Period drama: Old Cao's carefree life

Chapter 77 Paying to Eliminate Traitors

"Comrade Suqing, you..."

"I should have thought of that sooner, I should have thought of that sooner," Su Qing's face was pale, her voice trembled, and her tone was filled with pain.
"Why, why is this happening?"

Yes, why?
Luo was also in great pain. Sun and Suqing were among the first group of undercover agents to arrive in Beiping with him. They had gone through all sorts of ups and downs, but he never expected that they would betray the revolution at this time!
If it weren't for timely intelligence, nearly half of their team members would have been eliminated!
Those were all revolutionary comrades who fought side by side!
How could he be so heartless!
Luo looked at Su Qing, who was filled with despair, and he could understand her pain.

A revolutionary comrade-in-arms, a former husband, and the father of her children suddenly became a murderer who murdered comrades and harmed compatriots. The fact that she is still standing here unharmed is not necessarily due to the mercy of a traitor.

It's very likely that all her information was already on the desks of the puppet government's agents, but they wanted to expand their gains and catch bigger fish in the long run, which is why they let her live a little longer.

The thought that her husband, with whom she had spent every day, was actually a traitor who betrayed the revolution, causing the arrest of revolutionary comrades, and that much of the intelligence might have been extracted from her, made Su Qing feel a burning fire in her heart, a searing pain in her heart, and she wished she could kill him with her own hands right now!

No!

The blood of our comrades must not be shed in vain!

Her face was resolute, her eyes bloodshot, and she said in a cold voice, "Comrade Luo, I apply for this anti-traitor operation!"

After pondering for a moment, Lao Luo still refused her request.

"Comrade Suqing, I understand your pain at this moment, and I understand your determination to kill the traitor with your own hands. I also believe in your firmness to the organization and your beliefs. But it's best if you stay away from this matter. I will arrange for someone else to handle it."

Su Qing looked disappointed, but she understood.

She and Lao Sun are husband and wife after all. Even if Lao Luo trusts her, she still needs to avoid suspicion.

Moreover, after this is over, she may be forced to evacuate Beiping, which is both to ensure her safety and to protect the safety of other comrades.

When faced with the brutal torture of spies, it's not as simple as thinking you can withstand it.

While many revolutionary comrades did indeed uphold their beliefs and remain steadfast in their loyalty to the organization even in the face of torture, coercion, and enticement from the enemy, not everyone could withstand such pressure.

If she doesn't leave, she will face the possibility of being arrested and interrogated at any time.

Luo can't afford to gamble, and the organization won't gamble either!
Although she was still somewhat unwilling, Su Qing gritted her teeth and nodded: "Okay, I support the organization's decision!"

"The traitor is a very cautious person. He either doesn't move at all, or he makes a fatal move. If the operation fails, it will be difficult to find him again."

"Also, he often goes to a roast duck restaurant, usually around 5 pm on Saturdays. That's his daily habit."

She stopped calling him "Old Sun" and instead referred to him as a "traitor," revealing all his secrets. Clearly, she had decided to sever all ties with him.

"Okay, I'll make all the arrangements." Old Luo nodded solemnly. With this detailed activity plan, the probability of successfully eliminating the traitors increased infinitely.

On the other side, after leaving the liaison point, Zheng Chaoyang rushed to the opposite side of the Yangtze Dance Hall. Only after seeing his comrades safely evacuated did he finally feel relieved.

However, he did not retreat immediately, but kept a close eye on the gate.

At least several of the comrades who came today will fall into the sights of the puppet government's agents. He is currently too busy to do anything but track down the traitors. As for the others, Lao Luo will send someone to make contact and then transfer them all away. No more comrades can be arrested!

"Hey."

Just as he was completely focused, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder, startling him so much that he almost drew his gun and fired in an emergency.

Upon seeing who had patted him on the shoulder, Zheng Chaoyang angrily muttered, "Old Cao, are you crazy? You're scaring people to death, you know that?!"

"And what are you doing here? It's dangerous here, you should leave right now!"

Cao Wei Da replied irrelevantly, "Chaoyang, are you planning to eliminate traitors?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Zheng Chaoyang didn't hide anything, or rather, there was no need to hide anything.

He was just wondering why Cao Weida was asking this.

Cao Wei Da: "I want to join your anti-traitor squad to participate in the anti-traitor campaign."

"???" Zheng Chaoyang was speechless. "Old Cao, Master Cao, can you please stop making things worse? Eliminating traitors is not a game; it's a life-or-death struggle!"

"You're not part of our organization, so I won't agree to it, and the organization will absolutely not agree to it either!"

Putting aside the fact that it wasn't someone from the organization who participated in the assassination, there was no precedent for such an action within the organization. Even if there were, Zheng Chaoyang would absolutely not have agreed to let Cao Wei go.

To reiterate, Cao Weida is too important to the organization. If it were a matter of one of them dying, he would absolutely die without hesitation so that Cao Weida could live!
"No, let's discuss this, okay? How about this, I'll give you money, one hundred silver dollars?" Cao Weida didn't want to give up. Eliminating traitors, how exciting!
He'd killed traitors, Japanese soldiers, and collaborators, but never a traitor. Perfect, he could use this traitor to boost his KPIs.

Because of the frequent killings of those people during this period, they've all become like monkeys, incredibly cunning. They don't even sleep at home at night anymore; they've all disappeared and are hiding somewhere.

He missed his target several times.

Those who were slightly wealthy and powerful would arrange for several groups of people to take turns keeping watch at night, for fear that they would be killed while they were asleep. This left him helpless and empty-handed several times.

With such good KPI figures now, he certainly wouldn't want to give them up.

Zheng Chaoyang: "."

He was utterly speechless, yet somewhat amused. "Nonsense! Do you really think this is a joke? Spending 100 silver dollars to participate in an anti-traitor campaign? How could you even think of that?"

"What, one hundred silver dollars is too little? Then I'll offer one thousand, is that alright?" For Cao Wei Da at this moment, the most useless thing was silver dollars.

The oceans in his space have piled up into small mountains.

The first transaction earned over 70,000, the second earned 120,000, 10% was given to Xiao Erduo and the others, leaving 100,008,000, which totaled about 180,000.

In addition, he occasionally helped Nao Tadahara sell some goods, and helped his 'friends' resolve misunderstandings with the Japanese military police and intelligence agencies. All in all, he made a fortune.

Even though he spent a lot of money and later bought six more courtyard houses, making a total of eight, he only spent less than nine thousand silver dollars.

As for daily expenses, those are really just a small part of the overall cost.

He glanced into the space and saw that 110,820 silver dollars, 56 small yellow croakers, and 34 large yellow croakers were lying in a corner of the space gathering dust.

"You're really rich." Zheng Chaoyang's breathing became rapid. A thousand silver dollars!

Even for the middle class, this is a considerable asset!
By the way, it seems that the Red Party contributed a large portion of this money, right?
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be greedy! One thousand dollars is the most you can give, two thousand at most, no more than that!"

"Two thousand?!" Zheng Chaoyang's breathing became even more rapid. He never imagined that a traitor could be worth so much.
If he hadn't been so concerned about Cao Weida's importance, he would have agreed immediately.

In the end, he resisted the temptation and resolutely refused, saying, "No, absolutely not. Besides, I'm not in charge of the anti-traitor operation. It's pointless for you to tell me. Just give up on this idea."

"Hey~~ If you're not going to take responsibility, why are you wasting my time?" Cao Weida rolled her eyes, glared at him irritably, and then stopped talking, staring straight in the direction of the Yangtze Dance Hall.

Zheng Chaoyang couldn't help but shoo him away: "No, what are you doing? Get out of here!"

There will definitely be a lot of traitors and lackeys coming out soon, and it will be dangerous if they are discovered!
"You're going to kill the traitor anyway, so since you don't agree to my participation, I'll kill him myself." Cao Wei Da wouldn't listen to him; he was determined to kill this traitor, and no one could change his mind!
"You're just being a complete scoundrel!" Zheng Chaoyang was furious; he had never seen such a shameless person!
Well, we were worried about your safety and didn't want you to go into dangerous places, and you, not only are you ungrateful, you're also acting like a scoundrel towards me.
"That's none of your business. You're going to kill this guy anyway. As long as the final result is that he's dead, it doesn't matter who kills him, right?" Cao Weida was determined to get involved.

"you"

Seeing that Cao Weida was determined to eliminate the traitor, Zheng Chaoyang had no choice but to try to appease him and lure him back first. However, before he could finish speaking, Cao Weida interrupted him:

Shh... Don't make a sound, the traitor has come out.

Zheng Chaoyang glanced over and, sure enough, the traitor had already left the Yangtze Dance Hall and was secretly following someone.

That person was none other than an underground Communist Party member.

Zheng Chaoyang's heart tightened. Damn it, this traitor is planning to follow the clues and find the source!

"Oh, just one person? Then I won't be polite."

Cao Weida chuckled wickedly, and before Zheng Chaoyang could react, he had already leaped onto the roof in a few swift movements and, under the cover of darkness, silently ran towards the direction of the traitor.

Zheng Chaoyang's eyes widened in shock as he watched the scene unfold. Cao Weida, perched high above the alley, moved with effortless ease, leaping across the gap with a single bound. It was clear he had done this many times before.

He never expected that Cao Wei Da, who was known as one of the three cowards, would have such amazing skills!
Seeing that the distance was getting farther and farther, he was worried about Cao Wei Da's safety, so he hurriedly followed, but dared not get too close, for fear of alerting the traitor.

The safety on his gun was off; if Cao Wei Da were in the slightest danger, he would not hesitate to fire in support.

Whether or not the traitor could be killed was irrelevant, and whether or not the Japanese would be alerted was also out of the question; the safety of Cao Weida was the top priority!

This encounter allowed him to witness just the tip of the iceberg of Cao Wei's abilities.

(End of this chapter)