Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen Deciphering the Mystery of the Rose

But after Tang Jianming sent Sun Zhiming home, he asked the driver to drive to the outskirts of Dongmen, where a crew was filming.Tang Jianming gave some instructions to the adjutant Xie Xiaohui. Xie Xiaohui got out of the car and went to find the director of the crew. After a while, she brought back a tall and beautiful woman in a red cheongsam. This woman was the famous Southwest movie star Red Rose. Her real name is known only to senior officials of the Japanese military intelligence department. After getting in the car, Hong Meigui complained: "She is busy filming, but I am the heroine. Once you call me away, the whole day's filming will stop." Tang Jianming put his arms around her waist , kissed her on the face, and said: "I think you are going crazy, you are by my side, aren't you also the heroine?" He said to the driver: "Drive home."

Tang Jianming kept flirting with her in the car, regardless of the driver and adjutant in the front seat hearing that it was indecent. Anyway, they have seen this kind of situation a lot. The car drove to the door of Tang Jianming's private house on Dongchenggen Street. After getting off the car, Tang Jianming eagerly walked into the house with a red rose in his arms, and the female adjutant Xie Xiaohui followed. Tang Jianming went to the door of the upstairs room and took out the key to open the door. Xie Xiaohui pulled away Red Rose to search her body.Red Rose said coquettishly to Tang Jianming: "General Tang, how dare your subordinates treat me so unreasonably." Tang Jianming said: "She was sent by the higher authorities to do security work, and this is also her duty. Don't be as knowledgeable as her." Red Rose complained: "It is obvious that you want someone, but you are still afraid that they will harm you. If you had known, I would not have come."

Xie Xiaohui searched her whole body carefully, including her hair, inner thighs, and soles of her feet. After searching, she stepped aside.Tang Jianming pulled the red rose into the door and said, "Don't be angry, my beauty." Xie Xiaohui has been guarding the door after closing the door. Every time Tang Jianming has fun with women, she has this responsibility, because Tang Jianming was almost assassinated by women twice when he was playing with women, so he is very careful about such things . This time Xie Xiaohui kept watch until dark.The lascivious voice inside stopped, and then I heard Red Rose say: "You are the best man I have ever met, and I still want it! You can do it, but I can't, so just let me go, and I'll be yours in the future." But it’s yours alone, there’s still plenty of time, I’m really leaving now, I’m going to be filming tomorrow morning, you should have a good rest first, or else you won’t have the strength when the singer Liu Qian comes tonight .”

After a while, Red Rose opened the door and came out. Standing at the door, she smiled at Xie Xiaohui and adjusted the clothes on her chest. She said delicately, "Can you help me out? I can't walk anymore." Xie Xiaohui helped her out of the door , Red Rose stopped a rickshaw at the door, got in the car and said to Xie Xiaohui with a smile: "Thank you." Then he said to the driver: "Go to the north gate." Red Rose sat on the rickshaw with a smile on her face, slowly unbuttoned the cheongsam on her chest, took out a folded drawing, and opened it to see, it was a "Picture of Roses".She smiled smugly, but she didn't know that her unexpected harvest was actually a fake picture.

The coachman pulled her into a quiet alley, and Red Rose asked in amazement: "Where are you taking me? This is not the place to go to the north gate." She immediately felt something was wrong, and was about to jump out of the car, but it was too late One step later, the coachman pushed the car back with his backhand, turned around and shot her in the chest, and took the painting away from her hand. But after Mu Jianquan, Mu Jianying, Wang Ma, Wu Qianqian, and Li Yunyang in Zhang's mansion had dinner, Xiaolan asked Mu Jianying again: "Miss Mu, are you really sure to find the master who killed me?" The family murderer?"

The expressionless Mu Jianying said indifferently: "The murderer is Tang Jianming, he is already dead." Everyone was surprised when they heard this, Li Yunyang asked: "What's going on? How did you know it?" Mu Jianying said: "I heard it from someone outside just now, so I don't need to mention it again. Let's go to Miss Zhang's study, I think it's time to solve the mystery of "The Picture of Roses" .” Several people eagerly followed her to the study. Mu Jianying came to the desk and moved the things on the desk aside.Mu Jianquan took out the "Picture of Roses" that he hid in the trash can in the corner.Xiaolan helped to spread the painting on the table.But Mu Jianying finished the scroll again, handed it to Xiaolan, and said, "It's up to you to put this painting away." Everyone looked at each other, although they thought it was strange, but seeing Mu Jianying's indifferent expression, they didn't dare Ask more.

Seeing her acting strangely, Mu Jianquan had never seen her like this before, and felt a little flustered in his heart, but he couldn't explain the reason, and heard Mu Jianying say: "Brother, go and get Miss Zhang Bring the painting and the book hanging on the wall in the bedroom." Mu Jianquan nodded, and just turned around to leave for a while, when the light in the room suddenly went out. Xiao Lan said: "The power went out again, I'm going to light a candle." After a while, a lighted candle was placed on the desk, only a little light could be illuminated around the desk, and the bookshelves were still completely dark.

Mu Jianquan brought in the painting inscribed with Yan Shu's "Magnolia Flower" and the book. Mu Jianying put the painting on the desk, pointed her right index finger at where the man in the painting was pointing, and said, "From the contents of the painting, the finger of the man in the painting is pointing to the sunset in the distance, but his fingers are slightly It is bent, and my fingers are about to touch the setting sun. Although I have never studied painting, I can also see that this place is very inconsistent in terms of the overall layout of the painting. People who can draw such a good painting should not make such mistakes. There is only one explanation for the mistake, he did it on purpose, and he was implying that the person in the painting was referring to the back of the painting." As he spoke, he turned the painting over, and the few people around made a surprised sound. There was even a painting of roses. The difference was that the roses in this picture were all white, and they were all placed one by one on the green grass.If you take a closer look, the white of these flowers is not painted with paint, but the original white of the white paper, and the flowers are just outlined with a brush.

Mu Jianying opened the book again, took out the bottle of red paint, poured it into the color box, took out a paintbrush and dipped it in the red paint, and painted the white rose in the painting red.Every time she painted one, some lines and writings appeared in the red roses, and when all the roses were painted red, a complicated map appeared. Mu Jianying threw down the paintbrush and said, "This is the mystery of the "Rose Picture" that many people are looking for. I think this picture is of great importance, and it must be handed over to the relevant government departments immediately. I will go now." Ready to roll up the painting.

Xiaolan said suddenly: "Don't move, put down the painting." Several people saw that she had raised her pistol and pointed it at Mu Jianying, and stepped back a few steps, so that everyone was within the control range of her gun. Mu Jianquan asked in surprise, "Who are you?" Xiaolan said triumphantly: "I've heard that Miss Mu Er is a deciphering genius. I was a little skeptical at first, but I didn't expect you to be more powerful than the legends. As soon as you came here, you saw the secret of the real picture. Anyway, you No one can leave here alive. Before you die, I might as well tell you everything, so as to repay your kindness for helping me decipher the mystery in the painting. I am the intelligence of the Kwantung Army of the Japanese Imperial Army Ministry, my name is Li Fanglan, I was ordered by my cousin Yoshiko Kawashima to find this picture. For this task, I worked here as a maid for more than a month. I found the fake picture at the beginning I also copied a fake one. The one I painted was stolen by Tang Jianming, which I saw with my own eyes. I just want to solve the mystery in the painting by myself, but of course it is impossible. , originally I planned to take that painting and leave, but fortunately, when you arrived in Chengdu, I thought of you and found you by using the private detective Li Yunyang who came to investigate the murder of the Zhang family. Fortunately, otherwise I would have brought If a fake painting is returned, of course the mystery will never be solved.” This Li Fanglan is actually a descendant of a daughter of Kangxi, and Yoshiko Kawashima is a descendant of Prince Su Haoge, the eldest son of Qing Emperor Taiji Emperor Taiji.According to the records of the royal genealogy, although the two are considered to be of the same generation, the relationship between cousins ​​is a bit far away. If they were born in ordinary people's families, this relationship would have been severed long ago.

Mu Jianying said coldly: "Actually, when you showed me the fake painting in your collection, I already knew that you were a female spy, and I also guessed your purpose." Li Fanglan said disapprovingly: "Really? I have also heard that Ms. Mu is very smart, so it was only an afterthought." Mu Jianying said: "Because there are obvious wet spots on that painting, it is obvious that someone used water or acid-base or other invisible potion I rubbed it over, trying to find some secrets, but you kept the painting alone, and what you care about is the mystery in the painting, not the murder case of the Zhang family." When Li Fanglan turned from self-satisfied to amazed and admired, Li Yunyang quickly took out a shell gun and pointed it at her, and said with a smile: "Then I must thank you very much, otherwise how could I have obtained this picture so smoothly." Li Fanglan asked in surprise: "Who are you? The Communist Party or the Kuomintang?" Li Yunyang said, "It's the Kuomintang." Li Fanglan said: "Yes, yes, no, no, what is it? Then which faction do you belong to? The Central Command or the Military Command?" Li Yunyang said: "Neither, I come from a place you are very familiar with - Shanghai Jisifei No. 76 Er Road (now No. 435 Wanhangdu Road). I am from the Secret Service Headquarters of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang." Li Fanglan said: "You are from the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters. Your boss Li Shiqun and Ding Mocun are all My cousin's two dogs, your Chairman Wang Jingwei have to listen to the Japanese, how dare you treat me?" Li Yunyang smiled and said: "There is more than this relationship between me and you. We both have the same surname. We were still a family five hundred years ago. Moreover, when I was studying in Tsinghua University, I have always had a crush on you, a talented woman in the philosophy department. But At that time, you, a noble woman of the royal family, didn't even know that there was such a small person as me." Li Fanglan smiled and said: "Really? Then I know now, and we have a lot in common, maybe I really will love you." Li Yunyang shook his head and said: "You are joking, I am not a three-year-old child. In my espionage career, I have seen all kinds of female spies, so you don't need to play those emotional games in front of me. Between us Time is impossible, but the future is more important, as long as a man has money, he can get any kind of woman." Li Fanglan said: "As long as you follow me, what Wang Jingwei can give you, I promise to give you twice, and I can also make you rank above Li Ding and the other two." Li Yunyang said: "This is too risky for me. Although the job we are engaged in is a risky job, we can't blindly take risks. We are our own masters. As for the relationship between our masters, that has nothing to do with it." I have nothing to do. After I get a huge bonus this time, I will go far away. I have no confidence in Wang Jingwei, and I have no confidence in the Japanese. People will always face many choices in life, and you can’t have both. Although I really want to get something, I have to give it up. My only regret is that I can't get you in this life. But I believe there will be an afterlife. In the next life, I hope to have the opportunity to choose you. Farewell." Several people suddenly saw that his face changed drastically. It turned out that Wang Ma held him with a pistol. Wang Ma said, "Let me teach you what it means to pray for a mantis to catch a cicada. The oriole is behind you, young man." Li Yunyang was startled. Said: "Who are you...?" This turn of events made Mu Jianquan, who was already surprised, even more stunned.Mu Jianying, who had been turning a blind eye to what happened just now, was also shocked, her face changed slightly. Wang Ma said: "You little children really don't know the heights of the sky and the earth. I am the real owner of this picture, and the person who drew this picture is my son. At first, I thought I would never find this picture again, and I had already given up everything. , I didn’t expect such a coincidence today, this picture can finally be returned to its original owner, God’s will! God’s will.” Li Fanglan said in surprise: “So you are also a member of my Qing Dynasty royal family, which is really great.” Wang Ma Said: "Yes, but I don't know if you are doing things for my Qing imperial family or for the Japanese. I am very dissatisfied with some things your cousin Yoshiko Kawashima did for the Japanese, so I can't trust you .” Li Fanglan said anxiously: "My cousin and I have always been loyal to my Qing Dynasty. We did things for the Japanese only as a temporary measure to help us eliminate the Kuomintang and Communist Party traitors with the help of their power. Didn’t the Buddha use the influence of foreigners to destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Movement and the Boxer Rebellion?” Wang Ma said, “I can’t judge whether what you said is true or not, so I can only kill you. Give your life." Then he said to Mu Jianying: "Second Miss, I have stayed in your house for so many years, I watched you grow up, I like you very much, I have a mission, but I will definitely not Hurt you and the young master, but I really can't protect you." Li Fanglan suddenly turned her gun on Wang Ma, and Li Yunyang, who was sweating from nervousness, was also secretly relieved, because in this way, the three of them restrained each other, and no one dared to shoot. Wang Ma continued to say to Mu Jianying: "My father and I both shouldered the mission of restoring the country, but he turned out to be unfaithful and disbanded tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. My husband and I had been guarding a batch of weapons. My husband's distribution map has always been in the hands of my husband. After my husband passed away, this drawing was passed on to my son Xianmin. He repainted the map on a piece of paper with invisibility potion, and made a "rose flower" on it. To cover it up. But I didn’t expect that the family was unlucky, and this rebellious son dared to betray his ancestors, make a revolution with his classmates, and even gave this painting to his girlfriend, wanting her to keep it for his friend, that is, the young master.” Mu Jianquan said: "Do you think Xianmin's approach is wrong? The Qing court has long since perished, and those weapons were made by the Hanyang Arsenal decades ago. It is too backward to be used on today's battlefield. Do you think Isn’t it absurd to use these weapons as capital for the restoration of the country? What’s more, the current Manchu Qing is a puppet government under the control of the Japanese, without any real power, so you should stop dreaming of the restoration of the country. And now many anti-Japanese troops lack weapons and ammunition , and even fighting the Japanese with broadswords and spears, those weapons can only be used by the Chinese anti-Japanese army.” Wang Ma said: "Zhuge Liang's "Hou Shi Shi Biao" has a saying: "I bow to my best, and I will die; as for the success or failure, it is beyond my knowledge." In the meantime, for the great cause of restoring the country, even if there are all kinds of difficulties, you should never look back. This is the duty of a minister. It is up to people to plan things, and it is up to God to achieve them. If I can't succeed, I have no choice. Now everything can only be resigned to fate. "She had been disguising herself as an inarticulate servant for many years, and now she revealed her true identity with a mouthful of words. Mu Jianying turned and walked outside, the three people with guns all shouted: "Don't go." But no one dared to withdraw their guns to stop them. Suddenly the candle goes out, followed by a violent gunshot.Mu Jianquan said in surprise: "Yinger be careful!" Because he couldn't see where she was, he had to squat under the desk with Wu Qianqian. After the gunshots stopped, the electric light came on suddenly, and the two stood up. Wang Ma and Li Yunyang were lying on the ground, blood was flowing from the place where they were shot, and the place where Li Fanglan was standing was also stained with blood, and the blood dripped all the way to the window. The open window was still shaking.Apparently she was injured and fled.Several gunmen came out from behind several rows of bookshelves, and one of them was Wang Ling. Wang Ling smiled and said: "I didn't expect us to cooperate again, Mr. 'Kangaroo No. 2'." Mu Jianquan said: "All of this was arranged by Jianying. This girl really has her. Keep it a secret." Having said this, I realized that Mu Jianying was no longer in the room, and my already flustered heart beat faster, and I asked in surprise, "Where is Yinger? Did something happen to her?" Wang Ling said: "It seems that she came out of the study just now." As he spoke, he came to look at the painting on the table. Mu Jianquan's task was to find this map of weapons distribution, but since the map was in his own hands at this time, he also used No need to show your identity and use pictures to fight for credit.So he said to Wang Ling: "Although these weapons are relatively outdated, they are still very useful to you." Wang Ling rolled up the painting and said, "We all have to leave as soon as possible. Major General Tang Jianming of the Central Committee has just died. Now the whole city is under martial law. There is another gun battle here. If the Kuomintang gendarmes and spies come, we will all be in danger." After finishing the picture scroll, there was a letter pressed underneath, and the envelope said "From brother Jianquan".Mu Jianquan was terrified, grabbed the letter eagerly, and tore open the envelope with trembling hands. Wang Ling and Wu Qianqian also looked at the letter unfolded in his hand in amazement. Mu Jianquan crushed the letter paper with trembling hands. Although he has a good psychological quality, he was at a loss at this moment, and said, "What's going on? This...why did she leave all of a sudden?" gone? Where should I find her?" After Wang Ling read the letter, she always felt that something was wrong, but she couldn't tell the reason, and said, "Don't worry, we will find her." Mu Jianquan said, "I'm going to find her. Regardless of the ends of the earth, I must find her. By the way, Comrade Wang Ling, Miss Wu Qianqian is my friend, and she is also a progressive young man who wants to do things for the motherland's war of resistance. I hope you can settle her down well." Wang Ling said: "Don't worry." After a while, he asked again: "Do you love Jianying? I'm not talking about brother's love for sister, but are you willing to marry her?" Mu Jianquan couldn't help but let out a long sigh and fell into deep thought.In his heart, he had always loved this younger sister very much before, but he never thought of any love between a man and a woman.A few years ago when Mu Jianying returned to Sichuan from Shanghai, she was taken away by Japanese spies on the train, which made Mu Jianquan panic, but it was only out of brother and sister love.After spending the past few years together day and night, Jianying's pure love for him has slowly penetrated into the depths of his heart. In fact, his love for Jianying has already transformed from a brother-sister relationship to a man-woman relationship, but it is only himself. Never noticed.But now that Mu Jianying suddenly disappeared, the closed love in his heart was completely opened, and he realized that he had fallen so deeply in love with this cute little Jianying.So she said to Wang Ling: "I can't lose her, and she can't live without me." But he said that Xie Xiaohui hurried back after sending away the red rose that day, and said to the driver sitting in the living room: "Hurry up and pick up the singer Liu Qian, Virgo wants her to accompany you tonight." The driver stood up and said, "But Liu Qian Didn't Qian say she would come tomorrow?" Xie Xiaohui said: "Is it the Virgo who has the final say, or she has the final say?" The driver said: "Then I'll go right away." Xie Xiaohui hurried back upstairs, and yelled as soon as she opened the door of Tang Jianming's room.Tang Jianming was seen lying naked on the bed with a steel needle stuck in his chest. After Xie Xiaohui made the phone call, the Central Committee, the military police, and the police forensic doctor rushed over one after another, and the house was crowded with people. After a while, the driver came again with Liu Qian, who was wearing a white windbreaker and was walking towards the house.The guard at the door stopped her.Seeing so many people suddenly coming into the room, the driver didn't know what happened, so he hurriedly said, "She is a friend called by the chief, get out of the way." Liu Qian boldly pushed the guard away, and went straight to the building. Came to the door of Tang Jianming's room. Adjutant Xie Xiaohui reached out to stop her and said, "Virgo has been martyred, please leave immediately." Liu Qian waved her hand and slapped her on the face, angrily said: "Presumptuous, making a woman die on the bed is also called martyrdom? If they are all like him, wouldn’t the country end long ago, should we hold a memorial service for him so that the whole party can learn from him?” Xie Xiaohui was stunned by her for a moment. Just as she was about to draw out her gun, she saw Liu Qian pointing her gun at her at an astonishing speed. Several important officials in the central government, the gendarmerie captain, the police chief, and the forensic doctor in the room all rushed away. Come over and ask successively: "What happened?" "Who?" "Who?" Instead, Liu Qian put away her pistol with a smile, and slowly took off her windbreaker. She was actually wearing a military uniform underneath. She took out a letter of commission and waved it in front of everyone, saying, "I am the newly appointed Central Command Chengdu Station Enemy Investigation Division." Major General Liu Qian. The people who arrested the enemy agent Tang Jianming would come from Chongqing tomorrow, but now it seems unnecessary." He pushed everyone away and walked into the room. Everyone was shocked by the sudden change. At a loss, they all followed in. Liu Qian asked a forensic doctor, "What's the situation like?" The forensic doctor held a long steel needle and said: "This is the murder weapon. Everyone has never seen it before. It may be a murder tool specially used by Japanese spies." Xie Xiaohui said strangely: "I searched for her when the murderer entered the house." It is impossible for her to hide this in her body." Liu Qian said: "It's just a steel ring in a foreign imported bra worn by women. It can be made into a steel needle with a little change." Xie Xiaohui asked again: "You said that our Virgo is an enemy agent? You also said that the Chongqing side wanted to arrest him. What is going on? Over the years, Virgo has devoted himself to serving the party and the country, which has made the Japanese frightened." Liu Qian gave her a blank look, and said in her heart: With your identity, what qualifications do you have to ask me?But he still said to everyone: "He is from the former Qing Palace. With the help of the power of our Central Committee, he has been secretly plotting his own affairs. Because of a weapon distribution map they were fighting for, he sent a few years ago. Su Huijuan, a lover who joined the military command, went to Harbin to kill Xianmin Baylor, but was in vain. Now in Chengdu, he found the blueprints hidden in Zhang's mansion, so he secretly killed Zhang's family one after another, but got back a fake picture He died at the hands of the Japanese spy Red Rose because of his lust, which made me feel very passive, and I can no longer ask the secrets about the Manchurian royal family from him. According to our accurate information, the Japanese sent Red Roses separately this time He and White Rose came to assassinate him. Red Rose has been killed by my people. Who is White Rose? Is it male or female? Where is it? If it is successfully completed, the unused piece of White Rose has become a potential threat to us, and we must dig out this person as soon as possible." All the Zhongtong agents present showed great enthusiasm for the newly appointed beautiful female director, and replied in unison: "Yes." In the Kwantung Army Intelligence Department of the Japanese Army, Yoshiko Kawashima came to Kenji Doihara's office and said, "Report to the general, the Chengdu Latent Station has called. The 'Rose Flower Project' has been successfully completed, and the red rose died for the country." Kenji Doihara Er smiled and said, "This thorn in my side has finally been pulled out." Yoshiko Kawashima said, "But the person who takes his place will appear immediately, which is beyond everyone's expectations." Kenji Doihara wondered: "Who is it?" Yoshiko Kawashima said: "This is even more strange, it is the singer Liu Qian." "A female singer suddenly took over such an important position, it seems that this person is not simple , we must find out the information about her as soon as possible." Kenji Doihara looked blank. Yoshiko Kawashima said, "Hai." Kenji Doihara asked, "I heard that something related to Tang Jianming also involved a painting. What's going on?" Kawashima Yoshiko was startled, and said: "Yes, many people are robbing a "Rose Picture". It was mentioned in the telegram by the Communist spy '401' back then. My cousin Bai Meimei Li Fanglan because of the chance Coincidentally, I also saw this picture, but it was a pity that this picture fell into the hands of the Communist Party, and my cousin was injured because of it. The students just want to report the good news and not the bad news, and I ask the general to forgive me for not reporting this failure.” She hoped that by saying this, she could deceive Kenji Doihara to send someone to find out the secret of this picture in private, but she was secretly surprised that Kenji Doihara's information was so well-informed. Kenji Doihara said: "You are also kind enough to not mention this matter, anyway we don't know what secrets are hidden in that painting." Kawashima Yoshiko said: "Then my cousin should stay in Chengdu or withdraw ?” Doihara Kenji said: “She is your right-hand man, you can’t lose her, just like I can’t lose you, you decide for yourself.” Yoshiko Kawashima said, "Thank you General for your kindness." Kenji Doihara said again: "What I have been worried about is the '401' of the Communist Party and the 'AWT plan' he mentioned. After so many years, has this plan been implemented?" Yoshiko Kawashima said: "This Everything will be clarified sooner or later. Didn't the general suspect that Mu Jianquan is '401'? I suggest sending someone to penetrate into his side. Maybe the gap can be opened from him, but first try to get Mu Jianying away from him. Let's go, this woman is too cunning." Kenji Doihara shook his head and said: "This is just my suspicion. Even if he is really '401', then he is not a big role, and he also doesn't know what the 'AWT Project' is!" Kawashima Yoshiko said : "General, don't worry too much about this matter, our workload is too great." Kenji Doihara said: "Yes, our war in China has reached a stalemate, and our intelligence work is also very difficult."