Ning Zhiheng's words resonated deeply in Liu Tongfang's mind like a resounding bell.
The direction of the investigation pointed out by Ning Zhiheng was something he had never thought of. Yes! The construction and daily maintenance and decoration of the consulate could not have been done without local Chinese craftsmen, and there must have been quite a few people in the know. With the capabilities of the Hangzhou Military Investigation Station, finding one or two people in the know would not be a problem at all. If the investigation was carried out in this way, the layout of the consulate and the location of the rooms could be found out quickly.
However, I have been struggling with this problem for the past month without making any progress. No wonder Team Leader Ning is so dissatisfied. It seems that I have been in the local area for too long and I am indeed falling behind in terms of business. Compared with my colleagues in Nanjing headquarters, I am really far behind. If this matter is reported back to Nanjing headquarters, I am afraid I will lose face.
And then there are these idiots under my command. They're all good at making money, but when problems actually arise, they just shirk responsibility everywhere and encourage me to delay the mission. They complain to the commander, but in the end, I, the military commander, have to bear the brunt of the commander's anger.
Thinking about this, Liu Tongfang became increasingly annoyed, especially about the intelligence chief, Yuan Sibao, who was mainly responsible for the investigation. However, Yuan Sibao kept shirking responsibility, making Liu Tongfang think that there were too many difficulties and too great risks. He had foolishly reported to the chief, and now he realized that he had probably fallen into a trap! This Yuan Sibao was up to no good!
He didn't do his best to investigate, or he knew all along but deliberately didn't remind him. Yes, that must be it!
The more Liu Tongfang thought about it, the more likely it seemed. That bastard! He had been too honest and hadn't guarded against the schemes of such a villain!
"Zhiheng, you're absolutely right. I must have been out of my mind to not think of that. I'll take care of the three points you mentioned right away, and I promise there won't be any delays." Liu Tongfang quickly answered Ning Zhiheng's three requests. These were not difficult for him, after all, he had been operating in Hangzhou for many years.
"You need to assign the tasks I'm talking about to your most trusted subordinates. Hangzhou is not like Nanjing. The Japanese have been operating here for so many years, they are very powerful, and their intelligence network has penetrated to an unknown extent. Your Hangzhou station will be a major target for them. With hundreds of people at all levels, there are too many loopholes to exploit. Therefore, my plan can only be carried out by the people you trust most. Do you understand?" Ning Zhiheng instructed again. He didn't want to have a useless teammate by his side.
"I understand. Speaking of which, the intelligence chief Yuan Sibao was in charge of this operation and investigation. That kid is playing tricks on me! I'll deal with him when I get back. I used to give them some leeway, but now it seems I've raised a tiger to my own detriment!" Liu Tongfang said fiercely. He was no pushover and was not lacking in decisiveness.
"You're a military commander, yet you're being led by the nose by a subordinate. You must be out of your mind. The position of a military commander is not to be challenged, and that's the same everywhere," Ning Zhiheng said coldly.
He had no goodwill towards Gu Zhengqi's faction, and it had been three days since he returned to Hangzhou, yet these guys were completely indifferent, ignoring him, the head of the headquarters who had returned home. He said he was returning home to handle personal matters, and they didn't even offer to help. Whether he wanted them or not was one thing, but the fact that they didn't even intend to see him off was another matter entirely. Once the matter was settled, he could kill two birds with one stone and find an excuse to deal with Yuan Sibo. In any case, the director's intention was for him to punish the Hangzhou military intelligence station, otherwise these people would become too arrogant and unruly to act like local tyrants!
Faced with Ning Zhiheng's reprimand, Liu Tongfang nodded repeatedly. Now he was finally convinced. The section chief's words were not wrong at all. Ning Zhiheng was indeed the top action expert in the action section. There was a reason why he was in such a high position at such a young age.
After the two finished talking, Liu Tongfang went to greet his mistress and set out the food and wine. The two drank a few cups of wine, and then Ning Zhiheng got up to take his leave.
Upon exiting the gate, they saw Sun Jiacheng still standing guard outside, so they waved him over, and the two of them returned to the Ning family mansion together.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the door, Zhao Jiang reported: "Team leader, the deputy station chief and the intelligence chief of the Hangzhou station came to visit earlier. They waited for you for a while. Your father chatted with them for a bit, then left the gifts and left."
Ning Zhiheng knew what was going on as soon as he heard it. It was just like speaking of the devil and he appears. He had just been saying that these guys were ignorant, but he didn't expect them to come to his door.
He strode into the living room and saw his father, Ning Liangcai, waiting there. Upon seeing Ning Zhiheng return, he said, "Your two colleagues waited for you for a long time. In the end, they left a box of money and left. Zhiheng, your colleagues are quite generous. It must be at least $20,000. Won't it cause trouble to accept money like this?"
Ning Zhiheng saw a delicate little box on the guest table. He opened it and found it full of US dollars. He roughly counted them and estimated that it was about 20,000 US dollars.
Now his perspective is different, and he really doesn't care about those twenty thousand dollars. These guys have been plundering land in Hangzhou for so many years, and this is all they're trying to do to get rid of him?
Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but sneer, saying, "What trouble could possibly arise from such a small amount of money? Do these two misers think I'm so easily dismissed?"
Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's words, Ning Liangcai's eyes widened. He thought that although it wasn't as generous as the two people from yesterday, it was still a huge sum of money. Yet, his son still thought it wasn't enough. His son's appetite was too big!
"Keep all this money safe, we'll take it all to Chongqing later," Ning Zhiheng said.
Ning Liangcai knew that Ning Zhiheng was making money very easily now, so he didn't say much. He nodded and said, "The boat tickets have been booked today. Zhiheng, let's go first. When can you come and meet us?"
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