Huang Xianzheng turned his head and said to Mrs. Huang, "You go and prepare first, Zhiheng and I have something to say!"

Mrs. Huang nodded, then smiled and said to Ning Zhiheng: "Zhiheng, you guys talk, I'll cook a few more good dishes, thank you!"

Ning Zhiheng quickly nodded and said yes, but Huang Xianzheng could hear the meaning. Looking at the jewelry box in Mrs. Huang's hand, he knew that it must be a gift from Ning Zhiheng. Judging from the wife's tone, it must be quite suitable for her.

Without saying much, he signaled Ning Zhiheng to discuss the study. Ning Zhiheng picked up his suitcase and walked into the study with Huang Xianzheng.

The two of them sat down separately. Ning Zhiheng quickly took the suitcase, took out a long packaging box, took out a pair of short scrolls, and carefully handed them to Huang Xianzheng.

"I have collected a lot of antiques in Shanghai, but it is really inconvenient to carry them, so I chose this one. I will find a way to transport them back in the future. They are all good things, you will definitely like them!"

Huang Xianzheng's eyes lit up. He knew that Ning Zhiheng's eyesight was accurate, and that the fine products that Ning Zhiheng could choose must be rare treasures.

He hurriedly took the scroll carefully, placed it on the table, and spread it gently. When he saw the withdrawal, he was shocked.

"Shen Zhou's Yuanchun birthday picture!" Huang Xianzheng exclaimed in a low voice.

Shen Zhou, whose courtesy name was Qi Nan, was a master of painting in the Ming Dynasty and the founder of the Wumen School. He was the leader of the four Wumen Schools. He was known as the "Four Ming Schools" together with Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin and Qiu Ying. Among the painters in the Ming Dynasty, Shen Zhou's status was particularly important. He was Wen Zhengming's teacher. He was indifferent to fame and fortune throughout his life, respected teachers and respected the Tao, and his painting style was unique. It is said that he was especially good at painting birthday pictures. Many officials at that time asked him to paint birthday pictures whenever they celebrated their birthdays. At that time, it had even become a trend and had a great reputation at that time. Unfortunately, it was extremely rare to spread to later generations. Unexpectedly, Ning Zhiheng actually collected a pair, which immediately surprised Huang Xianzheng.

Huang Xianzheng collected a lot of antiques and cultural relics, but most of them were utensils, but they were a big weakness in calligraphy and painting. The main reason is that this type of cultural relics collection is in the hands of those scholarly families who have been passed down from generation to generation. They are all treasures passed down from generation to generation. Unless there is a major change in the family, they will never take action.

These precious calligraphy, painting and cultural relics are not as easy to circulation as ordinary antiques of gold, silver and jade. There are very few people who can truly know their value and are all collectors. Therefore, it is very difficult to collect antiques of calligraphy and painting, let alone collecting fine products of the four masters of the Ming Dynasty.

This time Ning Zhiheng is indeed telling the truth. Ning Zhiheng had sent people to collect such cultural relics in Shanghai before. In recent years, due to frequent wars, the value of cultural relics and antiques across the country plummeted. However, in Shanghai, due to convenient trade and developed commerce, it is the center of the country's economy, and has gathered the largest number of wealthy businessmen in the country. Among them, there are many people who like to collect cultural relics. Therefore, the value of cultural relics remains at a relatively high position. For the sake of profit, antique dealers from all over the country have transported antiques to Shanghai, so this place has become a gathering place for various cultural relics.

Ning Zhiheng knew that Huang Xianzheng liked to collect the most, so he often bought it. He had abundant funds and accurate eyesight, so he quickly collected a large number of fine products. Shen Zhou's Yuanchun birthday picture is one of them!

When Huang Xianzheng saw such a fine product, he immediately threw other things aside and didn't care about anything. He carefully appreciated and tasted it, nodded constantly, and finally took a magnifying glass and checked it carefully.

Ning Zhiheng knew Huang Xianzheng's habits, so he sat quietly by the side and waited until Huang Xianzheng put down the magnifying glass in his hand, his face full of joy and relief.

"Zhiheng, your eyesight is not bad. You can find such good things. Tell me, how did you find them?" Huang Xianzheng asked with a smile, but he didn't raise his head, his eyes still stayed on this scroll.

Ning Zhiheng smiled and said, "Shanghai is not only the economic center of the country, but also the cultural center. Now cultural relics from all over the country have been transported to Shanghai by cultural relics dealers. The transaction volume is very large, and there are many such high-quality products. So as long as you work hard and cost, such good things can still be found. Shanghai is a treasure land!"

Huang Xianzheng was originally admiring this painting, but when he heard Ning Zhiheng's words, he frowned. He could naturally hear the meaning of the words. This time he urged Ning Zhiheng to return to Wuhan to discuss with him in detail and persuade Ning Zhiheng to return to the headquarters to serve as the head of the Operations Department to consolidate the position of Baoding Department in the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.

Huang Xianzheng carefully put the scroll away, then put it in the painting box, and then looked at Ning Zhiheng and said softly: "I have been urging you to return to the headquarters to report your work as soon as possible, but you have been delaying it. You have not come back until now. Are you a little reluctant? This prince is used to it, and he is in power, and he is unwilling to come back and sit in the office with his eyes down."

Ning Zhiheng quickly explained: "Saturday, you misunderstood. My affairs in Shanghai have not ended. After receiving your telegram, I planned to come back as soon as possible. However, I didn't expect that Cui Guangqi would recognize my identity by chance. I had to deal with it urgently and clear him. However, the matter was hasty and left many loopholes. Naturally, I had to keep an eye on the final work of this matter and observe the development of the situation. Only after confirming that there was no problem did I dare to get up and come back. It was definitely not an excuse to delay!"

These words are definitely the truth. Ning Zhiheng didn't want to delay it until now. He also wanted to solve this difficult thing earlier. After all, the war was about to begin, and the later the more dangerous it was on the way back, and he was delayed by Cui Guangqi's affairs until now.

"You didn't explain clearly in the telegram, how did Cui Guangqi recognize you? Tell me about the matter in detail."

Ning Zhiheng's telegram did not explain the specific situation clearly. After all, the content of each message must be as short as possible. If the content is too long, the time for the message must be extended, which is very easy to be exposed.

Ning Zhiheng quickly explained the whole story clearly, but did not mention He Siming's situation, but simply revealed it in one sentence, saying that Cui Guangqi tried to investigate himself, but was noticed by him, and then he started to clear it.

But Huang Xianzheng smiled and said, "You are like fish in Shanghai and are well-informed. Cui Guangqi is the deputy director of the Special Agent Investigation Office. But just after you investigated you, you heard the news. How did you do it?"

Huang Xianzheng is experienced and is not that easy to fool. He still has doubts about Ning Zhiheng's violation of his orders and voluntarily clearing Cui Guangqi, but he just couldn't ask in detail in the telegram, so he naturally had to ask clearly now.

Ning Zhiheng saw Huang Xianzheng asking, he had to give an explanation, so he seemed to have to throw out his own trump card. He said, "In fact, we have our own people in the agents' investigation office."

"Is there someone we have?" Huang Xianzheng asked in surprise.

"Yes, this person's name is Luo Xingchao!"

So Ning Zhiheng first reported Luo Xingchao's situation in detail. He Siming was the trump card of his own leader and also the most important insider in the Japanese spy department. Ning Zhiheng would never tell another person about his existence, even if it was his backer Huang Xianzheng.

However, Luo Xingchaozhu was a subordinate of Zheng Hongbo before, and at least Zheng Zhenghong and Hou Weizhao knew about his existence, which was not a top secret, and he was not sure whether Zheng Hongbo would mention it to others, so of course, he had to lower the confidentiality level to Luo Xingchao, and it would be fine to tell Huang Xianzheng.

"You mean that Luo Xingchao was originally Zheng Hongbo's man, but he gave the relationship to you before leaving!"

When Huang Xianzheng heard this, he suddenly realized that he did not expect that this matter would be so complicated. An intelligence agent who had designated two sides as a double-sided spy for both sides before the war finally broke into the Japanese and became Ning Zhiheng's trump card.

Ning Zhiheng nodded and said, "The situation was urgent at that time, and there were only three people who knew Luo Xingchao's identity in Shanghai. Zheng Hongbo and Hou Weizhao were going to withdraw from Shanghai immediately, so they handed over this person to me. Unexpectedly, they played a role at the critical moment!"

Huang Xianzheng thought for a while and nodded and said, "This person is very important. We have never had one of our own among the Japanese. Although Cui Guangqi's rebellion caused huge losses this time, it was unscathed for our Baoding Group. Instead, he got this important secret. It was really a turnaround, and it was a blessing in disguise!"

Ning Zhiheng saw that Huang Xianzheng was no longer suspicious, and his heart was relaxed. The Military Intelligence Investigation Office was full of smart people with clear minds, and no one was easy to fool. Huang Xianzheng did not care about things before, and his methods were carried out secretly. Ning Zhiheng saw that he was also a simple elder, but now he had real power and started to deal with affairs, so he did not rub sand in his eyes. The power of the superiors became increasingly obvious, which made Ning Zhiheng secretly vigilant. In the future, he should be cautious about Huang Xianzheng and not make any mistakes.

"Have Cui Guangqi cleared his hands and cooking clean?"

"Don't worry, the Japanese are not concerned about this matter now. They handed over the investigation work to Wen Hao, the director of the Special Agent Investigation Department. This person is a traitor from the Central Party Investigation Department. He has always had conflicts with Cui Guangqi. The investigation work has been left in vain, so I dared to return to the headquarters to report my work with confidence!" Ning Zhiheng explained.
Chapter completed!