Lin Mucheng and Ning Zhiheng looked at each other, and the room was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere became solemn.

After a long time, Lin Mucheng said slowly: "It turns out that there is no good banquet. It seems that the wine is not good today! I just say that you are a spy who are not easy to meet. However, Zhiheng, although you are a senior executive of the Military Affairs Bureau and the director of the Operations Department 2, you can't just frame me for no reason? I am also a colonel brigade commander of the National Army. Without evidence, you will not be able to convict me!"

Ning Zhiheng smiled bitterly, nodded, and said again: "Brother Mucheng, don't worry first. I invite you today, and there is no malice. The original intention is to have a good talk with you. You can listen to me to tell you the origin of the matter."

Lin Mucheng had stabilized his emotions at this time. Since Ning Zhiheng made the case clear, there must be some information. At this time, he could only deal with the moves, so he nodded and said, "Then I'll listen attentively!"

So Ning Zhiheng did not go around the circle and directly spoke about the old story of the year: "Three years ago, this late autumn season, I had just graduated from the Whampoa Military Academy and was assigned to the Military Intelligence Investigation Office at that time, which was the predecessor of the Military Bureau. I was lucky. The first case I took over was the Japanese spy case. We spent a lot of effort to arrest the leader of the Japanese Special High School, the Shadow Intelligence Team and all members."

Ning Zhiheng said this, paused for a moment, and carefully observed Lin Mucheng's subtle changes. He saw that Lin Mucheng's face was as calm as usual, without any abnormality. However, his right hand, which was holding on the table, clenched into a fist, and the blue veins on the back of his hand were exposed, which showed that the emotions in his heart must be extremely nervous and shocked.

Ning Zhiheng continued: "Windmill, the leader of the Shadow Group, was tortured, but he was electrocuted to death by the electrocution. However, another member puppet finally spoke. Not only did he confess to everything, but most importantly, he also confessed to a Japanese spy who was hidden very deeply. The code name of this spy was Feiyan!"

When Ning Zhiheng said this, Lin Mucheng could no longer remain calm.

"Flying Swallow"! What a distant and real name! This name has tortured him for many years! He has been buried deep in his heart, afraid that one day someone would shout this name in his ear, but this day has come!

Lin Mucheng took a deep breath, trying to suppress the fear in his heart, but it was useless, and his heart was still beating violently. After Huang Xiansheng, the code-named puppet, was arrested, he could hardly sleep all night, and he opened his eyes until dawn every night. How many times did he appear in front of him in a trance, a group of people broke into the door and arrested him.

But time passed day by day, nothing happened, and he could no longer accept any messages sent by the Japanese. It seemed that everything had returned to its original state, everything was just a nightmare. How much he hoped that it was a dream!

Originally, he thought he had escaped this disaster by chance, and the Japanese gave up on him for some reason. Lin Mucheng secretly thanked that as the war broke out in full swing, his troops went to the front line and fought with the Japanese on the battlefield with real swords and guns. He gradually put aside his concerns and threw himself on the battlefield. This memory gradually became blurred, but now he realized that he had been exposed three years ago, but he didn't know why no one had come to arrest him.

"I was in charge of this case at that time. When I knew that Feiyan's true identity was actually you! When our Baoding Group's eldest son Lin Zhen's son, I didn't know what to do? After all, I was also a member of the Baoding Group. I hesitated for a long time and finally decided to cover up this secret for the sake of our Baoding Group's interests. For this reason, I did not hesitate to execute the puppet with my own hands, disguising it as the illusion that he could not bear torture and was seriously injured."

Lin Mucheng couldn't help but open his eyes widened and looked at Ning Zhiheng in disbelief. He couldn't be sure if what the other party said was true? If it was true, then the other party undoubtedly pulled him back from the edge of the cliff.

"How is it? Brother Mu Cheng, don't you believe what I said? It doesn't matter, keep listening.

Although I decided to hide this secret for you, I still have to track down the Japanese spies behind you, so I decided to track and monitor you. You don’t know that for a long time in the future, I have been by your side, and your every move is under my surveillance.

You live at No. 27, Yongfu Road, north of Nanjing City. You go out at 7 o'clock every morning and go to work at Zhengnan Lake Station. You eat at the division headquarters at noon and don't go home. You eat at a "Hexiang Restaurant" in the evening. You go to the nearby "Lexiaoyao Ballroom" every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Every weekend, you will go back to your father's house for lunch, go to the Army Officers Club to play cards in the afternoon, and still go to the Lexiaoyao Ballroom in the evening.

Every time you play cards in the Officers Club, you like to sit on a chair beside the window at the westernmost card table. Do you know? I sit not far from your right head, staring at your every move."

Lin Mucheng almost jumped up at this time. Ning Zhiheng's narrative was exactly the same as his life in Nanjing. He even forgot some details, but Ning Zhiheng actually remembered them clearly.

Lin Mucheng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He had no doubt about Ning Zhiheng's words now. He knew the Shadow Group, the Puppet, the Codename Feiyan, and even quietly followed and monitored him for so long. He was too slow and didn't even know anything.

"You may not know yet that the Japanese did not really give up on you. Shortly afterwards, they sent a new senior agent, Xuelang, to try to reactivate you, but they did not expect that I had been guarding the darkness. Just when he was about to identify you, it fell into my hands. In order to protect your identity from being leaked, I had to destroy his mouth again, and almost got bombed to death for this. Fortunately, I was lucky that I escaped this disaster safely.

After these two incidents, the Japanese were unable to find out the real reason, and became suspicious of you, and finally had to give up contact with you. So you have been safe all the time in the past three years. I really should thank me."

Lin Mucheng stared at Ning Zhiheng in a daze, not knowing what to say for a moment. If the person on the other side did so many things for him without knowing it, in order to protect his identity, he killed people twice and almost killed his life. That would be a recreation of his own life!

"This is all your words!" Lin Mucheng said vaguely, not knowing what he meant? Do he recognize his identity as a Japanese spy? Do he recognize Ning Zhiheng's efforts to him?

Ning Zhiheng smiled slightly and waved his hand and said, "Brother Mu Cheng, I said this not to make you thank me! Actually, I was also selfish at first. Your identity was too special. I was afraid that it would affect the reputation and interests of the Baoding Group. I was also afraid that your father, Yougong and the elderly in the Baoding Group would be dissatisfied with me, so I weighed it over and over again and simply concealed the secrets for you. But later I had no choice but to silence and continue to hide the truth. But the matter was beyond my control. The Sino-Japanese War broke out in full swing. You and I were sent to Shanghai to participate in the Battle of Shanghai. I still couldn't protect myself, so I couldn't take care of you anymore. Fortunately, the Japanese did not dare to confirm your position from then on, and they were reluctant to give up your extremely valuable pawn, and the matter was dragged down."

Ning Zhiheng's words were true and false, but he was not as great as he was really. He was devoted to the consideration of Baoding Group and Lin Mucheng. His foundation was still weak at the time, but he was simply afraid of the revenge of the Lin family and the oppression of the Baoding Group. If Lin Mucheng was really exposed, he would have died a long time ago.

Lin Mucheng's head lowered and sighed softly, as if he was venting the depression that had accumulated in his heart for a long time. His face seemed to have grown ten years old, and he showed a painful look. He was filled with emotion. Finally, he said, "I have not had a good time in the past few years. I have always been afraid that the Japanese will come to me again. They have my handle. I am afraid that they will coerce me to betray the country and the nation, and that my crime will affect my father and family. I have been awakened by nightmares many times in the night.

In fact, in the end, I figured it out and just sacrificed my life and could atone for the previous crimes. So I rushed to the front every battle, where it was hard and where it was dangerous, and I rushed to the front without hesitation. Everyone thought I was brave and fearless. In fact, they didn’t know that I just hope that one day, a bullet flew from the battlefield would be completely freed, and then no one knew that Lin Mucheng was once a traitor and a coward!”

After saying this, Lin Mucheng seemed to have taken off the burden he had been carrying for a long time, and he felt a little relaxed. The fear that had occurred whenever he thought about this happened in the past disappeared. He looked up at Ning Zhiheng and continued, "Thank you, Zhiheng. I didn't expect that there would be someone who paid so much to protect me. He could not repay his grace. But you made it clear today. What are your plans?"

Ning Zhiheng sighed when he heard Lin Mucheng say something from his heart. He believed in the changes in Lin Mucheng's mentality and process, so he said, "What are the plans? What else can I have? I have been hiding it for so many years. I can't slap myself in the mouth and hand over you, right?

To be honest, I dare not wait any longer. In the past few years, you have fought bravely on the front line of the War of Resistance and made many achievements. It can be said that you have reached the top. If it weren’t for your lack of qualifications, you would have been promoted to a general now. There is news that it won’t take long to go further. By that time, you will have more and more military forces in your hands, which means that your potential threat will become greater and greater. If you don’t make the matter clear with you, and the Japanese come to you in the future, if you do something foolish, I will regret it. This is equivalent to planting this disaster with my own hands, and I am afraid I will suffer the consequences!”

Speaking of this, Ning Zhiheng walked back to the dining table, picked up the wine bottle and filled the wine glasses for himself and Lin Mucheng, and said again: "I'm afraid you will go astray again. By then, the relatives will suffer and the enemy will be happy. I can't afford this consequence!"

Only then did Lin Mucheng realize that Ning Zhiheng's painstaking efforts were. He was afraid that the higher his status, the more harm he caused. Today he was going to force himself to express his opinion.

At this time, his heart was already open and there was no hesitation. He reached out and picked up the wine glass, raised his hand to Ning Zhiheng, and said frankly: "I made up my mind. If they dare to come to the door again, I will kill them with my own hands. At worst, I will be defeated and will never be coerced by the Japanese."

"Okay, I just want your attitude!" Ning Zhiheng said happily. He also raised his glass and touched Lin Mucheng, and the two of them drank it all in one go.

The matter was made clear, Ning Zhiheng laughed and said, "Brother Mu Cheng, not only have you been having a hard time in the past few years, but I am also hanging in the air. Now that I have made the words clear, I feel relieved."

At this time, Lin Mucheng no longer had the initial barriers and vigilance against Ning Zhiheng. When he knew that this person had been secretly protecting himself silently over the years, the gratitude in his heart was endless. No matter what Ning Zhiheng's original intention was, all the efforts he made for himself were true, especially after the two of them had a common secret, the relationship suddenly changed drastically. This was the first time he had let go of his guard against others in recent years.

"Zhiheng, I will never surrender to the enemy and treason again, but the Japanese still have some handles for me. They used these to coerce me from the beginning. If they come to the door in the future and know my position, I am afraid that they will make these things public. I am not afraid of life and death. I am afraid that the identity of this traitor will be insulted, implicated family members, and especially the reputation of my father. If this happens, I will never redeem it."

Lin Mucheng has long put life and death aside over the years, but this is the most important knot in his heart.

Of course, Ning Zhiheng had a solution. He said with a smile: "Brother Mu Cheng, you are too worried. What is this big deal? Are those things nothing more than a letter of loyalty and a few photos? Oh, there are still a few valuable information!"

"How do you know?" Lin Mucheng was surprised and Ning Zhiheng even knew this.

Ning Zhiheng laughed and said, "There are only a few methods to instigate the rebellion. Everyone knows that I can't play any tricks. I have already thought about it for you. These methods work for others, but when I encounter me, I will be fine. Don't forget who am I? I am a senior cadre of the highest intelligence department in China and the director of the Operations Department 2. In terms of level, there are only a few people in the intelligence departments in China who have a higher status than me. If I testify for you, who dares to question your identity?"
Chapter completed!