After asking about the situation clearly, Luo Xingchao ordered his subordinates to take over the case and arrange for personnel to transport the body, this Sheng Zhiyuan is also an official of the Nanjing puppet government, and he must always bring it back to have an explanation, and the procedures that should be taken are still to be followed.

Since Li Zhiqun, director of the secret service headquarters, went to Nanjing to take up his post, Luo Xingchao has been in charge of the affairs of the secret service headquarters.

At this time, Luo Xingchao was in power, but he didn't dare to slack off, because the entire secret service headquarters was up and down Li Zhiqun's people, especially the action team, which was basically in the hands of Wu Shicai.

Since Wang Hanmin's death, Wei Minglang suddenly had no backer in the secret service headquarters, and soon relied on Luo Xingchao, who was also from the military command, the two people had the same background and each had their own intentions, so they hit it off.

This time he entered the public concession, just in case, Luo Xingchao brought a guard of the second action brigade, you must know that he is now also the main person in charge of the Nanjing puppet government's intelligence department in Shanghai, in the eyes of others, but a veritable big traitor leader, it is also risky to enter the concession without permission.

His subordinates were busy, so Zha Yutang invited Luo Xingchao to his office to rest for a while, and Luo Xingchao naturally did not shirk Zha Yutang's invitation.

The two of them sat opposite each other, Zha Yutang personally brewed good tea, put it in front of Luo Xingchao, and said with a smile: "Director Luo, now that you are prosperous and in charge of the secret service headquarters, you will have to take care of things in the future." ”

Luo Xingchao and Cha Yutang have not usually been in contact, he has nothing to do with in the concession, and he has almost no contact, but this Inspector Cha is very humble and amiable, and it makes Luo Xingchao feel very surprised when he gets along.

Luo Xingchao knew some of the situation of Zha Yutang, this person was not a child of the Green Gang, just an ordinary patrol, and was later favored by the high-level of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and walked step by step to the position of patrolling Inspector Fang Hua, and it has been two or three years now, it stands to reason that whether it is identity or background, and the director of his secret service headquarters is not all the way, so there is no need to be so polite.

He smiled and said casually: "Inspector Cha, the award has passed, I am just temporarily in charge of some affairs, showing our director home, I can't say that I am in charge, your words reach the ears of Director Li, I will be in trouble." ”

"Haha, Director Luo is serious!"

Zha Yutang snorted, pondered for a moment, and then asked, "I don't know what Director Li explained to you when he left?" ”

"Confess? What's the explanation? Luo Xingchao immediately looked at Zha Yutang in surprise when he heard this, he was keenly aware of the information contained in it, this Zha Yutang and Li Zhiqun actually had an unknown connection.

Zha Yutang looked at Luo Xingchao's face and hesitated, he was persuaded by Li Zhiqun to do things for Li Zhiqun before, tracking and monitoring Phillips, the military attache of the US Consulate, and finding the members of the Shanghai Intelligence Section of the Military Command in the intelligence network, this matter has passed for so long, and some progress has been made at present, and he is ready to report to Li Zhiqun, but Li Zhiqun has been staying in Nanjing and has not come back for a long time, he can't help but be a little anxious, he happened to meet with Luo Xingchao today, and he also knew some information about Luo Xingchao, so he was not wary, Directly asked about Li Zhiqun's news.

But looking at it now, Luo Xingchao didn't know about this work, and it is estimated that Li Zhiqun just handed it over to him alone, so it was not good for him to say anything more.

But Luo Xingchao reacted, he smiled slightly, and asked, "What's the matter, Inspector Zhan and Director Li have a relationship?" That's really disrespectful, I'll just say, the person who knows the times is Junjie, and the inspector is also a smart person, and in the future, on the beach, the Japanese have to have the final say, concession? It can't last a few days! ”

Now because of the outbreak of the European war, the people in the concession are unstable, and Zha Yutang also knows that the position of Inspector Hua in the public concession is not secure, it is precisely for these reasons that he was persuaded by Li Zhiqun and agreed to do things for the Japanese and the puppet government. ”

Sure enough, the meaning of Zha Yutang's words is even more obvious, he and Li Zhiqun are indeed colluded, Luo Xingchao knows that Li Zhiqun has always had the intention of invading the concession area, and it is not surprising that there is such an arrangement, but Zha Yutang is the chief inspector of the patrol house in the public concession, his position is important, such a person is thrown to the secret service headquarters, I am afraid that the harm will not be light, and I must report it as soon as possible.

Zha Yutang didn't know that the person in front of him was preparing to calculate himself, and then asked, "By the way, did Director Li mention when he will return to Shanghai?" ”

Luo Xingchao shook his head: "This is really not clear, the director didn't say it clearly when he left, but Nanjing's police department reopened the situation, many trivial matters, the director's work in Nanjing is very busy, it is estimated that he will not be able to take care of Shanghai in a short time, what, inspector general, do you have something to find the director?" It's the same with me, as long as I can do it, I will never refuse. ”

Since Zha Yutang knew that Luo Xingchao didn't know about Li Zhi's mission, he naturally wouldn't mention this matter again, he hurriedly laughed and changed the topic: "Director Luo said that he laughed, there is nothing to do, I will naturally not be polite if there is something!" ”

The two of them talked and laughed for a long time, Luo Xingchao looked at the time, and then got up to say goodbye and leave.

Luo Xingchao led the team back to the secret service headquarters, arranged for his subordinates to deal with the follow-up chores, and returned to the office by himself.

But after a while, he heard the sound of hurried footsteps, and as soon as there was a knock at the door, he was pushed away from the outside.

Luo Xingchao immediately frowned, since Li Zhiqun left the secret service headquarters and presided over the work of the agency himself, this place has become the most important place in the secret service headquarters, that is, the directors of various departments come here to report their work, and they must be cautious and polite, and no one has ever dared to be so presumptuous.

But when he raised his eyes, the person who came turned out to be Wu Shicai, the captain in charge of operations at the secret service headquarters, and in this compound, this Captain Wu dared to break into his office like this.

"Director Luo!" Wu Shicai's face was obviously a little anxious, and he took a few steps in front of Luo Xingchao.

Luo Xingchao got up to greet him with a smile, and said in a harmonious voice: "It's Brother Shicai, a rare guest!" I haven't seen you in the past two days, why did you come to me today? ”

He has always tried to show a gentle side in dealing with people and things, especially to Wu Shicai, knowing that this person is Li Zhiqun's real confidant, who controls the action force of the secret service headquarters with one hand, and is also the person he needs to guard against the most, so he has always been very polite to Wu Shicai.

Luo Xingchao's polite words, Wu Shicai couldn't help but stagnate, in addition to managing casinos and tobacco houses in the western part of Shanghai on weekdays, he also did extortion everywhere, in short, he tried every means to make money.

It turned out that when Li Zhiqun was there, Wu Shicai still restrained himself, but now that Li Zhiqun has gone to Nanjing, Wu Shicai has no one to restrain him, and he even lets go of his hands and feet, and even rarely deals with his daily work, and often does not come to the secret service headquarters for several days.

Originally, Li Zhiqun used to hand over field tasks such as going to the concession to deal with assassination cases today, but now Wu Shicai doesn't care about it at all, and Luo Xingchao is responsible for it, but the more he is like this, the easier it will be for Luo Xingchao, and it will save him from getting in the way.

Luo Xingchao's casual question today made Wu Shicai mistakenly think that Luo Xingchao was a little dissatisfied with his casualness, he didn't dare to throw his face at Luo Xingchao, and hurriedly explained: "Director Luo, there is something wrong with the field in Huxi during this time, so I can't take care of it these days......

Luo Xingchao looked at Wu Shicai and explained anxiously, knowing that he had misunderstood what he meant, he stretched out his hand and made a gesture of please, and said with a smile: "Brother Shicai, I have a lot of heart, I have a lot of heart, I just said casually, come, sit down and say!" ”

As soon as the two of them sat down on the sofa, Wu Shicai couldn't wait to ask, "I heard that Sheng Zhiyuan is dead?" ”

Luo Xingchao looked at Wu Shicai in surprise, then nodded and said: "That's true, just this morning, there was an assassination in the public concession, Sheng Zhiyuan, chairman of the West Shanghai District Business Federation, along with two bodyguards, was killed by the military commander on the street, I just went to bring his body back, what?" Brother Shicai and this Sheng Zhiyuan have an old relationship? ”

"Alas!" Wu Shicai slapped his hands in annoyance, he had many disciples of the Qing Gang, and he was naturally well-informed, not long after the Sheng Zhiyuan assassination occurred, he received the news, rushed back as quickly as possible, and asked Luo Xingchao about the situation.

"Sheng Zhiyuan is the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce in Huxi, and has a lot of connections with the field of our secret service headquarters, and we have shares in many of his businesses, which are very involved, and his death, our losses are not small, Director Luo, I want to deal with this case personally, you see..."

Seeing Wu Shicai's reaction so strongly, Luo Xingchao's heart moved, it turned out that he thought Sheng Zhiyuan was just an ordinary traitor businessman, but now it seems that the relationship between Sheng Zhiyuan and Wu Shicai is by no means so simple, there must be some unknown financial transactions between the two people, and even more secret transactions, so as soon as he heard the news of Sheng Zhiyuan's death, Wu Shicai couldn't sit still.

However, since Wu Shicai opened his mouth, Luo Xingchao was not easy to refuse, it stands to reason that Wu Shicai, as the captain in charge of field operations, is also reasonable to deal with this case, but during this time, this guy only cares about making money, and is lazy and slippery.

After pondering for a while, in Wu Shicai's expectant gaze, Luo Xingchao nodded slowly and said, "Okay, originally the follow-up investigation was going to be handed over to Cui Yuanfeng to deal with, since you understand the situation, then take over this case, I have too many things here, and I can't be busy." ”

As soon as Wu Shicai heard Luo Xingchao's promise, he hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Then thank you Director Luo, this case will be handed over to me, and I will definitely handle it!" ”

Luo Xingchao smiled kindly, and kindly instructed: "Brother Shicai, the case happened in the concession area, try not to go deep when you investigate, there are rampant military activities, you should be careful when entering and exiting!" ”

Wu Shicai agreed, then got up to say goodbye and left quickly.