Zhou Enlai was very anxious to learn about this matter, so he immediately asked Chen Geng to understand the relevant situation and formulated a plan to rescue Guan Xiang Ying as soon as possible. After some careful consideration, Chen Geng had a suitable candidate, the 24-year-old Mulan rescue minister Huang Mulan .
Huang Mulan Zhi rescues Guan Xiangying
Huang Mulan was born in a scholarly family in Hunan. Her father is one of the " Liuyang Three Heroes" who are as famous as Tan Sitong . Due to his open-minded thinking, Huang Mulan not only did not suffer from foot binding since childhood, but also became the first batch of graduates of the county girls' primary school.
The honorary principal of this primary school is Tan Sitong’s wife Li Run, and the teacher is a group of female "returnees" who have studied in Japan and have advanced ideas.
pic丨Huang Mulan when she was a student
Just as Huang Mulan was planning to continue to stay in school to participate in the patriotic movement during the summer vacation, she suddenly received a telegram from her father saying that her mother was sick, which made Huang Mulan return home quickly.
After Huang Mulan returned home, she found that her mother was safe and sound. It turned out that the conservative teaching director wrote letters to the homes of all the students who had stopped, asking parents to take the students home.
Just like that, Huang Mulan's study life hastily ended. On the eve of the Northern Expedition, Huang Mulan cut off her long hair and rushed to Hankou to participate in the women's movement led by Soong Ching Ling and He Xiangning, and was elected as the Minister of the Women's Department of Hankou. This 19-year-old leader of the women's sports was not only beautiful, but also cultured and capable of mobility. He was very famous in the Wuhan Sanzhen at that time.
It is precisely because of these identities and backgrounds that Huang Mulan was approved to become the Minister of the Rescue Department, and rescue Guan Xiang should be the first important task she accepted.
In order to allow Huang Mulan to establish a network of relationships as soon as possible, the organization specially looked for a young progressive lawyer, Chen Zhigao, and asked Huang Mulan to come forward to ask him to serve as Guan Xiangying's defense lawyer.
pic丨Chen Zhigao (third from the left in the back row) took a photo with members of the Lawyers Association
Chen Zhigao came from a famous family. His father Chen Qishou was once a second-rank official of in the Qing Dynasty and served as a judge for 18 years in French Concession . Because of the release of the Tongmenghui member who insisted on the democratic revolution, Chen Qishou had received a letter of thanks written by Sun Yat-sen; after Huang Jinrong was arrested, he was also exempted from the death penalty under the care of Chen Qishou.
Therefore, the Chen family is quite influential in Shanghai. Chen Zhigao went to the French Concession to handle the case. After Huang Jinrong saw it, he had to politely call him "Second Young Master".
Chen Zhigao began to come into contact with progressive ideas while studying and was a member of the progressive group "World and Chinese Society". After he was listed as a lawyer, he was brave enough to act as a voluntary defense lawyer for workers injured by the police and was given a silver shield of "Light of Justice" by the tram union.
It is precisely because of Chen Zhigao's background and ideological tendencies that he became the right candidate to rescue Guan Xiangying.
At that time, Huang Mulan dressed up as an upper-class woman to find Chen Zhigao. As soon as she met, she took the initiative to disclose her identity, saying that she was a person who had left the Communist Party organization, her husband was Wan Xiyan, a Communist who had already died, and her father was Huang Yingchu. What I want to rescue is my cousin who went to Shanghai to do a small business, and for some reason he was arrested as a Communist.
After listening to Huang Mulan's story, Chen Zhigao decided to accept the case and invited Huang Mulan to visit his father, striving to use his father's influence to quickly resolve the case.
pictures丨Huang Mulan's old photos
The first time I went to Chen Zhigao's house, Huang Mulan's gracefulness left a good first impression on Chen Qishou. Chen Qishou, who has a straightforward personality, asked the first sentence: "Why are you from Hunan, and your cousin is from the Guan area?"
It turned out that Guan Xiangying insisted that he was from the Guan area after he was arrested, and when Huang Mulan introduced himself to Chen Zhigao, he said that he was from Hunan.
The clever Huang Mulan was prepared for such a question and replied that his aunt married away from the outside of the pass and gave birth to a cousin outside the pass, so his cousin was a person outside the pass. This time I went to Shanghai to do business, and for some reason I was arrested as a "Communist suspect". It was really unfair.
The first time I met, Huang Mulan said goodbye after finishing the matter. After leaving, Chen Qishou told his wife, no wonder his son always mentioned Miss Huang. Miss Huang is very elegant in speaking and speaking, and has a strong scholarly spirit. She is indeed like a lady from a scholarly family.
The good impression Huang Mulan left on Chen Qishou indirectly created favorable conditions for Chen Zhigao to handle the case. After that, Chen Zhigao took advantage of his father's name and relationship to start working to clear the judge.
The judge surnamed Zhao, who was responsible for the trial of Guan Xiangying's case, was a family friend of Chen Qishou's family. In order to ensure that Guan Xiangying's affairs, Chen Qishou specially held a banquet to invite the judge and arranged for Chen Zhigao and Huang Mulan to accompany him.
Picture丨Chen Zhigao's old photos
During the meal, Chen Qishou introduced to Judge Zhao that Huang Mulan was his goddaughter, her father was Huang Yingchu, a friend of Tan Sitong, and her cousin went to Shanghai to do business. She was arrested for some reason:
"Maybe you caught the wrong person, right? Is there any evidence? How about confessions?"
"There is no evidence, he himself said he was a businessman." Judge Zhao answered truthfully.
Chen Qishou told Judge Zhao directly, why do you arrest people randomly without evidence? My son Zhigao took this case and let it go for his sake. When Judge Zhao heard that Old Master Chen had spoken, he hurriedly said:
"I'll go back and check the case file again. I will do my best to follow your instructions."
pic丨Chen Qishou's family photo
Not long after, the prison notified Chen Zhigao that Guan Xiangying could be released on bail. In order to firmly grasp Chen Qishou's relationship and facilitate his work, Huang Mulan took advantage of Chen Qishou's birthday to prepare enough gifts and officially recognize Chen Qishou as her godfather.
Unexpectedly rescued Zhou Enlai and the party organization
Just as the rescue of Guan Xiangying, Huang Mulan accidentally learned a piece of news that allowed the underground party in Shanghai to avoid a greater disaster.
At that time, Chen Zhigao asked Huang Mulan to go out for coffee and suggested going to the movie together after dinner. That day, the two were sitting in the cafe chatting, and happened to meet Chen Zhigao's friend Cao Bingsheng in the same dormitory. Cao Bingsheng has been studying law, and after graduation, he entered the police station in the French Concession and became an interpreter.
Old friends met very intimately, and after a wave of greetings, they started chatting from all over the world. Chen Zhigao casually asked Cao Bingsheng if there was any news in the police station recently? Cao Bingsheng said in a low voice that Nanjing had just caught a Communist leader recently. He was in his sixties and had gold teeth, only nine fingers. It is said that he had received a reward of 100,000 yuan.
pictures丨Huang Mulan's old photos
The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional. Cao Bingsheng's words immediately attracted Huang Mulan's attention, but she stirred the coffee without changing her face, pretending to be indifferent, and quietly listening to Cao Bingsheng's story.
Cao Bingsheng said that that guy was useless. He just sat on the electric chair and couldn't bear it, so he confessed immediately.Huang Mulan thought while listening, and according to Cao Bingsheng's description, he checked the characters he knew one by one, and finally targeted Xiang Zhongfa.
Considering some of Xiang Zhongfa’s past bad deeds, Huang Mulan can be sure that the rebellious Communist leader was Xiang Zhongfa.
Xiang Zhongfa’s rebellion is a big deal, and you have to find a way to report it to the organization as soon as possible. Although Huang Mulan was already anxious, she could not show her voice on her face and continued to pretend to be nothing but listen to the two of them chatting. After a while, Cao Bingsheng was anxious to leave, but Chen Zhigao could not help but let him leave.
Watching Cao Bingsheng leaving, Huang Mulan also took out the excuse she had prepared long ago, saying that she suddenly had a headache and could not eat and watch movies with him. After all, Chen Zhigao was a son of a noble family who treated others with courtesy. He sent Huang Mulan home in a car and bought some medicine thoughtfully on the way.
After returning home, Huang Mulan quickly called Pan Hannian to his house and repeated Cao Bingsheng's words. Pan Hannian also affirmed her inference and believed that it was very likely Xiang Zhongfa. Huang Mulan urged Pan Hannian to report to the organization as soon as possible, worried that something more serious would happen to the evening.
pic丨Xiang Zhongfa's old photo
Pan Hannian hurriedly left Huang Mulan, and quickly reported to Zhou Enlai. Zhou Enlai immediately asked Pan Hannian to notify comrades Li Fuchun, Cai Chang and other comrades, and immediately moved to the capital hotel for a temporary retreat. After burning out the important documents in their hands, these central leaders pretended to be big bosses and moved into the capital hotel in a swagger without any suspicion.
At that time, there was a kind of hawkers who carried the burden on business and were usually open all night. The organization sent two comrades to pretend to be hawkers and observe near Zhou Enlai and Li Fuchun's residence. Sure enough, in the early morning of that day, the people in the police station came with a man with shackles and opened the door of Zhou Enlai's home with the keys.
At that time, Zhou Enlai had only three keys in his home. Zhou Enlai and Deng Yingchao each had one, and the remaining one was given to Xiang Zhongfa, so that he could go in when there was no one at home.
It is obvious that the person escorted in the police station is Xiang Zhongfa. The people in the police station were vacant at Zhou Enlai's residence, guessing that other leaders might have been transferred, so they did not go to Li Fuchun's house to search for the arrest, but instead rushed directly to the party's underground printing factory.
At that time, due to the urgent situation, there was no time to notify the printing factory, and several comrades were unfortunately arrested. After the report of the comrade who pretended to be a hawker, the organization confirmed the fact that Xiang Zhongfa was betrayed.
The next day, Zhou Enlai personally found Huang Mulan. As soon as he met, he held her hand tightly and said, "Mulan, you are really good, listen to your report. " After understanding the story, Zhou Enlai asked if he could buy Xiang Zhongfa's confession through Chen Zhigao, so that the party organization could respond.
pic丨Zhou Enlai took a picture of
Huang Mulan believed that it was inappropriate to do this, and his identity was not convenient to understand Xiang Zhongfa's situation, and it was not conducive to the rescue of Guan Xiangying. After hearing this, Zhou Enlai nodded, feeling that he was not considering it either. Huang Mulan said that she could inquire about some information sent by Xiang Zhong out of curiosity. Zhou Enlai thought it was OK, but he must act cautiously and not expose himself.
Before leaving, Zhou Enlai praised Huang Mulan for his serious and responsible work and high vigilance. If he hadn't noticed Cao Bingsheng's conversation, the leaders of the central government would have been arrested and suffered:
"You and Pan Hannian cooperated with each other and acted well. As soon as they got on the horse, they made this great contribution to the party!"
Although Huang Mulan was calm on the surface, she was very happy in her heart.Xiang Zhongfa knew many important secrets within the party. Now the enemy has executed Xiang Zhongfa first in order to make meritorious service, which has blocked a big gap for our party.
The three revolutionary marriages will not end well
Although Huang Mulan's underground work was relatively smooth, until New China was founded , her identity was not exposed, but her love life was very bumpy.
Huang Mulan had no idea for a moment and didn't know how to reply, so she had to say that she would think carefully first.
pic丨Huang Mulan and Chen Zhigao
When Huang Mulan first met Chen Zhigao, she revealed that she had a marriage and that her husband had sacrificed. But what Chen Zhigao didn't know was that although Huang Mulan was not old, she had already experienced three marriages.
Huang Mulan's first marriage was mentioned earlier. After she was fired for participating in the patriotic movement. Although Huang Mulan's father was open-minded, he still arranged a marriage for his daughter according to the tradition of the old family.
At that time, Huang Mulan's husband smoked opium and beat people. Huang Mulan could no longer bear it and wrote a note to her father, asking her to go home on the grounds that her mother was seriously ill. Since then, she has never returned to her in-laws' house. Her parents also supported her decision and began to prepare for her to go to college.
Huang Mulan's second marriage was to marry Wan Xiyan, who Chen Zhigao knew. It was on Women's Day in 1927. With the help of Dong Biwu and Qu Qiubai, the two officially got together. On the day of the wedding, they did not hold any ceremony, so Dong Biwu made a public announcement at the meeting and then published a marriage notice in the newspaper.
Although the process is simple, for Huang Mulan, it was a public denial of her past arranged marriage.
With less than half a year of marriage, Huang Mulan and Wan Xiyan received instructions from the party organization to go to Jiangxi to work underground. It was also at that time that Huang Mulan began her "lurking" life.
pic丨Wan Xiyan portrait
The good news that you can reunite without waiting, Huang Mulan waited for the bad news of her husband's sacrifice.
Unfortunately, when Wan Xiyan led his troops to attack Wan'an County, he died heroically. After hearing this news, Huang Mulan was still in an underground working environment. She could not set up a spiritual seat to celebrate publicly, nor could shed tears, but could only cry alone in the middle of the night.
After Wan Xiyan's death, Huang Mulan insisted on working for more than half a year and was transferred to Shanghai by the organization to welcome the more difficult battle.
While working in Shanghai, Huang Mulan met with He Chang , whom he knew when he was in Wuhan. After He Chang learned about Wan Xiyan's death, he helped Huang Mulan get rid of his negative emotions. In this process, the relationship between the two became increasingly deepened.
Finally one day, He Chang proposed to Huang Mulan. With the approval of the organization, Huang Mulan began her third marriage. According to the organization's requirements, Huang Mulan concealed the fact that she married He Chang and still showed up publicly as Wan Xiyan's widow.
pictures丨He Chang's old photos
Just when Huang Mulan was actively rescuing Guan Xiangying, He Chang had secretly returned to visit her several times. When the two said goodbye for the last time, Huang Mulan never expected that it would be their last meeting.
At that time, Huang Mulan had no news about He Chang for a long time, and was still waiting for the central government to send someone to take her to the Soviet area to meet He Chang again. Chen Zhigao's sudden proposal made Huang Mulan at a loss and had to report the matter to the organization. For the sake of developing Chen Zhigao, the organization tried its best to promote the marriage between Huang Mulan and Chen Zhigao.
Huang Mulan decided to obey the organization's decision for work needs and became a husband and wife with Chen Zhigao.
At that time, Huang Mulan had already relied on Chen Zhigao's identity to enter the Shanghai financial industry, interacted with many top figures in Shanghai, and used various resources to help Shanghai's underground work. Although he had four children with Chen Zhigao, Huang Mulan could not reveal her identity as a Communist Party member, nor could she reveal her marriage to He Chang.
Picture丨Chen Zhigao and Huang Mulan got married and took a picture
Political work and emotional life are in the fierce inner conflict between Huang Mulan, which made Huang Mulan have the idea of divorce from Chen Zhigao.
"Communist members should have a strong mind. The romance of democratic people is mostly about playing tricks. We should not be demanding, but put the overall situation first."
Under Zhou Enlai's comfort, Huang Mulan continued to control the important base of the Central Relief Association with Chen Zhigao.
At that time, Huang Mulan naively thought that Chen Zhigao would come back in ten years, and Taiwan might have been liberated at that time. But Huang Mulan did not expect that the separation between her and Chen Zhigao would be a perfect match. Chen Zhigao worked as a lawyer in Taipei until he died of illness in 1988.
Picture丨Huang Mulan, Chen Zhigao and four children
"Are I a heroine? History will make a judgment."
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