At two o'clock in the afternoon, Zhao Chengde came to a villa. The villa was not large and not very luxurious, but it was a relatively good house in the concession. Those who could live in such a house were rich and powerful people. After all, the concession
With so much land and so much money, ordinary people simply can't afford to live in such a house.
This place is the stronghold of the military commander, and Li Yunsheng and others live here, so Liu Qing left the address to Zhao Chengde so that he could be contacted easily in critical moments.
Looking at the two guards at the door of the villa, Zhao Chengde did not step forward, but waited patiently at the corner, hoping that Liu Qing would appear soon.
Because of Liu Qing's identity, Zhao Chengde could not contact her publicly, so when there was an emergency, he could only wait here and wait. If the situation was more dangerous, he would risk making a phone call.
However, after the phone call, the matter became difficult to handle, and Liu Qing's identity would also be suspected. After all, military commanders could not easily contact the outside world.
Fortunately, Zhao Chengde was lucky. After more than an hour, two women came out of the villa and walked eastward.
The two women were very beautiful, they were Liu Qing and Xu Bing. They were talking something as they walked, but they were far apart and Zhao Chengde couldn't hear them clearly.
Seeing Liu Qing come out, Zhao Chengde breathed a sigh of relief and felt a little lucky in his heart. After all, he had just made a decision and planned to take the risk of using the phone to contact him.
Although there were outsiders here, which made Zhao Chengde frown slightly, he still walked over quickly, pretending not to recognize them, and walked past the two women.
When passing by, Zhao Chengde deliberately exposed his face, pretending to be watching the beautiful woman, and then slowly left.
Both women were beautiful, so Zhao Chengde's gaze was not surprising, and he immediately left without arousing Xu Bing's suspicion.
However, Liu Qing was very nervous in her heart. After all, Zhao Chengde would not risk coming over to meet her if nothing serious happened.
Liu Qing and Xu Bing came out together to buy some daily necessities. After all, they were the only two women in the villa, so they couldn't let others do many things for them.
But seeing Zhao Chengde appear, Liu Qing couldn't care less, pretended to be a nonchalant person and walked away for a while, then found an excuse to separate from Xu Bing.
Although Xu Bing was surprised, his heart moved and without saying anything, the two of them separated on the street.
After separating from Xu Bing, Liu Qing made several evasive moves to avoid being followed. Then she came to a long alley and found that no one was following her, so she walked back to where she came from.
Until Liu Qing walked far away and was almost out of the alley, Xu Bing's figure was revealed at the other end of the alley.
At this time, Xu Bing's face was solemn, his brows furrowed slightly, and he said to himself: "This guy is progressing so fast, he was almost discovered."
Liu Qing's excuse was very common, and the two of them went out to buy things together. When she suddenly made an excuse to leave, Xu Bing naturally became suspicious, so she quietly followed her.
However, after a long period of training, Liu Qing has already developed some counter-investigation capabilities. It would be difficult for ordinary agents to follow her quietly.
In particular, this alley is a straight road. If you want to continue following it, you will be easily discovered. Although Xu Bing has received professional training, she is a woman after all, and her skills are relatively average.
And because the two of them were very familiar with each other, Xu Bing did not dare to continue following. After all, it would be difficult for her to explain herself if Liu Qing found out.
Looking at the long alley, Xu Bing was a little reluctant, but after thinking about it, he didn't continue to follow, but the suspicion in his heart deepened.
At this time, Liu Qing had arrived at the meeting place with Zhao Chengde, and then looked around carefully and found that there was indeed an arrow on the wall.
The direction pointed by the arrow was in the south, so Liu Qing walked over without hesitation. A few minutes later, he saw Zhao Chengde waiting at the entrance of an alley.
Seeing Liu Qing coming, Zhao Chengde immediately led the way. After a few minutes, the two people came to a secluded place one after another.
When he arrived here and saw no one else around, Zhao Chengde stopped and Liu Qing also walked up and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Chengde, why are you here suddenly? What happened?"
Liu Qing's voice was low, and there was a hint of worry in her tone. She was afraid of hearing some particularly bad news. After all, such an urgent meeting was definitely not a good thing.
Seeing that Xu Bing was so nervous, Zhao Chengde immediately said: "Comrade Liu Qing, don't worry, it's just that the organization has encountered some troubles and needs your help."
"What's the trouble? Please tell the organization, Liu Qing will do his best!"
Liu Qing's tone was firm, without any hesitation, but there was still a hint of worry in her tone.
Zhao Chengde immediately told what happened, and finally said: "Now the guests of the organization are trapped in the concession. They cannot escape in a short time and must stay with the Japanese.
However, the organizational funds are too tight, and there is no safe location, so I would like to borrow some funds from you for turnover.
In addition, you also need to search within the concession to see if there is any suitable place that can be used as a safe house."
Hearing Zhao Chengde's words, Liu Qing felt a little more at ease. After all, although the situation was dangerous, it was not desperate yet, and this was a concession. As long as there were funds, there should be no problems with the ability of the underground party.
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Thinking of this, Xu Bing immediately took out all the money he had, a few hundred dollars in total, and handed it to Zhao Chengde, and said: "I only have so much on me. If it's not enough, I can embezzle the military commander's funds. As for the safety,
I will look for a house as soon as possible."
After a pause, he said again: "Comrade Chengde, if I find a suitable place, how can I contact you?"
Just now, Zhao Chengde did not tell Liu Qing where he lived, but only said that the party organization was hiding on the streets with returned overseas Chinese and was looking for a place to stay.
The reason why Liu Qing was not told was not that Zhao Chengde did not trust her, but that the party organization had confidentiality regulations and some things could not be said in detail.
Hearing Liu Qing's question, Zhao Chengde thought for a while and finally said: "We are staying at the Li Deshun Hotel. You can just find me there."
After finishing speaking, Zhao Chengde told Liu Qing the room number and phone number, with a serious expression on his face.
The reason why Zhao Chengde broke the confidentiality regulations was because the situation was dangerous, and Xu Bing needed help finding a safe house, so the address was completely hidden from her.
What's more, after many years of partnership, Zhao Chengde believed in Liu Qing's loyalty very much, so he chose to trust her without reservation.
Hearing Zhao Chengde's words, Liu Qing nodded, and then the two of them said a few more words and left one after another.
After separating from Zhao Chengde, Liu Qing quickly bought some things and then returned to her residence, thinking about how to find a safe house.
Because of the war, the concession was overcrowded. It was not easy to rent a safer house. Otherwise, Zhao Chengde would not have troubled Liu Qing. After all, this old party member knew that it would be inconvenient to do anything while lurking within the enemy.
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However, in the concession, apart from Liu Qing, Zhao Chengde could not find any other helper, so he made this decision.
After a while, Xu Bing also returned to the villa. Seeing that Liu Qing had come back, he smiled and said hello, and then entered his room.
Xu Bing's palace was very deep. Although he was deeply suspicious of Liu Qing, there was no abnormal expression on his face. He frowned until he entered the room, wondering whether he should tell Li Yunsheng the matter.
After a while, Xu Bing sighed and decided not to bother. After all, she just noticed that Liu Qing's behavior was a little abnormal, but she didn't know the specific situation and didn't have any evidence in her hand. If she talked too much, it would cause trouble.
Because the military commander has strict discipline, no one is allowed to doubt his own people without receiving orders from the top. Xu Bing's behavior of following him privately is already a violation of the regulations.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Xu Bing received the telegram from the headquarters, then came to Li Yunsheng's room and said softly: "District Chief, this is the telegram just sent from the headquarters. Please read it."
After receiving the telegram and reading it, Li Yunsheng sighed and said calmly: "The overseas Chinese have arrived in Tianjin. You can find Zhang Hao and we will discuss what to do."
Xu Bing nodded and left the room. A few minutes later, he walked in with Zhang Hao.
"Look at this telegram. The headquarters has found out the whereabouts of the returned overseas Chinese."
As soon as the two people came in, Li Yunsheng spoke first and handed the telegram to Zhang Hao.
After reading the telegram carefully, Zhang Hao said to himself: "I said why the Japanese blocked the concession and sent a large number of traitors to come in to look for people. It turns out that this is the reason!"
The Japanese had made such a big move, so Li Yunsheng naturally received the news and asked intelligence officers to investigate the inside story. However, because the time was short, nothing was found.
Now that they received the telegram from the headquarters, several people naturally thought that this was the Japanese looking for overseas Chinese, and that was why it was like this.
But the situation is different now. Li Yunsheng originally thought that only the underground party and the National Government knew about this matter, but he didn't expect that the Japanese also got the news, causing things to go unexpectedly, and the original arrangement could not be realized.
After all, the concession is now in chaos, with traitors everywhere, and even Japanese agents sneaking in. If things go according to the original plan, if something goes wrong, the Japanese will find out, and it will be troublesome.
After a while, Zhang Hao suggested: "District Chief, now the Japanese have got involved. If we still put on a show, we will have exposed our target, so I think we should stay put."
Zhang Hao is a Chinese after all, and he didn't want to fight among himself at this time. Now that the Japanese are getting involved, he is even less willing to take action.
After all, once you take action, even if it's just a show, according to the current situation, you can't hide it from the Japanese. The underground party will be in danger, but the military command will also be in trouble.
After hearing Zhang Hao's words, Li Yunsheng said seriously: "Of course we can't take action, otherwise it would not be pointing the direction to the Japanese."
Li Yunsheng will definitely not make any noise now, otherwise the underground party will be in danger, and if he is not careful, he will be exposed. Naturally, he will not do this kind of thing that takes advantage of the Japanese.