Because of Qin Qirong's words, the dining room became dull. No one got up to toast anymore. Everyone was silently looking at Liu Yimin and Shen Honglie at the main table.
Shen Zui was angry and wanted to have a good fight with Liu Yimin for a long time, but after all, he was the backbone of Dai Li's men. He knew that a little impatience would ruin a big plan, and he also knew that people had to bow their heads under the roof, so he had been enduring it. As soon as Qin Qirong fired the gun, Shen Zui secretly cheered, praising in his heart that Qin Qirong was worthy of graduating from the sixth phase of Huangpu and worthy of being a talent praised by the Chairman. This bombardment was so good and timely.
However, Shen Zui will not stand up and speak. His job is not to litigate lawsuits, but to see the blood with a knife.
Liu Yimin hoped that Shen Honglie would stand up and reprimand Qin Qirong, even if it was just a gesture! Unfortunately, Shen Honglie sat there motionless, with his eyebrows lowered, like a clay Bodhisattva.
In fact, Liu Yimin didn't know that Shen Honglie's heart was churning at this time. Qin Qirong's words were also what he wanted to say, but Qin Qirong said them a little earlier. Shen Honglie wanted to come and have a detailed talk with Liu and Luo after dinner. He expressed his own views and used the slogan of unified decree to force the Eighth Route Army to agree to his request, which was to restore the Kuomintang power and party headquarters in eight districts of Shandong, allow the Shandong Security Command to develop security forces in each district, unify the defense line, unify administration, and unify planning. The expenses of various departments of the Eighth Route Army will be covered by the Provincial Department of Finance at its discretion. This is the task assigned to him by Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, and it is also the goal he wants to achieve in his heart.
Now that Qin Qirong has fired, Shen Honglie has stopped talking. He wants to see how Liu Yimin answers this question before revising his plan. Anyway, he has already figured it out. Liu Yimin's wife is Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Jiang's cousin. Here There is also the communication team of the national army. Even if Qin Qirong is a little more reckless, the Eighth Route Army will not do anything to them. Why don't you look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face? Besides, the territory is obviously occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and he wants to intervene. Damn it, isn’t this job easy to do in the first place?
Seeing that Cai Zhong, Zeng Zhongsheng, Hu Di, and He Xinghua all had veins popping up on their foreheads and were about to stand up to argue with Qin Qirong, Liu Yimin was ready to simply spread his arms and say, completely putting an end to Shen Honglie and his party's unrealistic ideas. At this time, Ni Hua stood up.
Even though Ni Hua was beaming with joy and smiling brightly when she greeted Shen Honglie, in fact, no one at the table was as suffocated as she was. It was obvious that she and Liu Yimin fell in love at first sight and were in love with each other, but it was because she was Soong Meiling's cousin. For this reason, Liu Yimin's leaders and comrades put pressure on him and beat him. He came back from the United States after a long journey, and his little cousin secretly used clever tricks to take him back to Wuhan by taking advantage of his bad mood. Fortunately, the war was tense. In order to urge Liu Yimin to launch an attack, Chiang Kai-shek delayed the Japanese attack and returned to Liu Yimin. Now he was even more depressed. Everyone in the division knew that Tang Xingying loved Liu Yimin and did not want Liu Yimin to go to war without embarrassment. He divorced Liu Yimin after being punished. Comrades and comrades-in-arms looked at him differently, as if he was guilty! Liu Yimin also had an ambiguous attitude. He never looked for him after returning from Xi'an. It was clearly because of his thoughts There is a lot of pressure on me. If things continue like this, my love and happiness will have to be ruined by these five words, Soong Meiling's cousin! This Shen Honglie, who looks like a gentle man in his 50s, is open and silent about Mrs. Sun and Mrs. Jiang. My cousin clearly wants to take advantage of me. If I don't make my attitude clear, I am afraid that my comrades will misunderstand and doubt me even more in the future, and even Liu Yimin will be misunderstood by his comrades.
Seeing Ni Hua standing up, everyone was a little surprised and didn't know what she was going to do.
Ni Hua calmed down, glanced at Liu Yimin's face, and then said in a soft voice: "Chairman Shen, you, a commander named Qin, do not have the manners of a gentleman, and your words are unbecoming of the director of the department. The Eighth Route Army is hosting a banquet for you tonight, that is. From an etiquette point of view, no matter how big the problem is, we should wait until after the meal to discuss it, and we should not ruin the atmosphere of the banquet. I don’t know if I am right?"
Shen Honglie did not expect that the Eighth Route Army men had not answered yet, but Ni Hua stood up instead. He did not expect that Ni Hua would use Qin Qirong's etiquette to talk. He was a little lost for a moment and was speechless.
Seeing that Shen Honglie was speechless, Ni Hua smiled softly and continued: "When I said that Commander Qin was disrespectful, I also meant that he failed the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army. I don't know about other situations. Where I am I know the situation in the division's field hospital. Even our seriously wounded soldiers, the sick meals they eat every day are only slightly better than those for the lightly wounded. If I'm not afraid of Chairman Shen's jokes, I came back from the United States all the way. I was also chased by Japanese warships and planes on the way, and almost died in the sea. My lover Liu Yimin was the commander of the first division, and he did not dare to use public money to treat me to a meal. If he wanted to do that, he would not be a commander-in-chief. Liu Yimin is the mentor. Comrades and comrades will look down on him, and the discipline of the Eighth Route Army will punish him. Although today's meal is not as good as the standard in Jinan Hotel before the war, it is definitely made by the soldiers with great pains. The ingredients and wine used for this meal are nothing to the rich people doing business, but to our soldiers who shed blood and sacrificed for the Anti-Japanese War, they are already very, very expensive. If not Considering that Chairman Shen is the Chairman of Shandong Province appointed by the Executive Yuan, it is not easy to come here. Will the Eighth Route Army be willing to be so extravagant? Think about it, the instructors are the local troops of the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone. The National Government does not allocate a penny of funding and never does. Ask whether this unit has food to eat, clothing to wear, and whether the wounded have medicine. Does this unit have the obligation to entertain the provincial chairman of the National Government? You cannot understand the difficulties of the instructors, because you are senior officials of the National Government, so you can They send telegrams to the Executive Yuan and the Chairman of the General Assembly at any time, asking for military expenses and salaries, and approval is given as soon as the report is sent. Can you understand the difficulties of the instructors? Isn’t their kindness worth cherishing?"
Ni Hua has outstanding talents and is as beautiful as an angel. Since he met Liu Yimin, he has deliberately learned Liu Yimin's Mandarin. Wu Nong's soft language and Mandarin pronunciation combined with his eloquent speech made Shen Honglie and others blush. , it went blank for a while, only Qin Qirong stared stubbornly, looking at Ni Hua without saying a word.
Liu Yimin was so happy that he almost shouted out. Fortunately, he still knew his identity, so he suppressed his excitement and sat there. He just took a deep look at Ni Hua and nodded gently.
Luo Ronghuan only had a long conversation with Ni Hua in Xi'an before she left. At that time, the girl's face was full of tears and she did not talk in depth. She didn't know much about Ni Hua's talent and knowledge. He only knew that her surgical skills were very high and she was very skilled. Gao, who was hailed as the Red Bodhisattva by the soldiers. On this occasion, at this time, Ni Hua's words shocked Luo Ronghuan. You must know that because Ni Hua has a special status and is not a party member, no one provides her with political and ideological education. What if? If there is, it is also the subtle education of teachers. Luo Ronghuan feels that a doctorate from a prestigious American university is indeed not simple. It is definitely not just a high professional level, but a high overall quality.
Cai Zhong and Liu Yimin are comrades-in-arms and life-and-death friends. The reason why they have always been worried about Liu Yimin and Ni Hua's love is mainly because they are worried that Ni Hua's complicated family background will affect her position and cause trouble for Liu Yimin. Ni Hua stood at this time Coming out to speak like this is tantamount to expressing one's position. How could Cai Zhong be unclear? He couldn't help but admire in his heart: This girl can do it!
Liu Yimin glanced and nodded, and everything fell into Ni Hua's eyes.
Ni Hua felt bitter in his heart and gave Liu Yimin a hard look. He cursed a few times in his heart as "a heartless thief" and then said: "Chairman Shen: I am still young and have been studying abroad for a long time. I am not familiar with the domestic situation. Please forgive me if I'm wrong. In my opinion, the Japanese have occupied most of China, the Kuomintang and the Communist Party have already cooperated to resist Japan, and the Red Army has been reorganized into the Eighth Route Army. At this time, what is the point of talking about violating government orders and military orders to establish political power? ?The Eighth Route Army violated the law when it appointed county magistrates and district magistrates in Shandong. Did the Japanese army appoint so many traitors as county magistrates and district magistrates before the Eighth Route Army invaded Shandong? Did the Nationalist government investigate them? Although I don’t understand these things, but the truth is there Leave it alone. In my opinion, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the Eighth Route Army appointing local officials to organize the people to fight against the Japanese. When the Japanese are driven away and our land is recovered, it will be more meaningful to discuss the issue of political power building. Thanks to Chairman Shen I am Mrs. Sun, a cousin of Mrs. Chiang Kai-shek, and she respects me very much. Let me be fair. The situation in Shandong was the result of the Eighth Route Army’s bloodshed and sacrifice. It was wrested from the hands of the Japanese. From the perspective of encouraging all troops to actively resist the war, and from the perspective of rewarding meritorious soldiers, the National Government should appoint appropriate positions to the leaders of the instructors, instead of appointing a chairman today and a commander tomorrow! This is obvious You are bullying honest people! Is Liu Yimin, the man who asked the Japanese to offer a reward of 2 million silver dollars for his head, so out of favor with the leaders and officials of the National Government? Chairman Shen, please give a message to Chairman Chiang and Mrs. Chiang, If they sincerely support our war of resistance, we would welcome them not only to send a provincial chairman or a theater commander, but also to send a health soldier. If they send only those who point fingers and find fault with us, then please don’t send them again in the future. Think about it, on the one hand you have to fight the Japanese to the death, and on the other hand you have to squeeze out money from the soldiers’ food expenses to entertain shady people, you also have to keep your mouth shut, and you have to guard against someone complaining behind your back. Who can bear this? What!"
Ni Hua's last words were like an eviction order with a gun and a stick. They were so rude and even smelled like a shrew. Listening to this, Shen Zui kept cursing in his heart that this woman had been drunk and had forgotten who she was. , she completely peed into the same pot with Liu Yimin, and the care given to her by the chairman and his wife was wasted. Crazy, completely crazy!
He Siyuan is a famous educator in Shandong and has high prestige in the northern Shandong area. He is the most resolute anti-Japanese among Shen Honglie's entourage. In history, in order to deal with him, the Japanese army once arrested his wife and forced him to submit. As a result, he took advantage of the fact that his wife was arrested in the Italian Concession in Tianjin and refused to give in. He forced the Italian consul to put pressure on the Japanese army, forcing the Japanese army to release his wife and children, and wrote a unique anti-Japanese legend.
Seeing that Qin Qirong's face was full of dissatisfaction and he was about to stand up to argue with Ni Hua, He Siyuan grabbed him and whispered: "Peace and don't be impatient, calm and don't be impatient!"
Qin Qirong glanced at Ni Hua hatefully and muttered, "I lost my wife and lost my troops!"
Wang Xiangrong, the director of the Shandong Finance Department who came to Jinan with Shen Honglie, is not a good guy. If this guy can take people from the Minsheng Bank to secretly see Hualiu Bing under the Japanese attack, you know how many benefits he has made as the director of the Finance Department. , how many dirty things have been done.
From the moment he saw Ni Hua, Wang Xiangrong was astonished. His eyes were blurred, his head was dizzy, and he couldn't distinguish between east, west, north and south. After sitting at the wine table, his eyes never left Ni Hua for a moment. Hua was just a badass. Hu Jiafeng, the secretary-general of the Shandong Provincial Government who was sitting next to him, was so angry that he kicked him hard several times and whispered in his ear: "Look at your pig-headed appearance, be careful with Liu Yimin." The gun will kill you!"
Hu Jiafeng's words worked. Wang Xiangrong finally sobered up a little and glanced at Liu Yimin with a little fear. Only then did he remember that he was at the headquarters of Liu Yimin, who was killing Japanese troops in divisions. The beauty in front of him was again She is his wife, Mrs. Chiang's cousin. The two embezzled money in her pocket will not catch the eyes of others. If she is not sensible, her family may have no choice but to go to the Yellow River to salvage their own money. The corpse!
Wang Xiangrong, who was a little sober, drank a glass of wine and ate some food, and then heard Qin Qirong's provocation. He was scolding Qin Qirong for his lack of expression, so Ni Hua stood up and spoke. This guy was not thinking clearly again.
As soon as Ni Hua finished speaking, Wang Xiangrong couldn't wait to applaud. While applauding, he shouted: "Ms. Ni is a beautiful person and speaks beautifully. She speaks well and speaks well!"
That's not all. Wang Xiangrong was so fascinated that he looked at Ni Hua with lust and continued: "Miss Ni, can you please treat me as a guest? I know which restaurant in Jinan City is the best. Do you want to eat? Anything is fine. After dinner, I can accompany you to buy fabrics and jewelry."
At this time, everyone in the dining room was stunned. Even though Shen Honglie had experienced several thrilling scenes of fleet mutiny and almost death, his legs were weak with fear. He knew that if he didn't speak, Wang Xiangrong might die. He stood up in a hurry and opened his mouth to call Wang Xiangrong a bastard.
Before Shen Honglie could curse, Li Xiaoshuai and Huang Feihu, who were standing guard on the side, both rushed forward, grabbed Wang Xiangrong and threw him outside the door. Soon, the sound of Wang Xiangrong killing a pig came from the yard.
Ni Hua's face turned pale with anger at first, but later he couldn't help sobbing.
There was a huge dining room with three tables of guests, all of whom were dumbfounded!
Liu Yimin's tone was colder than the ice on the frozen Yellow River: "I said that Han Xiangfang had a hundred thousand elite soldiers, but why did he piss himself off and run away before even seeing the shadow of the little devil? It turns out they are all a group of people like this!"
After saying that, Liu Yimin ignored Shen Honglie, stood up, walked to Ni Hua, took her hand, coaxed her a few words, and walked away holding Ni Hua's hand.
No one expected this outcome!
Shen Honglie's forehead was covered with sweat and he kept apologizing to Luo Ronghuan, saying that Wang Xiangrong would be severely punished and asked to apologize to Master Liu and Mrs. Liu.
Cai Zhong came over and sat next to Shen Honglie, poured a glass of wine, drank it all, put down the glass and said: "Chairman Shen, your apology is too late, and there is no need for severe punishment. Who is Wang Xiangrong?" Something? Isn’t it just that he made some bad money by being the director of the Department of Finance for a few days? He was so blind that he didn’t even look at what kind of unit the instructor was in and what our division commander did. Higashikata Nagihiko Isn't it awesome? That's the uncle of the Emperor and Empress of Japan, the nephew of Prince Kanin Miyazaishito, the Chief of General Staff of the Japanese Army, and the commander of the Japanese Second Army. Hisao Tani is awesome? That's the Sixth Division that captured Nanjing. The commander of the regiment division and the commander of the 12th Army. Is there anything wrong with a high-tailed tortoise? That is the commander of the 19th Division of the Japanese and Korean Army and the commander of the 12th Army. Look where they have gone. And the commander of the 108th Division, Shimomoto Kumiya, was nailed alive to the wall by our division commander with brushes, pencils, and pens. The commander of the 109th Division, Shigehou Yamaoka, was The one who was shot to death by our teacher. Let me tell you, you have to do your duty first, but you have to know who you are. Everyone wants to bully, and everyone dares to bully! You can touch the signboard even if you are illiterate. It depends on you. If you can cause trouble, you can't afford it. You might lose your head!"
Seeing the hot sweat dripping down Shen Honglie's face, Cai Zhong felt that he had not scared enough, so he took another sip of wine and continued: "Ni Hua is Mrs. Sun, Mrs. Chiang's cousin. Chairman Chiang treats her like Just like his own sister, he is reluctant to say a harsh word. According to the old saying, he is a real relative of the emperor, a person with a golden branch and a golden leaf. Think about it, Ni Hua exposed the Japanese invasion of China in front of so many reporters in the United States. She committed atrocities and solicited donations from the American people to support our country’s war of resistance. Even President Roosevelt received her and called her an outstanding representative of Eastern women. When people across the country mention Liu Yimin and Ni Hua, who doesn’t give a thumbs up? Your Shandong Provincial Government has eaten it. Are you so brave? A small finance minister dares to rebel against his superiors and openly molest Mr. Zhongshan, the former prime minister, and Mrs. Liu Yimin, the close relative of Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and the invincible hero of the Anti-Japanese War. Which one is intolerable? This will be left to the pre-Qing Dynasty period , that is to destroy the Nine Tribes! This is the period of the Republic of China, and there is no need to destroy the Nine Tribes. However, Wang Xiangrong has committed such a serious crime and must be severely punished! Chairman Shen, do you think it is enough to just apologize? It is not too much for us to shoot him! "
Shen Honglie was in a state of chaos at this time. He even talked about unifying the government decree and just nodded his head non-stop.
Cai Zhong laughed, threw his wine glass to the ground, and walked away.
Luo Ronghuan had been worrying about how to deal with Shen Honglie and his party for the past two days. Now it's over. All problems have been solved. Shen Honglie can no longer point fingers and make demands.
Liu Yimin left, Cai Zhong left, Luo Ronghuan can no longer leave.
Luo Ronghuan said, "How could this happen? How could this happen?" He kept pouring wine for Shen Honglie and other guests. He also called on Zeng Zhongsheng, Hu Di and He Xinghua to pour wine for the guests.
Shen Honglie was not in the mood to eat anymore. He wished he could leave the dining room now to avoid being embarrassed here! He said he was tired from the journey and wanted to rest.
Luo Ronghuan advised Shen Honglie to be more open-minded. Wang Xiangrong had a bad official reputation and was a moth. If Chairman Shen was really reluctant to part with it, after drinking, he would go and persuade the teacher to hand Wang Xiangrong over to Chairman Shen. But it must be dealt with fairly. , otherwise we would not be able to explain to Chairman Chiang, Mrs. Chiang and Master Liu.
He couldn't drink anymore and couldn't eat anymore. After calming down, Shen Honglie thought about it carefully and realized that his mission this time was completely impossible. Even if Wang Xiangrong didn't happen, the mission wouldn't have been completed. Ni Hua's words were so clear that even a fool could hear them. Just Liu Yimin and Luo Ronghuan didn't say anything. This Jinan is not a place to stay for a long time. We should quickly withdraw to Henan and report to Chairman Chiang and ask him to send another one. Gao Ming. If that doesn't work, you have to ask him to mobilize an army for you. It's really hard for him to be the provincial chairman!
Although Qin Qirong attended Shandong Polytechnic School and Huangpu Military Academy, he has a narrow-minded mind and has always been anti-communist. He came to Jinan this time full of ambitions, and planned to connect Zhang Liyuan, the commissioner of the third district in southern Shandong, and Li Wenli, the commissioner of the eighth district in central Shandong. , and then contacted Zhang Jingyue and others in Qinghe, and used the name of the Shandong Provincial Security Headquarters to reorganize and expand the troops, insert nails and sticks into the heart of the Shandong Eighth Route Army, and contain the development of the Eighth Route Army. Unexpectedly, he only said one sentence, and still Without provoking a dispute between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he was taught a lesson by Ni Hua. Just when he was about to argue, He Siyuan stopped him. What happened next was the scene where Wang Xiangrong humiliated his grandma's house, which made Qin Qirong angry. His hands and feet were cold, his whole body was numb, and he kept cursing Wang Xiangrong as a bastard!
Shen Zui didn't expect a good show to end like this, and almost wanted to fly up to stop Huang Feihu and Li Xiaoshuai and snatch Wang Xiangrong back. But it was only a close call. Shen Zui was an action agent with a quick mind, and he knew that using force here was simply asking for death. It was okay not to use force. Due to the banner of unity against Japan, the Eighth Route Army did not dare to publicly tell them to get out no matter how much they bothered their communications team. If force was used, things would be in trouble. Liu Yimin would probably kill him on the spot, and he would He will be accused of sneak attack on the commander.
Shen Zui could only sit there stupidly, cursing these idiots over and over in his mind that they were all helpless.
Not long after, just when Luo Ronghuan was comforting Shen Honglie, Li Xiaoshuai came in.
After saluting Luo Ronghuan, Li Xiaoshuai reported loudly: "Reporting to the political commissar, Wang Xiangrong confessed that when he was the director of the Shandong Finance Department, he embezzled several million yuan in military pay, salt tax, and tobacco tax. He is a very corrupt official!"
Shen Honglie's face suddenly became angry, old man.