Indiana Jones

Chapter 378 Trouble Again (03)

Li Siming began to spend money to continue to ask for information within the military command to find clues related to Si Xuanyi, but when his plan was just in full swing, Director Mao called him and told him not to interfere any more.

"Now that Si Xuanyi's whereabouts are unknown, we are very anxious. Many people are waiting for him to come back to preside over the work. He is not here, and the morale of the army is unstable." Li Siming didn't know what Director Mao was thinking, and he didn't dare to ask, so he could only complain.

"Some things are not as simple as you think." Director Mao looked at him, "Your loyalty is obvious to all, but don't forget what your duty is, don't waste time on things that have no results, I can't control this matter , you can’t control it, but you can rest assured that I will never tolerate my own people being wronged and framed. Now it’s not just about him alone. He has become the fuse of the struggle between the two organizations, so It's not so easy for him to get away, at least for a while he will have to suffer a little bit." Director Mao walked to the window and looked outside, "There are some things we can't do anything about, but we can. The role played is very limited, but we must always remember that it is an extraordinary time to be loyal to the party and the country. Although certain things are inevitable, we must not forget the great plan of the War of Resistance..."

"But the biggest problem is that this will dispel the enthusiasm of a large number of people. Our team is all bloody and bloody. Our section chief is the leader and the backbone of this team. If this continues, We can only weaken ourselves..." Li Siming was still unwilling to continue expressing his views.

"I repeat, don't worry about some things, do your own work well, do you understand?" Director Mao seemed a little angry.His face slowly changed.

How smart Li Siming is, he can tell at a glance that something is wrong, and it seems that he can't get any results here. It's a big trouble to piss this guy off. After the lecture, he resigned and went back. Although Director Mao warned him not to mess around, he didn't intend to stop there. Some things have to take risks. He is a person who has experienced many times of life and death. risk?In the end, it would be a big deal to kick him out of this department, so it wouldn't kill him, would it?
After going back, Li Siming explained the work again, or handed it over to Liang Wei, and asked her to be in charge of the daily work of the department, and leave other things alone, and then disappeared. He planned to take this matter down by himself. No matter what happened, it was his personal behavior and had nothing to do with the entire department.

He contacts peaceful people in private, spends money to manage, and obtains information and intelligence. The main reason is that he is not familiar with people, and not everyone is greedy for money. It went well, so he started to pick some people's pigtails, for example, some people like to smoke opium, some people sell information to make money, some people gamble and owe huge debts, and some have an affair with the chief's wife. They used coercion and lure to get some clues, and finally determined the location of Si Xuanyi's detention, and then began to deal with some of the staff at the location in the same way, asking them to create opportunities for him to go in and have a look. He also knew that this was not easy. But at this point, he can only take risks...

In the end, he spent a hundred oceans to bribe a guard while he was pulling out small staff, and promised to take him in at night, but everything had to be arranged by the other party, and it was very dangerous. Li Siming agreed almost without thinking , this kind of opportunity is extremely rare. Although it is risky, it is worth a try. After thinking about it, he wrote a letter to Liang Wei, telling her that if he did not come back the next day, he would immediately take this letter to Director Mao , This can be regarded as a backhand, if someone tricks you after you go in, wouldn't it be asking for trouble.

On the same night, he disguised himself as a prisoner and followed the guards into the prison where Si Xuanyi was being held. He passed through several doors along the way without any obstructions. It should be that the guard had already taken care of him. After entering inside, he smelled a , musty smell, stench and bloody smell mixed together, this is the well-known Zhongtong Prison for Severe Criminals, some people compare it with the imperial prison of Daming Jinyiwei, basically it only enters and cannot enter, and almost no one enters out alive...

The entire prison area is very large. It is said that there are thousands of rooms, half above ground and half underground. Outsiders have no way of knowing what it looks like inside. People who have seen it are basically killed, so this place is mysterious in the eyes of outsiders. And scary, many officials were thrown here because of one or another problem, basically there was no return.

The corridor was very long, and they still couldn't see the end after walking for more than ten minutes. From a distance, they could hear the wailing and screams that made the spine chill, but in this empty passage, they couldn't change their direction for a while. The doors are locked tightly, there are no windows above, and no sound can be heard. There is a dead silence inside. I don’t know if people are locked up. On some doors, dark brown palm prints can be seen, which should be printed on them after returning from torture. It can be seen that the walls are made of huge stone blocks half a meter square, and it is really impossible to escape from here.

After walking for a long time, they finally stopped at the door of a prison cell. The guard looked around and said, "You only have 10 minutes." After speaking, he opened the small window for delivering meals below, and then slammed the door hard... …

Li Siming squatted down and looked inside, it was pitch black, he greeted in a low voice and finally got a response, Si Xuanyi stumbled over.

It was too dark to see what he was like, but from the bloody smell coming out of the small window, Li Siming knew that he must have been tortured.

"Why are you here?", "You have suffered!" The two of them almost said in unison.

"Did they execute the sentence?" Li Siming asked gritted his teeth.

"They couldn't find evidence, so they insisted on me admitting it. If I disagreed, they wanted to beat me up. They underestimated me." Si Xuanyi sneered, "Don't worry, this little trick won't do much for me. When I go out, I have to let these bastards taste my power; what are you doing here? They still can't catch anything, and they can't do anything to me for a while, go back quickly, I'm fine, take care of Corey's affairs That's it."

"We're trying to get you out, and now they're making a big fuss." Li Siming lit a cigarette and handed it in. Si Xuanyi quickly took it, took a deep breath, and hadn't smoked for a long time, Li Siming Seeing this, he gave him a pack of cigarettes and a pack of matches, "Director Mao doesn't seem to be doing anything. He doesn't seem to be able to use much strength. There seems to be some trade-offs, but there is no accurate information yet, so you can go back to the office again." Bear with it."

"I know what's going on. It's nothing more than the result of fighting for power and profit. I'm just a victim of their pretext. These bastards, even in the midst of a national crisis, still have the mind to do this." Si Xuanyi cursed while smoking a cigarette.

"Let's not talk about this, time is limited, the work below has not stopped, we are also trying to get you out, no matter how troublesome the above is, we can't make you unreasonable, at worst, we will stop doing this work, and we can't let you go. Lost your life." Li Siming said in a low voice, "They tried to mess with you last time but failed. This time they seized the opportunity and wanted to kill you. It's definitely not that easy. In addition, if Boss Dai doesn't want to give up the rights of this department, he must We will think of other ways, we can't control the fight for power, but at least on this point we can be sure that Boss Dai will not give up easily, even if he wants to keep this department, he must first keep you."

"Well, I'm clear about this." Si Xuanyi nodded, "It's more clear that there are some things that we can't influence. It can be said that my struggle is minimal, and I have to rely on the top in the end, but I can't do nothing. As for You...be quiet, don't mess around, I'm not in your control, I'm very happy that you can today, leave the rest to the higher-ups, don't get involved, don't make things go wrong This kind of place seldom comes, and this kind of thing seldom participates in, and now they can't catch us, so we must pay attention."

The guard had already started to urge Li Siming to leave. This place cannot be stayed for long. They must go out before the guard changes, otherwise they might not be able to get out.

"Take care, we'll wait for you to come out." Li Siming said one last sentence.

"Let's go, there's not enough time." The guard was a little anxious.

Listening to the footsteps going away, Si Xuanyi stood up slowly, went back to the bed and lay down, lit a cigarette and took a deep breath. This was the time when everyone was avoiding him, but Li Siming could still Taking such a huge risk to see him really touched him, what is a brother?Many people can add to the icing on the cake, but it is difficult to give charcoal in a timely manner. A person really needs help when he is down and down. Those who can help him at this time can be called friends.

"Don't worry, I'll live." Si Xuanyi took another puff of the cigarette, almost sucking most of the cigarette in. He almost despaired in this dark place, but Li Siming's arrival made him full of hope.

After leaving the prison, Li Siming gave the guard another ten yuan, telling him to take care of Si Xuanyi, and he didn't need to do anything else, just buy him some food and cigarettes occasionally, and the guard could still do this.

Si Xuanyi's condition was much worse than Li Siming expected. Regardless of his situation or physical condition, he never thought that the other party would dare to torture Si Xuanyi. After weighing it over and over again, he went to Director Mao to check his situation To tell the truth, Director Mao knew about Si Xuanyi's detention, but he didn't expect that the other party would go too far to extract a confession by torture. Naturally, Director Mao slapped the table and scolded those bastards, and immediately went up Reported that he put pressure on the Zhongtong through the upper levels, but he did not let Li Siming go, because he was locked up for his unauthorized actions. The reason for this was to avoid unnecessary friction with the Zhongtong and reduce the risk of Misunderstanding, the possibility of misfire, especially in this extraordinary period, any small incident may lead to big troubles, now the two sides can be regarded as tit-for-tat, and we should not add fuel to the fire at critical moments, we must try to cool down, after all, this is the period of the Anti-Japanese War Well, even if there is a limit to internal fighting, too much internal consumption will definitely cause the old man's dissatisfaction, and then both of them may not be able to eat and walk around.

When Li Siming decided to go to Director Mao, he knew that it would not be so easy for him to pass the test, so he had nothing to say when he was locked up. He couldn't give up the opportunity to report this matter for himself. This was related to Si Xuanyi A matter of life and death.Later developments proved that his choice was correct. Even if Si Xuanyi's life was worthless, he was still a member of the military command. From this perspective, if the military command continued to ignore it, it would be too useless. It was a matter of face and could not be handled well. It is equivalent to showing weakness, neither Director Mao nor Director Dai will definitely show weakness to the Central Command because of these things, so on this special level, Si Xuanyi's life and death seem to be related to the status and strength of the Military Command. It's getting bigger and bigger. Originally, it was just a meeting with the second brother for a long night. Such a simple matter eventually fermented into the struggle and confrontation between the two secret service organizations. This is indeed something no one expected, let alone Si Xuanyi. Seeing his own elder brother will also become the fuse of this matter.

On the surface, Chongqing seems to be calm, but the secret game has never stopped. This kind of internal struggle has never stopped. Struggles for power and profit have been commonplace in all dynasties, and it is inevitable in this era. Human beings are inherently narrow Sex makes people tend to seek profit and avoid disaster, hoping to have more power and master more resources. Ambition is one of the driving forces to promote a person's progress. Everyone has unlimited possessiveness, but it is only affected by it. It depends on your own situation whether it can be achieved in the end.

After the fierce secret confrontation, Si Xuanyi was finally released, but it was not that the matter was over, but that the Central Command did not find substantive evidence and was forced to release him temporarily under pressure, but he was not allowed to leave, and he must be ready to continue anytime, anywhere Accepting the investigation, at least in this regard, the military commanders and the others have taken some advantage.

When Si Xuanyi came back, he was covered in injuries all over his body, his face was unkempt and his beard was scruffy. The guards guarding the gate hardly recognized him, and almost took him for a beggar.

After cleaning and treating the wound, changing clothes, eating, and freshening up, Si Xuanyi still looked very energetic. Although the matter was not over, he finally came out from a damned place, although the trouble was not really over.

(End of this chapter)