"Okay, I believe you, but you still have to take care of your men after you go back. If you let me hear any rumors again..."
"Don't worry, Brother Qiang, I will make sure those gangsters control their bad mouths after I go back!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
Upon hearing this, Sun Kaicai withdrew with great gratitude as if he had been pardoned.
However, as soon as he left, Li Qiang also left his office and went straight to the guest house.
After waiting in Haitang's office for a full hour, Haitang finally walked in from the outside.
"How's it going? Is it going well?"
"It couldn't have been smoother. The customs officers recognized the ship as belonging to the Gu family at a glance, so they didn't even go through the boarding and inspection procedures and just turned the switch on and off."
"Mr. Gu's reputation is really great. No wonder so many people want to have a relationship with him!" Li Qiang couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.
"Who says it isn't!"
"By the way, Commander Tang just gave me a new task. He said that rumors about 'the headquarters is about to be reorganized' have been spreading a lot recently. Let me check the source of this rumor. Do you have anything to say about it?"
Have you got a clue?"
"Don't tell me, a lot of people have been talking about this matter in private recently. It's been a rumor for a long time, right?"
"Well! Strictly speaking, it's not a rumor, but now the entire headquarters is in panic because of this incident, and the impact is also very bad. What's more, Li Shiqun and Zhou Fohai's special envoys haven't left yet. If it is really
If the situation continues to develop, who knows whether there will be more serious consequences, right?"
However, as soon as these words came out, Haitang was in trouble, "That's true, but now everyone in the headquarters is spreading the word. Trying to find out the source is like looking for a needle in a haystack! You can't go one by one.
Screening?"
"Of course that won't work! Although it seems difficult to investigate this matter, it's not exactly like looking for a needle in a haystack. There are still general directions for investigation."
"Oh? Really? Tell me."
"Just an hour ago, I learned from Brigade Sun that the people in their operations brigade learned about this matter from a man named Xiao Chen, and that Xiao Chen learned about it from the third child in the Secret Service.
According to what he heard there, the third child had a few too many drinks at the wine table that day and told the people from the Secret Service when he was drunk."
"You mean, start with the third child?"
"Well, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with a guy who speaks so freely. As long as we can get him to talk, we can continue to follow the clues. Do you know which restaurant he goes to most often?"
"Where else can we go? Tianxiang Tower, of course!" Haitang said without thinking.
"Tianxiang Tower? The one on Jiaoren Street?"
"That's right, as the saying goes, 'If you want to row a boat, go to the Sixth Pier of West Lake; if you want to eat, go to Hangzhou Tianxiang Restaurant!' Well! Even though the third child looks bad, he actually knows how to enjoy himself. He has to go to Tianxiang Restaurant for a big meal every now and then.
I have become a regular customer of Tianxiang Tower."
"Tianxiang Tower..." Li Qiang touched his chin with his hand and pondered for a moment, then suddenly rolled his eyes, thinking...
It was night, and just as Haitang said, as soon as it got dark, Lao San walked into the gate of Tianxiang Tower with five or six of his followers.
"Hey! Third Master! You're here! Are you still the same today?" As soon as the waiter in Tianxiang Tower saw several people coming in, he immediately stepped forward and greeted them warmly as before.
The third child nodded, thinking he was very smart. He went straight to the private room on the second floor and told the waiter: "Same as usual! If you have good wine and good food, just ask for it. If you serve it well, you will be rewarded!"
"Okay! Gentlemen, please come upstairs!"
In a short time, all kinds of delicious delicacies were already placed on the table. Not only that, the store owner knew that the third child was addicted to alcohol, so he even specially opened a jar of old daughter's red wine for him, which immediately won the favor of the third child.
I rewarded the guy three dollars.
Although his immediate boss Wang Tianxiang had just been assassinated, it did not affect the third child's interest at all. On the contrary, there was a hint of excitement in his words. It is no wonder that after Wang Tianxiang dies, his third child is very likely to rise to power.
, at least he can hold a deputy position, which is much more dignified and prestigious than the current little minion who comes and goes as he is called upon.
The more the third child thought about it, the more beautiful it became in his heart, and this beauty made him drink a few more drinks.
You must know that although the wine like Ner's Red is sweet and mellow in the mouth, it has a very strong staying power. What's more, the wine they drank was aged Ner's Red. Although the taste is better than ordinary Nerv's Red, the staying power is also greater.
A group of people only drank for less than half an hour, and two or three of them were already drunk. Even the third child, who always boasted that he had a huge amount of alcohol, began to feel that his tongue was short.
But even so, his problem of "having no control over his mouth after drinking a little wine" happened again.
"You think, what is this man doing for the rest of his life? Isn't it just for this little enjoyment? Now things are getting better, things have turned around. I came to my house today. After being my slave for so many years, it's the third master's turn.
I’m so beautiful, aren’t I?”
The third child didn't care whether anyone was listening or not, he just kept talking to himself. His voice was so loud that even people in the corridor could hear it clearly.
However, just when he was talking vigorously, the door of the private room was kicked open suddenly, which shocked the third child.
This frightened the third child, who was half awake from the wine. He was about to curse, but he was surprised to find that the person standing at the door was none other than Li Qiang!
He was so frightened that he immediately swallowed the words that had reached his lips, forced out a smile that was uglier than crying and asked: "Ming... hiccup! Director Ming, what are you doing?"
From so far away, Li Qiang could smell the smell of alcohol in Lao San's mouth. He quickly covered his nose with his hand, frowned, and asked angrily: "Are you sober?"
"Qing... wake up."
"Do you know what mistake you made?" Li Qiang asked again.
As soon as these words came out, the third child subconsciously nodded, but then he quickly shook his head and pretended to be stupid and said: "Please clarify...Director Ming."
"You are dishonest!" Li Qiang said with a faint smile, and then said to him in a commanding tone, "Let's go!"
"Go...where?"
"Of course this is a place where you can be honest. What, do you want to come with me yourself, or do you want me to invite you?"
The third child naturally knew in his heart that the "please" in Li Qiang's mouth was definitely not as polite as it sounded, so he quickly relented and replied: "I'll go by myself... I'll go by myself."
After saying that, he stood up unsteadily and followed Li Qiang out of the private room with one step and two steps.
But what Lao San never expected was that Li Qiang did not take him directly out of Tianxiang Tower. He didn't even go downstairs, but took him straight to the deepest room in the corridor.
As soon as he entered the door, the third child was completely dumbfounded because there was a monitoring device placed in the most conspicuous place of the room. Without asking, he knew that every word he just said in the private room had been recorded by Li Qiang.
The sound is gone!
"You know? In fact, I could have sent the recording of your unobtrusive words before the banquet directly to the commander, but I didn't do that. Do you know why?"
After hearing this, the third child quickly shook his head with a confused look on his face.
"The reason is very simple. I am very curious as to why none of you subordinates were by his side when something happened to Director Wang?"
"This...Director Ming, you have to ask him about this! I really don't know!"
"Really? But when you were bragging to your men just now, it didn't look like you knew anything at all! How about I play a few paragraphs for you to help you recall it?"
"No need! No need! I...I said, I said..."
Li Qiang never thought that he originally just wanted to take this opportunity to scare him, but he didn't expect that there would be an unexpected gain, so he immediately straightened his face and said in a deep voice: "Tell me! What are you hiding?"
"I...I have indeed had...an idea for the position of director a long time ago."
"Don't evade the important points, focus on the important points!"
"So...so when Director Zhang came to me and asked me to help him monitor Director Wang, I agreed without even thinking about it."
"Director Zhang? So you are actually one of Director Zhang's people? So the reorganization incident that has been spreading in the headquarters recently was something he authorized you to spread wantonly?"
"No, no, no! It's not like that!" Although it was unclear why Li Qiang suddenly brought the topic to the rumors in the headquarters, the third child still quickly denied it, "Director Ming, I admit that I
I know this, but I can swear that no one instructed me to do anything, let alone spread it wantonly."
Li Qiang curled his lips and said angrily: "I advise you to think carefully before swearing. If you didn't spread it wantonly, why would I appear here?"
"This..." As soon as these words came out, the third child lost his determination at the beginning and gradually became guilty, "Maybe... maybe... maybe I was drunk one day and accidentally said something.
A drunken remark? Director Ming, this drunken remark cannot be taken seriously!"
"I believe it! But more than this, I want to know how you know about this?"
"Yes... I was secretly monitoring our director, and I accidentally caught him having an affair with Zhao Xiaoman, a member of the Translation and Telecommunications Section. I overheard it..."
Hearing this, Li Qiang frowned subconsciously, but he still suppressed the discomfort in his heart and continued to ask: "Who told whom?"
"What Zhao Xiaoman said to Director Wang, yes, that's it. I remember it very clearly."
"Zhao Xiaoman...Okay, I will verify what you said. If you dare to tell a lie..."
"I dare not... dare not..."
"It's okay if you don't dare!" As he said this, Li Qiang winked at Haitang, who was sitting in front of the eavesdropping device. The latter immediately understood, took out the recording disk from the device, and handed it to Lao San's hand.
Seeing this scene, the third child couldn't believe his eyes. You must know that the reason why he was bribed by Zhang Zuyin in the first place was not only because of his shameful little thoughts, but also the more important thing was that he got a handle on him.
But having also seized on his own leverage, Li Qiang returned the "criminal evidence" that most threatened him.
Comparing the two, they were naturally at odds, which deeply touched the old man.
"Director Ming, what are you..."
"I don't have any ambitions, and I'm not used to threats and coercion. However, although I am not your immediate superior, as a commander I still want to remind you that if you don't change your behavior after drinking,
If you can't keep your mouth shut, you will get into trouble sooner or later. If you really can't change it, just quit!"
"Yes, yes, I humbly obey the instructions of the Director Ming." After saying that, as if he had received an amnesty, he walked away dejectedly with the recording disk in his arms.
As soon as he returned to the private room, one of his subordinates crawled out from under the table drunkenly, and said in a drunken voice: "Third... Third brother, why has it been... convenient for so long? Come on, come on, I'll pay you my respects."
...Here’s to you! Do it!”
Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, the wine glass in his hand was knocked to the ground by Lao San. Before he could figure out the situation, he cursed loudly, "Drink, drink, drink! I'll drink you to death! Hurry up and kill them."
Scream! From now on, if anyone asks me to go out to drink again, I will break his legs, do you hear me?"
…
"What's wrong?" On the way back, even though everything went smoothly, Li Qiang still frowned. Haitang couldn't help but ask after seeing this.
Li Qiang replied lightly: "It's nothing, I just care a little about Zhao Xiaoman."
"Zhao Xiaoman? What does she care about? After Qian Huyi's death, Wang Tianxiang became her biggest supporter. Now that Wang Tianxiang is also dead, what else does she have to worry about?"
"Because of this, we need to be extra careful, because if we are not careful, someone will catch us and make a fuss. If we are labeled as persecuting 'former ministers', I am afraid that even Commander Tang will not do it."
We only said half-kind words."
After hearing what Li Qiang said, Haitang realized the seriousness of the problem and couldn't help but frowned and asked, "What should we do?"
"Looks like we have to outsmart him."
"How to outsmart him?"
"Don't worry, just observe it for a few days. After all, Wang Tianxiang's death has made her lose her backer, so it's not us who are anxious now, it should be her."
"Well, you're right!" Haitang nodded in agreement and said, "It's just that Commander Tang..."
"You can rest assured, I have a way to deal with it."
After a night of silence, Li Qiang was called into the office again by Tang Shengming early the next morning.
Li Qiang, who was well prepared, naturally did not panic at all. However, before he could take the initiative to report the latest progress of the rumor investigation to Tang Shengming, he was overtaken by Tang Shengming.
Tang Shengming mysteriously took out a check from his arms and said happily to Li Qiang: "Come and see, what is this?"
