[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-spy-survival-guide":3,"chapter-spy-survival-guide-spy-survival-guide-chapter-52":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Spy Survival Guide",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2366368,4634,"Chapter 52: All Lost (Please add to favorites, recommend, and vote!)","spy-survival-guide-chapter-52",52,"\u003Cp>Conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everyone, the Red Tickets dare to enter the trap so brazenly, which shows they don't take the Jinhai Station seriously at all and want to have a real showdown with us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, we must give them a taste of our power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong began assigning tasks:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Qi, you lead your men to disguise yourselves and lie in ambush at Mawang Town, preparing to capture the Red Tickets' contact person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Captain Ma, you personally keep an eye on the Red Tickets' convoy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let at least one supply truck leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, we must map out the Red Tickets' transport line and pull it out by the roots to support Officer Hu and the Pacification Headquarters' grand plan to encircle the bandits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\" Ma Kui and Qi Physician both accepted the orders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Section Chief Lu, you lead the men from the Intelligence Section to the secret passage at Yong Jianqiu's house to search for and arrest key members of the Red Tickets' local committee.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, your equipment must be top-notch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That bunch of people are desperate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong ordered again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Station Chief. As long as Captain Ma's intelligence is accurate, with me and my colleagues from the Police Bureau there, not even a bat will be able to escape.\" Lu Qiaoshan smiled, first setting up the blame for Ma Kui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Section Chief Lu, my intelligence definitely won't be wrong. Just do your own job well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ma Kui looked displeased and retorted tit-for-tat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem!\" Wang Puchen coughed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two useless dogs... Wu Jingzhong curled his lip with an ugly expression, then stood up:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go do it. I wish you success.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following a commotion in the station, the Jinhai Station, along with its field personnel, moved out in full force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief Wu, this move of yours is brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Red Tickets thought you were playing with your cards face up; who could have guessed you were using a ruse within a ruse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tracking the transport line, setting a trap... one way or another, it'll be enough to give them a hard time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Puchen snuffed out his cigarette butt and lit another one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, these little tricks aren't worth mentioning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Renchu, this time you're going to Beiping, the Boss doesn't really intend to do something to Station Chief Ma, does he...\" Wu Jingzhong fanned away the smoke and asked with a hint.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had been greedy quite a bit lately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ma Hansan was going to fall, could he expect a good outcome?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ahem!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This tea is good!\" Wang Puchen shifted the topic with old-fashioned sophistication.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, Director Mao asked me to pass on a message, saying that regarding the Mao Sen matter, you have a good heart.\" After a pause, he said with a beaming smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong felt a sense of foreboding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mao Renfeng was speaking with a hidden meaning here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the surface, it sounded like he was grateful that he hadn't reported Mao Sen for colluding with traitors and stealing loot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In reality, he was pointing out that he was meddling in other people's business and intercepting wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time on the *Yamato Maru*, he should have let Zecheng pick out some good things to plug the mouth of the Second Mao.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sacrificing one's life but not one's wealth—he had been careless after all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all one family; it's only right.\" Wu Jingzhong nodded faintly, pretending to accept the sentiment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The boat was already built and could not be changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Boss Dai and Jianfeng around, it wasn't yet time for him to look at Mao Renfeng's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If he really didn't know how to act with respect, then they would just tear each other apart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Renchu, you keep smoking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the conversation was not going well, Wu Jingzhong's face darkened, and he left with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Station Chief's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong washed his face and shook out his coat, which was full of the smell of smoke, finally able to breathe comfortably.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng and Hong Zhiyou were standing by.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going to lie down for a while. As soon as there is news from Ma Kui and Section Chief Lu, notify me immediately.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong was getting on in years, after all; he leaned back on the sofa and closed his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two left the room and went to Hong Zhiyou's office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou, why didn't you participate in the operation? This was a chance to earn merit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The deal you worked so hard to negotiate just went to Captain Ma and the others so easily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng sat down and complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm afraid of dying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why didn't you go?\" Hong Zhiyou brewed some tea and asked with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I messed up last time, slapped the faces of Mao Sen and Mao Renfeng. With Wang Puchen present, wouldn't the Station Chief find me annoying if he used me?\" Yu Zecheng put on a look of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou knew he wanted to fish for information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shopkeeper Qiu was not on the same line as the local committee, and Liao Sanmin wouldn't talk, so old Yu could only wait in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Play a few games.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, I heard from Section Chief Lu that your wife is arriving tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou set up the chessboard and steered the conversation away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Lu's mouth is too loose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow at ten in the morning, I'm going to Langfang to pick her up.\" Yu Zecheng shook his head and smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's great. Once your wife arrives, I can come to your house for meals in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou moved his horse first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two killed time with idle chatter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hour later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Footsteps sounded in the hallway.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiaoshan led a few wounded soldiers, walking toward them with a dejected look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Lu, what happened?\" The two rushed out, and Yu Zecheng asked hurriedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiaoshan's face was cold, and he entered the Station Chief's office without saying a word.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong woke up in alarm: \"What happened?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My men went to the Yong house; the tunnel was a dead end, full of poisonous snakes, traps, and landmines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least seven or eight brothers were lost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Several more have been sent to the hospital, and it's unlikely they'll survive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over a dozen elites, including some old hands from No. 29 Luojiawan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They just died like that, for nothing!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiaoshan said through gritted teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While sighing in pain, Wu Jingzhong patted his bewildered forehead:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... what about the inside-man butler that Ma Kui mentioned? Didn't you meet up with him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief, Captain Ma is fine when it comes to fighting and killing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he knew how to handle intelligence, would he have ruined things one after another?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I went there, I didn't see any butler or big fish at all; it was pure nonsense.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiaoshan cursed bitterly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou, when you went there, was the butler there?\" Wu Jingzhong turned his head to look at Hong Zhiyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Red Tickets have always been cunning; it's possible Captain Ma was played by them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yong Jianqiu said that Butler Liu was as close to him as a brother, a friendship of decades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Could it be a trap set by Butler Liu and Yong Jianqiu?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou analyzed with a solemn expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, I've hunted hawks all my life, only to have my eyes pecked out by a hawk!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where is Yong Jianqiu? Was he captured?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong leaned on the desk and nodded indignantly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He was captured and is currently being held in the lounge,\" Lu Qiaoshan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zecheng, go interrogate him. You can use torture if necessary. No matter what, you must pry his mouth open and get a few big fish out of him.\" Wu Jingzhong was both sleepy and angry, his emotions somewhat agitated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng agreed, but he did not move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief, that might not be a good idea.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yong Jianqiu is an old acquaintance of Mr. Kong, and he is also close with Dai Jitao and Chen Bulei. If we alarm the Old Man, it won't be easy to explain to Boss Dai,\" Lu Qiao spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He hadn't caught anyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he hadn't gone in at all; he had just sat in the lobby drinking tea with Yong Jianqiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Yong Jianqiu had also stuffed plenty of U.S. dollars into his pockets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lu Qiao's anger was directed at Ma Kui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this mission had succeeded, the top credit would have gone to Ma Kui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it failed or people died, it wouldn't be his turn to take the blame.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he had to take this opportunity to drag Ma Kui through the mud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief, Department Head Lu is right, let's wait a bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once Captain Ma returns, everything will be clear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps he will have good news on his end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou chimed in to persuade him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I hope so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Ma Kui falls, I don't care who that Yong fellow knows, I'll execute them all, damn it,\" Wu Jingzhong said, slamming the table in annoyance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two hours later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News came in from Qi Physician's side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The red tickets were not waiting for them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, they encountered \"little ghosts\" from Majia Town engaging in a dog-eat-dog fight, and a fierce firefight broke out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of a dozen men, only three returned, and Qi Physician had even taken a bullet to the arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The entire convoy had been hijacked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Ma Kui, there was not a single word back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wasn't until dawn that news finally arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Captain Ma had been driving his car with his gun holstered when he was suddenly hijacked by bandits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bandits didn't care which faction he belonged to; they only released one messenger, Mi Zhiguo, to return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hijacked by mountain bandits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did these mountain bandits pop out from?\" Wu Jingzhong felt that tonight was incredibly ominous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The people from Mawang Town hijacked the trucks. Following your instructions, Captain Ma and I wanted to track their communication line.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just as we entered a mountain nook in Baoding, a group of bandits rushed out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They surrounded the cargo trucks and our vehicle all at once.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mi Zhiguo replied, looking bedraggled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bang!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong was so furious he slammed the table hard, his hair shaking loose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The originally flawless plan had gone down the drain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The communication line wasn't found, and the red tickets weren't caught.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the poison had come to nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Poisoning a few mountain bandits was worth nothing as a merit!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief Wu, how did the arrest operation go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was getting a headache, Wang Puchen, having heard the rumors, arrived uninvited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1785,"2026-06-25T10:22:48.848Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4092b92ebbf396ef780b34f28f86be3585e5520905c2155c8237c2a8940da85b","spy-survival-guide-chapter-53","spy-survival-guide-chapter-51",395,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fspy-survival-guide-cover.jpg"]