Chapter 276: Good for you, Gu Youniu

"Everyone look, who is this?"

After Li Ya held up the photo and displayed it, he asked loudly.

"Station Master, Director Lu, you look carefully again." He placed the photo on the interrogation table.

Wu Jingzhong looked at the photo, then looked at Cuiping, frowned slightly, and handed it to Lu Qiaoshan.

"Qiaoshan, you look."

Lu Qiaoshan looked back and forth several times, turned sideways, and said in a low voice: "Station Master, this isn't just like her, this is definitely the same person."

He poked his chin at Yu Zecheng and Hong Zhiyou:

"You two look too."

Hong Zhiyou stood up, took it, scanned it, and handed it to Yu Zecheng.

"How about it?"

"People can be disguised, but photos cannot be disguised."

"This is the Border Defense military uniform."

"And, I think no one, and no one would force Mrs. Yu to put on this military uniform and then take a photo for her, right?"

Li Ya raised his voice an octave and asked proudly.

"Photos cannot be disguised, this statement has no problem." Lu Qiaoshan rarely cooperated with Li Ya.

The photo of Okamura shaking hands with Li Ya was the "real" one he had personally concocted.

"What do you want to say?" Yu Zecheng said.

"Mrs. Yu, is the person in the photo you?" Li Ya walked to Cuiping and dug a hole secretly.

"No." Cuiping said.

"Not you."

"Good."

"Then let me tell everyone, this person is named Chen Cuiping, and she is Mrs. Yu's younger sister."

Li Ya said.

"I do have a younger sister."

"But we got separated a long time ago, her name was Wang Juxiang, she wasn't called Cuiping."

Cuiping said.

"Juxiang, Cuiping, they both have some relation to 'Autumn'."

"Mrs. Yu, stop pretending?"

"You aren't called Wang Cuiping at all, you are called Chen Taohua."

"You are the Mobile Corps Commander leader of the Red Ticket Yixian."

Li Ya said with reason and evidence.

"Captain Li, putting aside the person in the photo for now, how did Mrs. Yu become Chen Taohua and a Mobile Corps Commander leader again?"

"Do you have evidence?"

"Don't bring up Qiao Sanmei and Duan Guinian to me; their case was tried by the Station Master and me, the facts and evidence are not clear."

"Flipping old accounts is just a waste of saliva."

Lu Qiaoshan folded his hands on his crossed legs, his expression relaxed as he reminded him.

"If I can prove that the person in the photo is Chen Cuiping."

"Can it prove that someone replaced Chen Cuiping and came to Jinhai to execute a lurking mission?"

"Similarly, can it prove that the person in the photo is Wang Cuiping's younger sister?"

Li Ya asked.

"Judging from the appearance alone, there is indeed the possibility of being sisters."

"Otherwise, it doesn't make sense."

"Simply carved from the same mold."

Lu Qiaoshan looked at the Station Master and said in a low voice.

He actually harbored a bit of selfishness.

Anyway, Li Ya's evidence was already in his hands.

If he could use Li Ya to bite Yu Zecheng to death.

He would have no more competitors in the Jinhai Station.

"Li Ya, you say the person in the photo is Chen Cuiping, a clerk in the Border Defense Sixth Section, do you have evidence?" Wu Jingzhong asked.

"Yes."

"Those two documents just now are one."

"Secondly, I went to Xi'an a few days ago and found a witness."

"This person is the Gu Youniu mentioned in the intelligence."

"He was Chen Cuiping's groom and witnessed her falling into the mountain valley and attended Chen Cuiping's memorial service."

"It can be said to be the most favorable witness."

Li Ya said.

As he spoke, he snapped his fingers at the team member at the door.

Someone immediately brought Gu Youniu in.

Seeing Gu Youniu, Cuiping's heart tightened, and she swallowed hard.

Damn it.

She had seen this person.

The Border Defense and the county brigade were separated by several layers of organizational relations; in the past, when fighting devils, she was always wandering in the mountains and never had a chance to see her little sister.

In December 1944, her little sister sent someone to deliver a letter to her.

The person who delivered it at that time was this person.

She even treated Gu Youniu to pancakes and noodle paste and chatted about her sister.

That's right, it was this person.

This honest pancake face, even if he turned to ash, Cuiping wouldn't forget.

Once this person confessed.

She would be in danger.

Gu Youniu walked in, trembling, with his head drooping.

Yu Zecheng keenly noticed Cuiping's subtle abnormality.

He secretly called it bad in his heart.

This was an extremely dangerous person.

A layer of dense cold sweat seeped from his palms and back.

"Mrs. Yu, you seem a bit nervous."

"Baoxing, pour her a glass of water."

Li Ya said indifferently, nodding and smiling.

Lu Baoxing poured water, but Cuiping didn't drink it.

"Speak, what is your identity?" Wu Jingzhong asked.

"My name is Gu... Gu Youniu, from Wang Fanling Village in Shaanxi." Gu Youniu said.

"Where did you get him?" Wu Jingzhong asked again.

"When Hu Zongnan occupied Yancheng, he captured many soldiers and civilians there, and this person was a prisoner."

"I brought him out of the prison."

Li Ya answered.

"Gu Youniu was the groom for Chen Cuiping of the Border Defense Sixth Section."

"He personally witnessed Chen Cuiping meeting with an accident while rushing to Jinhai to report back to the Social Affairs Bureau, and attended the memorial service."

"Moreover, he was entrusted by Chen Cuiping to deliver a letter to Yixian and met the Mobile Corps Commander leader Chen Taohua."

"Which is Mrs. Yu."

"Letter!"

"Documents!"

"The witnesses are all here, Station Master, you should believe it this time."

Li Ya said confidently, raising his chin.

"Captain Li, don't rush to set the tone."

"I want to ask, is your intelligence reliable? Did you buy it from the black market, Red Tickets, or was it provided by the headquarters or the Three People's Principles Youth League?"

Yu Zecheng stood up and asked.

"Where the intelligence comes from isn't important."

"It has signatures and stamps, this is the original."

"It is naturally reliable." Li Ya laughed.

"Understood, has signatures and stamps, reliable."

Yu Zecheng nodded and sat back in his chair:

"Station Master, I have no questions, you can continue the interrogation."

"Li Ya, you continue." Wu Jingzhong said.

"Gu Youniu, speak."

"Who is the person in this photo, and what is her relationship with Mrs. Yu?"

Li Ya held up the photo and ordered with a smile.

Gu Youniu leaned close, stared at the photo, and then his gaze wandered between the Station Master and the others, stuttering a bit.

"The Confidentiality Bureau won't treat any informant badly, speak boldly."

"The Station Master will support you."

"Is the person in the photo Chen Cuiping of the Border Defense Sixth Section?"

Lu Qiaoshan reminded him with a smile.

"This..." Gu Youniu looked at Li Ya, his lips trembling.

"Speak up." Li Ya saw him dawdling and got a bit angry.

"Yes, yes, I'll speak."

Gu Youniu raised his head, looked at Wu Jingzhong with a face full of fear, and said:

"Big Officer, this... I don't recognize this woman!"

Gu Youniu said with his head down, looking terrified.

"You, what did you say?" Li Ya thought he had misheard.

"Captain Li, she, she isn't Chen Cuiping." Gu Youniu pointed at the photo and said.

"Damn it, are you playing with me?"

Li Ya came to his senses and grabbed Gu Youniu.

"Don't recognize her?"

"Li Ya, what is going on?" Wu Jingzhong frowned and asked.

Even Hong Zhiyou was extremely surprised in his heart.

You have to know that Zhou Li had guaranteed that he would get the person handled.

But Li Ya brought Gu Youniu back.

He once thought Zhou Li was a good-for-nothing and handled things poorly.

Now it seems he hid a hand and there was another hidden situation.

"Aren't you the one who led the horse for Chen Cuiping? In the car, you even said you recognized Chen Cuiping."

"Gu Youniu, be honest with me."

"Otherwise, I'll shoot you."

Li Ya grabbed his collar, roaring in a rage.

"Captain Li, watch your tone, don't coerce or threaten the witness."

"The Station Master is still here."

"And there are so many pairs of eyes watching."

Lu Qiaoshan reminded him coldly.

"I did lead the horse for Chen Cuiping."

"But, but this person is indeed not Chen Cuiping."

"Captain Li, I am an honest person, you are my savior, I cannot open my eyes and tell lies."

Gu Youniu stuttered, looking troubled.

"You are opening your eyes and telling lies right now."

"This photo is intelligence I got from Northern Shaanxi, it is definitely Chen Cuiping of the Border Defense Sixth Section without a doubt."

"Are you playing with me, kid?"

Li Ya grabbed his collar and roared coldly.

"I, I didn't."

"Really, Chen Cuiping had a goose-egg face and looked much better than her."

"Officers, I swear to the heavens, Chen Cuiping really doesn't look like this."

Gu Youniu was scared, almost crying.

"Captain Li."

"Could it be that your intelligence has a problem?" Wu Jingzhong frowned and asked.

"Station Master, after the Yancheng headquarters organization moved, the relationships there were quite messy, it's not impossible for Captain Li to make a mistake."

"Or maybe the person Captain Li found isn't professional?"

Lu Qiaoshan adjusted his glasses and analyzed seriously.

"Impossible."

"Absolutely impossible!"

"My investigation this time was seamless, no loopholes."

"It's him, he's reneging."

"He is deliberately quibbling to cover for Wang Cuiping."

"You bastard, what exactly are you doing?"

Li Ya's eyes widened, staring dead at Gu Youniu.

"Officer..." Gu Youniu retreated in fear and sat on the ground.

"Station Master, Captain Li is... anxious."

"Interrogating like this, I'm afraid Gu Youniu can't speak." Lu Qiaoshan laughed lightly, turned to Wu Jingzhong and said.

"Li Ya, sit down first."

"Qiaoshan, you ask the questions."

Wu Jingzhong glared at Li Ya and ordered.

"Yes, Station Master."

Lu Qiaoshan sat up straight, stared at Gu Youniu, and opened with professional hardness:

"Gu Youniu, Captain Li says you once delivered a letter to Yixian on behalf of Chen Cuiping?"

"Yes."

The fake smile, the gentle, low voice made Gu Youniu relax a bit instantly.

"What is Chen Cuiping's older sister's name?" Lu Qiaoshan continued to ask.

"Chen Taohua."

"Is she the Mobile Corps Commander leader of the Yixian Third Brigade?"

"Yes."

"I went into the mountains, and Captain Chen even treated me to pancakes." Gu Youniu nodded.

"That's simple."

"This lady is named Wang Cuiping, Captain Li points out that she is Chen Cuiping's older sister, Chen Taohua."

"You walk up close and look clearly, is it her?"

Lu Qiaoshan pulled his chair, leaned forward, and pointed at Cuiping.

Gu Youniu turned his head, just took one look, and shook his head:

"No."

"This big sister isn't Captain Chen, and she doesn't look like Chen Cuiping either."

"Understood."

Lu Qiaoshan nodded, leaned back, and said:

"Station Master, the situation is very clear."

"Captain Li recognized the wrong person."

"Or rather, his intelligence source is not accurate, which led to the error."

"Captain Li, the travel expenses of over a hundred silver dollars for this Xi'an trip aren't cheap, don't forget to ask Deputy Station Master Yu for reimbursement."

He didn't forget to give a warm reminder.

"I'm waiting at any time." Yu Zecheng squinted and laughed.

"Li Ya, do you have any supplementary evidence?" Wu Jingzhong looked at Li Ya.

"Station Master, I have nothing to say."

Li Ya grabbed his suit from the back of the chair and gave a lonely, cold laugh.

Gu Youniu's defection made him a laughingstock directly.

He knew that saying anything now was useless.

"You just wait."

Li Ya's eyes were slightly red, staring dead at Gu Youniu, and he spat out a cold voice from between his teeth.

After speaking, he turned and left.

"Captain Li, wait."

Yu Zecheng raised his hand to block Li Ya's path.

"Does Deputy Station Master Yu have any instructions?" Li Ya said coldly.

"I know you are Jianfeng's person."

"When a hero is angry, blood splashes a hundred steps; you humiliated my wife without ironclad evidence, this matter needs an explanation."

Yu Zecheng pulled out his gun, expressionless, and aimed it at Li Ya.

Li Ya curled his lips, stood proudly, and didn't answer.

"Old Yu, internal investigation."

"It hasn't been electrified or tortured yet, right?"

"No need, no need."

Lu Qiaoshan fanned the flames from the side.

"No need?"

"Old Lu, if it were your wife sitting there, would you still say no need?" Yu Zecheng retorted.

"Catching people when you want to catch them."

"If it weren't for Baoxing having a conscience and following the rules, Cuiping wouldn't know what she'd be like now."

"No evidence, no evidence."

"And beating someone half to death, then saying it's an internal investigation."

"Station Master, everyone, is there such an internal investigation method?"

"Too rampant."

Yu Zecheng was shaking all over with anger.

"There must be an explanation today."

As he spoke, his thumb flicked down the safety, and his finger hooked the trigger.

"Zecheng, calm down."

"Li Ya's method was too much, but the starting point was based on the Confidentiality Bureau's supervision rules; don't be impulsive, don't do this kind of self-destructive thing."

Wu Jingzhong also stood up to persuade him.

"Station Master, I can't calm down."

"Captain Li has been targeting me for more than a day or two; if there's no explanation for today, I can't get over this hurdle."

"I'll trade one Lieutenant Colonel for one Colonel, not a loss."

Yu Zecheng stared at Li Ya, showing his white teeth and laughing gloomily.

As he spoke.

His finger pulled the trigger fiercely.

Hong Zhiyou, who was closest, was quick-eyed and fast-handed, and lifted his hand.

Bang!

The bullet rang in the secret room, making everyone's ears buzz.

Everyone was terrified.

This shot almost grazed Li Ya's scalp and shot directly into the opposite door frame.

If Hong Zhiyou had been half a second late.

Li Ya's head would have blossomed.

No one expected Yu Zecheng, who was usually gentle, to be so fierce.

One shot didn't kill him, and Yu Zecheng still wanted to shoot.

Wu Jingzhong shouted angrily:

"What are you still standing there for? Take his gun."

"Don't stop me."

"Today one of us must die."

Yu Zecheng struggled hard, still wanting to shoot.

Hong Zhiyou held the gun tightly.

Bang bang!

Two more shots hit the ceiling.

"Old Yu, don't be impulsive."

"I, today..."

Before Yu Zecheng could finish, Cuiping chopped the back of his neck with a hand blade.

His eyes rolled back, and he fell straight down.

"My man is fierce; next time you want to catch me, weigh how much your life is worth first." Cuiping and Hong Zhiyou helped Yu Zecheng up and said coldly to Li Ya.

Li Ya looked up at the bullet hole in the ceiling, his mouth trembling, and didn't speak.

"Li Ya."

"Don't forget to ask Deputy Station Master Yu for reimbursement for the car fare."

Lu Qiaoshan patted his shoulder and left with a smile.

"Gu Youniu, come with me!"

He took Gu Youniu along to save Li Ya from silencing him.

The interrogation room was soon left with only Wu Jingzhong.

"Station Master, I messed up the craft again." Li Ya shrugged.

"I said long ago, it must be ironclad evidence."

"Now it's good, didn't find the person, and got a face full of dust."

"Almost lost your life."

Wu Jingzhong sighed lightly.

"Teacher."

"My direction wasn't wrong."

"Death, I haven't feared. The Red Tickets have their faith, and I have my principles."

"I dared to smash Xie Ruolin's pot and dared to catch Wang Cuiping, so I never thought about life or death."

"Against catching Red Tickets, I will never compromise, just like my mentor."

Li Ya's pride didn't fade, and he said indifferently.

"No wonder you could enter the Iron-Blooded Youth Corps."

"It's iron-blooded enough."

"Find time to apologize to Zecheng; after all, you're colleagues, appropriately ease the tension, you'll still have to work together in the future."

Wu Jingzhong stood up and said.

"Understood."

"But this matter isn't over, I won't let go."

"Yixian is so big, I don't believe I can't find someone who can prove she's a Red Ticket." Li Ya's eyes were firm, without the slightest wavering.

"I'll say it again."

"Investigate, you can."

"You must have evidence to nail someone." Wu Jingzhong nodded.

"Teacher, I want to interrogate this Gu Youniu again." Li Ya said.

"Release him."

"Hand him over to Zecheng to handle, it can be considered easing your relationship."

"If you keep interrogating, Deputy Station Master Yu will think you're targeting him, and next time he shoots, no one will stop him."

"You know, even a rabbit bites when it's anxious."

"It's fine if you interrogate something out."

"If you don't, it's not worth it for him to really risk his life with you."

"Coming out to make revolution, what is it for? Just to be loyal to the leader, and by the way, live a good life yourself; you have to be alive for both."

"The days are long, take it slow."

"Look at Lu Qiaoshan's sarcasm today, he's watching your good show; once Yu Zecheng's dismissal document comes down, you have to use your energy on the Deputy Station Master position."

"This is also Jianfeng's meaning."

Wu Jingzhong winked and pointed at him.

"Fine."

"Then let them off for now." Li Ya said.

"Go."

"You personally go to Lu Qiaoshan to get the person and hand them to Yu Zecheng, and by the way, report the train ticket money, train tickets aren't cheap now." Wu Jingzhong laughed.

"Thank you, Teacher." Li Ya laughed and walked out.

Intelligence Department.

Lu Qiaoshan poured Gu Youniu a glass of water, his tone very friendly:

"Youniu."

"With me, you don't have to be afraid."

"Tell me, did someone teach you to say that, or do you really not recognize Wang Cuiping?"

Gu Youniu held the water cup and nodded honestly: "Officer, I really don't recognize the person in the photo."

As soon as he spoke, Lu Qiaoshan's face turned gloomy:

"Do you think I'm Li Ya, so easy to fool?"

"The person in the photo is Chen Cuiping; if Wang Cuiping wasn't her sister and looked very similar, why would the Red Ticket organization send her to execute the mission?"

"If you don't tell the truth, believe it or not, I'll tear your mouth apart?"

"Officer, I really didn't lie to you, I really haven't seen her..." Gu Youniu said with a crying face, almost kneeling to Lu Qiaoshan.

"Fine, just keep pretending." Lu Qiaoshan's finger trembled, and he didn't dig deeper.

Yu Zecheng had already handed over the Deputy Station Master position.

And this person didn't have any business.

He couldn't be considered his enemy yet.

The Deputy Station Master position was hanging over his head; he had to concentrate his energy on dealing with Li Ya and settle the position.

Furthermore, seeing Yu Zecheng's ruthlessness in pulling the gun on Li Ya, he didn't need to touch Yu Zecheng's bad luck at this time.

"Director Lu."

Just as he was speaking, Li Ya walked in.

"Captain Li, anything?" Lu Qiaoshan asked with a smile.

"I'm taking this person away." Li Ya said.

"Not very good."

"Aren't you afraid Old Yu will really shoot you?"

"How

Lu Qiao smiled.

"No need.

"The Station Chief has ordered that the man be handed over to Deputy Station Chief Yu.

"Gu Youniu, come with me," Li Ya said.

He felt a bit dizzy himself now.

Gu Youniu's demeanor and performance did not seem faked.

He really seemed not to recognize the person in the photo.

What was even more annoying was that he had gone to Nankai once last night, and Tang Dachun and his wife, along with the radio station, had actually vanished.

Back in Yancheng, Tang Dachun loved to engage in petty theft.

His character could be described as despicable.

Whether this photo was truly obtained by the Butcher was still a question.

Furthermore, he had a shadow over this whole photo business.

Last time on the train.

He hadn't shaken hands with Okamura at all.

Yet, as if by some freak occurrence, it ended up in the newspapers.

What if this photo was also something someone had deliberately staged?

That idiot Tang Dachun had been complaining that the funds he provided weren't enough; he was capable of such crooked schemes.

Of course.

Most importantly, Li Ya did not want to poke this powder keg that was Yu Zecheng.

He said he wasn't afraid of death.

But those few gunshots still broke him out in a cold sweat.

Yu Zecheng was no simple man.

Coming out of the Qingpu Class, he wouldn't be simple either.

He had dared to assassinate Li Haifeng alone.

If he were truly desperate, shooting himself once wasn't something he wouldn't do.

Plus, Lu Qiao's weird, passive-aggressive demeanor made Li Ya a hundred times more alert in an instant.

Jiang Jianfeng had indeed given instructions to secure the position of Deputy Station Chief, laying the foundation for completely controlling the Jinhai Station in the future.

He had to slow down and save some energy to deal with Lu Qiao.

Of course, there were benefits to handing over Gu Youniu.

He wanted to see how Yu Zecheng would handle this man.

If handled poorly, this in itself would be a flaw.

Thinking of this, Li Ya lifted his chin, sneered, and walked out.

(End of chapter)