Although Li Zhiqun is not a qualified politician, he is definitely an excellent agent with an extremely keen insight into intelligence work, and he just followed the disappearance of Zha Yutang and quickly deduced several possibilities.

The first is that Phillips himself found out that someone was following and watching, so he found a way to find the main messenger Zha Yutang, and finally got rid of Zha Yutang and his men.

Judging from the various signs narrated by Liu Jianzhi, this possibility is the greatest, otherwise the high-level officials of the concession would not have made it so obvious, and there was not even a trace of intention to cover it up, and anyone with a heart could see it.

However, there is one thing that makes him feel suspicious, with his understanding of these foreigners, although these people are greedy, but they are not so ruthless in their means, if it is really Phillips who is dealing with Zha Yutang, then his biggest possibility is to find an excuse to remove Zha Yutang from his post and investigate it, and arrest him and imprison him.

With Phillips's position in the public concession, it was not difficult to do this, and there was no need to kill people at all, and such a vigorous thunderbolt method seemed like the hard-line style of the Chongqing agents.

So Li Zhiqun just thought about it for a while, and thought of the second possibility, Phillips must have been involved, it is very likely that he first discovered the stalker, so as to find out that Zha Yutang's target was the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, so he contacted the Intelligence Bureau, and the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau took action to get rid of Zha Yutang, and then Phillips came forward to suppress the impact of this matter to a minimum.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, it was discovered that Zha Yutang was tracking and surveillance, and it was the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, so he informed Phillips, and the two sides cooperated to attack Zha Yutang.

Either way, the result is the same, that is, there is a high probability that the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau will be involved.

At the mention of the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, Li Zhiqun couldn't help but have a headache, this intelligence department has vast powers and is simply pervasive, and once they participate, then things will not be simple.

Li Zhiqun instinctively mentioned 120,000 points of vigilance, he felt that he should start from the source of the whole thing to find out the context, thoroughly figure out what went wrong, and eliminate all possibilities, the main thing is that he is also afraid, for fear that there will be a problem in his secret service headquarters again.

When Liu Jianzhi heard Li Zhiqun's inquiry, he quickly and resolutely denied it: "Director, during the time you left, Feng Sinian has been detained in solitary confinement in the backyard, and the people who take care of him are all personally designated by you, and they are also the people who arrested Feng Sinian in Nanjing at the beginning, and no outsiders have ever been used, and I can guarantee that no one can contact him." ”

Speaking of this, he thought for a while and said again: "I didn't find anyone who tried to approach that courtyard, by the way, only Chief Mi, no, the Zhongtong agent who was captured by Director Mi, was also placed on the opposite side of that courtyard later, but the detention time was very short, and it didn't take long to be sent to Nanjing, but he didn't have any contact with Feng Sinian." ”

After listening to Liu Jianzhi's narration, Li Zhiqun pondered for a long time, if what Liu Jianzhi said was true, he could rest assured, what he was most afraid of was another ghost in the secret service headquarters.

There was a Hu Yunhe before, and as a result, several major operations were destroyed by his hands, and the personnel of the secret service headquarters suffered heavy losses.

Later, another Xu Yongchang appeared, and he directly assassinated Wang Hanmin and Fu Shengyuan, and the plan that could have swept away the Northland Military Command Station in one fell swoop fell through, and it is difficult to estimate how big the loss is.

Now Li Zhiqun's biggest scruple is the "inner ghost", so when Zha Yutang has an accident, the first thing he thinks of is to self-examine and correct himself first, and find problems from the inside.

Li Zhiqun instructed again: "We can't take it lightly, you send someone around to investigate, Feng Sinian has been living in Shanghai before, he is a broker who lives in the black market, you go to his original residence, and the black market to investigate, is there anyone inquiring and asking about Feng Sinian's situation recently, if so, it means that the problem is Feng Sinian, that is, it is within us, I must ensure that there is no problem in our team." ”

"Yes, I'll do it right away!" Liu Jianzhi nodded and retreated.

Li Zhiqun watched him leave, then he sighed lightly, stabilized his mind for a while, and thought carefully in his mind, Zha Yutang's sudden disappearance caught him a little off guard, and his original plan to return to Shanghai and continue to track down the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau was frustrated.

However, Li Zhiqun knew that Zha Yutang's investigation for so long would not be without clues, and the only thing he could do now was to find these clues, and maybe there was a glimmer of hope to continue the investigation.

Thinking of this, he picked up the phone and dialed out.

"Xingchao, you come to me now!"

Soon, Luo Xingchao knocked on the door and said respectfully: "Director, you are looking for me!" ”

"Hmmm! Have a seat! Li Zhiqun nodded, waved his hand to signal Luo Xingchao to sit down, and asked directly: "Xingchao, I heard that some time ago, Sheng Zhiyuan, chairman of the Huxi Chamber of Commerce, was assassinated by Chongqing agents on the street in the concession, and you handled this matter?" ”

Luo Xingchao nodded when he heard the words and said: "At the beginning, I took over, Sheng Zhiyuan was killed near the second road of the public concession, I received a notice from the patrol house of the public concession, went to claim the body, and investigated the scene, and preliminarily judged that it should be the agent of the military commander Shanghai Station, and then we handed over to the patrol room, and I brought Sheng Zhiyuan's body back, but as soon as I came back, Captain Wu asked to take over the case, and his attitude was still very tough, and I couldn't refuse, so I handed over the case to him to deal with!" ”

"Wu Shicai, this stupid! That's because he was cheated out of his net worth, and his eyes were red! Li Zhiqun obviously didn't want to mention it again, and the focus of his inquiry was not these.

He then asked, "Have you met with Inspector Zha Yutang?" ”

Luo Xingchao immediately nodded and said, "I've seen it!" It's the handover work between Cha Yutang and me! ”

Li Zhiqun hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Did Zha Yutang tell you anything?" ”

Luo Xingchao was a little surprised, he looked at Li Zhiqun, as if he wanted to confirm the meaning of his words.

Seeing this, Li Zhiqun couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it seemed that Zha Yutang did not mention to Luo Xingchao about the clues of the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, so he simply asked directly: "Did he ask about my situation, or about the concession, about the Chongqing agents, especially the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau?" ”

Luo Xingchao immediately shook his head and said: "No, he just briefly introduced some information about Sheng Zhiyuan, for example, Sheng Zhiyuan entered the public concession because of stock speculation, basically some official business, and finally said, this case is nine times out of ten Chongqing agents, I also agree with his point of view, but I don't think it is the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau, because the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau's actions are very purposeful, and they never choose targets for assassination at will, so I judge that this case should be committed by the Shanghai Station of the Military Command." ”

Of course, Luo Xingchao can't say to Li Zhiqun that Zha Yutang asked him about Li Zhiqun's whereabouts, which is not normal in the first place, and he will definitely be alert, and when the time comes, Zha Yutang's disappearance may be connected with him, so he must deny it and stay out of the matter.

Speaking of this, Luo Xingchao's tone paused, and he asked with some uncertainty: "Before, I have never dealt with Zha Yutang, and I naturally can't speak deeply, he behaved relatively coldly, and we didn't talk about it after a few words, but I heard that this inspector had an accident a few days ago, and it seems that he has disappeared." ”

Li Zhiqun naturally absolutely believed in Luo Xingchao, and when he heard Luo Xingchao say this, he had to sigh and say, "You have also heard about it?" It's really a disaster, let me be honest with you, Cha Yutang is actually our person. ”

"What? Cha Yutang is our people? Luo Xingchao's face was surprised, and then he gave a high-five, "The position of Inspector Zonghua is very important, if Zha Yutang throws himself at us, then our activities in the concession will be much more convenient, alas! What a shame! ”

Li Zhiqun also shook his head in frustration, how could he not be sad about this, in order to persuade Zha Yutang, how much work he had done, he finally won it over, but before he could play any role, this important chess piece was scrapped.

"Judging from various indications, Zha Yutang's death should be related to Phillips, the military attache of the US Consulate, which also involves the Shanghai Intelligence Department of the Military Command..."

Li Zhiqun introduced the specific situation of this matter to Luo Xingchao one by one, anyway, now that Zha Yutang is dead, many things don't need to be kept secret, and finally said: "Zha Yutang has been tracking and monitoring Phillips for a long time before, I judge that he must have important clues in his hands, I want to retrieve these clues, and this matter will be handed over to you, what do you think?" ”

When Luo Xingchao heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, Li Zhiqun is really shrewd, in such a short period of time, he can accurately judge the truth of the matter, if he really pursues it like this, the final development of the matter cannot be predicted, fortunately, this work is handed over to himself.

However, he still looked embarrassed and explained in a low voice: "Director, the strength of our secret service headquarters in the concession is insufficient, and this matter is more difficult, please give me more time." ”

"Of course!"

Seeing Luo Xingchao take over the task, Li Zhiqun immediately nodded in agreement, he trusted Luo Xingchao's ability very much, and said that Luo Xingchao's first place was responsible for dealing with the military commander, and it was most suitable for Luo Xingchao to hand over this matter.

Luo Xingchao was happy in his heart, but he still said in his mouth: "Actually, this task, Captain Wu is more suitable, after all, he is more well-informed......

Before he finished speaking, Li Zhiqun waved his hand and said: "Don't mention this guy again, it's really useless, besides, he doesn't have time now, I have ordered him to raise money as soon as possible and fill the big hole he stabbed, otherwise what will I take back to Nanjing this time?" ”

Li Zhiqun was extremely disappointed in Wu Shicai, because of this guy's misdeeds, his deployment in Nanjing was completely disrupted.

Luo Xingchao hurriedly said: "It's all my negligence, I didn't take care of this family, and I disappointed you!" ”

"No, no, it's not your fault, you can't control him, I really didn't expect that he would dare to embezzle such a large sum of money, it's really charming money, I believed in him too much before!"

Li Zhiqun couldn't help but feel remorseful, he continued: "Xingchao, I am in a difficult situation in Nanjing, Mr. Wang does not do anything, Zhou Fushan and these old bureaucrats deliberately make things difficult for me, this time if I don't solve the problem of funds, even if I return to Nanjing, it will be difficult to do anything, it seems that I will stay in Shanghai for a while this time." ”