Since the opening of the coastal port in modern times, the west wind has blown strongly, and various Western dietary customs have quickly flowed into the coastal areas. Eating Western cuisine and tasting champagne have gradually become the representative of the most fashionable modern life.

In particular, celebrities and high-ranking officials and gentry often hold Western-style dinners. As a place for mutual friendship and power trading, the official extravagance is prevalent, which of course is a good thing for the secret service.

Zuo Chong asked Guqi to find the people attending the dinner. In just six hours, more than 20 witnesses of different identities were invited to the Honggong Temple to accept detailed inquiries from the spies.

Men, women, elderly, and young people sat at their desks, taking notes nervously. Accompanied by the sudden ringing of rings, the large office of the Intelligence Department seemed extremely chaotic.

Guqi in the corridor looked inside through the window and whispered to Zuo Chong beside him: "The deputy director, some of the guests, guards, waiters, doormen, and initiators were found.

According to their memories, Su Zifu did appear on the scene. The dinner started at 7 o'clock. The other party came alone at around 7:30 and chatted with many guests in the venue.

But no one saw him and Lu Yongye. Sha had a communication. The lights were very dark that night, and everyone was busy chatting. It was normal for no one to notice that Su Zifu, and we will investigate quickly."

"Well, we need to expand the scope of inquiries. People leave their voices behind and geese leave their names behind. Lu Yongye and Sha are not ordinary people. It is impossible that no one will pay attention to their actions. By the way, who invited Su Zifu?"

Zuo Chong asked with his hands behind his back, and walked slowly towards his office. There was nothing good about basic inquiries. If you want to be a good leader, you must first learn to let go and focus on the big and let go of the small.

Guqi quickly followed and replied: "It's the brother-in-law of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, the initiator of the dinner. This guy is very arrogant and he will be honest after he has finished it.

The other party said that Chengxin Bank is a bit famous among the military leaders of Gongzi Ge and Shimoo, and many people chose to hand over the funds to Su Zifu for management. In return, they provided protection outside the law."

"Bad management, a bunch of insects."

After hearing this, Zuo Chong sneered. This was a standard collusion between officials and businessmen. The handshake between finance and power represents endless wealth. The only unlucky one was the group of shareholders who dreamed of making money outside the exchange.

Thinking of this, he ordered angrily as if Bao Qingtian possessed him: "I don't know whether it is a suspected Japanese spy. I think there must be something strange about it. I will immediately control this person and interrogate it strictly. Remember to seize the assets."

"Yes, I'll arrange it now."

Guqi had a strong understanding ability. He called a small spy and whispered a few instructions, then followed Zuo Chong into the office. After the two of them sat down on the sofa, he reported again.

"Lu Yongyi's financial status has been checked, and we have found some problems from it. Since the second half of last year, the other party has withdrawn cash continuously, with the amount ranging from one thousand oceans to three thousand oceans.

At that time, Sha was not addicted to medicine, so the money was probably handed over to Su Zifu by Lu Yongye. This is consistent with our speculation. Su Zifu was using a secret to blackmail Lu Yongye.

In addition, Lu Yongyi deposited a sum of money every month, which lasted for two years. No one in the Lu family knew the source of the money, but after the first abnormal cash payment, the other party stopped this behavior."

After saying that, Guqi thought about it and added again: "I think the money Lu Yongyi should have come from Su Zifu, and it is not normal economic exchanges, otherwise there is no need to hide it from the people from the Lu Mansion.

Later, Su Zifu decided to blackmail, so naturally he would not give money again. This incident proved that there was a secret exchange between them. Considering that Su Zifu might be a Japanese spy, President Lu might..."

Although he didn't finish his words, the fool knew what he meant, that is, Lu Yongyi betrayed the country and nation for money, and was eventually robbed by the Japanese and eventually died in bed.

Zuo Chong heard this and threw a cigarette to Gu Qi, then pulled a match and lit a match to the cigarette he sent to him. After taking a few puffs, he expressed his opinion in the drifting smoke.

"Lao Gu, I agree with you. But we have to learn from our lessons and not decide on the detection route with some clue. Let's first find out the situation of Lu Yongye, Shashi, and Su Zifu at the dinner."

"Okay, Deputy Director."

Guqi nodded and said yes, but in fact he meant that the more interference factors were eliminated, the clearer the situation. With so many people attending the banquet, he didn't believe that he could not find the relevant clues.

So more witnesses were invited back, and the spies were bothered to ask questions over and over again, and cross-checked the confessions, and re-investigated once there was any error to ensure that the information was accurate.

Soon an important clue was sorted out. A guard saw a habitual stealing at a dinner party. He was active in major hotels in Jinling for many years, eating and drinking, stealing property.

The other party shook the scene that day, but disappeared before the guards came over to drive away the people. Some time ago, I heard that this guy made a fortune and spent money so much that there must be something wrong with it.

The thief attending the banquet,

Make a fortune.

Zuo Chong thought about it for a long time after receiving the news. These two things reminded him of one thing. If he guessed the same thing as he did, the testimony of the thief would be very important, which was directly related to the progress of the case.

He immediately called Bai Wenzhi and Ma Tianchang to inform them, asking them to spread all their subordinates, and to find each other in the shortest time, and to ensure the other's safety.

As an intelligence agency that controls the state machinery, it is easy for the Secret Service to find a thief. Relying on the cooperation of the Jinling Police Department and the Cao Gang, this person soon appeared in the interrogation room.

"Sit down."

"Be honest."

Under the dim light, several spies pushed a young white face in a white suit to the interrogation chair, threatened him a few viciously, and locked the handcuffs, ankle chains and other instruments.

Perhaps he didn't realize that one of his feet had already stepped into the gates of hell, and this guy thought he could go out with some money like before, but he was still smiling and almost got close to the spies.

But what awaits him is a great memory recovery technique. For such professional criminals who regard going to prison as vacation, ordinary conversation and communication are useless, and steel whips and tongs are more convincing.

Zuo Chong, who was on the interrogation table, skipped the screams in his ear, played with the pen in his hand, and waited until the thief had no strength to beg for mercy, raised his hand to signal the spy to stop and start asking questions.

The question was very simple. In addition to the regular name and age, it was just asking if the other party had seen Lu Yongye, Sha and Su Zifu at the dinner.

After carefully looking at the half-body photos of Lu Yongye and the other two, the thief failed to deny it, saying that he had never seen these three people before, and even used his parents to swear, looking confident.

"I haven't seen it before? No."

Zuo Chong threw the photo onto the table with a snap, hugged his arms and said coldly: "That 1,500 oceans have been spent, it's okay. I have enjoyed it before dying. People come and take it out and die."

Mrs. Ding, the chief wife of Lu Yongyi, said that Sha's family had over 1,500 oceans, and the reason was to hold a funeral for her cousin. This must be a lie. She probably wished she could die without a place to bury Su Zifu.

So where is the money used? There is no relics from Sha’s family, and no relatives of Sha’s family have received it after investigation. 1,500 oceans are not a small amount, so they must be gone.

When Zuo Chong knew that a thief who had attended a banquet suddenly became rich, he thought that it was this person who saw something that day and threatened Sha's family, otherwise there would be no such coincidence.

As for why he didn't rob Lu Yongyi or Su Zifu, he either knew that the identities of these two people were not simple, or he felt that women were easy to control, and a thief would not care about the morality of the world.

"I said, I said!"

The thief on the opposite side was scared and explained everything. That day, he found that the guard noticed him and ran out of the banquet hall. He was furious and prepared to go to the guest room to try his luck.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I went up the first floor, I saw a man and a woman sneaking into a room, which aroused his interest, because in addition to picking the door and locks, he also occasionally made guest appearances as blackmail.

Men and women who act in this kind of mysterious behavior usually come for affair. When the thief hiding in the dark thought he was going to get rich, the man came out for some reason, and then another man came.

What happened next was even more strange. The second man entered the house, while the first man seemed very upset when walking around the corridor, and the woman's faint cry for help came from the guest room.

Ten minutes later, the second man buttoned his clothes and went out and whispered something to the first man and left. The first man stood there and waited for a while, and returned to the guest room calmly.

After saying that, the thief shrank his head and quibbled: "I have read the newspaper and knew that the first man was a high-ranking official in the government, so I didn't dare to admit that I knew them at the beginning. Sir, I told the truth."

"Shameless! Scum!"

Guqi on the other side of the interrogation mat slapped the table hard, and now it was clear that Lu Yongyi should have given her to Su Zifu without Sha's knowledge. It was a waste of man.

Zuo Chong is not as excited as him. The lower limit of the party and state elites has always been very low. It is normal to do this. There are so many wonders in the world. Maybe Lu Yong is just psychopathic.

He looked at the thief with a blank expression: "Then how did you blackmail? Let me tell you honestly. This is the secret service. No one can leave with a secret. I won't say this again."

"I understand, understand."

The thief wiped the cold sweat and squeezed out a smile that was even worse than crying: "After the dinner, I was mixed in the crowd and saw the man and woman again. When I heard that the woman was the concubine of the high-ranking official, I was moved.

The next day, I asked someone to find the other party’s address and phone number. After calling more than a dozen times, I finally contacted the woman. After bargaining, she threw 1,500 oceans outside the courtyard wall at night.

I was shocked when I got the money. What I asked for was 1,000 oceans. I was a little scared to have 500 more for no reason, so I ran to the countryside to hide for some days. I just returned to Jinling City these two days."

The more he spoke, the more aggrieved he felt. If he had known that extortion of a woman could attract the secret service, he would have been better than robbed him directly. Even if he was sent to jail by the police, it would be better than falling into the hands of these vicious people.

So that's it...

Zuo Chong and Gu Qi looked at each other. Now Lu Yongqi and Su Zifu have a secret contact. Based on the evidence and speculation, Lu Yongqi was also confirmed by Su Zifu's extortion.
Chapter completed!