Courtyard House: The Long-Lost Eldest Son Returns with Military Merit

Section Chief Jia received a tip from the public that a hidden place was being raided in a grove of trees not far from our steel rolling mill. He has now contacted the public security department to take joint action and prepare to destroy it in one fell swoop.

At that moment, Chief Wang of Jiaodaokou Police Station was already in the section chief's office. Section Chief Jia asked me to invite the three captains over to discuss the matter.

Upon hearing this news, Chen Jianfei felt relieved, secretly thinking that the plan was progressing smoothly. He couldn't help but feel a little smug, but calmly replied, "Okay, Xiao Zhao, I understand."

"I'll be there as soon as I've packed up the gun."

Zhao Jianguo nodded: "Captain Chen, I still need to inform Captain Li of the Third Brigade, so I'll take my leave now."

A moment later, Chen Jianfei entered Jia Dongming's office.

Upon seeing several police officers and two other captains sitting inside, he smiled and asked Jia Dongming, "Section Chief Jia, is there some important matter that you've called everyone here today?"

Looking at the belated Chen Jianfei, Jia Dongming feigned enthusiasm and introduced him, "Comrade Chen Jianfei, let me introduce you. This is Chief Wang Dapao of Jiaodaokou Police Station! These two are his colleagues, Comrade Xue Wu and Comrade Zhang Jing!"

"Based on the clues provided by Zhao Dongfang from your second team, there is a place hidden in the grove. I have specially invited Director Wang and his team to come over to jointly plan the investigation and crackdown."

Chen Jianfei, unsuspecting, stepped forward and shook hands with Wang Dapao, saying, "Director Wang, welcome to our work!"

Unexpectedly, Wang Dapao suddenly exerted force, grabbing Chen Jianfei's wrist with a swift and decisive grappling move, while shouting sternly, "Chen Jianfei! Don't move! You're under arrest!"

Chen Jianfei was quickly pinned to the ground by three police officers. While struggling, he shouted, "Jia Dongming! What do you mean by this?"

This sudden turn of events not only caught Chen Jianfei off guard, but also greatly shocked Guo Jianguo and Li Aijun who were present.

Guo Jianguo looked at Jia Dongming, his face full of confusion, and asked, "Section Chief, what... what exactly is going on?"

Jia Dongming did not answer directly, but instead looked at Chen Jianfei on the ground with a cold smile and said, "Chen Jianfei! Zhou Xudong was already captured before our operation."

You know perfectly well why we arrested you.

Upon hearing that Zhou Xudong had been arrested, Chen Jianfei immediately realized that his identity had been exposed.

Still clinging to a sliver of hope, he tried to pass a message to his accomplices who might be there to meet him, so he continued shouting, "Jia Dongming! What does Zhou Xudong's arrest have to do with me? You're just using this as an excuse to retaliate! I'm going to report you to my superiors!"

Jia Dongming saw through his intentions and said calmly, "Chen Jianfei, don't waste your energy."

"Are you still thinking of notifying Wang Defa and the others to come and rescue you?"

"Let me tell you, the explosives you buried under the special workshop have been removed by us."

As for your other accomplices, they've probably all been caught by now.

While struggling, Chen Jianfei heard "Zhou Xudong".

"Special Workshop"

Wang Defa

These keywords finally brought utter despair.

He looked at Jia Dongming in disbelief: "Jia Dongming! You've only been at the steel rolling mill for three days, how could you possibly have seen through our plan?"

Jia Dongming's expression turned cold, and he replied word by word: "Chen Jianfei, there is an old Chinese saying, 'If you don't want others to know, don't do it in the first place.'"

As for how you discovered your conspiracy, it's only because you were too confident, thinking you had Zhang Yi figured out, but you forgot the Chinese people's feelings and loyalty to their country.

Upon hearing Zhang Yi's name, Chen Jianfei's eyes widened again, and he muttered, "Impossible... How could that cowardly Zhang Yi risk losing his job to report me?"

Jia Dongming sneered, his tone sarcastic: "Chen Jianfei, if Zhang Yi were truly a coward, he wouldn't have volunteered to join the army back then, much less gone to the northern battlefield."

"After the accident in Workshop 2 last year, Zhang Yi did not suspect you, not because he was afraid of losing his job, but because he trusted you and thought you were still his comrades-in-arms who had shared life and death with him and would never betray the country."

"In order to extricate yourself, you used the accident in Workshop 2 to coerce Zhang Yi into becoming a scapegoat, which aroused his vigilance."

He contacted me immediately and reported the whole story truthfully.

Based on the clues he provided, we joined forces with the police to launch a follow-up investigation.

"The investigation revealed something shocking! You actually used that abandoned old house to dig a secret passage leading to the special workshop, and buried a large amount of explosives underground in the workshop with the intention of blowing it up."

Most unexpectedly, it turns out that you and Zhou Xudong are actually enemy agents infiltrating our country.

Not long after Jia Dongming was transferred here, Chen Jianfei was puzzled by the exposure of his identity and wondered what made the other party suspicious.

Upon hearing Jia Dongming mention that Zhang Yi had been a soldier who had experienced the trials of war before joining the steel rolling mill's security department, Chen Jianfei couldn't help but find it laughable—he had mistaken such a soldier for a cowardly and incompetent person.

Thinking of the possible fate he would face if he fell into the clutches of the law, Chen Jianfei no longer concealed his true intentions. His face suddenly contorted, and he roared in a low, fierce voice, "Baka! Jia Dongming! I admit you're cunning, but don't even think about getting any information about the organization from me!"

Before he could finish speaking, he tried to bite open the poison sac in his mouth, but at that very moment, a sharp pain shot through his jaw, and he could no longer muster any strength in his mouth.

After deftly dislocating Chen Jianfei's jaw, Wang Dapao coldly mocked, "Since you want to die, why waste your breath? Now you don't even have the chance to beg for death."

"Reporting to the director! All the enemy agents who were hiding in the steel rolling mill have been captured. Director Li has ordered that the three enemy agents from the security section be immediately escorted to the front of the administration building."

As soon as Wang Dapao finished speaking, a policeman quickly ran into the office, saluted, and gave a clear report.

Guo Jianguo and Li Aijun watched as the police officers took Chen Jianfei away before they finally came to their senses.

Recalling Jia Dongming's earlier conversation with Chen Jianfei, Li Aijun still found it hard to believe and asked Jia Dongming, who was about to leave, "Section Chief, is Chen Jianfei really an enemy agent?"

Guo Jianguo also recalled the years he had worked with Chen Jianfei and couldn't help but ask, "Section Chief, we worked with him for five or six years and never noticed anything unusual. How did he become an enemy agent?"

Jia Dongming stopped and asked seriously, "He just admitted it himself. Do you really think I would frame a comrade to eliminate dissidents?"

Li Aijun realized that his question was inappropriate and quickly explained, "Section Chief, that's not what I meant."

I am simply ashamed that I failed to recognize his identity after spending so much time with him; I feel deeply guilty for my negligence.

Guo Jianguo recalled how, on the day Jia Dongming took office, he had deliberately made things difficult for the new section chief at Chen Jianfei's instigation. A look of regret appeared on his face as he pondered how to make up for his previous mistake.

As Jia Dongming and Wang Dapao escorted three enemy agents toward the administration building, a young man rushed into an office in the steel rolling mill's administration building without knocking, shouting in a panic, "Secretary Zhang! Something terrible has happened!"

Seeing his secretary, Xiao Wang, so flustered, Secretary Zhang's face darkened, and he reprimanded him, "How many times have I told you? You must remain calm in the face of adversity! What kind of behavior is this?"

Panting, Xiao Wang reported with lingering fear, "Secretary Zhang, with the cooperation of the security department, the police arrested Deputy Factory Director Zhou, saying he was a spy infiltrating the factory!"

"What? Zhou Xudong is an enemy agent? Is the news true?"

Secretary Zhang suddenly stood up from his seat and asked incredulously.

Xiao Wang nodded emphatically and answered affirmatively: "Absolutely true! I heard from the police that Deputy Factory Director Zhou and Chen Jianfei, the captain of the Second Security Brigade, are enemy agents. In addition, more than ten other people are being arrested in various workshops."

Secretary Zhang finally believed this fact and immediately asked, "How did the police discover their problem?"

Xiao Wang replied, "According to what I learned from Deputy Factory Director Li's secretariat, this matter was discovered by the newly transferred Security Section Chief, Comrade Jia Dongming."

Because Section Chief Jia was new to the position and unfamiliar with the security department and factory leadership, he couldn't determine whether there were any other accomplices besides Chen Jianfei. Therefore, he contacted the Jiaodaokou Police Station directly, bypassing the factory's security department and management.

"After preliminary investigation, Comrade Jia Dongming confirmed that Chen Jianfei, Deputy Factory Director Zhou, and others had spent nearly a year digging a tunnel leading to the area beneath the special workshop, using an abandoned hut behind it. They had buried a large number of objects in the tunnel and planned to carry it out tonight in an attempt to destroy the special workshop."

"In order to protect the safety of the special workshop, Comrade Jia Dongming, together with the public security department, took action in advance. On the one hand, he organized personnel to dismantle the objects, and on the other hand, he arrested Deputy Factory Director Zhou, Chen Jianfei and other relevant personnel."

After listening to Xiao Wang's report, Secretary Zhang learned of the enemy's plot to blow up the special workshop, and he couldn't help but feel a chill of fear.

He knew that if the enemy agents succeeded, his and Yang Weimin's political careers would likely come to an end, and they might even face imprisonment.

At this moment, Secretary Zhang was filled with gratitude towards Jia Dongming and also affirmed the abilities of the newly appointed head of the security department. He immediately said to Xiao Wang, "Xiao Wang! I'll go to Yang Weimin's office right now!"

Similar scenarios unfolded in various departments of the administration building.

Upon learning that Zhou Xudong was an enemy agent, leaders at all levels of the steel rolling mill rushed to Yang Weimin's office to find out what was going on.

"Qin Huairu, have you heard? Section Chief Jia arrested Deputy Factory Director Zhou and said he was an enemy agent."

In the logistics office, a middle-aged woman rushed in from outside, her face showing surprise, and told Qin Huairu what she had overheard in the restroom.

"Sister Liu Fang, what did you say? Section Chief Jia arrested Deputy Factory Director Zhou? I remember Deputy Factory Director Zhou was in charge of the security department, wasn't he?"

Qin Huairu looked surprised when she heard the news.

Just as she was about to ask for more details, another middle-aged woman spoke up first.

Upon hearing her colleague's question, Liu Fang, considering the actual authority of the security department, quickly explained, "Zhao Li, you are unaware of this."

The security department is nominally under the factory's management, but in reality it belongs to the public security system, and therefore has the authority to supervise the factory's leaders.

Even though Deputy Factory Director Zhou is the supervisor in charge, the security department still has the right to arrest him if he is suspected of breaking the law.

Qin Huairu originally thought that the security department was completely under the control of the factory leaders, but after listening to Liu Fang's explanation, she truly understood how much power the security department possessed.

Previously, Qin Huairu always felt somewhat inferior when interacting with her colleagues because of their family backgrounds.

Upon learning that her uncle's position was no less powerful than that of her colleagues, her feelings of inferiority vanished instantly, and she became confident.

When Jia Dongming and his colleagues arrived at the administration building, many employees who had heard the news had already gathered around to watch.

Upon seeing the fully armed police officers maintaining order at the scene, Jia Dongming immediately instructed Li Aijun, who was accompanying him, "Comrade Aijun, go back to the security department immediately and gather some manpower to assist the police officers in maintaining order at the scene."

Upon receiving the order, Li Aijun immediately replied, "Section Chief, I will arrange manpower right away to cooperate with the police in maintaining order."

As more and more workers gathered around, Jia Dongming frowned and quickly walked to Yang Weimin's side, reminding him, "Director Yang, although the enemy agents lurking in the factory have been captured, we cannot rule out the possibility that some may have escaped."

To prevent anyone from taking advantage of the situation, it is recommended that personnel be arranged as soon as possible to guide the onlookers back to their work in the workshop.

Yang Weimin adopted Jia Dongming's suggestion. Seeing the growing crowd, he immediately instructed his secretary, "Xiao Jiang, go and notify the workshop directors immediately to take their workers back to their posts and not let them gather here."

Secretary Xiao Jiang nodded in acceptance and immediately went to find the workshop directors.

As Secretary Zhang walked out of the administration building, he saw Zhou Xudong and others being escorted onto a truck by the police. He then walked up to Jia Dongming and greeted him warmly, "Comrade Jia Dongming, I am Zhang Handong, the secretary of the steel rolling mill."