Mahjong

Chapter 67

Xu Bicheng knotted the end of the thread, bit off the thread, and handed the coat to Tang Shanhai.Tang Shanhai took it and put it on, and then said: "If he asks carefully, you can tell him that I have been to Qiao's gate on the 17rd of this month and No. [-]. In order to hide these things for Li Moqun, I did not tell him You explain, that's why you have doubts about me."

Xu Bicheng quickly packed up the sewing box, "I remember."

Tang Shanhai looked at Xu Bicheng and called her.Xu Bicheng was taken aback, and looked up at Tang Shanhai.Tang Shanhai suddenly smiled and said: "The real test may be coming, you must be careful."

Xu Bicheng nodded solemnly, she would never let her wrong decision involve anyone, including Chen Shen, Tang Shanhai, Lao Tao, and herself.

In the interrogation room, Tang Shanhai's button and Lu Ming's jade pendant were placed on the table, next to an enamel cup filled with steaming Huadiao wine.Bi Zhongliang took a sip of Hua Diao wine, and glanced at Lu Ming who was tied to the wooden post.At this moment, Lu Ming closed his eyes and rested his mind, pretending to be calm.

Bi Zhongliang put down the enamel cup, picked up the jade pendant to look at it, and said slowly: "You probably have heard that people who are locked up in this cell have only two options, surrender or die."

Lu Ming opened his eyes, "Don't bother, I don't want to live anyway."

Bi Zhongliang raised the jade pendant in his right hand and smiled, "A person who can't even let go of a thing outside of himself, I don't believe you can let go of your life so easily." He walked up to Lu Ming and continued, "Everyone has treasures. I know this thing is important to you. But I think more important, it should be someone behind it."

A trace of melancholy appeared in Lu Ming's eyes.Seeing this, Bi Zhongliang stretched out his left hand, spread out his palm, and the button was lying on the palm.Bi Zhongliang said: "I guess the owner of this button should be your helper."

Liu Erbao came to tell Bi Zhongliang at this time that everyone had been informed to go to the meeting room to stand by.Bi Zhongliang turned his head to look at Liu Erbao, responded, looked at Lu Ming again and said: "We are all Chinese, there is only a difference in position, there is no distinction between good and evil. Before I come back, you can think about it carefully. These two things , or these two people, if you can only choose one, who do you plan to choose? I hope you can give me the answer I want when I come back."

After Bi Zhongliang finished speaking, he turned and left the interrogation room.In the corridor of the cell, Liu Erbao reported: "I heard from the porter that Tang Shanhai returned at about [-]:[-]. I just observed his coat button, and it is exactly the same as the one I picked up."

Bi Zhongliang asked: "His buttons are all on his clothes?"

Liu Erbao shook his head, "He is sitting, I can't see it, so I can't be sure."

Bi Zhongliang pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Is it less than 10 minutes' drive from Qiao's gate?"

Liu Erbao said: "Yes, it took him 10 minutes to come back. It is possible that he really reported the letter."

Bi Zhongliang asked: "Is Chen Shen back yet? By the way, is there anyone here to find out who was caught?"

Liu Erbao said: "Captain Chen is back, but no one has asked for it yet."

Bi Zhongliang pondered, and walked towards the meeting room without stopping.In the meeting room, everyone had already gathered, Tang Shanhai and Xu Bicheng sat at the table, one of his hands was naturally placed on his lower abdomen, just blocking the position where the button was missing.Secretary Qian, Liu Meina, Director Zhang of the Confidential Office, and Section Chief Niu of the General Affairs Section were all present.

Seeing Liu Meina yawn, Secretary Qian asked, "You guys played mahjong last night, and it was almost two o'clock when the game ended?"

Liu Meina took a sip from her teacup and said, "It doesn't matter if you play late, the key is to lose money. I'm so sleepy, and I won't let you go out to buy a cup of coffee. What's the big deal here?"

Secretary Qian said: "It seems that someone has been arrested. The director suspects that there is a mole."

Liu Meina was still listless, "Aren't we just eating together? Is it interesting to be suspicious all the time?"

As soon as Liu Meina finished speaking, Chen Shen drank kvass and swayed in, and sat down directly opposite Xu Bicheng and Tang Shanhai.

Section Chief Liu followed Tang Shanhai's words, "Now that the Kuomintang and the Communist Party are cooperating, I'm most afraid that they will unite and infiltrate from the inside. It's impossible to guard against."

Liu Meina asked: "What happened today?"

Tang Shanhai glanced at Chen Shen, and threw the question to him, "Captain Chen and Director Bi are the most familiar, he should know it before us all, right?"

Chen Shen smiled, "It seems that Captain Tang doesn't know me yet."

Liu Meina also laughed, "Captain Chen, he knows which dance hall's girls dance well. He will always be the last to know about major and minor matters in the office."

Chen Shen smiled deeper, "Meina still understands me best."

Just when everyone was laughing, Bi Zhongliang entered the meeting room, and everyone fell silent instantly.Bi Zhongliang stood at the head of the conference table, glanced at everyone, and said in a serious tone, "Before I convey the content of today's meeting to you, please stand up first."

Although Liu Meina, Secretary Qian and the others were puzzled and looked at each other in blank dismay, they still stood up quickly.Chen Shen glanced at Tang Shanhai and stood up too.Touching the front of his clothes, Tang Shanhai felt that Bi Zhongliang was looking at him, and stood up slowly.Tang Shanhai knew that Bi Zhongliang and Liu Erbao's eyes were all on his hands, so he directly put down the hands covering the skirt of his clothes.Bi Zhongliang couldn't help but feel a little disappointed that the buttons on the placket were complete and there were not one.

Bi Zhongliang looked away, and said slowly: "I suspect that our prison transfer plan was leaked by insiders. We learned from a member of the Hurricane Squad who was captured just now that they have internal support. From now on, all those involved in the transfer Personnel related to prison missions must be investigated uniformly."

The first person to be investigated was Xu Bicheng.She walked into the conversation room and saw Bi Zhongliang sitting behind the table looking at herself, looking a little nervous.Bi Zhongliang was expressionless, and pointed to the chair in front of her to let her sit, while Liu Erbao was beside him, ready to record at any time with a pen and paper.After Xu Bicheng sat down, Bi Zhongliang said, "It's just a matter of routine, just ask a few questions, you just answer truthfully."

Xu Bicheng groaned and nodded, "Okay."

Bi Zhongliang asked: "Before Chen Shen left the operation department this morning to carry out the task of transferring prisoners, did you see him?"

Xu Bicheng was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and replied softly, "I've seen it."

Bi Zhongliang continued to ask: "What did you say at that time?"

Xu Bicheng lowered his head and twisted his fingers, "It's nothing, just chatted for a while."

Bi Zhongliang looked at Xu Bicheng for a while, "Then do you remember what we talked about?"

Xu Bicheng said hesitantly: "It's common to gossip. We... chatted with Captain Chen's girlfriend Li Xiaonan. She is my neighbor now, and she is very enthusiastic."

Bi Zhongliang asked: "Is there anything else?"

Xu Bicheng's eyes seemed to flicker, and he didn't dare to look at Bi Zhongliang, "It's gone, he was in a hurry to go out at that time."

After hearing Xu Bicheng's words, Bi Zhongliang remained silent, but his eyes kept examining her.Just when Xu Bicheng thought she would continue to be interrogated, Bi Zhongliang suddenly let her go.After Xu Bicheng left, it was Tang Shanhai who entered the conversation room.

After Tang Shanhai finished answering Zhongliang's question calmly, he smiled and said, "I have to ask my boss to keep the matter of running errands for Ms. Liu a secret. You know, Mrs. Li is very jealous. So the purpose of assigning this new errand to me is to hide the truth, so as not to cause a wave of jealousy in the family."

Bi Zhongliang also smiled, "Captain Tang, don't worry, I promise that this matter will never get out of my mouth, Bi Zhongliang."

Tang Shanhai said, "Thank you Virgo."

Bi Zhongliang asked: "Then after leaving Qiaojiazha, Captain Tang went directly back to the operation?"

Tang Shanhai shook his head, "No, I went to a furniture store and helped Ms. Liu find some drawings of the latest furniture styles."

Bi Zhongliang looked at Tang Shanhai, trying to see something from Tang Shanhai's face.But how could an experienced person like Tang Shanhai let Bi Zhongliang see anything.In the end, Bi Zhongliang boasted casually: "Captain Tang is very thorough in his work, no wonder Director Li appreciates you so much."

Tang Shanhai said humbly, "It's just trivial matters."

Bi Zhongliang smiled and signaled Tang Shanhai to leave.When Tang Shanhai returned to the meeting room, he smiled at Xu Bicheng, and Xu Bicheng, who had been maintaining a high level of tension, was slightly relieved.At least for now, she and Tang Shanhai have passed the test temporarily.

Liu Meina only went in for a while and then came out. She told Bi Zhongliang that she did go out at noon because she was going to eat at a friend's house who owned a bank.Bi Zhongliang looked at Liu Meina and asked if she would mind if he asked those friends to confirm it.Liu Meina looked at her newly-made nails and said with a smile that it didn't matter, but her friend's family set off for Hong Kong by boat in the afternoon, and when they arrived in Hong Kong, it would take a few days before they contacted her.After Liu Meina finished speaking, Bi Zhongliang was silent, because it showed from the side that Liu Meina was suspected, because no one could prove her statement so far.

The last person to enter the conversation room was Chen Shen.He sat in front of Bi Zhongliang with his legs crossed, looked at him and smiled.

Bi Zhongliang knocked on the table and said, "What are you laughing at, little Chi, be honest with me."

Chen Shen lowered his legs and said, "If you want to ask anything, just ask."

Bi Zhongliang looked at Chen Shen and said, "Do I still need to ask you? What should be explained, just explain it yourself."

Chen Shen pursed his lips, "Can I know what happened first?"

Bi Zhongliang said: "Someone wants to rob prisoners."

Chen Shen pretended to be surprised and said: "The prisoner? Why didn't I come across it?"

Bi Zhongliang explained: "Because they found out that we had an ambush, they changed their minds and stopped robbing for the time being."

(End of this chapter)