"Squeak~"
Several cars drove into a factory in Wuchang City at high speed and came to a sudden stop. Four tall agents immediately got out of the car and controlled Guo Bin, who was wearing a black hood, towards the office building.
This is a high-level safe house of the Secret Service, specially used to house and interrogate important suspects. It is not far away from the security headquarters and the police station. If there is a problem, you can get quick support.
Zuo Zhong, who was in another car in the courtyard, watched this scene and turned to Xu Enzeng beside him and said seriously: "Director Xu, your people can only be on guard outside and are not allowed to go near the courtyard.
I'm not kidding. My people will shoot at any time if non-department personnel approach, no matter if they are from Secret Service Headquarters or any other department. Do you understand? "
"You!...I understand."
Xu Enzeng nodded with a dark face, cursing secretly that the person named Zuo was really not a thing. They agreed that the two departments would join forces, but in the end, people from one department were not allowed to participate in the interrogation. What kind of cooperation was this?
He kept telling himself to calm down, and for the sake of merit, he must endure the humiliation and bear the burden, and he must not anger this despicable man who tried to burn bridges, lest he draw water from a bamboo basket in vain.
After completing the psychological preparation, Xu Enzeng smiled and told his cronies to convey the order. He followed Zuo Zhong into the slightly old building, crawled through the dark corridors, and came to the door of the boiler room.
"Certificate."
Suddenly a cold voice sounded, and then an armed guard appeared from the darkness. The muzzle of the gun passed the two of them intentionally or unintentionally, and his finger was on the trigger.
Xu Enzeng pointed at himself and looked at Zuo Zhong with disbelieving eyes. The meaning was obvious. Could it be that he, the dignified director of the secret service headquarters, also had to undergo inspection?
Zuo Zhong answered this question with actual actions. He slowly took out his certificate and handed it to the agent, and then raised his hands to signal the agent to search him.
What is a high-level safe house? Not to mention Xu Enzeng, even Dai Chunfeng will be inspected when he comes here. After all, taking hostages and sneaking into confidential locations is nothing new in intelligence warfare.
Xu Enzeng had no choice but to imitate the French military salute of the future. After a careful search, he was released by the guards. His expression seemed a little... not yet finished?
Zuo Zhong didn't notice his weirdness and pushed open the heavy iron door. A standard interrogation room appeared in front of the two of them. Guo Bin was already sitting in the interrogation chair.
Beside the stove in the corner, Gui Youguang, Wu Chunyang, and Shen Dongxin were whispering, Gu Qi and Song Minghao were smoking and chatting, and Wu Jingzhong was sorting out the materials needed for the interrogation at the interrogation table.
This time, all the persons in charge of intelligence from the Secret Service were dispatched, obviously realizing that this would be a tough battle, and preparing to concentrate their superior forces to penetrate the enemy's psychological defense line in one fell swoop.
Seeing the deputy director coming, everyone quickly stood at attention and saluted. The only sound left in the room was the crackling sound of firewood in the stove. Guo Bin, who had been struggling, also stopped moving.
"Let's start when everyone is here. Don't keep our guests waiting. I will be the presiding judge today, Director Xu will be the deputy judge, and Gu Qiqian will be the jury."
Zuo Zhong came to the chief interrogator's seat and sat down. He said something to his subordinates and nodded to Gui Youguang: "Take off the hood and teach him a lesson."
"What?"
"yes!"
Gui Youguang was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect to get to the point so soon. The target's identity was sensitive, but this suited him. To deal with Japanese spies, he had to strike hard.
He pulled Guo Bin's hood away with a swipe, gave him an elbow on the head, and then stood aside with his hands behind his back as if nothing happened.
Seeing this, Xu Enzeng subconsciously covered his cheeks, and immediately realized that something was wrong. He carefully looked around and breathed a long sigh of relief after making sure that no one noticed his actions.
Zuo Zhong was too lazy to care about this clown. He calmly opened the transcript, unscrewed the pen cap and swung the pen. He stopped the pen tip on the paper, raised his eyes slightly and looked directly at Guo Bin, and asked lightly in his mouth.
"Name."
These two words seemed to remind Guo Bin, who had a look of pain on his face. The Inspector Wei of Changcheng raised his hands and shouted loudly amidst the metal collision of his handcuffs and shackles against the interrogation chair.
"Why are you arresting me? I have made great contributions to the party and the country, and I have shed blood for the committee. You can't do this to me!"
"Name."
"Let me tell you, I know Minister Chen of the Party Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. You are going to make a mistake by doing this. Let me go before things get to the worst point. I promise that I will never pursue any further charges."
"Name."
"Director Xu, please speak up for Guo. The party department has cooperated with the secret service headquarters so many times. You should know who I am. Don't forget that we have done business together."
"Name."
No matter how Guo Bin explained, Zuo Zhong only asked one question tirelessly. An interrogation is a confrontation of will and spirit between the interrogator and the interrogated person. It is very important who takes the upper hand.
Especially when interrogating professional intelligence officers and suspects with certain identities, the first thing to do is to let the other party know who is calling the shots, so he asked the big bald man to punch the other party.
On the other side, Xu Enzeng rolled his eyes at Guo Bin's request and threat. As long as the Secret Service was not a fool, it would not use this kind of thing to create trouble.
There are too many people doing business in the government. If they all go online, wouldn't it cause chaos in the world? He immediately picked up a file and read it attentively.
Seeing his reaction, Guo Bin gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head and whispered, "Guo Bin."
Hearing that the other party relaxed, Zuo Zhong continued to ask simple questions such as his age, place of origin, general experience and other expressionless questions, and officially began the interrogation.
After recording this information, he stopped writing and looked at Guo Bin seriously: "Guo Bin, I am Zuo Zhong, deputy director of the Secret Service. I hope you can honestly explain your problems and strive for leniency."
Hearing this, Guo Bin smiled bitterly and spread his hands: "I really don't understand what Deputy Director Zuo said. Guo asked himself that he had never done anything to disgrace the party and the country, so how could he start talking about being honest?
Why don't you just say it directly? What crime does your office want me to plead guilty to? I will accept the punishment. But I want to remind you that I am from Zhejiang Province and I know many state officials. "
"Hahaha, Guo Wei is scaring me?"
Zuo Zhong threw the pen on the table, leaned back on the chair, folded his arms and smiled at Xu Enzeng and Gu Qi, as if he had heard a big joke, and his tone was full of sarcasm.
"You two must have heard it. This guy thinks he is still a high-ranking supervisor. I really don't know how he got into this position. He doesn't even understand his own situation.
No matter who joins the Secret Service, they say goodbye to the past. No matter whether you held great power or were rich and powerful before, when you are in our hands, the only way to go is to cooperate obediently. "
As he spoke, Zuo Zhong turned his head and looked Guo Bin up and down carefully. Not counting the files, this was the first time he looked at the target head-on. Compared with the photos taken a few years ago, the target was obviously much older.
Born in 1900, he looks to be in his 40s. He has a long and thin face, a bookish look, and fair skin. However, he has a neat suit and his nails are trimmed very short. He seems to be a person who knows how to live.
While thinking, he took out the silver cigarette case and picked out a cigarette. He knocked it against the cigarette case and lit it in his mouth. He looked at Guo Bin with warm eyes and blew out the smoke gently.
"You want to compete with Zuo for background. Okay, I'm in a good mood today. Since you're competing, I'll play with you. I hope you can give up your fantasy after listening to this.
You said you are from Zhejiang Province, but coincidentally, Zuo is from Ningbo. He studied at the police academy chaired by Mr. Zhu Jiahua and was taught by Director Dai of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics.
A few years ago, the leader specially allowed me to enter the Central Military Academy and allowed me to be called the principal. At Minister Song's place, I could also be called "brother."
Thanks to my wife's kindness, Zuo went to Chang'an the year before last to escort the commissioner back to Jinling. Mr. Guo Wei, I don't know if I have the qualifications to judge you, okay? "
Zuo Zhong told the truth without hesitation, and then stared into the other person's eyes with a smile. Speaking of Hou Tai, apart from his relatives, he really had no fear of anyone.
Hearing these words, Guo Bin sweated like rain. Maybe he didn't expect that Zuo Zhong had such a deep foundation, maybe it was acting, or maybe both. In short, he was no longer as arrogant as before, and his attitude was much more honest.
In addition, I don’t know if he was frightened, but Xu Enzeng suddenly forced out a somewhat flattering smile and pretended to write a note, with a standard villain’s face.
"Deputy Director Zuo, I really don't know where I made a mistake."
Guo Bin realized that it was impossible not to speak out today, so he changed his direction and started shouting his grievances, telling the official affairs and cases he had handled one by one.
According to him, he worked hard and followed the steps of leaders. During his tenure in Guangdong Province, he cracked the underground party intelligence organization many times and even almost died because of it.
Da Chen, who was in charge of the party affairs system, also met with him and said that people like him were the mainstay of the Guo Party. Within five or six years, he was promoted to the position of Supervisory Member of the Party Headquarters in Qicheng.
Of course, Guo Bin also admitted that he had obtained a lot of economic benefits through his work. Since Guangdong Province is close to the sea and has prosperous commerce, many officials in Jinling cooperated with him to make huge profits.
The specific methods are nothing more than carrying out "unofficial transfer of goods", buying and selling tobacco and other illegal businesses. With official protection, these businesses have not stopped until now.
Xu Enzeng's heart skipped a beat, because he was the Jinling official the other party mentioned. After all, how could he afford to support so many aunts just by exploiting his subordinates and embezzling funds.
"Bang~"
Before Guo Bin finished speaking, Gu Qi slapped the table at Zuo Zhong's suggestion: "Guo Bin, don't evade the important and take the easy. Economic matters are not our responsibility. You should know very well what the Secret Service does.
We have used so many people, is it just to find out how much money you made? I advise you to think about it carefully. It will be too late to regret after being sentenced to death. No one can keep secrets in front of the Secret Service. "
When questioned, Guo Bin was not afraid at all. He emphasized his merits with an innocent face, claiming that he did not know the reason for his arrest, as if the Secret Service should not have arrested him, but should have given him a medal.
After listening for a long time, Zuo Zhong raised his hand to look at his watch and stood up to announce the suspension of the interrogation. He had to let the hard bones simmer slowly. At this time, Guo Bin was more anxious than them. He went to have a meal first and then grind his teeth with this guy when he came back.
(End of chapter)
