Chapter 40 Chapter 40 The Forever "Primary Bird"

Chu Xiangxue looked at the three jet-black pistols and immediately understood what was going on. She said softly but calmly: "Put the guns down, please? Killing me is nothing to me personally, but you will never know Liang The truth about the death of the adjutant—this is still in the second place, and your greater loss is yet to come." Li Zizhong arrives at the office at 8:10 almost every day.At this time, the windows of the office were already clear and clean, all the furnishings were in order, and the documents that needed to be processed had been placed on the desk in order of priority.

On this day, as soon as Li Zizhong walked into the office, he found that everything was still the same as when he left yesterday afternoon, even the old tea leaves in the cup hadn't been poured out. Suddenly he had an ominous premonition——Liang Tianshu disappeared, Could something happen to him?He immediately went to the staff room next door to inquire, and the answer he got was: I saw Adjutant Liang at around 9 o'clock yesterday morning, and I haven't seen him since.I called the guard room at the gate, and the guard on duty checked the "going out registration" and reported: Liang Tianshu went to No. 35, Zhushan Road at 8:30 am yesterday, and returned to the camp at 10:00, and there was no record of going out after that.

Li Zizhong quickly understood: Liang Tianshu disappeared after leaving the family area at 10:30 in the morning.The first reaction was to immediately call Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang and ask them to meet in the dormitory. Not long after Li Zizhong returned to the dormitory in the family area, Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang arrived successively.When Li Zizhong entered the house, he found that the room next door was locked, so he put the conversation place in the study.The three sat down, and Li Zizhong told the two of them: "Adjutant Liang is gone." Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang were taken aback. At this critical moment, both of them knew the importance of Liang Tianshu.Xu Diwei was the first to come back to his senses and asked, "When did you see me?"

"I left here at 10:30 in the morning and disappeared." Li Zizhong said. "Do you know where he went?" Xu Diwei asked. "He said he was going back first." "Let's go, go to his house!" Zhou Dang proposed. The three of them came to Liang Tianshu's dormitory without stopping - the door was ajar, they pushed the door open, and there seemed to be nothing unusual in the room.When Xu Diwei cast his eyes on the ground, he immediately exclaimed: "Blood, there is a big pool of blood here!" Li Zizhong squatted down and looked carefully, and found that it was blood... He immediately knew that Liang Tianshu had been killed, so who killed him?At this time, the half-hidden door was pushed open again, and Lin Mulang saw someone in the room hurriedly backed out.Li Zizhong stopped him immediately.

"Chief of Staff Lin, come in and have a chat." Although Lin Mulang was extremely reluctant, he had no reason to refuse. He bit the bullet and entered the room, pretending to be confused and asking: "Master, are you looking for Adjutant Liang?" "Adjutant Liang is gone, have you seen him?" Li Zizhong stared at Lin Mulang aggressively. "I thought he was at home. I didn't know it was you until I opened the door." "Are you looking for him too?" Li Zizhong took a step closer, "Why are you looking for him?" "I..." Lin Mulang was speechless for a moment.

With Li Zizhong's wink, Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang rushed forward and grabbed Lin Mulang. "Master, what are you doing?" Lin Mulang asked in horror. "What do you think I want to do?" Li Zizhong drew out his pistol and pressed it against Lin Mulang's forehead, "Be honest, why did you kill Adjutant Liang?" "I'm wronged, teacher, I didn't kill anyone!" "You didn't kill anyone, what happened to the blood on the ground? If you have nothing to do with the blood, why did you come to see the scene again?" "Coincidence, purely coincidence, I was just passing by."

"Take him to the confinement room, I want to see how hard his mouth is!" Li Zizhong ordered. "Slow—Master, I really didn't kill Liang Tianshu, I'm willing to use my life to guarantee it." "You didn't kill it, so who did it?" Li Zizhong's eyes were burning. "Xiaomei... No, Chu Xiangxue, my so-called cousin is actually a military spy, and she was ordered to kill Adjutant Liang." Lin Mulang hoped that he would get out of the relationship as soon as possible. "You said she killed Adjutant Liang. Is there any evidence? Where is the body?"

"The body has been dismembered, the body is in the basement, and the head was taken to the gendarmerie by her to report to her superiors." When Li Zizhong walked into the basement, a smell of blood came to his nostrils, he turned on the light, and a dead body without a head lay on the ground... He went back to the room and asked Lin Mulang, "When did this happen? " "Around 11 o'clock yesterday morning." Lin Mulang replied. "Why did she kill Adjutant Liang?" "Because Adjutant Liang is an underground party, Chu Xiangxue was ordered to carry out the order."

"Teacher, what should we do?" Xu Diwei pointed at Lin Mulang. Lin Mulang said: "This matter has nothing to do with me, teacher, you should let me go." "Xiaomei killed someone, and you know exactly where the body is. It can be seen that even if you are not the murderer, you are an accomplice. Deputy Commander Xu, detain him and hand him over to the Military Law Office for investigation!" "You can't detain me. I'm not a murderer, let alone an accomplice. Even if I am a party-state soldier, it is my duty to execute an underground party member. Whoever detains me is an accomplice of the Communist Party!" Lin Mulang yelled, If Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang hadn't cut their hands backwards, they might have raised their arms and shouted.

Lin Mulang's words reminded Li Zizhong, he approached and stared fiercely at the other party: "You guessed it right, I am an accomplice of the Communist Party!" Li Zizhong gave a wink, Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang agreed, exchanged glances, Zhou Dang immediately stretched out his hand and strangled Lin Mulang's neck, and he didn't let go until he was suffocated until his seven orifices bleed and his pupils dilated... After disposing of Lin Mulang's body, Xu Diwei asked worriedly: "Adjutant Liang is dead, how can we contact the Communist Party in the future?" Li Zizhong didn't know how to answer for a while.At this time, the secretary of the office was looking for him everywhere, and asked everyone, "Did you see the teacher?" He came here after being pointed out.When Li Zizhong walked out of Liang Tianshu's room, the secretary ran over and reported out of breath, "Report, report to the teacher, the superior has an urgent, urgent call..."

Li Zizhong hurried back to the office. An urgent telegram was already on the desk. The title was "Urgent Telegram from the Kuomintang Military Committee"-nowadays, the army is gathering in Hunan, and the war is about to break out. The strategic position of Jiangnan City is particularly prominent. It is planned to be sent on the morning of June 25. At 8:30, the "Jiangnan Defense Military and Political Enlarged Meeting" was held in the auditorium of the city's party headquarters. All officers above the battalion of the department were present and must not be absent. The list is as follows: Li Zizhong, Lin Mulang, Xu Diwei...Zhou Dang ... After Li Zizhong finished reading the telegram, Xu Diwei and Zhou Dang also came to the office, and he circulated the telegram to them. "Today is June 24, and tomorrow we will hold a defense expansion meeting. This decision seems to have been made temporarily." Zhou Dang was the last one to read the telegram, and he returned the telegram to Li Zizhong. "It's not surprising. Now is an extraordinary period, and all decisions will be made temporarily. The problem is that we cannot get in touch with the Communist Party at present. It is necessary to communicate with them about such a big matter." Xu Diwei said. "Teacher, besides Liang Tianshu, do we have other ways to contact the Communist Party?" Zhou Dang asked. "Didn't it mean that there is another underground party codenamed 'Primaria Bird'?" Xu Diwei also asked. Li Zizhong was silent for a long time before answering: "It is said that there is such a person, but I haven't seen his true face in Lushan until today. The secret agent wants to kidnap my family. He passed this information to me through Adjutant Liang." Li Zizhong After speaking, he sighed. While talking in the office, a person suddenly barged in. When they recognized who it was, Li Zizhong, Xu Diwei, and Zhou Dang almost simultaneously pulled out their pistols and pointed them at the other person's head... Chu Xiangxue looked at the three jet-black pistols and immediately understood what was going on. She said softly but calmly: "Put the guns down, please? Killing me is nothing to me personally, but you will never know Liang The truth about the death of the adjutant—this is still in the second place, and your greater loss is yet to come." "Adjutant Liang was indeed killed by you!" Li Zizhong winked, and Xu and Zhou put down their guns, "You are so brave, you dare to come back after killing someone!" He straightened his chest in front of his self-respect.Li Zizhong quickly noticed that there were three fountain pens pinned in her coat pocket, and he was taken aback, but he still couldn't help asking: "Sir, your pen is so beautiful." "Do you want a pen?" Chu Xiangxue asked. "I only accept copper and iron, not pens," Li Zizhong said. "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 rich or poor I am." "Why do you want the money urgently, sir?" "Looking for a missing relative." Chu Xiangxue replied. The code was matched, but Li Zizhong still did not let go of his vigilance: "Adjutant Liang is an underground party, why did you kill him?" "It's the spy organization's test for me. If I don't do this, I will be exposed..." Chu Xiangxue lowered her head and whispered, "I can't do it, it's him..." Li Zizhong finally understood, and said with emotion: "This is the superiority of the Communist Party, no wonder you can win the final victory! You came at the right time, I have something important to discuss with you - at 8:30 tomorrow morning at the Party Headquarters in the city The auditorium held a military and political expansion defense meeting, I think this is a big event, and it is necessary to communicate with your superiors." "I know that all officers above your battalion will be present, and you have made a list," Chu Xiangxue said. "You also know about this?" Li Zizhong asked in surprise. "I came here specially to meet with you for this matter." Chu Xiangxue looked at Li Zizhong and said. On June 25, 1949, lights and festoons were put up at the gate of the Jiangnan City Government, and a huge banner was hung on the gate, writing "Warmly celebrate the victory of the Jiangnan City Military, Political, Police, and Constitutional Defense Enlarged Conference."On the square, all kinds of vehicles came one after another, and the gendarmes maintaining order were busy arranging parking spaces, and at the same time led participants with "Specially Invited Representative" badges on their chests to register and enter. At 8:30, all the delegates had entered the venue, and there were only dozens of small cars lined up neatly in the square. At exactly 9:00, the meeting in the auditorium of the city’s party headquarters was going on tensely. Suddenly, dozens of large trucks loaded with gendarmes drove over. After stopping in the square, hundreds of gendarmes with live ammunition jumped out of the trucks and quickly surrounded the auditorium... ...every small gate is guarded by four machine guns, as if facing a formidable enemy... Everything was ready, Mr. Mao, Zhang Zui, and Chu Xiangxue finally got out of the car.They went straight to the entrance, and Adjutant Wang of the Gendarmerie, who was in charge of the registration, presented the registration book: "Report to Mr. Mao, all 25 representatives of the Independent Division are present, and they have been arranged in the front seats according to your instructions." "Okay." Mr. Mao said with embarrassment, and then took the registration book. All the names with a red line on it were Li Zizhong and his cronies.He took out the list from his pocket and compared it with the register, and after confirming that none of them were missed, he was relieved and returned the register to Adjutant Wang, "Where is your regiment leader?" "Team Leader Chu is also a representative. He will be back after the opening ceremony. Please wait for Mr. Mao, Team Leader Zhang, and Secretary Chu." As Adjutant Wang spoke, he led the way and led the three of them to the lounge next to the auditorium. The lounge space is small and the facilities are relatively simple. There are only a few simple wooden sofas and coffee tables. There are landscape paintings of celebrities on the wall, which looks quiet and elegant.After making tea, Adjutant Wang withdrew.According to Zhang Zui's plan, after the meeting, the politicians will be announced to leave the venue first, and finally the police station and the gendarmerie will jointly operate to arrest Li Zizhong and his core members... Hurrying footsteps came from outside the door—as expected, it was Chu Liyan who came over. When Zhang Zui saw his depressed expression, he knew something was wrong, and his heart sank: "What's the matter, has there been any change?" "It's not that there has been a change, but that they have been prepared for a long time." Chu Liyan said. "What do you mean?" The muscles on Zhang Zui's face twitched. "None of the 25 suspects, including Li Zizhong, showed up, and they were all replaced by their adjutants..." Zhang Zui and Mr. Mao looked at each other... There was a brief silence in the lounge.Suddenly, Mr. Mao took out his pistol and stood against Chu Liyan, saying, "You are the one who told the secret, you are the Primrose!" "No...I'm not..." Chu Liyan was trembling, sweating profusely. "Who else could it be if it's not you? You're the only one who has time to commit crimes." Zhang Zui also gritted his teeth. "I, I'm really not a 'prime bird'... Mr. Mao, please believe me..." Chu Liyan begged for mercy, "I have an old man and a young man, and they are all raised by the salary of the party and the state. I dare not betray the organization. .” The veins on Mr. Mao's forehead popped up, his eyes shot out fiercely, he stretched out his right index finger holding the gun, and opened the safety on the plane... At this extremely critical juncture, Chu Xiangxue rushed forward to protect Chu Liyan: " Don't kill him, I'm the Primrose—" The gun rang, and Chu Xiangxue was shot in the right chest, overflowing with bright red blood... "Xiangxue—" Zhang Zui rushed over and hugged Chu Xiangxue tightly, "You are not a primrose, tell Mr. Mao that you are not a primrose!" Chu Xiangxue endured the severe pain and shook her head: "I am the primrose, I was the one who revealed the news to Li Zizhong when you were resting yesterday..." "Xiangxue, how could this be?!" Chu Liyan couldn't believe it, and shook Chu Xiangxue's hand, "Tell Mr. Mao, you are not a primrose!" Seeing this scene, Mr. Mao collapsed, gritted his teeth and said: "Humiliation, the humiliation of the party and the country! You are all primroses, all of you are going to die!" Seeing that Mr. Mao was going crazy, Chu Xiangxue pushed Zhang Zui away, pulled out the gun, and pulled the trigger on Mr. Mao without hesitation...Mr. Mao's eyes went dark, and he fell into a pool of blood... "So you are really a 'prime bird'!" Zhang Zui came to his senses and shot down the gun in Chu Xiangxue's hand. At this time, Chu Xiangxue had lost the ability to resist due to blood loss—she had no intention of resisting at all.She turned around and looked at Chu Liyan and said, "Uncle, thank you for nurturing me for more than 20 years. Instead of repaying me, I have caused you so much trouble... But you have to believe me, I Everything I do is in line with the laws of nature and the will of the people...Uncle, there is something I must tell you today——Aunt Li is not a Communist Party member, she is a member of your Kuomintang, and she wrote you a letter when she was dying... ...forgive me for not delivering it to you on time...now let it be returned to its original owner..." Enduring the severe pain, Chu Xiangxue took out a bloody note from his right breast pocket... Before Chu Liyan could catch it, Chu Xiangxue fell to the ground... "Xiangxue..." Chu Liyan called out, but there was no reply. "Read the letter." Zhang Zui reminded. Chu Liyan squatted down, took the note from Chu Xiangxue's stiff hand and opened it - the pencil writing inside had been soaked in thick blood and was unrecognizable, only the first few lines could be barely recognized - "Liyan: I am not an underground party , my real identity was originally not to be made public, but now..." Chu Liyan and Zhang Zui stared at each other in surprise when they saw these lines...