The Zhongtong plainclothes officers who were ridiculed by Tang Cheng were very angry, but they did not speak out against Tang Cheng. The other party didn't accept the move, so Tang Cheng lost interest in continuing to ridicule the other party. The bearded man who had previously sparred with the plainclothes Zhongtong had long since disappeared. However, according to the words of the plainclothes Zhongtong, Tang Cheng and the others quickly targeted him. A small courtyard in the alley. The search team who climbed over the wall quickly opened the courtyard door. Tang Cheng and others went in to search, but they did not find the whereabouts of the bearded man.
"The person has run away!" Tang Cheng, who was holding back a smile in his heart, had a hint of disappointment in his tone. Looking at the expressions of the plainclothes officers, they had already turned as dark as the bottom of a pot. Judging from the looks of the people in the search team, it was obvious that they were not playing tricks on them. If he and others really sabotaged the search team's operations, they would be in big trouble. The plainclothes officers of Zhongtong couldn't care about other things at the moment. They immediately took their injured companions and two corpses and disappeared without a trace.
Designing to frame Zhongtong's operatives in the city is only the first step. According to the agreement between Tangcheng and the Chongqing underground party, he still has many tricks waiting for Zhongtong's people to step in. Zhang Jianghe, who learned the news later, had been waiting in the courtyard of the military camp early. When he saw Tang Cheng and others returning empty-handed and looking unhappy, Zhang Jianghe gave up the idea of questioning Tang Cheng. "Don't mention it! We had already locked a target, but it was destroyed by Zhongtong's people!"
Tang Cheng naturally wanted to put all the responsibility on Zhongtong, so even if Zhang Jianghe didn't ask immediately, Tang Cheng still told the truth. Zhang Jianghe, who heard Tang Cheng tell the inside story, just thought about it for a moment and stopped worrying about the matter. After all, there were also casualties in the Central Command at that time, so it was difficult for the search team to hold on to this matter. Tang Cheng, who had been paying attention to Zhang Jianghe from the corner of his eye, immediately guessed Zhang Jianghe's thoughts after seeing Zhang Jianghe's reaction and did not continue the topic.
The search team does not intend to pursue the matter, but this does not mean that the military commander will let the unification of the Central Government let go. The bureau chief who received the news later thought for a moment and then picked up the phone and called the Central Unification Headquarters. The bureau chief personally made this call, not to hold the Central Government accountable. He was just worried that the Central Government might be doing something behind his back because of this matter. So he had to make this call in person, just to warn Zhongtong. He didn't want to see another conflict between Tang Cheng and Zhongtong.
The bureau leader was worried that Tang Cheng would have another conflict with Zhongtong, but what he didn't expect was that on that night, something happened to Zhongtong's plainclothes officers in the city again. Three plainclothes Zhongtong men who got together to drink after get off work disappeared for no reason. By the time the Zhongtong people found them, these three guys had already disappeared. It was confirmed that the three missing Zhongtong plainclothes had their necks slit with a sharp weapon. Even those with mental problems in the Zhongtong headquarters could tell that someone was deliberately targeting the Zhongtong.
"What does this matter have to do with me? If someone from the Central Command died, can they blame me for it? I'm not their elder!" Tang Cheng, who was called to the office early the next morning, faced Zhang Jiang He asked, but only showed a baffled expression. After Zhang Jianghe finished asking, he stared at Tang Cheng without blinking, but he didn't see that Tang Cheng was faking. Tang Cheng knew in his heart that it was impossible for Zhongtong to find any evidence against him, so he insisted that he had nothing to do with it.
Zhang Jianghe truthfully reported Tang Cheng's reaction and answers to the bureau chief, and on the phone, Zhang Jianghe also swore to vouch for Tang Cheng. The incident involving Zhongtong's people happened last night, and Tang Cheng's whereabouts last night were easy to confirm, because he did not leave again after returning to the military camp in the afternoon. "Before going to bed, I compiled the information in the office. There were people from the search team helping me at the time. They can all testify for me. As for after the incident was over, I went back to the backyard to sleep. The gate guard should also be able to prove it."
Tang Cheng's answer was crisp and clear. Even the person on the other end of the phone couldn't find any flaws in Tang Cheng's answer. "Secretary, I wasn't just so busy last night! In fact, I have been compiling information since the night before yesterday because I found a usable intelligence clue from the old files. So I wanted to try, can I Through this newly discovered clue, we can find out the Japanese and puppet agents who may be hiding." What Tang Cheng is saying now is not to deceive the public, but the actual situation is not what Tang Cheng said.
The director was not interested in how Tang Cheng searched for clues. He was only interested in how many Japanese spies Tang Cheng and the others had caught. As for the process, that was not important. Because of Zhang Jianghe's guarantee and Tang Cheng's candid report, the bureau chief chose to believe that Tang Cheng had nothing to do with last night's incident, not to mention that there was no definite evidence pointing to Tang Cheng from the Zhongtong side. After hanging up the phone, Tang Cheng did not leave Zhang Jianghe's office, but even took out a document and handed it to Zhang Jianghe.
"The man in the photo is called Huang Sande, and he is an operations captain of the Anti-Smuggling Department. This person's character is not very good, but he has a sister who is married to a powerful section chief of the Anti-Smuggling Department, so this guy is hanging around in the Anti-Smuggling Department. Not bad. I sent Lao Fu to keep an eye on him for a while. I first noticed this person because there was a rumor in the black market that Huang Sande, together with the people from the new temporary division, secretly detained a batch of people smuggled from the north. Supplies coming over.”
"There are many rumors in the black market, but rarely hear about the anti-smuggling department or the military. After we learned about this, we did a little investigation, but we didn't expect that this Huang Sande might be used to being arrogant. , they don’t know how to hide their capabilities and bide their time. Lao Fu and the others followed the clues provided by the black market dealers and only tracked down the whereabouts of the batch of smuggled materials for two days." Tang Cheng said while helping Zhang Jianghe open the information. On the third page, there was a list of supplies, and the amount looked huge.
"So, you first investigated this person just for this batch of materials?" Zhang Jianghe immediately came to a conclusion after simply looking through the information. Faced with Zhang Jianghe's rhetorical question, Tang Cheng did not answer immediately, but he also did not explain himself verbally. He just lit a cigarette for himself with a slight smile on his face. Having been with Tang Cheng for a long time, Zhang Jianghe already understood in his heart when he saw Tang Cheng's appearance.
After Tang Cheng took a puff of cigarette, he said, "When we first investigated this person, we were indeed going for that batch of supplies. The search team now has too many people, and everyone comes out to do things to support their families. . The bounties given by the military command headquarters are getting less and less, so we can only find ways to solve the source of funds from other channels." Zhang Jianghe is not unaware of what Tang Cheng said. The bonuses issued by the military command headquarters are only for this reason. There will be fewer and fewer, because the military command headquarters is already facing a financial crunch.
Zhang Jianghe was not a well-rounded person, so he didn't know what to say to Tang Cheng for a while. After Tang Cheng paused for a moment, he continued, "The trouble now is that Huang Sande has connections with the military. I'm worried that once we catch Huang Sande, the military will not let him go. The batch of smuggled materials they seized, The quantity is really too large. If the news leaks out, there will definitely be many people who are eyeing this batch of supplies."
From Tang Cheng's words, Zhang Jianghe could tell that Tang Cheng had no intention of reporting this matter to the bureau chief. After careful consideration, he still suggested that Tang Cheng inform the bureau chief of the matter. After all, the military commander would be more confident in dealing with the military. Zhang Jianghe didn't know that the advice he gave at this moment was exactly what Tang Cheng wanted to hear. Because from the beginning, when Tang Cheng gave the information to Zhang Jianghe, Tang Cheng planned to communicate the matter of this batch of materials to the bureau chief through Zhang Jianghe.
Since the military command headquarters moved south to Chongqing, the military commander has been plagued by a shortage of funds, so the military commander has engaged in smuggling business and even sold cigarettes and arms to fill the funding gap. The batch of materials seized by Huang Sande and others was a bait provided by Tang Cheng, a bait to lure the military commander into the situation. Zhang Jianghe didn't know at this moment that the Zhongtong was still eyeing this batch of materials. It was just that the Zhongtong was currently deeply troubled and they had not yet freed up their hands to investigate Huang Sande.
Sure enough, as Tang Cheng expected, when the authorities learned about this incident, they immediately asked Zhang Jianghe and Tang Cheng to rush to the military command headquarters. On the way to the military headquarters, Zhang Jianghe, who was sitting in the back seat of the car, kept reminding Tang Cheng. Tang Cheng, who already had a countermeasure in mind, secretly made calculations in his mind while listening to Zhang Jianghe's nagging. After the two people from Tangcheng rushed to the military command headquarters, they found that no one else was present in the bureau's office.
Seeing that the bureau chief himself was the only one in the office, Tang Cheng immediately felt at ease. It seemed that the bureau chief did not intend to let more people know about the matter before it was exposed. In the bureau chief's office, Tang Cheng informed the bureau chief again about the situation he had previously informed Zhang Jianghe. The bureau leader's reaction was very different from Zhang Jianghe's previous reaction. The bureau leader only pondered for a moment and then immediately asked Tang Cheng a question. "Who was the original owner of the batch of smuggled materials seized by Huang Sande and others?"
The question from the bureau chief came very suddenly, but Tang Cheng, who had been prepared for it for a long time, spoke immediately without stumbling. "When we first investigated this matter, we did not find out the information about the owner of the cargo! It wasn't until we stared at Huang Sande and followed the clues to find the batch of supplies on the dock that we discovered that there were other people secretly watching Huang Sande. We After a subsequent investigation, it was discovered that those people who were secretly watching Huang Sande were the cargo owner." Tang Cheng said here, but did not name the cargo owner, but stretched out his finger and pointed in front of the bureau seat On the table, the character Liu was written with tea.
