Chapter 266 We Still Need to Enforce Justice
In the Central Military Prison, Zheng Min is pouring cold water on Xu En and others;
"Two Directors! Chief Lei! Li Maocai is definitely not the 'Phoenix'."
Lei Gang said unconvincedly: "How could it not be? He was indeed hypnotized by that guy just now."
Zheng Min shook his head and said, "It's true that he was hypnotized, and the name Ling Yun is also correct. But Ling Yun's code name is definitely not 'Phoenix'. And he doesn't have the ability of 'Phoenix'?"
Zhou Hai instinctively spoke for his confidant Lei Gang and shook his head, saying, "No! No one has ever seen the Phoenix, and no one knows what its abilities are. But the boy's hypnosis skills are recognized to be powerful."
Xu En just listened to the analysis of the three of them and did not express any opinions.
At this time, Hua Kui led Wang Li and Lin Xi running in.
Xu En immediately pointed at the three of them and scolded them:
"You are really outrageous. How could you get to the gate of the Political Department?"
Hua Kui smiled bitterly and said, "Director! We didn't want to do that either, but the Military Intelligence Department released a group of people with very good surveillance and tracking methods. Whenever we followed the wives of some high-ranking officials, they followed us."
Xu En asked in confusion: "The Military Intelligence Department sent someone to follow you? Who sent them?"
Lin Xi said anxiously, "Director! Xiang Chu has sent out his elite special attack team."
Zhou Hai said bitterly: "Xiang Chu targeted us as soon as he came back. It's really hateful."
"This kid is now a national hero. He's too popular. Let's forget about it for now!"
Xu En waved his hand, paused, and shouted loudly,
"Hua Kui! The three of you should hide first and wait until the storm has passed."
"Yes!"
Hua Kui accepted the order reluctantly.
He glanced at Li Maocai and asked doubtfully:
"Why was he looking at the door when he died?"
Lei Gang said angrily: "It doesn't matter where you look."
He does not mean that!
Zheng Min laughed and said, "Chief Lei! What did he say before he died?"
Lei Gang thought: "It seems that I should have killed Xiang Chu with an ashtray on his first day in the archives room."
Zheng Min was puzzled: "The archives room? The ashtray?!"
He thought about it and felt that there was something wrong, so he said to Xu En, "Director! Can you ask Chief Lei to drive me back to the Military Intelligence Department?"
"of course can!"
Xu En readily agreed.
"Let's go!"
Lei Gang said angrily, thinking to himself that Xiang Chu asked you to go but you refused and even asked me to send you off.
Needless to say, Zheng Min, like Xiang Chu, also thought of Li Maocai's ashtray.
At this time, Xiang Chu had already arrived at the archives room, and the door of the archives room was locked.
Seeing that there was no one around, he put on gloves and opened the door with the key to the archive room that he still had.
He hurried to Li Maocai's desk and picked up the ashtray without ash on the table.
There was nothing on the ashtray, a piece of white paper underneath, and no words on the table.
Xiang Chu stuffed the white paper into his pocket, gently put the ashtray back in place, and turned to walk out.
He locked the door with his key, quickly left the second floor corridor and turned into the stairwell.
The sound of high heels came from the direction of the archive room.
Needless to say, it should be Anna who came out.
Xiang Chu walked up the stairs to the third floor and came to the door of Dainong’s office.
Dainong was chatting with the down-and-out Mao Feng, and it seemed like the two of them were getting along pretty well.
Dai Nong saw him and said warmly, "Xiao Xiang! Come in and meet Director Mao."
Xiang Chu said calmly, "Hello, Director Mao!"
"Great! The young are to be feared. Haha!"
Mao Feng nodded and smiled awkwardly.
"Thank you, Virgo!"
Xiang Chu smiled, paused, and said to Dai Nong,
"Director! I just went to the Central Military Prison and successfully hypnotized Li Maocai. It turns out that he is the 'Phoenix'."
"what?!"
Dainong and Mao Feng both stood up in shock.
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "However, Lei Gang interfered and the hypnosis was terminated. Li Maocai committed suicide out of fear of the crime."
"Committed suicide?!"
Upon hearing this, Dai Nong sat down again and fell into awkward thought.
Needless to say, he didn't believe that Li Maocai was the "Phoenix" at all.
Mao Feng did not say anything, his heart was filled with envy, jealousy and hatred towards Xu En.
Xiang Chu said tactfully, "My two masters! I will take my leave."
"it is good!"
Dainong and Mao Feng nodded in unison.
Xiang Chu quickly returned to his office, closed the door, took out the white paper, flattened it, and applied a layer of iodine.
He knew that Li Maocai probably did not have time to report before carrying out the dangerous mission, so he wrote on this piece of white paper with starch solution.
Soon, a line of words appeared: "My old friend Guan Jie came to Ning from his hometown. He didn't seem to be Guan Jie himself. I'm afraid he was a masked man pretending to be the 'Phoenix'. I'm following him to find out what's going on!"
After reading it, Xiang Chu immediately understood that the reason why Li Maocai did not commit suicide and held on for more than 20 days was simply to wait for his comrades to come and tell him the news.
"Director Li! You are truly a hero."
Xiang Chu cried out inwardly and quickly put away the iodine.
He put the paper into his pocket, walked out of the room, quickly went to the bathroom, wet the paper with water, then tore it into pieces and threw it into the toilet, flushed it, and then returned to the room.
He sat in his office chair, unable to calm down for a long time.
Liu Zhengxiong came over, closed the door, and said softly:
"Leader! How is Director Li?"
"He died! He was an extremely determined proletarian fighter..."
Xiang Chu choked up and told Liu Zhengxiong about Li Maocai's sacrifice, and told him all about the enemy spies disguised as Guan Jie, so that he could take precautions in advance.
Liu Zhengxiong was so shocked that he was stunned. After a while, he said, "Leader! Should we tell Yang Jiang and others about Li Maocai's sacrifice and the enemy's disguised Guan Jie?"
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Tell them immediately and take precautions in advance."
"Yes!"
Liu Zhengxiong nodded hurriedly, turned around and opened the door.
Standing at the door was Zheng Min, with a big smile on his face.
Liu Zhengxiong didn't know him yet, so he couldn't help but ask with a smile:
"May I ask your surname?"
Xiang Chu stood up, walked to the door and introduced: "Team Leader Liu! He is the new Chief Zheng of the Intelligence Department."
Liu Zhengxiong smiled and said, "Chief Zheng, please come in!"
Zheng Min shook his head and said, "No! I came to visit Section Chief Wang and to see if Section Chief Xiang has returned."
He rubbed his nose, turned and walked into Wang Senwu's office.
"Neuropathy!"
Liu Zhengxiong muttered in a low voice.
"Go and do your thing!"
Xiang Chu pushed him out the door.
At this moment, the office phone rang.
Xiang Chu picked up the phone, but heard Zhang Changsheng smile bitterly: "Brother Xiang! Your elite special forces have caught so many thieves and bad guys that my interrogation room can't be closed. You should contact the police station as soon as possible."
"I'll go over and take a look!"
Xiang Chu smiled and quickly hung up the phone.
He hurried out and came to the underground interrogation room of the Torture Department.
Indeed, more than 20 interrogation rooms were all filled with suspects.
Seeing him coming, Li Tong, Kong Kong and others hurried forward.
Li Tong said with a smile: "Uncle Junior Master! All those arrested were caught red-handed. There is no innocent person."
"very good!"
Xiang Chu nodded with satisfaction, paused, and asked with a smile,
“Is there anyone from the Party Affairs Office inside?”
Kong Kong laughed and said, "There was a guy from the Party Affairs Office who was following an official's wife. I caught him."
Xiang Chu nodded and said, "Very good! Take him to the interrogation room of the Operations Department and put him in solitary confinement."
"Yes!"
Kong Kong hurriedly accepted the order.
At this time, Ning Qiang ran down and shouted:
"Section Chief! Many newspaper reporters and civilians are waiting to see you at the gate of the compound."
Xiang Chu asked in confusion: "Why do you want to see me?"
Ning Qiang smiled and said, "Because the elite special forces have caught many thieves and bad guys."
"Understood! Let's go."
Xiang Chu nodded and hurried to the gate of the compound.
He accepted interviews from reporters and received banners presented by the people.
The next day, major newspapers published two pieces of information, one positive and one negative, from the Military Intelligence Department and the Party Affairs Department.
It was widely publicized that the Military Intelligence Department had caught almost all the thieves and bad guys in Nanjing, doing a great thing that even the police station could not do.
It implies that the Party Affairs Office sent people to impersonate the "Phoenix" to do evil, and specifically targeted the families of some officials, especially those in the Political Department and other departments.
Such an appalling scandal targeting one's own people naturally aroused public outrage.
Chen Fu was criticized by the big shot, and reluctantly called Xu En to his office and ordered:
"Director Xu! Pick up the underground members of the Red Party from the prisons and say that they are the perpetrators of this incident. Take them to the Yuhuatai execution ground and shoot them at 3:30 p.m."
"Yes!"
Xu En accepted the order with firmness.
Three quarters past noon, Yuhuatai execution ground.
Several hooded prisoners were about to be executed by shooting.
A reporter holding a camera shouted: "Why don't you take off your hood?"
The man next to the reporter shouted, "Yes! Why don't you take off your hood?"
The people watching the execution shouted in unison: "Take off the hood and identify him!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Lei Gang fired two shots into the air and shouted loudly,
"Whoever dares to make trouble will be beaten to death by the head of the department."
At this time, a prisoner tied to a wooden stake had his head drooped and his hood fell off, revealing that he was dead.
"Fake! Fake!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
The reporter holding the camera hurriedly took pictures, pulled the person next to him and turned away.
The two quickly ran into the car, started the engine and drove away, both taking off their masks.
Liu Zhengxiong said bitterly: "Leader! These white dogs are really despicable. Old Li is dead, but they still want to drag him out and shoot him."
Xiang Chu sighed and said, "Alas! I thought too highly of these guys before."
Liu Zhengxiong said angrily: "If I knew where Hua Kui and his gang were hiding, I would kill them right now."
Xiang Chu sneered and said, "Yesterday, Kong Kong caught a guy who was molesting the wife of an official. I hypnotized him and found out their hiding place, which is No. 99 Wangyun Road."
Liu Zhengxiong said excitedly: "Great! Let's go kill them now."
"Of course!"
Xiang Chu nodded heavily, paused, and smiled bitterly.
"I never thought that we would still be needed to enforce justice!"