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After the second move of the national government to the west, a large number of government agencies moved to the mountain city. Due to the complex terrain and small area of ​​the main urban area of ​​the mountain city, it could not accommodate so many departments. Therefore, many agencies moved to the Shaci District in the west, and the Ministry of the Interior is one of them. .

Shaci District is a newly planned administrative area in 1938, where many party organizations, factories and schools are gathered, making it an important place in the rear of the Anti-Japanese War.

Zuo Zhong and his party traveled westward by car, underwent several checks and interrogations, and finally arrived at the Ministry of the Interior's headquarters after a lot of effort—a couple of Chinese-style two-story buildings made of rammed earth from the outside.

The guards at the gate checked everyone's ID and the interior of the car one by one, returned to the outpost and made a phone call, and asked everyone to wait outside the cordon.

If this was in the peace period, the guards would never dare to treat the military spies like this, but after several years of war, everyone has become accustomed to endless alarms and complicated security measures.

Trouble is better than death, isn't it?

A few minutes later, a person walked out of the courtyard quickly, waved his hand at the convoy, Zuo Chong raised his head to glance at the other party, got off the car with a big smile and walked over to say hello.

"Hahaha, Old Yang."

"Deputy Director Zuo, I haven't seen you for a long time, but I still look good."

The person who came was Deputy Director Yang, Zuo Zhong's old acquaintance in Jinling. The two came together, shook each other's hand tightly, and exchanged a few pleasantries.

After going through the process, Deputy Director Yang nodded to Gu Qi and Song Minghao, then turned to look at Zuo Zhong, and asked furtively.

"Deputy Director Zuo, you are here this time for the matter of Sergeant Xing Hanliang, right? Alas, this matter has been widely circulated in the Ministry of the Interior, and even I was questioned by the Central Command.

I don't know which bastard spread the gossip, saying that Sergeant Xing is my man. Isn't this really harmful? I'm about to give the adverb away.

Besides, Sergeant Xing is doing well in the Police Department, and I heard that he will be promoted to another level in the near future. Why did he suddenly defect to the underground party? I think there is something wrong with it. "

Speaking of gossip, Deputy Director Yang gritted his teeth. Now is the critical period for him to be promoted to Director. After this incident, he probably has little hope of being promoted again.

Zuo Chong heard that Xian knew what he meant, and felt a little embarrassed, after all, the other party was Xing Hanliang who helped him out of his face.

As a result, he was implicated this time and even lost the position of director. He had to give some compensation, otherwise he would not be able to make friends in the future. Thinking of this, he said in a low voice.

"Old Yang, you can rest assured that you will contact Minister Song later, and help you to implement the director's matter.

With this person coming forward, you can wait for the letter of appointment with peace of mind. This time, Zuo owes you a favor. If you have anything to do in the future, just say hello, and I will definitely help if I can. "

This is not Zuo Zhong talking big┴. At present, half of the copied yen of the military command has flowed out of the hands of Minister Song. The cooperation between the two parties is very pleasant, and the other party will definitely give him this face.

Left and right are only the position of a director. It is not for anyone to give it to others. It is better to give it to others. It is beneficial to everyone to have a friend in the core department of the Ministry of the Interior.

Deputy Director Yang's eyes widened. He didn't expect Zuo Zhong to be able to talk to Minister Song now. That's his brother-in-law, a first-class powerful person.

With such a big person talking, let alone a small director, even a director or deputy director can do it, it is really a sledgehammer.

"Oh, Brother Zuo."

When Ma P didn't shoot at this time, when would it be more, Deputy Director Yang choked up, grabbed Zuo Zhong's hand, and expressed his loyalty with tears in his eyes.

"Don't worry, your affairs will be Yang's own affairs in the future, let's go, I will take you to my office first, there are some things you are definitely interested in.

I found out about Sergeant Xing through my friends, and I hid some of the items that Sergeant Xing put in the Police Department before the bastards from the Central Committee arrived.

I also asked someone to sort out the case files he had handled during this period, and the information on the people he had contacted. "

Hiss, what a surprise.

Zuo Zhong looked at the other party in surprise. Lao Yang has something. He not only protected the evidence first, but also hid it from the later agents of the Zhongtong and even the Second Division.

With such methods and psychological qualities, it is really overkill for the Ministry of the Interior. Based on the performance of the other party, it is very easy to become the deputy director of the Central Government. Sure enough, none of them are simple people who can get ahead in this world.

The next moment, he smiled and looked at Gu Qi and Song Minghao, whose faces were flushed, without saying anything, letting them understand that he followed Deputy Director Yang to the office building slowly.

On the way, Deputy Director Yang introduced the layout and secrets of the Ministry of the Interior, such as the office building that looked like it was built of rammed earth, but in fact it was covered with a layer of earth on the outside of cement.

It has to be said that these officials of the Guo Party put a lot of thought into saving their lives. There is something wrong with this operation. Who would have thought that there are universes in a few ruined houses.

They came to the office while walking and chatting. The three of Zuo Zhong walked in, and the accompanying small agents vigilantly set up defenses around them to prevent anyone from eavesdropping or approaching.

"Deputy Director Zuo, Director Gu, and Deputy Director Song, please sit down first."

As soon as he entered the room, Deputy Director Yang led Zuo Zhong and the others to the sofa, moved a bench and stood on it, and stretched out his hand to remove a piece of the ceiling.

I saw him groping in the ceiling for a while, and took out a large suitcase and dozens of files from it, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

Seeing this, Gu Qi and Song Minghao hurried up to help, but the two offices were played around by a bureaucrat. If they didn't have any discernment, they would inevitably be scolded when they went back.

Zuo Zhong ignored the two of them, and casually opened the suitcase in front of him. Inside were some papers, pens, books and other items, as well as a wooden photo frame.

Slowly picking up the photo frame, Zuo Zhong looked at the group photo of the police academy students in the frame, feeling a little uneasy. There were Xing Hanliang and Ban Jun on it, but he wasn't there.

Ever since he knew that he might enter the Secret Service, he consciously avoided taking pictures. Even the pictures he took with his classmates before were taken back by him with various excuses.

As an intelligence officer, one must not only be anonymous, but also faceless.

Otherwise, once the appearance is revealed, the risk of exposure will increase exponentially. Facial camouflage is only a modification, and it cannot completely become another person.

After a moment of silence, Zuo Zhong put the photo frame aside, picked up a few books, flipped through them quickly, and found that they were all magazines and vernacular novels.

There is nothing related to the underground party in it, and most of them are the little bourgeois moans, or the love stories of idiots and resentment, which are the favorites of today's educated youths.

Carefully observing the creases of the books and the degree of wear and tear of the pages, it can be seen that Xing Hanliang did not check a certain page multiple times, indicating that they are not code books.

As for other daily necessities, they are even more common, and can be bought in any grocery store in the mountain city, so it can be said that they have no intelligence value.

Zuo Zhong's gaze moved away from these things and landed on the thick files, he was a little surprised that Xing Hanliang had handled so many cases.

The Police Department is not a business unit. It is mainly responsible for the administration, personnel, and education of the police system in the Kuomintang-controlled area.

This is an expensive department, the job is to drink tea, read newspapers, go down for a walk occasionally, collect some souvenirs, nothing serious.

So what kind of case was Xing Hanliang handling? Zuo Zhong curiously opened a file, looked at the case briefly, and soon lost interest.

This is a case of abuse of power by the local police station. The records in the case file are very clear, the chain of evidence is complete, the personnel involved in the case have clear statements, and no high-level officials are involved.

All the persons involved in the case had no underground party background, nor any suspicious words or deeds. They were as simple as the cases handled by the Police Secretary Pingshi.

In fact, if it is found that the case is related to dissidents, the Police Department will immediately notify the Central Command or the Military Command, and will definitely not launch an investigation on its own.

The responsibilities of the Police Department and the Ministry of the Interior are not counter-espionage, so it is impossible for these elders to fight the underground party ┴.

On the other side, Gu Qi and Song Minghao spread out the overlapping flats of all the case files on the coffee table for the convenience of the deputy director to check, and neatly arranged a whole table.

From time to time, Zuo Zhong took out one of them for inspection, until he went through all of them, but still found nothing, these cases were very common.

Putting down the last file, he got up and slowly paced around the coffee table with his hands behind his back, analyzing the relationship between the case and Xing Hanliang's defection in his mind at high speed.

After a long time, he suddenly stopped, lowered his head and scanned the case handling date on the file, a bright light flashed in his eyes, there was indeed a problem!
"Old Gu, calculate the starting time of the case processing, accurate to a certain day of the month." Zuo Zhong issued an order in a low voice.

"Yes."

Gu Qi immediately replied, and after speaking, he and Song Minghao began to record under Deputy Director Yang's puzzled eyes. As they wrote, the two also noticed something was wrong.

Looking at the series of dates on the paper, Gu Qi stopped writing and raised his head, and reported seriously: "Senior, four out of five cases were handled two months ago, too concentrated."

Deputy Director Yang was a little confused when he heard the words. Is there any problem? It's just that there have been more cases in the past two months, so it's not suspicious.

The official affairs of the Ministry of the Interior are also very busy at certain times, such as around the Lunar New Year, but considering the sensitivity of this matter, he tightly shut his mouth, being too curious can easily kill people.

Zuo Zhong noticed the other party's reaction, and considering that the next investigation would be inseparable from the other party's help, he walked over slowly and asked a simple question.

"Lao Yang, what was the last two months?"

Deputy Director Yang was stunned, and four numbers popped up in his mind, 4, the anniversary of Xinhai's death, and also the National Day of the Republic of China.

He immediately realized that investigating internal problems on such a day was slapping the face of the government and the commissioner, and no one with a brain would do it.

So what is the reason that Xing Hanliang took the risk of offending his boss to conduct a large-scale internal investigation at such an important time.

After finding out this point, his "defection" has a reasonable explanation.

After receiving the date statistics sheet, Zuo Zhong motioned for Gu Qi to call someone in, took all the files and items away, and then made a new request to Deputy Director Yang.

"I have to trouble your brother to take us to the Police Department to have a look."

"No problem, let's go."

Deputy Director Yang was not afraid that Zuo Zhong would bother him, but he was afraid that the other party would not open his mouth, and the debt of favor would be the hardest to repay, so he agreed without hesitation, and P Diandian led the way.

A few people passed through several small buildings with "gold and jade among them, and the outside is ruined", and came to a row of flat houses. Just as they were about to knock on the door of one of them, they heard a few yells.