Liang Damin reported the situation with great excitement.

He became particularly animated when he spoke of the two middle-aged men holding letters of introduction from the political department of the army, his spittle flying as he spoke.

It seemed that just based on that letter of introduction, Shao Jian's suspicions about Qiu Jingwen's identity could be completely dispelled.

He took out a pack of cigarettes and fired one for everyone present.

He first took out a cigarette and handed it to Shao Jian, then gave one to Wu Dinghuai, and finally lit one for himself.

After lighting a cigarette, he looked at Shao Jian and said:

"Director Shao, that's the situation anyway. You can go and find out more from Wei Dongmei's hometown."

Shao Jian smiled.

"Old Liang, of course I believe you. If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't have asked you to investigate the situation of Qiu Jingwen and his wife back then."

At this point, he lit a cigarette, took two puffs, and thought for a moment.

"So, Qiu Jingwen's father was probably a veteran of the field army. If I'm not mistaken, he must have sacrificed his life. He was a martyr, and as the child of a martyr, Qiu Jingwen should be taken care of by the organization. That's the only way it makes sense. Of course, there is another possibility---."

Shao Jian stopped there, not mentioning the other possibility.

Seeing that his leader had stopped mid-sentence, Wu Dinghuai looked at Shao Jian and asked:

"Director Shao, what's another possibility? What is it?"

After thinking for a moment, Shao Jian looked at Wu Dinghuai and shared his thoughts.

"Another possibility is that Qiu Jingwen's parents were underground workers who sacrificed their lives, or were on some special mission at the time. With the country facing the liberation situation, the organization transferred Qiu Jingwen and her siblings to the relatively safe Duliang. This would explain many things."

Even in Shao Jian's consideration, he felt that the latter possibility was more likely.

Zhao Le immediately picked up the conversation.

"Director Shao, if that's the case, wouldn't monitoring Qiu Jingwen and his wife be like monitoring a revolutionary's descendant, like monitoring a good person?"

Shao Jian shook his head in denial.

"The facts still need further investigation, but the investigation is somewhat complicated. To find the two comrades who sent Qiu Jingwen to the Hongqi Medical Equipment Factory back then, or to find the relevant personnel in the field army headquarters back then, we need to find out the true identities of Qiu Jingwen's parents. This is something we can't solve on our own. I'll take some time to go back to the city to report this situation and ask the higher-level leaders to ask the military for the archives from back then. It will probably take some time before we get any results."

It should be said that Shao Jian's analysis was correct.

In those days, if you wanted to investigate someone's background, especially if you wanted to get information from the military, a letter of introduction from the city would probably not be useful. The only way was to have the provincial unit contact the military's archives management department to possibly clarify some things from that year, and even then, whether you could clarify them or how long it would take was unknown.

Several people nodded in agreement with Shao Jian's analysis.

Shao Jian looked at Zhao Ledao:

“Zhao Le, I cannot agree with your statement that we are monitoring a good person. Even if Qiu Jingwen is the descendant of revolutionaries, it does not mean that Qiu Jingwen and his wife are unrelated to spies. Don’t forget that Liu Han’s subordinate was just a teenager back then, which matches Qiu Jingwen’s age. Also, spies in the Red Flag Factory may use money and other means to recruit others.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Qian Weidong knocked on the door and came in.

He rushed over to Shao Jian and hurriedly reported:

"Director Shao, we have discovered new details regarding Jiang Yuping's finances."

Shao Jian looked at Qian Weidong:

"Xiao Qian, sit down first and tell me slowly."

Yesterday, Qian Weidong and Sun Wanke went to a post office savings bank in a nearby town but could not find Qiu Jingwen's passbook.

Wu Dinghuai then arranged for the two men to take letters of introduction to various postal savings banks in Duliang County to check. Upon checking, Qian Weidong discovered the withdrawal issue in Jiang Yuping's passbook and promptly drove his Jeep back to the Hongqi Factory.

Qian Weidong sat down in a chair and then reported the findings to Shao Jian.

"Director Shao, we discovered that Jiang Yuping withdrew 3,000 yuan from the Postal Savings Bank 15 days ago. Of that, 2,500 yuan was in a current account and 500 yuan was withdrawn from a fixed account."

Shao Jian looked at Qian Weidong and asked:

"Can you find the exact time?"

"The specific time was around 3 p.m. on June 22."

Shao Jian nodded in agreement, affirming Qian Weidong's work:

"You've worked hard, go ahead and get busy."

Qian Weidong didn't say anything, turned around and left the office.

Among the members of the investigation team, Shao Jian was the team leader. Although Wu Dinghuai was not the deputy team leader, he was a key member of the investigation team. Several people from the county bureau and Liang Damin were just cooperating with Shao Jian, since they were more familiar with the geographical environment of Duliang County.

After Qian Weidong left, Shao Jian looked at Liang Damin again:

"Director Liang and former Director Wei Dongmei didn't mention the identities of those two middle-aged people, such as what they were wearing at the time, whether they were in military uniforms, and how Jiang Yuping got into the factory in the first place?"

Liang Damin looked at Shao Jian and shook his head.

"I asked this question at the time, and Director Wei said that the two middle-aged men were not wearing uniforms, but plainclothes. Before leaving, they told us to take good care of Qiu Jingwen, saying that Qiu Jingwen's parents had made outstanding contributions to the revolution. However, they did not explain what Qiu Jingwen's parents did for a living. As for Jiang Yuping, the old director said that she was introduced to the factory as a talent from the medical school, and that she was introduced by a deputy factory director."

"What is the deputy factory director's name? Is it in his file? Where is he now?"

Liang Damin then told Shao Jian about Song Qinghe's demotion to a local post and his later return to Shanghai, and that Song Qinghe had passed away in Shanghai two years prior.

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