Chapter 32 Chapter One

Didn't expect it to happen so soon.The spy who was following him was killed by Zheng Shaobai, and his ID card and short gun were seized. Normally, 125 William Street should not have been exposed on the morning of October 16, 1925, at least Gao Ming believed that it should not have been exposed.Knowing that No. 125 was empty except for the eight executive committee members who attended the meeting, five of the eight executive committee members withdrew, and the remaining three were all in the living room of No. 125. How could it be exposed? In fact, however, 125 William Street was exposed that morning.The detective team run by Superintendent Zhao rushed forward with a plan and a purpose. The sound of "cracking" footsteps broke through the silence of that morning, smearing a ray of bright red blood on that extraordinary day, and giving the Gao Ming left an unforgettable memory.

Gao Ming remembered that it was still dark at that time, and the chandelier and wall lamp in the living room were still on. The subconscious minds of him, An Zhongliang and He Gongcheng were still immersed in the long night that had just passed away.He was sitting on the couch under the wall lamp—the two lesbians Sang Ye and Ling Feng had sat on it, and their body temperature seemed to still remain on it.He Gongcheng was smoking on the opposite side, and the smoke rushed towards him in bursts.Through the smoke, one can see An Zhongliang's melancholy face.An Zhongliang was sitting on the chair in front of the table, playing with the short gun seized by Zheng Shaobai with both hands, but staring at him.At that time, Qingpu was facing a very serious situation. After the executive committee withdrew, the General Chamber of Commerce would negotiate with Supervisor Zhao and the British and Japanese consulates to exchange for the release of the arrested worker representatives at the price of resuming work and the market, and avoid further bloodshed.However, Gao Ming did not have much confidence in the success of this negotiation, especially Gao Ming was very suspicious of the General Chamber of Commerce's ability to negotiate.

Out of this concern, Gao Ming reminded An Zhongliang: "Brother Zhongliang, if I leave, if you stay, your responsibility will be heavy! You have to think about it: Can the people with the surname of Qian from the General Chamber of Commerce be reliable? They have really succeeded in negotiating. Is it possible? If the negotiations are unsuccessful, if our workers are reluctant to return to work, if the captured worker representatives are still not released, and the imperialists and reactionary warlords retaliate wildly, how will you and I explain to the Qingpu industry?" An Zhongliang put the gun in his hand on the table and sighed: "This is indeed a problem!"

Gao Ming asked He Gongcheng for a cigarette, lit it, and said while smoking, "So, I think it's better for me to stay! We must be prepared to deal with more dangerous and complicated situations..." An Zhongliang was taken aback, and asked seriously: "Why, your brother really doesn't intend to leave?" Gao Ming nodded: "I don't think I should leave Qingpu at this time." An Zhongliang was quite distressed: "Look at you, it's coming again! No way, brother! You are different from me. You have made a big splash in this labor movement, and you will lose your head if you are caught by Superintendent Zhao! Your own I also know that even the people from the General Chamber of Commerce don't like your brother!"

Of course Gao Ming knew the attitude of the people from the General Chamber of Commerce towards him, but what he relied on was not the people from the General Chamber of Commerce, but the workers from the Railway Union and the Seamen's Union.These workers are trustworthy, and it is for them that he must stay.Frankly speaking, he has objections to the compromise plan proposed by Kiyoura Yasuda and the Kuomintang party headquarters to resume work reluctantly.Gao Ming believes that this plan reflects the weakness and wavering nature of the bourgeoisie, and it is unacceptable both emotionally and intellectually.For this reason, he specifically asked the provincial party committee for instructions, but the provincial party committee asked them to obey the Kuomintang and be consistent with the Kuomintang people. Only then did he remain silent when the compromise plan was finally resolved.

At that time—on the morning of October 17, 1925, Gao Ming thought: An Zhongliang’s insistence on his withdrawal was probably not only for his personal safety, but also to remove obstacles to the implementation of the compromise plan. .An Zhongliang has always been in charge of mobilizing the business community, and An Zhongliang has always been in close contact with the people from the General Chamber of Commerce.For a while, An Zhongliang went to the home of Qian Furen, the president of the Mary Road General Chamber of Commerce, almost every day.Qian Furen is very cunning, he builds plank roads openly, crosses the warehouse secretly, after the Chinese servants of the British Consulate went on strike, Qian Furen first helped them in secret, and then he simply forced the Chinese servants to resume work. An Zhongliang knew about it, and he supported him both openly and secretly. .Now, the situation has taken a turn for the worse. It is almost impossible for the moderate Chamber of Commerce to represent the industry to negotiate with the reactionary warlords and the Japanese and British imperialists, so that the interests of the industry and labor will not be harmed.

It’s not easy to say these words clearly, Gao Ming only said: “Brother Zhongliang, I have to be responsible for the labor brothers who participated in the strike! It’s not that I don’t trust the General Chamber of Commerce, but I just think that as us, we should work hard in the best direction and also We must be mentally prepared for the worst. If the General Chamber of Commerce fails to negotiate, we can only persist in the strike!" An Zhongliang disagreed, and said to himself: "But I am responsible for the safety of you and everyone else! I can't just watch Director Zhao's butcher's knife cut off your brother's head! Reckless and reckless and not strategic!"

He Gongcheng who had been silent all this time also said: "Mr. Gao, Mr. An is doing it for your own good. In the current situation, Qingpu is indeed not safe!" Gao Ming patted He Gongcheng on the shoulder, and said to An Zhongliang: "I know that you are all thinking of me, but I have thought about this issue a long time ago. I also said it at the meeting: I am very familiar with the industry after all. Well! There are so many workers in Qingpu, so many factories, how can I not be the next one?!" An Zhongliang smiled bitterly: "Brother, today is not what it used to be. The vigorous and good days have passed, and there are not many reliable places and reliable people!" Sighing, An Zhongliang said again, "You must not be too optimistic. , At this time, anything can happen! There is something I didn’t want to tell you before, but now that I think about it, I’d better tell you: Do you know who the stalker Zheng Shaobai killed before the meeting was?”

Gao Ming shook his head: "I don't know. Who is it?" An Zhongliang sighed: "He is my brother-in-law!" Gao Ming's eyes widened suddenly: "What, your brother-in-law? Hey, you...why didn't you say it earlier?" An Zhongliang said: "Why did you tell me earlier? What's the benefit of letting Zheng Shaobai know? Zheng Shaobai will feel uneasy and feel that he owes me something. In fact, Shaobai doesn't owe me anything at all. Don't people deserve to die?" Gao Ming was really touched at that moment, no matter how An Zhongliang behaved when he led the strike of the general alliance, no matter how unreasonable An Zhongliang's compromise plan was, An Zhongliang was beyond reproach in this matter.So, he grabbed An Zhongliang's hand and said: "Brother Zhongliang, you can really hold your breath. If you don't tell me today, I may never know."

An Zhongliang said: "Actually, it's better not to say it. This is a very shameful thing! After seeing the photo on the certificate, I feel very sad. I never thought that there would be such a kind of kindness among my relatives and friends." Shameless villain!" Gao Ming comforted: "Don't be sad, everyone chooses their own path, what can you do?! However, since this is the case, we'd better be more cautious! Brother Zhongliang, I think you have to leave here too Hide away." An Zhongliang said: "Yes, I'm planning to take refuge elsewhere temporarily, and you, don't insist any longer, you must leave Qingpu! Well, it's 6:50, and you still have time to arrive at the Nikko Terminal immediately."

Gao Ming subconsciously looked at the big wall clock on the wall of the living room. The hour hand of the wall clock was indeed approaching the number "7", which meant that "Yamato Maru" was about to leave in an hour. To go or not to go?The Provincial Party Committee repeatedly asked the Communist Party members of the Qingpu Special Branch to obey the Kuomintang. He followed An Zhongliang's advice and withdrew to Lushunkou, and no one could say anything wrong with him.What are the consequences of obedience?Is he worthy of those labor brothers who support him and trust him?And if he doesn't leave, to what extent can he reverse this grim situation? ! While Gao Ming was hesitating, An Zhongliang spoke again: "Brother Gao Ming, if you don't want to go to Lushun, you should go to Guangzhou and make a detailed report on the general union's strike situation on behalf of Qingpu business and academic circles. If you don't go, I will go there in a while." He can't even go to Guangzhou.If he had to go, he would rather choose Lushun. Once the situation changes, he can rush back to Qingpu in time to help An Zhongliang and the remaining comrades. Just when Gao Ming was about to express his thoughts, an accident happened.The front door of the living room facing the gatehouse of William Street was suddenly opened, and An Zhongliang's young wife Tang Juan, who was guarding the gate, rushed in and said nervously: "It's not good, four or five military vehicles are coming, I'm afraid they are heading towards us Come!" Startled, An Zhongliang took the gun from the table and hurried upstairs.Gao Ming and He Gongcheng also went upstairs. Upstairs, An Zhongliang carefully opened the black velvet curtains in front of the French windows facing the street. The three of them saw almost at the same time that several trucks full of soldiers stopped abruptly in front of the door.A man who looked like an officer jumped out of the cab of the car in front in a hurry, pointed at the No. 125 gate where they were, and yelled something.The soldiers on the car kept jumping to the ground like dumplings, "plop", "plop". Gao Ming couldn't help saying: "Too bad, I can't get out the main gate!" An Zhongliang didn't make a sound, and ran to the other side of the room, looking in the direction of the back door of No. 125 from the back window. The back door of No. 125 is Liu Zhuangyuan Lane.I don't know when the alley was full of soldiers, and the gray-yellow group was noisily approaching the back door.The thing is obvious, the back door can't go out, this time, no one can get out. He Gongcheng anxiously asked: "Mr. An, what... what should I do?" An Zhongliang thought for a while, and suddenly had an idea, pointing to a small square hole above the room: "There is no other way, you two quickly climb to the ceiling to hide, I have to fight with those soldiers See you soon!" Gao Ming grabbed An Zhongliang's hand and tried to stop him: "Brother Zhongliang, this... How can this be done?" An Zhongliang shook off Gao Ming's hand, and said hastily: "If you can save one, it counts as one. Hey, no matter what happens, you must not come out!" After finishing speaking, An Zhongliang went downstairs and left. When he left, he handed the short gun to He Gongcheng, and closed the door behind him. Gao Ming and He Gongcheng didn't dare to neglect, they hurriedly moved a big table under the ceiling, and set up a chair on the big table.Gao Ming told He Gongcheng to go up quickly, and He Gongcheng told Gao Ming to go up quickly.After giving way for a long time, Gao Ming went up first.As soon as he got up, Gao Ming bent down on the ceiling, and stretched out his hand to greet He Gongcheng.He Gongcheng hesitated, not climbing up the table.Only then did Gao Ming realize: After He Gongcheng went up, these tables and chairs could not be moved away, and their hiding place was exposed invisibly.Gao Ming was so anxious that he wanted to jump down, but he couldn't lean out. He Gongcheng had already removed all the tables and chairs. "Mr. Gao, hello, don't move, I'll find another place!" As He Gongcheng said, he looked here and there, and finally chose the closet opposite, opened the door and jumped in. At this moment, there was a mess of voices downstairs, and An Zhongliang's shouts could be heard occasionally.An Zhongliang's yelling voice was mechanical and monotonous, repeating only one sentence: "I want to see your Supervisor Zhao..." The chaotic voice immediately rang upstairs.The door of the upstairs room was smashed open by a flurry of gun butts, and a group of soldiers rushed into the room grabbing An Zhongliang... That scene was really tense and heart-wrenching. Gao Ming hid on the ceiling and had no possibility of resisting, and he might be exposed at any time. Once exposed, he would undoubtedly devote himself to the national revolution. The morning spent bending over the ceiling was the longest morning in Gao Ming's life.Gao Ming never thought of spending that morning so absurdly.If he could have thought in advance and could choose, Gao Ming would definitely choose the Japanese "Yamato Maru" instead of the dusty ceiling.