Chapter 35: The Witch

The name Cao Jingren is familiar to everyone here - Jing Jing often mentions this person in class.

This person was originally a close disciple of the previous academic master Mr. Zhang Xueshu, and was extremely proficient in both literature and history, and wrote a lot before the age of 30. What is even more surprising is that in the prime of life, this person did not engage in good academics, but went to work as a war correspondent, and in several large-scale local wars in the middle and late last century, he can be seen everywhere, and he wrote a large number of war newsletters and character reports, and he is extremely influential in the news circles.

After the age of 50, Cao Jingren returned to academia and was hired by the Faculty of Letters of Mizuki University in the Baodao area, integrating his rich experience into academic research, integrating his own school, and becoming the most famous literary historian and master of Chinese studies in the three regions of the Taiwan Strait.

It can be said that in contemporary academic circles, this person's name means two words: "legend"!

"But what I want to tell you is that in addition to the academic master, Mr. Cao also has an unknown identity - the secret liaison between the Republic and the highest level of the Baodao region to discuss matters of peaceful reunification!"

"Boom!" Lei Tiangang's voice was not high, but it seemed to have dropped a shock bomb in the war room, and everyone was stunned by this sentence!

"Don't be surprised!" Lei Tiangang said lightly: "As long as you are a normal republican, who doesn't want to see the country complete peaceful reunification at an early date?" What's more, Cao Jingren, who has experienced countless wars, witnessed countless lives and deaths, and has a deep insight into the world situation? ”

In Lei Tiangang's words, he did not hide his respect for this old gentleman, and these words also made everyone present have mixed feelings.

Ever since 80 years ago, when the Republic completely defeated the former regime in the civil war that lasted for many years, the other side was defeated and retreated to the treasure island, and finally formed a de facto split, the two sides of the strait have always been in a delicate situation of "no war, no peace, no reunification, and no independence."

Over the past 80 years, the cross-strait situation has been tense at times and relaxed at times, and in order to prevent an attack by the mainland, the treasure island has had to rely militarily and politically on the Commonwealth of Minia and the Jeppen Empire.

But in any case, the national love that blood is thicker than water still lingers in the hearts of every dragon heir.

In recent years, as the national strength of the Republic has become stronger and stronger, and the people of the Baodao area, who are highly dependent on the Republic in terms of economy, have gradually changed their previous discriminatory attitudes, their sense of belonging has been greatly enhanced, the interaction between the two sides has become more and more frequent, and the call for reunification has become increasingly loud.

After all, in this world, where most modern nations are the main link and build their own countries, there is no one who does not want their nation to be strong, and no one who does not want their country to be strong.

The status of the treasure island has made it the biggest and most recent stumbling block to this nation with a long history, deep suffering in modern times, and a strong rise in the last few decades!

This is well known to all of you.

Geographically, the island is separated from the mainland by a strait that is not wide, and this strait connects the East China Sea to the north and the South China Sea to the south, and has always been regarded as a window to monitor the activities of the southeast coast of the republic.

Since more than 70 years ago, the famous hard-line secretary of state of the Commonwealth of Minia proposed the concept of the "first island chain", this island defense chain from the Jeppen Islands in the north to the Phillip Islands in the south is like a chain bound to the dragon of the Republic, which has made this ancient country feel tremendous pressure all the time, making him constantly struggle and roll in the ups and downs, but he is powerless to get rid of it.

If the reunification is successfully completed, the most critical part of this chain will be completely broken, and the chains bound to the republic will be completely pierced, and this ancient dragon will be free from its shackles and travel for nine days!

For a soldier, such a prospect, as long as you think about it, how can you not immediately become excited and difficult to hold yourself!

The temperature in the small war room seemed to rise sharply at this moment, everyone's faces were abnormally flushed, and everyone's breathing became heavy.

"Ten years ago, the two sides of the strait intended to hold consultations on the matter of peaceful reunification, and for the sake of secrecy, in order not to attract the attention of the Minian Federation and the Jeppen Empire, so as to incur unnecessary twists and turns, the two sides still adopted the past strategy of putting the economy first and politics behind on the surface, and at the same time slowly building up momentum in the media to guide the people to gradually unify their opinions; From the very beginning, the two sides chose Mr. Cao Jingren, who has extensive contacts in the military, political, and cultural circles on both sides of the strait and is deeply trusted by all sides, as the secret contact person of both sides. ”

After introducing the general situation, Lei Tiangang threw out a big bomb again: "Now, the opinions of all sides have converged, and they are interested in signing an agreement of practical significance, and the draft of this agreement is in Mr. Cao Jingren's briefcase!" ”

"Ahh Even though the people sitting in this war room have undergone special training for an unknown number of years, and their psychological quality is extremely strong, and they have reached the so-called "Mount Tai collapses in front and the color remains unchanged, and the elk is in the left and the eyes are not instantaneous", but when they heard this, they still couldn't help but let out a short exclamation, and glanced at each other, their eyes were full of surprise.

But this surprise quickly faded and turned into deep concern.

This master of academia, this old man with a great mission, disappeared along with the plane that got lost in the vast sea......

"In recent years, Mr. Cao has been traveling between the two sides of the strait under the cover of lectures and academic exchanges around the world, bringing important messages and secret communication results to both sides. And ......" Lei Tiangang paused, sighed and said: "The old gentleman has always been a loner, and with a tough personality, he has always refused our proposal to equip him with security personnel, so what happened this time, we didn't get any news from him, we only knew that before boarding the plane, everything was normal." ”

Lei Dong also sighed secretly in his heart, the so-called "everything is normal" is probably just an illusion, on that plane, some unknown special situation must have happened, and this situation must not have started on the plane.

But Lei Dong didn't expect it at all, and what surprised him even more was still to come.

The remote control in Lei Tiangang's hand, after introducing Cao Jingren's situation, pressed it again. On the big screen, another photo appeared, and another person appeared.

At the first glance of this person, almost the entire war room, even the quiet, appeared in a trance for a moment.

A woman, a woman whose face you completely ignore when you look at it.

The woman was wrapped in a black dress, which looked strange, like a floor-length dress, and what seemed to be a robe worn by nuns or wizards in movies, but it was so wide that it almost completely covered the skin of the whole body.

From the shape of this black dress, this girl's shoulders are like shaves, her body is slender, a little elegant, but more mysterious.

The hands and a face were exposed, the skin was pale, with a sickly pale that seemed to have not seen the sun for many years, the face was thin, and the eyebrows were very light, so faint that they could barely be seen, but they seemed to be clearly visible.

Compared with the emaciated face, the mouth is a little bigger, but it is not abrupt, and when you taste it carefully, it makes people feel that such a mouth, placed on such a face, is so natural, so perfect, so reasonable.

The bridge of the nose is relatively high, and the eyes seem to be a little sunken, and there is a feeling of depression, but the dark eyes are as bright as the stars, and there seems to be no strangeness at first glance. Even, if you keep an eye on it, you will feel that there is a strange magic in these eyes, as if even your soul is attracted to it......

is different from Cao Jingren's slightly blurry photo, this photo is extremely clear, and even the pores on the face seem to be visible, but the whole person seems to be shrouded in a fog, mysterious, cold, and a little pitiful.

Many people subconsciously glanced at the silence sitting in the corner of the conference room, if it is said that the quiet is as warm as water and as warm as jade, it is a lotus flower that blooms calmly in the water, slim and elegant, then, the woman who appears in front of her is full of mysteries, just like an orchid in a deep valley, lonely, mysterious, beautiful, but exudes an alternative temptation, which makes people can't help but feel pity.

Who is she? Why is it here? Could it be that like Cao Jingren, this enigmatic woman also has some special mission?

The answer will soon be revealed.

"Shui Yaoxian, an intelligence officer of the Third Department of the General Staff, is responsible for collecting international military technical intelligence." Lei Tiangang's words made the people below a little commotion.

Such a beautiful, cowardly-looking woman, to be an intelligence officer? Or is it specialized in the collection of international military-technical intelligence?

"This is one of our most outstanding intelligence officers, in the three years since joining our department, we have presided over or participated in 17 major operations, without a single failure record, and obtained a large amount of world-class top-secret military technical intelligence for our country!" Lei Tiangang's tone was full of appreciation, "But this is not the point, the point is that Comrade Shui Yaoxian has a characteristic in his actions, that is, when to act, where to act, who participates in the action, and what kind of way to adopt, all of which must be decided by herself, and according to her instructions, these actions are all carried out extremely smoothly without any twists and turns." ”

"Because she was born in a remote rural village in Xiangxi, in the intelligence community, people call her-" Lei Tiangang paused, glanced at Lei Dong meaningfully, and slowly spit out two words: "Witch!" ”