Finally arriving at the door, Feng Jinglun took a deep breath and knocked on the door. After hearing a cheerful "come in" response, he walked in.
Qian Zizhuang, the head of the Imperial Investigation Department, was alone in the office, sitting in the important leather swivel chair behind his important desk. He was carefully looking through the documents on the table.
There is a little steam coming out of the teacup.
"minister."
"sit"
After sitting down, Feng Jinglun was anxiously wondering if he had done something wrong to be called to the minister's office.
The answer is that he did nothing wrong.
"Director Feng, I won't beat around the bush with you,"
After closing the documents in his hands, Qian Zizhuang stared at Feng Jinglun and said.
"Now there is a task that needs more mature and experienced people to complete. I want you to take on this task."
"yes."
Nodding, Feng Jinglun seemed to understand. In fact, he didn't understand because he didn't know what the task was.
"I think you should know that last year, the United Kingdom established an intelligence agency directly under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We believe that some of the guests visiting our country are senior foreign officials. Some of them are likely to be spies.
for example……"
Handing the document to Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang said.
"This Mr. Lawrence is the new First Counselor of the British Embassy. According to the information we have, he is a lieutenant colonel in the army. He was sent to Egypt in 1877, and then there was a blank... Do you know? Blank.
.”
Looking up at Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang reminded him.
"Of course, it's not really a blank. On the surface, he continued to serve in the military after returning to China and then retired. However, after retirement, he seemed to have entered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. However, according to our intelligence, there is no information about him after 1878, so
This person is very suspicious."
"Yes, it is indeed suspicious."
Feng Jinglun said.
"So? I need you to keep an eye on him."
Qian Zizhuang thought for a while and said.
"We all know that those people, especially guys like him who don't have a wife, will inevitably want to have fun...entertainment. Do you understand?"
Feng Jinglun nodded again. This couldn't be more clear, man.
"They like to have female companions, the paid kind, which are prostitutes."
"Indeed."
Although the Imperial Investigation Bureau does not seem to be responsible for domestic security affairs, Feng Jinglun's responsibility is to coordinate domestic security work with the Imperial Security Bureau.
"This kind of thing is very common, and it is no exception here. The Security Bureau has some special partners who provide similar services. We have obtained a lot of intelligence through this channel."
In fact, it is manipulating prostitutes. This is a normal thing in intelligence work. However, the Security Bureau does not directly manipulate, but relies on some partners to obtain some information through call girls, such as information about the personal habits of diplomats, and even
Sometimes, they will work with the Investigation Department to create so-called "traps", which are "immortal jumps" to develop some personnel. These things are definitely shady, but they are indeed an indispensable part of intelligence work.
After all, men...
Looking at Feng Jinglun, Qian Zizhuang said.
"I hope you can get some information from him through this channel. First, we need to find out his identity. Second, we need to see if there is any chance of developing him into a double agent."
He picked up the folder and stood up. When Feng Jinglun left the office, he was thinking: How can a man who has served the British Empire loyally for more than 20 years develop into a double agent?
…
In peacetime, secret wars between empires are invisible. For most ordinary people, they don't even know that there is such a thing as a "secret war" in this world, or even know about spies at all.
Careers are real.
For the vast majority of ordinary people, they are just living ordinary lives, and changes in the outside world have nothing to do with them.
Even the people involved in it didn't have any consciousness. As a mine owner, Luo Yuan never knew what kind of incident he and his mine were involved in.
For him, the incident in Ecuador was just an accident, let alone for him. In fact, except for a few planners, it was just an accident.
A group of robbers took advantage of the wealth and robbed and killed the mine accountant.
Everything that followed was a matter of course. The embassy immediately stepped forward after receiving the news, not only forcing Ecuadorian officials to compensate for the losses, but also took the opportunity to sign a new treaty and dispatch road protection troops.
Of course, Accountant Xu's revenge was also avenged - all the local bandits were wiped out. Some bandits were even afraid of getting into trouble, so they took the initiative to help arrest those bandits, kill them and hand them over to the authorities. In a word, even the bandits knew who could
No one should be provoked.
But what about Accountant Xu’s family?
35,000 yuan.
This is compensation to Accountant Xu's family. This money is enough for his family to live a wealthy life. If they buy the company's stocks, the annual dividends will be enough for them to live a lifetime.
But it cannot make up for the pain of losing their family members.
After all, the wife lost her husband and the children lost their father.
After attending Accountant Xu's funeral, Luo Yuan, who was feeling a little heavy, went to a nearby pub to drink.
"Damn, maybe it was wrong from the beginning..."
Luo Yuan, who was drinking wine, thought with some gloominess. He took a few more sips of wine and then lit a cigarette.
"Maybe, I shouldn't be engaged in this business at all, otherwise, no one would die because of me..."
Everyone has their own knots. For Luo Yuan, he had his knots. After drinking a few glasses of wine, his mood seemed to be lighter. Maybe he would complain or regret, but he should do it.
He will still do what he needs to do, and he will still return to Ecuador, return to his mine, and continue to engage in mining.
After he left the tavern, he took a taxi directly to the train station. While waiting for the train, Luo Yuan bought a newspaper from the newsstand. When he was reading the newspaper, there was a piece of news in the evening paper that was not clear.
The title is printed in nine-point type, and the content talks about the Amazon Expedition Team, which is an expedition team organized by Yingtian University students. They explore the Amazon region along the Amazon River.
Luo Yuan didn't know how to evaluate the behavior of college students at all, and he couldn't understand why the newspapers were full of boasts. In his opinion, these people were simply... full of food, otherwise
How could you go to the Amazon rainforest with nothing to do?
Besides poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts, what else is there?
At most, there are just some rubber trees. In the past days, the Empire's Aboriginal Affairs Office helped many aborigines enter modern society in that rain forest. By planting rubber, palm trees, coffee and other tropical crops, they
Tens of thousands of indigenous people have not only entered modern society, but also escaped poverty. Of course, this is also one of the symbols that Chinese civilization is superior to European civilization.
But where would those college students find anything? And the headline on the news was: