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Night, Zhang family home, bedroom.

Zeng Moyi gently hugged her husband from behind, without saying a word, simply pressing her head against Zhang Anping's back, not letting go for a long time.

Clearly, she knew what had happened today.

As a comrade-in-arms, Zhang Anping was proud that she could snatch chestnuts from the fire under such dangerous circumstances, find the traitor in an almost impossible situation, and devise a plan to eliminate him.

As Zhang Anping's wife, she was equally proud!

However, eight people, including Cai Xiaoqiang, died at the scene. Grenades exploded one after another in such a narrow space, and countless bullets were fired without warning. As a wife herself, how could she not worry about her husband being in such a precarious situation?
However, her shared identity as both a wife and a comrade-in-arms made it difficult for her to offer even a word of comfort in this situation.

From a wife's perspective, how could she possibly want to see her husband take risks?

But from the perspective of their comrades, how could they not take risks when they were in the enemy's lair?

Zhang Anping easily sensed his wife's complex emotions. He gently patted her hand and then squeezed it tightly without saying a word, but Zeng Moyi felt her husband's assurance.

Zhang Anping also enjoyed this rare moment of tenderness. He felt his wife's breath, and after a long while, he whispered:

"It won't happen again."

Zeng Moyi didn't say a word. She rarely doubted her husband's words, but she wouldn't believe a single punctuation mark in this sentence!
Is it really possible to avoid taking risks when you're in enemy territory?
As if sensing his wife's thoughts, Zhang Anping whispered:
"No one will ever let me take such a risk again."

Zeng Moyi tightened her grip on Zhang Anping, as if she believed his explanation.

Zhang Anping's gaze gradually sharpened. In the future, there would be no more such risky things. If Wang Tianfeng hadn't been involved in his future plans, he would have already prepared a new plan to get rid of him. Why would this be so troublesome?

Now that Wang Tianfeng has been "borrowed" by the section chief, who in the entire Bureau of Secrecy can he be wary of?
Mao Renfeng?
Or are they just those old-timers who only care about making money?
A hint of arrogance, almost never seen on Zhang Anping's face, quietly appeared.

Since Dai Chunfeng's death, I have meticulously planned and executed schemes time and time again. On the surface, I have rarely gained the upper hand, but these schemes have not been planned in vain.

For the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Wang Tianfeng was actually the last "beam of light," a beam of light belonging to the Nationalist government. His spirit of skepticism was the spirit of a true spy. Now that this beam of light has been "taken away," there is no longer any real threat to the entire Bureau of Investigation and Statistics!
Of course, there were still loyalists to the Party and the State within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, and Shen Zui could be considered a representative of them.

But Shen Zui would not doubt everything, much less cast a suspicious glance at the top of the Security Bureau and take any action. He was ultimately within the "circle" drawn by Zhang Anping, and as long as he was within this "circle," everything would remain under Zhang Anping's control!

Thinking of this, Zhang Anping said to his wife inexplicably, "The Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has now entered a new era."

……

Of course, judging from the current situation, the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has absolutely nothing to do with the so-called entry into a new era.

Instead, what people are seeing is a fierce clash of factions.

In the past, Zhang Anping and his faction rarely took the initiative to launch attacks, and almost always responded passively. As can be seen from repeated reviews, it was Zhang Anping who wanted to do things, but when he did things, once he touched the interests of the Mao faction or others, he would provoke a fierce backlash. And Zhang Anping was stubborn and never backed down on matters of principle, which led to one factional clash after another.

Thus, Zheng Yaoquan took over the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, Zheng Yaoquan left in disgrace, Mao Renfeng experienced ups and downs, and the other veterans eventually distanced themselves from Zhang Anping and rallied around Mao Renfeng.

Ultimately, apart from Zhang Anping's intention to purge the veteran forces during the expansion phase of the Zhang faction, Zhang Anping has never proactively instigated factional clashes!

Even the special armed forces he had built were taken away by Mao and Zheng during his "sick leave," and he chose to let it go.

This time, however, when external pressure forced Zhang Anping to sacrifice Wang Tianfeng to save the king, Zhang Anping changed his past practice of not initiating factional clashes and actually launched a fierce attack on the Mao faction!
As the year draws to a close, a tense atmosphere of war looms within the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Zhang's faction first targeted Qiu Ning, a key general of Mao's faction, and secretly launched an investigation into him. However, the news leaked out, and Mao's faction immediately adopted a corresponding strategy. On one hand, they sent Qiu Ning on a business trip to Northeast China, and on the other hand, they investigated Shen Zui, a core general of Zhang's faction who was criticized by Mao Renfeng as a traitor.

The Mao faction alone is far from being a match for the Zhang faction. Even though Mao Renfeng is now the director, the Mao faction has never been an equal opponent to the Zhang faction, which was formed based on teacher-student ties. However, Mao Renfeng has managed to feed the other veterans with special armed forces.

Now that the Zhang faction has launched a war against the Mao faction, those veterans will naturally side with the Mao faction.

As a result, within just a few days, more than fourteen mid-level cadres in the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics alone were investigated. Two investigation teams were established almost simultaneously, ready to pounce. A casual glance could trigger a confrontation.

The turmoil at headquarters naturally spread to the stations outside.

Three stations in Northeast China, two stations in Beijing and Tianjin, two stations in Beijing and Shanghai, Wuhan Station...

All the larger peripheral stations were embroiled in factional struggles. From the major battle against Wuyun Teng until the day before the Lunar New Year holiday, four station chiefs and nine deputy station chiefs fell in this fierce infighting, not to mention other mid-level managers.

The most intense fighting was among the three stations in Northeast China.

The Zhang faction, under the Northeast Inspection Office's Third Station, attempted to uproot the Maoist forces developed by Ming Lou, the director of the Inspection Office, through a surprise attack, but they underestimated Ming Lou's methods.

The raid was detected, losing its element of surprise, and several key members of Zhang's faction, including Xu Zhongyi, were investigated.

Just when it seemed like good news for the Mao faction, Qi Siyuan from the Northeast Inspectorate arrived in Beijing the day before the New Year holiday—he brought an investigation report that was enough to cause a huge uproar within the Nationalist government.

[Corruption Case in the Northeast Headquarters]

Ming Lou, the director of the Northeast Headquarters Inspection Office, colluded with generals in the Northeast National Army through his brother Ming Cheng to embezzle, resell weapons, trade military rations, and sell intelligence, thereby reaping huge profits.

Even the investigation report used the following sentence:

The repeated defeats of the Nationalist army in Northeast China were precisely due to these corrupt officials.

At the bureau meeting during the year-end holiday, Zhang Anping angrily slammed the investigation report on the table. Just as he was about to explode, Mao Renfeng unexpectedly threw out an investigation report as well.

[Corruption Case at Shanghai Secret Service Station]

Compared to the details in the investigation report provided by Qi Siyuan, the corruption report from the Shanghai Secret Service contained only one point:
smuggling!

The Shanghai Secret Service colluded with powerful figures to create a massive smuggling network, smuggling gold, medicine, and weapons, and reaping enormous profits.

Both factions unleashed their deadly moves, and logically, they should have gone all out to see who would kill whom first. But then, Mao Renfeng announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Everyone knows that the so-called "end of the meeting" is actually just a way to make things easier.

But what everyone really wants to know is whether Zhang Anping will take the step or not?
……

It was a rare opportunity for Chai Ying to bring Zhang Anping and Zheng Yaoxian together.

"Hey, isn't this Zhang Qingtian? Haha, I heard your reputation has been completely ruined lately!"

Because of the factional clashes instigated by Zhang Anping, Zheng Yaoxian has been stationed in the military recently—he must remain there to prevent Zhang Anping from raiding his base, since the special forces were built by Zhang Anping himself, and his presence in the military is essential to avoid such a raid.

Of course, the truth is that he is currently making arrangements within the special armed forces, using methods to isolate the veteran and Maoist officers from control of the troops, and strengthening the core forces' control over the army.

The core force naturally refers to our own people who have infiltrated.

Although he was in the military, he had very comprehensive access to information from the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Faced with the [Shanghai Bureau of Investigation and Statistics corruption case] that Mao Zedong had revealed this afternoon, Zheng Yaoxian had only one thought:
Anping has had it so tough. It's been so difficult for Mao Renfeng to secure his position as director.

Look, they've even exposed Mao Renfeng's "his past" to protect her.

That's why he deliberately made a joke after meeting Zhang Anping. Zhang Anping rolled his eyes. It was only because Old Zheng knew a fraction of the truth that he was making such a fuss; otherwise, he would have been comforting himself at this point.

Although Chai Ying could understand the friendship between men, she still said, "Comrade Yaoxian, please stop teasing Comrade Anping—Comrade Anping really racked his brains this time to protect Mao Renfeng."

Here I must add one more point:

In the Cai Xiaoqiang incident, although it seemed that Zhang Anping suffered a loss, forcing him to abandon Wang Tianfeng and push him forward, Chai Ying realized something after Zhang Anping's analysis:

Mao Renfeng's brain is full of water; he's in danger this time!
According to Zhang Anping's script, Mao Renfeng was actually a fish to attract Wang Tianfeng's attention. Once things settled down, even if Wang Tianfeng had some doubts, his eyes would fall on the lively Mao Renfeng. Note that Zhang Anping was unaware of Wang Tianfeng's secret investigation of Mao Renfeng. In order not to implicate Zhang Anping, Wang Tianfeng had never told Zhang Anping about this matter. Instead, he secretly conspired with Tang Zong.

But who told Mao Renfeng to jump out and keep accusing Zhang Anping when things were about to settle down?

Admittedly, his actions hastened Wang Tianfeng's abandonment by Zhang Anping, but they also angered the chief attendant.

I've seen people expose their shortcomings, but I've never seen someone like Mao Renfeng so openly admit and comment on them. The chief attendant, who was already dissatisfied with Mao Renfeng, was extremely eager to replace him in the face of public criticism of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

Such an idiot is worse than a nominal director, and Zhang Anping could be in charge of the Bureau of Secrecy as a deputy director, just like Dai Chunfeng!
In order to save his rival, Zhang Anping had to lose some favor with the chief attendant—which led to the current scene.

Northeast Headquarters Corruption Case VS Shanghai Secret Service Corruption Case
In fact, both were Zhang Anping's masterpieces—without Zhang Anping's covert support, could Minglou have grown so large in Northeast China?

As for the Shanghai Secret Station, if Zhang Anping hadn't turned a blind eye, how could Gu Shenyan have set up a smuggling network inside Zhang Anping's core stronghold?
In response to Chai Ying's words, Zheng Yaoxian laughed loudly and said, "If Chairman Mao heard this, he would probably cry his eyes out!"

After smiling, Zhang Anping returned to the main topic:

"Alright, enough of this nonsense—how are your preparations going? After the New Year, you'll be going to the battlefield with Lao Xu!"

Zheng Yaoxian said rather listlessly, "Don't you know what you're doing with the foundation? As long as I'm not someone like Mao Renfeng, I can control the whole situation by following the proper procedures!"

People always want to tackle a difficult challenge when faced with an easy one—but the problem is that Zhang Anping built this special armed force from scratch, so there's no way to make it difficult.

Faced with Zheng Yaoxian's affected manner, Chai Ying, who was standing to the side, did not know what to say.

Ignoring Zheng Yaoxian's affectation, Zhang Anping continued, "What about Lao Xu?"

"Old Xu is quite cautious. Hmm, Comrade Zhao Gang is also doing a good job, moving around the traffic police headquarters as Old Xu's advisor. He is very capable."

“After I reconcile with Mao Renfeng this time, I will increase my ‘infiltration’ efforts into the Traffic Police Corps and Special Forces, and I will also launch a secret investigation into you. You should be prepared, don’t let me cover it up.”

Zheng Yaoxian rolled his eyes. Don't think I don't know you're trying to use Mingtai to investigate me. I'm not afraid of anything!

"Don't mess things up!" Zhang Anping warned, "I'm planning to equip the traffic police headquarters with some heavy weapons. If you don't mess things up, you'll get a share. But if you do, you'll have a hard time getting these things!"

Zheng Yaoxian immediately perked up upon hearing this:
"Don't worry, if things go wrong, you can kill me—can't we get a tank or something? What's the difference what we bring home, right?"

This time it was Zhang Anping's turn to roll his eyes. You really know how to think!
"Then equip more cars, and as for artillery, I don't mind any caliber or quantity. Hey, hey, I just remembered, Lao Xu seems to have a convoy. Why don't we practice now, and then you can set up a tank battalion or something for him later."

Chai Ying could clearly see that Zhang Anping was interested, but probably not confident, so he said:
"We'll see how things go later."

He then stopped dwelling on the topic and started talking about his work priorities after the New Year.

When this was mentioned, Chai Ying couldn't help but praise it:
"Comrade Anping, Sister Qian made a special trip to Nanjing a few days ago. She didn't meet with you because she was afraid of disturbing you. She affirmed our work on behalf of the organization, especially the Cai Xiaoqiang incident and the previous arrangements made by Elder Huang."

"The comrades involved in the Cai Xiaoqiang incident are more important than we imagined, and your handling of the matter was very timely!"

"Old Huang's plan is perfectly aligned with what the organization is currently planning—Sister Qian said that the organization had previously been unable to make extensive contact with these Tongmenghui elders, and the opportunity you provided has made the organization's united front work much easier."

"A leader specifically asked Comrade Li for details, but because of his superior's request, he couldn't go into details. Comrade Li asked Sister Qian to pass on a message to you: when you come back, he will personally introduce you to his superiors!"

Zhang Anping was inexplicably excited, recalling the time before he traveled through time, how many people had faced the eternal light of a prosperous era, and said to that person:
This prosperous era is just as you wished!
Zheng Yaoxian, standing to the side, was equally overjoyed, his face beaming with delight.

Suppressing his excitement, Zhang Anping said softly, "It's not even dawn yet, we..."

He pointed to his head:

"This string must not be loosened easily."

"Next year's focus will be on united front work, uniting all forces that can be united, so that we can work together to bury this corrupt dynasty..."

"struggle!"

What he actually wanted to say was:
Deliver a fatal blow!
Chai Ying and Zheng Yaoxian nodded solemnly.

The three then made detailed plans for the work ahead. After a busy day, as they were about to part, Chai Ying hesitated for a moment, then pulled Zhang Anping aside and whispered:
"Old Lin, it seems he's about to leave."

Zhang Anping remained silent. When he met Lao Lin that time, he knew from Lao Lin's suffocating cough what kind of disease Lao Lin was suffering from—a disease that later generations were helpless against, let alone this era.

Chai Ying sighed and said, "Over the years, he has been telling the people around him what hope is like."

"But it was almost dawn, and he was leaving..."

Chai Ying suddenly tensed up and looked at Zhang Anping: "Comrade Anping, I have a favor to ask."

"You said."

Chai Ying stammered, "I...I want to tell him your identity."

Old Lin knew that Chai Ying's work involved the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics and the Party's Communications Bureau. During their meetings, he repeatedly reminded Chai Ying to be careful of Zhang Shih-hao, a major spy.

Now that Lao Lin is leaving, Chai Ying wants him to see hope as he departs, a revolutionary comrade whom everyone around him admires and hopes for.

It was almost dawn, but Old Lin couldn't see it.

After much thought, she decided that Old Lin should leave peacefully with this secret. Since he wouldn't see the dawn, she wanted this secret to accompany him on his journey.

This is a serious violation of organizational rules—a fact that Chai Ying is very clear about.

That's why she asked Zhang Anping.

Zhang Anping was silent for a moment:
"Let me see him off."

Chai Ying didn't expect that Zhang Anping would not only agree, but also personally go to see Lao Lin off.

"This……"

"Let Anping go," Zheng Yaoxian said in a low voice.
"Dawn is breaking, but over the years, far too many people have not lived to see it."

"Let him go and deliver it." (End of Chapter)