My spy diary

Chapter 326 Conspiracy (asking for monthly ticket)

"What is Wang Tianlin doing recently?"

"According to the information sent by Ma Hetu, the king married another concubine and was quite obsessed with her. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't even go home."

"where does he live?"

"Daxi Road, right next to Jessfield Road."

Zhang Yi frowned after hearing this.

Wang Tianlin and Chen Mingchu are undoubtedly the first targets to be eliminated.

Next are Ding Mocun and Li Shijun.

It was precisely this cunning Wang Tianlin, the instigator. He was originally high-profile, but after falling into the water and becoming a traitor, he indulged in sensual pleasures and became uncharacteristically low-key and cautious.

From Zhang Yi's understanding of him, this man has almost no other weaknesses except greed for money and lust.

The evidence and channels for greed for money have not yet been grasped.

He is lustful and used to frequent brothels and dance halls, but now that he has a concubine, he no longer goes to these places.

His interpersonal relationships also became relatively simple. In addition, there was an internal fight between Ding and Li at No. 76, but Wang Tianlin did not get involved and rarely went to work.

This guy is actually a very experienced and sophisticated person. He doesn't offend anyone in the workplace, nor does he take the initiative to take sides in a high-profile manner.

What made it even more difficult was that he lived next to No. 76 and was protected by Japanese military police.

Of course, in the worst case scenario, Zhang Yi and others could sneak into the International Settlement, launch a direct assault, rush into his house, and shoot him to death. That would definitely work.

But in this case, the chances of team members being sacrificed will undoubtedly increase.

Zhang Yi didn't want to do this. He was not an impulsive person and had almost never been impulsive.

To deal with Wang Tianlin, we still need to continue with the prepared plan.

"Where's Ma Hetu?"

"He seemed quite hesitant, as if he didn't want Wang Tianlin to die in his hands."

Zhang Yi sneered. It seemed that the previous plan had to be changed. He could not pin all his hopes on Ma Hetu.

And we can't push him too hastily, in case this guy suddenly turns against us and all our efforts will be wasted.

He thought for a moment and said, "Then let's start by dealing with Chen Mingchu and Wan Lilang. These two guys are so active and their days are numbered."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away." The monkey nodded sternly and turned away.

Zhang Yi stared at the vast night sky in a trance, lost in thought.

The neon lights of the Ciro's Ballroom flickered.

Wan Lilang held a heavily made-up dancer in his arms, chatting and laughing as they watched the performance on the stage.

The dancers next to them looked at them with envy and jealousy.

This little slut didn't know where her good luck came from, but she hooked up with a generous traitor. The traitor even helped her rent a house behind the dance hall and slept there every few days.

She really should have informed her former British boyfriend. It would be a real spectacle if two stinky men fought.

Wanlilang was chatting and laughing with the dancer, but his eyes were fixed on the back door of the dance hall.

Seeing a sneaky figure peeking out, he immediately pushed the dancer away:

"Go find someone to dance with first, I want to talk about something."

"I don't." The dancer said coquettishly in his arms, but she had just said half of her words when she saw Wan Lilang take out a stack of banknotes from his pocket. She immediately smiled happily:

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

As she said this, she came up to him and pecked him lightly, then picked up the money and walked away swaying, and soon she hooked up with a young rich man.

Wanlilang smiled playfully, asked the waiter to bring another glass of whiskey, and waited quietly for the guests.

The person he was going to meet was none other than Zhou Xiheng, deputy captain of the third squad of the Military Control Commission's Shanghai District 1 Action Brigade, who shared a similar mind and went by the alias Feng Xian.

Zhou Xiheng looked quite nervous, with the brim of his hat pulled down so low that only half of his face was visible. He looked around as he entered the dance hall.

"Okay, this is Japanese territory, no need to be so nervous."

Zhou Xiheng sat down awkwardly and said:

"How can I not be nervous? If I am seen by the spies or secret agents here, I will be finished."

Wan Lilang sneered and said, "Don't you want to come over?"

Zhou Xiheng's eyes sparkled: "Director Li agreed?"

Seeing Wan Lilang shaking his head, he asked unhappily:

"Aren't the letters of surrender I gave enough?"

"That's not it."

Wan Lilang smiled and said, "Guns, weapons and documents are definitely enough to join the gang, but..."

"But what?"

"Are you willing to come here and just run errands, and listen to people shouting and ordering you around?"

"I can't do this. I'm going to be labeled a traitor and a collaborator, and risk being beheaded. What's the point?
It's all for promotion and wealth, I won't be a soldier."

"That's right."

Wan Lilang patted his shoulder with a smile, leaned over and said in a low voice:
“Head Li and I planned this.”

"What? You asked someone to report me?"

Zhou Xiheng jumped up from his seat in surprise and looked at Wanlilang in disbelief.

Is this guy crazy? How can one person report on another person?

"Just be patient and listen to me."

Wan Lilang glanced around, pushed him to sit down, and asked directly: "Do you want to be a director like me?"

“Who wouldn’t want to?”

Wan Lilang chuckled: "That's incredible?"

He continued, "Can you see Chen Gongshu?"

Zhou Xiheng said in surprise:
"Brother, you are quite ambitious. You are even planning to take over District Chief Chen Gongshu."

Wan Lilang said disapprovingly:
"So what if he's the district chief? Dai Xingbing was also a major general, but he was still killed."

Seeing the other party's shocked expression, Wan Lilang continued:

"It's not that I have to take advantage of Chen Gongshu. I came to you today to talk about the past and give you some money, and to discuss future matters."

It is said that material interests are the best bond to bind the interests of different individuals.

Wan Lilang was well aware of this, and as a stack of banknotes was handed to him from under the table, Zhou Xiheng immediately smiled.

He took the initiative to ask: "What should I do?"

"It's the same question as before. Can you meet Chen Gongshu?"

Zhou Xiheng immediately shook his head.

The organizational structure of Shanghai District 1 became quite strict after being reformed by Chen Gongshu.

Not to mention Zhou Xiheng, the deputy squad leader, even the squad leader can only contact the courier.

If he hadn't been specially summoned, he wouldn't even be able to see or touch the shadow of Chen Gongshu.

"That's the crux of the matter."

Wan Lilang nodded and said, “So we have to find a way to break the routine.

According to the discipline of the Military Control Commission, when the squad leader receives the materials reporting the deputy captain, he will definitely conduct a preliminary verification and then report to the battalion. Who is the battalion leader?"

Naturally, Chen Gongshu himself served as the team leader.

Wan Lilang's intention was very simple. He wanted to find out where Chen Gongshu was by tracking and monitoring the courier who was in contact with the squad leader.

"This..." Zhou Xiheng felt that he was thinking too simply, and frowned, "Chen Gongshu is much more cautious than Wang Tianlin and Zhao Libiao. Others are all just going all out, but he has never been to any action team since he took office. Even though he concurrently served as the captain of the brigade, he did not take up the post. It may not be that easy to catch him."

Wanlilang's face darkened. This was something he had not considered.

He thought about it and said unwillingly: "If it doesn't work, just tie up your squad leader Liu Yuanshen."

"He's been transferred."

"When did this happen?"

"Today, I heard he was going to be the district assistant secretary."

Zhou Xiheng was full of envy, he was already 29 years old this year, and he had been working as a squad leader for several years, and was even a deputy at that.

Liu Yuanshen was only 23 years old.

But who can blame him for having connections in the court?

He graduated from Linli training class and is a student of Boss Dai.

He is looked up to everywhere.

"You're born into a good family." Wan Lilang taunted and continued to ask:
"Who is in charge of the team now?"

"Team secretary Zhu Min." Zhou Xiheng introduced this person.

Zhu Min also graduated from the Linli training class. He is about 23 years old, young and handsome, smart and sophisticated.

Wan Lilang's eyes turned:
"Let's go all the way and tie him up first."

"This"

"He is in charge of the team now, and his words carry more weight than yours. As long as he writes a few more letters of complaint, the higher-ups will definitely send someone to verify. Who will come? I'm sure it will be Liu Yuanshen."

Zhou Xiheng thought about it and it made sense. Liu Yuanshen was the most familiar with the team. Now that he had become the district assistant secretary, he was also considered one of the top leaders. It would be most appropriate to send him here.

But then he frowned again and said:
"Once Liu Yuanshen comes down, according to discipline, he will have to temporarily leave the district headquarters. After completing the mission, he will first 'cool down' to confirm his whereabouts and identity have not been exposed, and then return to report. It may not be that easy to find the district headquarters through him."

Wan Lilang sneered: "Don't forget Chen Mingchu, he became so successful in No. 76 because he was an assistant secretary.

As long as we catch Liu Yuanshen and take him to interrogation room No. 76, we don't have to worry about him not confessing.

Humph, if we pry open his mouth, even if we can't completely destroy Shanghai District 1, it will be enough to give them a hard time. Then you and I will be brothers."

Now that things have come to this, Zhou Xiheng has no objection.

Although Liu Yuanshen is young and has only worked for a short time, he has served under three district chiefs, Wang Tianlin, Zhao Libiao and Chen Gongshu. He has worked in intelligence and operations, and now he has switched to personnel. It can be said that he is familiar with most of the people working inside and outside the district.

The position of assistant secretary is even more critical. It can be said that from the district headquarters to the brigades, detachments, direct groups, internal and external transportation stations, all will have direct or indirect relationships with him.

As long as he could pry open this man's mouth, Zhou Xiheng would immediately become the hero of No. 76.

Thinking of this, he asked excitedly:
"Then I'll try to trick Zhu Min out?"

"ASAP."

The two old subordinates are planning to poach people from Shanghai District 1, and the owner of the district, Chen Gongshu, is also planning to poach people from Boss Dai.

He complained to the district secretary Zheng Xiuyuan:

"Brother, you really don't know how expensive firewood and rice are until you manage the household. This money is too wasteful.

Hey, I reported to Boss Dai that I would send people to several casinos in the west and south of Shanghai to get some money to be used as supplementary funds for the first district of Shanghai, but he actually disagreed. "

Zheng Xiuyuan complained in his heart, you are just trying to get money? You are clearly trying to blackmail me.

He and Boss Dai agreed on this matter, which was to firmly oppose it.

The area west of Shanghai was the territory of No. 76, and the Japanese gendarmerie was stationed there, so people tried to avoid it as much as possible. Chen Gongshu actually wanted to rob it. This was like looking for shit with a lantern in the toilet.

He naturally knew that the funds for Shanghai District 1 were squandered by Chen Gongshu on gambling and prostitution.

But the top leader is the core of power. If he needs to spend money, how can the second-in-command manage it?
Zheng Xiuyuan remained silent, but Chen Gongshu continued to chatter:

"Old Zheng, you are the deputy district head and district secretary, in charge of finance. You should report to the bureau and cancel the rule of keeping receipts for spending."

Zheng Xiuyuan knew that Chen Gongshu was going to destroy the evidence of his corruption, so he asked knowingly:

“Isn’t it natural to keep accounts of money spent?”

"Scholar's opinion."

Chen Gongshu sneered:
“When money comes in and goes out, it has to be accounted for. Isn’t this the biggest irony of confidentiality?

Those officials in the rear all know how to cook the books, but we are working behind enemy lines, but we are still rigidly following the old ways. Isn't this deliberately giving others something to hold against us?"

Zheng Xiuyuan frowned: "Accounting business is independent. Although original receipts must be provided for reimbursement, the names and figures of the expenses have been concealed.

Besides, agents in the field use aliases and change them frequently, so even if the documents fall into the hands of the enemy, they will not be able to guess it. "

"The more you try to cover it up, the more obvious it becomes. As long as it's done, there will be traces. If you follow the traces, you will always find the flaws." Chen Gongshu still argued.

Zheng Xiuyuan sighed inwardly. After spending a long time with Chen Gongshu, he gradually got to know him better. This guy was extremely bold and was truly not an ordinary person.

He is not just an ordinary person, he is very extraordinary.

The torment of being forced to ask for funds every day has exhausted all his patience.

At this moment he felt relieved, yet a little sad.

"I am a humble person with limited talent. I am afraid I cannot complete the task assigned by the district chief. I will let the next district secretary complete it."

"What are you talking about? Why are you leaving?" Chen Gongshu looked at him in surprise.

"My wife was killed by a Japanese plane right after she was sent to the mountain city. As husband and wife, I have to go collect her body, right?

I have already submitted a report, and I think the transfer order will arrive soon."

This was the first time Chen Gongshu had heard of this. He sighed and said:

"Condolences!"

"Ugh!"

Zheng Xiuyuan also sighed and wanted to say goodbye and leave, but after hesitating for a while, he managed to say:

"District Chief, I'm leaving soon. To be frank with you, you can't do this anymore. If you can't fill the financial hole, what if Boss Dai comes to check the accounts?"

"What are you talking about?"

Chen Gongshu's face changed. "I've already said that I have a use for the money and will definitely pay it back. Since you're leaving, don't worry about it."

Seeing that he refused to admit it, Zheng Xiuyuan shook his head speechlessly. Without saying anything else, he saluted in silence, then turned and left.

Chen Gongshu looked at his back and sneered.

All of Boss Dai's spending, including the expenses for his many mansions and women, was paid through public accounts, regardless of whether it was personal or public.

The emperor is far away and I only embezzled a few sums of money. Can he really send someone to check my accounts?

It was just right that Zheng Xiuyuan left, as he was able to transfer his own people over here.

He pondered for a while and thought of his iron triangle brothers - Zhang Zuoxing and Qi Qingbin.

These two people and he all graduated from the fifth infantry class of Whampoa Military Academy.

When he was the station chief of Tianjin Station, the two of them were respectively the director of the North China Office of the Fuxing Society and the director of the Jieze County Police Department in Hebei Province.

After Chen Gongshu took on the role of deputy commander of the North China Loyal and Patriotic Army Detachment, he transferred these two people to work under him, serving as chief of staff and director of the political department.

Later, Hebei was captured by the Japanese invaders and the North China Loyal and Patriotic Army suffered heavy losses. The two men broke through the encirclement and went to Peiping to carry out undercover work.

This time, with the betrayal of Wang Tianlin's old subordinates, the Military Control Commission's North China District was almost destroyed. Zhang Qi and his companions were ordered to retreat to the mountain city. When passing through Shanghai, they were so poor that they could not even afford train tickets, so they had to wait on standby for pick-up.

Unexpectedly, after waiting for a long time, the person who came to meet him was Chen Gongshu.

Chen Laoliu thought that these two were old classmates and old brothers who had been with him in Tianjin for eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. They knew each other well and it was natural for them to cooperate well.

As for Dai Chunfeng, he had just killed Cheng Haitao, the Chinese inspector general of the Political Department of the French Concession Police Station in the Shanghai District 1. He was in the limelight and was about to show his skills again. In order to facilitate his work, Boss Dai would not object.

The plan was good, but Chen Laoliu would never have dreamed that it was the arrival of these two people that directly led to the destruction of Shanghai District 1.

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(End of this chapter)