Chapter 52

Conference room.

"Everyone, the Red Tickets dare to enter the trap openly, which shows they don't put the Jinhai Station in their eyes at all and want to fight us with real swords and guns.

"This time, we must give them some color to see."

Wu Jingzhong began to assign tasks:

"Team Leader Qi, you take people to disguise yourselves and lie in ambush in Mawang Town, preparing to arrest the hostage contact person.

"Team Leader Ma, you personally watch the Red Ticket convoy.

"Let at least one supply truck leave.

"This time, we must figure out the Red Ticket's traffic line and pull it out completely, to support Officer Hu and the General Headquarters' encirclement plan."

"Yes!" Ma Kui and Qi Qi Da Fu both accepted the order.

"Section Chief Lu, you lead the people from the Intelligence Section to the secret passage of Yong Jianqiu's house to search for and arrest the key members of the Red Ticket District Committee.

"Remember, the equipment must be excellent.

"That bunch of people are desperate."

Wu Jingzhong ordered again.

"Station Master, rest assured, as long as Team Leader Ma's intelligence is accurate, with me and my colleagues from the Police Bureau, not even a bat will be able to escape," Lu Qiaoshan smiled and prepared the pot for Ma Kui in advance.

"Section Chief Lu, my intelligence will definitely not be wrong; just do your own job well."

Ma Kui looked unhappy and countered tit-for-tat.

"Cough, cough!" Wang Puchen coughed again.

Two useless dog things... Wu Jingzhong's face looked ugly as he curled his lip, then stood up:

"Go do it; I wish you success."

Following a commotion in the station, the Jinhai Station, along with the field agents, moved out together.

"Station Master Wu, this move of yours is high.

"The Red Tickets thought you were playing an open hand; who would have thought you were using a plan within a plan.

"Tracing the traffic line, poisoning... either way, it's enough to give them a headache."

Wang Puchen extinguished his cigarette butt and added another one to his mouth.

"Hey, these small methods are not worth mentioning.

"Renchu, you are going to Beiping this time; Boss wouldn't really want to do something to Station Master Ma..." Wu Jingzhong fanned the smoke and asked suggestively.

He hadn't been greedy little lately.

If Ma Hansan fell, could he have a good ending?

"Cough, cough!

"This tea is not bad!" Wang Puchen changed the subject in a sophisticated, worldly way.

"By the way, Director Mao asked me to convey that regarding the matter of Mao Sen, you have put your heart into it," he added with a smile after a pause.

Wu Jingzhong secretly thought it was bad.

Mao Renfeng was speaking with hidden meaning.

On the surface, it sounded like he was grateful that he hadn't reported Mao Sen for colluding with traitors and stealing loot.

In reality, he was pointing out that he was meddling in other people's business and hijacking the road-blocking wealth.

Last time on the Dahe Maru, he should have let Zecheng pick some good things to plug Second Mao's mouth.

Sacrificing life but not wealth, he had been careless after all.

"We are all one family; it's only right," Wu Jingzhong nodded indifferently, pretending to accept it.

The wood was already a boat; it couldn't be undone.

With Boss Dai and Jianfeng there, he hadn't reached the point of having to look at Mao Renfeng's face yet.

If he really didn't want to give face, then he would just tear it apart.

"Renchu, you keep smoking."

With half a sentence too many, Wu Jingzhong's face sank, and he left with his hands behind his back.

Station Master's office.

Wu Jingzhong washed his face, shook his coat full of the smell of smoke, and finally could breathe comfortably.

Yu Zecheng and Hong Zhiyou stood by.

"I'll lie down for a while; notify me immediately if there is news from Ma Kui and Section Chief Lu."

Wu Jingzhong was getting on in years after all; he leaned on the sofa and closed his eyes.

The two exited the room and came to Hong Zhiyou's office.

"Zhiyou, why didn't you participate in the operation? This is an opportunity to make merit.

"The deal you worked so hard to negotiate just went cheaply to Team Leader Ma and the others."

Yu Zecheng sat down and complained.

"I'm afraid of death.

"Why didn't you go?" Hong Zhiyou brewed tea and asked with a smile.

"I messed up the craft last time and slapped Mao Sen and Mao Renfeng in the face; with Wang Puchen present, wouldn't the Station Master be annoyed if he used me?" Yu Zecheng had a look of regret.

Hong Zhiyou knew he wanted to fish for intelligence.

Shopkeeper Qiu wasn't on the same line as the District Committee, and Liao Sanmin wouldn't talk, so Old Yu could only wait.

"Play a few games.

"By the way, I heard Section Chief Lu say that the Madam is arriving tomorrow."

Hong Zhiyou set up the chessboard and pulled the topic away.

"Old Lu's mouth is too loose.

"Tomorrow morning at ten, we'll go to Langfang to pick her up," Yu Zecheng shook his head and laughed.

"That's great; once the Madam comes, I can go to your house for a meal."

Hong Zhiyou moved his horse first.

The two spent time chatting aimlessly.

An hour later.

Footsteps sounded in the corridor.

Lu Qiaoshan led a few wounded soldiers and walked toward them with a dejected face.

"Old Lu, what happened?" The two rushed out, and Yu Zecheng asked hurriedly.

Lu Qiaoshan's face was cold, and he entered the Station Master's office without saying a word.

Wu Jingzhong woke up: "What happened?"

"Station Master.

"My people went to the Yong residence; the tunnel inside is a dead end, full of poisonous snakes, traps, and landmines.

"At least seven or eight brothers fell.

"There are a few more sent to the hospital, and it's estimated they won't survive.

"A dozen elites, among them some old people who came out of No. 29 Luojiawan.

"Just died like that, unclearly!"

Lu Qiaoshan said through gritted teeth.

"Oh my!"

Wu Jingzhong, while sighing in pain, slapped his dazed forehead:

"No... what about the insider butler Ma Kui mentioned? Didn't you contact him?"

"Station Master, Team Leader Ma is okay at fighting and killing.

"If he knew how to handle intelligence, could he ruin things one after another?

"When I went, I didn't see any butler or big fish at all; it was pure nonsense."

Lu Qiaoshan cursed painfully.

"Zhiyou, when you went, was the butler there?" Wu Jingzhong turned to look at Hong Zhiyou.

"He was.

"Red Tickets have always been cunning; it's also possible that Team Leader Ma was played by them.

"Yong Jianqiu said that Butler Liu was as close to him as a brother, a friendship of decades.

"Could it be a trap set by Butler Liu and Yong Jianqiu?"

Hong Zhiyou analyzed solemnly.

"Good, I've hunted hawks all my life, but I didn't expect to be blinded by a hawk!

"Where is Yong Jianqiu? Has he been caught?"

Wu Jingzhong supported himself on the desk and nodded indignantly.

"He's been caught and is temporarily arranged in the lounge," Lu Qiaoshan said.

"Zecheng, you go interrogate him; use torture if necessary. In any case, you must pry his mouth open and get a few big fish out of him," Wu Jingzhong was sleepy and angry, his emotions somewhat irritable.

"Yes!"

Yu Zecheng agreed verbally but didn't move.

"Station Master, that's not very good.

"Yong Jianqiu is an old friend of Mr. Kong, and he's also familiar with Dai Jitao and Chen Bulei. If he alarms the Old Man, it won't be easy to explain to Boss Dai," Lu Qiaoshan spoke up.

He hadn't caught anyone.

Because he hadn't gone in at all; he had just sat in the hall drinking tea with Yong Jianqiu.

Of course, Yong Jianqiu hadn't stuffed fewer US dollars into his pocket.

Lu Qiaoshan's anger was directed at Ma Kui.

If this mission succeeded, the first merit would be Ma Kui's.

If it failed, or if people died, it wouldn't be his turn to take the blame.

So he had to take the opportunity to fix Ma Kui to death.

"Station Master, Section Chief Lu is right; let's wait a bit.

"When Team Leader Ma comes back, everything will be clear.

"Maybe he has good news on his side."

Hong Zhiyou echoed and advised.

"I hope so.

"If Ma Kui falls, I don't care who that Yong guy knows; I'll shoot them all," Wu Jingzhong slapped the table in annoyance.

Two hours later.

News came from Qi Qi Da Fu's side.

The Red Tickets didn't show up.

Instead, they encountered "little ghosts" from Majia Town doing "thieves robbing thieves," and a fierce firefight broke out.

Only three of the dozen people returned, and Qi Qi Da Fu even took a bullet in the arm.

The convoy was all hijacked.

As for Ma Kui, there was no echo at all.

It wasn't until dawn that news came.

Team Leader Ma was driving a car with a gun when he was suddenly hijacked by bandits.

The bandits didn't care which faction he belonged to; they only sent back one messenger, Mi Zhiguo.

"Hijacked by mountain bandits?

"Where did the mountain bandits pop out from?" Wu Jingzhong felt that tonight was extremely evil.

"The people from Mawang Town hijacked the car; Team Leader Ma and I, according to your instructions, wanted to track their traffic line.

"Just as we entered a mountain corner in Baoding, a bunch of robbers rushed out.

"They surrounded both the cargo trucks and our cars."

Mi Zhiguo replied with a gray face.

"Bang!"

Wu Jingzhong slapped the table heavily in anger, and his hair was shaken into a mess.

The originally seamless plan had all gone down the drain.

The traffic line wasn't found, and the Red Tickets weren't caught.

Even the poison had gone to waste.

Poisoning a few mountain bandits wasn't worth a fart in merit!

"Station Master Wu, how did the arrest operation go?"

He was just having a headache when Wang Puchen, who had heard the wind, arrived uninvited.

(End of chapter)