Spy War: I am the Living King of Hell

Chapter 270 Interrogation
Seeing Li Qun return with a smile on his face, Wang Tianyi felt that Xu Zuoyong must have been successfully arrested. However, in order to confirm this fact, Wang Tianyi hurriedly asked, "Brother Li, has Xu Zuoyong been arrested?"

Hearing this, Li Qun laughed and said, "Brother Wang, with your information, Xu Zuoyong will naturally be captured easily. However, Xu Zuoyong escaped after we found him and was injured in the battle. He has now been sent to the hospital for treatment."

"That's good, but Brother Li, you have to keep an eye on Xu Zuoyong. If Xu Zuoyong is rescued by the Military Control Commission, then all our efforts will be in vain."

Hearing this, Li Qun smiled and said, "Don't worry, brother Wang. I have already sent a large number of troops to guard Xu Zuoyong. If the military officials dare to come to rescue him, I guarantee they will never come back."

"That's good." Wang Tian said with a smile.

He was the happiest person when Xu Zuoyong was arrested. He had finally succeeded in taking revenge on Xu Zuoyong and felt extremely happy.

Li Qun quickly got straight to the point and talked about the purpose of his visit.

"Brother Wang, although Xu Zuoyong has been arrested, there are still a large number of anti-Japanese elements in Shanghai and North China. You are quite familiar with the situation in these two places. I hope you can provide me with some help."

Upon hearing this, Wang Tianyi frowned. He knew that if he told Li Qun the whole situation in Shanghai and North China, there would be no room for reconciliation between him and the Military Control Commission, and they would have no choice but to follow the Japanese to the end.

But did Wang Tianyi have room to resist? Not at all. Ever since he revealed Xu Zuoyong's whereabouts to Li Qun, he had already blocked his way in the Military Control Commission.

This also made Wang Tianyi somewhat dissatisfied with Li Qun. He felt that Li Qun was a little aggressive, but there was no way. He had already decided to defect to the Japanese. So whether it was Li Qun or the Japanese, they had to force him to express his position. They did not want to leave a "time bomb" in their own organization.

After a little thought, Wang Tianyi relaxed his brows and said, "No problem. I can write you a report on the situation in North China, and I can take you directly to arrest people in Shanghai."

"Thank you, Brother Wang, for your support!" Li Qun was overjoyed and was extremely happy.

With the intelligence Wang Tianyi possessed, he would definitely be able to deal a huge blow to the Military Control Commission. In fact, Li Qun was right.

Wang Tianyi then told Li Qun about the situation in North China, which resulted in fatal damage to the Military Control Commission organizations in the Ping, Jin and Bao stations in the North China region and other county-level areas. Zeng Che, secretary of the North China region, was arrested, Chen Zi, chief of the Jinmen station, was arrested, and countless other special agents were killed or arrested.

The Military Intelligence Bureau's organizations in North China were almost wiped out, suffering heavy losses. For a time, the Military Intelligence Bureau's activities in North China almost came to a standstill.

Subsequently, under the leadership of Li Qun, the spies from No. 13 and the plainclothes gendarmes dispatched by the Japanese gendarmerie, together with the police stations in the French Concession and the International Settlement, searched 50 residences and office addresses of the Military Intelligence Bureau personnel in Shanghai. Nearly people were arrested and killed, and only a few escaped.

The Shanghai Station, which Xu Zuoyong had rebuilt with great effort, suffered another fatal blow just over a year later. Even Xu Zuoyong, the stationmaster of the Shanghai Station, was arrested. The losses were heavy.

Wang Tianyi's betrayal was too sudden, and the Military Intelligence Bureau had no time to react, which caused huge losses. These losses were immeasurable. Training a qualified agent and building an intelligence network both require time and various resources.

Soon, the Shancheng Military Control Headquarters received telegrams from various places. After hearing about the losses in various places, Dai Chunfeng was so angry that he vomited blood and it took him a long time to recover.

Since the establishment of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he had never suffered such a great loss. A total of hundreds of agents were lost in various places, and most of them defected, causing further damage to intelligence organizations in various places, which was adding insult to injury.

Yang Xuewu was in Shanghai, so he naturally found out quickly what had happened. The source of all this came from Wang Tianyi's rebellion. He then reported the intelligence to the Military Control Commission headquarters and quickly mobilized various channels to conduct further investigations.

After receiving the news of Wang Tianyi's betrayal from different channels, Dai Chunfeng smashed his office. He really regretted not sending Wang Tianyi to exile to the north earlier, and he also regretted breaking up with Wang Tianyi, which led to the bitter consequences today.

But things had happened and there was no room for redemption. After calming down, Dai Chunfeng wished he could skin Wang Tianyi alive. He swore that no matter what the cost, he must get rid of Wang Tianyi as soon as possible.

Dai Chunfeng then mobilized all his power in Shanghai and vowed to kill Wang Tianyi.

In order to ensure success, Dai Chunfeng also issued a bounty for Wang Tianyi's head, stating that any organization or individual who killed Wang Tianyi would receive a reward of 50,000 yuan from the Military Intelligence Bureau.

It can be seen that Wang Tianyi really angered Dai Chunfeng this time, and Dai Chunfeng even used the underworld bounty order.

As an important operational force in Shanghai besides the Shanghai Station, Yang Xuewu naturally also received Dai Chunfeng's telegram.

However, the telegram Yang Xuewu received was different from the telegram Dai Chunfeng sent to other people. For Yang Xuewu, killing Wang Tianyi was a secondary task, and his main task was to rescue Xu Zuoyong.

As the stationmaster of Shanghai Station, Xu Zuoyong's importance is self-evident. Killing Wang Tianyi is indeed important, but rescuing Xu Zuoyong is even more important.

If Xu Zuoyong could not endure the torture of No. 76 and betrayed, the power of the Military Control Commission in the whole of Shanghai would be destroyed, and even Yang Xuewu might be affected. If Xu Zuoyong really betrayed, Yang Xuewu would never be able to go to the Peace Hotel again.

In fact, Dai Chunfeng had considered it very carefully. Wang Tianyi had already told the Japanese and puppet spies all the information he knew. He was no longer of much use to them. There was not much difference between killing Wang Tianyi earlier or later. But Xu Zuoyong was different. Xu Zuoyong was much more important to the Japanese and puppet spies than Wang Tianyi. That was why Dai Chunfeng gave Yang Xuewu such an important task of rescuing Xu Zuoyong.

After receiving the telegram, Yang Xuewu realized that if he wanted to find Xu Zuoyong, he had to start with No. 76.

So Yang Xuewu mobilized the Anti-Japanese Traitor Extermination Group and Fengwei Tower and asked them to monitor the people in No. 76 respectively and find Xu Zuoyong's whereabouts as quickly as possible.

That afternoon, Chu Xin called Yang Xuewu and said that the girls under her had found out that the person he was looking for was injured and was being treated at Tongren Hospital.

Yang Xuewu was somewhat happy to hear that Xu Zuoyong was not imprisoned in other places but was being treated in the hospital. It would be much easier to rescue Xu Zuoyong in the hospital than in other places.

But there was also something that bothered Yang Xuewu, that is, Tongren Hospital was located in Hongkou, which was the area with the highest concentration of Japanese in Shanghai. Most of the Japanese military departments were here, such as the Japanese gendarmerie headquarters, the Japanese Special High Section, etc. This would bring great difficulties to Yang Xuewu in rescuing Xu Zuoyong.

However, no matter how great the difficulties were, he had to ask Xu Zuoyong for help. Xu Zuoyong knew a lot about him. If Xu Zuoyong betrayed him, it would definitely have an impact on him. Moreover, he had a good relationship with Xu Zuoyong.

After receiving the news, Yang Xuewu immediately changed his appearance and went to Tongren Hospital.

Just as Yang Xuewu was on his way to Tongren Hospital, Li Qun appeared in Xu Zuoyong's ward at Tongren Hospital.

Li Qun was very proud these days. With the information he got from Wang Tian, ​​he made great contributions and was highly praised by the Japanese. However, Li Qun did not stop there. He still had an important task to complete, which was to get information about Yang Xuewu's whereabouts from Xu Zuoyong. He knew that if he caught Yang Xuewu, he would be more valued by the Japanese.

After finishing other things, Li Qun went to the hospital as soon as possible. He received the news that Xu Zuoyong had woken up, but had not spoken a word.

The reason he came to the hospital this time was to find a way to pry open Xu Zuoyong's mouth.

"You guys go out. I want to talk to Stationmaster Xu alone." Li Qun waved his hand and asked his men to go out.

Upon hearing this, several guards who were responsible for watching over Xu Zuoyong immediately left the ward, leaving only Xu Zuoyong and Li Qun in the ward.

At this time, Xu Zuoyong was wearing a hospital gown, his hands and legs were handcuffed to the iron bed, unable to move, and completely lost the ability to resist.

"Stationmaster Xu, I think you should know who I am?" Li Qun said with a smile.

Upon hearing this, Xu Zuoyong did not reply. Although he wanted to curse Li Qun as a traitor, he was not stupid. Cursing Li Qun now would be asking for trouble. Silence was the best protection for him at the moment.

Seeing that Xu Zuoyong didn't reply, Li Qun laughed sinisterly, slowly placed his hand on Xu Zuoyong's injured arm, and pressed it hard.

"Ah!!!" Xu Zuoyong suddenly screamed in pain, his breathing became rapid, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. It can be seen how much pain Li Qun brought to Xu Zuoyong.

Xu Zuoyong was shot twice, one in the arm and one in the chest. Li Qun knew that if he pressed the chest, Xu Zuoyong would most likely faint again. But pressing the arm would be different. Pressing the arm would allow Xu Zuoyong to experience the pain without causing him to faint.

"Stationmaster Xu, I hope you can answer me next time I ask you a question. If you remain silent, this is just the beginning. Do you understand?"

Hearing this, Xu Zuoyong nodded. A wise man never suffers a loss in front of him. Xu Zuoyong could only compromise now.

Seeing Xu Zuoyong surrender, a hint of excitement flashed across Li Qun's face.

"Stationmaster Xu, I came to see you today. I don't want to ask you anything else. I just want to know one thing. Where is Yang Xuewu?"

When Xu Zuoyong heard Li Qun asking about Yang Xuewu's whereabouts, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect that Li Qun would set his sights on Yang Xuewu.

However, in order to prevent Li Qun from attacking him again, Xu Zuoyong quickly said, "I don't know. Yang Xuewu is a very careful person. He always contacts me. I don't know where he is."

"But I can give you a piece of advice. Don't provoke Yang Xuewu, otherwise..."

Xu Zuoyong did not say the rest of the words, but Li Qun understood that Xu Zuoyong was saying that he could not afford to offend Yang Xuewu.

This caused Li Qun to feel strongly dissatisfied. Although he had heard of Yang Xuewu mentioned by Ono Akira, he was not a pushover. He did not believe that Yang Xuewu had three heads and six arms. He might not be able to deal with Yang Xuewu alone, but he had a group of subordinates who were willing to work for him. He did not believe that Yang Xuewu could deal with all of No. 76 alone.

"Stationmaster Xu, you don't need to worry about my affairs. I just want to know the whereabouts of Yang Xuewu. Don't think you can get away with it by saying you don't know. I must know the whereabouts of Yang Xuewu. If you don't tell me, don't blame me for being cruel!" Li Qun said with a sinister look.

Hearing this, Xu Zuoyong said excitedly: "Li Qun, I really don't know the whereabouts of Yang Xuewu. If I knew, I would definitely tell you."

The reasons why Xu Zuoyong did not tell Li Qun about Yang Xuewu's whereabouts were, first, he did not want to betray the Military Control Commission, second, Yang Xuewu had done him a favor, and third, Xu Zuoyong had some luck in his heart. He thought that if Yang Xuewu knew that he was arrested, he might come to rescue him. With Yang Xuewu's ability, there might really be a chance to rescue him, so Xu Zuoyong would definitely not tell Li Qun about Yang Xuewu's whereabouts.

Moreover, Xu Zuoyong knew very well that Li Qun would not kill him until he confessed. As for the torture and pain, he would just have to endure it. It was his own fault for wanting to die and failing to do so.

But how could Li Qun believe Xu Zuoyong's nonsense? After Xu Zuoyong finished speaking, Li Qun's face changed. He put his hand on Xu Zuoyong's chest and pressed it hard.

"Ah!!!" Xu Zuoyong screamed again. After that, he fainted from the pain. At the same time, blood seeped out of the gauze bandaged on his chest.

"Someone, go call the doctor." Li Qun shouted to the outside of the door.

After a while, a doctor came in a hurry. When he saw the blood on Xu Zuoyong's chest, the doctor hurriedly checked him.

After the examination, the doctor said to Li Qun: "The patient has fainted from the pain. Director Li, the patient cannot bear the torture at the moment. If you continue to torture him, I am afraid he will not be able to bear it."

"I understand. Please bandage his wound again."

Li Qun then turned and left Xu Zuoyong's ward, and said to the guards at the door who were responsible for watching over Xu Zuoyong: "Keep an eye on him. No one except doctors and nurses is allowed to see him. If anything goes wrong with him, I'll take your heads. Do you understand?"

"Understood." More than twenty guards answered at the same time.

Hearing this, Li Qun nodded and left Tongren Hospital with a swagger.

Shortly after Li Qun left, Yang Xuewu arrived near Tongren Hospital.

Since the Japanese occupied Shanghai, Tongren Hospital has been taken over by the Japanese. There are also Japanese military police standing guard and patrolling at the entrance of Tongren Hospital, so the security factor is very high. This hospital is also the first choice for many Japanese to treat illnesses. If Li Qun had not specifically requested coordination, Xu Zuoyong would not have been sent to this hospital.

In order to ensure Xu Zuoyong's safety, Li Qun deliberately chose this hospital. He didn't believe that anyone could rescue Xu Zuoyong from the hospital in Hongkou, where there were Japanese military police and his No. 76 guards.

But Li Qun didn't know that Yang Xuewu was best at turning the impossible into possible. Although the security at Tongren Hospital was indeed strict, for Yang Xuewu, everything was possible.

(End of this chapter)