The Life of a Son-in-Law in a Courtyard House

Yang Dalin untied Director Gu and retied Li Shengnan to the pillar.

I splashed a basin of cold water on Li Shengnan to wake her up.

He handed Director Gu a small leather whip.

And so, a dog-eat-dog show began to unfold.

Li Shengnan, formerly known as Hirata Kazuo.

He personally captured ancient texts on the mainland during the Anti-Japanese War.

This led Gu Zhengwen astray.

Later, she changed her name to Li Shengnan and joined the Bald Man's army.

After arriving on the island, he reconnected with Gu Zhengwen, and he provided Gu Zhengwen with a lot of information on Red Party undercover agents.

One reason was to promote Gu Zhengwen to a higher official position, and the other was to make the fighting between the red and blue sides as intense as possible.

It would be best if it could reignite the civil war between the two sides.

However, he was also afraid that Gu Zhengwen would slip out of his control and become a threat to him.

Li Shengnan then secured a position as the director of a liaison office.

They lived in the Bald Eagle Army stationed on the island.

With the bald eagle protecting him, Gu Zhengwen didn't dare to make a move in secret.

Unfortunately, Yang Dalin captured him today from that supposedly safe Bald Eagle army.

Director Gu suffered a lot at the hands of this Hirata Kazuo in the past.

Without him, I might be a high-ranking official in mainland China now.

Unfortunately, he was captured by Hirata Kazuo and betrayed the regime.

I've got a chance for revenge today, so I have to teach that guy a lesson.

Hirata Kazuo, a veteran spy in his fifties, soon could no longer hold on.

After all, he's been living a life of luxury for over a decade; how long can he keep it up?

He quickly confessed a lot of things.

This includes many spies lurking on the mainland, much of which overlaps with what Gu Zhengwen mentioned.

It's likely that Hirata Kazuo taught Ko Masafumi.

After another half day of tidying up, the old man finally revealed the location of the documents hidden on Yonaguni Island.

As Yang Dalin was watching the dogs fight with amusement, in a small alley opposite the Beijing Railway Station square...

To avoid alerting the enemy, Director Hou only hid a few experts inside, while most of the others lay in ambush on the outer perimeter.

Otherwise, if too many people go in, it will definitely startle Old Ghost.

As for the senior special envoy from the island, he was played by Gao Xiaohu himself.

Old Gui was indeed a troublesome fellow; he had arranged for someone to come to this alley two hours in advance to scout it out.

As it turned out, Director Hou had already thought of all of this.

He ordered his men to remain hidden until the appointed time arrived.

Old Ghost and Gao Xiaohu met up as scheduled.

Gao Xiaohu caught him off guard and pinned him down. Old Ghost tried to struggle and asked, "Who are you? Why are you arresting me?"

"Let me go, I'm calling the police!"

Director Hou walked out from the side and said, "Alright, old ghost, stop acting."

If they dared to arrest you, they must have evidence.

Is that right, Guan Xiangsheng?

Old Gui then realized that his secrets had been exposed, that he had been tricked, and that his respected elder brother had betrayed him.

He hadn't used his real name for over a decade; only his good older brother, Gu Zhengwen, knew it.

Feeling utterly disheartened, he stopped struggling.

He knew that struggling was useless.

There must be a massive net spread around the area and outside.

Nothing is more disheartening than being betrayed by a superior you trusted implicitly.

If I had known better, why would I have chosen to join the Blue Team?

Wouldn't it be better to live a miserable life than to die than to take the money from selling your house in Beijing and go to Hong Kong Island?

What kind of bullshit have I been believing in all these years?

Having made so many contributions, how could you so easily betray yourself?

This is fucking ridiculous, where is the faith anymore?

The old ghost just wants to die; let it be destroyed.

Old Gui was arrested, but his subordinate who had been sent to investigate also escaped.

Meanwhile, in the small courtyard near Nanluoguxiang with the telegraph machine, Chen Hong and his wife were also arrested, along with Xu Damao's wife Wei Xiaona, her classmate Yang Lixue, and Qin Huairu, who were also summoned from the factory to the security department.

Director Hou ordered Lao Gui and the others to be taken away. After receiving the news that none of them had escaped, he immediately sent a telegram to Yang Dalin.

After receiving the telegram, Yang Dalin replied that he had received it and also informed Director Hou about the situation on his end.

Then they pulled Hirata Kazuo, who had been beaten to a pulp by Director Gu, out of the water.

I fed him some food and applied some medicine.

I'll have to take him to Yonaguni Island later.

We can't just let him die.

When it got dark, they tied Director Gu up again.

Yang Dalin then stole two more patrol boats belonging to the US Navy stationed on the island.

Only then did he take Hirata Kazuo to Yonaguni Island.

Military patrol boats are much faster.

The straight-line distance is only a little over 100 kilometers.

Yang Dalin arrived at the island a little over two hours later.

This small island is not large, less than 30 square kilometers. It originally belonged to the Ryukyu Kingdom, but unfortunately, the Qing government was weak and powerless in its later years, and it was occupied by the Ryukyu Kingdom.

It is currently under the jurisdiction of the Bald Eagle garrison and has not yet been returned to its owners.

Currently, there are only a few hundred indigenous residents on the site, as well as at least a battalion of Bald Eagle troops stationed there.

Hirata Kazuo still wanted to play tricks.

Unfortunately, it was all for nothing.

Yang Dalin easily found the place where Hirata Kazuo had hidden the documents.

There is indeed a lot of information here.

Many of the names are of spies who infiltrated the mainland during the late Qing Dynasty.

I wonder how many of those Japanese spies are left; I guess quite a few have died.

It's been decades, and there have been years of war; it's hard to say how many are still alive.

But regardless of whether they are alive or not, these documents must be taken back.

This needs to be thoroughly investigated domestically.

Under Hirata Kazuo's horrified gaze, Yang Dalin waved his hand, and all the data was stored in his spatial storage.

Then Yang Dalin pulled Hirata Kazuo up, preparing to chop him in half with a knife.

Hirata Kazuo realized that he had encountered someone with divine power.

He immediately shouted, "My lord, my lord, I am still useful, I am still useful!"

I have some names I haven't mentioned yet. Please keep me; I'll be your dog.

"Please, sir, spare my life!"

Yang Dalin put down the samurai sword he had acquired from the black market for his daily life.

"Okay, tell me, who else is lurking? You have to tell me."

I'll consider sparing your life.

Hirata Kazuo knew that if he finished speaking, he would probably still not escape death.

I'm a little hesitant.

Yang Dalin took out a mud pellet used for slingshots from his spatial storage and stuffed it into his mouth, saying, "Swallow it, and you'll be mine. You won't have to worry about me killing you after you finish talking. I've thought about it, and you're still useful."

But you must confess everything you know; otherwise, you'll have to die.

The mud-baked dumplings were hard and unpalatable. Hirata Kazuo had no choice but to swallow them whole before he could even taste them.

If you don't eat it, you'll die immediately; if you eat it, you might have a chance to live.

Of course I'll eat it.

However, he almost choked to death.

Yang Dalin then pretended to be kind and conjured up a water jug, allowing him to drink some water.

When Hirata Kazuo saw that Yang Dalin could conjure a kettle out of thin air again, he became even more convinced that the adult in front of him was a strong person and that he might be about to rise to prominence.

He immediately unscrewed the cap and drank most of the water.

Then he knelt down and said, "Master, I will confess everything now."

"Master, this is a good word. From now on, you can be my dog."

"Speak, since you've taken my medicine and acknowledged me as your master, then spare your dog's life and serve me. Now you can rest assured."