Chapter 85: Diverting trouble to the east
Xiang Chu and Ning Caiwei decided to open an account and password service and deposit half of the money first.
However, the business was rather complicated and was not completed until ten o'clock.
The bank counter staff handed Ning Caiwei the cashier's check and a note with a password, and instructed:
"Madam! Please remember your password. If you forget it, you will need to bring a valid ID to verify your fingerprint and get a new password."
"Okay, thank you."
Ning Caiwei put the promissory note into her purse, took Xiang Chu's arm and walked out of the Bank of Britain.
The two returned to the car, Xiang Chu started the engine and drove straight to the Military Intelligence Department.
Ning Caiwei smiled bitterly and said, "I'm really late today."
Xiang Chu smiled and said, "Who cares! Just say that the surveillance personnel sent by the department were listening at the door and disturbed me all night. I slept until 9:30."
Ning Caiwei smiled and said, "What about you? You can't just say you live with me."
"I found evidence that Nong Ruhu had defected to the enemy..."
Before Xiang Chu finished speaking, he choked himself and shook his head.
"No! I can't say that Nong Ruhu's volunteer application was found in Wang Fengguang's personal safe."
Ning Caiwei suggested: "Just say you found it from Wang Fengguang."
"Dai Nong is not stupid. He must have asked me why I didn't take it out when he was at his house yesterday."
Xiang Chu suddenly fell into a dilemma. After thinking carefully, he said helplessly,
"Let's just make a fuss about the telephone booth at No. 30, Xiangyang Road."
Ning Caiwei analyzed, "Brother Chu! Feng Shurong and Li Daguang are so arrogant now. You caught the Japanese spy. As the team leader, Li Daguang will naturally share the credit. Feng Shurong will be in charge of the interrogation. Nong Ruhu is a spineless man. He will definitely confess after a beating. He can also get a share of the credit."
"Yes! Why am I in such a hurry?"
Xiang Chu smiled, thinking of the surveillance last night, and said with lingering fear,
"Caiwei! You think this Li Daguang is so bold? Will he know what happened to you in Shanghai?"
"No! I was just a patriotic student at that time, and I was moved by your sister's sacrifice."
Ning Caiwei shook her head, knowing that Xiang Chu wanted to understand what happened back then, and explained,
"Our school was in the public concession. At that time, your sister wanted to organize us to leave the concession and go to the Kuomintang-occupied area to participate in the 'September 18th' anti-Japanese parade. In order to catch up with the parade, we took a shortcut through a corner of the Hongkou Police Station area of the Japanese. But Li Daguang informed the Japanese, and your sister lost her life on that short journey. Woo woo!"
"Caiwei! Don't cry, don't cry!"
Xiang Chu patted her shoulders and comforted her.
It was almost 11 o'clock when the two men walked into the Military Intelligence Department compound one after the other.
A group of officers stood in front of the main office building, all with indignant looks on their faces.
Ning Caiwei saw that Li Maocai was also there and asked with a smile:
"Director Li! What are you doing?"
Li Maocai shook his head and said, "From the time I got off work last night to the time I went to work this morning, I was followed and monitored the entire time. I want justice. Why should I go to work like this? Oh, right! Are you being followed and monitored as well?"
Ning Caiwei complained, "Yes! Not only did the surveillance personnel monitor my house from the building opposite and the woods, they also lay at the door of my room to listen in. I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night and got up late in the morning. There was another person monitoring me on the road. I thought it was a Japanese spy, so I took a few more detours before I got rid of him."
Most people had similar situations, and they all echoed the sentiment in indignation.
At this time, Dai Nong and Ning Changde were standing by the window in the corridor on the third floor, watching everything happening below.
Ning Changde was relieved when he saw Ning Caiwei coming to work. He said sincerely, "Director! We can't let Gu Wenjian and Feng Shurong and Li Daguang mess around. This is equivalent to helping the Party Affairs Office and ruining our office instead. The gain is not worth the loss!"
Dai Nong shook his head and said, "This is what the political chief wants. I can't do anything about it. I want to catch a typical example and see who is the last one to come to work."
Ning Changde pointed at Xiang Chu who walked leisurely into the gate of the compound and said with a wry smile:
"Just catch him. That guy just arrived. He must be the last one to go to work."
Of course, he had heard from Ren Jie that Xiang Chu had eliminated Wang Fengguang last night.
Dai Nong always keeps his word and always pretends to do something. He points at Ren Jie and says:
"Call Xiang Chu over and tell him why he is only coming to work now."
"what?"
Ren Jie was stunned for a moment, then reacted and said loudly,
"Yes!"
Not long after, Xiang Chu was brought up by Ren Jie, looking like he had not yet woken up.
Dai Nong patted Ning Changde on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Changde! I'd better trouble you to go down and explain to everyone. Just say that it is the order of the head of the Political Department. Not only our department, but all departments are strictly investigating the Red Party underground party.
And the effect is very obvious, a batch of them have already been caught.”
Xiang Chu was shocked. He didn't expect that Gu Wenjian and his two companions were so cruel. He should have killed them earlier.
"All right!"
Ning Changde nodded and said to Xiang Chu,
"Explain to the Director why you came to work so late."
Xiang Chu said with a smile: "I have been outside catching Japanese spies, and I just came back to the office to summarize the situation of my subordinates."
"Really? If you're always on duty, there's no such thing as being late for work. Haha!"
Ning Changde laughed loudly, waved his hand and walked towards the stairs. Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that he was protecting Xiang Chu.
Ren Jie scolded in a low voice: "Captain Xiang! Be serious in front of the director."
"It's okay! It's okay! Xiao Xiang has indeed been catching Japanese spies outside."
Dai Nong smiled, walked towards his office, and said in a very intimate tone,
"Boy! Come in."
"Yes!"
Xiang Chu hurried to follow.
Ren Jie looked at the two of them with a confused look on his face, feeling that his thinking could not keep up.
Dai Nong sat in his office chair and said doubtfully:
"Xiao Xiang! I have never told anyone about my new home, so how could Wang Fengguang find it?"
Xiang Chu thought for a moment and said, "Director! When we were counting the officers' home addresses yesterday, I guess you weren't counted."
Dai Nong was stunned, slammed his desk and said, "Why is there no statistics? In order to show that everyone is treated equally, I will be the first one to fill it in."
Xiang Chu immediately understood that it must be Nong Ruhu who told Wang Fengguang the address of Dainong's new home, and Wang Fengguang immediately took action.
However, he did not want to expose the cute little Nong Ruhu, but instead wanted to direct the blame to the possible Japanese spy Li Daguang.
Thinking of this, Xiang Chu lowered his voice and said:
"Director! According to my analysis of all the intelligence, it should be someone with a list of people who reported your new home address to the Japanese spies, and Wang Fengguang volunteered to take action."
"Someone with a list of personnel?"
When Dai Nong heard this, he quickly picked up the phone and made a call.
"Chief Liu! Please come to my room for a moment."
Xiang Chu decided to take the initiative and said in a tone from light to heavy:
"Director! This person is definitely not one of Chief Liu's subordinates. According to the information I have, this person is in the department and is 100% a Japanese spy."
At this time, Liu Mei walked in and closed the door habitually.
Xiang Chu said respectfully: "Hello, Section Chief!"
Section Chief Liu teased, "I heard that you were late for work for half a day today, and were the last one to come to work. Were you caught by the director?"
Xiang Chu rolled his eyes and decided to help Nong Ruhu clear his suspicion first, and said with a smile:
"Chief! I have been working for you outside. There is no such thing as being late."
Liu Mei was stunned and very confused. She felt that Xiang Chu had something else in his words and couldn't help but look at Dai Nong.
Dai Nong wanted to use this incident to control his lover and make her obey him wholeheartedly. He waved his hand and said:
"Xiao Xiang! Just tell the truth."
"This! All right."
Xiang Chu hesitated for a moment, then told him everything about Nong Ruhu from beginning to end.
"what?"
Liu Mei was so angry and scared that she sat down on the sofa.
Dai Nong was very satisfied with her reaction and pretended to be nonchalant and said:
"Chief Liu! I asked Xiao Xiang to follow Nong Ruhu the whole time, just to avoid any mistakes and prevent people other than the three of us from knowing about this. Don't worry, even if Nong Ruhu gets into trouble, it will be reduced to a small matter."
Liu Mei said excitedly: "Thank you! Thank you, Director. I, Liu Mei, will be very kind to you in the future..."
"Okay! Let's not talk about this today."
Dai Nong interrupted her hastily and said with great satisfaction,
"Chief Liu! Yesterday we collected the military officers' home addresses. Who knew the summary table?"
Liu Mei said hurriedly, "You, me, Nong Ruhu, Feng Shurong, and Li Daguang. But I saw that Li Daguang gave the watch to Gu Wenjian, and another one to Wang Zhengguang, the captain of the second team of the third action group."
Dai Nong was immediately furious and shouted, "It's fine that Li Daguang gave the article to an outsider, but he even gave it to Wang Zhengguang? Is there something wrong with his brain?"
Xiang Chu hurriedly took over the conversation, deliberately angering Dai Nong, and said loudly:
"Director! Li Daguang is not mentally ill. He has long been a Japanese spy. He deliberately muddied the waters so that Wang Fengguang could carry out the operation to wipe out your family and kill you, your wife, and your daughter."