Let them show their loyalty!

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu continued to drink tea while secretly glancing at Secretary Bai.

Secretary Bai at this moment seemed to be someone who did not say that sentence. He just lowered his head and quietly tasted the tea, looking very calm.

Qiu Tu recalled all the scenes of Secretary Bai in his memory and found that he seemed to have always had this expression.

With a faint smile on his face, he was neither aggressive nor alienated, but just a kind of peace of mind.

It was as if everything in this world was just a passing cloud for him, he did not care, nor did he pay attention.

To be honest, it was precisely because of this impression of Secretary Bai that Qiu Tu found it hard to believe after discovering that Secretary Bai was most likely a believer of the evil god.

After all, how could such a person without desires be seduced by the evil god and become a believer of the evil god!

What on earth could the evil god use to seduce him!

Money, power? Beauty, immortality?

To be honest, I don’t know if it’s because you can’t know a person’s heart by knowing his face. Qiu Tu always felt that at least Secretary Bai didn’t care about these things on the surface.

While Qiu Tu was thinking this, Secretary Bai also put down the teacup in his hand, then smiled and pointed to the small courtyard of his villa, and said, "Do you remember the flowers you and A Tai gave me?"

Qiu Tu recalled, and then remembered that Secretary Bai had no other hobbies on weekdays, just like reading books and appreciating flowers.

Books are treasures in troubled times, and Qiu Tu and A Tai can't get them, so after Secretary Bai returned to New Territories City, Qiu Tu and A Tai dug a few flowers from the suburbs and gave them to Secretary Bai.

Secretary Bai liked them very much at the time and praised the two for their vision.

Thinking of this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but say, "Oh, remember. A Tai and I went to the suburbs to dig chrysanthemums for you."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Secretary Bai smiled slightly, then gestured to Qiu Tu, and then stood up and walked towards the small courtyard.

Seeing this, Qiu Tu couldn't help but follow.

Walking to the inner courtyard of the villa, what caught Qiu Tu's eyes were several chrysanthemums with pretty and beautiful flowers and graceful charm.

The chrysanthemums have tall stalks, round buds, and grow toward the sky. There are two flowers on one arrow, and the petals are bent and curled.

Seeing the chrysanthemums, Secretary Bai sighed slightly, then squatted down, stroking them gently, and said, "Everything in this world is actually shrouded in a layer of dreamlike white mist."

"Sometimes, you think you have seen the truth, but in fact you are wrong."

Speaking of this, Secretary Bai pointed at the flowers and said with a smile, "You and A Tai have always thought that these are chrysanthemums."

"And these flowers do look like chrysanthemums."

"But they are not chrysanthemums, but orchids."

"Orchidaceae, Cymbidium, Jinsha Tree Chrysanthemum."

"It is a very precious orchid species before the Cataclysm Era. I didn't expect that you two rough guys would dig it up."

"Don't be fooled by the fact that it looks like a chrysanthemum and is also called 'chrysanthemum', but it is a real orchid."

Qiu Tu listened to Secretary Bai's words that seemed to carry a deep meaning, and then asked, "In this case, is it right or wrong for A Tai and I to dig it up?"

Secretary Bai stood up with a smile, and then patted Qiu Tu on the shoulder, "Of course it is right."

"No matter what it looks like, it should be dug up."

"After all, if it is left outside, no one knows what accidents will happen, right?"

"Just... when digging it, you have to figure out what it is and why it grows like this."

"If you accumulate this, your experience will become richer and richer, and you will not make mistakes when you encounter similar things in the future."

At this point, Secretary Bai paused again, "What's more, if you didn't dig it up that year, how could you meet me naturally?"

"Do you really think I can meet casually?"

At this point, Secretary Bai smiled and blinked, "I am very mercenary."

Qiu Tu listened to the pun, looked deeply at Secretary Bai, then smiled and nodded, "I understand."

After saying everything he wanted to say and what he should say tonight, Secretary Bai patted Qiu Tu on the shoulder and joked, "Okay. We have talked about the sky and seen the flowers."

"Let's go out and have another cup of tea."

"Director Tang is still waiting for you outside. The night is short and the love is long, don't let the beauty wait in vain."

Qiu Tu took a deep breath and nodded after hearing this.

Then, returning to the living room, Secretary Bai made the last cup of tea. After Qiu Tu drank it, he stood up and left the villa without looking back.

Looking at Qiu Tu's back, Secretary Bai slowly walked to the piano, sat down, and played the piano again.

An unknown song with a touch of sadness and regret, as if to bid farewell to Qiu Tu

The blue moonlight sprinkled on Secretary Bai's body and his face, which always had a faint smile, and it was extremely quiet.

Walking out of Secretary Bai's villa.

Qiu Tu looked up and looked into the distance. Tang Feifei was standing on the top of a tree with her hands in her pockets, looking at him quietly.

This woman may be a little violent, a little hungry, and a little cold and arrogant, but she is still very reliable in doing things.

Qiu Tu was worried that he would meet the evil god when he came to see Secretary Bai tonight, so he called her directly.

And he successfully hired Tang Feifei to come and support him at the "price" of one night.

Tang Feifei wanted to go into the villa with Qiu Tu at first, but Qiu Tu declined her proposal on the grounds that he didn't want to alert the enemy.

So, Tang Feifei directly explored the terrain around the villa and finally chose the top of the pine tree.

According to her words, standing on the top of this pine tree can give you a bird's eye view of the entire villa.

Coupled with the state of "spiritual vision", she can clearly see all the movements and status of Qiu Tu and Secretary Bai, which facilitates her rescue.

Qiu Tu felt that her reasons were very good, so he agreed.

At this time, seeing Qiu Tu returning safely, Tang Feifei stepped forward and opened her hands, like a flying falcon falling from the treetops.

Arriving at Qiu Tu's side, Tang Feifei glanced up and down Qiu Tu's body, and then asked coldly, "Is everything okay?"

Qiu Tu nodded slightly. Tang Feifei said, "Then let's go back to my house and talk."

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards her villa with her long legs.

The villas of Tang Feifei and Secretary Bai are not far apart. In other words, except for Yan Ai who arranged for someone to build an independent manor, several high-level officials of the Investigation Agency all built single-family villas together.

Arriving at Tang Feifei's house, there were no outsiders in the villa except for the people patrolling outside.

The two sat on the sofa and chatted about the meeting with Secretary Bai just now.

Tang Feifei asked coldly, "Is it Bai Yu?"

Qiu Tu nodded solemnly, and then said, "It should be him."

Tang Feifei looked at it half-squinted, like a female leopard eager to take action when facing prey, "How can you be sure?"

Qiu Tu recounted all the conversations and expressions he had with Secretary Bai from the beginning to the end when he left.

Perhaps because she wasn't very good at such tortuous conversations, Tang Feifei frowned slightly.

She raised her head slightly, her wheat-colored face full of dissatisfaction, "What kind of riddles are you playing?"

Hearing Tang Feifei's words, Qiu Tu couldn't help but laugh.

He explained, "Lao Bai is indeed a person who likes to play riddles."

Qiu Tu gave an example, "It's like when he wanted me to escape, but he didn't directly tell me where to escape. Instead, he told me that Director Liu of Dongcheng City had some conflicts with Yan Ai."

"That's a way to hint at me."

Hearing this, Tang Feifei nodded slightly with a cold expression and gave her own evaluation, "Bai Yu really likes to beat around the bush when he talks. He never answers people."

After saying that, she asked, "But, what did you hear from his words?"

Qiu Tu shook his head slightly, and then explained to Tang Feifei, "You should listen to Lao Bai's words in half and listen to metaphors."

"From the first sentence I met with Lao Bai, he actually gave me a hint."

"He said I should have come a long time ago. In fact, he was telling me that I was looking for the right person. But... it was a bit late."

"And saying that the house is full of ambushes implies to me that the two of us are actually hostile."

"Even if he gave various explanations later, they were just explanations."

"Afterwards, he told me that Huang Shangzong's counselor came to New Territories City and was preparing to do harm to me."

"Actually, it revealed two pieces of information."

"The first layer is the surface information. It reminds me that Huang Shangzong is planning to attack me. The second layer is what he really wants to express: he has not changed in fact, and he has never wanted to harm me."

"But at that time, because I didn't know his position or what he was thinking, I couldn't figure out what he really wanted to express, so I could only continue to test."

"I asked him directly before if he was a follower of the evil god, and he denied it."

"Whether he doesn't want to admit it directly and drop the topic; or he has some kind of restraint and can't admit it. Anyway, I know that I can't ask so directly."

"So, I simply started gathering intelligence."

"I asked him three questions. When will my secretary arrange it; who supports Zheng Tao's promotion to deputy director; and who takes over Yan Yan's daughter Yanyan."

"These three questions may not seem to have any problems, but in fact they are quite mysterious."

"Zheng Tao is now confirmed to be a follower of La Riluo, so the person who promoted him and asked him to target me is probably the high-level traitor."

"And La Riluo wants to use Zheng Tao's wife to seduce me and let her be my secretary. But as a deputy minister, I have to have a secretary. And once I have a new secretary, Zheng Tao's wife Tan Huimin I will definitely leave.”

"So in order to prevent Tan Huimin from leaving, the traitor at the top must interfere with the selection of my new secretary." (Chapter 213)

"The only thing about picking up Yan Ai's daughter is because I am almost certain that the girl who is next to Yan Ai now is the evil god La Riluo."

"That's why I used these three questions to test Secretary Bai."

"Secretary Bai's answer to the first question was quite normal. He said that Shi Youxin, the director of the Organization Department, was interfering with my choice of secretary."

"The second question is a bit wrong. Because he raised the second suspect: Deputy Director Yu Zhengyi. He said that Director Yu promoted Zheng Tao."

"As for the third question. He is completely lying."

"He said that Ji Chen went to pick up Yan Ai's daughter that day, and he just greeted her at the door of the villa."

"But in fact, Ji Chen had been staying with me and Yan Ai since the evening that day. Instead, he disappeared for a long time. He did not return to the villa until evening."

Hearing this, Tang Feifei's eyes flashed with a dangerous light, "So, he exposed his lies?"

Qiu Tu shook his head, "No. He was deliberately giving me hints."

Tang Feifei was a little confused, "Hint?"

Qiu Tu nodded, "Yes. Because he actually knows that Ji Chen has always been by my side."

"He is telling me lies. The two questions he answered before were actually both false."

"The real answers are actually all his."

"It was him who promoted Zheng Tao, it was him who stopped the administrative department from arranging a new secretary for me, and it was him who brought the evil god to Yan Chen."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tang Feifei frowned, "But why did he do this?"

Tang Feifei was obviously confused by the tacit understanding between Qiu Tu and Secretary Bai.

Her wheat-colored face was full of confusion.

Then she frowned slightly and made two assumptions coldly, "If he is really a believer in the evil god. He should pretend that everything has nothing to do with him, or plant all three things on one person to divert your investigation."

"If he is not a believer in the evil god, he should not do these things for the evil god! He is playing with his own life!"

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