Chapter 105 Continued Shock (Part 1)
When they entered the Chen Mansion Hall, Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng's performance was surprising and very touching. They didn't drink a sip of tea, but they respectfully burned incense to the ancestral tablets of the Chen family according to etiquette and customs. After that, they walked to the wall on the east side, and looked at the portrait of his junior brother Chen Bo'an with great emotion. They stared at him for a long time and stood silently, which made everyone in the mansion's eyes turn red and silent.
At the invitation of Chen Jiyao and Wang Daohan, Yu Jishi humbly came to the first Grand Master chair at the guest seat. After Chen Jiyao sat down, he sat down. He took the fragrant tea served by the maid with both hands, tasted it with a graceful taste, then put down the cup, and had a warm conversation with Chen Jiyao with the courtesy of his son and nephew.
Although Chen Shizheng, who was sitting in Yu Ji's lower head, had a smile on his face, his eyes turned from time to time. Seeing Wu Ming and two rows of guards standing at the gate, like a guard officer, he had to put down his mind for the time being and chat with Yu Jishi with Chen Jiyao.
About ten minutes passed, Chen Shizhen finally got the opportunity. She smiled at Chen Jiyao in a good mood and pointed at Wu Ming, who was standing at the door and introduced:
"Uncle, there is also a local hero in my nephew's team. I saw his hometown in his file some time ago and found out that he is also from Shangrao. Let me introduce it to my uncle, Captain Wu——"
"arrive!"
Wu Ming cursed in his heart, glanced at Chen Jiyao, who was stunned in the main seat and Wang Daohan, who was smiling bitterly, and gritted his teeth and stood at attention in front of Chen Shi: "Please give me advice!"
Chen Shi was catching everyone's reaction, laughed, stood up and pulled Wu Ming: "Captain Wu, come on! Let's get to know Mr. Chen..."
"Thank you, Chief Chen, my subordinates and Mr. Chen have known each other for a long time."
Wu Ming interrupted Chen Shizheng's introduction and respectfully saluted Chen Jiyao, who was helpless, turned to Chen Shizheng and Yu Jishi, explaining:
"General Yu, Chief Chen, last year, his subordinates led a team to pursue several wanted bandits from the two provinces to come here. They happened to be on the birthday of Mr. Chen. At that time, his subordinates were tired and hungry, so they had to come to ask for food with shamelessness. They didn't bring any gifts and made some misunderstandings. They originally planned to take time to apologize during this period, but they didn't expect that the two officials called their subordinates to come together today, and they were full of guilt and dared not come forward!"
Chen Shi, who thought he was scheming, was shocked. He looked at Chen Jiyao who nodded frequently, and looked at Wang Daohan with a smile on his face. The relationship was chaotic, but it was difficult to continue to pursue it. He had to smile: "It turns out that you have such a connection, haha, just know each other."
After being surprised, Yu Jishi smiled happily and asked Wu Ming to sit down and have a good chat.
Wu Ming had no choice but to sit down at Chen Shi, take the fragrant tea presented by the little maid. Just as he was about to lift the lid, he saw two familiar figures appearing on the side of the hall. He was so scared that his hands trembled and almost threw away the tea cup.
Yu Jishi and Chen Shi were seeing two dignified and beautiful families coming to greet each other, and quickly stood up and met politely.
The slick Wang Daohan has come to the middle and enthusiastically introduced to Yu Jishi and Chen Shizheng: "This is the third wife of the Chen family, and this is the wife of Chen Zhongkang, the second young master of the Chen family. She is now in the provincial party committee and is also the niece of the family, haha!"
After the third concubine bowed to Yu Jishi and the others politely, she turned generously to Wu Ming, who was expressionless and thanked: "I have never had the opportunity to thank Captain Wu for his generous help. The little girl Chen Yi wrote to me the day before yesterday, saying that she was doing well in school. The teachers and professors cared about her very much and learned a lot. Let us thank Captain Wu."
Wu Ming nodded politely: "It's just a simple task."
Wang Daohan quickly explained to Yu Jishi, who were full of shock, and said: "That's right. In the second half of last year, Chen Yi, a young lady from the Chen family, was able to go to Hangzhou Church Medical College for further studies under the care of Commander Wu, so everyone in the Chen family was very grateful to Commander Wu!"
Yu Jishi was even more surprised: "This is a good thing! Wu Ming, I didn't expect that you still have such skills. Hangzhou Church Medical College is known as the No. 1 Medical College in Jiangnan. It only recruits dozens of outstanding students every year, which is harder than Hangzhou Zhijiang University and Shanghai Fudan University!"
Wu Ming hurriedly cleared his relationship: "The commander is not that his subordinates are capable, but that his subordinates' combat staff Captain Dai Ziran has the ability, director of the Chinese Christian Youth Association and the Chinese chief pastor of Hangzhou Tianshui Church, Mr. Dai Zichen, is the cousin of Captain Dai Ziran. Captain Dai Ziran and Miss Chen Yi have known each other for a long time. They are friends and have contact with each other."
"There is that the three medical officers in the health team under their jurisdiction, as well as Captain Dai Ziran, who is now transferred to the combat staff, all graduated from Hangzhou Church Medical College. Thanks to these relationships, the health team under their jurisdiction was successfully established, and they cooperated with Quzhou Christian Church to open Quzhou West Hospital to train medical talents for the military and local governments as much as possible. It seems pretty good at the moment."
Yu Jishi suddenly realized and nodded frequently. Chen Shizheng was still full of doubts and felt that things were too coincidental, so he kept observing the expressions of Wu Ming and everyone.
Fortunately, the housekeeper came up in time to report that the banquet was ready and asked everyone to move to the middle hall. Chen Jiyao and the third concubine quickly invited him. Yu Jishi and Chen Shi were kind and followed him happily with Wang Daohan.
Wu Ming did not participate in it, and the secretary opened a different table with the adjutant and stayed in the main hall. After the adjutant and secretary left with the enthusiastic third concubine and the housekeeper of the Chen family, Wu Ming sat in the empty main hall with relief, took out a cigarette and lit it silently.
"Huh! Why don't you get into the table?" A gentle voice came.
Wu Ming knew who it was without turning his head. He picked up the teacup and sipped it slowly. He looked up at Wang Yuehan who was sitting in front of Kuankuan, and blamed him: "Why did you come to Shangrao at this sensitive time?"
Wang Yuehan, who had clear eyes and a slightly red face, asked with a smile: "Are you worried about my safety?"
Wu Ming put down the teacup, looked around, and said something extremely shocking: "I am not worried that the Kuomintang will kill you, I am only worried that your life will lead to a misunderstanding and will kill you."
Wang Yuehan felt his heart twitch suddenly, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly. He stared at Wu Ming for a long time before he let out a breath and begged in a low voice: "Don't say such things in the future, will it be okay? People will be scary!"
"Where is Chen Zhongkang? Don't worry, you are running around?"
After Wu Ming said this, he regretted it. He didn't know why he asked such a stupid thing. In embarrassment, he had to lower his head and pick up the teacup again.
Wang Yuehan seemed not to notice Wu Ming's abnormality, sighed quietly and replied in a low voice: "At the end of last year, he followed the group of officers to Germany for further studies. Alas! He said he was going out for further studies, but in fact he went to Germany for medical treatment. I don't know where he heard that only Germany can cure his hidden disease in the world, so he urgently applied and spent a lot of money secretly and finally got what he wanted... He contracted this disease while studying in Japan. It has been more than four years. If Germany cannot cure it, he may never become a man."
"ah!?"
Wu Ming raised his head in shock and soon turned his gaze to the teacup in his hand.
Seeing that Wu Ming was silent, Wang Yuehan plucked up the courage and said, "I was going to Quzhou to find you. When I got here, I heard from my uncle that you led your troops to be stationed in the North Gate Military Camp of Shangrao, so... I would like to ask you for help. Our wounded and sick people urgently need quinine injections, disinfectants and hemostatic powder, as well as durdin and surgical instruments. Now the whole country is controlling these scarce things. There is no way to find them on the market, so I can only ask you for help."
Wu Ming frowned slightly: "There is no big problem for a small amount of medicines, and it doesn't matter if you set a few sets of surgical instruments. If you have too many, I can't do anything about it... Almost all the things I have saved quietly over the past year have been bought by you. There is another thing, Mr. Zhang still owes me 20,000 yuan in payment for the goods. Let's settle the accounts first."
Wang Yuehan wanted to speak but stopped. He looked at the two rows of guards standing outside the gate, stood up and whispered: "It's not convenient to speak here. Let's go to my father's East Courtyard to talk, okay?"
Wu Ming hesitated for a while, and saw Wang Yuehan's beautiful face full of expectations, his heart softened. He nodded and followed Wang Yuehan through the side hall to the east courtyard where Chen Jiyao and the third concubine lived. He raised his head and looked at the blue sky, walked to the stone table in the courtyard to sit down. The well-behaved little maid next to the third concubine quickly brought tea and snacks.
Wang Yuehan slowly sat on the stone drum opposite Wu Ming: "To be honest, I am becoming more and more scared now. Nanchang and Shangrao are both investigated very strictly. Almost every few days, I hear the news that ** people are executed or betrayed, and I hear Mr. Zhang... Mr. Zhang..."
"What's wrong with Mr. Zhang?"
Wu Ming stared at Wang Yuehan's eyes nervously.
Wang Yuehan did not dare to look at Wu Ming, lowered his head for a while before whispering: "My direct contact is Mr. Zhang. It was not until last week that my liaison officer was replaced by another old acquaintance from Shangrao that I learned that Mr. Zhang was quarantined and investigated shortly after he arrived in the Central Soviet Area."
Wu Ming sighed: "It's your turn next."
"So, that's why I'm scared..."
Wang Yuehan's beautiful eyes were already covered with tears, and her beautiful face was pale, and she looked scared by the cruel reality.
Wu Ming was silent for a long time and asked, "Do you know your identity as a member of the family?"
Wang Yuehan shook her head, wiped away her tears quietly, and raised her head: "I don't know about my family, and...I'm not a real person. From the previous year to now, my application for joining the party has not been approved. I don't even know who the traffic officer I contacted next time...I...I'm afraid..."
Wu Ming felt a faint pain in his heart, and he pondered for a long time and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do?"
"I don't know, I really don't know. I'm so scared! I want to quit my job as a party committee in Jiangxi Province. I would rather go back to Yingtan countryside to be a primary school teacher and live a peaceful life, but I am afraid that my family will be implicated, and even more afraid that my superiors will misunderstand as a traitor. I...I..."
Wang Yuehan couldn't continue to say this, and tears burst out from her eyes.
Chapter completed!