Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

The night in Suzhou is very quiet.

Under the moonlight, Zhang Anping, looking tired, got out of the car and told the driver before getting off:

"Come pick me up later tomorrow."

The new driver responded obediently, then used the car lights to guide Zhang Anping home.

After Zhang Anping closed the door, the driver started the car, raising a cloud of dust and disappearing into the alley.

Farther away, the agent in charge of security quickly informed his companions of the director's return home. Afterwards, the agent team assigned to be in charge of security began to work in full preparation.

Who would have thought that this would be Shi Hao's last low-level security. Starting tomorrow, his security level would have to be raised several notches...

Seeing Zhang Anping coming back, Zheng Yi immediately came forward to greet him.

"The signal appeared, it's level one."

Not only the Japanese are concerned about the underground party's ambush tonight, but the Military Control Commission is also paying attention. According to the agreed signal, level one means that everything is safe and everything goes well.

Level one?
Zhang Anping's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again:
"Nothing happened?"

He thought that tonight would be the night when the Japanese would challenge him - according to his guess, the Japanese would probably launch a counter-ambush.

But because of the conditions in Suzhou, when he was sure that Sister Qian had arranged an ambush for Zhou Weiguo, he thought that even if the Japanese had a backup plan, it would not matter, and Zhou Weiguo, who was skilled in special operations, would definitely not suffer a loss in silence.

But how come everything goes smoothly?

Seeing Zhang Anping frowning, Zheng Yi immediately said, "Do you want me to check it out?"

Zhang Anping waved his hand: "No, there will be news tomorrow."

"You've been tired all day, take a rest early."

Zheng Yi said "oh" softly, walked slowly to his room, glanced from a distance at Zhang Anping who was walking slowly towards the study, and closed the door reluctantly.

In another room, James, the specially hired shooting instructor of Suzhou Security Bureau, retracted his gaze and shrugged sourly.

He can rest, but Zhang Anping can't.

Zhang Anping came to the study and began to sort out the things that happened today, and silently labeled each person he came into contact with with various labels in his mind - this is the life of an agent, boring and tedious, heavy and tormenting.

……

Zhang Anping deliberately asked the driver to come late, saying that he was too tired yesterday. However, he did not sleep well and woke up before six in the morning. However, this is not Shanghai. The Military Control Commission does not have a complex intelligence network. As the director of the Security Bureau, he is tightly restricted by security and cannot easily escape the sight of the security team.

He could only wait patiently. After eating the breakfast carefully prepared by Zheng Yi, he stayed up until ten o'clock before slowly going out. At this time, the driver had been waiting in the car for a full hour.

The three of them went out together, Zheng Yi and Zhang Anping got in a car, and James got in the bodyguard's car.

"Commander, this is today's newspaper."

Zhang Anping leisurely took the newspaper handed to him by the driver and began to read it after the driver started the car, but he was soon stunned.

News headlines:

The shrewd and cunning Zhang Shihao likes to drink foot washing water!
As for the content, it was the careful planning of the director of Suzhou Security Bureau - the news was told in the voice of Shi Hao, the director of Suzhou Security Bureau, about the whole battle to identify whether Zhang Shihao was in communist collusion or not.

The final conclusion is:
It was clearly the Communist Party's business, but Zhang Shihao could not wait to mobilize the most elite action forces of the Military Control Commission to block the attack for the Communist Party, proving that Zhang Shihao was a traitor.

At the very end of this news, it was mentioned that all of this was a trap carefully set up by the Security Bureau in order to prove that Zhang Shihao was actually a Communist - and Zhang Shihao's use of the power of the Military Control Commission to work for the Communist Party has verified this fact.

As for the loss of hundreds of traitors and puppet soldiers, there was no mention of it in the news.

Zhang Anping looked at the news with a strange expression, and only two words came to his mind:

Just? This?
He didn't expect that Ito's purpose of deliberately leaving the Military Control Commission aside was to throw a basin of dirty water on himself.

If it was the Military Control Commission that took action last night, then this pot of dirty water could barely be considered thrown on them. However, given Zhang Shihao's personality, both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party would only sneer at this kind of dirty water, and at most it would be used by some people with ulterior motives to criticize them.

But after all, there was an order from the attendant's office to rescue Zhou Jixian, so this kind of criticism would not have any effect.

However, considering that an unknown person was able to plot against Zhang Shihao, it can be considered... an attractive piece of news.

[But... I think my name is also Shi Hao? ]

[So, in the end, this is just a plot in which I plotted against myself? ]

Zhang Anping completely understood Ito's first-stage plan - whether it was throwing dirty water or using an unknown person to trap Zhang Shihao, in Zhang Anping's opinion, this old opponent still didn't know him well enough. If he knew him well enough, he should understand that he basically had no "character" in the game.

If "Shi Hao" is replaced by Zhu Zheng, he will not hold on to it even if he is being plotted against!

He, Zhang Anping, has no idol burden at all!

Otherwise, he would not have let Zhang Shihao die so easily and let Zhang Xiao take his place.

Zheng Yi sat next to Zhang Anping and read the newspaper. When she finished reading the headlines, her expression changed several times, and finally she suppressed her unspeakable smile - she was a professional after all, and would never laugh when she said she wouldn't laugh.

Zheng Yi said seriously and worriedly, "Brother, Zhang Shihao suffered a great loss at your hands this time. I heard that he is very narrow-minded. You have to be careful. After returning to the bureau, I will ask the security department to arrange two more groups of bodyguards for you, okay?"

Zhang Anping glanced at Zheng Yi and hummed.

……

Ito looked at today's newspaper without any joy.

When facing Kishida last night, Ito was full of confidence. When facing Kishida and Ishihiro a few days ago, Ito even said with certainty that the Military Control Commission's test was the work of Zhang Shihao.

But compared to his certainty, Ito was actually only 70% sure that this was Zhang Shihao's work.

And this headline news now is to make up the remaining 30%.

He must attract Zhang Shihao to Suzhou!

But now, he just released the news - he was not sure whether Zhang Shihao really came to Suzhou. Only when he was 100% sure, he would... make the final blow!
"With this final blow, I will make you, Zhang Shihao... never be able to be reborn!"

After whispering softly, Ito's eyes suddenly became extremely brutal. It was not until a long time later that he restrained all the brutality in his eyes. After returning to his normal state, Ito picked up the phone.

"Kishida-kun, please contact Nanjing and make sure this news appears on the headlines of newspapers in all provinces tomorrow."

"Yes."

……

"It's cruel, really cruel. Those who don't obey are arranged to die."

"Hush—do you want to die too?"

"Don't worry, he can't hear you - Lao Yao, this gentleman is too cruel. If we...if we stay here, we will be finished sooner or later. Otherwise, why don't we just give up? A few dozen dollars a month, what's the point of playing with our lives!"

"Quitting? You think too much. This gentleman received several resignation letters when he came at around 10 o'clock. Do you know what he did? He was in collusion with the Communists! He directly accused them of being in collusion with the Communists!"

"Hiss - even the carrying pole is being dropped? What should I do?"

"What should I do? Of course I'll just leave it alone and work honestly. Don't, don't make this gentleman unhappy!"

Zhang Anping sat in his office, leisurely drinking tea and enjoying the various murmurings he heard.

Just as he thought, this headline instantly made him the most ruthless person in the Security Bureau.

The blame for the shooting of Zhu Zheng had originally been put on him, and after this incident, the traitors in the Security Bureau now treat him as the King of Hell.

However, Zhang Anping did not care. This was a situation deliberately created by Ito - the blame for the shooting of Zhu Zheng was put on him. He guessed that Ito wanted to portray him as a shrewd and calculating fox. However, he did not expect that Ito would also put the blame on him for what happened last night.

There is no doubt that this situation was deliberately created in the hope that Zhang Shihao would start his plan from the Security Bureau itself - but as Zhang Shihao, if faced with this situation, would he really consider starting from the Security Bureau where the morale is demoralized and the people are in a panic?
If Shi Hao was not him, and after he was tricked by Shi Hao and wanted to plot against Shi Hao, would he target the panic-stricken Security Bureau?
will not!

Zhang Anping gave the answer.

Since "Shi Hao" was deliberately plotting against Zhang Shihao, the Security Bureau was just like the woman behind the half-closed door. Wouldn't it be setting up a trap if he pushed the door open at this time?
The people who know you best are often your murderous enemies. Ito must have worked hard to understand himself. Couldn't he have thought that he wouldn't start with the Security Bureau?

Zhang Anping was actually a little confused about the current situation - his previous views and guesses were not wrong at all, but Ito's sudden move made him confused.

Ito, how did you plan it?
Using Shi Hao as a cover and using Shi Hao to play against Zhang Shihao, Ito is secretly looking for an opportunity to kill with one blow. The whole idea is not wrong, but Ito's methods are definitely not limited to this. So what methods does he have?
This is what Zhang Anping wants to find out most at the moment.

After thinking for a long time, Zhang Anping made a decision:
"Then... make trouble by striking the snake in the grass and throwing a stone to test the water!" He called Zheng Yi and asked him about the situation of the detainees - last night, the gendarmerie deliberately attacked everywhere to cover the departure of the convoy and arrested hundreds of innocent people. Except for a very small number of people who were taken away by the gendarmerie, the rest were all handed over to the Security Bureau.

Zhang Anping was busy for half the night last night, busy with this matter.

After pretending to talk to Zheng Yi about these prisoners, Zhang Anping got down to business after the door was closed:
"Go meet with the representatives of the underground party and ask them to find ways to expose the attack on the escort convoy last night through various channels starting tomorrow!"

"I understand." Zheng Yi was eager to expose this matter so that the Japanese would be embarrassed and unable to sheath their swords.

The Japanese are now claiming in Suzhou newspapers that Zhang Shihao is in communist collusion, and is even very likely a spy planted by the Communist Party in the Military Control Commission. As the saying goes, three people make a tiger, and she doesn't want to see District Commander being labeled with this label.

She knew that this kind of thing would not harm the district chief, but there were too many people with ulterior motives within the party.

What if someone takes the opportunity to put pressure on the district commander in the attendant room?
After Zheng Yi left, Zhang Anping asked someone to prepare several documents. Two of them were about personnel appointments within the Security Bureau, another was the Security Bureau expansion plan he had prepared, and the other was about the handling opinions on the people arrested last night. He planned to use this as an excuse to meet Ito.

In addition, you can also test Kishida again.

……

Gendarmerie.

After getting permission, Zhang Anping was taken to Kishida's office.

"Captain Kishida, please take a look at these four documents. I hope you can give me some advice."

Like the original No. 76, the Japanese nominally had no control over the Security Bureau, but in reality this was not the case. There were consultants planted by the Japanese within the Security Bureau, and these consultants were like emperors emeritus. In addition to these emperors emeritus, personnel changes within the Security Bureau also required the consent of the gendarmerie.

However, because of Ito, Zhang Anping has a lot of autonomy. In theory, he does not need to ask Kishida for matters such as personnel and expansion.

Kishida understood Zhang Anping's meaning immediately and thought that this was Zhang Anping's surrender - asking him for instructions on matters such as personnel rights and expansion was a sign of surrender.

[He is a smart man, but unfortunately...]

Kishida shook his head secretly. He wanted to stay away from Shi Hao now and had already started to "deal with" Shi Hao.

Of course, the so-called countermeasure is to introduce evidence of Shi Hao's connection with the Military Control Commission.

Therefore, Shi Hao's surrender was completely useless in his eyes. He would not accept Shi Hao's surrender. After all, he did not want to become a scapegoat in the game with Zhang Shihao.

"Director Shi, you can make the decision on these matters yourself. You don't need to ask me for permission. You are the empire's best friend, and the empire's trust in you is unparalleled."

The Empire's best friend?

It seems like I have always been "good friends" with your Empire. When I was in Shanghai, more than one person confirmed this.

Zhang Anping said calmly: "Captain Kishida, what do you think of this?"

He handed the last document to Kishida.

This is our opinion on the handling of the people arrested last night.

After taking a quick look, Kishida shrugged and said, "You decide how to deal with them. There may be resistance elements among these people."

"I understand."

Zhang Anping nodded: "Captain Kishida, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."

"Director Shi, please."

Kishida did not stop him.

After leaving the gendarmerie, Zhang Anping couldn't help but frown. His request for permission was false, in fact, he hoped to meet Ito after coming to the gendarmerie.

But Kishida did not stop him, which meant that Ito did not want to see him.

[Shouldn't Ito be concerned about my situation at this time? At the very least, he should have informed me. Why... didn't he look for me? ]

Zhang Anping didn’t quite understand why Ito was like this, or did he have other hidden players besides himself?

[Tomorrow, let’s see if you, Ito, are impatient! ]

……

After the underground party's liaison officer met with Zheng Yi, he conveyed Zheng Yi's request to Sister Qian.

Sister Qian hurriedly returned to Suzhou from Huangdai Town, and was confronted with the headlines published by the Japanese-controlled press.

Faced with the Japanese accusations in the headlines, the comrades in the group were completely amused and confused.

Is Zhang Shihao a communist?

Is Zhang Shihao a spy planted by the Military Control Commission in the Military Control Commission?
It would be more believable to say that the Japanese would be scared into surrender by two bombs!

But Sister Qian was shocked. Did the Japanese discover something?
But after reading the news she smiled.

Zhang Shihao drank Shi Hao's foot washing water? !

You Japanese people, please stop being so funny - how about I go and ask Comrade Anping if he has the habit of drinking the water he washes his feet with?
While laughing secretly, she also secretly gave a thumbs up to Zhang Anping for his alertness.

If Comrade Anping had not been alert, this wave of events would not have led to him being suspected, but it is still not good. But now, the Japanese are completely self-satisfied.

She originally thought that Zhang Anping would not be in a hurry to meet her in the near future, but she did not expect that Zhang Anping would send her request through "formal channels".

Sister Qian gave the order without hesitation: "Do as Zhang Shihao wants immediately."

The comrades from the Suzhou Enemy Work Committee were not happy:

"Comrade Zhongwen, does Zhang Shihao really think we are his subordinates?!"

"Lao An, we are now in a cooperative relationship with Zhang Shihao. Our goals are the same, which is to rescue Mr. Zhou Jixian. Let's not worry about other things at this time, okay?"

"When it comes to planning operations behind enemy lines, Zhang Shihao is indeed experienced. What do you think?"

The comrades of the Suzhou Enemy Work Committee naturally could not refute it. Although they did not like Zhang Shihao's personality, they had to admit that the other party's layout of operations behind enemy lines was indeed impeccable.

The underground party immediately began preparations.

They certainly couldn't explain it directly in the form of clarification, so after some discussion with the Propaganda Department, they chose the First Special Propaganda Battalion!
The First Special Battalion was the New Fourth Army's key propaganda unit. There's nothing wrong in promoting the First Special Battalion, right?

To publicize the Special 1st Battalion, we naturally need examples. We can tell the story of how the Special 1st Battalion rushed hundreds of miles and set up an ambush in Huangdai Town, and wiped out a convoy of hundreds of puppet soldiers and spies in just over ten minutes with only a few dozen soldiers. This is reasonable, right?

For the sake of publicity, it’s not too much for me to have pictures and the truth, right?
……

As the New Fourth Army's propaganda machine started to operate, a leaflet appeared on Ito's desk early the next morning.

"Teacher, the ones who attacked the escorted convoy the night before were not the Military Control Commission, but the New Fourth Army, the Special First Battalion led by Zhou Weiguo himself."

Kishida, who was reporting, couldn't tell whether he was happy or sad at this time.

Ito didn't react much:
"I see."

Seeing that Ito showed no sign of giving orders, Kishida left the house.

After Kishida left, Ito waited for a long time before he angrily kicked the table in front of him away.

"Ba! Ga!"

He thought he had a sure win, but he was hit hard by this moment - the one who attacked the escort convoy the day before yesterday was not the Military Control Commission? !
If it weren't for the Military Control Commission, he wouldn't be 100% sure that Zhang Shihao was in Suzhou.

After taking a deep breath and calming himself down, Ito closed his eyes and began to think.

Was the underground party's attack on the escort convoy a move by Zhang Shihao or an act of the underground party itself?
He guessed that Zhang Shihao might have used a knife to kill someone, and his intuition told him that this was the truth, but there was no case of Zhang Shihao using a knife to kill someone, so he was not sure.

"You only have one chance, you must be 100% sure!"

He took a deep breath:

"I will wait patiently..."

"Zhang Shihao, you will definitely show up, right? You will definitely show up!" (End of this chapter)