Gu Yunze slapped the table to bring Hu Youcai back to his senses: "Do you know why I moved you here?"
So he was transferred?
"Why?"
Gu Yunze pointed to the table next to him: "Read it to him."
"Yes, Commander."
Hu Youcai panicked when he heard the man call him Commander Gu Yunze.
Judging from his expression, he knew the identity of the person he had met with earlier, and he also knew that what he had done could result in a severe sentence.
He was sweating profusely, his mind was a mess, and he didn't know what to do.
Then the other person began to read: "Cabinet Committee Interrogation Record: November 3, 1971, XX was interrogated for the first time, and did not confess to anything. November 4, 1971, committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
"November 8th...suicide out of fear of punishment..."
"In December... he committed suicide out of fear of punishment..."
Hu Youcai's lips trembled as he realized he had dared to loudly proclaim that he had leverage over others. Wasn't that just courting death?
"Aren't you the regimental commander? Go and arrest them! I'm telling you, that Director Zhang... and that Team Leader Li..."
Without anyone asking, he vomited everything up himself.
Gu Yunze also identified several people from his words.
"Besides these?" That's not the main point; the more important thing is the work of the brigade.
Gu Yunze tapped the table to attract his attention: "Tell me about the person you contacted?"
Hu Youcai shook his head: "I don't know what you're talking about?"
This matter is more serious than anything else on the Cabinet Committee's agenda; he dares not speak of it, nor can he speak of it.
"You're not going to talk, are you?" Gu Yunze sneered.
"Let me tell you about it. Although I don't know when you were turned, someone like you is actually very easy to persuade."
Whenever you're short of money or being ridiculed, just tell me there's a country better than China, a dreamland...
Hu Youcai visibly panicked, wondering how he could know exactly what the other person was saying.
Gu Yunze laughed and said, "Over the years, we've caught quite a few people like you. Do you know how we caught them?"
Without waiting for Hu Youcai's reply, he said, "Those people left, but these traitors were all abandoned. They did not go to the country of their dreams."
It means: "You're a fool, they've fooled you. When they succeed or their scheme is exposed, you'll be the first one left behind."
Hu Youcai's lips trembled as he shook his head: "Impossible, impossible..."
He still refused to talk, and Gu Yunze seemed in no hurry, so he just left him hanging, keeping him locked up there, giving him food and water.
Hu Youcai didn't know how much time had passed. He had food and drink every day, but he was on the verge of a breakdown.
The psychological tension, coupled with the overly quiet environment, made it increasingly unbearable for him.
Finally, after an unknown amount of time, Gu Yunze came in again.
As soon as he sat down, he asked him, "Do you know what news I just heard?"
"Wh-what?"
"The Cabinet Committee detained you in a room where we left someone in disguise. You encountered an assassin last night."
In a flash, Hu Youcai thought of those who committed suicide out of fear of punishment, and then of himself.
"Is it...is it them?"
Gu Yunze nodded: "The person has been caught, and that person knows more than you, so now, you're useless."
He turned to leave.
Hu Youcai was terrified. What did it mean that he was useless? Did it mean he would be locked up for life?
He didn't want to stay inside anymore!
"Wait, wait!"
Gu Yunze stood at the doorway, sunlight shining on his face. His resolute expression seemed to want to expose all the evils to the sun.
Hu Youcai missed the sunshine and the free air outside. He didn't want to go back to that dream country anymore.
"I'll tell you everything I know, will you let me go?"
Gu Yunze walked in again, placing his hands on the table: "You should know what crime you committed."
I can only hand you over to the law. You might be sentenced to hard labor or something worse. I'm not a judge, so I can't guarantee anything.
He would be willing to go to a labor camp just to leave this place.
"I'll talk, I'll talk."
Gu Yunze then sat down again and learned a lot about the enemy's arrangements from Hu Youcai.
He deduced this from what Hu Youcai had seen.
He was just a low-level henchman and didn't know much, only who his superior was and what he was supposed to do.
He was actually recruited not long ago, only about two years ago.
When he was causing trouble everywhere before, he offended people he shouldn't have. Those people promised to help him settle things, and that's how he became one of them.
And the person he met with was indeed the one Gu Yunze had guessed.
The traitors within the cabinet committee are being purged, and they are now close to getting to the heart of the enemy.
...
After the incident with Hu Youcai, the members of the Lotus Brigade respected Captain Lin even more.
They were all ashamed of what had happened, fearing that Captain Lin would resign and quit his post.
Captain Lin had come to terms with it. In all his years as captain, he had seen all sorts of people. He decided to just keep doing his job well.
The workshop continued to operate, and by this time, Li Lanhua, Lin Yuan, and Li Dahui had all obtained their driver's licenses.
"Five people got their driver's licenses this time. We'll take turns going out to deliver goods."
Li Lanhua was chosen as the team leader from among the drivers. She was the best driver, and no one else dared to object.
Seeing that their work was on track, Lin Yu felt reassured and handed it over to Li Lanhua.
The workshop now has three workshops: one for sweet potato vermicelli, one for dried fruit, and one for dried mushrooms.
Dried mushrooms are the most valuable among them.
By selling mushrooms, Dongshan Brigade seemed to have regained its former status.
Now, when Chen Jianghu goes out to meetings and sees the captains of the Niu Tou Brigade and Dong Feng Brigade, he no longer looks dejected.
They would occasionally boast about how Dongshan Brigade grew mushrooms.
Captain Huang of the Dongfeng Brigade was an honest and simple man who would just laugh whenever he heard this.
In his view, it was a good thing that several brigades were wealthy.
Their lives are getting better and better now; they will never go hungry again, and the children have new clothes to wear.
They plan to plant more fruit next year, hoping their income will increase further.
Captain Niu of Niutou Brigade was not so good. Sweet potatoes were already of low value, and seeing that other brigades could grow mushrooms, which were worth a lot of money, he felt resentful.
So whenever he heard Chen Jianghu bragging, he would always have to say something in response.
"Oh dear, those mushrooms, I don't know how they're doing it, they keep growing in batches."
"Chen Jianghu, I heard that the mushroom house was built by your youngest daughter-in-law?"
Don't you feel guilty? You didn't agree to the two kids being together in the first place.
They even kicked your son out.
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