My years of espionage

Chapter 1143 She Knows Him Best!

"Brother Fan said, if you don't understand something, you can ask sister-in-law for advice." Li Hao said.

"I don't understand the things outside, and your Brother Fan never tells me those things." Bai Ruolan said with a frown.

She glanced at Haozi, "However, it is about Qianfan's safety, and he said so, you just say it, I'll listen to it, and say it, if it's wrong, you have the right to ignore it."

As she said that, Bai Ruolan sighed, "Women and Taoists have short-sightedness."

My sister-in-law's knowledge is not shallow at all.

Haozi said in his heart, just this passage can be described as 'advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended'.

"My sister-in-law should also know that Brother Fan's business is getting bigger and bigger. This is how business is done. My family earns more, while other families earn less." Li Hao said, "Not to mention that Brother Fan passed away at a young age. Being in a high position, I don’t know how many people are secretly jealous.”

Haozi chooses his words carefully, "Brother Fan often explains that it is easy to hide with a gun but hard to defend against an arrow in the dark."

"So, this time it's an arrow from the back?" Bai Ruolan asked, frowning.

"It's hard to say." Li Hao shook his head, "Everyone discussed it, and think that Brother Fan's business trip to Tianjin is too abrupt..."

He frowned, seemingly hesitating, and finally said, "Some people even think that Brother Fan might not be going to Tianjin for business, but somewhere else."

"What does this mean?" Bai Ruolan asked in surprise, "There can be mistakes in the official letter from the police station. Besides, even if there are other arrangements not to go to Tianjin, he can tell you."

"Sister-in-law doesn't know something." Li Hao said, "Brother Fan is the most disciplined. He often teaches us to keep secrets."

He scratched his head and added, "I'm worried that some opponents will deliberately deceive you with a secret mission. They are going to Tianjin on the surface, but in fact they have other arrangements. In this case, Brother Fan pays attention to discipline and orders the most. Just fell for it."

He took out a cigarette from the cigarette case, and under the eyes of his sister-in-law, he put it away awkwardly, and then continued, "The French Concession is Brother Fan's territory, and those people can't attack Brother Fan in the French Concession. It’s also the French Concession, Brother Fan also has friends there, I reckon they would not choose such a place as Tianjin even if they want to leave the mountain.”

There is a high probability that Brother Fan will not go to Tianjin. This is the joint analysis conclusion of him, Haozai and Taozi.

Especially Tao Zi, he thinks that the usual Japanese tricks must be to say that he is going to Tianjin on business, but in fact he is secretly making secret arrangements.

"Haozi, I didn't quite understand the things you said, but now I'm even more confused." Bai Ruolan smiled wryly, there was still worry about her husband in her pretty face.

She looked sad, "Is it really dangerous?"

"Maybe it's just that our side is overly nervous." Li Hao said, "But if you're not afraid of [-], you're just in case."

"Well, tell me what you said to Qian Fan today and what Qian Fan did." Bai Ruolan straightened her face, "I'll try to see if I can help you."

"Okay." Li Hao was overjoyed.

He felt a sense of relief, and finally got to the point.

……

"Little Zhizhi is not that big, how can he eat mahua." Bai Ruolan shook her head, "This man is not sincere and talks in empty words."

"Brother Fan's words mean, do you bring twists for Xiaobao to eat?" Li Hao asked.

It's time for Xiaobao to be greedy.

"Xiaobao said he doesn't eat mahua." Bai Ruolan shook her head.

Some time ago, Xiaobao ate twisted doughnuts, and there were stones in the twisted doughnuts, which broke one of her teeth. The little girl gritted her teeth and said that she would never eat twisted twisted doughnuts in the future, and anyone who bought twisted twisted doughnuts for her would harm her.

Although it is a child's joke, but in this special case, it can be interpreted differently:
Will Qianfan harm Xiaobao?
of course not!

Therefore, he won't buy twists for Xiaobao.

Since you don't know how to buy twists, why do you say you brought twists back from Tianjin?
and so--

"So, Brother Fan really isn't going to Tianjin." Li Hao murmured.

Bai Ruolan seemed to be thinking about something, but didn't speak.

Haozi understood that this was tacitly acquiescing to this conclusion.

"You just said that he brought a pot of tea." Bai Ruolan asked, "Which pot is it?"

"It's the pomelo red jar." Li Hao thought for a while and said, "I think it's Biluochun."

"Did he choose Biluochun right away?" Bai Ruolan asked again.

"No." Li Hao recalled carefully.

Brother Fan often explained to him that sometimes some details, maybe an ordinary action, may have a special signal at a special moment.

Therefore, after recognizing Brother Fan with Hiroo Kikube following him, Li Hao immediately realized that Brother Fan could not communicate with him normally, so he paid special attention to what Brother Fan said and did.

"Brother Fan first picked up the first can of tea leaves from the left in the third row of the bookcase. He glanced at it and put it down. Then he picked up the third can of tea leaves from the left and put it down. Finally, he chose the can of Mingqian Biluochun."

As if watching a movie, Bai Ruolan's mind immediately presented the scene of the bookcase in her husband's office:
The third row of the bookcase is full of tea leaves. The first pot from the left is Lu’an Guapian, and the third pot from the left is orchid tea.

She frowned slightly, what unspeakable words were contained in these two cans of tea?

Bai Ruolan first ruled out the can of Mingqian Biluochun that her husband was holding. She knew Cheng Qianfan, and her husband would not use such a superficial and easy-to-observe method to convey messages.

That's why her husband especially reminded Haozi to come to her for 'consultation', because the more complicated the code words, the more she can understand him, who knows him best.

"Tea and books are your favourites, Brother Fan's travels." Bai Ruolan said, "You just said that Qian Fan also brought two books..."

"I remember that one book is A Dream of Red Mansions." Li Hao said immediately.

"Is there another one?" Bai Ruolan asked thoughtfully.

"There's another one, the title of which I can't quite read." Li Hao said with a frown. In addition to being ashamed, there was also a trace of annoyance in his expression. Brother Fan has been urging him to read and write, but for some reason, he has also worked very hard, just to improve Not much, but he can remember those foreign codes and numbers almost once.

"What's the cover of the book like?" Bai Ruolan asked.

She knows almost everything on the bookshelf of her husband's desk.

Of course, the most important thing is that if Cheng Qianfan really used her to interpret the code words, he would definitely not choose the newly added books.

"Cover." Li Hao's eyes lit up, he remembered the picture on the cover, "It's a man with a braid in his hand."

'It's "The Early Republic of China"", Bai Ruolan immediately knew the title of the book.

She saw this book by chance in a bookstore and thought her husband would like it, so she bought it for Cheng Qianfan.

At that time, the two were not yet married. To be precise, Qianfan hadn't "suddenly pretended to be strangers for a certain period of time".

The author of this book is unknown, but he is quite familiar with some unknown "unofficial history" in the early Republic of China.

Why did the husband choose to take this book?

Bai Ruolan felt that she had grasped the key point.

Because her husband liked this book very much, she had already read it twice. Bai Ruolan had only skimmed through the book at the time, and knowing that her husband loved it so much, she asked Cheng Qianfan to take it home with her.

Cheng Qianfan will never forget this matter.

But now, not only did her husband not ask Haozi to bring the book back, but he took it on the road instead.

Then, this shows that the key to solving the puzzle is very likely to be in the ink fragrance of this "Jian Tan Early Republic of China".

……

Suddenly, Bai Ruolan remembered that Cheng Qianfan mentioned this book once while drinking tea with her.

The husband told her with great interest an allusion mentioned in the book:
Nanjing was the place that declared independence the most times in the early years of the Republic of China. It can be called the "City of Revolutionary Heroes", which laid the foundation for the final capital of the National Government in Nanjing.

For this one person, Cheng Qianfan was full of praise:
It's for a newspaper editor--He Yiyan!
The second revolution failed, and the famous revolutionaries in Nanjing fled to Japan to continue the revolution.

The bosses have all left, and the rest will cancel their independence and prepare to surrender to the Beiyang Army to end the battle.

As a result, a hero came out of the newspaper office of "Civil Rights News" at that time: He Yiyan, the editor-in-chief of the newspaper!
Armed with two guns and a bomb hanging from his waist, this man led more than a hundred members of the Congregation into the Governor's Mansion, announcing the second independence of Nanjing City.

Chen Zhiji, the commander of the Eighth Division of the garrison in the city, rushed to arrest He Yiyan and others, and once again canceled independence.

This Master Chen Zhiji is also a legend. His father-in-law was Feng Huafu, the coach of the Beiyang Army outside the city at that time. (According to seniority, Mr. Feng Mingguang, the famous people's artist, has to call Mr. Chen's wife Old Auntie.)
Mr. Chen once traveled east to Japan to study, and he had a close friendship with the Revolutionary Party, and was even regarded as a key elite.

During the second revolution, he righteously killed his father-in-law and rebelled with his old friend Huang Keqiang.

Now, the second revolution failed, and other revolutionary parties fled one after another. He had no choice but to come out and preside over the overall situation, announcing the cancellation of Nanjing's independence, and negotiating with the Beiyang side, so that the Beiyang army would not enter the city. Even if it did enter the city, he must promise not to kill innocent.

Therefore, he was busy negotiating with the Beiyang Army. After arresting He Yiyan, he went out of the city to negotiate.

When Chen Zhiji left the city, the first division in the city entered the eighth division and rescued He Yiyan.

He Yiyan immediately re-entered the Governor's Mansion and declared Nanjing's third independence!

He Yiyan is a native of Hunan. He has devoted himself to the very challenging career of the revolutionary party since he was a child.

After being expelled from the school for making revolution, He Yiyan engaged in literary work in Wuchang and encouraged everyone to make revolution.

The result of doing so is naturally being arrested and imprisoned.

After the success of the Wuchang Uprising, He Yiyan was rescued from prison and joined the Wuchang Revolutionary Military Government.

After the founding of the Republic of China, soldiers from Hubei and President Li Da fought fiercely.

He Yiyan and other revolutionaries organized the second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth uprisings against the revolutionary thief Li in Wuchang. suppressed.

He Yiyan felt that his life would be in danger if he continued to stay in Wuchang, so he ran to Nanjing and became the editor-in-chief of "Minquan Daily".

He was the first to report Song Jiaoren's assassination.

The Revolutionary Party made the second revolution, and no one took him to play.

No one expected that the second revolution failed, and the rest of the revolutionary party fled one after another. When all horses were silent, He Yiyan stepped forward and drew his sword angrily.

At that time, Cheng Qianfan highly respected He Yiyan.

Call it a scholarly spirit, a great hero who can make a dagger when he gets off the horse, and can tear the sky apart when he gets on the horse with two guns!

After Cheng Qianfan "re-acquainted with her gradually", Bai Ruolan recommended this book to her husband again.

After the husband read it again, he also expressed his admiration for He Yiyan.

However, the words of praise at this time are 'this man is chivalrous'.

It can be said that He Yiyan and the allusions of Nanjing's three independences are the most discussed existences in Cheng Qianfan's book "Jian Tan Early Republic of China".

So, the husband specifically brought this 'shouldn't take away' book, in effect implying—

Nanjing?

Thinking of this, Bai Ruolan's heart skipped a beat.

She remembered what Cai Haozi had just said, the tea jar that Cheng Qianfan picked up to have a look at before he finally brought the pomelo red can of Mingqian Biluochun tea.

To be exact, the third tea jar from the left that was picked up by the second one was orchid tea.

orchid.

Orchid is the city flower of Nanjing!

In September of the 26th year of the Republic of China, the No. 15 municipal meeting of the Nanjing Special Municipal Government decided that "Orchid is the city flower of this city".

This implication is that the capital is "as clear as orchids and more fragrant, which means that it is the crown of all cities".

As the saying goes, once the thoughts are clear, one can understand everything.

Bai Ruolan immediately noticed that "A Dream of Red Mansions" actually contained code words.

Mr. Cao Xueqin, the author of "A Dream of Red Mansions", weaved in Jiangning when he was a child.

Jiangning weaves in Nanjing.

If it is said that there may be uncertainty in the code words contained in an item, then all three things point to—

Nanjing.

No, not three items.

Actually four items.

Cheng Qianfan was the first to pick up and put down the can of tea, which was also the first can of tea from the left in the third row of the bookcase - Lu'an Guapian.

Lu'an, lutong six.

Nanjing is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties!
Every word the husband said, everything he did, even every object he touched was by no means accidental and had a special meaning.

In other words, these are only her wife understands!

In this way, Bai Ruolan can be sure that her husband is hinting at her:

Twist, implying that it is not going to Tianjin.

These three items are connected one after the other, and finally form a closed loop - he is going to Nanjing on this trip!

"Haozi." Bai Ruolan yawned, "Sister-in-law has little knowledge, so I didn't realize that Brother Fan's words meant something special."

She looked at Li Hao, "I'm afraid sister-in-law can't help you."

"Sister-in-law, why don't you think about it carefully." Li Hao was very anxious. He believed it very much, or he admired Brother Fan very much. Brother Fan said that everything was decided by his sister-in-law, so it must mean that his sister-in-law understood what he meant. .

That's right, if you want to say who knows Brother Fan best, it must be sister-in-law.

Now, Haozi pinned all her hopes on her sister-in-law.

"Sister-in-law think about it again." Bai Ruolan looked sad, "How can I not worry about the danger you said, I just hope that you are thinking too much."

She got up to leave, shook her head as she walked, and suddenly said, "If you, Brother Fan, really have the heart, you shouldn't talk about buying twisted twists to cheat Xiao Zhizhi. Children like rain flower stones the most."

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