wind in the dark night

Chapter 286 Suppressing Bandits
Sergei said: "The morphine belongs to someone else. I am keeping it for him temporarily."

Qi Yue said, "This person must be your accomplice. I'm not interested in knowing his last name or name, and you can't tell me. I'm just curious, why would an agent who must always keep a clear mind become addicted to drugs?"

"He wanted to get treatment."

"What disease?"

"It's a very painful disease. I'm not very clear about the details."

Sergei explained in general terms.

Qi Yue said, "There is another question. Su Lian and the Communist Party belong to the same Red International. Even if they have little interaction, they should not be enemies. Why do you want to monitor the Communist Party's movements?"

Sergei was surprised and asked, "How did you know this?"

Qi Yue took a sip of tea and said calmly, "Do you think the Secret Service Department is just a decoration? We know about any disturbance in the streets and alleys of Binjiang."

Sergei was skeptical.

Qi Yue took out a bottle of ointment from his pocket: "See, this is the antidote. If your answer satisfies me, you can take it. We already have some information about this matter, so don't try to make up lies to fool me."

Sergei shrugged. "I don't need to fool you. For many people, this is an open secret. The Communist Party in the Far East is divided into two factions. One faction supports Mosko and the other faction supports Yan'an. Zhang Zhaolin and the Binjiang Prefectural Committee are both staunch Yan'an faction. This is why the Cheka is monitoring them."

Qi Yue understood that Jiang Bin's following and monitoring of Yang Feng and Mao Yonggui's tracking of Li Tiezui were all instigated by the Cheka.

"take it."

Qi Yue put the ointment on the table.

It's a 200ml glass bottle without any label. The ointment is grass green in color and has a light minty scent when you smell it.

Sergey asked: "How do I use this?"

Qi Yue said: "Apply the ointment to the wound once a day for half a month as a course of treatment. This box of medicine can be used for a month. If taken with anti-inflammatory drugs such as sulfa, the treatment effect will be better."

Sergei said: "You won't lie to me, will you? Don't think that I can't do anything to you just because I left Manchukuo. If you lie to me, my comrades will definitely settle accounts with you!"

Qi Yue said helplessly: "Why would I lie to you? I guarantee with my character that this is really an antidote. If you don't believe it... return the medicine to me and I'll return the gold bars to you."

"I believe you once."

Sergei got up and left the teahouse.

The translator asked Qi Yue: "Captain Qi, do you really have an antidote?"

Qi Yue said: "Where did the antidote come from? I bought the ointment at the pharmacy on the way here. It originally had a trademark, but I tore it off."

The translator laughed and said, "So you were lying to him."

"I've already guaranteed it with my integrity, how could I lie to him? I estimate that the poison that Sergei was poisoned with was most likely snake venom. The ointment is used to treat snake venom. Even if it can't cure it, it can't make it worse."

As he spoke, Qi Yue opened his briefcase, took out a gold bar from it, and secretly put it into the translator's hand: "This is yours."

"How can this be so embarrassing?"

The translator was delighted.

Qi Yue said, "Just take it if I tell you to. I told you this is what you deserve. Put it away quickly and don't let anyone see it."

"Hey……"

The translator was very happy. He didn't even spend half an hour and got a valuable "small yellow croaker" for free. Such a good job doesn't come often.

Nowadays, gold bars are divided into two specifications. The 312-liang one is called "big yellow croaker", which is about 31 grams, and the -liang one is called "small yellow croaker", which is about grams. Sergey brought the small yellow croaker, which is also the most commonly circulated type on the market.

Yellow croaker is rarely seen in normal times. It is only possible to use yellow croaker in transactions when buying houses or land, or purchasing bulk goods. Gold is a hard currency and is more reassuring than the puppet Manchukuo currency.

……

An hour later, Qi Yue returned to the Special Agents Department.

A police officer came forward and said, "Captain Qi, Chief Gao wants you to come over."

"understood."

Qi Yue and others stayed where they were.

On the other side of the corridor, Sun Aidi, the archive manager, walked over here with a stack of documents in her arms. The two have always had a good relationship and often interacted with each other privately.

Qi Yue asked: "Do you need help?"

Sun Aidi complained, "These people are really terrible. They don't even think about returning the borrowed documents when they are due. I have to come and get them myself..."

When they got closer, Sun Aidi whispered, "Somekawa Kazuo sent someone to take your file away. He was so secretive. I don't know what he wanted to do."

"Normal internal investigation..."

“Is it normal not to allow signature?”

"........."

"Be careful, I'm leaving."

"Thank you, Edie."

"You're welcome."

Sun Aidi walked away in a hurry.

Internal investigations are very common in the police department and no one would make a fuss about it, but if the files are reviewed without a signature, it means it is a secret investigation, which means that the person being investigated is under suspicion.

Thinking back on the conversation with Somekawa Kazuo, there was nothing wrong. So what was the problem?

Full of doubts, Qi Yue came to the section chief's office, knocked on the door, and heard Gao Kejian say "Come in", so he pushed the door open and walked in.

"Captain Qi, please take a seat."

Gao Kejian was all smiles.

Qi Yue pulled out his chair and sat down.

Gao Kejian handed over a cup of tea: "This is freshly brewed tea, brought back by a friend from Yunnan. Try it and see if you can tell what kind of tea it is."

Qi Yue picked up the tea bowl and took a sip: "Not bad, authentic Pu'er."

Gao Kejian smiled and said, "To be honest, this is the first time I drink this kind of tea. I have never seen it in the teahouses here. I didn't expect you to be able to taste it so well in one go."

Qi Yue said: "My father loves the tea ceremony very much. I have been exposed to it since I was a child, so I know a little about it."

"Tell me about it, I want to learn from you too."

Gao Kejian seemed to be in high spirits.

Qi Yue said: "Pu'er is produced in western Yunnan. Due to inconvenient transportation, it can only be transported by horse caravans, so it is also called horse caravan tea. The production process of this tea is very poor. Rich people only try it occasionally, and it is basically drunk by poor people. It is said that when the horse caravans add a little glutinous rice when brewing tea, the taste will be better."

Gao Kejian said: "I believe that things will change over time. Even though no one drinks Pu'er tea now, it may become popular sooner or later and even more expensive than Longjing tea."

"Probably."

Qi Yue echoed.

Gao Kejian took a sip of tea and said, "The day after tomorrow morning, the police brigade will go out of the city to suppress bandits. Their target is the big bandit Hong Tianlei in the Lianhua Town area. Oh, not only the police brigade, but also the local militia and insurance team in Lianhua Town will participate in the suppression. Hong Tianlei has committed many evil deeds and brought disaster to the village. This time, the department has made up its mind to eradicate him. I just got the information that Zhang Zhaolin has set up a secret working team in Lianhua Town. To deal with them, our special agent department has to take action..."

(End of this chapter)