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In a secluded room, two people who would never have come together in the eyes of outsiders ended up together!
Zhang Anping and Zheng Yaoxian.

"This is what Mao gave me—" Zheng Yaoxian pushed a letter in front of Zhang Anping: "It's probably about dealing with Xiang Yingxin's letter. Should we open it?"

Zhang Anping fiddled with the letter, which was folded in a way that prevented it from being seen, and said with a smile, "No need—let him do it."

"As expected, you forced Mao Renfeng to deal with her!"

After Zheng Yaoxian finished speaking, he said in a joking tone:
"Mao Renfeng actually suspected that you didn't want to expose this matter, but he didn't dare to take the risk, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and give it to me!"

Upon hearing Zheng Yaoxian say "cut flesh," Zhang Anping immediately retorted, "The Northeast?"

"Does this need to be said?"

The two looked at each other and burst into laughter.

Zheng Yaoxian didn't have Zhang Anping's extraordinary vision, so he naturally didn't know that the entire Northeast would be liberated in less than two years.

But he could see Zhang Anping's plans in Northeast China.

So he took the opportunity to extend his reach into Northeast China this time.

After all, the more chaotic things appear on the surface, the better Zhang Anping's plans can be concealed.

Zhang Anping then began a "debriefing," explaining in detail to Zheng Yaoxian the various aspects of this plan, leaving Zheng Yaoxian speechless—Zhang Anping had truly put himself in a do-or-die situation and managed to survive!
However, on the other hand, although this game seemed extremely risky, Zhang Anping had actually won from the very beginning once he had correctly predicted people's intentions.

Just as he said, Mao Renfeng suspected that Zhang Anping didn't want to make a big fuss about this matter for the sake of Dai Chunfeng's reputation—but he didn't dare to gamble!

There was never any real evidence to support this claim from beginning to end. If we had investigated it carefully and thoroughly, we might have been able to clear Xiang Yingxin's name.

But Zhang Anping inexplicably linked this matter to Mao Renfeng's status!

Mao Renfeng dared not gamble on whether Zhang Anping would downplay the matter, so he could only personally send people to "clean up the mess".

Zhang Anping remained completely uninvolved from beginning to end!

Zheng Yaoxian suddenly asked, "Do you think Mao will be furious if he finds out she's not one of ours?"

Zhang Anping said quietly, "Maybe Mao had actually wanted to get rid of her a long time ago!"

Zheng Yaoxian didn't react at first, then suddenly realized, and what followed was astonishment—if Lao Mao really wanted to get rid of Xiang Yingxin, this case was airtight!
No one would say that Xiang Yingxin is a communist, but Xiang Yingxin is so bad that even the Heavenly King himself can't shake off the blame!

Zheng Yaoxian felt that this matter was now completely resolved, and then asked, "So what's your current predicament..."

Mao Renfeng was basically out of trouble after dealing with Xiang Yingxin, but Zhang Anping still had a lot of trouble to deal with!

Zhang Anping smiled mysteriously: "Zheng Yaoquan is a master of balance!"

A master of balance?

After a moment's thought, Zheng Yaoxian finally understood what Zhang Anping meant.

Why was an expanded meeting of Beijing-based officials of the State Secrecy Bureau convened?
They wanted to brand Zhang Anping with shame, and then use that to escalate the incident so they could force Zhang Anping out of the Security Bureau.

However, he was slapped hard by Wang Tianfeng and ended up covered in dust, and was also trapped for three days!

The most crucial point is that Zhang Anping has imprisoned Mao Renfeng for three days. In those three days, could Zhang Anping clean up this mess?
Absolutely!
When the reason is gone, Mao Renfeng will be without a knife. How can he then attack Zhang Anping?

As the director, Zheng Yaoquan will inevitably continue with his own system of maintaining balance—the Bureau of Secrecy seems to have returned to its previous state.

But have we really gone back?
Zhang Anping has basically achieved his goals!

Part of the 66th Division revolted;
The snipers of Battalion 3 have defected;
A major regiment of the 189th Division also saw a large number of its men defect.
The stable structure of the various stations and groups within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was disrupted by Zhang Anping's machinations—the stations and groups will soon enter into fierce power struggles. In the past, it was just an internal conflict between Zhang and Mao's factions, but now two forces from the Zheng faction have joined in.

The fighting will inevitably intensify!
This is the result, but what about the causes and process?

Zhang Anping was furious at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' deception and cover-up, so he launched a thorough investigation, eliminating Ma Hansan, who wanted to become the fourth leader, uncovering the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' collusion with various forces, and carrying out a large-scale anti-corruption campaign. Then, due to the backlash from the enormous pressure he exerted, he was devoured.

The whole process gave the impression that:
Zhang Shih-hao, who was loyal to the Party and the country, launched a failed anti-corruption campaign—and the reason for the failure was the complex web of vested interests!
Zheng Yaoxian couldn't help but exclaim, "Luckily, you're my comrade!"

No matter who they are, if they don't know Zhang Anping's identity, they will only give Zhang Anping a thumbs up.

This is a "fool" who is willing to play Don Quixote for the benefit of the Party and the country!
Even if someone were to report Zhang Anping for being a communist sympathizer, even if they were Zhang Anping's opponent, they would absolutely not make a big deal out of it, and would simply ignore it.

This is the Party-state's number one loyal subject!
Zhang Anping always avoided praise, even from Zheng Yaoxian; he waved his hand and said:
"Once this current show is over, we'll spend the next period honing our skills—and when the time is right, we'll first get rid of the balance master."

"Drive him away?" Zheng Yaoxian couldn't understand. Zheng Yaoquan could constantly take sides in the secret service. This seemed like taking sides, but in reality, he was "cleaning up" for Zhang Anping. Whether he admitted it or not, or was willing to accept this fact, what Zheng Yaoquan was doing was indeed cleaning up Zhang Anping's mess.

Is it worth getting rid of such a useful tool?
"Once the time is right, he will be superfluous. Let's keep a low profile for now!"

Zhang Anping did not explain the reason, and Zheng Yaoxian did not ask any further questions, but he was still puzzled.

Why drive away the balance master?

The reason is simple: Zhang Anping wanted to fight Mao Renfeng to the death—he had to start the death struggle before the Liaoshen Campaign!
……

As soon as Zheng Yaoxian sent out the letter, a hidden force under Mao Renfeng's command secretly began to act.

Two days later, an ambulance drove into the Mao family home and took Mao Renfeng's wife, Xiang Yingxin, away.

A day later, the "bad news" arrived.

Mrs. Mao has gone mad!

Of course, the official explanation was that Mrs. Mao suffered from a mental illness.

Therefore, she was transferred directly from the hospital to the Municipal Neuropsychiatric Hospital.

Because the power struggle at the top of the Security Bureau was relatively secretive, the middle-level officials were unaware of it. Some of Mao Renfeng's close associates, upon seeing that "Madam" had been sent to a mental hospital, hurriedly sent their wives in groups to visit her. When they saw Xiang Yingxin, who had been put into a catatonic state by a large amount of sedatives, they immediately recognized the truth.

The news spread quickly, and some parts were even quite detailed and credible:

Mrs. Mao has gone mad. Sometimes she claims to be Mrs. Dai, sometimes she says that Deputy Director Mao murdered her, and sometimes she claims to be a Communist...

Upon receiving the news, Zheng Yi immediately reported it to Zhang Anping.

That was a brilliant move!

Zhang Anping had to give Mao a compliment: by having Xiang Yingxin diagnosed with mental illness and still claiming to be a member of the Communist Party, no one could bring up the claim that Xiang Yingxin was a communist!

This is far more sophisticated than simply killing someone to silence them.

Did he perform exceptionally well?

After praising Mao Renfeng for his desperate act, Zhang Anping suddenly paused—Xiang Yingxin was labeled as mentally ill, but she was definitely not. Wang Tianfeng was always ruthless in his actions, so if Xiang Yingxin wasn't dead, would he give up this opportunity?
He won't give up!
Not only will they not give up, but they will definitely find an opportunity to secretly rescue Xiang Yingxin.

The rescue is definitely fake; there's only one purpose:
Learn all the information about the [Katyusha] intelligence group from Xiang Yingxin!
Thinking of this, Zhang Anping's expression became inscrutable.

This... might be an opportunity!
……

Seeing Xiang Yingxin labeled as mentally ill and seeing Mao Renfeng regain her freedom, Zheng Yaoquan, who considered himself the one in control, suddenly realized the truth.

So Zhang Anping never intended to use this opportunity to bring down Mao Renfeng!
That's right. If this were exposed, Dai Chunfeng's reputation would be ruined. How could Zhang Anping possibly let such a thing happen? [You, Zhang Anping, you even schemed against me!]

Zheng Yaoquan felt extremely aggrieved. He was the one playing the game, but he never expected to be outmaneuvered by Zhang Anping and become a mere tool.

This is so hurtful to my self-esteem.

Just as he was thinking of ways to teach Zhang Anping a lesson, Mao Renfeng came knocking on his door.

"Director."

Upon seeing the extremely respectful Mao Renfeng, Zheng Yaoquan put on airs and sighed meaningfully:

"Qi Wu, you...you..."

He said this simply to annoy Zhang Anping—he believed that Mao Renfeng must have realized it by now!
Mao Renfeng understood Zheng Yaoquan's meaning, and her face immediately fell upon hearing it.

Seeing this, Zheng Yaoquan naturally knew that Mao Renfeng harbored even more resentment towards Zhang Anping. He chose to stop there and changed the subject, asking:

"Qi Wu, is something the matter?"

"Director, there's something that has been bothering the department for a long time!"

"Oh? What's the matter?"

"The reason why Wang Tianfeng suspected my wife of being Katyusha was because of Jiang Si'an! However, Li Bohan told me personally that Jiang Si'an deliberately approached my wife on the orders of Deputy Director Zhang—I don't quite understand now, is Li Bohan pretending to be ignorant, or is he actually being used by the Communist Party?"

After Mao Renfeng finished speaking, he took out a photo: "Director, look, this is a photo taken by my people in the Communist area."

Zheng Yaoquan took the photo and looked at it, and a strange feeling immediately arose in his heart.

Wang Tianfeng once said that within a few days, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics would surely receive solid evidence that Jiang Si'an was a member of the Communist Party.

Mao Renfeng was present when he said this, but now he just happened to produce a photo of Jiang Si'an walking with people wearing Communist army uniforms!
After putting down the photo, Zheng Yaoquan tapped the table: "Qi Wu, what exactly do you mean by this?"

"I want to investigate Li Bohan!"

"Either he's falsely relaying Deputy Director Zhang's orders, or Li Bohan is a Communist!"

From a professional intelligence perspective, the fact that Li Bohan remained silent after Jiang Si'an fled proves that he was being used by Jiang Si'an.

Mao Renfeng himself guessed it was the latter, otherwise Li Bohan would have run away with Jiang Si'an long ago—he was quite certain that Jiang Si'an's contact with Xiang Yingxin was not Zhang Anping's intention.

In fact, Mao Renfeng now agrees with Wang Tianfeng's judgment!
Xiang Yingxin is indeed a member of the Communist Party [Katyusha]!
Only if she is Katyusha can some of the unsolved cases from the Kuomintang era be reasonably explained.

The most advantageous point is the destruction of the Yan'an intelligence network—it is indeed too unbelievable. The Military Intelligence Bureau has never found the reason, but if it is Xiang Yingxin, everything makes sense!

The root of the problem lies with Dai Chunfeng. Who the hell could have imagined that?

Of course, none of the above conflict with what Mao Renfeng is doing now.

He is the leader of the Mao faction, and this matter will inevitably spread sooner or later. If Mao Renfeng doesn't make any move, how can he convince the public?

Li Bohan, one of Zhang Anping's prized students, was of a high enough rank to be the perfect target for venting his anger.

"Since you suspect him of being a communist sympathizer, then investigate. But you'll have to bear the pressure from Deputy Director Zhang yourself!"

The balance master naturally had no objection to this.

“As a key figure in the Party and the State, Deputy Director Zhang will understand me.”

Zheng Yaoquan didn't respond. "You guys fight it out. I'm happy for you to fight it out. This time, as the bureau chief, I can finally issue orders from Nanjing!"
Keep fighting, don't stop!
He thought Mao Renfeng would leave after speaking, but to his surprise, Mao Renfeng made a hesitant gesture as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

"Qi Wu, is there anything else?"

"Director, I... I'm worried that someone might harm my wife," Mao Renfeng said with a bitter expression.
“My wife has unfortunately developed mental problems. She speaks incoherently and even claims to be a member of the Communist Party. This is clearly the aphasia of a mentally ill person, but I am worried that someone might take advantage of it.”

"My wife is already unfortunate enough, and now she's being taken advantage of..."

Zheng Yaoquan was dumbfounded.

"Shamelessness" is a basic quality of these people, but he never imagined that Mao Renfeng would be so shameless!

Don't you know why your wife has a mental illness and why there are rumors that she claimed to be a member of the Communist Party when she was insane?

"Qi Wu, aren't you worrying too much? Deputy Director Zhang also felt sorry about what happened to your wife."

Zheng Yaoquan was practically rolling his eyes!
Zhang Anping wouldn't make a fuss about this, but you're the one making a fuss about it?!

Where is the face!

Mao Renfeng was practically begging for mercy: "Director, some people in the bureau are truly blinded by greed!"

Ok?
Zheng Yaoquan realized that Mao Renfeng was asking him for the imperial sword, wasn't she?
"Qi Wu, if there is truly someone in the bureau who is so ruthless, I will definitely stand up for you!"

Mao Renfeng was just waiting for these words, and immediately said with tears of gratitude, "Thank you very much, Director. I was just being petty and thinking too much. I hope I'm just... overthinking it."

Is Mao Renfeng overthinking things?
The answer is...no!
The reason he was so wary was because he heard someone say that Wang Tianfeng was unscrupulous in his actions—and then a thunderbolt struck his mind.

Damn, how could I forget that Wang Tianfeng is ruthless and unscrupulous?
To protect Dai Chunfeng's reputation, Zhang Anping resolved the matter abruptly, but Wang Tianfeng is unlikely to let it go so easily!

After realizing this, Mao Renfeng wondered if he could use this as an opportunity to dig a pit.

That's why he asked Zheng Yaoquan for the "imperial sword"—he planned to bury Wang Tianfeng this time!
……

The situation at the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics suddenly changed—Li Bohan, who had betrayed Zhang Anping and switched his allegiance to Mao Renfeng, was suddenly arrested by Mao Renfeng.

The reason is:
Suspected of being a communist sympathizer!

After making the arrest, he made a special trip to Zhang Anping's office.

“Deputy Director Zhang, Li Bohan is your student, but he has betrayed you as his teacher. I urge you to prioritize the interests of the Party and the country and not let personal matters interfere with public duty.”

These words made Zhang Anping's face turn ashen.

But can Zhang Anping give up on Li Bohan?
Of course not!

He put on a stern face and personally took charge of the supervision.

It was clear they were worried that Mao Renfeng would be too harsh on Li Bohan during his interrogation.

Office of the Chief of Intelligence.

Wang Tianfeng, unusually, drew back the curtains, his gaze falling on the interrogation room in the backyard.

The eyes are deep.

Since Xiang Yingxin is mentally ill, there is still hope of getting some information out of her!
He could understand Zhang Anping, but Katyusha had been in the Military Intelligence Bureau for many years and must have built a considerable network. He couldn't remain indifferent!
Now that Mao Renfeng is using Li Bohan to restrain Zhang Anping, this is an excellent opportunity!

[Anping, I won't let Boss Dai's reputation be ruined! But Katyusha's intelligence network... I must investigate!] (End of Chapter)