Preamble:
In a meeting in the eighties of the twentieth century, the popular actress Liu Xiaoqing accidentally got acquainted with the former Kuomintang spy Shen Zui.
After the two met, Shen Zui said meaningfully: If I had started faster back then, there would be no you now.
So what is the meaning behind these words?
This has to start with Liu Xiaoqing's uncle Liu Yumin.
During the Liberation War, Liu Yumin, as the secretary of the county party committee of Jiangbei Central County, has been active in Chongqing.
As an underground party member, his importance to our party's work is self-evident.
Originally, Liu Yumin's work in Chongqing was progressing relatively smoothly, but on the eve of liberation, an accident happened.
As a result of the betrayal of traitors, many of our party's latent underground parties were discovered by the enemy.
And soon the enemy launched an arrest operation, and Liu Yumin also became one of the targets of capture.
Seeing that Sister Jiang and other members of our party were arrested, Liu Yumin knew that he was already in deep danger, so he was already ready to die heroically.
However, at this moment, Liu Xiaoqing's mother Liu Huihua appeared.
Although Liu Huihua was not a staff member of our party at that time, it was due to Liu Yumin's special status.
Therefore, Liu Huihua often provides corresponding help to our party members.
During that period, he also made many outstanding contributions to the underground work of our party.
And the reason why Liu Huihua can do this is mainly due to her special work position.
Liu Huihua was working as a clerk in the Highway Bureau at the time, and this position had a very valuable ability.
That is to be able to apply for a pass, during the strict investigation of the Kuomintang, with the pass issued by the Highway Bureau, you can smoothly evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang agents.
And when Liu Yumin was pursued by the Kuomintang, Liu Huihua also used this pass to save Liu Yumin's life.
After Liu Yumin found out that he had been betrayed by a traitor, he immediately prepared to flee, but unfortunately, the Kuomintang agents at this time had sealed the city and launched a city-wide search.
At the last moment, Liu Huihua found Liu Yumin and used his position to apply for a pass for Liu Yumin from the Highway Bureau.
and also prepared a costume and badge for Liu Yumin as an employee of the Highway Bureau.
In the end, Liu Yumin also escaped the Kuomintang by virtue of these successes.
However, although Liu Yumin successfully got out of danger, Liu Huihua brought trouble to himself.
It turned out that after the Kuomintang agents searched the whole city and did not find Liu Yumin, they also learned about the relationship between Liu Huihua and Liu Yumin.
In addition, the previous record of Liu Yumin disguised as an employee of the Highway Bureau and going out of the city was also in the hands of Kuomintang spies.
So they suspected that Liu Huihua secretly helped Liu Yumin escape.
So he wanted to arrest Liu Huihua.
Just when Liu Huihua was about to fall into a desperate situation, a person appeared.
This person was Xiong Zhefan, then director of the Highway Bureau.
When the spies came to the Highway Bureau to arrest Liu Huihua, Xiong Zhefan also learned the news as soon as possible.
On weekdays, Xiong Zhefan has always been unaccustomed to the insidious and cunning style of the Kuomintang spies, so he is quite dissatisfied with the spies' arrest of his employees.
So Xiong Zhefan came to the Kuomintang agents to negotiate.
What is surprising is that after seeing Xiong Zhefan, the Kuomintang spies actually changed their arrogant and arrogant attitude, but instead told him the reason for their love in a very respectful manner.
It turned out that this was mainly due to Xiong Zhefan's special identity.
Xiong Zhefan has an elder brother, the famous general Xiong Kewu on the mainland, who is a national hero who fired the first shot of the Xinhai Revolution.
So within the Kuomintang, Xiong Kewu has an extraordinary status.
And Xiong Zhefan, as Xiong Kewu's younger brother, the Kuomintang spies naturally did not dare to make a mistake in front of him.
After informing Xiong Zhefan of what happened, these spies originally thought that they could successfully arrest Liu Huihua, but the result caught them off guard.
After Xiong Zhefan learned that Liu Yumin's escape might be related to Liu Huihua, he did not rush to conclusions.
Instead, they strongly stated that the spies had no direct evidence that Liu Huihua was the Communist Party, so they rejected the spies' request to arrest him on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence.
was rejected, and because of Xiong Zhefan's special identity, the spies did not dare to act rashly, so they had to ask for advice.
Shen Zui was also in a dilemma after learning the ins and outs, but soon, he came up with a strategy to deal with it.
In Shen Zui's view, behind Liu Yumin's escape as an employee of the Highway Bureau, he must have received Liu Huihua's support.
It's just that now he doesn't have enough evidence in his hands, in order to avoid a head-on conflict with Xiong Zhefan.
Shen Zui said that Liu Huihua could not be arrested, but asked Liu Huihua to stay in the Highway Bureau and was not allowed to go out.
That is, Liu Huihua was put under house arrest, strictly guarded by spies, and Liu Huihua was arrested once evidence was found.
Seeing that Shen Zui made concessions, Xiong Zhefan had no choice but to agree.
In this way, although Liu Huihua is safe for the time being, there is still a serious threat, how will he deal with it?
Liu Huihua, who was under house arrest, knew that he was still in danger, so he had been trying to find a way to leave Chongqing.
Later, after a few days of thinking, he decided to disguise himself as an ordinary woman who didn't know anything.
He believes that in doing so, over time, the spies will become less suspicious of their identities and create opportunities for themselves to escape.
So Liu Huihua directed the fear in her heart and was active in the compound of the Highway Bureau every day.
It's not doing chores, or washing clothes and cooking, and from time to time my mother-in-law complains about something.
And her approach paid off shortly afterward.
After being placed under house arrest for a period of time, Shen Zui's spies have never found direct evidence that Liu Huihua was the one who helped Liu Yumin escape.
Coupled with Liu Huihua's performance in the compound of the Highway Bureau on weekdays, the spies who monitored him gradually relaxed their vigilance.
Later, Liu Huihua wanted to go out on the grounds that he needed manpower to buy vegetables, and the spy actually agreed for the first time.
In this way, Liu Huihua understood that her opportunity had come, but she did not act rashly.
Because after all, it was the first time she was allowed to go out, and she was worried that the spies did it on purpose, so after she finished buying vegetables, she returned to the highway bureau compound on time.
Seeing that Liu Huihua was so punctual, the spies were even more at ease with him, so whenever they needed to go out to buy groceries in the future, the spies would not stop Liu Huihua.
Until one day, Liu Huihua, who felt that the time was ripe, took advantage of an opportunity to go out to buy vegetables and never returned. Successfully escaped from Chongqing.
Afterwards, Shen Zui was furious about this, but there was no better way, so he had to put Liu Huihua's family on the assassination list.
And all this was unknown to Liu Xiaoqing, who was born later, until a meeting in the eighties, when Shen Zui met Liu Xiaoqing......
At that meeting, Liu Xiaoqing inadvertently met Liu Xiaoqing, and the two became friends with similar interests.
In the follow-up conversation, Liu Xiaoqing told his life experience, and after learning that Liu Xiaoqing's mother was Liu Huihua, Shen Zui also seemed very shocked.
So he asked Liu Xiaoqing if he knew Liu Yumin.
Liu Yumin, as Liu Xiaoqing's uncle, naturally knows him.
After learning this, Shen Zui said meaningfully: If I had started faster back then, there would have been no you.
Liu Xiaoqing was obviously a little surprised by Shen Drunk's remarks, because she didn't know about the past at all.
So why didn't Liu Huihua tell Liu Xiaoqing these stories?
After learning about his mother's past from Shen Zui's mouth, Liu Xiaoqing asked his mother for confirmation after returning home.
After Liu Huihua learned that her daughter met Shen Zui, she was also very emotional about what happened back then.
Because the notorious military commander spy was drunk, and now he has become a member of the construction of New China, she can't help but sigh that things are wrong.
Subsequently, he told Liu Xiaoqing about the past in detail.
After Liu Xiaoqing learned these stories, he immediately showed a look of blame.
Because Liu Xiaoqing complained about why her mother had such a wonderful experience, but she didn't choose to tell herself.
Seeing her daughter unhappy, Liu Huihua said earnestly, these are all things in the past, why do you want to say it.
In fact, for Liu Huihua, this is really not worth mentioning in the past, in his heart, he is just an inconspicuous one among countless revolutionary aspirants.
Later, Liu Huihua also advised Liu Xiaoqing many times not to spread her experience widely, and Liu Xiaoqing also knew her mother's intentions, so she never said these things in public.
Later, after Liu Xiaoqing saw Shen Zui again, he talked about this matter again.
That time, Liu Xiaoqing jokingly asked Shen Zui: Then how do you feel after seeing me now?
Shen Zui also fell into deep thought when he heard this, and then said with gloomy eyes: Each is his master.
The words were full of remorse and guilt, which also reflected Shen Zui's reflection on what he had done at that time.
Although Shen Zui was a notorious spy leader in that era, after being pardoned from Gongdelin, Shen Zui's actions are still worthy of praise.
He also made his own contribution to the construction of New China, and also refused the invitation of relatives and friends to go to Hong Kong many times.
Instead, they are honestly rooted in Beijing and silently contribute to society.
These actions also show that Shen Zui has realized the mistake at that time and has made up his mind to work hard to correct it.
Epilogue:
In fact, during the war years, there were countless people like Liu Huihua who secretly contributed to the revolution, and they all sacrificed many or even their own lives for the Chinese revolution.
The victory of the Chinese revolution is inseparable from the joint efforts of these people with lofty ideals, and they deserve to be remembered by us, and let us pay tribute to the thousands of people with lofty ideals who have helped our party.
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Liu Xiaoqing's illustrious background: stepfather and Sister Jiang's colleagues, the whole family was assassinated|Liu Xiaoqing|stepfather_Phoenix Entertainment
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