Sapphire case

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There are a total of four offices in the intelligence department of MI[-], which are called "stations" according to the confidentiality level from one to four. They are responsible for deciphering and compiling secret messages, but Gu Sheng is not one of these four offices. He originally reported to the four offices with a transfer order. However, he received another news that he, as an international student and a newcomer, was assigned an additional work place in a mansion, and someone came to pick him up by car.

His first reaction was that Jiang Cheng was playing tricks, but when the guards drove the car to the gate of the mansion, he checked up and down, but found no trace of other people living here, and Jiang Cheng himself did not show up again, thank you The other party then packed up and settled down.

Although Gu Sheng found it inexplicable, if he asked again, he only said that it was the preferential treatment given by his superiors, so even though he was suspicious, he had no choice but to give up.

The size of the mansion is not large. It was probably the other garden of a well-to-do local family before. The first and second floors have not changed much. There are complete sets of Western Rococo sofas and carpets, but the largest chandelier is broken. electric light.

The study on the third floor is rich in content. There are two rooms in total and bookcases on four walls. It can be seen that several shelves of books are newly replaced. Gu Sheng flipped through them roughly, and found that there were books on cryptography ranging from old editions to the latest English original editions. He doesn't think that the past owner of this mansion had the leisure to study these books, so the origin of these books is worthy of scrutiny.

At that time, the encryption of domestic military intelligence transmission was not generally valued, and the development of code deciphering was also very slow.The form of Chinese characters is different from that of Western alphabets. Although there was a need for it at the beginning, there was a lack of talents to combine Chinese characters with electric codes. The real Chinese electric codes began in the early 1870s and were created only with the help of foreigners.

Afterwards, there have been many improved versions, and the overall stay is "according to the order of radicals, strokes and number of strokes, write a set of consecutive 4-digit Arabic numerals for each Chinese character", which is equivalent to using 4 digits to mark a Chinese character , thus forming a set of coding ideas for the Chinese telegram coding scheme, while the deciphering and decoding methods are also lacking in novelty.

Therefore, at that time, many local armies did not have a special code-breaking organization, or due to the scarcity of relevant personnel, after the establishment of this organization, most of the cadres with real power were appointed here.Therefore, although the role of secret messages in the see-saw of war cannot be underestimated, it is not uncommon for secret messages to appear to be explicit.

In 1931, when the event that shocked China and the world occurred, Gu Sheng had just arrived in Hong Kong. Media reports emphasized the importance of intelligence collection and deciphering. situation.

He has a strong feeling for this country that is much higher than personal emotion and similar to feelings. Jiang Cheng had been influenced by it as early as when he sang the "Sapphire Case" written by himself in Shanghai. It was the main reason why Jiang Cheng would rather believe that Gu Sheng was a spy who colluded with the Red Bandits in the south, but could not be persuaded by Du Han.

During Gu Sheng's three days in Jinzhou, apart from a few security guards, only one civil servant named Ye Fengnian came to visit. The two discussed about cryptography. Show the badge to Gu Sheng.

In fact, the identities of all the people who can enter here have been checked, not to mention the first school, Ye Fengnian is quite a warm person, a few days later he said that he had a good conversation with Gu Sheng, and there is a newly intercepted secret telegram that he would like to ask for ideas .

After listening to his proposal, Gu Sheng folded his arms and smiled: "The deciphering of Chinese codes mainly lies in the reverse derivation of the 'transformation of horizontal and direct codes' and the application of addition and subtraction. However, I am new here, and I am not good at Japanese. If you are very familiar with it, I suggest you discuss it with a linguist at the institute."

Ye Fengnian smiled apologetically, took out a document from his briefcase, placed it lightly in front of Gu Sheng, and said, "It's okay, it's okay, take a look—"

Gu Sheng's gaze fell to the top, his face became cold, and he looked sideways at Ye Fengnian: "I'm afraid this is the confidential information of a school. If you bring it to me like this, I'm afraid..."

"Not in the way! Not in the way! You know this and I know it. Remember to burn it after reading it." Ye Fengnian raised his arm and looked at his watch. "There is still a discussion meeting in the institute, so I will leave first!"

Gu Sheng lowered his eyelashes to look at the password, raised his head and stared at him for two seconds, then stood up: "I'll see you off."

He sent Ye Fengnian to the door, Ye Lianlian waved him to stop, just as Gu Sheng turned around and closed the door, before walking back a few steps, suddenly there was another knock on the door.

He raised his eyebrows, thinking that Ye Fengnian had changed his mind and just pressed the doorknob——

The door was pushed open, Gu Sheng's mind froze, but Jiang Cheng outside the door reacted faster, grabbed his arm and pushed it against the door frame!

"Cough!" Gu Sheng snorted in pain, and then looked away.

After Jiang Cheng held him down, he didn't move anymore, he just lowered his eyes and carefully looked at this young man who hadn't seen him for many years.

In the past five years, Gu Sheng's appearance has not changed much, and he is still thin. Today, he is wearing a very ironed western academic attire, with a woolen coat over his face. The first time I saw him wearing a suit was almost the same, as if the years hadn't left any traces on him.

It's just that his spirit seems to be better. It may be because of how old he is. The outline of his face is clearer and clearer, and there are even traces of Hu Qing, and the pair of watery eyes are calmer. This is a very subtle difference, that is, just looking at him now, it is difficult to connect with the former entertainers.

Of course, in a certain sense, he is already different from most actors, and his four-year study in the UK has amplified this feeling even more.

Jiang Cheng approached him slowly, ignoring Gu Sheng's silent resistance, a breath of longing and hatred mixed with his nose, Jiang Cheng held Gu Sheng's wrist vigorously, then suddenly bowed to let him go, he stepped back a few steps !

Gu Sheng put a knee on his upper abdomen!

That slamming attack on Gu Sheng was like killing the killer without any reservations. It completely pushed out the resentment deep in his mind. The bloody memories exploded in Jiang Cheng's mind, and the blood all over his body rushed to his brain in an instant——

Gu Sheng pulled out the gun from his waist, loaded it in the blink of an eye, pointed at him and pulled the safety catch!

"Try touching me again?"

Of course, Jiang Cheng carried a gun with him. Out of his habit of falling on the battlefield, once someone pointed a gun at him, he would reflexively touch the gun in his belt. Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows and squeezed the trigger. The confrontation between the two was tense. , the duel seems to be on the verge of breaking out!

The knuckles of Jiang Cheng's hand holding the butt of the gun turned blue, and he shook his hand violently and turned around twice. There were three or five sofas in the door, and a lamp with a green shade on the coffee table. Jiang Cheng went to the table closest to the door. Damn, he gritted his teeth and raised his hand to stop his movement: "Damn it! You have to...fuck! You little white-eyed wolf, let me ask you, why did Ye Fengnian come to you?!"

Gu Sheng withdrew the gun, and the bullet was fired. Seeing that he didn't intend to leave for a while, he lowered his head and stroked the barrel of the gun and walked back: "He came to exchange some theoretical things about cryptography with me."

"Cryptography theory?" Jiang Cheng sneered, strode over to pick up the paper he put on the coffee table, and shook it crackling in front of Gu Sheng's eyes, "I knew it was wrong when I saw him! This thing is just delicious and lazy. The ignorant second-generation ancestor saw me hiding like a monkey! What is this? This is the internal training material of the Intelligence Department! How dare he show it to you? I will change his position and let him go back. Go home and pay your respects!"

"I'm a member of the intelligence department now. He shares resources with me, so it doesn't seem to be a problem, right?" Gu Sheng sat down on the sofa opposite the coffee table, crossed his legs and leaned against the back of the sofa, and was thrown on the table by Jiang Cheng. The paper lifted his chin.

"What?! Ha!" Jiang Cheng seemed to have heard a very funny joke, and his expression was so ferocious that he wanted to eat him alive on the spot, "You are from the intelligence department? What? Let me tell you, I didn't agree, and you can't do anything Go! Well, tell me, there are one to four intelligence offices, how many do you count?"

Gu Sheng stared at her, and tightened his hands on his knees with his fingers crossed.

Jiang Cheng looked at his expression with malicious pleasure, and then he couldn't bear it any longer, and said softly, "I'm doing this for your own good, do you know? You entered here, and you want to get out in the future." Secret is very difficult, you listen to me this time, don't go through this muddy water.

"Also, do you know how many people are staring at you? Gu Sheng? If someone you offended before knows you're here and wants to take the opportunity to punish you, what will you do?"

"I know," Gu Sheng sighed softly, his eyelashes drooping slightly, and said, "But the development of secret electricity in China is sluggish, which seriously hinders the deployment of battlefield defenses. You are fighting against the Central Plains warlords yourself, don't you feel it? I grew up Can read, and cryptography, which is closely related to mathematics, is a subject that I think will be of great benefit on the battlefield in the future, so I came back."

"...If you want," Jiang Cheng looked at him, "I can arrange another position for you like now, and you can use the status of a non-staff consultant to get relevant information from me, and there is no need to enter the intelligence department in person!"

"I've figured it out." Gu Sheng interrupted him and stood up, "I want to serve the country through myself and my own efforts, and be on my own. If there is nothing else, you can go."

"Gu Sheng..." Jiang Cheng left the table he was leaning on, but his tone suddenly slowed down, almost with a bit of unbearable earnestness, "What you are doing is too dangerous, I am really afraid that one day I will really I can't protect you, don't you...have you never considered me?"

His tone at that time was even a little humble. He knew that he shouldn't reveal his thoughts to Gu Sheng so clearly, because Gu Sheng obviously wasn't someone who would cherish such feelings, but he still couldn't help it. The feelings are so clear and hot, from the time when he hid Gu Sheng under his body when the explosion hit, and when he rushed in and told him all these after seeing Ye Feng...he had already given his heart to him again. in the hands of the opponent.

...Jiang Cheng's life has been too miserable and painful at Gu Sheng's hands, but it's like drinking poison to quench his thirst, and he will never stop dying.

Gu Sheng heard the words and just smiled, then shook his head slightly.