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

Chapter 181 Internal Strife and Assassination

The acquaintance Ye Shaohong encountered was Zhou Fei.

The police chief of Nancheng Police Station.

Although they were not in a subordinate relationship, their fates intersected, leading them to cross paths many times.

From their late-night meeting at Ye Shaohong's house to the deepening misunderstanding at the Nancheng Police Station, Ye Shaohong eventually assigned Zhou Fei an investigation task.

After several encounters, Zhou Fei had clearly become a pawn that Ye Shaohong could directly control.

But today's situation is different.

Upon seeing Ye Shaohong, Zhou Fei's face instantly contorted with fear. He even wanted to turn and leave immediately, to get as far away from Ye Shaohong as possible. But unfortunately, they had collided head-on, and Zhou Fei couldn't avoid it even if he wanted to.

"Ye... Team Leader Ye."

Zhou Fei was a figure of some importance in Jinling City, but when facing Ye Shaohong, he was surprisingly inarticulate.

This shows the extent of his fear and terror.

Ye Shaohong was not surprised by this.

Yesterday, he personally led the team and caused such a commotion at the Ministry of Police. After half a day and a night of fermentation and spread, the news has already spread to all the government agencies in Nanjing.

Zhou Fei's police station, Nancheng Police Station, is directly under the Ministry of Police, so it's normal for him to hear the news.

"Yes, it's Captain Zhou..."

"what?"

Ye Shaohong originally wanted to greet Zhou Fei, but when his gaze shifted upwards, he saw the new police rank on Zhou Fei's shoulder, and Ye Shaohong immediately smiled.

"I can't call you Captain Zhou now, should I call you Deputy Director Zhou instead?"

Ye Shaohong personally handled the matter of helping Zhou Fei with his connections for promotion. Although he only made one phone call and got it done, Ye Shaohong did not expect that the other party would be so efficient.

In just a few days, Zhou Fei has already been promoted to become the number two person in the South City Police Department.

It wasn't a waste of the gifts he gave Ye Shaohong.

"It's all thanks to Team Leader Ye's help."

"After I visited you that day, my promotion order came down in just three days."

"I also want to thank Team Leader Ye."

Hearing Ye Shaohong bring up this matter, Zhou Fei felt even more anguish. He truly didn't want to be associated with Ye Shaohong anymore, but the fact that he had joined Ye Shaohong's forces had already spread throughout the entire Nancheng Police Station. There was no way to clear his name.

All Zhou Fei can do now is to follow closely behind Ye Shaohong, and he also hopes that Ye Shaohong can have a long and stable future.

That way, the leg he's clinging to will stay thick and strong.

"No need for thanks."

"But I'd like to ask you, you're already the deputy chief of the South City Police Station, why do you still need to patrol the streets personally?"

"Is it your newly appointed director of the South City Police Department who's ostracizing you?"

Just as Zhou Fei thought, he considered himself Ye Shaohong's subordinate, and Ye Shaohong also felt that Zhou Fei was his man. If Zhou Fei really suffered a setback at the Nancheng Police Station, he would be very disappointed in Zhou Fei.

However, he was also very dissatisfied with the newly appointed chief of the South City Police Department.

If you displease Ye Shaohong, that person's official position is over. Ye Shaohong could lead his men into the South City Police Station and arrest one police chief; of course, he could arrest another. Don't doubt it, Ye Shaohong has that ability.

As early as 1934, the power of the Police Department had already fallen into the hands of Dai Yunong.

Most of the current high-ranking officials in the Ministry of Police are former members of the Special Service.

This is also the real reason why Ye Shaohong, a mere squad leader, dared to arrest people in the Ministry of Police, a core agency of the national government.

"Team Leader Ye, you've misunderstood. Everyone knows now that I'm one of your people. Even though Director Chen has a powerful background, he wouldn't dare to make things difficult for me easily."

"I'm here today to lead a team to handle a case. By the way, this case is also related to the Bureau of Survey and Statistics."

Zhou Fei chuckled awkwardly, flattering Ye Shaohong while explaining the reason for his street patrol that day, making no attempt to hide anything.

"Is it related to the Bureau of Survey and Statistics?"

"What happened?" Ye Shaohong frowned. He obviously hadn't expected that a casual question would involve the Bureau of Survey and Statistics.

There's no way to avoid it even if you want to.

"Team Leader Ye doesn't know?"

As expected, Zhou Fei immediately showed surprise as soon as Ye Shaohong spoke.

"What do I know?"

"I haven't been feeling well these past few days, so I took the day off. I also didn't go to the statistics bureau today, so how could I possibly know what happened?"

Ye Shaohong originally didn't need to explain these things to Zhou Fei, but when he thought about how these people on the street always had the habit of flattering the powerful and belittling the weak, he felt that if he didn't explain, Zhou Fei might really misunderstand him.

If more trouble arises later, it will be even more worrying.

"So this is ah."

“That’s understandable.” Zhou Fei’s face showed a look of realization. Then he looked around to make sure no one was paying attention to the two of them before he approached Ye Shaohong and, in a low voice, told him what had just happened last night.

"Team Leader Ye, something's happened, something really bad."

“Last night, a fierce gunfight took place right here at Chaotian Palace Wharf.”

"After the gunfight broke out, someone quickly went to the South City Police Station to report the news, and we immediately sent people over to investigate the scene."

"But we were too late."

"When I arrived at Chaotian Palace Wharf with my men, the area where the gunfight had taken place had already been taken over by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. I made some inquiries and found out that an assassin had attacked the officials of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics."

"It's said that a section chief also died..."

Zhou Fei spoke these words in a low voice, and as he recounted the story, a hint of fear was clearly visible on his face.

"Another section chief died?"

Do you know who the dead person was? What was their position?

Upon hearing the news, Ye Shaohong was also somewhat stunned. Although he had already guessed that the Bureau of Survey and Statistics would not be peaceful in the near future, he did not expect that a section chief would die on the street so early this morning.

This is no small matter.

From the time Dai Yunong was ordered by the Chairman to form the "Ten-Man Group" until the establishment of the Special Service Department in 1932, although some high-ranking officials at the section chief level were lost, the number was extremely small.

Most of them died at Dai Yunong's hands, assassinated in the street; this was the first one.

Ye Shaohong's shock was understandable.

"Team Leader Ye, you know, our police station doesn't dare to get involved in cases directly under the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics." "All I know is that the deceased's surname was Wu, and he seemed to be the head of some personnel department."

Zhou Fei hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided that he couldn't hide the information, so he truthfully told them everything he knew.

"Surname Wu?"

"The head of the personnel department?"

"Damn, that was Dai Yunong's most trusted subordinate, the one who held the personnel power of the Second Division in his place, and he was assassinated in the street?"

"How did things escalate to this point?"

"Has Dai Yunong already made a move against Ding Mocun? Are the Chen brothers and CC about to launch a counterattack?"