My years of espionage

Chapter 1671 Is this traitor Cheng Fan still useful?

Chapter 1671 Is the traitor Zhang Qianfan still useful?

"Of course it's not me." Sakamoto Ryōno shook his head and said, "This is an old painting by Lord Oizumi. Lord Oizumi knew that I liked his paintings, so he brought it here as a gift to me."

As he spoke, he pointed to the seal below.

Cheng Qianfan then noticed the seal below, which read "Old Man from My Humble House".

He couldn't help but sneer in his heart. It was a joke for an invader who regarded himself as a cultured person and an old man in a humble house!

……

"Mr. Daquan, is he so accomplished in calligraphy and painting?" Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise.

Oizumi Takaya's painting skills are indeed outstanding, and he can be called a master.

"Miyazaki-kun, you may not know that Lord Oizumi is a famous painter in the empire. He is not only proficient in Chinese landscape painting, but also has a profound attainment in Western realistic painting." Sakamoto Ryano said, "Even my father often praised that if Lord Oizumi specialized in calligraphy and painting, he could one day become the empire's top contemporary painter."

"I see." Cheng Qianfan nodded. He took the painting and observed it carefully, praising it again and again. "Chinese landscape painting and Western painting, being good at one is extraordinary. It is amazing that Lord Daquan has such a profound attainment in both."

He said to Sakamoto Ryouno, "It's a pity that I didn't have the opportunity to see Mr. Oizumi's Western paintings this time."

Cheng Qianfan showed a slightly regretful expression.

"Speaking of Western paintings, there is an anecdote about Mr. Oizumi." It seems that Sakamoto Ryōno really admires Oizumi Takaya, and he is also very proud of seeing that his friend also admires Oizumi Takaya's paintings.

Therefore, Sakamoto Ryouno was also very interested in talking, and took the initiative to talk about the anecdotes of Oizumi Takashi's painting skills. "When Mr. Oizumi was young and studying painting skills in France, he once hand-painted a proportional franc painting in his spare time and placed it on the table. The servant who didn't know it thought it was vegetable money placed there, so he took it to buy cauliflower."

"Is there such a thing?" Cheng Qianfan raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile.

"Mr. Oizumi later learned about this. He was a gentleman, so he immediately went to the vegetable seller and confessed the misunderstanding. He paid for the vegetables and apologized." Sakamoto Ryano said with great admiration, "The merchant was very surprised and admired Mr. Oizumi's honesty. He also praised Mr. Oizumi's painting skills. Finally, the merchant asked Mr. Oizumi to sign the franc painting and kept it solemnly."

"Your Excellency Daquan has the style of the empire's predecessors, which is admirable." Cheng Qianfan was full of praise and said admiringly.

As he spoke, he looked at Sakamoto Ryouno and said, "Your Excellency Oizumi, when you come to Nanjing this time, have you considered holding an art exhibition in Nanjing to let the ignorant Chinese see the elegance of the great masters of the empire?"

Cheng Qianfan smiled and said, "If that's the case, I'll go and buy a painting."

He said to Sakamoto Ryouno, "I would like to ask Mr. Oizumi to write an inscription on the painting."

Cheng Qianfan pointed at the painting on the table and said, "Mr. Sakamoto, it's a pity that Lord Oizumi's inscription is missing."

……

"I know." Sakamoto Ryouno said to his friend in a bad mood, "Lord Oizumi was in a hurry today. Next time, I will ask Lord Oizumi for a calligraphy."

"Speaking of an art exhibition, it is basically impossible, at least in the next few years. Mr. Oizumi is now busy with official duties, and no paintings have been released for many years." Sakamoto Ryouno said, shaking his head with regret, "He came to Nanjing on behalf of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to inspect the education situation in Nanjing."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said, “The Nanjing Pen Corps is not doing its job well, and His Excellency Daquan is very angry.”

"I see." Cheng Qianfan nodded slightly. "It seems that those guys did a terrible job to make Lord Daquan take the trouble to travel all the way from the empire."

If the Japanese soldiers were the inhumane executioners who used weapons to invade China, then the Japanese "pen troops" were the scum beasts who used their pens to distort facts, deceive culture, and invade China.

The works of these "pen troops" are entirely for the purpose of Japan's colonization, occupation, and extermination of China. They serve the Japanese government. The content of their writings mainly focuses on three aspects:

Praise the bravery and tenacity of Japanese soldiers in the war of aggression against China;

vilify the Chinese people;

The main idea is that Japan's invasion of China was just and that Japan came to rescue the ignorant Chinese. It uses means such as distorting facts and deliberate acting to cover up the brutality of the war and glorify the facts of Japanese invasion and killing.

For example, they deliberately found Chinese children and had Japanese officers and soldiers give candies to the Chinese children and pose for photos.

Or there was a fire somewhere, or even the fire was set by the Japanese, and then they arranged for traitors to pretend to be ordinary people, and staged a drama of Japanese soldiers risking fire to rescue Chinese people, and took photos for publicity.

Compared with the killings committed by the Japanese army on the battlefield and the enslavement and brutality of civilians in the occupied areas, the harm brought to the anti-Japanese war by their pen troops was more covert and more deceptive.

……

"That's not the case." Sakamoto Ryouno shook his head. "After all, Nanjing now nominally belongs to Wang Tianhai's regime. Sometimes they can't do their job well."

"As far as I know, there are also complaints within the Wang regime about the implementation of Japanese language teaching in Nanjing," said Sakamoto Yosano.

"They are just a puppet regime supported by the empire. What qualifications do they have to point fingers at the empire's eternal cause?" Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly and said, "The empire is too indulgent to the Wang regime."

"Therefore, Lord Oizumi came to Nanjing in person as the Minister of the Cultural and Educational Facilities Planning Department of the Imperial Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology," said Sakamoto Yosano.

"I hope those guys in the Wang regime will be more sensible." Cheng Qianfan snorted coldly.

Just at this moment, the bell on Sakamoto Ryouno's desk rang, "Ryouno, come here."

"Uncle Imamura called me, I'll go over there." Sakamoto Ryano said, looking at Miyazaki Kentaro, "Would you like to come with me, Miyazaki-kun?"

"I'll go with you." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "Since we're here, we naturally have to go and see the teacher."

……

"Teacher." Cheng Qianfan bowed respectfully to Imamura Heitaro.

"Kentaro is here." Imamura Heitaro nodded slightly, "What's the matter?"

"A friend of mine lives at the Asia Hotel. I came here to send him over, and then I went to sit with Mr. Sakamoto." Cheng Qianfan said.

Imamura Heitaro nodded and looked at Sakamoto Yosano, "Ysano, send this telegram to Iwai's residence immediately."

"Hello." Sakamoto Ryouno took the telegram and left in a hurry.

"You said just now that your friend lives in the Asia Hotel?" Imamura Heitaro asked after picking up the teacup and taking a sip.

"Yes, teacher." Cheng Qianfan said, and he reported the situation to Heitaro Imamura.

"Xiu Yuman came to Nanjing from Shanghai specifically on behalf of the Literary Research magazine for an exclusive interview with Chen Nanhai," he said.

Glancing at Imamura Heitaro, Cheng Qianfan continued, "Literary Research Magazine is close to the Empire, and their president, Mr. Zhang Xuefeng, is very supportive of the Rise of Asia Nation Movement."

"I know about this situation." Imamura Heitaro nodded slightly, "Zhang Xuefeng is a person that Lord Iwai admires very much."

As he spoke, he glanced at Miyazaki Kentaro and said, "I have heard about this interview. It was Chen Nanhai who took the initiative to seek this interview."

……

Hearing Imamura Heitaro's words, Cheng Qianfan looked thoughtful, "Teacher, do you mean that Chen Nanhai is moving closer to the mansion?"

"It's not a close relationship." Imamura Heitaro shook his head. "It's just a customary gesture of goodwill."

Then he looked at Miyazaki Kentaro and said, "Kentaro, when will you return to Shanghai?"

"I should stay in Nanjing for a few more days." Cheng Qianfan said, "I am here on business as Chu Mingyu's trusted secretary. Now that the Wang regime has been established, I guess I will travel between Nanjing and Shanghai more frequently in the future."

Imamura Heitaro nodded slightly.

"Wang Tianhai's officer guard corps has been established. How much do you know about it?" Imamura Heitaro suddenly asked.

"This officer guard corps is formed by the backbone officers of the Jiangwan Central Officer Training Corps." Cheng Qianfan said, "Because I have not had any contact with the officers of the officer guard corps for the time being, I don't know the specific situation. However, according to my estimation, some of my classmates and subordinates in the Jiangwan Officer Training Corps may have been selected into the officer guard corps."

"The friendship between classmates is beautiful and should be cherished," said Heitaro Imamura.

"Student understands." Cheng Qianfan said quickly. He understood what Imamura Heitaro meant.

……

Seeing Imamura Heitaro checking the time on his watch, Cheng Qianfan said hurriedly, "Teacher is busy with official duties, so I won't disturb you."

"Well, go ahead." Imamura Heitaro nodded and said, "When you return to Shanghai, bring Nobutora to visit me when you have time. I haven't seen Nobutora for a few days, and I miss that kid a little bit."

"Yes, teacher." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile, "The student is very happy that Xinhu can please the teacher."

……

On the way back to Minsheng Hotel from Asia Hotel, Cheng Qianfan sat in the back seat. He lifted the car curtain and looked out the window with a wandering gaze.

He was awakened by the sound of someone selling candied haws.

"Haozi."

"Hey, Brother Fan."

"Buy a string of candied haws." Cheng Qianfan said.

"Yes, Brother Fan."

Haozi stopped the car and got out.

The bodyguard's car that followed also stopped, but the engine was not turned off. The driver stayed in the car, and the co-pilot did not get out. The two men in the back seat got out of the car, came to Brother Fan's car, and stood on the left and right sides, vigilantly protecting Brother Fan's safety.

Haozi came back with some candied haws and the two cars moved forward again.

"Brother Fan, why do you suddenly want to eat candied haws?" Haozi asked casually while driving.

"I just want to eat." Cheng Qianfan said.

Haozi clicked his tongue, he couldn't respond to this.

Cheng Qianfan ignored Haozi and was immersed in his memories.

Soon, the car passed the gate of the Central Army Officers School.

Cheng Qianfan took a bite of a candied haws and his eyes swept across the school gate. The familiar plaque of the Central Army Officers School was gone, and the familiar sentry at the gate was also gone. There were only Japanese sentries, the sign of the Japanese Nanjing Military Police Headquarters, and the glaring plaster flag!

……

I miss my third brother.

I still remember that at the turn of spring and summer six years ago, my third brother came to visit him at the Army Officers School. The two brothers were strolling on the streets of Nanjing. He suddenly wanted to eat candied haws, so he bought two.

The two young men were eating candied haws and talking as they walked on the road. They talked about national affairs, family matters, their beautiful vision for China's future, and their concerns about the anti-Japanese situation.

After the third brother went back that day, he wrote a letter saying that he had a toothache after eating candied haws that day, and asked the second brother to treat him to pot-cover noodles next time to apologize.

"Haozi."

"Hey, Brother Fan."

"I'll treat you to pot-covered noodles tonight."

"Oh, okay, thank you Brother Fan."

……

Bang bang bang.

There was a knock on the door. Xiu Yuman closed her notebook and walked behind the door vigilantly.

"Who?"

"Xiao Xiu, it's me."

Tang Hao's voice came from outside.

"I brought you some forgotten eggs." Tang Hao said with a smile, "I originally planned to bring live pearls, but I thought you might not dare to eat them, so I brought some forgotten eggs."

"I might not be used to eating eggs." Xiu Yuman closed the door and said with a wry smile, "But I still have to thank Editor-in-Chief Tang."

The two chatted for a while, and Tang Hao lowered his voice and asked, "Has the information been sent out?"

"It has been sent out." Xiu Yuman nodded. "According to the agreement, a comrade should have gone to the dead mailbox to pick up the letter by now."

For security reasons, they did not meet with their comrades in Nanjing. Instead, they first sent a secret code by publishing in newspapers and then activated a high-level dead mailbox to contact Nanjing.

……

"The dead mailbox method is still too passive." Xiu Yuman said, "My idea is to meet with the comrades in Nanjing in secret."

"Absolutely not." Tang Hao shook his head. "There's a traitor in Nanjing, and he hasn't been eliminated yet. In fact, using a dead mailbox is risky, and meeting in person is too dangerous."

"I was too impatient." Xiu Yuman took the initiative to admit her mistake.

She thought about it carefully and felt that what Comrade Tang Hao said made sense.

She is someone who has the courage to admit her mistakes.

"I heard from Xiao Qin that it was Cheng Qianfan who sent you back?" Tang Hao asked.

"After sending the information out, I vaguely felt someone was following me on my way back," said Xiu Yuman.

"Who is he? A spy? Or a Japanese?" Tang Hao asked with a serious expression.

"I don't know." Xiu Yuman said, "It could be a spy, a traitor, or a little scoundrel or a man with three hands."

"If it was three hands or something, it would have been okay. But I was worried that there might be spies following me, so I suddenly had an idea and pretended to have lost my wallet. Then I went directly to the department store to buy clothes. In this way, I wouldn't have had time to pay for the lost wallet, so I took the opportunity to call the hotel where Cheng Qianfan was staying and asked him to come and help me out." Xiu Yuman said.

She saw it clearly at that time. When Cheng Qianfan came over with his bodyguards in a proud manner, the sneaky stalker tactfully retreated.

……

"How do you know Cheng Qianfan is in Nanjing?" Tang Hao asked in surprise.

"I learned it from Chu Mingyu's assistant Liu Xia." Xiu Yuman said.

"Secretary Tang, I must first take the initiative to admit my mistakes to the organization here." Xiu Yuman said with a serious expression.

"What happened?" Tang Hao asked with a serious expression.

"I contacted Cheng Qianfan not only to use this traitor to help me out, but I also thought that this was an opportunity to get in touch with Cheng Qianfan in Nanjing." Xiu Yuman said, "I didn't report this matter to you and the organization in advance."

"You did nothing wrong." Tang Hao shook his head. "At the critical moment, your decision was decisive and smart."

"Your entire emergency response is very reasonable, there is no doubt." He said to Xiu Yuman, "Cheng Qianfan is a close confidant of Chu Mingyu, a big traitor of Wang Tianhai's regime. With this person's endorsement, your safety is guaranteed. Even if the enemy has doubts, they will be suspicious now, and if things go wrong, they will pay more attention to Cheng Qianfan, the traitor."

"I have a connection with 'Little General Cheng' in Shanghai." Tang Hao said with a smile, "In Nanjing, I have Secretary Cheng as my backer."

"Cheng Qianfan, the traitor, is still useful." He said with a smile.

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