"Qinghe?" Longchuan Feiyuan couldn't help being stunned after hearing this, but he quickly recovered and nodded and said, "Well, what a good name. Miss Zhao, although I am very sorry that President Gu has no time to attend, but I can
By sending you here as a representative, you have given our secret service a lot of face, so come downstairs with me and attend tonight’s dinner with me!”
"No need, Colonel Longchuan. Thank you for your kindness, Colonel. Your husband will go home at about half past eight, and I have to rush back to cook for him, so..."
"Oh, that's it!" Ryukawa Hihara said very disappointed.
Miss Zhao quickly handed over an exquisite wooden box in front of her and said apologetically: "A few souvenirs are not respectful. Please accept them, Colonel."
"Oh, I'm really scared! Thank you, President Gu, and also thank you, Miss Zhao."
Just as he was talking, there was a sudden knock on the door, and then Wang Tianxiang opened the door and walked in.
"What's wrong, Director Wang?"
"Oh, it's like this. Captain Gu just saw Ms. Zhao coming to the banquet in the east building, so he wanted to ask her to bring something for him."
"That's it..." Ryukawa Hihara didn't think much after hearing this, and nodded in agreement.
Wang Tianxiang then took out a fake list that he had just forged and handed it over, "Ms. Zhao, this is the list of items that Captain Gu gave you. Please keep it."
However, after the list came out, Miss Zhao just glanced at it seemingly casually, and immediately saw the problem. But even so, Miss Zhao only frowned slightly, and the hand holding the list stopped in mid-air.
, neither accepted it nor asked.
At this moment, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became subtle.
In the end, Ryukawa Hihara sighed and took the initiative to break the somewhat awkward atmosphere, "Hey, I'm ashamed to say that, time was tight, so I gathered these people in this old house in a hurry, and the logistics were too incomplete.
, Captain Gu has been wronged."
Unexpectedly, Miss Zhao just smiled and then put down the list in her hand calmly.
When Ryukawa Hihara saw this, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why, has Ms. Zhao already written it down?"
"No, to be precise, it's not necessary. As early as the first day Xiaomeng entered the Suppression Command, my husband told me that since Xiaomeng followed her heart and engaged in this work, she should remember that she is already a
I am a soldier. Soldiers are more difficult than crew members, and they do not have the conditions to choose food and clothing. What, sir, is that right?"
"You're so right! So I'm... in awe!"
"Okay, then I won't disturb you too much."
"Ms. Zhao, walk slowly." After saying this, Longchuan Feiyuan turned to Wang Tianxiang and ordered, "Send it off for me!"
"Yes!" Wang Tianxiang responded quickly, then walked to Miss Zhao diligently and said respectfully, "Ms. Zhao, come here, please."
However, just when the two of them came out of Longchuan Feiyuan's room, Miss Zhao did not go towards the stairs, but walked in the opposite direction.
Upon seeing this, Wang Tianxiang quickly reminded: "Hey, Ms. Zhao, you are going in the wrong direction, this way!"
"Feel sorry!"
It was not until before getting into the car that Wang Tianxiang lowered his voice and said: "Ms. Zhao, please tell President Gu that everything is fine with Captain Gu, and I will take good care of her. Please don't worry too much, President Gu.
"
"Okay, if Director Wang says it, I will definitely bring it to you."
"Thank you, thank you. Please, please!" After saying this, Wang Tianxiang took the initiative to ask Miss Zhao to open the car door and respectfully put her in the car.
…
"Colonel, that woman is not simple! She doesn't look like a servant at all." As soon as she returned to Longchuan Feihara's room, Wang Tianxiang's face immediately changed and she said with suspicion.
"Really?" Ryukawa Feiyuan said casually while playing with the gift brought by Miss Zhao, "Although King Ship Gu is a dragon that sees its beginning but not its end, I can be sure that Ms. Zhao is either not a qualified person."
A spy, or a high-level spy who is even more sophisticated than Jin Shenghuo, who is even acting in every move he makes."
"Why...why?"
However, Ryukawa Hihara did not explain immediately, but reached out and picked up the coffee cup used by Miss Zhao, "Look at this, a professional spy will reduce the possibility of leaving personal traces on any occasion. But she left
Isn’t it too sloppy to have such an obvious lipstick mark?”
"But what if she did this on purpose?"
"That's why I made the judgment just now. If it's the former, there's no need to worry, but if it's the latter, things will become more and more interesting."
Having said this, Ryukawa Hihara slammed the gift in his hand onto the coffee table in front of him.
"Colonel...is this one?"
"The souvenir is the compensation given to me by King Ship Gu."
"Oh, the nose is so long, is it a human or a monster?"
"Director Wang, to be able to say something like that, it seems that you have never read the collected works of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, right?"
Wang Tianxiang couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment after hearing this.
Ryukawa Hihara didn't say anything more, he just said to himself: "Speaking of the nose of Zenji Naikou, everyone at the end of the pond knows that it is five or six inches long, from the top of the upper lip to the lower jaw. Although it is plain
We have never met, but it seems that this ship-caring king knows a lot about me! He even knows my private hobbies very well."
At the same time, the car Miss Zhao was riding in had already left Qiuzhuang and drove far away.
"Ms. Zhao, we have left the control of the Japanese, and there is no one following us."
After hearing this, Ms. Zhao, who had been sitting in the back seat with her eyes closed and meditating since she got in the car, suddenly opened her eyes and said to the driver, "Lao Li, drive slowly."
After saying that, he took out the drawing board hidden there in advance from under the seat. While recalling every detail after entering Qiuzhuang in his mind, he used a pen to sketch the internal structure plan of Qiuzhuang on the drawing board...
"I'm really sorry. Vice President Gu has something to do at the last moment, so I have to take a step first. Let's get started!" After saying that, Ryukawa Hihara seemed to be in no mood to continue acting, so he simply sat across from Commander Zhang and gave the order.
Say, "Pour the wine!"
Wang Tianxiang responded quickly and quickly brought the wine over. However, after putting down the red wine in his hand, Wang Tianxiang brought another bottle of Japanese wine and walked to Jin Ruoxian. He said to himself: "Miss Jin, Jin
The director is the most particular about wine. He told me, Miss Jin, you are also a person who knows wine, so the chief specially selected the best sake from his hometown for you. It is light and soft, and is most suitable for ladies to taste. Come and enjoy.
A face!"
Not wanting to finish her words, Jin Ruoxian immediately looked embarrassed and declined: "Colonel, I'm really not good at drinking."
"Ms. Jin, this kind of sake is called Baihe. It comes from my mother's hometown. When I left my hometown, my mother brewed a jar for me and divided it into four bottles. She followed me west to China to serve me
It has relieved a lot of homesickness. In order to entertain Miss Jin tonight, I opened the last bottle. Of course, if you really don’t want to drink it, I won’t make it difficult for you..."
Having said this, Ryukawa Hihara turned his head and looked towards the east, muttering something in his mouth, and his eyes became slightly moist inadvertently.
"Hey, let me tell you, what is Ryukawa Osaka mumbling about?" In the east building hall at this time, Jin Shenghuo, who was calm on the surface, but already anxious in his heart, heard Ryukawa Hihara speaking Japanese nonstop from a distance, and then
He couldn't help but poked Li Qiang aside and asked.
"It's nothing, I just got emotional about the scene and missed my mother."
"Hey, he still has a mother? I thought he jumped out of the cracks in the rocks!" Before he finished speaking, Bai Xiaonian couldn't help but said, and then turned around and explained to Wu Zhiguo as if he was sorry,
"Team Wu, don't worry too much, I'm not talking about you!"
However, Wu Zhiguo just snorted and ignored it at all, just minding his own business while drinking and eating.
When Wang Tianxiang in the garden saw this, he continued to persuade: "Miss Jin, look, the colonel even took out the treasures at the bottom of the box for you. If you don't appreciate this, the colonel will be very sad!"
"This...then...then I'd rather be respectful than obey."
"Hey, that's right!" Wang Tianxiang poured a full glass for Jin Ruoxian before continuing to pour wine for the others himself.
But before Wang Tianxiang could reach him, Pan Hanqing suddenly stood up from his chair.
"Mr. Pan, what are you doing?" Commander Zhang saw this and quickly stopped him.
"I gotta go!"
As soon as these words came out, Ryukawa Hihara's face suddenly darkened, "Mr. Pan, you are clamoring to leave the dinner before the dinner has officially started. Doesn't this make the host look too bad?"
"Hey!" Pan Hanqing couldn't help but chuckled and asked, "Then I dare to ask Commander Longchuan, why can he, Gu Shipwang, talk and leave at will, but I can't leave? I won't hide it.
You said, I have attended Sir Xu Gesen’s dinner party, and I have also attended Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek’s banquet. I have never seen any banquet where the guests left before it started. I have lived for more than thirty years and have been working as a translator.
, I can do the chatting thing, but I really can’t do the laughing thing!”
"Hahaha... one moment has passed, another moment, Mr. Pan, a good man is not as brave as he once was." Commander Zhang reminded him with a hint of something in his words.
Unexpectedly, Pan Hanqing became even more arrogant after hearing this, "Nian Yong? Commander Zhang, to be honest, if I really want to mention Nian Yong, who is Gu Minzhang? To be honest, isn't he just a speculative businessman?"
Hearing this, a smile reappeared on Longchuan Feiyuan's face, "I know that Mr. Pan used to be the personal translator of the British Ambassador to China, Sir Hugo Sen. He saw all the big scenes and big shots, like today's dinner party.
, such a guest of honor naturally disdains to accompany him. But I am very curious, Mr. Pan, since you are willing to attend Sir Xu Gesen’s dinner party and Madam Chiang’s banquet, why are you so reluctant to join our Imperial Japanese Army?
What about the banquet? In your opinion, our Imperial Japanese Army is not as good as the British ambassador and Mrs. Chiang?"
"I..." With only one sentence, Longchuan Feiyuan asked Pan Hanqing until he was speechless. It took a long time before he finally managed to say, "Colonel, please don't misunderstand, I didn't mean that..."
"No, no, no, I didn't misunderstand." Ryukawa Hihara waved his hand and said, "Mr. Pan's move, in my opinion, is what it is."
"That's right!" Jin Ruoxian on the side also said, "Mr. Pan, if you really want to eat British food and drink Madam Chiang's wine, then you can go to Chongqing!"
"Young man, listen to my advice. Is there still a British flag in Hangzhou today? Don't be ignorant of current affairs! It's too much to say such a thing in front of the colonel!"
"you……"
Just when Pan Hanqing was speechless, Longchuan Feiyuan's attitude suddenly softened, "Commander Zhang, there's no need to make such a fuss about current affairs? What exactly is this so-called current affairs? I'm thinking, can you make a fuss about it?"
Living a decent life is the top priority. Mr. Pan used to be a talented translator. When the British were here, he was in the upper class society and dealt with both military and political affairs. Naturally, he would not take businessmen like Ship King Gu in his eyes.
,I understand this very well.”
Speaking of this, Ryukawa Hihara suddenly changed the subject, "But now, times have changed, and Mr. Pan, the original talented translator, has to stay at home and live on his wife. It is human nature to miss the past from time to time.
!Mr. Pan, I have a good friend in the European Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. There is a shortage of talents who are proficient in English and can stay and work in Shanghai. Of course, there is no glory like Sir Xu Gesen’s personal translator, but after all, he is the resident of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Empire of Japan.
The officials in Shanghai can be regarded as important figures! The salary is not cheap, Mr. Pan, what do you think?"
Before he finished speaking, Wang Tianxiang hurriedly walked to him and poured wine while advising: "Yes, Mr. Pan, this opportunity is rare. The colonel has invited me so kindly, so don't refuse."
Pan Hanqing then "reluctantly" put forward his conditions: "Three months' salary advance, and I get up late and don't work night shifts at night."
"sure, no problem!"
After receiving a positive answer, Pan Hanqing reluctantly sat down again, but just when he was about to pick up the wine glass in front of him, Longchuan Feihara's voice rang again, "Don't drink in a hurry!
Mr. Pan’s request has been made, but mine has not yet been uttered!”
"Appreciate further details!"
"I'm afraid you have to pass an exam to join the Ministry of Foreign Affairs."
However, Pan Hanqing just smiled after hearing this, put down his glass and said: "Then I'll ask for it with blood, even if you swallow the crown... I'll give you the crown and ask you to think about that gluttonous war.
With its bloody mouth open, waiting for the poor people... As long as you are patient, Colonel, I can even memorize the entire Henry V play."
"Wonderful, it's so wonderful. I am worthy of being Sir Xu Gesen's personal translator. But this alone is not enough to pass the exam." After saying that, Ryukawa Hihara clapped his hands, and then someone held a folder.
He walked over and placed it in front of Pan Hanqing.
