Chapter 177 News leaked
In the Military Intelligence Department, Virgo is in a good mood.
In this conflict, Xu Qingyun's people did not embarrass him. They defeated the Party Affairs Investigation Department and enhanced the reputation of their Military Intelligence Department.
Old ghost Xu went to complain, but he stopped him again.
Thinking of Old Ghost Xu gritting his teeth but feeling helpless to himself, Virgo smiled.
"Virgin, Xie Shengnan's story has been spread, and many people already know about it."
Secretary Qi walked in hurriedly. He knew that Virgo was in a good mood at the moment. This news would immediately change his mood, but he had to report it.
"What is Xie Shengnan?" Virgo asked in surprise.
"It's the Japanese disguised as the person lurking in our telecommunications department. The rumors are very detailed."
Secretary Qi explained in a low voice, and Virgo's smile suddenly stopped. He understood what the secretary meant. Xie Shengnan was Japanese and had been lurking in their military intelligence office for more than two years.
Xu Qingyun came over and captured several spies, forcing the Japanese to use him, and then they found him out.
"Who spread the news?"
Virgo roared angrily. He ordered this matter to be kept strictly confidential. There were not many people who knew about it, so how could it be spread outside?
Another point is that the Japanese did not know that Xie Shengnan was captured. Now that word has spread, I am afraid that Shanghai Super High School will soon know that the radio station they control will no longer be of any use.
Secretary Qi didn't say anything. He didn't know who spread the news, and it wasn't his job to investigate the case.
"Have Zhanjie come over immediately."
Virgo's good mood is gone, this matter must be investigated strictly, and no matter who talks too much, he will tear it into pieces.
Radio Xie Shengnan is very useful. It can help them confuse the Japanese and even provide false information. Now that the news has spread, the Japanese will definitely know about it.
Secretary Qi said that there are so many people who know that there is no way to stop them.
Xu Zhanjie came very quickly. Before coming in, Secretary Qi told him what was going on.
"Virgin, the news is definitely not leaked by our intelligence department. Very few people here know about it."
Xu Zhanjie first said that what the intelligence agencies fear most is not mission failure, but internal problems.
Once suspicion is aroused and a large-scale investigation is carried out, people are bound to panic.
"I didn't ask you that."
The Virgo glared at him, and then said: "There are not many people who know the truth. Go and investigate immediately. Whoever leaks this matter will be severely punished."
"Yes, I'll go check it out right away and punish you severely."
Xu Zhanjie breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the director did not suspect their intelligence department, Miao Feng was responsible for the traitor case, assisted by Hou Yigong and Xu Qingyun, and many people were involved.
If we really suspect that they have said too much, there will be great turmoil within the Intelligence Department.
"Inform deputy section chief Miao that Hou Yigong and Xu Qingyun are going to the conference room for a meeting."
After Xu Zhanjie returned, he immediately started investigating. He had determined that the news had been leaked and that there were many insiders.
He only called the people who knew about it, but the two team leaders who didn't know about it didn't call them.
Virgo asked him to investigate, and the matter was under his control.
However, such a case is difficult to investigate. Anyone who talks too much about it cannot admit it to himself. Their intelligence department is not the only one who knows about it. There are other people who know about Xie Shengnan's handling of the matter.
Everyone knows about the interrogation department, supervision department, and personnel department.
Virgo is angry and will solve the case no matter how difficult it is.
"Xie Shengnan's story has been leaked, and many people outside know about it."
In the conference room, Xu Zhanjie spoke first. The three of them were stunned for a moment, especially Xu Qingyun. Xie Shengnan Radio was in his hands. He had detailed plans for this radio station, and even planned to send some real information to the Japanese to confuse them.
For example, the previous conflict with the Party Affairs Investigation Office was transmitted to the Japanese using this radio station.
The Japanese can also learn about this kind of thing through other channels, so it is better to let Xie Shengnan Radio report it.
Now that the outside world knows it, it is equivalent to the complete destruction of this radio station.
"Section Chief, who did this?"
Miao Feng asked anxiously. He was the one who found out Xie Shengnan and knew the situation best.
"I want to know why I asked you to come here?"
Xu Zhanjie glared at Miao Feng, who immediately lowered his head and said nothing, while Xu Zhanjie looked at Hou Yigong.
"Section Chief, someone within our team leaked the secret." Hou Yigong said in a low voice.
"Nonsense, how can it be spread if no one leaks it?"
Xu Zhanjie was furious. What Hou Yigong said was not as good as Miao Feng. Hou Yigong also lowered his head. It wasn't that he didn't know what he said was nonsense, but he didn't have a better word. When the section chief looked at him, he could only say this.
"Qingyun, you said."
Xu Zhanjie was dissatisfied with the two of them and had no choice but to ask Xu Qingyun directly.
"Section Chief, is Virgo aware of this?"
Xu Qingyun asked softly, Miao Feng and Hou Yigong were not that stupid, they were just unwilling to say what Xu Zhanjie wanted to hear.
"It's the Virgo who told me to order a strict investigation by our Intelligence Department."
Xu Zhanjie admitted generously, and Xu Qingyun sighed slightly in his heart. He could not escape this thankless job.
When the task was assigned to the Intelligence Section, Xu Zhanjie was the first to bear the brunt.
He is Xu Zhanjie's student, so it is natural for him to share his worries with his teacher.
"There are a lot of insiders, but not too many. Among these departments, although our Intelligence Department has the most insiders, no one dares to say anything. The leaker is probably in another department. If the director demands a strict investigation, we will Let’s start with other departments.”
Xu Qingyun said slowly, and Xu Zhanjie nodded slightly: "The Virgo demands that the leaker must be found and severely punished."
Severe punishment means that no matter who leaks the secret, if they are discovered, they will probably be executed, unless they are those who have an unusual relationship with Virgo.
For example, the supervisory section chief and the personnel section chief.
Even for them, if they are found out, they will be unlucky, ranging from being transferred to another job to being imprisoned at worst.
This leak directly caused them to lose a Japanese radio station. It is not an exaggeration to say that they lost a Japanese insider.
"Section Chief, now that the task has been assigned, we will investigate. There are not many people with knowledge. We will first ask their surroundings, and then ask them themselves before the matter comes out. It must not take long for the secret to be leaked."
Xu Qingyun sighed, it would be impossible not to do this offending task.
"What if the secret was leaked before?" Xu Zhanjie asked.
"That's troublesome. The secret was leaked earlier. Why did it come out today? It's probably someone with ulterior motives who did it deliberately."
Xu Qingyun sighed again, it's not that he didn't think about this, it's just that it would be more difficult to find out.
"As you said, let's go through it first."
Xu Zhanjie nodded lightly. If the secret was leaked very early, it would indeed be very troublesome as Xu Qingyun said.
Since it was leaked before, why did the news come out today?
They were not Japanese. If they had known that one of their own had been captured, they would not have been deceived by the mountain ghost message before. So far, the Japanese have made no move, which shows that they are indeed unaware.
Besides, if the Japanese really knew the details, they would not deliberately spread the news in Nanjing.
There is only one place left for those who have the motivation and the ability to do it.
Party Affairs Investigation Division.
They did have a motive. Not to mention killing their people and messing up their actions this time, the incompatible relationship between the two parties alone gave them reason to do this.
As for why it was only exposed today, it was obvious that the old man failed to deal with the failure of their operation this time. Old Ghost Xu got very angry and deliberately released this information to embarrass them.
Xu Qingyun didn't say these words clearly, but Xu Zhanjie knew it very well.
The director gave the order, and the Intelligence Division's investigation quickly began, starting with the insider.
Xu Zhanjie personally took charge and asked one group and four groups to interview all insiders, not only themselves, but also the people around them. The insiders are only in three departments, the interrogation department, the supervision department, and the personnel department.
Among them, the personnel department has the smallest number of people, with only one person, the section chief himself.
Even if others knew about Xie Shengnan's accident, they didn't know that he was Japanese.
There were two more inspectors and three people knew about it.
The interrogation department has the most.
Section chief, deputy section chief, personnel involved in interrogation.
But all together, there are only ten people, and half of them are at the section chief level.
While the Military Intelligence Agency was investigating, Aoki quickly ran to Kawashima's home.
"Professor, it's not good."
"It's unbecoming to panic. If you have something to say, please speak slowly."
Kawashima scolded, Aoki said nothing, took out the latest telegram received and handed it to Kawashima.
The message was sent by the leader of a latent intelligence team in Nanjing, telling them that someone in Nanjing said that Xie Shengnan, a Japanese agent lurking in the Military Intelligence Department, had been arrested. He had been lurking in the Military Intelligence Department for more than two years. For this reason, Director Dai of the Military Intelligence Department I lost a lot of face.
After reading the telegram, Kawashima turned pale.
The mountain ghost was caught?
What happened? Yesterday, Shangui sent them a piece of intelligence, saying that there was internal strife between the Military Intelligence Department and the Party Affairs Investigation Department. Could it be that his report was exposed this time.
That's not right. If it was exposed, how could people outside know it so quickly? This lurking team leader had no way of getting the information from the military intelligence office. He made it very clear that he got it from other places.
"Have you ever sent a telegram to Mountain Ghost privately?"
Kawashima suddenly raised his head and looked at Aoki. Aoki shook his head hurriedly: "Section Chief, I have never contacted him in private."
Aoki really didn't, he didn't have to do this, everything he did was in accordance with Kawashima's instructions.
After reading the message again, Kawashima suddenly slumped back.
With a name and a surname, Shan Gui is indeed gone. Even if he is here, someone in Nanjing said so, Shan Gui will definitely be finished.
"Call him back and ask him to find out what happened."
Kawashima gritted his teeth and said that they were in Shanghai, not in Nanjing. Everything in Nanjing needed to be confirmed by the lurking team.
"Hai."
Aoki lowered his head to accept the order, and Kawashima suddenly said: "Go to Nanjing yourself and check the situation near where they are lurking."
Kawashima is the section chief and he will think of everything in any situation.
If something really happened to Shan Gui, and it wasn't in the past two days, then he might have been in trouble a long time ago. The messages they received from Shan Gui were all fake.
The mountain ghost and his liaison officers have all turned traitor.
If they do, what about everyone else?
Kawashima thought of the recent consecutive losses and couldn't help but suspect that there were people he didn't know about in Nanjing who fell into the hands of the Chinese and used their hands to send reports to Shanghai to confuse him.
They are latent personnel and their identities cannot be revealed.
Aoki knows the best, and only he can verify it.
Just check, don't do anything, look at it and leave.
"Hai, I'll leave tomorrow."
Aoki also thought of this and understood the seriousness of the matter. He was the only one who knew about the lurking personnel in Nanjing, so it was not surprising that the section chief sent him there.
Nanjing has already conducted a thorough investigation into the leak.
Xu Zhanjie personally questioned several section chiefs, Miao Feng asked the deputy section chief, and Xu Qingyun and Hou Yigong did the rest.
Including the people around them.
Every time Xu Qingyun and the others asked someone, they would remind them that failure to report the information would be the same as the leaker. If they tell them in advance, nothing will happen to them.
They also specifically used Xie Shengnan's incident as an example.
The General Affairs Section explained the situation truthfully before, and although it was ultimately pointed to Xin Shaowu, it helped them find Xie Shengnan.
So Xin Shaowu and the people in the General Affairs Department are fine.
But if you help hide it, you will end up like Gong Zhaolin.
There are clear examples that make them dare not hide anything.
"Section Chief, the problem is a bit serious."
The four of them met again on the afternoon of the second day after the secret was leaked.
"I know."
Xu Zhanjie frowned. In the first round of investigation, they found no problems, including insiders from the Intelligence Department. They also asked again.
One group asked four groups, and four groups asked one person.
"What do you think?"
Xu Zhanjie raised his head and looked at the three of them. Miao Feng and Hou Yigong both looked at Xu Qingyun.
"Section Chief, please expand the investigation and also investigate the source of external leaks."
Before, it was just an internal investigation to see if we could find out this talkative person. But now we can’t find out, so we can only expand the scope.
One is to investigate their family members, who at home has said anything about this incident, and then the family members leaked it.
At the same time, ask the insider where he got the information, trace the source step by step, and use a two-pronged approach to find out the source of the leak.
"Okay, expand the investigation and start immediately."
Xu Zhanjie agreed, and Virgo was watching this matter. He heard what Secretary Qi said, and Virgo got angry twice about this matter. Mr. Xu from the Party Affairs Investigation Department called him to ridicule him, and Virgo was very angry.
The person who leaked the secret must be found as soon as possible, otherwise Xu Zhanjie will be in trouble.
"yes."
The several people quickly divided the work, and Hou Yigong was responsible for the internal affairs, mainly checking their family members and people who often spent time together.
Including the Intelligence Division’s own people.
Xu Qingyun went to the outside world to trace the source of the leak, while Miao Feng monitored the ten insiders to see if they made any changes.
On Xu Qingyun's side, Yan Ming and Fang Laibao were all sent out.
As for the twenty newcomers, they have been taken back at this time and there will be no special training for the time being.
It doesn’t take that many people to trace the source.
"I heard Director Li of the Transportation Bureau talk about this..."
"Section Chief Wang of the National Defense Department..."
"Director Zhao of the court..."
Xu Qingyun's investigation was very fast, and the Military Intelligence Office came to the door. They were not particularly powerful people, so they readily told the source of the information they heard.
"Teahouse?"
Soon, he asked a person. This person knew earlier. He was a big mouth, liked gossip, and would share anything he heard with others.
He learned that the source of the news was from two people at the next table while drinking tea.
Moreover, the table next door talked about it in great detail. He listened with great interest and told others when he came back.
But he didn't recognize the two people at the next table.
Additional update, updated today.
(End of this chapter)