Chapter 170 Office Politics

Chen Moqun shook his head. He was quite speechless about Wang Shian who was good at Tai Chi. He knew that Wang Shian was slippery and could not handle the task. He simply did not respond to his question. So he looked at Gu Shenyan:

"Old Gu, what do you think?"

Gu Shenyan sat upright, nodded and said:
"If we follow the principle that whoever knows more about Wang Zhi is more likely to be suspected, I think Deputy Station Master Wang's analysis makes sense!"

Wang Shian listened to Gu Shenyan's support for his statement and nodded in agreement. Who knew that this old Gu was riding a roller coaster and his words took a sharp turn.

Gu Shenyan continued:

"However, we all seem to have overlooked one issue. When Wang Zhi came to the station the day before yesterday, almost everyone in our station had seen Wang Zhi."

Wang Shian was very unhappy. He and Chen Moqun had been going around in circles for a long time just to put the blame of Wang Zhi's death on the Security Command in order to reduce their own responsibility. Why are you taking the blame back on yourself?

You know, he had promised Director Dai that he would find more of Wang Zhi's accomplices before bringing them back from Nanjing. So he said:

"Yes, we have seen him, but we only saw him inside the station. The entire process outside the station was handled by the Security Command. No one in our station knows where he is being held!"

Gu Shenyan smiled and said:

"Yes, if everyone has seen him and knows that Wang Zhi was taken back to Shanghai from Nanjing, then it shouldn't be difficult to find out where Wang Zhi is being held!"

Gu Shenyan thought that now was a good time to muddy the waters. He could check everyone's recent whereabouts, and maybe he would get some unexpected results.

So Gu Shenyan looked around and said with a smile:

“So, I think everyone in our district should be a suspect.”

"Of course, our Deputy Captain Lin is an exception. After all, he just reported in today."

Lin Hao smiled and nodded at Gu Shenyan, accepting his "goodwill", but Lin Hao knew that the authenticity of this "goodwill" was still uncertain.

"Hey! Lao Gu~!" At this time, Wang Shian was simply speechless.

At this moment, Lin Hao saw that Chen Moqun's stiff face finally couldn't help but reveal a smile, but then he retracted it in an instant, which made people feel very awkward.

Wang Shian saw this and thought to himself, it seems like you guys are playing a double act here, but I don’t believe that your friendship as classmates is really unbreakable!
Chen Moqun was of course happy. Gu Shenyan had finally helped him lay the groundwork, so he said:

"Director Gu is right!"

"We in the Shanghu District are not made of steel. Do you know why the Red Party is willing to take such a big risk and is eager to kill Wang Zhi?"

Seeing everyone shaking their heads, Chen Moqun said, "Because Wang Zhi told me that there is a Red Party member who has been lurking in our Shanghu District for many years."

Everyone present at the meeting was startled and looked around at each other. They always felt that the people around them were Red Party members, but then they felt something was wrong. Could this be Chen Moqun's attempt to eliminate dissidents?
At this time, Chen Moqun stood up from his seat and continued:
"This is why our previous actions were always frustrated!"

According to Wang Zhi, the code name of this Red Party member is Postman. The exact time when he joined the Fuxing Society is unknown, but the leak two years ago was done by the Postman! "

"So, at least before 1934, this postman, like everyone here, worked in our Shanghai Special Service Department."

At this moment, the entire conference room was silent. Obviously, everyone knew how serious the matter was. They were afraid of being implicated and listened carefully to Chen Moqun's words.

"Everyone here is a colleague, a comrade-in-arms, and you can even trust each other with your backs. You are brothers who can depend on each other for life and death. But this postman is an enemy who disguises himself as a brother and stabs a knife into his heart!"

After walking around the conference table and sitting back in his seat, Chen Moqun changed the subject and continued:
"You are all the heads of your respective departments. I would like to ask everyone present here, can you guarantee that every one of your subordinates is clean?"

"Can you guarantee that the person sitting next to you at this moment is not the postman hiding in the dark?"

He glanced at everyone and said loudly, "Can you?"

Everyone was silent. They basically understood that the postman might have done something wrong, but Chen Moqun's purpose was probably to pass the buck and share the responsibility. For a moment, no one was willing to be the first to speak out.

At this moment, Gu Shenyan looked around and finally spoke:
"Let me first express on behalf of the archives department that we will fully cooperate with the investigation."

"I will require every staff member to write down his whereabouts from the time Wang Zhi arrived in Shanghai until the incident last night, and there must be witnesses to prove it!"

Gu Shenyan's survival rule in the station is to make friends with Chen Moqun first, and to be kind to others second. When it comes to choosing the lesser of two options, he will naturally continue to support Chen Moqun.

At the same time, they are also taking advantage of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"Okay!" Chen Moqun was very happy. He looked at Gu Shenyan approvingly, and then said solemnly:

"Also, if everyone has no objection, Lao Gu, you will distribute everyone's files to various departments, strictly screen each person's personal history and social relationships, and carefully sort them out, and finally summarize them to you."

Gu Shenyan raised his eyebrows and said, "Okay!"

Then, he looked at the bored Lin Hao and continued:

"And Deputy Captain Lin, you are new here and have no connection with the station before. You are responsible for assisting Director Gu in the internal investigation!"

"I only care about the results!"

"I understand!" Lin Hao's mind turned into a thousand thoughts after hearing this.

What does Chen Moqun mean? He wants to isolate me. It seems that he is giving himself great authority, but in fact he is isolating himself outside Shanghu Station. It is obvious that Chen Moqun does not want to take root in the station.

Then Chen Moqun said with a smile:

"I know that such an investigation is very difficult, but Wang Zhi is still holding the card!"

Chen Moqun's words were like a bolt of thunder out of the blue, shocking everyone. Everyone looked at Chen Moqun.

At this time, someone asked: "Isn't Wang Zhi dead~!"

Chen Moqun didn't wait for him to finish his words and said directly: "He's lucky, he's not dead, and the rescue was also timely!"

At this moment, Gu Shenyan, who was originally very relaxed, felt a tightness in his heart. His eyes moved slightly and he glanced at Chen Moqun's condition, while his face remained expressionless.

At this time Chen Moqun continued:

"I believe that as long as he can regain consciousness and speak, he will cooperate with us more actively, so that we can better understand that the clues about the postman are limited to those present here."

"Okay, let's break up the meeting!"

Having said that, Chen Moqun prepared to leave the meeting room.

Everyone felt relieved and nodded, thinking that what Chen Moqun said made sense. People who have experienced life and death will cherish their lives more, which is also human nature!
However, as soon as Chen Moqun opened his mouth, Lin Hao knew that he was going fishing, and his target was the postman Gu Shenyan.

In fact, Chen Moqun's fishing this time was not very clever, or it was very hasty.

Because he had said before that there was a postman among the people present, and then he turned around and said openly that Wang Zhi was not dead. Logically speaking, there must be something wrong.

Chen Moqun walked to the door and suddenly turned to Gu Shenyan and said, "Well! Director Gu, come to my office!"

"Yes!" Gu Shenyan immediately picked up the notebook and left!

At this time, Wang Shian saw Gu Shenyan standing up, so he said, "Old Gu, Old Gu, what can I say about you!"

Gu Shenyan could only laugh dryly, nodded, and quickly followed Chen Moqun to the office!
After arriving at Chen Moqun's office, Chen Moqun poured him a cup of tea and then said:
"Old Gu, have some tea!"

Gu Shenyan picked up the tea, took a sip and said, "Mm, good tea, the aroma is so fragrant!"

Chen Moqun pointed to a can of tea leaves next to him and said, "Take it back!"

Gu Shenyan was stunned for a moment, then said, “The stationmaster asked me to come here, not just to give me a can of tea, right?”

"When you ask someone to do something for you, you should have the right attitude to do it!" Chen Moqun said after taking a sip of tea.

Gu Shenyan laughed dryly twice and said meaningfully: "If you say so, I will be even more afraid to take it!"

"Old Gu, I'm talking to you seriously!"

"Well, you tell me and I listen!"

"As for me, I want to arrange Lin Nansheng to work in your archives room!" Chen Moqun said lightly.

Gu Shenyan's heart was filled with alarm bells, and he immediately judged that Chen Moqun might be suspicious of him, so he hesitated and said in a rejecting tone:
"This, this, isn't appropriate!"

Chen Moqun put down his teacup and said seriously:
"Look, although Wang Zhi's fault this time is not entirely his, I brought him to the station myself after all!"

"If he doesn't do something good in the station, I'm a little worried that I'll be criticized for being biased in the future!"

Although Chen Moqun's words were sincere, his reasons were too forced.

Gu Shenyan said half-jokingly:
"This is not like your style! Would you care about such a small thing?"

"It's a different time now! Such a big thing has happened to Wang Zhi, and the station is investigating. It would be sensitive and inappropriate for me to put him anywhere."

"Oh, then you're not afraid of my sensitivity!" Gu Shenyan asked sharply.

"Since it's an internal investigation, everyone is a suspect. You take Xiao Lin!" Thinking of the presence of Deputy Captain Lin, he said again:

"You put Lin Nansheng at my place. Isn't that telling everyone in the station that you're suspicious of me?"

Chen Moqun smiled awkwardly, but finally said:
"You know, given our relationship, everyone in the station knows about it. If I put him with you, who would dare to doubt it?"

Then he said sincerely, "Really, Lao Gu, I can only ask you for this matter!"

“I don’t think things are that complicated!” Gu Shenyan said in a dark and inexplicable tone: “Why don’t you just send Lin Nansheng back to the special training class?”

"It would be a shame to send him back. This kid is very capable, but he lacks some experience. Sending him back directly would ruin his future!" said Chen Moqun.

"If you say so, then take Xiaolin!" Gu Shenyan paused here.

Just when Chen Moqun was secretly feeling proud, Gu Shenyan changed the subject and said with a smile:
"Hey! Didn't we just get a new deputy captain named Lin? If you really can't bear to part with Lin Nansheng, you can put her next to Lin Hao!"

The more Gu Shenyan spoke, the brighter his eyes became:
"Think about it, Lin Hao has just arrived at our secret service. His identity is clean. If you put Lin Nansheng with him, no one will think you are doubting him!"

"At the same time, Lin Nansheng can also learn a lot of practical things from Vice Captain Lin, right!"

Chen Moqun suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked the newcomer Lin Hao just now. When he reacted, he found that something was wrong.

But after a few seconds of thinking, he quickly found a new excuse:

"Old Gu, let's not talk about whether or not I can learn something from Lin Hao. I have high hopes for Lin Nansheng. I can put him with anyone except Lin Hao!"

"Why is that?" Gu Shenyan asked in confusion.

"In fact, Wang Zhineng was sent back to Shanghai in exchange for the position of deputy captain of our station, and this Lin Hao is Dai Chunfeng's direct confidant!"

"I understand what you mean!" Gu Shenyan knew what Chen Moqun meant.

The relationship between Chen Moqun and Dai Chunfeng has never been very good. In fact, they don't have any deep hatred, they just feel unhappy about a junior sitting over him.

So Gu Shenyan no longer mentioned the matter of sending the person to Lin Hao!
Seeing that Gu Shenyan's expression had relaxed a little, Chen Moqun immediately said:

"Besides, Lin Nansheng is really a good material. He is very similar to us when we were young. He is energetic, capable, and loyal to the Party and the country. If you guide him, he will definitely achieve great things in the future!"

"That day in my office, you asked me for Lin Nansheng. You were attracted by these qualities in him!"

Chen Moqun had said so much, and Gu Shenyan finally understood that Chen Moqun might be doubting him again, and this time he was determined to send the person to him.

Gu Shenyan had no choice but to agree, but he would have to be more cautious in the future.

“Oh!” Gu Shenyan sighed and said reluctantly: “Okay!”

"Now that you've said this, I'll let that person go. But don't be reluctant to let him go in a few days and ask for him back!"

"Absolutely not!" Chen Moqun vowed.

"Then let him report to me!"

Chen Moqun said with a smile on his face: "Then it's settled!"

The two of them laughed knowingly at each other, and then Gu Shenyan reached out to take the tea that Chen Moqun had given him:

"Thank you for the tea!"

"Here!" Chen Moqun immediately picked up the tea and handed it to Gu Shenyan.

Gu Shenyan picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and then said with a double meaning:

"Stationmaster Chen's tea must be tasted carefully~!"

In fact, Chen Moqun has been suspicious of himself for a long time. As early as the leak case in 1934, he had some doubts about himself, but he had no evidence.

In the past two years, they seemed to be in the same camp, but in fact they had been wary of each other for a long time.

Fortunately, apart from making a phone call to Amu's bookstore, I did not take any other actions, so there would naturally be no loopholes.

Just when Chen Moqun and Gu Shenyan were exchanging witty remarks in the office, Wang Shian found Lin Hao and pulled him to his office.

(End of this chapter)