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

Chapter 643 The Black Hand

at dusk.

As the end-of-get off work bell rang, Ye Shaohong dressed in his civilian clothes and drove away from the Jiangcheng Station of the Special Service Department.

A dozen minutes later, his car stopped in front of the banquet hall.

This is the place Commander Zhou chose.

Upon seeing Ye Shaohong's car stop, Commander Zhou and his wife, who had been waiting at the entrance of the banquet hall for a long time, exchanged a glance and hurriedly came forward to greet him.

"Station Chief Ye!"

"I am truly humbled by your presence!"

Putting aside the animosity between the two, Commander Zhou is indeed a very shrewd and diplomatic man, and he is very good at maintaining appearances.

In front of Ye Shaohong, he disregarded his own status and took the initiative to apologize.

They took their attitude to the extreme.

"Commander Zhou."

"Please don't say that. You are my senior. It's already a huge honor for me that you took the initiative to invite me today. I can't accept such a thing if you keep talking like that."

When it comes to acting, Ye Shaohong believes he is not much worse than Commander Zhou. Since Commander Zhou wants to be hypocritical and polite with him, Ye Shaohong can only deal with it calmly.

But no matter how much he talked, he didn't utter a single word.

Furthermore, it made no mention of what happened during the day.

"Local, local."

"Station Chief Ye, you are handsome and talented, a rare young talent in our government. Even the Chairman has praised you in front of others more than once."

“Zhou is simply stating the facts, so Station Chief Ye shouldn’t refuse.”

Commander Zhou laughed heartily, and to add weight to his words, he raised his hand and gently patted Ye Shaohong's arm.

The heavy force that crashed down made Ye Shaohong swallow back the words of modesty that were on the tip of his tongue.

Left with no other option, Ye Shaohong could only give vague and ambiguous answers to continue dealing with him.

After exchanging a few more words at the entrance of the banquet hall, Commander Zhou turned around first and led Ye Shaohong into the restaurant.

Throughout this time, Mrs. Zhou stood by her side.

A smile played on her lips.

However, he didn't utter a single word from beginning to end. After entering the private room, when everyone was taking their seats, Commander Zhou complimented Ye Shaohong several times.

I want him to sit in the main seat.

Ye Shaohong refused without hesitation. He said that he was a new guest and that Commander Zhou was sitting on the tiger, so he moved away from the main seat and sat to the side.

This once again drew sighs of admiration from Commander Zhou.

Although Commander Zhou was seated in the main seat, he did not sit down immediately. Instead, he picked up the wine pot that had been prepared on the table and poured a cup for Ye Shaohong.

He poured himself and his wife another glass.

After pouring the drinks, Commander Zhou turned to look at Mrs. Zhou.

A light cough.

Mrs. Zhou immediately understood and picked up the wine glass on the table, raising it high. "Station Chief Ye."

"I was rude today and offended you. I hope Station Master Ye will not take offense."

Let me toast you first!

Mrs. Zhou is quite an interesting person. Look at what she said. It was clearly obstructing official business, a crime that could lead to arrest and trial.

But once they reached the dinner table, Mrs. Zhou's words suddenly changed, and she became accused of being impolite.

She's quite adept at making excuses.

This shows that these high-ranking officials and their families, while enjoying luxurious material possessions, have indeed surpassed ordinary people in their behavior as their horizons have broadened.

The way she acted was a way of giving Ye Shaohong face. As soon as she finished speaking, Mrs. Zhou drank the wine in her glass in one gulp without hesitation.

Finally, Mrs. Zhou even held the wine glass upside down to show Ye Shaohong.

"Mrs. Zhou is so generous!"

If Li Yunlong hadn't described Commander Zhou's behavior in detail to Ye Shaohong this afternoon, and if Ye Shaohong hadn't made up his mind to take action against Commander Zhou this afternoon, then Ye Shaohong would never have responded after Mrs. Zhou drank that glass of wine.

He would also seize an opportunity to give Commander Zhou another warning.

This demonstrates the power and status of their intelligence agency.

But things are different now.

Ye Shaohong was plotting against Commander Zhou, but he couldn't let Commander Zhou see through him at all.

Therefore, even though Ye Shaohong understood Mrs. Zhou's excuses, he pretended not to hear them and not to notice them.

He also joined in Mrs. Zhou's actions and laughed loudly.

For a time, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely. They talked about everything under the sun, recounting the current international and domestic situation, discussing the recent developments of the Battle of Shanghai, and lamenting the difficult situation the country was in.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Strangely enough, they never mentioned the third concubine who had just been arrested.

It's as if Commander Zhou forgot, and Mrs. Zhou forgot.

Ye Shaohong also forgot one thing.

It wasn't until the banquet was almost over that Commander Zhou seemed to suddenly realize something and brought up the events of the day.

He inquired with Ye Shaohong about the third concubine's crimes.

Ye Shaohong did not hide these things from them. He directly revealed that his third concubine was a Japanese.

This revealed the position of the third concubine as the head of the intelligence team.

There is also evidence held by the Secret Service.

Ye Shaohong, in front of Commander Zhou and his wife, essentially confirmed the third concubine's crimes. "Damn it!"

"I was so blind to have been deceived by this woman."

"Their guilt is grave."

"Brother Ye, this matter concerns the safety of the nation. I dare not ask you to cover it up for me, but you also know that it has been incredibly difficult for me to get to where I am today. I don't know how much I have sacrificed along the way. I want to ask you for a favor. Could you please help me?"

"If you let me go, I'll definitely make sure you get your share of the benefits."

As soon as he finished speaking, Commander Zhou turned to look at Mrs. Zhou. Mrs. Zhou was also prepared. She immediately got up, picked up the gift box they had prepared from the table next to her, and placed it in front of Ye Shaohong.

When she opened the gift box, a golden hue was instantly revealed. Even though Ye Shaohong had seen a lot of the world and his family was one of the wealthiest, he couldn't help but be deeply shocked by the extravagance of Commander Zhou and his wife.

Good guy.

The solid wood box, the size of a shoebox, was filled with layers upon layers of gold bars, each weighing a full kilogram.

What a fortune this is!

"this……."

"Brother Zhou, you've really put me in a difficult position."

"To be honest, I would like to help you, but your third concubine is too stubborn."

“From the moment we arrested her and brought her to the Special Service Department in the afternoon, we began to torture her, but she didn’t utter a single word throughout the entire process.”

"I suspect that she is carrying out a very important mission and task."

“If I don’t interrogate her about her mission, even if I want to help you eliminate future troubles, I won’t be able to take action against her.” Ye Shaohong looked troubled, then his eyelids flickered as if he had thought of something.

suddenly.

He lifted his gaze from the gift box and looked at Commander Zhou and his wife.

"Gentlemen, why don't you help me think about what the Third Concubine said when she was in your household?"

Have you paid attention to any particular issues?

"If you can help me solve this case, then you will have redeemed yourselves by doing good deeds. When the case is closed, I will write a few more words in the case report, and then you may not only be innocent, but also have done good deeds."

Ye Shaohong started digging a pit. Since he wanted to kill Commander Zhou, he naturally had to take action to eliminate this threat in advance.

The best course of action would be to deliberately guide Commander Zhou and his wife to discover the secret of the Great Western King's treasure themselves, thereby arousing their greed and desire. In this way, the two of them would be unable to detect his scheme.

It can also achieve his goal.

as predicted.

Upon hearing Ye Shaohong's pointed remarks, Commander Zhou and his wife were initially delighted, secretly remarking that today's banquet was well worth the effort.

The gifts that were given were worthwhile.

Then the two of them frowned and sat down to think hard...