Chapter 226: Assassinating Old Five

"Captain Li, I have a discovery."

Just as he was pondering a plan to counter Lu Qiao, Gao Yuan walked in.

"Speak," Li Ya said.

"Our men have been tailing Division Chief Lu and discovered that he has been in close contact with Lu Yuxi of the Headquarters Inspection Team recently," Gao Yuan said efficiently.

"Lu Yuxi?" Li Ya frowned.

"He is the captain of the Seventh Squad of the Inspection Team.

"He is also a fellow townsman of Division Chief Lu.

"It is said that to help this fellow townsman get promoted, Lu Qiao even pulled strings to have Lu Yuxi's former superior, a captain surnamed Zhou, transferred away.

"Division Chief Lu also frequently goes to his house for meals.

"Furthermore, we discovered that when Division Chief Lu contacts him, he often uses the telephone at a place called Ping'an Hotel on the back street of his home."

Gao Yuan said.

"Lu Yuxi, the Inspection Team, fellow townsmen.

"I was wondering how those useless trash in the Inspection Team could always intercept the prize before me.

"So that's where the trick lies.

"Eating inside and out, refusing a toast only to be forced to drink.

"Lu Qiao, you are courting death!"

Li Ya gave a cold, grim laugh.

He knew Lu Qiao was finished.

The one thing the Secret Service Bureau, under Boss Dai, detested most was eating inside and out.

Whoever touched that would die!

Even Zheng Jiemin could not protect him!

"How is Old Five?" Li Ya asked, changing the subject.

"He has woken up.

"He is still recovering, but he can speak now; he said he suspects someone wanted to silence him."

Gao Yuan said.

"Silence him?

"Who?"

Li Ya furrowed his brows.

"I don't know, he refuses to say," Gao Yuan said.

"This person is very important; you must protect him at all costs.

"He must absolutely not become the second Yuan Peilin."

Li Ya instructed.

"Yes, Captain Li," Gao Yuan acknowledged the order.

"Wait.

"You've worked hard these past few days; take this to buy some wine for the brothers."

Li Ya took a dozen silver dollars out of his drawer and stuffed them into Gao Yuan's hand.

"Captain Li, we follow you, we really don't want..."

Gao Yuan was about to refuse, but Li Ya gripped his hand tightly:

"Gao Yuan.

"You know the situation in this station.

"Everyone is targeting me; only you all are the ones I personally promoted from the police academy.

"I treat you like brothers.

"Take it."

"Thank you, Captain Li," Gao Yuan's eyes grew warm as he accepted it.

"By the way, there is one more piece of news.

"Division Chief Hou Yunlai of the Telecommunications Division asked for leave to return to his hometown two days ago," Gao Yuan suddenly remembered another matter.

"Return to his hometown?

"The Station Chief hasn't even called for a vote yet, and he's already left.

"Heh."

Li Ya sneered.

"According to people in the Telecommunications Division, Lu Qiao once had a talk with Hou; perhaps it has something to do with that," Gao Yuan said.

"Be confident, remove the 'perhaps'.

"Lu Qiao has already been nominated by Zheng Jiemin; the Station Chief doesn't like him and wanted to bring out Hou Yunlai to challenge him.

"It's a pity this old monkey has become too clever and wouldn't take the bait.

"It doesn't matter, there are better chess pieces now."

Li Ya said.

Once Gao Yuan left, he pursed his lips and frowned tightly.

Old Five was someone he had "picked up."

It was the night Dong Cheng had his accident.

Old Five had a verbal conflict with a drunkard at a casino and was stabbed by the other party.

It just so happened that Gao Yuan, who was tailing him, intervened and saved him.

Come to think of it, it was lucky; that blade missed by a hair's breadth, and Old Five walked through the gates of hell and survived.

Dong Cheng had an accident.

Old Five had an accident right after.

And Lu Qiao "drove away" Hou Yunlai.

Could it be that Dong Cheng's death was someone trying to frame him?

It was very possible.

That day he went to the basement, it was just so coincidental that, except for one of his own men, everyone else had gone to the cafeteria.

Now that he thought about it, it was clearly directed by someone on purpose.

Old Five set a trap to make him go to the interrogation room.

Then, Dong Cheng used that damn smile to provoke him, to the point that...

Li Ya's eyes sharpened; he felt he was getting closer and closer to the truth.

Who could it be?

The Station Chief?

That was possible.

He seemed to not want him to be the Deputy Station Chief.

But it was more likely to be Lu Qiao.

No matter who it was, this time he would definitely drag them out.

At night.

Li Ya walked into a pitch-black, secluded alley with his hands in his pockets.

Seeing no one around.

He quickly pushed open a wooden door and walked into the courtyard.

He entered the room.

A young man on the bed sprang up.

"Tang Simao, are you getting used to living here?" Li Ya asked.

"Captain Li, can I change places?

"Hiding in this place where not even a ghost can be seen every day, I'm about to go crazy."

Tang Simao's rather handsome face was full of gloom.

"You have to blame that dead Captain Ma for this.

"He was poor.

"It's not bad that he could even find you a place."

Li Ya sneered.

The Action Team he took over was originally a complete mess of a makeshift troupe, with people smoking, visiting brothels, and "traitors" like Mi Zhiguo.

And even then, Ma Kui still wanted to find dirt on Yu Zecheng.

It was absolutely ridiculous.

However, Tang Simao could be considered the only positive legacy Ma Kui left him.

"Alright.

"Stop complaining here.

"That bullshit Sky Net Plan from back then, Lu Qiao was also a person in charge.

"He knows you are hiding here."

"Time is of the essence, hurry and come with me."

Li Ya waved his hand and said.

Tang Simao fastened his buttons and followed Li Ya to the telecommunications vehicle parked in a corner outside.

Once in the vehicle, Tang Simao could not help but have his eyes light up at the sight of such novel equipment.

He felt more and more that his defection was the right choice.

With such advanced equipment belonging to the Party-State, how could the local Eighth Route Army in Yancheng possibly fight against them?

"I know you are the telegraph operator for 'Old Kite' Huang Zhong and Jiang Aimei; come to think of it, I have to thank you for your exposure, otherwise I would probably still be in Yancheng digging cave dwellings and reclaiming wasteland right now."

"Use Old Kite's name and send this telegram."

Li Ya casually pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to him.

"After I send it, can you send me away?" Tang Simao requested.

"I can."

"I can have someone buy you a ticket back to your hometown right now," Li Ya said.

"I am not going back to my hometown."

"The Red Ticket Traitor-Elimination Squad must have been eyeing me for a long time; going back is a death sentence."

"I want to go to Hankou."

"My girlfriend is a teacher at a public school there."

Tang Simao said.

"Hankou?"

"That works too. I will have someone arrange a boat for you, and I can also give you enough money to marry her and live a good life."

Li Ya agreed very readily.

"Thank you, Captain Li."

Upon hearing this, Tang Simao was overjoyed; he immediately sat at the telegraph machine and his fingers tapped rapidly on the transmission button.

Beep-beep!

Intelligence Division.

Lu Qiaoshan was on the phone:

"Director Zheng, I still don't feel at ease in my heart; you say that Yu has performed such a great service..."

"Yes."

"Yes."

"Then many thanks to you."

"Alright, goodbye."

Hanging up the phone, Lu Qiaoshan let out a long sigh of relief.

Director Zheng clearly indicated that the nomination for deputy station chief was his, and Mao Renfeng had also loosened his stance.

Once Wu Jingzhong returned to Jingling, headquarters would issue the formal appointment notice.

What Zheng Jiemin emphasized was to warn him to be careful of Li Ya.

This person was highly valued by Jiang Jianfeng; he had lost Yuan Peilin this time, but after the cooling-off period, Jiang Jianfeng would certainly put him to use again.

Li Ya, oh Li Ya.

Lu Qiaoshan's gaze turned cold.

It seems the medicine administered to Li Ya was not enough.

He would have to increase the dosage for him.

"Section Chief Lu." Hu Changxin from the Telecommunications Section walked in.

After Hou Yun came to ask for leave, the Telecommunications Section was now also concurrently managed by Lu Qiaoshan.

"Is something the matter?" Lu Qiaoshan asked.

"A newly intercepted telegram." Hu Changxin handed over a telegram.

"Whose is it?" Lu Qiaoshan took it and asked.

"I don't know, but the signature is the same as the previous calls to Huang Zhong and Jiang Aimei. Please take a look," Hu Changxin said.

Lu Qiaoshan took it and compared the signature, unable to help but sneer:

"Well, well, this 'Old Kite' surnamed Huang has come back to kill again."

"Go to the Intelligence Division and find two people."

"Go to this address and bring the person to me here."

He took out a fountain pen, wrote down an address, and handed it to Hu Changxin.

Hu Changxin took the order and left.

A while later, Hu Changxin walked in with Tang Simao.

"You may step down first," Lu Qiaoshan dismissed him.

"Tang Simao."

"Translate this telegram for me. Our Intelligence Division can only analyze from the signature that it might be Old Kite who has returned, but we have tried many methods and cannot decipher the specific content," Lu Qiaoshan said.

Tang Simao sat down and looked at it carefully:

"Section Chief Lu, this is a previously stipulated irregular contact code. When Huang Zhong was here, he was captured before he had a chance to use it."

"So it is normal that you cannot decipher it."

"This part refers to the decryption manual."

He pointed to a line of numbers and said.

"Do you still remember which manual it is?" Lu Qiaoshan asked in a deep voice.

"Let me think," Tang Simao glanced at him and feigned difficulty.

"Translate it well, don't play any tricks on me."

Lu Qiaoshan pulled open a drawer and tossed him a few silver dollars.

"I remember now."

Tang Simao took the money and then said with a sudden realization:

"The 6 in the training manual, 6 refers to... you find me a Four-Corner Number System from the twentieth year of the Republic."

Lu Qiaoshan immediately went to find one.

Very quickly.

Tang Simao finished translating the telegram.

"Deep Sea, the Northern No. 1 leader will meet with you tomorrow night at eight o'clock. Location: Longhua Grand Hotel lounge. The second-class code must not be wrong."

Lu Qiaoshan finished reading the telegram.

Deep Sea?

That is quite interesting.

This is a rather fat fish in Jinhai, second only to Emeifeng.

He even suspected that Dong Cheng coming to Jinhai was also to meet Deep Sea.

It is just a pity that the damned Li Ya messed it up.

"Heaven is helping me."

Lu Qiaoshan was overjoyed, a flash of spiteful light crossing his eyes.

Li Ya had botched the job regarding Yuan Peilin and Dong Cheng.

If he were to stumble again on the Northern No. 1 matter, he did not believe Li Ya would be able to continue surviving in the Jinhai Station.

Tomorrow night at eight.

That is exactly when the station chief should be back as well.

He wanted Li Ya to lose all face in front of the entire station!

British Club.

Hong Zhiyou leaned against the edge of the hot spring pool, enjoying the service of the two golden flowers, Ji Qing and Fang Min.

Eating fruit, soaking in the hot spring.

With Xiangyu attending to his sides, there was no need to mention how enjoyable it was.

"Brother Hong, there is something I want to tell you."

On the other side, Lin Tian puffed on a cigarette and turned his head to say.

"You two go ahead and chat."

Fang Min and the other woman very tactfully left the water, twisting their pert buttocks as they went.

"Brother, just these two sluts, one look and you know they are fierce; can you handle it?" Lin Tian stared and swallowed a mouthful of saliva as he said.

"This is not something a pure-hearted little friend should be asking about."

Hong Zhiyou laughed.

Lin Tian curled his lips in boredom:

"My fellow townsman from Baoding, that is Zhang Xiaolong from your Action Team; I ran into him yesterday, and he revealed a piece of news to me."

"He said there is someone in your station called Old Five, who was hidden away by Li Ya."

"The address is..."

Lin Tian crawled out, squeezed into a hot spring pool with Hong Zhiyou, and whispered.

"Old Five?" Hong Zhiyou immediately became alert.

Regarding the death of Dong Cheng, Hong Zhiyou had always suspected it was a dirty trick by the Station Chief to deal with Li Ya.

Hong Zhiyou had heard about Old Five's situation.

It was said that he had a conflict with someone at a casino and was finished off.

This was highly likely to be the Station Chief silencing a witness.

It was just that he hadn't expected the person doing the job to be so unprofessional, allowing Li Ya to pick up the bargain.

Li Ya saved Old Five, but didn't take him to the hospital or report it.

One must know that the police station still had a wanted notice out for Old Five.

Clearly, Li Ya had become suspicious.

Hong Zhiyou tilted his head back and pressed a towel to his face.

Old Five was a very shrewd person.

He should have guessed that it was the Station Chief who made the move.

Given Old Five's temperament, he wouldn't trust Li Ya in the short term.

If he didn't speak of this matter, Li Ya would protect him because he wanted to know the secret.

But once he spoke out.

Not to mention whether Li Ya would believe him, he might even lose his head.

Hmm.

Li Ya should not know the inside story yet.

Everything was still in time.

Thinking of this, Hong Zhiyou crawled out of the hot spring pool, walked quickly back to his hotel room, and dialed a number:

"Old Zhou, take someone out for me."

"Yes, preferably right now."

Hong Zhiyou glanced at his watch and said.

He hung up the phone.

Hong Zhiyou then quickly dialed the number for Li Ya's home.

To be safe.

He had to confirm Li Ya's current location.

After the phone rang a few times, Li Ya answered.

"Captain Li, Zhou Gendi is urging me again. Why don't you just organize her things, pack them up, and send them..."

Hong Zhiyou hadn't finished speaking.

Li Ya's annoyed voice came through: "I've already said, if she wants them, she can come get them herself. If Secretary Hong has nothing else, I'm going to sleep."

Judging by Li Ya's slurred voice.

This guy was definitely...

"Fine then."

Hong Zhiyou hung up the phone feeling as uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a dead fly.

It was good that Li Ya was at home.

The probability of Old Zhou succeeding had increased.

Half an hour later.

Old Zhou called, saying only two words: "Done!"

Hong Zhiyou embraced two beauties and let himself go, enjoying the pleasure.

Half an hour later, Li Ya was already refreshed and had even washed Zhou Gendi's things, hanging them up in the bathroom.

Entering his "sage time," he planned to have a good sleep so he could take care of Lu Qiaoshan tomorrow.

Just as he lay down, the phone rang again.

"This is he," he answered, annoyed.

"What, he's dead?

"Wait, I'll be right over."

Old Five had actually been silenced!

He had just been wondering who was going to make a move on Old Five, and now the person was gone.

Isn't that too coincidental?

Li Ya rushed to the hideout where Old Five was kept at the first opportunity.

His chest had been pierced through.

Blood flowed all over the floor.

The scene was clean and swift.

"Smack!"

Li Ya raised his hand and slapped the officer on guard: "I told you to watch him, is this how you watch him?"

"Captain Li, we were guarding the courtyard the whole time, we didn't see anyone come in.

"Who knew that in just this short moment, he would be gone."

The officer complained bitterly.

"This is someone not wanting me to know the truth about Dong Cheng's death," Li Ya said, his jaw tight as he frowned and sighed.

"The person is dead.

"Send him to the police station.

"Just say you just discovered it, and let them investigate."

He ordered irritably.

After speaking, he crossed the street, found a public phone booth, and dialed the number for Lu Qiaoshan's home:

"Hello, is Section Chief Lu there?

"Have you heard?

"Heard what?" Lu Qiaoshan asked on the other end.

"Old Five is dead, he was just killed a moment ago.

"I'm not familiar with the people at the police station, why don't you come over and handle it."

Li Ya said.

"I have other things to do, find someone else yourself," Lu Qiaoshan said, hanging up very unhappily.

"Old Five is dead, and he's not interested?

"That doesn't sound like Lu Qiaoshan's style.

"The Station Chief is in Jingling right now and doesn't have the conditions to make a move, and Hong Zhiyou was brothers with Old Five, so he wouldn't kill him.

"Only Lu Qiaoshan is the prime suspect.

"Getting rid of Dong Cheng to frame himself, that's something Lu Qiaoshan would do."

Li Ya hung up the phone and pondered in his heart.

Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, hammered the phone, turned around, and drove straight to Yu Zecheng's house.

(End of chapter)