The silence in the room didn't last long. There was another knock on the door, and the person who entered was Wu Shicai, the captain of the action team.
His subordinates had just compiled some verification materials about the people at Dahua Dance Hall, as well as the testimonies of several key witnesses such as Shen Manli, and came to report to Li Zhiqun.
Wu Shicai placed the materials on his desk and asked Li Zhiqun, "Director, Hu Yunhe has been confirmed missing. Should we search his home?"
Li Zhiqun nodded and said, "It's not missing, it's absconding. It's now confirmed that Hu Yunhe is the mole we've been looking for. Conduct a thorough search of his residence and confiscate all his properties."
Li Zhiqun's words shocked Wu Shicai. He hadn't expected Li Zhiqun to confirm Hu Yunhe's identity so quickly and find the mole that everyone had been so wary of.
Then came another surge of joy. He was very familiar with Hu Yunhe's situation. This man's family fortune was extremely substantial. Swallowing him whole would be like taking a huge piece of meat. Of course, Director Li Zhiqun would reap the lion's share of the benefits.
Then Li Zhiqun instructed, "You will personally lead the search. Remember, bring back everything, not a single item. Get a clear statement from everyone involved. This matter is not as simple as it seems."
His last words sent a chill down Luo Xingchao's spine. He hadn't been wrong; Li Zhiqun still harbored doubts.
Wu Shicai immediately nodded and accepted the order. He always valued money above all else, and his favorite thing was to confiscate property and seize wealth. Naturally, he had to be at the forefront of such a good thing.
Luo Xingchao basically doesn't get involved in these kinds of things. In the end, Wu Shicai is Li Zhiqun's absolute confidant, and he won't compete with Wu Shicai for these matters.
Watching Wu Shicai leave, Li Zhiqun breathed a sigh of relief and turned to Luo Xingchao, saying, "Xingchao, do you think I'm being a bit too indecisive?"
Luo Xingchao's eyes suddenly lit up. He knew that Li Zhiqun was about to reveal his trump card, so he quickly smiled and said, "The director is in charge of the overall situation, so he naturally has to consider all aspects carefully. I was just being naive!"
Li Zhiqun waved his hand, deciding to explain things clearly to Luo Xingchao. Anyway, Hu Yunhe's identity had already been revealed, and the case was no longer a secret. There was no need to keep it a secret from Luo Xingchao, so he might as well have him help analyze it.
So Li Zhiqun said slowly, "Logically speaking, now the evidence is irrefutable, and every clue points to Hu Yunhe. His identity as an inside man is beyond doubt. However, there is still one point that I can't figure out. As you know, Hu Yunhe was someone who defected from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics shortly after the establishment of No. 76. He performed very well in the early stages, and he confessed and personally arrested many accomplices. His work performance was also very good, so he gradually gained my trust."
In early November of last year, he suddenly reported to me that the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) had sent people to recruit him, asking him to infiltrate the Special Agent Headquarters and continue working for the CBIS.
The person who came to persuade him to defect was Shen Le, his former superior in the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS), now the newly appointed head of the CBIS's Suzhou-Shanghai district.
"Such a thing happened? Have they caught Shen Le?" Luo Xingchao was astonished. He knew where the problem lay. Hu Yunhe was determined to defect to the enemy and had even betrayed his old superior to Li Zhiqun. No wonder Li Zhiqun trusted Hu Yunhe so much and even promoted him to the position of director of the Second Division.
Li Zhiqun shook his head with regret and said, "No, Shen Le is a cunning and extremely experienced old fox. He is a well-known old fox in our Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. At that time, the entire Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' Shanghai-Suzhou region was wiped out, and the district chief Lu Yuannan escaped alone. I heard that he was placed under house arrest after returning to Chongqing. Shen Le then took over the position of district chief of the Shanghai-Suzhou region."
At the beginning of his tenure, Shen Le was in dire need of valuable intelligence personnel. Since Hu Yunhe had been his subordinate and had become a key member of the Special Agent Headquarters, he turned to Hu Yunhe to carry out the defection work.
After Shen Le made private contact with him, Hu Yunhe was forced by her and dared not refuse, so he agreed to work for Shen Le. For this, Shen Le even arranged intelligence channels for him.
However, the Chongqing government is now in decline, hiding in the border region and barely maintaining its position by relying on the Changsha defense line. What future can it possibly have? Shanghai is our stronghold. Hu Yunhe naturally knows what the consequences would be if he were to work for the Chongqing government here. After weighing the pros and cons, he simply confessed to me and even handed over his superior, who was Pastor Luo Jiana of Jingyuan Church.
Of course, these were all things Hu Yunhe had said before, and I had believed them. Now it seems that this mole was hidden far too well; even with my keen eyesight, I couldn't see the slightest flaw!
Luo Xingchao quickly asked, "You didn't arrest Luo Jiana?"
Li Zhiqun shook his head and said, "No, Luo Jiana is insignificant. My target is Shen Le, who is the newly rebuilt Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong) in the Shanghai-Suzhou area. However, as far as I know, Shen Le rarely operates in Shanghai and mainly oversees work in Nanjing. Therefore, I did not take action against Luo Jiana. Instead, I had Hu Yunhe continue to maintain this intelligence line and wait for an opportunity to lure out Shen Le, this big fish."
Now that everything was clear, Luo Xingchao secretly regretted not understanding the situation beforehand and choosing Hu Yunhe as the target of his framing. Who knew that Hu Yunhe had such a double agent identity, which led Li Zhiqun to trust him so much.
Li Zhiqun continued, "Logically speaking, since Hu Yunhe was an inside man and harbored disloyalty towards us, he shouldn't have exposed the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) to me in the first place. Otherwise, the CBIS would have suffered a great loss."
Upon hearing this, Luo Xingchao unconsciously rubbed his hands together, showing a somewhat puzzled expression, but he quickly explained, "Do you think he might be trying to gain your trust more? Director, you and I were both members of the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics before, so we should know very well that the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics have always been irreconcilable enemies, and it has become the norm for them to be hostile to each other. If Hu Yunhe were to betray the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics for the benefit of the Military Intelligence Bureau, it wouldn't be hard to understand."
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