The night is quiet, people have already fallen asleep.
Blackness enveloped the house.
Cheng Qianfan was like a returning person walking out of the dark night, walking on the deserted streets.
He subconsciously took out the cigarette case from his pocket and flicked a cigarette out.
He lit the cigarette and took a deep breath.
The cold midnight wind blew through his clothes. He tightened his coat and walked faster.
Chen Zhou is his pseudonym in the Third Special Section (Red Team) of the Red Party.
Huo Miao is his code name in the Second Special Section (Intelligence Section).
Except for the sacrificed comrade "Zhu Lin", no one knew that the famous comrade Chen Zhou of the Special Branch Red Team and the mysterious comrade "Huo Miao" of the Intelligence Section were actually the same person.
One is a member of the red team who has extraordinary skills and accurate and ruthless strikes.
One is an underground party member of the Intelligence Section who is silently holding on to the hidden front.
Even Lao Liao only knew that Cheng Qianfan was Comrade Huo Miao and did not know his other identity.
Within the Red Team, the other Red Team members only heard of his name but had never seen Chen Zhou's true face. He was a member of the Red Team who directly belonged to Comrade "Zhulin".
Comrade "Bamboo Forest" ordered to find out the truth behind the murder of Ms. Luo Huijun and another lesbian.
This is an order given to Comrade Huo Miao.
‘Avenge the fallen comrades’, this is the order given to Comrade ‘Chen Zhou’.
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Getting rid of the traitor Lao Mo, avenging the sacrificed comrades, and preventing more comrades from being exposed or even killed because of Lao Mo, the Japanese special hidden in the French Concession.
Comrades "Huo Miao" and "Chen Zhou" once again completed their tasks outstandingly.
After completing the last mission assigned to Comrade "Zhulin" before his arrest and death, Cheng Qianfan felt the joy and relief of completing the mission.
There is also an indescribable loneliness and confusion.
After the Special Kosovo organization was cracked down by the enemy last winter, the surviving Special Kosovo members lost contact with the organization.
Cheng Qianfan even speculated that the organization probably had no way of knowing which comrades had survived.
Cheng Qianfan was able to have unilateral and one-way contact with the local party organization in Shanghai through the line specially arranged by Lao Liao before Comrade Zhulin died:
Given that the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the local party organization in Shanghai also suffered huge losses, this one-way contact is very necessary for security reasons.
Lao Liao can provide intelligence to the local party organization in Shanghai. Under normal circumstances, the other party can only receive intelligence and cannot proactively issue orders to this party unless there is an emergency.
Cheng Qianfan's organizational relationship is with Special Branch, and in order to protect Cheng Qianfan, only Lao Liao has control over this contact channel.
Now that Lao Liao has died, unless Shanghai Teko is reorganized and the long-agreed code signal is activated to wake up Cheng Qianfan, Cheng Qianfan is now out of contact with the organization.
Therefore, at this moment, Cheng Qianfan not only felt relieved to have completed the task, but also felt a heavy sense of loneliness after losing contact with the organization.
There used to be Lao Liao, but now that Lao Liao has died, he is really fighting alone.
There are raindrops falling.
Cheng Qianfan raised his head, stretched out his hand, and felt the slowly moistening drizzle.
There have been more and more rainy days in Shanghai these days.
Tomb Sweeping Day is coming soon.
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After returning home, Cheng Qianfan drank more than half of the bottle of wine by himself.
Therefore, what the neighbors saw that morning was a hungover and low-spirited Cheng Qianfan.
"Qianfan, why do you drink so much wine?"
"Young people should pay more attention to their health."
"You are a wicked man, you are stealing my hot water." Aunt Ma was scolding, and she grabbed Cheng Qianfan who was passing by, "Brother Fan, this is incredible, there is an old thief stealing water."
"Aunt Ma, you took Zhao Laowen's briquettes again." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.
Aunt Ma and Zhao Laowen were mortal enemies. Aunt Ma was always willing to take advantage of him. When Zhao Laowen wasn't paying attention, she would steal his briquettes. Zhao Laowen found out later and didn't make any fuss until Aunt Ma's boiling water was ready.
, Zhao Laowen secretly used it:
A piece of briquettes can't boil a large pot of water, so he has made a profit.
Cheng Qianfan said hello to the neighbors, and started his accustomed daily life amidst this kind of short-tempered greeting.
At this time, he is not the red team action member "Chen Zhou" who makes enemy agents and traitors frightened.
Nor is it the ‘flame’ of underground party members hidden within the enemy.
He is Cheng Qianfan, a boy from the Cheng family who grew up under the watch of these old neighbors. He now works in the patrol house in the central French Concession as a patrol officer.
"Brother Fan, help me, my father is going to beat me to death." The young man came running to ask for help.
Cheng Qianfan skillfully pushed him down with one hand, clapped his hands and left. Behind him came the sound of his father beating and scolding him and the child's stubborn talk back.
"Brother Fan, you hurt me again!" The half-grown child cried out and complained.
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No. 22 Xue Huali Road, Central Patrol Room.
Cheng Qianfan stood at the door. He adjusted his uniform and fiddled with his hair to make himself look more energetic.
Yes, he needs to look hungover and lethargic.
However, lack of energy does not mean slovenliness, which is inconsistent with his usual living habits.
"Qianfan, have you heard?" Liu Bo came over and patted Cheng Qianfan on the shoulder. He smelled the smell of alcohol that had not completely dissipated. He took a look and said, "Hey, are you okay? You're listless. If you can't drink, just drink with Jin."
Let me tell you."
"It's much better now." Cheng Qianfan yawned, "I just had a bad night. Brother Liu, what were you going to say just now?"
Yesterday's operation, the operation led by Jin Kemu, except for the fact that police officer Mo Shouli was injured on the job, can be said to be very successful.
The other two inspectors, Liang Yuchun and Yuan Kaizhou, were respectively responsible for the arrest operations, which had different joys and sorrows.
Liang Yuchun's unit successfully captured the target of the operation.
When Yuan Kaizhou's troops arrived at the target location, they were unlucky enough to come face-to-face with the other party. The other party suddenly pulled out a gun and shot directly. One patrolman was shot and injured, and the other party successfully escaped with the help of his accomplices.
When Liu Bo talked about this, he also looked very happy.
Fortunately, they were assigned the task of arresting "Zhu Yuan". If they were assigned to the target of Yuan Kaizhou's command, they would be the ones who got shot.
It is said that the opponent's firepower was so powerful that it caught Yuan Kaizhou's command by surprise. If the patrolmen (escape officers) had not been experienced enough to escape by rolling and crawling, the casualties would have been even more severe.
"These Red Party members are very arrogant." Cheng Qianfan was surprised and said.
The Red Party would rarely open fire in the French Concession, let alone attack the policemen first.
This is determined by the situation and environment of our party's underground work in the French Concession.
When the French Concession authorities arrest a Red Party member, they will generally be interrogated and sentenced within the Concession.
The Shanghai Second Special Zone District Court and the Third Branch of the Jiangsu Provincial High Court established by the national government in the French Concession need to submit an extradition request. Only after the extradition application is approved, the concession authorities will hand over the Red Party members to the national authorities.
The entire extradition process takes a relatively long time. If the public relations are good, the French Concession authorities can even reject the extradition request with "justifiable reasons", which gives room for organizational rescue and opportunities.
Therefore, even if they encounter patrols and arrests in the leased area, the Red Party will basically not resist the patrols with extreme violence and do not involve extreme violence. This is a prerequisite for successful rescue.
The so-called extreme violence refers to the use of firearms.
This time not only did they use guns, but they also took the initiative to attack the patrol officers.
This incident is very likely to arouse the wrath of the French Concession authorities and worsen the situation of the Red Party's struggle in the French Concession...
What shocked and interested Cheng Qianfan was the identity of the target of Yuan Kaizhou's trip.
Among the underground organizations of the Red Party in Shanghai, only the Red Team of Shanghai Special Branch has strong combat effectiveness.
However, Shanghai Teke was destroyed by the enemy and has now entered a dormant stage.
Is this a case where a gay with a special background was exposed and faced with being rounded up, and was forced to choose violence to break out of the encirclement?
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After Liu Bo walked away, Cheng Qianfan sat alone in his seat smoking and drinking tea.
He Guan and other colleagues were playing poker while shouting and drinking.
Cheng Qianfan would help He Guan with advice from time to time.
But he was thinking about Liu Bo.
Liu Bo took the initiative to chat with him just now, and he was very cordial.
If this had happened before last night, he would definitely not have cared too much, because Liu Bo has such a warm and good character.
Because Lao Mo's "last words" pointed to suspicion of Liu Bo, Cheng Qianfan paid a little more careful attention to Liu Bo today.
What he was thinking was that Liu Bo hurriedly came up to him before he came in. Did he really just want to chat?
In other words, the purpose is to observe your own situation as soon as possible? To judge and confirm whether you were really drunk last night, or whether you were pretending to be drunk?
Cheng Qianfan knew that his thoughts were most likely due to the influence of Lao Mo's words and the psychological suggestion of 'unfounded suspicion'. However, he had to consider what if Lao Mo's suspicion was indeed true.
What's the matter?
Light a cigarette, take a deep breath, and exhale the smoke.
He needs to clear his mind.
Although he was pretending to be hungover, there was still a lot of alcohol in his body, which made Cheng Qianfan's thinking less than usual. Of course, this was the most normal state where he would not be suspected.
The more he thought about it, the more Cheng Qianfan felt that Liu Bo, a colleague with whom he had a very good relationship, was somewhat incomprehensible.
Compared to doing good work as 'Huo Miao', he actually prefers 'Chen Zhou''s happy enmity.
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Cheng Qianfan approached Jin Kemu to ask for leave, and bluntly told him that Xiu Gongshen had invited Chief Inspector Qin Detai to have tea and asked him to accompany him.
Jin Kemu happily agreed to leave and asked Cheng Qianfan to greet Translator Xiu and Mr. Qin on his behalf.
Standing at the window, watching the young patrolman leave, Jin Kemu thought to himself for a moment, then smiled and muttered, 'They are all old foxes.'
"Brother Qianfan, is that you?" Cheng Qianfan had just walked out of the patrol room door and was about to hail a rickshaw when a soft-spoken female voice came from behind.
As soon as he stopped and turned around, he saw a beautiful little girl wearing a blue coat and black skirt, brown calfskin shoes, and beautiful braids sitting there quietly, a little timid and uncertain.
Looking at him with eyes.
"I'm Cheng Qianfan." Cheng Qianfan nodded, thinking quickly about who the other party was.
When Cheng Qianfan confirmed his identity, the little girl's beautiful eyes shone with light, and she held the corners of her clothes with both hands, "Brother Qianfan, I am Xiaoye."