Chapter Twenty-Five Deception

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  Liu Zhen and Xiong Shihui were perplexed, they were having a good class, when the instructor suddenly came to inform them that they had to go to the General Office for reporting immediately. With an uneasy heart, they walked towards the General Office, all sorts of guesses emerged in their minds, especially Liu Zhen's heart was filled with anxiety. These past few days, he and Xiong Shihui were planning to escape from school and run to Jiangxi to find Li Liejun to respond to the call for revolution. Had this matter been exposed? Was the General Office going to arrest them and interrogate them? But thinking carefully again, it didn't seem right! This idea had only just emerged a few days ago, how could they have already made plans? Moreover, they hadn't mentioned this to anyone outside, so how could the General Office possibly know?

  After arriving at the place, I felt relieved after seeing Shang Dequan, and it turned out that it was not what I had imagined. After a long time, I found myself accompanying Xiong Shihui to sit in the office with someone surnamed Fang who was going south on official business. Looking at this well-dressed suit, with a sturdy man standing beside him as his bodyguard, he looked like a government official returning from abroad. Seeing Shang Dequan's extremely enthusiastic expression towards this person, it was likely that he was a rich second-generation kid.

  "Damn reactionary! Do you want me to die for you? Humph!" Revolutionary young general Liu Zhen cursed in his heart, but on his face, he didn't show any disgust, instead, he had a listening-to-advice expression, bowing his head and standing respectfully in front of Shang De.

  As for Xiong Shi Hui beside him, he looked even calmer, with a smile on his face, nodding continuously as if he were a well-behaved student in front of his teacher.

  "Hurry back and pack up, let's follow Mr. Fang in half an hour." After chatting for a while, letting Shang Dequan satisfy his craving for talking, he waved his hand to let them prepare to set off.

  "Tianyi, what's going on here! How can they just send our military school students out to be servants and maids for others?" Liu Zhen cursed in anger as soon as he walked out the door.

  "Alright, let's just follow the arrangements made by the person in charge. Don't think I don't know what you're thinking, actually it's not a bad idea." Xiong Shihui said in a low voice, and turned his head to glance behind him.

  "How did you...?" Liu Zhen hesitated for a moment before reacting and asked tentatively.

  Xiong Shi Hui nodded and said, "Anyway, we were originally going to flee to the south to make revolution. Didn't you hear what the general manager said just now? This time our destination is Nanjing, hehe, Nanjing! You understand, brother..."

  "That's it! That's it!" Liu Zhengxuan excitedly waved his fist, and the worries in his heart were swept away. He exclaimed excitedly: "Let's go! Hurry up and pack your bags, haha! Now I, Liu Jingfu, can finally make a big move!"

  Excitedly running back to the dormitory, in less than half an hour Liu and Zhen had packed up and left with Fang Zida after completing the formalities, taking a horse-drawn carriage to Beijing Railway Station.

  When the group arrived at the train station, Zhou San'er, who had been waiting there early, had already made arrangements. After a short rest, Fang Zidao and others got on the train. When they entered the specially arranged compartment, Fang Zidao sat down, lit a cigar, took a puff, and smiled at Liu Zong and Xiong Shihui sitting across from him.

  Xiong Xuehui is not a simple character, he was a second-class general in the late period of the Republic of China and a high-ranking official of the Chiang Kai-shek system. Although he was nominally a military leader, overall he was a general with a strong inclination towards politics, and historically he also served as governor of several provinces, making him a true provincial warlord.

  As for Liu Zhen, it's even more unimaginable. This man is known as the number one general of Chiang Kai-shek's five tigers, also known as Fu Jiang or Chang Sheng Jiang Jun. It is said that he was once a instructor at Huangpu, and during his most glorious period, he held tens of thousands of troops in his hands, and was a big shot who could summon the wind and rain. Of course, Fang Zida's impression of Liu Zhen mostly comes from the movie "The Great Battle" trilogy, where this Fu Jiang, a Chiang Kai-shek general, became a thorough loser, and was even nicknamed a useless "pig". However, taking a closer look, the Liu Zhen in front of him indeed has a round face with a chubby appearance, no wonder he had such a nickname.

  "Do you smoke?" Pushing the cigar box on the table forward, Fang Zida smiled and said: "No need to be polite now, your identities are no longer military school students, if you want to smoke, just go ahead."

  "Thank you, wherever we are, military discipline must be maintained!" Liu Zhen sat up straight with a standard military posture, not at all like the image of holding a cigar in one hand and wine in the other as seen in movies. As for Xiong Shi-hui, he smiled and waved his hand to express gratitude and decline, appearing more suave than Liu Zhen.

  The train slowly started, and in the rumbling sound, it gradually headed south. Fang Zida withdrew his gaze from looking out of the window and made a gesture to Zhang Huchen beside him. Zhang Huchen understood and stood up, walked out of the compartment and closed the door behind him.

  "I am a special envoy of Mr. Song, and this time I have an important mission in Nanjing, let me explain this to you first." Fang Zida suddenly spoke out in the private room, where there were no outsiders, and Liu Zhen and Xiong Shili were taken aback at once.

  "Mr. Song......?" His mind hadn't caught up yet, who was this Mr. Song that Fang Zida was referring to?

  "Mr. Song Jiaoren and Mr. Song Danchu."

  "Ah! You're not Beiyang......" This answer shocked them greatly, especially Liu Zhen who almost jumped up, pointing at Fang Zida with his mouth wide open.

  He pulled out his KMT party card and placed it on the table, pointing to it with his finger: "I, Fang Zida, alias Ming, KMT member, currently serving as the head of the KMT Central Statistics Group, assistant to Mr. Song. Do you need to take another look at the special appointment letter given to me by Mr. Song?"

  They looked at each other in confusion, Liu Zhen and Xiong Shihui couldn't understand why Fang Zidao, as a KMT member, would have such an attitude towards the school's principal, Shang Dequan. Moreover, when Shang Dequan lectured them, he specifically mentioned that this trip to the south was for government business. How could it be that this northern warlord and reactionary suddenly became one of their own? Could it be that Song Jiaoren had betrayed the revolution and defected to the Beiyang government? Impossible! The two of them felt like their brains were spinning, and they couldn't think straight about what was going on.

  "Hehe, I didn't tell Shang Dequan where he was from, it's just that Shang Dequan misunderstood." After a brief explanation, Fang Zida asked seriously: "As far as I know, you are also KMT members, right?"

  "Yes, Mr. Fang, during the Xinhai Revolution, I joined the student army in Wuchang and entered the Tongmenghui at that time, Tianyi was also there." After checking Fang Zida's party certificate, Liu Yan finally put his mind at ease and said.

  "Alright!" Fang Zida nodded with relief, first casually asking about their situation, and then suddenly putting on a serious face, looking around cautiously before leaning forward and lowering his voice to say: "Comrades, I am representing the KMT and Mr. Song to discuss this matter with you. This mission is of utmost importance, it's the party's top secret, and its success or failure will affect our party's future prospects, as well as the country's rebirth, prosperity, and democratic hopes! This mission will be led by me, with your assistance in completing it together. First and foremost, I must remind you that can you keep the secrets, not ask unnecessary questions, not discuss unnecessary topics, strictly follow discipline, and not leak party secrets? Can you listen to the party's arrangements and complete the tasks assigned by the party?"

  Upon hearing these words, a surge of hot blood rushed from the soles of their feet to their heads in an instant. Liu Zhen and Xiong Shihui stood up without thinking, their faces flushed with excitement as they guaranteed Fang Zida that they would definitely be able to do it.

  "Alright, alright, sit down and talk. First, let's sit down." Fang Zida and Yan Yuese welcomed them to take a seat, looking at the two who were still visibly excited and couldn't help but think to himself: "Thanks to CCTV for the brainwashing! It's indeed easier to deal with these hot-blooded youngsters with this stuff!"