Double Agent Saga

Zuo Shaoqing met Metz secretly, and said simply: "Chinese ambassador to France, Huang Zhen. How to get in touch with him secretly, you should think of a way. Let me tell you, this is the only way."

This is the "Paris channel" that later played an important role in Sino-US diplomatic relations.

I would like to add that Ambassador Huang Zhen has always been called a "general diplomat". He has a more direct connection and a closer diplomatic philosophy to the four marshals mentioned above.

This "pipeline" between Zuo Shaoqing and Mace lasted for decades, until they were gray-haired.

There is no diplomatic language, no red tape, and no false politeness between them, but what is resolved or passed on is a very sensitive matter between China and the United States that cannot even be put on the table.

Mays frequently flies between the United States and Hong Kong.However, Zuo Shaoqing did not return to China until the year before the return of Hong Kong, in order to accept new tasks and ensure the smooth return of Hong Kong.

One day, Metz smiled and said to Zuo Shaoqing: "Your country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has assigned a lovely young man named Yang to the newly appointed director of the U.S. Liaison Office in China." After a while, he added: "Lovely Your little slave!"

Zuo Shaoqing narrowed his slender eyes and said, "Stop talking nonsense!"

However, she would never know that this "cute little slave" later became a famous "cute big slave" in the history of Chinese diplomacy.Today's judges may be able to guess who he is.

These are all things for later, so I won’t mention them later.Readers, please follow me and return to the story.

Zuo Shaoqing and Mays could only wait patiently for Mays to ask the Chinese government to release the captured American pilots as soon as possible and return all their belongings.It will take a few days for this mystery to be revealed.

That night, Zuo Shaoqing, Yu Zhidao, Brother Yan, and the cute little Qiang were all sitting in You Shaoqing's ward, looking at her.You Shaoqing was already able to sit up, and vigorously moved his arms and shoulders on the bed.

Qiang Zai lay on the side of the bed and asked, "Sister, do you hurt?"

You Shaoqing smiled and said to him, "It hurts a bit, but it's bearable."

Yu Zhidao said: "Young Master, I think you still need to take care of it for a few more days. If you are active like this, you may not recover well."

You Shaoqing put away his smile, showed a vaguely cruel look, and said, "Boss Yu, I know my body. As I said, as long as you give me three days, I will definitely recover. Just watch it." , I will be able to go to the ground tomorrow!"

Yu Zhidao couldn't help but shook his head, "Brother Yan is really talking, you two sisters are ruthless characters!"

At this time, Brother Yan and Zuo Shaoqing have been looking at each other, as if conveying something silently.

Zuo Shaoqing said softly: "Brother Yan, did you guess it too?"

Brother Yan stared at her, "Guess what?"

Zuo Shaoqing nodded and said: "On the surface, it seems that the [-]K wants to intervene in your business, but in fact it is the Taiwan side that wants to intervene in your business. Does Gu Shangbin come today to explain this point?"

Brother Yan nodded to her, "I think so too. But," he waved his hand vigorously, "is there any use for him to intervene? Mr. Yu is leaving soon, and my business may not be able to continue. "

At this time, Zuo Shaoqing smiled and said: "Brother Yan, I have a suggestion, I wonder if you agree or not."

Brother Yan immediately looked at her, "Say it, just say it, I want to hear any suggestion."

Zuo Shaoqing looked at Yu Zhidao, then looked at Brother Yan and said, "I would like to suggest that my sister take over the boss's business. Do you think this method is feasible?"

Both Brother Yan and Yu Zhidao opened their eyes wide, looking at You Shaoqing who was twisting his arms at the same time.You Shaoqing looked at her sister in surprise as if she had been frozen.

Brother Yan tilted his head and laughed haha, "Why is it not feasible? It is totally feasible! What I need is a middleman. Young Master You is a suitable middleman. One end is me, and the other end is you and Mr. Feng. This The method is completely feasible!"

You Shaoqing opened his mouth wide, "Sister, you want me to do business with Brother Yan? I don't know how to do business at all! What if I make compensation to Brother Yan?"

Everyone in the room laughed heartily, You Shaoqing's layman's words really made them happy.

Yu Zhi said: "Why do you want to do business? You just need to be a middleman between your sister and Brother Yan."

You Shaoqing still didn't understand, and shouted: "Aren't I superfluous then? The relationship between my sister and Brother Yan is much deeper than mine, why do I need to be a middleman!"

The people in the room laughed again, and even Qiang Zai laughed too.

Zuo Shaoqing patted her hand and said, "Forget it, don't ask, I will explain to you later. Actually, this is a matter of identity, understand?"

Later, You Shaoqing took over Yu Zhidao's smuggling business, and as expected, he cooperated closely with Brother Yan, did well, and delivered a lot of supplies to the mainland.Of course, she also encountered all kinds of unexpected troubles and dangers.However, that's another story.If I have a chance in the future, I will tell you about it.

For the three days that You Shaoqing mentioned, the first day passed like this.

At night, when Brother Yan left the ward, he stood at the door and stared at Zuo Shaoqing who sent him to the door, and said in a low voice: "Young Master Zuo, your sister's matter is very risky, so why don't you think about it?"

Zuo Shaoqing stared at him and whispered, "Whoever hurts my sister will die!"

Brother Yan stared at her, nodded, and left quietly without saying anything.

The next day, You Shaoqing was able to get out of bed.She exercised vigorously in the ward.

Her ward was specially arranged by Brother Yan. It was spacious, bright and well-furnished.In our current parlance in the Mainland, this is a ward for high-ranking cadres.She stood in the spacious room, gritted her teeth, and stretched her ligaments and muscles. After a while, she was sweating profusely.

Qiang Zai was very happy, and followed her to learn her movements, and he learned them well.

When it was almost noon that day, Brother Yan sent someone to deliver a long box.

The visitor said respectfully: "Miss Zuo and Miss You, brother Yan said, I have sent a few things for the two ladies to look at. If it is suitable, I will keep it. If it is not suitable, please tell me what you want. So, Brother Yan will definitely exchange it for the two young ladies."

Zuo Shaoqing untied the string on the outside, opened the box, and inside was a black burlap cloth bag.The two sisters seemed to have a premonition of some heavy murderous intent seeping out of the extremely ordinary burlap bag.They slowly unfolded the burlap, and their eyes could not help but shine.

Inside the burlap bag were two old Japanese knives that showed the vicissitudes of time.Next to the old Japanese sword, there are two extremely fine Mongolian daggers.Their eyes all fell on the two old Japanese swords.

Experts don't look at the old and the new, but at the weight, especially the weight of history.

Zuo Shaoqing picked up a Japanese knife and looked it up and down carefully.Apparently, this knife was made extremely exquisite back then. Although it was carefully kept by posterity, it finally looked black and old due to the age, and the decoration of the scabbard and handle was also a little worn.She slowly pulled out the knife, a white light flashed from the scabbard, and there was an ice-like cold air.She noticed the inscription on the side of the blade and watched it carefully.It turned out to be a string of long inscriptions: "Sezhou Sang Ming lived in Uemon Wei Fujiwara Muramasa".

She couldn't help shouting: "Sister, it's the famous 'Muramasa Demon Sword' in Japan!"

You Shaoqing pulled out the knife in her hand in an instant, and also saw a series of inscriptions on the knife: "Ise Sang Ming Zaemon Wei Cunzheng".She said: "Sister, the sword makers are all Muramasa, but they must not be from one generation!"

On the sidelines, this "Muramasa" is a famous swordsmith in Japanese history. He was born in the middle of Muromachi, the most turbulent period in Japan, and is known for making excellent quality practical swords. "Cunzheng Dao" has been passed down for more than 100 years.The "Ise Sang Ming Zaemon Wei Cunzheng" in the hands of You Shaoqing, according to research, should be the first generation.Zuo Shaoqing's "Sezhou Sang Ming Resident Uemon Wei Fujiwara Muramasa" may be the second or third generation swordsmith.

The two sisters saw that one of the knives in their hands was "Captain Zaemon" and the other was "Captain Uemon", so they switched the knives in their respective hands to suit the one left and one right in their names.They held knives and watched carefully under the lights.

In detail, this "Murasaka Sword" was forged through thousands of tempers.The swordsmith burns a piece of good steel red in the fire, folds and forges it repeatedly until it exceeds a thousand layers, so that the steel molecules in it are more compact and uniform.After being formed, the blade is covered with a special kind of burning blade soil.The main point is that the blade is wrapped thinly, while the back of the knife is thickly wrapped.Then put it in a furnace at 750 to 800 degrees to bake for a specific time, and then put it in cold water to cool. This is the most critical "quenching".

This "quenching" will naturally form a graceful bend in the blade, which cannot be achieved by humans. "Quenching" will also form a very hard layer of "Matian powder" on the surface of the knife.This is what Japanese swordsmiths called it back then.In today's name, it is "Martens crystal".That is to say, due to the rapid cooling of the high-temperature crystal structure, the carbon atoms are locked in the "metastable" state of the crystal grains, which causes a great internal tension between the crystals, resulting in an extremely hard effect.These "Martens crystals" produce silver sand-like granular patterns at the boundary between the blade and the blade surface, forming curved and twisted lines like white mist.This is an important basis for appreciating the quality of "Murasaka Knife".

Zuo Shaoqing called the most famous "Murassa sword" in Japan the "Murassa demon sword", but it has a close relationship with Tokugawa Ieyasu, an important figure in Japanese history.

Tokugawa Ieyasu's grandfather Kiyoyasu and father Hirota were assassinated by his close ministers during the power struggle of the royal family.Tokugawa Ieyasu had his finger injured by a "Muramasa sword" when he was young.In [-], Tokugawa Ieyasu's son Shinyasu was bestowed to death by Oda Nobunaga, and he also used a "Murasho sword".