One day shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, at a banquet held at the Beijing Hotel, Premier Zhou Enlai, while accompanying the distinguished guests, suddenly stood up and said to the foreign guests:
"Sorry, I need to leave." Having said that, he hurried around a few table seats and came to a lady.
"Comrade Huang Jie, do you remember the time when you sent intelligence in Shanghai?" For 20 years, I always feel that I am too wronged by you, and I am too sorry for you. ”
Huang Jie, who was sitting, was confused by Zhou Enlai's words, and she wanted to come and go, but she couldn't figure out which thing Zhou Enlai was talking about. She stood up, smiled and said to the Prime Minister, "Prime Minister, don't do this, I have completely forgotten what I said." ”
"No, Comrade Huang Jie, I must apologize to you." Premier Zhou shook her hand and said sincerely.
Huang Jie was the wife of Marshal Xu Qianqian, who was working in the Ministry of Textile Industry at the time. How could Premier Zhou suddenly apologize to Huang Jie?
This has to start from twenty years ago.
Huang Jie was born in 1909 in Xiangmendi, Jiangling County, Hubei Province, and at the age of 15, he was given a local prodigal son by his uncle Xu. She strongly opposed it, and got into trouble with her uncle for this reason, and eventually fled to Wuchang and joined the revolutionary movement.
At the end of 1926, Huang Jie was admitted to the Wuhan branch of the Whampoa Military Academy, and joined the Communist Party of China the following year, thus beginning a revolutionary career of more than half a century.
In 1928, Huang Jie was sent back to his hometown in Jiangling by the party organization to carry out underground work. After four or five years away from home, Huang Jie, who has returned, has completely changed his appearance. She has short hair and wears a new outfit, revealing a pair of heavenly feet.
Huang Jie's arrival made the father of her broken fiancé and her uncle hate her to the bone. In the name of Huang Jie's haircut, foot-laying, and marriage destruction, they hoped that the garrison would arrest Huang Jie. Then, Huang Jie's uncle wrote a letter to the commander of the garrison, requesting "to eliminate harm for the family and for the locality."
However, Huang Jie cleverly hid her true identity, so that even if the garrison arrested her, she could not be convicted. Coupled with the sympathy of dozens of local shops and the joint name of Huang Jie Guarantee, she turned the danger into a disaster and got rid of the tiger's mouth.
After that, Huang Jie moved to underground work. In 1929, Huang Jie was assigned to the leading organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, which was stationed in Shanghai at that time, and under the leadership of Zhou Enlai, served as Zhou Enlai's traffic officer, responsible for the traffic liaison work of the Central Military Commission.
Premier Zhou's apology to Huang Jie happened during this period.
One day, Zhou Enlai sent Huang Jie to send Liu Bocheng an important military intelligence and told her that he must personally hand it over to Liu Bocheng.
Liu Bocheng had just returned to China at this time, his pseudonym was "Lin Naomu", and his public identity was a university professor. He served as chief of staff of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China and assisted Zhou Enlai, secretary of the Central Military Commission, in handling the daily work of the Central Military Commission.
But under the white terror of the time, Zhou Enlai and Liu Bocheng were forced to work separately in case of an accident.
Huang Jie was very alert, and after getting the information, he first made a disguise. She found a tea bucket, buried the note with the information in the tea leaves, and then repackaged it, and the tea bucket seemed to be unopened.
Then, she dressed up, changed into a fashionable cheongsam, disguised herself as a rich lady, and left home carrying a tea tube like a relative visiting the door.
She was careful all the way through the Bund and Nanjing Road, and went straight to the French Concession where Liu Bocheng lived. In order to prevent someone from following behind him, Huang Jie did not stop near Liu Bocheng's residence, but walked directly through it without doing anything. She circled the area several times, and after making sure that it was safe, she walked to Liu Bocheng's residence.
Out of loyalty to revolutionary work and safety, Huang Jie and Liu Bocheng had an agreement before that they would tie a red-headed rope to his window, and if the red-headed rope was tied, it would mean that there was no danger, on the contrary, it would mean that it was no longer safe here.
When Huang Jie arrived at Liu Bocheng's residence, he looked up at his window at the first time, only to be shocked---- she did not find the red head rope that represented safety!
She tensed up, wondering if Liu Bocheng's identity had been exposed. Although she couldn't be sure, even if there was a one in ten thousand chance, she didn't dare to take this risk!
She knew in her heart what kind of consequences this information would bring to the revolution once it fell into the hands of the enemy.
But Huang Jie was silent on the surface, carrying the tea tube and quietly leaving, and when she passed the door of Liu Bocheng's house, she did not twist her head and walked straight past.
After leaving a certain distance, Huang Jie jogged all the way, and when she reached the residence, her clothes were soaked with sweat.
But she didn't have the trouble to change her clothes and hurried to report to Zhou Enlai. Before she entered Comrade Enlai's office, he was still talking to Liu Bocheng on the phone to inquire about documents.
Hearing Huang Jie's report, Zhou Enlai's face was very ugly, and he said to Huang Jie angrily: "Comrade Naoki has just come to the phone, he is very safe, how can there be an accident?" Isn't it time that you guys are playing greedily and making a mistake? ”
Frightened all the way, he came back and was criticized again, which made Huang Jie feel very wronged, so he hid in another room and quietly cried.
Soon after, Liu Bocheng came over. He saw Huang Jie crying and asked her, "What's going on, who has wronged our red agent?" ”
Huang Jie's eyes were swollen with tears, and he asked him, "What is the matter with the red head rope?" ”
"Oh, it's because of this." Liu Bocheng comforted Huang Jie: "Don't be sad, when I go back to clarify things, I will explain to Comrade Enlai." ”
Where is the red-headed rope that matters so much?
After Liu Bocheng returned to the residence, he immediately looked for this red head rope everywhere, and finally found it on the leg of an old hen.
Here's the thing: Mrs. Liu Bocheng had just come down from the countryside with two hens, and she was afraid that she would run around in the corridor, so she wanted to find a rope to tie it up. Looking around, Mrs. Liu took a red-headed rope tied to the window and used it.
Liu Bocheng was usually very busy and did not notice this detail, so when Huang Jie came, he did not find the red head rope. She thought that Liu Bocheng had an accident and hurried away, so that the work was not completed.
When Zhou Enlai talked to Liu Bocheng on the phone, neither of them paid attention to this detail, so Huang Jie was criticized by Comrade Enlai.
Huang Jiewan did not expect that such a small thing, after 20 years, Zhou Enlai, who was full of opportunities, could still put it in his heart and personally apologize to her, which made her both touched and admired!
