Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Under Zhang Anping's "watchful eye", Ono Masamori went to the newly formed Third Division of the Restoration Army in disgrace, allowing Minglou to carry out the [Oil Extraction Plan] in a big way.

With hundreds or even thousands of detainees being released on bail every day, the number of detainees in the Longhua and Zhonghe camps is decreasing at a visible rate.

As a result, the amount of money in the hands of the Japanese was skyrocketing.

Everything seemed to be moving in a good direction, but at this time, Doihara took action!

……

Doihara actually discovered it when the Longhua Camp and the Zhonghe Camp began to change their strategies and put money-making first.

Doihara was so smart that he realized at the first moment that this was a counterattack by Matsumuro Yoshitaka.

But at this time, he could not spare the time because of Mr. Wang's arrival in Shanghai. Seeing that Matsumuro Yoshitaka and others had begun to collect money in a big way, Doihara looked at the direction of Matsumuro Agency with disappointment and asked softly:

"Matsumuro-kun, is power... so important?"

"Have you forgotten the bold words you said when you were young?"

Such a question from a distance naturally did not elicit a response from Matsumuro Yoshitaka.

So, Doihara began to plan and make his moves.

He delegated power to Kagesa Tadaaki and Takeda Yukihira, ordering them to secretly monitor the Longhua and Zhonghe camps and covertly investigate any Chinese who behaved abnormally in the process of "making money".

He believed that 99% of the people arrested in the two camps were innocent, but there would definitely be fish caught in the net. After Matsumuro Yoshitaka recklessly sabotaged his plan by collecting money, the resistance elements lurking in the dark would definitely take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters and release the real arrested people.

As long as we keep a close eye on the release list and those who behave abnormally during this period, we can identify suspicious elements among them, follow the clues to find lurkers, and discover resistance elements among those arrested.

Record these people secretly, and catch them all in one fell swoop when the time is right. Then, they can completely arrest Matsumuro Yoshitaka and others on the charge of condoning resistance elements. At that time, the wealth amassed by Matsumuro Yoshitaka and Tsukamoto Seiji will become irrefutable evidence for them.

And this money will eventually fall into Doihara's hands!

Get it in one fell swoop!
This was the arrangement that Doihara made in response to the situation.

And things developed just as Doihara had expected. After the money-making operation began, many people in No. 76 behaved strangely, and all of them were recorded by the agents secretly controlled and instigated by Kagesa Yoshiaki and Takeda.

Following the clues, many suspicious released persons were recorded by the agents controlled by the two. Because Mizuno was transferred due to his diligence, the two who had obtained a lot of clues could only resist the urge to arrest and continue to monitor secretly.

……

Zhang Anping's eyes never left Longhua and Zhonghe camps.

According to the information he currently has, there are 43 members of the underground party in custody, and 77 members of the Shanghai district in custody.

The underground party even passed a list to Lao Cen, hoping that Zhang Anping could find a way to rescue the more than 300 people on the list.

It's not that the underground party doesn't want to save people, but the investigation team led by Minglou is too cruel. If the filial piety is not in place, a number will be given during the investigation that will make the arrested person despair - the underground party really has the will but not the ability in terms of economy.

To put it simply, it is... poor!

Zhang Anping held the list in his hand but never gave it to Minglou. Seeing that the two camps had already released more than 6,000 people, Minglou became impatient and sent Mingcheng to ask Zhang Anping for the list several times, but Zhang Anping never gave it to Minglou.

Minglou couldn't help it and went to find Zhang Anping in person.

After confirming that he could speak freely here, Ming Lou frowned and said:

"Lao Cen said you have a list of 400 people. These are the comrades and anti-Japanese patriots who I need to release. Why haven't you given me the list?"

Zhang Anping said: "I always feel that something is not right."

"More than 6,000 people have been released, so why is it still not right? Anping, please stop being so suspicious!"

Zhang Anping shook his head and asked, "If you were Doihara, would you be angry if your plan was ruined by Matsumuro Yoshitaka? Would you react?!"

Ming Lou answered without hesitation: "I had doubts about this before, but look at Doihara's schedule! He and the man surnamed Wang are busy meeting with various people in Shanghai all day long. It's true that he has no time to deal with it!"

"Doheihara doesn't have time to respond, but what about Doihara's organization?" Zhang Anping asked back: "According to my secret investigation, the number of people in Doihara's organization should be between 330 and 480!"

"It's not like No. 76 is just filler! They are all agents that Doihara transferred from Northeast China and mainland Japan!"

"But these past few days, they have been extremely calm! Too calm, do you know that?"

There was a large error between the upper and lower limits of the number of people given by Zhang Anping, but this was normal. Even if he sent people to guard around the Doihara residence, the objects of observation were, after all, a group of highly vigilant Japanese spies, so it was normal to have errors.

After hearing what Zhang Anping said, Minglou also fell into deep thought.

Since the Doihara Agency has so many people, it is indeed strange that it is in a state of silence now. Even if the Doihara Agency now needs to ensure the safety of Mr. Wang and the core members of the Wang faction, it will not be unable to spare manpower.

And the dogs that don’t bark are often the ones that bite the most fiercely!

He asked back: "Do you have any clues?"

"No." Zhang Anping shook his head. "It's because there's no clue that I'm so unsure. If we try to rescue our comrades and brothers in Shanghai now, I'm afraid it will play into Doihara's hands!"

Ming Lou sighed, and then said in a reminder tone: "Anping, time waits for no one."

In eight days, more than 6,000 people were released. If the remaining people continued to be released at this rate, all would be released soon - the fewer people there were in the later stages, and the more difficult it would be for him to operate secretly.

Zhang Anping took a deep breath.

In fact, he was more anxious than Minglou. According to intelligence, the Central Bureau of Investigation's investigation team arrived in Shanghai yesterday, but he had not yet reached a consensus on the confession with Bian Jike, and Bian Jike was still detained in the Longhua Camp.

He was so anxious that he was about to get angry!
But the more anxious he was, the less he dared to make a decision. He was afraid that this was a trap and once he stepped into it, the loss would be too great.

"Do you think there is anything unusual in Longhua Camp and Zhonghe Camp?"

Ming Lou shook his head: "No."

"Both the Japanese and the agents from No. 76 were very cooperative. Of course, it was inevitable that some people took advantage of this opportunity to do something wrong, and I could only pretend that I didn't see anything."

A thought flashed through Zhang Anping's mind, and he asked urgently: "Cooperation? Very cooperative?"

Ming Lou was puzzled: "Yes, they are very cooperative."

"There's a problem!" Zhang Anping breathed a sigh of relief. He finally realized what the problem was:

"I don't know how many of Doihara's men there are in the Matsumuro Agency, but there are at least forty of them in Unit 76, right?"

Minglou was shocked and confused, but after Zhang Anping reminded him, he realized the problem.

He murmured, "These people are the spies sent by Doihara to No. 76. They are so cooperative!"

Doihara was not a fool. Matsumuro Yoshitaka changed his plan into a large-scale money-making plan. For him who was in the middle of the situation, everyone knew what he was thinking.

No matter how busy he is, he will not let Matsumuro Yoshitaka do whatever he wants.

Even if Doihara was a fanatical militarist who regarded the interests of the Jap devils as supreme, who among those who hold high positions due to their abilities is not a "paranoid"?
Unless he thought he was wrong - but Matsumuro Yoshitaka obviously changed his plan for his own selfish reasons, and Doihara should not ignore it in any way.

Unless he has secretly made plans to easily suppress Matsumuro Yoshitaka's counterattack.

"Keep an eye on their every move!" Zhang Anping said coldly, "Their cooperation must be to cover up the real purpose. Doihara can't just leave dozens of people alone. He must have given them other tasks. Keep an eye on them and you will definitely get something!"

Ming Lou nodded: "I will use the Japanese to keep an eye on them. If they really have problems, they can use Matsumuro Yoshitaka to solve the problem."

Zhang Anping nodded and agreed to Minglou's proposal.

"No matter what, at this rate, I must release our comrades and brothers in Shanghai in four days at most!"

Ming Lou said: "I have tried to test the Japanese before, wanting to set a bail of less than 100 yuan for some people. I said at the time that this would earn at least 400,000 yuan more, but both Matsumuro Yoshitaka and Tsukamoto Seiji rejected my proposal."

“I suspect they’ll eventually send the rest away as laborers.”

This is also the reason why Minglou is anxious.

The most important thing is that the Japanese have learned from their mistakes. Because of several incidents of laborers being hijacked, they now transport laborers in batches and on a small scale. As a result, neither the Songhu Branch nor the guerrillas led by the underground party can rescue them frequently. Even if they do rescue, the number of people they can rescue is limited. Zhang Anping remained silent.

From the bottom of his heart, he was willing to rescue everyone captured by the Japanese invaders.

But this is obviously impossible. All he can do is rescue part of them. He can do nothing about the rest!
"This is war..."

Zhang Anping let out a long sigh. The fourteen-year war of resistance against Japan and the eight-year all-out war of resistance, folded into a history book, were just a few pages, but every word and every stroke were written with the blood and tears of the Chinese people.

……

Not long after Minglou left, Xu Baichuan arrived.

Xu Baichuan is in charge of rescue operations recently - his targets are those who have been arrested innocently.

Under Minglou's manipulation, the two camps would offer huge bails to the arrested persons, while Xu Baichuan would contact people all over the world in Shanghai, trying to find ways to provide various low-interest or interest-free loans for those who could not temporarily pay the bail.

Because of his maneuvers, at least more than a thousand people were able to collect enough bail and gain their freedom - and this number will be even higher in the future.

But the more he tried to save Xu Baichuan, the more distressed he felt, because he knew that no matter what, in the end there would still be a considerable number of people who would not be able to gain their freedom because they could not afford the bail.

What awaits them... is becoming laborers.

(I have said before that I will not write about tragedy again, so... I will not let such things appear in my writing - but during the Japanese rule, such things were everywhere, and the key person among them was the traitor!)
After arriving at the secret base of the direct team, Xu Baichuan took a deep breath and suppressed the heavy feeling in his heart. After seeing Zhang Anping, he did not express his heavy feeling, but reported another matter:

"Anping, guess who I saw just now?"

Zhang Anping threw a pile of documents on the table in annoyance: "Stop keeping me in suspense."

"It's Qi Qingbao! He came all the way to see me!"

Zhang Anping asked, "Looking for you? What's the matter?"

"Invite me to the banquet." Xu Baichuan smiled mysteriously.

Zhang Anping frowned: "Something's wrong!"

Qi Qingbao was the deputy director of the Shanghai Office who was strongly recommended by Xu Tian - it sounds ridiculous that the deputy director of the Shanghai Office of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics needs to be decided by the people of the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, but who was responsible for the Shanghai Office of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics being wiped out twice?

Who asked Mr. Xu to spend money to hire Zhang Anping as a consultant?
But no matter what, Qi Qingbao was promoted to deputy director by the Shanghai district, so he should have some relationship with him, right?
And this is the reason why Zhang Anping frowned. The Central Bureau of Investigation’s investigation team came, but Qi Qingbao invited Old Xu to the banquet?

It doesn't taste right!

"You are really alert!" Xu Baichuan said with a smile, "There is indeed a problem - Qi Qingbao is a good guy. He told me directly that there might be something wrong with this banquet. The Central Investigation Team from Chongqing is going to play a Hongmen Banquet for me."

"What's going on? Is the Central Bureau of Investigation going crazy and trying to plot against me?!"

Xu Baichuan asked about the reason. If there was no reason, the Central Bureau of Investigation would not have provoked the Shanghai District, right?

Some time ago, Li Wenli of the Military Intelligence Bureau secretly buried Lu Bin of the Central Intelligence Bureau alive. Although it was done secretly, everyone who should know knew it. If the Central Intelligence Bureau wanted to retaliate, they shouldn't have found the Shanghai district, which was extremely powerful, right?
Zhang Anping said with a gloomy face: "Speaking of this matter, the responsibility lies with me! I was badly tricked by that bastard Lu Qiaoshan!"

"Lu Qiaoshan? You were cheated by him? What happened?" Xu Baichuan was curious.

Zhang Anping explained:

"'Katyusha', you know what? I have developed a very good nail in the Communist Party..."

He told Xu Baichuan about the script he and Cen An-yen had compiled, and told Xu Baichuan the "true" cause and effect of the incident.

Xu Baichuan was stunned. He didn't expect so many things to happen in the past few days!

After listening, he hesitated and said:

"Anping, we are brothers, so I won't be too fussy with you. The situation in Shanghai is complicated and it is of utmost importance. I think we should focus more on the Japanese."

"As for the underground party, there is no need for us to fight to the death with them."

"Then again, the stronger the underground party is, the more they can share our pressure, right?"

"We really don't need to focus our energy on them at this time. The Japanese are our biggest enemy."

Zhang Anping shook his head: "Old Xu, the Communist Party is the biggest concern of the Chairman after all! Besides, Katyusha has always supported the Communist Party. No matter what, I can't give up pursuing him!"

Xu Baichuan couldn't continue to persuade him. What he said was a taboo in the Military Control Commission. If it weren't for Zhang Anping, he wouldn't have said that. Hearing Zhang Anping's stubborn opinion, he could only pat Zhang Anping on the shoulder and said:

"Now what?"

"The Central Bureau of Investigation wants to investigate, but we can't let them know about this for now! The spy I've developed is still in the Longhua camp, and the Communist Party probably doesn't know about the situation. We can't let the Central Bureau of Investigation ruin my plans."

In fact, this was not the script that Zhang Anping had expected.

According to the preset script, he was going to let the Central Bureau of Investigation continue the investigation and then "uncover" Bian Jike's identity as a "traitor". Then he would turn the tables and accuse the Central Bureau of Investigation of ruining his secret investigation into "Katyusha" and screw the Central Bureau of Investigation over.

But I didn’t expect that the investigation team of the Central Bureau of Investigation was so stupid!
He actually thought of using the Hongmen Banquet to "behead" Xu Baichuan. In a flash, he came up with a new plan to fight the enemy.

That's why he talked to Xu Baichuan in a guiding way.

Xu Baichuan didn't expect Zhang Anping to be plotting against him. After hearing what Zhang Anping said, murderous intent flashed across Xu Baichuan's face:
"In that case, I will meet them!"

"These ignorant idiots want to host a Hongmen Feast for me, so I will satisfy them!"

Zhang Anping deliberately showed his joy: "If they dare to make a move, we will overturn the table! Shanghai is our one and a half acres of land!"

"No!" Xu Baichuan shook his head. "Because Li Wenli buried Lu Bin, the Central Bureau of Investigation has great ill will towards us. The Central Bureau of Investigation can easily argue that we were the first to start the fight when we overturned the table."

"Then what do you want to do?"

"Performing a self-torture trick!" Xu Baichuan laughed sinisterly, "It's best to let them do something to me! Then we can get back at them. When the time comes, if we take the case to the king of heaven, we will still be right!"

This is Zhang Anping's intentional guidance.

When dealing with the Central Bureau of Investigation, he was best at using the strategy of inflicting pain on the person, so he always stood on the moral high ground - of course, this was also because he had a great god behind him, otherwise it would be useless no matter how reasonable he was.

Now, Xu Baichuan has taken over his job and is going to use a cruel trick on the Central Bureau of Investigation.

"No! This will be very dangerous!" Zhang Anping objected: "Old Xu, those bastards from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics were very ruthless. I have been robbed twice and now I feel uncomfortable all over when it is cloudy. I am against you doing this."

Having been a spy for a long time, Zhang Anping could easily speak words that went against his conscience.

Fortunately, the system ignored him, otherwise...

"Don't worry. I am only the nominal district chief of Shanghai. How dare the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics punish me? Cut the Gordian knot quickly to prevent these bastards from ruining your business!"

Zhang Anping pretended to think, and after a moment of silence, he said, "You...be careful."

"Do not worry!"

Xu Baichuan smiled and said, "Come and rescue me sooner. I don't want to be detained by the Central Bureau of Investigation for ten days or half a month. I have a lot of things to do."

Zhang Anping nodded vigorously, looking moved.

Xu Baichuan was about to leave, but when he turned around, he turned back and patted Zhang Anping on the shoulder, saying:

"Anping, we are brothers, don't blame me for being nosy - right now, the primary goal is to resist Japan. Whether it's the Communist Party or our Kuomintang, our goals are the same."

"Let's...try to reduce internal friction."

Zhang Anping nodded slightly when he heard this.

In his heart, he postponed his plan to incite Xu Baichuan to rebel again.

Xu Baichuan is not suitable for rebellion at this moment. (End of this chapter)