The next morning, Lu Ming and his party returned to Shanghai.
At noon, he received a call from the young marshal's adjutant, asking him to go to Zhang's mansion as soon as possible to discuss important matters.
Lu Ming knew that the young marshal was speeding up his actions and needed his cooperation, so he immediately drove over.
Today's Zhang Mansion is extremely quiet. Only the chirping of birds can be heard in the huge courtyard. This tranquility is mixed with a hint of uneasiness about the approaching storm.
The young marshal's adjutant led him through the hall and directly to the study room on the second floor. After Lu Ming entered, the adjutant withdrew.
This is the young marshal's rule for meeting important guests. No third person is allowed on the entire second floor.
"Brother, I heard about you. Do you need my help?" The young marshal saw him and came up to him and said.
"Brother, I'm struggling on my own. I don't need help from the army just yet." Lu Ming joked with a wry smile.
"Yes, I also know that I can't help. I believe you are capable of handling the matter, but I still have to ask you for a favor." The young commander changed the topic.
"Okay, brother, if you have anything to do, just ask me." Lu Ming said seriously.
"I also want to have further talks with Mr. Andre to implement some things. I need you to help me make an appointment with him again." The young marshal smiled.
"I see you had a great conversation last time. Didn't you leave your contact information after the conversation?" Lu Ming asked a little confused.
"He did leave a contact number, but I don't want to make this call. I would like you to contact him. This meeting will be held at a different location. I will wait for him in the conference room on the fourth floor of Jinjiang Hotel at 7 o'clock tonight." The young marshal revealed.
Said with an alert smile.
"Uh, okay." Lu Ming nodded.
It seems that the last meeting was just a warm-up, and this meeting at Jinjiang Hotel was like a formal meeting.
Lu Ming knew that the young marshal didn't call because he was afraid of eavesdropping. Even if it was a direct dial phone, it was not difficult to eavesdrop on the calls of some important numbers. Especially the phones in Andre's office and residence might have been eavesdropped.
It's not a strange thing either.
Lu Ming had a simple lunch with the young marshal. Miss Zhao Si and his adjutant did not show up. After the meal, Lu Ming said goodbye and left Zhang Mansion.
Lu Ming first went to the Secret Service School to look for Andre. But Andre was not here, so Lu Ming used the Secret Service School's phone number to call Andre and ask him to come over.
Half an hour later, Andre came over. Lu Ming told the young marshal about the appointment with him, and Andre promised to go to the Jinjiang Hotel on time in the evening to attend the appointment.
"Mr. Andre, what on earth are you talking about?" Lu Ming asked curiously.
"Didn't General Zhang tell you?" Andre laughed.
"My elder brother didn't tell me." Lu Ming smiled awkwardly.
"It seems that General Zhang doesn't want you to know yet, Lu, I have an agreement with General Zhang. If he doesn't tell me, I can't tell you, otherwise it will violate the rules." Andre said with a smile.
Lu Ming smiled and waved his hand, meaning he wouldn't ask any more questions. In fact, he had always had a question in his mind about the Soviet Union.
When Andrei and Peter are together, Peter usually makes the decision. According to Chinese rules, Andrei is undoubtedly the subordinate, but for such an important meeting, why did the Kremlin choose Andrei as the representative instead of the general secretary?
Bearded Peter?
Could it be that Andrei was Peter's monitor? Or that Andrei was the actual head of the Soviet Intelligence Agency in Shanghai?
Lu Ming knew that the Soviet Union had a habit. If they wanted to send a delegation to visit or work in other countries, there must be a monitor in the group, or even multiple monitors, just to avoid defection of these outgoing members.
The identities of these monitors are often the least conspicuous in this group and will not attract others' attention.
In the evening, Lu Ming drove Andre to the Jinjiang Hotel. They went directly to the conference room on the fourth floor, where the young marshal was already waiting for them with his entourage.
Today's situation is different from that day. The atmosphere is more serious and the scene is more formal. This is obviously deliberate by the young marshal.
Everything you do requires an atmosphere. The atmosphere is a hint that will cause a person to adjust his way of thinking. For example, although you can talk and laugh at a dinner party, you must be dressed neatly. When watching a movie, you can be casual and even bring some snacks.
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The young marshal's guards guarded the fourth floor of the hotel. There were soldiers standing guard on every floor. Lu Ming brought Andre and his mission was completed.
Lu Ming did not want to delve into the content of the meeting between the two men, but Sheng Youde's words made Lu Ming a little uneasy about their meeting. He was also worried that the young marshal would do something too radical and lead to an irreversible situation.
Just like Sheng Youde said, no matter what your subjective intentions are, once your actions are deemed to be treason, it will never be washed away for the rest of your life.
Lu Ming was sitting in the bar on the first floor, drinking a glass of vodka, feeling uneasy. A thought flashed across his mind: Should he find a way to eavesdrop on their conversation?
But when he thought this just now, he felt ashamed for having such thoughts.
The young marshal is his eldest brother. He usually treats him like a brother. He will not hide things that should be known to him. Now he is not allowed to know. It must be to protect him. How could he have such an idea?
After being tempered by September 18th, the young marshal is now a mature politician and cannot act recklessly. After all, there are 300,000 brothers watching him eagerly, waiting for him to march north.
Lu Ming drank a glass of vodka, went out directly, drove quickly away from Jinjiang Hotel, and left this incident far behind.
The next morning, Lu Ming did not go to the office building, but went directly to the first action brigade in Ankonggen.
He walked into An Gonggen's office. An Gonggen was having dinner with several brothers. When they saw him coming in, they all stood up hurriedly.
"You eat what you have, don't worry about me." Lu Ming found a chair and sat down.
"Go back to your own offices to eat first. I'll call you if anything happens." An Gonggen waved away these people.
These people greeted Lu Ming and left with their rice bowls.
An Gonggen poured the leftover breakfast into the trash can, and then said with a smile: "Those two guys were captured, but they refused to kill them."
"Caught last night?" Lu Ming asked.
"Well, these two guys just came out and wanted to go to the fireworks place to relax, but they were blocked by us." An Gonggen said with a smile.
After returning from Hangzhou, Lu Ming asked Zhang Ziyang to release the two policemen.
It's not a problem to lock them up all the time. It's okay to lock them up for three or two days. If the time is longer, other police officers will have opinions and cause trouble, which may interfere with the continued search for Du Juan's whereabouts.
In any case, the police still know some common sense about the law. When they see their companions being arrested and detained for a long time without clear charges, there will be backlash over time, and how to deal with them in the end is also a problem.
Lu Ming's personality is like this. He is easy to talk to when he has something to say, but he doesn't like to grab a hot potato in his hand.
During his detention, Zhang Ziyang tried his best to deceive the two men, but the two men insisted that they went to arrest the person after receiving the call to report the crime. They were enforcing the law and there was nothing wrong in arresting the person.
As for who the informant was or who hijacked them on the way, they had no idea. They admitted that they made mistakes in their work and allowed the suspect to be hijacked, but they did not break the law.
After releasing these two people, it was An Gonggen's task to monitor them. Originally, Lu Ming wanted to monitor these two people for a long time, and then follow them to find the mastermind behind the scenes, but he really couldn't afford to wait, so he simply let An Gonggen.
Gong Gen secretly arrested the two men.
At around 12 o'clock last night, An Gonggen called and told him that the two men had been arrested and the interrogation had not yet begun. Lu Ming asked him to suspend the trial and wait until he came over.
Both policemen were handcuffed and had heavy shackles on their feet. They looked sluggish and huddled together. It was obvious that they hadn't slept all night. When they saw An Gonggen coming in, they couldn't help but look frightened.
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An Gonggen is also a celebrity in Shanghai, and he was well-known in the underworld in his early years. He has done a lot of kidnappings and assassinations. He can be said to be a ruthless character that makes people fear him.
They were not afraid of being detained in the police station. After all, that was their hometown, and there were many police officers who sympathized with their plight and fought for their injustice. They believed that they were not at fault. If they were to be held accountable, the person who gave the order should also be held accountable.
It is the police's job to handle cases and arrest people. Is it wrong for the police to do their job?
So when Zhang Ziyang interrogated them, they were not afraid at all. They bit themselves to death because they only arrested people under the order of the director after receiving a report call. This is due process, and it is also the duty of the police to arrest the Communist Party.
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But when they were secretly arrested by An Gonggen, they were not so courageous. They knew that An Gonggen would not talk to them. If he wanted to talk to them, he would use sticks, fists, kicks, or even guns.
At this point, even if there are a hundred mouths, I can't explain clearly.
"What do you mean? Hurry up and take off their handcuffs and shackles." Lu Ming came in and said hurriedly after seeing them.
"Master Lu, are you sure? They are suspects." An Gonggen asked.
"Of course, we are sure that until the truth is found out, they are still police officers, not criminals. We cannot treat our police brothers like this." Lu Ming said.
An Gonggen had no choice but to take off the handcuffs and shackles of the two men, but he still stood by, fearing that the two men would get confused and start a fight with Lu Ming.
Lu Ming waved to An Gonggen calmly, meaning it's okay. You go out first and I'll talk to them.
Before An Gonggen went out, he stared at the two of them with a vicious look and made a gesture of wiping his neck. That meant that if there was any slightest sign of trouble, he would kill you.
Although the two policemen had their handcuffs and shackles removed, they did not dare to stand up. They still half-knelt on the ground with their heads lowered, looking at Lu Ming from the corner of their eyes.