As soon as they went upstairs, the shopkeeper immediately gave Su Yi a wink, indicating to the back room to speak, and then locked the door at the stairs from the inside.
The two entered the back room one after the other, and their hands immediately held each other tightly.
"thrush!"
"eagle!"
This shopkeeper's surname is Song, and he appears to be the shopkeeper of the Silk Shop, but in fact, he is the stationmaster of the Juntong Wugong City Station, codenamed Eagle. He is also Bai Xiaonian's only contact and superior.
"Why did you suddenly send an emergency contact?" Time was tight and there was no greeting. Su Yi asked straight to the point.
Whenever Deshunxiang advertises in the Wugong City Daily that new materials have arrived, it is the Eagle who urgently contacts Su Yi to meet.
Generally speaking, the two never meet unless there is something important. Even if there is something to report, Bai Xiaonian will only leave the information in a fixed dead mailbox instead of coming directly to the Eagle.
"Of course there is something important." Eagle looked solemn, "Otherwise I wouldn't have let you take the risk to come here. Come, sit down, I'll keep the story short."
After sitting down, Yingying took out a piece of white paper and hurriedly wrote on it. While writing, he said: "Two things. First, there is definite news. Takeda of the Zhe Peng Special Agent Division is setting up his own intelligence network as soon as possible.
Find out what's going on inside his organization. Second..."
He pointed to the sketch he had just drawn and continued: "A batch of goods has recently been seized from this address in the Japanese Concession of Gongchenqiao. It was just confiscated by Zhe Peng's soldiers. You should try to figure out the internal structure and troop deployment of this warehouse.
Also check to see if it’s a trap.”
"These two things, you can check the first one slowly, but the second one should be done quickly. It's best to give me the answer within three days!"
As the eagle spoke, he struck a match and burned the sketch he had just drawn.
The fire light flickered, and the expression on Su Yi's face was also uncertain.
He didn't know if Bai Xiaonian had doubts before, but now, he was very suspicious of the source of these two pieces of information from Eagle.
Even he didn't know about such a secret thing as Takeda's establishment of an intelligence network. How did Eagle know about it?
However, he didn't ask any more questions and just nodded to show that he understood.
"This is your salary for the past four months." Eagle took out a wad of money. "It has been kept with me since we last met. Now it has been returned to its original owner."
"Thank you." Su Yi put it away without any nonsense, "Is there anything else?"
"There is another job that is not formal, please pay attention to it." Yingying hesitated slightly and said, "This matter was originally a task from Jinling, but if we have news here, it can be considered a meritorious service. Just ask Zhe Peng
Regarding the military plans of the people in Jinzhou, do they really want to fight, or is it just military blackmail?"
Jinju?
Su Yi was slightly startled.
He recalled this point in time and immediately remembered the famous defeat - the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain.
This was one of the few large-scale battles fought by the Guo army against Japan on a frontal battlefield after the Anti-Japanese War entered a stalemate stage.
The war ended with heavy casualties and almost the entire army was wiped out. It was called "the greatest shame in the history of the Anti-Japanese War" by Chiang Kai-shek.
Su Yi mused, and he would combine the conclusions of later generations, organize the language, and create some "prophetic" information, hoping to attract the attention of the Fog City and try to avoid tragedies.
But when the words came to his lips, he suddenly became alert.
Of course, Eagle cannot be an actor, but what if an actor also contacts Eagle and learns about his "broad talk"?
This possibility is not impossible. After all, the source of Eagle's intelligence about Takeda is very doubtful!
Su Yi secretly reviewed his imprudence.
"Okay, I'll pay attention." In the end, Su Yi just nodded.
Before leaving, Yingying gave Su Yi a batch of fine ingredients, which indeed came from the capital.
In this way, Su Yi's purpose of coming here will be clear and will not arouse anyone's suspicion.
After leaving the silk and satin shop, Liu Dequan immediately drove the car in front of Su Yi. Su Yi bent down and said to him: "Dequan'er, you go back first. I have to go to Guangde Building to listen to a play. It will be very late when I get home."
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Liu Dequan said "Hey" and asked: "Then I will pick you up at eight o'clock tomorrow, Secretary Bai?"
"As usual." Su Yi nodded, straightened up, turned around and walked across the street.
Listening to opera is not only to maintain Bai Xiaonian's character, but also to "learn opera".
Su Yi didn't know anything about Kun Opera, and he had never heard it before, and he wasn't interested in it at all.
But now, even if he doesn't know how to do it, he must learn how to sing Kun Opera.
Not only must you be able to sing, but you must also sing well.
This is undoubtedly very difficult. As a northwest native, Su Yi has to use the standard Wu Nong soft language to sing and sing, no matter how he thinks, it is unreliable, but he must do it.
He had to use the shortest possible time to make himself look proficient in Kun Opera, and also to fool everyone.
It turned out that Bai Xiaonian was also a frequent visitor to Guangde Building. After Su Yi entered, Dr. Cha took him directly to his old seat by the window on the second floor facing the street. Without any instructions, he directly served Liu'an melon slices and a plate of salted watermelon seeds.
, a plate of dried plums.
A man and a woman on the stage didn't know what they were singing. Su Yi listened for a long time and didn't even understand a word.
And the babbling sounds are really annoying to listen to.
Su Yi forced himself to look intoxicated, and instead of explaining the meaning carefully, he simply wrote down their pronunciation, melody and rhythm.
What I mainly remember is Qing Yi’s lyrics and style.
Even without listening to the opera, Su Yi could still tell which one belonged to Qingyi and which one belonged to Xiaosheng.
Half an hour later, Su Yinao Renzi felt swollen. He jotted down some of them intermittently through forced memory. He couldn't remember them if he stayed any longer, so he simply left.
It wasn't until he went out that he noticed the water sign at the door, which said today's performance information.
He found the line corresponding to the time period, with the four characters "A Dream in the Garden" written on it.
Only then did I suddenly realize what the babbling that had been filling my head all afternoon was.
Deliberately detouring two streets away, Su Yi covered his face with a scarf, went to a shop called Linji Ink Shop, cut a few pieces of paper, weighed a few pounds of ink, and then walked back.
By the time we got home, it was already dark.
There is also a gas stove and heating in the house, and the lights and telephones are all on in the attic upstairs and downstairs.
Looking at Hangzhou, not many can achieve such conditions.
This is all thanks to Zhang Yiting.
Su Yiguan locked the door, found an innermost room, hung up quilts to block the doors and windows as sound insulation, and began to practice singing while recalling the singing tunes he had memorized.
After singing for about two hours, Su Yi's mouth was dry.
He didn't know if he was singing correctly, but his voice felt a little uncomfortable, and he didn't dare to sing any more, otherwise others might hear his voice became hoarse at work tomorrow, which might make people suspicious.
Su Yi packed up the room, went out to the study, spread out the paper, and began to practice seriously based on a document he had written.
This practice lasted until three o'clock in the morning.