Agents of the Republic of China

Gray-black clouds occupy the entire sky, as if the entire sky is above the head of a person, and one can touch it with one's hand. The temperature is much lower than that of Shanghai. Lin Xiaotang and the others put on thick winter coats, and then they sneezed got out of the car.

As soon as you walk out of Qianmen Railway Station, the first thing that comes into your sight is the majestic Zhengyangmen Gate Tower opposite. You can’t see these buildings engraved with vicissitudes of history in Shanghai. As Lin Xiaotang, who came to Beiping for the first time, such a The landscape is clearly attractive.The only thing that makes people feel dazzling is the plaster flag flying on the gate tower, reminding every traveler who comes to Peiping that the owners here have become a group of robbers.

As soon as they walked out of the station, hordes of rickshaw drivers rushed up, full of genuine Beijing movies, making Lin Xiaotang and the others dizzy. Luckily, Liu Chengfeng was familiar with everything here, and quickly negotiated the price. Everyone took several rickshaws and went straight to the destination - Di'anmen.

The contact point provided by the apartment group is on Di’anmen’s Houmen Street, where the original banner people gather. The Manchu Qing government fell, and the banner people lost their power, so the place is dilapidated, and you can see dilapidated grocery stalls, second-hand bookstores and reselling antiques everywhere. Antique shops, one of which is the contact point.

A group of people got out of the car at the intersection of the street, walked to the destination, walked all the way through the streets and alleys, and arrived at a shop called "Jinwenzhai". Chang Huan chatted with the shopkeeper, and then was led behind the wing room.

The shopkeeper here is surnamed Qiu. He has been in Peiping for some years. He is very capable. After settling down in the store in front of him, he came to meet Lin Xiaotang. From his mouth, Lin Xiaotang got a piece of news. whereabouts.

Shopkeeper Qiu helped Lin Xiaotang and the others pour hot water, and asked people to prepare mutton, then closed the door and sat beside Lin Xiaotang, "Yesterday, our people found a missing person at Beiping Station, and We have found him and temporarily placed him in a place in You'anmen."

"What's this man's name?"

The shopkeeper replied: "Li Baochu, former director of the Telecommunications Department of Beiping Station."

"Li Baochu?" Lin Xiaotang was taken aback.

"That's right!"

Li Baochu is Lin Xiaotang's classmate in the Linli training class. When he first dispatched personnel to Peiping, Lin Xiaotang planned to get in touch with him, and wanted to slowly absorb and assimilate the organization of the Beiping Station through him. Unexpectedly, he appeared at this time up.

"Why did the cadre at Beiping Station disappear? Why is he the only one left?"

Shopkeeper Qiu replied: "After we found him, we interrogated him as soon as possible. According to Li Baochu, the Beiping Station was exposed because of the mutiny of Chen Mingchu and Qian Xinmin. They were repeatedly harassed, some of them were arrested, and others were arrested. People were forced to go underground. After Wang Tianmu secretly took refuge in No. 76, he gave information on several main persons in charge of the Beiping station. The cadres in the station were almost wiped out, and most of them fell into the hands of the Japanese. escape."

"Is his statement credible?"

Shopkeeper Qiu thought for a while, "I haven't found any flaws yet, the time and the person are all right, we checked through the inside line, and there is no record of his arrest, and the few people he mentioned were indeed betrayed by Chen Mingchu. "

"Okay, make arrangements, I want to see Li Baochu as soon as possible!"

Shopkeeper Qiu nodded in agreement.

At this time, the staff came to report that the hot-boiled mutton was ready, and shopkeeper Qiu stood up, "Sirs, we don't have any other good treats here. It's cold, so we'd better eat a pot to keep warm, please!"

The red charcoal fire boils the hot soup in the copper hot pot. The fat and thin mutton, crystal clear vermicelli, crispy Chinese cabbage, and various seasonings make people appetite. After that, everyone sat around the copper pot, feasting on it.

Lin Xiaotang seemed a little absent-minded. Li Baochu had been missing for some time. No one knew what happened to him during this period. There was no flaw in what he said and the reason. It was just that the timing of his appearance was so coincidental. When he arrived in Beiping, he appeared. Could it be a coincidence?

After dinner, shopkeeper Qiu personally took Lin Xiaotang and others to You'anmen.

Here I come to Taoranting, which is a side street on You'anmen East Street. After turning a few turns, shopkeeper Qiu stopped in front of a courtyard door and knocked on the door three times. Someone opened the door carefully and saw that it was shopkeeper Qiu. Let everyone in.

Entering the main room, shopkeeper Qiu's subordinates lit the kerosene lamps, and the room became brighter. Shopkeeper Qiu ordered someone to bring Li Baochu over.

With the help of the dim light, Lin Xiaotang sized up the person who came, that's right, it was him, he hadn't seen him for several years, and his figure was a little fatter.

Shopkeeper Qiu patted him on the shoulder, "Mr. Li, our officer wants to see you!"

Li Baochu looked haggard and rubbed his eyes.Lin Xiaotang walked out from behind the crowd, "Do you still recognize me?"

When Li Baochu heard this sentence, he was obviously a little unexpected. He took two steps closer, looked at Lin Xiaotang carefully, and couldn't help being surprised, "Seventh Brother, why is it you?"

Lin Xiaotang smiled, "Why can't it be me?"

"But aren't you and Datou doing business in Shanghai?" Li Baochu's face turned pale, and his eyes were a little hesitant.

"Hehe, that's just a cover-up. Back then, I was sent to Shanghai by Chairman Mao."

"But you and them...?" Li Baochu pointed at shopkeeper Qiu.

"They are all my people. This time, I am here to search for the whereabouts of your Beiping station personnel. I want to rebuild Beiping station."

"Reconstruction?" Li Baochu muttered these two words, his eyes instantly became complicated.

Suddenly, he knelt down in front of Lin Xiaotang with a "plop", "Seventh Brother, I didn't know it was you who came, but if I knew it was you, I wouldn't do such a thing if I was killed!"

Lin Xiaotang was taken aback for a moment, then realized the possible danger, and grabbed Li Baochu's front, "Quickly, what did you do?"

But at this time, the sound of silent pistols sounded outside the door, followed by a few muffled groans, and a burst of messy footsteps came in, and then the door was pushed open, and several black muzzles were pointed at Lin Xiaotang and the others. Chengfeng, Chang Huan and the others drew their guns to face each other.

Chen Gongtu appeared in front of the door in a woolen trench coat, and slowly pushed into the main hall with a dozen of his subordinates. The cold wind made the lights of the kerosene lamp flicker.

Lin Xiaotang let go of Li Baochu, and sneered, "It turned out to be Station Master Chen. Don't ask, you set up today's game! What? You want to deal with me, and your own people beat your own people?"

Chen Gongtu smiled, "Lin Xiaotang, make it clear, it's not that I want to deal with you, it's your own ambitions that are too big, and I'm following Boss Dai's order to enforce the family law!"

Li Baochu shrank and sat on the ground, bowed his head and said nothing.

Lin Xiaotang was taken aback when he heard the words, "Family law, what did I, Lin Xiaotang, do that is so rebellious that Boss Dai should personally issue an order to enforce the family law?"

"You know what you are doing. Nanjing, Qingdao, and Shanghai are all under your control. You are actually not greedy enough to swallow an elephant, and you still want to plan for Beiping Station. What exactly are you intending to do? Do you still have plans?" Does Boss Dai care?" Chen Gongtu said sharply.

Before Lin Xiaotang could speak, a sharp whistle suddenly sounded from the street outside, and gunshots rang out from the random door, and one of Chen Gongtu's hands stumbled in, "Station Master, it's not good, a large number of Japanese soldiers surrounded this place ! Already caught up with the brothers!"

Chen Gongtu turned pale with shock, and pointed to Li Baochu who was on the ground, "Li Baochu, you have already taken refuge with the Japanese."

Li Baochu burst into tears and kowtowed like garlic, "Station Master Chen, Seventh Brother, I'm sorry for you, the Japanese had just caught me before, and I couldn't stand it anymore, so I agreed to do things for them! Me and them Well, as long as you put down your guns, they will definitely not embarrass you."

Lin Xiaotang said in a mocking tone: "Stationmaster Chen, this is the benefit of infighting. You guys never tire of it. Are you still going to enforce the family law now?"

Shopkeeper Qiu and one of his men tore down the shrine in the house, and took out two Czech-style light machine guns from the cracks in the wall, "Sir, you retreat first, and leave this place to us!"

Lin Xiaotang looked at Chen Gongtu, "What do you mean?"

Chen Gongtu's expression changed, and he stomped his feet, "Let's talk about our affairs later, the most urgent thing is to get out first!"

At this time, Chen Gongtu's subordinates who stayed outside could no longer resist the Japanese attack, and retreated into the courtyard, relying on the shadow wall in the courtyard to entangle the Japanese army.

Shopkeeper Qiu took his buddy with him, carried a light machine gun, went to the back of the screen wall, picked off a few bricks, and started shooting at the Japanese soldiers outside the courtyard through the exposed gaps.The Japanese were caught off guard, and a large area was swept down immediately, and the offensive weakened a lot.

Shopkeeper Qiu turned his head and shouted, "There is still a passage behind, hurry up!"

Lin Xiaotang smiled, "There's no reason why I'll go first and let you cover!" As he spoke, he glanced at Chen Gongtu, ignored Li Baochu who was on the ground, took Chang Huan and others out, and began to participate in the battle.

Chen Gongtu looked at Li Baochu who was curled up on the ground, "It doesn't matter if you betray me, but you will die if you surrender to the Japanese!" After speaking, he fired twice.

The Japanese had almost sensed the fierce firepower in the yard, so they retreated a little and began to blow up the wall of the yard with grenades. Soon, several gaps were blown in the wall, and the Japanese soldiers began to swarm up.

Shopkeeper Qiu pushed Lin Xiaotang, "Sir, hurry up!"

Lin Xiaotang's eyes were red, "Fuck, I don't have the habit of leaving my brother and running away. At worst, we die together. Anyway, there are so many little devils buried with us."

Suddenly he pushed Chen Gongtu beside him, "Be careful!" A stray bullet hit Lin Xiaotang's arm.

Chen Gongtu, who was pushed to the ground, looked at Lin Xiaotang in a daze, and couldn't understand the man in front of him more and more. Chang Huan hurriedly strangled the wound tightly with a handkerchief.

More and more Japanese soldiers gathered outside the gate, but there were heavy casualties in the yard. Chen Gongtu's subordinates each had a silent pistol. After a long time, they couldn't hold on anymore. More than half of them were killed and injured, and there was not much ammunition left. .

Shopkeeper Qiu was also shot, and he kicked Chang Huan resentfully, "Take the officer away quickly, there are still some grenades where the gun was held just now, and here is the back of the Kanshan Tower, as long as you can rush out, the Japanese will not kill you." It's easy to find, you guys go, we stay and cover, there is no need to die here!"