The New Year is approaching, and it is already the twelfth day of the twelfth lunar month. In another eighteen days, every household will have to stay awake to celebrate the New Year.

Although the temperature is around minus 7 or 8 degrees Celsius, it is coldest in the south of the Yangtze River. It is much better than the northern areas, Zhili, and Guanwai. The temperature in those places is at least ten degrees below zero, or 20 or 30 degrees below zero. In some places in the northeast, it is minus 4 degrees Celsius.

Ten degrees.

Between Xinyang Prefecture and De'an Prefecture, there is a remote small village. This is the junction of Henan and Hubei provinces, and it belongs to the Sangui territory.

In an ordinary farmyard, dogs barked and chickens cooed in cages from time to time.

Everything shows that this is just an ordinary country farmhouse.

But at this time, the two people sitting next to the oil lamp were extraordinary. They were the famous admiral Lei Zhenchun of the Northern Army Intelligence Department, and his assistant Yu Yungui.

This place is actually a stronghold of their Northern Army Intelligence Department. Although Xinyang is now occupied by the Southern Army, the countryside is still the same as before.

"Boss, what do you mean when you say that this Japanese girl Suzuki Yoko asked us to meet?"

Yu Yungui was full of doubts, "Sir, don't be deceived by her. This Oriental woman is not a good girl. She is extremely cruel and ruthless. If she had the chance to take your life, she would never hesitate for even half a minute."

Yu Yungui and Lei Zhenchun were the bodyguards of Duke Yuan, and together they helped the Li Dynasty in Korea to deal with the invasion and subversion of the Japanese. Therefore, they both hated the Japanese and had no good impressions of them.

Lei Zhenchun didn't speak, he was playing with the teacup in his hand.

Country farmhouse, what good things are there? This tea cup is stained with a layer of dirt, and there is a hole missing on the rim of the cup.

It was just such a broken cup, but Lei Zhenchun seemed to be holding some treasure and played with it for more than half an hour. When he heard Yu Yungui's words, he smiled and said:

"This moment is the same as that moment. She won't be in a hurry to take my life now!",

"How can I see it!"

"Because our common enemy has appeared!" Lei Zhenchun said with a grin:

"Chen Tianhua has made Ye Mingyan and his gang of Japanese spies suffer a lot in the past few years. On New Year's Day last year, he tried to cause a riot among prisoners of the Taihu Allied Forces, create chaos, and attempted to assassinate Chen's daughter. In the end, he lost all his money.

, exposed Qing Lang in advance."

"The Japanese side is now preparing to support Li Pinzhang, set up obstacles for Chen Tianhua, and interfere with his thoughts, but he is not disturbed by this and is very calm. This time, she probably wants to cooperate with us. I am just guessing that she

What do you want to do with our Northern Army?"

The barking of dogs outside suddenly stopped and seemed to disappear. Yu Yungui suddenly stood up, but Lei Zhenchun remained motionless and said with a smile: "They are here!"

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a gentle knock on the door, "Can we come in?"

"The door is not bolted, please help yourself!" Yu Yungui said.

The door was pushed open, and Ye Mingyan appeared at the door with a smile on her face.

In the past, they were all functional offices of the Qing Dynasty. One was the Military Advisory Office of the Army Department, and the other was in the Intelligence Office of the Beiyang Army General Staff Headquarters. They didn't have much interaction with each other, but they had contacts.

Now, the Military Advisory Office no longer exists, and the important officials in it have already gone their separate ways and have their own masters.

Ye Mingyan even resumed her identity as a Japanese spy, Yoko Suzuki. However, in the world of intelligence circles, everyone still prefers to call her Miss Ye.

Seeing this charming face, Yu Yungui had the urge to rush forward and chop off the head.

But when he came into contact with the other person's all-seeing eyes, he felt a little bit frightened.

Yu Yungui had suffered from her charming eyes before.

Ye Mingyan crossed the threshold lightly and walked in.

Behind her, the shadowy guard Yunzi walked in, holding the guard dog in one hand and holding it in the air.

"Miss Yunzi, please let this beast go!" Lei Zhenchun said.

Yunzi threw it away casually, and the dog fell to the ground. With his tail between his legs, he quickly ran to Lei Zhenchun's side. His originally fearful eyes became fierce again.

Yunzi laughed and said: "It's really a dog fighting against the power of man!"

Lei Zhenchun chuckled, "We have been here for four or five days, and we have become quite familiar with this dog!"

Ye Mingyan apologized: "I was supposed to arrive a few days ago, but an unexpected incident happened on the way and I was delayed for a few days. I would like to thank Mr. Lei and Mr. Yu for waiting for me here."

"Haha... The beauty invited me, so naturally Lei waited willingly." Lei Zhenchun chuckled, picked up the teapot, and filled the chipped cup, "This is a hard time to quench your thirst!"

Ye Mingyan picked up the tea cup and frowned slightly when she saw the dirt-covered cup.

Yunzi took a step forward and said, "Miss!"

Ye Mingyan was still hesitant at first, but when Yunzi called her out, her original intention was to stop her from drinking the glass of water, but instead she immediately raised her neck and drank it in one gulp.

She wasn't afraid that there was any poison in the water, but she thought the cup was too dirty. But then she thought about it, it was a test of sincerity.

"Refreshing!" Lei Zhenchun clapped his hands.

Seeing Ye Mingyan drink the glass of water without hesitation, he finally confirmed that Suzuki Yoko was indeed here to seek cooperation this time.

He refilled the cup, picked it up by himself, drank it all with a tilt of his neck, showed the bottom of the cup to Ye Mingyan, and said with a smile:

"It leaves a fragrance on your lips and teeth, with a long aftertaste!"

His action was to show Ye Mingyan that he had no ill intentions, but his tone was a bit frivolous, especially since the cup had just been drunk.

With a snort, Ye Mingyan sat down at the table, glanced at Lei Zhenchun and said, "Since when did the famous Lei Gong turn into a frivolous and shameless scoundrel?"

"No, no!" Lei Zhenchun waved his hand and said with a smile: "I just want to express my good opinion of you, Miss Ye."

Ye Mingyan was usually good at flirting and bickering, but today she was too lazy to argue with this lazy guy. She just took out a drawing from her arms and placed it on the table.

"What is this?" Lei Zhenchun was a little curious.

At a glance, he saw that it was a map with a thick line depicting a route.

"Chen Tianhua will return to Wuchang Mansion from Kaifeng Camp in the next few days." Ye Mingyan said calmly.

There is no need to beat the drum hard. Ye Mingyan only mentioned this sentence, and Lei Zhenchun already understood what was in front of him.

"This is Chen Tianhua's route map back to Wuchang Mansion?!"

"Yes, I went through a lot of trouble to get this detailed road map, which is very confidential."

This is the route map for Chen Tianhua's return to Wuchang Prefecture that Ye Mingyan obtained through Qinglang Zhangchuan and a secret guard lurking in the upper echelons of the Southern Army. It also includes the departure date and time, etc., which is very detailed.

She glanced at Lei Zhenchun and asked, "Are you interested?"

Looking at Ye Mingyan's calm face, Lei Zhenchun fell into deep thought.

What is the purpose of this move?

Yes, the Northern Army is currently in trouble. If Chen Tianhua can be killed at this time and the Jiangnan regime is plunged into chaos, then the Northern Army will be able to make a comeback. It can even be said that this is the only chance for a comeback.

But the question is, why did Ye Mingyan send such a confidential thing to herself without taking any money?
Chapter completed!