Indiana Jones

Chapter 451 The Lost Bureau (02)

Life in Chongqing was difficult. Si Xuanyi knew it from the day he first arrived here, but it had never been as difficult as it is now. Pressure from all sides came one after another. Director Mao imposed a lot of constraints on them through normal channels. , including the strengthening of other work and the implementation of certain restrictive systems. From this point, it can be seen that the higher authorities are not at ease with them, whether it is for the purpose of control or other aspects. , In fact, he also understands that a large part of the reason is caused by the particularity of their industry. The previous tasks were completed by them alone without any third-party witnesses. No one knows what they paid. How much, and what kind of achievements have been made, so the above has a feeling of being out of control for them. Although it is not out of control, the mission report is all based on their descriptions, and there is no supporting evidence at all, that is to say The higher authorities suspected that they might be intentionally distorting something, beautifying their behavior, reducing mistakes and responsibilities in the mission, and even reaping a lot of benefits in the mission. After all, some of the places they went to were little-known geomantic treasures. In addition to the remains of the ancients, there are also a large amount of gold, silver and jewelry buried inside. It can even be said that gold, silver and jewelry are not considered good things in some places. Too many rare treasures may have been lost through their hands, or they may have been lost. They keep it privately or resell it.

Although it is said that the two handed down treasures of Chuanguo Yuxi and Suihou Zhu have returned to the treasury, no one dares to take these things lightly. The higher authorities may have suspected that they have hidden too many things, so More people were brought in, probably to monitor their movements while tightening control.

A big reason why they are only paying attention to their side now is that the purpose of setting up this department at the upper echelon was not simply to protect cultural relics, but to seize rights as a priority. They did not expect them to do anything, but With the development of the situation, they have indeed done some things that are obvious to all. In addition, the central government has obstructed it and wants to fight for this right. Recently, they have gone deep into the legendary ancient tomb to perform missions to prevent Japan At the same time, they brought back a large number of valuable antiquities. The huge number of precious cultural relics looted from the Japanese from various places also satisfied the collection hobby of some people in the upper class. The value of this department became increasingly prominent, so it attracted the attention of the upper class. attention.

In fact, after Si Xuanyi figured it out, he really hoped that someone would supervise them, so as to reduce a lot of unnecessary troubles. Some things are hard to explain. If there is a third party as evidence, they can relax a lot. If this group of people can really do this, then their future work will be much easier.

This group of people are old fritters transferred from inside the military. It is not that simple to get these people to be obedient, but someone has to gather and clean up these guys. When you enter this department, you have to figure out who is the boss here. What kind of purpose do they come in with? At least they have to do their best when working in this department. As for others, as long as they don't harm the interests of the department, Si Xuanyi will choose to ignore them appropriately. But it's okay, after considerable development, his subordinates This group of people is already regarded as the core figures, and a few of them can work together with him to complete various tasks. In fact, his core strength is only these few people, and they are extremely unstable. If there were large casualties, his elites would also suffer losses. For example, the deaths of the fisherman and the farmer were beyond his expectation.

"We may have tasks in the near future." Si Xuanyi said bluntly to everyone during the meeting, "Because there are many internal affairs recently, many tasks have been pushed to the local government, but the completion is not satisfactory. to take over our rights, but their ability is really too bad, not to mention the heavy losses and mess up the mission, the Zhongtong has taken the opportunity to take over the ranks of Shanxi's treasure guards, and it seems that they want to make some achievements to show the above , Of course, I will not give them this chance."

"Then what are you going to do?" Zhao Chenggong asked.

Si Xuanyi took a puff of cigarette and said slowly: "I have already sent people there, and after consulting the higher-ups, our people are going to complete their tasks. During the period, some unpleasantness may occur, but we will not bear the responsibility." The responsibility to create friction, as long as our people arrive, they must withdraw, otherwise they will be suspected of overstepping their authority. Of course, I don’t want them to withdraw, and there is no harm for us to generate some necessary friction.”

"You are forcing them to submit." Zhao Chenggong finally understood, "When did you become so insidious?"

"To survive in this place like a wolf's den, can you survive without being insidious?" Si Xuanyi smiled, "It was also forced."

"Does the recent mission require us to go out in person?" the woodcutter asked.

"There are some that are necessary, but almost everyone of us has injuries, so I basically push them to the people below. No matter how urgent it is, let us take care of our bodies, right? Our main battle strength is all injured. It's unreasonable for us to go out and fight our way out like this." Si Xuanyi took a deep breath, "It's reasonable on this point, and he didn't urge us."

"As long as the overall arrangements are made, they will not come to cause trouble, unless there is nothing to do." Ye Feng said, "Judging from our state, it will take at least a month to recover."

"Don't worry, the team needs training, especially for the new batch of people. There is a price to be paid for training people. They will grow up slowly after going through hardships. Many things can only be remembered long after they have suffered." Sylphy asked Liang Wei to send the documents, "This is the work report from various places, everyone should go back and read it by yourself. The confiscated items will be transported to the headquarters in the near future and need expert identification. We are busy, and after the identification, they have to be handed over to the treasury. "

"It is a miracle that we can collect so many things during the war years. Our work achievements are not small. I hope the higher-ups can see our hard work and stop doubting how much we have gained from it." The woodcutter flipped through the materials in his hand. Say.

"The things we come into contact with are quite special, and it's normal not to be understood." Si Xuanyi smiled wryly, "But misunderstandings are inevitable, and some things cannot be explained clearly."

"With the surveillance, we can explain it. Don't think that we have taken advantage of it. In fact, every time we go out and come back alive, we are considered to have taken advantage. Even if we work so hard, they still doubt it. This is indeed a bit sad." Zhao Success still has a lot of complaints about these.

"Because the things we touch are of great value. Although they are said to be gold in troubled times and antiques in prosperous times, in the eyes of those who know the goods, antiques are invaluable at any time." Si Xuanyi stood up and paced around the room, "So they It’s normal for us to have doubts, we can only think so, otherwise it’s really not worth it to suffocate ourselves to death.”

After all, this is all arranged by the above, and they have to let them be satisfied or dissatisfied. However, from the perspective of the situation, the above began to attach importance to them and expanded their scope of authority. After a long period of exploration and running-in , the higher-ups really realized the significance and value of their existence, and began to include them within the scope of their duties, and began to operate to transform them from a temporary department into a formal department of the military command. In fact, this is also a way for the military command to consolidate their rights After becoming an official department, it is not so easy for the Central Committee to take away this right again, but it still needs a process. Although it will not be too long, they also know that the Central Committee will never stop there.

Si Xuanyi took out a photo for everyone to see: "This person is Mu Yanran, the poisonous beauty of the Central Committee. There are signs that the recent series of surveillance activities against us were run by her; I saw her when I was there, and she seems to have been involved in the investigation of this incident, which means that the struggle between us and the Central Committee may be the main target of her."

"Poisonous beauty... This person seems to be very famous, I seem to have heard someone mention it." Zhao Chenggong knocked his head, but still couldn't remember.

"The famous Lieutenant General Kimura incident was planned and implemented by her." Si Xuanyi said.

"Is that the woman who disguised herself as a prostitute and killed a lieutenant general and three chief officers?" Zhao Chenggong was a little surprised.

Si Xuanyi nodded: "It's her who went into the Japanese den to do it alone in such a lonely and helpless situation, and finally retreated unscathed. This woman is indeed not simple."

"This bitch does have a trick, but it's a pity that she used it against us in the wrong place, right?" Zhao Chenggong scratched his head.

"This woman is not simple, everyone be careful, it's hard to guard against being tricked by such a person." Si Xuanyi said.

"How did you find her?" Ye Feng asked.

Si Xuanyi smiled: "How can I have this ability? According to the information given by the intelligence department, we have been formally included in the military command after all. Although some procedures still need to be completed and it will take a certain amount of time to complete, internally we have already started Sharing the intelligence, powers and other corresponding conveniences of the military command now really reflects the convenience of being a formal member of the military command.”

"This is also the right we have gained after hard work. If we are a bunch of useless woods and can't do anything well, then the higher authorities will not accept this department as an official structure under the military command. So many brothers died and paid such a high price. It’s just a name exchange, those brothers are really at a loss.” The woodcutter is not optimistic about how useful this name is.

"There is nothing to worry about. At least we have changed from a discarded pawn that can be given up at any time to a useful pawn. At least it shows that we still have value." Si Xuanyi looked out the window, "Generally speaking, we are still in good shape. Going forward is not a failure of the struggle and sacrifice of those brothers, but it is indeed a road paved with life and blood."

Rehabilitating their injuries while working, this may be their most leisure time after being busy, and it is much easier to work hard than to work hard in the barren mountains. Si Xuanyi suddenly changed, more smooth than before, no longer so straightforward , Leaving a half-sentence to speak, more playful and eating and drinking. Although he is not this kind of person in his bones, he has to do so in order to survive. During this period, he has readjusted various tasks. Controlling the execution of tasks in various places, personnel assignment and training, collection and transportation appraisal management of items, delivery and protection of cultural relics, making everything streamlined, specific, rationalized, and detailed, reducing intermediate links, and controlling the loss of cultural relics. There are many problems like that, but through these problems, she has also made a new round of adjustments to her work. Generally speaking, the progress is good. His work performance is still affirmed by the higher authorities. Soon he will be promoted to lieutenant colonel. He has gained more rights and expanded his scope of duties. He has also been involved in many intelligence wars related to the Japanese army, including the Qing Communist Party of course. He never considered these political issues in detail. It is not up to him to make judgments. He still considers issues from the perspective of a soldier. It is the bounden duty of a soldier to execute orders. He will execute orders from above without distinction. As for right and wrong, he should think about it when performing tasks.

Three months later, Li Siming and Ye Feng returned to the team. In fact, their injuries had already healed, but in order to stabilize the local situation, the two of them traveled around half of China and reorganized the treasure protection teams in some areas. Reorganization and reconstruction, so basically the time is delayed to come here, but they have achieved quite good results in this journey. After the reorganization of the treasure protection teams in many places, the combat effectiveness has surged. In their field, killing devils is a secondary task. The main thing is to prevent the devils from plundering culture and protect important cultural relics and historic sites from destruction. There are many roads to unscrupulous destruction, and they have also been restrained, but in this era of broken mountains and rivers, especially in the Japanese-occupied areas, how many things can they protect from being destroyed by the Japanese?All kinds of cultural relics, precious metals, and valuables with archaeological value were transported away by the Japanese on carts and boats. What they could do was very limited. The losses faced by the country are also very huge. In comparison, their achievements are really not even a drop in the bucket, but some things have to be done by someone. If you can keep one thing, it is one thing, and if you can keep the same thing, it is the same. , this is not as simple as preventing the Japanese from taking away so many things, but preventing the Japanese from exterminating and plundering Chinese civilization...

(End of this chapter)