"No matter which flag is raised, he has to rely on this." Sitting in the office of the Shanghai Situation Investigation Office, Zhou Fohai pinched the purple clay pot in his hand and said with a smile at Mei Siping, who was not far away.

Mei Siping rubbed his hands, squeezed out a smile and stood up and said, "Minister Zhou, don't make fun of me." You are very far-sighted, if I had known that this is the situation today, I would not have ended up like this......"

"Didn't I tell you, every flag depends on this." Zhou Fohai stretched out his right hand and gently twisted his thumb and index finger.

"By the way, you can just call me by name in the future, and don't call those pseudo-government titles anymore." At the end, Zhou Fohai reminded him again.

Mei Siping wiped the sweat droplets on his head and said, "Zhou...... No, Brother Fohai, it's not that the brothers are reluctant to pay. It's just that now I can take out everything I can. The house has been seized, the money in the bank has been confiscated, and I don't have more than a few fiat coins on my body, so what can I bribe? ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fohai picked up the teacup and gently blew the tea foam on it, "In that case, I can't help it." ”

"Brother Fohai, think of a way for your brother, can you say a few kind words to Boss Dai. I am, I really can't help it......" Mei Siping stepped forward, snot and tears came down, and he almost knelt down for Zhou Fohai.

Zhou Fohai sighed, "If you and I have been working together for some years, there is naturally no need to say much about friendship." However, I am now a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and I can't protect myself! Did you bring anything with you today? You hand it in a moment, and I'll help you talk about it. ”

"I brought a check from Citibank with $50,000 in it." Mei Siping said.

Zhou Fohai shook his head, "This is too little, so that Director Zhou won't be able to get oil and water." Do you think there are any others? ”

At the end, he added: "Brother Siping, now it's life and death, our nickname is in the hands of others, and these things outside the body should be discarded." ”

Mei Siping nodded, in despair.

After a while, he thought for a moment and said, "I have another house on the Bund in someone else's name, which was originally a Frenchman. The location is excellent, and the antiques inside alone are incalculable. Originally, I thought about keeping this house, but now it seems that I have to hand it over. ”

"That's right." Zhou Fohai patted his hand and said.

The door creaked, and after a young officer pushed the door open, a young man wearing a navy blue lapel national uniform with neatly combed hair walked in.

Seeing this person come in, Zhou Fohai and Mei Siping, who were sitting inside, hurriedly stood up.

"Hello Director Zhou." Zhou Fohai bowed slightly and said hello.

Director Zhou stretched out his right hand and swung it down, "Sit down." ”

The two of them sat down slightly, and their buttocks finally touched a little of the chair.

Zhou Fohai looked at the guy in front of him who was more than 20 years younger than himself, no matter what qualifications or the world experience he had seen, the person in front of him could not be compared with him and Mei Siping.

Zhou Fohai was a veteran of the Red Party and the Kuomintang in his early years, and Huang Ke, Jiang Zhongzheng and others were all subordinate titles, and Yang Yibing was called a brother and brother, and Dai Li was a child in front of him, not to mention the Director Zhou under Dai Li?

Although Mei Siping was a young man in the May Fourth Movement, he later held an important position in the central government in Nanjing, and his qualifications were better than that of Director Zhou.

But once the power was in hand, they didn't dare to be disrespectful.

Director Zhou sat crookedly on the chair, leaned back, Erlang's legs were cocked, and he gently blew the tea foam on it with a cup of tea next to him.

"Your name is Mei Siping? Have you thought through your own problems? He asked slowly.

Mei Siping and Zhou Fohai glanced at each other, and then handed over a paper bag in their pockets. "I know that although I have defected to the enemy, it is not out of my own heart. During this period of time during Wang Pseudo, he still thought about the people in the end, and asked Director Zhou to be more considerate. ”

Zhou Fohai saw that Director Zhou on the other side did not move, so he stepped forward and whispered: "Siping is truly repentant. No, his old father in his hometown listened to it, and he was willing to donate his pension house in Shanghai to the country, which can be regarded as repentance for Siping. ”

As he spoke, Mei Siping gave an overview of his house, "My old father loved collecting all his life, and the house he bought to store these things, and now he is willing to donate it to the government." ”

This is quite obvious, Director Zhou's right hand is on the table next to him, and his index and middle fingers are constantly tapping on the table, making a crisp rhythmic sound.

"Okay. Boss Dai also said that Mr. Mei Siping has also made meritorious contributions to the country. During the May Fourth period, didn't you also take the lead in burning Cao's house! ”

This sentence is a bit like ridicule and abuse, because during the Anti-Japanese War, those who were scolded as "traitors" did not betray the country, but firmly supported the Anti-Japanese War, but Mei Siping, the young man who took the lead in burning Cao's house, became a proper traitor.

The world is unpredictable, and it can't help but make people sigh. Mei Siping naturally heard the taste of ridicule, but he had no choice but to nod yes to each other with Zhou Fohai.

Director Zhou saw that everything he wanted to squeeze was almost done, so he said casually: "The central government has instructions." In dealing with traitors, we must also uphold the spirit of the rule of law, and we must not engage in massacres or retaliation, but demonstrate the spirit of the rule of law. You can't kill by mistake, but you can't not kill without killing either. ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The two of them nodded again.

"In this case, Mr. Mei Siping's investigation has come to an end for the time being. You stay in Shanghai for the time being, report here once a day, and wait for us to investigate clearly, and then make a decision. After speaking, Director Zhou stood up, he copied it behind his back, and faced the two people who nodded to him: "Don't worry, you have to believe in the fairness and rigor of the rule of law." ”

With that, he turned to go out, and when he was about to reach the door, he turned his head again and said, "Oh yes, don't try to escape." Otherwise, they will be taken into custody immediately after being arrested, and if they cannot be stopped, the law enforcement officers can be killed on the spot. ”

This is undoubtedly a warning. Not only Mei Siping, but even Zhou Fohai felt a chill down his spine after hearing this.

The two glanced at each other, and there was a sense of mutual pity in their hearts.

"Let's go, it's okay." Zhou Fohai forced a smile and walked out with Mei Siping.

Outside the door of this interrogation room, the investigation team was busy. One by one, young people in blue lapel national uniforms tugged at various people back and forth.

The two of them didn't dare to block the way of others, and when they walked down, they kept leaning sideways to give way, so that they walked on the stairs of several floors for nearly ten minutes.

When we got down the stairs, a jeep drove by. The car door opened, and the soldiers and members of the investigation team dragged out two people with blue noses and swollen eyes, the two people were beaten in an inhuman shape, the corners of their mouths were full of blood, their clothes were also tattered, and they walked with a limp, and they were dragged by the soldiers next to them.

The two looked at Zhou Fohai directly, Zhou Fuhai stood still, but he knew these two people.

"Did Su Chengde and Ah Qiang just now?" After the person was dragged inside, Mei Siping ran over and asked in a panic.

Zhou Fohai was excited, and his hands began to tremble, "Yes, it's Su Chengde, the director of the police department, and Chen Zhiqiang from No. 76." ”

"......" The two got into the car and said no more. Seeing this scene at this time, I can't help but feel a little sad about the death of a rabbit and a fox.

In the office on the top floor of the investigation department, Director Zhou put the deed and check on Boss Dai's desk, and at this time, there were already several checks and deeds on the table that had not been sorted out.

"This is sent by that Mei Siping today, I will let him go back first." Director Zhou smiled flatteringly.

Boss Dai looked at the documents in his hand, and asked without raising his head, "Did you send someone to keep an eye on it?" ”

"Sent. I sent three groups of people to follow him every day, and there was a support team next to him, and if there was anything unusual, act immediately. Director Zhou patted his chest and said.

Boss Dai put down the documents in his hand, his face tense like a full bowstring.

"This matter can't be sloppy and careless, these people are all focused on, if one runs, we can't do this job." Boss Dai glanced at the check and the deed on the table, stood up and walked out with his hands behind his back.

"Bureau, why don't you arrest Zhou Fohai and Mei Siping?" Director Zhou asked with some puzzlement.

Boss Dai angrily reprimanded: "Stupid! Mei Siping's purpose is to squeeze it, that Zhou Fohai, and Nanjing has a little connection. At present, we do not know Nanjing's attitude, so it is better not to move for the time being. As soon as there is a rumor over there, we will immediately arrest and send them to the Nanjing Special Court, and the transfer of evidence will have nothing to do with us. ”

Director Zhou nodded, and took advantage of the situation to compliment a few more words.

Boss Dai was very useful, and Director Zhou quietly stepped forward and said, "Boss Chen in Hongkou said that he and his niece want to invite you to tea tonight, you see?" ”

"Boss Chen? Which Boss Chen? "Boss Dai can't remember clearly.

Director Zhou smiled, "It's the one you did at the Hongkou Tea Ceremony last time, his niece is just twenty this year, and you said she plays the piano well." ”

"Oh......" Boss Dai said, "I remember." By the way, has Boss Chen's case been clarified? Did he do anything with the Japanese? ”

Director Zhou was very eyelid, and when he heard this, he naturally understood, "The current investigation and handling situation, Boss Chen was still very law-abiding during the Anti-Japanese War. It's just that he was forced by the Japanese to take a false position in the Chamber of Commerce, and he has no real power, so naturally he hasn't done anything. ”

"Well, then close the case as soon as possible. By the way, where to go to the banquet in the evening, help me arrange the past. Boss Dai said seriously.

"Yes, I'll arrange it." Director Zhou laughed out.