Chen Geng grabbed the note and suddenly raised his head, his eyes shining brightly, staring closely at Shen Fengdao's eyes with a look of astonishment on his face.
Tang Mingzong, who was sitting opposite Chen Geng, saw clearly that it was Shen Fengdao, the legendary master who was famous throughout the army. His face turned green with fright, the knife and fork in his hand was shaking slightly, and he was dumbfounded on the spot.
Chen Geng's assistant realized something was wrong, and looked at the calm Shen Fengdao standing calmly in front of the table. The position he was in was blocking the way. In his anxiety, he subconsciously put a hand into his arms.
"Don't mess around!"
Shen Fengdao warned in a low voice, slowly picked up the silver fork on the table and started playing with it. The silver fork slowly bent in half between his three fingers, and in the blink of an eye it fell into Shen Fengdao's palm. Shen Fengdao turned his wrist and gently Open it, put the balled up silver fork gently on the plate in front of Assistant Chen Geng, and silently turn around and go back.
Chen Geng's assistant stared at the ball of metal in the dish in disbelief, cold sweat breaking out on his forehead.
After coming back to his senses, Tang Mingzong looked around, approached Chen Geng, and asked anxiously: "What is written on the note?"
Chen Geng leaned heavily on the back of his chair, stuffed the note in his pocket, shook his head, and began to think nervously.
"The Fifth Concubine" is Chen Geng's role as the fifth concubine of Yuan Shikai in the play "The Emperor's Dream" performed by the Blood Flower Drama Club of Whampoa Military Academy. He displayed a vivid look, graceful posture and gait on the stage. For several years, it has been talked about by Huangpu General School and graduates. Not to mention "Bandit B", with the rapid rise of An Yi, "Model Camp" and "Steel Army" have spread all over the world, and now almost all military and civilians across the country. Everyone knows this interesting story about when he performed at the Huangpu Blood Flower Theater Company.
At this moment, a simple note with only ten words contained more connotations and emotions than could be written in a hundred thousand words. Chen Geng was deeply shocked and deeply moved.
"Ziyi, do you know that person just now?" Chen Geng broke the silence and asked in a low voice.
Tang Mingzong nodded hurriedly: "He is the legendary Shen Fengdao, the number one master in the army, the deputy chief of Junior Brother An Yi. I met him once in Nanjing not long after the Central Plains War. At that time, he and Junior Brother An went to the Military Police Headquarters Junior Brother An introduced me to me casually on official business. His name is spread among the army, and few middle- and low-level officers have actually seen him. Now that he is here, Junior Brother An must also be here, as if he is in the innermost room next door to us. What should I do in the private seats?"
"What else can we do? Since we can't hide, let's go and meet him together."
Chen Geng stood up decisively, told his assistant to wait where he was, and walked with the flustered Tang Mingzong to the seat behind the green bonsai.
When An Yi saw Chen Geng arriving, he shook his head and smiled: "It's a rare meeting! Brother, sit down. Last time we met in Shanghai, your old man just didn't recognize me. You should recognize me this time, right? Haha. ...Old Shen, please go get two bottles of the best vodka, my senior brother Chen is a very busy man, I haven’t seen you for a few years, so I have to celebrate!"
Shen Fengdao turned and left. An Yi warmly greeted Chen Geng and Tang Mingzong to sit down, put the cigarettes in front of them, and looked at the sweaty Tang Mingzong happily:
"Senior Brother Tang, I heard that the Nanchang Military Police Headquarters has been very busy recently. How come Senior Brother, the deputy chief of the Confidential Section, has the leisure to come from the city? Doesn't he often come to the Don River Restaurant to enjoy Western food?"
"This... haha, sir, you are joking!" Tang Mingzong had a look on his face, but he was complaining endlessly in his heart.
Chen Geng looked sideways at An Yi: "Secretary An, haven't you been in southern Sichuan, worrying about the country's financial difficulties? What kind of wind has brought you here?"
An Yi pouted: "Are you jealous? My brother, I have rescued and resettled nearly ten million victims in the past few years, why can't you see it?"
"Yes, they are busy recruiting tens of thousands of new soldiers from the victims, right? That's awesome! I'm afraid that Deputy Chief An has become the largest warlord in the country now, right?" Chen Geng sneered lukewarmly.
An Yi shook his head and laughed: "I've known you for so long, and it's rare that you praise me like this, the biggest warlord in the country? Such praise makes me feel proud, haha!"
Chen Geng was also happy, shook his head helplessly, picked up the American lighter on the table and fiddled with it: "Tsk, tsk! What a rich man! Is it gold-covered? When will you give me one?"
"Take it if you like it! What difference do you and I have between brothers? Except for wives, everything else can be shared! By the way, aren't you the principal of Pengyang Military School in Ruijin Jiubao? Please do me a favor.
When will you meet Lin Biaojun?
Li Xiaolong, the deputy director of the political department of the regiment, don't forget to remind him to pay me back 1,700 yuan. This grandson is so bad. He took three batches of medicine from me and still hasn't paid me. I won't do business with him next time.
Yes." An Yi said carelessly.
Chen Geng was shocked. He stared at An Yi like a ghost and was speechless for a long time. He had been the military principal of Pengyang for only more than half a month. The appointment document had not yet been issued, and the entire middle-level commanders of the Red Army might not know.
However, An Yi revealed it seemingly unintentionally. Why didn't Chen Geng be shocked?
An Yi lit a cigarette and smiled at Xue Li who brought the wine. When Xue Li poured the wine for the three of them, An Yi politely said thank you, picked up the wine glass and suggested happily:
"Come on! Two senior brothers, it's rare for us senior brothers to get together. I would like to propose a drink to these two senior brothers. If you have anything to say, we can talk slowly after drinking this cup. Come on! Do you look down on me? If you don't hold the cup, I will scold you.
It’s over!”
Chen Geng and Tang Mingzong looked at each other, and could only helplessly pick up the wine glass and touch it lightly with An Yi, who was full of spring breeze. Chen Geng's hand was still so steady, only Tang Mingzong's hand holding the wine glass was shaking badly.
After finishing a glass of wine, An Yi grabbed the wine bottle, refilled the wine for the two of them, and watched Xue Li leave. Then he put away his smile and asked diligently: "Brother Chen, I know it's okay and you won't come to old Nanchang. Do you think
If there is anything I can help you with, senior brother, just ask, but don't be polite."
Chen Geng blinked and thought about it: "It's rare for my junior brother to be so kind, but I'm so disrespectful! Let's see, brother, I'm here to buy ten boxes of penicillin, plus ten boxes of quinine, a special anti-dysentery drug produced by Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory.
If it's convenient, prepare ten or eight sets of surgical instruments for Brother Yu. That's all for now. If I remember anything, I'll ask you next time we meet."
"It's just medicines? What a joke! Fortunately, you said it in time. My Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory has been transferred to the Jiangnan and Zhejiang chaebols. I'm probably going through the handover procedures in the past few days. If it had been a few days later, I wouldn't have dared to write a note so shamelessly."
After that, An Yi took out his notebook and pen and wrote down the names and quantities of the medicines and equipment Chen Geng needed on the spot. While signing his name, he asked:
"Do you want weapons and ammunition? If so, senior brother, please prepare cash. I will write a note to Jiangnan Arsenal. My brother Dongzi has just been transferred to the Ordnance Industry Department. He happens to be stationed at Jiangnan Arsenal these days. As long as he sees my note,
No matter how tight the supply is, he still has to deliver the goods to you."
Chen Geng and Tang Mingzong were completely dumbfounded. Chen Geng saw An Yi tear off the note and handed it to him with a smile. He subconsciously took it and took a look, raised his head and sighed quietly:
"Damn it, are you really so generous? You have the guts! Aren't you afraid that if I really go to ask for the goods, Chairman Chiang will immediately cause trouble for you?"
"What day will my little brother be free from trouble? One more time is not too much, one less time is not a lot." An Yi said with a smile as if nothing had happened.
Chen Geng folded the note carefully and put it into his pocket: "Tell me, where did you hear that I became the principal?"
"Then please tell me, senior brother, what is the real purpose of your coming to Nanchang? Judging from your current situation in the Red Army, you should still be undergoing the so-called political review. If a very special emergency does not occur, you, the spy chief, are
You won't be released, right, Senior Brother Tang?"
An Yi, with a gun and a stick, frightened Chen Geng and Tang Mingzong with a few words.
Tang Mingzong suppressed the panic in his heart and saw Chen Geng's unpredictable expression. He thought for a moment and said to An Yi: "Junior brother An, we all know that you are generous and helped twice, rescued our comrades, and secretly sold him to An Yi for a long time.
Our pharmaceutical brothers are all grateful to you. I heard that Director Zhou has repeatedly praised you as a patriotic general, a person who sympathizes with the revolution and an open-minded person. Also, you have worried about the country and the people during several major disasters and poured out your money...
…”
"Stop it! Stop it! If you have something to do, Senior Brother Tang, just say, don't always put a high hat on me. If you don't call me a warlord, some evil vampire, a capitalist and a comprador traitor, I will be burning incense." An Yi puffed out smoke,
He looked at the very embarrassed Tang Mingzong with a half-smile.
Tang Mingzong turned to Chen Geng helplessly. Chen Geng gritted his teeth and begged in a low voice: "Junior brother, to be honest, I have something to ask you. I came here to find someone. I was arrested by the security guard in Quzhou five days ago. I heard that the second
He was secretly escorted to Nanchang early in the morning. For this reason, brother, I specially came to ask to see Tang Ziyi, but I don’t know where Ziyi is being held. He is probably in the old Nanchang Special Prison."
An Yi nodded and turned to Tang Mingzong: "Brother Tang, you, the deputy chief of the Confidential Section of the Military Police Headquarters, don't know?"
"Ashamed! None of the cases directly under the Central Party Headquarters will say hello to our Military Police Headquarters, and at my level... I don't have the right to know many things." Tang Mingzong replied with a wry smile.
An Yi looked at Chen Geng: "Is that man's name Yang Fuzhang?"
Chen Geng nodded: "It's him!"
An Yi sighed: "Brother, you should go back. Your affairs, as well as the matter of Senior Brother Zuo Quan being excluded, were all revealed by this person. Also, many people in Zhejiang have also revealed this in the past few days.
They were all arrested one after another, and I heard that they were all escorted to Nanjing. I don’t know the specific situation.”
Chen Geng had already guessed from An Yi's words that Yang Fuzhang might have rebelled against the revolution. At this moment, An Yi confirmed his suspicion, which still shocked Chen Geng to the point of almost jumping up.
Tang Mingzong looked at the painful Chen Geng worriedly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
After a while, Chen Geng, who had calmed down, stood up with a dark face, stared into An Yi's eyes, and thanked him in a low voice: "Thank you, brother, I will keep this friendship in my heart! Before leaving, I have something to say, I hope.
Junior brother, don’t be enemies with the people, otherwise we will have no brothers left.”
"joke!"
An Yi threw the cigarette butt into the ashtray in front of him: "I am an enemy of the people? Can you, Chen Geng, represent the people? You can say this. If you, Chen Geng, are so broad-minded, it's okay if this brother doesn't do it! But I
I would like to remind you two that with Senior Brother Tang’s psychological quality, it is best not to stay at the Military Police Headquarters anymore. Even if I pretend not to notice, Senior Brother Tang is lurking with such heavy psychological pressure. Sooner or later something will happen. It’s better to hurry up.
Get lost."
Chen Geng was furious, sat down again, pointed at An Yi and asked: "Okay, you have the guts! You said you are not enemies of the people, why did your An Yi troops massacre revolutionary masses in the Sichuan-Hunan border area for several months?
Why are you pursuing the Red Army of the Huang-Han tribe and killing all the Red Army troops on the Sichuan-Hunan border? Why are you implementing a dictatorial policy throughout southern Sichuan and forcibly closing down more than a dozen newspapers within a week? Why?
You, the lackeys of the Anjiajun Political Department, have been secretly investigating communists and progressives throughout the Sichuan, Hunan, Yunnan and Guizhou regions? With so many crimes, what is it but being an enemy of the people? Do you think that relieving the victims and doing some small favors can cover up your crimes?
Is it an evil deed? It can’t be done. The people’s eyes are sharp. If you persist in doing whatever you want to do and help others do evil, the people will one day punish you.”
An Yi didn't care: "Finished? Brother Tang, what do you have to add?"
"I……"
Tang Mingzong was in a state of turmoil. His identity had been exposed. He could not make up his mind whether to go or stay. How could he care whether An Yi was an enemy of the people?
Chen Geng was so angry at An Yi's indifferent attitude that he gritted his teeth, but there was nothing he could do about An Yi. Although what he just said was a bit excessive, his original intention was still for the sake of the revolution, and he did not want An Yi, who had already had several stalemates with Chiang Kai-shek.
local warlords and participated in the encirclement and suppression of the Red Army.
At the high-level meeting of the Red Army, several people proposed to send people to contact An Yi secretly and win An Yi into the red camp. However, they were firmly rejected each time by representatives sent by Wang Ming, Bo Gu and the Communist International.
Zuo Quan and others who made this suggestion were severely criticized and ordered to review.
When An Yi saw the angry Chen Geng and the panic-stricken Tang Mingzong, he had nothing to say, lit a cigarette again, and said calmly:
"Today I also have a few words to say to the two senior brothers. I hope that your big names will not be easily put on others. I, An Yi, know very well what I have done. You are not qualified to judge right from wrong! What about disaster relief?
I won’t talk about resettling the victims. In your opinion, these things are trivial matters at best. They are incompatible with your respect.
Compared with high ideals, they are as different as an insect in the bright moon. However, it does not necessarily mean that the truth is in your hands, and it does not necessarily mean that you are always right. When I was attacking Japan and fighting against the British invaders, what were you doing? At least so far
, you have no right to make irresponsible remarks to me, wipe your own butts first before talking!"
"An Yi, I'm warning you, be respectful!" Chen Geng gave An Yi a stern look.
An Yi smiled slightly: "Senior brother, if I disrespect you and deal with you now, how can I still tolerate you looking at me? To be honest, in the past few years, I have been considering whether to join you and fight alongside you.
?However, when I received the bad news that Senior Brother Xu Jishen was killed, I completely gave up. You know that Master Xu and I
How deep my relationship is, you should also know that I have a good relationship with those Huangpu brothers who were tortured to death by your own people, including you. Although I respect your doctrines and beliefs, and many of your goals are the same, I don't agree.
You have even tried to kill your own people, and it is precisely because of this that you are in the difficult situation you are in today."
Chen Geng was stunned, the anger on his face faded instantly, and he had to admit in his heart that An Yi was telling the truth.
An Yi drank a glass of wine and continued: "Today I will also say a few words from the bottom of my heart, which may be beneficial to you. Putting aside ideals and doctrines, from the perspective of a military general, I discovered the fact that without Lao Mao, there would be no
What would it be today without your Red Army?
, Mao, the man who created the glorious era of the Red Army with great talent and sagacity, what is he doing now? And who is commanding the Red Army today? You obviously have a group of outstanding military generals who are familiar with the national conditions, but why do you accept that there are even a few mountains where you are?
, I don’t know how many rivers there are.
Taoist foreigners come to blindly command? The base areas have not had time to build and consolidate, and they dare to concentrate troops that have not received sufficient training to attack big cities. Is this not to die? Look at you now, the excellent middle and low-level commanders are almost dead.
I have to keep having sex
Is it not chilling to say that the ministry is undergoing a purge? To be honest, I am very worried about you. I don’t know how you can save your own destiny this time. Although I have just been reinstated and did not participate in commanding the Central Army’s encirclement and suppression of you, I am very concerned about you.
The situation is still very clear.”
Chen Geng and Tang Mingzong looked at each other. An Yi's words were true, which made Chen Geng less angry and worried.
"Continue." Chen Geng nodded to An Yi.
An Yi smiled sincerely: "This is the proper attitude! Do you think that when I attacked the Yellow Han, I was massacring your Red Army? The truth is not like this. The Huang Han tribe had already withdrawn at that time, and what I killed was just the local king who occupied the mountain. It was a disaster.
How could bandits from one side of the people harm a real Red Army soldier?
Soldier? As for the propaganda in the newspapers, do you think that in my position, you can not take this opportunity to publicize your achievements and express your position? Furthermore, according to the latest information we have obtained, Huang Han is not a member of your Red Army at all.
As a member of the more than 10,000 rabble he gathered,
I still haven't received your recognition. For this reason, I have ordered all the divisions under my command to stop advancing. I am trying to find a way to get in touch with Junior Brother Huang and plan to recruit their armed forces. If Huang Han is willing, I will give him a main division establishment.
Let him work with me and get some good equipment and training
, prepare to fight against Little Japan or the British on the China-Myanmar border. I don’t think Junior Brother Huang will refuse this kind of thing of serving the country and the people and honoring the ancestors. I will release the news when I return to southern Sichuan in two days and strive to fight with him as soon as possible.
Establish a connection, and as for what you think, that’s none of my business.”
"Don't even think about it!" Chen Geng showed an enigmatic smile.
An Yi also laughed: "Why can't I think about it? Now I want money and guns, and I don't have to fight to the death with my own people. Isn't it better than your current situation? If my guess is correct,
Junior Brother Huang probably escaped from your team, otherwise he should be joining forces with He Huzi's troops now, right?"
Chen Geng smiled nonchalantly, stood up and leaned on the table, whispering: "Junior Brother An, I admire your achievements and your character, but you still don't understand many things. You don't understand at all."
We know how powerful the power of belief is. If you and I choose different paths, then
It means that you and I have different ideological realms, but my intuition tells me that there will be a day when you will agree with our doctrines and ideals, and maybe there will be a time when you and I come together, because you are not like He Zhonghan or Hu Zongnan
, Yu Jishi, Sun Yuanliang and others are just as hopeless."
An Yi smiled: "Thank you for the compliment! You...just left like that?"
"Where can I? I have to get the gift you gave me first. If I don't take something with me, wouldn't my trip to Nanchang be in vain?" Chen Geng said confidently.
An Yi also stood up and stretched out his hand: "I won't send it off, little brother. I wish you a safe journey."
Chen Geng stretched out his hand and shook An Yi's hand tightly: "You're welcome, we will meet again sooner or later, haha! Let's go, Ziyi, if you don't leave, someone will feel uncomfortable."
An Yi looked at the backs of Chen Geng and the others leaving in a hurry, sighed, and sat down slowly, with a sad look on his face.
Shen Fengdao returned to sit across from An Yi and looked out the window at Chen Geng who was hurrying on the street. He was a little puzzled: "Now that Nanchang and surrounding areas are so windy, how will he take away so many medicines?"
An Yi thought for a while and replied: "He will have a way. With Tang Mingzong's current status, he should be able to do it. Also, you should inform Du Yi as soon as possible and let him know the current situation of the Huang Han Department immediately. I guess the Red Army Headquarters
Someone has been sent to contact Huang Han. At this critical moment, I don’t think the top brass of the Red Army will just sit back and ignore this powerful military force. Even a straw can be used to save lives."
"I understand!" Shen Fengdao smiled knowingly.
An hour and a half later, a military truck with the license plate of the Nanchang Military Police Headquarters drove out of the warehouse compound of Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory. Chen Geng, Tang Mingzong and Chen Geng's assistants in the car all wore the uniforms of the National Army Colonel, and the carriage was tightly covered
On the tarpaulin, there were two escorting soldiers wearing steel helmets and armed with live ammunition.