is that right?"
"Director, that's what you should do. Anyone in your position would do that. As for me, I will try my best to resolve these problems and be careful. This is the truth."
"I know you are telling the truth. So you made a recording to ensure your safety?"
"Director, that's Mace's opinion, I have to accept it."
"Where did you put the recording?" Ye Gongjin stared at her and asked softly.
This question frightened Zuo Shaoqing. The recording was no longer in her hands. What she was most worried about was whether the recording would eventually fall into the hands of Ye Gongjin. Then, he would immediately guess why Director Mao
She wanted to kill him. In that case, she would die miserably. She said, "Director, please don't ask about this matter. I won't tell you."
Ye Gongjin nodded, "I can imagine it. But there is a problem, you must tell me."
"Say." Zuo Shaoqing became even more wary.
"What is your mission when you come to my place?"
Zuo Shaoqing was silent for a long time, and finally looked up at Ye Gongjin and said softly: "Look for the locust tree."
Although Ye Gongjin was a little surprised, this explanation was indeed in line with his inner thoughts and the task was reasonable. "You mean, Metz is also looking for a locust tree? Why?"
"I can only tell you that Metz is also looking for a locust tree. I can't say why."
"So, have you found it?"
"No."
"Where do you think the locust tree is?"
"It should be among those six people." When Zuo Shaoqing said this, a chill oozed out of her heart. She knew in her heart that "Sophora Tree" might only be temporarily safer, but Ye Gongjin would never give up.
"Will you continue to search?"
"I will until I find it."
Ye Gongjin laughed softly, "Young Master Zuo, our goals are the same, aren't we?" He felt a little proud. He was already very close to the locust tree, and maybe there would be results soon. He believed that he used the yellow maple forest to
Use it correctly. Maybe it won't be long before Huang Fenglin will bring him good news.
At this moment, the phone on the coffee table suddenly rang, startling both of them.
Ye Gongjin stared at the phone, with doubts and fears. He Junjie's call should have been in the evening. Who would call at this time? He didn't dare to answer the phone.
Zuo Shaoqing said softly: "How about I pick it up?" She picked up the phone and just said "hello" when He Junjie's anxious voice came from the phone, "Young Master Zuo, is this Mr. Zuo? Director
Are you here?"
She said: "Here." She handed the phone to Ye Gongjin, "He is here."
Ye Gongjin answered the phone, "Junjie, what's going on?"
"Director, Minggui has something urgent to report to you."
He Junjie's panicked voice made Ye Gongjin a little nervous. He soon heard Zhao Minggui's voice.
"Director," Zhao Minggui said on the phone: "The situation here is not good. Huang Fenglin was assassinated."
Ye Gongjin was really surprised, "What happened? Who did it?"
"It's still unclear. Last night, at about three o'clock in the morning, someone sneaked into the Xufuxiang guest house and beat to death Huang Fenglin, his two brothers, the director, and even worse. Six people arranged by Huang Fenglin
All the surveillance points were destroyed, leaving no one alive. It was also around three o'clock in the morning."
This news shocked Ye Gongjin. Six surveillance points were knocked down at the same time, which is simply crazy. "Minggui, can you tell me the specific situation? Have you found any clues?"
"Director, this matter is very strange. Although these six points were killed at the same time, the methods were different. Yu Zhidao's point looked like it was done by a professional killer, one shot at a time, and only four shots were fired.
All of them were killed. Guo Chongmu's spot was more likely to be done by the army. It was shot with a Czech machine gun. It took two shots. The gunman was too leisurely. The house was completely damaged by the machine gun. There was no one inside.
One person survived. At two points, the door was blown up with grenades. The door was not moved. I guess it was thrown in from the door. At another two points, the killer had entered the room, but there was no one in the room, so there was no
But there was no one in the first two rooms that were blasted with grenades, which is very strange. Director Huang Fenglin, not a single person is left, they are all dead."
This situation shocked Ye Gongjin. The force he trusted most, the one that was about to come into play, was killed overnight. Who has such courage?
"Minggui," Ye Gongjin asked eagerly, "are there any clues? Who did it?"
"It's hard to say yet. I just made a preliminary attempt in the morning, and it was done neatly and without leaving any clues. As I said just now, the techniques are different, and it seems that several forces are attacking at the same time. There are many people at the scene, and the reporters are going crazy. I'm trying my best to take pictures. I guess it will be published in the evening newspaper today. Director, how should we deal with this matter?"
Ye Gongjin was panic-stricken and completely confused. He had no choice but to say: "You should investigate first and see if you can find any clues." His mind suddenly turned a corner, "Minggui, have you reported this matter to the bureau?"
"Lao He reported it to Director Pan. But Director Pan didn't say anything. He just asked us to investigate."
Ye Gongjin had no idea at all, so he could only say: "You can investigate first, and then we can talk about it after I go back..." He really didn't know if he could go back.
That night, Ye Gongjin suffered from severe insomnia. Qian Yuhong snuggled next to him and fell asleep. But he couldn't sleep at all. Several different forces did it? The army? The Communist Party? The Americans? Or, Among our own people? Who has so much energy to bring together several forces?
His thoughts took a turn. Among the suspicious people he already knew, Zuo Shaoqing was right next to him. Du Ziyuan was locked up in Xufu Alley. At least they were all related to this matter. Who else was there? People from the Intelligence Department? Even if they followed Director Mao's order to kill themselves, there was no need to get rid of Huang Fenglin's people.
God! His thoughts took another turn. The night before yesterday, he was almost killed by someone from the Intelligence Department. Last night, someone killed all the people in Huang Fenglin. Are these two things related? He Still doesn't come out. No matter what happened in the past, you could tell who did it at a glance. But what happened last night didn't come out at all. It's really weird.
His thoughts turned for the last time. Will the bureau let him go because of this matter? Let him go back and deal with it? Ye Gongjin smiled bitterly in his heart, how unreasonable! How unreasonable!
Ye Gongjin, Zuo Shaoqing, and Qian Yuhong lived in the U.S. Marine Corps barracks like this, living in fear, suspicion, anxiety and distress. They had no idea what was going on outside. Metz never showed up again. He seemed to have given up. He asked Zuo Shaoqing, but Wang Zhenqing had not called.
The hope in Ye Gongjin's heart was disappearing little by little. They seemed to have been forgotten.
In this way, on the tenth day of their stay, one evening, they were sitting around the round table having dinner. At this time, the phone rang. According to the time, it should be when He Junjie called.
Ye Gongjin reached out and picked up the phone. But no one spoke on the phone. He asked: "Junjie, is it Junjie? Why don't you speak? Ah?"
Another person's voice appeared on the phone. As soon as Ye Gongjin heard this person's voice, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated and blood rushed to his face. A line of red clouds appeared on the horizon. Was it the morning sun or the sunset? The flash that appeared in front of his eyes was a fatal explosion. Or is it the candlelight that leads the way? I wonder if this person brings him hope or disappointment?
He said into the phone: "Old Pan," his eyes were red, "Old Pan, Old Pan, is that you?"
The voice of Pan Qiwu, director secretary of the Security Bureau, sounded again on the phone, "Gong Jin, Gong Jin, it's really me."
"What's the matter? Old Pan, what's the matter? You're looking for me, right? You're looking for me?" Ye Gongjin was already speaking coherently.
"Gongjin, I said, don't live there anymore. Gongjin, come back, don't live there anymore. There may be some misunderstandings. Everyone is doing secret work, and it is easy for misunderstandings to occur. Do you think so?
? Come back, I will send a car to pick you up tomorrow. It seems that Zuo Shaoqing and Qian Yuhong are also with you, so please come back together."
"Old Pan, are you telling the truth? Do you really want me to go back?"
"You, you, don't you still believe my words? Now the misunderstanding has been eliminated and nothing has happened. I assure you, it is really nothing. Okay? I will pick you up in person tomorrow, but you must come back.
."
Ye Gongjin put down the phone and almost burst into tears. He looked at Qian Yuhong and Zuo Shaoqing with hesitant eyes, and said in a trembling voice: "Lao Pan called and asked me to go back." Before he finished speaking, his head was already deep.
Hang down deeply.
Zuo Shaoqing stood up and quietly walked out of the room without saying anything. Standing in the shadow in front of the door, she felt that a stone in her heart finally fell to the ground.
At this time, Qian Yuhong's face was full of tears. She knelt in front of Ye Gongjin, held his knees, raised her face and said to him: "Gongjin, are you okay? Are we okay? It's okay.
Really? Tell me."
Ye Gongjin held her face with both hands. He felt that this woman was so good tonight, so good. He held her face and kissed her hard. At this time, Qian Yuhong was so excited that she hugged him and burst into tears.
Ye Gongjin could never imagine what chaos the outside world had become. Chairman Chiang, Mrs. Chiang, Young Master Chiang, the American Ambassador, the Kong and Song families, and senior government and military officials all made such a fuss over a little Ye Gongjin.
Open business.
How could Ye Gongjin have imagined that such a powerful Mao Renfeng would be beaten up by Chairman Chiang with a cane for him?
