My Pen Pal Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 146 Fog
"All dead?"

Even a ruthless man in the court like Mao Xiang couldn't help but look shocked at this moment!

The local contact point of the Radio Department was an office under the Ministry of Works, and the people working there were all government officials who were paid by the emperor. How could they all die?
This is a shocking case!
Zhu Di was also horrified. Before setting off, they had agreed to make the breakthrough point of the investigation at the radio contact point, but they did not expect to hear the bad news as soon as they arrived in Shaoxing.

Before the investigation even began, it was discovered that the road was completely blocked!

There's a ghost here!

"Minister Li, who on earth could have done this? How could he be so bold as to kill an official appointed by the imperial court?"

Li Min whispered, "I wanted to take advantage of the welcoming banquet to get information from the officials at the radio contact point, but during the banquet, officials and gentry from Shaoxing were present, except for the officials from the Radio Department.

Logically speaking, although I am the Imperial Envoy for Peace, I am also the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and all the officials in the Radio Department are my subordinates. It is not reasonable for the subordinates not to accompany me when I, the superior, come. So I took the opportunity to bring up this matter when Zheng Zefu toasted me. "

"What did Zheng Zefu say?" Zhu Di asked hurriedly.

"He said that all the officials in the Radio Department, even the gatekeepers and the cooks, died in the Japanese invasion!"

"Died in the Japanese invasion?" Zhu Di stood up suddenly after hearing this. "This is ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous. If they all died in the Japanese invasion, then why did Yingtian Prefecture receive the news from the radio?"

"The news came from the Hangzhou contact point." Li Min explained: "According to Zheng Zefu, after the Japanese pirates invaded, the contact point of Shaoxing Prefecture contacted the Hangzhou Garrison for support as soon as possible, but then they were harmed by the Japanese pirates. This is why Yingtian Prefecture received the news only one day after the Japanese invasion."

He paused, then continued, "But there are two unreasonable points. First, the Radio Department is under the Ministry of Industry. Why didn't they report the death to the Ministry of Industry or even the court immediately?
I also asked Zheng Zefu about this during the dinner, but he explained that the reason why it was not reported immediately was that after the Japanese invasion, Shaoxing was in chaos, countless people were killed and injured, and the government needed to reorganize the appeasement and count the losses of the people.

Second, radio communication is a secret of the Ming Dynasty, and only officials know about it. How did the Japanese pirates know about it, and how could they find the contact point so accurately? "

Zhu Di thought for a moment, then said, "Minister Li, do you mean that someone in the government leaked the secret to the pirates? It seems that Zheng Zefu is highly suspected!"

"There is another possibility." Mao Xiang knocked on the table and said concisely: "Murder to silence the witness!"

As soon as these words were spoken, Li Min and Zhu Di both looked at him. Mao Xiang did not keep the audience in suspense and continued to explain.

"Li Shangshu's Radio Department received the news from the Hangzhou contact point, but I, the Jinyiwei, received the news directly from the Shaoxing Prefecture contact point!

That is to say, at least on the second day after the Japanese invasion, the people at the Shaoxing Prefecture contact point were still alive!"

"If this is the truth, then it leads to two possibilities." After spending a long time with Mao Xiang, Zhu Di also learned how to think about handling cases.

"Either there is a spy in the Radio Department, and the rebels are afraid of exposing their targets and are killing people to silence them. Another possibility is that someone in the Radio Department accidentally discovered the true identity of the rebels and was then brutally silenced!"

"hiss……"

Zhu Di and Li Min couldn't help but gasp. Killing the imperial officials to silence them, the officialdom in Shaoxing had become so rampant and lawless!
There must be more than one person who can do this. There must be an extremely large organization behind it that controls everything.

But the more this is the case, the more we must root out these traitors and scum lurking in the court!

"So blatant and full of loopholes, this group of traitors have become so arrogant and rampant!" Li Min clenched his fists. He was always well-mannered, but when he thought that his subordinates were actually harmed by court officials, he couldn't help but get furious!

At this time, Zhu Di remembered another extremely important thing.

"Master Li, where is the Shaoxing Prefecture's radio station?"

"According to what Zheng Zefu said, it was stolen by the Japanese pirates. But if they were murdered to silence them, then the radio..."

Li Min didn't dare to continue speaking. If the precious radio fell into the hands of thieves, the consequences would be disastrous!

"Not good! If the prefectures and Yingtian Prefecture continue to use walkie-talkies when communicating, all confidential information will be known to the rebels!"

"Minister Li, you don't have to worry too much about this. The communication distance between radios is limited, and we only need to send someone to inform each contact point to change the communication channel. Even if the rebels know how to use the radio, they won't know the new communication channel!"

During the Northern Expedition, Zhu Di had already mastered the use of radios. Although it was not an easy task to ask each contact point to change the channel, it was the only solution.

"There is no time to lose. I will send someone to do it immediately!"

After saying this, Mao Xiang called over the two trusted Jinyiwei who had followed him, and asked them to disguise themselves and leave the city overnight to go to the Yingtianfu Industrial Bureau to inform them to uniformly modify the communication channels.

The two Jinyiwei were fully aware of the urgency of the matter. After receiving the order, they quickly prepared themselves, quietly left the mansion, and disappeared into the night.

"According to the current situation, Shaoxing Prefecture is in crisis. I don't know who we can trust. We must act carefully."

The current situation in Shaoxing is like a fog that surrounds the three people, and in the fog, no one knows what dangers are waiting for them.

"Your Highness, Lord Mao, what should we do next?"

"Master Mao, what do you think?" When it comes to investigating cases, Mao Xiang is the most experienced, and Zhu Di also wants to hear his opinion.

"According to the current situation, the rebels lurking in Shaoxing Prefecture were able to collude with the Japanese pirates. They must have planned this for a long time, and they were able to openly kill people to silence them. It is impossible that no news would have leaked out.

Our Jinyiwei is responsible for supervising all officials, but we haven't found any clues. It is very likely that the local Jinyiwei has been infiltrated!

The Jinyiwei here can't believe that everyone at the radio contact point has been killed, and the only clue has been cut off."

Mao Xiang thought for a moment and said, "Besides, given our current status, it is not easy for us to act openly, and we don't have anyone to use!

But the person who silenced the witnesses couldn't have done it perfectly. The family members and widows of the officials at the radio contact point can be checked!"

Upon hearing this, Li Min immediately agreed and said, "Good idea, Your Highness, Lord Mao, you two can visit the deceased's family and widow in the name of the Ministry of Works to see if you can find any clues!"

(End of this chapter)