Chapter 62: Arresting Shopkeeper Qiu

Hong Zhiyou returned to the small house on Huaishan Road and organized his small treasury.

He now had seventeen gold bars.

Twelve large ones and five small ones.

Additionally, there was thirty-eight thousand dollars in cash.

Two hundred and sixty-five silver dollars.

If the mission was completed, there was also the one hundred thousand dollars left by Rong Bin.

With net assets approaching two hundred thousand dollars, he was definitely a middle-class tycoon.

Looking at the stacks of banknotes and gold bars on the table.

Hong Zhiyou finally understood why Wang Cuiping was so restless while clutching gold bars, wanting to build a chicken coop.

No money, heart is anxious.

With too much money, the heart is still anxious.

Afraid of thieves coveting it.

He had to get the company in Xiangdao up and running as soon as possible, make the business big, and let money beget money.

After locking the wall cabinet, he walked back to the station.

Passing by the Action Team on the first floor.

Ma Kui was drinking sullen wine with pig head meat.

"Secretary Hong, you came at the right time, keep me company for a couple of drinks." Old Ma called out to him.

"Captain Ma."

"Not accompanying your wife on your day off, learning from me and sleeping in the office?"

Hong Zhiyou looked at the towel quilt on the sofa and joked.

"Always acting all sultry, I can't stand that smell." Ma Kui said with a look of disgust.

"Captain Ma, that's not being very romantic."

"If a woman isn't sultry, can she even be called a woman?"

Hong Zhiyou rolled his eyes at him, truly feeling it wasn't worth it for Zhou Gendi.

"You were the one who gave her those books, right?"

"Since you like sultry ones so much, are you eyeing my wife?"

Ma Kui was slightly drunk.

"Old Ma, if you're going to talk like that, it's no fun."

Hong Zhiyou curled his lips and got up to leave.

"Don't, don't, I'm just joking."

"To tell you the truth, brother, I've been in the Juntong Bureau for so many years, going through life and death."

"My whole body is full of hidden injuries."

"When she touches me with those little hands, even my bone joints ache."

Ma Kui hurriedly pulled him back and offered a smiling face.

So that was it.

No wonder Zhou Gendi and the original body were "true love."

"Old Ma, it's getting late, you should rest."

Hong Zhiyou couldn't be bothered to talk nonsense with him; he was truly tired, and there was a pile of things to do tomorrow.

"Don't, I have serious business to discuss with you." Ma Kui called out to stop him.

"What is it?"

"There are Reds in the station." Ma Kui lowered his voice.

"Captain Ma, you're drunk." Here we go again... Hong Zhiyou reminded him.

"Not drunk."

"Really, inside the Jinhai Station, except for you, everyone is a Red." Ma Kui's eyes were bloodshot, his tone sharp.

"Old brother, don't talk nonsense."

"If the Station Master finds out, he'll scold you again." Hong Zhiyou hurriedly stopped him.

"Nonsense?"

"Sheng Xiang from the Archives Section, he takes hand-copied intelligence out of the station privately, and every month he gives Lu Qiaoshan a kickback of at least this many gold bars." Ma Kui opened his right hand, showing five fingers, and said in a deep voice.

"How do you know that?" Hong Zhiyou said.

"Hmph, do you really think I'm a child who eats shit?"

"I naturally have my own channels."

"He traded with my friend, and my friend told me."

"Hand-copied stuff isn't worth much; usually, the final payment is only made after it's verified. I know these trade rules clearly."

Ma Kui sneered.

That friend of yours wouldn't happen to be... Xie Ruo, would he?

Selling intelligence with one hand, selling people with the other.

Truly a good friend.

Meeting Ma Kui's gaze.

Hong Zhiyou knew that Xie Ruo hadn't sold him out.

It was within expectations.

He was Xie's "God of Wealth," and now he was doing quite well.

If Xie Ruo sold him out, it would be cutting off his own path to wealth.

"You can go to the Station Master and report him." Hong Zhiyou said.

"Report what? I don't trust anyone right now."

A chill flashed in the depths of Ma Kui's eyes.

It was very subtle, but Hong Zhiyou caught it.

Ma Kui was despising and resenting him.

Clearly, he knew about the Wu Jingzhong and Mu Liancheng affair.

He himself was also seen by Ma Kui as someone disloyal to the Party-State.

"I know about the Yong Jianqiu affair; it wasn't Sheng Xiang who sold it, it was someone else." Ma Kui paused and sat up straight.

"Who?" Hong Zhiyou frowned.

"Yu Zecheng!" Ma Kui spat out the three words coldly.

"Director Yu?"

"Don't talk nonsense, he is a hero of the Party-State who killed Li Haifeng." Hong Zhiyou feigned surprise.

"The day Liu Wensheng was killed."

"He checked Liu's file and even went out at noon."

"He said he was buying medicine for rhinitis."

"But I checked his medical records in Shancheng, and he never had a history of rhinitis treatment."

"It just happens that it doesn't flare up early or late, the timing is so coincidental."

"And."

"Before my informant Liu San had his accident, he also went to see about rhinitis, at the same pharmacy."

"Isn't there something fishy about this?"

"I suspect Yu leaked the intelligence, and that pharmacy has a problem."

Ma Kui analyzed coldly.

Hong Zhiyou felt a chill down his spine listening to this.

Ma Kui was far more shrewd than he had imagined.

A person who had long been on the front lines executing top-secret missions.

Mao Renfeng's adjutant of the guard.

He was indeed no ordinary person.

"Captain Ma, you're fine at killing and arson, but you really don't know a damn thing about medicine."

"The climate in Shancheng is humid, and southerners rarely get rhinitis."

"The north is dry, and right now the willow catkins are flying everywhere."

"It's the peak season for seasonal rhinitis; there are at least a dozen people in the station who have it."

"Even Director Xiao of the Security Section and the Station Master's wife have rhinitis."

"Do you want to arrest them all too?"

Hong Zhiyou took out a handkerchief and blew his nose "honk honk" a few times in front of Ma Kui:

"And me, I've also been to the pharmacy to get kidney-tonifying medicine, oh, I guess I'm a Red too."

"Hehe, hard to say." Ma Kui shook his head and gave a dry laugh.

"Captain Ma, be careful with your words." Hong Zhiyou sighed hopelessly.

"The problem is..."

"I also came from Shancheng, so why haven't I heard of it?" Ma Kui frowned and asked back, looking serious.

"I can't get through to you; what do you plan to do?" Hong Zhiyou asked.

"I will send men tomorrow to bring that Shopkeeper back for questioning.

"If he really is a divine physician.

"I'll just consider myself blind.

"If he isn't, I'm sorry, but I will report it to the Station Chief.

"If the Station Chief doesn't care, I will report it to the Headquarters Inspection Office and Director Mao."

Ma Kui took a sip of wine, his face set in a look of "to the death."

Hong Zhiyou understood.

Why everyone in the whole station wanted Ma Kui dead.

And why they pinned the label of "Emeifeng" on him.

The Station Chief was currently at odds with Mao Renfeng, yet Ma Kui, relying on his little power base, reported everything at the drop of a hat.

He even wanted to take down Lu Qiaoshan and slap Zheng Jiemin in the face.

Investigating Yu Zecheng and Shopkeeper Qiu openly had angered the Red Tickets.

If he didn't die, it would be a miracle.

"Old Ma, you won't be at peace until you've turned the Jinmen Station upside down, will you?

"Fine, I wish you... success."

Hong Zhiyou shook his head with a smile, shoved his hands into his pockets, and walked out.

"Wait." Ma Kui called him back.

"Anything else?" Hong Zhiyou turned his head to ask.

"When you have time, keep A-Di company and play some cards; she's quite bored." Ma Kui's tone softened a little.

"Heh, hard to say."

Hong Zhiyou mimicked his tone, gave a cold laugh, and walked out.

Heaven's sins may be forgiven.

But one's own sins are unforgivable.

He went straight to the underground interrogation room.

Old Wu and two subordinates were currently wearing down Yong Manzhu.

No water, no sleep.

Miss Yong's hair was disheveled, her face as pale as paper, and she was as wilted as a frost-bitten eggplant.

"Brother Five, you didn't lay hands on her, did you?" Hong Zhiyou asked.

These bastards in the interrogation room often played dirty when questioning female prisoners.

Things like groping.

Touching here and there was a common occurrence.

"I know you like her, so how could I?" Old Wu laughed.

"Thanks, Brother Five.

"I'll treat you and the brothers to a meal another day.

"Take this.

"You've been up all night, get something to replenish yourselves."

Hong Zhiyou pulled out a handful of silver dollars and stuffed them into Old Wu's pocket.

"Thanks.

"Brothers, keep your spirits up, keep at it!" Old Wu immediately shouted to his subordinates.

"You dog!"

Yong Manzhu's lips parted slightly.

There was no sound, but Hong Zhiyou could read it.

Silly girl!

Hong Zhiyou shook his head lazily and walked out.

The next day.

Hong Zhiyou entered the interrogation room, took photos, entrusted someone to have them developed urgently, and returned to the Station Chief's office.

"Station Chief, take a look."

He handed over the photos.

"Hmm, this half-dead look is exactly what I wanted.

"Go, find Yong Jianqiu and bleed him dry."

Wu Jingzhong did not treat him as an outsider, his words crude and blunt.

"Understood.

"Station Chief, let Director Yu go as well." Hong Zhiyou took a step, then turned back to request.

"The fewer people who know about this, the better.

"Why do you want him to go?" Wu Jingzhong frowned.

"Teacher, Director Yu was the one who led the interrogation of Yong Manzhu.

"Furthermore, everyone outside is calling me the 'Jinmen Expert.'

"It's better to have someone accompany me.

"The student is afraid... that later on, Teacher might develop a grudge against me."

Hong Zhiyou said with a troubled, dutiful, and stuttering tone.

"I still trust you very much.

"Fine.

"Tell Zecheng to go with you!"

Wu Jingzhong smiled and made the decision on the spot.

That was a refreshingly quick display of trust.

Hong Zhiyou had just stepped out of the Station Chief's office.

He saw Ma Kui, in his black cloak and black round hat, leading a group of men, heading out with great fanfare.

Hong Zhiyou knew.

Old Ma was going to arrest Shopkeeper Qiu.

He had seen it.

Old Yu must have seen it too.

Given Yu Zecheng's suspicious nature, what would he guess Ma Kui was doing?

But he would absolutely never think he was going to arrest Shopkeeper Qiu.

"Director Yu, the Station Chief asked me to accompany you to the Yong residence." Hong Zhiyou entered Old Yu's office and said with a smile, playing the social game to the hilt.

Today's update is here. Many big bosses say that midnight is the best time for updates. I'll rush to write some drafts tonight and set the time to update at midnight. That way, friends who stay up late or wake up early can see it as soon as possible. Thank you to all the big bosses who have been working hard to follow the story.

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