Chapter 229 Helping the Director
"You're absolutely right. As long as we find their weaknesses, these Japanese are actually very easy to deal with."
Shen Hanwen bit the sesame bun and nodded continuously.
In the evening, Zhu Qing came to Hangzhou in person with a team of his own.
He was ordered by Henian to come here specifically to protect Chu Lingyun. In fact, Zhu Qing didn't need to personally perform such a task. After all, he was the team leader and at the same level as Chu Lingyun.
When a team leader protects another team leader, it will make people feel that he is inferior.
According to Henian's intention, he wanted his deputy team leader or team leader to lead the team. Chu Lingyun only brought about ten people with him to Hangzhou this time, and the protective force was indeed not strong.
Knowing that the Japanese were going to attack him, he had to provide necessary protection.
Sending a small team is enough.
As a result, Zhu Qing volunteered to lead the team personally. Henian couldn't object and had to agree.
"Team Leader Zhu."
It was Zuo Xuan who picked him up at the station. At this time, Chu Lingyun didn't even know that Zhu Qing had arrived in Hangzhou.
"Instructor Zuo, thank you for your help."
Zhu Qing laughed and said that he knew Zuo Xuan and had dealt with him before. Zuo Xuan was an ordinary instructor in the school and he never dared to neglect these team leaders in the department.
"It's not a trouble, please go ahead." Zuo Xuan smiled and took Zhu Qing into the car.
Zuo Xuan didn't ask much in the car. He only received a notice that Zhu Qing was coming to Hangzhou, but he didn't know the purpose of his coming. Seeing that Zhu Qing brought so many people with him, he didn't dare to ask anything.
This time, Zhu Qing came to protect Chu Lingyun under the pretext of coming to Hangzhou to handle a case.
His first stop was the training school, which made Zuo Xuan a little worried. Could something have happened in their school and Zhu Qing came here specifically to investigate?
Zhu Qing personally coming to protect Chu Lingyun was indeed a bit of an overstepping of authority.
But Zhu Qing had his own little plan. He owed Chu Lingyun a lot of favors before. Coming here in person this time could not only repay some of the favors, but also make Chu Lingyun remember his kindness.
This way, if we have any future operations, we can at least take them with us, and the deal won't be a loss.
If he did this, people would think he was worse than Chu Lingyun, and he admitted that others did indeed do better than him.
As for face, how much is it worth? Is merit important?
Besides, with Chu Lingyun's ability, promotion is a matter of time. Maybe he will really become someone's subordinate in the future. It won't be wrong to build good relationships at this time.
Zhu Qing is open-minded, has good judgment, and knows his place very well.
Nothing happened that night. Zhu Qing came to the classroom early the next morning. Chu Lingyun was very surprised to see him.
"Team Leader Zhu, why are you here too?" Before the class started, Chu Lingyun hurriedly greeted him.
"The section chief is worried about your safety, so he asked me to protect you. I've brought a small team with me. From now on, until we return to headquarters, I'll be responsible for your safety."
Zhu Qing whispered that he was the only one who knew the specific mission of this trip to Hangzhou, and even his team members thought they were really coming to Hangzhou to handle a case.
"Thank you for your concern, Chief, but you're making a big deal out of nothing."
Chu Lingyun was stunned. He knew yesterday that the Japanese were going to attack him, but he didn't expect Zhu Qing to arrive so soon.
Such an action was definitely not decided by Zhu Qing himself, but must have been ordered by the section chief.
If He Nian had not gotten the Director's permission, he wouldn't have done it in such a high-profile manner. Chu Lingyun instantly understood that it was the Director who actually sent people to protect him.
"Safety is no small matter. Just do what you need to do and don't worry about me."
Zhu Qing grinned. He dispersed the team members to keep watch inside and outside the school, while he found a seat at the back of the classroom to listen to Chu Lingyun's lecture.
Chu Lingyun was still talking about real cases. Such cases were not boring at all. All the students listened with great interest. Even Zhu Qing, who had read the case files and knew the process of Chu Lingyun solving the case, listened very seriously.
Chu Lingyun stayed in school for three consecutive days, did not step out of the school gate, and did not receive any news from the outside world.
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In Nanjing, Xiao Su came to the police station with two gold bars.
If you want to do business well, you have to manage all the relationships well. Without them, you will not only be unable to move forward, but you may also go bankrupt.
The second shipload of cargo has been sold out, and the third shipload is about to leave. A new month has arrived, and we must not miss the gold bars that we must give to Wang Sheng, the new director of the Fifth Branch.
Without his signed note, their ship couldn't leave.
After a month, Wang Sheng's position as director was completely secure.
No one in the General Administration cares about him at all. As long as the Fifth Branch does not have any problems, it's fine. Last time, many people who were waiting to watch the fun of the Party Affairs Investigation Office were surprised in the end.
A captain of the Party Affairs Investigation Department was taken away by the Military Intelligence Department and disappeared without a trace.
Later, all the people from the Party Affairs Investigation Office at the dock were withdrawn, and all the checkpoints at the train station and the entrance to the city were also removed.
The Party Affairs Investigation Office had just gotten into such a big mess that they were in no mood to investigate. Moreover, after so many days of investigation, they hadn't seen any trace of the Red Party, but many ordinary people had been arrested.
They are not afraid of these people crying out for justice, but if they cry out too much it will have a bad impact.
Tu Fang had leaked the secret again, and since the police had been released, it was very likely that the operation had been leaked, and there would be little point in continuing the investigation.
The most important thing for the Party Affairs Investigation Office now is internal investigation.
Just one traitor has put them in such a passive position. If another one shows up, Old Ghost Xu will be in big trouble.
There was also Bao Shengqun, the deputy chief of the operations department. After being scolded that day, he immediately went to see his illegitimate son, but his feet were left cold.
His concubine and illegitimate son were taken away by his mother's family half a month ago.
He knew very well that these two people definitely did not go back to their parents' home. If they wanted to go back, they would not have been able to hide it from him. The most likely possibility was that they fell into the hands of the Japanese.
Calculating the time, his affair was leaked to the Japanese twenty days before Tu Fang. After receiving the news, the Japanese made arrangements and captured his mistress and son.
Before he could figure out a way to rescue his son, the grape trellis at home collapsed.
His wife was Xu Laogui's niece, so naturally he couldn't hide such a thing. When his wife found out, she was furious and had a big fight with him. She also wanted to find out the vixen and the bastard and beat them to death.
To make matters worse, his son was captured by the Japanese. This matter could not be concealed. When Xu Laogui found out, he immediately dismissed him from his post and put him in solitary confinement.
If the director hadn't remembered that he hadn't divorced and they were still a family, he would probably have ended up in a prison cell instead of solitary confinement.
Having lost his position and been imprisoned, he had no value to the Japanese. One can imagine the fate of his mistress and son.
He knew very well that the director did this on purpose, wanting to use the Japanese to get rid of his mistress and son.
Imprisoned, he was filled with endless grief and indignation, as well as hatred towards Tu Fang.
He was blind to accept an ungrateful person like Tu Fang. It was all thanks to his manipulation that Tu Fang became the captain, and he only asked for very little money. Yet, this was how Tu Fang repaid him, and he was very clear about selling him out.
In addition to his hatred for Tu Fang, the second person he hated was Xu Laogui.
Knowing that he had no son and finally having one, they wanted to kill them. This was to make the Bao family extinct. This feud was irreconcilable.
But he is too far away from Xu Laogui, so it is difficult for him to take revenge.
You can only keep this resentment in your heart for now, and find a way to protect yourself, so that you will have a chance for revenge in the future.
The Party Affairs Investigation Office is conducting a vigorous self-investigation, so they will naturally not take the initiative to leak the information about the traitor.
When the Military Intelligence Department catches a traitor, the secrets of the case will not be disclosed to the outside world. Only the top military officials know about the situation.
But they would not spread the word that there were so many traitors instigated by the Japanese, even among them were traitors in their military. It was not a glorious thing, so who would mention it?
No one in the police department, including their director, understood what was going on.
As a result, no one dared to offend Wang Sheng. The director of the General Administration bullied him and was immediately arrested. Now the people from the Party Affairs Investigation Department bullied him and were arrested by the people from the Military Intelligence Department.
The Military Intelligence Department protects him so much, who would dare to touch this tiger's beard?
"Director Wang."
When they arrived at Wang Sheng's office, Xiao Su immediately handed him an exquisite small box containing two large gold bars.
Wang Sheng knew exactly what was inside the box. He looked at Xiao Su and asked with a smile, "Boss Su, how's business lately?"
"Thanks to Director Wang, everything went smoothly."
Xiao Su hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed. Wang Sheng put the box away, gave him his signature, and let him take the approval slip and leave.
He had to collect this money. It seemed like a lot, but it was not his alone. Every time he received the money, he had to divide it into twenty gold bars and give them to Commander Chu.
He gave the money very willingly. Without Chief Chu, he was still a small patrolman. He couldn't even see the shadow of the gold bars and could only touch the iron bars.
After leaving the police station, Xiao Su spat again.
These scum who drink human blood, it’s a waste of so much money. It would be great if we could use it to buy more medicine for our hometown. Now it all goes to these corrupt officials.
Fortunately, Director Yang got the money from somewhere, otherwise they would not be able to pay the interest this month and their business would probably have to be temporarily suspended.
The head of the Military Intelligence Department is furious.
"What the hell is this bastard Cai Ruzheng doing? He's only reporting such an important matter now."
Cai Zheng was the stationmaster of Hangzhou Station and a close confidant of Chu Zuo. Hangzhou was an important city, with the same status as several major stations such as Tianjin, Beijing, and Wuhan, second only to the headquarters and Shanghai Station.
"Director, calm down. Stationmaster Cai probably wanted to wait until he had cleaned up his mess before reporting it. He didn't expect something to go wrong."
Secretary Qi said carefully. The director looked up at him and then scolded him, "You don't have to speak up for him. He's incompetent. I was really blind to let him be the stationmaster of Hangzhou Station."
Secretary Qi said no more. The director was angry and it would be useless to say more at this moment.
The deputy team leader of the Hangzhou Station intelligence group was secretly instigated by the Japanese, and Cai Zhengru was completely unaware of it. This deputy team leader leaked a large amount of confidential information, so that the recent operations of the Hangzhou Station have been frustrated.
After the headquarters discovered the traitor, they ordered each branch station to conduct self-inspections to ensure that there were no enemy spies within their ranks.
After several actions went wrong, Cai Zhengru became cautious and secretly conducted an investigation.
He selected several key suspects and then released different false information to them for identification, and finally found out the real traitor.
This result made Cai Zhengru very angry.
However, he did not arrest the traitor immediately. Instead, he wanted to use the traitor to provide false information to the Japanese. However, his cleverness backfired and he was discovered by the Japanese.
By the time he realized it, it was too late. His deputy intelligence team leader had already escaped and his whereabouts were unknown.
This was because his deputy leader of the intelligence team had betrayed his country and surrendered to the enemy. Cai Zhengru did not dare to continue concealing such a major event, so he had to bite the bullet and report it, which then aroused the director's wrath.
He had just used a traitor to retaliate against the Party Affairs Investigation Office, but problems arose on his own side. This was just giving Old Ghost Xu a chance to laugh at him.
At this moment, he even wanted to kill Cai Zhengru.
"Comrade, this incident happened in Hangzhou. There is still room for maneuver. The most urgent task is to eliminate the traitor as soon as possible."
Secretary Qi whispered that he knew what the director was worried about, and by saying this, he was actually helping Cai Zhengru.
There was no way around it, because he and Cai Zhengru were closer, not only were they from the same hometown, but they were also relatives.
"You're right. Send a telegram to Cai Ruzheng and tell him to capture the man within three days, regardless of life or death."
The director nodded slowly. This matter is currently under control. At least Old Ghost Xu doesn't know about it and can't sue him.
As long as this hidden danger is eliminated as soon as possible, he will be able to explain to the chairman and leave Xu Laogui helpless.
"Yes, I'll go right away."
Secretary Qi slowly left the office and quickly sent a telegram to the Hangzhou station. This time, the director gave a deadline. If Cai Zhengru couldn't do it within the deadline, he would probably be in even bigger trouble.
In Hangzhou, Cai Zhengru immediately felt a headache when he received the telegram.
He now regrets it immensely. After discovering the traitor, why didn't he arrest the person directly? Instead, he wanted to use the traitor, which put him in a difficult position now.
How is it possible to find the traitor and eliminate him in three days?
He doesn't know where the traitor has gone, and he doesn't even know if he is still in Hangzhou. The traitor can just find a random place to hide, and he may not be able to find him in thirty days, let alone three days.
"Ren Cheng, don't let me catch you. If I do, I will tear you into pieces."
Cai Ruo angrily tore up the telegram and roared loudly that Ren Cheng was his man and he was the one with the greatest responsibility this time.
The Virgo did not blame him directly, but gave him a chance, allowing him to eliminate the traitor personally, which was considered a mercy outside the law.
If he couldn't do it within three days, the angry director would probably take him back to headquarters.
He will not be dismissed, but will be arrested directly, and his fate will be even worse.
"Someone come."
Cai Zhengru shouted and called everyone from the intelligence team, the operations team, and even the general affairs team and the interrogation team. He wanted to mobilize all his forces to find this scum.
"I don't care what method you use, you must find Ren Cheng within three days. Whoever does, I will personally guarantee to the governor that he will be appointed deputy station chief."
There is no deputy station chief at Hangzhou Station yet. For such a task, ordinary monetary incentives are useless for these team leaders; only better official positions can be used.
The deputy webmaster is still selecting, hoping to make some money by taking advantage of the recommendation opportunity. Now there is no other way but to sell it first and wait until the current difficulties are overcome.
If he fails to pass this hurdle, he might even lose his position as stationmaster, so how can he care about being a deputy stationmaster?
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