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After spending another two days at Zhou's house, Du Yunfeng said he was going to do some business, so Zhou Lan asked him directly if he was going to fight.

Du Yunfeng shook his head and looked at him silently.

Zhou Lan then asked: "Can't you tell me too?

Du Yunfeng shook his head again.

Zhou Lan didn't ask any more questions, but only asked if he could come back safely.

Du Yunfeng nodded, and finally opened his mouth to speak: "I'm not going far away, I'll be back in a few days, then...it might be very busy, so I won't have much time to see Dumb Uncle Xiaobao...and you."

He stammered and hesitated when he spoke, he was always cheerful and rarely acted like this.

Zhou Lan was a little worried, but she couldn't think of anything wrong for a while, so she comforted: "It's good to be back."

A few days later, it was Ching Ming Festival, Zhou Lan asked Xiao Zhang to drive, and he went to Sheshan alone, bringing incense sticks, paper money and homemade youth balls.

He walked slowly, and when he arrived at the cemetery, he saw several soldiers from the Du family had cleaned the cemetery, wine was still offered in front of the tombstone, and the air was filled with the aroma of wine, obviously it had been spilled on the ground for a long time.

"You..." Zhou Lan recognized them and stopped.

"Mr. Zhou, oh, no, no, no, low-ranking and dull, Mr. Zhou," one of Zhao Xiaohu's soldiers met Zhou Lan a few times in Shangqiu. to my heart."

Zhou Lan nodded: "Thank you for your trouble."

Several soldiers stood at attention in unison: "Your subordinates dare not neglect the wishes of the military seat."

Zhou Lan walked forward, leaning on crutches to pick up the wine bottle. Daquanyuan was the wine they liked to drink when they were in Black Eagle Mountain. It was not expensive, but it was hard to buy in the south. Where did it come from.

A few soldiers helped the driver Xiao Zhang arrange all kinds of offerings with winking eyes, walked a little farther quietly, and looked towards the cemetery from time to time, presumably afraid that Zhou Lan might need something, and could come to the cemetery at any time. look after.

Du Yunfeng's personal soldiers are very clear about what their military position values.

There was not a single weed in the tomb, and there were traces of sweeping on the ground. Zhou Lan sat down beside the tombstone, with his good leg bent and his injured leg straight. He put his cane aside, and waved Xiao Zhang away.

"Fourth Brother," he lit a cigarette before he spoke, "Are you still used to it?"

After speaking, he put the cigarette on the offering plate in front of the stele, and said, "Just smoke one, haven't you smoked for a long time?"

He lit another one for himself, leaning his elbows on his knees, leaning sideways on the hard tombstone, and looked at the sky indifferently.

The sky was blue with a hint of cloud.

"I dreamed of you yesterday," he said softly. "You still smile and don't open your mouth to talk to me. You laugh at everything I ask you. What are you laughing at?"

He couldn't help laughing as he said that.

"You," he sighed with a smile, "I didn't like to talk before, and I can't change it even if I die. You are stubborn."

He paused for a long time before finishing the sentence: "It's so stubborn that it makes people feel distressed."

The cigarette in front of the tombstone was slightly moved by the breeze on the ground, and the cigarette butt turned red for a moment.

"Yunfeng asked me to bury you. After talking so much, I realized later that he was always thinking of me. He was afraid that I would feel bad for you every day, and he was afraid that I would be sad," he said to himself. , as if the tombstone he was leaning on was his most loyal audience, "I understand the truth. A person dies like a lamp goes out. If I miss you again, you will never come back. But Yunfeng is right in one thing. Thinking of you Waiting for me at the end of my life, I am not so lonely. I used to be very afraid of death. I was afraid of death when I was a child. I was often afraid that others would harm me, so I preemptively did a lot of outrageous things. The more I did, the more I did. The more I am afraid of death, I am afraid that I will not die well. But now, when I think that death is a big deal in life, and you are waiting for me at the end with a smile, I am not afraid of anything. What is so scary about reunion?"

"Do you think so?" Zhou Lan lowered her head, touching the cigarette in front of the tombstone with the cigarette in her hand, "Don't patronize smoking, I'm talking to you."

The two cigarettes collided and the ash fell together.

"One more thing, I have to tell you. I don't know what Yunfeng is doing in Shanghai. He has been there for two months. His identity is so sensitive. I don't tell him even if I ask him. I always feel that something is wrong," he frowned slightly. , took a deep puff of his cigarette, "Shanghai is too complicated, and even the concession is not peaceful. A few days ago, someone shot at Jisfeier Road, and several people died. I heard people from the chamber of commerce said they were underground elements, and I also I didn't dare to inquire deeply about my past, I can't stand doubts about it, so I try to avoid showing my face, fourth brother, if you are alive and see me today, you will definitely feel useless."

There is no other way, Zhou Lan thought, it would be nice for a disabled person to live with a family.

Zhou Lan stayed in the cemetery for several hours, and he finally stood up leaning on the tombstone after finishing what he was holding back in his heart.

He used to talk in the basement, but now he went to the mountain to talk, and after he finished speaking, his heart became clear, and he had the strength to continue living.

On the second day of Ching Ming Festival, early in the morning.

A Ta Kung Pao of the day pinned Zhou Lan to the dining table.

Fresh ink prints the freshest news—

"General Du Yunfeng Comes to Nanjing to Participate in the Peace Movement and Will Be Appointed as a Military Commissioner"

His heart was beating wildly, and the black words on the front page pierced his pupils:

"News from our newspaper: Since the reorganization of the national government, the revolutionary soldiers who are familiar with the rule of law and understand the righteousness have come to Beijing to report and actively participate in the peace movement. It is like a storm. It is known that General Du Yunfeng has also come to Beijing. General Du graduated At the Whampoa Military Academy, after the Sino-Japanese War, he successively served as the battalion commander of the National Revolutionary Army, the commander of the mixed brigade, and the acting commander of the Ninth Theater of the First War Zone until now. In view of the bottomless war of resistance, he resolutely left. He came to Beijing to avoid difficulties and asked Guan Guan. After seeing him, Chairman Wang was very pleased and praised him. He has decided to propose a Central Political Conference and give him an important seat on the Military Commission so that he can realize his ambitions."

Zhou Lan sat at the dining table and moved for a long time, his head was rumbling, unbelievable!Du Yunfeng has defected to the Nanjing government!

He turned to the Wang regime!

This puppet regime that does not resist, unites with the Japanese, and "peacefully" establishes a country!

It turns out that he has been in a hurry recently, and he went to "meet Chairman Wang".

Zhou Lan's blood was flowing backwards.

He sat there in a daze for a long time, didn't take a sip of breakfast, and even forgot to attend the meeting of the Shanghai Pharmaceutical Chamber of Commerce that had been arranged in the morning.

On the other hand, Du Yunfeng, who was in Nanjing, was so busy that he had already become a figure in the forefront of politics. Chairman Wang met him formally and entrusted him with important tasks, which was equivalent to judging his political position and giving him Political status, and officials from all walks of life in the Nanjing government immediately heard the news and came to visit.

These people include politicians who rebelled from Chongqing in the early days, military and political figures who were born in Whampoa who are now in high positions, and some financial group figures who are closely related to Wang's party members.

They looked extraordinarily enthusiastic and familiar with each other, but in fact, they had their own agendas, either to win over the faction, or throw stones to ask for directions, or simply came to find Du Yunfeng to run for an important official.

Even director Yu from No. 76, Jisifeier Road in Shanghai came to Nanjing in person, and as Chairman Wang's right-hand man, he had a dinner with Du Yunfeng in person.

Speaking of the dinner that day, even Du Yunfeng, who had experienced many battles, almost died eating it.

All the people at the dinner table that day, except for Chairman Wang who is a cultural person, according to Du Yunfeng's intuition, they are not easy to mess with. Director Yu turned No. 76 into a magic cave, and even the Japanese would have to mention it. The discoloration changed, and the rest of them are also capable men of No. 76.

This meal, nominally Chairman Wang's cleansing for Du Yunfeng, is actually a political test for him. If there is any doubt, it is absolutely impossible for him to have a chance to get out alive.

In Chongqing, in order for Du Yunfeng to accept this task, Principal Jiang talked with him for a long time and thought he was the best candidate.There are three reasons.

One is that he has quite a lot of political prestige in the army. The Wang puppet regime does not have its own army. It is because of the lack of charismatic army leaders that Du Yunfeng can be said to be the best candidate.

The second is that Du Yunfeng is an old subordinate of Commander Zhang, and Principal Jiang himself has kept Commander Zhang under house arrest because of the incident in Xi'an. From the outside world, Du Yunfeng has been politically excluded because of this matter, and he must have resentment.

The third is that Du Yunfeng was born in Whampoa, which made it easier to get in touch with the Whampoa lineage figures in the Wang puppet regime, and it was easier to break into the enemy.

As far as Du Yunfeng's personal style is concerned, he has always been cheerful and talkative, good at building relationships, and is a bold and careful leader. He often dares to fight for life at critical moments, so he is really a good candidate for a high-level latent personnel.

Du Yunfeng accepted this task on the condition that after instigating the rebellion of several high-level figures in the Wang puppet regime, he would be reinstated and go to his battlefield to fight his battles.

So his trip to Nanjing was aimed at instigating rebellion and persuading several high-ranking political figures to surrender. Although Director Dai of the Military Command had repeatedly said that he would join the Military Command, he still refused to agree.

"Director Dai, I'd better be my army commander. It's not suitable for me to come to your Military Statistics Bureau. Even if you ask Xian to give me the position of director general, I will be demoted one level." To get acquainted, I started a joke.

"Yunfeng, just laugh at me," the shrewd and capable director Dai still didn't give up, persuading him, "I just want you to hang up a idle job and make a note in the file. My bureau level is not high, but..." He He suddenly lowered his voice, "But the chairman attaches great importance to it, and the business does not need to be disclosed. The privileges in terms of funds and connections are not comparable to other departments."

"Old Dai, thank you." Du Yunfeng patted him on the shoulder, "I understand what you mean, but I just want to go to the battlefield to kill the Japanese, this time the principal needs it, I can't shirk it, just this once."

Chairman Wang's banquet was comparable to a Hongmen banquet. Du Yunfeng remembered what the principal and Director Dai had explained before Chongqing's departure, so he could only risk his life and go to the battle by force.

Everyone at the dinner party had their own thoughts and pretended to be affectionate, almost to the point of forcing a smile.

Du Yunfeng knew it well, so he simply came to block him with soldiers, and covered him with water. When the other party asked him something, he seemed to answer it bluntly. In fact, he had reached a consensus with Chongqing in the early days. very few.

Director Yu came to toast with a glass full of white wine, and the rims of the glasses were clinked until they were almost overflowing. The big devil asked seemingly casually: "Brother Yunfeng, we are very happy that you can come, you are capable, We are very lucky to be able to abandon the high-ranking officials in Chongqing to come to work with us!"

This is flattering, but actually digging a trap secretly means that Du Yunfeng came to Nanjing strangely.

Du Yunfeng had a good laugh, and said with a slap in the face: "Director Yu, you don't understand now. A high-ranking official and a generous salary have to be enjoyed with their lives. Du, who fought all the way from Shandong to Hunan, fought all the way, and retreated all the way. The teachers under his command The head of the regiment died one after another, and Du was not made of pure steel or pure iron, why would he push himself to his death if he could sit here smoking and drinking?"

"That's true," Director Yu immediately echoed, "Brother Yunfeng understands that you know yourself and your enemy, and you will win every battle. After the Meiji Restoration, Japan's national strength is strong, and its military strength is beyond our comparison. Forcibly hitting a stone with a pebble can only bring about self-destruction. In the end, it is the one who suffers." Don't the common people?"

"Then what Du said makes sense?" Du Yunfeng asked with a smile.

"That's exactly the reason!" Director Yu replied.

"Then let's do it quickly, there won't be a single drop left!" Du Yunfeng raised his hand and pushed the opponent's wine glass to his mouth, raised his other arm to hug him, and almost forcibly poured it down.

"Oh, Yunfeng, sit down, sit down!" Chairman Wang patted the stool, and at the same time labeled Du Yunfeng a "reckless man" in his heart, "Sit down and drink! The crowd can't run away."

Everyone observed the words and expressions, and burst into laughter.

Du Yunfeng knew that dozens of eyes were actually observing him alone. Instead of letting all these people soberly and calmly find fault with him, it would be better for everyone to get drunk together. No one can be a calm bystander.

When Du Yunfeng was a bandit, he always drank with a bowl, and he hadn't drank less in the past few years, it was so huge that he didn't know where it was.

Exercising the magical skill of pushing a cup to change a cup, he not only toasted himself, but also challenged others to drink. Unfortunately, Chairman Wang was only a scholar, and he couldn't even hold the food when drinking. He became top-heavy without much effort.

And seeing that Du Yunfeng met a good wine as if he met his own father, he smacked his mouth while drinking, and he seemed to be unsatisfied with the aroma.

Director Yu was led by Du Yunfeng, and now he talked about the relationship between Huangpu and eight turns, and also said that the two of them were familiar with the officer Dai Shaoqi, which added another layer of fate.

Director Yu was so dizzy that he bumped glasses with Du Yunfeng. In order to show respect to each other, they wanted to lower their glasses lower than the other's.

So, separated by Chairman Wang, the two competed for humility all the way, and the wine glasses dropped from the table to the bottom of the table like a competition.

Chairman Wang yelled unbearably: "Okay, okay, both of you are humbly going, you spilled all over my pants!"

Du Yunfeng laughed loudly, and said boldly: "Chairman Wang, look, I stand up and you ask me to sit down, and when I sit down, you ask me to stand aside, I really don't know what to do!"

Everyone drank a lot, and some of them who had a weak drinker also let go and laughed along with the quack.

Chairman Wang got a headache from his loud noise, and felt that the Hongmen Banquet was about to become a vegetable market. He couldn't drink enough, and his eyes were dizzy, so he decided to do his best and give the final blow.

He had a stern expression on his face, suddenly slapped the table, and said very seriously: "Du Yunfeng, stop pretending, you pretend I don't know anything about you? You got the order from Chongqing to feign surrender."

The banquet fell silent in an instant, and all eyes turned to Du Yunfeng. Not to mention the dozen or so people in the room, the people from the inner, outer, and outer floors also came prepared.

Except for being unarmed, nothing here is good.

Du Yunfeng quickly calculated in his head, what link leaked the news.

Seeing that he was silent, Chairman Wang added a more drastic sentence: "Do you think I'm so easy to kill?"

The stone in Du Yunfeng's heart suddenly fell to the ground. Assassination of Wang Jingwei was not included in his task list, so at least it can be seen that even if the news leaked, it would be limited.

"Kill you?" Du Yunfeng relaxed, picked up the wine glass in front of him and shook it lightly, with contempt on the corner of his mouth, "How can you kill a chicken with a sledgehammer!"

Director Yu was the first to realize that Chairman Wang was cheating on Du Yunfeng—if there were any doubts about Du Yunfeng, wouldn't his agent No. 76 know?At least they will be heavily guarded before the banquet.

Moreover, what Du Yunfeng said was too rude, killing "chicken" and "cow" knife, he didn't take Chairman Wang seriously at all.

"Hey, Yunfeng, you drink too much. Chairman Wang is joking with you. Can't you hear that?" Director Yu hurriedly smoothed things over, and then turned to respectfully pave the way for Chairman Wang, "Chairman Wang, let me take a look." You said, Yunfeng came all the way from thousands of miles away, and he has tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in his hands who are not vegetarians, so why bother to carry out the assassination by himself, you call it a joke." Hahaha, he laughed out loud after he finished speaking.

Of course the others were trying to save face, as if they had flipped a switch, they burst into laughter.

Du Yunfeng remained silent.

Since he didn't test out the other party, Chairman Wang felt relieved a little, so he slapped Tianzao, and quickly slid down Director Yu's steps: "Just kidding, Yunfeng won't come to pay a visit this time around. I, I went to Shanghai to have a good time by myself, and I couldn't be more angry, to scare him, after all, I'm still a young man, this temper is really irritating."

Director Yu hurriedly held a wine glass to coax Du Yunfeng. Du Yunfeng knew that this step would require everyone to give to each other, so his face softened a little, but there was more life between his brows and eyes. He said: "Chairman Wang, I came here to Nanjing, the car is blown up, this sincerity can be learned from heaven and earth, and going to Shanghai is also recuperating from illness, and now I still have headaches from time to time. Yunfeng came to visit here, it was recommended by Director Li of Whampoa, in fact, Yunfeng himself has no intention of official career It is no exaggeration to say that after being loyal to the party and the country for so many years, Du himself still has some savings. He just wants to live a peaceful and leisurely life. Chairman Wang is surrounded by talents, and Yunfeng has no intention of surrounding him..."

"Alas..." Director Yu hurriedly interrupted him, and the words were getting more and more wrong, "Yunfeng, you are speaking out of anger. A military talent like you wants to become a wild crane, so you don't have to panic? Just ask Wang Will the chairman let it go? You ask the people if it will let it go?"

"Director Yu, I really have no intention of doing this." Du Yunfeng followed suit and really started to take Joe.

At this time, Chairman Wang had no choice but to stand up and end the game. He mobilized his benevolent face and taught earnestly: "Yunfeng, don't be angry, half of China is in dire straits, can you sit idly by? You do I have already thought about what position you will have..."

Du Yunfeng quickly raised his hand and declined: "Chairman Wang, take your life back, Yunfeng really doesn't want to be an official anymore..."

How many people dream of being promoted to rank, but here in Du Yunfeng's place, they were pushed around like a hot potato, as if no one wanted it for nothing, the scene was simply unbearable.

Chairman Wang only felt that the alcohol was coming, and he couldn't explain it to Du Yunfeng, a troublemaker, so he simply waved his hands and stood up staggeringly. Walking and said: "That's it, you have to listen to me when you get here, don't refuse."

Du Yunfeng tried to chase after him, but was pushed back to his seat by others.

"Okay, don't refuse."

"That's right, Chairman Wang scared you away, and you still chase after him?"

"Give it to you as an official, and it's not about masturbating your official, don't you think about it?"

……

Everyone couldn't stand it anymore.

Amidst the crowd's persuasion, Chairman Wang left the restaurant dizzy and dizzy, and suddenly thought of "killing a chicken with a bull's knife", he snorted angrily, confirming the idea that the other party was a reckless man .

When the subordinates heard the chairman's outburst, they seemed to be really uncomfortable, so they hurriedly sent him away with support and frame.

The rest of the people on the wine table naturally had to do their best to be the landlords, accompany them to drink well, and continued to drink freely.

The next day Chairman Wang heard that those people had been drinking all night, and Du Yunfeng even performed somersaults in public. Director Yu also drank to the point of tears, and knelt with Du Yunfeng in front of the ashtray to worship his brothers. The scene was extremely touching, Chairman Wang The panting became more and more heavy, and I felt that there were really no good people in Chongqing.

Zhou Lan met Du Yunfeng a few days later.

It's not at Zhou's house, but at the Shanghai Police Station. His pharmaceutical factory produces ordinary drugs, but some sensitive ingredients in the raw materials imported recently have not been reported, and there is a small gap between the amount of raw materials and the output. In and out, so he brought Manager Li to cooperate with the investigation.

In fact, he came to pay the fine with his fingerprints, and the other party wanted to stop him for some gas, and he knew it well.

As a result, as soon as he entered the big courtyard, he saw Du Yunfeng shaking hands with the chief of the police station to say goodbye. Du Yunfeng was also very surprised when he turned around and saw him.

Before Zhou Lan could speak, Du Yunfeng nodded to him: "Mr. Zhou, hello."

Zhou Lan stopped abruptly, without making a sound.

The police chief asked enthusiastically, this is an acquaintance of Commissioner Du.

Du Yunfeng said coldly: "I know," he turned to Zhou Lan, "Why is Mr. Zhou here?"

Zhou Lan looked at him and said succinctly: "There are some fines."

Du Yunfeng nodded politely: "Sounds very sorry." Then he turned a smiling face to the police chief, and continued to talk and laugh happily: "Brother Entong, there is no need to send it away. When I find a new house, I will transfer it from you." People go to guard, and they won't be polite to you."

The police chief was obviously more affectionate, and hugged him to the car at the door: "It goes without saying, I'm just waiting for your news, and I can hire people and say hello at any time. I don't dare to neglect the orders from Nanjing, by the way." , Mr. Zhou just now, let me take care of you for you?"

Du Yunfeng had already sat in the car, and waved his hands casually: "Hey, brother Entong, you are being polite. I, Du, have a lot of friends, and I want you to take care of me, so that's okay? But just nodding acquaintances, don't bother."

The chief of police nodded in understanding and said no more. He watched the car drive away and still waved enthusiastically, refusing to leave for a long time.

When they returned to the bureau, the little policemen in the hall stood up and said hello. The little policeman in front of Zhou Lan was still asking questions in a rough voice just now, but now he stood upright and said hello. However, the police chief didn’t respond. Li, surrounded by the stars and the moon, went back to his office with arrogance.

Zhou Lan went home by car, and when passing by Du's house, Xiao Zhang slowed down. He supported the back of the driver's seat and looked sideways.

The stone storehouse door of Du's house was closed tightly, and the courtyard seemed to be very quiet, and there was no sign of anyone coming back.

Zhou Lan choked back his words and didn't know who to ask whom.

The author has something to say:

Working overtime today, this chapter has low information content and is not dense enough, so let’s leave it at that.I have repeatedly warned myself that the story of the spy war should not unfold.