Chapter 1960
Huo Fei knew very well the details that Xue Zheng would care about. Firstly, he wanted to get the relevant itinerary as soon as possible, and secondly, he wanted to have exclusive access to the information. At the same time, he also knew that the other party would not easily give up the agreement he had reached with him, and what he had to do now was Try to make Xue Zheng understand that what he is doing now exceeds the original agreement, and this part of the extra work is worth asking Xue Zheng to increase the price on the original basis.
The main reason why Huo Fei can confidently raise the price is because he is convinced that his channel is unique, and it is impossible for anyone else to offer such a high price to Mr. Tian from Sanya. After all, there is no other financial backer like Xue Zheng behind the other noisy colleagues. As for who is currently purchasing relevant information on the black market, Huo Fei actually doesn't care anymore. All the bids on the market are far from the price required by Master Tian, and he will definitely not be able to compete with himself.
After hearing what Huo Fei claimed, Xue Zheng began to hesitate. The reason why he was willing to pay a large price to buy information from Huo Fei was of course because he hoped to have accurate information as a reference for planning the next move. But if you can really do more preparations and increase your certainty of success, then spending more money does not seem to be an unacceptable thing. Of course, the premise is that the person named Huo did not deceive himself.
However, Xue Zheng was afraid that Huo Fei's boast would be blown to the sky, and things would go badly when the time came. After spending a lot of money, he would not be able to provide himself with the information he needed, which would affect the implementation of subsequent actions. If he spent so much money and still got nothing in the end, he wouldn't be able to explain it to his superiors.
At the same time, people from the Ministry of Security had noticed the inn where Xue Zheng came out. The order they received was to monitor everyone who contacted Huo Fei, although it was not certain whether the person who boarded Huo Fei's carriage lived there. This inn, but now a group of people split up and went to this inn to book a room for subsequent investigation.
Huo Fei's carriage moved forward slowly on the street, seemingly with no intention of stopping, and the agents responsible for tracking could only brace themselves and constantly change their formations to prevent their whereabouts from being exposed. Fortunately, there were no carriages and horses walking around on the street at this time, so it wasn't too difficult to follow the carriages that had been circling the area.
After the carriage made two more large circles on the street, it finally returned to the place where it had picked up Xue Zheng. After parking, Xue Zheng got off and returned to the inn. Huo Fei's carriage left here and returned to its station. When the agents responsible for tracking saw Xue Zheng returning to the inn, they immediately raised the level of surveillance of the place, leaving a group of people to monitor inside and outside the inn. Others continued to follow Huo Fei, lest the target might do tricks in the dark. Escape.
But although Huo Fei had a certain awareness of risks, he never imagined that he had been closely watched by the Security Department. In addition, he had been wandering around the market for a long time and didn't seem to find anything unusual, so he ordered to return directly to his place. Hideout.
Huo Fei usually lives in seclusion and rarely appears in public. He has set up his hiding place deep in a certain warehouse. Only two-thirds of the space in this warehouse is used for storing goods, and the remaining one-third is where Huo Fei lives, which is the area where Xue Zheng visited last time when he came to see him. But there is a large warehouse with the same appearance bordering it. If you only look at it from the outside, no one would have guessed that there is a well-designed hiding place hidden in this ordinary warehouse.
However, no matter how careful he is, it is not the local police who are targeting him now, but the arrest operation directed by Zhang Qianzhi himself. After he becomes the subject of the investigation of the Ministry of Security, there is no possibility of being invisible.
Zhang Qianzhi, who returned to Danzhou City, had immediately obtained the document sent by Wang Baisuo's subordinates, which recorded Huo Fei's situation. Although Huo Fei thought that no one would know his family background after changing his name, there was actually some information about him in the Ministry of Security, but what he had done in the past did not involve official taboos. I am too lazy to use resources to deal with a small underground broker.
Zhang Qianzhi took a rough look at the records. In fact, there is not much about Huo Fei himself, because he has not committed any major crimes in the past few years. At most, he helped the perpetrators escape at sea after receiving money, or perhaps Sell certain undisclosed official decisions to businessmen willing to bid. For the Ministry of Security, these behaviors are indeed minor problems that can be turned a blind eye and ignored. If it hadn't been for stepping on the red line this time, it is estimated that Huo Fei could continue to do his brokerage business happily.
"Should we arrest people overnight, or should we wait a little longer?" Wang Baisuo waited patiently until Zhang Qianzhi closed the file book before asking for his opinion.
Zhang Qianzhi shook his head and said: "There is no rush tonight. Let's wait for the report from the field team first. This Huo Fei has limited strength and is probably not the mastermind behind the scenes. Moreover, he asked for more time to raise funds. I guess the money is very large." It’s possible that it wasn’t done by him, but there might be a sponsor behind him who instructed him to do things.”
"It's also possible that they are the group of people who escaped in Changhua." Wang Baisuo added.
"We should know the answer soon. If Huo Fei gives me a positive answer tomorrow, I think we will be very close to solving the case. It is probably time for the person who spent tens of thousands to buy a North Korean trip to reveal his identity. " Zhang Qianzhi looked out the window into the darkness. He could feel that his opponent was lurking somewhere nearby, and as the case became clearer, more and more clues were in his hands. Wait until the time is right to close the net and take people.
Later that day, the field team responsible for monitoring Huo Fei's movements sent back the findings of the investigation to the headquarters in the city, which further confirmed Zhang Qianzhi's judgment. On the way back, Huo Fei had a secret meeting with an unidentified person in a carriage for an hour, and this person settled in an ordinary inn outside the north gate. Since the field team sent people into the inn in time to conduct control, when this person returned to the inn, his appearance and figure fell into the eyes of the detectives.
The field team managed to temporarily summon the shopkeeper, and then learned that this person was not alone, but from a group of Ming Dynasty grain merchants living in the store. The number seemed to be very close to the Changhua group. However, the time he checked into the inn was two or three days later than the time Zhang Qianzhi estimated that the group of people fled from the sea to Danzhou. As for his words and deeds, the innkeeper didn't find anything wrong with him.
However, according to the detectives who stayed at the inn, they saw that the appearance of this man was somewhat similar to the portrait of Zhang Qianzhi on the wanted poster produced by Changhua. However, the light was not good at night and it was not clear, so they were not very sure that he was the same person. .
"Perhaps these two or three days late can explain why we did not find the arrival record of the ship at Danzhou Port."
Although the situation obtained from the investigation was different from Zhang Qianzhi's earlier judgment, he still seemed confident and gave his own understanding of it.
"You mean, they didn't dock at Danzhou Port, but found another way to go in a circle to Danzhou?" Wang Baisuo also understood what he wanted to express. "If the group of grain merchants we found are the same group of people who planned the attack in Changhua, it would make sense, wouldn't it?" Zhang Qianzhi said with a smile: "They need the North Koreans' itinerary to carry out the next attack. , and Huo Fei happened to be able to provide them with this information, so after meeting with me today, the first person Huo Fei met was probably the customer who paid him to do the work. He claimed that he had trouble with cash flow. , but then he spent an hour secretly meeting in a carriage with a grain merchant who had only been in Danzhou for a few days. He couldn't possibly be planning to borrow money from this grain merchant!"
This kind of reasoning came naturally to Zhang Qianzhi and was logical. After hearing this, Wang Baisuo felt that there were not many loopholes to criticize. The only thing left to do was to wait for the field team to confirm all relevant personnel to avoid During the capture, another fish slipped through the net and appeared.
Huo Fei was quite happy at this time. After some earnest persuasion, he finally convinced Xue Zheng to believe in him and provide additional funds for follow-up actions. Huo Fei directly doubled the 50,000 yuan donation that needed to be paid to "Master Tian" and reported it to Xue Zheng. In order to make the money more worthwhile, Huo Fei also provided two locations to Xue Zheng , as a pre-selection to make suggestions to "Mr. Tian" to join the tour itinerary later.
These two places are outdoor scenic spots with quiet environment and sparsely populated areas in Danzhou. Huo Fei will try to persuade the other party to bring as few escorts as possible to avoid destroying this quiet environment. As for how Xue Zheng was going to make arrangements in advance, that was not something Huo Fei needed to worry about.
At the same time, Huo Fei also pointed out that since this incident has exposed Huo Fei's identity, he will definitely be arrested by the authorities. After Xue Zheng's request is fulfilled, he must leave Danzhou to avoid trouble, so he also asked Xue Zheng An additional settlement fee is being added.
After some bargaining between the two parties, Xue Zheng finally agreed to add an additional 200,000 yuan to the 30,000 yuan deposit already paid, of which 100,000 yuan would be used to bribe "Master Tian" to obtain the information Xue Zheng needed. The money was used as Huo Fei's reward for doing things and the settlement expenses for running away afterwards.
Of course, Huo Fei's actual expenses could not be spent so much. He spent only more than 60,000 yuan to open up the joints. Including his subordinates' remuneration and other temporary expenses, it was only about 80,000 yuan at most, and he himself could have About 150,000 were recorded. With this money, he no longer needs to be an invisible man in Danzhou. He can go to the interior of Daming to buy hundreds of acres of high-quality farmland, build a large manor with horse racing in the yard, and live in peace and prosperity in the future. squire.
However, the money was not available immediately. Xue Zheng promised to give him 100,000 yuan the next day to deal with "Master Tian", and then pay the remaining part after getting the specific itinerary of the North Koreans. So Huo Fei still had to plan carefully how to persuade Haihan officials to accept his suggestions on the itinerary. In his opinion, although there is 80% hope in this matter, he still needs to deal with it carefully. If the success falls short at the last moment, it will be uneconomical to let the fat meat that has been caught in the bowl fly away.
It's just that Huo Fei never imagined that all his calculations were based on the trap set by others. Even if he wanted to break his head, it would still be impossible to break the trap that had been set up.
The next day, Huo Fei sent someone to the inn where Xue Zheng was staying early in the morning and took back the additional payment of 100,000 yuan promised by Xue Zheng. After receiving the money, Huo Fei's mood became much more stable. Up to now, the other party had spent hundreds of thousands to handle this matter. As long as the information was obtained, the other party would definitely not be stingy with the last 100,000.
After taking care of Xue Zheng's side, Huo Fei immediately sent someone to contact Guan Anping and asked him to arrange to meet "Master Tian" again as soon as possible. However, he never expected that "Master Tian" would be guarding Guan Anping at this time, waiting for him to come to his door.
When Guan Anping saw Huo Fei's people, he took the initiative to contact and meet again. He thought that if you don't take the road to heaven, there will be no way to hell to break in. Since you are seeking death, you can't blame others. He immediately followed Zhang Qianzhi's instructions. , saying that "Master Tian" had business in the morning and could only wait until lunch time to have time. The visitor understood the situation and said that Mr. Huo would book a place to eat in advance and inform him of the location later.
After the visitor left, Zhang Qianzhi came out from behind the screen and said to Guan Anping: "You performed well. After this matter is settled, I will arrange for you to leave Danzhou. From now on, don't stay in Hainan Island anymore. Go overseas." Find a place to stay.”
Guan Anping quickly stood up and bowed deeply to Zhang Qianzhi to express his gratitude to him. Being able to avoid hard labor and just be dismissed from office is already the most ideal result for him at the moment. Moreover, Zhang Qianzhi did not mention confiscating his family property and only asked him to hand over the money Huo Fei had sent earlier, which was regarded as keeping. A lot of leeway. Although Guan Anping regretted that he had not been able to withstand Huo Fei's money offensive, he was lucky to be able to escape unscathed. Haihan now has many ruling areas overseas, so it shouldn't be difficult to change his residence. He still has some savings, and he should be able to make a good living by running a plantation on more than 100 acres of land.
After receiving the reward, Huo Fei immediately booked a private room in a restaurant in the city, waiting for a banquet on a table, and then went there early to wait for the arrival of Guan Anping and "Master Tian".
When it was almost noon, "Master Tian" arrived unexpectedly, but Guan Anping did not come with him, which surprised Huo Fei a little.
Zhang Qianzhi took the initiative to explain: "Master Guan has a lot of things on his hands and can't leave at noon, but he has made an appointment with Mr. Huo, so I can only come here alone to keep the appointment. Mr. Huo won't mind, right?"
"I don't mind, I don't mind! Thank you, Mr. Tian for the favor!" Huo Fei thought that as long as the rightful owner comes, he can settle the matter by winning this meal.
(End of chapter)