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preface
"Isn't this Dean Jiang? Oops, haven't you seen each other in a long time? ”
One day in 1942, Xu Lai, the wife of Tang Shengming, a Kuomintang general, was on a train from Nanjing to Shanghai. The afterglow swept to the haunting Wang pseudo-spies, and she frowned secretly.
Just as she was thinking about how to get rid of them, the figure of an old acquaintance came into her eyes. She quickly got up from her seat and walked over to the man to say hello.
Seeing that it was Xu Lai, the eyes of the old acquaintance lit up......
The train is clever and evasive
"Isn't this the great beauty Miss Xu Lai? What a coincidence! ”
This old acquaintance is Jiang Kanghu, the head of the Wang Pseudo Examination Institute, and his eyes are straight when he sees Xu Lai. Seeing her greet herself, I instantly felt flattered.
You must know that Xu Lai used to be a famous movie star in Shanghai, her appearance is not the most outstanding, but she has the unique charm of an oriental woman, so she is called a "standard beauty".
Such a beauty, the lustful Jiang Kanghu naturally wants to be in the bag, but although Xu Lai is beautiful and a film and television star, he is not a fallen person, and he loves to ignore his kind invitations.
has been rejected many times, and at this moment Xu Lai is unusual, but he is excited that he can't find the north. Looking at the other party's face, Xu Lai secretly spit on him, but he talked with him very happily on his face.
Naturally, she is not willing to fall into her own hands, but this person can help her complete the task.
Back one day in 1942, Xu Lai's husband Tang Shengming attended an important military meeting on Wang's side, and when he returned home, he was very worried. After asking, it turned out that it was the Japanese army and the puppet army that were about to sweep the troops of the New Fourth Army in the Soviet Union and China.
Tang Shengming was melancholy: If they succeed, the anti-Japanese forces of the Soviet-Chinese Military Region will be seriously damaged, and the consequences will be unimaginable!
He wanted to spread this information, but a series of intelligence networks such as the military command at that time were paralyzed by the destruction of Wang Puppet, so how could this spread the news to Nanjing?
When he was distressed, he thought of his wife Xu Lai. He was closely watched by the enemy, but his wife was much better! Thinking of this, he quickly told his wife about the situation.
Xu Lai had long felt that her husband was uneasy, but she didn't expect this to be the case.
As Tang Shengming's wife, she is naturally supervised from time to time, but she is freer than her husband. She knew in her heart that for the sake of the great cause of resisting Japan, she had to send the information out well.
After saying goodbye to her husband, Xu Lai got on the train to Nanjing. The situation she faced was really not optimistic, not only were there spies following, but some Japan military police patrolled and searched from time to time, which made her heart tremble to a new height.
Seeing that he was about to be searched here, Xu Lai was so nervous that he was afraid that the information on his body would be searched. It was at this time that she discovered Jiang Kanghu when she was using a mirror to probe the enemy's movements.
Second marriage Tang Shengming
Jiang Kanghu often traveled between Nanjing and Shanghai to resell gold and calligraphy and paintings, and after a long time, he became familiar with Japan spies, and his examination was much more relaxed.
Thinking of this, Xu Lai quickly got up and greeted him. The beauty who used to reject people for thousands of miles suddenly approached him, Jiang Kanghu was only excited, how did he know that he was being used as a shield.
Xu Lai was very good at communication, and he chatted happily with Jiang Qianhu, and the Japan who searched saw this, smiled maliciously, and then crossed them.
Seeing that the danger was lifted, Xu Lai breathed a sigh of relief. But she still did not let her guard down, but continued to make false promises with Jiang Kanghu.
Finally managed to get out of the car, Xu Lai quickly got rid of Jiang Kanghu, and took advantage of the spies' inattention to leave under the cover of the crowd. It didn't take long for the intelligence to be successfully sent, and the anti-Japanese forces in the Soviet Union and China were able to avoid a catastrophe.
After completing the task, Xu Lai returned to her husband Tang Shengming's side, and only then did she breathe a long sigh of relief. Looking at his wife's tired look, Tang Shengming also felt very sorry, feeling that he had burdened his wife.
He and his wife met under the introduction of her secretary Zhang Suzhen, and at that time, Xu Lai was not single, but became someone else's wife.
For this playboy, Xu Lai could feel his sincerity, but his inner insistence told him that she couldn't give up her marriage because of this person. But this marriage is no longer what it was at its beginning, and Xu Lai is in a trance......
She and her first husband, Li Jinhui, met at the Shanghai Chinese Song and Dance School, the founder of the school and a well-known musical talent.
That's because she is still called Xu Xiaomei, and she has been starving all year round, so she has to find other ways to survive. She was beautiful and sang well, so she came to this school after learning that she could eat enough with them.
At the age of 18, she was very sweet and was soon admitted. After special training, her progress was unanimously praised by her teachers and classmates.
In this way, Li Jinhui soon discovered her potential, so he renamed her Xu Lai in "Qingfeng Xu Lai".
In 1928, Xu Lai and his classmates went on tour of Nanyang, which increased her knowledge and made her famous. As the scale of the song and dance troupe grew, she also began to get in touch with the interpretation of films.
However, although she sings well, she is very dull in acting, so she is also ridiculed as a "wooden beauty". But so what? Her films are still popular, and she has become a superstar that everyone knows.
With a successful career, she also attracted each other in contact with Li Jinhui and became an enviable couple.
turned into a boss lady, naturally she is indispensable to socialize, and she has done a good job in this regard, but because of this, there are cracks in her marriage.
The beauties go back and forth to the social scene, and there are inevitably a lot of rotten peach blossoms, and some gossip will spread after a long time. Xu Lai was not afraid of the shadow, Li Jinhui said that he understood, but he turned his head and came out with disobedient words.
After a period of time, such days finally came to an end, and in 1935, Xu Lai ended his first marriage. And this just gave Tang Shengming, who was appointed as a lieutenant general of the Kuomintang Military Committee, a chance to capture the hearts of beauties.
Under Tang Shengming's strong pursuit, Xu Lai became his wife. is different from Li Jinhui, Tang Shengming gave Xu Lai a unique preference, and changed his previous romantic habits, which made Xu Lai feel at ease.
Their relationship became better and better, and they made up their minds to be an ordinary couple, but in that position during that period, Tang Shengming couldn't choose, and under the appointment of Lao Jiang, he took his wife to Wang's puppet government as an undercover agent.
When telling Xu Lai about this, Tang Shengming thought that she would object, but the other party's reaction was beyond his expectations.
Abandon the darkness to the light
"I was born in poverty, and now my life is better, but I can't find a way to help the people, isn't there a channel now?"
Xu Lai has always felt guilty, Tang Shengming wants to take herself to be an undercover agent, she knows that this is a good thing for the country and the people, so even if she is a little scared, she still wants to be with her husband.
Xu Lai's understanding made Tang Shengming feel a lot better. Tang Shengming actually didn't want to go, but Lao Jiang was his boss, and his orders could not be disobeyed.
Lao Jiang wants him to infiltrate Wang Puppet, and at the same time, he has to find an opportunity to oppose Li Shiqun and other traitors for his own use, and this task is not ordinarily arduous.
The reason why Tang Shengming was selected was because of the image of a "playboy" he had established for many years, and it was reasonable to use the excuse that he couldn't endure hardships to return to Shanghai to enjoy happiness, and his wife Xu Lai was a star, so he could also cover for him.
Lao Jiang can be said to be clear, so Tang Shengming had to take over this task. Fortunately, both of them are leaders in the social field, and now that they are back again, no one feels that something is wrong.
But he is smart, and others are not stupid. After learning that Tang Shengming and his wife had come to Shanghai, Wang Jingwei soon organized a bureau to test it. Tang Shengming temporarily passed the test by pretending to be stupid, and then avoided many inquiries, which dispelled the other party's suspicions.
After that, Tang Shengming was appointed as a key military commissar of Japan and successfully penetrated the enemy. After Lao Jiang learned about it, he also reacted quickly, asking Tang Shengming's eldest brother Tang Shengzhi to disassociate himself from him, which made Wang Pseudo relax his vigilance even more.
As soon as the newspaper came out, Tang Cheng and his wife were immediately poked in the backbone by the masses and became "traitors" in people's mouths.
The couple was irrefutable and could not speak out, so they were forced to bear the infamy.
At the suggestion of Lao Jiang, Tang Shengming and Xu Lai quickly integrated into Wang Pseudo's circle, and when it came to dealing with them, Xu Lai, who could speak well, obviously had an advantage over Tang Shengming.
With his communication skills, Xu Lai obtained a lot of information during the period of eating and playing mahjong with those rich wives, which even Tang Shengming couldn't compare.
After going to Nanjing to send intelligence, Xu Lai was both nervous and excited, she was no longer a star, but really did practical things for the country and the people, and Tang Shengming was also proud of her.
The couple thought that this undercover life would continue, but no one expected that a telegram they had written to Dai Li, revealing their identities.
Tang Shengming and Xu Lai were quickly escorted to the No. 76 Demon Cave, and the smell of blood went straight into her nose, making Xu Lai tremble uncontrollably, but her husband gently pinched herself, and she calmed down.
Looking at the telegram thrown in front of him, Tang Shengming said that he had not seen it, and Xu Lai also cooperated very well, and Li Shiqun, who interrogated them, had no choice but to escort them to Wang Jingwei.
However, what neither of them expected was that as soon as they got off the train, the two of them were invited by the Japanese. thought that they were going to die, but who expected that the peak would turn around, and the Japanese army wanted to cooperate with Lao Jiang through them.
It turned out that the Pacific War broke out at this time, and the Japanese army did not have enough troops, so they wanted to cooperate with Lao Chiang and withdraw some of their troops in China. So what will the Don couple do?
In the face of the Japan's request for peace talks, Tang Shengming did not give a specific answer, and directly said that he would help ask. The Japanese asked for help, and they didn't push them too hard, so they let them go, and even sent people to protect them.
Tang Shengming reported the situation and soon received Lao Jiang's answer of "delaying as much as possible". Xu Lai also saw it on the side, and quickly reacted: The veteran wants to betray the country, and co-authoring them is his chess piece?
If the Japanese win, they will negotiate peace, and if they lose, they will not negotiate peace, anyway, his old Jiang always has a way out, and he thinks so beautifully! But is such a person really worth following?
It is true that they gradually lost hope in Lao Chiang and the Kuomintang, but in the tiger's wolf's den, they still have to make compromises.
After refusing Japan's film invitation, Xu Lai keenly found that the Japanese were still respectful to them, and couldn't help but have a plan, "Wouldn't it be a pity that they have such an attitude and don't use them to get rid of traitors?" ”
When Tang Shengming heard this, he also nodded, and quickly took action. He took advantage of the contradiction between Japan military police captain Okamura Nakasa and Li Shiqun, constantly adding fuel and vinegar, and finally used the Japanese to get rid of Li Shiqun.
Tang Shengming and his wife still served as undercover agents, and it was not until the Japan surrendered unconditionally that they let go of the big stone in their hearts.
After that, they went through a lot of twists and turns to prove their undercover identity, but they were completely disappointed in the Kuomintang.
In 1948, Tang Shengming, with the support of Xu Lai, secretly contacted Chen Geng, joined the ranks of the Communist Party, and also carried out rebellion work in Shanghai with his eldest brother Tang Shengzhi.
In 1949, when the People's Republic of China was founded, Tang and his wife moved to Hong Kong, and they did not return to Beijing until 1954, when Tang Shengming was appointed counselor of the People's Republic of China.
epilogue
"Who said that women are inferior to men", Xu Lai interpreted this sentence well with his own experience.
She walks in the social arena, but she has never lost herself and has always maintained her original intention. She is Tang Shengming's virtuous helper, and she has also contributed to the cause of the mainland's anti-Japanese war, and she is a great woman!
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