Wen Hao was completely baffled. He turned around and entered the tunnel back into Jiqing Alley. He ordered Duan Xingzhou, "Take statements from these residents, carefully inquire about the specific circumstances of these three households, and then release them. Those who are truly connected with the underground party have already left."
Duan Xingzhou accepted the order and left. At this moment, Guo Ming also arrived with his men and reported: "Team leader, there were four families in those buildings. They disappeared without a trace overnight. The place was cleaned up very well. We didn't find any valuable clues!"
Wen Hao waved his hand weakly. He had already expected this result and had no hope that Guo Ming would gain anything!
"Let's call it a day! I'll go back and explain to the director. Immediately notify the personnel monitoring Zhang Chenghong to make the arrest. Sigh! I don't know if we'll make it in time!" Wen Hao ordered.
At that very moment, in a safe house in the south of the city, five members of the municipal party committee standing committee of the underground party organization were sitting opposite each other, beginning this important meeting.
Fang Boyi spoke first: "Let me explain why we changed the meeting location at the last minute. Just half an hour ago, a large number of agents from the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department raided the location of our municipal party committee, Jiqing Lane, Liuyuan Street!"
Upon hearing this, the other four standing committee members were immediately shocked. They had only received a notification last night that the meeting location had been changed at the last minute, but Fang Boyi had not told them that the municipal party committee had been exposed in order to keep the matter confidential.
He worried that the leak of the municipal party committee's location might be related to Zhang Chenghong's exposure, but Zhang Chenghong was unaware of the high-level meeting to be held today.
Perhaps the problem lies in other aspects, such as the other four standing committee members who knew the location of the municipal party committee offices.
He certainly trusted the four Standing Committee members present. Each of them was a staunch communist fighter and a veteran party member who had undergone severe tests. They were each responsible for their respective areas. If there were really a problem, the underground party would have been destroyed by the enemy long ago and wouldn't have been able to wait until now!
There must be something wrong with someone close to them, otherwise why would the enemy so coincidentally choose the very day of the meeting to launch a surprise attack? Is this just a coincidence? Fang Boyi didn't believe it; there's no such thing as a coincidence in the world!
So who leaked this information? Fang Boyi didn't want to believe that someone had betrayed the Party organization, but he had to admit that the possibility of an internal traitor was the greatest.
Xiao Hong, one of the Standing Committee members in charge of intelligence work, couldn't sit still when he heard Fang Boyi's words. He was the person in charge of intelligence work, and he was completely unaware of such a big incident.
He stood up excitedly almost immediately and asked urgently, "Comrade Qingshan, how are the other personnel in the municipal party committee?"
There are more than 20 staff members of the municipal party committee, including security personnel. If they were attacked by agents from the Party Affairs Investigation Department, the losses would be enormous.
Fang Boyi reached out and made a slight downward gesture with his palm, indicating that he should sit down. Then he said, "We arranged for the municipal party committee staff to evacuate before dawn last night, and they are all safe now!"
At this moment, another member of the Standing Committee spoke up and asked, "We don't know much about the current situation. Where exactly did things go wrong? The municipal party committee offices have been established for nearly three years and can be said to be very safe. How could they suddenly be exposed?"
Fang Boyi nodded and said, "This is indeed a big problem. One of our organization members has been exposed. He is Zhang Chenghong, one of the people in charge of this procurement operation. Half an hour ago, with our help, he escaped the surveillance of the Party Affairs Investigation Department and successfully withdrew."
Our initial assessment is that the enemy discovered the location of the municipal party committee offices while monitoring him. However, there's a problem: he didn't know we were holding a high-level meeting today. Yet, the enemy specifically chose this morning to launch a surprise attack on the municipal party committee offices. So, who leaked this information?
Fang Boyi's words made the four standing committee members exchange bewildered glances. He continued, "Everyone, go back and think about this meeting carefully. Who exactly knew about it? It would be best to make a list. Our organization must conduct a rigorous investigation and screening, leaving no stone unturned!"
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