After hearing Zhang Ping's words, Cheng Qianfan fell into silence.
"Qianfan, you have too deep prejudice against Cao Yu, so you can't accept the possibility that this is your own comrade." Zhang Ping thought, and continued, "Just just like Cao Yu may also hate you to the core and cannot believe that you are your own comrade."
She glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Of course, this is just a guess, a possibility, maybe it is not the case."
"But, this possibility cannot be ruled out, right?" Cheng Qianfan said.
...
"Have you figured it out?" Zhang Ping asked.
"No." Cheng Qianfan shook his head, "But what you said makes sense. I cannot be affected by deep-rooted emotions."
As he said that, he sighed, "Just like many comrades in the Shanghai Party Organization hate me to the core. I am afraid that I will stand in front of them and say to them that I am my own person. They will not believe it, but will only say that I am more sinister and cunning."
"The problem now is that even if we admit that Cao Yu may be the comrade 'second cousin', how do we confirm it?" Zhang Ping said, "How do we believe that Cao Yu is the 'second cousin'?"
"It's not just our side." Cheng Qianfan controlled his emotions and his thinking became more agile. "Just say, Cao Yu, after waking him up and asking questions, even if I told him that I was a 'fire', he probably wouldn't believe it, but would suspect that this was the enemy's plan."
"Especially, Cao Yu was knocked unconscious, even if he was really his own person, he would only suspect that it was a conspiracy when he woke up." Zhang Ping thought for a while and said.
The car parked on the side of a river in a sparsely populated wilderness.
Cheng Qianfan took Cao Yu out of the car, then directly pressed Cao Yu into the water, and forced him to wake him up by the water method.
...
Cao Yu, who had just woken up, had a dazed look. He blinked and looked around.
As you can see, weeds grow around, and there is a fishy smell in the ditch.
He shook his head to wake himself up, then looked around and confirmed that he was not in a cafe, but was in a wilderness?
After Cheng Qianfan woke Cao Yu up, he did not give Cao Yu more time to react. He directly took off the rag from Cao Yu's mouth and said, "Brother Wang San of Liuhe asked me to bring a message."
After saying that, he stared at Cao Yu's facial expression.
...
Cao Yu stared at Cheng Qianfan tightly. He didn't reply, but just stared at Cheng Qianfan.
Cheng Qianfan was not in a hurry. He lit a cigarette, took a few sips, and looked at Cao Yu.
Just as he frowned and was about to think of other plans, he heard Cao Yu speak.
"You've made a mistake, it's Brother Wu," Cao Yu finally spoke and said.
He just looked at Cheng Qianfan, he was waiting, waiting to hear what Cheng Qianfan would answer.
"That's right." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "It's Wang Wuxin from Liuhe Huzi Lane. His father's surname is Wang and his mother's surname is Wu."
Hearing Cheng Qianfan say this, he answered the secret code. Cao Yu looked at Cheng Qianfan with a look, and there was a lot of doubt, a little hatred, and a little bit of confusion.
Cheng Qianfan also looked at Cao Yu. He was waiting for Cao Yu's last code to reply, but it seemed that Cao Yu had no intention of answering again.
This made Cheng Qianfan quite puzzled.
This is not like the performance of a spy who pretends to be a Red Party leader in a trap and lures the Red Party to be deceived.
Anyway, it's a bit strange.
...
Seeing Cao Yu's state of being completely controlled, having no ability to escape or resist, and being able to deal with it at any time, Cheng Qianfan decided to go straight in.
"Team Leader Cao." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile, "Since you are going to set up a trap to catch me, why are you the only one?"
"What are you doing?" Cao Yu looked puzzled, "I am secretly protecting Secretary Cheng at the order of Chief Su."
"Does Team Leader Cao think I will believe this kind of rhetoric?" Cheng Qianfan shook his head and said, "And that's right, Team Leader Cao knows what those few words mean just now?"
Cao Yu remained silent.
"This is the Red Party's secret code, Team Leader Cao has just met." Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette, took a few sips, blew up the ashes, exhaled smoke from his nose, and looked at Cao Yu with his eyes narrowed, "Team Leader Cao..."
As he said that, he suddenly raised his voice, "So, Cao Yu, you don't have to force yourself to struggle, you are the Red Party!"
After saying that, he stared at Cao Yu's eyes.
...
"You fart, I'm not the Red Party!" Cao Yu looked angry and angry, "Cheng Qianfan, whether I was in the Party Investigation Office before or now I am loyal to Mr. Wang, I hate the Red Party deeply. Please don't throw dirty water on me."
Although he knew that he had been exposed and there was no reason to be spared, and it was not even ruled out that the enemy had already mastered his code name, Cao Yu knew that he could never admit that he was the Red Party.
As long as he does not admit it, for the enemy, this matter will not be finalized and will be a mystery.
If he sacrificed himself, even if he died, he would not admit that he was the Red Party until his death, then this is the final trouble he caused to the enemy with his life.
...
Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu. Cao Yu did not admit that he was the Red Party. In his heart, Cao Yu was relieved of the suspicion of pretending to be the Red Party.
However, it was related to major issues, and he still dared not relax.
"No, you are the Red Party, your code name is 'Second Cousin.'" Cheng Qianfan stared at Cao Yu with a sinister look and said sternly.
When Cao Yu heard Cheng Qianfan say this, his heart skipped a beat. Sure enough, the enemy had mastered his code name.
This made him even more eager to know what was happening to the 'fire'.
It was "Flame" who rebelled and confessed all this? It was just because he was too severely punished and could not get a joint, so the enemy arranged for Cheng Qianfan to pretend to be a joint?
But why did the enemy choose the "Secretary Cheng" whose identity is so important to pretend to be a "fire"?
He still couldn't figure it out.
Is it because Cheng Qianfan and "Flame" look similar?
This is not right, because he doesn't know the "fire" at all, and the enemy can find a "more ordinary" agent to pretend to be the "fire".
What's more, with Cheng Qianfan's current identity, Cao Yu does not think anyone has the ability to force Cheng Qianfan to do such a dangerous thing.
...
That is what Cheng Qianfan took the initiative to ask for participation?
Cao Yu immediately rejected this possibility. With Cheng Qianfan's fear of death, how could he take the initiative to ask for participation in such dangerous things?
There is another possibility, that is, Comrade ‘Fire’ has not rebelled, so how did the enemy know the location of the joint, the code and the token?
Cao Yu couldn't figure it out.
Of course, Cao Yu felt that what he couldn't understand the most was still-
Why is Cheng Qianfan pretending to be a "fire".
...
"I'm not!" Cao Yu shook his head with all his might, "I'm not a Red Party, nor is it a messy 'second cousin'."
"No, you are." Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu, "that's the 'second cousin'. The Red Party's 'farmer' sent you a telegram. You went to Fries' Café to connect with the Red Party code-named 'fire'."
"What's wrong with the crime you want to accuse me!" Cao Yu said coldly.
"You have joined the Red Party's 'flame' to discuss how to rescue the Red Party members who were arrested by No. 21 Yihe Road, code-named 'Red Crown Crane'." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice.
Cao Yu's face finally changed. He was silent and just looked at Cheng Qianfan.
He didn't expect the enemy to know everything.
At the same time, this also means that the identity of the arrested comrade "red-crowned crane" has also been leaked.
This made Cao Yu both sad and unable to understand how the information was leaked?
Could it be that Comrade ‘Scarlett’ betrayed the organization after betraying it?
...
Cao Yu's face changed and Cheng Qianfan saw it.
Although he still couldn't believe it, Cao Yu, the little spy leader, was the "second cousin" whom Comrade "Farmer" arranged to meet him. This incredible thing seemed to be becoming possible step by step.
"It was you who sent a telegram to the 'farmer' to report on the arrest of the 'red-crowned crane'." Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu and said, "That was the 'farmer' who called back and arranged for the 'fire' to meet you and discuss how to rescue the 'red-crowned crane'."
Cao Yu just looked at Cheng Qianfan so quietly without saying a word.
Silence is his last weapon now.
...
Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu, and he threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it with his toes.
He just looked at Cao Yu with a loud look.
Suddenly, Cheng Qianfan smiled on his face, and he stretched out his hand to Cao Yu, "Hello Comrade 'Second Cousin', I am 'Scarlett'."
Cao Yu was shocked.
He was in an awkward position sitting on the ground.
He just stared at Cheng Qianfan in a daze. He struggled hard, but his hands and feet were tied up.
What did you hear?
This guy Cheng Qianfan actually claimed to be Comrade "Flame". Does this guy think that he, Mr. Cao, is out of reach, and actually believes in this obvious deception?
...
"You received a telegram from Comrade 'Farmer' yesterday." Cheng Qianfan didn't mind Cao Yu's silence. He continued, "Saving people is like putting out a fire, but the reason why you did not arrange for you to meet me yesterday was because I was in Nanjing. After receiving the telegram, I came to Nanjing to meet me overnight. I learned that today's joint meeting was held."
Upon hearing this, Cao Yu looked at Cheng Qianfan with complicated eyes.
This guy is really a 'fire'?
He couldn't believe this possibility.
In fact, after receiving a call from Comrade ‘Farmer’ yesterday, he was also puzzled as to why he arranged to contact Comrade ‘Flame’ the next afternoon. After all, saving people is like putting out a fire.
However, the situation Cheng Qianfan is now talking about is indeed logical, and it can be said that it can explain his doubts.
Cao Yu looked at Cheng Qianfan with a complicated expression.
"So, Cheng Qianfan, you are a mighty person in the French Concession, greedy for money and lust, your hands are covered with the blood of martyrs, this guy who defected to the Japanese and Wang Puppet regime..." He became more and more excited as he spoke, "It turned out to be a 'fire'?"
"You, a spy who once invaded me by the order of the National Party and was found out by us, and later turned against the Japanese and became a traitor. They could all be the 'second cousin'." Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu, and his face became more and more complicated, "How could I not be a 'fire'?"
Speaking of this, Cheng Qianfan felt a trance and ashamed. At that time, he saw through the spy Cao Yu who broke into my organization and was quite content with his time. Now, it is really... hard to describe.
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"I don't want to believe it in my heart, nor do I want to accept that you are a 'flame.'" Cao Yu looked at Cheng Qianfan with a complicated expression, "But it seems that you really are."
"I was it." Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu, and his attitude was also bad. "You are right, and I don't want to believe and accept that you are the 'second cousin', but you seem to be."
The two of them just looked at each other, with helplessness, disgust, expectation and hope in their eyes. In short, it was very complicated, and finally they were two points of eagerness.
They all wanted to know if the other party was the comrade they were looking for.
In fact, although emotionally unacceptable, the two of them already believed in their hearts that the other party was Comrade "fire" (comrade II cousin) whom they wanted to connect.
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"We need to prove our identities." Cheng Qianfan said with a serious expression, "Given that we have a deep grudge between each other, neither the joint code nor the token can truly win the trust of each other."
"What are you going to express?" Cao Yu frowned and said.
"Are you doing your attitude towards your own comrades?" Cheng Qianfan looked at Cao Yu with a gloomy face.
"I'm not a comrade yet." Cao Yu said bluntly, and he moved his tied hands and feet, "Is this the attitude towards his own comrades?"
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Cao Yu, stepped forward and cut the cowhide bands that tied Cao Yu's hands with a dagger, but his feet were still tied.
"I need a radio station," said Cheng Qianfan. "We will send reports to Comrade Farmer separately, and ask Comrade Farmer to help us identify and verify."
"Are you thinking about lying to me on the radio?" Cao Yu immediately looked at Cheng Qianfan with a bad expression, "No, you want to earn my password."
Cheng Qianfan glanced at Cao Yu and laughed.
...
Given Cao Yu's extremely strong protection attitude towards the codebook, he firmly refused to report to Comrade "Farmer".
Things are just stalemate here.
Zhang Ping, who came over to "listen", made a suggestion.
Cao Yu told the location of the radio station, provided tokens, business cards, house keys, etc., and she went to pick up the radio station.
Cheng Qianfan and Cao Yu stayed here to wait.
After the radio was retrieved.
Cao Yu was allowed to use the radio station to send a simple secret telegram to Comrade ‘Farmer’ without using the password book.
Afterwards, Cheng Qianfan also reported to Comrade "Farmer" to report the matter, and asked Comrade "Farmer" for the content of the secret telegram sent by Cao Yu before.
The "secret telegram content" can be confirmed by confirming the identity of the two.
After thinking for a while, Cao Yu nodded and agreed to the plan.
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