Haru Shisanniang's fearless character made her really scared today. The Northern Bureau is the second-ranked branch within the CIA, second only to the Naval Intelligence Department directly under the head of state!
Such an important position, how much trust can be given to Chun Shisanniang. In these years, Shisanniang has indeed not failed in her duties once.
But I never expected that such a big mistake would occur in the major incident of Prince Gong's rebellion, and the Northern Bureau had not detected it at all before!
Magistrate Liu Bian, who escaped in the end, brought the news out. Such efficiency completely betrayed the trust of the head of state.
"I am derelict in my duty, I am derelict in my duty! Please resign and take the blame. I will go to Naba Jingjing to plead guilty..."
The subordinates around me also turned pale. This mistake was different from others. The prince was corrupt, the Eight Banners committed murders and set fires, the foreign devils shorted the stock market, etc.
If one or two pieces of information were omitted, it would be excusable to be a day or two late. Today is an urgent military situation regarding the Sixth Japanese rebellion and the outbreak of civil war in the Qing Dynasty. Why is there no news at all?
"Boss...you...who are you going to apologize to? The capital of the Yuan Dynasty is not in Asia. You should first send a telegram of apology to the Wang Bureau and wait for the news!"
"This matter is not that simple. We have many informants. There are four secret lines around Guiziliu. Even these four secret lines don't know each other. How come no problem is found in any of them?"
"Hutou? Where is Hutou? Hasn't Jiao Hutou been helping Thirteenth Niang to compile intelligence from the south? Thirteenth Niang, please ask your godson!"
Jiao Hutou, the grandson of Fourth Master Jiao of Tanggu, was rescued by the Northern Bureau after Cixi ordered the family to be exterminated. After that, Thirteen Niang considered her adopted son and stayed with her.
When the special forces were deeply trapped in the capital and launched a surprise attack to rescue Doctor Huang, Jiao Hutou once led his direct line to ambush the Manchu army!
With hatred for the Manchus, Jiao Hutou has grown very fast in these years and has made some achievements. Thirteenth Mother wanted to train him and gave him a lot of tasks.
He also gradually began to be exposed to some high-level secrets, and was even responsible for handling some confidential messages!
Jiao Hutou in the south of the capital is responsible for 12 lines, including 4 that monitor Guizi Liu, and it was the four lines that Jiao Hutou was responsible for that made mistakes today!
There is a professional term for intelligence work called a line, which is a spy line. The superior directly reports to the subordinate. There is a single line of communication between personnel. No one knows who the superior's superior is. The spies in a line are in chaos.
A line is composed of countless spies, and each detail is a node. The nodes only act according to orders, but do not know the specific operation of the entire line.
And an informant who can be responsible for an entire spy line is already considered to have access to high-level officials of the Intelligence Bureau!
The more lines of responsibility the person has, the more powerful the person is and the more trust the senior management has in him.
How many lines does the Northern Bureau have? Only Thirteen Niang knew the total number, which was 241 in total, and there would be no less than a hundred spies on each line.
In the entire Gyeonggi region, the Northern Bureau alone has trained more than 20,000 spies!
Of course, many so-called spies are ordinary people with jobs, part-time spies, such as the Dachaofeng or shopkeeper of Liulichang Antique Shop.
The owner of a rice shop, a clerk in a pawn shop, a janitor in a palace... They all have their own professions in life, and they were instigated by the Chinese to rebel due to various opportunities.
After that, it became a node on a line. There are still many ordinary people like this!
Jiao Hutou can command 12 lines by himself, including the line that monitors Prince Gong. This shows that Shisanniang trusts him too much and treats this godson as if he is his heir.
But the one who had the problem today was his godson, Jiao Hutou. The four lines of Prince Gong he was responsible for did not feedback the information in advance.
"Where is Hutou? Take me to see him..."
Thirteenth Niang led her subordinates toward the backyard of the embassy. Not far away, she smelled the smoke of burning paper. She was frightened and rushed over, kicking open the door. His godson Hutou was kneeling on the ground to greet her.
"My godmother..." Jiao Hutou didn't panic at all and instead smiled, "My son knew that his godmother came to see me, so he was prepared to welcome his godmother in advance!"
"You! What are you burning?" Thirteenth Niang asked, pointing to the pile of black ashes.
Jiao Hutou shook his head, "Of course it's information related to the Jaap Six rebellion! My son didn't want his mother to see it, so he burned it..."
Snapped! He slapped it across the face, "You bastard! This is military intelligence. Do you dare to burn it privately? Do you want to die? A military court will shoot you!"
Hu Tou wiped the blood on his lips and smiled sadly, "I am willing to die! The Qing Dynasty hates me for exterminating my family. Revenge is my destiny..."
"Seeing that Guiziliu is about to start a civil war, why should I go out and tell you...and then ask you to help Hunjun get through this disaster safely?"
"Impossible!" Jiao Hutou became excited. "I want to watch them kill each other. I want to watch those high-ranking nobles of the Eight Banners, just like my family...everyone in the family is dead!"
"I will only be happy if they are all dead! Let them fight a civil war. Thousands and millions of them will die. Nine out of every ten houses will be empty. It would be better if we kill everyone in this capital!"
"You're crazy! You're crazy...I raised you in vain...you have tricked all the uncles, uncles, and brothers in the entire Northern Bureau!"
With tears in his eyes, Jiao Hutou banged his forehead on the ground with a clang, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...I bow my head to apologize to all my uncles and brothers!"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
Jiao Hutou cried loudly, "If I don't take revenge, the fire in my heart can't be extinguished... I would rather die with them... Wuwuwu..."
The cries of pain shocked everyone present. Many people wanted to accuse and scold Jiao Hutou, but they didn’t know how to speak!
At this time, Thirteenth Niang became calmer. She waved her hand and said to the people around her, "You guys go down first...I'll say a few words to Hutou..."
"Boss..." Everyone was shocked and wanted to stop Thirteenth Niang.
"Stand back! I have raised Hutou for so many years, are you still afraid that he will murder me? Do you think he is a matricide beast?" Thirteenth Niang yelled.
"If he didn't have any difficulties, he wouldn't be able to do such a thing! I've raised him for so many years, and I don't believe he can kill me!"
As soon as everyone heard what the boss said, they didn't dare to open their mouths and immediately let go of their guard. The two women were the only ones left in the small courtyard.
Jiao Hutou was already crying with tears streaming down his face. Now that he had reached this point, and Thirteenth Mother still trusted him so much, he felt like a fire was burning in his heart.
"Mom..." Jiao Hutou cried and threw himself into Thirteenth Niang's arms. The two of them hugged each other and cried.
People in the distance turned around and took a peek, with tears in their distressed eyes, "Poor! They are all pitiful people..."
Outsiders just saw that they were pitiful, but no one knew that Jiao Hutou took the opportunity to cry and secretly said a name in his godmother's ear.
