Liang Damin was in a bit of a predicament, because the person asking the question was his superior.
He knew that if he told Zhou Huaihai about Shao Jian's people monitoring Qiu Jingwen, it would be a leak; but if he didn't tell Zhou Huaihai, he would feel like he was hiding something from his superior.
So he looked at Zhou Huaihai and smiled.
"Leader, to be honest, Director Shao went back to the Municipal Bureau for a meeting yesterday, and leaders from the Provincial Department also came down. They are paying close attention to the cases of enemy agents sabotaging several military industrial enterprises in our Liang area, especially to the work of investigating enemy agents at our Hongqi Factory, since our company produces special products, which are rare high explosives."
"Therefore, Director Shao is under a lot of pressure. Not to mention Qiu Jingwen, he also had doubts about me, Liang Damin, back then. Moreover, based on the information brought back from yesterday's meeting, there is a high possibility that there are enemy agents lurking in our factory."
Yi Baoguo seemed very interested and asked with a face full of curiosity:
"Liang Damin, what valuable information? Could our factory really be hiding enemy agents?"
Liang Damin shook his head apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Lao Yi, Director Shao has repeatedly emphasized the importance of confidentiality. There are some intelligence and information that I really cannot disclose."
Since Liang Damin had already made his point, neither Yi Baoguo nor Zhou Huaihai pressed for further questions.
After more than ten seconds, Zhou Huaihai looked at Liang Damin.
“Liang Damin, how about this? I heard from Ding Haitao, the chairman of the trade union, yesterday that Wei Dongmei’s health is not very good. I have a lot of things to do and I have to go to the Provincial Military Industry Bureau for a meeting tomorrow. You and Ding Haitao can represent our Hongqi Factory and go to visit Wei’s family. You can also take the opportunity to find out about Qiu Jingwen and his wife’s situation when they first joined the factory and their social connections.”
The rain outside the window gradually stopped.
The sky in the distance also cleared up and brightened.
Liang Damin nodded in agreement:
"That's for the best. Since someone has reported Qiu Jingwen and his wife, I need to find out more about their situation."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Huaihai immediately picked up the phone on the table.
He called Ding Haitao, the chairman of the trade union, and asked him to go with Liang Damin, representing the Hongqi Factory, to visit veteran comrade Wei Dongmei the next day.
For Hongqi Factory, every year during festivals, union cadres and leaders would visit retired veterans. When retired veterans were sick and hospitalized, the union chairman would usually represent the factory to offer condolences. This was almost an unwritten rule and custom.
It was around 10 a.m. at this moment.
The torrential rain outside has stopped.
Wu Dinghuai, Qian Weidong, and a police officer drove a jeep to the streets of Yushan Township.
As requested by Shao Jian, they conducted another investigation and assessment of the area surrounding Liu Han's barbershop and residence.
Since Liu Hanhan was murdered, the barbershop has been sealed off with the official seal of the public security bureau.
This is done to prevent petty thieves from breaking into homes and stealing property. With the police department's seal, most thieves and burglars will not dare to take the risk.
Wu Dinghuai and Qian Weidong broke the seal and went back into the barbershop, hoping to find useful clues, but they found nothing.
The barbershop was only a dozen square meters in total. Apart from the barber tools, a mirror, a chair, a thermos, a washbasin, and a teacup, there was just a pile of hair that hadn't been cleaned up yet. There were no useful clues or valuable items.
After leaving the barbershop, the group affixed the seals that had been stored in the jeep beforehand.
This is the seal we prepared after we discovered that Liu Xianghai was a barber. At that time, Niu Dajiang was still alive, and there was no intelligence from the provincial meeting. The investigation team did not know that Liu Xianghai was the alias of the enemy agent Liu Xianghai, and they only regarded him as an ordinary victim.
Of course, Shao Jian had already deduced from the calluses on Liu Han's hands and the scars on his face that Liu Xianghai had handled a gun and that his background must be extraordinary.
After sealing the barbershop, Wu Dinghuai visited the shops on both sides of the barbershop, but the information provided by the people seemed to be of no value. Some people even said that the barber was very good, had a good temper, and was famous for his haircutting skills, especially his shaving. He could shave a face clean and neat without using a hot towel to warm the face, just with his sharp razor.
Seeing that they had not found the clues they were looking for, Wu Dinghuai and his group drove the jeep back to Liu Han's residence.
Similarly, the door was sealed with tape, and there were no signs that it had been tampered with.
After Liu Xianghai was murdered, when Shao Jian found Liu Xianghai's information in the household registration of Yushan Township Police Station, he sent Wu Dinghuai and Qian Weidong to investigate Liu Xianghai's residence. At that time, they did not know Liu Xianghai's identity as an enemy agent. They only found more than 1,000 yuan in cash in Liu Xianghai's home. Although they also visited the neighbors, they did not find any valuable clues.
Niu Dajiang's suicide note indicated that Liu Xianghai was an enemy agent. Shao Jian realized that Liu Xianghai's murder was not an ordinary one, but rather a conspiracy and a story behind it. So he sent Qian Weidong and Zhao Dong, along with two police officers, back to Yushan Township to investigate Liu Xianghai's situation more thoroughly. Unfortunately, they still did not obtain any important clues.
Yesterday, Shao Jian returned to the city to attend a meeting attended by members of the provincial department's special task force investigating enemy agents. Based on information provided by the provincial department's commissioner, and his request to rely on and mobilize the masses, especially regarding the cash, Shao Jian felt that it was unusual for Liu Han, an enemy agent, to have so much cash at home, and that it must have a special purpose.
He also felt that Liu Yanhan had been living in Yushan Township for so many years, hiding his identity as a barber, so it was impossible that he couldn't find any useful clues. That's why he asked Wu Dinghuai to take people to Yushan Township again at the morning meeting to look for clues that were useful to Liu Yanhan.
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