Chapter 252 Zheng Chaoyang: I am familiar with this place!

In the afternoon, Liu Zhiye and Zheng Chaoyang, representing the first team, saw off several leaders who attended the meeting.

Afterwards, the two of them went to Liu Zhiye's office together and started an in-depth conversation.

Li Ming was very considerate. He poured them both a cup of tea and then left.

Now he has also risen in status. With Liu Zhiye's promotion, Li Ming has also been treated as a deputy-section-level correspondent.

It took him only one year from the time he graduated and started working to the time he was promoted to deputy section level. His promotion speed far exceeded that of other classmates who graduated at the same time. He often felt fortunate and thought: As expected, sometimes choice is more important than hard work.

To the extent that Liu Zhiye hinted several times that he wanted to send him out for training, but Li Ming was not very happy about it.

He always felt that it would be better for his future if he stayed close to his leader. Another reason was that he was reluctant to leave Liu Zhiye so soon.

Liu Zhiye had no choice but to let it go. Besides, he was reluctant to let Li Ming go so early, as he might not be able to do the same with someone else.

After Li Ming left, only Liu Zhiye and Zheng Chaoyang were left in the room.

Liu Zhiye was full of admiration for this old senior, both in his past life and in this life. After seeing him in person, he actually felt like he had met his idol star.

"Commissar Zheng, please have some tea."

"Commissar Zheng, you're smoking!"

"Commissar Zheng, try the cherries from my hometown. They are so sweet."

Zheng Chaoyang stared at the young comrade in front of him with a half-smile. He saw that the young comrade had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and was very handsome. Yet, at such a young age, he had started to work as a partner with him.

He did not underestimate his partner. Before he took office, the organization had a detailed conversation with him and learned some specific information about Liu Zhiye.

Liu Zhiye is a very distinctive character. His experience and personality are quite unique, which left a deep impression on Zheng Chaoyang.

Therefore, he knew that although Liu Zhiye looked young, he possessed wisdom and abilities far beyond his peers. Zheng Chaoyang both admired and respected him.

When he saw him, Liu Zhiye was respectful and concerned about him, as attentive as a primary school student to a teacher.

It was also quite funny, so he said with a smile: "Comrade Zhiye, there is no need to be so polite. We will be colleagues in the same trench from now on. Just be casual, what do you think?"

Liu Zhiye smiled and responded, "You're right. It's mainly because I met my idol, so I was a little excited. I won't be like this in the future, hehe..."

Zheng Chaoyang asked doubtfully: "Idol? What does that mean?"

Liu Zhiye chuckled and said, "I am very familiar with your experience. What you have done is really admirable."

Zheng Chaoyang suddenly realized: "So that's how it is."

He went on to say, “By the way, how did you know me? After all, I have been away from Beijing for almost ten years, and there should not be many people in our bureau who know me now.” His tone was calm and professional, and his words revealed his deep thinking on the problem and his awareness of self-protection.

Liu Zhiye was surprised that this man had such strong professional habits. Perhaps he had been an underground party member in his early years, and later worked on the front line of anti-espionage for a long time. Therefore, he was quite sensitive to any conversation about his own information.

Liu Zhiye explained helplessly: "Oh, it was only then that I heard Director Guo mention you that I knew my future partner would be such a legendary figure like you." He couldn't just say to Zheng Chaoyang: "Hey! Man! I got your information from a TV series."

Anyway, Zheng Chaoyang wouldn't really go to Deputy Director Guo to verify it, right?

Zheng Chaoyang didn't take it too seriously when he saw this. He just asked out of habit. He didn't really have any suspicions about Liu Zhiye, he just asked out of habit.

After Liu Zhiye explained clearly, he waved his hand and said, "So that's how it is. I was wondering, how did you know my information?"

Then, he smiled and said, "Comrade Zhiye, you don't have to be polite to me. I am ten years older than you. If you don't mind, we can be brothers in addition to being comrades."

Liu Zhiye knew that this person was not being polite. Based on his experience, it was normal to like to be on friendly terms with others.

In the original drama, Deng Chaoyang joined our party at a young age and waged guerrilla warfare against the Japanese and puppet troops in the western Beijing area.

Afterwards, he was secretly sent by the organization to study at the puppet police school set up by the Japanese in the capital. He successfully went undercover in the puppet police station in the capital and provided a lot of important intelligence to the party organization.

During that period, in order to hide his identity and obtain intelligence, he had to interact with all kinds of people in society, and even call people from all walks of life brothers and sisters. This had become his habit. So Liu Zhiye said, "Okay, I'll call you Political Commissar at work, and I'll call you Brother Zheng in private!" Liu Zhiye said straightforwardly, as if he was just going with the flow.

Zheng Chaoyang also smiled and said with narrowed eyes: "Okay! It's settled, Brother Zhiye!"

"Hey! Brother Zhiye, where are you from?"

Liu Zhiye took out a cigarette, walked closer to Deng Chaoyang and helped him light it, then lit one for himself, and immediately the two of them started puffing smoke together.

Then he responded, "My hometown is Liujiazhuang in the west of Beijing, and our training camp is in our village. In a few days, I will take you to inspect the work of our training camp, and go to the village to play." The two men chatted while smoking, and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Deng Chaoyang smoked a cigarette and coughed excitedly: "Is it Liujiazhuang in Mentougou, west of Beijing?" Liu Zhiye replied in surprise: "Yes! What happened?"

Deng Chaoyang slapped the table and laughed, "Hey! What a coincidence, isn't it? Your village chief Liu Yuanhai and Liu Fusheng, do you know each other?" He was familiar with the situation in Liujiazhuang Village, and his words revealed confidence and pride.

Liu Zhiye opened his mouth wide and murmured, "How could I not know them? Liu Yuanhai is my third uncle, and Liu Fusheng is my brother-in-law!" His face was full of surprise, and it was obvious that he did not expect Deng Chaoyang to know these two people.

It was really Qiaoer’s mother who opened the door for Qiaoer—Qiaoer arrived home.

"Brother Deng, how did you two know each other?" Liu Zhiye asked with some confusion.

Deng Chaoyang patted Liu Zhiye's shoulder enthusiastically and said with a smile: "Hey! Boy, it's not in vain that I asked you to call me brother. Do you want to know the reason? Let me tell you slowly..."

When Deng Chaoyang was still fighting guerrillas in the western part of Beijing, they encountered an encirclement and suppression by the Japanese and puppet troops one winter. With the enemy outnumbering us, the team could only split up and break out.

In the cold winter, they braved the wind and snow and struggled to find a way out.

Deng Chaoyang, as a squad leader, led several soldiers to break through the siege, but was unexpectedly injured. Due to the cold weather, excessive blood loss and the lack of effective medical treatment, he soon fell into a coma with a high fever.

He tried his best, but he fainted on the cold snow due to exhaustion. His comrades were extremely worried, but they couldn't even find the direction in the white snowy mountains, let alone find a village to buy medicine or see a doctor.

At this critical moment, Liu Yuanhai, who went up the mountain to hunt, discovered them. At first, he was also shocked, thinking that he was unlucky and ran into bandits who came out to rob.

He found that these people were dressed in rags and holding weapons, so he secretly observed them. After careful observation, the third uncle overheard their conversation and found out that they were all his own people.

So he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, it turned out that they were all members of his team.

So he showed up and secretly took these scattered guerrillas back to his village to take care of them.

Deng Chaoyang also received proper treatment and saved his life thanks to the presence of an old man with superb medical skills in the village.

After a period of recuperation, Deng Chaoyang's body had fully recovered. So they said goodbye to the third uncle and others and decided to set out to find the main force.

Before leaving, he took several outstanding young hunters in the village to join the team to fight the Japanese, including Liu Zhiye's brother-in-law Liu Fusheng.

At that time, the young Liu Fusheng was only in his teens, but he was brave and fearless, like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger.

Born as a hunter, he had acquired a lot of skills since he was young. Deng Chaoyang noticed all of this.

Liu Zhiye was completely unaware of these situations. First of all, he was still young at the time, so he didn't know some of the secrets in the village.

Secondly, the third uncle was worried that the news would leak out, lest the enemy discover that Deng Chaoyang and others were hiding here.

Therefore, only a few people knew of their existence, while the rest of the villagers were completely unaware.

Deng Chaoyang said with tears in his eyes, "Brother, do you know? Liujiazhuang has been so kind to me. In order to save my life, the old doctor in the village took out the old mountain ginseng that he had treasured for many years to prolong my life, and only then did he pull me back from the hands of death."

"Later, in order to help me recover, Comrade Liu Yuanhai killed the only egg-laying hen in his family, just to provide me with some nutrition."

"Later I learned that his daughter-in-law had just given birth and her milk supply was insufficient due to lack of nutrition. The poor baby cried all day and all night due to hunger, but they were reluctant to kill the chicken."

"At that time, our team was extremely poor. I didn't even have a penny. I had no way to thank them. I felt guilty!"

(End of this chapter)