[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-spy-survival-guide":3,"chapter-spy-survival-guide-spy-survival-guide-chapter-76":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},2366392,4634,"Chapter 76: The Old Acquaintance at the Shaanxi Guild Hall","spy-survival-guide-chapter-76",76,"\u003Cp>\"You have something on me? Tell me.\" Hong Zhiyou felt a tremor in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old Yu was not a man to shoot without a target.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The information he spoke of was definitely heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have a small house on Huaishan Road, inside there are three hand grenades and two guns.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A box, inside there are fifty thousand US dollars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And seventeen gold bars.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother, you are truly fat, truly wealthy,\" Yu Zecheng said one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou’s face turned ashen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He never expected that even with such a hidden stash, Liu Xiong had still turned everything upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He secretly rejoiced that the one hundred thousand US dollars were kept with Rong Bin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fifty thousand remaining in the box was the final payment for the Station Chief, which could be explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last time, he fabricated ten thousand US dollars as a kickback for Yong Jianqiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The old man had felt the pinch for a long time and extorted an imported gramophone from him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Wu Jingzhong knew he had skimmed half, he would surely skin him alive and drink his blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was too dangerous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You also have a South Wind Company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a shell company Long Er found people to open, but there’s definitely no lack of your involvement in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course, you’d better pray that South Wind Company has no share of yours.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, the Station Chief will not spare you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou was truly breaking out in a cold sweat this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Judging by the report, they should not have discovered the munitions matter yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That dog-day Liu Xiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How is he like a fly, getting into every crack, knowing everything?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If this person is not removed, it will be hard for him to survive in Jinhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhiyou, you are very smart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the Station Chief is no pushover either, be careful,\" Yu Zecheng sincerely advised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That man is named Meng Jun, currently working as a chief surgeon at the Army Hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His wife often goes to the Xiuchun Pavilion to smoke opium.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ma Kui has already set his sights on her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consider yourself lucky that Ma Kui was taken out by Shopkeeper Qiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If it had been a few days later, who knows what kind of trouble would have broken out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are even, the account is settled.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou smiled, feeling it was not a loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't want to kill Shopkeeper Qiu,\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who does?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many days has Hu Die been back?\" Hong Zhiyou asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three days,\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A dose of medicine to be decocted and taken morning and night; it is the third dose now. That won't do, you must still drag it out, drag it out for at least four more days,\" Hong Zhiyou said, leaving the sentence hanging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wha... what do you mean?\" Yu Zecheng did not understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before I left, I buried a hook for Hu Die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If Shopkeeper Qiu’s medical skills are truly effective, Boss Dai might issue an order; at the very least, he won't let him die in Jinhai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This way, there will be room for maneuver to orchestrate a rescue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou stopped hiding or holding back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Documents, saving Shopkeeper Qiu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aside from Yu Zecheng telling him personally that he was a Red agent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two of them basically understood each other perfectly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, Yu Zecheng was also gambling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gambling that Hong Zhiyou pointed himself out time and time again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This person was definitely not a Red agent, otherwise the No. 1 Line could not possibly be unaware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he could only be a \"merchant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A gray figure who sympathized with the Red agents, just like the big families like the Rong family, placing bets on both the Green and Red sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With mutual interests involved, such people are sometimes more reliable than one's own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Otherwise, an old hand like Yong Jianqiu could not possibly have looked at Hong Zhiyou with special regard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good, I happen to be going to meet that Meng Jun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing their meal, Yu Zecheng and Hong Zhiyou went downstairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this hour, there was quite a bit of traffic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A car from the Gendarmerie Headquarters happened to be driving toward them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng pretended not to notice and deliberately walked a few steps slower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Screech!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the ear-piercing sound of brakes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng flew out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you blind, you dog, daring to block the Gendarmerie Headquarters' car?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The officer in the car jumped out, ready to start a confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou grabbed him by the collar and flashed his credentials:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think you’re the one who is blind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look clearly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, yes, yes, Secretary Hong,\" the man panicked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you still standing there for? Hurry and send him to the hospital!\" Hong Zhiyou shouted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, people scrambled to lift Yu Zecheng into the car and headed straight for the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a diagnosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A broken rib.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A concussion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng was truly unconscious on the hospital bed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time he woke up, it was already two days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those idiots at the Gendarmerie Headquarters, tell Dong Pingshan, if anything happens to Yu Zecheng, I won't ask anyone else, I'll take his head first,\" he heard Wu Jingzhong’s thundering voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zecheng, you’re finally awake.\" Yu Zecheng opened his eyes, and Mei Qiuju was looking at him with pleasant surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sister-in-law, you, why are you here?\" Yu Zecheng asked weakly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are all family, hearing you were hit by a car, how could I not come?\" Mei Qiuju said, her eyes red.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was truly pained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The treasures obtained from Yong Jianqiu a few days ago had even made the old pawnbroker cry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She would rather it be her own good-for-nothing son-in-law, Su Jianhua, who had the accident than see her \"God of Wealth\" fly away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a son-in-law is gone, one can find another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Yu Zecheng is gone, who will rake in money for Old Wu and her daughter?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu, in the two days you were unconscious, the Station Chief and Sister-in-law have both been here several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you didn't wake up, they were going to call a doctor over from Beiping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou said some flattering words from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s only been two days, why didn't you let me faint for two more... Yu Zecheng was deeply disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zecheng, how are you feeling now? Should I call a doctor over?\" Wu Jingzhong walked over, concerned and happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Station Chief, I’m much better, just a little dizzy in the head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Hong Zhiyou’s help, Yu Zecheng sat up straight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong gave a look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju and Hong Zhiyou very tactfully exited the ward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zecheng, you must hurry and handle the matter of Shopkeeper Qiu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yong Jianqiu is asking me for the person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong pointed at him and complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't worry, Master. I... I will get it done after resting for a few days,\" Yu Zecheng said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by resting for a few days?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked the physician; it's just a broken rib and a concussion, nothing major.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Think back to when Qiao Jiacai and I were in North Manchuria; broken arms and broken ribs were everyday occurrences, yet we still killed devils and traitors all the same.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You rest one more night tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow night, you must get this done.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Taking money to kill someone and taking money without doing the job are two different things, understand?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't do it, others will make a scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that Shopkeeper Qiu; the old hands in the prison are blackmailing and beating him quite hard. If he can't take the beating and dies inside or commits suicide, it will be troublesome if word gets out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong lowered his voice and instructed him earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well, student will go handle it tomorrow night,\" Yu Zecheng nodded and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You rest well. I have already arrested the people from the Gendarmerie Headquarters; they must be severely punished.\" Wu Jingzhong was still very angry about his favorite subordinate getting into trouble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need, Station Chief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have just been too tired lately and was distracted while walking; I can't blame anyone else,\" Yu Zecheng said with a pale smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your heart is too kind. I should have left you in Jinshanwei to fight the devils back then, to see some blood and toughen up,\" Wu Jingzhong rolled his eyes at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, didn't I kill Li Haifeng?\" Yu Zecheng smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you rest and hurry up and recover your health.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong walked away with his hands behind his back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He got into the car.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong drove himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju sat in the passenger seat, complaining incessantly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jingzhong, don't believe that Liu Xiong; he's investigating this and that all day long.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's turned the station upside down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he keeps doing this, the morale will be gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at Zecheng's miserable state; it was caused by you all scaring him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why do you care if they are Red tickets? Isn't it enough that they can rake in gold and silver for us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You're a woman, what do you know? Shut up,\" Wu Jingzhong scolded, feeling somewhat in the wrong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you being fierce for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you're so capable, be fierce with Rui Rui. Why aren't you fierce when she asks for money?\" Mei Qiuju was not afraid of this daughter-slave at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zecheng and Zhiyou have brought home more money and goods in these few months than your salary for ten lifetimes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By investigating them, aren't you going against money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mei Qiuju became more and more annoyed as she spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think I want to investigate?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liu Xiong is a die-hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He also came out of Jiee Alley; who knows when he might report to Boss Dai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For a person like him, if you take money, he might not see it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if it's Red tickets, if I don't manage it, he will be single-minded about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong spoke his true thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No way, you saved his life; he has always been loyal to you, he wouldn't sell us out, would he?\" Mei Qiuju's expression changed in shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not selling us out now doesn't mean he won't later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There is a type of person in this world who is the most terrifying.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pure people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Liu Xiong is a pure person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His bottom line is Red tickets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I were to collude with Red tickets, believe me, he would turn around and cut me down in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is also the reason why I have to investigate Yu Zecheng.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong sighed and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You shouldn't have transferred him here in the first place,\" Mei Qiuju complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"God knows why Yu Zecheng has so much baggage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's investigate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to see what he can dig up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he investigates too aggressively, I won't have to move against him; others naturally will.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong sneered, a look of ruthlessness rising in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had read Liu Xiong's investigation report.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was about Hong Zhiyou.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for money, quite a bit was uncovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wu Jingzhong had checked the accounts, and there were no major discrepancies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou's loyalty was not a problem.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But there was a shell company above him called Nanfeng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This belonged to Long Er of the Cao Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This company had conducted arms deals with Yang Wenquan and the Americans; it was very likely a white glove.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was uncertain whether Hong Zhiyou had participated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Liu Xiong wanted to investigate deeper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could not be ruled out that the garrison, the Americans, and the Cao Gang would take action against him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By then, he only needed to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would be able to eliminate this once most loyal confidant and brother-in-arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Xiong, oh Liu Xiong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You shouldn't have been so blind and blocked my path to wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hospital.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Old Yu, you are truly ruthless. You said you'd crash, and you crashed; I didn't even have time to react,\" Hong Zhiyou said, clicking his tongue in admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What's ruthless about it? The Station Chief told me to act tomorrow night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tomorrow is the sixth day; Boss Dai hasn't finished his seven doses of medicine yet, so how would he have time to deal with Shopkeeper Qiu?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm afraid your clever plan will fall through.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Zecheng shifted his body downward and winced in pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do your best and leave the rest to fate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Everything that should be done has been done, just wait,\" Hong Zhiyou shrugged helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By the way, is Meng Jun here?\" Yu Zecheng asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He is, he was the one who performed the rib surgery,\" Hong Zhiyou nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Call him over, I want to have a word with him,\" Yu Zecheng thought for a moment and said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Meng Jun were going to report him, he wouldn't be lying here right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He needed to gauge Meng Jun's attitude to determine if this would be a security risk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hong Zhiyou called Meng Jun over, then closed the door and stepped out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dr. Meng, thank you,\" Yu Zecheng said gratefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is what I should do,\" Meng Jun replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dr. Meng, have we met somewhere before?\" Yu Zecheng probed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You do look a bit familiar, but I can't recall,\" Meng Jun answered very earnestly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shaanxi Guild Hall?\" Yu Zecheng pointed out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meng Jun stared at him for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, his face was full of surprise:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book is officially released. 11,000 words delivered at midnight. There will be another wave tomorrow at noon and in the afternoon. Thank you all for your support and subscriptions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",2295,"2026-06-25T10:22:48.848Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","59fc72f35b8860b8540c3451342f8d24ce6554510dfd44505295c7bddc8b84f8","spy-survival-guide-chapter-77","spy-survival-guide-chapter-75",395,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fspy-survival-guide-cover.jpg"]