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

Chapter 491 Intelligence Summary

Ye Shaohong spoke, and the relaxed atmosphere in the office instantly vanished.

Everyone, including Yu Manli, Li Yunlong, and Chi Tiecheng, instantly became serious.

Then, Yu Manli stopped what she was doing.

He stepped back from behind Ye Shaohong and walked back to the desk, standing beside Li Yunlong and Chi Tiecheng.

"Yes."

"Section Chief, there has been some new progress on my end."

"After two days of thorough investigation, we can basically rule out Kang Shouyun, the operations staff officer of the Operations Department of the National Government General Staff, as a suspect." "Although he has studied in Japan and his wife is also Japanese, he has a very bad impression of Japanese people."

"According to his colleagues, Kang Shouyun often made anti-Japanese remarks while at work. Many of the plans he proposed in the General Staff were also very targeted at the Japanese. However, some of the plans were rejected by his superiors because they were too vicious and ruthless."

"As for his family, his relationship with his Japanese wife is not very good either."

"They have been married for more than ten years but have no children. Some people say that he does not want his offspring to have the blood of Japanese devils mixed in, so he uses contraception."

"We conducted an in-depth investigation into this claim and eventually found some clues."

"In a clinic in Nanjing, we found Kang Shouyun's daily medical records. He did indeed frequently purchase contraceptives." "We then investigated the users of these contraceptives. According to Kang Shouyun's neighbors, his Japanese wife did indeed drink the medicine every day. Kang Shouyun's reason was that his wife was in poor health and had been taking the medicine to recuperate."

"At the same time, this afternoon we also learned a new situation: Kang Shouyun is keeping a mistress outside."

“This mistress is of the legitimate bloodline of our Chinese nation. They had children five years ago, two boys and a girl…”

Yu Manli was the first to give a report. Perhaps because she was a woman, her investigation focused on a different direction than that of Ye Shaohong and Li Yunlong.

More often, they will be concerned about the family situation of the investigators.

Don't tell me yet.

Yu Manli's approach was quite novel, and her findings were rather impressive. Based solely on her investigative methods and results, Kang Shouyun's experiences studying in Japan and his marriage to a Japanese woman can be largely explained.

However, that alone is clearly not enough.

"After the 'closing the door to beat the dog' plan was finalized, what about his movements that night? Has that been investigated?"

"Has he ever left the General Staff? Is there any possibility of information leaks?"

Ultimately, this is the issue that Ye Shaohong cares about most.

Yu Manli did not disappoint Ye Shaohong.

"No."

"On the night the plan was finalized, Kang Shouyun happened to be on duty in the General Staff Headquarters. According to his colleagues and the security guards at the General Staff Headquarters, he did not go out all night."

"He didn't leave the office, didn't speak to any outsiders, and didn't make or receive a single phone call." Yu Manli was clearly aware of this information, and she gave a detailed report without hesitation.

"He hasn't left the office, hasn't spoken to any outsiders, and hasn't made any phone calls?"

"From this perspective, his suspicion can basically be ruled out."

Ye Shaohong nodded, and then asked another question.

"What about Niu Mang, the intelligence adjutant in the General Staff?"

"He came from the Northeast Army and had close ties with the Japanese. According to the information, after he was transferred to Nanjing, he would still contact his friends in the Northeast from time to time."

"How is the investigation into his case going?"

Due to the large number of suspects involved in this investigation, Ye Shaohong assigned two suspects to each of Manli, Li Yunlong, and Chi Tiecheng.

Niu Mang happens to be another suspect under Yu Manli's jurisdiction. "There are no concrete results yet."

“Niu Mang rarely contacts outsiders and doesn’t have many close friends. He also has a cold relationship with his colleagues in the General Staff.”

"It seems that it will be a bit troublesome to investigate his situation from the outside."

Yu Manli responded.

"Is that so?"

Upon hearing this, Ye Shaohong nodded and then tapped the table with his fingers.

After a while.

He raised his head again.

“Since the external investigation is making little progress, let’s start with him. It’s too late today, so tomorrow after he goes to work, have two people sneak into his house and check the situation there.” “It would be best to find his past correspondence with his friends in Northeast China and see if there are any clues.”

Having made his decision on Niu Mang's matter in one sentence, Ye Shaohong no longer looked at Yu Manli, but turned to look at Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong was quite sensible.

He had just been reprimanded by Ye Shaohong and was now eager to prove himself and salvage his established image.

Noticing Ye Shaohong's gaze, Li Yunlong immediately stepped forward.

"Section Chief."

"My investigation here has also made some new progress today."

"The main suspect in the case of Cui Peishan, the deputy director of the Operations Department of the General Staff, is that he suddenly disappeared for half a day after the 'closing the door to beat the dog' plan was finalized."

“We initially suspected that he was making contact with Japanese spies to pass on intelligence and betray national interests.”

"Through the investigation over the past two days, we have discovered something: in addition to working at the National Government's War Department, this old fellow is also secretly controlling three black market trading establishments in Nanjing."

"On the day the 'closing the door to beat the dog' plan was finalized, the half-day he suddenly disappeared was actually spent dealing with black market business."

"Based on what we know now, he spent that day with Deputy Minister He of the Ministry of Police, trying to secure the Ministry's oil business in the southwest region."

"In response to this, we conducted an investigation into Vice Minister He."

"We checked if he might be an intelligence courier for Japanese spies operating in Nanjing. It turned out that after the gathering that night, Vice Minister He and his companion went to the Qinhuai River together and went directly into Miss Hong's room. They didn't leave Miss Hong's room until 10 a.m. the next day." "We have basically ruled out the possibility that the two of them were traitors and sold out intelligence."

Li Yunlong's investigative approach was somewhat similar to Ye Shaohong's; he had learned it from Ye Shaohong, and his investigation focused primarily on concrete evidence.

However, his response made Ye Shaohong feel disgusted and frustrated.

What is that?

Holding a core position of responsibility, he spends his days thinking not about planning for the country, but about making money and profit.

Ironically, this act of disregarding the greater good became the very reason they used to prove their innocence, and this was a result they discovered through their own investigation.

Just thinking about it makes me feel frustrated and uncomfortable.

"Damn it!"

"That good-for-nothing bastard, does he even deserve to be in such a high position?" "Li Yunlong, dig deeper into his past. He may no longer be suspected of being a Japanese spy, but we must not let such a person get away with it."

"Gather his information and then hand it over directly to Fourth Brother Xu Baichuan. He knows what to do."

"I will make sure his family is destroyed!"