Chapter 29 Chapter 29 The Lustful Chief of Staff

"Company Commander Su, I watched you grow up, so I have always regarded you as my own brother. You are far away from your parents and hometown. It is not easy to be alone outside. I have a deep understanding of this and I can understand it best. I understand, I am your elder brother and your relative here, so I ask you to tell the truth in front of your elder brother, and you must not hide anything. Let me ask you—are you a Communist Party?” Lin Mulang straightened Looking at Su Zitong. Lin Mulang left the mobile room and came to his dormitory again. This time he found that Li Zizhong next door had returned and invited him into the living room.

"I heard that the chief of staff is looking for me?" Li Zizhong asked straight to the point. "It's a little thing. I received a call from Chu Liyan from the Gendarmerie Corps early this morning." "About Su Zitong? He has called me countless times. I don't think he's bothered!" Li Zizhong said displeased. "Master, what do you mean?" Lin Mulang asked tentatively. "I haven't thought about this issue yet. You came just in time. Let's discuss what to do together." "Actually, there is no need to discuss this matter. I think it is enough to hand over the person to him. I heard that Su Zitong may have realized that the situation was not good and ran outside to hide. I don't know if this is true." Lin Mulang said further.

"He didn't run away. I took care of him, but I couldn't hand him over to Chu Liyan." "Why? If you don't hand over, the relevant parties will suspect you and the Communist Party..." "If I hand over people, the relevant parties will even suspect that I have a communist relationship. It's not that I don't believe in Chu Liyan. The arrest of the Communist Party should be a matter of the military command. If the military command asks me for someone, I have absolutely nothing to say." Li Zizhong asked for a step. say. Lin Mulang thought about Li Zizhong's words carefully, and he couldn't find any flaws. After a long time, he said, "Master, I request that Su Zitong be handed over to me."

"Why? He is a suspect of the Communist Party, even I have no right to deal with it?" Li Zizhong looked at Lin Mulang in surprise. "Master, have you ever heard of Zhang Zui?" "It seems that he was sent by the military command to Jiangnan City to handle affairs, and more information is not clear. Why are you asking this?" "It seems that the master still has some understanding of the current affairs in Jiangnan City. He came here with a message, one is to pay tribute to the master, and the other is to hope that the master will hand over Su Zitong to me." Lin Mulang said with a fake smile.

Li Zizhong was taken aback, and asked, "When did the military commander find you?" "It's like this. Chu Liyan is actually an old military commander. He was ordered by Zhang Zui to ask for someone from you this time. Seeing that the commander refused to accommodate, he found me instead." "Chu Liyan, is he a member of the military command? He should have said earlier, and there is no need to go through so much trouble for a Su Zitong. Offended, really offended!" Li Zizhong shook his head again and again, with a look of remorse. "I can't blame you. Those who don't know are innocent, but Chu Liyan also has difficulties. Military commanders are not allowed to make it public, including me telling you the truth today. But our relationship is different. You It's my old superior, I don't need to hide it from you."

"Thank you. Next time I see Zhang Zui, I will pay my respects to Zhang Zui. The other family members don't talk about each other. I hope Zhang Zui can give you a handbook or something. Brother Lin, it's not that I don't trust you. You have to do everything. There is a procedure." Li Zizhong said with a smile. "I understand, I absolutely understand. Well, I'll bring Zhang Zui's letter soon, but there is one more thing to worry about, Mr. Su Zitong, but don't let Su Zitong run away." Lin Mulang looked at Li Zizhong smirked "hehe". "Don't worry, I'll lock him up in the family area and send someone to guard him unless he flies away with wings," Li Zizhong said.

"I really don't dare to think about how Su Zitong became a Communist Party." Li Zizhong sighed. "Has he recruited Su Zitong?" "Recruited, otherwise I don't need to take care of him. He said that Yunni Silk Shop is the letter he reported, and he is in the mobile room in the Xitou family area. Do you want to go and see him?" "Can I visit him without your permission?" Lin Mulang was unwilling to say that he had been there. "I'll go with you, and I'll say hello to Platoon Leader Pan, and you can interrogate him at any time in the future." Li Zizhong stood up.

The mobile room located at the west end of the family area is a place for the newly transferred officials to live temporarily. Su Zitong is hiding here now, and the guard company platoon leader Pan Yiliang and two soldiers are in charge of guarding him.When Su Zitong moved in, Li Zizhong ordered Pan Yiliang not to meet Su Zitong except him and Lieutenant Liang. At this moment, Liang Tianshu was sitting opposite Su Zitong. He was in a very bad mood and even showed a little impatience. "Company Commander Su, Commander Su, you really can't afford to help me! I sincerely want to save you, why can't you insist on doing what I say!" Liang Tianshu hated iron for steel.

"I insist on admitting that I am a Communist Party member, but Mr. Li insists on telling me who my superior is. Where did I get my superior! What if I talk nonsense and find out that I am wrong?" Su Zitong expressed helplessness. "You have a superior, why did you forget, even Zhang Zui knows that your superior is Jiang Fangxiang!" "I said it, but the teacher asked me where Jiang Fangxiang was, and asked me to meet him. Where can I find him? As a last resort, I told the truth." "Master, what's his reaction?" "I don't see any reaction. You know the teacher, and he never shows his face." Su Zitong said.

Liang Tianshu thought for a while and asked again: "Did you know someone came here just now?" "It seems to be Chief of Staff Lin." "Do you know what he's here for?" "I'm not sure, maybe I passed by here." Su Zitong said. "I think he didn't just pass by, he also talked to Platoon Leader Pan for a while." Liang Tianshu reminded. "Platoon Leader Pan won't tell him I'm here?" Su Zitong said worriedly. "What are you afraid of? Could it be that Chief of Staff Lin will harm you?" "That's not true. In my situation, the fewer people who know I'm here, the better." Su Zitong said.

At this moment, Pan Yiliang said softly through the window: "Adjutant Liang, Master Li is here, and it seems that he brought Chief of Staff Lin with him." "What are they doing here?" Su Zitong asked anxiously. "I don't know. Just now Chief of Staff Lin wanted to come in to see you, but I didn't agree. Now he has brought the division commander here." Pan Yiliang said. "What does Chief of Staff Lin want me for? How does he know I'm here?" Su Zitong asked angrily. "I don't know, you can ask him yourself later. Adjutant Liang, if you find it inconvenient, you can go out through the back door, they have already come." Pan Yiliang said and left. "Adjutant Liang, do you know why the chief of staff came to see me?" "I can't figure it out either. But if he asks about you, you must admit that you reported the letter to Yunni Silk Village." Liang Tianshu instructed. "But I have already told the teacher the truth." Su Zitong said awkwardly. "It's okay, if you say this in front of Lin Mulang, the teacher will support you, remember my words, I'm leaving." Liang Tianshu left in a hurry because he had heard footsteps outside the door. Liang Tianshu left Su Zitong and came near the gate, and found that Zhu Yongxiao was on duty. His dry cough caught Zhu Yongxiao's attention, so he pretended to be in a hurry and went to the public toilet of the office. It was working hours, and the toilet was very quiet. After the two came in, they squatted on the outer squatting position, so they could see if anyone came in from outside. "How's the situation?" Zhu Yongxiao asked in a low voice when he saw no one outside. "It's not good, Lin Mulang already knows where Su Zitong is hiding." "Zhang Zui's move is very powerful. It seems that our Comrade Primrose is still not out of danger!" Zhu Yongxiao said worriedly. "You tell the organization, and I will do my best to remedy it." Liang Tianshu said. "What's Li Zizhong's attitude?" Zhu Yongxiao asked. "Su Zitong has already confessed to him. I think this is the biggest trouble. He may not want to take the risk of protecting Su Zitong." "Will he hand over Su Zitong to Zhang Zui?" Zhu Yongxiao asked. "It's possible that he led Lin Mulang to Su Zitong when I came here." "Too bad, if Su Zitong tells Li Zizhong the truth, our efforts will be in vain!" Zhu Yongxiao said anxiously. "I'll ask Pan Yiliang. If there's news, we're still meeting here." Liang Tianshu said. "Company Commander Su, I watched you grow up, so I have always regarded you as my own brother. You are far away from your parents and hometown. It is not easy to be alone outside. I have a deep understanding of this and I can understand it best. I understand, I am your elder brother and your relative here, so I ask you to tell the truth in front of your elder brother, and you must not hide anything. Let me ask you—are you a Communist Party?” Lin Mulang straightened Looking at Su Zitong. "I am the Communist Party." Su Zitong said with his head down, remembering Liang Tianshu's order. "Who is your superior?" Lin Mulang put the bag with the tape recorder opposite Su Zitong. "My superior is named Jiang Fangxiang." "Where is your headquarters?" "Our headquarters is in Yunni Silk Village on Fangsheng Street, and now we have moved somewhere." "You are a member of the Communist Party. Don't you even know where your headquarters has moved?" "I was locked up here before I knew it." "Yunnisizhuang is the letter you reported?" "It's my letter." "How did you report the letter?" "I, I called... No, no, no, I have enough time to get out of the Gendarmerie, and I will take a rickshaw to report the letter to Silk Village." "Teacher," Lin Mulang cast his eyes on Li Zizhong, "I've almost finished my question, do you have anything else to ask?" "I have asked all the necessary questions, and I want to know more about the situation in his family." Li Zizhong said. "You talk, I won't accompany you." Lin Mulang stood up. Li Zizhong watched as Lin Mulang's figure disappeared outside the door, and then turned his gaze back to stare at Su Zitong.His gaze made Su Zitong feel like a thorn in his back. "Teacher, I lied again just now. I don't know whether it's right or wrong..." Su Zitong murmured. "You don't even know right and wrong, why do you still say that? Don't avoid it, can you tell me the reason?" "Teacher...I..." Su Zitong stammered. "I understand if you don't say it. Someone ordered you to say this, right? Someone talked to you here before me and the chief of staff, didn't you?" "Yes." Su Zitong dared not deny it. Li Zizhong nodded and sighed: "I see. This person taught you to pretend to be the Communist Party to lie to me at the beginning, and now he instructs you to lie to Lin Mulang with the same words. Do you know his purpose?" "I don't know, he said it was for my own good." Su Zitong hung his head and dared not lift it up. "Why? Use your own brains, and if you are a Communist, I will save you? Then I will become a Communist too?" "I was confused, I did what others told me without thinking deeply about it," Su Zitong murmured. "Su Zitong, I also know that you are not the Communist Party, otherwise I would have handed you over to the military commander a long time ago, so why should I put you under house arrest?" Li Zizhong suddenly said majesticly. "Teacher", Su Zitong knelt down with a "plop", "You hand me over to Zhang Zui, I really can't stand it, I didn't inform the Communist Party, I have to make it clear to Zhang Zui, I guess the middle There must be an inside story, I'm just being used by others. Master, please hand me over to Zhang Zui quickly, the sooner the better!" "Don't worry, I'm actually ready to hand you over to Zhang Zui. Chief of Staff Lin came to see you on Zhang Zui's entrustment." "Then quickly invite Chief of Staff Lin, I want to tell him the truth, what I just said was all lies." Su Zitong said tearfully. "Platoon Leader Pan!" Li Zizhong shouted out the window. "Here, what instructions does the teacher have?" Pan Yiliang said through the window. "Invite Chief of Staff Lin!" Li Zizhong said. Liang Tianshu glanced at the clock on the wall, hurriedly packed up the documents and was about to leave the office. At this moment, Pan Yiliang poked his head outside the door and asked, "Does Adjutant Liang know where Chief of Staff Lin is?" "Maybe go home, it's almost time to get off work." Liang Tianshu replied casually. "No, the door of his house is locked." Pan Yiliang finished speaking and prepared to leave. "Hey, slow down." Liang Tianshu came to his senses quickly, and seeing that no one was paying attention, he asked, "Isn't the Chief of Staff at your place?" "He left first, and the teacher is still waiting there, asking me to call him over." "He just left, what does the teacher want him to do?" "It's not that Company Commander Su is meddlesome, saying that he is a Communist Party member for a while, and denying it for a while. Just now he knelt down in front of the division commander and cried, saying that he wanted to take the initiative to explain to Zhang Zui. Adjutant Liang, I have to go." Su Zitong wants to explain to Zhang Zui?Liang Tianshu was startled, and when Pan Yiliang left, he picked up the microphone on the table and dialed the number three times, then put it down—this was the code for him to contact Zhu Yongxiao.Not long after, Zhu Yong came to the office pretending to be a patrol, and walked into Liang Tianshu's office while no one was paying attention. "Comrade Nightingale, what's the matter?" Zhu Yong asked in a low voice. "Do you know where Lin Mulang has gone?" "He's gone into town, like he's on a date with someone." Liang Tianshu heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this: "The situation is very bad. Su Zitong is going to explain to Zhang Zui. Li Zizhong is looking for Lin Mulang everywhere. Fortunately, he is not here. We still have a glimmer of hope." "Do you want to ask the organization?" Zhu Yongxiao asked. "It's too late, we must kill Su Zitong before Lin Mulang!" "When will you act?" "At 12 o'clock tonight, when Su Zitong is most tired, you enter his room through the back door, and I will hold off the guards at the front door in the name of Cha Gang." Liang Tianshu instructed, "Be careful, only use a dagger." "No problem, I just happen to be on duty tonight, and I'll come to your room at 11 o'clock." Zhu Yongxiao just finished speaking when footsteps came from outside, and he hurriedly hid in the office next door. The footsteps were getting closer, Liang Tianshu looked up, and it turned out to be Pan Yiliang again. "Platoon Leader Pan, haven't you found the Chief of Staff yet?" Liang Tianshu asked. "No, I heard that he was out. Lieutenant Liang, after dinner, Master invites you to visit his house." "Is there anything he wants from me?" Liang Tianshu asked. "I don't know. Lieutenant Liang, don't forget." Pan Yiliang left after speaking. "Li Zizhong is looking for you, what will happen to him?" Zhu Yongxiao asked from the office next door. Liang Tianshu said: "He notified me that the teacher had something to do with me tonight." Zhu Yong was slightly startled: "Don't delay our important event." "No, there is still a long time before 12 o'clock after dinner." Liang Tianshu said. At night, the business in the Teahouse on Heaven and Earth is booming.In the hall, most of the tables were already full, and there were no vacancies in the private rooms. In Caiyungui's private room, Lin Mulang was happily talking to Chu Xiangxue, and it was obvious that he was very excited. "It seems that your team leader Zhang misunderstood Li Zizhong. Whether Su Zitong is a Communist or not, he doesn't need to protect a small company commander in his capacity. If he really wants to do this, he will become the leader if he doesn't first. Have you joined the Communist Party?" "Don't talk about Li Zizhong, has that Su Zitong recruited?" Chu Xiangxue asked. "I recruited, I recruited very quickly, I recorded the audio here, you take it back to Zhang Zui. Don't forget to bring the handbook when you meet next time." Chu Xiangxue accepted the tape and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely bring it." "Does Miss Chu like to dance?" Lin Mulang couldn't wait to throw the hydrangea to Chu Xiangxue after finishing his business. "I don't like it very much, just dance once in a while." Chu Xiangxue was lukewarm. "No, you should like it. You are too beautiful. It would be a waste if you don't dance. That's it. I'll invite you to the Juyuan Ballroom tomorrow night!" "Thank you, I have something to do tomorrow." Chu Xiangxue declined. "What's the matter? It's okay, I'll help you with it tomorrow, and we'll go to the ballroom together!" Lin Mulang clung tightly. "You can't help me with my affairs, Chief of Staff Lin, I'm leaving first." Chu Xiangxue smiled at Lin Mulang, and ran away like a gust of wind. Lin Mulang was stunned, staring at Chu Xiangxue's leaving back. Li Zizhong and Fei Yuting sat in the living room without saying a word. The only sound in the room came from the wall clock on the wall.They seemed to be waiting for an important person, and Fei Yuting went to the window to look out from time to time. There was the sound of leather shoes hitting the ground outside, the couple looked at each other, and then Fei Yuting went to the door and opened it. It was Liang Tianshu who came in. Seeing Li Zizhong sitting motionless on the sofa, and Fei Yuting closing the door and drawing the curtains, he knew that there was an important topic to discuss. "Teacher, you called me so late..." Liang Tianshu wanted to sit but dared not. "Come with me." Li Zizhong stood up and walked into the storage room. Liang Tianshu followed into the storage room anxiously. "Master, do you have to say something here?" Liang Tianshu looked at Li Zizhong suspiciously. "Be honest, who are you?!" Li Zizhong turned around and suddenly asked viciously. "I'm your adjutant, sir, what's the matter with you?" Liang Tianshu said innocently. "You are my adjutant?" Li Zizhong sneered, "I think you are a spy sent by Zhang Zui!" "Master, I am confused when you say that." "I don't think you are confused at all. If you are confused, you can still instigate Su Zitong to pretend to be the Communist Party to test me?!" Liang Tianshu calmed down and said, "Master, can I sit down and talk?" "I didn't expect you to use such a dirty trick to deal with me. If I hadn't been loyal to the party and the country, I would really fall into your trick this time!" "Mr. Li, if you don't give up your seat, then I can only stand and talk to you. You said you are loyal to the party and the country, why did Chu Liyan keep asking for someone, and you not only refused to give up but also protected Su Zitong? When Su Zitong said Why did you bring Lin Mulang to see him when the truth came out that he was not the Communist Party? With this series of changes, you can fool others, but you cannot fool me!" "Who are you?" Li Zizhong drew a pistol from his body and pressed it against Liang Tianshu's forehead. "The Communist Party." Liang Tianshu said without changing his expression. "You are the Communist Party, I will hand you over to Zhang Zui!" "If you hand me over to Zhang Zui, I will die, but if my death can arouse your trust in me, I will die without regret!" Li Zizhong walked around Liang Tianshu with his gun in hand, and then asked, "Did you ask Su Zitong to admit that he is the Communist Party just to test me?" "Not only that, but also to save a large number of innocent people. A large number of people have been locked up because of the leak of Yunni Silk Village. If Su Zitong is not allowed to take the blame, they will die under Zhang Zui's butcher's knife at any time." "Your remarks are very red-faced. It seems that you really consider yourself a Communist Party. As a general of the party-state, in order to protect the interests of the overall situation, from now on, you cannot leave here!" Li Zizhong said seriously. "Master, listen to me—" Before Liang Tianshu finished speaking, Li Zizhong walked out of the basement with rare agility, and with a "bang", the iron door closed...