Wei Guoqiang looked at the envelope on the desk, his pupils shrank slightly, and then his brows furrowed.
He did not immediately walk to the desk to pick up the envelope and check it. Instead, based on decades of duty habits, he began to look around the office environment.
There were no signs of the door lock being pried open, the doors and windows were intact, there were no footprints on the floor, the thin copper wires pinned to the filing cabinets and drawers showed no signs of being bent, and even the pencil that he had casually placed on the table when he left the office had not changed at all.
The reason why Wei Guoqiang did this was because there was an unwritten rule in the Ministry of State Security that no one was allowed to enter the minister's office without permission.
Just now, before he left the office to go to the conference room for a meeting, he specially checked the doors and windows. This is a habit he has developed over the years.
After leaving the office, he locked the door with a key that he alone had and he never left behind. So how did the letter end up on his desk?
Wei Guoqiang went over the scene of himself leaving the office in his mind, but he still had no clue.
After thinking for a while, he opened the office door and called in the guard at the door.
"Someone just came into my office. Go find Li Xiangqian and tell him what happened! Start an investigation immediately. Remember not to make it public and do it in secret. If you find anyone suspicious, don't alert them and come back to report to me!" Wei Guoqiang said in a low voice.
The guard had been with Wei Guoqiang for six years. After listening to what he said, he immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. After agreeing in a low voice, he left the office.
After the guard left, Wei Guoqiang walked to his desk and carefully checked under the desk and the cabinets around it. Only after making sure there was no problem did he sit down.
He picked up the envelope on the table and looked at the five words "Wei Guoqiang personally wrote" on it. After hesitating for just a moment, he opened the envelope and pulled out the letter inside.
The letter was unfolded, and beautiful handwriting appeared on the paper. Wei Guoqiang stared at the letter for more than ten seconds, then stood up suddenly.
The next moment, he grabbed the red phone on the table and said in a somewhat cold tone, "Connect me to the West Hall of the Red Wall!"
Not long after Wei Guoqiang made the call, Mr. Zhou, who had just fallen asleep, learned the news.
After the old man sat up from the bed, he first tucked the quilt for Grandma Deng beside him, then whispered a few words to her, and then walked outside with his clothes on.
At this time, Chen Jin was already waiting outside the door, and the driver Liang Chao had already prepared the car.
Not long after Mr. Zhou and the other two got in the car and set off, other bigwigs from the central government also left home in their cars.
Mr. Zhou arrived at the red-walled west hall first. When he took Chen Jin into his office, he immediately noticed the envelope on the table.
The only difference from Wei Guoqiang's letter was that this time there was no name written on the envelope, only the four words "Personally addressed to the leader".
Chen Jin naturally saw the envelope as well. He immediately stepped forward to block the old man behind him, and at the same time shouted to the outside of the door: "Guard!"
The reason why he was so nervous was that at the beginning of the establishment of the New Longxia Kingdom, the spies on the Baldy's side had used poisonous powder hidden in unknown letters to assassinate many people.
As soon as Chen Jin finished speaking, the office door was pushed open from the outside, and then Liang Chao led a group of armed guards and rushed in.
"Don't be nervous, there shouldn't be any danger. Xiao Liang, take someone to check the doors and windows first, and then ask everyone if they noticed anyone entering my office?" Mr. Zhou's face was calm, without the slightest trace of timidity or panic, only composure.
"Yes!" After receiving the order, Liang Chao immediately assigned tasks to other guards, and then a group of people became busy in the old man's office.
After waiting for a while, another group of people came in from outside. The leader saluted the old man immediately after entering the door. After getting permission, he led his people slowly to the desk, gently picked up the letter and put it in a metal box. After sealing the box, he led his people out of the office.
While the old man was waiting for the result, Chen Jin went out to make a phone call after getting consent, so as to prevent the central bosses from getting anxious.
After waiting for about twenty minutes, Liang Chao and a group of guards who were in charge of checking the office did not find any problems.
Immediately afterwards, the man who had left before also walked in from outside, holding in his hand the letter he had taken away before.
"Reporting to the Chief, after testing, there is nothing wrong with the letter!"
"Okay, I got it. You all can go out first!" The old man took the letter and said to everyone with a smile.
After receiving the order, everyone saluted the old man without any hesitation and left the office in an orderly manner.
But they didn't go far and still stood guard near the office.
When he was the only one left in the office, the old man opened the envelope, took out the letter, and read it quietly.
Soon, after finishing reading the letter, the old man put the letter back into the envelope. There was no expression on his face, as if he was lost in thought.
After a moment, he folded the envelope and put it in his pocket, then stood up and left the office, taking Chen Jin towards the meeting room.
But what Chen Jin didn't notice was that there was a smile on the corner of the old man's mouth at this moment.
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At six o'clock in the morning, Xu Jianguo suddenly felt chest tightness and shortness of breath while he was sleeping.
He slowly opened his eyes and looked down, and found that little Xu Ping'an had crawled out of the crib at some point, and was now sleeping soundly on his chest, with a few strands of Wen Sitian's hair in his other little hand.
Xu Jianguo smiled bitterly and thought to himself that none of the children in his family slept well. He wondered if they learned it from Funniu.
At this time, Xu Jianguo didn't dare to move, for fear of waking Xu Ping'an. He had no choice but to gently push Wen Sitian, trying to seek help.
After a moment, Wen Sitian slowly opened her eyes. The first thing that caught her eye was Xu Jianguo's helpless expression. Then she saw Xu Ping'an lying there and sleeping soundly.
After a moment of hesitation, Wen Sitian burst out laughing, then she slowly stood up, first took her hair out of the little guy's hand, then turned around, opened the drawer of the bedside table, took out the camera, removed the lens cap and took a picture of the scene of loving father and filial son in front of her.
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