Restarting life by going to the countryside to support medical work

Chapter 387 Special Commissioner

"Mr. Dong, I'm so sorry to bother you at night!"

At around eight o'clock that evening, Special Envoy Li arrived at the teahouse.

"You don't have to be so polite." The old man stood up and shook hands with Special Envoy Li, then pointed to the rosewood armchair opposite the teahouse and said.

"Please take a seat, Special Envoy Li."

Looking at the Special Envoy Li in front of him, the old man actually had a lot of doubts in his mind.

Who is he? Why can't I find any information about him? How did he get in touch with them? How did they trust him and send him here as a special envoy?
The mysteries surrounding Special Commissioner Li made the old man feel as if even though this person was sitting less than one meter away from him, it felt as if there were a million miles between them.

"What kind of tea would Li Tepai like to drink? I have Da Hong Pao, Tie Guan Yin, and Long Jing here. Oh, I also have the jasmine tea that you people in Beijing love to drink. Would you like to try it and see how it tastes?"

As one of the ancient capitals of China, Beijing carries a profound historical culture and unique living habits.

People in Beijing love to drink scented tea. Although there are many varieties of tea: Maojian, Yuqian, Zhulan, etc., the old Beijing people still prefer to drink jasmine tea as their main tea.

Old Beijingers also have their own rules for drinking tea. Generally, wealthy and sophisticated families like to use only teacups, that is, porcelain teacups with lids.

When making tea, the host and the guest each have a cup, and the tea leaves are placed directly into the cup. Not too much tea leaves should be placed in the cup, and the cup should not be too full of tea.

According to old etiquette, when making tea, you should never let the cup be too full. The usual rule is 70% tea and 80% wine. In other words, when making tea, you can only pour 70% of the water. If you pour 100%, the cup will overflow.

Some fancy Beijing restaurants offer jasmine tea for free. Of course, there was no free tea in the 1970s.

Loving jasmine tea is an old tradition in the capital. Historically, jasmine tea enjoyed a high status in the palace. The palace's preferences often influenced folk customs, making jasmine tea gradually popular among the people.

Also, the water here is hard, even a bit bitter and salty, so many good teas cannot be tolerated with this water quality.

The rich aroma of jasmine tea can cover up the bitter taste in water and make the tea taste better.

Compared with other teas, jasmine tea shows stronger adaptability and balance in dealing with the unfavorable water quality here, which makes jasmine tea a more suitable tea for Beijing's water quality.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, jasmine tea was introduced from Fujian to the capital. From royal nobles to ordinary people, everyone fell in love with this tea.

There is another story about why people in Beijing love to drink jasmine tea.

The reason is probably that the summer in Beijing is quite hot, sometimes even hotter than in the south, so there is a demand for drinking tea.

However, the capital and its surrounding areas hardly produce tea, at least no industrial chain has been formed in the past.

A tea tree sprouting up on the Western Hills cannot satisfy the capital's demand for tea at all.

Henan Province does have tea, but in the past, the cost of transporting it by land was higher than transporting it by sea from Fujian to Tianjin.

Therefore, tea had to be transported from the south. Due to the transportation conditions at the time, most of the tea had deteriorated after arriving in the capital, and only jasmine flowers could be added to cover up the smell.

Moreover, jasmine tea is indeed very versatile and can be drunk in both winter and summer, so it has basically been continued to this day.

Although Beijing does not produce tea, the people here have a deep understanding and recognition of tea culture.

As a part of Beijing's tea culture, jasmine tea has been passed down from generation to generation, and many young people have gradually become fond of it.

There are many famous time-honored tea brands in Beijing.

For example, Zhang Yiyuan's jasmine tea is full, covered with white hairs, very complete, and has a yellow-green and glossy color.

It is bright yellow, like the rising sun, which makes people feel happy. It has a mellow taste, delicate and smooth mouthfeel, and the floral aroma lingers in the mouth for a long time after drinking.

There are also Wu Yutai, Niujie Zhengxingde, Jinghua and so on.

The special commissioner, Li, was about fifty years old. After he sat down, he was slightly startled when he heard the old man's words. Then he smiled and waved his hand and said, "Thank you, Mr. Dong. I don't drink tea. Just give me a glass of water. Can I smoke here?"

"Please!"

The old man gestured with his hand, then took out a cup from the cabinet behind him, rinsed it with hot water, and then poured a glass of water in front of Li Tepai.

After doing all this, the old man looked at Special Envoy Li who had already lit a cigarette and asked, "Is there something that Special Envoy Li wants to see me for?"

"Indeed, there is something wrong." Special Envoy Li nodded and then shook his head: "Mr. Dong, I know you must have doubts about my identity and may have arranged for someone to investigate me, but they probably found nothing.

Let me be frank, the people you assigned to look up my past information are not qualified."

Hearing this, the old man called Mr. Dong narrowed his eyes slightly. He didn't know what this special missionary Li wanted to express by saying this, but he didn't say anything. Instead, he picked up the tea bowl in front of him, took a sip, and listened patiently.

"I came to you today not to discuss my past identity. Your subordinates should have reported the bad news to you today. This is what I want to talk about today."

“Special Agent Li, although those people have all been arrested, the tasks assigned to them have been basically completed, so their arrest is harmless and will not affect the overall situation.

They have no horizontal connection with the other teams carrying out the mission. At most, they know that there are other people who are also carrying out the mission, but they definitely don't know who it is.

It will definitely not affect the next mission."

The old man thought that he was worried that the arrest of those people would affect the implementation of the plan, so he waved his hand and explained.

"I know this. I have carefully studied your plan and the composition of the personnel who will implement it." Special Envoy Li nodded.

"Mr. Dong, to be honest, I don't care whether your plan can be carried out in the future. To be honest, I am not optimistic about it.

If those things have been carried out secretly and have not fallen into the sight of those people, then there is still a possibility of success.

But once it is exposed, put on the table and exposed to the sun, the chances of success are less than 20%. "

"Li Tepai, what do you mean by this?" The old man's face turned a little ugly after hearing these words.

How could he not be angry when the plan that he personally oversaw and had been planning for two years was now looked down upon by others?

"Haha," Special Envoy Li smiled nonchalantly, "Mr. Dong, that's just what it means. You've been in this business for many years, and you're a veteran.

I don't know exactly how many bad things the people under your control have done over the years, but you should know how many times they have succeeded."

Old Dong’s expression became even uglier.

The man named Li Tepai had not finished speaking yet.

"When the purpose of the mission is exposed, you must be very clear whether it can succeed, so..." "Special Commissioner Li, you should also know why it was exposed this time."

Before Special Envoy Li could finish the rest of his words, the old man interrupted him.

"If you hadn't suddenly given those guys that shitty mission, how could they have been exposed?"

The old man was furious when he mentioned this task.

"I have my reasons for letting them carry out that mission, but I cannot explain it to you at the moment.

But I didn't expect that the people you trained to do the dirty work would be so useless that they couldn't even clean up a doctor who was powerless."

"doctor?"

Hearing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and after repeating the two words, he asked in surprise: "Wasn't he a section chief working on the front line? How come he is a doctor now?"

“Yes, that person is indeed a section chief, and he is also the section chief who is specifically responsible for interrogation work, but he is also indeed a doctor.

I originally thought that the professionally trained person should be able to get rid of him easily and without leaving any traces, so that the plan would not be exposed.

After all, there is no connection between the two tasks, but who would have thought..."

Special Commissioner Li's face was very calm. Apart from the fake smile he just gave, he had no other expression. It was as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him, and the tone of his voice was the same.

Whether it was the calm look on his face or the smooth tone of his voice, they all gave the old man known as Mr. Dong a very strange feeling.

He suppressed the discomfort in his heart and asked unhappily, "So, I still don't understand what Li Tepai wants to say by bringing up this matter now.

You came here to see me today just to tell me that this thing is bound to fail? Are you here to humiliate me, an old man, or do you have other ideas? Li Tepai, please speak directly, don't beat around the bush. "

"No," Li Tepai shook his head after taking a puff of cigarette and said, "That's not what I want to say. The main thing I want to say today is that someone has been targeting you."

The old man's eyes fixed at what Special Envoy Li said.

"What did you find?"

"I didn't find anything, but since we are in the same boat, I don't want the boat to sink.

So I came here to remind you, based on my understanding of them, someone from there will come knocking on your door within a month, so you'd better be prepared early."

The old man frowned tightly.

The old man always thought that he had hidden his identity very well over the past twenty years, but judging from what Special Envoy Li said, has he been exposed?

"Are you saying that I've been exposed, or that we're all exposed?"

"If I'm not mistaken, everything is exposed."

All exposed?

The old man couldn't help but feel nervous at the words of the special envoy, but as a man who had seen a lot of storms, he quickly calmed down his slightly nervous mood.

He did not continue the conversation on whether the person had been exposed or not, but instead stared at the expressionless correspondent sitting opposite him and asked.

"who are you?"

"Mr. Dong, is my previous identity really important?"

As he spoke, the special envoy casually threw the cigarette butt in his hand to the ground, lowered his head and put it out, then raised his head again and spoke.

"You just need to know that you and I..."

He raised his hand and pointed at himself first, then at the old man surnamed Dong: "We have a common enemy. As the old saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. You just need to know this.

I came to you today to cooperate with you and deal with those people together."

"Cooperation? You are a special envoy, and we are in the same boat." The old man surnamed Dong frowned even more tightly at this time. He really couldn't understand the real meaning of what the special envoy said.

"No, no, no, the cooperation I'm talking about is not this kind of cooperation, but the cooperation between the two of us."

"Then please explain it clearly."

The old man surnamed Dong was a little confused. How come he could understand this sentence word by word when it was separated, but couldn't understand it when it was put together?
"It's very simple. Put aside other identities, it's just you and me, the two of us working together."

"What cooperation?"

"Didn't I tell you that everyone here, including you, has been targeted as expected?"

"So what if I'm being targeted? Where is this place?" Old Man Dong said as he raised his foot and stomped lightly twice.

"I don't believe they dare to attack me here. Moreover, even if they dare to attack me, it's still unclear who will win."

The old man surnamed Dong had a proud look on his face.

He has been running a business in Hong Kong Island for twenty years. Whether it is a shipping company or a society he controls secretly, he has money, people, and weapons.

He just didn't believe that those who could only live in the shadows and secretly collect information would dare to attack him here.

He is not made of clay. He also walked out of the hail of bullets back then.

"I think I need to remind you." Special Envoy Li stretched out his hand and tapped the teapot lightly twice.

"Mr. Dong, I'm afraid you have forgotten what happened with the Chen family last year."

The light words and the two casual knocks seemed to hit Old Man Dong directly in the heart, causing the old man, who originally had a proud look on his face, to immediately become silent, and his face became ugly and as black as ink.

Although he was not an eyewitness and did not participate in what happened last year, he still remembers the subsequent reports from his subordinates and the on-site scenes filmed by reporters.

Although the Chen family did not come to Hong Kong Island earlier than him, their power is certainly not as great as his.

But even if he wanted to attack the Chen family, he would have to put in a lot of effort. Not to mention killing one thousand enemies and injuring eight hundred of his own people, he would have to at least injure three or four hundred of his own people.

But according to the results of the investigation, the Chen family disappeared overnight. No, not overnight, it didn't take that long at all. It was said that it only took a few hours. These people can't help but break out in a cold sweat when they think about it now.

(End of this chapter)