Kingsman Agent in Film and Television

hospital.

Four o'clock in the morning.

Guo Qiyun was dozing off in front of the eavesdropping device when the creaking door opened jolted him awake. He drew his gun and turned around in one swift motion, but when he saw his target, he was filled with astonishment:

"Chief, what brings you here?"

He then leaped forward to help her up, saying, "You just had surgery, how can you come out like this?"

Wang Tianfeng, who had been leaning against the wall all the way here, tried to break free from Guo Qiyun's support, but he was too weak and his feeble struggles were futile. So he waved his hand, signaling Guo Qiyun to help him to a chair.

After sitting down and catching his breath, Wang Tianfeng asked, "Was this arranged by Anping?"

"Yes, Commander Zhang suspects that the assassin will confirm your life or death, so he has prepared a listening device. There are also people watching over the building in front. As long as someone lifts the white cloth, they will not escape our surveillance."

Guo Qiyun said, "So far, we have secretly arrested seven people."

Wang Tianfeng remained noncommittal, gesturing for Guo Qiyun to turn on the tape. He listened to the audio playing from the tape for a while, then suddenly asked:
"They've all been arrested?"

"No, not exactly." Guo Qiyun shook his head: "There are three people whose identities are special, and we can't arrest them without Commander Zhang's orders."

The special identity naturally refers to the other party being a high-ranking official in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Wang Tianfeng kept his eyes closed and remained silent, continuing to listen to the words of "condolence" being uttered on the tape. After a while, he suddenly asked again, "Including Mao Renfeng?"

"Not including—Mao Renfeng came over when Commander Zhang was personally eavesdropping. He should have lifted the white cloth, but Commander Zhang did not write down his name."

Wang Tianfeng fell silent once again. If he hadn't occasionally opened his eyes to signal Guo Qiyun to change the tape, Guo Qiyun would have thought he was asleep.

Time passed slowly, and Wang Tianfeng listened to all the words of condolence on the tape.

He had almost no close friends in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and he disdained forming cliques. In addition, he was unscrupulous in his actions and only cared about doing things, not about being a good person. Therefore, many of the recorded "condolences" were spoken with a mocking and sarcastic tone.

Wang Tianfeng shook his head, full of disdain for the professionalism of some spies—daring to speak their minds to a corpse, these people have really gotten to where they are now... there's no reasoning with them.

Seeing that Wang Tianfeng had finished listening to all the recordings, Guo Qiyun whispered, "Commander Zhang went to the crime scene before, and he specifically participated in the scene reconstruction. With his shooting skills, he could make two bullet holes with eight bullets when the car was stationary, but he simply couldn't do that when the car was moving. However, Commander Zhang said that if he could maintain his feel for the gun, it would be possible to achieve that—"

"Chief, in that case, shall we start the investigation directly with those whose shooting skills surpass those of Commander Zhang?"

Wang Tianfeng frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said:
“Anping’s shooting skills were among the best in the bureau, maybe even the best! I’ve never seen anyone better than him, except for this assassin.”

Before the term "sniper" appeared, soldiers with excellent shooting skills in the Nationalist Army were usually called sharpshooters. However, the training brigade established by Zhang Anping gradually popularized the term "sniper"—snipers with superb marksmanship in the Nationalist Army could basically be regarded as Zhang Anping's students and grand-students.

Guo Qiyun asked in confusion, "Then what about this assassin?"

“He’s just hiding it well,” Wang Tianfeng tapped the table lightly, mimicking Zhang Anping’s manner. “However, this person should know me very well.”

Guo Qiyun looked at Wang Tianfeng with a puzzled expression.

“He must have been watching me for a long time,” Wang Tianfeng said with a deep gaze. “Guo Qiyun, go and investigate something tomorrow.”

Guo Qiyun stood solemnly, awaiting Wang Tianfeng's instructions.

"I only have five fixed routes home—go check the other four routes at dawn to see if there are any signs of an ambush."

Guo Qiyun first agreed, then said uncertainly, "I don't think so. It's impossible for an assassin to have the ability to set up ambushes on all five routes."

Wang Tianfeng looked at Guo Qiyun with deep eyes: "First, investigate."

Guo Qiyun answered in a slightly flustered tone:

"Yes!"

Wang Tianfeng fell silent again. Guo Qiyun stood cautiously to the side, regretting his earlier outburst. Just then, Wang Tianfeng said:

"The Ministry of Economic Affairs..."

"Commander Zhang intends to have Director Shen take over this matter."

"Shen Zui?"

After Wang Tianfeng murmured something, he said in an extremely low voice:
"It wouldn't be bad for him to take over, [Green Pine]..."

Guo Qiyun subconsciously took a step back, not wanting to hear Wang Tianfeng's mutterings.

……

Zhang Anping didn't get home until after 2 a.m. After arriving home, he didn't go to the study, but quietly stayed in the bedroom until dawn.

He first repeatedly analyzed the potential problems that might arise during the assassination attempt.

route!

Ultimately, Zhang Anping focused his attention on the word "route".

He had a conversation with Wang Tianfeng before, during which Zhang Anping said, "You think he's someone you know, right?"

Wang Tianfeng's answer was, "Perhaps it's someone who knows me well."

Zhang Anping was able to determine Wang Tianfeng's route home from one of five options because, based on his surveillance of Wang Tianfeng over this period, he determined that the way Wang Tianfeng chose his route was based on his mood—this relied on Zhang Anping's abnormally powerful memory and reasoning abilities.

From Wang Tianfeng's perspective, however, he couldn't be certain that the assassin would use this method to determine his route selection.

So how could Wang Tianfeng be sure that the assassin had figured out his route home?

If he investigates, he will definitely find that the ambush was only set up in Xinjiekou. Then the question arises: why was the assassin so sure that Wang Tianfeng would choose this route?
This is where Zhang Anping has room to maneuver!
Guo Qiyun!
Zhang Anping decided to drag Guo Qiyun into the mess.

Of course, the so-called "dragging Guo Qiyun down" was merely to make Guo Qiyun appear slightly suspicious in Wang Tianfeng's eyes; the ultimate goal was actually just one thing:
Stir the water even more!

In fact, all of Zhang Anping's actions were for this purpose, such as involving Mao Renfeng—no matter how certain Wang Tianfeng was that it was the work of the underground party, once Mao Renfeng was involved, he had to investigate.

Furthermore, the closer Wang Tianfeng gets to the truth, the more he will instinctively lean towards investigating Mao Renfeng, even if he is naturally calm. In other words, in this increasingly murky water, Mao Renfeng becomes Zhang Anping's de facto firewall.

In other words, once Wang Tianfeng's gaze was fixed on Mao Renfeng, it was the final battle between Zhang Anping and Wang Tianfeng.

"Mao Renfeng..."

Thinking of this scapegoat, Zhang Anping couldn't help but recall his own arrangements for Minglou.

During the liberation of Northeast China, as the head of the Northeast Security Bureau, Ming Lou was required to slack off, and his slacking off would inevitably lead to his own investigation, ultimately exposing the fact that Ming Lou was an underground party member—this was Zhang Anping's arrangement for Ming Lou, but now it seems that Ming Lou can take more blame!

Mingtai!

Previously, Mingtai had been seen by Wang Tianfeng at the teachers' apartment because of Yuan Nong—although he only saw his back, for safety reasons, Mingtai accepted the mission to go to the Northeast.

This means that Mingtai has been "missing" during this period.

In other words, Mingtai possesses all the characteristics of an assassin!
Of course, besides physical skills, marksmanship, and the ability to disguise themselves.

He could replace Mingtai in terms of physical skills and marksmanship, and he could also teach him disguise.

Let Mingtai's storyline become one of the key clues to confirm Minglou's involvement!

In the past, Zhang Anping thought of using Mingtai to "betray" Minglou, but now he has changed his original idea and turned Mingtai from a "betrayer" into one of the clues.

The general layout strategy is in place, but a major obstacle stands in their way:
time!

The only way to investigate Minglou is during the Liaoshen Campaign, which is the only safe way to completely paralyze the Northeast Region of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Otherwise, Xu Zhongyi and others would have to be directly involved, but this would be very disadvantageous for Zhang Anping. His students could become spies who were forced to surrender or forced to revolt, but there absolutely could not be a large-scale undercover operation.

But as it turns out, almost the entire Northeast region is about to turn red.

Therefore, the "investigation" targeting Minglou could only occur during the Liaoshen Campaign, at which point it would escalate into a fierce internal struggle, with the final result being:
Minglou wins and Zhang's faction is defeated, but Minglou's identity is thus confirmed as a hidden underground party mole!
At present, the preconditions for Minglou to completely win the power struggle in the Northeast region have been met—Mao Renfeng has become the real director, Minglou's originally insufficient confidence has been greatly enhanced, and it is entirely reasonable for Minglou to gain an overwhelming advantage in the power struggle in the Northeast region, and for the Zhang faction to become the target of elimination.

But time!
With more than a dozen months to go before the Liaoshen Campaign, how can we keep Wang Tianfeng's investigation shrouded in mystery and finally uncover the truth at the right time?

One Guo Qiyun was far from enough; Wang Tianfeng had to eliminate the rather large number of "people familiar with me" one by one. Only at the very end did he break through the fog surrounding the entire line from Transparent Platform, Ming Lou to Mao Renfeng, and finally identify Ming Lou as the target.

[Qingsong...Shen Zui!]

【Zheng Yi!】

One name after another emerged in Zhang Anping's mind, and he finally pieced together a whole line, creating an exploration field filled with mystery that Wang Tianfeng had specially created.

Zhang Anping meticulously examined this "mysterious exploration field," searching for potential loopholes and repeatedly patching them.

Finally, as dawn broke, the plan was completely finalized in his mind.

From that moment on, Wang Tianfeng's position in Zhang Anping's eyes changed from an extremely unstable factor to a weapon.

An extremely sharp knife.

"Just call..."

"Project Deathstroke."

He muttered to himself that when this plan was finally revealed, it would be the time when the death knell for the Kuomintang would be tolled.

Perhaps it was a coincidence, or perhaps it was Zhang Anping's intention, but in the original timeline, the so-called Death Knell Plan was merely a core component of the Death Mission Plan.

But now, in Zhang Anping's hands, the Death Knell Plan is a death knell that appears to be aimed at Wang Tianfeng, but is in fact tolling for the entire Kuomintang.

……

morning.

Su Mosheng sat silently in the car, flipping through today's newspaper. His gaze seemed to be on the main news, but his eyes were constantly fixed on the outside of the car.

When the car stopped at an intersection to wait for the green light, he pretended to lift the curtain to look outside, seemingly to look around, but actually to look at the "missing person notice" on the traffic light pole.

That's a newly activated emergency contact method.

After reading the contents of the "Missing Person Notice," Su Mosheng took out a book he had brought in the car and casually flipped through it, but in his mind, he picked out each word individually.

Ultimately, this resulted in the following sentence:

Upon receiving the letter, he went to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics in a grand manner.

Upon receiving the letter, did he proceed in a grand manner to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?

This statement made Su Mosheng suspicious and uncertain. What the hell?

Why did the superior issue such a strange order?
Yes, it's inexplicable.

Su Mosheng appeared normal on the surface these past few days, but in reality, he was extremely uneasy—when Ye Xiufeng asked him to help find [Green Pine], Su Mosheng was almost scared to death.

He is a true pine tree!

Faced with this unexpected windfall, Su Mosheng's first reaction was to inform Yuan Nong and ask him to immediately investigate whether there was a traitor within the intelligence team.

But at that very moment, the security personnel sent word:

Yuan Nong was arrested;

Yuan Nong's partner, Lin Li, is suspected of betraying him!

According to organizational discipline, Su Mosheng should have withdrawn at this point. However, the opportunity for him to enter the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Nationalist Government and participate in the Nationalist Government's top-secret meetings as an expert was extremely rare. Once he withdrew, he might not be able to fight so deeply again.

Just as he was hesitating about whether to take the gamble, a letter stopped him.

The other party informed Su Mosheng by surrendering themselves, that Yuan Nong had not betrayed them, that the enemy had not locked onto any targets, and that they should not retreat for the time being. They also informed Su Mosheng that the Qingsong Intelligence Group would temporarily be under his leadership and that emergency communication methods had been temporarily activated.

The message came from a dead mailbox, using an emergency contact code that even Yuan Nong didn't know. Su Mosheng realized that his superiors had intervened, so he decisively chose to hold his ground—for Su Mosheng, even if the message was very likely sent by the enemy, he was willing to take the gamble.

To reiterate, it was no easy feat for him to participate in high-level meetings of the Nationalist government as an expert; to give up so easily would be too cruel.

Indeed, in Su Mosheng's mind, an easy retreat would be too cruel!
As long as Comrade Yuan Nong doesn't reveal his identity, there's no way he can be found out now that he's the representative of the Party's Information Bureau!
Nevertheless, Su Mosheng was still in great turmoil these past few days. He desperately wanted to know if Yuan Nong would betray him, and he also desperately hoped that his superiors would contact him again to give him instructions—but now the instructions had come, and they were so inexplicable!
Go to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?

what is this!
Are you walking into a trap?
As he was pondering this, he noticed that the driver had taken a detour instead of going through Xinjiekou.

Xinjiekou is named after the intersection of four main roads centered around Xinjiekou Square. To its east is Zhongshan East Road, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs is located at No. 128 Zhongshan East Road, less than 500 meters from Xinjiekou. Su Mosheng usually goes to work via Xinjiekou to the Ministry of Economic Affairs, but now he has to take a detour and walk an extra two kilometers.

He put down the book and asked in confusion:

"Why are we taking this road? Why go around Xinjiekou?"

Before the driver could answer, the agent from the Party's intelligence bureau, who was temporarily acting as the secretary, said, "An assassination attempt occurred in Xinjiekou last night. A senior cadre of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was assassinated. The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics is still sealing off the crime scene."

Su Mosheng was taken aback:
"A high-ranking official from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics? Who is that?"

"The rumor is that it's Wang Tianfeng, but the news hasn't been confirmed yet."

"How could it be him?" Su Mo exclaimed in shock. "How could he have been assassinated?"

Based on the information he had just seen, Su Mosheng immediately realized that he had an excuse and a reason:
"Stop the car—we're going to the Security Bureau!"

The agent asked, puzzled, "Sir?"

Su Mosheng said to the agent in a reproachful tone:

"The person your Director Ye asked me to cooperate with is this one—why didn't you tell me about such a big deal sooner?!"

The reason this agent temporarily acted as Su Mosheng's secretary was because Wang Tianfeng took the initiative to approach the Party's Information Bureau to investigate an internal traitor in the Ministry of Economic Affairs. After the Party's Information Bureau communicated with the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Su Mosheng, who had no background with the Party's Information Bureau, was appointed as the person in charge.

Ye Xiufeng did this mainly because it was a critical time for him to cleanse the power structure within the bureau. Having turned his back on the Chen family, he had to eliminate the Chen family's tentacles in the Party Affairs Bureau. If he acted too aggressively to the outside world, it would cause resentment.

At this point, it is necessary to be as benevolent as possible and make others understand that the Party's Information Bureau, which you have complete control over, is not the same as the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) to which the CC Clique belongs.

However, he didn't want to miss out on the opportunity to gain credit, so he chose his friend Su Mosheng to take control of the situation—this was his way of showing goodwill to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. Even if the mole was found, Su Mosheng's status as an advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs would still bring honor to the Ministry.

This agent from the Party's intelligence bureau was sent to serve as Su Mosheng's advisor precisely because of this situation. Now, facing Su Mosheng's blame, he apologized repeatedly, but in his heart he was complaining about Su Mosheng's unreliability. "You didn't reveal the name of the secret service's partner to me, how was I supposed to know it would be Wang Tianfeng!"
On the way to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Su Mosheng looked solemn, but inwardly he was shocked by the actions of his superiors.

They actually succeeded in assassinating Wang Tianfeng!

He knew that the enemy knew the code name "Green Pine" because of Wang Tianfeng, and that the Green Pine intelligence group suffered heavy losses because of this scoundrel. He never expected that his superiors would deal with Wang Tianfeng so decisively and promptly.

But why did his superiors send him to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?
The fact that they were able to assassinate Wang Tianfeng, a major spy, so easily means that the organization must have its own comrades within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Could it be that the person they are going to contact next is very likely one of their own comrades?
[Two underground party members teamed up to investigate an "undercover agent" within the Ministry of Economic Affairs?]

With this curiosity and doubt, Su Mosheng, maintaining a solemn expression, arrived at the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics by car.

After being stopped by the gatekeeper, the agent acting as secretary tried to reveal his identity as a member of the Party's intelligence bureau, but Su Mosheng stopped him.

Don't you know the relationship between the Party's Information Bureau and the State Security Bureau? Revealing your identity is just asking for trouble.

He identified himself to the gatekeeper:
"I am Su Mosheng, a senior advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs. This is my identification. I am currently cooperating with Director Wang to investigate the underground party. I heard that Director Wang is in trouble, so I came to check on him."

The Ministry of Economic Affairs' signboard was indeed much more reliable than the Party Affairs Bureau's. Upon hearing this, the security guard immediately became respectful, signaling Su Mosheng to wait a moment while he quickly made a phone call to his superiors for instructions.

……

The news of the visit of the senior advisor from the Ministry of Economic Affairs reached Mao Renfeng's ears immediately.

"A senior advisor to the Ministry of Economic Affairs is cooperating with Wang Tianfeng to investigate the underground Communist Party?"

Mao Renfeng was stunned. This guy surnamed Wang really knows how to get his hands dirty.

His eyes flickered. He didn't know what Zhang Anping was planning with such a grand display, but the investigation of the Communist Party was ultimately a merit!
I won't pick all the peaches, but sharing a few... isn't that too much to ask?
Thinking of this, Mao Renfeng immediately gave the order:
"Pass the message to Deputy Director Zhang. Also, get Qiu Ning involved. After all, he's the deputy director of the Action Division. With actions against the Communists involved, how can the Action Division be left standing by?"

Meanwhile, Zhang Anping stood by the bed, looking at the gatekeeper with amusement.

"Mao Renfeng is truly a formidable opponent!" (End of Chapter)