On the eve of the Chongqing negotiations, a female servant whose identity was a mystery "Sister-in-law Wu" assumed the pseudonym Zheng Qun and became a core member of the Chongqing underground party under the code name of "Seventh Uncle". However, the background surrounding her life seems to be full of doubts and mysteries. Where exactly did she come from? Why does no one in the Gao family and Zhao Yunfei know her true face? As a married woman, why don't you even know your daughter? What's even more puzzling is how she was in Chongqing and sometimes stationed in Yan'an?
1. The first glimpse of the mystery of Uncle Seven's life
As everyone knows, before the Chongqing talks, the underground party organization sent an agent codenamed "Uncle Seven" to lurk in the top echelons of the Kuomintang and operate secretly to ensure the smooth operation of the negotiations. After decades, the true identity of this mysterious "Seventh Uncle" has finally been revealed to the world, she is actually an ordinary maid named Zheng Qun!
Speaking of the name Zheng Qun, I believe most people must feel unfamiliar. However, if her background is mentioned, those old-timers who are familiar with the history of the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party will inevitably sigh at the family background of this "seventh uncle". According to investigation, Zheng Qun's father Zheng Wanan was a lieutenant general under Bai Chongxi, and his brother Zheng Bin was a senior staff officer of the General Staff Office. It can be said that the ancestral accumulation is enough, and it has intersected with famous families such as the Zhao family and the Gao family for generations.
It's just that Zheng Qun doesn't seem to have too deep a relationship with these prominent relatives. According to historical records, she went to France to study at the age of 17, and has not been heard from for several years. By 1943, she was almost 30 years old, but she was suddenly bought by an old lady of the Gao family from a rural trafficker as a maid named "Sister-in-law Wu". In this way, Zheng Qun quietly entered Gao Dafu's house and started her mysterious and contradictory career as the "Seventh Uncle".
It stands to reason that Zheng Qun, who was born in a famous family and was in the prime of life, how could he be willing to become a servant? Besides, Gao Dafu and the Zhao family are her old acquaintances, how can the change of her identity be hidden from them? What's even more puzzling is why the organization requires her to disguise herself as a servant to enter the Gao family? This series of questions all makes people curious and suspicious about the life experience of this "seventh uncle".
2. The noble lady of the high house has no one to know her?
Since Zheng Qun entered the Gao Dafu Mansion as a servant as "Sister-in-law Wu", this may have been just a trivial matter at first. But gradually, some details cast doubt on her identity.
First of all, what makes people feel unbelievable is that no one from the Gao family and the Zhao family recognized Zheng Qun's true face. According to historical records, Zheng Qun has been friends with the Zhao family for generations since he was a child, and the two families can be said to be old acquaintances with good cups and bows. Not only that, even Lieutenant General Zheng Wanan and Gao Dafu are also comrades-in-arms, and the two have prominent positions and frequent contacts.
From this point of view, Zheng Qun, the Zhao family, and the Gao family are old acquaintances who talk about everything, and they should know each other's faces well. But in 1943, 26-year-old Zheng Qun suddenly dressed up as a country servant and quietly entered the Gao family as a servant. However, Gao Dafu, his family, and Zhao's family never recognized her true identity, and it was not until Zheng Qun's arrest that intelligence from Nanjing revealed her background.
It's really puzzling that the two families are so unfamiliar. Thinking about the two families who have been friends for generations, before Zheng Qun went to France to study, the two sides should be inseparable close friends. Even if they haven't seen each other for 12 years, they have all passed the age and stand, and their faces and appearances will not change much, how can the Zhao family and the masters and servants of the Gao family be so dazed and have no impression at all?
What's even more puzzling is that it is said that Zheng Qun had a close relationship with the Gao family back then. In addition to being good friends with Zheng Wanan, Zheng Qun also had a lot of contact with the Gao family on some occasions that year. In the environment at that time, it was natural for a woman to be so active outside, which was naturally impressive. But how can such an "old acquaintance" be like a blank sheet of paper for the Gao family, without any memory?
So in other words, since Zheng Qun has such a deep relationship with the Zhao family and the Gao family, how could the two sides turn such a blind eye to her face? This contrast in perception is really incredible. Regardless of whether the two families had a vague impression of Zheng Qun back then, Zheng Qun's haze and forgetfulness of the past alone is enough to make people question her identity.
3. The daughter who has been away from home for many years is a stranger
What makes people question Zheng Qun's identity as "Seventh Uncle" even more is the estranged relationship between her and her daughter Lingling. According to historical records, Zheng Qun is actually a married woman, and her husband Wang Zhenchuan is also a member of the underground party. In order to assist Zheng Qun in carrying out his mission at Gao's house, Wang Zhenchuan opened a grocery store near Gao's house as a cover.
It stands to reason that as the head of the family, Wang Zhenchuan should take their beloved daughter Lingling to live in the grocery store together. However, what is puzzling is that in the play, when Zheng Qun was brought into the house by Gao Dafu as "Sister-in-law Wu", Lingling knew her at all and regarded her as a stranger.
For a child who is only seven or eight years old, it is really unbelievable that he can't even recognize his mother. Even if the parents are separated at the age of three, when they reach the age of four or five, the child's impression of the mother should not be completely absent. Even though Wang Zhenchuan tactfully said that Lingling "has no mother since she was a child", as a natural mother and daughter, there is a natural sense and cognition between the two.
However, in the play, Lingling has no knowledge of Zheng Qun at all, and directly treats her as a complete stranger. Even when Zheng Qun was arrested and brutally tortured later, as a mother and daughter, they were indifferent and seemed to be more distant than passers-by. Isn't that enough to arouse our suspicions?
Moreover, according to historical records, before Zheng Qun entered the Gao family in 1943, she and Wang Zhenchuan were indeed a couple with a daughter Lingling. However, in the three years since he entered the Gao family, Zheng Qun, as the "seventh uncle" of the underground party, is obviously a close to everything, and it is impossible to have too much leisure time. But in just three years, she has become so estranged from her daughter Lingling?
Fourth, stop in Yan'an and be in Chongqing
In addition to the above doubts, what is even more puzzling is that Zheng Qun, the "seventh uncle", seems to be in two places at the same time during the mission. On the one hand, she entered Gao Dafu's house in Chongqing in 1943 as "Wu Sister-in-law"; On the other hand, according to historical records, on the eve of the Chongqing negotiations in 1945, the underground party organization sent Zheng Qun, who was in Yan'an at the time, back to Chongqing and got in touch with the Chongqing underground party.
Judging from the timeline, there was a gap of more than two years between Zheng Qun's entry into the Gao family in 1943 and the Chongqing negotiations in 1945. During this time, Zheng Qun, as a servant, should always serve by Mrs. Gao's side, where is there still a chance to go to Yan'an?
Shi Zai's old lady Gao was very fond of "Sister-in-law Wu", and the two were inseparable. Even when "Sister-in-law Wu" was arrested by the Secret Bureau, Mrs. Gao couldn't bear it and was so anxious that she cried. It can be seen that an insignificant subordinate even touched the heart of this noble lady. It is conceivable how important and special Sister-in-law Wu's status as a servant in the Gao family is.
How could such an important servant have enough time and opportunity to leave the Gao family and go to distant Yan'an? Even if it is only for a short time, I am afraid that it will cause the shock and attention of the Gao family. However, according to historical data, the Gao family did not know anything about the origin and whereabouts of "Sister-in-law Wu" until she fell into the hands of the Secret Bureau.
It can be seen from this that there is obviously a major doubt in history: how did Zheng Qun, as an underground party member with the identity of "Seventh Uncle", be in Gaojia and Yan'an in Chongqing at the same time during the period from 1943 to 1945? With the strength of a "Seventh Uncle" alone, it is really unreasonable to want to be separated.
Moreover, even if he is in Yan'an, why does an important underground party member pretend to be a servant of the Gao family? It stands to reason that underground party informants should have arranged a more covert identity cover, rather than exposing themselves to such a dangerous situation. So from any point of view, Zheng Qun's identity as the "seventh uncle" is full of too many unreasonableness, which is really incomprehensible.
5. Identities are a mystery to be solved
Looking at the life experience of Zheng Qun, the "seventh uncle", it is really full of mysteries and doubts. From her relationship with the Zhao family's Gao family, to her estranged relationship with her daughter, to her strange whereabouts in Chongqing when she stopped in Yan'an, every detail is incredible.
The first is her relationship with the Zhao family. It stands to reason that the two families have long been friends with each other, and Zheng Qun's face should be well known to both parties. However, the fact is that when she incarnated as "Sister-in-law Wu" and entered the Gao family, no one could recognize her true face. Even the Zhao family failed to leave the slightest memory after dealing with her countless times.
The second is her estrangement from her daughter Lingling. It is incomprehensible that a mother can forget her own flesh and blood in such a way. What's more, just a few years ago, Zheng Qun and Wang Zhenchuan were still a family of three, happy and happy. How could Lingling at that time not have the slightest impression of her mother? Even for the sake of the task, as a mother of people, you should not give up your family affection to such a point.
Then there is her bizarre whereabouts in Yan'an and Chongqing. According to history, Zheng Qun had entered the Gao family as a servant in 1943, and on the eve of the Chongqing negotiations in 1945, she was sent back to Chongqing from Yan'an. So in the past two years, as an important servant of the Gao family, how did she get out of Yan'an? How did the Gao family turn a blind eye to her departure?
It can be said that from beginning to end, Zheng Qun's identity as the "seventh uncle" is full of too many mysteries and doubts. Even the people who experienced it personally back then didn't know anything about her identity. It was not until she fell into the hands of the Kuomintang Secret Bureau that the intelligence on Nanjing revealed her true colors.
But what exactly does this information reveal? How did Zheng Qun's life experience come to light? As a mysterious "Seventh Uncle", who is her true identity? The mystery of all this can only be solved by continuing to investigate.