"You must be Commander Li Aiguo, right? I know you. Your abilities are no less than Brigade Commander He's. It's just that your background is a bit inferior. You can't compare to his good family background and have always been suppressed by him. You must be resentful, right?" The fake cousin stirred up trouble.
Li Aiguo slowly asked with a puzzled expression: "???"
The fake cousin tempted, "I have a way to make you even more powerful than Commander He. Do you want to?"
Li Aiguo hesitated before asking, "Are you trying to turn me against you?"
The fake cousin nodded: "Commander Li is a smart man. As long as you cooperate with me, I will definitely help you rise to the top and become a general. Your younger siblings can also be sent abroad to study, and your wife will not only be a nurse, but also a head nurse!"
Li Aiguo's lips twitched. Just when the fake cousin thought he had taken the bait, she heard Li Aiguo angrily say, "Who do you think you are? Do you think I, Li Aiguo, am the kind of person who is greedy for vanity and betrays the country and the Party?"
"Your sweet talk won't work on me. I love my country wholeheartedly and am willing to die for it. I will never be deceived by you. You damned spy, you're doomed. If I could, I would kill you with my own hands."
"Our Brother Chuan isn't successful because of his family background. He's just very outstanding and capable. He got to his current position through his own abilities, not because of what you're saying. You can't insult Brother Chuan!"
The fake cousin, stunned by the shouting, never imagined that she would fail to turn someone against her.
It must be that her promises weren't enough. The fake cousin planned to raise her stakes further. He Tingchuan had already returned with his men. Looking at the fake cousin trying to persuade him, his eyes turned cold, and he questioned, "Where are the other four people?"
"What four people? I don't know, there are only three of us." The fake cousin didn't want to expose her accomplices.
He Tingchuan wasn't so easily fooled. He stepped on her hand, which had been pierced by a bullet, causing her face to contort in pain and her expression to turn terrifying. Yet, she still stubbornly insisted, "There was no one else, only the three of us."
He Tingchuan threw seven enamel cups in front of her. The fake cousin's expression changed; she realized that their connections had been exposed.
He Tingchuan instructed, "Don't alert them. Hide. They'll definitely come back. Catch them first, don't let them escape."
Those present nodded quietly, "Yes!"
As for the fake cousin, her mouth was gagged, preventing her from speaking, but she was also not allowed to die; they would deal with her when she returned.
They thought they came in through the main gate, but it turned out that two people came back through another secret passage. Fortunately, the passage hadn't been sealed off yet, so they didn't notice anything amiss and chatted and laughed in the passage. As soon as they showed themselves, a gun was pointed at their heads.
The smile on his face froze as he looked at He Tingchuan and the others in their uniforms.
They wanted to run, but He Tingchuan's gun was no joke.
The one behind tried to run away, but He Tingchuan wrapped him in a pillow and, with a snap, broke his leg through the pillow's soundproofing. He couldn't run anymore, and both of them were caught.
They went out on missions in pairs.
Time passed slowly, and He Tingchuan glanced at the time. It was already eight o'clock, and the other two had not returned yet.
The fake cousin couldn't hold back any longer. She said, "My comrades and I have a signal agreement that they won't show up unless we hang a kerosene lamp at the door. If you want to catch them, you have to hang a kerosene lamp."
Li Aiguo looked at He Tingchuan and followed his instructions.
He Tingchuan knew this female spy was cunning and her words were not to be trusted: "No need to hang up, continue to hide."
The fake cousin panicked: "Everything I said is true! Why don't you believe me? I'm really willing to surrender. I want to be a good person!"
He Tingchuan said, "Gag her, don't let her speak."
The fake cousin was about to shout when Li Aiguo quickly covered her mouth, preventing her from making a sound and alerting her accomplices who were about to return from their mission.
I had just settled my fake cousin in when there was a knock on the door.
Upon hearing this, the fake cousin excitedly screamed, but fortunately her mouth was gagged tightly.
Seeing her like this, He Tingchuan knew that her companions had returned. He went to open the door and listened to the rhythm of their knocking, which sounded like Morse code. He asked if it was safe.
He Tingchuan also typed a Morse code, which was secure.
Just when He Tingchuan thought they had been tricked, the two men's expressions changed immediately upon hearing He Tingchuan's response. They quickly drew their guns, looked around warily, and prepared to run away.
The person hiding next door, seeing that something was wrong, immediately opened fire.
After a few crackling sounds, one person died and three were injured.
One of the spies died, and the other spy was also injured.
Two of the men who were lying in ambush were also injured, but fortunately, their injuries were not fatal.
He Tingchuan frowned as he looked at the captured spies: "How did you know there was an ambush?"
Knowing he couldn't escape, and seeing his fake cousin being captured, the spy immediately surrendered: "I was coerced. To tell you the truth, the code meant the opposite; if it meant safe, it meant unsafe."
“If it’s not safe, you’ll reply that it’s safe. You replied that it’s safe, but it’s actually not safe. Only the seven of us knew that, which is why we saw through your identities.”
"I see." He Tingchuan hadn't expected to be exposed.
Fortunately, the person was arrested, and the spy den was successfully dismantled.
Neither He Tingchuan nor Li Aiguo returned home that night. When Yun Jin was urinating Xiao Niangao in the middle of the night, she saw that he hadn't come back yet and knew that he definitely wouldn't be back that night. Although she was worried, she could only stay with her daughter.
The next day, Yun Jin and Xiao Niangao were awakened by voices at the door before they were fully awake: "Come back, oh, you even bought some delicious food."
"Yes, Mom likes rice cakes, so I went to buy them especially since I had the day off today." Everyone in the compound knew how much He Tingchuan doted on his wife, so he had nothing to hide.
If others asked, He Tingchuan would ignore them.
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