Zuo Gang immediately recounted the specific details of today's assassination operation, although he had reported to Sun Jiacheng once before, he had concerns and did not report Hong Shijie's matter to Sun Jiacheng.

After he went back, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he couldn't let go of this suspicion, so he reported to Ning Zhiheng again.

When he finished narrating Hong Shijie's suspicious performance, Ning Zhiheng and Huo Yueze and the other three were all gloomy, if Zuo Gang did not make a mistake in observation, according to this situation, Hong Shijie should have had contact with the driver before, and finally let go of the target at a critical moment.

Ning Zhiheng asked in a deep voice, "Where is Hong Shijie now?" Have you asked him? ”

Zuo Gang hurriedly said: "He is still on standby in the safe house, I have some doubts in my heart, but the situation is unknown, I dare not startle the snake, and send someone to keep an eye on him secretly, so I hurried over to report to you." ”

The intelligence work situation is complicated, Zuo Gang found that Hong Shijie's behavior was suspicious, but he did not dare to advocate arrest, his temperament is stable, or decided to ask the station chief for instructions before dealing with it.

Ning Zhiheng nodded, but he didn't hesitate, and immediately ordered: "You go back and control him immediately, I want to ask him personally, ask this kind of thing face to face, he can explain it clearly, even if he passes, if he can't explain it clearly, he will be interrogated strictly to find out the reason, if there is really a problem!" Hmph, I'm going to enforce the house rules and clean up the portal! ”

In the end, the tone was already loud, and it was difficult to hide the murderous intention!

"Yes!" Zuo Gang hurriedly received the order and turned to leave.

Soon Ning Zhiheng received Zuo Gang's report and had already taken action to control Hong Shijie.

The place where Hong Shijie was detained was a safe house, and the intelligence station had arranged a number of safe houses in the public concession and the French concession to use them in case of emergency.

As the command organ of the intelligence station, only cadres at the level of Huo Yueze and Sun Jiacheng knew that agents at the level of the head of the action team like Hong Shijie did not know, so Zuo Gang did not bring him to the Tan Mansion.

Ning Zhiheng and the others rushed to the safe house and saw Hong Shijie, who was already tied to his seat, and Sun Jiacheng waved his hand to let the guards leave.

Ning Zhiheng came to Hong Shijie's face, he didn't talk nonsense, and asked directly: "Shijie, you are an old agent of the Military Intelligence Department, why did you arrest you, you should know in your heart, don't you have anything to tell me?" ”

Hong Shijie couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Stationmaster, I know what you are arresting me for, I was about to report to you, but I was a little hesitant at the beginning, and Captain Zuo made a move!" ”

When Ning Zhiheng and the others heard this, their eyes tightened, it seems that Zuo Gang's observation is not wrong, Hong Shijie really has the behavior of arsoning with the enemy, just want to hear what is his reason?

Ning Zhiheng looked at Hong Shijie's eyes and said lightly: "Then you tell me, why did you let go of the target?" ”

Hong Shijie's face was anxious, and he quickly explained: "Stationmaster, I didn't want to let the target go, but because I recognized the identity of the driver, I hesitated at that time, and as a result, he seized the opportunity to save the target." ”

"The identity of the driver? Who is he? Sun Jiacheng asked urgently, this time Hong Shijie made a mistake, but this responsibility is to let Sun Jiacheng take the blame, and he is anxious to know the truth.

Hong Shijie opened his mouth and said: "He is our own person, and he is also a member of our Jiangsu and Zhejiang Special Forces!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the room was taken aback, if the members of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Einsatzgruppen could really be called their own people, but how did they become Fu Yaozu's driver?

Hong Shijie then introduced the situation, it turned out that the driver's name was Xu Yongchang, who turned out to be a disciple of the Shanghai Youth Gang, because of his good skills and good marksmanship, and later when the big boss Yue Sheng formed the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Special Forces, he sent the most capable Green Gang disciples to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Special Forces, and Xu Yongchang was one of them.

After he was incorporated into the fifth detachment of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang special forces, because of his outstanding skills, he was also appointed as the team leader, in the early days of the Songhu War, the special service brigade and the fifth detachment were fighting side by side in the Jiangbei region, so many people knew each other and became close comrades-in-arms, Xu Yongchang and Hong Shijie met at that time.

Later, in the most tragic battle in Jiangbei, the two people also guarded in a trench for three days and three nights, and they had a deep comradeship with each other.

Later, the two troops were seriously damaged and could not afford to fight again, so they both withdrew to Nanshi to rest and stand by, until Ning Zhiheng came to take over the position of the captain of the special service brigade.

Ning Zhiheng stayed in Nanshi for two days before he received an order to go to the battlefield in Pudong, the time was too short, he and his agents had no contact with Xu Yongchang, so they had no impression of him.

However, when the fifth detachment went to the front again, the losses were even more serious, and they withdrew to Nanshi again to rest and recuperate, until the defeat of the Battle of Songhu, and the various units began to retreat, and the remnants of the fifth detachment were ordered by the command to block the Japanese army in Nanshi to buy time for the retreat of the large army.

The battle was fought very fiercely, and the fifth detachment and the troops left behind, with the help of high-rise buildings in the southern urban area, fought brutally in the streets with the Japanese.

In the end, the Japanese bombarded non-stop with aircraft and artillery, and it took three days to capture Nanshi, which eventually became a ruin, the fifth detachment was almost completely wiped out, and the detachment leader Zhu Weihua was martyred.

And Hong Shijie always thought that Xu Yongchang had died in the tragic Nanshi blockade, but he never expected that in the assassination of Fu Yaozu today, he actually saw his former comrades-in-arms, and the two faced each other, and they were at a loss, and it was in a moment of hesitation that Xu Yongchang got out and left.

Ning Zhiheng and the others heard Hong Shijie's narration, and then they understood the reason, fortunately, Hong Shijie himself had no problem, otherwise Ning Zhiheng would not be merciful.

Ning Zhiheng thought for a while, and said slowly: "After a hundred battles, you are the Pao Ze brother again, and you have a reason for this incident, but you hesitate in the action and delay the fighter, you can't run away from this responsibility, revoke your position as the leader of the action team, and you will not be promoted within a year, can you be convinced?" ”

Hong Shijie hurriedly nodded and said: "Thank you for the stationmaster's tolerance, I will definitely treat the crime and make meritorious contributions, and I took Fu Yaozu's life with my own hands." ”

Ning Zhiheng's disposition is already regarded as an extrajudicial favor, no matter what, if there is such a big mistake in the operation, no matter what the reason, Hong Shijie must accept the punishment, and the removal of him from the position of the leader of the action team is not harsh.

As for Hong Shijie's military rank, because the intelligence station has been promoted twice in a row, Hong Shijie is on the promotion list, and he has been promoted to the rank of captain, and it is impossible to be promoted to the rank of major in a short period of time, so he cannot be promoted within this year, and it is almost not a punishment, Hong Shijie can't help but be grateful.

Ning Zhiheng waved his hand and said: "You still have to do one more thing, according to your account, at the scene at that time, Xu Yongchang didn't shoot at you, it should be a comrade-in-arms, you want to find a way to get in touch with Xu Yongchang and find out his specific situation, maybe we need him!" ”

"Yes!" Hong Shijie nodded and took the order.

Sun Jiacheng stepped forward at this time to untie his binding rope, and said softly: "This time count your luck, in the future in the operation, there must be no hesitation for a moment in this situation, even if he is your old comrade-in-arms, if the other party is more ruthless than you, you are now a dead corpse, we are agents, we can't be soft-hearted!" ”

"Yes, Captain! It is my responsibility to fail this operation, and I must remember the lesson and never make the same mistake again in the future! Hong Shijie hurriedly nodded and agreed, he knew that because of the failure of this operation, it was caused by his momentary hesitation, and Sun Jiacheng was responsible for it, so he felt quite guilty in his heart, and secretly made up his mind that he would make meritorious service and solve Fu Yaozu, a traitor, with his own hands.

Ning Zhiheng then ordered Huo Yueze on the side: "You do two things now, first, immediately build momentum in the major newspapers and periodicals in the concession, and say that Fu Yaozu's assassination is because he colluded with the Japanese, betrayed the country to the enemy, and opened his eyes for the enemy, and there are anti-Japanese patriots who have done it for the country to eliminate traitors, focusing on exposing the identity of the Japanese representative, so that everyone knows that Fu Yaozu is a traitor to the country." ”

"Yes," Huo Yueze hurriedly nodded in agreement, "What about the second thing?" ”

"Investigate Xu Yongchang immediately, let Hongyi investigate, he is a disciple of the Green Gang, it should be easy to find out, understand Xu Yongchang's personality, and then see if he has any family, Fu Yaozu escaped sanctions because of him, then I will use his knife to get back Fu Yaozu's life, Qiu Ming's shot can't be in vain!" Ning Zhiheng then commanded.

Ning Zhiheng's mind was fast, he guessed that Fu Yaozu must be frightened at this time, in order to save his life, he will inevitably arrange a large number of bodyguards to protect himself, if he forcibly attacks, he is afraid that there will be casualties and casualties, now that he knows Xu Yongchang's identity, he might as well make a fuss about it, it is best to fight for it, let Xu Yongchang do it himself, he is by Fu Yaozu's side, because he just saved Fu Yaozu's life, he must be very trusted, and he will assassinate him, Fu Yaozu will definitely not escape this catastrophe!

Of course, this is also Ning Zhiheng's unilateral idea, whether it is feasible or not, it depends on the specific situation after the investigation, if Xu Yongchang refuses to cooperate, then don't blame yourself, even if he was once an anti-Japanese soldier and made military achievements for the country, but if he is willing to die for the traitor, Ning Zhiheng will still not show mercy.

Under Ning Zhiheng's order, all the personnel of the intelligence station moved, Huo Yueze went to investigate Xu Yongchang, and also created momentum in the newspapers, Sun Jiacheng investigated Fu Yaozu's situation, and another operation against Fu Yaozu was about to start.