Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's words, Wei Liangbi's spirits lifted. He was also exceptionally shrewd and quick-witted, and he understood Ning Zhiheng's general idea!
"You mean that after other members of the Blackwater team provide intelligence, Viper will also use this method to transfer the reward to a designated alias account through Yong An Bank each time, thus completing the intelligence transmission?"
Ning Zhiheng nodded and said, "This conjecture is very likely! Besides, as spies, they need to purchase intelligence and carry out espionage operations, which require operating funds. How do they obtain these funds?"
Now, considering Su Yu's situation, can we expand our thinking and hypothesize that the Blackwater group's espionage funds are all managed through Yong'an Bank, a small bank?
Wei Liangbi nodded approvingly, but he still raised a question: "But this might just be a special case, or perhaps Su Yu's reward is only paid in this way. How can you be sure that other team members also use this method for financial transactions?"
Of course, this is a good idea and a feasible direction for investigation. But how many accounts does a bank have? And how many of them are under aliases?
There are too many! We can't possibly check them one by one; the workload would be too great, and we simply can't complete it.
“There is a way, we can verify it by investigating Mo Chenggui!” Ning Zhiheng said.
Wei Liangbi was taken aback, then spread his hands helplessly and said, "You're too late. I've already sent Mo Chenggui away, and he didn't leave any confession. Now that the dead can't be brought back to life, how can we verify anything!"
This matter was indeed very difficult. At the time, the situation was that Mo Chenggui had been turned, and the evidence was conclusive and undeniable!
Therefore, the Military Intelligence Investigation Department did not conduct any arrests or interrogations, but instead directly issued the assassination order.
The reason is simple: this matter shouldn't be blown out of proportion. It needs to be handled discreetly to avoid attracting attention. Arresting him would only escalate the situation, and even a clandestine arrest wouldn't escape the notice of those with ulterior motives. Only a silent assassination, staged as a natural death, can best conceal the truth.
Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter if we don't have Mo Chenggui's statement. We can find a way to verify it. That's one of the reasons why I came to find you, senior brother."
Before you took action, you must have conducted a detailed investigation of Mo Chenggui, including his interests and hobbies, his behavior patterns, and the relationships he had with others.
I just want to ask you, who is the person he trusts most most?
Wei Liangbi thought carefully for a moment and said, "The person he trusts most is his adjutant, Mo Pingsheng, who is also his nephew. He has always been by his side and treated him like his own son, so he should be the person he trusts most!"
Ning Zhiheng slammed his hand on the table and said definitively, "Then we have a target: secretly capture this Mo Pingsheng."
Wei Liangbi was taken aback and said, "But how could Mo Chenggui let a second person know about something as serious as being turned by Japanese spies? Even if Mo Pingsheng is his own nephew."
Ning Zhiheng shook his head and explained, "I arrested him not to find evidence of Mo Chenggui's defection, but to verify whether Mo Chenggui's funds were also operated through Yong'an Bank."
Senior brother, this is what I think! Turning a military commander of Mo Chenggui's rank into a defection is by no means a simple matter.
Mo Chenggui is an elite among men who has reached his current high position. He has been through countless trials and tribulations. Would such a person really give up his current status and high salary, risk his life, and sell himself to the Japanese just because of Meng Lesheng's confession, for a woman and a few empty promises?
This doesn't make sense! My guess is that Mo Chenggui was initially seduced by Kong Shulan's beauty, which was just a trigger. Gradually, Kong Shulan revealed her intentions, slowly approached Mo Chenggui, and tried to win him over.
The next step should be to lure him with benefits, such as simply paying a high price to buy some military secrets. These military secrets would be nothing more than a piece of cake for Mo Chenggui, but he could reap extremely rich profits!
To be honest, what these military secrets are isn't important. What's important is that once this kind of thing is opened up and the benefits are tasted, Mo Chenggui's greed will be endless, and he might not be able to stop. I estimate that at this point, Mo Chenggui might not even know Kong Shulan's true identity, and might just think she's an intelligence broker!
Or perhaps he knew it in his heart, but was just pretending not to know for the sake of money and profit!
As more and more military secrets were revealed, the benefits he gained also increased, and Mo Chenggui became increasingly entangled and unable to extricate himself!
Afterwards, Kong Shulan revealed her true identity and threatened him, saying that if he did not obey, she would report him for selling intelligence to the Nationalist government, and promised him certain benefits, such as giving Mo Chenggui a higher position and benefits after the Japanese victory.
This combination of temptation, threat, and promise—a three-pronged approach—gradually lured Mo Chenggui into the trap!
Ning Zhiheng's analysis was reasonable, insightful, and highly practical, which made Wei Liangbi nod repeatedly.
Ning Zhiheng continued, "Therefore, I believe that beauty and empty promises are not enough to sway Mo Chenggui. Only real money can make Mo Chenggui wholeheartedly sell military intelligence."
How can we give him so much money? The safest way is of course cash, but I don't think Meng Lesheng would have such a large sum of cash on hand at all times.
It's highly likely that his situation was similar to Su Yu's: after he sent out intelligence, the Japanese spy organization directly transferred a huge sum of money to Mo Chenggui's alias account through bank transactions. Then Mo Chenggui withdrew the money, thus completing a transaction of buying and selling intelligence.
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