It is easy to continue the investigation, but in fact it is very difficult, this is a top-secret investigation, for the sake of secrecy, Li Xiaoning can mobilize limited resources, and the remaining sixty-six people are still a large range for him. And he also felt the indifference expressed by Yanjing on this matter, which made him a little disheartened, but he still took the investigation very seriously.

The first step was to find out the connections between the 66 ministers, whether professional, personal or relative, and then group them together and analyze them one by one. Of course, Li Xiaoning alone could not carry out a lot of work, and he contacted Jackson again and asked him to collect reports on the surveillance and investigation of Chinese people in the United States by the FBI and CIA according to his own requirements.

Jackson is very cooperative, which sometimes makes Li Xiaoning have a suspicion of what this guy is for. In fact, Li Xiaoning did ask Jackson why he wanted to work for Huaxia, or what he needed Huaxia to do for him.

Jackson answered Li Xiaoning's question in his diary: "I think that the world of balance of power will be the world of stability." Regrettably, since the end of the Cold War until now, the balance has not returned. I love America, and I love the world. In the current world, only China and the United States can form a kind of balance of constraints. If China declines, or becomes America's little brother, then the world will not be able to establish a new balance. The reason why I help you is not because I like China, but because I don't want Americans to destroy their own world. ”

Although Li Xiaoning himself did not think about such a lofty question, at least Jackson's explanation was still somewhat convincing. More critically, Jackson's approach is even more convincing. As an assistant to the US National Security Assistant, he has a very high level of security, and he has extremely high access to the surveillance records of the FBI, CIA, AND NSA.

The intelligence departments of any country will conduct special surveillance on ministerial-level visitors from other countries, and this is especially true in a country with particularly developed intelligence, such as the United States. According to Jackson's authority, he should have easy access to all of the surveillance records of the two messengers when they came to the United States.

Of course, not every official on a foreign mission is on a spy mission, so the surveillance records of these people by the US intelligence agencies are actually the most basic things, and there is nothing too noteworthy.

But there is one detail that still caught the attention of Jackson and Li Xiaoning, that is, the FBI deleted the surveillance records of more than a dozen Chinese people during the two target time periods. It may be the result of an update of information, but it is more likely that there is an attempt to cover up, and both Li Xiaoning and Jackson believe that the two messengers are among the dozen or so people.

Two of these people are vice ministers of ministries and commissions of the State Council who have come to the United States on business, five are governors or vice governors of provincial-level localities, and the rest are senior managers and scientists of large state-owned enterprise groups who have come to the United States to discuss business and conduct inspections. In a certain way, these entrepreneurs are the most suspicious, because most of the officials who come to the United States bring a lot of subordinates or people from affiliated units, so it is very unlikely that they will sneak out and come into contact with the Americans. However, those entrepreneurs are not the same, they often only bring a few translators and secretaries, and they frequently travel between China and foreign countries, and it is very convenient to contact outsiders.

In the end, after careful exclusion, the two most suspicious executives of state-owned enterprises came into Li Xiaoning's sight, and they both had the following characteristics: they often traveled back and forth between China and the United States for business reasons, and they were simply obedient, with few people around them, and the American side was responsible for receiving them, and they were not monitored by domestic agents.

The name of one of these two people is still Li Xiaoning's old acquaintance -- Ye Zhiqiu, who is the chairman of the board of directors of Huaxia Investment Group.

Seeing this name, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but smile bitterly, this world is so small sometimes. Back then, because of the Korean Wave, he and Ye Zhiqiu had already fought once. gave him a certain understanding of Ye Zhiqiu's character. Ye Zhiqiu is the eldest and youngest of the Ye family, but he is the most beautiful and proud one, what world-famous entrepreneurs, the world's top 100 outstanding young people and other honors are countless, these honors make him even more proud.

Back then, in the matter of the Korean Wave, Ye Zhiqiu had a sulk in his chest, he was a master who couldn't stand being wronged, and he had to vent his anger. Therefore, Ye Zhiqiu directly communicated with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and wanted to get rid of Li Xiaoning, of course, this matter ended with Li Xiaoning's victory. I didn't expect to deal with this fourth son of the Ye family again now.

Thinking of this, Li Xiaoning couldn't help but think of the mysterious eldest son of the Ye family, Ye Ning, and the shadow order that Ye Ning gave him.

Taking out the black card from his wallet, Li Xiaoning rubbed it gently, I don't know why, he had a strong feeling in his heart - Ye Zhiqiu is the messenger, he must have something to do with the coup, last time he was chased and killed by a killer, and he must have a connection with this fourth son of the Ye family.

Of course, this is just Li Xiaoning's own imagination, and he has no evidence. Without evidence, it cannot be believed.

As for the other object of suspicion, Feng, the boss of a newly built super-large coal mine in North China, came to talk about the purchase of large excavator equipment.

After Li Xiaoning sorted out the conclusions of the investigation, he sent them back to China. As a result, the stone fell into the sea.

Time was spent little by little, Li Xiaoning inexplicably stayed in Washington with nothing to do, no new instructions, and no new news from Jackson's side. The excitement and nervousness at the beginning gradually dissipated while waiting.

It wasn't until more than a month later that a new instruction was issued from China -- "Ye Feng and Feng have been investigated, and Feng Ke has ruled out suspicion." Recently, Ye will go to the United States to continue the investigation. Attached leaves and entourage files. ”

Almost at the same time as receiving instructions from China, Li Xiaoning received a contact text message from Jackson, and from Jackson's new "diary", Li Xiaoning learned that "the messenger will go to the United States again." Obviously, it is almost certain that Ye Zhiqiu is the messenger.

The destination of Ye Zhiqiu's trip was New York, where Li Xiaoning had to find a way to appear for a reasonable reason. But after much thought, he gave up on finding a reason to fool the Yankees into believing that he was going to New York on business, and he decided to disappear from the sight of the Americans for a few days.

The weather in April was still very cold, Li Xiaoning first stayed in the office with the window wide open for one night, and when he woke up wearing only a single coat, he really began to have a runny nose and a low-grade fever, and after taking some medicine in the hospital run by the Americans, he asked the embassy for leave to rest in the apartment, and postponed all meetings with the US security services.

After a qiē was about to stop, one midnight, he drove to New York in a car rented under a fake identity after performing a simple disguise using the disguise technique he had learned from Sister Fei.

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