"If I remember correctly, I seem to have introduced myself just now, right?" Mr. Hu replied with a smile.
"But didn't you also say that the name is just a code name? You can be Mr. Hu, Mr. Li, or Mr. Wang? So, I think you should know what I am asking?"
Unexpectedly, Mr. Hu asked with a half-smile: "If I can only answer you one question, then do you want to know who I am, or the origin of that book?"
As soon as he said this, Li Qiang subconsciously asked: "Do you know the origin of that book?"
"Of course, but now is not the time. Tomorrow at nine o'clock in the morning, I will wait for you in the VIP Suite No. 605 of the Broadway Building. If you want to know, come alone. Don't do any tricks, otherwise... I promise you will never
You will know the origin of that book."
"You are right here, why do you have to wait until tomorrow?"
"because……"
Before he finished speaking, the door of the cafe was violently opened, and then a group of Japanese spies in civilian clothes walked in.
"Iwai Mansion?"
"Good eyesight! How did you know it was from Iwai Mansion?"
"Come on, who doesn't know that the only agents from the Iwai Mansion in Shanghai wear casual clothes when they go out? Doesn't this look like they are here to find you?"
He didn't want to believe it, but Li Qiang was right. Before he finished speaking, the group of people walked in fiercely. After looking at the two of them separately, they asked Mr. Hu: "You are Hu Yueming, Hu
gentlemen?"
"Yes, exactly."
"The owner of the museum has invited Mr. Hu to come with us!"
Mr. Hu did not resist after hearing this, but said to Li Qiang with an apologetic look, "I'll excuse you for now, see you tomorrow!", then he stood up and left the coffee shop with the group of agents in a very cooperative manner.
Back at the Ming Mansion, Li Qiang originally planned to talk to Minglou about Mr. Hu, but he didn't want to but heard Uncle Da say that Minglou was called to the government office again by another phone call. So he had to give up.
As soon as Haitang saw Li Qiang coming back, he immediately stepped forward and asked, "How was it? Did you see Mrs. Zhou? What did she say?"
Li Qiang shrugged, "I didn't see Mrs. Zhou, but I did see Miss Zhou."
"Miss Zhou? Are you talking about the Zhou Huihai from before?"
"Yes." Li Qiang nodded, and then recounted his experience in the cafe from beginning to end, including that Hu Yueming who appeared out of nowhere.
"Wait a minute, what about Zhou Huihai, Xiao Linghong, and Hu Yueming? Why am I getting more and more confused the more I listen to them?"
"Don't say it's you, even I am completely confused now. Now I not only have to follow up on the negotiations between Mr. Jin and Xingyayuan, but also help track down the owner of the book "Red Star Shines on China".
To expose Zhou Fohai's secret lover, I even have to devote my energy to spying on that Zhou Youhai. Even if I have three heads and six arms, I can't do it!"
Before he finished speaking, Haitang hurriedly comforted him: "Isn't there still me? You don't have to worry about monitoring Zhou Youhai, just leave it to me."
"You can, you can, but I heard that guy has a strong sense of counter-reconnaissance, so you have to be more careful and don't expose yourself."
However, Haitang did look confident, "You can rest assured that I will take care of things!"
"Okay!" After saying that, Li Qiang took out a pocket camera from his suitcase and handed it to Haitang's hand. "Here, I'll give you this. Take some more photos. In addition, in addition to monitoring Zhou Youhai, you also
We need to send more people to follow Zhou Fohai and try to figure out where he has hidden that woman."
"Well, without further ado, I'll go get ready." At this point, Haitang asked as if something suddenly sounded, "We are all out, what should she do?"
"who?"
"Don't pretend to be stupid with me! Who else could it be? Of course it's the guy upstairs." Haitang pointed upward with her hand and said.
"You mean Wangshu?"
"Still Wangshu? You shouted so kindly! But yes, I'm talking about her!"
"Don't worry, someone will look after her for us."
Just as he was talking, Wang Manchun's voice suddenly came from outside the door, "Miss Du, why don't you take a rest even though it's so late?"
As soon as these words came out, Matsuoka Yui, who quietly slipped out of the room, was immediately startled. She hurriedly waved her hand and explained: "Sister Wang, don't get me wrong, I... I'm just hungry. I wanted to go to the kitchen to see if there was anything there.
What to eat..."
"It seems that our greetings were not good enough, and we actually made the guests hungry. We really shouldn't have done it. That's good. I'll ask Uncle Da to open the fire now and make you some midnight snacks and send them to your room."
"This... is too troublesome for you. I'd better bear with it a little. Besides, I'm actually not very hungry anymore."
"That's just an illusion because you're hungry and dizzy."
"But……"
"Okay, Miss Du, there are state laws and family rules. Although you are a guest, the Ming family also has the rules of the Ming family, so please go back to your room first! I am not discussing with you."
"Then...Okay! Sorry to disturb your rest." After saying that, Matsuoka Yui bowed slightly to Wang Manchun and went back to the room.
Uncle Da, while watching her leaving figure, asked Wang Manchun for instructions: "Madam, do you still need to prepare the midnight snack?"
"Of course, hurry up and fire Uncle Da, and send it to her when it's ready."
"yes!"
After Uncle Da finished speaking, he turned around and entered the kitchen, while Wang Manchun glanced at Li Qiang's door intentionally or unintentionally, and then returned to the room with confidence.
However, everything that happened just now was heard clearly by Li Qiang and Haitang.
"How is it? You should feel relieved now, right?"
Haitang nodded quickly and said "Yeah".
There was no talking all night, and early the next morning, Li Qiang arrived at Broadway Building on time as agreed.
"601, 603, 605... this should be right here, right?" Li Qiang looked at the door with the number 605 in front of him and said to himself, then he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
However, after waiting for a long time, there was still no movement inside. Li Qiang knocked a few more times, but the response to him was still deathly silence.
Could it be that I made a mistake? Or is it that the guy was taken to the Iwai Mansion yesterday and still hasn’t escaped? Or is this a scam in itself? Did you fall into his trap?
Just when Li Qiang was standing at the door, puzzled, the elevator bell rang, and a familiar gray figure walked out of the elevator. It was none other than Mr. Hu.
However, he seemed a little haggard at this time, presumably because he had not slept all night.
"I'm sorry, my plan couldn't keep up with the change, so I came back late, but fortunately you haven't left yet, otherwise I'm afraid I would be regarded as a big liar by you."
"It's not impossible, if you are a few minutes later."
Mr. Hu smiled after hearing this, then took out the key, opened the door, and invited Li Qiang in.
"What to drink? Coffee, tea, or..."
"No need." However, before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Li Qiang, "I have a habit of never drinking anything handed to me outside."
"Good habit!" Mr. Hu said as he calmly sat down on the sofa opposite Li Qiang like he did in the coffee shop yesterday.
Li Qiang lowered his head and glanced at his watch, and then said with a slight urging: "Mr. Hu, I think I need to remind you that what I hate most is wasting time, so you can tell me the origin of that book now.
Bar?"
"Of course, of course!" Mr. Hu nodded and said, and then recalled with emotion, "Speaking of this book, I have a close relationship. In order to get it, it cost me two gold bars.
!”
"I really didn't expect that Mr. Hu would be interested in this kind of book!"
Mr. Hu naturally heard that there was something in Li Qiang's words, but he neither denied nor refuted it, but admitted frankly: "Let me tell you this! I used to be a leftist, and I also fought with many high-level officials in the red camp.
That's why I was entrusted by someone to spend a lot of money to get this book, and after many twists and turns, it was finally delivered to my friend."
"What's the name of the friend you're talking about?"
"The surname is Xiao and the given name is Shu'an."
"Xiao Shu'an?" Li Qiang couldn't help but said a little bit strangely after hearing this, "It seems that your friend is really a bad person, and he was betrayed so easily."
However, Mr. Hu replied indifferently: "What kind of betrayal is this? I think I should have told you that this name is just a code name. Do you really think you can find him with just one name?"
A person? Then you are really naive."
Hearing this, no matter how slow Li Qiang was, he realized that he had been tricked by him.
But even so, Li Qiang still suppressed his anger and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "What happened next?"
"Later, I remember that he gave that book to one of his students. Later, the student went to Japan to study, and accidentally became friends with Zhou Fohai's son. Before returning to China, he gave the book to
I gave it to him as a farewell souvenir."
Hearing this, Li Qiang's eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Do you know the name of that student?"
"His name is Chen Guozhen. It is said that when he was in Japan, he often said to Zhou Youhai, 'Father is a father, and a son is a son. As long as you don't become a traitor, no one will look down on you!'. Now it seems that this is
The impact of these words on him should still be great."
"Chen Guozhen...where is this person now? Chongqing? Yan'an? Hong Kong? Or Shanghai?"
Not thinking about it, Mr. Hu just shook his head, and after a long while he said: "As far as I know, he was arrested by the Japanese military police a month after returning to China, and died of illness in prison not long after."
"What about...his family?"
"All in Hong Kong."
"Okay! I would like to ask Mr. Hu to answer the last question truthfully. Is the friend you are talking about yourself?"
"It's a good question, but unfortunately, the answer is no." After saying that, he looked down at his watch like Li Qiang did just now, "Okay, it's almost time, why don't we get here first today?"
There is an important banquet at noon. I can’t just go there like this, it would be too rude! So please come back, Mr. Ming, and I’ll send you off so far!”
"Important banquet? How important is it?"
"Today is a big day for Lieutenant General Shibayama to take charge of the Mei Agency. Even a little guy like me has been invited. Mr. Ming doesn't know, right?"
Don't tell me, Li Qiang really didn't know. It's no wonder. After all, he shouldn't have appeared in Shanghai at this time.
Thinking of this, Li Qiang stood up and left without saying anything.
But just when he was about to reach the door, there was a knock on the door, and then a familiar voice rang, "Teacher, are you there?"
Why is it him?
Even though there was still a door between them, Li Qiang still recognized the voice. It was his surveillance target, Zhou Youhai!
Looking at Mr. Hu, he was obviously caught off guard by the unexpected situation, and a trace of panic flashed unconsciously in his eyes, but he soon returned to normal, quickly stepped forward, and opened the door.
"It's not good, teacher..."
As soon as he entered the door, Zhou Youhai wanted to say something urgently, but as soon as he started speaking, he noticed Li Qiang in the room, so he simply swallowed back the words that had reached his lips and said to Li Qiang with a wary look on his face.
: "This gentleman looks familiar. Have we met somewhere?"
Li Qiang didn't hide anything and replied with a smile: "Master Zhou has a really good memory. I happened to be at the scene when you were sent back from Hangzhou by District Chief Xie that day."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the room became even more tense.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long, and Mr. Hu took the initiative to break it, "Youhai! What's wrong with you kid? You can't even take good care of your best friend's relics. Tell me the truth. Did you put that book away?"
Lost it?"
With just one sentence, Zhou Youhai was startled. First he glanced at Li Qiang subconsciously, and then at the teacher who was already livid. He suddenly panicked and even felt a little uncomfortable with what he said.
He asked, "Old...teacher, you...listen to my explanation, student...student..."
"That's enough! I don't want to hear your explanation. If you have anything to say, you'd better leave it to Mr. Ming!"
As soon as these words came out, not to mention Zhou Youhai, even Li Qiang was caught off guard by him. But even though he was a little surprised, his mind was still racing, and he thought of a set of words as quickly as possible, and said to him calmly.
Zhou Youhai said: "Master Zhou, could you please explain how the book "Red Star Shines on China" came about?"
However, just when Zhou Youhai was about to speak, Li Qiang's voice rang out again, "Master Zhou, I think it is necessary for me to remind you that privately possessing banned books is a serious crime. You have to think about it before you speak!"
Zhou Youhai is not stupid either. He keenly caught the loophole in Li Qiang's words just now, and then he asked nonchalantly: "Mr. Ming, right? Please find out clearly. What the government explicitly banned is "The Journey to the West" comic.
"Record", what does it have to do with "Red Star Shines on China"?"
