At a quarter past ten at night, after a long journey of more than ten hours, the train finally arrived at the terminal station, Nanjing.
Seeing the passengers leaving the station, waiting rickshaw drivers swarmed up to them.
"Take a car, take a car, it only costs ten copper yuan per mile!"
"Sir, would you like to take a car?"
"Ma'am, would you like to take a car? It's 20 copper dollars per mile. I promise not to increase the price randomly..."
"Sir, would you like to take a car?"
"Are you two going to take a car? My car has a double-cab seat, and two people can fit in it."
There are two types of rickshaws in Nanjing, one is a normal single-person vehicle, and the other is slightly modified so that two people can sit side by side. The price is of course slightly more expensive.
Under normal circumstances, a rickshaw charges 20 copper yuan per mile, a double-cab car charges an additional five copper yuan, and so on.
There is no such car in Shanghai. Gu Linglong found it very novel and asked: "How much does it cost to get to Beimen Bridge?"
The coachman thought for a moment: "Beimen Bridge... costs at least a dime."
Gu Linglong's eyes widened: "A dime?"
In Shanghai, when she takes a rickshaw, she has to pay at least a dime.
The coachman thought she was too expensive, so he quickly explained: "Miss, the North Gate Bridge is very far away, and it's dark at night, so I have to add more..."
Xu Siqi said from the side: "Linglong, a dime is very cheap, let's get in the car."
"I didn't say it was expensive..." Gu Linglong got into the car happily.
Xu Siqi immediately got into the car and put the two suitcases at his feet.
The coachman was secretly happy. Foreigners were easy to fool. The Beimen Bridge was actually not that far away. Normally, the maximum charge would be fifty copper dollars.
After leaving the station, the driver pulled the rickshaw and ran towards the Beimen Bridge.
Ten minutes later, Xu Siqi suddenly said: "Stop."
The driver stopped and said, "Sir, we are still far away from the Beimen Bridge..."
"I know. Just wait for me and I'll buy a pack of cigarettes."
Xu Siqi got out of the car, turned around and told Gu Linglong: "Wait here? I'll be right back."
Gu Linglong smiled and said, "I also said that I am not a big smoker and I can't bear it for a while."
Xu Siqi smiled and walked quickly towards the other side of the road.
The coachman was bored and said to Gu Linglong: "Miss, do you want to persuade your boyfriend? You are young, don't smoke too often? It is not good for your health."
Gu Linglong's face turned slightly red, but she did not correct the coachman's address to Xu Siqi.
Five minutes passed. The driver was a little impatient and said to himself in Nanjing dialect: "You idiot, you are not lost, are you?"
Then he said to Gu Linglong: "Miss? Can I tell you clearly in advance? If you wait too long, you will have to pay extra..."
Before he finished speaking, Xu Siqi had already got into the car and said, "Let's go to Beimen Bridge."
"You idiot, you came out of nowhere..." the coachman muttered in a low voice.
"Huh? Stop swearing in dialect, I understand!" Xu Siqi said coldly.
The coachman was startled? He quickly said: "I'm not swearing, I'm just saying the same thing..."
The rickshaw continued along the street.
Gu Linglong asked: "Siqi? Why don't you smoke?"
Xu Siqi said in English: "I wasn't going to buy cigarettes, but I just happened to see Hideaki Shibuya in front of me. So I just followed him to have a look? He made a special trip to Nanjing to meet some friends."
"see it?"
"Um."
"who?"
"An old acquaintance? Li Shiqun from the party department."
"What is their relationship?"
"have no idea."
"That Li Shiqun, could he be a traitor?"
Xu Siqi turned around and looked at Gu Linglong seriously for a while.
Gu Linglong looked puzzled: "What are you looking at?"
Xu Siqi smiled: "Linglong, to be honest, I just asked you this question, you really have the potential to be an agent."
Gu Linglong's eyes flashed: "Really?"
"real."
"Are you trying to make me happy on purpose?"
"What I said is true……"
"No! You can't lie to me, your eyes are smiling."
"Have it?"
"have."
The two looked at each other for a while and looked away at the same time.
Gu Linglong's heart was beating wildly, and her mind was at a loss. What on earth was she doing? Are she flirting with her future brother-in-law?
Xu Siqi secretly warned herself to try to keep a distance from Gu Linglong in the future.
He coughed lightly: "You just said that it's not certain whether Li Shiqun is a traitor. For example, in the eyes of outsiders, there seems to be something wrong with the chance encounter between Shibuya Hideaki and I at Suzhou Station.
A secret to tell."
"Well, you said it makes sense..."
The blush on Gu Linglong's face extended to her neck.
About half an hour later, the coachman asked: "Beimen Bridge is ahead, where will you two get off?"
Xu Siqi raised his index finger and made a silencing gesture.
After a while, the driver put down the handlebars and said, "We've arrived at Yizhiyuan."
Xu Siqi got out of the car, took out a dime and handed it over.
Watching the coachman go away, Gu Linglong looked at the dark Yizhiyuan and said, "Is this a park? What are we doing here?"
Xu Siqi said: "It's not a park, it's a police cemetery."
"ah?"
"That coachman is a talkative man. Don't let such a person know too much, lest he go around talking nonsense."
"You mean, keep it secret?"
"Of course. Our identities must be kept secret, from anyone!"
Xu Siqi sighed in his heart that some people are really born to be agents.
Gu Linglong is fluent in everything and has a strong understanding. This belongs to the category of extraordinary talents and is God's special favor for smart people.
The two called a rickshaw again and rushed to No. 53 Jige Lane.
Chicken Goose Alley, as the name suggests.
This place was originally a poultry market, and poultry were slaughtered all day long, which not only affected the sanitary environment, but also easily caused the breeding of infectious bacteria.
As the capital of the People's Republic of China, this situation cannot be tolerated. With an order from the Department of Health, the poultry market was forcibly moved out of the downtown area.
No. 53 Ji'e Lane was originally the Beijing office established by Hu Zhongnan.
When the Secret Service was first established, funds were very tight. Boss Dai and Hu Zhongnan had a close friendship and temporarily used this place as their office location.
Similarly, the Hong Gong Temple, where the Secret Service headquarters is located, was not originally the private property of the Secret Service, but the private residence of the non-resisting general in Nanjing.
Young Master Zhang was not good at leading troops in war, but he was still very good at dealing with people. In order to win over Boss Dai, he handed over the Hong Gong Temple to the Secret Service.
As a result, No. 53 Ji'e Lane became Boss Dai's residence and his office.
For confidentiality reasons, within the Secret Service, No. 53 Ji'e Lane is called "Room A" and Hong Gong Temple is called "B Place".
Anyone who wants to go to Hong Gong Temple must first go to No. 53 Ji'e Lane to get a letter of introduction.