My spy diary

Chapter 525 Investigation
Recordings, on-site inspection photos, analysis reports, bullet shells. All the information about Meng Zhen's death scene was placed in front of Xu Zeng'en. Team leader Yang reported expressionlessly:

"The crime scene is not far from Yang Zaixing's home. The tenant is a prostitute. We have found her. According to her confession, Yang Zaixing is her old customer and knows where she lives and her habits when she goes out. In this case, it is reasonable for them to take Section Chief Meng there temporarily."

Xu Zeng looked at the photo showing the word "Yang" and frowned as he asked, "The handwriting is too sloppy, have you done a handwriting comparison?"

"Handwriting experts have been arguing over this, but some have suggested that when a person is dying, their strength is about to run out, and the handwriting they write with their last breath is naturally illegible, so it is reasonable that there are some differences from normal handwriting."

"When was the crime committed? Yang Zaixing had been arrested by us by then, right?"

Team leader Yang put away the information and answered seriously, "He doesn't have time, but he can instruct others to do it."

"What about the recording?"

"The voice was hoarse and had a slight electric sound, as if someone had covered the telephone receiver with a layer of paper and was rubbing it while speaking in a low voice."

"If it was Yang Zaixing himself, why would he do this?"

"Is it possible that he left himself a way out?"

Xu Zeng'en smiled helplessly, but soon raised a more sensitive question: "To be honest, Yang Zaixing hated Section Chief Meng, and it is understandable that he wanted to retaliate against him, but why did he leak the Jiangnan Plan to the Red Party? Is he really a member of the Red Party?"

"You can't judge a person by his appearance. There are undercover agents of the Red Party lurking among us, not to mention the Military Control Commission."

Team leader Yang didn't dare to mention the incident of Qian Moufei and Secretary Qian, but Xu Zeng'en remembered it himself. After a moment of palpitations, he said with a gloomy face: "Go to the interrogation room."

In the interrogation room, Yang Zaixing had been beaten to a pulp, the pain and anxiety almost devoured him, but he still resisted because he knew that he had no way out, and if he confessed according to their words, he would die without a burial place.

The door of the interrogation room opened, and Xu Zeng walked in with a cold face. A group of plainclothes thugs hurriedly stood at attention and greeted: "Commander!"

"How was it? You guys entertained him for most of the night. Did you manage to pry open his mouth?"

The plainclothes officers shook their heads in embarrassment.

Xu Zeng snorted coldly, walked up to Yang Zaixing step by step, got close to his bloodstained face, and said softly: "Mr. Yang, have you thought about it?"

Yang Zaixing smiled contemptuously.

"Are you going to stick to this path?" Xu Zeng poked his bleeding wound hard and waved his hand, "Show him the evidence."

The recordings and photos were displayed one by one. The recording was fine, as it was not his voice at all, but the word "Yang" on the photo was clearly identifiable.

Yang Zaixing's scalp tingled as he watched, and he roared, "This is despicable and shameless, this is a false accusation, this is putting the blame on others!"

He thought to himself: "A conspiracy, definitely a conspiracy! Someone is trying to frame me!"

Military Command Headquarters.

Dai Chunfeng was answering the phone with a gloomy face when suddenly, there was a dull knock on the door.

The person who came is He Shangyou.

"Director Dai."

Seeing his anxious look, Dai Chunfeng asked, "Why, did you find the blind beggar?"

He Shangyou shook his head.

"Something happened again?"

He Shangyou shook his head again, but his expression became uglier. “No, the beggar has not been found yet. It’s another matter. Something happened to my undercover agent in the Central Bureau of Investigation.”

Dai Chunfeng frowned: "Exposed?"

He Shangyou lowered his head sadly: "Yes, he and I agreed last night to meet today, but now we have completely lost contact, and the dead mailbox has also been destroyed."

"What do you mean?" Dai Chunfeng looked at him angrily and helplessly. "You want me to call that bastard named Xu and say - hello, old friend, our undercover agent planted by Director He in your place has been exposed. Can you please send him back?"

In his opinion, He Shangyou was making a fuss out of nothing. The two systems were infiltrating each other, and it was commonplace. If it was exposed, it would be exposed. Just deny it. There was no need to make a fuss.

He Shangyou looked embarrassed and waved his hands quickly: "No, Director, you misunderstood, that's not what I meant. I regret the information he brought back."

Dai Chunfeng was stunned: "What information?"

"Jiangnan Plan!" He Shangyou took a deep breath and reported the intelligence conveyed by the undercover agent in detail. He continued, "The Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics has kept the Jiangnan Plan very confidential. My undercover agent has been trying to get information about this operation. Unfortunately, Xu is a shrewd man who is good at scheming. If he doesn't make a move, he will make a big splash. This time, he has gotten ahead of us."

"We have been planning for half a year, so it should be time to close the net, right?" Dai Chunfeng heard about this plan for the first time and was surprised. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Apart from your undercover agent, are there any other comrades in the Central Bureau of Investigation?"

"There is another one, but his position is too low and he can't get in touch with the core things at all."

Dai Chunfeng couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, He Shangyou asked anxiously, "Director?"

Dai Chunfeng waved his hand, signaling him to be patient, then took out the key to the safe and went to the inner room.

He opened the safe, took out an address book, flipped through it, took out another piece of white paper, wrote the wake-up code on it, locked the safe, folded the white paper and put it in his pocket, walked out of the inner room, and closed the door.

Seeing that He Shangyou was still standing there obediently, Dai Chunfeng took out the white paper he had just put in his pocket and handed it to him:
"These are the seeds I planted with my own hands in the early years. Now it's time to reap them. Go meet this man."

He Shangyou was overjoyed, took the note and started reading it.

Dai Chunfeng said: "The name, address, and wake-up code are all on it. Tell him that someone is coming from my hometown."

He Shangyou left. Dai Chunfeng sat on the sofa, drinking tea and looking at documents. He was in a good mood. The secret chess game had already started. As long as he could get the specific content of the Jiangnan plan, the Military Control Commission might be able to get a share of it. Even if he couldn't, he couldn't let that bastard named Xu get away with it.

At this time, the phone rang.

"Hello?" It was Tang Heng on the phone. Dai Chunfeng smiled and said, "Brother Naijian, tomorrow is the April 1st meeting. You must come to attend. What did you say? Xu Zeng arrested Yang Zaixing and said he was a member of the Red Party? Nonsense. Is that right?" Dai Chunfeng's expression gradually changed from anger to shock. "The old man also knew about it? I understand. If the evidence is conclusive, I will naturally not cover it up, but everything is based on evidence. What do you think? Okay, I'll come right over now."

After hanging up the phone, the elation I just felt was gone.

He immediately had Mao Qiwu called in and asked him bluntly, "Did you know that Yang Zaixing was taken away by the Central Bureau of Investigation?"

Mao Qiwu looked surprised: "Director, Director Shen and I are busy with tomorrow's meeting."

Dai Chunfeng interrupted him excitedly: "You, the housekeeper, are becoming more and more confused! Let me tell you, the Central Bureau of Investigation not only arrested Yang Zaixing, but also said that he was the mastermind behind the assassination of Meng Zhen. There is even evidence that he is suspected of being in the spotlight." "How could Yang Zaixing be in the spotlight?" Mao Qiwu looked incredulous.

"I didn't say he was. The question is what the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics think, what the evidence says, and what the old man thinks." Dai Chunfeng looked serious.

"This is clearly a false accusation." Mao Qiwu took a deep breath and said thoughtfully, "What if this Meng is really a member of the Red Party?"

"What do you mean?" Dai Chunfeng was stunned, and then he realized that even if Yang Zaixing really kidnapped and assassinated Meng Zhen, as long as Meng Zhen had connections with the Red Party, the case would be easy to solve. His face lit up: "Where is the evidence?"

Mao Qiwu gritted his teeth and said, "I'll go find him!"

"In that case, there is someone who might be able to help you."

"Who?"

"Go find Mr. He Shangyou and Mr. He."

"Yes."

"Teacher Yang."

Central Bureau of Investigation Headquarters. A middle-aged man in a black Mao suit and a top hat came down from upstairs, pacing in a five-square step.

He had a copy of Pravda (the central newspaper of the Soviet Union) in his jacket pocket, his left hand in his pocket, a pipe in his mouth, and the demeanor of a knowledgeable scholar. All the Central Bureau of Investigation agents who met him would stop, look at him with reverence, and greet him respectfully with a "Teacher Yang", but the other party would just nod reservedly and walk away.

This person was none other than Yang Wei, the commissioner and director of the research office of the Central Bureau of Investigation.

A native of Jiangsu Province, he was a traitor to the Red Party among the students studying in Russia. Unlike other Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics agents who focused on pragmatism, he focused on theoretical ideas and regarded himself as an anti-Red theorist.

His unique skills are his in-depth study of Marxism-Leninism, his familiarity with the Red Party's theory, and his deep understanding of the Red Party's organizational and security work.

As early as when Zhang Tao defected to Chang, he talked with Zhang on Xu Zeng'en's orders to study the Red Party's lines and strategies. Every time they talked, he could compile a record of the conversation, raise specific issues for specific analysis, make deductions and judgments, and then send them to Xu Zeng'en for review and then report to Chang, who praised his deductions and judgments.

This established Yang Wei's important position in Xu Zeng'en's heart, and he gradually gained a reputation as an anti-Red "strategy expert" within the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.

What is rare is that Yang never took credit for himself. Instead, he always said in front of others and behind their backs that it was "the result of Mr. Xu's good leadership and the achievements of Mr. Xu and other senior colleagues." As a result, everyone from the head of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics Xu Zeng'en to other big spies were no longer wary of him and gradually regarded him as their confidant.

Yang worked hard to be more humble. His office was filled with Russian books and periodicals. He studied Red Party materials tirelessly every day, often working late into the night.

In the early days of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Germany and Japan successively signed non-aggression treaties with the Soviet Union. Yang Wei made a research report on this, asserting that Germany would inevitably attack the Soviet Union and Japan would send troops to attack Siberia at the same time.

Later, Germany and the Soviet Union went to war, and Yang Wei's reputation soared. He was also labeled as a "prophet" and became conceited and arrogant.

However, Japan's invasion of Siberia did not happen for a long time, and Yang Wei's reputation was inevitably affected. As a result, he stayed indoors and remained silent for a long time.

However, with the implementation of the "Jiangnan Plan", Xu Zeng'en once again employed him as a theoretical expert.

At this moment, he walked out of the headquarters in a very happy mood and went straight to a cigar shop opposite.

The waiter saw him from a distance and bowed: "Mr. Yang, you are here."

"Have the Cuban cigars I asked for arrived?"

"We just arrived today. Please come in." The waiter helped him lift the door curtain.

Yang Wei walked in. Inside the room, boxes of cigars were stacked neatly in the cabinets, but there was no sign of the shopkeeper.

Just as he was wondering, he saw the door curtain of the back room separated by a wall was lifted, and He Shangyou walked out with a smile.

"Hello, Teacher Yang."

Yang Wei was stunned for a moment, and also recognized the other party. He was surprised and said, "Director He, what a coincidence? This is our territory, what are you doing here?"

He Shangyou looked at him with a smile for a moment, then said calmly, "What a coincidence. I came here specifically to wait for Mr. Yang. Someone is coming from my hometown!"

He looked at Yang Wei with a subtle look in his eyes. It was still hard to believe that a core figure of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics was actually a secret agent of the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics who had been hiding for many years! He didn't know how Boss Dai had persuaded this person to defect.

Hearing the wake-up signal, Yang Wei was a little dazed and smiled, but the smile was a little complicated. He asked, "Is Qing'er okay?"

He Shangyou didn't know who "Qing'er" was, so he just followed his words and said, "She's fine."

The two did not speak again. After a brief silence, He Shangyou took the lead in breaking the deadlock: "Mr. Dai asked me to come."

Yang Wei looked at the back room with caution. In the back room separated by a wall, two agents dressed as Qiao Chuan were sitting quietly on chairs. They held guns in their hands, and the muzzles of their guns were pointed at the three people in the display cabinet who were hugging each other and trembling.

He Shangyou understood what he meant and said calmly, "Don't worry, they will leave the mountain city soon and never come back."

He said it lightly, as if he was arranging the fate of a few kittens and puppies.

Yang Wei understood and asked, "What are you doing here today?"

Yang Wei's attitude was a little cold, but He Shangyou didn't take it seriously. He smiled and said, "Two things. First, find a way to find out the specific content of the Jiangnan Plan. Second, find evidence that Meng Zhen is popular."

"Jiangnan Plan?" Yang Wei was stunned for a moment, and said sarcastically, "Wasn't the Jiangnan Plan leaked to the Red Party by Yang Zaixing? Why are you asking me?"

He Shangyou was confused and kept looking at him, as if trying to determine the truth in his words. After a moment of silence, he said, "Did Yang Zaixing confess?"

Yang Wei sneered: "No prisoner will go to the police station without giving a confession. There will definitely be a confession, and it must be a true confession."

He Shangyou thought for a moment and said, "What about the second thing?"

Yang Wei sighed: "It's easiest to make up a story about a dead person and say that he is who he is, but what's the point of doing that?"

"Don't worry about it. Time is running out. I'll only give you half a day. If you find any clues, inform me immediately. If you fail to complete the task, you will bear the consequences at your own risk."

Yang Wei looked at him straight in the eyes: "Is this a threat?"

"No, it's an order."

On the other side, in the office of the head of Group 6 of the Attendant's Office, three old friends sat together.

(End of this chapter)