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After Zheng Yaoquan finished speaking, he stared intently at Gu Shenyan's expression. Seeing that Gu Shenyan still wanted to protest, he sneered:

"Station Chief Gu, do you really think Zhang Anping is blind or stupid?"

"He integrated the Beiping intelligence system, but none of the middle-level managers at the Beiping station of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics were given important positions!"

"Do you think he couldn't understand your motives for assassination?"

"Don't be silly! He just doesn't want to cause trouble for himself! And he's deliberately keeping you around to get rid of this cancer!"

After hearing these words, Gu Shenyan suddenly laughed.

It wasn't a bitter smile, but a hearty, relieved laugh—clearly, Gu Shenyan had suspected this before, and now that Zheng Yaoquan had exposed it, he was completely at ease and no longer pretended.

However, at the same time, he was also refusing to continue "chatting" with Zheng Yaoquan.

Zheng Yaoquan breathed a sigh of relief; he was really afraid that Gu Shenyan would stubbornly refuse to admit it.

"Station Chief Gu, you assassinated him, presumably because you were worried he would ruin your plans in Beiping, right?"

Gu Shenyan didn't say anything, but just smiled disdainfully.

Now that he was no longer pretending, he naturally had to show his contempt for the spies.

"Logically speaking, I should severely torture you, Station Chief Gu, but since you dare to do this, I think you must firmly believe in your faith and be able to overcome physical torture, right?"

Gu Shenyan said calmly:

"Since Director Zheng knows Gu's determination, why bother to persist?"

Zheng Yaoquan said quietly:
"Zheng wants to cooperate with Station Master Gu!"

"Director Zheng, do you think Mr. Gu would care about his own life or death?"

Gu Shenyan stood up and looked directly at Zheng Yaoquan:
"Since Director Zheng knows about 'faith,' he must understand the importance of faith to people like us. Please don't waste your time."

Zheng Yaoquan shook his head:
"The cooperation I'm talking about doesn't mean you have to betray your comrades!"

"Ok?"

Zheng Yaoquan said calmly, "Station Chief Gu, your core purpose in assassinating Zhang Anping was because you were worried that he would ruin your plans in Beiping, right?"

"We'll cooperate. I don't ask you to betray your comrades, I only ask one thing:"

You, acknowledge your identity! That's the only request!

Gu Shenyan shook his head without hesitation:
"Director Zheng, please return."

Faced with Gu Shenyan's unyielding attitude, Zheng Yaoquan couldn't help but feel impatient. After taking a deep breath, he said:

"Station Chief Gu, to tell you the truth—my target is Zhang Anping!"

"You were afraid that Zhang Anping would ruin your plans in Beiping, so you assassinated him. My goal is also to drive Zhang Anping out of Beiping!"

"Therefore, we have a basis for cooperation!"

"As long as you admit your Communist Party affiliation!"

This is Zheng Yaoquan's adventure!

Logically speaking, he shouldn't and couldn't cooperate with Gu Shenyan. It would be safer to interrogate Gu Shenyan and get him to confess.

But Zheng Yaoquan dared not take the risk.

Even if you manage to get an underground party member like Gu Shenyan to talk, it will take time—don't even think about it within three to five days.

Zhang Anping has the full support and trust of Li Shi and the other man. Once he senses something is amiss, he will definitely intervene without hesitation. If Gu Shenyan is not able to get the information out of him before Zhang Anping intervenes, then all efforts will be in vain.

Therefore, Zheng Yaoquan had no choice but to take the risk.

Of course, he had other calculations in mind when he took this risk—as a head of secret service, he would never leave any fatal evidence against him.

The phrase "drive him out of Beiping" had a tremendous impact on Gu Shenyan. He was initially skeptical, but gradually came to believe it.

This change was reasonable, after all, he was the station chief of the Beiping station of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and knew how ruthless the infighting within the Kuomintang could be.

After a long silence, Gu Shenyan slowly spoke: "I am a Communist!"

"Wait—" Zheng Yaoquan suppressed his overwhelming joy:

"I need to record this—if Station Master Gu is unable to answer certain questions, then please don't answer them, okay?"

After giving Zheng Yaoquan a deep look, Gu Shenyan nodded and said:
"it is good!"

A few minutes later, the recording equipment was brought in, and Zheng Yaoquan began his questioning:

"Gu Shenyan, what exactly is your identity?"

"I am a member of the Communist Party of China."

When did you join?

"In 1933, the 22nd year of the Republic of China, my code name was Postman. After the establishment of the Shanghai District, I remained undercover in the Shanghai District."

The two began a question-and-answer session, but Gu Shenyan only answered questions related to himself. Whenever Zheng Yaoquan's questions involved other information about the organization, he would remain silent in response.

During the interrogation, Zheng Yaoquan asked a thought-provoking question:

"Zhang Anping, do you even know your true identity?"

After a brief silence, Gu Shenyan said:

"After the assassination attempt, he probably guessed my identity, but he didn't want to reveal it."

Zheng Yaoquan was extremely satisfied with Gu Shenyan's answer—this was exactly the answer he wanted!

Zhang Anping, deputy director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, turns out that his trusted confidants are actually underground Communist Party spies. What crime should you, as deputy director, be charged with!

He asked a few more questions, but Gu Shenyan stopped talking. Seeing this, Zheng Yaoquan felt it was about time, so he called his subordinate and told him to secretly take away the recording equipment. Then he gave him a wink, indicating that it was time to start.

His subordinate nodded knowingly.

……

Yandu Hotel.

Zhang Anping left the small conference room with a livid face, the sound of the door slamming echoing throughout the corridor.

He had another argument with his "deputy" sent by the Sui Army.

The deputy wanted to release the people, to release all the arrested celebrities, but Zhang Anping refused, insisting that these people had connections with the underground party. For this reason, the two had argued a lot since the deputy took office.

However, the "deputy" held the power to sign off on the operation—without the other party's approval, any operation by the intelligence system in Beiping was "illegal," and the Sui Army had the right to stop or halt it at any time.

Unfortunately, this constraint was agreed upon by Commanders Li and Shi, leaving Zhang Anping with no choice but to back down.

After the argument, Zhang Anping returned to his office in a huff, then leisurely picked up his teacup and took a sip.

Sometimes it's funny to think about it. They were supposed to be monitoring the Sui Army, but in the end, the Sui Army's influence has spread into the intelligence system, and they've even gained the authority to approve intelligence operations. The entire intelligence system in Beiping has become a tiger in a cage.

The Sui Army, on the other hand, held the power to unlock the locks!
So funny!

But this can't be blamed on Zhang Anping, since it was Li and Shi who agreed to the Sui Army's demands.
The core reason, however, is Zheng Yaoquan's reckless and arbitrary behavior.
I am a victim!
"Next, let's see how Zheng Yaoquan performs—Sister Qian said that Zheng Yaoquan will be on the second batch of war criminals list. I wonder what he will do when he faces the situation of either him or me!"

Zhang Anping found it somewhat amusing. If Zheng Yaoquan worked so hard and found out he was on the war criminal list, wouldn't he be ecstatic?

Jingle Bell

The jarring ring of the telephone shattered Zhang Anping's leisurely moment. He answered the phone, his expression unchanged, but his voice gradually turned cold:

"Tell Commander Zhang to immediately send military police to intervene!"

"I'll be right there!"

After hanging up the phone, Zhang Anping didn't rush to get up and leave; instead, he stretched.

Zheng Yaoquan thought his methods were superb, but in reality, his every move was being watched by Zhang Anping—even his current risky venture was, in truth, something Zhang Anping deliberately forced him to make.

Zhang Anping was extremely self-serving; he didn't want his comrades to suffer any more injustice, so Zheng Yaoquan had no choice but to take the risk.

Now, Zheng Yaoquan is trapped!

"Zheng Yi!"

After Zheng Yi quickly entered, Zhang Anping said:

"Prepare the car immediately and head to the military police prison."

"Chief Qu, what happened?"

"Zheng Yaoquan is meeting with Gu Shenyan—here, have someone force-feed this to Gu Shenyan later."

After saying that, Zhang Anping tossed a small, transparent bottle to Zheng Yi, who was taken aback when he saw the familiar white pills inside.

Cyanide?
wrong!

She immediately thought of Fang Minghui's faked death incident—Fang Minghui swallowed cyanide to commit suicide, but then appeared to be dead in the morgue. The matter was eventually dropped, but the fake death drug became well-known as a result.

So, is this bottle the legendary drug that makes one appear to be dead?
"I understand."

The convoy departed from the Yandu Hotel and traveled at high speed throughout, soon arriving at the prison controlled by the military police.

With a murderous look on his face, Zhang Anping got out of the car and led his men straight to the prison area where Gu Shenyan was being held.

Upon seeing this, Commander Zhang of the Military Police Regiment, who had just arrived, nervously signaled his men to follow. The large and menacing force stormed into the prison area. Because the single cells could not accommodate a large number of soldiers, only Commander Zhang, Zheng Yi, and a few of Zhang Anping's guards followed him into the cell.

Inside the cell, Zheng Yaoquan sat with a playful expression, surrounded by several armed military police. Although the military police were menacing, they dared not point their guns at Zheng Yaoquan.

Gu Shenyan sat upright in his chair, the timidity he had shown in the past vanished without a trace, replaced by composure and an unwavering calmness even in the face of imminent collapse.

When Zhang Anping saw this scene, he immediately understood what had happened. He looked at Zheng Yaoquan with a sinister gaze, but Zheng Yaoquan responded with a playful look.

Zhang Anping suppressed his anger: "Let him in." Zheng Yi signaled the guards to come forward and escort Gu Shenyan. Gu Shenyan wanted to get up and enter the fence by himself, but the guards controlled his arms and lifted him up to escort him into the fence, so he stopped struggling.

But just after being led inside the fence, Zheng Yi suddenly stepped forward, gave a wink to the guard, and the guard immediately pinched Gu Shenyan's mouth shut. Then Zheng Yi took out a small medicine bottle, opened the cap, and poured the white pills inside into Gu Shenyan's mouth.

Gu Shenyan struggled at first, then revealed a calm expression. After a few seconds, he began to convulse, accompanied by tears of blood, and soon became still.

Zheng Yi immediately reported loudly:

"Chief Qu, he committed suicide by poisoning himself!"

Papapa

Zheng Yaoquan clapped his hands:
"What a fine example of suicide by poisoning! What a fine example of suicide by poisoning!"

"Deputy Director Zhang, brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!"

Another high-ranking general on the scene, Regiment Commander Zhang, looked completely bewildered, as if he hadn't seen what was happening.

Zhang Anping looked at Zheng Yaoquan with a gloomy expression:
"A cassette tape!"

"Give me!"

Although no recording equipment was visible at the scene.

Zheng Yaoquan smiled knowingly:
"Deputy Director Zhang, how about you let me commit suicide by poisoning myself too?"

Zhang Anping narrowed his eyes, remained silent for a few seconds, and then asked:

"Does it really have to be this way?"

"I have a clear conscience!"

Zheng Yaoquan laughed; he knew Zhang Anping had a clear conscience.

But when it comes to political infighting, can you really say you have nothing to hide?

"If Deputy Director Zhang can't make me commit suicide by poison..."

"Then I, Zheng, will take my leave first!"

Zhang Anping clenched his fists, his killing intent growing stronger, but Zheng Yaoquan remained oblivious. He stared at Zhang Anping with a smile for a few seconds before laughing and walking out.

Zheng Yi called out anxiously, "Chief Qu!"

Zhang Anping's guard reached for his sidearm, waiting for Zhang Anping's order to arrest the man.

But Zhang Anping hesitated to give the order. Just as Zheng Yaoquan was about to walk out of the cell, the guards at the door pointed their guns at him without hesitation.

Zheng Yaoquan was neither in a hurry nor afraid. Instead, he stopped and looked at Zhang Anping with a smile.

You! Do you dare kill me?

"Let him...go!"

Zhang Anping gritted his teeth and squeezed out those three words.

Admittedly, within the intelligence system, he completely outclassed his senior, Zheng Yaoquan. However, within the Kuomintang system, Zheng Yaoquan's title of Vice Minister and his position as Director of the Second Bureau completely surpassed Zhang Anping's.

He simply couldn't bring himself to lay a hand on Zheng Yaoquan.

And that is what Zheng Yaoquan relies on.

Zheng Yaoquan walked out of the cell with a smile, but his smile froze the next second.

Bang

Gunshots rang out, followed by several more shots, emptying the magazine completely.

Zheng Yaoquan turned his head in surprise.

It wasn't him who was shot, but his attendant—at this moment, his attendant, riddled with bullet holes, was looking at his superior with disbelief.

How...how did I get killed?

Zheng Yaoquan's eyes immediately turned red:
"Zhang! An! Ping!"

He never expected that Zhang Anping would turn on his trusted confidant, and to do so with such ruthlessness.

Faced with Zheng Yaoquan's roar, Zhang Anping roared back in equal fury:

"roll!"

"Good! Good! Good!"

After saying "good" three times, Zheng Yaoquan clenched his fists and left the cell without looking back.

He miscalculated!

He plotted against Zhang Anping—Zhang Anping was notified by someone sent by Zheng Yaoquan, with the aim of having Zhang Anping silence Gu Shenyan.

The scheme succeeded; since Zhang Anping's arrival, Gu Shenyan had no choice but to "commit suicide by poison."

But he didn't expect Zhang Anping to lose control and shoot his own trusted confidant to vent his anger.

"You're asking for it! You're the one who's asking for it!!"

On the way back, Zheng Yaoquan's anger lingered.

In the prison cell.

Zhang Anping stared at Gu Shenyan's corpse for a long time before saying in a hoarse voice:

"Zheng Yi, arrange for someone to bury it."

"Also, don't... leave a tombstone."

"Yes."

……

Zheng Yaoquan was the director of the Second Department, and the confidants who could follow him were of high rank.

Colonel!

The fact that a Nationalist Army colonel was shot and killed by Zhang Anping is no small matter.

Although Gu Shenyan's official rank was colonel, he was still a major general because his position as the station chief of Beiping Station had never been removed. The deaths of a major general and a colonel clearly indicated that the matter would not end easily.

Zheng Yaoquan first complained to the General Headquarters for the Suppression of Enemy Members, and then flew to Nanjing overnight to complain to the General Staff Office.

He complained to the General Headquarters for the Suppression of the Central Army, and Li and Shi, the two powerful figures in the Central Army in Beiping, immediately received the news. After learning the general outline of the matter, the two were completely dumbfounded.

What exactly are Zheng Yaoquan's intentions?

The situation in Beiping was perfectly fine, but since he came to Beiping, how many troubles has he caused?
First, he sowed discord between Zhang Anping and Fu Huabei, then he killed Zhang Anping's ally in the Suiyuan Army with artillery fire, and now he has forced Zhang Anping to kill a major general and a colonel—what are this person's true intentions!

The two rushed to the military police prison and found Zhang Anping locked up alone inside.

Commander Li immediately asked, "Anping, what exactly happened? Tell us the truth!"

Zhang Anping looked extremely haggard, and when Commander Li asked him a question, he shook his head weakly.
"Gu Shenyan, the former station chief of Beiping Station, should be a communist collaborator."

Li Shi and Gu Shenyan frowned. They could both guess that Gu Shenyan was a communist sympathizer—a station chief in Beiping who would suddenly assassinate Zhang Anping, his direct superior, and who was also a close confidant of Zhang Anping, could not explain his motives unless he was a communist sympathizer.

But they all tacitly chose not to bring it up.

Their initial idea was to leave the bomb in place, and if Zhang Anping, the head of the secret service, went too far in Beiping, they would detonate it and get rid of him.

Later on, Zhang Anping's actions aligned with their wishes, making it even less likely that they would detonate the bomb.

But now it's clear that Zheng Yaoquan has detonated this bomb!

Commander Shi exclaimed in realization, "Zheng Yaoquan obtained Gu Shenyan's confession?!"

"Hmm." Zhang Anping sighed.

"Commander Shi, Commander Li, I've let you down."

Li Shi and Zhang Anping looked at each other, thinking that Zhang Anping had acted too impulsively. Even if they got Gu Shenyan's confession, so what?

Zhang Anping shouldn't have resorted to such ruthless violence!
Besides, if you're going to kill someone, do it sooner rather than later!
The two couldn't help but secretly blame Zhang Anping for letting Zheng Yaoquan get this leverage for no reason.

"Commander Li, Commander Shi," Zhang Anping stood up, his body swaying involuntarily. He said self-deprecatingly:

"This is entirely my fault, and I will not shirk my responsibility."

"You two must maintain unity with the Sui Army and not let the Communist army take advantage of the situation—I'm going back now."

Seeing Zhang Anping's dejected attitude and the way he was giving instructions and admonitions, Commander Li immediately stopped him:
"and many more!"

“Anping, the fault does not lie with you—Jingcheng and I will immediately send a telegram to the Attendant’s Office to explain the matter.”

"Don't panic! Beiping can't do without you right now, do you understand?"

Commander Shi chimed in, “Brother Zuobin is right! Brother Anping, Beiping is currently surrounded by the Communist army, and we can’t do without you in internal affairs. Don’t be discouraged. Let me explain to the Executive Office with Brother Zuobin. You can make a decision after we get a reply from the Executive Office, how about that?”

During their time working with Zhang Anping, the two men gained a deep understanding of his "uprightness and integrity." Although Zhang Anping's methods were sometimes ruthless, he only had justice in his eyes and no personal gain.

Moreover, they have an excellent sense of the big picture.

Keeping Gu Shenyan imprisoned without executing him was indeed a bad move, but Zhang Anping was known for his protective nature. It was reasonable for him to hesitate about a loyal subordinate who had followed him for ten years—not many people in charge of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics would have thought that Zhang Anping would die for his cause!
But what about Zheng Yaoquan?

After arriving in Beiping, he started causing all sorts of trouble, and now he's even trying to force Zhang Anping out.

With Beiping now heavily surrounded, Zheng Yaoquan still couldn't grasp the bigger picture—neither of them wanted to cooperate with such a person.

Working with this kind of person is like risking being betrayed at any moment!

Saving Zhang Anping would actually be in their interest and would be more beneficial to the defense of Beiping. (End of Chapter)