The train driver in the courtyard

Name: Hu Suyao.

Age: 23 years old.

Political status: Democrat

Occupation: Teaching assistant at the English Department of Old Jinling.

This woman's experience was very unusual. Her ancestors for three generations were all famous businessmen in Jinling City. Her grandfather owned more than 30 properties when he was alive.

The French-style garden house where Hu Suyao currently lives is one of them.

She lived a privileged life since childhood, and it is said that she had five wet nurses alone.

However, when she was five years old, in 37, the entire Hu family was massacred by the Japanese invaders. Hu Suyao escaped because she hid in the cellar with her wet nurse.

Later, with the help of her wet nurse, Hu Suyao found several distant relatives. She grew up smoothly under the protection of the Hu clan and was admitted to the old Jinling University.

After entering university, Hu Suyao became very active. She not only joined the church, but also participated in various clubs. After graduation, she relied on these connections to become an assistant professor in the English Department of the old Jinling University.

Relying on her university teaching position and her good looks, Hu Suyao thrived in old Nanjing.

His interpersonal relationships are complex, and he also has very close ties with the Maintenance Association and the Administrative Office.

In the meeting room of Jinling Weather Station, after hearing this information, Xing Zhi raised a question: "According to our monitoring records, Meng Binhong and Hu Suyao should be remnants of the Xiaoshi Party, but Hu Suyao is obviously an old Jinling person, what's going on?"

Li Aiguo picked up the file and looked at it again, then proposed a possibility: "In 37, nine out of ten households in Nanjing were wiped out. The entire Hu family, with hundreds of people, were all slaughtered overnight. How could a wet nurse and a five-year-old girl escape the disaster?"

Xing Zhi lost his voice: "You mean Xiao Rizi has replaced the prince with a cat?"

Li Aiguo took a puff of cigarette and exhaled slowly. As the smoke rose, he uttered a chilling word.

"In an undercover operation, the most difficult step is to obtain a legal, reasonable, and appropriate identity. What identity is more reliable than that of an orphan girl from a wealthy family whose entire family was killed by a small-time murderer?"

Lao Mao also agreed with Li Aiguo's opinion: "Hu Suyao was only five years old at the time. It is very likely that those distant relatives had never seen her, so it would be very easy to replace her."

Zhou Ke expressed a different opinion: "She was still young and ignorant at the time, it was impossible for her to carry out such a mission."

It is incredible that a five-year-old child is the lurking Dieter.

The members of the weather station also looked incredulous.

Li Aiguo waved his hand: "It is not possible to confirm it now, but this is not important. The most important thing now is to determine the identity of the mastermind as soon as possible."

Once the enemy spies are exposed, they are like fish in the pot, ready to be enjoyed at any time.

However, the person who was able to quietly obtain confidential information from the weather station and frame Professor Huang at the same time aroused Li Aiguo's strong interest.

When this issue was mentioned, Lao Mao was the first to express his opinion: "I originally planned to find the mastermind through Hu Suyao, but now her interpersonal relationships are too complicated, so it is impossible to lock on the target."

Zhou Ke was a little puzzled: "Team Leader Mao, since we know that Hu Suyao is planning to work with Meng Binhong to steal confidential information, we can just take advantage of the situation and catch them, and then find out the mastermind from them. Why bother..."

He wanted to say that taking off pants to fart was unnecessary, but when the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back.

The old cat pointed at the enamel pot, and Zhou Ke stood up obediently and poured him some tea.

After taking a sip, the old cat said in a teacher's tone: "As a weather station staff, you must remember two things. First, there is no such thing as a 100% chance of success in the world. Accidents can happen in everything."

Zhou Ke thought about it carefully and understood.

During the arrest process, various accidents may occur at any time, and even the most careful arrangements may still result in omissions.

For example, the target was shot dead, or the target was lucky enough to escape.

In this case, it is necessary to determine the identity of the mastermind in advance.

"What about the second point?"

"Enemy spies are very cunning. It is better to believe that a turtle can climb a tree than to believe their words. Their confessions are often unreliable."

The old cat stood up and patted Zhou Ke on the shoulder: "Young man, learn more."

"Yes." Zhou Ke showed an educated look on his face.

Seeing that Lao Mao had completed a teaching session, Li Aiguo threw the file on the table and suggested: "In the absence of clear circumstances, we should still follow the original plan. In addition, please ask Stationmaster Xing to investigate Hu Suyao's situation as soon as possible."

"Yes!"

Today's trip to the church unexpectedly received the cooperation of the bishop, and Stationmaster Xing was also more convinced of this legendary driver in the weather station.

After the meeting, Li Aiguo did not return to Factory 219, but came to the parking lot of the meteorological station.

Today, when driving the close-range sonic monitoring vehicle back to the drawing, Li Aiguo discovered that the detection vehicle was leaking oil.

As a former Volkswagen owner, I am not too sad about the oil leak. The key point is that it may reveal the whereabouts of the close-range ultrasonic monitoring vehicle.

"Master Zhou, how's the situation?" Li Aiguo saw the maintenance worker busy there and greeted him with a smile.

Master Zhou took the oil-stained towel from the apprentice, wiped his oil-stained hands, and smiled awkwardly: "It's an old problem. The aging of the oil pump seal caused the oil leakage. I have applied to the logistics department and will get a new seal in a while."

"After a while?"

Li Aiguo knew that this kind of application process might take several months, so he handed Master Zhou a cigarette and asked, "Master Zhou, is there no place in Jinling where we can repair it?"

"Don't tell me, there really is a place."

Master Zhou held the cigarette butt between his legs and pointed to the northeast. "There is a Third Field Army Repair Factory over in Tangshan. It used to be the 401 Auto Repair Factory of the Supply Department of the Transport Department of the enemy's Joint Service Headquarters. Now it is a semi-military and semi-civilian repair factory. You can go and have a look."

"Thanks."

Half military and half civilian is the characteristic of this era.

In particular, the origin of the Third Field Army Repair Factory is very peculiar, and it consists of two parts of people.

One part is our special column repair team, and the other part is the employees of the 401 Automobile Repair Shop of the former Transport Department's Supply Department.

In 53, the repair shop was placed under the leadership of the Automobile Industry Bureau of the First Ministry of Machine Building Industry.

The management system was changed from military industry to state-owned enterprise, production was formally incorporated into the national plan, and the military repair part was separated from the civilian part.

The repair team of the former Third Field Army Special Column was mainly responsible for military repairs, while those at the 401 Auto Repair Shop were responsible for repairing civilian vehicles.

Master Zhou was a very enthusiastic person. Worried that the Sanye Repair Shop would not receive outsiders, he took the initiative to accompany Li Aiguo.

On the way, listening to what Master Zhou said and looking at the spires and bright red flags outside the window reflecting each other, Li Aiguo felt that he seemed to have a better understanding of the new and old Jinling.

The Battle of Nanjing went too smoothly and did not involve the baptism of blood and fire.

While greatly reducing losses, we also have to accommodate the existence of some old things.

This is not the fault of a certain person or certain people, but the inevitable development of the times and history.

Jinling is one of the large cities in the country. Unlike the capital, it still retains a lot of civilian vehicles, and there are long queues at the repair shops.

Master Zhou went into the repair shop, found an acquaintance in the machine repair department, and got a new set of oil seals. He then borrowed tools from the machine repair shop and squatted on the side of the road to start fixing things.

Our Li Aiguo can only repair trains, not cars, so he just stands by and helps.

Suddenly, a pleasant voice rang in my ears: "Comrade, your car is quite good. People in Jinling all drive Willys. Such a new GAZ-69 is rare."

Before he finished speaking, a rich jasmine scent with a sweet flavor wafted over.

Li Aiguo turned his head and saw the woman leaning against the car door wearing a floral short-sleeved shirt with small yellow flowers on a light blue background. Her cuffs were slightly rolled up, revealing half of her slender wrist, which was wrapped with a dark red knot and adorned with a bronze bell.

This is not critical.

The key point is that the woman was holding a box of red-wrapped Yuye brand cigarettes.

Compared with the traditional blue type, the red jade leaf has a more refreshing and sweet taste, so it is especially popular among female consumers in this era.

Of course, the price of Red Jade Leaf is also very expensive, almost the same as that of Zhonghua cigarettes.

"Can I borrow a light, please?" The woman tapped the cigarette case with her slender fingers. The gold-embossed jade leaf pattern on the case glowed coldly in the sunlight.

Li Aiguo took out a match from his pocket and lit it for the woman: "Can you drive?"

In fact, the woman had been paying attention to Li Aiguo for a long time. Although he wore a gray Zhongshan suit commonly worn by technicians, he had the qualification to try out the GAZ jeep and was at least a chief engineer.

The woman did not answer the question, but chuckled and said, "Judging from your accent, you are not a local?"

"I'm from the capital, and I just arrived here not long ago."

"It's too boring to be alone. My name is Hu Suyao, and I'm an old Jinling native. Here, that's my car."

Hu Suyao pointed to the Willys Jeep not far away.

Li Aiguo recognized this car. When he first went to the old Jinling Xishan campus for investigation, it was this car that roared into the campus.

Hu Suyao saw that Li Aiguo noticed the jeep and said proudly, "How about it? It's beautiful, isn't it? This is what Master Wei Cao left behind when he escaped. It's a genuine American product."

If you have time, we can go racing together. I know a good place."

"Hu Suyao is a good name." Li Aiguo neither agreed nor refused.

"This is my office phone number, remember to call me"

Hu Suyao handed over a business card, twisted her waist, turned around and got on the Willys, stepped on the accelerator, and the Willys sped away.

The most taboo in fishing is impatience. You have to cast a long line to catch big fish.

Li Aiguo picked up the business card and took a look at it. In addition to the phone number, there was also Hu Suyao's title, assistant professor in the English Department of Jinling University.

At this time, a repairman came over and said kindly: "Comrade, this woman is not an ordinary person, you must not provoke her."

"Old comrade, what do you mean? Do you know her?" Li Aiguo put the business card in his pocket, took out a cigarette and handed it over.

The mechanic took the cigarette and said, "I don't know her name, but she changes cars every now and then, and there are passes from various units on the cars. Tell me, can she be an ordinary girl?"

"Change cars." Li Aiguo turned his head to look at the GAZ trucks next to him, his eyes narrowed slightly.

It was almost evening when we repaired the telecommunications reconnaissance vehicle and returned to the weather station.

Li Aiguo went straight into Xing Zhi's office.

"Immediately notify the comrades in charge of monitoring Hu Suyao. They must find out who Hu Suyao has met and the identities of those people and write them down. The record book will be kept by a special person, and no one is allowed to view it without my order."

"You mean those people might..."

Li Aiguo interrupted him: "I didn't say anything. It is the duty of a monitor to record truthfully."

"I understand." Xing Zhi quickly passed on the order.

After Li Aiguo left, Xing Zhi lit a cigarette and sat in the office for a long time.

Xing Zhi was an old comrade who had gone through gunfire and hail of bullets, so how could he not see what Li Aiguo was going to do.

But this matter was too big, even bigger than arresting Hu Suyao itself.

Once it is confirmed that those people are related to Hu Suyao, there may be a major earthquake in Old Nanjing.

"It seems that I am really old. When I was young, I would have rushed forward with a box gun when encountering such a thing." Xing Zhi's face changed various expressions. Suddenly he burst out laughing and suddenly put out the cigarette butt on the table.

"Let me follow Driver Li and be younger this time!"

Xing Zhi picked up the phone and shook it, then dialed a number: "Captain Yi, please come to my office. We are going to do something big this time."

Night, quiet.

Darkness shrouded the sky above the ancient city of Jinling.

Everyone knows that tomorrow morning the sun will surely rise and dispel all the darkness.

****
"Merciful Father, please hear my confession."

“My child, the Lord always listens to the voices of those who have lost their way. Are you willing to share your mistakes?” “I was blinded by greed.”

"The tears of repentance have cleansed your soul. Remember, the Lord said, 'Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden.' Go and begin anew with a peaceful heart."

“Follow the will of the Lord.”

"It's safe. There are no bugs here."

Hearing the familiar voice coming from next door, Meng Binhong grasped the carved window with both hands and asked impatiently, "How are the preparations going?"

"Don't worry, everything is ready. We just need you to give us the exact time and route."

"I have already thought of a plan and will deliver it to you personally on time."

"Personally? You want to participate in this operation as well?"

"Why, we have already agreed that once we succeed, we will leave here together. You don't want to abandon me, do you?"

".Ahem, you misunderstood. I was just worried that you would be discovered."

"The confidential information has been stolen, and 219 will definitely be sealed off. If I stay in 219, I will die without a burial place."

"Okay then, I'll arrange it."

"I have to be careful this time. The security department might have already targeted me."

"I'll take care of it. Don't come here again, lest the priest finds out."

"Have you arranged the route to the south? I want to go home, back to my real home."

"I know. I want to go home just like you. As long as we sell the things, we can all go home."

"I hope so." Meng Binhong leaned against the carved window with a melancholy look on his face.

"Okay, stop talking and leave quickly. The priest will be back soon."

"I, I want to say a few more words to you. You don't know how I have endured all these years."

"As long as we get the information, we can be together."

Listening to Hu Suyao coaxing Meng Binhong like she was coaxing a child in the headphones, Li Aiguo found it hard to associate her with the heroic-looking female driver.

As expected, women are particularly good at lying.

At this time, Meng Binhong had already left the church. Li Aiguo put down his headphones and called Zhou Ke over, "Go check which priest is not in the church now."

"Yes"

Meng Binhong left the church and rode his bicycle slowly to Factory 219 as usual.

His heart was far from as calm as it appeared on the surface.

In the past, even when facing the most stringent scrutiny, he was always confident, and with the help of Hu Suyao, he was able to escape danger every time.

But this time it was different, he wanted to start a war.

There are only two outcomes of war, one is complete destruction.

One is to return home successfully.

There is no third outcome.

Meng Binhong walked on the factory road that he had walked countless times, looking at the grass swaying in the wind on the roadside, his heart filled with melancholy.

At this moment, he was like the grass, which might be uprooted at any time.

Just the thought of being able to return to his hometown where cherry blossoms are everywhere, Meng Binhong regained his spirits and his eyes became more determined.

He walked to the front of the office building, glanced at the lighted room in the technical department, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"This hidden chess piece that has been set up for a long time has finally been put to use."

****
early morning.

A faint golden light fell over Factory 219.

Early in the morning, Li Aiguo washed up and took Zhou Ke out of the guesthouse and walked towards the office building.

When passing by the logistics department, Liu Cui ran out of the office and handed over the altered pants.

"Counselor Li, what do you think of my needlework?"

Li Aiguo held the pants, not knowing whether to laugh or cry: "Comrade Liu, I have to go to the factory office for a meeting now. I'll leave the pants with you first. I'll come to get them at noon."

"Hey, Consultant Li, don't worry. I'd be willing to let it go for a lifetime, not to mention just for a while."

As soon as Liu Cui said this, she felt that she was being bold again, and quickly covered her mouth and laughed: "That's not what I meant, you know"

Li Aiguo was speechless about the girl. He smiled and took Zhou Ke past the logistics department and continued walking towards the factory office.

"Oh, look at my broken mouth. I know that Consultant Li likes reserved women, so why am I talking nonsense?"

Liu Cui was feeling low spirits at the moment. As she walked back, she wanted to slap herself in the face a few times.

"Xiao Liu, what's wrong? What were you talking about with Consultant Li just now? I'll give you some advice."

Meng Binhong once again appeared at the right place at the right time.

Liu Cui repeated what Li Aiguo had said just now and said depressedly: "Brother Meng, did I behave badly?"

"How could that be? Since Consultant Li is willing to leave his pants with you, it means he trusts you, and trust is the beginning of a beautiful relationship." Meng Binhong once again used his trickery. With just a few words, he fooled Liu Cui, the perfect target for a pig-killing scheme, into a state of confusion.

If it were in the future, Meng Binhong would definitely be the best-selling product in northern Myanmar.

"Mengge, hey, now that you said that, I feel much more relieved."

At this time, Meng Binhong had already started to think about what kind of meeting Li Aiguo was going to hold at the factory.

He had just gone to inquire about it, and Chief Liu Hong from the Technical Department had also gone to the meeting, as had Team Leader Chen from the Car Team, Chief He from the Security Department, and Director Zhao from the Confidentiality Room. All this was enough to show that the confidential transportation was about to begin.

Meng Binhong looked at the silly girl in front of him and asked, "Liu Cui, I remember that driver Wang from the small car team once pursued you."

"Yes, but I rejected her." When Liu Cui mentioned this, her confidence returned.

"He seems to be the best driver in our 219. Whenever there is an important mission, he is the one who takes charge."

"Don't mention it. That guy has good driving skills, but he is extremely rude and swears a lot. Compared with Consultant Li, he is like heaven and earth."

As Liu Cui spoke, stars appeared in her eyes again: "Advisor Li is a leader, well-educated, and handsome. If I can marry a man like him, my life will be worth it."

How smart he is? He is just a greenhand. He didn't even notice that I had come up with such a big plan right under his nose. He is just handsome and can fool little girls.

"Ahem." Meng Binhong interrupted Liu Cui's fantasy and said, "Liu Cui, I heard that driver Wang even announced that he wanted to pursue you. If Consultant Li knew about this, would he think you were a fickle woman?"

"What! This guy wants to eat swan flesh like a toad. I'll go talk to him."

When Liu Cui heard this, she became furious, stamped her feet, and turned to go to the car class.

Meng Binhong quickly grabbed Liu Cui's arm, looking like he was thinking about you: "As a girl, can you explain it clearly? You know the temperament of the drivers in the small car team."

"Then, what should we do?"

"How about I negotiate on your behalf?"

Meng Binhong now acted like a good sister, and Liu Cui was so moved that she burst into tears: "Meng Binhong, it's a pity that you are a boy, otherwise I would definitely become sworn sisters with you."

"Ahem." Meng Binhong smiled awkwardly and continued, "But if you want to break up with Driver Wang completely, you should also return the things he gave you, otherwise he will definitely continue to pester you."

Of course Liu Cui was reluctant to do so, but after hesitating for a while, she took off the Plum Blossom watch from her wrist and handed it over.

"Give it back to him."

Holding the watch, Meng Binhong clicked his tongue twice.

People say that drivers of small car teams make a lot of money, but he didn't believe it at first. But this guy bought a Plum watch right away, which is really generous.

What a pity, now I'm getting a bargain.

A moment later, Meng Binhong appeared at the door of the car class.

He called out driver Wang and held up the watch to the confused driver Wang: "Driver Wang, Comrade Liu Cui wants to continue dating you. I am here today on her behalf to talk to you about your date."

****
At this time in the factory office meeting room.

"Dear leaders and comrades, the information to be transported this time includes most of the drawings of trench excavator parts. It is confidential information. I will trouble you to transport it in a confidential manner."

After Li Aiguo made a brief speech, he handed over the power of presiding over the meeting to the specific person in charge of the confidential transportation task, Chief He of the Security Department of Factory 219.

Section Chief He took out several envelopes and handed them to Section Chief Zhou of the Confidentiality Department, Section Chief Liu of the Technical Department, and the team leader of the car team.

When the leaders of several departments saw that the wax seal on the envelope was intact and had the seal of Jinling Meteorological Station on it, they took it in their hands and sat back.

"The transportation task was completed by four departments in a coordinated manner."

"Our security department has sent two security officers to escort the confidential information, the confidentiality officer of the confidentiality department is responsible for supervising the entire process, and the car team is responsible for dispatching the vehicle driver."

"At 8 o'clock tonight, you will each open the envelope, announce the transportation route and time to the team members, and make preparations for the confidential transportation in advance."

"After the time and route are announced, personnel involved in confidential transportation are strictly prohibited from contacting the outside world."

This is not the first time that Factory 219 has carried out such a secret transportation mission, and a complete set of processes has been formed.

Next, the Confidentiality Department and the Car Team handed the list of required personnel to Section Chief He.

"I plan to assign Comrade Chen Wu to be the confidentiality officer. He is an experienced confidentiality officer and has carried out twelve confidential transportation missions since he started working, and there has never been any problem."

"Our small car team fully supports this confidential transportation and dispatched our top driver Wang Quanmao to serve as the driver."

Chief He of the Security Department nodded and said, "We are all veterans now. The relevant confidentiality system has long been ingrained in our blood. I won't repeat it."

After finishing his speech, Section Chief He looked at Li Aiguo and asked, "Advisor Li, do you want to say a few words?"

"Chief He, you have arranged it very well."

Li Aiguo was not praising Section Chief He. Just thinking about this confidential transportation plan, it was already at the level of a meteorological station.

Zhou Ke was even more worried, and lowered his voice and said: "Patriotic brother, Chief He has used all his skills. Meng Binhong must not fail to find the route, otherwise we will not be able to carry out the follow-up work."

This was the first time that Zhou Ke felt anxious for the enemy. After he said this, he felt something was wrong and quickly swallowed it back.

"Don't worry. A person who can hide for decades must have extraordinary abilities." Li Aiguo was not worried at all.

If Meng Binhong can't even figure out the route and time, it means he is not qualified to participate in the next competition at all.

After the meeting, Li Aiguo stood up and left the meeting room. He took two steps and stopped again. He took out a file bag from his canvas bag and handed it to Section Chief He: "Old He, in addition to the plan just now, I have another plan here."

"New plan?" Section Chief He stared at Li Aiguo for a long time before reaching out to take the file bag.

After just two glances, his face turned red.

"Advisor Li, what are you doing?"

"Chief He, please follow the orders!" Li Aiguo's face was serious.

"Yes!" Section Chief He held the file bag in one hand and saluted Li Aiguo.

"Thank you for your help. I'll treat you to a drink when it's done!" Li Aiguo patted Section Chief He on the shoulder and left quickly with Zhou Ke.

Section Chief He turned his head to look at the big tree downstairs. He didn't know when the wind started to blow in Jinling, and the big tree was blown all over the place in the strong wind.

(End of this chapter)