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

By this time, many residents who had heard the news had gathered in the corridor in front of Yang Weimin's house.

Seeing the fully armed security personnel at the entrance, the crowd recalled what had happened at the steel rolling mill a few days ago and couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

Secretary Zhang walked out of the Yang family's house with a stern face. Seeing the neighbors whispering and blocking the doorway, he sternly chased them away, saying, "What are you all doing gathered here? Go back and rest!"

Most of these residents were mid-level managers at the steel rolling mill, and the scene before them shocked them greatly.

Faced with Secretary Zhang's angry expression, no one dared to say a word and they all went home.

"Old Zhang, what happened? I heard from the neighbors that Old Yang's wife is a spy? What's going on?"

As soon as Secretary Zhang entered the house, his wife came up to him and asked in a puzzled tone.

With a gloomy expression, Secretary Zhang did not answer directly. Instead, he strode to the phone, cranked the handset, and then picked up the receiver, politely saying, "Hello comrade, please transfer me to General Manager Kou's home in the Ministry of Industry."

After the phone rang for a moment, a middle-aged woman's voice came through the receiver: "Hello, this is General Kou's home. Who is this?"

Secretary Zhang immediately introduced himself politely: "Hello, ma'am, I am Zhang Handong from the steel rolling mill."

"Is Mr. Kou already resting? I have an important matter to report to Mr. Kou. Please ask him to take the call."

The woman on the other end of the phone replied, "Comrade, General Kou is already resting."

If it's not particularly urgent, you can call again tomorrow morning.

Upon hearing the middle-aged woman's response, Zhang Handong quickly explained to her, "Sister, unless the situation is urgent, I would never disturb General Kou's rest so late at night."

The situation is urgent; I urgently request your assistance in asking General Manager Kou to get up and answer the phone.

The middle-aged woman sensed the urgency in Zhang Handong's tone and replied, "Alright, I'll go and ask General Manager Kou to answer the phone right away. Please wait a moment."

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"Comrade Handong, is there some emergency calling so late?"

About two minutes later, a calm and authoritative voice came from the other end of the phone.

Upon hearing General Kou's familiar voice, Zhang Handong immediately reported in a solemn voice: "General Kou, about ten minutes ago, our factory's newly appointed security chief, Comrade Jia Dongming, led a team of security personnel to search Yang Weimin's residence."

On the other end of the phone, General Manager Kou frowned and asked sternly, "Zhang Handong, you just said that your factory's security department searched the factory director's home? Is that true?"

Zhang Handong sensed the displeasure in General Kou's tone and cautiously reported: "General Kou, according to the information provided by Comrade Jia Dongming, Yang Weimin's wife, Zhang Huizi, has been identified as the head of an enemy intelligence organization that has infiltrated our country."

"When I arrived at Yang Weimin's home after hearing the news, I witnessed the security personnel seizing a top-secret document and a handwritten copy that matched its contents from his study."

This document is the one that was delivered to our factory by the ministry this morning.

After listening to the report, General Kou, recalling Yang Weimin's long tenure at the steel rolling mill, immediately gave a solemn instruction: "Zhang Handong, you must return to the steel rolling mill immediately and find out how many top-secret documents Yang Weimin took out of the factory area during his tenure."

Zhang Handong immediately replied, "General Manager Kou, I'll head back to the factory right away."

We will report the detailed results to you as soon as the security department's investigation progresses.

General Kou recalled the enemy spy case that the steel rolling mill had recently cracked and said in a reproachful tone, "Zhang Handong, your factory just arrested more than ten enemy spies a few days ago, and now even the factory director's wife is an enemy spy leader."

Your steel rolling mill has practically become a hideout for enemy agents.

Jia Dongming led the Third Security Brigade by truck to the enemy's secret liaison point in Mao'er Hutong.

Upon arriving at the courtyard, Jia Dongming scanned the courtyard with sharp eyes. After confirming that no one was there, he ordered his armed team members to break down the door and quickly enter the courtyard.

After everyone rushed into the courtyard, Jia Dongming headed straight for the entrance to the tunnel.

He moved the cabinet in the bedroom, pressed the bottom panel lightly, and a hidden door was revealed.

Jia Dongming stared at the tunnel entrance and instructed his team members, "Leave two people here to keep watch, the rest of you come down with me."

Jia Dongming led five or six people up the stairs into the secret room, took out flashlights and inspected the walls for a while before quickly finding the light switch.

The moment the lights came on, the first things that caught the eye were two radios and a map of Beijing spread out on the table.

"Section Chief, there are several crates of weapons here, as well as two mortars and a large number of shells."

One of the team members opened the wooden crate next to them and immediately reported it.

"Section Chief, there's a lot of grain and canned meat piled up in the corner."

Another team member reported the discovery of the supplies loudly.

"Section Chief, there are several boxes of gold here, as well as a large amount of silver dollars and cash."

Just as Jia Dongming bent down to examine the map, another team member excitedly reported.

Although Jia Dongming already knew what was hidden in the secret room, he still showed a look of surprise and delight.

He walked to the gold box, took out a gold brick, weighed it in his hand a few times, and then put it back in the box.

When Jia Dongming arrived at the wooden box where the cash was stored, he saw that apart from a small amount of foreign currency, the box contained mostly cash and vouchers, with a total cash amount of about 20,000 yuan.

After a quick estimate, Jia Dongming instructed his two subordinates beside him: "Zhao Gang and Zheng Tao, you are responsible for counting the gold, silver dollars, cash, and vouchers here."

After counting, the cash and tickets were bagged separately.

Once all the weapons and supplies have been transported back to the factory, these banknotes will be kept in my office.

The remaining items will be temporarily stored in the vehicle and guarded until I report to the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau for further action.

The security personnel present all understood immediately, and upon hearing this, they all showed excited expressions.

Only Zhao Gang looked worried and reminded him, "Section Chief, there's at least 20,000 yuan in cash here."

If our superiors find out that we have intercepted the goods without authorization, it could have serious consequences.

Upon hearing Zhao Gang's words, Jia Dongming showed an indifferent expression and casually replied, "Ten or twenty thousand may seem like a lot, but with so many people in our security department, if we split it, each person will only get a few dozen yuan."

"Besides, the gold, silver dollars, and foreign exchange have all been handed over. We can't expect the higher-ups to be well-fed while we get nothing, can we? So tonight, in this secret room, we only found gold and silver dollars, but no banknotes or vouchers."

"Section Chief! There's no money here. Are you seeing things?"

Upon hearing Jia Dongming's words, one of the security guards became excited and quickly pretended to be confused, asking a question.

"That's right! There's only gold and silver dollars here, hardly any banknotes or certificates."

Another guard immediately smiled and agreed.

Jia Dongming nodded, turned his gaze back to the map on the table, and instructed, "Don't just stand there, hurry up and move these out and load them onto the truck."

"Section Chief! What should we do with these grains and canned goods?"

One of the team members looked at the pile of grain sacks and canned goods on the side and couldn't help but ask.

Jia Dongming glanced at the supplies and said with a hint of impatience, "If we hand them over, they'll just be intercepted by the General Administration anyway. We might as well keep them ourselves."

Once transported back to the factory, they will all be moved into the logistics department's warehouse.

The security guard who was being reprimanded was not angry at all; instead, he happily replied, "Don't worry, Section Chief, I will definitely handle it."

The banknotes here add up to ten or twenty thousand yuan. Divided among the people, each person can get at least thirty or forty yuan, which is undoubtedly an unexpected surprise for everyone present.

Therefore, everyone worked with great enthusiasm, and in less than half an hour, all the items in the basement had been loaded onto the truck.

Based on the existing markings on the map and the destroyed strongholds, Jia Dongming determined that the remaining locations were enemy spy hideouts that had not yet been exposed; and the locations marked with skull and crossbones patterns were likely secret warehouses storing special ammunition.

After carefully putting away the map and confirming that nothing in the secret room had been missed, Jia Dongming led his men away and returned to the steel rolling mill by car.

"Section Chief Jia! Secretary Zhang is waiting in your office."

As soon as Jia Dongming got out of the car, a security guard quickly stepped forward to report.

Upon hearing this, Jia Dongming immediately instructed Zheng Tao: "Zheng Tao, take the contents of the bag to the logistics office. You and Zhao Gang stay there and guard it; the rest of you stay at the truck. I'll make arrangements after I've met with Secretary Zhang."

After giving his instructions, Jia Dongming strode towards his office.

Upon seeing Zhang Handong and Zhao Jianguo already inside, he hurriedly went up to greet them: "Secretary Zhang, I'm so sorry, I just raided an enemy spy hideout and kept you waiting."

Zhang Handong stood up and asked seriously, "Section Chief Jia, you should know why I'm here."

"Let's get straight to the point, how serious is Yang Weimin's problem?"

Seeing that the other party was getting straight to the point and didn't beat around the bush, Jia Dongming replied seriously, "Secretary Zhang, it is still uncertain whether Yang Weimin has been turned by Zhang Huizi, but what is certain is that Zhang Huizi has stolen a lot of secrets through him."

Based on this alone, do you think Yang Weimin can still get away with it?

Zhang Handong understood the implication in her words and pressed further, "How did you discover that Zhang Huizi was the head of the enemy's secret service?"

Jia Dongming was able to discover Zhang Huizi's identity entirely thanks to his eagle-eyed ability, but he would never reveal this secret.

When questioned, he cautiously replied, "We traced Zhang Huizi through Zhou Xudong's line. At first, we didn't know she was Yang Weimin's wife. We only confirmed it after verifying with multiple sources."

"This group of enemy agents is plotting a conspiracy against multiple departments in Beijing. To stop them, tonight the Security Section, under the command of Deputy Chief Ma of the Beijing Public Security Bureau, carried out arrests at all enemy agent strongholds in the city."

Although Jia Dongming's explanation was brief, Zhang Handong had already discerned that the operation was led by the Public Security Bureau, indicating that the Bureau already knew Zhang Huizi's identity.

After obtaining the necessary information, Zhang Handong expressed his gratitude to Jia Dongming: "Section Chief Jia, we owe you a great debt of gratitude for eliminating the enemy agent gang within our steel rolling mill. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

He paused for a moment, then said, "I know you have work to do, so I won't bother you any longer."

Jia Dongming shook hands with Zhang Handong and said with a smile, "Secretary Zhang, let me see you off."

After watching Zhang Handong leave, Jia Dongming quickly returned to his office, reached out and pressed the telephone on the table, shook the handle a few times, then picked up the receiver and said in a calm tone, "Hello, comrade."

This is the security department of the steel rolling mill. Please transfer me to the office of Deputy Chief Ma of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau.

"I am Ma Weidong. May I ask who you are?"

Not long after, Ma Weidong's calm voice came through the receiver.

Jia Dongming immediately reported to Ma Weidong: "Vice President Ma, the operation of the steel rolling mill has been successfully completed."

Furthermore, in the enemy's hideout in Mao'er Hutong, we discovered two radios, a batch of weapons, approximately 30 kilograms of gold, 20,000 silver dollars, and some foreign currency.

However, these are not the most crucial factors.

Most importantly, we found a map there that detailed all the enemy's strongholds in Beijing, and also marked the location of a secret warehouse left behind by the Japanese army when they withdrew, including the special agents we had been searching for.

Upon learning that the whereabouts of the special forces had been confirmed, Ma Weidong immediately stood up from his seat and asked Jia Dongming with an excited tone, "Comrade Dongming, you just said that you found the location of the special forces. Is the information reliable?"

Jia Dongming replied affirmatively, "Vice President Ma, the situation is completely true."

I am currently keeping the map with me. Once I have settled my departmental affairs, I will immediately send the map to headquarters.

Considering the importance of the map, Ma Weidong immediately gave a serious instruction: "Comrade Dongming, you don't need to come here specially. I will personally come to pick it up later with a car."

You can wait at the security office.

Just as Jia Dongming was about to respond, he saw Zhang Guoping stride into the office and raised his hand to signal him to remain silent.