Chapter 66: A dilemma
Whether Yang Cheng admits it or not, Tang Cheng's idea of smuggling gold and jadeite into the interior was indeed a very lucrative idea. But this idea still only exists in Tang Cheng's mind, and it may take more time to realize it. In any case, this time they came to Jiangbei to search for this batch of smuggled arms, and whether it was the police department or the intelligence department, the investigation team had an explanation.
Tang Cheng, who was only bent on dealing with Japanese spies, didn't care much about this, but Zhao Dashan and they were all old guys, and they couldn't easily let go of such a great opportunity to get in front of their superiors. The arms confiscated by Tang Cheng were quickly sent to the city bureau, and the relevant arrested persons were also interrogated one by one, and the name of the investigation team quickly spread in the city bureau, and the robes in Chongqing also had a conversation after dinner.
Smuggling arms is as lucrative as selling tobacco and soil, and there are many people in Chongqing who are engaged in these two industries, and Hu Qingniu is one of them. Compared with the Sun brothers in Jiangbei, Hu Qingniu, who runs a restaurant in Chongqing on the surface, is much smarter. At least when the Sun brothers' reputation was outside and the garrison group was purging them, Hu Qingniu's arms smuggling business was in full swing, and most people only knew him as the owner of a restaurant.
The batch of arms confiscated by Tang Cheng and others in Jiangbei had nothing to do with Hu Qingniu, but Hu Qingniu, who had always had a chance of winning, saw an opportunity to dominate the underground arms market in Chongqing. Brother Pao's power is pervasive in Chongqing City, and if the Brother Pao organization, which is full of all kinds of people, wants to inquire about someone in Chongqing City, it will rarely miss a time. Hu Qingniu, who is also a member of Yizitou, did not spend much energy at all, and quickly figured out who was the real mastermind behind the Jiangbei arms smuggling case.
"Give this Captain Tang a post, and say that I will invite him to dinner." Hu Qingniu was surprised by Tang Cheng's youth, and on the other hand, according to the etiquette of the rivers and lakes, he first sent someone to send Tang Cheng a gift and an invitation. It's just that Hu Qingniu, who has always been smooth, only forgot that Tang Cheng was not a person in the rivers and lakes like him, so his usual way of dealing with people in the rivers and lakes may not be effective here in Tang City.
"Who is this Hu Qingniu?" Tang Cheng, who saw the invitation in the tea shop, was confused, he didn't seem to know anyone surnamed Hu, fortunately Lao Fu was in the tea shop, and Hu Qingniu's restaurant was in Lao Fu's original jurisdiction. "A restaurant owner!" Tang Cheng took the invitation and groaned slightly, if the other party was just a restaurant, how could he send the invitation to the tea shop so coincidentally? And how does this restaurant know that the tea shop is the place of the investigation team?
There is no good feast! This was Tang Cheng's first reaction, and Lao Fu also said just now that this Hu Qingniu should be the robe brother with the prefix of righteousness. Tang Cheng didn't want to have anything to do with Brother Pao at all, so the invitation sent by Hu Qingniu was sent by Tang Cheng and brought it back as it was. "Please tell you Boss Hu, if there is something, come here to talk to me face-to-face, just eat and drink, I don't drink a drop of alcohol."
Tang Cheng's answer sounded very blunt, and Hu Qingniu, who received the report from his subordinates, was even more angry, saying that he was also a robe brother with the word righteousness, so he lowered his status and invited you to eat as a hairy boy, but you are good, you actually play with me! Hu Qingniu, who was angry, was thinking about how to relieve his anger at the moment, and Tang Cheng, who refused the invitation in the tea shop, was not idle. "Lao Fu, since you know this Hu Qingniu, I will leave the investigation of this person to you."
After knowing that Hu Qingniu was the robe brother with the word righteousness, Tang Cheng didn't plan to relax his vigilance, this kind of gang is full of morality, but he has a bad stomach behind his back, Tang Cheng doesn't want to be set up by this kind of goods. Finding out the news is the old policeman's specialty, and after Lao Fu received Tang Cheng's order, he didn't waste much time, and immediately went to find an acquaintance in the original police station. An hour later, Tang Cheng had a piece of information about Hu Qingniu here, although the information was not comprehensive, but it was enough for Tang Cheng to know the details of this Hu Qingniu.
"No wonder this party rushed to deliver invitations, dare to be an arms dealer!" Although the information Lao Fu got back only suspected that Hu Qingniu was related to the underground arms business in Chongqing, in Tang Cheng's heart, the word doubt had been erased. Knowing the details of the other party, Tang Cheng immediately called Zhang Jianghe, who was happy in the office alone at the moment, was immersed in the longing of being about to take charge of Chongqing Station, and suddenly received a call from Tang Cheng, Zhang Jianghe was very surprised.
"I said you kid can't take a break first! You just went to Jiangbei to confiscate a batch of arms, and you want to arrest arms dealers in the city, this police station is not opened by my family, I guess Wang Bingzhang's head is going to blow up! "It's just a trouble to find an arms dealer, although Zhang Jianghe didn't make it clear that he supported Tang Cheng on the phone, but listening to his tone, Tang Cheng knew that Zhang Jianghe didn't take it seriously at all.
"Uncle, then I'll do it! The one upstairs, tell me about it, this guy who dumps arms is really annoying! Tang Cheng didn't wait for Zhang Jianghe to continue, so he hurriedly preemptively said, anyway, this is on the phone, and he is not afraid that Zhang Jianghe can reach out and hit himself. Anyway, in the past week or so, so many people have been arrested, and there is no shortage of such a one. ”
"Little Wu, can you do something that can be put on the table? These robe brothers are not easy to deal with! If you're really idle and have nothing to do, you might as well come to me to help record your confession, you haven't seen what I'm doing here. If you can't do it, you can go around, mobilize your guys, find me a few more Japanese spies, and add more sparkle to my face while the director is still here. Zhang Jianghe on the other end of the phone was obviously fooling Tang Cheng.
Tang Cheng, who had long been familiar with Zhang Jianghe's character, how could he be deceived so easily, holding the phone and laughing for a while, Tang Cheng rejected Zhang Jianghe's request. "Uncle Zhang, you should stop thinking about it! If you want me to do hard labor for you, that's no way! You don't have to take a good look, most of my people have already been borrowed by you. I have the manpower I have now, not to mention continuing to track down the Japanese spies in the city, and even some of the information that has been collected is not enough manpower to verify, so you can let me go first! ”
Tang Cheng was joking with Zhang Jianghe on the phone, but in fact, he had already understood what Zhang Jianghe wanted to express from what Zhang Jianghe had just said. Hanging up the phone, Tang Cheng's expression looked a little solemn, Zhao Dashan and the others didn't know what to do, they looked at each other for a while, and Zhao Dashan was pushed out by several other people. "Captain, does Stationmaster Zhang disagree with us cleaning up this Hu Qingniu?" Zhao Dashan and the others thought that Tang Cheng had been reprimanded by Zhang Jianghe on the phone, but they didn't know that Tang Cheng was secretly upset at the moment.
Although Zhang Jianghe didn't express it directly on the phone just now, Tang Cheng heard a hint of joy faintly revealed in Zhang Jianghe's voice, and then thinking back to what Zhang Jianghe said, Tang Cheng vaguely flashed a guess in his heart. From Zhang Jianghe's sudden move of his office from the barracks to Chongqing Station, to the transfer of Xu Zifeng, the former stationmaster of Chongqing Station, Tang Cheng, who has always been sensitive, faintly saw something, and Zhang Jianghe's slightly strange tone on the phone just now confirmed Tang Cheng's speculation.
But Zhang Jianghe has other identities! Could it be that he wants to sit in the position of the head of Chongqing Station, just to make it easier to contact and obtain confidential information in the future? Tang Cheng, whose right hand was unconsciously flicking the table, was in turmoil at the moment, the current intelligence department was nothing, once the war started, the intelligence department would be greatly expanded because of the need. Although the personnel of the expanded Military Command Bureau are mixed, the military command, whose power has been infinitely amplified, will become an opponent of the underground party.
On the one hand, Tang Cheng wanted to help Zhang Jianghe gain more power, but on the other hand, he was worried that Zhang Jianghe would encounter accidents, and this dilemma has always plagued Tang Cheng. "Don't speculate, it's a good thing." Tang Cheng glanced at Zhao Dashan and a few people, it was about Zhang Jianghe, Tang Cheng had to be careful. Because Tang Cheng's mood suddenly deteriorated, the matter of dealing with Hu Qingniu was temporarily shelved, and Zhao Dashan and others took over the shops in the city first, and Tang Cheng left the tea shop alone.
Tang Cheng, who left the tea shop, wanted to go to Zhang Jianghe to ask for clarification, but he was worried that he would meet the adult seat, so he wandered aimlessly on the street for a while, and Tang Cheng suddenly found out how he walked to the street where the Sanjiang Tea House was located. Tang Cheng and Zhou Changfa had a grudge because of this Sanjiang teahouse, although the shopkeeper Meng didn't say much that day, Tang Cheng knew that the shopkeeper Meng might have hated himself in his heart.
Seeing the signboard of the Sanjiang Teahouse, Tang Cheng suddenly remembered the secret passage that Sanben Xinyi had when he escaped from the Sanjiang Teahouse that day, Tang Cheng immediately moved in his heart, raised his legs and walked towards the Sanjiang Teahouse. The Sanjiang Tea House is still in the stage of being sealed, even if there are people behind the Sanjiang Tea House, they dare not rashly tear off the seal on the main entrance of the tea house. However, Tang Cheng walked all the way, but found that there were strong men outside the door of Sanjiang Teahouse, Tang Cheng secretly woke up in his heart, thinking that these short-shirted men are not related to Sanjiang Teahouse?
Tang Cheng wanted to find out, so he crossed the street and sat down at a shoeshine stall opposite the Sanjiang Teahouse, where he could clearly see the Sanjiang Teahouse across the street. Unlike other young shoe-shiners in Chongqing, the shoe-shine stall chosen by Tang Cheng belonged to a middle-aged man, and when he first sat down, Tang Cheng didn't feel anything wrong, but when the middle-aged shoe-shiner rubbed shoe polish on Tang Cheng's socks for the third time, Tang Cheng's brows furrowed slightly.