Time passed little by little, Luo Xingchao finally waited for the news of Bi Wenxiang and Cui Yuanfeng, Bi Wenxiang began to report: "Section chief, my brothers have found nothing, but the leper of the interrogation section said that the interrogation room has been used by people last night, and the staff on duty stayed up until dawn, but the interrogators are all Li Zhiqun's people, and we can't inquire about the specific situation." ”

Cui Yuanfeng also said on the side: "Wu Shicai is not in his office at all, we can't find him, but in the residence of the senior cadres of the headquarters, we found his follower, I suspect that Wu Shicai is in that apartment, but we dare not approach." ”

Hearing their narration, Luo Xingchao couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, the matter was already obvious, Li Zhiqun and they caught an extremely important person, and interrogated him in the interrogation section all night, and finally took the prisoner to a high-level apartment dedicated to the high-level cadres of the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters, and even let Wu Shicai, the captain of the action brigade, personally guard it.

Why did they transfer the prisoner to a high-class apartment? The answer is simple, the prisoner has confessed! Otherwise, I'm afraid that I will still be in the prison of the Interrogation Department, how similar this situation is to the arrest of Sun Xiangde, a traitor to the Central Union!

And he must have told extremely important information, so Li Zhiqun went to the Shadow Zuo Agency to report the situation to Qingqing Zhengliang, yes, it must be so!

Putting all this happening into a line, the context gradually became clearer, Luo Xingchao's heart became more and more uneasy, he was eager to know the real situation, and the sooner the better.

What kind of important people did Li Zhiqun arrest? Military commanders? Middle? Or is it an underground party?

Luo Xingchao really can't be sure, but in view of the special agent battle between the No. 76 Secret Service Headquarters and the Shanghai Station of the Military Control Bureau during this period of time, Luo Xingchao is more inclined to be the personnel of the Shanghai Station, but it may also be the Shanghai Intelligence Department to which he belongs, no matter what the situation is, this is extremely bad news.

Thinking of this, Luo Xingchao became more and more anxious, he couldn't figure out the specific situation, he couldn't report to his superiors, even if he reported it, he would finally ask him to find out the reason, he asked Cui Yuanfeng: "Is the apartment well guarded?" ”

Cui Yuanfeng nodded and said: "There are ten bright whistles alone, and I don't know how many dark whistles there are, so we can't rely on them." ”

Luo Xingchao didn't ask any more questions, and directly ordered: "Let your subordinates inquire more, and report to me quickly if there is news!" ”

"Yes!" Cui Yuanfeng and Bi Wenxiang nodded and led away.

Luo Xingchao's heart was anxious, he felt very bad, but he couldn't find a good way for a while.

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

"Come in!"

But to Luo Xingchao's surprise, it was Li Zhiqun himself who pushed the door in.

"Director, why are you here, quick, please take a seat! I'll pour you a cup of tea! Luo Xingchao's face immediately became smiling, and he hurriedly took a few steps to greet him warmly.

Li Zhiqun waved his hand with a smile and said, "Xingchao, don't be busy, I'll leave after I say a few words, and I won't delay you from getting off work." ”

But Luo Xingchao still made a cup of tea with his hands and feet, handed it to Li Zhiqun, and the two sat opposite each other.

Luo Xingchao was the first to speak: "Director, you came to me, what are your orders?" ”

Li Zhiqun's eyes flowed, he coughed, pondered his sentences, and said in a kind tone: "Xingchao, in fact, during this time, I have always wanted to have a good talk with you, everyone is their own people, and they are all doing things for Qingqing Dazuo, which can be described as like-minded, so I only came to visit today, let's talk about it." ”

When Luo Xingchao heard this, Li Zhiqun put his posture very low, and he didn't put on the director's shelf at all, of course, Luo Xingchao also had his own confidence and was not afraid of him putting on a shelf, but since Li Zhiqun said so, it must have been Qingqing Zhengliang's side that beat him, forcing him to take the initiative to come over and make peace with him.

Thinking of this, Luo Xingchao also smiled slightly, and said: "The director is serious, it should be me who will visit you, report to you, and ask you to come to the door, I am really ashamed!" ”

Li Zhiqun really came today to make it clear to Luo Xingchao, he knew that Luo Xingchao, as the eyeliner of Qingqing Zhengliang, if it was really unfavorable to himself, he would make a small report to himself in private, but he was afraid that over time, sooner or later he would spoil his own affairs, and today's incident was a bad sign, he didn't want to offend Luo Xingchao, so he decided to take the initiative to come to the door.

I saw Li Zhiqun sigh lightly, and said in a sincere tone: "Xingchao, there is no need to be so polite between you and me, today Qingqing Dazuo also mentioned that you have spoken for me in front of him many times, thank you so much, you also know that now I am in a difficult situation, that is, you are willing to say a few words for me!" I understand in my heart, although you are a few years younger than me, but you are above me in terms of qualifications, and I will ask you to help me more in the future! ”

"You're so polite..."

"No, no, this is my heartfelt words!"

Li Zhiqun continued: "As you mentioned before, you want to transfer some defectors from the Military Command Bureau, in fact, I don't have a problem with what I mean, I just want to transfer it to you after this period of time, you also know that now we are fighting fiercely with the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, I want to borrow these people to find out the hidden agents of the Shanghai Station, and I will never support your work, but I didn't expect to misunderstand you!"

In this way, I will transfer all these personnel to you tomorrow, and not only that, but I can also promise that the captured agents of the Military Command Bureau can also be transferred to your department, after all, your first department is responsible for targeting the military command, what do you think? ”

The No. 76 Special Service Headquarters is now huge, with a total of six major departments and five operational brigades, each with a clear division of labor, the first of which is specifically responsible for targeting agents of the Military Command Bureau, and Luo Xingchao is the chief of the intelligence section of the first department.

Li Zhiqun's words suddenly made Luo Xingchao's eyes light up, in this way, in the future, all the personnel of the Military Control Bureau who defected to the enemy will be in their own hands, and with their own constraints, they can greatly reduce the harmfulness of these people, which is naturally the best.

He straightened up, and immediately said: "Director, this is great, I have too few people here, except for my people, the others are some inexperienced personnel, this work is really difficult, now with your words, then I am ashamed!" Ha ha! ”

"Why be polite between you and me, haha!"

The two of them talked happily for a while, Luo Xing rolled his eyes, and then said: "Director, now Ding Mo is jumping up and down, tossing so much, I sued him fiercely in front of Qingqing Dazuo today, Qingqing Dazuo was very dissatisfied with him, and he even wanted to transfer a group of personnel from the Ministry of Social Affairs into the secret service headquarters, his heart is unpredictable!" Director, you have to guard against it! ”

Li Zhiqun also said hatefully when he heard this: "I also know the news, but the secret service headquarters is still under my control, he is transferred in, and it is in vain if I don't give him a position!" ”

Li Zhiqun has always firmly grasped the real power of the No. 76 Agent Headquarters, six major departments, five action brigades, his people account for more than half, and they are all real power departments, Ding Mo's power in his hands is limited, so he is not worried.

Luo Xingchao shook his head, Li Zhiqun is a good hand at doing things, but after all, he has been at the grassroots level for too long before, and the means of these officialdoms are still poor.

"Director, you are a little careless, Ding Mo and Minister Zhou have a good relationship, Minister Zhou is a member of the Secret Service Committee, and he is our top boss, as long as he finds an excuse, saying that it is to strengthen the strength of the Secret Service Headquarters and increase the establishment and departments of the Secret Service Headquarters, can you still say no? When the time comes, six places will become eight places, or even ten places, and these people will not be settled? At that time, your life will be difficult, so you still have to plan ahead! ”

Luo Xingchao's words immediately shocked Li Zhiqun's heart, if he really operated like this, he really couldn't refuse, and he couldn't clearly refuse his superiors to increase his establishment, right? Besides, the director of the No. 76 Agent Headquarters, after all, is still Ding Mo, and it is difficult for him to stop him in this matter.

Moreover, the people in the social department are all old members of the Kuomintang, and their social status and officialdom qualifications are naturally much higher than those Qinggang disciples in his hands, but I am afraid that as soon as he enters the secret service headquarters, he will be overwhelmed, so that the real power in his hands will inevitably be divided, and the advantage is only gone!

Li Zhiqun secretly said that it was not good, he was still careless, and he was not vigilant enough about this matter, he looked at Luo Xingchao on the side, and couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "Xingchao, this is indeed my negligence, I don't know what you can do?" ”

Luo Xingchao smiled slightly and said, "Director, you and I are both people in the same boat, I naturally want to think about you, then I will speak up." ”

"Say it quickly!" Li Zhiqun urged.

"Now, it depends on whose hand is fast, the so-called first strike is the strongest, you can't wait for the other party to make a move, you have to do it now."

"Do it!" Li Zhiqun looked at Luo Xingchao in surprise and didn't understand what he meant.

Luo Xingchao continued: "It is to attack the people under Ding Mo, take advantage of the current advantage of our people, directly tear their faces, everyone will compete with knives and guns, completely cut off his wings, make things bigger, and let the people above know that those officialdom methods will not work for you."

Our advantage is that we have the support of Qingqing Dazuo, and the head of the Yingzuo Agency, and the big deal is to return to the Yingzuo Agency, but the new government is different, these people are all bureaucrats who sell their mouths, and they can play tricks and tricks, but if they come to the truth, they are far behind, they have no one in their hands, no one has no guns, without our protection, they don't even dare to go out of the door, so they must not really turn their faces with us, and in the end they must calm things down and appease us, and finally Qingqing Dazuo will come forward to speak for us, and you will ask again, Drive Ding Mo away, or just scatter them and see what they do? ”

Li Zhiqun was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Luo Xingchao's method to be so radical, this was to overturn the table and rearrange the plates, he really didn't think of doing this, he couldn't help but hesitate and said: "Do this? But there's really no room for it! ”

Luo Xingchao naturally has other plans in his heart, at present, Li Zhiqun's threat to the Military Unification Bureau is too great, if he adds a fire to his backyard and makes him turn his attention to internal friction, this can not only reduce the pressure of the Military Unification Bureau, but also lose some of the strength of No. 76, so aggravating the contradiction between Ding and Li is the best choice, and it can also go further for himself, grasp more power, and create favorable conditions!

"Leeway? Now that the other side has put the gun to our heads, where is the leeway? As long as we take a step back, the other party will go further, and when the time comes, boil the frog in warm water, and then want to fight back, I'm afraid that there is no power to fight back, and when they completely control the headquarters of Agent Seventy-Six, then what value do you have? Not even the hole cards for negotiation? Who will take you seriously? It's just that Qingqing Dazuo is afraid that he won't pay attention to a useless person, right? ”

Li Zhiqun immediately reacted, all his reliance is on the No. 76 agent headquarters, without this power in his hands, he is nothing in the eyes of the new government or the Japanese, so the other party is competing with himself for the real power of the agent headquarters, and he really can't retreat a step, if so, then do it earlier, and have a better chance of winning!

Li Zhiqun pondered for a long time and weighed it repeatedly, in fact, he was still willing to take refuge in the puppet government from the bottom of his heart, after all, the puppet government really sat in the world in the future, and he could be regarded as a positive result and became a founding member, but now since the high-level does not agree with him, he just wants to be a dog for others, but he is afraid that he will be kicked away, then he will not be able to commit it.

Thinking of this, he turned his heart sideways, turned his head to Luo Xingchao and said: "You can still see clearly in Xingchao, I am in the game, but I am suffering from gains and losses, do you have any good suggestions?" ”

Speaking of this, he hurriedly added: "If it happens, I will never be able to treat you badly!" ”

Luo Xingchao smiled, nodded and said: "The director is polite, then be simple, and directly eliminate Ding Mo's people, I think it will start with Zhang Mingshi!" ”

Zhang Mingshi is Luo Xingchao's leading boss and the director of the first department, this person was born in the Central Union, is the head of the secret service of the Central Unification Bureau, joined the No. 76 agent headquarters after defecting to the enemy, and also hugged Ding Mo's thigh, is Ding Mo's cronies, Li Zhiqun has always been dissatisfied with him, and now when Luo Xingchao proposed to move Zhang Ming, Li Zhiqun was naturally willing.

Suddenly, his heart moved, and he quickly guessed Luo Xingchao's intentions, it turned out that Luo Xingchao also wanted to take the position, and he fell in love with the position of the director, and now he wanted to borrow his own hand to get rid of Zhang Mingshi and clear the way for him.

Damn, there is no fuel-efficient lamp! Li Zhiqun scolded secretly, but at this stage, his interests are also the same, he wants to eliminate dissidents, and Luo Xingchao wants to go further, so everyone has the basis and conditions for cooperation, which is a good thing!

Li Zhiqun no longer hesitated at this time, and then asked, "What can you do?" ”

Luo Xingchao couldn't help but laugh and said, "What else do you need?" We just said the flowers, Ding Mo didn't believe it, everyone knew it, just do it directly, the military command Shanghai station and we were fighting in the dark, isn't it normal to assassinate a director of No. 76? What do you say? ”

Li Zhiqun also felt that it made sense when he heard this, anyway, in the name of Shanghai Station, except for these guys who are in the way, it can also make sense, but it is just an excuse, as for whether others believe it or not, it doesn't matter!

Thinking of this, he said with a smile: "This is a good idea, just do it, I will arrange it immediately, Xingchao, the position of the director of this department in the future will be none other than you!" You can rest assured, I will fully support your work, and financial resources and manpower will be provided first. ”

When Luo Xingchao heard this, he also knew that his plan could not be concealed from Li Zhiqun, so he didn't bother to excuse himself, and said with a smile: "Then thank you for the director's promotion, but in terms of personnel, I still have to ask the director to take care of it, you also know that I am from a military command, and I don't look down on those market gangsters." ”

When Li Zhiqun heard this, he knew in his heart that Luo Xingchao was referring to the disciples of the Green Gang who had been placed under him before, he laughed, waved his hand, and said with a smile: "It's easy to say!" What I said before must count, and a large number of military commanders will soon be arrested, and when the time comes, all the personnel will be added to your first place and handed over to you for unified management, what do you think? ”

And sure enough, it was! Luo Xingchao's heart was shocked, there is nothing wrong, Li Zhiqun said so surely, there must be something wrong with the military command, is it Shanghai Station? Or the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau? The news must be spread out immediately, all personnel must be confirmed, and see who fell into Li Zhiqun's hands.

The two chatted for a while, Li Zhiqun got up and left, Luo Xingchao saw that it was late, and he couldn't sit still, he simply cleaned up and left the office quickly.

Three hours later, Yi Hua'an received the information transmitted by Luo Xingchao, and his heart was also nervous when he looked at this information, which was very similar to the situation that had determined Sun Xiangde before, and it turned out that in the end, Sun Xiangde betrayed all the power of Zhongtong in Shanghai to No. 76.

So who will be arrested this time? According to Mu Yu's judgment, it is very likely that it is someone from the Military Command Bureau, as for the Shanghai Station or the Intelligence Section, it is still uncertain, so they can only check their own personnel according to the way the previous director handled it, and see who lost contact?

Yi Hua'an was in charge of intelligence work in downtown Shanghai, and he had an intelligence team and members of the operation team led by Zuo Gang, and he immediately contacted him urgently and began to investigate one by one, and at the same time, two telegrams were quickly sent out, with the same content, one was sent to the Second Chongqing Operations Division, and the other was sent to the Tan Mansion of the Intelligence Bureau.

The radio wave transmission in the dark night quickly alarmed all sides, Huo Yueze received Zuo Rou's report, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly confirmed all the personnel in the concession.

The telegram sent to Chongqing was quickly handed over to Ning Zhiheng, seeing the situation in the telegram, Ning Zhiheng was shocked, he was more worried than Yi Dongan, that is, what should the arrested person do if he is not a member of the military command, but a member of the underground party?

It's a pity that he is now in Chongqing, he can't get in touch with the farmers, and he can't give a warning to the underground party like last time, so that they can check themselves, and now it seems that the situation in Shanghai is only afraid that there will be major changes, and he must rush back to Shanghai as soon as possible.

Next, he didn't dare to delay in the slightest, and even though it was late at night, he still drove directly to the residence of the bureau and urgently asked to see the bureau.

When the bureau heard that it was Ning Zhiheng who asked to see him, he was surprised, this was the first time that Ning Zhiheng came to the door late at night after returning to Chongqing, if he had been in the clean-up operation before, no matter what major things had happened, Ning Zhiheng had never been so nervous, it seemed that the situation must be serious.

Ning Zhiheng was introduced into the living room to wait for the bureau seat, and after a while, the bureau seat changed clothes and came out to meet each other, looked at Ning Zhiheng and asked in a deep voice: "Zhiheng, what happened?" ”

Ning Zhiheng hurriedly handed over the telegram to the bureau seat and said: "I think the urgent message from the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau is very important, so I had to come late at night and disturb your rest, please forgive me!" ”

The bureau seat was not polite, and directly waved his hand to show that it was okay, and then after reading the message, he also frowned, and asked out loud: "Is there no more definite news?" This is full of speculation, just because of this situation, you came to me late at night? ”

The most taboo in intelligence work is uncertainty, and if there is no conclusive information, it is indeed uncompliant, but Ning Zhiheng doesn't think so, he hurriedly explained: "Bureau, according to the analysis of intelligence, the people of No. 76 must have gained something, but my internal line is not capable of further confirmation, otherwise there is a danger of exposure, and this situation has happened once before, and finally it was proved that the person arrested was Sun Xiangde, an important cadre of the Jiangsu and Shanghai District of the Central Bureau of Statistics, and the result was that the Central Bureau of Statistics suffered heavy losses, Not only were all the intelligence forces in Shanghai destroyed, but even the organs hidden in Suzhou were seriously damaged, and the damage was very serious! Now my intelligence department has begun to conduct a self-examination, but the self-examination of the Shanghai station still needs you to order, the bureau, don't take it lightly! ”

As soon as the bureau heard Ning Zhiheng's words, he nodded slowly, he could see that Ning Zhiheng's internal line placed in the No. 76 agent headquarters was indeed doing his best, he nodded and said: "It's me who is too demanding, but I still want him to find out the situation as soon as possible, and I will immediately notify the Shanghai Station for self-inspection." ”

But after finishing speaking, he frowned, and then said: "But now that the time for contact has passed, if you want to notify Shanghai Station, you must wait until tomorrow." ”

The radio communication between the headquarters of the Military Command Bureau and the various substations must have a pre-set radio frequency band, otherwise the other side will not be able to choose so many radio frequency bands, and it will be impossible to talk about receiving radio wave signals.

In addition, it is impossible for the operator to stay at the radio station 24 hours a day all year round, and the large telecommunications station can still do it, but the intelligence stations lurking in the enemy-occupied areas of Japan cannot do so because of the restrictions of working conditions, so most of them set a time at night to make contact.

But now it's two o'clock in the morning, and the radio contact time between the headquarters and the Shanghai station has passed, and the headquarters can't contact the Shanghai station immediately.

Ning Zhiheng was anxious, and then asked, "Then when can I contact Shanghai Station at the earliest?" ”

"Tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, there is still a time for contact, which is usually only used in emergencies, and this is the fastest time."

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, although he was unwilling in his heart, he was really helpless, so he had to breathe a sigh of relief, nodded and said: "Then generate power at noon tomorrow, let them complete the self-inspection as soon as possible, I hope there will be no problems!" ”

The bureau seat was also driven by Ning Zhiheng's emotions, and looked at the clock hanging in the living room, and couldn't help but look worried.