Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

one So, is Tang Mi's disappearance related to Lieutenant Colonel Haidake?What is Haidac's role in this regard?A burst of random guesses surged in Qiu Peng's heart like a raging tide.But she resolutely shrugged off those assumptions.This is the time when all intellect must be brought together to meet it. Will Lieutenant Colonel Haidak recognize her for what she is? She had made up her mind beforehand that no matter who she saw, she would never show recognition or surprise.Moreover, she also has considerable self-confidence.She herself shows no signs of being unfavorable to the current situation.

She stood up now, showing a very respectful attitude, exactly like a German woman standing in front of "Master". "Here you are," said the lieutenant colonel. He spoke English and his manner was perfectly normal. "Yes," said Choppon, and then, as if presenting his credentials, he added, "Nurse Eldon." Haidak smiled slightly, as if listening to a joke. "Nurse Elden! Excellent!" He looked at her with admiration. "You look fine," he said kindly. Qiu Peng lowered his head, but did not speak.She was going to let him start first.

"You probably know what you're supposed to do?" Haydack went on. "Please sit down." Qiu Peng sat down obediently.She replied: "After I was ordered to come here, I will follow your detailed instructions." "Exactly," said Haydack, with a tinge of sarcasm in his voice. He said, "Do you know what day it is?" Qiu Peng thought for a while, and immediately decided what to say. "Number Four!" Lieutenant Colonel Haidak looked surprised, and his forehead was deeply lined. "You know that, don't you?" he said. After a moment of silence, Qiu Peng said:

"Please tell me what I should do, please?" Haidak said, "I'll tell you as time goes by." He hesitated, then asked: "Then, there is no doubt that you have heard of Xiaoyao Hotel?" "No." Qiu Peng said. "never heard of that?" "Yes." Qiu Peng's attitude was very firm. "I want to see what you do?" Qiu Peng thought. With a suspicious smile on Lieutenant Colonel Haidak's face, he said: "Haven't you heard of the Happy Hotel? That surprised me! I thought you'd been staying there for the last month."

Then there was a dead silence.Lieutenant Colonel said: "Mrs. Brunken, how do you explain that?" "Dr. Binnion, I don't know what you mean. I just parachuted down this morning." Lieutenant Colonel Haidak smiled again, but it was definitely not a happy smile. He said, "Get a few yards of canvas and tuck it in the bushes and you'll have a startling illusion. Mrs. Brunken! I'm not Dr. Binnion. Dr. Binnion is my personal dentist by profession. Thanks to his help, he lent me his operating room." "Really?" Qiu Peng asked. "Really, Mrs. Brunken! Or, perhaps, you would rather have me call you by your real name? Mrs. Blissful!"

There was another painful silence, and Qiu Peng sighed deeply. Lieutenant Colonel Haidak nodded. "Now, you're all over, you know? Like the spider in the fable said to the fly: 'You've thrown yourself into a trap'." At this time, Qiu Peng heard a slight click, and saw the blue light of steel flashing in his hand.Now, he took on a grim tone when he spoke. "You still don't make a sound, and don't try to alarm the neighbors. Before you open your mouth to yell, you will see the king of Hades. And, even if you yell, you won't attract the attention of the neighbors. Because when a dentist uses laughing gas to anesthetize When you are sick, the sick will cry too."

Qiu Peng said calmly: "You seem to have thought of everything. But did it ever occur to you that I have friends, and that they know where I am?" "Ah! Are you still talking about the blue-eyed youth? Actually, he had brown eyes. I mean Tony Marston, Mrs. Beeford. But Tony happens to be our most reliable guy in this country." supporters. Didn’t I say it just now? Just a few yards of canvas can produce amazing results. As for shooting down paratroopers, it is actually a trap. But when you hear it, you believe it without thinking.” "Your nonsense, I don't understand what it means."

"Really? We don't want your friends to find you right away, do you understand? If they follow the lead, they'll go to Yaru and find a man in a car. A face with a very different face." The nurse, who walked into a dental clinic here between one and two o'clock. No one would implicate this in your disappearance." "You are really well-intentioned!" Qiu Peng said. Haidak said: "I admire your courage, you know? I really admire you! I'm so sorry! We have to force your confession like this. How many secrets did you discover in the Xiaoyao Hotel? This is what we have to ask knew."

Qiu Peng did not answer. Haidak said calmly: "I advise you to recruit it clearly. Do you know that the dentist's operating chair and appliances can be used for other purposes!" Qiu Peng just looked at him disdainfully. Lieutenant Colonel Haidak leaned back in his chair and said slowly: "Yes, you have a lot of indomitable spirit. People of your kind are often like that. What about your other half?" "what do you mean?" "I'm talking about your husband. Tang Mi Bi Fufu. He recently changed his name to Mr. Meadows and lived in the Xiaoyao Hotel. Now he is very close at hand. He is in our basement, well tied up."

Qiu Peng said sharply: "I do not believe." "Is it because you received the letter signed by A Peng? Didn't you know that it was Tony's masterpiece? You accidentally told him the password, but it gave him a lot of convenience." Qiu Peng's voice trembled. "Then, Tang Mi—then, Tang Mi—" "Tommy?" said Lieutenant Colonel Haydock. "He's been in the same place all the time—all in my hands! It's all up to you now. You'll answer my questions satisfactorily, He still has a lifeline. Otherwise, we proceed with the original plan. We are going to hit him again, kill him, take him to sea, and throw him in the sea."

Qiu Peng was silent for a minute or two, then said: "What do you want to know?" "I want to know who you work for. Regardless of whether the instigator is one person or several people, how did you communicate? So far, what information have you reported? How much do you know? " Qiu Peng shrugged. "Actually, I can lie to you as much as I want." She pointed this out. "It's okay, because I will check everything you say to me." He pulled the chair closer.His current attitude is definitely begging her. "I know exactly how you feel now. I have a heartfelt admiration for Mr. and Mrs. Sin, and believe me, this is not an exaggeration. You have stamina, you have guts. That's what our 'New England' needs. The so-called "New Britain" is a newly established country after the collapse of your current incompetent government. We want to turn some British people into friends. We must choose excellent ones. If necessary, I could have ordered your husband's life to be ended. In fact, that was my duty. However, I couldn't bear to do it. Your husband is a good man. He is calm, humble, and intelligent. I can tell you a god Big news, which is little known in England. Our leader does not intend to conquer the country as you think. His purpose is to create a new Britain - a self-reliant power. The rule is not The Germans, but the English--excellent, intelligent, educated, and courageous Englishmen. Such a country, as Shakespeare said: 'The future is boundless'!" (here refers to the famous British dramatist What Shakespeare said at the end of Henry IV, Act III, Scene III, by Sir Falstaff: "brave world"——Translator's Note) She bent forward, and continued: "We want to sweep away stupidity and incompetence, bribery and corruption, selfishness and corruption. Our new country needs men like you and your wife, men of courage and ability like you, past enemies, Potential future friends. In this country, as in other countries, there are many who approve of and believe in our plans. You would be surprised at the number of such people. We shall To create a new Europe - a peaceful and progressive Europe. You have to look at it from that point of view, because, believe me, that's actually what we want Europe to be..." His voice is moving and magnetic.When he leaned forward, he looked like a frank British navy. Qiupeng looked at him, secretly thinking about what words to answer that would be effective.However, all she could think of was a childish and crude sentence: "Elder Goose, Granny Goose!" two The effect of that statement was miraculous, and the result took her by surprise. Lieutenant Colonel Haidak jumped up, his face was purple with anger, and in an instant, the breezy attitude that seemed to be like the British navy was gone.What she saw now was the kind of person Tang Mi saw—an angry Prussian. He scolded her in fluent German.Then he shouted in English: "You nasty little fool! Don't you know you're showing off by saying that? Now you're digging your own grave—you're both screwed!" He raised his voice and cried: "Anna!" The woman who had opened the door for Choppong entered, and Lieutenant Colonel Haidak thrust the pistol into her hand. "Watch her. Shoot her if necessary!" So he ran out of the room angrily. Qiu Peng looked at Anna with a pleading attitude, and Anna sat opposite her with no expression on her face. "Would you really shoot me?" Anna replied calmly: "Don't try to lie to me. My son Otto was murdered by the British during the last war. I was thirty-eight then, and I'm sixty-two now, but I haven't forgotten it." Qiu Peng looked at the broad, expressionless face.Seeing this kind of face, she thought of that Polish woman, Vanda Polanska. The two had the same ferocious expressions, and they were equally troubled.This is a mother's hatred of her enemies--a merciless hatred!It's the look of a mother who lost her son. At this time, there was a sudden ripple in the depths of Qiu Peng's mind - it was a thing that would be constantly remembered - it was something she knew all along but never materialized.By the way, Solomon - it seems to be related to the story of Solomon... At this time, the door opened.Lieutenant Colonel Haidak came back into the room. He exclaimed in bewilderment: "Where is that thing? Where did you hide it?" Qiu Peng stared at him intently, completely puzzled.She had no idea what he meant. She didn't take anything, and she didn't hide anything. Haidak said to Anna: "go out!" The woman handed him the pistol and backed away immediately. Hydak sat down slowly, as if gathering himself, and said: "You can't get away with it, you know? I've got you now. I have a way of getting people to tell the truth. It's not a good way. In the end, you must tell the truth. Tell me, then." : Where did you get that thing?" Qiu Peng's mind moved quickly, and she immediately saw that she could at least use this to bargain with him.What did he think she had in her hand?If only she could know. She said cautiously: "How do you know it's in my hands?" "Just from your words, you little fool! It's not on you. We know that, because you've completely changed into the costume." "What if I have mailed it to someone else?" Qiu Peng said. "Don't be stupid. Since yesterday, everything you sent has been inspected by us. You didn't send that thing. Yes, there is only one possibility: before you left Xiaoyao Hotel this morning, It must have been hidden somewhere. Now, I give you three minutes to tell me where it was hidden." He put his watch on the table. "Mrs. Blessing, three minutes." The clock on the mantelpiece ticked, ticked. Qiu Peng sat there expressionlessly and motionless. Although her heart was in a mess, it didn't show on her face. Suddenly a surprising light flashed in her heart, and in this blinding light, everything came to light, and only then did she understand who was the central figure in this organization. Haidak's words were like a bolt from the blue: "Ten seconds left..." As if in a dream, she saw him raise his arm holding the pistol, and heard him count: "One, two, three, four, five—" He had just reached the count of eight when there was a shot, and then he fell forward, startled in his broad red face.It turned out that he was engrossed in looking at his prisoner, but he never noticed that the door behind him was slowly opened. In an instant, Qiu Peng stood up, pushed aside the men in uniform, walked up to a man in tweed, and grabbed his arm. "Mr. Grant!" "Yes, yes, it's all right now. You're amazing—" Qiu Peng ignored these comforting words. "Quick! Don't lose a moment! Have you got a car?" "Yes." He looked at her intently. "Is the car fast? We must rush to the Xiaoyao Hotel immediately. It would be great if we could catch up immediately. lest they call and find no one to pick up and become suspicious." Ten minutes later they were in a car and driving through the streets of Lehanton.They were soon outside the city.The needle on the speedometer is getting higher and higher. Mr. Grant asked no questions.He just sat quietly in the car, while Qiu Peng anxiously looked at the speedometer.The driver has already explained, so he is accelerating as much as possible. Qiu Peng spoke only once: "Where's Tang Mi?" "He's fine. He was rescued half an hour ago." She nodded. Now, at last, they had reached Lyhamton.Their car turned around, passed through this small town, and then went straight to the mountain. Qiu Peng jumped out of the car and hurried down the driveway with Mr. Grant.The door of the hall was open as usual, and there was no one in sight.Qiupeng ran up the stairs lightly. She just looked in as she passed her own room.She noticed that the room was in disarray, the drawers were all open, and the bed was a mess.She nodded and walked down the passage to the Carlyles' house. The house was empty.The situation is very quiet, and there is a slight smell of medicine. Qiu Peng ran to the bed and pulled down the quilt. The quilts fell to the floor.Qiu Peng reached out to touch under the mattress, and then, holding an old children's picture book in her hand, she turned to Mr. Grant with a triumphant smile and said: "Here's what you're looking for, it's all here—" "after all--" They turned and saw Mrs. Spurrow standing in the doorway, watching them intently. "Now," Qiu Peng said. "Let me introduce you. This is M. Yes, Mrs. Spurrow, I should have known." A moment later Mrs. Carlyle appeared at the door.So, the climax took a turn for the worse. "Oh!" said Mrs. Carlyle, looking dismayed at her master's bed. "What would Mr. Carlyle say?"