Chapter Thirty-One: Unifying Beauty

  Li Ruofeng lifted his head, reached into his pocket and pulled out a pack of Camel cigarettes, lit one with a match, took a drag, and gently blew out a thin mist towards the Qinghua porcelain vase on the table. He said slowly: "If the Nanjing government announces that I'm taking over as the highest military and political official in Western Sichuan Province, it's normal for the Japanese to come knocking on my door. Otherwise, it's not normal."

  "As soon as you set foot on the country, you were targeted by Ito Masao. I believe that for a year now, the Japanese have been searching for your whereabouts and must have gone through no small amount of trouble." Ye Bei continued to lean forward, gazing into Li Ruofeng's profound and mysterious eyes, saying softly.

  Looking at the beautiful and charming female special agent in front of him, Li Ruofeng thought for a moment before saying: "It seems that you know quite a lot about my situation."

  "Because I was the first person from Zhongtong to discover you." Ye Bei pulled her slender body back, walked to the sofa and sat down, lifting her long legs lightly, crossing them over. "From the moment you met with Itō Masao, I have been paying attention to you, and I have also been searching for you."

  "Oh? Ma Jun is your subordinate?" Li Ruofeng seemed to have remembered something.

  "He was penalized for not keeping an eye on you and has been transferred to Jiangxi to fight the Communists." Ye Bei replied irrelevantly.

  "How many Japanese are there in Ganzhou Prefecture now? Including those they call overseas Chinese and businessmen." Li Ruofeng extinguished half of the cigarette in the crystal ashtray on the table, and walked over to Ye Bei.

  "This side of the system originally didn't collect information related to Japanese people, and I just took over this part, so now I have no way to answer your question." Ye Bei replied with a hint of embarrassment.

  "Director Ye, are you interested in helping me out?" Li Ruofeng sat down on the sofa opposite Ye Bei, looking at her with a friendly face and a slight smile.

  "Commander Li, what do you mean?" Ye Bei was momentarily confused about what kind of trickery Li Ruofeng had up his sleeve.

  "I know that the main task of Zhongtong at present is to deal with Communist Party members. It's meaningless for us Chinese to fight among ourselves, so I plan to establish a military intelligence agency specifically to counter Japan's Tokko, would Director Ye be willing to join?"

  "What is the Military Intelligence Bureau? What kind of department is this?"

  "In terms of intelligence work, compared to foreign advanced spy agencies, Zhongtong is far behind." Li Ruofeng crossed his arms and leaned back slightly, "In terms of international intelligence, I can say that Zhongtong is still very immature. With the current complex and changing international situation, if our country doesn't keep up in time, we will eventually be discarded from the international stage. In fact, from the perspective of intelligence studies, our ancestors started much earlier than European and American countries, and their systems were more perfect. The Dongchang and Xichang of the Ming Dynasty, and the Blood Drop Squad of the Qing Dynasty, can be said to be the precursors of intelligence agencies."

  The military intelligence agency I am going to establish, abbreviated as the Military Intelligence Bureau, is mainly responsible for collecting, categorizing, filing, analyzing and formulating corresponding countermeasures on military, political and economic intelligence. In my design, the bureau is divided into two major parts: the International Bureau and the Domestic Bureau. The International Bureau is divided into five branches according to the world's five continents, while the Domestic Bureau is divided into six branches: East China, South China, Central China, North China, Northwest China, and Southwest China. Regardless of whether it is the International Bureau or the Domestic Bureau, all targets are hostile forces that intend to split and invade China. Currently, Japan, Soviet Russia, Britain, and France are the primary targets, while Germany and the United States are secondary targets. In order for our country to establish its discourse power internationally, we must first solve the two major historical enemies of Japan and Soviet Russia, then seize the opportunity to take control of the South Pacific islands, with the ultimate goal of establishing a national defense circle that extends south to Indonesia, east to Guam, north to the Kuril Islands, and west to the Mediterranean Sea.

  As a top agent of Zhongtong, Ye Bei naturally had some understanding of the global situation. When she heard Li Ruofeng's crazy idea, she was shocked to the point where she almost became stupid, staring blankly with her beautiful eyes wide open, as if her pupils wouldn't move, "You... you... are simply crazy..."

  "I have a dream, in my dream, the powerful nations that owe China will return everything with interest; In my dream, the Chinese nation stands at the highest peak of the entire world, and all Chinese people around the world can stand up straight with pride as being Chinese; In my dream, the Chinese nation dominates the world's technology, culture, politics, military and economy."

  As he said this, Li Ruofeng patted his leg with his hand and hummed a soft tune.

  "Wolf smoke rises, gazing north at the rivers and mountains"

  The dragon rises, the horse neighs loudly, and the sword's energy is like frost.

  My heart is like the boundless waters of the Yellow River

  Twenty years of ups and downs, who can withstand it?

  With fierce desire, the long sword points forward.

  How many loyal souls and bones were buried in foreign lands?

  Die a hundred times for the country

  Sighing in despair, speechless, with tears of blood filling my eyes

  Horses' hooves head south, people gaze north

  A man in the north gazes out at the green and yellow grass as dust flies about

  I am willing to defend our territory and reclaim our lost lands

  China should let all directions be majestic

  Come to congratulate

  Humming and singing, Li Ruofeng sang all three segments including the transition music before stopping, gazing at the beautiful woman in front of him who looked as if she was in a trance, and asked in a low, magnetic voice: "Did it sound good?"

  Ye Pei nodded vigorously.

  "Is there a feeling of boiling hot blood?"

  Ye Dabao's beautiful wife nodded repeatedly with great force again and again.

  "Would you like to know what kind of person can create such magnificent lyrics and music?"

  Our beautiful agent was still nodding her head repeatedly like a chick pecking at rice.

  "What I've written is for you, and you are the first listener of this 'Jing Zhong Bao Guo'."

  Ye Bei gazed at Li Ruofeng with a daze, "Dedication to the country is so wonderful, it's too exciting..."

  "The devil's temptation sounded again: 'Are you willing or not to help me complete this dream?'"

  Ye Pei was like she had lost herself, still nodding vigorously, her beautiful eyes filled with a worshipful and excited expression.

  Li Ruofeng raised his right hand and snapped his fingers, saying: "Very good, respected Ms. Ye, welcome to join the Military Intelligence Bureau. Now, I appoint you as the first director of the Fifth Department of the Military Intelligence Bureau, specializing in Japanese affairs."

  Ye Bei finally came back to her senses, "Chairman Li, what about Zhongtong?"

  "Don't worry, I'll talk to Director Chen about it," Li Ruofeng said confidently, patting his chest in guarantee.

  Think about it, if Li Ruofeng just asks Chen Lifu for someone, Chen Lifu will definitely have some association, and Ye Bei's jade face flushes without reason.

  It is said that Director Chen and General Chen Cheng are his introducers to the party, and Director Chen is now actively pulling him in. It's very difficult for anyone from Zhongtong to break into the military system with a strong army, Ye Bei can imagine getting it, Director Chen would be eager to let her stay by Li Ruofeng's side.

  These years in the Zhongtong, she had seen a lot of dirty and corrupt things. She was able to keep herself clean and loved only because she was directly under Director Chen's leadership, which prevented some of the perverts within the organization from laying their hands on her. But how long could this situation last? She didn't dare to be certain. If one day Director Chen sacrificed her for political gain and gave her to someone, she knew she wouldn't dare refuse.

  Thinking about it, being able to stay by Li Ruofeng's side isn't a bad path either. At the very least, I don't have any adverse feelings towards this guy, and in my heart, I seem to have that little bit of...

  Taking a deep breath, she calmly asked: "Chairman Li, according to your plan, in the future with Director Chiang..."

  "Don't worry about this, I'm not interested in getting involved in politics. Soldiers, their duty is to defend the country and expand its territory, soldiers only discuss national defense, not politics." Li Ruofeng gave her a tranquilizer.

  "Chairman Li, what is my next task?"

  "Japanese. I believe you know what to do."

  "Yes, Chairman Li."

  "Yè Chǔcháng, I think you should change the way you address me. This 'Chairman' thing sounds awkward. Let's use military ranks instead!" Li Ruòfēng thought for a moment that this "Chairman" title seemed to be a political position, and he had just said that soldiers shouldn't get involved in politics, so he suggested she change her way of addressing him.

  "Yes, Commander."

  "Do you know which group of Japanese people are now targeting me?"

  "Special High Course, the backbone under Ito Masao, Takehisa Takeda, and a Japanese woman who accompanied him, said to be the daughter of Chiba Seitaro, the god of Japanese martial arts, Chiba Yuri."

  Li Ruofeng was stunned upon hearing this, "Qian Ye Baihe? How did she end up in China?"

  Can't help but say that women's intuition is still quite frightening, "Does the commander know this Japanese martial arts master's daughter?"

  "Hmm!" Li Ruo Yu nodded slightly distractedly, "Do you know when she came to China?"

  "It's not very clear now, but it can be found out!" Ye Bei's eyes looked at Li Ruofeng with a bit of weirdness, "Commander, you seem to know this Chitose Ayaka more than just a simple acquaintance?"

  Li Ruofeng's face sank, "You'll know what you need to know, if there's nothing else, then get busy!"

  "Yes, Commander!" Ye Bei slightly raised her tone and didn't say another word. She turned around, swaying her slender waist, and walked towards the study door with a "click-clack" sound of her high heels.

  Just as the door was opened, Lin Xiuer, holding a thick stack of documents in her hand, walked towards the study.

  Two women stopped in their tracks at the moment they passed each other, looked at each other for a moment, neither of them said anything, and then continued walking in their own directions with expressionless faces.

  Lin Xiuer walked to the door and couldn't help but turn her head again, staring at the beautiful figure going downstairs, muttering in a low voice, "Fox spirit". Then she didn't even knock on the door, just pushed it open and went in.