Chapter 57 Midnight Bell
Gusu District outside Suzhou city.
Midnight, Suzhou River.
A black-sailed boat came slowly over, the boatman moored it to the shore, and figures came out of the cabin one after another.
Liu Zhengfeng held a sniper rifle in his arms, which was wrapped in layer upon layer of cloth strips.
The cold moonlight shone on his sharp-edged face, making it seem like a dream.
Ding... Ding... Ding...
This is the sound of the bell of Hanshan Temple. Liu Zhengfeng looked back at the black-sailed boat and felt as if he was in another world and that time and space were confused.
The moon sets, the crows cry, and the sky is full of frost.
The maple trees on the river bank and the fishing fires make me sleep in sorrow.
Hanshan Temple outside Gusu City,
The midnight bell reaches the passenger ship.
This place is near Hanshan Temple. The popular poem "Night Mooring at Maple Bridge" by the great Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji is very appropriate for the scene. The strong historical atmosphere makes Liu Zhengfeng intoxicated and enchanted.
"Liu Zhengfeng, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and leave."
Chen Wei pushed Liu Zhengfeng with her hand.
Liu Zhengfeng then came to his senses, said "Oh", and quickly caught up with the team in front.
Gusu is located in the central part of Suzhou, with crisscrossing rivers, dense lakes and flat terrain. It has been a land of fish and rice and a prosperous place since ancient times.
Although the invading Japanese army was wreaking havoc on the countryside, the indomitable people of Suzhou still worked hard to strive for self-improvement and planted crops on the fertile soil that had been ravaged by artillery fire. The crops are now green and growing well.
The cold moonlight fell on the wide fields, a vast expanse of white. In the fields, a group of people were walking like ghosts. They were silent and just focused on getting on with their journey.
Frogs were croaking happily in the fields, and not far away there was a group of green fireflies emitting a turquoise glow.
At the end of the road is a continuous bamboo forest that stretches as far as the eye can see.
Li Fei looked a little tired, but now he was happy: "After passing through the bamboo forest in front, we will reach Wangjia Village. The head of the Military Control Commission Suzhou Station, Tang Yunfu, and others live in the first house at the entrance of the village."
Liu Zhengfeng learned from Li Fei that Tang Yunfu, the station chief of Suzhou Station, was betrayed by a traitor and forced to withdraw from Suzhou City. He had to hide from place to place every day and was exhausted. He had no way to carry out the task of killing traitors and devils.
Tomorrow is Mid-Autumn Festival and the weather has become cooler, especially at night.
Everyone entered the bamboo forest and walked through the path in the middle. The night wind was blowing hard and they felt cold all over. They all wrapped their clothes tightly.
When Liu Zhengfeng stepped into the bamboo forest, he suddenly felt something was wrong. With every step forward, the uneasy feeling became stronger, as if a voice was telling him: Don't go, there is danger.
People who have been walking on the edge of life and death for a long time will have a particularly sensitive perception of danger. This is a warning from the body's subconscious mind, and some people call it the sixth sense.
Whether in his past life or this life, Liu Zhengfeng has been through mountains of corpses and seas of blood. His perception of danger is unparalleled, and this special ability has saved his life many times.
Although he didn't know what the danger was or where it came from, he knew that he couldn't go any further.
"Everyone stop for a moment, Captain Li, I have something to tell you."
Li Fei turned around and frowned, "What's the matter? Tell me." He also signaled everyone to stop.
Liu Zhengfeng took two steps forward and said seriously, "There is danger ahead. We can't go any further."
Everyone was shocked and asked, "What danger? How did you know?"
Liu Zhengfeng said solemnly: "My intuition and my military career tell me that there must be unknown dangers and murderous intent ahead."
His reason was obviously not convincing enough, and everyone sneered at him. Some team members even mocked him: "Are you crazy? What murderous intent? Why don't I feel it? It's really alarmist."
Others may not believe Liu Zhengfeng, but Li Fei cannot help but believe him, because he is the leader of the team. Every decision he makes is related to human lives, as well as his future and reputation.
Liu Zhengfeng is a legendary soldier. He once killed 350 Japanese devils. He is a man who often deals with the gates of hell. It is better to believe what he says than not to believe it.
Li Fei looked serious and shouted in a low voice: "Everyone hide and be alert."
Although everyone was reluctant, they had to follow the military order and hide deep in the bamboo forest nearby.
Li Fei whispered to Liu Zhengfeng: "Can you tell me now? Where does the danger come from? How to eliminate the danger?"
Liu Zhengfeng thought for a moment and whispered, "The danger must come from the village. Someone wants to kill us."
Li Fei was shocked. "No way? We came to Suzhou from Wuhan without any contact with anyone. We just contacted Station Master Tang Yunfu via radio. He asked us to come here. Could it be that... he also betrayed us?"
Liu Zhengfeng looked solemn and shook his head: "I don't know, maybe we or they leaked the news."
Li Fei thought hard and shook his head: "It's impossible for us. I haven't told our Wuhan station yet when we arrived in Suzhou. If someone leaked the news, it would be Tang Yunfu's."
Liu Zhengfeng nodded: "Captain Li is right, it was Tang Yunfu who leaked the news. There are two possibilities. One is that Tang Yunfu himself betrayed, and the other is that one of his subordinates betrayed."
Li Fei frowned and said, "The situation is so complicated, how can we identify who the traitor is?"
Liu Zhengfeng thought for a moment and whispered, "Tell Qin Sihai to send a telegram to Tang Yunfu immediately, telling him that there is a traitor in the team and there is an ambush in the village. Tell him to retreat from the road behind us immediately, and we will cover him."
"And the most important thing is, you have to tell him that this is a top-secret telegram. Only he is allowed to read it, and it must be burned after reading. Don't let anyone else know the contents of the telegram."
Li Fei nodded and thought about it. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Liu Zhengfeng's plan was brilliant.
If the traitor was Tang Yunfu himself, then he did this in order to reassure us and dispel our suspicions. He didn't know where we were, so there must be no tail behind him.
If there were unidentified people following Tang Yunfu and his men, then it could be confirmed that one of his subordinates had betrayed them, which meant that Tang Yunfu was still trustworthy.
Li Fei made up his mind and immediately asked the radio operator Qin Sihai to send a message to Tang Yunfu, while he personally stood by to support him.
Liu Zhengfeng quietly disappeared into the depths of the bamboo forest, with a thoughtful look on his face. He had not expected that the work in the enemy-occupied area would be so complicated. Before the work even began, he had to eliminate the traitors in the team.
This is more dangerous than an open fight on the battlefield. On the battlefield you can die clearly, but here, you can kill without shedding blood, and you won't even know how you died.
Li Fei gave the order and everyone hid deep in the bamboo forest, loaded their guns, and were ready to fight at any time.
After more than half an hour, faint footsteps were heard from the other side of the bamboo forest.
Li Fei's heart shuddered. He hid in the dark, watching a group of people running past on the small path in the bamboo forest, appearing to be in a hurry.
He prayed in his heart, hoping that Tang Yunfu was not a traitor. If Tang Yunfu was a traitor, it would be very difficult for him to carry out his work since he was unfamiliar with the place and had no one to help him.
