Chapter 147: Clues point to Shanghai?

The man who pretended to be unconscious in front of the Funing Tea House felt guilty. When he heard that he was going to be given an acupuncture and felt the coldness of the needle tip, he was frightened and shuddered all over. He let out an "Ah" and suddenly sat up from the ground, touching the area under his nose in horror!

"Wake up! Wake up!"

The crowd of onlookers exclaimed!

"Are you trying to blackmail me? Is it all over now?"

"That's right, he must be faking it. He woke up before the needle even stuck in his body."

"This is because Director Shen is rich and wants to make some money!"

Now, the truth is out! There's no such thing as drinking someone to death, it's all fake!

Shen Lingning took the opportunity to say loudly: "Did everyone see it? It was just a mild discomfort, and he has woken up now! There is nothing wrong with our milk tea!"

She secretly winked at Tiedan, who was smart and immediately squeezed out of the crowd and ran to the police station to call the police.

When the group of troublemakers saw that their conspiracy was exposed, they became angry and wanted to act tough.

The middle-aged woman who led the group, seeing this, tore her hair apart and sat on the ground, slapping her hands and crying, "Funing Tea House is really bullying its customers. Director Shen is such a scoundrel! He got people drunk and got into trouble, but he doesn't want to do anything about it!"

Several people nearby, who were obviously from the same family, followed the middle-aged woman in shouting, saying that Director Shen was bullying honest people.

But at this time, the truth was revealed, and the onlookers immediately changed their attitude and accused them of being unreasonable.

Neighbors who had been suppressed before also stood up to support Shen Lingning.

"What can't you do when you're young? Come out and blackmail people?"

"That's right, it's obvious he's here to extort money, and he still has the nerve to yell here!"

"Where is this person? A stranger, not from Purple Star. Is he trying to bully Director Shen?"

"If you hadn't told me, I wouldn't have noticed. He really does look a bit unfamiliar!"

Several sisters-in-law immediately grabbed hold of those who were about to run away after being scolded: "If you keep nagging me, I'll blow you out with a broom. You're so brave, coming to our Purple Star to bully others."

"Are you blind? How dare you touch the Tai Sui's head and tamper with it? Don't you see the way you play the ball?"

Soon, police arrived and took the troublemaker, along with the "awakened" man and the wailing woman, away for investigation. Shen Lingning publicly pledged to actively cooperate with the investigation.

We are also willing to cover the man's expenses for hospital examination, but if it is found to be a malicious false accusation, we will pursue legal responsibility.

After completing the task to his satisfaction, Shen Lingning smiled and invited everyone into the store to drink milk tea: "Thank you, fellow villagers. Today I will treat everyone to milk tea. The fellow villagers who just spoke up for us can all come into the store and have a free cup of milk tea."

The villagers smiled and thanked Director Shen for his generosity, saying that half price was fine, not free, and they quickly lined up in front of the door.

This incident has become a living advertisement for the quality and innocence of "Funing Tea Talk".

Shen Lingning's calm and resourceful performance in the face of danger won the admiration of everyone present.

The troublemakers were taken away and order was restored in the store. But Shen Lingning's brows did not relax.

This group of people were obviously well prepared. Their methods were crude but their timing was precise, as they struck right after the Health Bureau had caused trouble.

There must be someone behind this! She urged Xiao Yao to carefully recall every detail about the group, especially any special names, accents, or unintentional messages among them.

She had a hunch that if she followed this vine, she would definitely be able to find a big melon.

The interrogation at the police station did not go smoothly.

The group of troublemakers insisted that their brothers felt unwell after drinking milk tea, and they caused trouble out of desperation, refusing to admit that they were ordered to do so.

Since no serious injuries were caused and the other party's biting to death was a "misunderstanding", he could only be criticized and educated and detained for a few days on the grounds of disturbing social order.

This result was within Shen Lingning's expectations.

Since the other party dared to do this, he must have prepared a backup plan and would not easily leave any handle, but she did not give up.

She went to the police station in person and, as the representative of the victim, carefully reviewed the interrogation records of those people and requested to communicate with the police officers in charge.

She learned a detail from the police: the young man who pretended to be unconscious seemed very panicked when he was first taken to the police station. He inadvertently muttered, "...If I had known it would be so troublesome, I shouldn't have taken this job. I would have been better off scooping sand from the riverbank..."

"Gasking for sand from the riverbank?"

Shen Lingning keenly grasped this seemingly irrelevant information.

There are several sand fields near Zixing County, but they are not large in scale.

She immediately thought of the previous investigation into the "Old Sakura" case, when a marginal figure seemed to have mentioned that enemy spies sometimes used places such as battlefields and brick kilns with high personnel turnover and relatively loose management as temporary contact points or hiding places.

She immediately reported this clue and her suspicions to the base security department and Zhao Changhe through confidential channels.

The base attached great importance to this and instructed the security department to secretly check the sand fields and brick kilns around the county town, paying special attention to whether there were any unfamiliar faces or people with abnormal behavior in the recent period.

At the same time, Shen Lingning asked Aunt Sun and others to take the opportunity of visiting relatives and friends to quietly inquire among the neighbors whether they had seen the group of troublemakers in contact with any special people recently.

With a two-pronged approach, we soon reaped the rewards.

The base security department discovered a new "accountant" in a small private battlefield located in the urban and suburban areas with chaotic management. This person did not look like a local, was cautious in his words and deeds, rarely showed up during the day, but sometimes secretly sent telegrams at night. He was discovered by monitoring abnormal radio signals!

Aunt Sun also heard from an old man who liked to play chess on the street that a few days ago, he seemed to have seen the troublemaker, Triangle Eyes, talking to a well-dressed man who looked like a cadre in the corner of a state-owned restaurant.

That person seems to be... a small clerk in an idle department in the county. His surname is Hu?

Once the two clues intersect, the target is locked!

The officer surnamed Hu, upon investigation, had a previous working relationship with the previously dealt with "Deputy Director Qian," raising suspicions about his background. The "accountant" on the battlefield was most likely a liaison officer left behind by enemy spies!

Without further ado, the base and local police took joint action and launched a simultaneous attack late at night, taking control of Director Hu and the "accountant" of the battlefield in one fell swoop.

At the accountant's residence, a hidden transmitter and code book, along with undestroyed instruction records, were found. The evidence was irrefutable!

Secretary Hu quickly collapsed during the interrogation and confessed that he was instructed by the "accountant" to use his position to inquire about information and plan the farce in the milk tea shop.

The purpose was to further discredit Shen Lingning and the military factory, create chaos, and cover up the activities of the "accountant".

And this "accountant" was none other than the enemy spy who had escaped and been lurking on another line after the case of "Old Sakura" Wu Renxin!

Once again, the enemy spy stronghold was successfully eliminated, and the threat to Shen Lingning and Chashan was temporarily lifted.

But the series of events made her realize that the struggle was far from over, and she paid more attention to internal management and safety precautions.

However, one day, she received a long-distance call from Hai City. The caller claimed to be Aunt Miao, her mother's old friend, and told her an astonishing news in an urgent tone: when the Shen family encountered trouble, a batch of important family documents and asset certificates had not been confiscated and might be hidden somewhere in Shanghai.

And now, it seems that someone is secretly looking for these things...

New clues lead Shen Lingning's attention to distant Shanghai and her family's dusty past.

What a coincidence?