Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen The Last Clue

Su Zitong touched his body and found that there was not much money, so he took off his watch and handed it to the driver. "It's too polite, I don't want it." The coachman shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the gold ring on Su Zitong's left ring finger. "Here, is this enough?" Su Zitong thought he was unlucky and gave the ring and the watch to the driver. The coachman said: "This is a valuable thing. I sold it at a low price today." Looking back, Luo Su asked Xiao Ma to send an urgent telegram to Nightingale after receiving the report from the Primingbird that night, and Nightingale called back shortly after: The telegram has been received, and it will be done accordingly.

The two breathed a sigh of relief, but the wait that followed was quite difficult.After more than an hour, there was finally movement in the backyard, and broken bricks were thrown from outside the wall one after another. "Comrade Jiang Fangxiang is back." Xiao Ma said, "Do you want to turn on the light?" "Open it later, I'll go and have a look." Luo Su walked out of the room and came to the back wall.Just as another broken brick was thrown in, Luo Su coughed softly and shouted outside: "Who is outside in the middle of the night?" "Passers-by want to go home." Responded from outside the wall.

"You went to the wrong door, this is not your home." "That's right, a traveler from the end of the world makes his home everywhere." The password matches, it's one of our own!Luo Su handed out a ladder from inside the wall, and someone from outside the wall came in, and it really was Jiang Fangxiang! "Is everything going well?" Luo Su took the ladder and put it away, asking with concern. "Overall, it went smoothly. There was a small problem in the middle. The nightingale just entered the house, and the spies arrived later." Jiang Fangxiang said, "We killed the spies."

"There is no danger." Luo Su breathed a sigh of relief, and led the way, "Hurry up and go into the house." Hearing footsteps, Xiao Ma immediately turned on the light, and Jiang Fangxiang asked, "Comrade Luo Su, what is the next step?" "The task now is to rest, don't think about anything." Luo Su replied, "You can squeeze with me tonight and sleep together." "I'd better sleep with the pony, lest I kick you." Jiang Fangxiang said. "I knew that young people don't like to sleep with old men. Well, hurry up and rest." Luo Su said and got into bed first.

Jiang Fangxiang went to bed, Xiao Ma turned off the light... The three of them were soundly asleep when they were awakened by a burst of yelling, and it turned out that it was already dawn. "Scrap copper, rotten iron, old books and newspapers—" "It's Zhong Hua, Xiao Ma, go and open the door." Luo Su recognized Zhong Hua's voice. The pony is young and nimble, getting dressed and getting out of bed in three or two strokes.When Zhong Hualai came in, he was a little surprised to see Jiang Fangxiang sitting in the room besides Luo Su, and asked, "Comrade Jiang Fangxiang, why are you here? I'm here for your business."

"He has been exposed," Luo Su replied on his behalf, "What's the matter with him?" "I passed by the entrance of the Independent Normal University early this morning, and the trash can on the right was gone. I guess something went wrong. I came back to ask Comrade Luo Su, but I didn't expect you to be exposed." Zhong Hualai looked at Jiang Fangxiang and said. "I didn't move the trash can, maybe Zhang Zui sent someone to remove it." Jiang Fangxiang explained. "He knows our contact code?" Zhong Hualai asked in surprise. "His spies saw that I was looking for things in the trash can, and they were just suspicious. They didn't know how we got in touch."

"Comrade Hualai is here just in time. Let's hold a meeting to summarize and analyze this matter." Luo Su said. "I wonder why Comrade Jiang Fangxiang was exposed all of a sudden?" Zhong Hua said. "Yes, this is the crux of the problem. We must find out the truth. If we don't figure this out, our comrades will be exposed one after another." Luo Su said. "Could it be a traitor?" Xiao Ma looked at Jiang Fangxiang. "That's absolute. It wasn't betrayed by a traitor. How would the enemy know that Fang Xiang is an underground party?" Zhong Hualai asked, "Comrade Luo Su, how many people in the Independent Division know the true identity of Comrade Fang Xiang?"

"A total of five or six comrades know about it." Luo Su replied. "How come so many people know me?" Jiang Fangxiang frowned. "This arrangement was made after careful consideration in the organization. Comrade Fang Xiang's work is very important and dangerous. In order to ensure that there are no problems, five or six comrades were arranged to meet him at any time. When it is a last resort, these people are ready All of this is to ensure the safety of Primrose. The so-called advantages and disadvantages, but generally speaking, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. If such an arrangement had not been made beforehand, Comrade Fang Xiang might... ..."

"This exposure seems to be very complicated. Maybe only Comrade Primrose can solve this mystery." Zhong Hualai sighed. "The Primrose is a pair of eyes and ears that our party planted inside the enemy. Its role is directly related to whether Jiangnan City can be liberated peacefully. If something happens to the Primrose, the lives and property of millions of people in Jiangnan City will be threatened!" Luo said. Su glanced at the crowd, "So, the safety of Primula is the safety of millions of people in Jiangnan City. We must try our best to reduce the burden on Comrade Primula, and we cannot rely on him for everything. Regarding this matter, we must first Check it out yourself."

"Comrade Primrose would be more dangerous if it had one more task. I agree with Comrade Luo Su's proposal." Xiao Ma said. Someone knocked on the door outside, Luo Su looked at his watch and said, "It's time to open for business, do you have any comments?" "The new issue of "Spring Voice" will be published soon, will this issue still be published?" Zhong Hualai asked. "How about that publisher?" Luo Su turned his attention to Jiang Fangxiang. "It's not bad, the work is very active," Jiang Fangxiang took out two folded papers from his pocket, "He has already submitted two applications for joining the party to the organization."

Luo Su took it and glanced at it, and said to Zhong Hua: "It can be released, let's follow the plan arranged by Comrade Fang Xiang earlier." There were heart-piercing screams from the torture room.Zhang Zui and Chu Xiangxue walked in, and Shu Xianglin and his six subordinates were covered in wounds. The torture room was filled with smog, and the smell of chili pepper and burnt burnt directly into the eyes and nose.The two of them watched for a while, then walked out.Li Ruyou followed immediately. "Is there any progress?" Zhang Zui asked casually. "No, it seems that there is really no underground party among them." Li Ruyou replied. "Why do you think so?" Zhang Zui asked with squinting eyes. "I have been with the team leader for so long. I have seen a lot of Communist Party members. Even the soft-hearted Communist Party members have to use several tortures before they are willing to recruit. These people are recruited without being beaten. They are afraid of death. The content of the confession is full of flaws. You can tell it's made up." "They are not the Communist Party, so who is the Communist Party?" Zhang Zui looked at Li Ruyou closely. "Team leader—" Li Ruyou hesitated to speak, "I... dare not say..." "What are you afraid to say? We are doing things for the party and the country. Even if you doubt me, you can still say that it is not right for people." "I doubt Li Man'e—because she was the only one who left alone and had the time to inform the Communist Party." Li Ruyou summoned up the courage to speak out. Zhang Zui pondered for a long time, and said, "Don't make it public first. Inform Commander Chu to come to the duty room." "Then shall the interrogation continue?" Li Ruyou took two steps and then turned around. "Forget it, there is no need to waste time on interrogations without results." "Let them all go?" Li Ruyou asked. "No, lock them up. Only when the case is solved!" Zhang Zui said coldly. "These people are unlucky enough." Chu Xiangxue, who had been following Li Ruyou, finally opened her mouth after waiting for Li Ruyou to leave, "I have to pay such a heavy price for being used by Chu Liyan." "People rule a society, that's how it is. As long as you have the right to speak, even if it's a personal grievance, you can find a grandiose reason to rule your opponent." "To be precise, you can't be called an opponent. Because you are not dueling on the same platform, but because you occupy a favorable terrain, you can slaughter others at will, including taking their lives. You can be 'just and aboveboard'." "This is the benefit of power," Zhang Zui showed a bit of pride, "no wonder how many people have fought for power in the past dynasties. Isn't it the same in the current struggle between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party? Don't talk about others, but President Jiang, whom we admire the most At the most critical moment of the Anti-Japanese War, he asked the United States for assistance. At that time, President Roosevelt said clearly, I can help you defeat the Japanese, but I have one condition-after Japan surrenders, you must jointly govern with the Communist Party, Implement real democracy! Because any power that loses supervision is selfish and terrible, and there can be no fairness and justice. But our president did not agree, why? I didn’t understand it very much in the past, and when I have a little power myself Only then did I realize that power is such a treasure once you have mastered it, you can do whatever you want in the place where your power reaches! Democracy is different, power is a 'public tool', and the master is only the spokesperson of the people, and cannot be used to achieve personal goals, such as Roosevelt himself, he hated a certain little man in the United States, but he just couldn’t do anything to him. If he insisted on taking risks, the result would be that he had to step down! We are different in China, our military commander killed so many innocent or innocent people for the president, who Dare to impeach him? Don’t talk about him, it’s just a small person like me, what’s the point of killing dozens of innocent people?” "Let me put it this way, I feel that power is really scary." Chu Xiangxue said. "Your words were said by someone without power." Zhang Zui laughed. "I mean, what would those in power think if they were ordinary people?" "Of course I want democracy." Zhang Zui thought for a while and said, "Power is not eternal. Although it can be hereditary, others can grab it. If one day I lose power, for the sake of my children and grandchildren, I still want democracy." "If you don't do it for yourself, heaven and earth will destroy it. I don't think you're going to fight yourself." Chu Xiangxue laughed. "That's why I say that there are no good people in this world, only good systems. If there is no good system, even the best people will become bad in a society without fairness and justice. I believe that the current Communist Party is because it has seen too much injustice. , Injustice, it is against us." "Comrade Zhang Zui, do you know what I'm talking about? You can lose power just by your words!" Chu Xiangxue said seriously. "Xiangxue, you—" Zhang Zui knew he had slipped his tongue, and immediately smiled playfully, "What did I just say? I don't even know what I'm talking about." The duty room was about to arrive, and Chu Liyan walked towards him, and he asked, "What can Team Leader Zhang want from me?" "Let's talk in the house." Zhang Zui resumed his usual stern smile, took out the key and opened the door, seeing that the inside is really neat, he couldn't help saying: "It's been a long time since I came to work, and the windows here are still bright and clean." "You don't come here often, I often send someone to clean it." Chu Liyan said, after taking his seat, he couldn't help asking: "Is there a breakthrough in the interrogation?" "No." Zhang Zui sat down at his desk, "This time, the Communist Party took advantage of it again." "The clue is broken again? What should we do next?" Chu Liyan frowned. "It doesn't matter if the clue is broken, just continue it." Zhang Zui said confidently. "How to pick it up? Where to pick it up?" Chu Liyan shook his head in pain. "The clues have not been broken, but this is the last one. If there is another problem, even if the Communist Party can let us go, we will not be able to escape the sanctions of the organization." Zhang Zui took out the key to open the drawer, took out a form and handed it over. "Su Zitong, a native of Longchuanshan, Liucheng, Guangxi..." Chu Liyan took over and read for half a verse, then looked up at Zhang Zui, "Leader, what does this mean?" "He is our last clue." Zhang Zui said seriously. On Sunday morning, Su Zitong was dressed in casual clothes, strolling back and forth in the scenic area of ​​Nanshui River... About an hour passed, and a middle-aged man walked from east to west. There are three fountain pens in Su Zitong's left breast pocket, and he intends to show the three fountain pens to the middle-aged man.The middle-aged man really stared at his jacket pocket... Could it be that this person is a "legged pig"?Su Zitong couldn't believe it, but he still followed the joint method Jiang Fangxiang left behind.Before he could speak, the other party asked first. "Sir, your pen is so beautiful." "Do you want a pen?" Su Zitong asked. "I only accept copper and iron, not pens." The middle-aged man replied. "Cheaper, as much as you want." "The price I offered was very low, why did you sell such a valuable thing at such a low price?" "I need money urgently, so it doesn't matter how high or low you are." Su Zitong replied. "Why do you need the money urgently?" the middle-aged man asked. "Looking for a missing relative." When the code was matched, Su Zitong chuckled and asked in a low voice, "You are Comrade Jiaozhu, right? My name is Su Zitong." "I know that Comrade Jiang Fangxiang mentioned you." "Comrade Jiang Fangxiang, is he okay?" Su Zitong asked. "Come with me, get farther away, don't let people see the flaws." After the foot pig ordered, he walked up the river without looking back. Su Zitong kept a certain distance and followed behind.After walking along the embankment of the Nanshui River for a while, and then crossing several streets, the pig in front finally stopped in front of the Zuichunfeng Restaurant on Tongbao Road.While pretending to tie his shoelaces, he waited for Su Zitong. Su Zitong approached and asked in a low voice, "How do I get there?" "The 'good brother' private room on the second floor, don't look back, I'll be there later." The pig still lowered its head as it spoke. After Su Zitong went upstairs, the foot pig walked to the counter with a smile on his face, and said to the fat boss, "I am a friend of Boss Sun." "You can go to the 'good brother' private room on the second floor." The fat boss said without raising his head. Su Zitong walked into the private room.This place is very familiar to him, the last time he got drunk with Liang Tianshu fell into Zhang Zui's hands here.Since then, he has fallen into a nightmare, and this dream has not woken up to this day-maybe he will never wake up. Today, he came here again, somehow it seemed to be a coincidence or fate, he didn't know whether this time brought him a blessing or a curse.In his heart, he no longer dared to have much hope for happiness, as long as it wasn't a disaster.Not long after he sat down, the hog came in. "Have you been to this place before?" Jiaozhu closed the door and sat down opposite Su Zitong. "Familiar." Su Zitong didn't want to mention that sad past. "We will meet here in the future. This private room is rented by the organization in the name of 'Boss Sun' for a long time." Jiaozhu did not sit down, but took out a bunch of keys to open a closet, took out a package, "This is the latest "Spring Voice". I will try to deliver it to readers tonight." Su Zitong took the package and put it beside him. When the little pig locked the closet and turned around, he immediately presented something and said, "I just wrote this, please forward it to the organization." Jiaozhu took it over and unfolded it, with a smile on his face, and said: "The organization has received the two applications you wrote for joining the party. This is the third one. I will hand it over to the organization as soon as possible. I hope you can stand it." Test and become a glorious member of the Communist Party of China as soon as possible." "I know that the work I do is still far from the requirements of a Communist Party member, but I will definitely work hard to get closer to the Party organization as soon as possible." Su Zitong said as if endorsing. "If you ask for progress, the organization will definitely welcome it, but you can't be too eager for success. You must know that the organization is paying attention to you all the time. You don't have to think about anything. As long as you focus on doing the distribution work well, you will be happy." I will become a qualified Communist Party member." As the piglet said, he handed a key to Su Zitong, "This is the key to the closet. I may not always wait for you here. When I am not around, you can come directly Take, just say that you are Boss Sun's friend, and Boss Fat will let you in." "What if I want to see you?" Su Zitong asked. "Under normal circumstances, it is best for us not to meet each other, as both parties will be unsafe. This is a very dangerous job, and a little carelessness may result in loss of life." "I mean what if I need to see you in case of an emergency." Su Zitong asked. "In case of emergency, you take the newspaper away and put a white note in the closet—but it should be a week from now when I see it." "May I ask your name? Calling you by your code name is a bit..." "It's a bit indecent, isn't it?" The piglet smiled, "It's okay, this name is pretty good, I go from house to house all day, like a boar. I can only use a code name in this line of work, so that even if it is exposed , there is no way to find out the nameless enemy.” "Then what is my code name?" "After you become an official comrade, the organization will appoint you. Well, that's it for today. I'm leaving. You can come down later." The piglet smiled again, and then left the bag without looking back. house. Su Zitong looked at the back of the little pig, feeling lost in his heart.Zhang Zui originally asked him to inquire about Jiaozhu's real name, place of origin and place of residence, but he did not inquire about any of these, so he wondered if he could return to Zhang Zui. He stuffed a stack of "Spring Voice" into a cloth bag, and walked down the stairs listlessly.The little pig had disappeared for a long time. He stood at the door blankly for a while, when a driver approached him in a rickshaw and asked, "Sir, where are you going?" "Yingfang Road Independent Division." Su Zitong simply reported the name of the place and sat down in the car. "Does sir often come to get drunk with the spring breeze?" The coachman turned around and smiled, befriending him. "I don't come here often, let's go." Su Zitong didn't want to talk too much with strangers. "I heard that your accent is from that area of ​​Guangxi, and you work in the Independent Division?" The coachman was at a loss for words, "You are not wearing a military uniform today." Su Zitong protested by not answering, and the coachman just pedaled on to make fun of himself. Su Zitong paid the money at the gate and got off the car, went straight back to the room, suddenly remembered that something was left on the car, and hurried to the gate, but the driver had long since disappeared.He became anxious. If the newspaper did not continue to be published, it would not be able to hide it from the Communist Party, because the Independent Division was full of their eyes and ears.Taking chances, he hoped to find the coachman on the way to Zuichunfeng. Sure enough, the coachman was still at the gate of Zui Chunfeng. As soon as he saw Su Zitong, he said, "I knew you would come back to find me." "My things...are they still there?" Su Zitong smiled, "I'm sorry, I'm in a bad mood today, it's my fault." "It's okay, when people are in a bad mood, things are here with me." Su Zitong looked at the seat, but saw nothing, and saw that the coachman's arms were bulging, so he understood, and asked in a low voice, "How can I thank you?" "Go up and have a seat?" the coachman looked at the restaurant. "Forget it, find a place where no one is around." Su Zitong didn't want to go back upstairs. The coachman was not reluctant, stepped on the car to a secluded corner, then opened the hood and sat side by side with Su Zitong.Su Zitong touched his body and found that there was not much money, so he took off his watch and handed it to the driver. "It's too polite, I don't want it." The coachman shook his head, but his eyes were fixed on the gold ring on Su Zitong's left ring finger. "Here, is this enough?" Su Zitong thought he was unlucky and gave the ring and the watch to the driver. This time the coachman didn't refuse any more, took out the bag from his pocket, and said, "This is a valuable thing, and I'm selling it at a low price today." "You... know what this is?" Su Zitong asked in surprise. "I know, I was harmed like this by this thing." "What do you mean?" Su Zitong looked at the coachman. "To tell you the truth, I am your ex." "What is my ex?" Su Zitong was even more confused. "It seems that we are really destined. To tell you the truth, my name is Liu Qiye. I used to be the publisher of "Chunsheng Bao". Later, I fell into the hands of Zhang Zui...I told him everything I knew. I hoped to get his reward, but once I have no use value, they will no longer care about my life." Liu Qiye sighed for a long time, and returned the bag to Su Zitong, "Brother, you can do it yourself. Don't fall into Zhang Zui's hands." Hearing Liu Qiye's words, Su Zitong felt a pang of sadness in his heart, and secretly lamented: I have already fallen into Zhang Zui's hands...