Chapter Twenty-Three: Chatting with the Assassins
Tang Cheng's explanation is not detailed, but he has already pointed out the key points, Zhou Guangli is not a smart person, but he also knows the details and reasons why he was arrested from Tang Cheng's explanation. Seeing Zhou Guangli's sudden realization, Tang Chengqiang, who was secretly smiling in his heart, held back his smile and continued to say, "Do you know why I didn't send someone to torture you?" Tang Cheng's whole question made Zhou Guangli even more speechless, and said in his heart, what do you think, how will I know?
"The reason why I didn't send someone to torture you is not because you are a member of the Central Union, but because you are Chinese like me!" If you have investigated me, you should know that whether it is in Nanjing or Chongqing, I am dealing with Japanese and traitors. As long as you are Chinese, as long as you are not a traitor, even if you are the Central Commander to assassinate me, I will not do anything to you, because you are a Chinese! When Tang Cheng said this, Zhou Guangli obviously realized the true meaning contained in Tang Cheng's words.
"You don't have to tell me these big things, I won't tell you anything, so don't waste your time on me." Although he realized that Tang Cheng's words just now didn't seem like he was coaxing himself, Zhou Guangli didn't appreciate it, he just tried to turn his head away and not look at Tang Cheng, and there was obviously a sense of rejection in his words. Zhou Guangli's attitude, if it was faced by someone else, maybe he would have already exploded, but Tang Cheng couldn't see the slightest anger on his face.
"It doesn't matter, I didn't expect you to tell me anything!" Tang Cheng's face showed a smile, and Zhou Guangli looked at Tang Cheng suspiciously, he wanted to know if Tang Cheng was deliberately deceiving himself. It's a pity that Zhou Guangli didn't see anything suspicious from Tang Cheng's expression, could it be that what he said was true? Zhou Guangli became even more suspicious in his heart, but no matter how he stared at Tang Cheng, he didn't see any difference in Tang Cheng's expression.
"Since I knew that you were sent to Chongqing by the Central Union, I didn't plan to do anything to you, I invited you here, I just wanted to talk to you!" Tang Cheng took out a cigarette, took the initiative to hand a cigarette to Zhou Guangli, and helped Zhou Guangli light the cigarette. "I had some conflicts with you Zhongtong before, I estimate that the Zhongtong headquarters sent you to Chongqing to find trouble for me, and the people who planned this matter behind the scenes should be the people I offended at the beginning."
Zhou Guangli, who was smoking with his head down, choked on Tang Cheng's words, he didn't expect Tang Cheng's attitude towards Zhongtong to be so indifferent. "The upper echelons of the Central Committee sent you to Chongqing to deal with me, and they should have conducted some investigations on me, I don't know how many investigation results they told you, but I believe that what you see and what they tell you are not comprehensive." Tang Cheng also lit a cigarette for himself, which meant having a good chat with Zhou Guangli.
"My father was an old man in the intelligence department, and he was martyred in an operation to hunt down Japanese spies, and the national ** gave my family a medal, so I am a descendant of martyrs." Tang Cheng's voice sounded very gentle, but in Zhou Guangli's ears, it was not calm. "Later, in order to take care of my family, I dropped out of school to become a police officer, and by chance, I learned about my father's death from an uncle. Therefore, I hate the Japanese spies and all the Japanese who are doing evil in this land. ”
"The salary of the police is so small, and my family has a large population, if I don't want to make money in other ways, my family will have to pawn the family property to make a living. With the help of my father's uncles in the Intelligence Service, I made a deal with the Intelligence Service, whereby I would provide them with clues about the Japanese agents in the city in exchange for a variety of bonuses. "What Tang Cheng said at the moment, Zhou Guangli has read all of them in the investigation report, but he is not as careful as Tang Cheng said.
"Perhaps because of my father's training, my favorite thing to do is to find valuable information from clues and information that ordinary people think are inconspicuous. Besides, I still have the identity of a policeman, and there are some clues that need to be investigated, and the police are far more convenient than the operations of the intelligence department, so during my time at the Nanjing Police Station, I helped the intelligence department catch many Japanese spies lurking in the city of Nanjing. ”
"During that time, someone at the headquarters of the Intelligence Service wanted to recruit me to join them, but because of my mother's obstruction and the opposition of several uncles, I only maintained a cooperative relationship with the Intelligence Service, not to join them. It was during that time that I had my first confrontation with the Central Command, when a high-ranking member of the police department took a fancy to my mother and tried to use her power to threaten my family. Of course, this matter is not so easy to solve, and I can only ask my uncles who work in the intelligence department to help, and as a result, you Zhongtong will intervene. ”
Tang Cheng would say this, Zhou Guangli naturally didn't see it in that investigation report, but Zhou Guangli wouldn't easily believe Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng didn't care if Zhou Guangli reacted, he just continued to speak, and his tone was still steady. "I was very angry at the time, and I had a conflict with your Zhongtong, and I was helped by the uncles of the Intelligence Department to solve it afterwards. It was only afterwards that I learned that the people who dared to sympathize with you Central Commanders came forward, not for the deputy chief of police, but because of the grievances and disputes between the Central Commanders and the Military Commanders. ”
"My Tang family was just a small role, and I was just a small policeman to support my family, and I didn't want to participate in the grievance struggle between the Central Committee and the military commander. I thought at the time, now that the Intelligence Service had come forward, the matter would be over. As a result, I did not expect that you people in the Central Committee were still unwilling to let go, and then there was a conflict in Nanjing, and I heard that the conflict ended up with the chairman of the committee. ”
When he said this, Tang Cheng's face showed a look of helplessness, and he spread his hands at Zhou Guangli, full of grievances. "I'm just a small character, a small policeman who doesn't go into the stream, whether it's your Central Command or the intelligence department at that time, I can't afford to provoke it. So I had to leave Nanjing, and as a result, I followed an uncle who was transferred to Chongqing to Chongqing, but I didn't expect that I had already hidden in Chongqing, and you Zhongtong still refused to let go of my small role! ”
Tang Cheng said so much in one breath, telling Zhou Guangli that he naturally wanted to say it, and as for his two trips to Shanghai, Tang Cheng did not say it. Tang Cheng didn't know if Zhongtong knew if he had been to Shanghai twice, but even if Zhou Guangli asked him about Shanghai at this moment, Tang Cheng would not admit it. After all, it had already involved the secret mission of the military commander, and if Tang Cheng told Zhou Guangli, it would inevitably cause even more trouble.
The content of Tang Cheng's topic jumped directly from Nanjing to Chongqing, and Zhou Guangli, who had not spoken, finally reacted, although Zhou Guangli controlled it very well, Tang Cheng still saw the difference from Zhou Guangli's coarse breathing. "You've told me so much, I only have one question now, what are you going to do with me?" Zhou Guangli, who had a calm face, finished the cigarette in his hand, extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and finally spoke.
The other party took the initiative to speak, which was a good sign, Tang Cheng then extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, and then answered Zhou Guangli's question. "I've told you before, I'm not going to do anything to you, I invite you here, I just want to talk to you." Tang Cheng spread his hands at Zhou Guangli again, and smiled sincerely. "You see, I didn't tie you with a rope, I didn't use handcuffs to cuff your hands and feet, you are completely a free person, this can already express my attitude!"
"And what do you want to talk to me about?" Zhou Guangli frowned when he heard this, "I'm just a small role in the Central Union, and I was sent to Chongqing because I offended people in the Central Union Headquarters." If you want to know about the affairs of the Central Union, I think I may not be able to help you, because I am in the headquarters of the Central Union, and I am just sitting on a cold bench and doing chores. This was the most talked by Zhou Guangli since he entered Tang Cheng's office, and Tang Cheng only shook his head again and again when he heard it.
"You're too cautious!" Tang Cheng shook his head and chuckled, "And I don't think you're a small character in the Zhongtong Headquarters!" I'm afraid you won't believe it yourself, so don't fool me! Zhou Guangli, who was sitting face-to-face with Tang Cheng, whether it was his composure before being arrested, or his bearing when he spoke at the moment, was definitely not something that an ordinary person had, not to mention that Tang Cheng had already used his system skills to learn that Zhou Guangli's assassination ability was very strong.
"I invite you here, on the one hand, it's just for small talk, and on the other hand, I want to entrust you to go back and tell those people at the Central Unified Headquarters. I, Tang Cheng, have no intention of being an enemy of your Central Union, so forget about it this time, but if you Central Commander still treats me as an enemy, then I have no choice but to give up my life to be an enemy of your Central Union. It's a big deal, I will join the military command against my mother's wishes, I think you Zhongtong will not dare to kill all the people in the military command, right? ”
Tang Cheng's last reliance was to join the military command, and once he entered the military command, it was really not good for the central command to continue to target Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng's idea of tearing his face and fighting to the end with Zhongtong was naturally nonsense, but Zhou Guangli didn't see through it. If Tang Cheng and Zhou Guangli swapped identities, and Zhou Guangli faced the persecution of Zhongtong, he felt that he would also have the same thoughts as Tang Cheng, and only by hugging the thighs of the military commander could he keep himself and his family.
It is always better to have someone to support you than to fight alone, not to mention that the thigh of the military commander is powerful when you look at it. Before leaving the headquarters of the Central Unification, Zhou Guangli heard that in the recent intelligence battle between the military command and the Central Unification, the military commander had steadily pressed the head of the Central Unification during this time. Seeing Zhou Guangli's expression loosen from the corner of his eye, Tang Cheng also secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, if he had a choice, he didn't want to have entanglement with Zhongtong's side.