Spy wars start with lurking Secretary Hong

Chapter 424 Hell on Earth
"Hello, Qiuyan, it's me."

"Have your cook at home make some dumplings and bring them to my office."

"One with carrot and mutton filling, and another with vegetarian three delicacies, plus some Laba pickled garlic."

Zhou Yi, being quite astute, did not mention Gao Bin's name.

These actions made Gao Bin feel much better.

"Captain Zhou, you once infiltrated behind enemy lines."

“The direct experience of red tickets and Kuomintang secret police is definitely different. Can you tell us about it?” he asked.

"The Military Intelligence Bureau has the technology, the methods, and the courage to risk their lives."

"But they do not have a unified belief, and their ideologies are very mixed. Some are loyal to Chiang Kai-shek, some are loyal to Wang Jingwei, and some are greedy for money and lust."

"Before being arrested, they were all dragons and tigers; once arrested, they immediately turned into worms."

"Red tickets have faith and have always armed their actions with ideology."

"Although there have been scoundrels like Gu Shunzhang."

"But their overall will and goals are more steadfast."

"For us and the Japanese, the ideological damage, attacks, and incitement caused by the red tickets were a hundred or a thousand times more terrifying than the Kuomintang's sniping and bombing."

"In some ways, this is something we can learn from."

Zhou Yi offered Gao Bin and Hong Zhi a round of cigarettes, then organized his thoughts and said...

"Your assessment is very accurate."

"A few months ago, Yan Cheng published 'On Protracted War,' which was truly chilling. Okamura Yasuji and his colleagues even held a two-day discussion in Xinjing about it."

"The Japanese were quite frightened."

"If the situation weren't so favorable right now, I would have actually believed that the Japanese and Manchukuo would lose this war."

"Even I was shocked; they really know what they're doing."

Gao Bin leaned back and looked at the two of them with a smile.

“Yes, if our people could be armed with this kind of ideology, Manchukuo would surely be a pure land,” Zhou Yi said.

I think...

"A person made of some special material."

"What kind of thinking?"

"They will all be vulnerable in the face of the steel torrent."

Hong Zhiyou used the arrogant remarks typical of the Japanese military headquarters.

"That's why I said you're still young."

"A single Yang Jingyu or Zhao Shangzhi could throw Manchukuo into chaos."

"The Japanese are in a hurry to revise the textbooks, forcing people to learn Japanese."

"They realized that some things can't be solved by killing people alone."

Gao Bin waved his finger.

"Captain Zhou, I think your personality and way of doing things are somewhat similar to Hong Piao's."

"Uphold principles and benevolence."

"We also emphasize...discipline!"

He paused, then asked, half-jokingly.

"When I was in the interior of China, I studied them in detail."

"Principles and discipline are things ingrained in our bones."

"To some extent, it is a virtue, a basic quality of an intelligence officer that should be followed regardless of political party."

"However, I don't have that kind of awareness. I'm involved in all sorts of things, from wine and women to wealth and power. The only difference is that I'm not a vegetarian."

Zhou Yi took a puff of his cigarette and smiled as he did a Tai Chi-like gesture.

"Ok.

"Later, you can open a training course in the hall to talk to everyone about the red tickets and the Military Intelligence Bureau, so that everyone can have a deeper understanding of them." Gao Bin smiled and did not pursue the matter further.

After chatting for a while, Officer Li came in: "Chief, Mrs. Zhou is here."

"Great, please let her in," Gao Bin said hurriedly.

……

Gu Qiuyan carried the rice bowl in a cloth bag, feeling very uneasy.

Police Department.

As soon as she stepped into this den of iniquity, she trembled all over, gripped by an inexplicable fear.

It's almost 10 o'clock.

Delivering dumplings?
Could this be a trap set by Gao Bin?
Zhou Yi couldn't say it outright over the phone, and Gu Qiuyan was very nervous.

She didn't know what tricks Gao Bin would pull.

If I were to accidentally reveal even the slightest clue, it would be a disaster.

"Mrs. Zhou, please." Xiao Li came out and glanced at her a few more times.

Clearly, she is a beautiful and elegant woman.

If it weren't for her slightly aloof demeanor, any man would be tempted to strike up a conversation with her.

"Here are some dumplings. Please give them to Zhou Yi."

"I won't go into this important official location."

Gu Qiuyan has learned her lesson now and said tactfully.

"fine.

"The police station may be a major public place for others, but for you, it's your own home."

"please."

Xiao Li smiled and refused to accept her dumplings at all.

Helpless, Gu Qiuyan braced herself and went inside.

When they arrived at the office, Gao Bin and his two companions were chatting and laughing.

"Mrs. Zhou is here. Please have a seat. Oh, I'm so sorry to have troubled you to come all this way so late," Gao Bin said with a smile.

"Section Chief Gao, you're too kind."

"Zhou Yi, you guys eat first. I'm going back now. Don't forget to take the bowls and bottles home with you later."

Gu Qiuyan's politeness was tinged with her usual coldness.

"Don't.

“We finished eating quickly. It’s already this late. You sit down for a while. You’ll go home with Captain Zhou later,” Gao Bin said before Zhou Yi could interrupt.

"Alright, then you can wait." Zhou Yi nodded with a smile.

“Okay.” Gu Qiuyan sat down to the side.

"Mrs. Zhou, you must be from the Gu family of Fengtian. I heard that your father and Director Yu Jingtao are old friends?" Gao Bin asked while eating.

"We have some contact." Gu Qiuyan nodded.

“Zhiyou said you play the piano very well. It just so happens that a friend of mine in Fengtian has a daughter who also wants to learn piano. Why don’t you recommend your former teacher?” Gao Bin asked again.

Gu Qiuyan shook her head slightly: "I'm sorry, my teacher, Ms. Chen Ying, passed away last winter due to illness."

"Chen Ying."

"Yes, that is indeed a pity." Gao Bin silently kept it in mind.

After chatting for a while, Gao Bin quickly finished his dumplings.

He called in the duty officer, Xiao Li, and gave him a look, saying, "Arrange a car. Also, inform everyone that those who need to take shifts should take their shifts, and those who need to rest should rest."

"Yes." Xiao Li understood and went out.

"A perfect dinner, Mrs. Zhou, thank you."

Gao Bin put down his chopsticks, stood up, and smiled.

"You're too kind. If you want dumplings next time, I'll have the kitchen make them for you anytime," Gu Qiuyan said with a smile.

Simply tidied up.

The group walked outside.

As soon as I entered the hall, I heard the sound of shackles behind me. A torture officer covered in bloodstains respectfully said, "Section Chief Gao."

Everyone turned around at the same time.

Gu Qiuyan immediately spotted Zhang Pingjun, whose eyes were bloodied and mangled, and whose body was covered in blood and wounds.

Although I had expected it.

Gu Qiuyan couldn't help but scream in fright.

"You're so oblivious, you've scared Mrs. Zhou!" Gao Bin reprimanded the interrogation officer with a stern face.

Zhang Pingjun also saw Gu Qiuyan.

Zhou Yixin's heart jumped up immediately.

"Take him away quickly," he said, frowning slightly in displeasure.

As he spoke, he casually took Gu Qiuyan's arm.

Zhang Pingjun hesitated for a moment.

Before he could speak, Hong Zhi raised his hand and shoved him across the face: "Die-hard!"

Zhang Pingjun swallowed his words.

In the original drama of "Cliff", Zhang Pingjun bumps into Gu Qiuyan and realizes that her expression is not right. He deliberately takes a few steps and then turns back to Gu Qiuyan and says, "What a beautiful woman."

But this clumsy rhetoric couldn't fool Gao Bin at all.

First of all, Zhang Pingjun has a girlfriend; he has never been a playboy.

Gao Bin had already sent people to learn everything about his file and daily habits from the school and Zhang's neighbors.

Furthermore, while Gu Qiuyan was quite attractive, she was by no means a beauty that could rival the most beautiful women in history. How could Zhang Pingjun, a man who could withstand torture, possibly be attracted to a "strange woman"?
It can only be said that young people haven't experienced brutal struggles and are ultimately too inexperienced.

Hong Zhi's slap effectively silenced Zhang Pingjun.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi quickly took Gu Qiuyan's arm and walked out.

Once outside, he comforted the still-shaken Gu Qiuyan: "Are you alright?"

Gu Qiuyan patted her chest and bent over, dry heaving.

"Mrs. Zhou, are you alright?" Gao Bin asked coldly, standing to the side with his hands behind his back.

"Qiuyan has never seen anything like this before, please excuse her."

"I'm sure I'll have nightmares tonight."

Zhou Yi smiled wryly.

"He was quite frightened."

"You can go to Wan'an Temple to burn some incense and pray to Buddha for peace," Gao Bin said with a half-smile.

After saying that, he got into the car next to him.

Got in the car.

Gao Bin closed his eyes, his face extremely gloomy.

"Section Chief Gao, how is it?" Li Songquan, sitting in the passenger seat, turned his head and asked.

"not so good.

“She looks genuinely frightened,” Gao Bin said coldly, opening his eyes.

"My wife says she's not very good at playing cards, often loses money, and has a certain bourgeois sentimentality."

"I'm very willing to spend money on things."

"He is very particular about food and is somewhat aloof and arrogant."

"The people who can connect with the masses are completely different from those who are popular."

"Maybe I really did misjudge this time."

Gao Bin sighed softly.

Let's put it aside for now.

"The mole within the police department may not necessarily be Zhou Yi."

"Sister Lan may not necessarily be Gu Qiuyan."

"I suggest we focus our attention on the Military Intelligence Bureau first."

"As for this mole, as long as he's still in the police department, there's plenty of time to dig him out."

Li Songquan said as he drove.

"Why.

Sometimes I think, if only Zhou Yi were better.

"I'm afraid even if it's not Zhou Yi, we can't get him to come to the police station."

Gao Bin frowned.

"Do your best and leave the rest to fate," Li Songquan said.

"That's the only way," Gao Bin said.

……

back home.

After telling Liu Ma to get some rest, Gu Qiuyan went upstairs and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
"Pingjun was such a good young man, how could he have been beaten like this?"

Are these people all animals?

“He’s too green. If Hong Zhi hadn’t slapped him today, any word he said in that situation would have made Gao Bin suspicious. It was too close,” Zhou Yi said in a deep voice.

"Have I given myself away?"
"Zhou Yi, I'm so sorry. I was really terrified when I saw Pingjun. I'm in so much pain. I never imagined that my stupidity would cause him this much harm," Gu Qiuyan sobbed softly.

"You did a great job."

That's the attitude a normal woman should have.

"Don't even mention you, any ordinary man would be terrified. The deterrent effect of death on people is always the most real."

Zhou Yi offered a word of comfort.

"Are you going to deal with Pingjun and his girlfriend tomorrow?" Gu Qiuyan asked.

"should be.

"Go to sleep. Judging from the pressure from all sides, Gao Bin will most likely hand them over to the Harbin court for trial. They'll be out in three to five years."

Zhou Yi said.

"Hmm." Gu Qiuyan felt slightly relieved.

……

the next morning.

Hong Zhiyou had just finished preparing the financial ledgers when Zhou Yi walked in:
"Let's go.

"Chief Gao has ordered us to go outside the city."

"Oh, and call Xiao Ren over," he added.

Hong Zhiyou called Ren Changchun to get into the car.

"Old Zhou, what did you say?" Hong Zhi asked.

Zhou Yi shook his head, a look of pity appearing in his eyes: "I don't know."

We arrived in the suburbs.

Gao Bin, Lu Ming, and several policemen had already arrived.

Zhang Pingjun, Su Xiaoyun, and several other members of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, including Big Beard and Xiao Dong, stood shivering in the snow with their hands tied behind their backs.

"Section Chief Gao, everyone has arrived," Zhou Yi said.

"Zhiyou, Officer Ren, you haven't seen the severe punishments for wartime operations yet, have you?" Gao Bin asked.

"Uncle, didn't Chief of Staff Shibuya say that the case would be transferred to the court for trial?" Hong Zhiyou asked, frowning as he glanced at the group.

"That's just something they say to foreigners, it's a lie to fool people."

"I'd like to send them to court."

"The village headman came early this morning with an order that these people must be executed."

"It's easy to get involved with the Military Intelligence Bureau, after all, Wang Jingwei and his group also came from the Kuomintang."

"But if you're involved with the Anti-Japanese Alliance or the Red Ticket, even if the Heavenly King himself pleads for you, there's no room for negotiation."

"This is the bottom line for the Japanese."

Gao Bin, with his hands behind his back, gazed at the mountains and laughed dismissively.

"It's already a miracle that these die-hards weren't secretly transferred to the Dongxiang epidemic prevention force. They still want to live? What are they thinking?" Lu Ming also sneered.

"Shut your mouth. Are those words something we should be saying?"
"That's much more dangerous than getting involved with the Anti-Japanese United Army."

Liu Kui glared at him from the side.

Lu Ming was so frightened that he quickly shut his mouth.

"Let's get started," Zhou Yi said, taking out a silver cigarette case and lighting a cigarette.

Gao Bin waved his hand.

Lu Ming chuckled dryly and said, "I'll do it."

As he spoke, he walked to the edge of a snowdrift, waved his hand, and immediately a policeman pushed the bearded man from the Anti-Japanese Alliance over there.

Lu Ming sucked on his cheeks as if he were eating or drinking, and pressed the gun against the back of the bearded man's head.

Snapped!
The bearded man's head was smashed open, and he fell headfirst into the pit.

"Lu Ming seems to really enjoy killing," Zhou Yi said with a faint smile.

"he?

"I've been losing at cards lately, so I just wanted to use some bad luck to drive it away," Officer Wu said with a smile.

"Those of us in this line of work are all on our list in hell."

"Whose hands can be clean?"

Gao Bin smiled.

As he spoke, Lu Ming fired another shot, killing the coachman.

"Section Chief, didn't the driver say there was no problem?" Ren Changchun asked in a low voice.

“Whether there is a problem or not is not important; he was destined to suffer this calamity,” Hong Zhiyou said.

"That's right."

"Fate is a very mysterious thing."

"for example……"

Gao Bin walked up to Zhang Pingjun, who was trembling with fear, picked up a twig, and stuck it into his rope.
"Young man, your life is in my hands."

"Speak."

"As long as you give me Lan Jie's information, you can go have hot coffee with your girlfriend right now."

Zhang Pingjun raised his head, breathing heavily and tremblingly.

His single eye was blood red and resolute.

There were no grand pronouncements.

He spat a mouthful of blood onto Gao Bin's mink coat.

Gao Bin's face darkened, and he plucked the tree branch and threw it hard on the ground, then waved his hand.

Police officers immediately pushed Zhang Pingjun to the edge of the pit.

"Section Chief Hong, you haven't tried it yet, have you? It's super exciting, wanna play a round?" Lu Mingqiang twirled his gun between his fingers and walked over.

“I plan to have a child this year. I’ll leave the killing to you guys and just give you performance bonuses,” Hong Zhiyou said with a faint smile.

"Ok.

“That makes sense. It’s not good for the person in charge of the money to be the bad guy, or our salaries will be reduced.” Gao Bin humorously smoothed things over for his nephew.

"Then you do it."

"Section Chief Hong is the god of wealth. You're just an employee; you can't get away with this without getting your hands dirty."

As Lu Ming spoke, he looked at Ren Changchun again.

kill.

In particular, killing people associated with the Red Ticket or the Military Intelligence Bureau would make them easy targets for assassination by these underground organizations.

in other words.

Once the gun is fired, he'll be stuck on this path for the rest of his life, a dog for the Japanese.

It seems like just a practice session.

In reality, it is a form of kidnapping in the sense of life.

"I, I..." Ren Changchun panicked.

He looked at Hong Zhiyou, "Sir, I... I've never killed anyone..."

"You should only kill if you've never killed before."

“Apart from Section Chief Hong, ask around here who hasn’t killed anyone, who doesn’t have a few lives on their hands.”

"Just do it when I tell you to, stop with all the nonsense."

Lu Ming said unhappily.

Hong Zhi smoked, but did not comment.

"Go ahead, this is a rare opportunity, everyone has a first time," Gao Bin ordered.

Lu Ming grabbed Ren Changchun's arm and dragged him to the edge of the pit. He pressed the gun against the back of Zhang Pingjun's head and gestured: "Like this, bang."

As he spoke, he handed the gun to Ren Changchun.

Ren Changchun took it with trembling hands, but couldn't pull the trigger no matter what he did, looking at Zhang Pingjun kneeling on the ground shaking like a leaf.

"shot.

"Just imagine he's a pig. You've seen pigs slaughtered during the Lunar New Year, right?"

"Killing someone is no different from killing a pig."

Lu Mingdao.

With that, he roared, "Fire!"

Ah!
Ren Changchun pulled the trigger with his eyes closed.

Snapped!
Zhang Pingjun collapsed into the pit, his blood splattering all over Ren Changchun's face.

"pretty.

"this."

He pointed at Su Xiaoyun.

Su Xiaoyun did not cry.

At this moment, sadness and fear fill my heart.

She is already "dead".

Snapped!
Ren Changchun fired another shot.

Su Xiaoyun collapsed in the snow, her eyes wide open, filled with accusation against this cannibalistic world.

Hong Zhi sighed silently to himself.

He tried his best.

But in the end, they underestimated the shamelessness and despicable nature of the Japanese.

Manchukuo was hell.

A place where fairness and justice are impossible.

What did Su Xiaoyun do wrong?
She was innocent and carefree, accompanying her boyfriend with a spark of hope, believing that she could become a part of the future prairie fire.

But they all forgot... the winters on this land are too long.

The razor-sharp ice and snow, along with the fierce winds, extinguished them before they could even burn fiercely.

He turned to look at Zhou Yi.

Zhou Yi was chatting and laughing with Gao Bin with his back turned, as if the gunshots were coming from another, unrelated world.

Only Xiao Dong is left.

Ren Changchun, who was already terrified and went mad, raised his gun and fired.

"Hoohoo."

Xiao Dong knelt on the ground, panting heavily.

Ren Changchun is also one of them.

Click.

Click.

He fired several shots.

The gun is empty.

The magazine is empty.

"Yo ho."

"That's interesting."

"Now that we've run out of bullets, it seems like it's fate."

"Everyone, I think we should call it a day."

Gao Bin laughed loudly.

"Yes." The group accepted the order.

Back in the car.

Ren Changchun was so frightened that his head trembled nervously.

Hong Zhiyou had to drive himself.

"Section Chief, Captain Zhou, I... I killed someone."

"I killed someone."

He kept repeating the same muttered phrase.

My grandmother is a Buddhist.

“I will definitely go to hell. They went too far. The girl and the driver knew nothing. They were innocent.”

"This is called treating human life like dirt."

"Captain Zhou, Section Chief Hong, I... I will definitely be punished."

He turned his head and looked at the gentle Captain Zhou, then cried.

Zhou Yi looked at him, his expression still calm as still water: "Retribution?"
"You're overthinking it. Even Buddha would get shot if he came to Manchukuo."

"You'll get used to it; this is what police work."

When they reached the intersection, Hong Zhi gave Ren Changchun two days off and told him to go home first.

"Section Chief Gao deliberately let that Xiao Dong go."

"Based on my understanding of him, he may be plotting something bigger."

Zhou Yi frowned.

"It must have been Li Songquan who suggested it."

"Take it one step at a time."

"If we can get through these next few years, everything will be alright."

Hong Zhi looked ahead and said firmly.

……

(End of this chapter)