When Zuo Shaoqing ran down the stairs with a pistol, the reporters at the stairs rushed into Hou Lianhai's room and started filming Hou Lianhai who was lying on the sofa. [] Some lively people also rushed in.
this room.
Li Lin also entered the room with his own people. They wanted to drive the reporters out. But the reporters refused to leave and continued to take pictures of Hou Lianhai.
Someone shouted from behind: "The murderer has been caught, he's downstairs!"
As soon as the reporters heard this, they immediately rushed out of the room and ran downstairs. At this time, there was a violent explosion outside the Xuanwu Hotel.
Some tenants had just left their rooms and were standing in the corridor looking around. Upon hearing the explosion, the tenants immediately fled back to their rooms. The corridor was already empty.
Li Lin and others lifted Hou Lianhai, quickly walked out of the door, and sent him into another room.
Du Ziyuan was waiting anxiously in this room. He asked the doctor to check Hou Lianhai's wound.
The doctor untied Hou Lianhai's clothes. When he saw the wound, he groaned and shook his head.
Du Ziyuan asked anxiously: "Is he still alive?"
The doctor looked up at him and said, "It's strange, he is still breathing and has a heartbeat. Maybe he can be saved."
He began to explore the wound and found gauze inside, so he used tweezers to pinch it out. Blood began to pour out. He put his fingers into the wound and found that the wound entered diagonally upward. He turned around and said: "This shot was from bottom to top.
It was shot and grazed the heart, which is so strange."
News about Hou Lianhai's assassination appeared in the newspapers that afternoon. The headlines were basically the same: "Female military spy, assassinate major general." Below are two photos. One is a photo of Zuo Shaoqing rushing out of the corridor with a gun.
The other photo shows Hou Lianhai with a gun in his chest and lying on the sofa.
Ye Gongjin had already arrived at the newspaper. The task was completed, but at this time he was feeling extremely frightened and panicked. He did not expect that Yu Zhidao had such a trick and actually arranged for reporters in the hotel. Although Zuo Shaoqing was not attracted by Yu
Zhidao's soldiers caught him, but he was caught by reporters' cameras. There is no doubt that everyone who knows knows that Zuo Shaoqing's assassination of Hou Lianhai was ordered by Ye Gongjin.
Ye Gongjin was really restless at this time.
But this matter still had to be explained, and he needed Director Mao's support. He left the office and walked toward Director Mao's office uneasily.
As soon as he entered the director's office, he saw that Director Mao was also in the newspaper, and the article was about Zuo Shaoqing's assassination of Hou Lianhai. He thought, this task was assigned by your director, and now I have completed it. You must give me a sign.
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Director Mao looked at him gloomily, pointed to the chair opposite, still holding the newspaper with his head down.
There are many things that Ye Gongjin does not know. But he does know that there is an anti-Chiang trend in the party and the army that is making waves. At this time, the person who should not die the most is Hou Lianhai. But he cannot explain to Ye Gongjin
.This bastard, when it was time to kill, he let people go. When it was time to let people go, he killed people instead. Shame, despicability, imbecility, and retardation! They are all concentrated on this fool.
However, he gave this task to Ye Gongjin and has been urging him. He cannot slap himself in the face now and say that Ye Gongjin should not kill Hou Lianhai.
Director Mao controlled his anger and finally said: "Mission accomplished?"
"Yes." Ye Gongjin said carefully, already feeling very uneasy. He was so careful, but finally fell into the trap set by Yu Zhidao. It can almost be said that he knew it was a trap, but still jumped in. He was very worried about Zhi Dao.
Dao really hates it to the core.
Director Mao lit the newspaper and said, "This person did it?"
"Yes." Ye Gongjin said softly.
"What's her name?"
"Zuo Shaoqing."
Director Mao raised his head and looked at Ye Gongjin, "Who is she?"
Ye Gongjin was completely speechless at this time. In recent times, who Zuo Shaoqing is has become a mess in his heart. He knows clearly that she is an agent of the US Intelligence Agency. But
He would never dare to tell anyone about this situation. He didn't know clearly whether she was an agent. He also didn't dare to tell anyone about this situation. But he had to answer Director Mao's questions.
Ye Gongjin tried his best to keep his eyes firm and said softly: "He is one of our own." He had to say this, otherwise he would never end well.
Director Mao looked at him calmly and said, "It's a bit unexpected. As long as the task is completed, you can go."
Ye Gongjin breathed a long sigh of relief and left Director Mao's office quietly. He hoped that this matter would be settled as soon as possible. He couldn't help but think that it was Qian Yuhong who said not to keep him! Damn, this person!
The situation is worse than anyone expected.
The next day, Hou Lianhai was assassinated by a female military agent, which began to spread across the country, and continued to ferment as time went by.
Newspapers and radio broadcasts in major cities across the country began to report this matter in endless articles. They accused the military secret service of persecuting and assassinating democrats, suppressing democracy, etc. Some newspapers even listed the crimes committed by the Military Secret Bureau and wrote a long article.
Long list of assassins.
Within the military and within the government, voices began to criticize the Secrecy Bureau, and the words were extremely fierce. At a meeting of the Ministry of National Defense, Chief He asked the officers to control the military and not to be disturbed by the bad things done by some people. This certain
People refer to the Secrecy Bureau. Director Mao, who attended the meeting, looked ashen in front of everyone.
Ye Gongjin's life was not easy either. Several division chiefs in the bureau openly and secretly accused him of being reckless and causing such a bad influence.
Zuo Shaoqing's life is not easy either. There are often reporters blocking the gate of Hong Gong Temple, waiting to take pictures of her. Fortunately, it is winter. When she goes in and out, she wears plain clothes and is wrapped in a long scarf.
Most of the face.
The worst situation finally emerged. Bai Chongxi, who was in Wuhan, began to shrink his troops. Except for his 12th Corps, which was contained in the Fuyang area, other troops began to retreat. This retreat made the battle on the Xubeng battlefield even worse.
The troops either delayed their actions or retreated at the first sign of attack. The Communist army, on the other hand, methodically ate up the troops one by one.
The worst situation finally emerged. On December 24, Bai Chongxi sent a "Hai Jing Telegram" from Hankou, with the intention of forcing Chairman Chiang to resign. On December 30, Bai Chongxi sent another "Hai Quan Telegram"
"The fundamental purpose is still to force Chairman Chiang to step down.
Director Mao has understood the situation. He must take the initiative, otherwise, he will also end badly.
He found Pan Qiwu, the chief secretary, and conspired with him for two days, and then secretly took a series of measures.
The first step was to secretly order all units of the Secrecy Bureau headquarters to evacuate Nanjing secretly and move to Hangzhou to continue their work. Only Operations Division 2 remained, but it also had to leave Honggong Temple and move its office to Xufu Lane.
The second step is to leave a fictitious "Secret Bureau" in Hong Gong Temple, leaving a small number of people everywhere, only seventy-nine people in total, to create the appearance of this "Secret Bureau". As for whether this "Secret Bureau"
Get to work, whatever you want.
In the third step, taking into account the pressure of public opinion, Director Mao submitted his resignation to Chairman Chiang Kai-shek and suggested that Xu Qiaochen, deputy director of the Secrecy Bureau, be appointed as acting director.
That night, Director Mao went to the Presidential Palace in person with his resignation and reported his plan to the Chairman.
The Chairman was very satisfied with Director Mao's arrangement and said yes again and again. He smiled and said: "You have gone ahead of me. Come on, I will take your step soon." Then he asked: "Secret Bureau System"
Can you master all levels of it?"
Director Mao nodded repeatedly, "Chairman, please rest assured. All the provincial stations under the bureau have already said hello and called back to express their agreement. The deployment work will still proceed as before. Likewise, everyone in the Security Bureau will still obey the Chairman as before."
There is absolutely no problem with the instructions.”
After hearing this, the Chairman nodded repeatedly, immediately approved Director Mao's plan, and told the attendant's office to forward the order to the Ministry of National Defense.
With the chairman's approval, all units of the Secrecy Bureau headquarters quietly took action. Every night, the Hong Gong Temple was brightly lit. All units were packing things, packing boxes, and arranging vehicles. At the same time, an advance team was dispatched to Hangzhou to make arrangements.
Office space and dormitories.
Ye Gongjin's second office is also busy. They want to move to Xufu Lane secretly.
Zuo Shaoqing's second team was also busy packing things. She didn't need to do anything, just flipped through the sorted items.
Liu Qiuyue came in. She is the busiest now. She is actually the manager of the entire team, and everything big or small is decided by her. Even though it is winter, her forehead is sweating.
She walked to Zuo Shaoqing, bent down and whispered: "Young Commander, I got news that next week, the Archives Office will come to move the files in the basement, and it will also be at night. I guess the Intelligence Office will come to move their secret rooms at the same time.
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Zuo Shaoqing looked at her, knowing that her thoughts were so sophisticated that she was still thinking about this matter.
She nodded, "Okay, just be careful and tell me if anything happens."
Liu Qiuyue nodded, "Don't worry, young master, I will pay attention."
Of course, Zuo Shaoqing had nothing to say about Liu Qiuyue's ability. But being so meticulous and thinking about this extremely dangerous thing for her still made her doubtful. What was this girl's plan? Or, she
What did you guess? Zuo Shaoqing was a little suspicious. Although she trusted Liu Qiuyue, at the deepest level, she didn't dare to trust her completely.
In Xufu Alley, the three-story building handed over to the Second Department was used. It used to be classrooms, but later partitions were made, but the rooms are still very spacious. The director of the department and the leaders of each group are all on the third floor.
Except for the director who has his own room, all other team leaders share a room with his officers. The intelligence team is small and is also on the third floor. The second team is on the second floor, and the first team is naturally on the first floor. The convoys at the bureau headquarters are divided into
A group of vehicles were given to the second office, and they were all parked in the open space in front of the building.
Sitting in his new office, Ye Gongjin once thought that it would be good this way, as the sky is high and the emperor is far away, which would give him more freedom. But before Director Mao left, he had another conversation with him alone.
"Gongjin, Nanjing is the capital," Director Mao said seriously, looking at Ye Gongjin: "Your work will be even heavier in the future. I give you three tasks, and you must complete them well. First, continue to do your previous job well.
Don’t slack off in your work. Second, pay attention to the movements in Hong Gong Temple at all times. Third, find the locust tree.”
Ye Gongjin understands that these three tasks will become more important as they go forward. His first task now is to find the locust tree.
