Zhang Yalan's eyes turned again and again on Zuo Shaoqing's face, and she asked in a low voice: "Is this important?"
Zuo Shaoqing was very hesitant in her heart. From the moment she recognized Zhang Yalan, she had been hesitating in her heart whether she should tell her about the "water hyacinth" and the film about the assassination incident in Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam. From the bottom of her heart
She said that she trusted Zhang Yalan. Zhang Yalan was arrested twice and was tortured in the torture room of the Secrecy Bureau. But she could not guarantee that Zhang Yalan would not tell the story. It was very important for her to report such a serious situation to her superiors.
. But what about her superiors? Where are her superiors’ superiors? Where will this situation end? She didn’t dare to think about it.
She whispered: "Yalan, please don't worry. I have to take all my things with me at all times."
Zhang Yalan held a large roll of clothes in one hand and held Zuo Shaoqing's arm in the other, watching her carefully. She asked in a low voice: "Do you still have a mission?"
Zuo Shaoqing gritted his teeth and whispered: "Please, don't ask again."[
Zhang Yalan nodded, "I won't ask anymore. I understand. Let's go take a shower first."
The bathhouse of Honggong Temple is still the same bathhouse as before, with almost no changes. The mist-like water vapor filled the bathhouse, and it also filled the gap between her and her sister. Her sister's sharp nails once scratched her back like a knife.
There were scratches on her back. That feeling remained in her memory.
Zuo Shaoqing took off her clothes and entered the bathroom, still holding her little bundle in her hand. She hung the little bundle on the hook on the wall and looked back at Zhang Yalan apologetically.
Zhang Yalan smiled and whispered: "I promise not to ask, not to ask anything."
Zhang Yalan turned on the hot water, pulled Zuo Shaoqing under the lotus, helped her wash her hair, and helped her scrub her body. She didn't shy away from it at all, and scrubbed Zuo Shaoqing everywhere. When she applied soap to her, the sharp
The nails were the same as those of her sister, raking across her body like knives.
Zhang Yalan leaned close to her ear and whispered: "Shaoqing, your figure is still so good, your breasts are still quite perky. They are not as small as mine."
Only then did Zuo Shaoqing notice Zhang Yalan's body. She had no idea that after so many years, the whip marks on her body were still clearly visible. Some of the whip marks must have broken the skin and caused infection, leaving permanent
Scars that won’t go away.
Zuo Shaoqing stroked the whip marks and whispered: "Yalan, I'm sorry for beating you like this."
The steam in the bathroom gradually filled up and enveloped the two women.
Zhang Yalan lowered her head and stroked the deep and shallow scars on her body. She shook her head and said: "These more obvious scars are not caused by you. What you are treating are these, these shadows that are almost disappearing. Then
At that time, I really hated you. After you finished the beating, the next day, my whole body was swollen, red and swollen, and infected. The skin all over my body was as thin as paper. Later, someone else judged me
.When I was beaten with a whip again, I became miserable. Every time I was whipped, there was a gash, and every time I was whipped, there was a gash. These scars were left at that time."
Zuo Shaoqing silently wiped the whip marks with a towel, as if to wash them away, "Yalan, I still want to say I'm sorry, I have always been very cruel to you. Looking at these scars makes my heart hurt."
Zhang Yalan said with a smile: "It's nothing. Many of my colleagues saw these scars and admired me very much."
Zuo Shaoqing suddenly remembered and asked with concern: "Yalan, where is Gao Maolin? Where is he?"
Zhang Yalan rubbed the towel in her hand silently. She raised her face and let the hot water wash over her face. After a while, she forced a smile and said: "He is gone and will never be seen again. That year, according to your
According to the arrangement, I went to the army prison. There, Maolin gave me a full hug. That was our last hug."
Zuo Shaoqing silently held her hand and felt her heart.
Zhang Yalan's smiling face was full of water, and she couldn't tell whether it was tears or bath water. She said calmly: "Later, our prisoners went to Jiangbei with the 97th Division. Not long after, I received an order from my superiors.
, and asked me to go back to Nanjing to work. As for Mao Lin, he left with the army. I never saw him again. Later I learned that he finally went to North Korea with the army. During the third battle, a huge
The plane crashed and fell at his feet..." Tears, like streams, finally flowed down her face clearly, and her lips trembled, "He just left like this, forever, even to pieces.
No cloth was left for me."
Zuo Shaoqing regretted asking this question. She silently hugged Zhang Yalan in her arms. The two women hugged each other silently, both shedding tears. The hot water in the shower head made a splash, rushing towards them.
on the body.
Zhang Yalan whispered in Zuo Shaoqing's ear: "I used to have Maolin, but now I don't. I'm so lonely now. My father joined the Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and often went out for meetings and inspections. I feel so lonely when I come home every night
.I really want to call you sister, so that I will no longer be alone."
Zuo Shaoqing hugged her tightly and said softly: "Good sister, good sister, I am your sister, call me sister, call me sister." [
Zhang Yalan called out softly, "Sister, I really want to have a sister." After a while, she slowly hugged Zuo Shaoqing tightly and said softly: "Sister, what can I do for you? I will
Do your best.”
Zuo Shaoqing thought for a moment and said, "What I need most now is help."
Zhang Yalan smiled and said: "Sister, let's do this, I will send that Hu Guanglin to you. I have this power."
This was exactly what Zuo Shaoqing had been worried about. She was worried that Hu Guanglin would tell her story. Her eyes fell on the small baggage hanging on the wall. She understood that she really needed someone to help her.
In addition, she really wanted to keep Hu Guanglin by her side to prevent secrets from being leaked.
"Is this easy to handle?" she asked.
"No problem, we Anti-Special Forces have the right to select suitable people on a global scale to engage in secret work. Don't worry, I will definitely make arrangements."
At this time, Hu Guanglin sat alone in a conference room on the second floor of the Municipal Bureau for four hours. During this period, no one else came in except the cold Comrade Xiao who brought him a lunch.
After all, he is still a soldier, and orders and prohibitions have long been integrated into his blood. But sitting alone in this conference room for four hours still made him anxious. He thought over and over again
, how he would rebuke the woman named Su Shaoqing. But he could never find a more powerful word. Four hours later, he no longer even had such an idea.
The door to the conference room finally opened. Comrade Xiao, who rarely spoke, appeared at the door, nodded to him and said, "Chief Hu, please come with me."
The office of the section chief of the Anti-Special Section of the Municipal Bureau is right next door, and it is only a few steps away. Xiao Fanbing opened the door of the office, turned around and motioned for Hu Guanglin to come in, and said: "The person you are talking to is Section Chief Zhang of the Anti-Special Section of the Municipal Bureau."
Zhang Yalan motioned to Hu Guanglin to sit down across from the desk, flipping through the report he had written, looking up at him from time to time. She finally said: "Comrade Hu Guanglin, I have read your report. But, I want to tell you.
, after our investigation, your report is not true."
Hu Guanglin's dark face had turned purple. This answer surprised him. He straightened his back and wanted to speak.
Zhang Yalan sternly stretched out a finger to stop him, "Comrade Hu Guanglin, I didn't let you speak."
She put the report and other registration information together, put them into a brown paper bag, put them aside, and then looked at him seriously. "Hu Guanglin, I want to tell you now that your report has already involved you in another case.
One case is a more serious case. Therefore, in order to prevent this case from spreading and being disturbed, I have decided to temporarily remove you from the Xiaguan Detention Center to participate in this more important case. You have
Do you have a different opinion?"
Hu Guanglin was stunned and didn't understand what was happening. He only felt that something was very serious. He murmured and asked: "What...what mission is it?"
Zhang Yalan looked at him seriously, "Your new leader will tell you what tasks you will undertake. Now I just want to ask you, are you still a public security officer?"
Hu Guanglin looked at her in astonishment and said, "Of course I am."
"Can you carry out the orders of your superiors to the letter?"
"Of course I can!" Hu Guanglin said almost through gritted teeth.
"Very good. From today on, you have to perform a new task, and you must complete it to the letter. Someone will help you with your transfer procedures. I will also inform your director that starting from today, you will
Temporarily leaving Xiaguan Detention Center. Do you have any questions?"
Hu Guanglin looked at her in even more astonishment, "What exactly is the mission? Can you explain it more clearly?"
Zhang Yalan looked at him seriously, "I said, your superior will tell you your new mission. Now, you can meet your new superior." [
As Zhang Yalan said this, she stood up, walked to the door of the back room, and opened the door.
Hu Guanglin was stunned and shocked. The woman who appeared at the door was the woman named Su Shaoqing whom he had identified. He stared, unable to believe what was happening in front of him.
The woman named Su Shaoqing in front of him has completely changed. She is wearing neat clothes, revealing her tall and straight figure. The original long and messy hair is now tied behind her head, dignified and noble. Only now can he really see that this
The woman who once looked like a refugee had a cold and resolute temperament. The desolate look before this morning was gone.
Zuo Shaoqing walked to the table calmly, sat down on the chair, and looked at him with calm eyes.
She said quietly in a calm tone: "Hu Guanglin, don't be surprised. Let me tell you a fact now to answer your doubts. In March 1948, that is when the Su Shaoqing you mentioned escaped from Zhongtiao Mountain
, I was in Nanjing. My position at the time was the lieutenant colonel leader of the second action group of the second branch of the Kuomintang Secrecy Bureau."
