Qiu Jingwen carried Qiu Shou through the bedroom and into the dining room.
Qiuyue, who had been busy all along, had already brought the dishes her mother had cooked to the table.
Qiu Shui also came over to help, arranging everyone's chopsticks and soup spoons neatly, and washing several wine cups and placing them in front of the seats where her parents and brother usually sat during meals.
The dining table was a typical eight-immortal table from that era, square in shape, with two holes on each side, making a total of eight holes on all four sides.
Normally, when the family eats together, there are no rules except for breakfast, since the order of meals varies. However, during holidays and festivals when the whole family eats together, there are rules about where the head of the household sits and where the others sit, and the seating is basically fixed according to seniority and age.
Several dishes were already laid out on the table, while Jiang Yuping was still busy in the kitchen.
Soon, she brought the tomato and egg soup to the table and untied her apron as she sat down.
The family of seven, who had only gathered together during the Spring Festival, truly had a reunion dinner today.
Although Qiu Jingwen and Jiang Yuping harbored terrifying thoughts, they temporarily put everything aside in the face of the intense atmosphere at the dinner table.
While the Qiu family was happily enjoying a delicious dinner with their loved ones, a special meeting was being held in a conference room at the Jianghuai City Public Security Bureau.
It was around 7 p.m. at this moment.
One by one, the Y-shaped streetlights on the street lit up.
Some vehicles were driving on the road, honking their horns from time to time.
Those attending the meeting included Director Chen Sheng, Deputy Director Shao Jian, Duliang County Public Security Bureau Chief Zhu Shiqiang, and the person in charge of investigating and cracking down on enemy agents in several other military industrial enterprises. They were all deputy directors and captains. Among them were two unfamiliar faces around forty years old, who were special agents sent by the provincial department to investigate and crack down on enemy agents.
The meeting was chaired by Chen Sheng, Director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau.
He first introduced the two commissioners from the provincial department to the city and county public security leaders, and then the commissioners introduced the information brought by the provincial department to the attendees.
In fact, a special task force was established throughout Jianghuai City to investigate enemy agents.
As a deputy director, Shao Jian was only responsible for investigating the Hongqi Factory, a military industrial enterprise, while other military industrial enterprises, including those in various counties, also established corresponding investigation teams.
At the meeting, Provincial Department Commissioner Luo Weihong introduced the following to everyone:
"According to information brought back by underground comrades from the Taiwan Strait, in the early days of liberation, when the Military Intelligence Bureau fled, it left behind a hidden group in Duliang, codenamed 'Hibernation'. This group had a total of nine members, all of whom were hiding in Duliang County."
"These members ranged in age from fifteen or sixteen to forty. One of them was a spy codenamed Butterfly, who was in charge of the group. The other eight were all male."
At this point, Luo Weihong was filled with indignation:
"Among the members of the infiltration team, there was an old agent named Liu Xianghai. His original name was Liu Han, but he changed it to Liu Xianghai. His code name was Rattlesnake. He was the deputy leader of the infiltration team."
"This Rattlesnake is a ruthless man. On the eve of our army's liberation of Shanghai, he murdered many of our party's underground workers and revolutionary martyrs. His crimes are heinous and his hands are stained with the blood of revolutionaries---"
"In addition, there is a man codenamed Cobra, whose real name is Sun Jiadong, who is Liu Xianghai's direct subordinate---."
This information might be of unknown value to others, but it was of particular importance to Shao Jian.
Liu Xianghai, disguised as a barber, is definitely a secret agent, while Sun Jiadong, nicknamed Cobra, may be connected to the murderer who killed Liu Xianghai.
For some unknown reason, whether it was a terrible intuition or a judgment based on existing clues, Shao Jian seemed to instinctively equate Sun Jiadong with Qiu Jingwen.
So, after Luo Weihong finished his introduction, during the Q&A session, he looked at Luo Weihong and asked:
"Commissioner Luo, I'd like to ask if there's any other specific information about Sun Jiadong besides his codename Rattlesnake, such as his age, occupation, or a photo?"
In his view, if there were photos or information about his age, he could basically determine whether the cobra was Qiu Jingwen.
Unfortunately, Luo Weihong shook his head at him:
“Deputy Director Shao, we only have general information about all the members of the covert team. We have neither photos nor other information such as age or occupation about each member.”
Shao Jian asked again:
"Boss, why is the information about Liu Han so detailed?"
Luo Weihong looked at Shao Jian and explained the reason to the attendees:
"Liu Han is intelligence obtained from other channels by our undercover agents on the other side of the sea. It is not information that leaked from the files of the undercover team. This person's background is very complicated, and he may be---."
Luo Weihong paused for a moment at this point, not even wanting to say more.
Another provincial leader looked at Luo Weiwei and said:
"Luo Weihong, I don't think there's any need to hide it from the comrades. Let's just tell everyone about Liu Han's identity, which is still being verified."
Luo Weihong nodded, looked around at everyone, and slowly said:
"At present, it is only a suspicion that Liu Han was likely one of our underground workers in the early days of liberation, and later became a traitor."
For the attendees, this was undoubtedly another bombshell.
If Liu Han was a traitor among the underground workers, what happened? Who were the comrades he betrayed, and what became of them?
Seeing that everyone was surprised by the information he provided, Luo Weihong turned his gaze to Shao Jian's face:
"Deputy Director Shao, I just learned that you are in charge of investigating spies at the Hongqi Factory, a military industrial enterprise. I also learned that a murder occurred in the forest within the Hongqi Factory area a week ago. Have you made any other significant discoveries?"
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