Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 621 Zheng Yaoxian's Warning

Holding the warrant signed by Ye Shaohong, Chen Tao left.

He arranged for personnel to assist the Party Investigation Department in tracking down George's whereabouts.

of course.

This is just superficial.

It's a perfunctory approach, like shooting a shot even if there's no guarantee of success.

Watching Chen Tao's figure disappear into the distance and then close the office door, Ye Shaohong picked up the teacup on the table.

He took a small sip.

While frowning in thought, Ye Shaohong had already gotten up and walked to the office window.

He sipped his tea and looked downstairs. Then he saw Yu Manli.

Did you come to work after taking Yu Xiaowan to the city hospital?

Just as Ye Shaohong was about to open the window and call Yu Manli over, the telephone suddenly rang urgently in the office.

Ye Shaohong raised an eyebrow and stopped what he was doing.

He went back to his desk and picked up the phone.

"Hey!"

"Station Master, this is Zhang Fei from the Telecommunications Department!"

"I just received a message from headquarters. Shall I deliver it to you now?"

The person who called was the head of the telecommunications department. He was also a veteran of Jiangcheng Station, but he was a man of few words and a pure scholar.

Therefore, Ye Shaohong didn't have much contact with him. And because of the special nature of his profession, Ye Shaohong never thought of replacing him.

"it is good!"

"Please bring it over!"

After hanging up the phone, Ye Shaohong no longer had the idea of ​​asking Yu Manli to come over for a heart-to-heart talk. Compared to official business, last night's erotic dream was nothing.

At least for this moment, Ye Shaohong had already put it out of his mind.

"Boom boom boom!"

A knock sounded, and then the door opened, and Zhang Fei walked in.

"Stationmaster."

"The encrypted message, judging from the special markings at the beginning, should be from the Second Operations Division of Headquarters."

While they were talking, Zhang Fei had already placed the original telegram in front of Ye Shaohong.

Unlike Chen Tao, he did not proactively send out the manuscript.

Ye Shaohong didn't mind. After nodding in response, he picked up the original telegram on the table and glanced at it, confirming Zhang Fei's guess.

"it is good."

"I see."

"You can go back now. I'll contact you if you need a call back."

These encrypted messages from headquarters have a very high level of security and require specialized codebooks to crack.

The design and location of the codebook are also highly confidential.

There was no way Ye Shaohong would let Zhang Fei see it.

Zhang Fei was obviously aware of this as well, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with Ye Shaohong's words. After raising his hand in salute, he turned and walked out of the office.

After the door closed, Ye Shaohong took out the key he always carried with him from his waist.

Open the drawer next to the desk.

He took out a dark blue paper book.

On the book's cover, four bold, black characters are clearly written.

Hamlet.

That's right.

This tragedy, written by Shakespeare between 1599 and 1602, was the codebook he used in private communication with Zheng Yaoxian.

It was the result of a discussion between Ye Shaohong and Zheng Yaoxian before Ye Shaohong left Jinling.

Ye Shaohong opened the cardboard book and began translating the telegram Zheng Yaoxian had sent him with practiced ease.

After a while.

The contents of the telegram were now clearly displayed before Ye Shaohong's eyes.

"It is understood that the Songhu battlefield is showing signs of collapse, and after consultation with the military high command, the Chairman is considering withdrawing troops."

"Furthermore, the third young master of the Kong family suddenly left the capital yesterday, seemingly heading to Jiangcheng."

"Watch out, cut!"

The three short sentences contained a message that was enough to move Ye Shaohong.

The situation on the Shanghai battlefield had always been a concern for Ye Shaohong.

Although he had long been prepared for a rout and retreat, he still felt somewhat saddened and melancholic when he learned of the news from Zheng Yaoxian. The sudden departure of the third young master of the Kong family from Beijing further puzzled Ye Shaohong.

"Why would the Kong family, one of the four great families, suddenly send someone to Jiangcheng?"

"Is he here to pave the way for the family?"

"Or is there another scheme at play?"

The Kong family is no ordinary family; they originated in Lu Province and are descendants of the most revered teacher, Confucius.

During the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, when the Manchu cavalry trampled the Central Plains, news reached Shandong Province. The current Duke Yansheng of the Confucius family in Qufu couldn't wait to draft a letter of surrender, intending to follow the example of their ancestor, abandoning the trampling of his ancestors' reputation and preserving the honor of the Confucius family.

Confucius' ancestors had done this many times before.

Whenever dynasties changed, the Confucius family would wisely surrender to the previous dynasty, abandoning the generous rewards and titles bestowed upon them by generations of former emperors, and embracing the new trends.

Even if the new dynasty was a foreign barbarian state, like the Jin or Yuan dynasties, the Confucian family didn't care at all.

In any case, after the new dynasty was established, the rulers would reward and treat Confucian scholars with great kindness and courtesy in order to appease them.

So gradually, the Kong family became the family that lasted the longest and was the most spineless during the feudal dynasties.

However, such a thing happened unexpectedly at the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty.

When Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on Coal Hill and Prince Fu crossed the Yangtze River to Nanjing to establish a new dynasty, news reached Qufu. The Kong family, which should have been weak and helpless, actually had a branch that disobeyed the orders of the current Duke Yansheng and insisted on following the Southern Ming court across the Yangtze River.

This branch of the Kong family bloodline gradually gave rise to the Southern Kong clan.

Kong Xiangxi and Kong Lingxi, two brothers from one of the four major families during the Republic of China era, represented the Kong family, which were descendants of the Kong family in the south.

These two brothers wielded considerable power during the Republic of China era.

They control the Ministry of Finance, state-owned banks, and, in the private sector, a vast amount of industrial wealth.

They are also sons-in-law of the Song family.

He was related to Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek by marriage.

The sudden departure of a core member of such a family from the capital to Jiangcheng, regardless of their intentions, is enough to stir people's hearts.

Moreover, the lady of the Kong family was no ordinary person.

She is the youngest of the three Song sisters. She is also the eldest sister behind the scenes in the spy drama "The Wind Chaser".

She's the kind of woman who dares to secretly dig a pit to steal food from the bald-headed chairman.

After the war ended, she moved her entire family to Bald Eagle.

They took away a fortune of one hundred million US dollars.

Given this woman's shrewdness and foresight, Ye Shaohong absolutely refused to believe that her child could leave Jinling for Jiangcheng at this sensitive time without a deeper purpose. "Then what is his purpose?"

"It can't be for the same reason as...."

Ye Shaohong dared not speculate any further, because he suddenly realized that if his guess came true, then in the next few days, this small Jiangcheng would inevitably be engulfed in a bloodbath.

If his guess comes true, even with his current status and position, he will probably find it difficult to protect himself in the turmoil to come.

"I hope that won't happen."

"If it's true... I should start planning how to protect myself!"