"I'm sorry, Sister Yu, I don't know what's wrong with me. Am I ugly now?"
I don't know how long it took before Gu Xiaomeng's mood finally stabilized, and she apologized to Li Ningyu with her red and swollen eyes.
"How could it be?" Li Ningyu gently helped Gu Xiaomeng wipe away the tears on her face and comforted her, "In my eyes, you are the most beautiful today."
"real?"
"of course it's true!"
After hearing this, Gu Xiaomeng immediately burst into tears and laughed. Then she stretched out her hand and said to Li Ningyu: "Then... bring it!"
"What?"
"My birthday present!"
"I don't know if it's your birthday today, so what kind of birthday gift will you prepare? Besides, we are trapped in such a ghost place now..."
"I don't care!" Gu Xiaomeng simply pouted her lips and said coquettishly, "Just give me anything you want! Anyway, as long as it's from you, I like anything."
"Is it really possible to do anything?"
"certainly!"
"Okay, but I have to prepare a little bit. You should sleep well first. I promise you will be able to see it when you wake up. How about it?"
"Sister Yu, why are you so secretive again? Can't you just tell me what you want to give me?"
Li Ningyu still just smiled, "I told you, you'll know when you wake up. Since it's a surprise, there's no point in telling you in advance."
Seeing Li Ningyu's resolute attitude, Gu Xiaomeng stopped insisting and lay back on the bed obediently. With the expectation of a birthday gift, she fell into a deep sleep...
At the same time, on the balcony of the mountain villa.
As the night sky returned to calm, Gu Minzhang suddenly spoke to Pan Hanqing and said, "Mr. Pan, I'm sorry for being rude, but I'm afraid I can't keep you as my guest anymore."
"Mr. Gu, can I ask what the reason is?"
"The reason? The reason is... Colonel Li will be able to leave Qiuzhuang soon."
After hearing this, Pan Hanqing was about to continue questioning, but accidentally saw the expression on Gu Minzhang's face that was trying to restrain but could not hide the pain. He immediately guessed some of the reasons and stopped questioning further.
On the other side, on the deck of the Bianzhou.
"Brother, look, it's fireworks!" Cheng pointed at the night sky where the fireworks were blooming and said.
"It seems that Lao Qiang has finally decided to activate the 'Hell Transformation' plan." Minglou said slowly while looking at the gorgeous fireworks in the night sky.
"Hell changes?"
"Yes, Lao Gui's talent and position in the headquarters are very important to the organization, and in order to ensure her safety, Lao Qiang has prepared a plan in advance that will only be used in a real crisis, which is
'Hell changes', and the secret code for starting the plan is fireworks."
"Brother, I've heard the story about the transformation from hell. Lao Qiang named this plan the transformation from hell. Could it be..."
"That's right, the original intention of formulating this plan was to have someone replace Li Ningyu as the old ghost if forced to do so, and this person is the only daughter of Lao Qiang and the exclusive daughter of Wang Jingwei's best friend Gu Shipwang."
"That's his only daughter, how could he let it go..."
"Who would be willing to sacrifice their own flesh and blood relatives unless absolutely necessary? Okay, go and prepare, and arrange the transfer as soon as the people come out."
"I know, brother!"
…
In a forest to the east of Qiuzhuang, Haitang, who was neatly dressed, leaned against a big tree and saw the rare fireworks. Although she could see them if she raised her head slightly, she was not in that mood at the moment.
, but focused all his attention on a window in the east building of Qiuzhuang.
And this wait lasted for more than two hours. It was not until dawn that I finally caught the code signal from Li Qiang's flashlight through the window.
Seeing that code, Haitang put down the stone in her heart, and unconsciously showed a smile on her face, then turned around and disappeared into the vast night...
There was no words all night, and the next morning, when it was just dawn, Gu Xiaomeng woke up early, "Sister Yu, it's already the next morning, you..."
However, halfway through speaking, Gu Xiaomeng realized belatedly that Li Ningyu was not in the room.
When he was wondering, Gu Xiaomeng accidentally caught a glimpse of something on the desk, so he quickly got out of bed and walked over, and then found a pen on the desk. There was also an envelope under the pen.
letter.
Opening the envelope, Li Ningyu's beautiful handwriting appeared before her eyes: Xiaomeng, maybe when you see this letter, I will no longer be here. Let me tell you a secret. In fact, my first
My second husband is my real husband, my only husband, and the person who introduced me to join the Party. He did not die of illness, but was assassinated by secret agents. Unfortunately, our only child and only daughter left with him.
Already.
Coincidentally, that year happened to be the 21st year of the Republic of China.
From that day on, I could no longer fall in love with anyone, and I could no longer be a mother. I often thought that if I could have a daughter, if my daughter could survive, I would do anything for her.
End this dark era and accompany her to welcome the arrival of light. By then, she will surely grow into a beautiful girl like you. But, I'm afraid I can't wait any longer.
Do you remember that I asked you what the professional life of a spy is? Sorry, I lied, because in my opinion, the professional life of a spy is sacrifice. For faith and hope, I am willing to sacrifice everything about myself, including life.
Because hope is as precious as diamonds in this era, and it is the direction that guides us to keep moving forward and strive for final victory.
And you are the hope in my eyes.
I remember you said that you want to be me, but what I want to tell you is, don’t be obsessed with being someone, you are you, Gu Xiaomeng.
The pen on the table is my favorite. I give it to you as a souvenir. Think of it as my birthday gift to you!
Finally, I believe your father must hope that you will spend your twenty-fifth birthday safely, your twenty-sixth birthday, your thirties, your forties... your eighties...
Unknowingly, tears had blurred Gu Xiaomeng's vision, and he just sat there blankly as if he had lost his soul. He didn't even notice Wang Tianxiang coming in from outside.
"Captain Gu, Captain Gu? Captain Gu!"
"Ah! What?" Wang Tianxiang yelled several times before Gu Xiaomeng finally came to his senses. He quickly wiped the dried tears on his face and said, "Director Wang? Why are you so early? Is something wrong?"
"Is it still early? It's almost noon!" Wang Tianxiang curled his lips and said, and then coughed lightly, "Ahem, let's get down to business. Captain Gu, I'm here to tell you the good news. Colonel Longchuan has given the order.
You are allowed to leave."
"leave?"
"Yes, Captain Gu, you can go home."
Hearing the words "go home", for some reason the shadow of Li Ningyu appeared in Gu Xiaomeng's mind again, and tears burst into her eyes uncontrollably again.
In Wang Tianxiang's eyes, such a reaction made him mistakenly think that he was too excited after hearing the news, so he didn't take it to heart and instead gave him a few words of comfort.
"Captain Gu, I know that you have suffered a lot of grievances in the past few days, but everything is over. I have already called the office. I guess President Gu is on his way here by now."
However, at this time, Gu Minzhang was not on his way to Qiuzhuang as Wang Tianxiang said. Instead, he was sitting in the living room of a mountain villa only a few hundred meters away from Qiuzhuang, reading a newspaper, as if waiting.
who.
Not long after, someone walked in from outside. It was none other than Pan Hanqing, who had just been ordered to be kicked out by Gu Minzhang the night before.
"I wonder if Mr. Gu has called me here again this time. What advice can you give me?"
Gu Minzhang did not speak, but first raised his hand to ask Pan Hanqing to sit down, and then pushed the things that had been prepared on the coffee table in front of him.
"Your name is Zheng Tianze, you are thirty-seven years old, and you are a senior engineer at the headquarters of Gu's Shipping Company. The ship will leave Shanghai at 11:30 tomorrow morning for San Francisco, USA."
"Why?"
"Your true identity has been exposed. If you continue to stay here, you will only become a security threat to Li Ningyu."
Pan Hanqing couldn't help but smile after hearing this, and asked: "Mr. Gu is so proactive in preparing a way out for me. Are you afraid that I will become a threat to Li Ningyu, or is he afraid that I will become a threat to your daughter?"
Hearing this, Gu Minzhang couldn't help but frowned, "Mr. Pan, what do you mean?"
However, Pan Hanqing did not answer Gu Minzhang's question immediately, but took out something from his arms.
"What's this?"
"I spent a lot of effort to get this. The admission list of ZJ Provincial No. 1 Middle School twenty-eight years ago. There is a person's name in it. You must be familiar with it, right? It's Dai Chunfeng.
.”
Gu Minzhang just glanced at it, put down the list and said, "With all due respect, I still don't understand what Mr. Pan meant."
"Dai Li's original name was Dai Chunfeng. Since Mr. Gu claims to be the king of secret agents at sea, how could he be so insensitive to Dai Li's former name?"
"Oh, I really... I really can't remember. This guy's memory deteriorates as he gets older..."
"Mr. Gu, such rhetoric cannot convince me. You are riding in a carriage, and I am wearing a hat. I will get off the train when we meet one day. You are carrying a hat, and I will ride on a horse. I will be your servant when we meet one day. This ancient ballad, Mr. Gu also
Don’t you remember?”
"Of course not. Yue Ge Yao, back then, all the schoolchildren in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could recite a few lines!"
"It is said that Dai Chunfeng changed his name to Dai Li. This is the reason why he changed his name to Dai Li. The purpose is to commemorate a mentor who rescued him when he was in trouble. I boldly guess that this young man with light fur and fast horse
My best friend is probably Mr. Gu Junyi, the young wealthy businessman who once funded ZJ Provincial No. 1 Middle School, isn't he? Mr. Gu?"
"Haha..." Gu Minzhang couldn't help but chuckle after hearing this, "Yes, Gu Junyi... is indeed my former name. Mr. Pan can tell that Director Dai and I have a close relationship just by relying on an ancient ballad.
Are you threatening me?"
"We are facing a catastrophic situation. We, brothers and sisters, only want to protect ourselves. Please consider Mr. Gu to keep this secret for you..."
However, before he finished speaking, a pistol was already pressed against his waist.
"Sir, what he knows is too dangerous."
Pan Hanqing turned around slowly and calmly, facing Miss Zhao who was pointing a gun at him and said with a smile: "It seems that my inference is correct. Mr. Gu is indeed a military commander carefully arranged by Dai Li! Then I can
I have to make a good guess, is your code name Viper, God of Wealth? Or is it the lonely boat in that fake telegram?"
Hearing this, Gu Minzhang finally changed his expression and said in a deep voice: "It seems that Mr. Pan knows our underground work very well! He is indeed the former ace agent of the Central Military Commission."
"Mr. Gu, I'm sorry. This is just a trivial trick that I use to survive. It's nothing."
"But now your life is in my hands, aren't you afraid at all?"
Pan Hanqing smiled and replied without fear: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Gu, the reason why I dare to come here today to reveal your trump card is that I will never be afraid of facing such a situation, let alone this
A gun.”
"That being the case, what is the purpose of Mr. Pan's visit?"
"It's very simple. I just want Mr. Gu to help me with all his strength and rescue Li Ningyu after your daughter returns safely."
Hearing this, Gu Minzhang finally couldn't help but sigh and said in a deep voice: "It seems you already know."
"Li Ningyu and I are brothers and sisters. I know her character best. No matter what, she will not let your daughter be her scapegoat according to the plan you made in advance. But what I can't figure out is that you
He is a member of the military commander, why would he abandon his daughter who is also trapped in Qiuzhuang and instead rescue a ready-made scapegoat? He would even risk his own daughter's life for this?"
"Li Ningyu's mind contains the secrets of the second-generation Enigma machine, so I must save her."
"Yes, cracking the second-generation Enigma machine was an order personally given by Director Dai to Mr. Xiang. He also issued a military order to the Chairman of the Standing Committee, obtained the internal structure diagram of the second-generation machine, and then further exchanged military and military information with the United Kingdom and the United States.
Material support." Ms. Zhao added.
"So, you want me to believe that in order to complete the task assigned to you by Dai Li, you even ignored your own daughter?"
As soon as these words came out, Gu Minzhang's body shook violently, and he almost lost his grip on the teacup in his hand, but he quickly adjusted himself and asked: "Mr. Pan, have you read Ryunosuke Akutagawa's
A novel called Hell Transformation?"
Pan Hanqing replied disdainfully: "I'm sorry, I'm not interested in the so-called 'Japanese literature' at all."
"Then let me tell you a brief story!" With that, Gu Minzhang put down the tea cup in his hand and told Pan Hanqing the story of "Hell Change" with great emotion...
