1929, January 9, Dingjiaqiao, Nanjing, the Central Party Department of the Kuomintang. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

The black Ford sedan hurriedly passed the two guards who stood up and saluted, bypassed the decaying flower beds in the courtyard, and drove straight to the front of the party office building and stopped.

Zheng Jiemin, the commander-in-chief attendant in a black three-piece suit, got out of the car seat, quickly climbed the wide stone steps, entered the hall on the first floor, and walked through the crowded hall without saying hello to the familiar officials who came to him, and climbed the stairs inside, and arrived at the office on the east side of the third floor in less than two minutes, nodded to the minister's secretary waiting outside the door, and walked into the wide office alone.

"Came pretty quickly, I thought you didn't get out of the dock, what to drink?" Chen Lifu, who was behind the desk, put away the pen and warmly greeted Zheng Jiemin, who came in a hurry.

Zheng Jiemin unceremoniously sat down on the soft chair in front of his desk, and took out a file marked with a red secret mark from his briefcase: "You don't need to drink anything, you can read this report first." ”

Chen Lifu took the secret report with a smile: "This is the news you just received when you went to Xiaguan Wharf?" ”

"That's right, the urgent information sent by Dai Chunfeng is estimated to be useful to the principal, I can't make up my mind for a while, I need to ask you to decide."

Zheng Jiemin put the briefcase aside, unbuttoned his suit and replied solemnly.

"Haven't you seen it yet?"

Chen Lifu opened the file and asked.

Zheng Jiemin sighed faintly: "It is precisely because I have read it that I can't make up my mind, if this information urgently sent by the Shanghai Strait Intelligence Station is true, the problem will be serious." ”

Chen Lifu didn't ask anymore, took out the four-page thick information and read it immediately, and read it twice in a row before slowly putting it down, and the expression on his face became extremely solemn:

"This Xu Maofu is not simple! A month ago, he had his shadow in the huge arms procurement case of the Gui family, and now he sold three ships of smuggled arms to the Cantonese army stationed in Guangzhou and Chaoshan, so bold and reckless, the forces behind him are probably not only Zheng Yi, right? ”

Zheng Jiemin shook his head again and again: "Not to mention who else is behind Xu Maofu, just Xu Maofu's old commander Zheng Yi gives us a headache......

"Four months ago, we learned from a lot of intelligence that Zheng Yi had left southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, but it wasn't until a few days ago that we learned that he had already left the communist army and went to Hong Kong at the end of August last year to take over the two major companies of the Zheng family.

"If Xu Maofu's arms case is related to Zheng Yi again, I don't know how to face the principal, alas!"

Chen Lifu pondered for a moment: "Tan Ligong, who was stationed in Hong Kong by the Investigation Bureau of the Party Department, was killed on the night of New Year's Day, and the British were annoyed by this, do you know about it?" ”

"I heard, what do you mean...... Something to do with Zheng Yi? Zheng Jiemin's face was cautious.

Chen Lifu shook his head: "No, I didn't say that, according to our multiple verifications, Zheng Yi has indeed broken away from the Communist Party, and he and Tan Ligong do not know each other, and there is no conflict of interests, so there is no motive to kill Tan Ligong at all." ”

"Prior to this, Zheng Yi had never been mentioned in the secret report sent back by Tan Ligong, so it can be seen that Zheng Yi had nothing to do with Tan Ligong's murder, but Tan Ligong mentioned Xu Maofu who was in the arms business in the secret report sent back at the end of last year, and asked me whether to investigate Xu Maofu, but before I could make a decision, the news of Tan Ligong's murder came."

Zheng Jiemin grew his mouth: "Do you suspect Xu Maofu? ”

Chen Lifu explained word by word: "That's right! This person not only sold a large number of arms to the Gui family, but now he has secretly transported three ships of arms to Guangzhou and Shantou in succession, which shows that the forces behind him are very huge, and it is impossible to involve the British and Germans, otherwise Xu Maofu's arms business would not have been so big and so unscrupulous! ”

"According to investigation, Xu Maofu joined Zheng Yi's Wuhan Military Station Garrison Division at the beginning of the year before last, and later entered the Wuhan Central Military and Political School for further study, and then followed Zheng Yi's rebellion.

"As for whether all this is related to Zheng Yi, it still needs to be verified in detail."

Zheng Jiemin pondered for a long time, and finally sighed: "No matter how you verify, you must first solve the secret report in front of you." ”

Chen Lifu nodded slightly: "You have scruples in your heart and don't dare to report to the principal?" ”

Zheng Jiemin felt helpless: "In order to recall Zheng Yi back to the army, the principal personally sent a letter to the Feng family in Huhai and Mr. Zheng Lanting in Hong Kong, and Minister Yu and General Zhou were also worried about this matter. ”

"Look at it like this, even if the arms case is related to Zheng Yi, the principal will not blame Zheng Yi for this, and he will scold me if he doesn't want to!"

Chen Lifu understood Zheng Jiemin's difficulties very well, thought about it, picked up the phone and dialed the attendant's room, then stood up and put away the secret report on the table:

"The redeployment meeting has just ended, and the principal is about to return to Sanyuan Lane in the south of the city, let me accompany you on a trip, I also have a lot of things to ask."

Zheng Jiemin smiled, immediately thanked Chen Lifu politely, lifted the briefcase at his feet, and followed Chen Lifu out of the office.

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In less than half an hour, Zheng Jiemin and Chen Lifu arrived at the heavily guarded Sanyuan Lane by car, talked a few words with the attendant officer on duty at the door, and immediately entered the compound with rockery and lush flowers and trees, and soon passed through the antique living room, came to the door of the study in the East Garden, handed over the secret report to Qian Dajun, the director of the attendant room, and then waited patiently for the audience.

A few minutes later, Song Meiling, who was dressed in a brocade robe, walked out of the study, saw Chen Lifu and Zheng Jiemin, who were greeting each other in a proper manner, smiled and told the two to hurry up and go in, and the principal would attend a diplomatic banquet in half an hour.

Chen Lifu and Zheng Jiemin hurriedly thanked him, entered the study side by side, and came to stand three meters in front of Principal Jiang, and no one dared to open his mouth to disturb Principal Jiang, who was reading the secret report.

"Zu Yan, has the cause of Tan Ligong's death been clarified?"

Principal Jiang put down the secret report and turned sideways to look at Chen Lifu.

Chen Lifu took a step forward: "The preliminary reason given by the British was that they were killed for money, without any political reasons, but there was no news of the murderer, and the three-person team we urgently sent to Hong Kong to investigate came to the conclusion that it was a malicious murder." ”

"The preliminary judgment is that the murderer is likely to be a Communist spy hiding in Hong Kong, because in late December last year, Tan Ligong accidentally discovered that the Communist Party had a liaison station in Hong Kong, and in a secret report routinely sent back, he proposed that he needed to continue the investigation, but he did not expect that he was killed before the investigation was conclusive."

Principal Jiang frowned, pondered for a long time before knocking on the secret report on the table: "In addition to learning that Xu Maofu is related to the arms smuggling case, what other news is there?" Has conclusive evidence been obtained? ”

Chen Lifu could only look at Zheng Jiemin, who immediately stepped forward and reported with apprehension: "The student has ordered the Huhai Intelligence Station to conduct an in-depth investigation, and conclusive evidence will be obtained within half a month at the latest." ”

Principal Jiang pointed to the door: "Go out, wait for you to get conclusive evidence and then come back to report, Zu Yan stays, I have something to ask you." ”

Zheng Jiemin hurriedly said goodbye and left, and walked out of the study for a while before he found that there was a cold sweat behind his back.