"It can only be said that based on the information currently available to my subordinates, Director Zhang is the most suspect, but it is not enough to confirm that he is the mastermind behind the scenes." Li Qiang replied truthfully.
"Where are the others?"
"I heard from Captain Sun that just when you were hosting a banquet for Commissioner Wang, you saw him hurriedly going to Commissioner Luo."
"Commissioner Luo? It seems that he is planning to hug Mr. Zhou's thigh tightly."
Just as he was talking, Tang Shengming noticed Li Qiang's hesitant look, so he frowned and asked: "A Qiang, do you have something to say? It doesn't matter, just say what you want to say.
Okay, don’t worry too much.”
"Yes, my subordinates are thinking that although Director Zhang is the most suspicious, is it possible that someone with ulterior motives did it deliberately?"
"Well, it's not impossible, but if that's the case, what does that mean? It means that there is a spy in our Suppression Headquarters, and the level is not low. At least it is a level where we can accurately obtain the specific whereabouts of our internal high-level officials.
Don't forget that we are now in a critical period of reorganization. If this spreads out, can we still hold our heads high in front of Secretary-General Li and Mr. Zhou?"
After hearing this, Li Qiang quickly nodded in agreement, "Commander, your subordinates will understand if you say that."
"Then...what are you going to do next?"
Li Qiang hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a few words to Tang Shengming in a low voice.
"Very good!" After listening to Li Qiang's plan, Tang Shengming nodded with satisfaction, but he did not forget to give a few instructions, "After you meet him, after Chen Qing is interested, if he wants to be decent, you should let him be decent.
, if he doesn’t want to be decent, you help him be decent, do you understand?”
"Commander, don't worry, my subordinates understand!"
…
Half an hour later, Zhang Zuyin, who had apparently received the news of Wang Tianxiang's assassination and looked solemn as he walked out of the door of Xiling Hotel, was blocked by two members of the action brigade.
"What are you going to do?" Zhang Zuyin shouted with a stern expression.
However, before he finished speaking, Sun Kai came out from behind a stone pillar and said, "Nothing, just someone who wants to have a good chat with you, Director Zhang."
"Let's talk?"
"Yes, just chat."
"Who to talk to?"
Sun Kai smiled and said, "You will know it when you meet me."
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zuyin snorted, "Team Sun, although you and I are colleagues, if you don't speak clearly, I will never follow you in such confusion!"
"Director Zhang, I think I need to explain to you that we are here to perform a task, not to ask for your opinion, so I'm sorry to offend you!"
After saying that, he waved his hands. The two team members were not polite. Without saying a word, they carried Zhang Zuyin left and right to a black car parked across the street and stuffed him in.
"You! You're going against it! You're going against it!"
Zhang Zuyin, who was in a rage, immediately started to curse regardless of appearance as soon as he got into the car, completely unaware that there was another person in the car.
"Director Zhang, I just want you to come over and have a chat! Of course, the methods may be a bit tougher, but you can't afford to be so angry, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zuyin's body trembled suddenly, and the yelling stopped. After a short silence, he turned his head and frowned to Li Qiang and said, "Why is it you?"
Li Qiang smiled and replied: "Otherwise? Who do you think you are?"
"I...forget it, let's not talk about it. What do you want to talk about when you bring me here in this way?"
"Nothing, I just want to talk about your new godson."
"Who? Xiao Wang?"
"That's right, it's Secretary Wang." Having said this, Li Qiang paused for a moment before continuing, "I think this Secretary Wang's real name is not 'Xiao Nian', right?"
Although it was unclear what kind of medicine Li Qiang was selling in this gourd, Zhang Zuyin still followed his words and said: "Yes, Xiao Wang's real name is Wang Han. I got it from Mayor Tan who just took office not long ago."
When I came here, I changed his name, what, is there a problem?"
Zhang Zuyin was worthy of being the commander-in-chief of the Suppression Campaign. He used only one sentence to eliminate and attack Li Qiang's questions. He not only cleverly answered Li Qiang's questions, but also named his relationship with Mayor Tan without leaving any trace.
The full name of this so-called Mayor Tan is Tan Shukui, a native of Weixian County, Shandong Province. He is a returnee politician who has been in the limelight recently. He studied in the United States and served as the director of the Jiaoji Railway Works Section and a professor at Zhijiang University after returning to China.
Such people naturally became the targets of the Japanese and puppets' efforts to win over. At first, Tan Shukui still had some integrity as a scholar, and he publicly stated that he would not collude with the Japanese and puppets. However, it didn't take long before he was tempted by the generous salary of a senior Japanese official
, and the persuasion of the provincial chairman Fu Shishuo, who was an old friend, he made a 180-degree change. From then on, he worked wholeheartedly for the Japanese and puppets, and was highly appreciated by the Japanese masters. He quickly took over as his successor.
Tang Yinghuang, who served as mayor for three months, became the top leader in Hangzhou.
This also explains why Luo Junqiang did not make things too difficult for him. In all likelihood, he wanted to establish a good relationship with Tan Shukui and even the provincial chairman behind Tan Shukui, Fu Shiyue, through him.
Thinking of this, Li Qiang became a little hesitant and continued to ask: "Nothing, I just received the news that something happened to Director Wang."
"Wait a minute, who did you just say had an accident? Wang Tianxiang? What does his accident have to do with me?" Although he had already received the news, Zhang Zuyin still pretended to be surprised and said, "Don't you suspect that it is Xiao Wang?"
Did you do it?"
"Although I have not been in contact with Secretary Wang for a long time, I believe that even if he has such an idea, he will not be stupid enough to choose to take action at such a juncture. After all, everyone in the headquarters knows about the relationship between the two of you.
Something unpleasant has happened, wouldn’t it be self-inflicted to take action at this time?”
"Yeah, then why are you still..."
Just as Zhang Zuyin was about to say something, he was interrupted by Li Qiang raising his hand, "Director Zhang, the matter is now over, don't be so excited. Answer me a question first, okay?"
"what is the problem?"
"If, I mean if, if the person behind this matter is not Secretary Wang, then who could it be?"
As soon as these words came out, Zhang Zuyin suddenly became nervous, and his brain started to work rapidly.
To be honest, after hearing Li Qiang's words, a name immediately came to Zhang Zuyin's mind. It was none other than Li Qiang!
Because the conflict between himself and Wang Tianxiang ultimately originated from the unconfirmed news that suddenly appeared on the black market related to the Qiuzhuang treasure.
And Li Qiang was involved in everything that happened after that, so Zhang Zuyin naturally thought of him first.
But even so, Zhang Zuyin immediately rejected this inference. The reason was not because the suspicion on Li Qiang was lifted, but because if all this was Li Qiang's masterpiece, not to mention his own life.
He had it in his hands. Even if he didn't, did he have Tang Shengming's support behind doing this? The answer is absolutely yes.
Therefore, unless he is determined to offend his immediate boss, no matter whether all this really happened because of Li Qiang or not, he cannot be the culprit that caused Wang Tianxiang's accident.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zuyin finally chose to play dumb, shook his head and said, "I don't know, what is Director Ming's advice?"
Li Qiang smiled and said, "According to the confession of Director Wang's sworn brother Liu Xiaozhong, Director Wang had a conflict with the security team of the police station at the gate of Qiuzhuang before the attack, and it even turned into a gunfight.
Because of this, the gunman who was ambushed in advance succeeded. Not to mention, when I rushed to Hangzhou Hospital immediately on the order of Commander Tang, I also saw with my own eyes the people from the security team making a big fuss in the emergency room, causing the doctor to panic.
The rescue had to be interrupted, and because of this, the killer was given a second chance to take action. So I make a bold guess that the person behind this incident must be very familiar with the situation within our Suppression Headquarters. Director Zhang, you
What do you say?"
"What Director Ming said is absolutely true. If he were not particularly familiar with the internal situation of our Suppression General, he would not have chosen such a perfect time to take action."
Before he finished speaking, Li Qiang suddenly asked in a cold voice, "Director Zhang, have you already decided in your heart that the person who is familiar with the internal situation of the Suppression General and has the ability to set up this situation is me?
"
"No, no, of course not! I believe that Director Ming would never do such a dirty and despicable thing, right?"
Li Qiang could naturally tell that the second half of Zhang Zuyin's sentence was actually a roundabout way of scolding him.
But even so, Li Qiang was not angry. Instead, he just smiled and said sincerely: "I feel ashamed to say that the news about Qiuzhuang's treasure was actually spread to the black market on purpose by me. As for the reason,
, I think even if I don’t say it, Director Zhang, you should know it very well, right?”
Zhang Zuyin is not stupid. Although Li Qiang did not say it explicitly, he also knew very well that the so-called reason in his mouth was most likely because Tang Shengming saw that he and Wang Tianxiang had a tendency to form a party, so he resorted to this move.
Divorce plan.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zuyin knowingly avoided the topic and continued his analysis: "According to what you said, someone took advantage of the conflict between me and Director Wang, and this person is probably hiding behind the scenes.
In the Suppression Headquarters. And the level is not low, right?"
"That's right!" However, before he finished speaking, Li Qiang suddenly changed the subject, "It's just that the commander's original words were: There will never be and cannot be any form of mole in the headquarters. So Director Zhang
,Are you still insisting that Secretary Wang is not the mastermind behind this?"
"This..." Upon hearing this, Zhang Zuyin, who had been firm just now, couldn't help but hesitate.
…
After returning to the headquarters, Zhang Zuyin immediately called Secretary Wang into his office.
"Knock knock knock..."
"Come in."
"Director, you...are you looking for me?" Secretary Wang said to Zhang Zuyin anxiously as soon as he entered the door.
With his ability, it was not difficult to guess Zhang Zuyin's intention, so even when he spoke, he was always cautious.
"Have you heard about Wang Tianxiang?"
As soon as these words came out, Secretary Wang's heart suddenly thumped, but he braced himself and replied: "I heard... I heard."
"I just want to ask you, does this matter have anything to do with you?"
"this……"
As soon as he saw Secretary Wang's hesitant look, Zhang Zuyin's face suddenly sank, and he yelled angrily: "What's the matter with you? If you have it, you have it, and if you don't have it, you don't have it. Is there any need to be so hesitant? Or are you really?
Is this the one behind all this?"
"No! No! Director, I...I just secretly gave a death order to the security team guarding Qiuzhuang, telling them not to let Wang Tianxiang bring anyone into Qiuzhuang under any circumstances, that's all! Who knows?
...Director, you must believe me!"
After hearing this, Zhang Zuyin couldn't help but snorted, and said angrily: "I believe you are useless? At this point, even if you have a hundred mouths, you still can't explain it clearly!"
"This..." Upon hearing this, Secretary Wang was completely panicked, "Director, Director, I..."
"Okay, Secretary Wang, this is fate, it's yours and mine, accept it!" As he spoke, Zhang Zuyin sighed heavily, and then continued to ask, "Are there any worries at home?"
"I haven't gotten married yet. There is only one old lady at home." Secretary Wang lowered his head and replied softly with a pale face, like a criminal who had been sentenced to death.
But at this moment, Secretary Wang suddenly heard the sound of a drawer being opened.
Could it be that he was planning to silence himself? Secretary Wang thought subconsciously, because he clearly remembered that Zhang Zuyin hid a pistol in the drawer just in case.
However, the next scene was beyond Secretary Wang's expectation. What Zhang Zuyin took out from the drawer was not a pistol, but a heavy money bag!
"Director, what are you doing?"
Zhang Zuyin stood up and without saying a word, thrust the money bag into Secretary Wang's hand, "Take this money and take your wife with you! After you leave, I will go to the commander to report you."
Absconding, so you can’t stay in Hangzhou anymore, so go as far as you can!”
"Then... what about you?" At this time, Secretary Wang was extremely moved by Zhang Zuyin's move, and even the hands holding the money bag were trembling with excitement.
Zhang Zuyin just smiled and said, "I'm old! I can no longer stand the hardship. Besides, I came from Chongqing, so I have no way out. But you are different. You are still young and very capable.
This is your capital, so leave before it’s too late!”
Upon hearing this, Secretary Wang's eyes instantly became moist. He opened his mouth several times but found that he could not even say a word. In the end, he had to hold back his tears and bow deeply to Zhang Zuyin...
