Leng Ningyun was startled. He opened his eyes and looked around, only to see a young man in his early thirties coming in. He was wearing a snow-green robe, a net scarf on his head, and three strands of clear beard under his chin. He was elegant and elegant.
He bowed out of habit and said, "Sir, sir..."
"My surname is Le." The visitor said simply.
"Mr. Le." No matter which time and space he is in, what Leng Ningyun does most is deal with people, and he has a very good eye for recognizing people. At this moment, he seems to be young, with a handsome posture, and a bit of an immortal spirit. However,
Looking closely, his demeanor is somewhat deliberate.
"I don't know what you are doing by inviting me here, sir?"
"Mr. Le" smiled faintly, sat down minding his own business, and said, "Mr. Leng, stay calm. Originally I didn't want to show up, but the current situation is such that I have to ask Mr. Leng to come."
Leng Ningyun always felt that this person was a little weird, but he couldn't put it into words. It took him a moment to realize that the accent and tone of voice of the "Mr. Ji" in front of him looked too much like a "senior".
Since arriving in Lingao, the Senate has been sparing no effort to promote Mandarin for almost ten years. However, there are still very few naturalized people who can speak Mandarin well. The best level is just "Guangpu" or "Fujian Mandarin".
, although I can communicate, my accent is quite strong.
The best speakers are naturally the children of the "new generation" of Fangcaodi who started learning from childhood. The standard level of their Mandarin speaking is very close to the level of the elders. Including consciousness, thinking, habits, behavior...
The problem is that there are very few such people, and the oldest one is only in his early twenties. There is absolutely no one as old as Mr. Le in front of him. Moreover, the tone and tone of his speech are completely different from those of naturalized people...
Leng Ningyun was stunned: Could it really be...
In fact, he had already had this idea when he saw the first letter, but the "Mr. Le" who appeared in front of him looked more like... a "senior"!
Leng Ningyun broke out in a cold sweat. To be honest, the Foreign Intelligence Service had made similar speculations for a long time. That was after the umbrella and parasol project was solved, it was the first time that the "Shi Weng" was known from the interrogation of prisoners and the captured written materials.
The existence of this person. The Foreign Intelligence Agency said at that time that from the infiltration techniques, contact methods and action plans, it contained too much knowledge that transcended the times. In that era when secret operations were basically limited to people in the world, it was too beyond their imagination.
Expected.
At that time, the big bosses of the "center" suspected that in addition to them and the "looming Japanese", there were other people who had traveled through this time and space, and wrote a report on the collected intelligence to the executive committee.
There are no more than twenty people who have read this report, and Leng Ningyun is one of them. Of course, he knows this because he is going to be the person in charge of the foreign station - all the veterans in charge of the foreign station must read this.
report to make them aware of possible threats.
Such suspicion reached its peak in the Hangzhou Station incident, especially the appearance of Hao Yuan, which made the Senate almost crazy for a time. Although Hao Yuan died in the end, Hale, the "fish that slipped through the net," still made the Senate still have a thorn in its back.
Based on the intelligence collected, the Intelligence Bureau raised its suspicion on the origins of "Shi Weng" to a new level.
However, Hale's suspicion that this "stone man" may be another one fell sharply after the "witchcraft case" at Guangzhou Station. Because it was difficult for the elders to imagine that an organization could plan Operation Sun Umbrella and the riots in Hangzhou.
The 21st century "talents" with excellent incitement ability will believe in the theory of witchcraft and have invested so much manpower and material resources in various Feng Shui secrets and spells. To be honest, these manpower and material resources are used for other means.
Isn't it better?
In addition, Shi Weng's activities have been decreasing recently, and even clumsy means such as "counterfeit money" have been used. The Foreign Intelligence Agency judged that with the basic scientific literacy of people from the old time and space, they also knew that such a strategy would be difficult to succeed in the face of quasi-modern currency.
In short, Hale's actions are in line with his thinking logic as a time traveler, but Shi Weng's actions are unconstrained, with very high upper and lower limits, making it difficult to summarize logically.
Therefore, Shi Weng is unlikely to be the second Hale. At best, he is a local space-time genius who has a little understanding of modern knowledge. Therefore, the Field Service Bureau's speculation is that Shi Weng is probably not a certain person, but an organization gathered by certain people.
He had never seen the man in front of him in any relevant reports of the Foreign Intelligence Agency. But the Mandarin accent and way of speaking of the man in front of him, as well as the strange letter, seemed to indicate that he was inextricably linked to the old time and space.
The relationship...
"Mr. Leng, I know what you are thinking," the man smiled, "But, I am not."
Leng Ningyun trembled and said: "You are nothing..."
"I am not the person you thought," Mr. Le said leisurely, "I am also the person the Senate is most afraid of."
"Bah, the Senate is not afraid of anything." Leng Ningyun suddenly felt courageous.
"The Senate has strong ships and powerful guns, and is rich all over the world. Of course, it is not afraid of anything, but it is afraid of this..." He pointed to his head, "otherwise, why must we kill all Hao Yuan?"
Cold sweat broke out on Leng Ningyun's back. He knew very well about Hao Yuan. The Hangzhou incident, the looming Hale and Shi Weng behind Hao Yuan, had always been a serious problem for the Senate. When he learned that Hao Yuan had been killed,
He secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and presumably the other elders also breathed a sigh of relief.
"So, your Majesty is a stone man?"
Mr. Le laughed and said: "That's not wrong. It's just that it's biased..."
Leng Ningyun decided that yes, it was the Shi Weng Group who kidnapped him. What he wanted to find out most now were two things: first, why he was kidnapped; second, whether there was Hale in the Shi Weng Group.
The "Mr. Le" in front of him spoke and behaved in a manner that was familiar to Leng Ningyun, but he was not sure.
After thinking for a moment, he asked: "What about the impartial one?"
"There is no such person as Shi Weng in this world." Mr. Le said with regret, "But he is everywhere."
These incomprehensible words made Leng Ningyun savor it for a while. The meaning behind his words seemed that there really was a person like Shi Weng in the past, but now this person no longer exists.
"Mr. Le, what do you want to do by kidnapping me?"
"In this city of Beijing, there are at least two to three hundred people who know where Delong is."
Leng Ningyun nodded: "This is not a secret."
"Yes, this is indeed not a secret." Mr. Le said with a smile, "However, we are probably the only ones who know who Mr. Leng is."
Leng Ningyun remained silent. Unless he was tortured to force a confession or his life was threatened, he could not admit that he was a veteran. This was the outermost layer of the multi-layered confession given to all veterans by the Foreign Intelligence Service.
Seeing that he remained silent, Mr. Le smiled enigmatically, walked up to him and whispered:
"Odd changes to even, unchanged, symbols look at the quadrants."
Leng Ningyun's eyes widened. Although he had been mentally prepared for such a situation before he saw the anonymous letter E=mc?0?5, the shock in his heart was still severe when this moment really came.
.
After a while, he said: "You are indeed..."
"Same as you, right?"
"Isn't it?"
"No." Mr. Le smiled, with a bit of nostalgia and a bit of sadness in his smile.
At this time, Leng Ningyun's mind was completely confused. Whether Shi Weng was another time traveler or Mr. Le was another student of Hale, he could not understand their motive for kidnapping him at all.
"The reason why I invited Mr. Leng here is to ask you to be a peacemaker." Mr. Le made his purpose clear.
Leng Ningyun laughed: "Mr. Le is joking: Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there has been no cession of territory, compensation, and marriage. How can Leng be the peacemaker? Even if the Senate agrees, can the emperor agree?"
"As long as the conditions are right, the Emperor will do anything." Mr. Le said, "You are a senator, one of the distinguished five hundred people. The elders will never sit back and watch your life in danger."
"So, you are going to use me as a hostage to force the Senate to agree to your terms."
Mr. Le smiled slightly and said nothing.
"This is wishful thinking..."
"Not necessarily. After all, the Senate also stationed many elders in the Ming Dynasty, such as Elder Zhao in Hangzhou... In fact, even in the boundaries of Guangdong and Guangxi, the elders are scattered all over the country, and they may not be able to protect them in a watertight manner. In terms of people,
"I, who can guarantee that I will always be safe?" Mr. Le followed the lead.
Leng Ningyun was breaking out in a cold sweat at this moment. Mr. Le looked amiable, but his words were full of murderous intent. The fear of life he mentioned was probably not a simple raid on the house and beheading, but execution at a late hour, which would be more entertaining and entertaining.
The "death penalty" of deterrence.
Compared with Zhao Yingong, who had a deep connection with the Jin gentry in Jiangnan and existed almost like an independent kingdom, he was indeed the weakest link among all the elders stationed abroad. It is no wonder that Shi Weng and his group were so anxious that they would attack him.
He broke out in cold sweat, knowing that he was in great danger. Now he probably understood: Shi Weng Group is not a simple anti-Kun bureaucratic group. Their vision is broader than that of ordinary bureaucratic gentry, and they have a deeper understanding of the situation.
The Senate also has a deeper understanding. What is certain is that there is a time traveler who is "guiding the way" for them - but it is not clear whether this person is Hale or someone else.
There is no point in continuing to argue with him. The only option now is to delay and wait for rescue. He immediately pretended to give in and said: "Since you insist on thinking so, there is nothing I can do. What do you want me to do?"
Mr. Le nodded: "He who understands current affairs is a hero." As he said this, he pushed the Four Treasures of the Study from the table, "I would also like to ask Mr. Leng to write a letter."