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The section chief hadn't paid any attention to this supposedly tragic situation, but when he suddenly noticed Mao Renfeng's red eyes and then followed those eyes to Zhang Anping, he seemed to realize something.

"Director Mao, Director Mao?"

The section chief's gentle call pulled Mao Renfeng out of her hatred. Mao Renfeng tensed up, forgetting all about her hatred, and hurriedly apologized:
"Director, the department has lost its composure."

"Director Mao, who was assassinated?"

The section chief was clearly asking who the other person was to him, but Mao Renfeng hurriedly and loudly replied:
"Chief, this must have been done by the underground Communist Party!"

That's a completely irrelevant answer!
Logically speaking, Mao Renfeng shouldn't be that stupid, but Mao Zhongxing is his nephew. Upon suddenly hearing that Mao Zhongxing had been assassinated, he, with his own ulterior motives, immediately realized who was behind it. You can imagine the anger he felt towards the mastermind.

But the section chief's question terrified Mao Renfeng, not because of the question itself, but because... this matter was not to be discussed!

Why did Mao Zhongxing die?
Mao Renfeng knew perfectly well what was going on!
He didn't know what would happen to Zhang Anping once the section chief really started investigating, but he knew he would be completely finished. In Mao Renfeng's view, the current media storm was partly due to his poor performance, which allowed the underground party to exert its influence in countless places, spreading the news of the blockade throughout the streets and alleys.

The other half is that he schemed against Zhang Anping in order to protect himself, which led to Zhang Anping being targeted by foreigners, ultimately resulting in the current situation.

Mao Zhongxing was the most crucial participant and executor in the latter half.

Once the section chief investigates, how could Mao Zhongxing's deeds possibly be hidden? And at that time, Mao Renfeng will also be "exposed to the world".

Well, the current media storm is partly due to your poor performance, Mao Renfeng, and partly... it was actually caused by your treacherous actions!
It wouldn't be surprising if it ended up being physically unsuccessful.

That's why he gave such a nonsensical answer—it was entirely due to his panic and loss of composure.

Upon hearing this nonsensical answer, the section chief couldn't help but show amusement, then looked at Zhang Anping:
"Director Zhang, who do you think was responsible for this?"

"It may not be an underground party member; there may be other possibilities. Deputy Director Mao Zhongxing is Director Mao's nephew. To kill him would be a provocation against our Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Our department will personally supervise the investigation and will ensure that Deputy Director Mao does not die unjustly."

Zhang Anping answered in a serious manner, but there was absolutely no sense of righteous indignation.

Zhang Anping's current answer and indifferent attitude, coupled with Mao Renfeng's panicked and nonsensical response to the death of his nephew—all these factors combined make it clear to the section chief, even with his eyes closed, that this is the despicable collusion between Zhang and Mao.

Mao Renfeng's panic proves that in this sordid affair, he was the one whose weakness was being exploited.

Since that was the case, and Zhang Anping clearly didn't want to pursue Mao Renfeng relentlessly, he naturally wouldn't use this as a pretext, and said:

"Since Director Zhang is personally overseeing this, I'm sure the truth will come out—what do you think, Director Mao?"

Mao Renfeng had by now regained control of her emotions and calmly said:

“I naturally trust Deputy Director Zhang to handle things.”

Asking Zhang Anping to investigate would only yield little result—but for Mao Renfeng, this was already the best possible outcome.

It's clear that Mao Renfeng has completely lost everything this time.

As for the truth?

Even if Mao Renfeng personally investigated and found conclusive evidence proving that Zhang Anping had instigated it, he wouldn't dare to make it public!

The composed Mao Renfeng was probably cursing Zhang Anping to pieces in his mind a thousand times over, but his expression became increasingly indifferent, as if the dead were some cat or dog, not his nephew.

……

The section chief personally escorted Zhang Anping to the headquarters of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, thus bringing the matter of Zhang Anping's arrest to a close. Naturally, he would not stay at the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics for long. After delivering Zhang Anping, he led his team away, leaving behind only a busy Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, like a huge and sophisticated machine, began a city-wide manhunt under Zhang Anping's command.

Many people in the Nationalist government resisted the former Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB) and the current Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (BIS) because they were well aware of the dangers of secret police politics.

However, the power structure within the Nationalist government had a very limited understanding of the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

The biggest reason for this is that the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics rarely get involved in power struggles; their reputation and ruthlessness are mostly known at the grassroots level.

Now, some people have finally realized the destructive power of the Secret Service, which originated from the Military Intelligence Bureau, when it bares its fangs at them!

9 hours!
Just nine hours later, as darkness fell, a special operations team from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics raided a manor outside Nanjing, killing three and capturing seven. This was confirmed by Kang Peng's instructions.

These people were all saboteurs who had previously infiltrated the student group. They were the ones who led the student group to protest at the Zhang family's house, and they were also the ones who broke down the Zhang family's gate first.

The seven people captured alive by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics did not make any statements at the time of their arrest. However, as Zhang Anping personally oversaw the interrogation, the seven people regretted their previous stubbornness. In just ten minutes, the remaining five people poured out their secrets about the people behind them.

The other two?

Zhang Anping personally oversaw the interrogation in the interrogation room, and after ten minutes, only five out of seven remained. He can definitely be described as kind.

Having obtained information about the people behind these individuals, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics naturally launched a manhunt.

But this arrest was very "coincidental" - during the operation, a third party appeared by sheer coincidence, and from the very beginning, this third party was there to silence witnesses.

Unfortunately, the task force that carried out the arrest was led by Cai Jierong. Several of the third parties who were trying to silence the suspects were killed by the task force and then scattered like birds and beasts. The target of the arrest was also terrified. After being arrested by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, he betrayed the people behind him without saying a word.

Theoretically, the special operations team hadn't captured the scattered third-party force. However, in reality, a small group from the special operations team secretly apprehended them. While the apparent instigator was giving a spiel, the special operations team had already discovered the identity of the third-party force.

Party Affairs Bureau!

The third-party force that came to silence them turned out to be the Party's intelligence agency!

Headquarters.

Upon receiving the news, Zhang Anping couldn't help but ponder it.

"coincide"?
As far as the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics is concerned, although the Party's intelligence bureau is incompetent, it is not so incompetent that the process of silencing witnesses would coincide with the arrest. Given the style of those people, when the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics launched its investigation, they had probably already begun to arrange for the silencing of witnesses.

Since the Party's intelligence bureau had taken on this job, how could it possibly coincidentally "meet" with the secret service bureau?
There is only one explanation:
The Party Affairs Bureau outwardly complied with their demands but inwardly resisted them. However, due to certain pressures, they had no choice but to accept the job. The Party Affairs Bureau clearly did not want to offend the director, so they used this self-inflicted injury to demonstrate their "loyalty."

"Only the Chen family could make the Party's intelligence bureau do this!"

Zhang Anping couldn't help but smile. It seemed that the mastermind they were talking to would soon implicate the Chen family.

torture room.

As the arrested mastermind confessed in detail, the atmosphere in the interrogation room became unusually tense.

Chen Jingyao!
This apparent mastermind was indeed instructed to do so by someone behind him, and that person was Chen Jingyao.

And this Chen is the Chen in Chiang, Chen, Kung, and Soong.

Faced with this result, the people in the interrogation room couldn't help but swallow hard. Although they had a rough guess before, when this surname and name came out of the mouth of the apparent mastermind, they still felt a chill to the bone.

Chen Jingyao, a man who held no official position within the Nationalist government, was a household name to them because he was the Chen family's representative in the outside world.

The agent in charge of writing the confession looked helplessly at the boss in the interrogation room—what to do?
How to do?
The same question was also swirling in the mind of the head of the interrogation department.

Normally, this kind of answer wouldn't lead to a confession, and the person who said it would also die mysteriously within a few days—but now Zhang Anping is waiting for a confession, what should he do?
Record the facts truthfully, submit your confession, and get drawn into this terrifying vortex.

Pretend you didn't hear anything, and then wait for Zhang Anping's thunderous rage?

Thinking of this, the head of the interrogation section shuddered. He wasn't sure how terrifying this vortex was, but Zhang Anping's thunderous rage was something that a mere section chief like him couldn't withstand—what was he, a small fry, compared to a big shot like Mao Zhongxing?
But Mao Zhongxing's body had only just cooled down!
The head of the interrogation department immediately made a decision: "What are you looking at? Record everything truthfully!"

Soon, a complete statement was produced. After the interrogator signed it, the head of the interrogation department hurriedly delivered the statement to Zhang Anping. Upon seeing Zhang Anping's amused gaze, the head of the interrogation department almost collapsed—if he had made a wrong decision, he might have ended up in a bad situation.

After dismissing the head of the interrogation department, Zhang Anping looked at the confession with a satisfied expression.

Sure enough, these gluttons were really quite crude in their work. They thought they were doing things flawlessly, but if they were thrown into the espionage battlefield during the War of Resistance against Japan, they would probably be even worse than the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) in the early stages of the war!

Zhang Anping smiled slightly.

At this moment, I wonder if Chen Jingyao ever thought about hiding away to avoid the limelight?
He guessed... most likely not!

Arrest them! Pick up the phone:

"Immediately find out where Chen Jingyao is, and notify the special operations team to prepare for his arrest—this time, I will personally lead the team!"

"Yes!"

……

Summer Palace Mansion.

A group of people gathered in the Orchid Hall, and Chen Jingyao, slightly drunk, angrily criticized:
"Does Ye Xiufeng, that traitor, really think I, Chen, can't see through his tricks?"

"You bastard! The Party Affairs Bureau belongs to the Chen family. What is Ye Xiufeng? Does he really think he can take control of the Party Affairs Bureau through a simple exchange of cadres?"

Chen Jingyao was genuinely angry.

He had seen Ye Xiufeng's past tricks, but he never took them to heart because he was extremely confident that no matter what Ye Xiufeng did, the Party Affairs Bureau would never escape the control of the Chen family.

But this time, the Party's communications bureau slapped him hard in the face.

Someone nearby advised, "Brother Chen, the most important thing right now isn't the Party's intelligence bureau, but the secret service bureau—you know what kind of person Zhang Shih-hao is. I think you'd better stay out of his way to avoid him..."

Chen Jingyao scoffed, "I used to think Zhang Shihao was deeply favored by that person, but this time I know exactly how much favor he's received. If Zhang Shihao knows what's good for him, we'll just let him go like a fart. If he doesn't know what's good for him..."

"Then he's just a bug, might as well be stomped on!"

The sense of oppression emanating from the current Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (BIS) is completely different from that of the former Military Intelligence Bureau (MIB).

In the past, the Military Intelligence Bureau was so powerful that everyone in it obeyed Dai Chunfeng's orders without question. It was extremely aggressive and oppressive. As a major general, Dai Chunfeng was almost in no way inferior to the big shots.

But what about inside the current Bureau of Investigation and Statistics?
The struggle between Zhang and Mao showed little power, and with Zhang Anping's arrest, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics lost its ability to exert pressure on these "top predators" in the food chain.

Chen Jingyao even used the word "bedbug" this time, which shows how much the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics meant to him.

Some people were delighted by these words, but others hesitated—they had seen Zhang Anping's "toughness" far too many times!

Now that Chen Jingyao has been identified, will this person really remain indifferent?
But others advised, "Old Chen, you'd better be careful. Don't forget that person is backing Zhang Shih-hao up right now!"

"Old Song, although that man has always been ambitious, he is ultimately not even a legitimate crown prince. Would he dare to attack us?"

Chen Jingyao also looked down on the section chief. Just because you call him section chief, does he really think we would take you seriously?
We ignored your antics before, but this time, if you start acting up again, you might cross our line. Won't we still take action?

If I dare to hit you with my stick, do you think I'm afraid you'll retaliate?

Faced with the stubborn Chen Jingyao, some worried people felt quite helpless. They had originally advised Chen Jingyao to go into hiding, but given his personality...

That's so cool!
While a group of people were engaged in a heated debate inside the Orchid Hall, outside the Summer Palace, the Secret Service's fully armed special operations team and action department personnel were already in place.

Leading them was Zhang Anping, the deputy director.

“Lord Qu, the security work at the Summer Palace is being handled by members of the Green Gang. Those roaming rickshaw drivers are all members of the Green Gang.”

An intelligence officer briefed Zhang Anping on the security situation at the Summer Palace.

"Furthermore, the guards inside the mansion are quite strong, and their firepower is by no means weak. Why don't we call in more troops?"

"Deploy troops? Why would a mere mansion like the Summer Palace need to deploy troops?"

Zhang Anping chuckled and turned to Cai Jierong, who was in charge of his duties, saying:
"Operations Unit, maintain alert. Special Operations Team—Infiltrate and take control!"

As soon as he gave the order, the members of the special operations team disappeared like ghosts.

What followed was like something out of a horror movie—the rickshaw pullers who used to roam around the Summer Palace began to mysteriously disappear one by one. In just over ten minutes, all the rickshaw pullers around the palace had vanished without a trace.

Fortunately, Zhang Anping did not issue an order to kill without mercy; otherwise, more than twenty unseen souls would have drifted out of this place in the past ten minutes.

After dealing with the rickshaw pullers on the perimeter, the special operations team began infiltrating and penetrating the mansion. One sentry after another was knocked unconscious and taken down in a daze. Unbeknownst to them, the entire security network of the mansion was peeled away layer by layer, like an onion, until the entire mansion was like a fish with its scales removed...

The entire process was completely silent!
Zhang Anping sighed inexplicably:
"These people would rather trust a bunch of hooligans than trust our army?"

Whether it was the "rickshaw puller" defense line around the mansion or the security defense line of the mansion itself, Zhang Anping's tactics were full of flaws in everyone's eyes.

This is very unprofessional, hence his sigh.

Of course, this is a sigh, but also a mockery—these top figures in the power food chain of the Nationalist government are unwilling to trust the Nationalist army!
It's time to meet these top... carnivores!

Zhang Anping strode towards the mansion. As he approached, the black gate was pushed open by the special operations team members with ghostly figures. After walking through the courtyard to the front of the villa, the heavy mahogany gate was also precisely pushed open by the special operations team members, allowing Zhang Anping to step in without any hindrance.

Orchid Hall.

The atmosphere here was still one of clinking glasses and exchanging toasts, while Chen Jingyao gathered with three men of similar status, discussing in hushed tones how to resolve the current troubles.

They concluded that:

Let's just crush this bug, Zhang Shih-hao, first—if the section chief keeps nagging, then let the people behind him take action.

Just as the discussion ended, someone nearby asked in confusion:
Why is Zhang Shih-hao called a bedbug?

Chen Jingyao laughed and said, "Aren't spies who can't see the light of day just bedbugs—they have no manners! Do you think you have the right to interrupt? Wait, who are you?"

Chen Jingyao's smile turned into a scolding in an instant, but then his face was full of questions. Who was this person? He looked...somewhat familiar, but he shouldn't be one of theirs!

"Me?" the young man who asked the question said shyly.
"I am the bug you're talking about."

Chen Jingyao was stunned, and the other three were also stunned. After a long while, someone finally said, trembling:
“Zhang Zhang Zhang Shi…”

“I’ve already told you, Zhang Shih-hao is an alias, Zhang An-ping is your real name—oh, I guess I haven’t told you this, Mr. Jiang? But I’m curious, if the director knew that you went to such lengths to scheme against him, do you think he would be heartbroken?”

Zhang Anping had a warm expression, but the coldness in his eyes was like that of millennia-old ice, sending chills down the spines of the four men.

At this moment, someone noticed this strange scene. When he saw the figures standing next to the four people, he rubbed his eyes in disbelief. After confirming that he was not mistaken, he was completely dumbfounded.

So familiar, so very familiar!
This guy was the one who pulled him out of the tiger's mouth back then—and he even extorted a hefty "labor fee" from him!
"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang..."

He couldn't say anything more. Before meeting Zhang Anping, he thought Chen Jingyao, the Chen family's representative, was right; he was just a bug.

Upon seeing Zhang Anping, he couldn't help but recall the years when he and his group were "bullied" by Zhang Anping...

"Zhang what Zhang?" his companion asked, bewildered.

He knew that he had followed the man's gaze and seen the figure.

“I &*()%￥#…”

Faced with a figure that should absolutely not be there, he instinctively unleashed a torrent of traditional Chinese poetry.

Soon, the entire Orchid Hall fell silent.

Wow, quite a few familiar faces here!

Only then did Zhang Anping leisurely greet everyone.

As he called out, a group of special operations team members, their figures as ghostly as ghosts, began to appear silently one by one, and a huge and suffocating sense of oppression suddenly filled the Orchid Hall, which was already filled with silence.

The smile on Zhang Anping's face slowly faded, and his gaze then turned to Chen Jingyao, who was already too shocked to speak:
"Chen Jingyao, you are suspected of plotting to murder a high-ranking official of the Party and the State—"

"So, you're under arrest!"

Two special operations team members stepped forward and subdued Chen Jingyao, who had fallen into a dazed state, while Zhang Anping leisurely greeted the other person in a friendly manner:
"Mr. Jiang, I wish you a good night's sleep." (End of Chapter)