Chapter 39 Chapter Thirty-Nine

"Xiangxue, it's nothing. I expected it a long time ago. If you don't kill me, they will continue to send people to kill me. From the day I swore to do this job, I was ready to die at any time... …I am very satisfied, and I have no regrets when I die. I hope you live on, until you win the final victory, and until our country prospers and prospers!” "Team leader, I don't know if I should say something." Chu Liyan looked at Zhang Zui cautiously. "I'm the same as you. Now we are colleagues and brothers. There is nothing bad to say in private." Zhang Zui's face was full of loss and helplessness.

"Mr. Mao said that the primrose was still among us, so I wondered if my old Li died of injustice... But how to explain those handwriting..." "It's hard for me to answer this question. According to Mr. Mao, I might be a primula. But I can tell you one thing—if I were a primula, I would work hard to imitate other people's handwriting." .” "After you have told me like this, I think Lao Li must have been wronged. The damn primrose has done a lot of harm! Team leader Zhang, if Lao Li is not an underground party, what is she? Could it be that she is— —" Chu Liyan stopped.

"Could it be who she is?" Zhang Zui asked very interestedly, seeing that he refused to tell, he simply pointed out, "Could it be that she is the 'Chameleon'?" "Team Leader Zhang, you're the one who said this. Mr. Mao doesn't allow us to speculate in private, and I don't want to inquire about anything that hasn't been made public in the organization." "Old Chu, now that you have Mr. Mao, don't call me the team leader or the team leader. I just said that we are brothers in private. Regarding work issues, we are all arranged by Mr. Mao—"

At this time, Mr. Mao had already quietly entered the duty room, and Zhang Zui was so frightened that he quickly swallowed back what he hadn't finished speaking. "What are you talking about? Why don't you say it again?" Mr. Mao asked sullenly. "Report to Mr. Mao, we are discussing whether the five-step snake and the black-stalked snake can complete the task today." Chu Liyan answered boldly. "Does this have something to do with you?" Facing Mr. Mao's question, Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan bowed their heads and were speechless.When Mr. Mao stopped talking, the duty room became lifeless... "I know, you are all guilty, and you are all afraid of being regarded as the suspect of the primrose, aren't you? Why don't you answer? I can tell you, the fake is true No, it can’t be fake!” Mr. Mao raised his wrist, “It’s already past 10 o’clock, have you heard from the Five Step Snake?”

"Not yet, I'll call them right away." Zhang Zui quickly picked up the phone, but no one answered after dialing for a long time. He turned to look at Mr. Mao, "There is no one in the store, I don't know where they went, I'm going to call the beautiful snake right now, do you want to call her over?" "No one in the store is sure that something happened, you can let the beautiful snake come over." Mr. Mao said.At the end, he added, "I want her to go to the store and see what's going on." The three of them waited silently in the duty room for more than half an hour before Chu Xiangxue appeared at the door. She paused for a moment, then walked in and asked cautiously, "Have the Five Step Snakes come back yet?"

"Who are you asking? There are so many people in the room?" Mr. Mao turned to Zhang Zui and said sternly, "Is this the subordinate you trained? There is no manners at all!" Chu Xiangxue blushed suddenly, and walked into the room: "Report to Mr. Mao, Liang Tianshu went out on time at 8:30, and I immediately called Wubu Snake. I went to the store just now on the order of Team Leader Zhang." , found out that the store was closed, so I thought they had completed their mission and came back.” "How did you plan this operation?" Zhang Zui asked. "I'm in charge of monitoring Liang Tianshu. Whenever he leaves the house, I'll call the five-step snake. If he doesn't leave after 9 o'clock, I'll lure him into our store."

At this time, the phone rang, Zhang Zui answered it, and then handed the receiver to Mr. Mao: "Your phone." Mr. Mao answered the phone, said "uh" a few times and hung up.Except that Zhang Zui might be able to recognize whose voice it was, neither Chu Liyan nor Chu Xiangxue knew who was calling.After a while, Mr. Mao said to Chu Xiangxue: "Comrade Beauty Snake, the underground party of the Independent Division is not dead yet, so I will leave this task to you. I will limit you to one day. If you don't mention Liang Tianshu by this time tomorrow If the head comes to see me, I will treat you like a primrose!"

Mr. Mao's voice was not loud, but to Chu Xiangxue's ears, it had a shocking effect... Looking back, at 8:30 in the morning, Liang Tianshu came out of Li Zizhong's house, and Li Zizhong sent him out. The two stood outside the door and talked for a while.The sound was relatively loud, and it could be heard by Lin Mulang and Chu Xiangxue in the next room. Liang Tianshu left Li Zizhong's house and went to the guard room at the gate to register, and also filled in "go to No. 35 Zhushan Road to water the flowers" in the column of the reason for going out.Liang Tianshu didn't go any further when he reached a corner, because it was Li Ruyou's shop a little past.This position happened to be invisible to the guards at the gate, and neither could Li Ruyou.

After waiting for about half an hour, Pan Yiliang led five or six guards past him. pawn. At 10 o'clock in the morning, Pan Yiliang and his entourage came back, and when they passed by Liang Tianshu, they only said "it's done", and then left as if they didn't know each other.Later, Liang Tianshu also returned to the camp after some distance. Liang Tianshu still returned directly to Li Zizhong's dormitory.When the door was called, Lin Mulang next door poked his head, but he pretended not to see it. "Teacher, I'm back!" Liang Tianshu shouted deliberately.

"I'm back so soon. The flowers and plants in the courtyard are not withered." Li Zizhong replied in the room, "Come in, I still have something to do for you." Li Zizhong opened the door, let Liang Tianshu in, and returned Close it again, and said in a low voice, "Xiaomei was called away by the phone just now." "That's because Mr. Mao couldn't see my head for a long time and called her for questioning." "There are people next door." Li Zizhong reminded. "I know. He saw me, and he may be calling to report to his master at this moment." Liang Tianshu said.

"Tianshu, I think you should hide, Mr. Mao will not let you go." "I can't hide, the enemy may have new actions again, I want to assist the Primrose to the end. Commander, when will your deployment be completed?" "Soon, two weeks at the latest, one week at the soonest. The job now is to find out all the officers above the platoon, and those who are unreliable must be replaced." "This work is indeed very important, but the time should be as early as possible to prevent unexpected changes." Liang Tianshu's voice became softer, and he pointed to the next door, "How to deal with this one?" "When the conditions are right, control him immediately." Li Zizhong attached Liang Tianshu's ear, "Should we kill that Xiaomei first?" Liang Tianshu's heart skipped a beat, looking at Li Zizhong he hesitated to speak: "Master...Xiaomei can't be killed..." "Why? The spies that have been discovered must be killed except Lin Shepherd, otherwise it will be bad for our uprising." "Xiaomei—no matter who Xiaomei is, you can't kill her anyway." Liang Tianshu said. Chu Xiangxue didn't know how she got back to the Independent Division. She believed that there would be no more difficult problem in this world than this - asking her to kill her lover with her own hands...Mr. She felt that she was on the verge of collapse... When she was about to approach the family area, she suddenly realized that if she appeared in front of Lin Mulang with such a face and expression, she would definitely attract suspicion.She stood at the door trying to calm herself down, then took out the key to unlock it, ran to the bathroom, turned on the faucet and flushed her face with cold water... When she looked up at the vanity mirror, she found that Lin Mulang was already standing behind her... … "Xiangxue, what's the matter with you?" Lin Mulang asked with concern. "It's nothing, my face is hot when I walk in a hurry." Chu Xiangxue pretended to smile easily. "Don't hide it from me, I know you must be in trouble." "What did you say?!" Chu Xiangxue turned around and looked at Lin Mulang warily. "It's nothing, I knew that Mr. Mao would not be easily fooled like Zhang Zui. If he doesn't show his real skills, his food will not be good." Lin Mulang looked at Chu Xiangxue sympathetically, "I can help What are you?" Chu Xiangxue secretly heaved a sigh of relief.Looking at Lin Mulang, he hesitated again and again, and finally shook his head: "Thank you, I don't need your help." "Maybe you already know one thing, Liang Tianshu is not dead, he is back." "I know." Chu Xiangxue lowered her head and said in a low voice. "Did Mr. Mao entrust you with this task again?" Chu Xiangxue looked at Lin Mulang in surprise, and finally nodded: "Yes." "Could it be that you can't do it? Could it be that you really developed feelings in just a few days?" Lin Mulang seemed to be mocking, but at the same time seemed serious. "Although I do this job, I have never killed anyone," Chu Xiangxue said. "The problem is that you can't dodge this time unless you don't want to live. In the Military Control Bureau, Mr. Mao is a legendary figure. He can train cowards who kill chickens and fear blood into cold-blooded killers. I believe Mr. Mao’s vision——you can do it! Go ahead, Liang Tianshu was still here just now, and he may be at home now. Go to the scene to experience it first, and find an opportunity before you start.” At this moment, Chu Xiangxue really wanted to see Liang Tianshu, so she took off the towel, wiped her face and left. Lin Mulang's estimation was not wrong, Liang Tianshu had indeed returned home at this time, he knew that Chu Xiangxue would definitely come to look for him when he came back, so his door was open. When Chu Xiangxue saw Liang Tianshu at the first sight, she threw herself on him and hugged her together, sobbing uncontrollably. She really wanted to cry wantonly, but such an environment was obviously inappropriate, so she could only let the tears flow as long as she wanted... Liang Tianshu thought it was at first. Xiangxue was like this because of longing, and slowly felt something was wrong, and had an ominous premonition: "Xiangxue, don't be like this, just tell me what happened! There is no obstacle in this world that cannot be overcome." Chu Xiangxue did not answer. , still just crying and sobbing...Looking at the tearful Chu Xiangxue, Liang Tianshu seemed to understand something, and asked, "Mr. Mao wants you to kill me, doesn't he?" "Tianshu, what do you think I should do?" Chu Xiangxue finally spoke. Liang Tianshu let out a long sigh, let himself relax as much as possible, and then comforted her. "Xiangxue, it's nothing. I expected it a long time ago. If you don't kill me, they will continue to send people to kill me. From the day I swore to do this job, I was ready to die at any time... ...I never imagined that I could still be with you, and we have been together for so many days...I am very satisfied, and I have no regrets when I die. I hope you will live well, live until the final victory, and live until our The country is prosperous and strong!" "No, I don't want you to die, I want you to live with me!" "I hope so too, but this is already very unrealistic. With the current situation, I can only die." "Let's die together, Tianshu, shall we die together?" "Silly sister, you are talking stupid again. You are dead. Who will complete your arduous mission? Who will defend the lives and properties of millions of people in Jiangnan City? Today, there is only one choice before you-kill Kill me! Otherwise, you will be exposed and you will not be able to stay in the spy organization." "Tianshu, I understand what you're saying, but I can't do anything!" "No, you must succeed! You have to think that you are doing this for a noble mission!" Liang Tianshu pushed Chu Xiangxue away, found a sharp dagger from the drawer, and handed it over, "Here, Hit me in the chest—with your eyes closed!" "I, I don't..." Chu Xiangxue shook violently before reaching out. "Well, I won't force you, I'll do it myself!" Liang Tianshu gritted his teeth and stabbed towards his heart with all his strength, and the bright red blood flowed out... "Tianshu—" Chu Xiangxue called softly, Liang Tianshu tilted his body and fell down... The lover was dead, but at this moment Chu Xiangxue became extremely calm, and she turned her sadness into hatred.She put the body away and returned to Lin Shepherd's room calmly.Lin Mulang looked at Chu Xiangxue with guessing eyes: "Didn't you find anyone?" "I found it, I want you to help me." Chu Xiangxue said. "No, I can help with other things, but I can't help with this one—I'm not good at dealing with Mr. Mao." Lin Mulang shrugged and spread his hands. "I've already killed the man, and I'm going to take the head back tonight and return to my command. I want you to help me pass through the guard gate safely." Chu Xiangxue said coldly. Lin Mulang looked at Chu Xiangxue as if he didn't know him, and then said with a sinister smile: "I have long believed that you will soon become a cold-blooded killer!" After Chu Xiangxue left the duty room, Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan stayed with Mr. Mao and refused to move.Mr. Mao has obviously practiced "Zazen" Kungfu, he is very determined, as long as his eyes are slightly closed, he can enter the state of "no self", do not eat or drink, and forget the time.This can hurt two laymen. Chu Xiangxue left at 11:00, and it was 12:30 in the blink of an eye.Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan had an "empty city plan" in their stomachs.Chu Liyan looked at Mr. Mao's "into Zen" demeanor, knowing that expecting him to issue a "pardon" is tantamount to fantasy, so he grabbed the microphone and called the kitchen, telling him to send three meals to the duty room. The meal was delivered, and after being greeted many times by Zhang Zui, Mr. Mao actually ate the "fireworks on earth".They were eating and talking about Li Ruyou and Ding Yizu.By this time there is still no news, and everyone knows that they will never come back.As for the whereabouts, Chu Liyan said that he fled back to his hometown, while Zhang Zui believed that he was killed by the Communist Party.Both lack strong evidence, so neither can convince the other. After eating, the cook took away the bowls and chopsticks, Zhang Zui was about to go outside for a walk to help his digestion, and at this moment, Chu Xiangxue had already appeared at the door... Mr. Mao looked at Chu Xiangxue, and found that she was holding a bucket in one hand, which was covered with a towel, and he understood it in his heart. He raised his wrist and looked at his watch. It was 1:00 noon, and his face A rare smile appeared. "Report to Mr. Mao, the beautiful snake has completed your order, please check." Chu Xiangxue walked into the duty room expressionlessly, and put the wooden bucket on the table. Mr. Mao winked at Zhang Zui. Zhang Zui lifted the towel and took out the head. After confirming that it was Liang Tianshu, he put it back and nodded to Mr. Mao: "Report Mr. Mao, this head really belongs to the underground party Liang Tianshu." Mr. Mao nodded and said, "It took two hours from the time we set off to the time we returned after completing the mission, which is enough to show the deep-seated hatred of the 'Beauty Snake' towards the Communist Party." Mr. Mao will not praise people easily, which shows that he has ruled out his doubts about Chu Xiangxue.Chu Xiangxue secretly heaved a sigh of relief.On the contrary, Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan began to get nervous. In their minds, Mr. Mao was too unpredictable, and they didn't know what tricks he would play to torment people next. The duty room was dead silent again, and Mr. Mao really cherished his words like gold.He didn't open his mouth, and the others didn't dare to speak.Such an effect made Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan even more nervous. They knew that Mr. Mao would never just let them kill a Communist Party—even so, there is no Communist Party at hand now... Beads of sweat appeared on the foreheads of the two of them, and their heartbeats accelerated. Mr. Mao finally shifted his gaze to the two of them, and an imperceptible contemptuous smile flashed across his face. Already?" "Report to Mr. Mao, I haven't thought about it yet." Seeing Mr. Mao's eyes staring at him, Chu Liyan thought he was asking him. "If you don't think about it, you have nothing to do. Have all the underground parties in Jiangnan City been wiped out?" Mr. Mao's voice was still terrifying. "The underground party in Jiangnan City is extremely vicious, humble and incompetent. They are ashamed of Mr. Mao's cultivation and trust. I hope they can point out a clear way." Zhang Zui said boldly. "Today I finally saw what a wooden head is, and I don't know how to do things with ready-made things! You two heard clearly, and I will give you three days to kill 25 Communist officers including Li Zizhong!" Zhang Zui and Chu Liyan looked at each other, Zhang Zui quickly realized, stood up and stood at attention: "I will definitely complete the task, and I hope Mr. Mao will help me!"