Nominal: Hou Liangping blocking the door? He was slapped away!

Lu Yike held the evidence bag up in front of him.

"Found it in the lining of the shoe sole?"

The man shut up.

"Was the car checked?"

"Empty vehicle. The chassis number has been ground off, and the engine number has also been scratched off."

"seal up."

Where are they?

"Take him away separately, don't mix him with any other people on site."

When she stood up, the hem of her raincoat was dragged by the water, making it seem rather heavy.

But her back was very straight.

This operation uncovered far more leads than just those involved in delivering money and running errands.

It extended from the old line of Sarrij to the core's side.

Lu Yike pulled out the red encrypted dedicated line.

Before the line was connected, she glanced at the unlicensed Volkswagen, then at the cash envelope on the ground that had been soaked by the rain.

A few banknotes were scattered and stuck to the water's surface, like a few rotten leaves.

"Northern route, connecting to Shenyang Heavy Machinery Plant."

After a brief static tone, the call connected.

Everything is fine on Shenzhong's side.

"speak."

"The operation has been launched on the back street of the retired cadres' activity center. The contact person has been apprehended. Identity verification revealed him to be the personal driver of Sha Ruijin's father-in-law's chief secretary."

There was no interruption on the other end of the phone.

Lu Yike continued speaking.

"A circular metal piece was found at the scene, hidden in the lining of the right shoe sole. It had a micro-engraved serial number on the edge: Q5-HD-011."

She pronounced each character very clearly.

It's still raining.

The plainclothes officers lifted the man up, his handcuffs gleaming from the rain.

On the phone, Shen Zhong paused for two seconds.

Those two seconds felt longer than the entire alleyway where we were chasing each other.

Lu Yike did not urge him.

She knew that the significance of this number likely transcended the desktop of everyone in Handong.

The heavy voice came again, so low it sounded like it was pressing down on an iron plate.

"Duplicate numbering".

"Q5-HD-011".

"Seal the evidence, isolate the personnel, keep the vehicles stationed, and cut off all external contact for everyone at the scene."

"clear."

There was another moment of silence on Shen Zhong's end.

Then, he spoke each word very steadily.

"HD stands for Handong, but Q5 is the code name for the frontline execution of the core coordination group, which was specially approved by the core. Sha Ruijin's trump card has been exposed."

The rain at the northern airport hasn't stopped.

Inside the duty building, after the deputy director was taken away, the three contracts on the table were still lying there.

Zhou Weiguo pressed the evidence bag down again and looked up at Shen Zhong.

"Sir, we've secured the Q5 lead."

Shen Zhong did not respond.

He buttoned his military uniform all the way up, the epaulets looking heavy in the light, and held an unlit cigarette between his fingers.

The cigarette butt was clean.

This shows that he hasn't reached the point where he needs to use anger to suppress his emotions.

Zhou Weiguo didn't say anything more, but simply put the inspection-free pass from the frontline coordination group into the iron box.

Click.

Close the metal box.

The red secure phone on the corner of the table rang at that moment.

The ringtone wasn't urgent, but it was harsh.

Just as the staff officers in the room were about to turn their heads, Shen Zhong raised his hand.

Everyone immediately left, and the door was closed from the outside.

Zhou Weiguo remained where he was, his back ramrod straight.

Shen Zhong picked up the receiver.

"The northern route is heavy."

There was a short verification tone on the other end of the phone, followed by a young but very steady male voice.

"Commander Shen, this is the confidential staff member on duty in Elder Xu's office."

Zhou Weiguo's hand was already on the notebook.

The fact that they could call directly into the northern red line and even mention Old Xu's office meant that this call was no small matter.

Shen Zhong held the cigarette between two fingers, making a very short sound.

"speak."

"The double-sealed sealing bag A1 has been delivered to the Xishan field reception point according to procedure. The inner seal is intact, but the outer seal is abnormal."

Zhou Weiguo paused for a moment as he held the pen.

Shen Zhong's expression remained unchanged.

"Abnormal location".

"The edge of the second sealing wax in the upper left corner has an indentation less than one millimeter long, and the depth cannot be confirmed by the naked eye. Upon re-examination under oblique light, the indentation appears to be a horizontal drag."

"Is the bag damaged?"

"Undamaged."

"Lead seal?"

"The lead seal is intact."

"Who discovered it first?"

"Xishan field receptionist. As you noted in your previous post, the three of you checked each other, including oblique light, cold light, and side pressure."

Shen Zhong placed the cigarette on the table.

A very soft sound.

Snapped.

Zhou Weiguo's back immediately tensed up.

He had been with Shen Zhong for so long that he knew what this gesture meant.

Some people have already extended their reach into the highest levels of military procedures.

The clerk paused for a moment, then added another sentence.

"Xu Lao's office requested that the northern route be analyzed simultaneously, and the inner seal should not be removed for the time being."

"Don't open it," Shen said solemnly. "Put the original bag into a lead box, add three layers of physical light shielding, and have all personnel who came into contact with it stay where they are and wait for verification."

"clear."

"Send the outer packaging photos, shipping route information, and contact list to the northern route now."

"You're already in line at the safety line, you'll arrive in seventeen seconds."

The phone hangs up.

Zhou Weiguo looked at the red machine on the table, his throat feeling a little dry.

"Sir, the dents on the outer seal...could it be from damage during transport?"

Shen Zhong looked up at him.

Zhou Weiguo immediately changed his tune.

"I was being nosy."

"You didn't say anything unnecessary." Shen Zhong picked up his cigarette again. "If it were a bump or knock, the dents would be messy. The horizontal dragging, with the position stuck at the edge of the second sealing wax, means someone found the right angle."

Zhou Weiguo reacted quickly.

"High-intensity light vision reading?"

Shen nodded.

"The bag has a light-blocking layer, so it cannot be read by a normal light source. However, there is an indentation on the edge of the sealing wax, indicating that it was applied very closely, the light was very strong, and the time was very short."

Zhou Weiguo cursed.

"They're really bold, daring to touch things in front of West Mountain."

Shen Zhong did not correct him.

Sometimes, profanity is more honest than a report.

Seventeen seconds later.

The security terminal lights up.

A set of photos pops up first, with the outer sealing wax enlarged to its maximum size, and a faint horizontal line along the red edge in the upper left corner.

To the naked eye, it looks like creases left by the wax as it cooled.

But Shen Zhong only glanced at the photo before pulling it aside.

"link."

Zhou Weiguo immediately pulled up the complete transportation map.

The northern route is sealed, confidential vehicles leave the warehouse, military airport transfers are made, core field operations are connected, and the western mountain forward receiving is completed.

Each node has a timestamp, and each person who comes into contact with it has a corresponding number.

Zhou Weiguo typed loudly on the keyboard.

I'll sift in reverse order.

"Second by second".

"Yes."

The screen is divided into sixteen sections.

The transit corridor, security checkpoint, sealed cabinets, escort carriages, and field reception room were all dragged into the same timeline.

The sound of rain was still tapping against the window.

The only sounds in the room were the fan and the keyboard.

Zhou Weiguo rewound the first paragraph and shook his head.

"The Xishan receiving point is clean, and all three receiving personnel are in the camera's view."

The second paragraph.

"The field transport vehicle was clean, and the security guards did not leave their seats."

The third paragraph.

"Airport transfer was no problem; the lead box was within sight the entire time."

Shen Zhong stood behind him, his eyes fixed on the screen.

The screen continues to roll backwards.

A core confidential transportation transfer cabinet area has appeared.

It was a row of transparent explosion-proof cabinets, with two layers of sensor doors on the outside of the cabinets, and two guards standing next to them.

The lead box containing bag A was placed in cabinet number three, awaiting pickup by the next convoy.

Zhou Weiguo glanced at the time.

"It stopped here for four minutes and thirty-two seconds."

"slow."