Chapter 18: Lu Qiaoshan Driven to a Dead End (Please collect, recommend)

"What, Long Er escaped?" Fourth Master Zhang slammed his wine glass and stood up abruptly.

"Wasn't he on the list?"

"Director Lu, didn't you say it was a sure thing? What's going on?"

Fourth Master Zhang pointed at Lu Qiaoshan and demanded.

Lu Qiaoshan was also dumbfounded: "Impossible, I circled the list myself; Long Er was definitely on it, it was supposed to be tonight."

"Shao, go ask clearly." Fourth Master Zhang ordered.

Zhang Shao hurriedly made a call.

A moment later, he walked over and said indignantly:

"Damn it, the people over there said it was the secretary and the confidential director of the Jinhai Station who took the person away on Wu Jingzhong's orders."

"It's Hong Zhiyou!"

"That kid is more cunning than a fox; it must be his ghost of an idea."

"Right now he has a feud with the second young master; releasing Long Er is just to spite you, Fourth Master."

Lu Qiaoshan hurriedly echoed.

"Damn it, it's really a case of fearing what comes!" Fourth Master Zhang was so angry he kept slapping the table.

"Director Lu, you, the second-in-command of the Jinhai Station, aren't very useful."

"Logically speaking, you should have been sitting in Shui Tun Prison personally this afternoon."

"But you, you ran off to show off in front of Commander Chen."

"Sigh, you're being sold and you're still happy about it."

"What kind of old hand in the intelligence system, I see you're nothing more than that."

Yang Wenquan laughed coldly, revealing the secret.

"I..." Lu Qiaoshan's face turned black; he immediately realized he had been tricked by that old fox Wu Jingzhong.

"Wu Jingzhong is greedy for money; it must have been Hong Zhiyou who gave him the bad idea."

At this point, he could only dump the blame on Hong Zhiyou.

"Sigh, Old Lu, I really overestimated you."

"If I had known you only had these two tricks, I would have directly joined Wu Jingzhong's sect; by now, the grain shop would have been taken, and Long Er would have gone to hell."

"Why was I so obsessed that I believed you?"

As the local snake of Jinhai, Fourth Master Zhang didn't show any mercy in his speech.

Bang!

He stood up abruptly and pulled out his service pistol, pressing it against Lu Qiaoshan's forehead: "Lu, if it weren't for the fact that your son and my Shao work together, I'd shoot you right now."

"Fourth Master, I..." Lu Qiaoshan was covered in cold sweat, unable to argue.

"Fourth Master, you're overestimating Wu Jingzhong."

"You're pointing that gun at the wrong person."

"Right now, the red tickets are very active in Jinhai; if Wu were to disappear, one could easily say it was the red tickets' doing; what could Dai do then?"

Yang Wenquan picked up a piece of food with his chopsticks and said calmly.

"Commander Yang, you want me to get rid of Wu..." Fourth Master Zhang's eyes flashed with a murderous glare.

He wasn't stupid.

The 94th Army was afraid Wu Jingzhong would investigate the resale of military supplies; Yang Wenquan was using him as a knife.

But as a member of the same pirate ship, he had no choice but to be that knife.

"Director Lu, you wouldn't report Fourth Master, would you?" Yang Wenquan looked at Lu Qiaoshan.

Lu Qiaoshan broke out in cold sweat.

He regretted it to death now.

Originally, he had relied on his son's relationship to connect with Fourth Master Zhang and earn some filial piety from the pier every month.

Who would have thought these were man-eating tigers.

Wu Jingzhong was a major general and a station master.

Assassinating an official of this level, if it were exposed, everyone present would be shot.

"Station Master Wu has always been cautious and heavily guarded; you two should think it over carefully." He could only persuade them softly.

"Hehe!" Yang Wenquan laughed dryly and said nothing more.

"Father, in my opinion, there's someone who must be eliminated right now." Zhang Shao said.

"Who?"

"Hong Zhiyou." Zhang Shao said.

"This person has ruined our affairs time and again; last night he was still flirting with Mu Wanqiu, clearly not putting my kill order or your face, Father, in his eyes."

"It's perfect to kill him and give Wu Jingzhong a taste of our color."

Zhang Shao gritted his teeth.

"Those who mix in the underworld all care about face; Zhang Shao has been talking about it for seven days, if Hong doesn't die, I'm afraid the rumors outside won't sound good." Yang Wenquan continued to fan the flames.

Eliminating Wu Jingzhong had a precedent.

Even if Boss Dai sent another confidant, I'm afraid they wouldn't dare to wade into the muddy waters of Jinhai.

No matter how this game of chess was played, it was all benefit and no harm to him.

"Good, then eliminate Hong." Fourth Master Zhang made the final decision.

"Father, I've investigated; this kid lives in the station, and he'll definitely hide inside for the next few days; I have no opportunity to take action."

"Director Lu, I'll trouble you to open a convenient door tomorrow night and let my people slip into the station."

"This little matter shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Zhang Shao took back the box on the table and only took out one bar, placing it in front of Lu Qiaoshan.

Yang Wenquan watched coldly from the side.

Fourth Master Zhang stroked the gun bolt.

"I... I'll try my best." Lu Qiaoshan was under immense pressure and could only agree with a stiff scalp.

Jinhai Station, inside the secretary's office.

"Zhiguo, it's getting late, go back to sleep." Hong Zhiyou glanced at his watch, put away the chessboard, and handed Mi Zhiguo a silver dollar.

"Thank you, Brother Hong." Mi Zhiguo bowed several times and left happily.

Hong Zhiyou stood up and stared at the telephone.

A moment later, the phone rang.

It hung up after three rings.

This was the secret signal he had agreed upon with Long Er.

Three rings represented that the first step of the plan was successful, and things were progressing smoothly on Long Er's side.

Hong Zhiyou quickly put on his coat, left the station through the side door, retrieved the box from the small house, hailed a rickshaw, and headed straight for Guilin Road.

Arriving in front of the mansion, he pressed the doorbell.

Lu Qiaoshan returned to the mansion on Guilin Road, feeling soul-less.

Ten gold bars, damn it, he only got one.

The key was that this money was hot to the touch.

He felt he was on a path to total destruction.

The development of events exceeded his expectations.

As a senior secret agent with deep city, Lu Qiaoshan hated this loss of control.

Yang Wenquan was a key member of the garrison.

He couldn't wait for Wu Jingzhong to die, without getting a drop of blood on his hands, and he had people covering for him from above.

And himself?

He was called a fellow townsman of Zheng Jiemin, but in reality, he was just a small shrimp.

He knew the house rules of the Military Statistics Bureau very well.

Assassinating a superior officer, let alone wiping out nine generations, his whole family wouldn't be able to live.

"No, I can't keep playing this game."

"I have to find a way to jump ship, otherwise it's death."

Lu Qiaoshan secretly made up his mind.

As soon as he entered the house, before he could put down his bag, he saw Hong Zhiyou and his wife standing up.

"Director Lu!" Hong Zhiyou bowed respectfully.

"Qiaoshan, Little Hong came to see you." Mrs. Lu smiled.

"Guifang, you go rest first."

Lu Qiaoshan ordered with some exhaustion.

Mrs. Lu left very tactfully.

"Did you release Long Er?" Lu Qiaoshan asked while loosening his tie.

"Detective Huang found the Station Master, and Director Yu and I were just acting on orders." Hong Zhiyou said.

"Sit down and talk."

Lu Qiaoshan changed into slippers, poured tea, crossed his legs, and asked with a smile: "Long Er didn't give you little, did he?"

"It's alright." Hong Zhiyou said, knowing what was implied.

"Sigh, transferring me to the Garrison Headquarters for a meeting, saying the future of the Party and State is mine."

"I was fooled into running until my legs were lame, and I still felt pretty good about it."

"Truly high, no wonder he's the Station Master."

Lu Qiaoshan's head nodded with his tone, and he sighed coldly.

"Director Lu, I know you have misunderstandings about me."

"I have no background; I have to do whatever the Station Master says."

"Recently, the grain shop and Long Er matters blocked your path; this is also the helplessness of being a pawn."

"You are a great person with great tolerance, please be more forgiving."

Hong Zhiyou said, taking out the small box he had prepared and spreading it open.

Inside were one thousand US dollars and several gold bars.

"What do you mean?" Lu Qiaoshan adjusted his round-rimmed glasses and asked with a squinting smile.

"Director Lu, you are a lieutenant colonel, and I am just a small second lieutenant; if you were to give me small shoes to wear, it would be enough for me to wear."

"The days are still long, and I'm still counting on your promotion and care."

"Regarding blocking the path, I had no choice."

"But in being a person, I have a choice."

"This is the benefit Long Er gave me, not a cent less, all here; I hope Director Lu will let go of your anger."

Hong Zhiyou looked into his eyes, his tone incomparably sincere.

Money is gone, it can be earned again.

Right now, this person must be stabilized; the Intelligence Division is not to be trifled with, and if Lu Qiaoshan really wanted to stare him down, it would be easy as pie, and it would be a troublesome matter.

Moreover, he had no real grudge with Old Lu.

It wasn't an unsolvable dead end.

As for killing Old Lu, that was Zhang Zui's job; he wouldn't take that risk.

In a word, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

"Sigh, an official one level higher crushes people!"

"You're not easy either; I'm quite happy you have this heart."

"It's getting late, go back and rest."

Lu Qiaoshan waved his hand and issued an order to evict the guest.

"Good!"

Hong Zhiyou had no extra words and stood up to leave.

As soon as he left, Li Guifang walked out from inside, looking at the US dollars and gold bars on the table, her mouth wide open:

"Old Lu, you say he's just a small secretary, where did he get so much money?"

"Can an imperial envoy be short of money?" Lu Qiaoshan sneered.

"I think this Little Hong is quite capable of handling things."

"By the way, our child said that all levels of officials and businessmen in Jingling are in urgent need of red wine, and entrusted us to get a batch from Jinhai; we could earn quite a bit."

"Little Hong said he has a way and knows people who can get French goods."

Li Guifang said.

"This person is very dangerous and has many methods."

"Just now when he gave me these, he didn't even blink."

"This is not a small amount."

"To be able to weigh the importance at such a young age, to be able to bend and stretch, it's not simple."

"I underestimated him before."

Lu Qiaoshan sighed long.

"By the way, regarding Fourth Master Zhang..." Li Guifang asked in a low voice.

Lu Qiaoshan's face turned gloomy and ugly:

"Try to have less contact with the Zhang family in the future."

"They are a bunch of lunatics, actually wanting to assassinate the Station Master and Hong Zhiyou."

"Ah!"

"This is a matter of losing one's head; you can't be confused."

"If I had known Jinhai was so dangerous, we might as well have stayed in the mountain city."

Li Guifang was scared to death.

"Don't worry, I'm not stupid yet."

"They still don't dare to move Wu Jingzhong for a while, but it's hard to say about Hong Zhiyou."

"Listening to the tone, they want to kill him in the station."

Lu Qiaoshan said.

"Then you hurry and save Little Hong."

"He just helped the Station Master catch Long Er, and then he's killed, not to mention it's in the station."

"Wu Jingzhong will definitely think you did it; if an investigation is launched, with those house rules, even if you aren't killed, you'll be skinned alive."

Li Guifang was at a loss.

"What are you panicking about? Can't I know the stakes in the middle?"

"Don't worry, I will definitely protect Hong Zhiyou."

"Don't go anywhere these few days, just stay at home."

Lu Qiaoshan glared at her angrily.

He stood up and walked to the window.

The moonlight was like smoke, and people were like smoke.

Now he was clearly standing on the edge of a cliff.

Hong Zhiyou!

I hope God blesses him, that he truly has great wisdom, can break the Zhang family's dead end, and lead me to liberation.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 19 =====