above the point of the knife

Chapter 344 Danger is approaching
"Go, go back to the police station."

"You didn't have a falling out with Director Yamamoto, did you?" Anna asked worriedly when she saw Zhou Sen's unsightly expression.

"Am I so restless again?"

"It's okay." Anna took a deep breath. If she really fell out, the following things would be difficult.

"Take you back to the police station first."

"Aren't you going back to work at the police station?"

"What work do I have, go home and rest." Zhou Sen said, "My head still hurts badly, and I sleep at work, so I might as well go home."

"Oh, then I won't go either. You can take me home. I didn't sleep last night either. I want to go back and catch up on sleep."

"Well, then I'll take you back first." Zhou Sen nodded and closed his eyes.

……

Back at the Ningxiang Hall, Zhou Sen didn't know how to explain to Bai Yulan, and he just said that he drank too much at the dance.

It was too late, so I simply opened a room at the Modern Hotel and slept for the night.

Then, with a hangover and headache, I skipped work and came back to rest.

Bai Yulan didn't ask any further questions. Seeing Zhou Sen's tired face, she asked him to go back to his room to rest. Zhou Sen really needed to rest to recover his hollowed out body.

When he got home, he naturally fell asleep without worrying about being tricked.

……

Yaojing Street, Consulate General of Soviet Russia.

"Comrade Deputy Consul General Arman, there must be something wrong with Dr. Cynthia. It took more than two hours from the time I found out that she disappeared at the ball to her reappearance. Moreover, when she appeared later, her clothes were messy and her mental state seemed Very bad..." Igor knocked on Arman's office early in the morning, chattering and reporting.

Arman took a sip of coffee slowly and said, "Cynthia came back with you, what's the problem?"

"No, Comrade Arman, Cynthia disappeared during this time, and after reappearing, her mental state has problems..."

"There is a mental problem. She is a doctor, so I don't know?" Arman said, "Besides, she has a problem, and I don't know what to say. Why do you say it?"

"I suspect that Dr. Cynthia has been bullied!"

"Being bullied, who bullied her, who dared to do such a thing on such an occasion, and even if she was bullied, why didn't she say it herself, she is from our consulate, dare to do this , are you not afraid that we will pursue it?" Arman asked successively.

"This needs to be investigated."

"Investigate, you go?"

"If I can get the authorization of Comrade Arman, I can investigate this matter to the bottom." Igor said solemnly.

Alman frowned slightly, why did he agree to this guy Igor to accompany Natasha to the ball.

This is simply a stupid decision.

"No, I can't give you this authorization. Dr. Cynthia didn't ask any questions herself, so the investigation came to nothing." Arman refused.

"Comrade Arman, what if you can get Dr. Cynthia to agree to my investigation?" Igor asked.

"Major Igor, pay attention to your identity, please don't harass Dr. Cynthia!" Arman was a little displeased.

"Dr. Cynthia is my friend. If something happens to my friend, I can ignore it. Comrade Arman, you can't interfere in our private affairs."

"Major Igor, don't be fooled!" Arman shouted.

"I will find out the truth." Igor announced proudly regardless of Arman's dissatisfaction.

After speaking, he saluted and left directly from Arman's office.

Almandun felt a headache. This Igor was clearly pursuing Cynthia, and he was obviously being passionate.

How could such a stunned young man be sent here? Is there no one in the country?

However, he was destined to get nothing from Cynthia, and she didn't even look down on Igor.

……

April 4th is the emperor's birthday. This day is called "Tianchang Festival" by the Japanese. It was originally a Japanese festival.

But in the puppet Manchukuo, the Chinese were also forced to celebrate together.

On this day, the standard portrait of the emperor will be invited out for three prostrations and nine kowtows. Even whoever is in the palace of the Puppet Manchukuo in Xinjing has to bow and salute facing the east, and do a pilgrimage.

Shi Jingtang of this "child emperor" is no different.

The National Police Agency is no exception. In addition to meeting and studying in the morning, there will also be celebrations to salute the Emperor of Japan under the leadership of the Japanese.

This sense of humiliation made Zhou Sen feel a thorn in his back.

After entering May, the temperature rose again, and the long-handed food rationing system finally came into effect.

The Japanese were stimulated by the Germans' brilliant record in Europe, and began to prepare for the war frantically. The 11th Army in Central China launched an attack on Yichang, and the Battle of Zaoyi broke out.

Outside the customs, in the area of ​​North Manchuria, the Anti-Japanese Third Route Army also launched the "Red May" operation to counterattack the Kwantung Army and the Puppet Manchukuo.

For a time, Asia and Europe were raging with wars, threatening to start a prairie fire.

After Ai Qingshan handed over the matter of Thirteen Flying Eagles, he finally boarded the train to Bingcheng again.

This time, his identity is no longer the seventh brother of Thirteen Flying Eagles.

His current identity is Boss Ai, a medicine merchant. Of course, his business is not large, so he can only be regarded as a small supplier.

This time I came to Bingcheng to find a market. The demand for medicinal materials in big cities is high, and the price can be sold at a higher price.

There are many people who know him in Bingcheng, as long as they disclose their identities, they will definitely be recognized, so Ai Qingshan used his real name.

Although it is risky to do so, his identity as Ying Lao Qi has not been exposed, and even if he is among the Thirteen Flying Eagles, he does not use his original name, so even if he is called back to the name Ai Qingshan, no one will be able to think of it. Until he is Eagle Seventh.

Unless he ran into someone who had seen him in Thirteen Flying Eagles and became a traitor, the possibility of his identity being exposed was extremely low.

Besides, if you use your original identity to get in touch with Bai Yulan, you don't have to do it secretly and secretly.

After arriving in Bingcheng, he did not contact Bai Yulan immediately, but inspected the medicinal materials market in Bingcheng himself.

After roughly figuring out the situation, he sent out a signal that Uncle Yue Chang came out to meet him, but it was just when he was going to meet him.

But he found that it was a young man who came to see him.

"Brother Qingshan." Ai Qingshan didn't recognize the person, but the young man recognized Ai Qingshan at a glance.

"You are?" Ai Qingshan was very surprised. Those who can call out their own names must be known by their own people, and those who are close to them must be. Why, he has no impression of the young man in front of him at all.

"Brother Qingshan, I'm Ale."

"Ale..." Ai Qingshan immediately had an image of a young man in his mind, yes, the outline of the young man's face in front of him did overlap with the face in his mind.

"Are you Uncle Chang's son Ale?" Ai Qingshan finally remembered.

"Yes, Brother Qingshan, you finally recognized me." A Le also said happily.

"I haven't seen you in six or seven years. You have grown so tall." Ai Qingshan looked at Ale and said with emotion.

"Brother Qingshan, since you left, I haven't seen you again, are you going to leave this time?" Ale asked happily.

"Well, I'm coming back this time, and I want to do a little business, and some of my brothers are eating with me."

"Brother Quan and Brother Shu didn't come back with you?" Ale asked.

The smile on Ai Qingshan's face froze, the Brother Quan and Brother Shu that Ah Le was talking about were brothers who ran away with him back then.

Now there are not many of these old brothers left, and most of them died in the fight against the Japanese invaders. Brother Quan is called Liu Quan, and brother Shu is called Qiao Shu. One of these two died fighting again three years ago, and the other died after being injured. He was caught by the Japanese and puppet crusades, tortured to death, and chopped off his head and hung it on the top of the city wall to show the public.

"Brother Qingshan, what's the matter with Brother Quan and Brother Shu, is something wrong?" Ale keenly noticed that there was something wrong with Ai Qingshan's face.

"Ah, it's okay, they're all fine, but they didn't come to Bingcheng with me this time." Some things, it's not a fault to hide them in good faith before it's time to say them.

"I still remember that they dug ice to catch fish for me in winter, and I really want to eat their grilled fish." Ale didn't seem to notice the abnormal expression on Ai Qingshan's face, and was still immersed in the good memories of the past.

"Okay, why didn't Uncle Chang come?"

"My dad is out on errands." Ale explained.

"Oh, let me tell you." Ai Qingshan nodded. Uncle Chang must have something to do, so he arranged for Ah Le to come over.

"Brother Qingshan, you are back, are you going back to see Miss?"

"I don't have any plans yet." Ai Qingshan shook his head, he could tell Uncle Chang some things, but Ah Le couldn't.

"Where does Brother Qingshan live now, can I go to you?" Ale asked.

"I live in the Kanto Big Car Store in Zhengyang Wudao Street." Ai Qingshan said.

"The Kanto car shop on Wudao Street, I remember."

"Okay, go back and tell Ms. Yulan that I'll pay a visit in person after I'm done with the matter at hand."

"Brother Qingshan isn't going now?"

"Brother still has something to do, so he can't leave for the time being." Ai Qingshan said, these words were not perfunctory to Ale, he came to Bingcheng with a mission, in addition to rebuilding the underground intelligence organization, he also had to build an intelligence channel.

……

In the port area, a dirty old street, Qin Shengtao's home is here. He originally had an old mother and younger brothers and sisters at home.

The whole family relied on him to work as a mechanic in the tram company to support the family. After Qin Shengtao was arrested, the family lost their mainstay, and the economy suddenly deteriorated.

The old mother used Qin Shengtao's younger brother as an apprentice in a tailor shop, at least to learn a craft, and still have a bite to eat, at least not to be burdened by the family, and occasionally bring back some cloth strips that were born by others.

These leftovers are worthless to the rich, but to the poor who don't have enough to eat and don't wear warm clothes, they are treasures.

The small ones can be mended, and the big ones can be pieced together to make a dress for my sister, which is better than the tattered clothes.

After Qin Shengtao was released from prison, it was naturally impossible for the tram company to allow him to stay in the company to work, settled his salary and fired him directly.

Lost his job, Qin Shengtao can only find odd jobs, coolies at the docks and stations, he still has the strength.

Together with Tian Fu, the two found a job as a stevedore on the dock. The salary was far worse than in the past, but at least there was no problem with eating.

The job of a stevedore is much harder, but as long as you have the strength and are willing to endure hardships, you will naturally be able to eat a bite.

But the stevedores are not available every day, and sometimes they have to contribute a part to honor the foreman, otherwise, even if you have strength, you will not be able to find work.

Although Qin Shengtao is very dissatisfied with this kind of oppression and inequality, he is a newcomer, and even if he has any ideas, he can't act rashly right now.

He felt that the Japanese released him in this way, perhaps because they had other purposes and ideas.

Therefore, during the period after he was released from prison, he was very honest, and his purpose was to let the Japanese feel at ease.

The friends who had a good time before were also alienated after being released from prison this time. Even the neighbors also treated him at a respectful distance.

He knew that it was not that people had opinions on him, but that living under the high-handed rule of the Japanese, everyone had to make a choice in order to survive.

This is understandable, after all, ordinary people seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and will not rise up and resist unless something happens.

This is human nature.

Only Zhao Changqing came to see him from time to time, bringing wine and meat. His family has a background. After he was released from prison, he lost his job in the bank, but he can go home and do things. Given his family background, he naturally has no worries about food and drink.

Moreover, he and Qin Shengtao are inmates, so there is no need to avoid him.

Qiao Sanlang "rebelled", he cut off contact with the organization, although he has sent a signal to request contact again.

But there was no response from the organization for a long time. Qin Shengtao was quite depressed and pessimistic in his heart, like a wild goose living alone, suffering mentally.

The organization does not know what happened, and it is likely that he will also be identified as a "traitor". This is the most worrying thing.

He wanted to go to "Qiao Sanlang" several times to ask him clearly, but he finally held back. He was afraid that his impulse would bring great consequences. The command.

This wait is for a month.

Not only did there not be any news from the organization, but no one came to contact him.

Did the organization forget about him, or did the organization no longer trust him at all, and considered him to be with "Qiao Sanlang".

"Changqing, do you have any news?" Qin Shengtao welcomed Zhao Changqing into his room, poured him a glass of water, and asked.

"Not yet, Brother Qin, it's been almost a month, and our news has been released, why hasn't the organization arranged for someone to contact us?" Zhao Changqing shook his head.

"I also find it strange. Under normal circumstances, there is already a response." Qin Shengtao also said very distressed.

"Could it be that Qiao Sanlang came out first, and he has made contact with the organization, saying that we are 'traitors'?" Zhao Changqing said.

"He doesn't have the contact information of the special committee." Qin Shengtao shook his head. Zhao Changqing is only his development target now, don't count him as an activist, he hasn't officially joined the organization yet, so he has to abide by some disciplines.

For example, Qiao Sanlang's identity, he couldn't let Zhao Changqing reveal it, but even though he didn't say it, Zhao Changqing could guess a thing or two from the conversation.

(End of this chapter)