Chapter 331: Wu Jingzhong's Sorrow
Chapter 331: Wu Jingzhong's Sorrow
After hanging up the phone, Jianfeng sat down and said calmly:
"Mao Renfeng has agreed, you can go and get the person.
"That's great, thank you Director." Hong Zhiyou stood up and bowed.
He turned to leave, but Jianfeng raised his hand to stop him and asked with a smile, "What's the hurry? Can't you wait to have a meal with me?"
"Yes.
"I am so eager to save people, I am sorry to make you laugh."
Hong Zhiyou was still the same as usual. Under Jianfeng's gaze, he habitually scooped up the porridge and picked up the dishes with the serving chopsticks.
Just as he was about to eat, he saw Jianfeng smiling, and he couldn't help but said in embarrassment:
"I'm sorry, this is an official residence. I'm overthinking it."
"Sit down, sit down." Jianfeng waved his hand with gentle eyes.
“I have trained many people over the years, and some of them have changed their minds.
“Some appear loyal, but are actually opportunists.
“Some are very loyal, but stupid and clumsy, and can hardly achieve great things, such as Li Ya.
"You are a capable minister and a pioneer, you have courage and ability."
Jianfeng took a sip of porridge and pointed at Hong Zhiyoudao.
Hong Zhiyou stood up immediately and said, "I am ashamed. I hope to go through this difficult time with you and sail far away!"
"sit.
“Think of this as your office in Shanghai, don’t be too restrained.
“I’m no longer a director.
"Call me comrade."
Jianfeng smiled.
"Yes, Comrade Jianfeng." Hong Zhiyou sat down and drank porridge and ate.
"My father sent Chen Cheng to Wandao to run the business late last year.
"Now the Central Army has been depleted, and the Gui clique of Bai Chongxi and Li Zongren is entrenched in Jingling. The situation is very unfavorable.
"With a million-strong army, if the peace talks fail, the future situation will be irreversible with only these local armies with ulterior motives.
"If we retreat to the islands in the bay, the competition for intelligence systems will inevitably be fierce.
"After this great defeat, my father is the only person he can truly trust.
"I need your and Wu Jingzhong's help to reorganize the intelligence system. If you have any ideas, please talk to us."
Jian Fengzheng asked.
"Can I speak frankly?" Hong Zhiyou seemed a little embarrassed.
"Just say it." Jianfeng said.
“I want to go back to Hong Kong.
"I made some money by selling wine, doing business, and integrating the Cao Gang. You should already know this.
“I want to expand the shipping company in Hong Kong.
"In the future, whenever you give an order, I will do my best to help with supplies and shipping.
“You know, whether it’s war or politics, it all comes down to having enough food to eat.
“The people need to eat, the soldiers need to eat.
"Kong Song caused us a great loss in Shanghai, so I want to set up this business and no longer let others hold our throats and do whatever they want."
Hong Zhiyou put down the bowl, his spirit as firm as iron.
The trip to Shanghai hit Jianfeng's sore spot.
Kong Lingkan's arrogance once made him doubt who owned the world.
Seeing Hong Zhiyou mentioned this, Jianfeng's face couldn't help but darken, his eyes flashing with sharpness.
“I agree with your idea.
“However, there is no rush for these.
"The problem now is that my father lacks a real arm, and people like Li Zongren are pushing him too far. To be honest, Li Zongren is making a fuss about the defense of Beijing and Ling, and in a few days my father will officially step down and go to Xikou.
“If you want to replace Kong Song’s business, I must first gain a firm foothold, otherwise everything will be empty talk.
"How about this, you stay with me first, and when I have the power to decide foreign affairs and trade, you can bring Wu Jingzhong back to Hong Kong to do your business.
“After all, you are still serving officers.
"how?"
Jianfeng tapped the table and asked.
Hong Zhiyou has also thought about this question.
Jianfeng and the Americans are the two trump cards in his hand.
If Jianfeng can't get up, many things will be in vain.
Moreover, the words "active military officer" are actually a criticism of himself.
Leaving your job and going to Hong Kong is tantamount to absconding.
If the plane had not been intercepted in Jingling, Jianfeng would have had no time to care about other things and would probably have turned a blind eye out of friendship.
Now that they have done a favor to save him, they will definitely not let him go for nothing.
This is politics.
Just like a balance, if you add weight on one side, the other side has to help carry the sedan chair.
Profits come first, personal feelings come second.
There is love only when there is benefit.
The rest is bullshit.
Why doesn't Zheng Jieming stand up? Isn't it because he only has emotions and no benefits, or it's not in his interest?
Jianfeng has put in the effort, what we need is the people.
This is the truth as to why he is so forthcoming.
After all, a nice guy can't get the throne.
This is the way of officialdom.
If someone throws it, you have to catch it.
If you don’t answer, then no one can play.
"I understand, but I will follow your instructions." Hong Zhi nodded.
"it is good.
"I have a list of the Secret Service personnel here.
"Wu Jingzhong is a senior member. When he comes out, you can screen the list and see which ones can be won over. You can test them out first.
"For example, if we can win over a few of Mao Renfeng's confidants like Ye Zhixiang, we will definitely see miraculous results."
Jianfeng stood up and handed him a thick folded note.
"clear.
"Then I won't bother you anymore, go to bed early."
Hong Zhi finished his porridge in a few gulps and stood up to say goodbye.
……
Office of the Director of the Security Bureau.
Mao Renfeng seldom goes home recently and spends most of his time in the office lounge.
"Cough cough!"
He poured the tea while coughing.
"Brother, are you okay?" Mao Wanli, who was sitting opposite him, asked worriedly.
"fine.
"I just feel a little chest tightness and pain recently, but it's no big deal." Mao Renfeng waved his hand.
"Why don't we go to the hospital for a full body check-up?" Mao Wanli said.
"No.
“If you don’t look at illness, it will be like this.
"Sometimes, seeing a doctor can be very troublesome. Besides, I don't trust those western doctors. I can just pick up some herbal medicine to take afterwards." Mao Renfeng said with a smile.
“Jianfeng has already called.
"Let him go."
He said after taking a sip of tea.
"Oh, what a pity, the old thief escaped again." Mao Wanli said.
"take it easy.
“It seems that Jianfeng wants to keep the father-in-law and son-in-law.
"Don't forget, there is a time bomb hidden next to Wu Jingzhong, and the detonator of this bomb is in our hands. It won't take long for him to die."
Mao Renfeng glanced at him and chuckled.
"You mean...Yu Zecheng?" Mao Wanli raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"That's right.
"According to the information left by Ma Kui and Li Ya, this person is most likely a red ticket." Mao Renfeng said.
"Brother, what are we waiting for? Let's start the trial right away. According to Li Ya's old plan, if we bring down Yu Zecheng, how can Wu Jingzhong escape?" Mao Wanli said happily.
"No!"
Mao Renfeng shook his finger and said, "It would be a pity if this time bomb only blew up Wu Jingzhong."
"You mean... Jianfeng?" Mao Wanli said.
"That's right.
"Jianfeng dared to come out to rescue people at this moment. It is obvious that he wanted to win people's hearts and recruit Wu Jingzhong and his son-in-law.
"After this incident, Wu Jingzhong's reputation has been ruined, and it is difficult for him to be used publicly.
“The threat to us is limited.
“And Yu Zecheng, this chess piece, will sooner or later become a huge stone weighing a thousand pounds and smash Jiang Jianfeng’s feet.
“Now Yu Zecheng is in Ming.
“We’re in the dark.
"No matter where he is, he will contact Hong Piao sooner or later. We just need to monitor him secretly and detonate this bomb at the right time to put Jianfeng into an irretrievable situation.
“After all, this is no longer an era where the chairman of the party-state has the final say.
"Truman and the Democratic Party were not optimistic about the commission either.
"Jianfeng is going to be infamous. Once the domestic and foreign media hype him up, coupled with his reputation as a 'corruption liar' in Shanghai, it will be difficult for him to take over the old man's job."
Mao Renfeng smiled grimly.
“Brother, this move is absolutely amazing.
"Without Jianfeng, the intelligence system is still under our control. No matter who takes power in the future, they will not be able to shake our basic foundation." Mao Wanli clapped his hands and exclaimed.
"By the way, Yu Zecheng's materials are still there, right? Those are all good 'explosives'." He asked again.
“Yes, they are all in the reference room.
"Go ahead and release them."
Mao Renfeng ordered.
……
Jingling Prison.
Ye Zhixiang came to the prison room in person.
There is no need for him, the director, to handle such matters.
But he came here for some unknown reason.
Even he himself did not quite understand it. He seemed to be possessed by a ghost and wanted to meet Hong Zhi more often.
moment.
Hong Zhiyou, dressed in a suit, shiny leather shoes, and glasses inlaid with gold chains, got off the car and came to the prison.
A handsome temperament.
Plus, there's a strong smell of money.
For a moment, the prison guards couldn't take their eyes off.
"What are you looking at?" A fat prison guard poked his colleague who was standing in a daze.
"This kid is really impressive." The prison guard whispered.
“Mad, if you had tens of millions of dollars and owned several wineries, you would be impressive.
"Didn't you see that Director Ye has also started coming to our place again and again?
"When have you seen him here before?"
The fat prison guard said.
"That is, that is."
The two laughed.
As Hong Zhiyou approached, the two men quickly stood at attention.
"Brother Hong, Director Mao has already given instructions. I have been waiting for you here for a long time." Ye Zhixiang walked out quickly and laughed loudly.
“Thank you for your hard work, Director Ye.
"please."
Hong Zhiyou raised his hand and smiled.
Arriving at the office, Ye Zhixiang took out a document and said, "Just sign and you can take the person away."
"Thank you, Director Ye." "Please accept this small token of your respect."
Hong Zhiyou took out a bulging envelope from his pocket and handed it over.
There is no surveillance these days.
It is quite convenient for gift giving.
“Don’t, don’t.
"This is Ye's job, and I dare not accept it. Please don't be polite, brother Hong." Ye Zhixiang said humbly.
"Director Ye.
"Since you think highly of me, Hong Zhiyou, call me brother, then we are brothers.
“Since we are brothers, this is our own business.
"It would be bad for the relationship if we postpone it any further."
Hong Zhiyou had great strength in his hands and pushed it back hard.
As one of the four major assassins of the Military Control Commission, Ye Zhixiang's ability was naturally superior to Hong Zhiyou's. He pretended to refuse at first, but seeing how powerful Hong Zhiyou was, he could not refuse such full of "affection".
Immediately, he withdrew his strength and pretended to be helpless, allowing the envelope to stick to his chest.
"Brother, you, you..." He pretended to laugh helplessly.
"Brother Ye, please accept it.
"It's a different time now. It's not like the time of liberation when there was gold everywhere and you could get food with just your hands out.
“Now all the big players have fled.
“Every shop is closed.
"Brother, thanks to my business in Hong Kong, I can get foreign exchange.
“If it were someone else, they wouldn’t be able to come up with anything to make friends with you, brother.
"Take it!"
Hong Zhiyou frowned and laughed softly.
“Okay, alright.
"Then I will respectfully obey your command, brother.
"Brother, the county magistrate is better off managing it now. I dare not say how useful it is in Jingling, but I still have the final say on all the messy things.
"If you have any trouble, just let me know."
Ye Zhixiang took the envelope and patted his chest.
"Okay, Zhiyou will rely on brother from now on." Hong Zhiyou said.
“Wait at the door for a moment, I’ll go and let it go.
"Stationmaster Wu has been locked up for such a long time. If you don't go now, you will be cursed." Ye Zhixiang said with a smile.
As soon as he walked out of the office, Ye Zhixiang returned to his gloomy attitude.
Arriving at the prison gate, he opened the door lazily, cigarette in his mouth:
"Stationmaster Wu, someone has guaranteed your safety. You can leave now."
"Director Ye, thank you." Wu Jingzhong shook his clothes and fastened his uniform button.
“It’s duty.
"please."
Ye Zhixiang couldn't hide his inner pride, he raised his hand and sneered.
He didn't even take Li Zongren seriously, so naturally he wouldn't deliberately be polite to Wu Jingzhong.
These days, money is more important than an official position.
If Hong Zhiyou wasn't a big dog owner, he wouldn't have come to this damn place.
As soon as Wu Jingzhong left, he returned to the office and impatiently took out the envelope, muttering hurriedly:
“American dollars.”
“American dollars.”
He couldn't wait to take out the things inside, and his eyes couldn't help but shine with ecstasy.
It was indeed US dollars.
All US dollars in denominations of 100 yuan.
And it’s new banknotes!
After counting carefully, I found it was exactly five thousand.
"Shut up!"
“He really is the God of Wealth.
"This friend is worth it."
Ye Zhixiang smiled, quickly packed it up and put it back into his pocket.
……
Wu Jingzhong and Yu Zecheng arrived at the prison gate, and Hong Zhiyou was already waiting.
"Teacher, Director Yu, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time.
"I have booked a suite at the Yihe Yangzi Hotel. You can stay there first. Miss Hu Die has a villa in Jingling. It is said that Boss Dai often lived there when he was alive. It is well hidden and safe.
“She has asked someone to pass it on to me.
"Let me have someone clean up, and then Teacher and Director Yu can move over there."
After getting in the car, Hong Zhi reported everything in detail.
“Just look at the arrangements.
"I never thought that I would become a Jingling person one day. I heard that the roast duck and vermicelli soup here are good.
"I always came and left in a hurry before, but this time I can enjoy the atmosphere of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties."
Wu Jingzhong was in a good mood as he looked at the buildings passing by outside the window.
"Yes.
"I heard that the Yihe Yangtze Hotel is specially for entertaining VIPs. If I were in their place, I would definitely not want to stay there. This time, I am taking advantage of Zhiyou and Teacher." Yu Zecheng also joked.
Arrive at the hotel.
Had dinner.
Wu Jingzhong and Yu Zecheng went to bed early.
The next day, morning.
Hong Zhiyou came to the hotel.
Wu Jingzhong and Yu Zecheng are playing chess.
"Teacher, Jinhai is lost." Hong Zhiyou said in a deep voice.
"What?" Wu Jingzhong put down the chess piece and said in shock.
Even Yu Zecheng looked incredulous.
"Didn't we say we were still negotiating the day before? How come it was lost? Did Chen Changjie surrender?" Wu Jingzhong asked hurriedly.
"No.
“It took the Red Ticket only 29 hours to capture Jinhai City.
"Chen Changjie was captured on the spot!
"This morning the chairman was furious at the Ministry of National Defense.
"American public opinion is overwhelming and very dissatisfied with the chairman.
“The battles in Northeast China, Huaihai, and Pingjin were a complete failure.
"Now only Fu Zuoyi is still resisting alone."
Hong Zhi has the Tao.
"Chen Changjie had an army of 170,000 men, and it took him half a year to build the fortifications alone, but he was defeated and captured in 29 hours. How was this battle fought?
"I'm afraid this is...the heavenly soldiers and generals!"
Wu Jingzhong opened his mouth in disbelief.
"What on earth did Chen Changjie and his gang of good-for-nothings do?
"When we were fighting the Japanese, we didn't have American equipment yet, but we were pretty good at fighting, there wasn't such a bad method!
"Wei Lihuang escaped, Huang Wei and Du Yuming were captured a few days ago, and Huang Baitao and Qiu Qingquan died in battle.
"Now Chen Changjie has been captured for another 29 hours.
“What kind of battle is this?
“Incredible.
“North China is finished.
“The Party and the Party-State have no hope.”
His lips trembled and he muttered as if he had lost his soul.
Hong Zhiyou and Yu Zecheng looked at each other in silence.
For a long time, there have been many senior officials in the National Government like Wu Jingzhong, who always thought that the loss of Northeast China and eastern Shandong was as unreal as a dream, and still had great illusions about the National Army.
The capture of Du Yuming, who was known as the pillar of the national army and was good at fighting, was a heavy blow to these people.
Now, Jinhai, which was known as a fortress, was conquered in just 29 hours, which completely broke the defense and shattered their beautiful dreams.
The bloody reality is:
The party-state will perish!
The wisdom of the chairman has completely failed!
They once stood high above, looking down at the straw-sandal soldiers who were suffering in desperate situations, climbing snow-capped mountains and wading through grasslands. Now, with their infinite perseverance and wise leadership, they have become an unstoppable red stream.
"Ahem." Yu Zecheng was overjoyed.
He has always been steady and not the kind of person who would rub salt into the wound. He really didn't know how to comfort Wu Jingzhong, so he could only look at Hong Zhiyou frantically.
"Teacher, Fu Zuoyi still has 500,000 troops.
"Here in Jingling, Li Zongren's army of several hundred thousand is defending the natural barrier.
"Everything is fine. It's not that bad. Please don't get upset."
Hong Zhiyou helped him sit down and comforted him.
"Hey!
"oops!"
Wu Jingzhong clapped his hands on his thighs and sighed several times.
Just when Hong Zhi was about to say a few more words to comfort him, Wu Jingzhong shook his index finger and frowned, saying:
"If you have wisdom, you will succeed. You, you think that if I hadn't been so foolish to follow Boss Dai, I would at least be a staff officer or political commissar of the North China and East China Field Brigade."
???
Hong Zhiyou and Yu Zecheng were completely dumbfounded. It’s a pity for you, old man.
“Yes, yes.
"Given the teacher's position in the party at that time, the brigade headquarters was too low, and he had to be at least a staff officer or political commissar at the level of the Second or Third Corps of North China."
Yu Zecheng said quickly.
This is not flattery.
People like Wu Jingzhong and Cheng Yiming were sent to Moscow Sun Yat-sen University for further studies with high hopes when the organization was in its infancy. If they could remain firm in their will and fight to the end, they would definitely be the backbone of the old team.
Having made it this far, your level must not be low.
"Forget it, there is no regret medicine in the world.
"You guys chat, I'm going to call Ruirui. I miss my little Jinfeng."
Wu Jingzhong stood up and walked away slowly with his hands behind his back.
“The teacher was frightened.
"Old Xie called me this morning and said that Sun Chuanzhi wanted to take advantage of the war to escape, but was kidnapped by his men, all his belongings were looted, and he was shot to death.
"His wife is probably crying right now in the $100,000 mansion she just bought in Hong Kong."
Hong Zhiyou smiled.
“Good death.
"If these dog spies survive, who knows what kind of trouble they might cause in the future.
"It's a pity that I didn't get to see the army enter the city."
Yu Zecheng clenched his fist and said happily.
“I guess you can’t see it.
"Jianfeng has conditions for getting you two out. You may have to follow the father and son of the Jiang family and continue to hide in Sichuan or Taiwan Island." Hong Zhiyou speculated.
There are spies everywhere in Jingling City.
Jianfeng might not deliberately monitor them.
But Mao Renfeng had worked so hard to set up this situation, and he would never let the three of them escape.
"Is Shopkeeper Qiu still here?
"I want to meet him." Yu Zecheng said.
"exist!
“Let’s go meet him together.
"After all, he is a miracle doctor and an old friend, so it's okay to go and meet him."
Hong Zhiyou smiled.
Xie Ruolin arrived in Jingling before him.
I have already done a brief investigation of the situation here, such as the situation of Shopkeeper Qiu.
This saved Hong Zhi a lot of trouble.
I have to say, having a capable general can really save you a lot of effort.
"I don't know how Cuiping and Sanmin are doing now?" Yu Zecheng said after getting in the car.
“Sanmin should be fine, he is in direct contact with the organization.
"It's hard to say about Cuiping."
……
(End of this chapter)