"Punishment" is a TV series with the theme of criminal investigation, and the main characters of both the black and white factions are revealed at the beginning. The whole picture of this TV series is as follows the process of how a cat successfully destroys a rat nest.
In addition to looking for clues, the part that the audience is most interested in about this TV series is the plot of "Infernal Affairs". This kind of plot depicts the "chess pieces" that black and white secretly place in the opponent's camp.
Therefore, the main suspense of this TV series revolves around this theme.
The number of ghosts inside is huge. However, due to plot limitations, most of the inner ghosts eventually went to extinction, and it was the important inner ghosts in the Changwu public security system who really played a key role.
Li Bodong and Zhao Pengchao ostensibly controlled the power of the Zhao family, but they did not touch the real strength behind the Zhao family. Those talents are the key to the Zhao family's standing for many years.
Although Zhao Xiaosheng handed over the Zhao family to Zhao Si, he still had doubts about Zhao Si. When Zhao Si suddenly closed all of the Zhao family's casinos, although Zhao Xiaosheng did not object, his emotions were still revealed.
Zhao Xiaosheng will not hand over all the core resources of the Zhao family to Zhao Pengchao at one time, but will gradually transfer them as needed. Now, the first ghost to be transferred is Li Bodong, deputy head of the criminal investigation detachment.
Zhao Si was a thoughtful and wise man who understood the complexity of the human heart. Therefore, he did not rashly take over Li Bodong from Zhao Xiaosheng, but through his own efforts and costs, he finally won Li Bodong's sincere allegiance.
In addition to Li Bodong, Zhang Qiufeng, the captain of the Criminal Investigation Brigade, is also one of the ghosts in the 54 umbrellas in the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall.
Zhao Xiaosheng did not hand over Zhang Qiufeng to Zhao Pengchao, and Zhao Si did not take the initiative to contact Zhang Qiufeng, because Zhao Xiaosheng once said: "Zhang Qiufeng is a dog of Li Bodong." ”
In other words, the father and son of the Zhao family thought that although Zhang Qiufeng was an internal ghost, they did not need to maintain their relationship with him, they only needed to control Li Bodong.
Although Zhang Qiufeng is on the list of the Zhao family ancestral hall, he is not an internal ghost, and the abacus of the Zhao family and his son may be wrong. Zhang Qiufeng ostensibly obeyed Li Bodong's command and had a deferential attitude, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him Li Bodong's dog.
However, judging a person's true identity is not based on his superficial behavior, but on his ultimate goal.
Zhang Qiufeng is not an internal ghost, and his actions strongly prove it. He dispatched Chang Zheng to investigate the case of the nameless bones of Longwang Mountain, which was the key clue that Chang Zheng later discovered the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster and Deng Lijun's death.
Through Deng Lijun's line, Chang Zheng further explored the relationship between Deng Xiaojun and Zhao Pengcheng, and found the survivors of the mining disaster with the help of Yan Guohua, a secret task force.
These findings reveal that Chang Fei and Zhao Pengcheng also investigated the case. So, why did Zhang Qiufeng hand over Deng Lijun's case to Chang Zheng, is it just an accident?
Of course not, his decision has deep implications.
At the moment when "Punishment" began, the Provincial Public Security Department received a report letter, which clearly mentioned the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster 28 years ago, Zhao Xiaosheng's identity at that time, and Chang Fei's investigation progress, and even mentioned that Chang Fei was diagnosed with depression.
Many viewers speculated that the author of this whistleblower letter must be Chang Zheng. However, Chang Zheng did not know about the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster before accepting the case of the nameless corpse and bones of Longwang Mountain given to him by Zhang Qiufeng, so the author of this letter was definitely not Chang Zheng.
We have an in-depth understanding of the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster, and we also know Zhao Xiaosheng's previous identity. At the same time, we are closely monitoring the progress of Chang Fei's investigation and his diagnosis of depression.
Excluding other possibilities, there is only one person left who is the most suspicious, and that is Chang Fei's partner Zhang Qiufeng, who has now handed over the Deng Lijun case related to the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster to Chang Zheng.
Have you confirmed the identity and kinship of the deceased? Chang Zheng followed Zhang Qiufeng's guidance to find out Deng Lijun's identity and Deng Xiaojun's relationship, and then revealed the facts of Zhao Pengcheng and Chang Fei's investigation of the case that year.
Zhang Qiufeng's ingenuity gave him an in-depth understanding of Chang Fei's investigation process and the Qiongya No. 5 mine disaster case. If he is really an inner ghost, will he hand over the thorny case of the nameless corpse to Chang Zheng?
Will he allow the Standing Levy to settle the case hastily? From many aspects, Zhang Qiufeng is very likely to be the first member of Yan Guohua's secret task force!
If Zhang Qiufeng is not an internal ghost, then within the Public Security Bureau, in addition to Li Bodong, the identity of another internal ghost is very obvious. Li Bodong only had contact with Zhao Xiaosheng, and the eldest and third of the Zhao family tried to contact him, but they were unsuccessful.
As for the fourth child of the Zhao family, he struggled to gain his trust under Li Bodong's actual control.
Who is the ghost who leaked the news to Zhao Pengxiang, the third child of the Zhao family, many times? Many clues point to one person, that is, the little apprentice beside Chang Zheng, Ning Yu. However, it seems that Ning Yu is an honest little policeman who called the police to Chang Zheng at a critical moment, and deliberately released water in the process of arresting Chang Zheng.
This makes him look less like an inner ghost.
After Zhao Pengxiang yacht**, Chang Zheng became a suspect, but his act of picking up his girlfriend at the airport was mistaken for preparing to flee to Serbia. When Zhang Qiufeng led the team to the airport to arrest him, Zhao Pengxiang and Yan Guohua both received information from Chang Zheng Airport, and Yan Guohua's intelligence also showed that Zhao Pengxiang wanted to send a lynx to retaliate against Chang Zheng.
Chang Zheng's whereabouts at the airport, Tang Shaowen is very likely to be leaked to Yan Guohua, and there are hints in the play.
Before Zhang Qiufeng left for the airport, he sent a text message to Yan Guohua. Although the plot looks like it was sent to Zhao Pengxiang, through the previous story, we can conclude that Zhang Qiufeng is not an internal ghost, and he will not have a direct connection with the third child of the Zhao family.
In addition, Zhao Pengxiang did not seem to be satisfied with Zhang Qiufeng, and it was he who transferred Chang Zheng back to Zhang Qiufeng and regained his official position. If Zhang Qiufeng is the third member of the Zhao family, then why does he bother to develop Chang Zheng?
Therefore, based on the previous story, we can deduce that the text message sent by Zhang Qiufeng "Chang Zheng goes to the airport" should have been sent to Yan Guohua. And this text message also reminded Yan Guohua of the scene when the first member of the task force was determined.
Who texted Pengxiang Zhao? According to the plot clues, Jia Xiaoqiang, an auxiliary police officer of the Public Security Bureau, is more likely. He was the driver when Zhang Qiufeng led the team to the airport, and he was also an insider.
Chang Zheng failed to deliver explosives, and the person he met at the door was Jia Xiaoqiang, who was one of the suspects in stealing explosives. At the same time, Ning Yu had also seen Chang Zheng and explosives in the locker room.
But at present, it is impossible to judge that Jia Xiaoqiang or Ning Yu are internal ghosts based on this information alone.
When Chang Zheng and Jin Yan went to Qin Hongxia's house, Zhang Qiufeng led Song Guangming and Ning Yu to Qin Hongxia's house to arrest Chang Zheng. At this time, Zhao Pengxiang received information about the retreat.
The method of elimination tells us that if Zhang Qiufeng is not an inner ghost, then he can only choose between Ning Yu and Song Guangming. Combining these two things, Ning Yu's possibility seems to be greater than Song Guangming's.
The Zhao family has been standing for 30 years, and there must be not only Li Bodong and the little policemen in the public security system, but also higher-level ghosts, such as the equally suspicious Xiao Zhenbang.