Chapter 1063
Zhang Anping: Between me and Mao Renfeng, there must be one of us who is in league with
Facing her two sons, Zeng Moyi never showed any anxiety or unease, but she kept staring in the direction of Dai Chunfeng's grave, unable to see it, and dared not think about the worst possibility.
"Mom, look, fireworks!"
"Mom, Uncle Wang set off fireworks!"
Wangwang and Xixi's clear voices made Zeng Moyi look up at the sky involuntarily. Watching the dazzling fireworks explode in the sky, Zeng Moyi suddenly became extremely calm.
No matter what happens next, he will always be by my side.
forever.
Not long after the fireworks faded in the sky, Zhang Anping appeared at the end of the sheep farm path. Watching her husband walk slowly and steadily forward, Zeng Moyi couldn't help but smile with relief.
"father!"
The two little ones trotted towards Zhang Anping, grabbed his hands on either side, and asked curiously:
Where is Uncle Wang?
"He's gone." Zhang Anping couldn't help but look back. After witnessing the dazzling fireworks, he understood why Old Wang had used explosives instead of fireworks.
The two little ones tried to find Wang Tianfeng's figure, but they couldn't find him anywhere.
Zeng Moyi came over at this moment. Seeing her husband's calm expression, she did not ask about Wang Tianfeng's whereabouts in front of the child. Instead, she reached out and grabbed Xixi's hand that she had just let go of, holding it tightly.
Zhang Anping smiled at his wife and said softly:
"He was utterly disappointed."
Zeng Moyi had actually made a similar guess when the fireworks went off, and now, faced with Zhang Anping's answer, she couldn't help but recall the past.
The former Nationalist government was a terrifying behemoth to these idealists.
But in just over ten years, even a die-hard loyalist like Wang Tianfeng was completely disappointed.
It's heartbreaking.
……
Zhang Anping was an excellent person at reviewing past events. On his way back, he pondered why Wang Tianfeng was so confident.
He quickly found the answer.
The mistake I made was because I tried to think from Wang Tianfeng's perspective using normal logic!
With this line of thought, he realized where he had gone wrong.
learn a lesson!
Zhang Anping quietly engraved these four words in his heart: "Infiltrating the enemy camp, even though he was considered to have a brilliant strategy, he still suffered a great loss. From now on, he must not be careless."
After keeping this matter firmly in mind, Zhang Anping began to ponder the current situation.
Emotionally, Zhang Anping believed that Wang Tianfeng was truly disillusioned with this corrupt regime, but rationally, Zhang Anping had to be wary of one thing:
What if Wang Tianfeng were to use himself as a pawn in this scheme?
He had no evidence that he was an undercover agent, so he staged this elaborate scheme by sacrificing himself—if he pretended that nothing had happened, he might fall into the trap set by Wang Tianfeng with his own death.
Whether from an emotional or rational perspective, the possibility that Wang Tianfeng would use himself to orchestrate this is less than 10%.
But the foundation of an undercover agent's survival is that they never gamble on their opponent's humanity or on luck.
He dared not gamble, nor could he afford to.
Therefore, after careful consideration, Zhang Anping decided to expose Wang Tianfeng's affair.
Section Chief!
If Wang Tianfeng truly used his life to set up this scheme, then the knife he forged with his life could only be handed to the section chief.
Therefore, this matter can only be discussed with the department head.
After returning home, Zhang Anping dropped off the two little ones and his wife, then drove straight to find the section chief.
……
This time it must have been a coincidence—when Zhang Anping arrived at the director's private residence at No. 261 Zhongshan North Road, he coincidentally ran into Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng, who had come together.
The three secret service chiefs met at the entrance of the director's private residence.
Upon seeing Zhang Anping, Mao Renfeng's face darkened. Coincidence?
Is it really a coincidence?
He had specifically brought Zheng Yaoquan to report the "relocation" to the section chief, but by sheer coincidence, he ran into his mortal enemy.
You should know that he intended to keep the "moving" a secret from Zhang Anping—ideally, he would only let Zhang Anping know after he had finished moving.
Therefore, Mao Renfeng's first reaction to Zhang Anping, who acted like an unwelcome guest, was:
Did Zheng Yaoquan swindle me?
And what about Zheng Yaoquan?
He naturally harbored deep resentment towards Zhang Anping, but he knew he hadn't wronged Mao Renfeng, nor did he believe that Mao Renfeng, who intended to conceal the truth from Zhang Anping, would expose it herself. Therefore, his first reaction was:
Did the section chief do it on purpose?
This... is another warning to me!
Zheng Yaoquan felt extremely aggrieved. He and the section chief were clearly classmates, but what happened?
The section chief trusts an outsider more!
That's not all; they often use the other person to criticize them, which is truly... hateful!
After noticing the dark look on Zheng Yaoquan's face, Mao Renfeng realized that she had misunderstood. Zheng Yaoquan probably didn't intend to use Zhang Anping to frame her, otherwise he wouldn't have made it so obvious.
Thinking of this, he turned his anger towards Zhang Anping:
"Deputy Director Zhang has been working very hard lately, why don't you take a break?"
It was ostensibly out of concern, but in reality, it was mockery—the result of all that hard work was such emaciation, but how could he not know how Zhang Anping lost weight?
Zhang Anping glanced at Mao Renfeng with a cold expression. The murderous intent in his eyes made Mao Renfeng shudder. Memories of being beaten up in the past surfaced, and he involuntarily took a step back and then assumed a defensive posture.
Zhang Anping chuckled to himself, thinking, "Old Mao, you really are a 'little cutie'."
Zheng Yaoquan also noticed Zhang Anping's murderous expression at this moment, and his heart skipped a beat for no reason - what's wrong with this guy?
Something just doesn't feel right!
Thinking of Mao Renfeng's example, he didn't hesitate to "turn off the engine." That guy was a madman. If he were to get beaten up at the director's doorstep, even if he got revenge later, it would be hard to regain the face he had lost.
After both men backed down, Zhang Anping didn't pursue the matter further. Instead, he waited with a gloomy face, his cold aura making Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng uneasy.
Something's not right, something's really not right!
Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng had made an appointment, and just then, their adjutant arrived to pick them up. As the two were about to step forward, they saw Zhang Anping step in front of them and the adjutant.
"Lieutenant Chen, please inform the section chief that I have urgent business to discuss."
This act of cutting in line made Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng's eyebrows twitch. They both turned to look at the adjutant, their expressions clear though there was no apparent threat:
We arranged it in advance!
The adjutant glanced at Zhang Anping with difficulty, and upon noticing the coldness and murderous intent in Zhang Anping's eyes, immediately made a decision:
"Deputy Director Zhang, please wait a moment—Deputy Chief Zheng, Director Mao, please wait a moment, I need to consult with the section chief."
After making a phone call from the guard post, the adjutant hurried over:
"Deputy Director Zhang, Vice Director Zheng, Director Mao, the section chief would like to invite the three of you in. Please come with me!"
Mao Renfeng clenched his fist. He, Director Zhao, was there to report on the "relocation" of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. He was determined to keep this from Zhang Anping, but now he was meeting with the director along with Zhang Anping.
So greasy!
This is so disgusting.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Anping immediately walked forward, and his adjutant quickly stepped in front of him to lead the way.
Seeing this, Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng had no choice but to follow, but they felt like they were just extras in a "buy one get two free" deal.
Zheng Yaoquan slowed his pace and whispered to Mao Renfeng, "You didn't flirt with him?"
Mao Renfeng thought to himself, "I flirted with him yesterday, but I really didn't today."
He shook his head in denial.
Zheng Yaoquan was puzzled. What was the deal with Zhang Anping?
Mao Renfeng was equally puzzled, thinking that Zhang Anping wouldn't have waited until today to lose his temper because of what happened yesterday, would he?
If it's really because of what happened yesterday, then that's understandable...
Calculate it!
As for Zhang Anping, who was following behind his adjutant and pretending to "buy one," he was mentally reviewing his own words once more. After confirming that they were correct, he couldn't help but think to himself:
Old Mao, Old Mao, don't be nervous later...
The three of them, each with their own thoughts, followed the adjutant to the director's study.
The section chief habitually glanced at the three of them first, then fixed his gaze on Zhang Anping's gaunt face. He quickly walked up to Zhang Anping and patted him on the shoulder:
"I'm sorry you've had to go through all this trouble!" "Sit down! Please sit down!"
He practically forced Zhang Anping to sit down, then addressed the two officials who seemed like his lackeys:
"Please sit down as well."
It's confirmed! Buy one, get two free!
Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng naturally wouldn't show displeasure or embarrassment at this moment, but Zhang Anping, who had been forced to sit down by the section chief, spoke up:
"Director, there's something I need to report to you."
The section chief looked at Zhang Anping with a questioning look: Should we ask these two to leave?
Zhang Anping gently shook his head before the section chief said:
"explain--"
Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng gritted their teeth in secret. One of them was the vice minister and director of the Second Bureau, and the other was the official director of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. However, when they were weighed on the scales of section chiefs, their combined strength was not as good as Zhang Anping's.
"Wang Tianfeng is dead."
The two men, who were secretly gritting their teeth, were startled by the five words Zhang Anping suddenly uttered; even the section chief was taken aback:
"He's dead?!"
In fact, the section chief quite admired Wang Tianfeng—he was a pure person, a person who did things purely and only cared about gains and losses; in his eyes, he was an extremely qualified pair of gloves.
Previously, Wang Tianfeng was wanted by the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. The section chief believed that with Zhang Anping in the Bureau, there was no need to worry about Wang Tianfeng's safety—given Zhang Anping's protective nature, he would never kill Wang Tianfeng. This was a good opportunity to wear Wang Tianfeng down.
Wang Tianfeng's ruthless style is too sharp.
But to everyone's surprise, Zhang Anping brought news that Wang Tianfeng was dead!
Zheng Yaoquan and Mao Renfeng finally understood why Zhang Anping was so murderous; it turned out that Wang Tianfeng was dead!
Mao Renfeng felt even more delighted.
Dead! Good riddance!
"What's going on?" the section chief asked in a low voice.
Zhang Anping took a deep breath:
“I took my wife and children to Linggu Temple to pay respects at the graves this morning, and that’s when he appeared.”
"A ring of explosives surrounded the grave, as if it were preparing to perish together with me."
Zhang Anping's expression was filled with murderous intent and regret.
The section chief gasped. Had Wang Tianfeng gone mad? Was he going to take Zhang Anping down with him at Dai Chunfeng's grave? And with Zhang Anping's wife and children all there!
Zheng Yaoquan frowned, not understanding why Wang Tianfeng would do this.
Mao Renfeng almost burst out laughing.
Live it!
He deserved it!
You, Zhang Anping, have finally met your match?!
The section chief asked in surprise, "Why?"
Zhang Anping gritted his teeth with an absurd expression and said, "He said I am... a Communist."
The section chief was completely stunned, Zheng Yaoquan couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Mao Renfeng's face was full of uncontrollable mockery:
What goes around comes around; no one escapes the wrath of Heaven!
Zheng Yaoquan finally couldn't hold back any longer. He said in a playful tone, "Deputy Director Zhang, perhaps you did something to cause him to have such a misunderstanding?"
Zhang Anping gave Zheng Yaoquan a cold look and continued:
"He said he had investigated for a long time and confirmed that there must be Communist Party moles among the core high-ranking members of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics."
"And I, who had returned from Beiping with nothing to show for it, perfectly fit the criteria for an undercover agent."
Now it was Zheng Yaoquan's turn to be dumbfounded. Damn it, wasn't I just watching the show?
How did this gossip get me involved?!
This isn't going to end well, is it?!
The section chief had clearly anticipated this as well, and involuntarily glanced at Zheng Yaoquan, his eyes filled with deep disappointment. He then said to Zhang Anping:
"He doesn't know the details."
After sighing, Zhang Anping looked at Mao Renfeng with a deep gaze: "I explained it to him, but he was convinced of one thing—either it was me or Director Mao, there must be a Communist Party mole between the two of us."
Upon hearing these words, Mao Renfeng felt a chill run down his spine.
I am!
Holy shit! Holy shit!
Isn't this like a bald man's lice openly admitting he's a Communist?
"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!" Mao Renfeng retorted, barely able to contain her excitement: "Director, Wang Tianfeng has gone mad! He must be insane!"
The section chief gave a wry smile. Although he disliked Mao Renfeng, he would never believe that Mao Renfeng was a communist sympathizer.
As for the other conclusion:
Was Zhang Anping a communist sympathizer?
“Anping, Director Mao, don’t take this to heart! You two are both loyal subjects of the Party and the State. Anyone could be a communist sympathizer, but neither of you could possibly be—by the way, how did you finally escape?”
The section chief then remembered that Wang Tianfeng had also prepared a ring of explosives, and said with both shock and anger:
"If anything happens to you..."
The section chief couldn't help but gasp as he said this. If something were to happen to Zhang Anping, it would be no less devastating to the Party and the country than the plane crash that happened to Dai Chunfeng!
Zhang Anping said absentmindedly, "He committed suicide—"
“I talked to him for a long time, and finally found an opportunity to take the detonator from his hand. At that time, I was too angry and instinctively used my strength to break his neck.”
The incoherent words left the three bewildered, but fortunately Zhang Anping then explained:
"Only after seeing the black blood spilling from the corner of his mouth did I realize that the so-called opportunity was deliberately thrown to me by him. Otherwise, with his skills, how could he have let me break his neck with my bare hands?"
“What’s even more ridiculous is…”
Zhang Anping remained silent for a long time before saying with a complicated expression:
"The explosives he buried around there, I only discovered after I dug them out, they were all..."
"fireworks."
Zhang Anping seemed to be neither crying nor laughing, as if he were facing Wang Tianfeng's corpse again.
The section chief, Zheng Yaoquan, and Mao Renfeng were all stunned.
fireworks?
fireworks!
The section chief finally understood: "He...he doesn't want to live anymore."
Zhang Anping sighed dejectedly, "Yes, even the grave he was buried in was dug by himself."
outrageous.
The truth that Zhang Anping told sounded really outrageous, but whether it was the section chief, Mao Renfeng, or Zheng Yaoquan, they all knew Wang Tianfeng's personality and knew that this was in line with Wang Tianfeng's style.
What normal person could come up with such an outrageous story?
Especially fireworks!
It took Zhang Anping a while to come to his senses, and his expression returned to seriousness:
"Director, I don't think Tianfeng's last words should be taken as delirium. I suggest that the General Staff send someone to the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics to investigate this matter thoroughly."
"What do you think about clearing my and Director Mao's names?"
Mao Renfeng almost jumped up and fought Zhang Anping. Investigate?
Investigate my ass!
That bastard Zhang Anping is clearly trying to use this opportunity to retaliate!
His intentions are despicable! His intentions are despicable!
But he couldn't directly object, since he was the person accused by Wang Tianfeng, so he had to keep giving Zheng Yaoquan meaningful glances.
Zheng Yaoquan chuckled inwardly, but his face remained solemn: "Director, I think Deputy Director Zhang's words make sense. After all, Wang Tianfeng was the former deputy director of the Bureau of Secrecy. He used his own death to make accusations, and I think we should give an explanation. Why don't we have the Second Department take the lead and, together with the Party Affairs Bureau, enter the Bureau of Secrecy to thoroughly investigate this matter? What do you think?"
Zhang Anping spoke first:
"I have no objection."
"Absurd!" the section chief rebuked, his face dark.
"Just because of the ravings of a madman on his deathbed, we're going to launch an investigation into two key figures of the Party and the State?"
"If you can't even trust Director Mao and Anping, how many people in the entire Party and the State can you trust?"
"Wang Tianfeng is a ruthless and insane man who attempted to murder a key figure in the Party and the State. He deserves to die! This matter ends here!"
Zhang Anping hesitated, clearly unwilling to accept this outcome. Seeing this, the section chief gently shook his head, signaling Zhang Anping not to press the matter. Zhang Anping could only bow his head and sigh softly. (End of Chapter)