Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 720: The Big Pot Prepared for Mao Renfeng
It was revealed that Yan Laoxi had signed the Fenyang Agreement with the Japanese. This shocking news was the turning point of the third anti-communist climax. It was precisely because of this shocking news that the Allied forces realized that the National Government would not engage in small-scale attacks like the previous two times, but would turn around and attack its own people after having enough (forming several American-equipped divisions).

That is why the National Government was warned in the harshest tone.

Coupled with the anger within the Nationalist government caused by Yan Laoxi's shameless behavior, after taking multiple measures, the diehards finally gave up their plan to use force internally.

Stunned by this blow, Yan Laoxi turned around and investigated who around him was in contact with the Communists. After a quick investigation, he found out where the leak came from.

Yan Laoxi, who was criticized by thousands of people, was furious and wanted to arrest the target of the leak. However, at this time, someone killed the target of the leak in order to evacuate safely. After Yan Laoxi found out that it was the work of the Military Control Commission, the investigation team led by Ming Lou had already rushed out of Shanxi without stopping.

The matter is now over.

In this regard, Minglou gave the following statement:
This person is so cruel and morally corrupt that he sold the same thing twice. While I was in secret contact with him, he was also in contact with the Communist Party. After selling the film of the "Fenyang Agreement" to the underground party, he wanted to sell it at a high price from the Military Control Commission. As a result, the underground party took the lead in launching a public opinion offensive after getting the things.

This led to the following scene.

But is this really the case?

of course not!

In fact, the unlucky guy who was silenced by Minglou was a complete scapegoat. The reason he did this was to cover up the fact that he chose the greater good and unconditionally handed over the filming of the "Fenyang Agreement" to the senior officials of the Jinsui Army of the underground party.

There is indeed no problem with Minglou's operation.

But this is too much of a coincidence!

Even though the key figures were silenced by Minglou on the pretext of "for safe evacuation", Zhang Anping was not sure if there were any clues that had not been cleaned up.

In this case, the safest way is to put the initiative in his hands.

So he sent a telegram asking the bureau headquarters to detain all members of the secret investigation team and he would be personally responsible for the investigation.

This incident was caused by Zhang Anping using the information provided by "Shadow" as an excuse. Even the members of the investigation team were appointed by him. When the investigation team failed, Zhang Anping was suspicious and personally investigated the matter, which was very appropriate both emotionally and logically.

At this time, Old Dai also had the idea of ​​​​investigation. After all, the underground party and the army obtained the key information at the same time, which led to the failure of this "grand" operation. It was impossible for him not to have any thoughts in his mind - so when faced with the telegram sent by Zhang Anping, Old Dai agreed without thinking.

Look, my nephew and I have surprisingly similar ideas!
He is worthy of being my nephew!

……

"This Zhang Anping, can't afford to lose, right?!"

After Mao Renfeng received Dai Chunfeng's instructions to detain all members of the secret investigation team, he returned to the office and started cursing angrily.

In this matter, the underground party had the first-mover advantage, so it is understandable that they were one step ahead of Minglou, right?!
Furthermore, failure is normal in intelligence work.

But what does Zhang Anping mean by this?
Can't tolerate a single failure?
The people from Minglou haven't arrived yet, but he has already sent a telegram to detain them and conduct an investigation himself?
What is this for? !

Come at me!

"Mr. Zhang, do you really think that the Military Control Commission belongs to you? You want to use this incident to deal with me, right? Let's wait and see!"

The annoyed Mao Renfeng decided to wrestle with Zhang Anping again over this matter.

It's not that he didn't learn his lesson, but he had to break his wrist this time.

The reason is very simple. As a leader, he has the responsibility and obligation to protect those who rely on him. Who would dare to rely on a leader who cannot protect his subordinates? Who would rely on him?

He didn't think that the secret investigation team had any problems in this matter. He also trusted Ming Lou. In addition, Boss Dai's son Dai Shanwu was also involved. He felt that he would definitely win this arm wrestling match - he had to let people see that he, Mao Renfeng, was capable of going against Zhang Shihao!

……

A group of more than ten people from the secret investigation team rushed back to Chongqing exhausted.

They had just entered the city and had not had time to report to the bureau headquarters when a team of secret agents affiliated with the bureau headquarters arrested them.

Faced with this sudden arrest, Minglou was very annoyed, but he still restrained himself. However, Dai Shanwu couldn't bear it - he was now as obedient as a grandson in front of Zhang Anping, but this did not mean that he was really a grandson.

Is there anyone in the Military Control Commission who dares to arrest him?

Are you tired of living?
Snapped

He slapped the spy who was about to handcuff himself - at that moment, Dai Shanwu's mind emerged the scene of Zhang Anping slapping Japanese soldiers on the streets of Shanghai.

"Which bastard gave the order? How dare you arrest me? I've traveled thousands of kilometers back and forth. Even if I don't get any credit, I've worked hard. Who the hell gave the order?"

Dai Shanwu asked angrily.

But what responded to him was a clean and neat shoulder throw, followed by a pair of horseshoe-shaped brass handcuffs on Dai Shanwu's hands. Dai Shanwu opened his mouth and cried out in pain, and a ball of cloth was stuffed tightly into his mouth.

This scene scared the other spies in the investigation team, but Ming Lou, Cen Xiyan, An Sizhang (Jiang Sian) and Bian Jike's pupils shrank instinctively.

has a problem!
There is no doubt that these people are members of the Military Intelligence Bureau. However, among the direct subordinates of the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters, the only ones who dare to ignore even Boss Dai’s son are probably Zhang Anping’s direct subordinates!
Was it Zhang Anping’s idea?

Several people's thoughts quickly changed.

At this time, the leading agent stepped forward and said, "Director Ming, directors, please cooperate!"

Dai Shanwu was treated like a chicken, so Minglou and his team certainly couldn't do anything rash. As for the other spies in the investigation team, they could only tremble in fear at this time.

After detaining the group, the agents took them directly to a secret safe house and detained them in solitary confinement.

And this stage takes three days.

……

After Zhang Anping finished his work and freed up a week, he flew to Chongqing. After arriving in Chongqing, he naturally had to report to Lao Dai. However, on the way to the bureau headquarters, Zheng Yi, who arrived in Chongqing a day earlier, reported a piece of news to Zhang Anping:
"The secret investigation team was detained on the day they arrived in Chongqing. During the detention, Deputy Director Dai asked a question and was beaten up in the street by the enforcement team that detained them."

Zhang Anping's heart moved slightly, and he asked casually: "Given Shanwu's temperament, I'm afraid it's more than just questioning, right?"

"I'm not sure, but this is the version that's being circulated in the bureau."

Zheng Yi emphasized the word "bureau".

Obviously, she sensed something was wrong.

Zhang Anping chuckled: "Looks like someone is trying to make things difficult for me!"

His expression was stern and his eyes were filled with coldness, but in fact he was trying hard to resist the urge to laugh out loud.

Even with his eyes closed, he could guess who was trying to deceive him - he was still worried that Mao Renfeng would be a coward!

Unexpectedly, Mao Renfeng was more anxious than he thought.

It was obvious that his people were used - it was definitely Mao Renfeng who was behind the arrest, and asked his people to be responsible for arresting the secret investigation team. However, he had trained his soldiers to be fearless, and it must have been Dai Shanwu who acted rashly during the arrest, so he was taught a lesson.

This must be the scene that Mao Renfeng was most looking forward to, so it was spread throughout the bureau headquarters in a very short time.

There is no need to even think about it, this matter must have reached Old Dai's ears.

Seeing Zhang Anping's cold expression, Zheng Yi asked, "Chief District Officer, do you want to deal with him?"

Although Zheng Yi didn't know who was behind this, he was definitely aware of the other party's malicious intent, so he made this suggestion - the so-called disposal meant punishing the agent who dealt with Dai Shanwu.

Zhang Anping waved his hand:

"Need not."

Zheng Yi said: "But..."

Zhang Anping asked back: "Do you think he is wrong?"

Zheng Yi was speechless.

Zhang Anping said proudly: "It's not my turn to give an account to others for my soldiers!"

"But……"

Zhang Anping waved his hand, signaling Zheng Yi not to continue this topic.

Zheng Yi had no choice but to keep silent.

After the car arrived at the bureau headquarters, Zhang Anping signaled Zheng Yi to wait for him in the car, while he got out and went into the office building to find Lao Dai.

It was not known whether it was intentional or unintentional, but Zhang Anping ran into Mao Renfeng head-on as soon as he stepped into the office building of the Military Intelligence Bureau headquarters.

"Brother Shihao, you're here—" Mao Renfeng greeted Zhang Anping with a smile from a distance of about ten meters. After Zhang Anping responded with a smile, Mao Renfeng said with concern:

"That's what you came for, right?"

"You, there's no need to rush so fast. Although your soldiers went too far, Shanwu is also wrong. Don't punish your soldiers too severely, lest you disappoint others. Do you understand?"

Mao Renfeng's mouth was chattering like a machine gun, and his concerned look and tone of mind for Zhang Anping made people who didn't know the truth think that these two people were so close that they were like one.

Zhang Anping was not stupid, of course he understood that Mao Renfeng was setting a trap for himself - saying this in public, no matter how things developed, Zhang Anping would be the rude one.

Severe punishment of his subordinates would damage the image of Chief Zhang;

If he ignores it, people will think that Zhang Anping doesn't take Dai Shanwu seriously at all!

The so-called never-ending effort to destroy someone - even if Zhang Anping is still trusted by Dai Chunfeng, if such messy things happen frequently, I believe Dai Chunfeng's trust in him will continue to decline.

What's more, if Zhang Anping allowed Dai Shanwu to be bullied this time, then Dai Shanwu would become Zhang Anping's enemy in the future under the instigation of Mao Renfeng - given Dai Shanwu's special identity, how could it not affect Zhang Anping's position in Dai Chunfeng's heart if he kept tossing around?

All in all, this is an open conspiracy.

Unfortunately, the person he met was Zhang Anping!
"Director Mao," Zhang Anping said with a serious expression, "As a superior, you must clearly distinguish between rewards and punishments. You must reward those who have made contributions and punish those who have made mistakes!"

"Only when rewards and punishments are clear, will the brothers under you fight for your lives!"

"Never sacrifice public interests for personal gain!"

"You," Zhang Anping said meaningfully, "don't always weigh the pros and cons when doing things. This will only make it more unfair!"

Mao Renfeng seemed to be pleading for Zhang Anping's soldiers, but in fact he was setting up a trap for Zhang Anping.

Zhang Anping's response was also simple:
I'll teach you how to do things! Got it?!

Mao Renfeng was embarrassed by Zhang Anping's words and could only force a smile:

"Brother, you are always stubborn. Shanwu is your cousin after all."

Zhang Anping said calmly: "If Shanwu is wrong, I will punish him. If Shanwu is not wrong, I will give him an explanation."

After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Mao Renfeng and strode up the stairs.

Mao Renfeng cursed Zhang Anping in his heart for his sharp tongue, but shook his head helplessly, as if to say, "Shihao, you are too stubborn." Now, weighing the pros and cons, this attitude was the only way for him to appear good in front of Dai Shanwu.

The brief and fierce confrontation between the two was seen by the spies on the first floor. Although they didn't know why there was such a weird exchange between the two, most of them instinctively sided with Zhang Anping.

Rewards and punishments are clear, these four are the treatments that most people pray for!
Obviously, with Zhang Anping's words, even if Mao Renfeng secretly supplies the goods, at least in the eyes of the military agents, there will only be one feeling:
Commander Zhang is indeed Commander Zhang!
Not to mention Mao Renfeng who lost more than he gained, at this time Zhang Anping came to the top floor where Lao Dai's office was located and went to find the secretary as usual.

After seeing Zhang Anping, the secretary was very surprised and said, "Chief Zhang!"

"Director Wang (a respectful title for a secretary), is the Director free?"

"Yes—come with me."

The secretary took Zhang Anping to Dai Chunfeng's office. After leaving the secretary's office, the secretary whispered:

"Captain Zhang, have you just returned?"

Zhang Anping nodded.

The secretary said meaningfully: "There has been a lot of gossip in the bureau recently. You... should be aware of it."

Zhang Anping and the secretary had no interest in dealing with each other. The secretary reminded Zhang Anping in this way purely because he knew that Dai Chunfeng valued Zhang Anping, so he gave Zhang Anping a heads-up in advance. His meaningful words were naturally referring to the fact that "Commander Zhang's soldiers didn't even see Master Dai" - this matter was deliberately fanned by Mao Renfeng, and it became a hot topic, and it reached Dai Chunfeng's ears more than once.

Although Dai Chunfeng didn't say anything, he was his own son after all, his only son, so he must have some resentment in his heart.

Zhang Anping said gratefully, "Thank you, Director Wang."

The secretary said no more and took Zhang Anping into Dai Chunfeng's office.

After being led in by the secretary, he greeted Zhang Anping respectfully as he had done before. After the secretary left, Old Dai smiled and said:
"You are upset because you got humiliated, and you want to get back at me, right?"

"Young man, you just can't afford to suffer even the slightest loss!"

What he was talking about was naturally the secret investigation team's fruitless return - although he intended to investigate the secret investigation team, his original intention was not to let his subordinates think that he was shielding his son.

Facing Dai Chunfeng's ridicule, Zhang Anping shook his head solemnly:
"I never believe in coincidences. This time I lost by sheer coincidence. It felt like I was just one step away from winning. So I wanted to make sure I lost clearly!"

Seeing Zhang Anping so serious, Dai Chunfeng laughed and said, "Tsk, I just realized that you are more suspicious than me!"

"Suspicion is a quality that must be possessed in this line of work."

"You're such a sharp-tongued brat..." Dai Chunfeng complained, then changed the subject and asked about Zhang Anping's training camp in the Third War Zone. After the uncle and nephew talked for a while, Dai Chunfeng raised his hand to check the time:
"I'm almost done. I have to go to Huangshan's official residence. When you're done with your work, bring that brat Shanwu to my house."

"This brat, he hasn't learned any other skills, but he's really stubborn!"

Dai Chunfeng said this to warn Zhang Anping - it's not really a warning, because he trusts Zhang Anping so much that he doesn't need to be warned just because of such a small matter.

He himself is a spy, so he doesn't believe that such gossip could reach his ears without someone pushing it behind the scenes.

So he asked Zhang Anping to bring Dai Shanwu to his home to remind Zhang Anping and let Zhang Anping deal with the gossip.

Of course, this is also because Zhang Anping is close enough to him. If it were someone else, it would not be a reminder, but a serious warning.

"Hmm..." Zhang Anping responded, then paused and said, "Uncle, please don't be angry when I tell you something."

Dai Chunfeng was curious: "What's the matter?"

Zhang Anping chuckled a few times and moved sideways toward the door. When he reached the door, he chuckled and said:

"Shanwu will definitely not be able to stand you always trying to educate him no matter what - he is already a father of two children after all, and he is always scolded like a bastard in front of you. I would not be happy with it either."

After saying that, Zhang Anping turned around, pushed the door open and ran away, ignoring Dai Chunfeng's expression which suddenly turned gloomy.

As the office door slammed shut, the gloom on Dai Chunfeng's face faded away, and then he touched his nose involuntarily, thinking:

I think I do always like to scold this brat - but this brat causes me so much trouble!

After expressing his emotion, he smiled and shook his head, dispelling all the gossip that had been entering his ears in the past few days.

This stinky boy...

Zhang Anping "escaped" from Dai Chunfeng's office in a "frustrated" manner, but after coming out, he resumed his cold disguise as Chief Zhang.

But at this moment, he was actually laughing at Mao Renfeng's superfluous additions.

The "momentum" that Mao Renfeng had carefully woven was dissolved by himself so easily. And since he, Mao Renfeng, was heavily involved in this, he would have to bear the blame himself!
……

safe house.

Dai Shanwu, who has been detained for three days, is now on the verge of collapse.

These three days seemed to him like a year!

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to him even if he shouted at the top of his lungs. Even when the three meals a day were delivered to him, people would just put the food down and leave. No one paid any attention to him no matter what he said.

For a young man like him, this was simply a matter of life and death.

Just when he felt like he was going crazy, the door opened again.

After glancing at the time and confirming that it was not dinner time, Dai Shanwu suddenly became excited - was he going to let him go?
But then the excitement turned into helplessness.

The person who came turned out to be his cousin Zhang Anping, whom he both admired and feared.

Seeing that Zhang Anping came in alone, Dai Shanwu lowered his head:

"cousin."

Zhang Anping ignored him and walked to the bed. Looking at the mess on the bed, he frowned.

Dai Shanwu carefully observed Zhang Anping's expression. When he saw Zhang Anping frowning when he saw his "pigsty", he rushed over to clean it up, but was pushed to sit on the bed by Zhang Anping. Zhang Anping then pulled over a chair and sat facing Dai Shanwu.

Facing Zhang Anping's burning gaze, Dai Shanwu said cautiously:

"I'll clean it up now."

"Wait a minute - I heard you're very capable, are you good at slapping people?"

Facing Zhang Anping's sarcastic praise, Dai Shanwu was almost panicked and said quickly: "Cousin, I was wrong. I really didn't know they were your soldiers. If I knew, I would never do anything."

Looking at Dai Shanwu who was eager to explain, Zhang Anping shook his head, sighed, and squeezed out two words from between his teeth:
"Fool!"

Dai Shanwu didn't dare to refute, but he really didn't agree with these two words in his heart - unfortunately, he was so guilty facing Zhang Anping that he didn't dare to say a word.

But how could such behavior be hidden from Zhang Anping's eyes?
A smile appeared on his lips: "I will give you a task. If you find out the truth, I will take back my opinion of you. How about that?"

"Okay!" Dai Shanwu agreed without hesitation.

"Find out why my soldiers came to arrest your secret investigation team—"

"I can stay in Chongqing for about a week. After a week, you can give me a satisfactory investigation report. How about that?"

Dai Shanwu agreed immediately, thinking that this task was very easy.

Zhang Anping smiled, and this smile was given to Dai Shanwu's innocence.

"Okay, let's put this matter behind us for now. I have something serious to ask you. You must truthfully report to me all the information you know. Don't hide a single word!"

Dai Shanwu nodded seriously and acted solemnly.

"Why do you think this mission failed?"

Facing the question raised by Zhang Anping, Dai Shanwu thought for a moment and said:

"I think we arrived too late. The Communist Party had a long head start over us. Although all the colleagues in the investigation team worked very hard and we rushed as fast as we could, we were still one step behind them."

"Well, besides..."

Dai Shanwu glanced at Zhang Anping and gritted his teeth and said:

"I think the failure of the mission has a lot to do with Director Ming's stinginess."

Zhang Anping repeated: "Kuang?"

Dai Shanwu seemed to have been holding back for a long time, and he immediately spoke incessantly:
"It's indeed a pick!"

"He is still the eldest son of the Ming family—"

"After we got in touch with 'Xu Songde', he offered a price of 1,000 taels of gold. Director Ming should have agreed to it at the time instead of bargaining with the other party. If he had agreed to it and got the item first, I think from 'Xu Songde's' perspective, he would not have had to take the risk of selling the film to the underground party."

Xu Songde is the unlucky scapegoat - the so-called scapegoat who sells the same product twice.

"Is it just stinginess?" Zhang Anping asked back: "Do you feel that there is something wrong with this operation?"

"Something's wrong?"

Dai Shanwu was stunned: "No."

"Then why did you kill Xu Songde?"

"This was my idea - no, it was decided at a meeting. When we found out that the Communist Party's Liberation Daily published the footage of the Fenyang Agreement, we realized that Xu Songde was selling two cards at once. We had planned to withdraw immediately, but I thought that Yan Laoxi would investigate after suffering such a big loss, and Xu Songde would not be able to escape by then."

"With Xu Songde's greedy personality, he would have to confess if he was arrested. The underground party would have already run away."

"Old Yan suffered such a great loss. I guess Xu Songde alone is not enough for him to vent his anger. Who knows, he might even vent his anger on us."

"Only by killing Xu Songde can we have enough time to escape from Yan Laoxi's territory!"

Dai Shanwu was a little proud at this time, with an expression like "Cousin, do you think I am thoughtful? Come and praise me."

Zhang Anping felt amused. This silly boy was being kneaded and rubbed by Minglou and the others, but not only did he not react, he was actually complacent about it!
However, he looked at Dai Shanwu with suspicion:
"Is this your idea?"

"Or did someone else come up with this idea?"

"Don't lie to me, I want to know the truth!"

"This is important!"

Zhang Anping looked at Dai Shanwu with a serious face.

Dai Shanwu said indignantly:

"Cousin, you should look at someone with new eyes after three days of absence! I have been in Xibutang for more than a month, and I have not wasted this month. I have really learned something!"

"Why do you look down on me like my father does?!"

"Alright, alright, I get it—" Zhang Anping said unhappily, "This is an investigation, do you understand?"

"Why censor?!" Dai Shanwu was furious when talking about the censorship:
"We traveled thousands of kilometers back and forth, so even if we don't get any credit, there must be some hard work, right?"

"Just because there were no results, you denied all our efforts and detained us as soon as we returned to Chongqing - have you ever considered my feelings?"

Looking at this innocent and cute little cousin, Zhang Anping really wanted to kiss him.

He was worried about the aftermath, and originally planned to drag Mao Renfeng into this and have Mao Renfeng foolishly "vouch" for Ming Lou - this shocking bombshell would become a knife for him to stab Mao Renfeng after Ming Lou's identity was exposed.

I didn't expect that my little cousin Dai Shanwu would keep taking the blame on himself!

Zhang Anping looked at Dai Shanwu seriously:
“No results means failure!”

"Do you know the consequences of your failure this time? If you had stopped the Communist Party from obtaining the Fenyang Agreement, hundreds of thousands of troops would have already marched into Yan'an!"

"You're still boasting that you've worked hard?"

The harsh tone and rebuke turned Dai Shanwu into a quail again.

Zhang Anping continued to scold: "Remember, in the intelligence industry, not everything you think is the truth or the fact!"

“Do you know why it was censored?”

"Because I think this failure is a coincidence! And in intelligence work, the last thing we believe in is coincidence!"

"I'll tell you what to do. If you can't give me a satisfactory report, you should leave the Military Control Commission!"

Dai Shanwu must be feeling wronged.

Zhang Anping sighed, patted Dai Shanwu on the shoulder without saying anything, turned around and left the room where Dai Shanwu was detained, and ordered the guards:
"Keep it locked up!"

Dai Shanwu feels wronged again.

After leaving Dai Shanwu, Zhang Anping walked towards the room where Ming Lou was detained. As he walked, he was thinking about how to proceed with the next step.

In short, Mao Renfeng must take the blame this time!

(End of this chapter)