Chapter 597: Traitor

'What do you know about the Japanese spies in Hangzhou?'

'Unfortunately, not much. We have not had contact with them yet.'

'Do you know a Japanese spy codenamed Volcano?'

'I said, we have not had contact with the Japanese spies yet. We are all in hiding for now.'

'The Japanese will soon invade China in full force. You should prepare early.'

'You've said that before.'

'Yes.'

'Our organisation has suffered serious damage before and is still struggling to recover. For the time being, we are not yet capable of fighting against the Japanese. Now...'

Huang Shang paused.

Zhang Yong did not pursue the matter.

If it involved organisational secrets, he was not qualified to know.

'There is a traitor...'

'What?'

'There is a traitor within our organisation.'

'Has it been dealt with?'

'Not yet. It hasn't been finalised.'

'Then...'

Zhang Yong had a very bad feeling.

No wonder Ye Wansheng had travelled all the way from Shanghai. It turned out that there was a traitor.

With information provided by the traitor, it would be much easier to capture the lark. In an instant, Li Jingqian's danger level had increased significantly.

'Li Shiqun is here?'

'Him? No.'

'Oh...'

Zhang Yong frowned.

Li Shiqun hadn't come, presumably because he had been promoted.

This guy was much more difficult to deal with than Ye Wansheng. If Li Shiqun had come, Li Jingqian would have been finished.

Fortunately, it was Ye Wansheng who had come.

He could still bully the other party. Create some trouble for the other party.

At least, he could delay the other party's time to find Li Jingqian. If Li Jingqian had reacted quickly enough, she should have decisively left Hangzhou at this moment.

'Tell her to hurry up and leave.'

'She can't leave.'

'Why not?'

'The radio hasn't arrived yet.'

'No. You guys. This isn't...'

Zhang Yong was getting anxious and irritated again.

The radio hasn't arrived yet? And you're already calling someone over?

Now that the person is here, they've been exposed. What are you going to do?

"Our work is supposed to be closely linked. But the radio was delayed on the way. It was delayed for three days.'

'Three days. She'll be dead by the time the Party Investigation Department gets their hands on her.'

'We're anxious too. But without the radio, she really can't go. Jinling is in a hurry to use the radio to restore contact with higher authorities.'

'You...'

Zhang Yong tried hard to calm himself down.

Anxiety is useless...

Anxiety is useless...

Underground work is inherently difficult.

Danger is inevitable. There is still a lot of work to be done, and it's very difficult. Failure is always a possibility.

For example, the extremely dangerous task of carrying the radio. It would not be surprising if something went wrong along the way. Every member along the way needs to rack their brains to ensure the safety of the radio. They may have to pay a very heavy price. They may even have to sacrifice their lives. As an outsider, who is he to criticise the other side?

Without their selfless dedication and blatant willingness to die, where would the future New China be?

Every revolutionary predecessor deserves his respect.

'In short, prepare early.'

'Understood.'

'Goodbye.'

Zhang Yong hurriedly left.

He couldn't be out alone for too long. He was worried that he would be blocked by someone.

It was very dangerous to be alone.

Any Japanese spy could potentially take his life.

This time, he also used the excuse of secretly investigating the needs of the 226 Project.

He left the riverside.

Zhang Yong waved his hand. He hailed a rickshaw.

'Sir...'

'Go to Wuli Bridge.'

'Okay!'

Zhang Yong got into the rickshaw. He gave the rickshaw puller a silver dollar.

The rickshaw puller was suddenly full of energy. He pulled the rickshaw along at a fast pace, heading for Wuli Bridge. This place was very close to the Huaqiao Hotel.

He couldn't just say he was going back to the Huaqiao Hotel. Otherwise, he would easily attract attention.

He closed his eyes to rest. He silently monitored his surroundings.

Acting alone. He is still a little nervous. Fortunately, he can detect the Japanese spy in advance.

However, the map can only display the Japanese spy. Others cannot be displayed. It can only indicate whether there are weapons nearby. If there is a weapon symbol approaching, he must be very vigilant. So as not to be ambushed.

Suddenly...

A weapon symbol is quietly approaching.

The weapon symbol is moving. This indicates that someone is walking around with a weapon.

The other person came out from the diagonal. Just forming an angle with him.

Is he here to intercept him?

Zhang Yong is secretly vigilant.

After noticing that the target had come to the front corner, he never moved again. He was obviously waiting for him.

And this corner was where Zhang Yong had to pass.

How dangerous. The other party may be ambushing him. If he rushes through, he may be shot dead.

'Stop!'

'Stop!'

Zhang Yong did not dare to get too close. He got out of the car from a distance.

It was cold now, so he covered his face with a scarf, leaving only his eyes exposed. This should be safe.

After dismissing the driver, Zhang Yong slowly approached his target along the street.

More than 100 metres away, he found a position from which he could observe his target. Quietly, he raised his binoculars.

He saw a person wrapped up in a thick layer of clothing. He was standing at the street corner.

Since it was winter, it seemed that people dressed like him were actually quite common. Therefore, the people passing by did not pay any attention to him.

Zhang Yong then silently observed. He wanted to see what the other person was up to.

He noticed that the other person was just standing there. It looked as if he was waiting for someone. People kept walking past, but no one paid any attention to him.

Suddenly, a large number of weapons appeared on the edge of the map.

They were very close together. They were divided into three groups. Did they arrive by car?

He became alert.

He hid himself quietly.

Soon afterwards, from the other direction, three cars appeared.

The windows of the cars were covered with black cloth. You couldn't see the people inside. But everyone inside had a gun.

Oh, there was one person without a gun.

There are three cars and thirteen people. Twelve people have guns.

Obviously, they are not ordinary people.

So, who are they?

Are they Xuan Tiewu's men?

The cars just passed that street corner. Because it was a right angle turn. So, the speed was very slow.

That figure suddenly pulled out a gun. Then he fired at the car.

Zhang Yong saw it. It looked like a submachine gun?

"Pop, pop...'

'Pop, pop...'

It really was a submachine gun.

The gunfire was very intense. It showed that the shooter was extremely fast.

Zhang Yong: ?

What's going on?

Who is this guy? And who is in the car?

Why is he shooting at the car?

Suddenly, the car door opened. Zhang Yong saw some vaguely familiar faces.

Oh, they're Ye Wansheng's men.

He'd seen those people before, on the train.

Oh no!

The people who attacked Ye Wansheng

Ye Wansheng is from the Central Intelligence Agency. No, they're from the Party's Investigation Department.

Who's the shooter? Is he crazy?

Judging by the situation, they must be from the Red Party.

The Central Intelligence Agency doesn't arrest Japanese spies. They only arrest members of the Red Party. Their only enemy is the Red Party.

The Red Party has reacted so violently. I guess Ye Wansheng and his men did something that seriously threatened the safety of the Red Party organisation.

Suddenly, a dark figure pulled out a grenade and tried to throw it into the middle car.

However, one of the secret agents reacted extremely quickly. He immediately slammed the car door shut, keeping the grenade outside.

'Boom...'

The grenade exploded.

The car was covered in black smoke. But it didn't overturn.

It seemed that someone had died...

Vaguely, Zhang Yong seemed to see the attacker's figure shake for a moment.

Huh?

Was it shot? Or was it the shrapnel from the explosion?

Could it be that the grenade exploded too close to the attacker, injuring him instead?

There was no time to think...

The dark figure then turned and left. It was very quick.

A lot had happened. In fact, it had only been a matter of seconds.

To be precise, less than 20 seconds.

That was why the people in the other two cars had not been able to get out of their cars in time.

Without thinking, Zhang Yong immediately released a tag on the dark figure. This person is ruthless. How dare he assassinate someone in the street.

Then, he quickly turned around and took a detour back to the Huaqiao Hotel.

Such a fierce battle here would definitely alert Xuan Tiewu, as well as others. If he didn't leave now, he would be in trouble later.

'Captain!'

Qin Lishan came up to meet him.

Zhang Yong had finally returned. The big stone in his heart fell to the ground.

What he feared most was Zhang Yong acting alone. If something happened, he would not be able to explain himself. However, Zhang Yong insisted on going alone, and there was nothing he could do.

'Is there anything the matter?'

'No.'

'Good.'

Zhang Yong also let his guard down.

Hey, he didn't have Yan Shuangying's abilities. He was always cautious when acting alone.

Now that he was back among his subordinates, he finally felt full of security.

'Gather the team.'

'Yes.'

Qin Lishan immediately gathered the team.

Zhang Yong led them directly to the place where the gunfight had just taken place.

He is a member of the Fuxing Society, so it is only natural that he came to join the fun. If he didn't come, others might think there was a problem.

From a distance, he saw Gu Bafeng. This guy had arrived early.

Sure enough, once the gunshots started, everyone gathered here.

There were also heavily armed soldiers around. They were probably Xuan Tiewu's men. But he didn't see any acquaintances. Liang Wenxiu and Guo Qiyun were not here.

These heavily armed soldiers did not seem to stop Zhang Yong from entering the scene. They only stopped ordinary people.

Stop the car.

Get out of the car.

'Director Gu!'

'What's going on?'

Zhang Yong came to the side of Gu Bafeng.

He pretended to look puzzled. In fact, there was no need to pretend. He was indeed puzzled.

It should be a Red Party assassin. It must be no one else. But why would the Red Party take such action? It doesn't make sense...

'You're late.'

'It doesn't seem to be my fault...'

'It's none of my business either. Ye Wansheng captured a Red Party traitor and was shot dead by the Reds.'

'A Red Party traitor?'

'Yes. Look at the body. It's still there.'

'I'll go take a look.'

Zhang Yong nodded. His doubts were dispelled.

No wonder the Reds were taking such risky actions. They had no choice.

The Red Party underground strictly forbade the use of violence. But that didn't include eliminating traitors. The Reds were also ruthless when it came to traitors.

After all, traitors are extremely dangerous. If they are not eliminated in time, the entire organisation is in danger.

'Get out of the way!'

'Get out of the way!'

Qin Lishan cleared a path.

The group quickly reached the heart of the scene. They met Ye Wansheng.

Ye Wansheng looked depressed, frightened, angry, and when he saw Zhang Yong, his expression became even more complicated.

'What are you doing here?'

'I heard you arrested a Red Party member, so I came to take a look.'

'This is none of your business...'

'I'll give you the chance to take back what you said.'

'I...'

Ye Wansheng gritted his teeth in anger.

This son of a bitch. He's come to laugh at me again. He has bad intentions.

However, the Red Party traitor is already dead, so it's useless for him to keep up the pretence. And he's also offended Zhang Yong. If this guy beats him up again, he won't be able to fight back.

That guy, Gu Bafeng, is obviously in the same gang as Zhang Yong.

If Zhang Yong beats Ye Wansheng, Gu Bafeng will definitely shut everyone out and say, 'What are you looking at? What's there to see...'

Then Ye Wansheng will be beaten up by Zhang Yong. One-on-one, he can't beat Zhang Yong.

'What's your name? How were you arrested?'

'I work at the Longfeng Tea House. We've been keeping an eye on him for a long time.'

'Why were you beaten to death again?'

'I was attacked.'

'How many attackers were there?'

'Just one.'

'What? Just one?'

Zhang Yong glanced at Ye Wansheng askance. He made no secret of his contempt.

Ye Wansheng suddenly felt like he had been insulted a hundred thousand times. No one else could make him feel like this. But Zhang Yong could.

However, there was nothing he could say in reply. The man was indeed dead.

He said resentfully, 'The other side was ambushed at the corner of the street. Our car turned, slowed down just right, and then we were attacked.'

'So why didn't they kill you?'

'Their target was this traitor. They killed the traitor and left.'

'Is there someone that powerful in the Red Party?'

'There should be,'

Ye Wansheng answered angrily.

He felt that Zhang Yong was deliberately embarrassing him with each question.

He really didn't want to answer.

But if he didn't answer, Zhang Yong would just keep asking.

Maybe this guy would flip his temper and beat him up again. Last time by the Qinhuai River, he was beaten up pretty badly.

He went back to his uncle Ye Xiufeng to complain. Ye Xiufeng was unable to help.

At the moment, Zhang Yong was at the peak of his powers. Not only was he under the protection of Boss Dai, he also had the support of the Treasury Department. And behind the Treasury Department was Madam...

So, revenge and hatred are out of the question. Just act as if nothing happened. Next time you see him, walk around him.

What if Zhang Yong catches you? You have to be nice to him. Try not to provoke him. He'll be happy to oblige. As long as you don't provoke him, you should be fine...

Well, that is, if you don't provoke him. Otherwise...

Zhang Yong suddenly draws his gun.

Ye Wansheng is shocked, his face turning pale.

He's finished...

What's he doing?

Trying to shoot himself?

He rushes backwards. But it's too late.

Zhang Yong raised his Browning pistol. Aimed it at the Red Party traitor who was already dead.

'Pop!'

'Pop!'

He emptied the pistol in one go.

'Sorry. Traitors deserve to die. It was just to make sure the other guy was dead.

I'll always remember the lesson from Zuo Lan.

'You...'

Ye Wansheng was speechless.

A weight was lifted from his heart.

Oh, this guy was shooting at the Red Party traitor! I was so scared I almost peed my pants...

Zhang Yong empties all the bullets. He takes out the empty magazine. Shakes it. Then he inserts the pistol. He takes out a shotgun and presses the bullets into the magazine one by one.

'What kind of pistol did the murderer use?'

'Twenty shots.'

'How many rounds in the magazine?'

'Twenty.'

'Good!'

Zhang Yong pressed the bullets. Then he took out a revolver.

He loaded a long 20-round magazine. Pointing it at the Japanese corpse, he fired again and again until he had used up all the bullets.

Ye Wansheng: ...

Gu Bafeng: ...

Both of them were speechless.

Was Zhang Yong being silly? Firing at a dead man.

In fact, Zhang Yong did it on purpose. The traitor might still have the bullet casings from the submachine gun. Maybe the Central Bureau had experts who could identify the gunman from the bullet casings. That would be dangerous. In that case, he deliberately created chaos. He sent the traitor 20 bullet casings. I guess the Central Bureau people were dumbfounded.

There were so many bullet casings on the body, they couldn't possibly identify each one.

Would this have any effect? Zhang Yong wasn't sure. He didn't have much experience anyway. He just thought of it himself.

But one thing was certain: the traitor was dead.

'What did he say before?'

'He...'

Ye Wansheng paused.

Zhang Yong then knew that the traitor had already revealed something.

It was possible that he had not revealed any core secrets. But he had definitely confessed to some part of it.

Alas, what a busy time it was.

They were supposed to catch a Japanese spy, but instead they encountered this.

The Lark was actually Li Jingqian. He had to get involved in this matter. Li Jingqian must not be arrested.

He had already thought it through. If necessary, he would arrest Li Jingqian himself. She was being held at the Huaqiao Hotel.

No one could do anything about it.

I guess Ye Wansheng wouldn't dare come. Come and get beaten?

He looked at Ye Wansheng.

Ye Wansheng was so scared of being bullied by him that for no reason at all, he told himself not to hide anything. Otherwise, he might get beaten up again.

His heart shrunk, and he couldn't help but say, 'According to the confession, Bailing is a woman from Jinling...'

Zhang Yong: ...

It's over.

This is very bad.

The direction is already very clear.

Li Jingqian has been exposed.