Kong Zulu hurriedly walked in: "Those students from the north want to give the president a woodcut they made themselves. It is a portrait of the president. I have sent someone to secretly take out the portrait and put it inside.
There's a bomb."
"Bomb?" Dai Li frowned.
"Yes." Kong Zulu replied very definitely: "The fuse is very short, and it must be lit when it is sent to the president."
Dai Li smiled slightly: "Are assassins so stupid?"
Kong Zulu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Dai Li meant.
Dai Li shook his head: "If the assassin is really planning to use the bomb in the wood carving to assassinate the president, then you can think about it, how long does it take from ignition to detonation? No matter how short the fuse is, ignition still takes time.
This period of time is enough to give the president’s bodyguards ample time to react!”
Kong Zulu suddenly realized.
"Yu Boying is just a cover. There is really someone else at this moment." Dai Li said slowly: "Except for Yu Boying, have you investigated all the other people I want you to investigate?"
"We have investigated." Kong Zulu said, "But it seems that everyone is suspected, but no one has conclusive evidence."
Dai Li thought for a moment: "In this case, let's get everything under control."
Kong Zulu muttered and opened his mouth, but was unable to express what he was thinking.
Dai Li knew what he wanted to say. The president had ordered that those students should not be touched without conclusive evidence. He pondered for a moment: "Invite those students, including Yu Boying, under the name of 'Guangzhou Revolutionary Times'
, we asked them to accept a one-day interview."
Kong Zulu was still a little hesitant: "What if there are still no clues?"
Dai Li answered without any hesitation: "Then send our people to follow them one-on-one. On the day of the President's interview, wherever they go, we will follow them, so we can pre-emptively strike!"
"yes!"
According to Dai Li's method, nine students, including Yu Boying, were invited to the temporarily arranged "Guangzhou Revolutionary Times" newspaper office.
The students responded with great excitement. Under the interview with the "journalist" specially arranged by Dai Li, they chattered out various political opinions that sounded somewhat childish.
Dai Li hid in a room that could monitor all rooms, carefully monitored each student through the peephole, and then carefully recorded it in a notebook in his hand.
The so-called "interview" lasted from morning to noon. Then Dai Li called Kong Zulu in, pointed to the three names on the notebook and said: "Except for Yu Boying, Guan Qingxiong, and Deng Yihan, everyone else can go.
Already."
"Yu Boying also has a problem?"
Dai Li sneered: "Whether the woodcut is a cover or not, he has to deliver it in person. As long as the real person is not caught for a day, he will never be able to escape suspicion."
The six students were let go under various excuses, but Yu Boying, Guan Qingxiong, and Deng Yihan stayed.
Dai Li opened the door and tried his best to put on a smile. Seeing the reporter who had "interviewed" him, Yu Boying seemed a little excited. He greeted Dai Li, and then looked a little complaining and said: "Reporter Dai, you
Look, this place doesn’t look like an interview place. Rather, it looks like an interrogation room.”
"We are preparing to move here, so the place is a little smaller, please forgive me." Dai Li poured a glass of water for Yu Boying, handed it to his hand, chatted for a few words, and suddenly asked: "You told me last time
It was a gift for the President, but later I tried my best to find out that it was you who carved the wooden statue of the President, right?"
Yu Boying didn't doubt anything at all, but laughed: "You knew it then? Yes, it's a woodcut. Have you seen it before? Does it look like it?"
"The resemblance is very similar. I was amazed when I saw it." Dai Li smiled and said, "But who has such skillful hands to carve such an exquisite wood carving?"
"Teacher Wu Xueyue who came with us." Yu Boying said without thinking.
Wu Xueyue?
Dai Li's mind was spinning rapidly, and he quickly identified this person from the information:
Wu Xueyue is a teacher at Tianjin Second Normal Women's College. She is 29 years old. She came to Guangzhou with students from the north. She has no criminal record. Her father is a businessman and her mother is a housewife...
Dai Li was a little annoyed. Why didn't he notice this woman? Did he neglect the woman, or were women easily ignored?
Just as he was about to question Wu Xueyue carefully, there was a knock on the door. Kong Zulu came in, smiled at Yu Boying, leaned into Dai Li's ear and whispered softly: "A student from Tianjin Normal Women's College named Wu Xueyue
The teacher is here."
Dai Li stood up and was about to speak when he suddenly saw a woman coming in: "Why are you detaining students!"
"Detention?" Dai Li looked innocent: "We are reporters, how could we..."
"Reporter?" Wu Xueyue sneered: "I have already asked, there is no such thing as a 'Guangzhou Revolutionary Times' in Guangzhou!"
Dai Li's face darkened, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly heard a voice coming from behind Wu Xueyue: "Who said no? I am the editor-in-chief of this newspaper, and this is our newspaper!"
Heitie walked in calmly and handed a newspaper in his hand to Wu Xueyue.
Wu Xueyue lowered her head and saw that the words "Guangzhou Revolutionary Times" were clearly written on the header of the newspaper. Wu Xueyue returned the newspaper to Heitie, grabbed Yu Boying's hand, and snorted coldly:
"An unknown tabloid has no airs about it. Let's go!"
As he spoke, he took Yu Boying's hand and left without looking at the people in the room.
"Are you..." Dai Li, who had never seen Heitie before, asked with some confusion.
Heitie put the "Guangzhou Revolutionary Times" in his hand on the table and said calmly: "I'm here to help you. I'm going to check on this woman. I think this woman is suspicious."
"Yes." Dai Li didn't need to continue asking, he already knew that this person must be a close aide of the president...
The investigation into Yu Boying was launched quickly, and many doubts quickly surfaced.
She took the initiative to join the northern student team halfway, and no one had ever seen her carve anything. But when the team was about to enter Guangzhou, she suddenly gave the students a wooden statue of the president.
And all the life experiences related to her were told by Wu Xueyue herself.
According to the reactions of the classmates who came along the way, Wu Xueyue has always been single and seems to have a very fond impression of Yu Boying, but Yu Boying has no favorable impression of her and only treats her as a teacher.
"Wu Xueyue was using Yu Boying there." Kong Zulu said after briefly introducing the situation: "She knew that the students would definitely recommend Yu Boying to send the woodcut statue to the president, and I looked at her position and saw that she was in
First row. I think she will suddenly take advantage of Yu Boying’s gift of a wooden statue to the president.”
Dai Li did not respond immediately, but pondered for a long time: "The bomb in the wooden statue is of no use at all. Once discovered, the guards will immediately cover the president's evacuation. Then why did Wu Xueyue do this?"
Kong Zulu has obviously also thought about this problem: "I think she must have an accomplice, right?"
"Perhaps this is the only reasonable explanation." Dai Li really couldn't think of any other excuse: "Arrest Wu Xueyue secretly immediately, and be careful not to alert other students."
Secretly arresting Wu Xueyue was not a particularly difficult task. When Dai Li saw Wu Xueyue for the second time, this somewhat pretty female teacher had been transformed into a human figure.
Dai Li looked at her with sympathy, and Kong Zulu said sadly: "This woman's mouth is really too tight, and she can't ask any questions."
Dai Li did not pay attention to his subordinates, but asked someone to loosen Wu Xueyue's shackles, helped her sit on a chair, and poured her a glass of water. After she recovered a little, he said with regret.
:
"You are only twenty-nine years old. It would be a pity to die here at such a good age?"
Wu Xueyue raised her blood-stained face: "I just said you are not a reporter."
"Yes, I am not a reporter." Dai Li readily admitted: "Similarly, you are not a female teacher either. My opinion is that we all cooperate a little. You tell everything you know, and I will send you to the United States.
.”
Wu Xueyue smiled: "Do you have such great power?"
"Yes." Dai Li said very seriously: "And I promise to do what I say. In fact, why do you have to suffer so much? Even if you die now, will your master still pity you? You are still young and still have a lot of age.
Why waste your life when you have the chance to enjoy it?"
Wu Xueyue seemed a little tempted. Dai Li struck while the iron was hot and said: "You are doing this business just for money. Is it also for faith? You are dead now and will enjoy nothing. And I can guarantee you that your family will
Nor can they enjoy the money you brought to them with your life."
Wu Xueyue's expression changed drastically, and Dai Li said slowly: "Let's cooperate."
Wu Xueyue remained silent for more than half an hour, and Dai Li did not urge her at all. Finally, Wu Xueyue slowly raised her head: "I said, my companion is Guan Qingxiong...
..”
Wu Xueyue told everything she knew. They were sent by Beiyang, how they would act, once the bomb was discovered, the route Wang Hengyue would take to evacuate, and where Guan Qingxiong would ambush, etc.
Kong Zulu looked very happy: "The commander has made great achievements again this time. He can catch them all at once."
Dai Li glanced at the cell where Wu Xueyue was held, and felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
But no matter what, the case was eventually solved.
Dai Li calmed down there and said: "As soon as the president's meeting is over, this woman will be secretly executed immediately!"