Chapter 765: The Art of Controlling Subordinates and "Fated Enemies"

After An Ming left, Fang Qianmo said to Lao Min who was hiding nearby: "Get ready to move!"

Fang Qianmo knew that his base must have been exposed, so he had to move to another place quickly.

Although they were somewhat reluctant to leave this place, they were here to obtain intelligence, not to assassinate, and they did not have the time and energy to deal with the Special High Technology Department.

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At the same time, after joining Intelligence Office No. 76, Lin Hao summoned his subordinates in his department.

Then he used some tricks, painted a big pie, divided the cake, and put the benefits into practice, thus quickly winning the hearts of the people in the Intelligence Department.

Then Lin Hao reasonably distributed the tasks at hand to his subordinates. Then, having nothing to do, Lin Hao just wandered around No. 76.

There's no way. As an old spy chief and entrepreneur, his understanding of human nature is not at the same level as that of ordinary people.

Moreover, Lin Hao can also find out the most desired needs of each person. As long as he prescribes the right medicine, everything will become extremely simple.

In Li Lixing's office, Lin Hao said with a smile: "Director, do you have any mission for me?"

Li Lixing said with a smile: "Don't be polite, Xiaolin, let's sit down and talk slowly!"

After Lin Hao and Li Lixing sat down on the sofa, Li Lixing said:
"Xiao Lin, you've been at No. 76 for a few days now. How are you doing? Are you used to it?"

"Thank you for your concern, Director. Everything is going well!" Lin Hao said concisely.

"As long as it goes smoothly, as long as it goes smoothly!" Li Lixing nodded, and then said with a sincere look:

"Xiao Lin, what do you think of our No. 76?"

Although Li Lixing's words were vague, Lin Hao could still understand what he meant.

But he pretended to be ignorant and said bluntly:
"Director, I'm a straightforward person. If you need anything, just tell me!"

"Okay, I like your personality!" Li Lixing said with an admiring attitude:

“That’s what happened…!”

Then Lin Hao told the story about Du Juan again, and finally said sincerely:

"I really have no other choice. This Du Juan is hiding too deeply. It seems that everyone is a suspect. Sometimes I even wonder if I am the Du Juan!"

"But you are different. You just arrived at No. 76. It is impossible for you to be Du Juan. So I want to let you investigate Du Juan!"

Lin Hao said seemingly innocently:
"From what you said just now, Director, it seems that you already have a suspect. Are you planning to have me arrest him, or monitor a suspect?"

Li Lixing was somewhat used to Lin Hao's frankness, so he said:

"Before, because of the incident with Ting Xuexuan, there were two biggest suspects. One was your predecessor, Ye Xingcheng, but now he has died at the hands of the Red Party."

"The other is Fang Jiashu, who was just promoted to the director of the Fourth Department. He was also the former deputy director of the Intelligence Department."

"Of course, Fang Jiashu is just a suspect, but others can't relax their investigation. After all, no one knows who Du Juan is before catching her!"

Lin Hao nodded and said seriously: "Don't worry, Director, I will definitely not let you down!"

After Lin Hao left, Li Lixing called Fang Li, who had just taken office as the head of the Second Department, and asked him to come to his office.

(A correction here, Fang Li was previously written as the director of the First Division, but the First Division was to deal with the Military Control Commission, and Fang Li rebelled from the Military Control Commission, so he would definitely not be sent to the First Division, but to the Second Division to deal with the Red Party and the Central Control Commission)
"Fang Li, come and sit down and talk!" Li Lixing said enthusiastically.

"Director, what do you want to talk to me about?" Fang Li asked directly.

"You are still so impatient!" Li Lixing said with a smile, "What do you think of the new director of the Intelligence Department, Lin Hao?"

Fang Li frowned, then said uncertainly:
"The time I've been in contact with this person is too short, so I can't tell anything for the time being."

"But this guy is quite capable. He has only been at No. 76 for a few days, but he has already completely taken control of the Intelligence Department!"

"Hmm~!" Li Lixing nodded and agreed with Fang Li's meaning. He naturally knew about this aspect.

The key point is that Lin Hao doesn’t pay much attention to it on a daily basis, but the Intelligence Department not only operates normally, but its work efficiency has also improved a lot.

Then Li Lixing lowered his voice and said to Fang Li meaningfully:

"He is really capable. When he is bored, he even wanders around with a teacup in his hand!"

Fang Li thought for a moment, then asked, "Director, do you mean that there is something wrong with Lin Hao?"

"Who knows if there is any problem?" Li Lixing said vaguely:
"For those of us in this line of work, we still need to be vigilant!"

"Besides, we really don't know enough about this new Director Lin!"

"So what do you mean?" Fang Liming understood Li Lixing's meaning, but he did not speak. Instead, he waited for Li Lixing's instructions.

As expected, Li Lixing solemnly warned Fang Li:
"You've been at No. 76 for almost two years. I know you well and trust you even more, so I have a long-term mission for you!"

"Director, please give me your orders!" Fang Li immediately said seriously.

Li Lixing said in a barely audible voice:
"You should take good care of him and test his character!"

"Understood!" Fang Li nodded immediately after hearing this, and then said, "If the director is fine, I will leave first!"

"Wait!" Li Lixing called Fang Li, and then said with some embarrassment:
"Fang Li, I heard that you had a quarrel with Director Xing of the First Division recently?"

"No!" Fang Li said with a smile:

"Maybe it's because I caught a few Red Party suspects in Director Xing's jurisdiction, so Director Xing misunderstood me!"

"Hmm~!" Li Lixing hummed subconsciously, and then said:

"I know that you have always been resentful of Director Xing because he killed dozens of your classmates during your mission. But you still have to be careful about the method!"

Li Lixing did not scold Fang Li. He neither expressed support nor opposition. He just reminded him to be careful and even comforted Fang Li in the end.

Fang Li heard this and said indifferently:

"Understood. I will complete the task assigned to me by the director first, and we can talk about the other things later!"

After saying that, Fang Li stood up and said, "Then I'll leave first!"

It turned out that Fang Li and his good friend Chen Kehai had attended a training class for the Military Control Commission together, and they both fell in love with the same girl at the same time.

During his last mission, he was trying to assassinate Zhou Bingde of the Wang Puppet Government, but was betrayed by a female instructor in the training class.

As a result, the mission was ambushed by Xing Hanzhu and the entire army was almost wiped out.

In the end, Chen Kehai was rescued, Fang Li and Shen Yanping were arrested, and at that time Xing Hanzhu tied up Shen Yanping and gave Fang Li two choices.

Either Fang Li kills Shen Yanping with his own hands, or lets his brothers in the first team take turns having fun in front of him.

Fang Li, who was originally sent by the Military Control Commission to lie undercover at No. 76, gritted his teeth and killed his favorite Shen Yanping with his own hands.

From then on, Fang Li was like a poisonous snake, staring at Xing Hanzhu's every move, and would do something to him out of the blue, which annoyed Xing Hanzhu to no end. Just as Fang Li was about to leave, Li Lixing suddenly said:
"By the way, I heard that the Special High Technology Department has been very busy recently. It seems that the Red Party has stolen a very important intelligence in the Xiao Rizi Cabinet!"

"Although I don't know whether it's true or not, seeing Xiao Rizi setting up checkpoints outside all day long, that piece of information seems to be very important!"

"Check it out when you have time. Don't wait until Xiao Ri asks us for help and we still know nothing about it!"

"I understand, it's a small matter!" Fang Li said as if it didn't matter.

After Fang Li left, Li Lixing smiled and then asked Fang Jiashu to come again.

As soon as Fang Jiashu entered the office, Li Lixing began to praise him:
"Jiashu, I was right about you. Fortunately, you calmed down the Huang army when it entered the concession this time. Otherwise, there would have been more trouble. The higher-ups are very satisfied with your performance."

"Thanks to the director's good teaching!" Fang Jiashu said politely.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Li Lixing got down to business:
"How's the investigation going with Director Xing?"

"We found some things, mainly involvement in smuggling, but nothing else is unusual?"

"Just smuggling?" Li Lixing asked, "You haven't had any contact with other people?"

"No other problems have been found for the time being!" Fang Jiashu nodded and replied.

"Hmm~!" Li Lixing let out a barely perceptible sigh of relief, and then moved on to another matter.

Then Li Lixing warned, seemingly unintentionally but deliberately:

"By the way, I heard that the Red Party stole a very important piece of information from Xiao Rizi's cabinet, and now Xiao Rizi is looking for it like crazy!"

"You happen to be in charge of the concession affairs, so you can ask around and try to assist Huang Jun."

Fang Jiashu narrowed his eyes unconsciously when he heard this, and then said with a mysterious smile:

"Don't worry, it's a piece of cake!"

Fang Jiashu was feeling uneasy at this moment. According to Li Lixing's character, he would not leak such important information.

Was it an unintentional mention or was it an intentional attempt to test me?

If it was Li Lixing who was testing me, then which aspect of my identity was he testing?

"Director, shouldn't the Second Division and the Intelligence Division be investigating this intelligence about the Red Party? How did they find their way to me?"

"I mentioned it to Fang Li, but I didn't tell Director Lin, the new director of the Intelligence Department."

"He is new here after all, and we don't know what his background or connections are. Knowing too much may not be a good thing!"

Li Lixing mentioned it casually, and did not continue to say anything more about the intelligence, but whispered:

"By the way, speaking of this, you have a lot of connections outside. Can you find out what the relationship is between Director Lin and Chairman Wang?"

Fang Jiashu heard this and immediately said, "Oh, this will take some time, but I will let people pay attention!"

Li Lixing nodded and said, "Okay, you should pay attention to this matter. If you find out any information, tell me as soon as possible!"

After Fang Jiashu left, Xing Hanzhu, director of the First Department, also came to Li Lixing's office.

Seeing Xing Hanzhu's angry look, Li Lixing pretended not to notice it, poured him a cup of tea and said:

"Hanzhu, you came just in time. I just made some tea!"

Xing Hanzhu sat directly on the sofa, and then said bluntly: "How long are you going to indulge Fang Li?"

"What's the matter now?" Li Lixing asked helplessly.

Xing Hanzhu said expressionlessly: "My men said that he came to my jurisdiction again today and killed someone in broad daylight. I have to clean up his mess!"

"Who was killed? Has his identity been found out?" Li Lixing asked after taking a sip of tea.

Xing Hanzhu said coldly: "One is a woman, a Red Party liaison, and the other man has been caught by Fang Li!"

"Haha~!" Li Lixing laughed when he heard that: "Old Xing, I think you are jealous!"

Upon hearing this, Xing Hanzhu immediately said angrily: "Why should I be jealous of him? What is there for me to be jealous of him?"

"He's messing around. No. 76 will be messed up by him sooner or later!"

Li Lixing smiled, and then took the initiative to comfort him:

"Fang Li's cross-regional operations are indeed a bit inappropriate. I have already severely criticized him just now, and he also said that he will focus his energy on other places. You don't have to worry!"

"Besides, he is just doing his job, you should understand!"

"Just do business as usual?" Xing Hanzhu said disdainfully, "I think that little jerk is just taking revenge on someone else!"

"After all, half of his classmates died at my hands!" Xing Hanzhu said as he looked at his hands.

"Hanzhu, what you said is a bit hurtful!" Li Lixing poured him another cup of tea and continued:

"Fang Li is a smart man. If he had the Military Control Commission in mind, he would not accept our advice to surrender!"

"And we have all witnessed the contributions he has made to No. 76 over the past two years!"

Xing Hanzhu heard this and said disdainfully:

"If the director of the Second Division had not been ambushed and killed by the Red Party this time, would he be qualified to be on equal footing with us?"

"Haha~!" Li Lixing snorted coldly and said, "Look at what you said, how can he be on an equal footing with us!"

Then Li Lixing smiled gently, pointed at Xing Hanzhu, then pointed at himself, and then said with a smile:

"We are brothers from the same sect. Fang Li is just an outsider. I gave him such a high position just to make him work for us!"

"You can't be so confused about this!" Li Lixing shook his head and said:

"You have to understand that Fang Li is just a dog that has been let loose. If I put a muzzle on this dog, how can he go out to help me bite people, and how can he bring back the prey for me?"

"Aren't you afraid that one day this dog will bite you back?" Xing Hanzhu picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea comfortably.

"If he dares to bite his master!" Li Lixing said with a cold look on his face: "Then I will kill him and replace him with another dog!"

As the two were sharing their experiences in raising dogs, a smile appeared on Lin Hao's lips.

The people at the top of No. 76 have different ideas, and it’s quite interesting to see them fighting!

Although he was able to deal with the people below him, he was ultimately a new stranger, and his arrival made everyone extremely vigilant.

In a traitor base like No. 76, there is bound to be no trust between people.

(End of this chapter)