Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

Chapter 763: It turns out... it’s my comrade!

The study was quiet.
Dai Chunfeng's eyes were deep, and no one knew what he was thinking. Wang Tianfeng, who came out of the dark room, saw this and waited silently without saying a word.

As if it doesn't exist.

After a long time, Dai Chunfeng finally spoke slowly:
"Anping, you are too impulsive after all."

Wang Tianfeng bowed his head slightly, but did not give any answer.

However, he knew in his heart that Boss Dai's words were directed at Zhang Anping's unhesitating determination to protect Xu Baichuan.

But why say this?
"you……"

Dai Chunfeng turned his gaze towards Wang Tianfeng and said after a pause:
"Go find Anping."

Wang Tianfeng looked at Dai Chunfeng in confusion, waiting for an explanation.

Dai Chunfeng took out a document from the drawer and pushed it to the table. Wang Tianfeng slowly walked forward, picked it up and flipped through it. His expression became profound because of the contents of the document.

This is a "list", a list of people who were "instigated to rebel" by Dai Chunfeng.

And these people are Zhang Anping’s...people!

He looked at Dai Chunfeng in astonishment.

"One of your tokens of allegiance."

Wang Tianfeng looked at Dai Chunfeng in horror.

Dai Chunfeng didn't explain any more, but just waved his hand, indicating that Wang Tianfeng could leave.

Wang Tianfeng was distraught for a moment.

In the past, he called Zhang Anping "Anping" - even earlier, when facing Zhang Anping, he still had the reserve of an elder.

But he didn't know when he started to follow the crowd and change his way of addressing Zhang Anping to "Commander Zhang".

Obviously, he admitted a fact:
The future Military Control Commission will be headed by Zhang Anping.

The reason for all this is not only Zhang Anping's outstanding ability, but also Dai Chunfeng's affirmation and confirmation of Zhang Anping's status as heir.

But now, everything has collapsed.

Wang Tianfeng didn't even know how he left the study, let alone how he left Dai Mansion. Walking on the deserted street at night, he recalled everything that happened in the study over and over again, and fell into a strange doubt.

Boss Dai, why do you have to do this?!
why!
He said that this document was "one of the tokens of allegiance", but he didn't say anything else. So, what other tokens of allegiance are there?

Gradually his mind became clearer and everything that happened during the day began to emerge in his mind.

The rest...the pledge of allegiance, wasn't that something that happened during the day?

Staring at Anping?

Wang Tianfeng sucked in a breath of cold air and suddenly understood what Dai Chunfeng wanted him to do!
In the study, Dai Chunfeng turned off the lights and stood in front of the window, staring at the darkness outside.

Wang Tianfeng is a pure person;
And his nephew is actually a pure person.

Although my nephew has strong planning skills and outstanding abilities, his impulsiveness is a bad habit that he can never change!
Zheng Yaoxian was a good friend of Zhang Anping in the past. However, as Zhang Anping "abandoned" Zheng Yaoxian (during the Anti-Japanese War, Xu Baichuan took over as the mayor of the Greater Shanghai District and Zheng Yaoxian went to Henan to serve as the mayor), a rift began to appear in their relationship. Later, through his own hands and the dirty hands of Mao Renfeng, the relationship between the two was almost broken.

But Zhang Anping was still tolerant towards Zheng Yaoxian.

Ming Lou, who was born in the Shanghai district, had no relationship with Zhang Anping's direct line. Zhang Anping even personally set up a trap against Ming Jing, which led to Ming Jing's death in a traffic accident.

Even though Minglou is already on the same side as Mao Renfeng.

But Zhang Anping was equally tolerant towards Ming Lou, and did not take advantage of the current opportunity to add insult to injury - as long as Zhang Anping simply took advantage of Lu Zongfang's attack on Ming Lou, he could crush the resurgent Ming Lou!

But Zhang Anping didn't do that!
Dai Chunfeng thought that Zhang Anping might be confident that no matter what Minglou did, he was sure to knock him down with a flick of his hand - but in the end he did not take advantage of the opportunity that was at his fingertips to kill him.

Xu Baichuan was Zhang Anping's biggest supporter. When faced with sewage, Zhang Anping did not hesitate to protect him without a second thought.

No calculation at all!

This is also the reason why Dai Chunfeng gave the evaluation of "acting too impulsively" - he would give unlimited trust and tolerance to his partners, even former partners.

In the past, Dai Chunfeng had never thought of dealing with or plotting against his nephew, but his failure to become the commander of the navy made him temporarily unable to leave the Military Control Commission, Zhang Anping's muscle show on New Year's Eve, and Wang Hui's report a few days ago made him suddenly suspicious of Zhang Anping. After all these things were mixed together, Dai Chunfeng suddenly realized a situation:
I have almost no control over Zhang Anping!
Zhang Anping's rise to power within the Military Control Commission did not rely on his important identity as the "nephew of the bureau chief" at all. With the members of the Guanwang Temple training class as the backbone, the two major power areas of Beijing-Shanghai and Northeast China as the base, and the Loyalty Rescue Army as his flesh and blood, he created a power system within the Military Control Commission but independent of it.

These forces seem to accept Dai Chunfeng's leadership, but in the extreme situation of choosing between two options, what will they choose?
That day, after Wang Hui said that Zhang Anping had released Qian Chongwen ten years ago, Dai Chunfeng weighed the pros and cons - and he came to a pessimistic conclusion:

When it comes to a choice between the two, these people will obey Zhang Anping's orders unconditionally.

He did have a plan to check and balance Zhang Anping, and re-employing Mao Renfeng was one of the means of checking and balancing.

But all this is based on the premise that the nephew still recognizes him as his uncle.

What if my nephew turns against me?
When the nephew ignores his uncle, Mao Renfeng?
He is vulnerable in front of his nephew who holds real power!
Ming Lou? Zheng Yaoxian? Shen Zui?

Tang Zong was the chief of the intelligence team of the attendant's room, but he was tricked by Zhang Anping and started to doubt his life. Could Ming Lou, Zheng Yaoxian and Shen Zui withstand it together?

Even if these people are in agreement with Mao Renfeng, it won’t work!

Wang Tianfeng had an extremely cold temper. He had no popularity or influence within the Military Control Commission, and of course, he was even less capable.

But Zhang Anping's shortcoming is obvious, that is, he is too tolerant towards his former comrades-in-arms, and even more tolerant and trusting towards his current comrades-in-arms.

And Wang Tianfeng passed his test again - he asked Wang Tianfeng to investigate Zhang Anping and keep an eye on Zhang Anping, and Wang Tianfeng did so without informing Zhang Anping.

So, Dai Chunfeng made a move:

Let Wang Tianfeng go to Zhang Anping.

Wang Tianfeng has taken charge of Zhang Anping's power several times, but has never developed his own power because of this. He has also fought together with Zhang Anping several times, and even used himself as bait twice in Zhang Anping's layout.

Once Wang Tianfeng completely surrenders to Zhang Anping, the level of trust he gains from Zhang Anping will be second only to Xu Baichuan.

And this is Dai Chunfeng's final means of restraining and... countering Zhang Anping.

Please note that this is not checks and balances, but constraints and countermeasures!

A faint sigh came out of Dai Chunfeng's mouth, and an inaudible voice accompanied by a bitter smile sounded:

"Only the name and the tool cannot be borrowed from others..."

……

Wang Tianfeng stayed in the car for a long time.

After a long time, he finally started the car, and the car started with the headlights shaking.

But the direction the car was heading was not towards his home, but towards... Zhang Anping's home.

Zhang family.

Zhang Anping was playing with Wangwang and Xixi. The once powerful Zhang Shihao was now being tormented by the two little guys and could only act as a "Japanese soldier" and was beaten up by the two brave young Kuomintang soldiers.

The "Japanese soldier" who was beaten up thought: This might be the ancestor of the origin of the anti-Japanese drama...

When Zeng Moyi came in, she saw two brave young soldiers of the National Army pinning the "Japanese soldiers" to the ground and beating them up. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she pulled a face and said, "Wangwang, Xixi, are you two itching for trouble?"

When Xixi saw her mother coming, she screamed, "The Communists are coming, run!"

After shouting, he pulled Wangwang and ran away.

Zhang Anping and Zeng Moyi couldn't help but chuckle as they watched the two little guys running away in a panic.

Quite...similar!
The couple looked at each other and smiled, and both saw an inexplicable smile in each other's eyes.

Zhang Anping took the initiative to speak: "Old Wang is here?"

"Ah."

"It seems that I was right."

Zhang Anping smiled and said to Zeng Moyi, "Take Wangwang and Xixi to bed first. I'll probably have to chat with Lao Wang for a while."

After taking a deep look at her husband, Zeng Moyi nodded slightly, with a hint of confusion in her eyes.

The husband looks so handsome when he is confident of winning.

In the study.

Zhang Anping hurried in and saw Wang Tianfeng sitting in silence. He asked directly without any hesitation:

"Old Wang, what happened?"

Wang Tianfeng didn't say anything, but just gestured for Zhang Anping to sit down.

Zhang Anping frowned and sat on Wang Tianfeng's left hand. Just as he was about to speak, Wang Tianfeng took out a document from his arms and slowly pushed it in front of him.

After picking up the document and flipping through it in confusion, Zhang Anping's expression changed rapidly. After a touch of shock, he turned into an unbridled murderous intent:
"Old Wang, what do you mean?"

He put down the documents and stared at Wang Tianfeng with cold eyes.

The document was the one that Dai Chunfeng gave to Wang Tianfeng - it was the list of people among Zhang Anping's direct subordinates who were "incited to defect" by Dai Chunfeng.

Wang Tianfeng ignored Zhang Anping's cold gaze and said calmly, "During the day, the boss asked me to keep an eye on... you."

Zhang Anping's muscles tensed up at this moment, and he felt as if he was about to explode. Then he relaxed again, looked deeply at Wang Tianfeng, and said word by word:

"What... do you mean!"

Wang Tianfeng no longer sensed murderous intent from Zhang Anping, but he was very clear that Zhang Anping's murderous intent had not disappeared, but was... being restrained and could erupt at any time.

"A certificate of submission."

Zhang Anping smiled, unusually brightly:
"Okay!" "Lao Wang, brother, I didn't make a mistake."

But this brilliant smile made Wang Tianfeng break out in a cold sweat.

He thought to himself: It's just as I thought! Then, he would tell the director without hesitation!

"The director asked me to come here." Wang Tianfeng stared at Zhang Anping, who was smiling brightly, and said word by word: "Including this document, the director also gave it to me."

The bright smile on Zhang Anping's face gradually faded.

"Before, you were in the study and I was in the darkroom."

Wang Tianfeng said slowly:

"You know, sometimes, people like us don't have many choices."

Zhang Anping's fingers tapped on the table involuntarily. As the movement of his fingers accelerated, it seemed as if thousands of war horses were galloping. In the quiet study, there was suddenly an atmosphere of war.

Wang Tianfeng remained unmoved and just looked at Zhang Anping quietly.

The knocking sound, like the sound of a galloping warhorse, suddenly stopped, and Zhang Anping exhaled:
"I see."

Wang Tianfeng didn't say anything else. He nodded slightly, stood up, patted Zhang Anping's shoulder gently, and slowly left the study and the Zhang family.

Zhang Anping did not stand up to see him off, but just watched quietly.

The friendship between gentlemen is as pure as water...

Of course it’s bullshit!
"Sincerity is the ultimate weapon, right?"

A strange smile appeared on his face.

Wang Tianfeng has never been a man who would bow down for power. He is a madman who would even use his own life as a bargaining chip.

Zhang Anping understood this very well.

Therefore, he would not be so arrogant as to think that his personal charm could convince him, or that Lao Wang told him this for the purpose of unity.

He prefers another guess:
Lao Wang, used a special move called sincerity!

"Because... Zhang Shihao has the shortcoming of acting on impulse?"

He sighed softly, his carefree days in the Military Control Commission ended early.

Has Old Dai finally started to use means to restrain and counter himself, like the vast majority of those in power?
He looked out the window with deep eyes.

【Fortunately... the time is almost up. 】

Zhang Guanfu's footsteps were heard. After pausing at the door, he walked into the study.

"Wang Tianfeng is looking for you... something?"

In fact, he seldom interfered in his son's affairs, but after the sword-drawing on New Year's Eve, he vaguely smelled something different.

Wang Tianfeng's visit naturally made him particularly nervous.

Zhang Anping looked at his father, who appeared calm but showed anxiety in his eyes. After asking his father to sit down, he whispered the purpose of Wang Tianfeng's visit.

As he spoke, Zhang Guanfu's expression became more and more solemn, just as he had expected.

"Have you finally...come this far?"

Zhang Guanfu sighed heavily.

He had always seen Dai Chunfeng's trust in his son.

But unlike others, he did not feel proud and honored, but instead felt extremely heavy.

Especially after Dai Chunfeng revealed that he would regard Zhang Anping as his successor and would train him vigorously, he has not had a single day of ease.

In the past, he had hoped that Dai Chunfeng could break out of the framework of the Military Control Commission, so that there would be no power conflict between the nephew and the uncle.

But when Dai Chunfeng's plan to become the naval commander failed and he was pushed to the position of deputy director of the Military Control Commission, Zhang Guanfu became even more worried.

Sure enough, it finally came to this!
Power inherently carries an extremely selfish attribute.

In the past, his son focused on the war situation and ignored all kinds of intrigues. He not only gained Dai Chunfeng's double trust, but was also able to act freely and develop his own strength.

But now the war is over, and Zhang Anping himself has become the leader of a huge faction - some things are destined not to be decided by his will, but by the will of the entire faction.

Conflicts are bound to break out.

The current situation was doomed from the moment Dai Chunfeng was unable to escape from the framework of the Military Control Commission!
Zhang Anping saw his father's expression constantly changing, so he could only comfort him, "Dad, don't worry, I know what to do, don't worry."

Zhang Guanfu ignored his son's comfort and focused his thoughts on the matter at hand. He said to himself:
"Wang Tianfeng, this is... not giving you a choice!"

He is an old fox, so how could he not see the purpose of Wang Tianfeng's action?
If Wang Tianfeng was just paying a token of his allegiance, Zhang Anping could resolve the issue with a simple report.

However, Wang Tianfeng said that he was ordered by Dai Chunfeng to pay his tribute.

This directly cuts off Zhang Anping's path to report the incident.

First, it is not in line with Zhang Anping’s usual style - could Zhang Shihao betray such an honest Wang Tianfeng?
Second, what if Wang Tianfeng really surrenders? If he does so, people’s hearts will be scattered!
Zhang Anping smiled and said, "Dad, this world is always bright. Don't always think of people as bad."

"Old Wang, you are actually a very simple person."

Looking deeply at Zhang Anping, Zhang Guanfu nodded slowly. It seemed that his son understood what was going on, so he felt... relieved.

"As parents, although we hope our sons can succeed, we hope more that they can live in peace and safety. If you are too tired, just leave this vortex."

"In this world, no one can be missing and the overall situation will not be affected."

After saying that, Zhang Guanfu followed closely and left. Looking at his father's back, Zhang Anping sighed softly.

In fact, he thought more deeply than Zhang Guanfu. For example, what if all of Wang Tianfeng's actions were instigated by Old Dai?
Zhang Anping always had the greatest malice or suspicion towards his cousin.

But now, this move has left him with no choice!
Now, he had no choice but to retreat step by step and wait... for time.

……

Lu Zongfang was completely placed under house arrest, or it could be said that Zhang Anping's true colors were exposed. In short, he went from being the person in charge of the review to being the person under house arrest in the blink of an eye.

Did Lu Zongfang accept his fate?

No, he did not!
His reaction was intense.

"I want to see Zhang Anping!"

"I am a veteran of the Secret Service and a veteran of the Military Control Commission. Why does Zhang Anping have the right to put me under house arrest?"

"I want to see Boss Dai!"

He would roar angrily every once in a while to express his "illusion" of innocence.

He knew that Zhang Anping knew his identity, and he also knew that Zhang Anping would not let him go, but he could not die as a member of the Chinese Communist Party.

The meaningless roar became a trick that both sides knew about.

Just as Lu Zongfang was roaring hysterically, Minglou arrived.

"Mr. Lu, shall we... have a drink?"

Lu Zongfang rushed over as if he had found a savior: "Director Ming, I, I am innocent."

"Can you let me meet the boss? I'm really innocent."

Minglou was filled with admiration for his comrade who concealed his identity even when facing death.

There are many comrades who face death calmly, and even before they die, they can proudly shout:
中国共产党万岁！
This is their belief and the spiritual sustenance that enables them to be fearless.

But those comrades who acted until their death in order to hide their identities were even more heroic!

Because they, until death, are living as sons!

"Mr. Lu, even though you want to drag me down with you, out of respect for your opponent, I still want to give you a piece of advice..."

"You still have a chance to survive."

What the opportunity is is self-evident.

Lu Zongfang was confused at first, then he said angrily: "You are in cahoots with Zhang Anping!"

Ming Lou shook his head:

"Mr. Lu, there is no need for...acting between you and me."

"An... Commander Zhang, I'll only give you this one chance! For the sake of our past work together in Shanghai!"

Lu Zongfang said angrily: "Why? Why do you want to put me to death? The crime of collaborating with the Communists is unforgivable. I, Lu Zongfang, have worked diligently for the party, the country, and the Military Control Commission. Why don't you let me go?!"

Minglou said faintly:
"Stubborn!"

After saying that, he stood up and turned around resolutely.

"I am innocent……"

"Why do you have to kill me?"

Inside the room, there was only the sound of Lu Zongfang's murmurings, but at this moment, Lu Zongfang's eyes were frighteningly bright.

[Surprisingly... he's my comrade! ]

(End of this chapter)