Spy War: I am the Living King of Hell

Chapter 268: He who knows the current affairs is a hero
"Brother Chen, do you know where Xu Zuoyong is?" Li Qun suddenly asked.

Hearing this, the insider's eyes narrowed and he said, "Brother Li, do you want to find Yang Xuewu through Xu Zuoyong?"

"Yes, through my two days of investigation, I found that the Japanese attach much more importance to Yang Xuewu than Xu Zuoyong."

"In order to capture Yang Xuewu, the Japanese not only promised to give me a promotion, but also offered a reward of 50 yuan."

"50 oceans!" The insider was stunned with shock. This is 50 oceans. With this amount of money, he could live any kind of good life.

However, the insider soon calmed down. If it was easy to get the money, the Japanese would not have offered such a large reward.

"Brother Li, although I can see Xu Zuoyong sometimes, Xu Zuoyong attaches great importance to his safety. He always brings bodyguards with him, and he will not stay in one place for a long time. It is not easy to determine his whereabouts."

Li Qun frowned when he heard this. With the information he had now, only Xu Zuoyong might know the whereabouts of Yang Xuewu. If he wanted to catch Yang Xuewu, he had to catch Xu Zuoyong first and then pry open Xu Zuoyong's mouth. However, as the station chief of Shanghai Station, Xu Zuoyong could not be caught so easily.

“Brother Li, I don’t know much about Xu Zuoyong’s whereabouts, but there is someone who knows Xu Zuoyong’s whereabouts very well.”

"Who?" Li Qun asked hurriedly.

"Wang Tianyi."

"Yes, how could I have forgotten about him? How have you been getting along with Wang Tianyi recently?"

"It went very smoothly. Wang Tianyi was very dissatisfied that he could not be the stationmaster of Huhai Station. He felt that he was more capable than Xu Zuoyong and that he should be the stationmaster of Huhai Station instead of the deputy stationmaster."

Hearing this, Li Qun smiled and said, "Very good, you continue to guide him and instigate the relationship between them. When the time is right, pull him over. Then you will be the first to achieve this."

"Thank you, Brother Li. I will definitely do my best."

……

In the afternoon, Li Qun found Ono Akira and reported to him that He Xingjian was not killed by the Shanghai Station.

"Just as I expected, He Xingjian was definitely killed by Yang Xuewu. I can't think of any other candidate except him." Ono Akira said affirmatively.

"Mr. Li, our Special High Section has suffered a lot in the past battles with Yang Xuewu. Now I will give you the task of dealing with Yang Xuewu. You are both Chinese, so it may be much easier for you to deal with him than for us."

"Ono-kun, I will do my best and fight to the death."

Li Qun was very confident at this time. Although he knew about Yang Xuewu's power from Ono Akira, he had never seen how powerful Yang Xuewu was. So he felt that with his means, plus the support of the Japanese, he would be able to catch Yang Xuewu sooner or later.

Seeing the confident Li Qun, Ono Akira's heart flashed a trace of contempt. He looked down on Li Qun as a traitor from the bottom of his heart, but on the surface he was very polite to Li Qun, because the strategy set by the Special High Section was to use Chinese to deal with Chinese.

Ono Akira didn't think that Li Qun could deal with Yang Xuewu, but so what? Even if Li Qun was killed, the dead would still be Chinese, and it would not be a big loss to their Great Japanese Empire.

For them, using some money to support the Chinese to serve as cannon fodder for them and clear the obstacles for their rule in Shanghai is simply using the smallest price to get the greatest result, and they are happy to do so.

……

When some people are happy, others are sad. At this moment, Wang Tianyi is the sad person.

Wang Tianyi was born in Zhuo County, Hebei Province in 1891. He became a Jinshi in his early years and later entered the Northeast Military Academy. After graduation, he went to study at Meiji University in Japan and obtained a bachelor's degree in law.

After returning to China, he served as a judge in the Beijing Local Court. In October 1915, he was appointed Prosecutor General of the Zhejiang Provincial High Procuratorate. Later, he served as consul and embassy secretary abroad. In 10, he was appointed station chief of the Tianjin Station of the Fuxing Society. In 1932, he was appointed director of the North China District of the Investigation and Statistics Bureau of the Military Commission. In the spring of 1937, he also served as the commander-in-chief of the North China "Loyal and Patriotic Army".

Judging from Wang Tianyi's resume, he has a very rich experience. He served as the station chief of Tianjin Station in 1932. His next station chief of Tianjin Station was Chen Gongpeng. It can be said that his resume in the Military Control Commission is much richer than Chen Gongpeng's.

When Wang Tianyi was transferred to Shanghai Station, he felt that with his qualifications, he could be the stationmaster of Shanghai Station. However, Dai Chunfeng actually made him the deputy stationmaster. This made Wang Tianyi very angry. He felt that Dai Chunfeng was suppressing him.

In fact, the facts were just as Wang Tianyi thought. At that time, Wang Tianyi, Dai Chunfeng, Zhang Yanyuan, Huang Yong, Zhou Weilong, Xu Liang, Ma Ce, Hu Tianqiu, Zheng Xilin, Liang Ganqiao and others formed a "Ten-Man Group" to collect internal and external battlefield intelligence for the Chairman.

At that time, they were brothers, and Dai Chunfeng was at the same level as Wang Tianyi. However, Dai Chunfeng later surpassed him, was valued by the chairman, and became the president of the Fuxing Society, while Wang Tianyi only became the director of a local station.

From then on, the relationship between the two changed, but Wang Tianyi seemed not to notice this and always addressed Dai Chunfeng as brother. In fact, Dai Chunfeng didn't mind calling them brothers. What he was most dissatisfied with Wang Tianyi was that Wang Tianyi acted on his own and disobeyed his orders.

Dai Chunfeng could tolerate other aspects, but he would never allow any subordinate to challenge his authority, even if this person was once a brother. However, Wang Tianyi did not realize this at all.

So Dai Chunfeng wanted to give him a warning and let him know the pros and cons. That's why Wang Tianyi was only a deputy station chief at Shanghai Station.

But Wang Tianyi didn't have this awareness and couldn't figure it out. After he came to Shanghai, he immediately had a conflict with Xu Zuoyong. Although Xu Zuoyong also had rich experience, his qualifications could not be compared with Wang Tianyi's.

At first Xu Zuoyong endured it, but as Wang Tianyi pressed on step by step, Xu Zuoyong became very dissatisfied with Wang Tianyi.

In order to become the stationmaster of Shanghai Station, Wang Tianyi recently went to Hong Kong to meet Dai Chunfeng and asked Dai Chunfeng to transfer Xu Zuoyong.

Xu Zuoyong naturally reported Wang Tianyi's actions to Dai Chunfeng in advance. When Dai Chunfeng heard Wang Tianyi's request, she was very angry.

However, Wang Tianyi was his old brother after all, so Dai Chunfeng did not get angry directly. Instead, he suppressed his anger and said, "Xu Zuoyong is an old employee of Shanghai Station. He is familiar with the situation in Shanghai and Shanghai Station. He is in need of people right now, so it is not appropriate to transfer him away."

Unexpectedly, Wang Tianyi didn't understand what Dai Chunfeng meant at all, and said to Dai Chunfeng confidently: "Xu Zuoyong is against me everywhere. If you don't transfer him away, I can't do my job!"

"Then what do you want?" Dai Chunfeng could no longer suppress her anger.

Unexpectedly, Wang Tianyi not only did not restrain himself, but threatened Dai Chunfeng: "If Xu Zuoyong does not leave Shanghai Station, then I will leave."

Originally, Wang Tianyi thought that his threat would make Dai Chunfeng compromise and transfer Xu Zuoyong to be the station chief of Shanghai Station. However, Dai Chunfeng was not threatened at all and was angry. He replied neither softly nor hard: "This is a good idea. After all, he is more familiar with Shanghai and will be more beneficial to the work." "What do you mean?" Wang Tianyi's eyes widened with anger, and he couldn't believe that these words came from Dai Chunfeng's mouth.

But Dai Chunfeng soon understood what he meant. "You have been working in the north for a long time and are not familiar with the situation in Shanghai. I think you should go back to the north to work."

Wang Tianyi looked at Dai Chunfeng in disbelief. He didn't expect Dai Chunfeng to slap him in the face like this. He and Dai Chunfeng were good brothers!

But Wang Tianyi didn't understand that with the changes in status and power, Dai Chunfeng attached more and more importance to his authority. Compared with brotherly feelings, he cared more about his own authority.

Wang Tianyi wanted to challenge his authority, but how could Dai Chunfeng tolerate him? The current Dai Chunfeng was no longer the Dai Chunfeng in the "Ten-Man Group". He was the director of the Military Control Bureau and had a large family and a great fortune. As the director, he had to establish his own authority.

But Wang Tianyi has always been the same Wang Tianyi, free and easy, and emphasizing brotherhood. He felt that with his special relationship with Dai Chunfeng, as long as he opened his mouth, Dai Chunfeng would satisfy him. But he unexpectedly hit a snag.

Dai Chunfeng's words completely angered Wang Tianyi. He acted as if he was going to break off all ties with her and said, "Okay, great. Tell me, where are you going to send me to?"

Dai Chunfeng is a person who is soft-hearted and does not respond to hard tactics. Since Wang Tianyi insists on challenging his authority, he must teach Wang Tianyi a lesson.

"I haven't decided where you're going yet. You can go back to Shanghai and stay there. I'll let you know once I've decided where you're going."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianyi left Hong Kong Island angrily. Dai Chunfeng originally wanted to let Wang Tianyi return to Shanghai to calm down, and then find a good place for Wang Tianyi, but Dai Chunfeng could not have imagined that he would completely disappoint Wang Tianyi this time.

After returning to Shanghai, Wang Tianyi returned to Shanghai Station. His purpose of returning to Shanghai Station was very simple, which was to embarrass Xu Zuoyong in order to feel good.

Wang Tianyi's actions were immediately noticed by a person named Chen Minchu. Chen Minchu was a work assistant at the Shanghai Station. Although he was called a work assistant, that was just a nice way of saying it. Chen Minchu was actually just an errand boy at the Shanghai Station. Although Chen Minchu was just an errand boy, he had great ambitions.

He and Li Qun were old acquaintances. After No. 76 was established, Li Qun contacted Chen Minchu privately and asked Chen Minchu to join No. 76.

Chen Minchu is ambitious and he is not willing to be just an errand boy. When Li Qun suggested that he join No. 76, Chen Minchu was immediately attracted.

However, Chen Minchu knew very well that if he joined No. 76 without any achievements, his status in No. 76 would not be much higher than his status in Shanghai Station, so he planned to give No. 76 a big gift and let this gift become a stepping stone for his advancement in No. 76.

When he made this request, Li Qun immediately agreed. Moreover, Chen Minchu could stay at the Shanghai Station and act as his internal supporter, which made Li Qun very happy.

The reason why Chen Minchu was confident that he could give a great gift to No. 76 was because he saw the struggle between Wang Tianyi and Xu Zuoyong, and he keenly realized that there was something that could be used in it.

So after returning to Shanghai Station, Chen Minchu immediately turned to Wang Tianyi. Wang Tianyi had been isolated and helpless at Shanghai Station before. When Chen Minchu turned to him, Wang Tianyi was very happy and immediately accepted Chen Minchu.

After that, Chen Minchu took advantage of the struggle between Wang Tianyi and Xu Zuoyong to constantly instigate Wang Tianyi, making Wang Tianyi hate Xu Zuoyong and the Military Control Commission.

Wang Tianyi was not very smart and did not realize this at all. Instead, he thought that Chen Minchu was loyal and trusted her very much, and their relationship became better and better.

As Chen Minchu continued to instigate, Wang Tianyi's hatred for Dai Chunfeng and Xu Zuoyong grew. He felt that he was not treated fairly and that with his contributions and qualifications, he could not accept such humiliation from the two.

Dai Chunfeng was busy with things in Hanoi and had no time to take care of Wang Tianyi, but Wang Tianyi could not have imagined this. He just felt that Dai Chunfeng had just exiled him to Shanghai and had left him alone, which made him very resentful of Dai Chunfeng.

As time went on, the resentment grew.

That day, Chen Minchu came back from meeting Li Qun and took Wang Tianyi to his house for a drink.

After drinking too much, Wang Tianyi started to curse Dai Chunfeng and Xu Zuoyong. He felt that Dai Chunfeng was unfair to him and that Xu Zuoyong, a junior, dared to bully him.

Chen Minchu took advantage of this topic to lead the conversation: "Stationmaster Wang, what do you think we should do? You can't let people bully you like this all the time, and the director is still on the side of the surname Xu."

Hearing this, Wang Tianyi said irritably: "I don't know what I should do."

Upon hearing this, Chen Minchu blurted out, "Stationmaster Wang, why don't you leave the Military Control Commission? With your ability, you will be served by high-ranking officials and generous salaries wherever you go. How could they suppress you like the Military Control Commission did?"

Hearing Chen Minchu's words, Wang Tianyi's heart moved, but then he smiled bitterly and said, "I am like a lost dog now, who will accept me?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Minchu's eyes turned. He felt that now was a good time to persuade Wang Tianyi to surrender to the Japanese.

So he immediately said, "Stationmaster Wang, I do have a good place to go, it depends on whether you are willing to go."

"Oh, where's a good place to go?" Wang Tianyi asked casually.

"Deserted to the Japanese."

When Wang Tianyi heard the words "surrender to the Japanese", the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground and immediately broke into several pieces. It can be seen that Chen Minchu's words shocked him deeply.

"Do you want me to be a traitor?" Wang Tianyi looked at Chen Minchu with an unexpected look.

Since he had spoken, Chen Minchu did not want to fail, so he immediately emphasized: "Stationmaster Wang, what is a traitor? Our ancestors said it well, 'He who knows the current affairs is a hero.' I think surrendering to the Japanese is for my own consideration, not a traitor."

"Stationmaster Wang, are you willing to be bullied by Xu Zuoyong? Are you willing to be exiled by the director?"

Chen Minchu's words touched Wang Tianyi's heart. He immediately stood up and slammed the table angrily, saying, "I won't accept this. I won't accept this!"

Hearing Wang Tianyi's answer, Chen Minchu smiled in his heart, he knew that Wang Tianyi had been shaken.

"But I don't want to be a traitor either." Wang Tianyi immediately emphasized.

Hearing this, Chen Minchu smiled and said, "Stationmaster Wang, I know you don't want to be a traitor, but do you think you have any other options now?"

(End of this chapter)