But now that Li Huamei has Qi Feng as a talisman, it will be difficult to attack her without clear evidence of "acts endangering the Senate."
In this predicament, Zhou Botao could only further strengthen surveillance. All people who had contact with him were included in the surveillance list and investigated one by one. Now that Li Siya's home base was roughly found, he assigned a group of people in Macau to
Monitor her whereabouts and correspondence.
It was probably when Li Siya realized that Macau was no longer her safe zone. Not only did she live in seclusion in Macau, she often did not stay in Macau at all, but hid in various places. For a while, she still could not grasp her specific whereabouts.
.
But the surveillance in Macau brought them another gain. Zhou Botao was surprised to find that Li Mo, the chief administrative officer of Lingao General Hospital, actually had a communication connection with Li Siya!
As we all know, Lingao General Hospital is the most important hospital in the Senate health system. It mainly serves veterans and core naturalized workers, so the staff inside are all identified as the most reliable staff.
The chief clerk of such a hospital is actually related to Li Siya, the "enemy of the Senate"! This not only piqued Zhou Botao's interest, but also made him break out in a cold sweat.
He suddenly remembered that in 1632 he had handled an informant report involving Li Mo. The content was that she had abnormal behavior during her trip to Guangzhou. It did not attract his attention at the time, but out of careful consideration
, he asked Ke Yun to investigate.
Ke Yun investigated for several months and finally came to the conclusion that "there are doubts but no evidence." The Political Security Bureau had very few resources and could not devote long-term efforts to such a case with no obvious problems, so the case was closed at the end of that year.
. But Li Mo has since been on the "Level 3 Monitoring List."
He asked his secretary to immediately transfer all the files on the case.
In the file, there was a thick pile of weekly monitoring reports about Li Mo. Zhou Botao studied it carefully and found nothing interesting - if there was really any problem, Ke Yun would have restarted this report.
Case. He reread Ke Yun's original investigation report. To be honest, it was not very interesting. The only thing that was certain was that Li Mo probably got in touch with Li Siya because of that trip to Guangzhou.
There is a copy of Li Mo's archive materials in the file. According to her self-description, she is "from Gongchangdu, Xiangshan County, Guangzhou Prefecture." According to the administrative divisions of the Ming Dynasty, the location of Macau belongs to Gongchangdu!
According to her self-report, her former husband was also a pirate on the Guangdong ocean - according to the intelligence they collected, Li Siya's Portuguese father was a "businessman" who did gray business with pirates...
From this point of view, Li Mo has a close relationship with Macau, and it is not surprising that she has a special relationship with Li Siya.
The failure to dig out the root of this matter while the iron was hot was a hidden danger after all. Zhou Botao thought to himself that the key was that Li Mo was quite popular among the elders of the Agricultural Port. She also believed in the teachings of Elder Wu and lived with this small Protestant church.
Cong Shenmi. So at that time, he was more or less on the defensive and did not take decisive action immediately.
He immediately sorted out the relevant situation and reported to Zhao Manxiong.
Zhao Manxiong listened to his report with great interest, and carefully studied the materials he brought. He asked:
"How long have they been in contact?"
"Maybe two or three years ago. The specific start time is unknown. But judging from the context, I'm afraid they had already established a relationship before Li Huamei came to become a naturalized person."
"But from the analysis of the existing materials, there is no horizontal contact between Li Huamei and Li Mo - this girl also knows one-way contact, she is really an interesting character." Zhao Manxiong said, "From the letter, what is the relationship between them? The main point in the letter
What’s the content?”
"The letter was not written in a code," Zhou Botao said. "I was surprised at first, thinking there was a secret code or some kind of code. But after it was handed over to the relevant departments, they concluded that there was no secret transmission of information and that it was just an ordinary letter."
Zhao Manxiong nodded: "Is there any content in the letter that we are interested in?"
"To be honest, no." Zhou Botao said with a bitter smile, "Most of them are short stories between parents. The frequency of communication between Li Siya and Li Mo is very low, far less than that of Li Huamei. There is only one letter every six months. The content is quite long, but
Most of them have short-lived parents.”
In addition to the usual greetings, the letter also contained various requests: Li Mo asked Li Siya to buy something in Macau and Guangzhou, and sometimes the other way around. The letter also mentioned that there were accompanying gifts.
...Anyone can read it as content that is common among relatives and friends.
"But there is one content that is more unusual."
"What?" Zhao Manxiong became interested.
"The titles between them: Li Siya calls Li Mo her sister, while Li Mo calls Li Siya her miss. They are respectful in their writing, which is obviously their attitude toward the superior."
Li Siya called Li Mo sister, but Li Mo did not dare to call Li Siya sister, and used "Miss" to address her. This obviously meant that she was half a head shorter than the other person.
This kind of obvious class difference but with the title of family affection that goes beyond the master-slave relationship will make people confused for a while.
"The relationship between them may be quite special." Zhao Manxiong said, "When Yu Eshui gave us a lecture, he specifically said that ordinary people in the Ming Dynasty could not keep slaves, and some kept them in the name of 'adopted sons' or 'adopted daughters'
A slave is actually a slave. Li Mo probably has this kind of semi-slave status."
"It's possible. In the letters, they often mentioned a person named 'Chun Mei', and Li Mo called 'Xiao Chun'. Judging from the context, she is Li Huamei - that is, Li Chun. And we already know that Li Chun
She is not Li Siya's biological sister. The only possibility is that Li Mo and Li Chun are biological sisters. Because Li Mo mentioned her in every letter and was very concerned about her whereabouts and safety."
"How did Li Siya answer her?"
"Most of the time, Li Siya said that she hadn't seen her for a long time and didn't know anything about it. She only said that she was sailing and doing business outside. She assured Li Mo that it was not a shady and dangerous business, and she never mentioned who 'Chunmei' was doing business with.
.However, sometimes she would deliver certain 'Chunmei' gifts to Li Mo, and also deliver letters - unfortunately we did not intercept the letters."
"So, Li Siya doesn't want the Li Mo sisters to meet each other." Zhao Manxiong thought to himself. It is obvious that only by keeping them unaware of each other's whereabouts can they be blackmailed and controlled. Although the Li sisters are all in Lingao, they are all
After changing his name, Li Mo has been doing general affairs work in Lingao General Hospital for a long time, and he has been reclusive in both life and work. Li Huamei actually spends very little time in Lingao, and spends at least half of the year sailing outside.
Her activities in Lingao were basically in the coastal areas around Bopu.
Li Siya is a very thoughtful woman. No wonder she has been able to survive in the sea for so many years!
"Yes. Now Li Siya probably depends on Li Huamei for a large part of her income. This is why she wants to firmly control 'Chun Mei'."
Zhou Botao secretly investigated the trading situation of Li Huamei's operation. He also managed to find out the operation situation of Li Siya's ship through his connections in Macau, and concluded that among the goods sold by Li Huamei, the proportion of Australian goods exceeds 50%.
Most of the Australian goods are purchased from Li Huamei's channels, which are much more advantageous than other indigenous wholesale channels in terms of price and variety.
In other words, the Senate is continuously creating profits for Li Siya. Zhou Botao checked the Southeast Asian company's information and found that since Li Huamei joined the Southeast Asian company, its annual sales in terms of tonnage have been in the top ten.
"It seems that our mercantilism practice is very good." Zhao Manxiong commented, "What is Li Siya doing now?"
"According to Lando's report, she often went to the Philippines before we defeated the Zheng Zhilong Group. The Spanish were her traditional customers. She was also the secret messenger between Macau and the Spanish. She also had contact with the Dutch and the British - I guess she did
It has to be a combination of a broker, a mercenary or an intelligence dealer. Of course, there is also her trade and piracy."
Zhao Manxiong pondered for a moment and asked: "What is the current living situation between her and Qi Feng? I remember the report said that they are already living together."
"The place where they live together is in the 'Business District', that is..."
"I know this place."
"Li Huamei paid for the house and the property rights are hers. It is said that the design was done by Qi Feng. As long as Qi Feng is not traveling or having meetings, he will live there - he brought the maid there, and
There are a lot of personal belongings, I think this is basically a move." At this point, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, our informant also reported that Li Huamei built a secret cellar in this house. It's very possible.
Prepare to hide some valuables."
"Do you think Li Huamei is good-looking?" Zhao Manxiong suddenly asked.
"Well... if you say she's good-looking, her profile is pretty good." Zhou Botao didn't expect the director to ask such a question, so he answered hastily.
"If you follow the maid selection rating standards issued by the office, she is at level C. But you have to admit that such a woman has a different kind of charm, and this kind of charm is rarely seen in this time and space. So.
Classmate Qi Feng really loves her...this is more difficult."
Zhou Botao understood what Zhao Manxiong meant. Since it was true love, and Qi Feng was an art student and a person with romantic feelings, then it was very likely that "No matter who she is, even if the whole world is against us! I will be with her."
Love each other to the end!" and other bloody TV series plots.