You were allowed to marry into No. 76 family, and you were promoted to director?

Chapter 406 Change
Meanwhile, in the Mei Agency, inside the director's office.

From the moment Yingzuo learned that Miao Xue had left the team to the moment he saw Miao Xue sitting in his office, the entire process was under surveillance. The people Yingzuo sent did not notice anything wrong with Miao Xue.

"Section Chief Miao, the mission has already been assigned. Why did you leave the team halfway through? You need to understand that with your actions, I can consider you a traitor at any time!"

Miao Xue looked at Ying Zuo expressionlessly:

"Lord Yingzuo, I've come here simply to ask you one question: do you favor Wang Ningyu or Ding Moqun?"

Yingzuo narrowed his eyes and stared intently at Miao Xue, who smiled without changing her expression:

"Behind the old factory area, on Wutong Road, Ding Moqun sent me there."

Upon hearing this, Yingzuo's pupils contracted sharply, his mind racing with a myriad of thoughts.

After a while, Kagesa finally spoke and asked:
"What does this have to do with you leaving the group without permission?"

Miao Xue smiled and shook her head:
"Heh, Lord Kagesa, haven't I made myself clear enough?"

"If the information provided by Ding Moqun is true, then you can pretend I didn't say anything. But what if the information is false?"

Yingzuo knew very well how much Ding Moqun longed to become the Director of the 76th Division.

Therefore, Yingzuo did not believe that Ding Moqun would lie to him about this matter.

The underground Communist Party spy codenamed Hunter was someone Ding Moqun had trained at great expense. To be honest, Yingzuo believed the intelligence he had.

Moreover, if this sweep is successful, Yingzuo will inevitably push Ding Moqun to the position of Director of Bureau No. 76.

Wang Da is becoming increasingly difficult to control, and with his move to Shanghai, the ability to restrain him has greatly diminished.

Therefore, under no circumstances would Yingzuo consider appointing Wang Ningyu as the bureau chief.

However, after hearing Miao Xue's words, Ying Zuo hesitated.

The death of Suzuki Haruko was like a broken arm for Sasaki; Sasaki's abilities could never compare to those of Suzuki Haruko.

If it really was Ding Moqun who sent Miao Xue to Wutong Road, then what exactly did Ding Moqun want to do?
He cut off his own arm so that Ding Moqun could gradually accept and reuse him.
Or perhaps Ding Moqun simply wanted to eliminate the skilled craftsmen of the plum blossom removal mechanism one by one?

"Section Chief Miao, if Ding Moqun finds out what you said today, you're probably doomed."

Miao Xue shook her head:

"That depends on whether the sweep is successful or not. I wonder how much of what Lord Kageyama has taken to heart?"

Kagesa snorted coldly; this sweep was something he was determined to achieve.

The information provided by Ding Moqun is very unlikely to be problematic.

Unless, the hunter was exposed long ago.

Otherwise, the anti-Japanese forces in the border region would have suffered a devastating blow this time.

"If you left the group without permission just to tell me this, then you can leave. Considering you still have some ability, we'll keep today's events private."

Miao Xue put down her teacup, nodded slightly to Ying Zuo, and then got up and left Ying Zuo's office.

Although Miao Xue had left, Ying Zuo's mind was in turmoil.

He was pondering how credible Miao Xue's words were, or rather, if what Miao Xue said was true, where did she get her information from?
It's impossible that Miao Xue made this guess out of thin air just because Ding Moqun sent her to Wutong Road that time.
A short while later, Kagesa had someone call Kudo Ikkyu into his office.

As the commander-in-chief of the reconnaissance operation, Kudo Ikkyu was actually free to do nothing after arranging the team roster; Ding Moqun was in charge of the subsequent operations.

Upon seeing Kagesa, Kudo Ikkyu stepped forward and stood in front of the desk:
"Chief, you wanted to see me?"

Kagesa waved for Kudo to sit down and said leisurely:

"Kudo-kun, you told me before that among the 76th Division, there is a capable and efficient person named Miao Xue."

"And this Miao Xue had been to Nanjing once before, when she went with Zhao Xuan, who was then the head of the intelligence section of the 76th Division."

How much do you know about this Miao Xue?

Kudo Ikkyu was taken aback, not expecting Kagesa to ask him this question.

If we're talking about who knows Miao Xue best, it has to be Suzuki Haruko. Didn't Suzuki Haruko ever tell Kagesa about this?
After hesitating for a moment, Kudo Ikkyu said in a deep voice:
"Chief, rather than saying Miao Xue is one of the 76th Division, it's more accurate to say that Miao Xue has always been working for Zhao Xuan."

"Ding Moqun recently promoted an underground party traitor named Xie Biran to serve as the deputy head of the intelligence section. Miao Xue is now basically idle in the intelligence section."

“If this reconnaissance operation had not been led by our Mei Agency, Miao Xue would never have been sent out.”

Yingzuo gave an "oh" and stroked his chin thoughtfully.

According to Kudo Ikkyu, Miao Xue is not without options. At the very least, if Miao Xue can no longer stay at No. 76, she can choose to seek refuge with Zhao Xuan.

In Yingzuo's opinion, Zhao Xuan's abilities were such that ten Suzuki Harukos combined couldn't match his.

Moreover, Zhao Xuan is currently doing very well in the Special Higher Police. If Miao Xue were to side with Zhao Xuan, given how much Lan Zehui values ​​him, she would not turn Miao Xue away if Zhao Xuan gave the word.

Moreover, Ding Moqun's current actions are entirely aimed at marginalizing Miao Xue. As for why he wanted Miao Xue to go to Wutong Road, Ying Zuo has figured it out.

Dao Ya is Zhao Xuan's sister-in-law. Ying Zuo had already investigated their family's current situation during the time he was confronting Dao Ya.

Miao Xue only obeys Zhao Xuan, so she is very concerned about Zhao Xuan's affairs.

Ding Moqun genuinely cared for Dao Ya and sent Miao Xue to secretly protect her. Given Miao Xue's abilities and her relationship with Zhao Xuan, she was completely trustworthy.

And that is indeed the case; Suzuki Haruko was very likely killed by Mie Yuki.

Although Suzuki Haruko is Kagesa's student, Kagesa doesn't have much affection for her.

Kagesa only ever values ​​ability.

After thinking about it this way, Kagesa felt that the whole thing became clear.

Why did Miao Xue leave the group halfway through today to come back and see me?

He probably really wants to use his own hands to get rid of Ding Moqun.

As for the question that Yingzuo had been wondering about, where did Miao Xue get the information? Judging from the current situation, it is very likely that it was provided by Zhao Xuan.

Zhao Xuan is now the head of the Special Higher Police's Intelligence Section, and he is the head of the merged Intelligence Advisory Section and Intelligence Section.

Such an intelligence department would certainly have great advantages in intelligence gathering, and it would also have ample manpower. It's not impossible that Zhao Xuan might have found something.

Could it be...? A cold sweat broke out on Yingzuo's back. He thought of a possibility. He felt that Miao Xue's visit to him was at Zhao Xuan's behest, and the intention was very clear: to use him to get rid of Ding Moqun!

Having realized this, Kagesa let out a long breath.

That Zhao Xuan is really ruthless!
Now that he's in power, his nephew-in-law has turned his murderous intent toward his uncle, Ding Moqun.

He's trying to push Dao Yan up too!

"Kudo-kun, keep an eye on Zhao Xuan's movements. We need to find out what he's doing lately."

As soon as Kagesa finished speaking, Kudo Ikkyu laughed:

"Chief, speaking of this, I just happened to get some information."

Seeing Kagesa looking at him with curiosity, Kudo continued:
"Early this morning, the whole of Shanghai, whether it was public or private hospitals, or even the Military Police Hospital, was buzzing with the news that the newly established epidemic prevention and control supervision team would be conducting hygiene inspections of various hospitals in turn."

"Sure enough, Sasaki left early this morning with two trusted men to meet up with the epidemic prevention supervision team."

The mention of this incident made Yingzuo furious. The cabinet's direct epidemic prevention supervision team had actually appointed Zhao Xuan as its leader.

This is something that Kagesa just can't understand.

What angered Yingzuo the most was that it was one thing for the epidemic prevention supervision team to be established, but they also had to select a group of people from various intelligence agencies in Shanghai to join the supervision team.

Once you're in the supervisory team, Zhao Xuan is in charge.

Now, after hearing Kudo Ikkyu's words, Kagesa thought about many things.

The health inspection has caused quite a stir even before it has started, with major hospitals already having received the news. What is going on?
Is this how they make money openly and honestly?

Previously, Mei Agency had to spend a large sum of money to settle the conflict with Dao Ya.

The Mei Agency's budget was already stretched thin this month, and for this large-scale sweep and investigation operation, Kagesa was still using the funds from the 76th Division.

As a result, Zhao Xuan, that heartless scoundrel, began to amass wealth under the guise of epidemic prevention!
If I were the team leader, would the Mei Agency still have funding issues?

Slowly exhaling, Kagesa fixed his gaze on Kudo Ikkyu:
"Go and find out every single detail of this epidemic prevention supervision team's operation!"

"Hi!"

On the other side, in the car that had left Shanghai and was heading towards Henan, Miao Xue sat in the back seat, leaning back and resting with her eyes closed.

Yuan Fang, who was driving, glanced in the rearview mirror and slowed down a little.

This time, Miao Xue was assigned to Henan to verify the intelligence on the Henan guerrillas and the Independent Regiment. The journey was long, and this mission would take at least ten days to complete.

Miao Xue was naturally the one leading the team. In addition to Yuan Fang, the squad assigned to Miao Xue included two agents from the 76th Operations Section and a person sent by the Mei Agency, who was actually there to monitor Miao Xue.

The reason Miao Xue was able to avoid this person's gaze, send a message to Yang Huamei, and have Yang Huamei retrieve a "piece of intelligence" she had prepared was entirely due to the tacit understanding that Yuan Fang and Miao Xue had developed, which allowed them to entangle the little spy from the Mei Agency.

However, Miao Xue was only away from the Mei Agency's little spy for a short time, at most two minutes.

As for Miao Xue going to see Ying Zuo, it wasn't an order from Zhao Xuan, because throughout the entire process, Zhao Xuan had no way of contacting Miao Xue, and Miao Xue had no way of contacting Zhao Xuan.

Miao Xue's confidence that the preliminary reconnaissance operation for this large-scale sweep could not succeed stemmed from her trust in Zhao Xuan.

Because Zhao Xuan didn't tell her anything, this made Miao Xue even more certain of one thing: the Japanese simply couldn't succeed in this large-scale operation!
Otherwise, Zhao Xuan would have given her a good opportunity to make a name for herself beforehand.

It was for this reason that Miao Xue came up with a plan.

Get rid of Ding Moqun!
Since the large-scale mopping-up operation could not have succeeded, it means that there must have been something fishy about this reconnaissance operation, or rather, the success of the reconnaissance operation was probably deliberately orchestrated by the anti-Japanese armed forces.

After considering everything, Miao Xue felt that no matter where Ding Moqun got the information from, it must be problematic.

Given this opportunity, Miao Xue naturally wanted to use Ying Zuo to get rid of Ding Moqun.

If the sweep fails, Kagesa will inevitably take the blame. If Kagesa doesn't want to be sent back to his hometown, finding a scapegoat is unavoidable.

Miao Xue went to see Ying Zuo this time to increase the probability that Ying Zuo would find Ding Moqun as a scapegoat.

Furthermore, there is only one reason why Miao Xue wanted to get rid of Ding Moqun.

She felt that Ding Moqun's existence could very well affect Zhao Xuan's future and fate after the Japanese were defeated.

As long as she eliminates Ding Moqun beforehand, even if the Japanese are defeated, Miao Xue can attribute the credit for her ability to use someone else to kill Ding Moqun to Zhao Xuan, thus protecting Zhao Xuan.

With this idea in mind, coupled with Miao Xue's trust in Zhao Xuan, Miao Xue left the group midway to go find Ying Zuo on her own.

Meanwhile, Zhao Xuan, the person Miao Xue was concerned about, was leading the epidemic prevention and control team to conduct a health inspection at the military police hospital.

This operation was reported, and the Cabinet already knew what the supervisory team's first action was.

The cabinet also intended to let the epidemic prevention supervision team familiarize themselves with the process first, and immediately replied with approval upon receiving the telegram.

Having received the cabinet's telegram, Zhao Xuan led his men to the military police hospital as their first stop.

The director of the military police hospital, Ooyasu, received the message sent by Sasaki last night, and early this morning he and the hospital's leaders waited for the arrival of the supervisory team.

In the backyard of the military police hospital, all the vehicles of the supervisory team were parked. Obo Hisashi was directing the doctors and nurses to move the gifts into the trunk of the convoy.

In a ward on the second floor of the hospital, Zhao Xuan stood at the window, watching the busy crowd in the backyard. He turned his head and smiled at Yamao Kazuo.

"It's clear that Director Oboku has done a very good job in terms of hospital hygiene. Yamau-kun, send someone to inform Sasaki and the others that the hygiene at the Military Police Hospital is quite good, so don't be too fussy during the inspection."

At this moment, Yamayu Kazuo was watching Ooyagi, who was directing the moving of gifts in the yard, and this time Yamayu Kazuo's eyes were wide open.

He never expected that Ooboku would prepare so many gifts. It really was just as Zhao Xuan said last night: when you cause trouble for someone, they still give you gifts.

Coming to his senses, Yamagyu Kazuo waved for the agent guarding the door to come in, gave him instructions, and then looked at Zhao Xuan and said:
"Mr. Zhao, this is too much! Looking at those gifts, most of them are scarce supplies. I didn't expect the Military Police Hospital to have such a large stockpile!"

Zhao Xuan simply smiled upon hearing this.

What a joke! In a hospital, anyone with a bit of status who comes for treatment is lined up to give gifts.

Leaving aside the money, Zhao Xuan dared to say that, apart from the logistics department of the Military Police Headquarters, no other place had as many imported goods and scarce supplies as the Military Police Hospital.

(End of this chapter)