The morning sun is warm and pleasant.

No. 79 Xingyun Street, Gogol Bookstore.

What kind of existence is Gogol? He was the best satirist in Russia in the first half of the 19th century, a pioneer of satirical literature, and one of the founders of critical realist literature. He named the bookstore after him, reflecting the different vision of the owner of this bookstore. In 1901, Harbin began to build a Gogol Street. All of these originated from the Russians' construction of the Middle East Railway in the Northeast, and also from the influence of critical literature led by Gogol on the world.

This bookstore is a street-facing store with three rooms and two floors. Six European-style gallery columns support a striking blue-gray half-slope eaves. The arched lattice windows are corresponding to the upper and lower parts of the gallery columns, and in the middle are two dark brown oak shop doors. In the political environment like Manchukuo, this bookstore is unique and there are not many people coming and going.

There are wooden bookshelfs of varying heights on the bookstore, with Chinese, Russian and Japanese books placed on them. There are not many customers. The blue-eyed Russian waitress carefully sorting out the books that guests have read in front of the bookshelf.

The second floor of the bookstore is a tea bar-style layout, like a coffee house or a reading room. There are no other guests on the other seats. Nalan Songhan is interested in looking at a Russian version of "Milgrad" in the square table next to the window. Some book friends will ask me, didn't Nalan come from a family of Eight Banners in Manchuria? Why did he look at foreign works? In fact, although Nalan was a child of the Eight Banners and his family was also a scholarly disciple, the education he received was also influenced by the influx of cultures from many countries in the world into China in the late Qing Dynasty. At that time, it was no longer uncommon for cultural figures and politicians to see foreign works.

After a while, a woman with a garlic braided hair walked in from the stairs with two cups of coffee. She wore a European-style light yellow orchid sleeve cardigan on the upper body and a checkered long skirt on the lower body. She was petite, with light steps and generous steps. She put down her coffee and sat down in front of Nalan.

"Sir, do you also like to read Russian works? People know Gogol's "Dead Soul" and "The Imperial Envoy", but few know "Milgrad"." This woman is Yan Longhua, a member of the Manchurian Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. Her public identity is the translator of the General Affairs Department of the State Council of the Puppet Manchukuo and the daughter of the owner of the Yishengchang Warehouse in Xinjing.

Nalan took the coffee and took a sip, and took out a university professor's voice and said: "The Inspector is a satirical comedy published by Mr. Gogol in 1836, "Dead Soul" is a novel he published in 1842, and "Milgrad" is a collection of short and medium-stories he published in 1835, including four novels: "Old-style Landlord", "Talas Burba", "Vie" and "The Story of the Quarrel between Ivan Ivanovich and Ivan Nikiforovic". The story takes place in a small town called "Milgrad" by the Ural River."

Yan Longhua whispered: "What? You came back from Harbin so soon? How about that Luo?"

Nalan pinched the edge of the cup with his right finger and looked around alertly, "Fortunately, there was no danger. After a melee between Jiangqiao, Luo Shuangchen cleverly avoided the disturbance of Chen Gong and Gu Maolin, and fought fiercely with the four Qin cannons in Mudanling Langya Village sent by Zhan Tianxiong to rescue him. He used a bitter plan to help them rescue Zhou Jiuting and others."

Yan Longhua asked with concern: "Use the bitter meat scheme? Can the Japanese believe it?"

"So I said, Luo is definitely a brave and resourceful person. He asked Qin Sipao to stab the sword into his left shoulder, and he stabbed him with a dagger, bleeding. As expected, the Japanese suspected that he deliberately let the votes go and locked him up. Fortunately, I got the news in time and found Zhang Jinghui with Lao Yu. After working hard on all sides, I picked him up from Harbin. It was so dangerous. Zhang Jinghui had a lot of say in the Japanese, and he was determined. Since this errand is so important, the Kwantung Army Command should not arrange for the Police Department to wading into muddy waters. The Police Department was originally just helping, and the mistake was that the Kwantung Army was not strictly guarding and revealed the news. The Police Department maintained public order and handled cases well. It was obvious that they were suspected of deliberately escorting prisoners from a long distance. After all, if the Japanese want to occupy this place for a long time, they cannot hurt the hearts of the Chinese, so they let Luo out."

"It is a good thing to rescue those people, but the situation in the Double German arsenal is not optimistic. They are under the name of the Malaysian Institute of Epidemics. As far as I know, they have never given up on bacterial weapon tests. We cannot let their conspiracy be punished."

"If you want to say that Qin Sipao from Mudanling is very loyal, he is Lu Shikun's friend in life and death. In order to successfully rescue Zhou Jiuting and the others, his brother Qin Yudong and his brothers were all caught by Chen Gong in the Dingjia Wayao outside Harbin. Life and death are uncertain."

"It's such a righteous person, which is admirable. Brother, I got information from the State Council. The Japanese, under international public pressure, wanted to shift the focus of bacterial weapons research to the Harbin area. It seems that this is true. But I heard that Xinjing has achieved phased results underground in the Shuang German Arsenal. If we destroy this research institute, it will cause a fatal blow to the enemy."

"I think it's feasible. In this way, for the sake of safety, please contact Comrade Luo Zhangqin quickly and find out the situation underground in the Shuang German Arsenal. Before dusk the day after tomorrow, be sure to tell me the situation. I will arrange the specific action plan for the next step. In addition, we have very few core members now, so everyone must protect themselves."

While the two were talking, they heard a noisy sound coming from downstairs.

The man's voice: "Don't pretend to be a cultural person here, okay? Go home with me!"

The woman's voice: "You are unreasonable!"

The man said, "You are reasonable, how about it? I can't stand it if you start hiding something from me! How can you explain it if you don't go home at night?"

The woman said, "You are incompetent, why do you seem great when you are drunk? You are innocent? Apart from being an official, you climb up? How much do you really do for me?"

Nalan was very familiar with the man's voice. He pointed at Yan Longhua into the seat, signaling her not to move, and walked downstairs.

After coming downstairs, it turned out that Cheng Gongnian was standing in disorganized clothes at the entrance of the bookstore, with messy hair, obviously he was drunk.

The one wearing a cheongsam was Cheng Gongnian's wife Qiu Zikun. He was holding a book in his hand, obviously furious and tears in his eyes.

"Feihong (Cheng Gongnian's name), what are you doing here? Where can I drink wine? The wine is so good that I am so angry. I took my car back to the courtyard. This is a bookstore, not a court, nor a market. Then this is a brother and sister, right?"

Cheng Gongnian recognized Nalan at a glance. The two did not have a close relationship in the Ministry of Military Affairs, but they also had a good impression. Because Xing Shilian and Nalan were very close and were brothers, the two often used the excuse of being different from each other and quarreled together, which was actually a way to get closer. "Oh, my brother Nalan, I feel depressed."

Nalan waved behind her, "This is not a place to talk. Feihong, I will care about you today. How can you behave like this?" Lu Liujin stood up from the corner, raised Cheng Gongnian and pushed open the door of the oak shop and walked out.

Nalan turned around and said to Qiu Zikun: "Ms. Qiu, I am Nalan from the Reserve Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs. I am a colleague of Feihong. I have a good relationship. I can't explain anything he has like this. You don't have to worry about it. I will take good care of him. When he wakes up, I will send him home. I will persuade him again. Remember, discuss things carefully. If he leaves with me, don't worry."

Qiu Zikun felt that such noise was awkward to Nalan, and he blushed and said, "Mr. Nalan, I'm so embarrassed. He chased me here and made you laugh. He also asked you to take care of him. It's all my fault and I've caused you trouble. You can take him away, don't worry, when he wakes up, we will definitely go home and have a good talk and get rid of misunderstandings. There is no big deal. Thank you."

Nalan smiled and said, "You're welcome, I'll take good care of him here. Then I'll leave first."

Qiu Zikun nodded politely again, "Thank you Mr. Nalan. I will definitely come to my house to thank you some other day."

As the two were talking, Yan Longhua from the upper floor ran down, "Sir, is this "Milgrad" yours?"

Nalan looked back and pretended not to know each other, stepped forward to take the book and held it in his hand, "Thank you. I met my colleague and almost forgot to take it away. Thank you."

Qiu Zikun was on the side, with a calm face, and his eyes were always observing Yan Longhua's expression and movements.

Nalan said calmly: "I'll leave first, I won't bother you anymore." He turned around and was about to go out, and he collided with Lu Liujin, "What's going on? Is it so frivolous? Is Cheng Gongnian not in the car?"

Lu Liujin was obviously very angry, "Third Master, that kid is so unreliable. He pushed me out of the car and drove away."

Nalan knocked on Liujin's forehead with his spine, "What? What did you say? He drove away while drunk?"
Chapter completed!