Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 139 Ye Shaohong's Furious Outburst

After leaving Xu Baichuan's house, Ye Shaohong didn't stop there. He drove directly to Zheng Yaoxian's house.

This was the first time Ye Shaohong had entered Zheng Yaoxian's home since joining the Special Service Department.

Compared to Xu Baichuan's luxurious courtyard, Zheng Yaoxian's residence looked much simpler and more modest.

The courtyard is neither too big nor too small, with two main rooms, two side rooms, and a dog kennel—that's all the view is visible to the naked eye.

Following Zheng Yaoxian, we entered the main room, which was simply decorated.

Kitchen, living room, bedroom, study...

"I rarely have visitors, so I don't have any good tea at home. However, someone gave me some Wujiao jasmine tea a couple of months ago, which I haven't been willing to drink. Today, I'll let you have a taste of it."

As Zheng Yaoxian spoke, he got up and carefully took out a sandalwood box from the cabinet in the study. He even showed it to Ye Shaohong.

It has a bit of a show-off connotation.

"Good stuff."

"Although jasmine tea is known as having nine cellars, most of the jasmine tea sold on the market is only from two cellars."

"The jasmine tea from the fifth cellar is already considered top-grade. Even in my grandfather's study, there aren't many things like this. I'm going to have a good taste of it today."

The two chatted and laughed, and began to talk about all sorts of things.

They talked about national affairs and family matters, but not about what was happening within the Bureau of Statistics.

And so, before they knew it, it was late at night. When Ye Shaohong got up to say goodbye, he took out a thick envelope from his pocket and placed it on the tea table.

Zheng Yaoxian glanced at it briefly before casually tossing it into the drawer. Ye Shaohong secretly admired his nonchalant attitude.

After the evening's events were over, Ye Shaohong returned home, where Yu Manli was indeed still awake and glaring at him.

Another sleepless night.

The next morning, Ye Shaohong left home feeling refreshed.

He had just arrived at his office at Villa No. 1, Honggongci, when Li Yunlong and Zhuang Yifan came over together.

"Team leader, the investigation is complete. The Japanese yen found in Zhang Bo's home was given to him a few months ago by a businessman surnamed Han."

"That man asked Zhang Bo to help him get two fake documents."

Li Yunlong was the first to speak. He placed the folder he was holding on the desk as soon as he reached it. "Fake documents?"

"What kind of document is so valuable that it costs 1,000 yen?"

Ye Shaohong murmured in surprise, then casually took the folder from Li Yunlong's hand and began to flip through it on his own.

At the same time, Li Yunlong also spoke.

"He doesn't know!"

"Ok?"

Ye Shaohong had only read a few lines of text and hadn't even gotten to the crucial part when he heard Li Yunlong's reply, and his eyebrows immediately twitched.

"how can that be possible?"

"The National Government's household registration system has always been very rigorous. In addition to the certificates issued to residents, they are also kept on file in the police station's household registration department."

"Even if Zhang Bo made fake certificates without authorization, if he wanted these fake certificates to function as genuine certificates and have the registration stubs deposited in the household registration department, how could he not know the specific details of the fake certificates?" Ye Shaohong's question was not surprising, because to make fake certificates, they had to go through Zhang Bo's hands, unless their transaction method was problematic.

This time, Ye Shaohong didn't question Li Yunlong, but instead looked down and examined the statement.

Five or six minutes later, his doubts were resolved.

Things turned out pretty much as Ye Shaohong had imagined.

The reason why the businessman surnamed Han was willing to pay a high price of one thousand yen to have Liu Bo help him obtain two fake identities was because their transaction method was very special.

From beginning to end, it never passed through Zhang Bo's hands.

After receiving the money, Zhang Bo did one thing: he brought the businessman surnamed Han into the household registration office.

Liu Bo did not participate in the process of filling out and making ticket stubs and certificates; he didn't even go inside the household registration office.

The businessman surnamed Han was given only ten minutes to process the transaction. Under such circumstances, how could Liu Bo possibly know any information? Even after the transaction was completed, it would be an extremely difficult process for him to find out the information of the person who made the fake document.

Moreover, Liu Bo had no reason to investigate further.

"asshole!"

"How could he do something so foolish?"

Ye Shaohong was truly furious. Although he had long known that society during the Republic of China era was dark and the bureaucratic system was rife with corruption, he never imagined that it would be corrupt to this extent.

Completely disregarding the government's system and security, he used his authority as a playground for personal gain.

What's the point of keeping someone like that around?

Is this a waste of food?

"kill!"

"Kill him now."

"After killing him, don't return his body to his family. Just throw it into the mass grave outside the city to feed the dogs. A person like him doesn't deserve to be buried."

Why was Ye Shaohong so angry?

In fact, the reason is very simple.

The moment he finished reviewing Liu Bo's statement, he had already begun to speculate in his mind about the purpose behind the Han businessman's arrangements.

There are essentially only two possibilities.

First, just as he stated in his confession, he only wanted to make two fake certificates and didn't want others to know their contents.

But who needs to do this?

He's definitely someone who can't be brought to light. The fact that the businessman surnamed Han bribed Liu Bo with Japanese yen suggests that he's most likely a Japanese devil.

This is very strange.

When the Japanese arranged for their spies to be infiltrated, they would prepare extremely detailed and perfect background information.

Even if the Bureau of Survey and Statistics were to investigate, it would be difficult to find any oversights.

If that's the case, why would they risk making fake documents in an emergency?

It also requires genuine invoices and receipts.

There is only one reason for this situation: the identities of the two Japanese spies who needed to create fake documents have been exposed, and they are currently being searched and arrested.

In other words, Liu Bo's ignorance amounted to indirectly letting two Japanese spies escape.

It could even be a spy team.

Secondly, the fact that the businessman surnamed Han made fake documents was just an excuse. His real purpose was to investigate someone's information at the household registration department of the Nancheng Police Station.

Moreover, this information was of paramount importance. So important that the businessman surnamed Han had to obtain it as quickly as possible.

Regardless of the truth, Liu Bo's behavior crossed Ye Shaohong's bottom line, which is why he erupted with such fury.

"Yes!"

"I'll go and kill him right now!"

Li Yunlong stood at attention, saluted, and then ran out the door.

Seeing Li Yunlong leave, Zhuang Yifan was about to step forward to report on his work, but Ye Shaohong suddenly raised his hand to stop him.

"Wait a minute, let me make a phone call first."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Shaohong picked up the telephone on the table and told the operator in the dispatch room to connect to the South City Police Station.

Shortly after the phone rang, a voice came through Ye Shaohong's ear. "Please pick up Chief Zhou Fei!"

The person Ye Shaohong was preparing to contact was Zhou Fei, the police chief of the Nancheng Police Station, with whom he had had several encounters. The last time he led his men to the Nancheng Police Station, he originally only intended to arrest Police Chief Liu Fei.

Because of Zhou Fei, they managed to bring Zhang Bo back as a bonus.

Ye Shaohong originally didn't take Zhang Bo seriously.

After taking him back to the Honggongci Villa, they threw him directly into the underground prison without even arranging for anyone to interrogate him.

The situation is different now, and Ye Shaohong must figure this out.

With limited manpower, Ye Shaohong couldn't arrange for a large-scale data search. That's when he thought of Zhou Fei, hoping to leverage his influence and connections at the Nancheng Police Station to investigate the matter thoroughly.

A few minutes later, Zhou Fei's voice came from the other end of the phone. "This is Zhou Fei. May I ask who you are?"

"I am Ye Shaohong!"

"Ah, Team Leader Ye, what can I do for you?"

In just over a month, Zhou Fei and Ye Shaohong met four times, but Ye Shaohong made great strides and was promoted two ranks in a row, greatly increasing his power.

During their last meeting, Ye Shaohong even led his men to arrest Liu Fei, the chief of the Nancheng Police Station, right in front of Zhou Fei.

Incidentally, they also arrested Liu Bo, the deputy director of the Nancheng Police Station and Zhou Fei's enemy.

This shift in power had left a very deep impression on Zhou Fei, even sowing the seeds of fear in him. Of course, he dared not ignore Ye Shaohong.

The response was also extremely respectful and tense.

"Captain Zhou, I'd like to ask, after I led my men to arrest Liu Fei and Liu Bo, who is now in charge of the Nancheng Police Station?" Ye Shaohong wasn't asking who was in charge; he wanted to know if the Jinling Police Station had arranged for a new successor at the Nancheng Police Station after the arrest of the chief and deputy chief.

Zhou Fei also noticed this.

"Reporting to Team Leader Ye, after Liu Fei and Zhang Bo were brought to justice, the Jinling Police Station urgently transferred the deputy director of the North City Police Station to the South City Police Station to oversee daily operations."

"As for the position of deputy director, there is no suitable candidate at the moment!"

"No? Then Captain Zhou Fei, would you like to be the deputy director?"

"Me? Of course I would, if Team Leader Ye were willing to lend a hand...!"

"Wait, I haven't finished speaking yet. You want to be the deputy director? No problem. But you need to solve a problem for me first. If you can do it, I might consider contacting the Jinling Police Station and pulling some strings for you." "Please give your orders, Team Leader Ye!"

The two had a quick conversation, which ended soon after. Ye Shaohong then recounted the despicable things Liu Bo had done and instructed Zhou Fei to immediately mobilize his network of contacts to investigate the individuals involved in the two potentially fake certificates within three days.

This was a difficult task, but Zhou Fei eventually agreed.

After hanging up the phone, Ye Shaohong looked at Zhuang Yifan and told him that he could begin his report.

Before Zhuang Yifan could finish speaking, another burst of intense and short gunshots and explosions rang out from the street outside Villa No. 1 of Honggongci.

Then, a house not far away collapsed with a loud crash.

The billowing dust and flames that were stirred up made Ye Shaohong's face darken again.

"Damn it, when will these Japanese devils ever stop? In the past few days, they have planned three assassination attempts against me."

"More than a dozen people have died so far."

"They still haven't given up? Do they really think I, Ye Shaohong, am an easy target?"

"You guys want to play tough with me, huh? Fine, I'd like to see who's tougher!"