Different from the last assassination, although this assassination was carried out with great fanfare, no evidence was left pointing to Lin Youde - anyone can carry out the explosion, and the name Gestapo is basically unknown even within Lin Ji, including Lin Youde's
Big and small wives.
But as soon as the accident happened, the two women intuitively understood that it was their husband's fault, but neither of them said it clearly.
The senior management of Lin Ji almost had the same reaction. At the beginning of the meeting, everyone tacitly avoided the bombing case and discussed other matters: such as preparations for Lin Youdenan's return and future personnel deployment in the Gyeonggi area.
Since Chen Tianhua has moved to the bright side and serves as the propaganda minister of the federal government, Lin Youde must arrange for someone else to be in charge of the North China Bureau - Lin Youde believes that the intelligence collection team and the action team should be separated. While the North China Bureau focuses on intelligence collection, Victory
Ya's elite team is responsible for beheadings, counter-espionage, and VIP surveillance.
But Lin Youde has had a headache for a long time when it comes to selecting candidates. Those super agents who have proven themselves in the field of espionage in the last time and space are now either just naked children, or they were never born at all. Li Kenong, Pan Hannian and the like are now all
They are still growing up, and because the environment in which they grew up has completely changed, it is not yet known whether they will develop into espionage experts like they did in the previous time and space.
Among the espionage talents Lin Youde had trained himself, one was in charge of the European Bureau and the other was instigating the Russian revolution in Russia.
Letting Chen Tianhua take the concurrent position would definitely not work if something went wrong and he would be blamed. However, few of the revolutionary young people who defected to him were suitable for espionage. Like Qiu Jin, it would be better if Teko used her insight and mobility to
Counterespionage is not bad - she couldn't recover the torpedo stolen by the British back then - but if you put her in charge of spying on intelligence, can the Jianhu heroine be able to keep it secret?
After struggling for a long time, Lin Youde decided to follow Du Qifeng's suggestion and appointed a young man whose name he had never heard of in the original history to be in charge of the North China Bureau.
When meeting this man, an episode occurred that aroused Lin Youde's faint sentimentality.
**
"Do you still remember Xia Fanglan in Guangzhou?"
The first words of the young girl who entered the Hall of Renshou surprised Lin Youde.
He raised his head and saw a familiar face - but the owner of the face was not the nymphomaniac girl back then. Lin Youde's aura of picking up girls was still working, and after these years of experience, he had developed a unique ability.
Just by looking at each other, you can find out whether the girl is capable of being tricked. The girl with the nostalgic appearance in front of you is not affected by the halo at all and still maintains a normal IQ.
"I asked why this name is so familiar. You are Xia Fanglan's sister, Xia Yongzhi, right?"
The girl smiled, and that smile made Lin Youde feel nostalgic.
After seizing the Philippines, Lin Youde once wanted to take Xia Fanglan to Helangyabo, but as soon as the eldest lady was sent back to Guangzhou, she immediately fell ill. The envoy sent by Lin Youde never even met her, let alone picked her up.
Already.
Later, not long after the news of Lin Youde and Josephine's engagement came out, Xia Fanglan died of illness in her boudoir. Lin Youde asked to go back to mourn Xia Fanglan, but the old man of the Xia family said, "Who are you my daughter? You have no qualifications."
He refused on the grounds of mourning.
Because of this incident, Lin Ji annexed all other merchants in Guangzhou, leaving only the Xia family. This action of Lin Youde won him a reputation for "valuing friendship and friendship" in Guangzhou.
Now, seeing Xia Yongzhi, who had always heard his name but never seen him in person, made Lin Youde quite embarrassed.
He coughed twice and said to the girl in a business-like tone: "Then, I look forward to your performance in the North China Bureau..."...
"When I'm done showing off and no longer needed, abandon me just like you abandoned my sister, right? Or let the now-famous Gestapo get rid of me?"
This moment made Lin Youde choked up. He glanced sideways at Du Qifeng, who also looked like he regretted recommending this girl.
In other words, this understanding and trust are always two-way. Lin Youde's confidants know Lin Youde very well, and Lin Youde also knows his confidants very well. Du Qifeng could not have predicted that this girl would be unhappy after meeting Lin Youde. With his
Her character will definitely prevent this situation from happening. On the other hand, this situation shows that this girl really has Johnnie To's talent that she would recommend even at the risk of making her boss unhappy.
But now, it is obvious that Xia Fanglan's sister is more cunning towards Lin Youde than Du Qifeng expected.
So he intervened and said: "That's enough. I'm recommending you. I'm not asking you to settle old scores and seek personal revenge. You've disappointed me so much. Brother Lin, I have some other candidates here that I can recommend..."
At this time, Lin Youde raised his right hand and interrupted Du Qifeng's words.
"No, I like her personality." Lin Youde looked at the girl's face that looked exactly like Xia Fanglan with interest, and the embarrassment in his eyes was no longer there, "Miss Xia Yongzhi, let me tell you the truth, although your sister is a great beauty
, lacks independent opinions and is easily influenced by the surroundings. She is a typical purdah lady. I once wanted to marry her, but now it seems that it was right not to marry her. Because of that little thing, the whole person collapsed. She was young.
A woman who dies of depression cannot become the mistress of my empire."
Lin Youde's straightforward words made Xia Yongzhi turn pale. Lin Youde speculated that this girl was in a battle between rationality and sensibility. Her rationality should understand that Lin Youde was right, but her sensibility could not accept it.
Lin Youde patiently waited for the outcome of Xia Yongzhi's battle between heaven and man, and the entire Renshou Hall fell into a depressing silence.
Finally, Lin Youde saw that Xia Yongzhi's expression became clear.
So he continued: "And you obviously have far more talents than your sister. I need your talents to manage the North China Bureau for me."
Xia Yongzhi raised her chin and stared at Lin Youde for a long time before snorting and not answering.
Lin Youde took this as acquiescence, and then turned to Johnnie To: "Since Miss Xia Yongzhi has no objection, I think this candidate has been decided."
**
After deciding on the person in charge of the most critical intelligence agency, the remaining matters such as Lin Ji, the head of the Beijing General Hall, are easier to talk about.
In the end, Lin Youde left two thousand troops for Chen Tianhua in Wanshou Mountain, and then arranged an armored cruiser and a brigade of Marines in Lushun to take charge of the response (although Lin Youde was very unhappy, he was still persuaded to use the old troops of his troops).
The organizational names of Beiyang were changed to divisions and brigades), and they were ready to return home.
On the day Lin Youde was scheduled to set off, Wanshou Mountain was full of guests. The dignitaries in the capital lined up to see Lin Youde off and see if they could get some more benefits. Among these drunkards who were not interested in drinking, there were two foreigners mixed in, and they looked very strange.