After allocating the people, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tianlai to the selected place. This place was called the Liuguo Hotel, which was famous during the Republic of China. It was a joint venture between Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan, and Russia.
It was built, so it was named Liuguo Hotel. During the Republic of China, no matter what huge crime you committed, as long as you hid in this hotel, the Nationalist government would have no way to deal with you. It was impossible to arrest you here.
In order not to attract attention, after completing the check-in procedures, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tianlai into the room. After about half an hour, the two of them came to the lobby on the first floor and chose a corner not far from the door to sit.
Next, you can see the entire hall and face the door. The location is very suitable. Since they don’t know whether Zhang Jinrao lives here or when he will appear, the two of them wait passively in the hall.
While waiting, Li Yunsheng asked in a low voice about Zhang Tianlai: "Where is Tianlai from and who else is in his family?"
Zhang Tianlai was stunned for a moment again. Unexpectedly, the officer asked him about his affairs again, but he immediately whispered: "To answer the officer's question, I am from Henan. In addition to my parents, I have seven younger siblings in my family."
Li Yunsheng nodded. It is not enough to be alone. As long as there are relatives at home, such people generally have scruples and will not betray easily. Such people are very suitable for being agents, so he asked again: "Then what are you doing?"
Those who join the army will be willing to leave their families." Li Yunsheng's question is not without purpose. During the Republic of China, it was important that good men should not serve as soldiers. As long as they could survive, ordinary people did not want their children to serve in the army, especially in the north.
After years of fighting, becoming a soldier means putting one foot in the coffin. Therefore, whether it is the National Government or the northern warlords, they often do things to strengthen young people.
Zhang Tianlai sighed and said: "My parents at home were reluctant to give up, but there was no other way. I joined the army when I was thirteen years old. I was still young at that time, but when I joined the army, the whole of Henan was a vast land.
There was a drought, and there were younger brothers and sisters at home. They had to work hard for the few dollars of military pay. Later, things continued to happen at home, and the year was not good. The marshals in Henan kept raising taxes, and it was impossible to survive at home.
In order for my younger brothers and sisters to survive, I can only continue to serve as a soldier. In this way, no matter what, the monthly military salary can make no one in my family starve to death."
Li Yunsheng said softly: "Then do you have other plans to continue serving as a soldier? The current situation is much better than before. Even if you don't serve as a soldier, you should be able to make ends meet."
Li Yunsheng was determined to recruit Zhang Tianlai, so he started asking him about his plans. If he didn't want to continue serving as a soldier, he would not force anyone to do anything.
Zhang Tianlai said with a wry smile: "What else can I do if I'm not a soldier? I have been a soldier for more than ten years and I have no skills at all. After leaving the army, I can't survive at all. Even if I want to go home to farm, it's impossible. There is no land at home."
, unless you work as a long-term worker for others, but that is probably not much better than being a soldier. Besides, although the past two years have been okay, who knows when a war will break out.
If I am caught as a young man, I might as well stay in the old army and take it one day at a time. Even if my fate is not good and I die on the battlefield, the army commander may give me some pension because I have been following me for many years."
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Maybe Li Yunsheng's attitude has always been very gentle, so Zhang Tianlai didn't hide anything and directly expressed his inner thoughts. This kind of plan to go around was also the idea of many soldiers during the Republic of China. There was no concept of defending the homeland and the country.
Only during the full-scale war of resistance will the soldiers' thinking change.
After some exchanges, Li Yunsheng easily figured out Zhang Tianlai's plan, but he did not say the words of solicitation immediately. Instead, he planned to wait until the mission was completed, so he changed the subject: "You are in Zhang Jinrao's army.
How long have I been here, and I know a little bit about him?"
Zhang Tianlai thought about it carefully, and then said hesitantly: "I have been in the army for a long time, but because I am illiterate and my priority is to save my life during the war, I have always been a soldier and I don't know much about my superiors.
Although I have been in Zhang Jinrao's army for a few years, Zhang Jinrao was a commander at that time, so I couldn't get in touch with him. But I seemed to have heard about Zhang Jinrao from the company commander before.
She was very lustful and seemed to have little courage. I don’t remember the rest. After all, it’s been a long time since I left Zhang Jinrao’s army and I can’t remember many things clearly.”
Afterwards, Li Yunsheng casually asked a few more questions about Zhang Jinrao. Seeing that Zhang Tianlai could not provide any useful information, he stopped asking any more and then patiently waited in the hall. Whenever someone came in or out, Zhang Tianlai was there.
He watched carefully from his seat, his eyes were very direct, and one could guess at a glance that he was looking for someone, which also made Li Yunsheng feel helpless next to him.
Considering that Zhang Tianlai was just an ordinary soldier after all, not an agent, and had not received any training, this behavior was not surprising. Li Yunsheng planned to use him for his own purposes, so he taught Zhang Tianlai some skills and informed him
How can he achieve his goal without attracting attention.
Zhang Tianlai learned very quickly. After Li Yunsheng patiently taught some skills, when he continued to observe people coming and going, he immediately stopped attracting attention. This made Li Yunsheng even more satisfied. He felt that he was a material for an agent, and he was very smart.
He said that he was also very good at learning, which made Li Yunsheng determined to use him as his own, so during this period of time, he taught Zhang Tianlai some other secret agent skills, which made Zhang Tianlai feel a little different, but after all, Zhang Tianlai was a
He was a studious person, and Li Yunsheng taught him some useful skills, so he had no objection.
In this way, Li Yunsheng waited at the Liuguo Hotel for a whole day. He even had lunch in the lobby, but no trace of Zhang Jinrao was found. At eight o'clock in the evening, there was no one in the lobby, and no one was entering or leaving the Liuguo Hotel.
There were also a lot fewer people. By ten o'clock, no one had come in or out for an hour. It was too late at this time. In order not to attract the attention of the staff at the Liuguo Hotel, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tianlai back.
Rest in the room.
On the second day, Li Yunsheng and Zhang Tian came to the hall early. They both changed their clothes and chose another seat. They continued to stare to see if Zhang Jinrao would appear, but they waited for a whole time.
One day, there was still no discovery, and there was no news from other groups. This made Li Yunsheng a little suspicious. Could it be that he had made a mistake? Zhang Jinrao did not live in the embassy area. Is he really that bold to live there?
Other places in Beiping City.
But thinking about it carefully, Zhang Jinrao should not be so courageous. After all, what Li Yunsheng knew was that Zhang Jinrao was very timid, and even Zhang Tianlai said that this person was very timid. So what is the problem?
Where did he go? Li Yunsheng looked out the window at the dark night and thought carefully about what he had not thought of.
Suddenly, Li Yunsheng felt that his idea was not wrong, but that the time was wrong. Since Zhang Jinrao sneaked into Peiping secretly and was timid, he would most likely come out at night to avoid others.
The awareness can also be safer. After thinking of this, Li Yunsheng planned to notify other groups immediately. However, seeing that it was already past twelve o'clock, it was too late, so he decided to notify others the next day.
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The next morning, Li Yunsheng first told Zhang Tianlai to rest during the day and come out to watch at night. Then he went to the place where the left-behind personnel were and asked them to notify the other team members. He also rested during the day and came out at night to check if Zhang Jinrao was there.
whereabouts, and then returned to the Six Nations Hotel to rest.
At about ten o'clock in the evening, Li Yunsheng got up and went to the hall with Zhang Tianlai again. This time since it was night, there was no one in the hall. Li Yunsheng and Zhang Tianlai pretended to have an appointment and waited in the hall.
Got up.
After waiting for more than two hours, it was past midnight. Zhang Tianlai seemed to have lost a little patience, so he asked in a low voice: "Chief Li, it's already so late and I haven't seen Zhang Jinrao yet.
There is no news from other people. Could it be that your information is wrong? Zhang Jinrao has not come to Peiping, or he has left in the past two days."
Li Yunsheng glanced at Zhang Tianlai and guessed that he lacked some patience, so he taught him in a low voice: "Remember, no matter what you do, you must have enough patience, no matter whether Zhang Jinrao has not come to Peiping or has already
Let's go, we all have to do our own thing, which means we still need to observe here for two days. After all, we have no way of knowing Zhang Jinrao's movements, and according to my guess, the information will not be wrong. After all, this is from the headquarters.
The information conveyed should be credible."
After hearing what Li Yunsheng said, Zhang Tianlai thought about it carefully and felt that he seemed to lack some patience, so he said to Li Yunsheng: "I am a little anxious. Don't worry, Chief Li. I will continue to watch patiently. I will never
If anything goes wrong, sir, if you feel sleepy, you can rest for a while, I can just keep an eye on it and nothing will go wrong."
Hearing Zhang Tianlai's words, Li Yunsheng nodded and said with a smile: "After all, you are not a professional agent and have not received any training. It is normal to be a little anxious. Don't worry, I am not sleepy now. We should watch here together.
We can chat together." After that, the two people talked quietly while staring in the hall.