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Chapter 654 Zhang Anping: It feels like it’s directed at me!
Gu Wei, the chief of the Military Control Commission's Suzhou Station, was from the Zhongjiu Army and was transferred from the Songhu Command Center. He was a direct subordinate of Zhang Anping.

Although he was not a most direct student, the Songhu Command could be regarded as Zhang Anping's secondary direct base. Being able to be transferred from the Songhu Command to become a frontier official, one can imagine the degree of trust he enjoyed.

But it is obvious that in the face of the current strange situation in Suzhou, although Zhang Anping was willing to believe Gu Wei, he still made the worst plan.

If there is any problem with Gu Wei, the place where he is "living" tonight will definitely be surrounded!
It goes without saying how much weight the three words "Zhang Shihao" carry to the Japanese. If the Japanese do not have the most intense reaction after knowing his whereabouts, there is no doubt that he was definitely a traitor instigated by Zhang Anping. There is no other possibility.

With just this one move, we can see clearly whether there is any problem with Gu Wei.

The possibility of Gu Wei's betrayal is not high, but this is how intelligence work behind enemy lines works. Just like Gu Wei's detention of Zhu Mingchun, Chen Jiaotong and Sun Zhiming, it is ultimately to prevent any possible consequences.

James obviously couldn't understand Zhang Anping's suspicion, but Zhang Anping didn't care about his understanding - you were sent here by Zok to study. If "you" were a piece of rotten wood that could not be carved, would he, Zhang Anping, be crazy to feed you?

Fortunately, although James didn't understand, he didn't react too violently. He just kept it in mind and played the role of "spectator" very professionally.

The night passed peacefully and the worst possibility did not occur, so Zhang Anping went to meet Zheng Yi in the morning, and then took Zheng Yi and James to the secret headquarters of Suzhou Station.

Gu Wei, who was about to look for Zhang Anping, was not too surprised to see Zhang Anping appear, and was not even surprised by the two extra people. After getting to know the two people, he got a signal from Zhang Anping and reported:
"District Commander, we received intelligence at midnight yesterday that the Japanese have informed some newspapers about Mr. Zhou's case, accusing him of collaborating with the Communists. According to this report, they will publicly execute him in ten days."

Ten days later?
Public execution?

Zhang Anping remembered very clearly that in the original time and space, Grandpa Zhou was sent to Laiyang and was used as a bargaining chip by the commander of the Guards Brigade, Jin Weiwen, to threaten Zhou Weiguo. As a result, the old man was extremely stubborn and would rather commit suicide than drag down his sons.

But why is he being executed now?

While the Japanese were arresting Zhou Jixian, they were also planning to take action against the two members of the Military Control Commission who served as Zhou Jixian's contacts. However, they are now spreading the word around the world that old man Zhou Jixian was arrested because he was part of the underground party.

Since they had spread rumors that Zhou Jixian was in communist collusion, but they did not hand him over to deal with Zhou Weiguo as they did in the original time and space, this...

Zhang Anping made a decision after thinking:
"Find a way to leak a message to the Japanese..."

Gu Wei's expression froze as he waited for Zhang Anping's next words.

"The commander of the New Fourth Army's Special 1st Battalion, Zhou Weiguo, was originally named Zhou Wen. His father was Zhou Jixian."

Gu Wei was stunned.

There were many cases in the Kuomintang where people used any means necessary to deal with underground parties, especially in the two major secret agencies of the National Government.

The only special one is the Military Control Commission’s Beijing-Shanghai area.

As everyone knows, Zhang Anping doesn't like to stab people in the back. Although he spared no effort to infiltrate the underground party, he never disdained to use the means of stabbing in the back to deal with friendly forces.

As the saying goes, what goes up must come down. Under his influence, the Beijing and Shanghai regions also act in the same way.

When Gu Wei heard that Zhang Anping was going to tell the Japanese about this, he couldn't understand it.

"District Chief, this..."

Zhang Anping's eyes turned stern: "Do you think there's a problem?"

Gu Wei sweated: "I dare not!"

"Arrange it immediately."

"Yes."

"Wait - let me use the backup secret radio."

The reason why Zhang Anping used the secret radio was very simple. He needed to confirm the identity of "Shi Hao" and use it to infiltrate the Suzhou Security Bureau to see if he could find any relevant information.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust Suzhou Station, but the current actions of the Japanese make Zhang Anping confused.

His intuition told him that there was a problem inside Suzhou Station. Zhou Jixian's arrest must have a lot to do with the internal situation of Suzhou Station, and the Japanese's attempt to cover up the problem was more like fishing.

So, no matter how the Japanese want to fish or what kind of fish they want to catch, it is always a good idea to muddy the water first.

Revealing that Zhou Weiguo is Zhou Jixian's son can not only muddy the waters, but also see whether the development of things will follow the line of the original time and space - if it can follow the line of the original time and space, then rescuing Zhou Jixian will be much easier.

But if after the Japanese learned of this information, things did not develop according to the original time and space, it would confirm one of his suspicions.

……

Zhang Anping used Shi Hao's name to "cheat people" in Suzhou.

The power of the Military Control Commission in Nanjing and Shanghai was extremely terrifying. Even if all the operational forces were withdrawn, the hidden intelligence forces were still huge.

So when Nanjing was patching up Zhang Anping's identity, Zhang Anping had already confirmed the identity of "Shi Hao" in the upper circles of Suzhou through a businessman from Shanghai. It was very simple to confirm it, as long as the businessman had a certain amount of power and had no connection with Shi Hao through an accidental meeting, a phrase like "Shi Hao's nephew" would be enough.

The Suzhou Security Bureau was already worried about Shi Hao coming from Nanjing, and when they learned that someone had recognized Shi Hao, they immediately made inquiries.

Finally, they found the businessman and verified the information. After getting Shi Hao's information, they inquired with Nanjing and soon learned that this was the son of a powerful figure in the Nanjing government. He also had a brilliant resume as a student of the German Gestapo and was the director of the confidential office arranged by Nanjing to gild his resume.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zheng, who had defected from the Kuomintang, was secretly in tears. He immediately ordered people to investigate Shi Hao's whereabouts. After confirming that Shi Hao was hanging out in a teahouse, he arranged an "encounter" for him.

Zhang Anping had not expected that Zhu Zheng, the commissioner in charge of establishing the Suzhou Security Bureau, would be so eager to "accidentally run into" him. After being "blocked" by Zhu Zheng, and seeing that the other party had no intention of revealing his identity, Zhang Anping pretended to be confused and started chatting with the other party over tea.

A pair of people who had calculations against each other slowly started talking about speculation, and then something unexpected happened.

A secret agent in plain clothes rushed into the teahouse and ran over to Zhu Zheng quickly after seeing him:

"Commissioner, I have an urgent report to you."

Zhu Zheng was thick-skinned, but he also showed embarrassment at this time. Seeing this, Zhang Anping deliberately stood up and said, "The law is not to be passed on to others - I will step aside first."

Zhu Zheng's thoughts raced, and when Zhang Anping turned around, he grabbed him and said, "Brother Shi, we hit it off right away, so there's nothing we can't tell others. To be honest, I came to see you on purpose, and I'll tell you later."

He made a decision in a split second and chose to be honest.

Zhang Anping looked at Zhu Zheng with a half-smile, and sat down slowly: "The commissioner is really...well-informed."

"Brother Shi, calm down. Calm down."

Then he scolded the spy who ruined his business: "If you have something to say, you can fart!"

The plainclothes agent who wanted to take credit for the work also realized that his timing was wrong, so he quickly said:

"Commissioner, I just received a piece of intelligence that Zhou Weiguo, the commander of the Special First Battalion of the New Fourth Army, is very likely Zhou Jixian's son."

Although he didn't get the timing right, after giving out the information, the plainclothes agent eagerly waited for Zhu Zheng's reward.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Zheng was stunned for a moment, then angrily said: "Damn it, I already knew it - you give me..."

Zhang Anping quietly kicked Zhu Zheng with his foot: "Brother!"

Zhu Zheng seemed to have been reminded and changed his words:

"It's my fault for not explaining it clearly - here, this is a reward. Also, keep your mouth shut about this!"

Zhu Zheng stuffed a wad of money into the reporting spy's pocket. Zhang Anping was sharp-eyed and could tell at a glance that the quality of the banknotes in this stack of Central Reserve Bank documents was too new, and it looked like the Wang Puppet currency "issued" by the Military Control Commission...

After sending away the spy who reported, Zhu Zheng said to Zhang Anping with an embarrassed look on his face: "Brother Shi, if you hadn't reminded me just now, I would have almost gotten into trouble. Brother, thank you so much!"

Zhang Anping looked at Zhu Zheng with a half-smile: "Commissioner, are you not pretending anymore?" Zhu Zheng laughed a few times, then spoke from the bottom of his heart:
"Brother, I am also worried. After all, I have only been with Mr. Wang for a short time. Now I have finally managed to set up a business. Brother, you suddenly..."

"I showed up suddenly, did you think I was picking peaches?"

"Haha, Brother Shi, to be honest, I am really worried about this!"

"You're not worried now?"

"Brother, I'm not that kind of person!" Zhu Zheng said firmly.

Zhang Anping smiled: "Since Commissioner Zhu is so kind, I will take the liberty to call you brother. Don't worry, I am not picking peaches. I just want to do more. If I really want to pick peaches, Shanghai is more worthy than Suzhou."

Zhang Anping's two calls of "brother" were very natural. It was a pity that there were no victims at the scene, otherwise he would have screamed and ran away - so far, of the "brother" Zhang Anping mentioned, only Xu Baichuan was strong enough to hold on until now!
"Haha, Brother Shi is really honest. He is indeed well-educated!"

Zhu Zheng started to flatter Zhang Anping again, and Zhang Anping kept smiling. After a while of dealing with him, he suddenly said:

"Brother, it seems that I did something bad with good intentions the day before yesterday, right?"

"No, no, Brother Shi has already made achievements before he even took office!"

Zhu Zheng was very understanding. Zhang Anping smiled knowingly and said:

"Brother, you and I hit it off right away. As a younger brother, I should pay you a visit. Are you free tonight?"

"Yes! It is a great honor for me to have you here. I will be waiting for you. I will not disturb your pleasure for now."

Zhu Zheng looked at Zheng Yi with a hint of meaning.

Zheng Yi's character at this time is a schoolgirl pursuing Shi Hao, and James is his bodyguard - James is qualified as a bodyguard, and Zheng Yi is even more qualified as a schoolgirl. In front of two spies with more than a hundred minds, she shows impatience from time to time, and she plays the role of a young lady from a wealthy family who is inexperienced in the world very well.

If an actor doesn't act well, at most he will have no food to eat. If a spy doesn't act well, he will have nothing to eat!

After Zhu Zheng left, Zheng Yi deliberately acted like a spoiled child to Zhang Anping, "forcing" Zhang Anping to leave the teahouse. Then they came to the hotel where they were staying. After entering the high-end private room, Zheng Yi reluctantly got out of the role he was playing. After checking to make sure there were no eavesdropping devices, he respectfully said:
"District Chief, there's a ghost!"

"James, what do you think?"

James shook his head blankly. Although he realized Zhu Zheng's identity, he did not realize that "something was fishy".

I don’t know if he is too stupid or can’t understand this kind of spy warfare.

Zhang Anping shook his head in disappointment after failing to get a "Me too" response from James. He then asked Zheng Yi, "Why do you say that?"

"Zhu Zheng should really know that Zhou Weiguo is Mr. Zhou Jixian's son. Since he knew it a long time ago, it proves that the Japanese also knew about it. Although Zhou Weiguo is only a battalion commander, the Japanese have offered a reward of up to 200,000 oceans for him!"

Zheng Yi answered in an orderly manner: "Two hundred thousand dollars is enough to show the importance the Japanese attach to Zhou Weiguo. But under such circumstances, after arresting old man Zhou Jixian, the Japanese would actually execute him nine days later. This is not in line with common sense."

Zhang Anping nodded approvingly. He asked Zheng Yi with a cautious attitude, and Zheng Yi's answer also made him very satisfied.

Zheng Yi was delighted, then asked in confusion: "Chief District Officer, why do you think the Japanese are like this?"

"Why is that so?"

Zhang Anping said leisurely:
"I don't know why, but I always feel like it's directed at me."

……

Our ancestors once said:

do not judge a book by it's cover!

Zhu Zheng, who always calls Zhang Anping "brother", plays the role of a sincere and simple fat man in front of Zhang Anping perfectly, and is extremely honest with Zhang Anping, his "brother".

But when he turned around, he secretly stabbed his good brother "Shi Hao".

At this moment, Zhu Zheng did not look the least bit honest, but was very capable and experienced. He reported to the figure hidden in the darkness:

"Commander Ito, as you expected, I have received intelligence that Zhou Weiguo is Zhou Jixian's son."

A pair of eyes in the darkness seemed to light up at this moment, and then a whisper in Japanese came:

"is it you?"

Zhu Zheng seemed not to hear.

After waiting for a while, without receiving any response from the other party, Zhu Zheng said:

"Captain Ito, there is someone from the Security Bureau now. I am worried that he will affect your next plan."

The figure in the darkness did not play by the rules:

"Plan? My plan? Commissioner Zhu, do you know my plan?"

Zhu Zheng was shocked: "Commander Ito, I don't know."

"Commissioner Zhu, I like you because you not only did not betray the Imperial Army in the face of temptation, but also instigated the enemy to rebel!"

"But this is not a reason for you to be so unbridled!"

The knocking sound coming from the darkness made Zhu Zheng panic. He immediately defended himself: "Commander Ito, I am loyal to the Imperial Army and I have no second thoughts about you."

"I know!"

"So, you can still stand here--" The figure in the dark paused: "You are talking about Shi Hao, right? Don't worry, he won't affect you. The Suzhou Security Bureau belongs to you, Commissioner Zhu. This is my promise to you, do you understand?"

Zhu Zheng was overjoyed: "Thank you, Chief Ito, for your cultivation."

"What is given to you is yours."

"No one else can snatch it away!"

"Mr. Zhu, I hope you can encourage yourself - Okay, you can go now."

After the beating, there was a sweet treat, which really made Zhu Zheng very happy.

Watching Zhu Zheng leave happily, the figure hidden in the darkness revealed itself, it was naturally Ito Masashi.

He murmured mockingly:

"Foolish Chinese, you want to use me as a knife? Ha!"

After laughing, he looked towards the darkness outside the window and said to himself:

"Zhang Shihao, exposing Zhou Weiguo must be your doing, right?"

"Want to muddy the waters?"

"That……"

"I'll just... hang you up!"

(In the next few days, I will temporarily update about 4,000 words. I just returned to Yinchuan and am ready to do something with my family...)
(End of this chapter)