Chapter 274: Three-Way Struggle, Each Showing Their Skills

Inside the conference room.

Wu Jingzhong coughed a few times to clear his throat.

Lu Qiaoshan arrived very early today.

This time, he didn't need Yu Zecheng to yield; he sat in the first chair on the left with peace of mind.

Soon, everyone had arrived.

Wu Jingzhong looked at the crowd with dissatisfaction:

"Having a meeting, every time you all arrive later than me. What is it? Can't I invite you?"

Everyone lowered their heads in a hurry.

Old Wu was just like this; if he lectured, don't argue back, and his anger would dissipate quickly.

Unlike other leaders, who could nag about a bit of angry talk for half a day.

"There is only one thing for today's meeting."

"Zecheng, you speak."

Wu Jingzhong looked at Yu Zecheng, his tone softening a bit.

"Alright, Station Master."

Yu Zecheng stood up respectfully and looked at everyone:

"It's like this."

"In view of my insufficient qualifications and heavy work tasks, I am no longer able to serve as Deputy Station Master."

"I have decided to resign from the position of Deputy Station Master of the Jinhai Station."

"I ask for the Station Master's approval."

After speaking, he sat down.

"Deputy Station Master Yu, why resign when you're doing so well?"

"This position isn't easy to get."

"Once you go down, you might not be able to get back up."

Li Ya looked at him sideways and said.

"Captain Li, my ability is insufficient and my qualifications are lacking; I've made you laugh." Yu Zecheng smiled and nodded.

"Zecheng."

"Have you considered it clearly?"

Lu Qiaoshan also hypocritically persuaded him.

"Considered it clearly."

"Both of you are Colonels, and I am just a small Lieutenant Colonel."

"If I were to continue as Deputy Station Master, not only would I feel ashamed, but I'm afraid the headquarters wouldn't allow it either."

Yu Zecheng said very humbly.

"Hmm."

"Zecheng's work ability and performance are obvious to all, and I personally appreciate him very much."

"It's just that according to the rules of our old Military Statistics, rank precedes position."

"Qiaoshan and Li Ya are both Colonels."

"According to the headquarters' appointment and removal principles, the position of Deputy Station Master can only be selected from among them."

"I have already submitted Zecheng's resignation to Director Mao, as well as the screening for new candidates."

"Qiaoshan, Li Ya."

"You are both talents of the Party and sharp weapons of the country; one of you must take up this burden."

Wu Jingzhong looked left and right at the "Heng and Ha Generals."

"Station Master, rest assured, serving the Party and the country is an unshirkable duty." Li Ya placed his hand on the table and glanced at Lu Qiaoshan with disdain.

"Station Master, Qiaoshan will definitely strive for it."

Lu Qiaoshan smiled, but he was much more low-key.

"Alright."

"Nothing else, everyone get busy."

Wu Jingzhong didn't like dragging out meetings with nonsense, and with a wave of his hand, the meeting was dismissed.

Arrived earliest.

Left fastest.

After the meeting.

Yu Zecheng pretended to be lost in soul and slowly wandered back to his office.

Just sat down.

Lu Qiaoshan walked in.

"Zecheng, I saw your expression wasn't right just now; resentment in your heart?" Lu Qiaoshan closed the door, sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, and pointed at him.

"I won't lie to you."

"It would be a lie to say I have no resentment."

"Why come out to make revolution if not for this official position?"

"Haven't even sat warm yet."

"No way, military merit is insufficient, hard to convince the masses."

Yu Zecheng shook his head and sighed.

"No matter, long days ahead."

"You're still young, plenty of chances to earn merit."

Lu Qiaoshan comforted him.

"Old Lu, you gained the Chairman's appreciation for suppressing the parade this time, and you're a fellow townsman of Deputy Director Zheng."

"Although he isn't the Director of the Confidentiality Bureau now."

"But he still holds the position of Director of the Second Department, which is the direct superior unit of the Confidentiality Bureau."

"I see you're glowing; this is a sign of promotion."

"The position of Deputy Station Master is inevitably in your pocket."

Yu Zecheng said with a fawning smile.

"I take your auspicious words, brother."

"I'm not bragging, I really have this Deputy Station Master position settled."

"Li Ya?"

"No chance!"

Lu Qiaoshan's face was full of smiles, and he shook his finger triumphantly.

"This was originally yours."

"If Li Ya hadn't used underhanded tricks last time, wouldn't you be the Deputy Station Master by now?" Yu Zecheng followed his words.

"That's right."

"Last time I was careless and fell for his side-door tricks."

"Just you wait, this time not only will he not become Deputy Station Master, but he might even have to sit in the Shuitun Prison." Lu Qiaoshan sneered.

"Why, is Li Ya being transferred to the prison?" Yu Zecheng pretended not to understand.

"Not transferred to prison."

"It's sitting in prison."

"Forget it, I won't tell you, just wait and see the good show."

"By the way."

"I also heard rumors that those profiteers in the black market, including many high-level officials from the garrison and the Ministry of National Defense, plan to shoot Li Ya in the back."

"Maybe before I even make a move, he'll go 'BIA'."

Lu Qiaoshan made a gun-shooting gesture and got up to walk out the door.

Yu Zecheng didn't dare to be negligent and personally sent him to the door before returning to the room.

He knew Lu Qiaoshan was a person who paid attention to details.

If any detail was slightly off, he might offend this person.

Lu Qiaoshan returned to his office.

He opened the drawer, took out the two telegrams sent by Tang Dachun, and read them back and forth several times.

After confirming there were no problems, he walked quickly toward the Station Master's office.

"Qiaoshan, you're here."

"Quick, sit."

"I was just looking for you."

Wu Jingzhong put his arm around his shoulder with enthusiasm and welcomed him to sit on the sofa.

"Station Master, please give your orders." Lu Qiaoshan said, feeling flattered.

"I think you were right last time."

"As for meetings, Zecheng wasn't qualified before, but now you're back."

"You have to take over this work and share the burden for me."

Wu Jingzhong's worried brow smoothed, and he said with a smile.

"Qiaoshan's honor." Lu Qiaoshan stood up quickly to accept the order.

There were many things he liked.

One of them was attending meetings.

Not only could he meet high-ranking officers, but he also had the opportunity to show his face in front of those special envoys, especially when meeting someone sent by the Chairman; making a connection was a top-tier resource.

And in some respects, at the critical juncture of selecting a new Deputy Station Master, being able to attend meetings on behalf of the Station Master.

This itself was a good, positive signal.

Lu Qiaoshan had no reason to refuse.

"Sigh, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief."

"You are my sweet rain."

Wu Jingzhong laughed brightly.

"Come, eat some fruit."

He took out fruit from underneath and personally took an apple to hand to Lu Qiaoshan.

The apple hadn't been washed yet.

But Lu Qiaoshan was in a hurry to show his loyalty, so he didn't look and sent it straight to his mouth, taking a crisp bite.

"Hmm, this apple is good, sweet." He praised.

"Indeed."

"Station Master Song from the Northwest District grew it himself; the sun is good there, so the apples are sweet."

"Just flown in, you're the first to eat it."

"Sweet, right?"

Wu Jingzhong asked with a smile.

"Sweet."

"Many thanks for the Station Master's kindness." Lu Qiaoshan laughed.

"By the way, Station Master..."

As he spoke, he was about to put down the apple to talk about business.

"No rush, talk after eating." Wu Jingzhong said.

"Yes, yes."

Lu Qiaoshan finished eating in a few bites, stood up to wash his hands, returned to the sofa, and unhurriedly took out two telegrams from his pocket to hand to Wu Jingzhong.

Wu Jingzhong took one look and couldn't help but frown:

"Yanhe No. 1!"

"Cobra?"

"Very unfamiliar codename, where did it come from?"

"I got it from the Inspection Team; their monitoring vehicle discovered a secret radio station in the NK district and arrested the person sending the telegram."

"This person is named Tang Dachun."

"This telegram is top-secret intelligence that Cobra had him secretly send to Yanhe No. 1."

"Yanhe No. 1."

"The top figure of the Red Ticket intelligence network; it shows how high this Cobra's status is."

Lu Qiaoshan lit a fire first.

"Have you interrogated him clearly?"

"You must take this Cobra down and offer it as a gift for the North China strategic counterattack."

Wu Jingzhong's face sank, and he instructed with murderous intent.

"Interrogated."

"But I might not find it easy to say..." Lu Qiaoshan said with some hesitation.

"What?"

"Afraid he'll bite you and you'll die of poison?" Wu Jingzhong frowned with displeasure.

"No."

Lu Qiaoshan said quickly.

"Station Master, this person is... Li Ya." He seemed to have made up his mind, blocked with his hand, and whispered in Wu Jingzhong's ear.

"Li Ya?" Wu Jingzhong's face was full of disbelief.

"Indeed."

"I didn't expect it either."

"You say at this critical juncture of selecting a Deputy Station Master, I catch a Red Ticket here and poke him out."

"If it gets out, others will think I'm settling personal scores and competing maliciously."

Lu Qiaoshan said with difficulty.

"A straight body isn't afraid of a crooked shadow."

"But with just these two telegrams, I'm afraid Li Ya won't be convinced."

"Is there any other intelligence?"

"Either don't investigate, or if you do, use ironclad evidence to handle it."

Wu Jingzhong said coldly.

"There is one more important piece of evidence that can be the final word."

"But it will take some time, allow me a few more days." Lu Qiaoshan laughed.

"You must keep this matter confidential."

"Li Ya's counter-reconnaissance ability is very strong; try to get as much human and physical evidence as possible."

"Go handle it."

Wu Jingzhong said.

"Yes, Station Master."

Lu Qiaoshan stood up and was about to leave when Wu Jingzhong called him back:

"Director Lu, I remember the station ordered four monitoring vehicles."

"There's no precedent for the Confidentiality Bureau to assign vehicles to the Inspection Department, right?"

Lu Qiaoshan turned his head and saw his cold eyes, so he quickly apologized and explained:

"Station Master misunderstood."

"The vehicles ordered by the Inspection Department have nothing to do with the Confidentiality Bureau."

"That's good."

"Qiaoshan, you hold a position over there, you must be clear."

"Otherwise, it's easy for people to catch you in a contradiction."

Wu Jingzhong nodded and said.

"Station Master, rest assured."

"Qiaoshan is not confused about official business." Lu Qiaoshan nodded.

"Go handle it."

Wu Jingzhong nodded.

Once Lu Qiaoshan left.

Wu Jingzhong couldn't help but laugh.

Interesting.

Lu Qiaoshan's move was ruthless enough.

Li Ya communicating with the Red Tickets?

He shook his head, a cold sneer appearing at the corner of his mouth.

This person was Liu Xiong's shadow.

It would be a miracle if he could communicate with the Red Tickets.

One look and it was fake evidence.

That's fine, all fake evidence, fake news, let them fake each other and bite each other.

Let's see who has the ability to make the fake real.

Night.

Li Ya came to Liu Yunchen's courtyard and took away the intelligence.

Must say, although this guy was full of scholarly pretentiousness, his work was indeed beautiful.

The Red Ticket's internal handwritten documents were not only imitated with a similar spirit, but even the aging process was extremely realistic.

And the background color of the stamps.

And so on.

It was no exaggeration to call him a master.

With this stuff, did he still need to find Shang Bo and spend that unjust money?

One Gu Youniu.

One hand of "real" intelligence.

Enough to catch someone and interrogate them directly.

Li Ya didn't believe Wang Cuiping's mouth could be as hard as Xie Ruolin's.

Returned to the station.

Li Ya didn't act rashly.

"Gao Yuan, you go watch Mrs. Yu; once she goes out alone, find a chance to detain her and bring her directly to the house where Old Five was recuperating."

"I want to conduct a secret interrogation of her."

Li Ya instructed.

"Captain Li, this isn't good, right?"

"This is Director Yu's wife, I see the Station Master's family is quite close to her."

Gao Yuan said with worry.

"What are you afraid of?"

"The Station Master won't say anything."

"As long as we grab the time and confirm she's a Red Ticket, even if Mao Renfeng comes, it won't matter."

Li Ya said coldly and arrogantly.

"Yes."

Gao Yuan didn't dare ask more and immediately went to handle the errand.

The next day.

Hong Zhiyou drove with Ruirui and the child, along with Chou'er, to the small courtyard.

This made He Yinfeng so happy that she didn't even bother washing the vegetables and flew over.

"Little granddaughter is here, quick, let Grandma hold you."

She simply wiped her hands on her apron and reached out to hold the cute baby.

"Young Lady."

Chou'er subconsciously blocked her.

He Yinfeng awkwardly withdrew her hand, standing in front of the noble-looking daughter-in-law, feeling a bit uneasy and apologizing with a smile.

"Mom, haven't seen you for a few days, how have you been?"

Wu Ruirui secretly glared at Chou'er and smiled as she handed the child over.

He Yinfeng quickly took her, and while doting on her, said:

"Miss Wu, thank you for your concern. Last time, thanks to you, I went to the hospital for a check-up and took that foreigner's medicine; this chest really doesn't feel tight anymore."

"Mom, we're all one family, you should still call me Ruirui, or outsiders will laugh."

"You must take care of your health."

"The child and I are both hoping you live to a hundred."

Wu Ruirui said with a friendly and respectful smile.

"Thank you, Ruirui, come inside and sit. Zhiyou, you child, move around." He Yinfeng was overjoyed and glared at Hong Zhiyou.

"Go inside, go inside."

Hong Zhiyou put his arm around Ruirui's waist and walked in.

As expected of Old Wu's daughter, her conduct in the world was truly impeccable, looking like a mistress of the house.

Inside.

Hearing that they were going to stay here for a while, He Yinfeng was overjoyed.

Tidying up the bed.

Making delicious food, afraid she wouldn't take good care of her daughter-in-law and granddaughter.

Night.

After Yu Zecheng got off work, Cuiping made a table full of dishes to treat Hong Zhiyou and his wife.

Once seated.

Cuiping greeted them enthusiastically: "Ruirui, my craft can't compare to your family's Cantonese chef, don't mind it."

"Where."

"It's just that my mom loves Cantonese food, I've long wanted to change my taste."

Ruirui naturally picked up her chopsticks and started eating in small bites under the astonished gaze of Yu Zecheng and Hong Zhiyou.

Seeing Ruirui eating quite well.

"Hmm?"

Yu and Hong looked at each other in surprise.

Both of them picked up their chopsticks at the same time.

Once in their mouths, Yu Zecheng coughed, and Hong Zhiyou lowered his head to drink rice porridge.

Cuiping glared at the two of them and picked up her chopsticks to taste.

Today, to accommodate Ruirui's taste, she had specially used less salt.

Tasting it, wasn't it quite delicious?

These two, they were really itching for a beating.

To eat less, Hong Zhiyou quickly brought up the main point, starting first:

"Senior Sister, the matter of your younger sister..."

"That child should be at the point of sleeping, I'm afraid Mom can't take care of her alone, Ruirui, you go coax the child to sleep first."

He really couldn't bear to see Ruirui "suffer" and gently pinched her waist.

"Sister-in-law, then I'll go back first."

Wu Ruirui greeted them and quickly retreated.

No outsiders left.

Yu Zecheng closed the door.

Returning to his chair, he looked at Cuiping and didn't speak.

A trace of sorrow flashed in Cuiping's eyes, and she said calmly:

"It's fine, ever since we came back from the Station Master's house last time, Old Yu told me."

"My sister died in the line of duty."

"Didn't die in the hands of the devils, didn't die on the battlefield, just fell to her death like that."

"I just feel it wasn't worth it for her, she died too unfairly."

"Senior Sister, please mourn." Hong Zhiyou admired Cuiping from the bottom of his heart.

"Talk about business, I can handle it." Cuiping took a slight breath and said.

"Li Ya might have found Gu Youniu."

"This person might stand up to identify you at any time."

"Because you and Chen Cuiping look extremely alike, plus we suspect Li Ya has mastered some materials about you fighting guerrillas in the Yixian mountains."

"According to the old rules of the Military Statistics Bureau."

"He already has the conditions to arrest and interrogate you."

"Therefore, we are now worried that he will make a move on you and interrogate you secretly."

Hong Zhiyou said.

"Just that piece of trash, that piece of trash with green light on his head, he dares to move against me?" Cuiping said angrily.

"Don't overestimate Li Ya's humanity."

"Xie Ruolin leaked a lot of inside information about US bonds to him, and even helped him flip white sugar and intelligence; Li Ya has earned quite a bit."

"In the end, he still dragged him to the basement and almost beat him to death."

"This person only has personal gain in his eyes, using any means to achieve his goals, you must be careful."

Yu Zecheng reminded her gently.

"I had Ruirui come over to prevent him from taking the Senior Sister away."

"However, this is not a long-term plan."

"Ruirui and the child aren't used to staying here, and besides, you can prevent it for a while, but not for a lifetime."

"Watch for a few days."

"Wait a few days for the Senior Sister to reveal a flaw and lure Li Ya into making a move."

"This way..."

Hong Zhiyou explained the plan one by one.

"Can do."

Yu Zecheng nodded.

"In my opinion, there's no need for so much trouble, pick a time when it's dark, I'll shoot him with one bullet, and that'll be the end of it." Cuiping said unhappily.

"It's not that simple."

"Li Ya is very alert and carries a gun at all times."

"If he dies in Jinhai for no reason, not to mention anything else, Zhiyou and I, and even the Station Master, will accept an investigation from Jingling."

"Zhiyou and the Station Master might not necessarily have problems."

"I have a record in Yangjiacun with Jianfeng, it would definitely be the highest-level inquiry; at that time, don't talk about lurking, I'm afraid I'd have to go to the Yellow Springs with Li Ya right after."

Yu Zecheng explained patiently.

"It really is cheap for this dog thing!" Cuiping said.

"Then let's do as the Junior Brother said."

"Even on the electric chair, he shouldn't think about making me admit defeat."

She said with an unyielding face.

"Rest assured."

"If it really goes up, we will also ask the Station Master to preside over the trial."

"Without ironclad evidence, Li Ya won't dare to use torture openly."

Hong Zhiyou said.

"Additionally, Lu Qiaoshan came to borrow money from me again."

"I estimate he's buying Shang Bo's intelligence."

"With Lu Qiaoshan biting him, Li Ya will be too busy to care for himself, you won't have any problems."

He continued to comfort Cuiping.

"Hmm, with the Junior Brother making a move, I'm naturally at ease."

"Everything will be done as you say."

"Let the one surnamed Li bring it on."

Cuiping nodded and smiled, full of fighting spirit, and didn't fall into sorrow that she couldn't pull herself out of because of Chen Cuiping's passing.

Following that, for several days in a row, Li Ya's plan couldn't be implemented.

Wu Ruirui was with Cuiping.

Even when going to the street, the two of them were together.

Li Ya needed a secret interrogation, not giving Yu Zecheng any chance to open a breakthrough from Cuiping.

With Wu Ruirui following.

He didn't have a chance to make a move at all.

After all, that was the Station Master's daughter; in front of her, this matter couldn't be hidden.

Action Team office.

Gao Yuan walked in excitedly: "Captain, good news."

"Speak quickly." Li Ya, who was leaning on the sofa in a daze, stood up happily.

"Wu Ruirui is gone."

"It's said that last night, her child cried all night in the small courtyard, and this morning she took the child back to the Station Master's house."

"Wang Cuiping is alone."

Gao Yuan reported truthfully.

"Too good."

"Immediately arrange the arrest plan."

"Once Wang Cuiping is found alone, immediately arrest her."

"Remember, you must send people you can trust."

"Pay attention to confidentiality."

"That woman is very likely from the guerrillas; once the grass is startled, she might run away at any time."

Li Ya instructed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 275 =====