"No one knows what happened in Asia. The people of Texas only knew that my grandfather, his eldest son, and his second son had left, but only the eldest son had returned. Moreover, the eldest son had a very serious knife wound on his body. There was also a newspaper, a newspaper that reported that the American envoy to the philippines and Colonel Merritt of the Marine Corps were assassinated by philippine militants at a banquet.”
He raised his cup as if he was paying tribute to someone. This was the first time Li Yan had raised his cup without drinking a single drop of wine since they met.
"Perhaps, this is what it means to be an imperialist. As the imperialists moved forward, there would always be some innocent people, whether they were local or not, who would be crushed under the wheels. More and more, until they were crushed under the wheels.”It was like a summary, but also like an annotation. Secretary Zhu could tell that what Li Yan needed was definitely not comfort. When he said this, he used a nostalgic or respectful attitude.
"Imperialism? Perhaps." Li Yan picked up the wine glass and took a sip before continuing to tell his story.
"When the eldest son returned to Texas, he found his sister and agreed to her marriage with my father on behalf of their common father. He also handed over his two sons and one daughter, as well as the two sons of the second son and their mother, my grandmother, to my mother.”
"They even requested that the wedding be completed within a week, even though my parents were already not young at that time. One was 28 years old, and the other was 26 years old. However, it was better to come late than never. However, the eldest son died a few days after he explained this matter. I heard from my grandmother that the eldest son originally wanted to hold on until the wedding. He wanted to personally hand my mother's hand over to my father at the wedding, but there was no other way. His injuries were too serious.”
" However, the church was really lively at that time. First, it was the funeral of my grandfather and his second son. Then, it was the funeral of my eldest son. A few days later, it was my daughter's wedding. All four ceremonies were held within a week.”
Even though he had to drink half a glass, there was only half left in the second bottle of wine. After pouring the rest of the wine into the tea bowl, Li Yan looked at the two of them and suddenly mentioned something that they did not want to have anything to do with.
"You know what? I got on the ship to China after Christmas and arrived in Shanghai in early February. After arriving in Shanghai, I was left in the hotel for almost half a month. I had no choice but to go to the Comintern. After that, I was taken away for a week before I arrived here. During this period, I was blindfolded many times. I don't even know where I am now or who you are.”He raised his hand to stop Secretary Zhu from explaining and poured the last glass of wine into his mouth.
"But I have never been afraid, even if I stayed in a hotel controlled by the mafia in Shanghai, even if I knew that the person I was looking for wanted to kill me, even if the two of you might be from the Japanese intelligence agency in China. I wasn't afraid because I knew that my parents and four brothers would make the people who killed me pay the price they deserved, even if it was in China or Japan.”Li Yan had already walked to the door by the time he finished speaking. He opened the door and looked at the two of them.
"Now, don't you think you should find a place to discuss it? Let's discuss whether there are any loopholes in my words just now. Let's discuss what identity and attitude you should use to interact with me.”
"Alright, then we won't disturb Li Gong for now. We'll come back tomorrow.”Secretary Zhu stopped Chief of Staff He, who was about to speak, and stopped him from leaving the room.
"If you need anything, just tell Xiao Li at the door. If he can't make the decision, just tell me. I'll stay in the room next door.”Before leaving, Secretary Zhu did not forget to tell Li Yan about the things to take note of.
"If there's no emergency, don't disturb me. I just want to have a good sleep now.”After saying this, Li Yan closed the door.
The two of them returned to the room next door and started discussing the meeting.
"What do you think of this person, Old Luo?”After the two of them sat down, Secretary Zhu took the lead to ask Chief of Staff He for his opinion on this meeting.
"What we can be sure of is that this Li Yan shouldn't be from the National Party. It could be seen from the way he addressed Du Yuesheng when he was drunk. In China, the good ones were called the Qing Gang, while the bad ones were called gangsters. In Japan, they should be called the Gokudo Gang. In Asia, there was no such thing as the mafia in Britain.”
"Yes, according to my observation, Li Yan should have really drunk too much. At least, that's what his body shows. Also, I don't think that the National Party would know about such a rare thing as the American Spanish War. After all, it has been almost forty years. If I hadn't heard the report about this war in Yan 'an, I wouldn't have known about a war that had nothing to do with China forty years ago.”
" Also, I don't think a person who hasn't lived in the United States for many years can say the names of remote places in the United States without stopping while drunk. It's fine if it's Orlando and San Antonio, but places like Cierra Blanca, Las Cruces, and Van Horn can't be said at such a speed if they haven't lived in the United States for many years.”
After a short discussion, Secretary Zhu made his final conclusion.
"Then let's keep him for now and wait for news from Yan 'an. If Yan' an agrees with our opinion, we can have further talks. By the way, how many people did you bring this time? I only brought three. Xiao Liu went back, and Xiao Li was left with Xiao He.”
"What, you need someone?" Luo Yuan immediately became vigilant when he heard Secretary Zhu's words. The only consequence of lending someone to Secretary Zhu was that Liu Bei would borrow Jingzhou. He had suffered this kind of loss once before.
"What are you thinking about?" Secretary Zhu probably knew what kind of image he had in the eyes of Chief of Staff He, so he spoke his mind.
"It's not good for the two of us to wait here. I think we should send a telegram to Shanghai and ask them if they can find out about the assassination of the American ambassador to the philippines. It's impossible for such a big thing not to have reached Shanghai. Look for the newspapers from 1998 to 2000. Maybe we can find some news.”
"I see. I brought five people with me. Three of them are in the inn opposite, and two are outside the city. I'll immediately send someone back to Shanghai to ask. Oh right, Nanjing.”
"Yes, since Li Yan said that it was Nelson Jensen, the US ambassador to China, who invited him to China, then the US embassy in Nanjing is also an important target of inquiry. If it really doesn't work, you can even find someone to ask Jensen directly.”
After the two of them discussed, Chief of Staff He went out to instruct his men to go back and report. Secretary Zhu kept rubbing the conversation records of the two of them and kept talking to himself.
"Li Yan, ah, Li Yan. As expected of a high-level talent who can make the Northern Bureau specially issue secret documents. "Now, we don't even know what you look like, but you let the top military and political personnel of the Shandong Military and Political Committee come to Yinan County, an enemy occupied area, and risk being discovered to listen to a stranger tell a story, and it's an American story.”
Secretary Zhu turned his gaze to the room next door as if he was looking through the thick wall. Fortunately, he couldn't do that. Otherwise, he might have seen Li Yan lying back on the bed when he chased the two of them out. He would have been snoring by now.
"Old Zhu, are you there?" Chief of Staff He returned not long after he left.
"Yes, the door isn't closed." Secretary Zhu put down the document and looked at the political commissar. Unlike when he went out, there was a young man in his mid-twenties who wore thick glasses beside Chief of Staff He.
"Let me introduce you. This is Xu Chang, my clerk.”When Secretary Zhu shook hands with Xu Chang, Chief of Staff He also told him the reason why he asked Xu Chang to come over.
"Xu Chang is from Nanjing. He is twenty-three years old this year. I studied geography at the University of Houston in Texas. I came to Yan 'an the year before last and was assigned to my side last year. I originally planned to study by my side for two years before putting it down to train.”
Unlike Secretary Zhu and Chief of Staff He, Xu Chang had studied abroad before, and it was in the United States. Secretary Zhu had heard of his name long ago.
His experience after returning to China proved this point. After returning to China, he became the secretary of the political committee of Division 105, one of the three divisions in Yan 'an. According to Chief of Staff He, he would be demoted at most next year to be responsible for the anti-Japanese leadership work in a place.
Most importantly, the University of Houston in Texas might be able to understand what Li Yan had just said.
"It's like this, Xiao Xu. I heard about a few places in the United States yesterday. You know that Old Zhu and I are boorish people. We haven't memorized all the places in China, let alone the places in the United States, so we wanted to invite you over to ask.”After the two shook hands, Chief of Staff He first told them the purpose of calling Xu Chang over.
"Yes, I remember that one is called Shebranka, and the other is called La Lucius.”
Secretary Zhu also agreed. Neither of them mentioned Li Yan directly. After all, no one knew if the person next to him was the real Li Yan, or if he was a spy released by the Juntong or the Japanese intelligence agency after intercepting the Northern Bureau or even the Comintern's telegram.
Even if it was the real Li Yan, according to what he said yesterday, he was an intelligence officer of the United States Navy Intelligence Bureau. It was not good to let the two of them, an American spy and an American student, meet. After all, no one could be sure if there would be any negative effects in the future. Xu Chang was still under observation.
"It's Sierra Blanca and Las Cruces.”To their surprise, they thought Xu Chang would think about it for a while, but Xu Chang did not hesitate to tell them the name of the city that Secretary Zhu had deliberately said wrongly. Xu Chang continued to tell them about his understanding of the two cities.
"Sheila Blanca is nothing. It's just an ordinary city in Texas, or rather, an ordinary town. It was mainly an agricultural economy, and there were very few people in the town. The population was mainly distributed in various farms of all sizes. If there was anything special about it, it would be that the people in Texas were particularly tough. As for Las Cruces, it was a city in New Mexico. It was a major traffic artery located in southern New Mexico. The Las Cruces train station was the intersection point of the New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona railroads. Its economy was relatively developed. It should be second only to El Paso in southern New Mexico.”
"I see. I didn't expect you to know so much about American cities. I thought it would be very difficult to get a diploma from the University of Houston.”Chief of Staff He had some doubts about Xu Chang's ability to mention two small cities in the United States without hesitation. After all, if he remembered correctly, Xu Chang's recommendation letter stated that Xu Chang was a student who loved learning and had excellent academic results. According to his previous opinion, a student with such a rating should be someone who spent 14 hours a day in the school library. After all, he was considered hardworking when he was studying at Qing Dao University, but his graduation evaluation was that he was good at dealing with interpersonal relationships.
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。