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

Chapter 435 Recognition of relatives
"Okay, I hope Director Ding will remember what you just said."

“Those cultural relics are located in a chemical plant five kilometers southwest of Zhabei Wharf. There is only an abandoned chemical plant there.”

Ding Moqun immediately looked at Tojo Hideo, who was even more anxious than Ding Moqun. He quickly arranged for the communications officer to notify the people on standby at the original agency to go to the location Hua Xiaonuan had mentioned to check.

Originally, the original personnel were supposed to be outside cooperating with counter-tracking and arrest operations, but now that the plan has obviously failed, they can only send them out to investigate.

As for the Military Police Headquarters, Mizuki Uchiyama only accepted the invitation to board the cruise ship out of respect for Hideo Tojo.

Mizuki Uchiyama had already left the cruise ship after the auction began and returned to the military police headquarters with the assistance of a yacht dispatched by the Japanese Navy.

After all, Mizuki Uchiyama is part of the epidemic prevention supervision team and is heading north tomorrow. She doesn't have time to deal with these people on the cruise ship.

Even though Ding Moqun's plan has a high chance of success, in Uchiyama Mizuki's opinion, it's far better to go north with Zhao Xuan.

After all, even if Ding Moqun's plan succeeds, the credit will be divided among four people, and Uchiyama Mizuki wouldn't pick up a sesame seed and lose a watermelon.

Half an hour later, the radio station received a response, learning that no trace of cultural relics could be found at the location Hua Xiaonuan reported, and that the chemical plant clearly showed signs of vehicles coming and going, and that it was very new. This was enough to prove that the information provided in the telegram sent by No. 76 earlier was true.

After reading the telegram, Ding Moqun smiled bitterly. He felt that he had done everything perfectly this time, without any loopholes.

Such a flawless plan, yet it still managed to be overturned by the underground party, made Ding Moqun feel that life was not worth living.

Tojo Hideo slumped into his chair. Although there were still remedial measures, Lü Tianting still had a batch of national treasures in his possession.

However, Tojo Hideo missed the opportunity to head north, which greatly angered him.

"Ding Moqun, I hope you still remember what you said before. If you can't provide the funds I need, then you might as well prepare to sell No. 76!"

Ding Moqun chuckled and nodded at Tojo Hideo:

"Alright, now let's deal with the rest. Those wealthy and influential people need an explanation."

Before long, Ding Moqun and his entourage returned to the banquet hall.

Seeing the dissatisfaction of the crowd, Ding Moqun straightened his suit, stepped onto the stage, stood in front of the microphone, and said in a shrill voice:

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have just received news that the treasures you all managed to acquire have been snatched up by the underground party. I am truly sorry!"

"However, I, Ding Moqun, swear that I will definitely recover those treasures for everyone."

"At the same time, because of the despicable acts of the underground party, the people of Zhenxingqi Society have also suffered serious losses. Here, I announce something."

"The Zhenxingqi Society has officially joined No. 76 and formed a special task force to deal with the underground party and recover the treasure!"

As soon as Ding Moqun finished speaking, the entire banquet hall erupted in commotion.

Wang Yiya, Liu Shiran, He Shen, Ye Luyan and other underground party members were completely dumbfounded.

They never expected that their comrades outside would be so helpful, managing to retrieve the national treasure and even transmit intelligence to the cruise ship.

Not to mention He Shen, Liu Shiran, and Wang Yiya, even Ye Luyan couldn't understand how the organization obtained the exact location of the national treasure.
However, this news also brought a sigh of relief to the underground party members, military intelligence agents, and central intelligence agents present.

However, the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics also hated the underground party at this time.

The funds raised from tonight's auction of those national treasures alone are astronomical. The fact that such valuable national treasures were obtained by the underground party has made the Kuomintang and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) so jealous that they want to explode.

The foreigners from the World Chamber of Commerce cursed and swore, completely disregarding Ding Moqun's explanation; all they cared about was how their vested interests had been lost.

You know, just by looking at the slides and listening to Hua Xiaonuan's introduction, everyone understood how much potential those national treasures had to appreciate in value.

For businessmen, watching future profits, which are tens or even hundreds of times greater than their current investment, slip away is more painful than killing them.

Compared to the businessmen, gentry, social celebrities, and members of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the underground party, after calming down, they all looked at Hua Xiaonuan and Lü Tianting standing next to the stage.

Ding Moqun just said that he wants to form a special secret group, and that people from the Zhenxingqi Society will be included in it.

They all knew how troublesome the Zhenxingqi Society guys were. Once this special team was formed, one could imagine the severe challenges they would face while infiltrating Shanghai.

"Gentlemen, it's not that I, Ding Moqun, am trying to fool you, but the underground party is too cunning and despicable."

"The underground party is digging up everyone's roots! Therefore, I hope that everyone can unite and assist in the construction of my Special Group No. 76, so as to recover what belongs to everyone as soon as possible."

"I promise everyone that as long as the items are recovered, they will be delivered to you according to the proceeds of tonight's auction, and no fees will be charged."

"However, as you all know, the Special Secret Group is newly established and many things are not yet fully prepared. Therefore, I, Ding, shamelessly propose a donation to you all to assist in the construction of my Special Secret Group No. 76."

At this point, Ding Moqun's eyes turned cold. He waved his hand and immediately instructed Fan Dingfang to take the notebook and go around raising funds one by one.

After Fan Dingfang had looked around and saw that there were fewer than ten people donating, Ding Moqun said in a cold voice:

"Gentlemen, I, Ding, have done right by you. Since you do not support the construction of the Special Secret Group, and those cultural relics have been stolen by the underground party, let's end this auction here."

"According to the schedule, we were supposed to send everyone back tomorrow, but I think everyone is unwilling to stay any longer."

"Very well, since no one wants the treasure to be recovered, I, Ding, will not force you. Mr. Tojo, please give the order to have the cruise ship dock as soon as possible and send everyone back!"

The faces of everyone present were extremely grim, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Ding Moqun's fundraising method is clearly a scheme to get something for nothing.

These people naturally wouldn't fall for it, but Ding Moqun's last words made many people hesitate.

Can those national treasures be recovered?
It's uncertain, but when it comes to investing, the bigger the storm, the more expensive the fish.

If those national treasures are indeed recovered, Ding Moqun promised not to hand over a single piece of the artifacts they purchased.

Now, they only need to pay a very small price to potentially reap hundreds of times the profit in the future. This kind of deal has indeed tempted many people.

"Director Ding, we were just caught off guard and couldn't accept the underground party's despicable and shameless behavior. Director Ding is right. Given the underground party's banditry, we naturally have to oppose and strongly condemn it, and let the Special Secret Group seek justice for us!"

The foreigners at the World's Chamber of Commerce cheered and generously donated money.

Ding Moqun, sitting on the platform, was all smiles. Even Tojo Hideo hadn't expected that these foreigners would actually believe Ding Moqun's nonsense!

However, upon further reflection, if those national treasures were truly recovered, Ding Moqun would have no choice but to reluctantly fulfill his promise for today.

If he doesn't honor his promise, Ding Moqun will lose all credibility. In the entire Shanghai, who would dare to do business with Ding Moqun or support him?

Ding Moqun could naturally have imagined this, but he was also certain that those national treasures were absolutely impossible to retrieve.

Zheng Yi, who watched all this silently, couldn't help but admire Ding Moqun's skill.

With the addition of No. 76 and the Special Secret Group, Zheng Yi seemed to have already seen the situation reach its most critical moment.

These foreigners are nothing but troublemakers. Zheng Yi really wanted to pick up a machine gun and shoot them all.

The only foreigner who remained uninvolved was Smith.

Smith agreed to board the ship this time because he was coerced by the foreigners from the World Chamber of Commerce.

Smith hadn't yet grasped the value of those artifacts.

In Smith's view, it would be more worthwhile to buy more items from Dao Ya than to put that much effort into the artifacts.

It's also because Daoya isn't in Shanghai right now; otherwise, Smith definitely wouldn't have come here.

Of course, these foreigners wouldn't believe that the goods had really been transferred away based solely on Ding Moqun's one-sided account.

Ding Moqun was naturally aware of this, so he promised everyone that he would take them to see the site in person after the cruise ship docked.

However, this was merely Ding Moqun giving these foreigners a way out.

What truly convinced these foreigners to donate to the Special Secrets Group was Hideo Tojo.

Anyone here who isn't lacking in intelligence knows that Tojo Hideo urgently needs a sum of money, and not a small one at that.

Therefore, even if Ding Moqun dared to mislead them, he wouldn't dare to fool Tojo Hideo.

Therefore, what Ding Moqun just said is highly credible.

Shanghai, late at night.

Because of Ding Moqun's failed plan, all the radio trucks patrolling the streets and alleys of Shanghai have been withdrawn, and Shanghai seems to have returned to its "wonderful" life of extravagance and revelry.

Master Niu sat on the sofa in Zhao Xuan's villa living room, without turning on the lights. He looked somewhat tense, his eyes fixed on the direction of the phone.

Master Niu had no idea what Zhao Xuan was doing today.

However, since Zhao Xuan hasn't returned yet, Master Niu is still panicking.

It wasn't that he was afraid something would happen to Zhao Xuan, but rather that he was afraid he wouldn't be able to handle tomorrow's events. Although Zhao Xuan had given instructions, Master Niu still felt uncertain.

Jingle Bell--

The phone rang, and Mr. Niu jumped up and quickly reached out to grab it and answer it.

Hearing the voice on the other end, Master Niu finally breathed a sigh of relief:
"You just call like this, aren't you afraid? It's been so long since we last contacted each other, I almost forgot you have ways to make it impossible for the enemy to track you down."

"What, aren't you back yet?"

"What did you say? You're kidding me, I can't handle this!"

A few minutes later, Mr. Niu hung up the phone with a grim expression.

"Old Dan, you're really trying to kill me!"

A moment later, Master Niu sighed, lay down on the sofa fully clothed, and fell asleep.

Zhao Xuan called to tell him that he would have to break his promise tomorrow and that he would have to have Master Niu continue to disguise himself and lead the epidemic prevention supervision team north to Harbin.

However, Zhao Xuan also said that he would switch back with him when the time was right.

However, this opportune moment made Master Niu very uneasy, and he suspected that Zhao Xuan was deceiving him.

Moreover, the biggest problem now is that Master Niu doesn't understand Japanese. He's very nervous about leading a bunch of Japanese soldiers around.

Of course, Zhao Xuan also gave Master Niu some good news: Lan Zehuizi was not going with him.

This truly relieved Master Niu.

It's not Master Niu's fault. He only spent a short time with Lan Zehuizi today. If Lin Jieru hadn't been there, Master Niu would have felt like he'd been exposed.

Master Niu couldn't understand how Zhao Xuan had managed to make Lan Zehuizi so infatuated with him.

Today, Aizawa Keiko asked him more than once if he was feeling unwell, as something seemed off.

Fortunately, Lin Jieru provided some humor, otherwise Master Niu would have had no idea how to deal with Lan Zehuizi.

Meanwhile, in the basement of a jianbing guozi (Chinese crepe) shop in the southern part of Shanghai.

Wearing a trench coat and having regained his original appearance, Zhao Xuan sat at the wooden table, slowly sipping a cup of tea.

The light from the kerosene lamp flickered incessantly. In the dimly lit basement, not far from Zhao Xuan, Huang Qian, wearing a khaki trench coat, was tied to a chair and remained unconscious.

Through the vision connected by the nano-flying insects, Zhao Xuan saw three figures approaching outside the pancake stall. He smiled slightly and blew out the kerosene lamp.

A few minutes later, the secret door of the underground party was opened, and the leader who was about to walk into the basement suddenly stopped. Then Zhao Xuan heard the sound of a bullet being chambered.

In scanning mode, Zhao Xuan's vision was not affected in the slightest in the dimly lit underground party area.

At this moment, Lü Tianting was leading Hua Xiaonuan and the new girl down the steps with light and silent steps.

Zhao Xuan drew his gun and fired three shots, knocking the guns out of the hands of Lü Tianting, Hua Xiaonuan, and the novice.

"Don't do anything rash, turn on the lights."

Zhao Xuan's voice rang out, and Huang Qian, who was unconscious, was also awakened by the gunshot.

As the lights came on, everyone in the basement could see each other's faces clearly.

When they saw Zhao Xuan sitting at the wooden table and Huang Qian tied to a chair, Hua Xiaonuan and Lü Tianting's expressions changed drastically, and Na Xin's pupils shrank sharply.

"Zhao Xuan!"

Hua Xiaonuan stared at Zhao Xuan with eyes wide open. To be honest, Zhao Xuan was the biggest enemy of Zhenxingqi Society.

Huang Qian was also shocked when she saw Zhao Xuan's face clearly.

"President Lü, don't try anything funny. Bullets don't have eyes."

Seeing that Lü Tianting wanted to take this opportunity to pick up the gun, Zhao Xuan's voice rang out at the right time.

Lu Tianting stared at Zhao Xuan with a grim expression, while Hua Xiaonuan felt extremely flustered.

Zhao Xuan is a member of the Special Higher Police. Since Zhao Xuan is here, the other members of the Special Higher Police would probably have already surrounded this place.

"Don't be nervous. If I wanted to kill you, you would have died the moment you came in."

"What exactly do you want to do?"

At 1 a.m. tonight, the Yamato cruise ship docked at the Zhabei Wharf.

When Hua Xiaonuan and her group arrived at the chemical plant where the national treasures were hidden, sure enough, everything was gone.

After investigation, Hua Xiaonuan was certain that the items there had been taken away before the original organization's personnel arrived.

Therefore, the information Ding Moqun initially received was true.

After arguing for more than an hour, Hua Xiaonuan and Ding Moqun reached a final agreement. They decided to return to their lodging in the south of the city to retrieve some items, and then go to No. 76 to find Ding Moqun the next day.

But to their surprise, the Special Higher Police found this place.

"I told you not to be nervous. As for what I want to do? Haven't you been looking for me all this time? Now that I'm here, you're asking me what I want to do?"

At this point, Zhao Xuan stood up, his gaze softening, and he looked at Hua Xiaonuan with a kind smile:

"She's grown into a beautiful young woman."

Hua Xiaonuan's heart skipped a beat, and an impossible thought popped into her mind:
"you"

Originally, having already obtained all the national treasures, Zhao Xuan no longer wanted to continue the mission he had planned with Xia Gong.

However, Zhao Xuan underestimated the methods used to revitalize the flag society.

According to the results of Edith's scanning, the tomb in the International Cemetery was originally built to house more than 600 national treasures.

In the end, Zhao Xuan only found a little over two hundred items from the tomb, and even with the items recovered from the Zhabei Wharf Chemical Plant, the total number of items was less than three hundred.

In other words, the whereabouts of more than 300 national treasures are still unknown.

Helpless, Zhao Xuan had no choice but to follow the original plan and come to recognize Hua Xiaonuan as a relative.

They really have three burrows!
"Impossible, this is impossible, it can't be you!"

Hua Xiaonuan's expression changed drastically. She stared at Zhao Xuan like a madwoman, saying it was impossible.

Huang Qian, who was tied to the chair, was completely dumbfounded.

Before the stand-in assigned by the organization even arrived, the real guy found Hua Xiaonuan first.

Moreover, Zhao Xuan is Hua Xiaonuan's brother, which Huang Qian just can't understand!

Na Xin looked at Zhao Xuan with a bewildered expression, while Lü Tianting remained relatively calm, glaring at Zhao Xuan and roaring:

"If Xiao Nuan's brother is you, then why did you lead the team to wipe out my Zhenxingqi Society?"

Zhao Xuan chuckled:
"The Zhenxing Flag Society, which was hiding in the French Concession, was already riddled with holes. Why do you think I would want to wipe it out? Besides, if I really wanted to kill you, would I have forced you to keep fleeing from the sewers all the way here?"

Dead memories began to resurface, and when Lu Tianting thought of the day he was besieged by the Special Higher Police, his eyes widened.

Yes, during that raid, every time they came out of the sewers, they were ambushed beforehand, and were forced to come to the south of the city.

You should know that this section of the sewer in the south of the city is notorious for its overflowing sewage!

If they weren't forced into this situation, who would want to use the sewers in the south of the city? Even the sewers on Fuzhou Road are a hundred or a thousand times better than these.

Hua Xiaonuan stared blankly at Zhao Xuan for a long while before stepping forward with a ferocious expression.

Lu Tian was shocked and tried to grab Hua Xiaonuan, but Hua Xiaonuan shook off his hand and walked step by step to Zhao Xuan:
"So, you really are my brother?"

Zhao Xuan nodded gently.

"Xiao Nuan, you've worked so hard all these years. I'm sorry, I should have come to find you sooner."

Hua Xiaonuan chuckled coldly:
"Xiao Nuan? My brother never calls me Xiao Nuan!"

Zhao Xuan had already started the dialysis mode. He didn't know how Hua Xiaonuan's brother addressed his sister before, but after Hua Xiaonuan said that, he understood her thoughts.

(End of this chapter)