Siheyuan: The Era of Struggle

Chapter 319: Capturing Luo Gang
After leaving the duty room, He Yuanchao came to Lian Shouren and without any greeting, he went straight to the point and asked in a low voice: "Comrade Lian, what's the matter?"

No matter how this case is handled, the steel plant's security department cannot be avoided. Since He Yuanchao has shared the credit, he has to work and cannot just wait for the ready-made rewards.

Lian Shouren was thinking about this in his mind, but he was also busy talking. He told He Yuanchao everything that Li Dagui had told him.

The National Security Bureau has already taken over the case, so why is he coming to talk to him now? He Yuanchao was a little surprised, but he kept his mouth shut and said nothing, quietly looking at Lian Shouren and waiting for what to say next.

Seeing that he had wasted half a day talking nonsense, He Yuanchao did not respond. Lian Shouren cursed him inwardly as a "little bastard" and then changed the subject:

"The case has reached this point. Luo Gang is the key. I want the National Security Bureau to work with the Steel Plant Security Department to arrest him. I wonder if Deputy Director He agrees?"

At this point, if He Yuanchao continued to play dumb, it would be a bit unreasonable. After a little thought, he said, "Joint arrest is no problem. The Security Department will fully cooperate with the comrades from the National Security Bureau to complete the arrest mission."

He Yuanchao had his own plans for placing the Security Department in a cooperative position.

The steel plant's Security Department has never handled this kind of espionage case alone. It can follow the National Security Bureau's lead, but it is impossible to let the Security Department take the lead. After all, professionally trained intelligence personnel are different from ordinary thieves.

If we catch someone, we will not take the credit for the arrest. If we fail to catch him, don't think of putting the blame on the Security Department for the poor performance of the National Security Department.

Lian Shouren was able to work as a director in the National Security Bureau, so he was no fool. He understood clearly what He Yuanchao meant, which was that he just didn't want to take responsibility.

It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm, and there is nothing wrong with that.

There was no accurate intelligence. To be honest, even he himself did not have much confidence in arresting Luo Gang this time. Otherwise, he would not have asked the Security Department to take action together. He would have gone back to the National Security Bureau to call for people. Who would be looked down upon if they didn't have some operational personnel?

But now is not the time to talk about these things, who asked him to use others temporarily! Of course, he did not think about arranging this matter in the form of an order.

But there is a huge difference between one being forced and the other being negotiated. The most important thing is that he didn't want the matter to become a big deal and let everyone know about it. Otherwise, if the person was not caught, he would lose face for Shouren.

It didn't matter when he was young. He would just let it go after a few words of criticism for being impulsive and showing off. But at this age now, if his leader criticizes him for being impulsive and inconsiderate, how can he have the face to lead subordinates in the future?

Since he wanted to get the job done in a low-key manner, Lian Shouren did not bother with He Yuanchao and readily agreed to his proposal.

With this premise, the subsequent discussions between the two parties went smoothly, and after a short while they came up with a plan that both of them agreed to.

He Yuanchao and Lian Shouren were not the kind of people who would procrastinate, so once things came to a conclusion, they both started to act separately.

Lian Shouren went to the guard room and interrogation room to arrange national security personnel. He Yuanchao was not idle either. He turned back to the duty room, picked up the phone on the table and called the secretary's office. He told Liang Weimin about the situation in the detention room and asked for his opinion.

Liang Weimin naturally did not say a word. He wished he could eradicate this group of spies himself to prevent them from having evil intentions and always eyeing the special steel from the steel plant.

After a brief chat about the case, Liang Weimin told him to be careful and hung up the phone. With the support of the factory, He Yuanchao did not delay and immediately called the security duty room to mobilize more personnel.

Ten minutes later, when He Yuanchao and Lian Shouren walked out of the detention room, more than 30 people had gathered in groups of three or five at the door.

When everyone saw He Yuanchao coming out, they immediately stopped laughing and consciously lined up in two horizontal lines in front of him.

"Look to the right, stand at ease, stand at attention, and count."

"1, 2, 3..."

After a simple formation, Li Jiefang, who was standing on the right side of the team and shouting commands, trotted to He Yuanchao, stood at attention and saluted, "Comrade Deputy Director, thirty-two people from the Security Department have been ordered to report to you. Please give your instructions." He Yuanchao frowned and glanced at Li Jiefang. Seeing that his left hand had been re-bandaged, he ignored this guy who was excited when he heard about arresting people.

"Comrades, I won't waste any more time on nonsense. I just want to ask one thing: the organization has given us a task. Tell me, do you have the confidence to complete it?"

"Make sure to complete the mission."

As soon as He Yuanchao, who was standing at the door of the detention room, finished speaking, all the security personnel in front of him responded in unison and loudly.

Seeing that the security personnel were in high spirits, He Yuanchao stopped talking and pointed at Lian Shouren to start assigning tasks.

"Comrades in the first row, listen to the company comrades when we move, and the second row will follow me. Do you understand?"

"clear."

"Okay, pedal."

After He Yuanchao finished speaking, he took the lead and walked towards the truck that he had just called from the Transportation Department. Seeing this, Li Jiefang did not dare to get close and carefully mixed into the line of security personnel.

Standing next to the two trucks and watching the team members get on the vehicles, He Yuanchao opened the cab door of a truck and was about to get on when he heard Lian Shouren's voice behind him.

"Deputy Director He, please come with me in the car, and we will discuss the action plan on the way."

Hearing this, He Yuanchao thought about it and felt that it made sense. In those days, communication was not well developed, and it was indeed inconvenient to communicate on the road if they did not sit together. Otherwise, he really did not want to mix with the national security personnel.

He Yuanchao casually closed the truck's cab door and quickly walked to Lian Shouren. The two of them opened the door and got into the Guoan's GAZ jeep without saying a word or being polite.

As soon as he got into the car, He Yuanchao saw Liu Liang, who looked depressed, in the back seat. He was not surprised. After all, he was the only one besides Li Dagui who had seen Luo Gang.

As the roar of vehicle engines sounded, three cars with high beams on slowly drove away from the Red Star Steel Rolling Mill.

Chongxiaosi Street is located in the central part of Xuanwu District, Kyoto City, starting from Guang'anmennei Street in the north and ending at Baizhifang West Street in the south.

Among the streets of Kyoto, Chongxiaosi Street is considered a "young" street. Road expansion and street repair began in 1953, it was opened to traffic in 1954, and was renamed Baiguang Road in 1965.

The street is only four or five years old. Compared with the old streets and alleys in Kyoto that are often hundreds of years old, it is obviously a junior.

The three cars entered Xuanwu and did not go directly to No. 29 Laojundi, but drove straight to Niujie Police Station.

At the police station, Lian Shouren took out his national security credentials and quickly learned the information he wanted.

There is indeed a person named Luo Gang at No. 29 Laojundi.

According to an old policeman in the area, the man is in his forties, widowered, and currently single. He has a job sweeping the streets and also does some work pasting matchboxes. He is a loner and rarely interacts with others. People who don't know him think he is mute!

As the old police officer introduced the situation, he took the file that another police officer had brought back from the household registration office, opened it, pointed at the photo on it and said to Lian Shouren:

"Comrade, look, is it him?"

(End of this chapter)