Chapter 922: One Pot
"Wait a minute." Su Chende raised his hand to stop Zhang Lu from dragging Hu Jie.
Li Cuiqun looked at Su Chende.
"Assistant Hu is right." Su Chende nodded, "The person Xu Zhaolin trusts the most is Huo Junyun."
Li Cuiqun took out the roster list from his shirt pocket, glanced at it, and frowned.
Su Chende understood why Li Cuiqun frowned. He was asking why Huo Junyun's name was not on his list.
“Huo Junyun is the head of the Intelligence Unit and deputy district chief of Suhu District.” Su Chende quickly explained, “However, this person is not in Shanghai.”
“Where is he?” Li Cuiqun asked immediately.
"Hangzhou." Su Chende said, "Huo Junyun has been going to Hangzhou for business for a while. It seems that something happened at Hangzhou Station, and he went to put out the fire."
He knew what Li Cuiqun was most concerned about. He shook his head and said, "It is impossible for me to know the situation in Hangzhou. Even Xu Zhaolin may not know Huo Junyun's address in Hangzhou."
"Check what happened in Hangzhou recently." Li Cuiqun ordered, "whether any important figures of the Central Government have been arrested."
“Yes.” A silent, gentle man wearing gold-rimmed glasses agreed, lowered his head and left the office.
“Director Su, Huo Junyun has returned to Shanghai.” Hu Jie said suddenly.
…
Li Cuiqun's eyes narrowed.
Su Chende was a little stunned. He looked at Hu Jie and asked, "When did you return to Shanghai? Why didn't I know?"
"Just three days ago, the station director told me to go to Annie's Western Restaurant on Xiafei Road to meet with a person. When I arrived at Annie's Western Restaurant, I discovered that the person turned out to be Huo Junyun," Hu Jie said.
He raised his head and glanced at Li Cuiqun cautiously.
At this moment, Hu Jie somewhat understood how stupid he had been begging Su Chende for mercy. There was only one person in this room who could decide his life or death, and that person was Li Cuiqun.
“Why didn’t you talk about this situation just now?” Li Cuiqun asked coldly.
"I, I forgot...Mr. Li, I really didn't think of it just now." Hu Jie was sweating profusely. It wasn't that he was deliberately hiding anything. He was just too scared and nervous that he really forgot about this. thing.
“Keep talking.” Li Cuiqun said with a serious face.
Now is not the time to wonder whether Hu Jie deliberately concealed this information, or whether he forgot it out of nervousness.
Even if Hu Jie had deliberately concealed it before, the fact that this person has chosen to reveal this important information now means that at least Hu Jie has no intention of concealing it anymore.
Li Cuiqun's attitude towards the Zhongtong group is to be on guard, but at times, he must also maintain the attitude that if the result is good, everything will be fine.
…
“I asked Huo Junyun and he told me that he had just returned to Shanghai from Hangzhou.” Hu Jie said.
"What did we talk about during the meeting?" Su Chende interjected and asked, "Do you know where Huo Junyun is staying?"
"We didn't talk about anything special." Hu Jie said, "I went to deliver funds to Huo Junyun. He must have just returned to Shanghai from Hangzhou and was a little tight on money."
As he said that, he quickly explained, "I really didn't know the other person was Huo Junyun before I went to Annie's Western Restaurant."
“Keep talking,” Li Cuiqun said.
Looking at Hu Jie's nervous look, he now tended to believe that this person had forgotten the incident because he was too nervous.
"Huo Junyun took the money and left. He didn't tell me his whereabouts. Unless he took the initiative to tell me, I couldn't ask." Hu Jie explained.
“Didn’t you talk about anything else?” Li Cuiqun asked.
These two people, one is the assistant to the director of the Suhu District of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the other is the chief of the intelligence unit and deputy district chief of the Suhu District of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. They are both high-ranking and powerful, and in a sense, they are close confidants of the district chief Xu Zhaolin. , at least on the surface, Li Cuiqun didn't think there was no private friendship between the two.
“Let me think about it, let me think about it.” Hu Jie said hurriedly, sweating profusely.
…
“Lead Yixiu.” Li Cuiqun ignored Hu Jie, who was trying to remember, and looked at Zhang Lu.
Zhang Lu nodded and looked at one of his subordinates. The man left the office and soon brought over a man with a lot of mud on his suit.
This person is none other than Kai Yixiu, the radio station director of the Su-Shanghai District of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Ke Yixiu looked nervous and his eyes were uneasy.
"Brother, my subordinates are rude." Li Cuiqun smiled slightly, "In a while, I will find a skilled master to help you make a new suit."
The mud on Kai Yixiu's suit was when he was being arrested. He was about to jump from the third floor to escape. After jumping out, he was afraid and subconsciously grabbed the railing. In the end, he was exhausted and had no choice but to ask the agents at the secret service headquarters. After shouting "help" and being pulled up, he was ridiculed and kicked twice by the agent who had been looking for him for a long time.
“I don’t dare, I don’t dare,” said Ke Yixiu. When he saw Li Cuiqun looking at him with a smile, he quickly said, “Ke Yi thanked Director Li first.”
Seeing that Li Cuiqun's words were still polite, he felt a little relieved.
“Assistant Hu said that you once arranged for him to go to Annie’s Western Restaurant in Xiafei District to meet an important person.” Li Cuiqun asked.
"It is indeed true." Ke Yixiu, who was still a little uneasy, breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "I have already explained the matter."
After a pause, Ke Yixiu frowned and thought, "I confessed it when a brother with a mole on his ear interrogated me."
Li Cuiqun looked at Zhang Lu.
Soon, Kai Yixiu's interrogation confession was obtained. Li Cuiqun quickly flipped through it, and sure enough, he quickly found the relevant confession.
“I told you that we arranged for Hu Jie to meet at Annie’s Western Restaurant three days ago.”
Li Cuiqun nodded and said with a smile, "I am a frank person and a good friend."
He looked at Kai Yixiu and said, "Brother Kai, do you know who Assistant Hu is meeting at Annie's Western Restaurant?"
"I don't know." Ke Yixiu shook his head, "The telegram was sent from Hangzhou Station, saying that someone was coming over there and asked Shanghai to make arrangements."
…
"This person is Huo Junyun." Li Cuiqun said suddenly, his eyes fixed on Ke Yixiu.
"It's actually Chief Huo?" Ke Yixiu was quite surprised, frowned and thought, "Yes, he was in Hangzhou before."
Looking at Li Cuiqun, Ke Yi corrected his expression and said, "Director Li, Huo Junyun is Xu Zhaolin's confidant. There are some personal secrets related to Xu Zhaolin that I, the director of the radio station, don't know, but Huo Junyun does."
“Thank you for reminding me, brother.” Li Cuiqun said with a smile.
With that said, Li Cuiqun apologized politely, "It's Li's fault for disturbing my brother's rest."
"Director Li, don't say that." Kai Yixiu said quickly, "It is an honor for Kai to serve Director Li."
Li Cuiqun smiled happily and arranged for his men to take Yi Xiu down to rest.
After Kai Yixiu left, Li Cuiqun's expression turned cold.
“How do you do things?” He looked at a young man next to Zhang Lu.
"Director, my subordinates didn't do a good job." The young man quickly admitted his mistake. However, he changed the subject and said with a wry smile, "So many people were arrested this night, and the Su-Shanghai District of Zhongtong was almost taken over. Brothers. I'm so busy running around that I haven't even had time to sort out many of the interrogation records."
Su Chende looked calm, as if what Tang Kanlao said had nothing to do with him.
Hu Jie lowered his head and behaved cautiously.
…
“Assistant Hu.” Li Cuiqun looked at Hu Jie, “Do you have any other useful clues you can provide about Huo Junyun?”
"It was three quarters past three in the afternoon three days ago. We were sitting..." Hu Jie said thoughtfully, "sitting in the northwest corner of Annie's Western Restaurant."
As he spoke, he looked at Li Cuiqun nervously and said, "Director Li, I can't remember anything else."
Looking at Hu Jie's nervous expression, Li Cuiqun smiled and said comfortingly, "Take Assistant Hu to rest, don't be nervous, think slowly, and report back whenever you think of anything."
"Thank you for your understanding." Hu Jie forced out a flattering smile, "So many things have happened, and my mind is still in a mess."
"Understood, understandable." Li Cuiqun stepped forward and patted Hu Jie on the shoulder, "Brother Hu has given up the dark side and turned to the bright side. It will be the time for talents like Brother Hu to flourish."
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Hu Jie said quickly, "Hu is only willing to follow the lead of the director."
Seeing Hu Jie leave with all his thanks, Li Cuiqun narrowed his eyes.
Withdrawing his gaze, Li Cuiqun looked at Su Chende, "Brother Su, you are familiar with Huo Junyun. I'll leave this person to you."
After pondering for a moment, he handed a cigarette to Su Chende, "Our move is big and we can't hide it from Xu Zhaolin for long."
Su Chende took the cigarette and nodded, "Except for Xu Zhaolin and Huo Junyun, all the middle and high-level executives in Suhu District in Shanghai have been arrested. Xu Zhaolin cannot contact anyone else, so he must be alert."
"So we don't have much time." Li Cuiqun said with a gloomy look, "At most one day, no, half a day, tomorrow morning we must find out Huo Junyun and follow the clues to arrest Xu Zhaolin."
“I’ll try my best.” Su Chende looked down at the cigarette held between his fingers and nodded.
Li Cuiqun patted Su Chende on the shoulder, "I'll arrange for Tang Kanlao to help you."
He pointed to the young man who was scolded by him just now.
“Mr. Su.” Tang Kanlao came over and saluted Su Chende.
“You are a young and talented man.” Su Chende took a deep look at Tang Kanlao, smiled and nodded.
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The night is deep.
Cheng Qianfan held a cigarette in his hand, and the cigarette burned silently.
He didn't take a sip for a long time, and just stood in front of a wall. There was a map hanging on the wall, a map of Shanghai.
The soot fell sadly.
“Have you encountered a problem at work?”
Bai Ruolan's voice came from behind, and she put a coat on her husband's shoulders.
"A kidnapping case in Fuxi District resulted in a death." Cheng Qianfan patted his wife's hand, held hands and returned to the office chair to sit down. "This matter is somewhat involved in the Central District and is more difficult."
"Don't think so much." Bai Ruolan said, "There is always endless work to do."
Cheng Qianfan closed his eyes and enjoyed his wife's shoulder massage.
“It’s been an eventful time.” Cheng Qianfan said softly. He patted his wife’s hand and said, “You should go to bed early. I’ll take a shower in a while.”
"Don't be too late. You leave early and come back late." Bai Ruolan warned with concern, tapping the back of her husband's head with her finger, "Xiao Zhizhi was still looking for her father before going to bed."
“I understand.” Cheng Qianfan smiled slightly.
Xiao Zhizhi is so small, so naturally it is impossible for her to make trouble looking for her father. He understands what Bai Ruolan means:
No matter what you do, you must be careful. You cannot be at home without you.
After his wife left, Cheng Qianfan shook his head gently and smiled.
Ruolan must have felt something from his words and deeds, and was worried that he would take dangerous actions.
Cheng Qianfan picked up the cigarette case but put it down again. He opened the drawer and took out a snuff bottle.
This is an amber snuff bottle made by a master craftsman from the Qing Dynasty.
The faint herbal aroma penetrates into the brain through the nose, making people feel refreshed and refreshed.
…
Cheng Qianfan turned off the light in the study and waited for about a minute. He came to the window in the dark and gently lifted a corner of the curtain.
He just looked outside so quietly.
After another four or five minutes, a figure appeared.
Watching this person disappear from sight, Cheng Qianfan raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
From this man’s walking posture and movements, he had two candidates in his mind:
Yama Fumio and Okubo Takuto from the Extra High School Course.
For no other reason, maybe because he noticed that the lights were turned off in Cheng Mansion's study, he felt relaxed. When this man was walking, he slowed down twice and stretched out his right hand to scratch his back.
Although Cheng Qianfan is not stationed in the Special High School permanently, he has a wide network of contacts and has his own sources of information. Especially some gossip that does not involve confidentiality, naturally there will be no defense against him.
Yama Fumio had scabies on his back.
Okubo Tateto had an allergic reaction after coming into contact with mustard oil for the first time when he was a child. After that, he had a subconscious reaction to scratching. He was usually fine, and he would subconsciously scratch his back when he was relaxed.
Cheng Qianfan was not surprised that Sanbonjiro would arrange for people to stare at him. He was mentally prepared for this.
This does not mean that Sanbonjiro had any substantial doubts about him.
This is the result of Sanbonjiro's deep-rooted habit of distrusting anyone.
Especially after Liu Bo betrayed the Special High School, Sanbonjiro was always wary of his own people within the Special High School.
Perhaps Sanbonjiro also knows that the chance of a traitor like Liu Bo appearing again within the Special High School is very low, or almost impossible.
However, this does not prevent Sanbonjiro from being suspicious:
He knows that there is nothing wrong with someone and is loyal to the "Empire of Japan". However, if he does not test or even monitor him from time to time, he will not feel comfortable and will not feel at ease.
In other words, in Cheng Qianfan's opinion, Sanbonjiro may be suffering from a mental illness.
Cheng Qianfan didn’t know that Sanbonjiro would choose to randomly test or even spy on him on certain events or when.
All he has to do is to be alert at all times.
Ninety-nine times of vigilance and one carelessness may lead to omissions and destruction.
He did not dare to be careless even once!
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