Zuo Shaoqing stood outside, looking at the scene in the room, and fear gradually rose in his heart.
She saw Lieutenant Colonel McCann stand up quietly, walk to Metz with a stern face, and whisper to him. Metz nodded obviously. Both of them turned back and looked at Ruan Qibo who was sitting on the sofa.
At this time, a small door behind Ruan Qibo opened loudly, and a man in black clothes came out and stood behind Ruan Qibo. After taking a look at Lieutenant Colonel McCann and Metz, the man took out a handbag from his arms.
A pistol was pointed at the back of Ruan Qibo's head.
Zuo Shaoqing was so frightened that she almost screamed. She could no longer see the viewfinder of the camera clearly. She just pressed the shutter button continuously and rolled the film. Then, she heard a gunshot from the room. Ruan Qibo fell headfirst.
On the floor, struggling and twisting her body. Zuo Shaoqing was completely stunned. After she pressed the shutter, she could no longer roll the film. She knew that the film had been used up.
The sound of gunfire alarmed the city government building. Zuo Shaoqing heard a burst of noise and running in the distance. When she turned back, the man in black in the room had disappeared, leaving only Lieutenant Colonel McCann and Mace squatting.
Ruan Qibo's side.[
The noise in the building became louder. Zuo Shaoqing suddenly realized the danger, which was extremely dangerous. Someone must have heard the gunfire and ran here, the police or the military police. She had to leave immediately. She turned around and ran towards the edge of the terrace.
Go, she crossed the railing and jumped off the high terrace. She landed on a grassy field.
She carefully looked around, but there was no one nearby. She checked her things to make sure nothing was missing. She stood up, quickly packed her clothes, and then ran towards the parking lot in the darkness. It was best for her to stay in now
Among Lieutenant Colonel McCann's cars, only Lieutenant Colonel McCann's car is the safest.
Zuo Shaoqing passed through rows of cars and finally found Lieutenant Colonel McCann's car. She opened the door, got into the car, and looked outside cautiously.
Her whole body was almost cold now, and her hands were shaking. She was unprepared to see a murder. She could not believe what she saw. The killer actually shot Ruan Qibo in front of Lieutenant Colonel McCann and Mace.
This Ruan Qibo was specifically told by Lao Huang to pay more attention to. Ruan Qibo seemed to have a favorable impression of both China and the Soviet Union. Lieutenant Colonel McCann, however, muttered that the Soviets were looking for trouble or causing trouble. Captain Aben discovered three
She was a suspicious Chinese person, and one of them actually wanted to kill her. What frightened her the most was that it had been a month since Lao Huang lost contact with her superiors.
All these situations made Zuo Shaoqing feel confused and doubtful. There seemed to be some huge conspiracy or trick hidden behind them. Is there any special relationship between these situations, or even whether they were related to her? She had no idea now.
Only a few minutes after Zuo Shaoqing got into Lieutenant Colonel McCann's car, the entire city hall became chaotic. At first, some people were running back and forth, shouting. Later, many military police came to the yard. Then, the guests in the hall
They were all driven out. People yelled, ran outside, and rushed to their cars. The cars in the parking lot drove away one after another. At this time, the car Zuo Shaoqing was in was revealed.
A gendarme came over and looked into the car with a gun in his hand.
Zuo Shaoqing was dressed in white clothes and was very conspicuous in the dark car. She had no choice but to get out of the car. She said, "I'm sorry, what happened?"
The military policeman carefully walked to the car and asked, "Who are you?"
Zuo Shaoqing said: "I am from the military advisory group and came here with Mr. McCann. But Mr. McCann has not come out yet. Please go find Mr. McCann and ask him to come out as soon as possible."
The gendarme looked at her carefully, finally nodded and walked back.
About ten minutes later, Lieutenant Colonel McCann finally returned to the car. He also brought Zuo Shaoqing's pistol.
"How are you?" he asked, with tension and uneasiness hidden in his voice.
"Sir, I'm fine. What happened here?"
"What did you see?" Lieutenant Colonel McCann continued to ask.
"I was in the hall. I didn't know anyone, so I could only drink a little wine in the hall. Later, I don't know what happened, and there was chaos in the hall. Someone shouted loudly, telling the guests to leave quickly. I came out.
"
"What did you hear?" Lieutenant Colonel McCann still asked.
This is a bit difficult to answer. Zuo Shaoqing was not sure whether the gunshots upstairs could be heard in the hall. She said: "I didn't hear anything except the music. To be honest, I didn't pay attention."[
Lieutenant Colonel McCann started the car, turned the steering wheel and drove outside. He was silent for a while before saying: "Something happened inside. Secretary-General Ruan Qibo was assassinated."
"Who did it and why?" Zuo Shaoqing tried hard to control his voice, trying to show some appropriate surprise.
"We don't know yet." Lieutenant Colonel McCann said, "Don't ask anything. Maybe we won't know until dawn. I'll take you back. I'll send a car to pick you up tomorrow morning and we'll have a talk."
"Yes, sir." Zuo Shaoqing thought that he would meet with Metz at noon tomorrow and wondered if he could make it on time.
It was already past two o'clock in the morning when Zuo Shaoqing returned to the dormitory. When she waved goodbye to Lieutenant Colonel McCann, she felt that her whole body was stiff, as if someone had driven a wooden stake into her body.
At this time, it was extremely quiet in her dormitory. Invisible objects seemed to be shaking in the shadows that were not illuminated by the light, and the wind outside moved the curtains.
Zuo Shaoqing put one hand in her handbag and held the handle of the gun tightly. Her super senses scanned every corner of the room like a radar. After two minutes, her nerves gradually relaxed. She believed that she
At least for now, there is no killer lurking in the room.
She took off her coat and examined it carefully under the light. There might be some dust on the white fabric, but there was no blood, which made her relieved. She put the clothes and the empty handbag into the paper box. She
I thought maybe I should take the clothes to a laundry and wash them before returning them to Lieutenant Colonel McCann.
She walked into the small bathroom. She believed that she must have sweated a lot when she was most nervous, but she didn't notice it. Now, she felt that her body was sticky and tired.
She took off her underwear and stood naked in front of a bright mirror. The dagger on her thigh shocked her, and the gun on her ankle felt unusually heavy.
She took off her gun and dagger and put them on the shelf next to her. She turned on the shower. When the hot water was finally poured over her head, she felt that the muscles in her whole body were as stiff and painful as cement. In her brain and in the bones,
It’s all a chill that’s hard to get rid of.
She turned out to be the assassination target. But she couldn't figure out why. Fear and doubt were swirling and whistling in her heart like the wind. She wiped her body with a long bath towel, and her fair skin gradually revealed a red color.
After an hour, she felt better.
She dried her body with a towel. The first thing she did was to stick the Walter pistol on her ankle and the dagger on her thigh. After such a night, she did not dare to leave these two things for a moment.
She wrapped her body in a bath towel and left the bathroom.
As she lay down on the bed, she began to carefully sort out what had happened today.
Where did the man lying in the trash can come from? Only by knowing this, could she know where the danger came from. She vaguely felt that he seemed to be from Taiwan. He said, "I guess that's right, it's here."
He spoke Chinese and seemed to have a slight Taiwanese accent.
God! That means Ye Gongjin is going to attack her!
Thinking of this, many past events flowed into her thoughts like water.
The late summer of 1956 was a turning point for Ye Gongjin and Zuo Shaoqing. They heard the news almost at the same time that Mao Renfeng, director of the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, was ill, and it seemed that he was very ill.
Before that, Ye Gongjin and Zuo Shaoqing were two people who were suppressed by Mao Renfeng and left idle.
They returned to Taipei on Yu Zhidao's transport plane. Not long after, they were stripped of their military ranks and positions, imprisoned in a simple and damp detention center, and subjected to severe scrutiny. The charges were that they abandoned the team, left their posts without authorization, and violated military orders.
They all feel promising. It would be easy for Director Mao to deal with them or even shoot them.[
However, fortunately, above the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, and even above the Ministry of National Defense, there is Mr. Jingguo who remembers them and takes care of them. This is not because Mr. Jingguo is merciful, but because he treats Mao Renfeng
He was filled with hatred. What Mao Renfeng wanted to do must be the last thing he wanted to do. Director Mao struggled and struggled, but he finally couldn't win against President Chiang Kai-shek behind Mr. Jingguo.
Half a year later, Ye Gongjin and Zuo Shaoqing were released from the detention center. Ye Gongjin got a casual position as a member of the National Security Council, while Zuo Shaoqing got a position as a researcher at the Intelligence Research Institute under the Ministry of National Defense Intelligence Agency. However, apart from each of them having a job title
There is no work except the clean desk.
They are two people who share the same problem. They always stay together when they have nothing to do. But they stay together not because they share the same problem. What Ye Gongjin is concerned about is the recording hidden in Zuo Shaoqing's hand. That recording is the recording between Mei Si and Ye Gongjin in the International
A conversation in the party club. What Zuo Shaoqing is concerned about is the whereabouts of her sister You Shaoqing.
There is often a question between them that never gets answered, "Shaoqing, where did you hide the recording?" "Gongjin, where is my sister?" Then they stare at each other for a long time in mutual distrust.
Their situation made them sympathize with each other and sympathize with each other, causing them to change their names to each other. But the doubts in their hearts made them stay vigilant towards each other.
Such days were difficult. Ye Gongjin lost all his power. In addition to missing her sister, Zuo Shaoqing also lost contact with the organization. With her sensitivity, she believed that she was still there in the Ministry of National Defense and even the Intelligence Bureau.
comrade. But she didn’t dare to contact anyone for fear of bringing disaster to them. This loneliness of being cut off from the organization was like watching the rat of time gnawing away at her heart bit by bit.
.But she was helpless.
During this period of time, Ye Gongjin did something that Zuo Shaoqing did not expect, and learned from Jing Hu.
Ye Gongjin had the rank of major general and was assigned a house in a military military village on the outskirts of Taipei. It was an old house left by the Japanese, with two rooms inside and outside, and a small amount of furniture. The house had a kitchen and bathroom.
Zuo Shaoqing was even more miserable. He was only assigned a "difficulty-overcoming room." The so-called "difficulty-overcoming room" means "temporary housing for overcoming difficulties." There were millions of officers and soldiers who retreated to Taiwan from the mainland, and some even dragged A family with a family needs a lot of housing. All the houses available for rent in Taipei have been rented out by military officers. To get a "difficulty-overcoming" room in a military village, you also need to have special relationships.
