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Chapter 1176: Surprise or surprise?

"Are you surprised? Are you surprised??"

Returning to the military command headquarters ten hours before the blockade was lifted, Zuo Zhong looked at the stunned Qiu Buting and asked this question softly.

Gu Qi and Wu Chunyang on the side sneered. This was the first time they saw such a smart mole. Do they really think that the first and second places are vegetarians?

Qiu Buting was a little confused at the moment. What was going on? He was sure that the hiding place he found for the Japanese was very hidden. Why was the Japanese lieutenant colonel who led the team still caught?

He told the Japanese spies all the information, including the general blockade scope of the military command after the incident, possible response strategies, etc.

Even if you can be caught like this, aren't the Japanese too useless? The Japanese locust army is invincible.

"Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, did you hear everything?"

Zuo Zhong spoke again, and the person he was questioning was changed from Qiu Buting to the Japanese Lieutenant Colonel. The other person had been standing outside the door for a long time and should have heard the previous conversation.

The scarred man's hands were tied behind his back. Hearing this, he cocked his neck and looked at Qiu Buting. His eyes were full of anger, and he wanted to bite this despicable Republican to death.

He stared with a pair of blood-red eyes, his expression was distorted, his face was ferocious, and he struggled to issue threats.

"Baga. How dare you deceive the empire? Have you forgotten how you knelt in front of me and begged? You bastard, the empire will not let you go."

Seeing the scar-faced man's reaction, everyone in the room understood that there was not a word of truth in Qiu's mouth, it was all lies.

Everything about falling into a trap, being forced to betray brothers, and repentance are all fake.

When the hospital spy was successfully captured a few hours ago, the deputy director asserted: Regardless of whether professional soldiers are just or not, the most intolerable thing is betrayal. Now it turns out that this is indeed the case.

They don't need to interrogate at all. They can pry open the mouths of the Japanese through dog bites and figure out the truth behind the case and the real role Qiu Buting played in the case.

The scar-faced man knew what his fate would be, thinking that he would not survive and that he could not make Qiu Buting comfortable, so he immediately shouted loudly.

"This bastard took the initiative to contact the empire's intelligence agency in Changcheng and provided the information and keys to the safe house. He also said that you were printing counterfeit banknotes.

After the meeting in Yamacheng, he knelt in front of me and begged me to believe him. He hoped to seek a position in the new government in the future. Despicable guy, I will kill you. "

As soon as he said this, Qiu Buting collapsed on the ground like a deflated rubber ball, his eyes dull and muttering to himself.

"I just want to be a master, what's wrong with that?"

"What's wrong?"

Zuo Zhong asked back, walked slowly in front of him, slammed a document on the other person's face, and asked coldly: "Then what's their fault?"

The sharp edge of the page scratched Qiu Buting's forehead, creating an ugly wound, and a few drops of blood fell on the floor.

The breeze blowing from the window stirred the documents, and the files of the spies who died in the safe houses and surveillance points were turned over page by page. The black "died in battle" seal stamped on the documents was like a huge stone, crushing the people and making it hard to breathe. gas.

Qiu Buting ignored the blood dripping from his forehead and simply smashed the jar. He looked up at Zuo Zhong and sneered, his tone full of ridicule and disdain.

"You, Deputy Director Zuo, are lucky. You were born into a wealthy family and never had to worry about making a living. You also live in the same hometown as the Chairman and later became a bureau student. Naturally, you don't have to worry about your future.

But what about Qiu! The most valuable thing in my house is the old cow that can't even pull the wooden plow. People like you can never understand the pain of little people like us, no! "

Perhaps knowing that time was running out, Qiu Buting became more and more energetic as he spoke. With a hoarse roar, he pointed at the Gu Qi people around him and confessed the reason why he surrendered to the enemy.

"I consider myself to be quite capable, but after working in the bureau for so many years, I have gained nothing. I can only follow Li Qiwu like a dog.

Look at them again. They are either the director or the deputy director. Is it really because of their ability? Isn't it because they are students from the same hometown as you, who are appointed to the bureau?

Why, I don't accept it, I can be patriotic, I can go through life and death for you, deputy director, and obey your words, I just need a chance to stand up! "

After saying that, Qiu Buting pointed to the documents on the ground, gritted his teeth, and shouted in a posture of "I can't help but take my fate."

"I really want to make progress, and I will sacrifice everything for this. If the death of those people can make Qiu a master, then it will be a well-deserved death.

When I become the director or deputy director, I am confident that I will not do worse than them. For the sake of the country, the sacrifice of some people is a necessary price. "

Listening to his shameless words, not to mention Gu Qi and others, even the scar-faced man almost laughed in anger. Are you worthy of being compared with Zuo Zhong?

Although China and Japan are enemies, the scar-faced man has to admit that Zuo Zhong is a dangerous opponent and a respectable opponent, and he is by no means an incompetent guy who came to power by virtue of his background.

If the opponent is really so easy to deal with, the internal strife between the military commander and the government can make Zuo Zhong die without any intervention from the empire.

So in reality, whether it was Tang Zong and Zheng Tingbing a few years ago, or Zhongtong and Xu Enzeng now, they have all been reorganized by Zuo Zhong and lost their temper.

So, how could Qiu Buting have the nerve to say such a thing?

A frog in a well is still a frog in a well no matter how hard he tries. He can only see the square inches above his head and cannot see how much he weighs.

Zuo Zhong did not laugh at Qiu Buting. He had seen too many people like Qiu Buting in later generations. To sum it up in two sentences, his heart is as high as the sky and his life is as thin as paper.

He asked casually: "Revealing the whereabouts of the Nanyang Consolation Mission to the Japanese was a sign of surrender, and concealing my identity was to leave a way out. Am I right?"

The so-called surrender is also to use Japanese spies to gain my trust and climb up the ladder. I have to say that you are a bit brave, even the Japanese and I dare to take advantage of you.

When I was in the northwest, I was very puzzled as to why the enemy knew the route of the condolence group but not my identity. This didn't make sense.

It wasn't until something happened in the safe house that I figured out that maybe I had become a part of someone's plan, and that I was more valuable only if I lived.

The words Gui Youguang said before capturing the hospital spy exposed your disguise and little thoughts. Haha, patriot, you only love yourself. "

Gui Youguang was stunned, but immediately showed a proud expression, even though he didn't know what the deputy director said.

"A person does things just for fame and profit. If the mole doesn't betray me, it means that the other party doesn't want profit."

Zuo Zhong repeated what Gui Youguang said before capturing the hospital spy, and then sneered.

"I have a message for you. The machine was too clever in its calculations, and it cost Qing Qing her life. You thought your design was perfect, but in fact it was full of mistakes."

Even a bald man can see the problem, but it's full of mistakes and omissions. There's nothing wrong with that.

The smile on Gui Youguang's face slowly disappeared. Why didn't he feel like the deputy was complimenting someone, or was he overthinking it?

Zuo Zhong was too lazy to talk nonsense to Qiu Buting. It was useless to talk to such a greedy person. He directly asked the question he was most concerned about. "You are from the inspection office. I don't need to emphasize to you the rules of the military command. Let's be honest. Does Li Qiwu know your identity as a mole? Did he disclose the bureau's intelligence to you?"

Qiu Buting doesn't need Zuo Zhong to personally greet him. What he cares about is Li Qiwu. This bastard has become more and more high-profile recently. If you don't give him some color, you can see where he will put someone's face.

Hearing the words Li Qiwu, Qiu Buting seemed to have grasped a life-saving straw, and his energy immediately lifted, and he thought silently in his heart: Director Li will protect me.

This sentence started out as an affirmative sentence, quickly turned into a question, and finally turned into a desperate and desolate negative sentence.

After following Li Qiwu for several years, Qiu Buting was very aware of his selfishness and ruthlessness. He knew that he was a mole, and the one who wanted him dead the most was Li Qiwu. How could he protect him? That is impossible.

Thinking of the grievances he had suffered from Li Qiwu over the years, and thinking of meritorious service, Qiu Buting secretly said sorry to Director Li, raised his hand suddenly and shouted.

"I want to report!"

It became.

Zuo Zhong was not surprised that Qiu Buting would drag Li Qiwu into the water. The two people were essentially the same kind of people. They might have some ability, but they had no virtue or morality.

In their eyes, colleagues, friends, and even relatives can be sold. The only difference is the price. As long as the price is enough, my mother and I can sell it.

"Okay, let's take him down, interrogate him carefully, and make a solid confession. Don't let people say that I am someone's revenge."

Zuo Zhong gave Gu Qi an order, and deliberately emphasized the words "down to earth" and "revenge privately". Even if he couldn't bring down Li Qiwu this time, he would still suffer a big loss.

Gu Qi understood and waved to the agents to take Qiu Buting and the scar-faced man away. Professional interrogators would be responsible for the following work.

wow~

The file on the ground was blown by the wind and turned to one of the pages. In the upper right corner of the file was a photo of Xiao Ayako with a smile.

This smile is so bright and vivid, as if he is happy that the mole and the Japanese spy have been caught.

Zuo Zhong bent down to pick up the file, and walked out of the office in silence for a long time. Gu Qi and others followed behind, and everyone came to the lobby on the first floor without saying a word.

The north wall of the hall is inlaid with a pure white marble, with hundreds of golden stars scattered on it, each one representing a military intelligence officer who gave his life for the nation and the country.

The latest 11 added are the agents who died in this case. Some of them are fathers, some are sons, some are brothers, and some are daughters.

When death comes, these people with different identities make a common choice to sacrifice their lives for charity and strive for a glimmer of life for the suffering nation.

"salute!"

Zuo Zhong straightened his collar, shouted the command in a deep voice, raised his right hand and saluted.

Gu Qi and others, as well as the passing spies, stopped to stand at attention and saluted solemnly. The atmosphere in the hall was solemn and extremely quiet.

Just at this time, the sky cleared up, and a ray of golden sunlight shone in from the gate. Hundreds of stars reflected the hazy light and fell on everyone's faces.

a few days later.

In a hidden cave more than 200 kilometers away from the mountain city, Zuo Zhong, accompanied by Gu Qi and Wu Chunyang, listened to the introduction of the person in charge of the printing factory while walking.

"Deputy Chairman, Director Wu, Director Gu...Deputy Director, the current daily printing press of the factory has reached 200,000 yen, and it can be increased further in the future."

Amidst the rumbling sound of the machine, the person in charge loudly reported that not far away, sheets of large-format Japanese yen were conveyed by the impression roller and entered the next process flow.

Gu Qi, who had just received the appointment letter from the government the day before, listened carefully and nodded repeatedly, obviously very satisfied with the work of the printing factory.

This is his first official duty after assuming the post of deputy director, so he naturally takes it very seriously.

In the personnel struggle with Li Qiwu for deputy director, it was Gu Qi who had the last laugh. There was no way around it, who let the spy out of the inspection room?

Wu Chunyang also looked curiously at the cut banknotes and the piles of finished products in the corner of the cave, quietly calculating how much funding to apply for next year.

"Okay, how is the research on the new goods going?" Zuo Zhong praised the person in charge and then asked.

"The composition of ink and paper still needs to be perfected, and the engraving has entered the final stage. This is the engraving room. Master Li's painting skills are superb, and the pattern reproduction can be completed in up to half a year."

As the person in charge said this, he led the three people outside a room and gently opened the door. Inside, a middle-aged man in his forties was painting with a magnifying glass and his head down.

On the wall opposite this person, there are many semi-finished products in US dollars and pounds sterling, which is self-evident as to what the new goods are.

The gold content of the Japanese yen is too low. In terms of purchasing power and liquidity, it must be the currency of the old imperialist countries.

Once dollars and pounds are successfully printed, military commanders will no longer have to worry about funding.

If you don’t have money, just print.

Looking at the attentive Master Li, Zuo Zhong thought of a certain character in later movies. He couldn't help but suspect that he had met an "acquaintance" again, and immediately whispered a few words to Gu Qi.

For middle-aged people with special skills, supervision and loyalty checks must be strengthened. Engravings must not be allowed to flow into society, and Washington and London must not be allowed to know that the government is printing money for them.

"Hurry up and try printing a batch. If it doesn't work, I will solve the ink and paper problems."

After saying this, Zuozhong continued to inspect other workshops and took back the 10 yen reward.

This is not a lie. It has the same ink formula and the same paper as the original Japanese yen, and the pattern is more than 99% similar. How can it be called a counterfeit banknote.

At best... wild yen.

Yes, wild yen!

Just like artificially cultivated flowers and flowers in the wild, although the growing environment is different, you can't say that the flowers in the wild are fake. There is no such truth.

Just when Zuo was convincing people with his reasoning and visiting the printing factory again, a grand dinner party was about to begin thousands of miles away on the banks of Huangpu River in Shanghai.

The host of the dinner, the chief of the Hase Agency of the Empire of Japan, the adjutant of the China Committee, and the intelligence flower of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ryosuke Hase, stood outside the Chinachem Hotel to greet guests from all walks of life.