The Spy

Chapter 107: Greedy
Everyone sat down together, and the first seat was naturally reserved for Xu Qingyun.

Xu Qingyun and his brother gave way to each other twice and finally sat down.

He was the one in charge of the case, so this position belonged to him, but since his brother was around, he had to be polite.

Especially in front of other people, you must never let them think that you don't have a brother in your heart.

Xu Qingyun was in the first seat, Xu Qingshi was on his left, and Fang Laibao was on his right.

Except for a few special periods, China has always respected the left since ancient times.

Yan Ming was also there, sitting next to Fang Laibao.

Xu Qingyun met everyone and announced the start of the meeting without any hesitation.

"Team leader, the information of all 69 people has been sorted out. Among them, 45 are single, 10 are couples, and there are four women living alone."

During the investigation, Xu Qingyun made a request that all men and women, including couples, should be investigated.

There were many female Japanese spies. Some were caught in Tianjin before. They were couples lurking together.

In the future, they will have more female spies, filling up every part of the country.

Japanese women have a low status and are easier to brainwash. Be nice to them and make more promises to them, and they will work harder than men.

At the beginning, Mina Takamoto's performance was much better than her man's.

In this era, there are not many women living alone, and the proportion can be seen from the number.

"Thank you for your hard work, how many of you couples are taking care of children?"

Xu Qingyun asked, if a couple is suspicious, the suspicion will be reduced if they bring a child with them, as most people rarely bring children with them when they go into hiding.

But it is not absolute, so they still have to check.

"Four pairs."

Fang Laibao immediately replied that after they completed their investigation every day, all the information on suspects would be summarized with him, so he knew the situation best.

"Now let's start dividing into groups. The twenty of us will be divided into five groups, with four people in each group and one group leader."

Xu Qingyun said slowly that everyone had to be verified, and it would depend on the twenty of them to investigate the situations of the sixty-nine people.

It is definitely not possible to conduct an investigation alone. If there are too few people, it will be a waste of resources and there will be no division of labor. Everything needs to be done by oneself. Xu Qingyun divided the group into five groups. With more people, more areas can be taken care of.

"I am the leader of Group 1, and the members are..."

Xu Qingyun began to assign tasks. He personally led one group. The leader of Group 2 was Xu Qingshi, the leader of Group 3 was Fang Laibao, the leader of Group 4 was Yan Ming, and the leader of Group 5 was a captain of Intelligence Group 2.

Except for Yan Ming, everyone else's level is not low.

Xu Qingyun’s team includes Zuo Jinfang, a member of Intelligence Group 3, and one of Xu Qingshi’s subordinates.

The other groups are similar, all are scattered combinations.

"Fang Laibao, your team will investigate seven people and four couples with children. First, check their place of origin, where they are from, who is in their family, whether they have relatives in Nanjing, and if so, what is the relationship. Ask the brothers at the branch station to help verify whether their identities are true."

After the personnel were assigned, Xu Qingyun immediately arranged the work.

"Yes, team leader."

Fang Laibao responded that if it was a Japanese spy, his identity must be fake, and once it was verified to be incorrect, he could be arrested.

"Captain Yang, check seven people and three couples."

"Yan Ming, you guys..."

After they were assigned, the last group was the Xu brothers. They had to check the remaining 24 people, including the four women living alone.

"Everyone, time is running out. I can't let you have a good rest. I will start the investigation now. Don't worry, once we catch the Japanese spy, the reward will definitely not be small."

Those who have made contributions should be rewarded. They work hard and the rewards must be adequate.

Xu Qingyun has already applied to Xu Zhanjie that as long as the case is solved and the Japanese spy is caught, Xu Zhanjie will apply for a sum of money specifically for rewards.

As long as the case is not solved, Xu Qingyun will pay for it out of his own pocket rather than let them suffer.

"Don't worry, Qingyun. No one will complain of being tired. We will go all out to capture the Japanese."

Xu Qingshi was the first to express his opinion, followed by Fang Laibao, Yan Ming and others, who agreed that the Japanese spy must be found this time.

"Okay, take action."

As Xu Qingyun finished speaking, the meeting officially ended. The five team leaders led their people to conduct detailed investigations one by one according to their own goals.

The final investigation results were all summarized by Xu Qingyun, who made the final judgment.

The investigation is not difficult. The information they checked includes the addresses of these people, unless they moved without reporting it.

Nanjing's household registration system is very strict. Many police officers specifically target people without identification. If they catch one, they can extort a lot of money from you. Otherwise, they can lock you up for life. Most people don't dare to do this.

If there really is such a person, he would be even more suspicious.

The command center was set up in a small hotel. The conditions there were simple, but the location was good and it was convenient to go everywhere. Not having to go back to the headquarters could also avoid leaks.

In order to investigate the case, Xu Qingyun asked Xu Zhanjie to approve four cars and more than a dozen bicycles.

Including his car, there were five cars in total, which caused a lot of dissatisfaction among the general affairs department.

With Xu Zhanjie's support, they could only complain but did not dare to put up any obstacles.

A private residence in Nanjing.

In the bedroom, Hirakawa Shunshin was sending a radio message.

He has a new goal to incite rebellion and is working hard at it, with a high chance of success.

After inciting this Chinese man to defect, they will have a new insider in the Military Intelligence Department.

Hirakawa Shunshin is an agent of the Hangzhou Special High Section. Last year, he was responsible for investigating the spy training situation at the Hangzhou Police School. He discovered that Lu Dawang was different. This person was extremely frugal and obviously short of money, or he liked money.

Shunshin Hirakawa was very cautious. After three months of observation, he finally made his first contact with Lu Dawang.

The spy training at Hangzhou Police College is very strict. They can only go out on one rest day a month, and there is a time limit for going out, and they must return on time.

And you are not allowed to go out alone.

Shunshin Hirakawa met Lu Dawang while he was in the toilet.

The first time, Shunshin Hirakawa said nothing, but took out three dollars and handed them to Lu Dawang. Lu Dawang was shocked, but he took the money.

After giving the money, Hirakawa Shunshin just kept waiting.

The next month, Lu Dawang went out again and went to the toilet again.

Hirakawa Shunshin gave him another five dollars and still said nothing.

In the third month, Hirakawa Shunshin gave him ten dollars, and this time he finally made a request.

He asked Lu Dawang to provide detailed information about their current academy, and would give him a reward of fifty dollars if the task was completed.

This was a test. Lu Dawang had taken money from him twice before, and each time he had someone secretly take photos of him, which had become a handle in their hands.

If Lu Dawang refused, he would threaten him.

What Pingchuan Shunshin didn't expect was that Lu Dawang took the money and left without saying a word.

The next month, Lu Dawang came to the toilet again, and when he saw him, Lu Dawang extended his hand.

Pingchuan Shunlong understood what Lu Dawang meant and took out the fifty yuan he had prepared in advance. Lu Dawang counted the money in front of him and then gave him a note.

There are densely written words on it, and it contains the information of all members of this training class in Hangzhou.

However, there were only names and code names, and no important information such as household registration and family situation. These were confidential and Lu Dawang could not get them.

But this intelligence transmission meant that he had successfully turned a future agent of the Military Intelligence Department. Hirakawa Shunshin was very happy and reported it immediately.

Lu Dawang was not that valuable at the time, but he was a member of the intelligence department after all, so the section chief praised him.

Next, Pingchuan Shunlong met with Lu Dawang again. Due to time constraints, he did not say much and only gave Lu Dawang a contact signal.

In the future, no matter where he goes, he will have to buy newspapers on three fixed dates every month.

If you see the signal in the newspaper, rush to the nearest telephone at 6:30 p.m. the next day.

The assignment of students was confidential, and at that time even Lu Dawang himself didn’t know where he would be assigned.

Soon it was time for them to graduate. After asking around, Hirakawa Shunshin finally found out that Lu Dawang was assigned to the Nanjing headquarters of the Military Intelligence Department.

This result made him overjoyed.

I thought Lu Dawang would be assigned to other branch stations, but I didn't expect him to be assigned to Nanjing.

It is equivalent to them placing a chess piece in the headquarters of the Military Intelligence Department.

His contact signal settings were very clever. Military intelligence stations were all located in big cities, and there must be public telephones. As long as he found the one closest to them, he could successfully connect.

Pingchuan analyzed that based on Lu Dawang's performance, he is very likely to join the Intelligence Department. If he really joins the Intelligence Department, it is equivalent to them having a high-level insider in the Military Intelligence Department.

Because of this achievement, his rank was promoted from lieutenant to captain.

Soon after Lu Dawang arrived in Nanjing, he immediately rushed to Nanjing. The Hangzhou Special High Section had made such a great achievement that they specially equipped him with an action team member and a radio station.

The main task of the action team members is to protect him and, if anything happens, help him carry out some tasks.

The two did not live together.

When Shunshin Hirakawa arrived in Nanjing, he immediately sent a signal to Lu Dawang by placing an advertisement in the newspaper at the nearest agreed time.

After being assigned to the headquarters, the management was not so strict, Lu Dawang had time to go out, and they were able to communicate more.

Soon Lu Dawang provided him with some important information.

He gave Lu Dawang a lot of money for this information.

But as time went on, Pingchuan Shunlong found that Lu Dawang's appetite was getting bigger and bigger, and the rewards he asked for were getting higher and higher each time.

Years ago, he actually asked for gold bars.

The reason is that there are too many oceans and it is difficult to keep them.

After reporting it, Hirakawa Shunshin agreed to his request.

As a result, Lu Dawang asked him for money again, first one or two gold bars, and later he asked for four or five.

Last time, Lu Dawang took the initiative to find him and said that he had important information that concerned the safety of their Japanese agents.

Lu Dawang offered ten gold bars.

Pingchuan Shunlong simply couldn't take out so much money, but Lu Dawang said that the Military Intelligence Department was keeping an eye on two Japanese agents. He only knew one of them now, and he could find out the other one. If Lu Dawang wanted information about both, he would have to give him twenty gold bars.

Twenty gold bars, two hundred taels of gold.

He wouldn't get that much money from selling Hirakawa Shunshin, but he had to report it because it concerned the safety of the imperial intelligence personnel. If he didn't report it, he would be held responsible if any losses occurred.

There was no other choice, so Hirakawa Shunshin reported the matter to the Hangzhou Special High Section, and Hangzhou immediately arranged for someone to send the money over.

There was one thing about Lu Dawang that Pingchuan Shunlong really disliked: the price he offered was what it was and there was no bargaining.

There's no use threatening him.

This guy wanted money more than his life. He only threatened him once, and Lu Dawang said that they should just break up and let him report it.

In the end, he calmed Lu Dawang down.

By giving him twenty gold bars, Hirakawa Shunshin got the information he wanted.

One of the Shanghai Special High Section's undercover agents was discovered by the Chinese, and the other was a mole instigated by the empire. Both of them were indeed important, and although a lot of money was spent, at least they played a role.

After sending the telegram, Pingchuan Shunlong thought of Lu Dawang's face asking him for money, and the muscles on his face couldn't help but tremble.

Fortunately, Lu Dawang is dead, and he no longer has to face this greedy guy.

With a sigh, Hirakawa Shunshin put away the radio.

Xu Qingyun divided the team into five groups, with each group investigating more than a dozen people.

It is actually easiest to check couples. If there is a problem with one, then there will be problems with both. Fang Laibao checked very quickly. The four couples all had children. After verifying their identities, it was found that there was no problem with the four couples and they were not fake.

The Japanese are lurking in China, and the identities they use cannot be real.

However, the Hangzhou station received a series of telegrams from the headquarters, expressing considerable dissatisfaction.

In the end, it was Xu Zhanjie who sent a telegram to their station chief, saying that if they could find the Japanese spy this time, it would be counted as a credit to their Hangzhou station.

Hangzhou Station finally got the motivation.

Since their establishment, they have not captured a single Japanese spy, so even if the credit was shared, it at least has something to do with them.

It's just an identity verification. It's not a tiring or dangerous job and it also brings credit. The stationmaster immediately gave orders to verify all the information sent by the headquarters.

"Team leader, I found someone with a problem here."

Only one day after the investigation, Yan Ming hurried to Xu Qingyun to report the situation.

"What's the problem?" Xu Qingyun, who was looking through the documents, looked up immediately.

He was in a hotel, alone in a room.

"Qiao Tiansen, 28 years old, came to Nanjing on August 26 last year and rented a house alone in Lijia Hutong."

"There is a sesame cake stand in front of his door, and a braised meat shop next to it. According to neighbors, he often goes there to buy sesame cakes and pork heads."

"He opened a small grain store. According to our investigation, his business didn't make much money, and sometimes he even lost money, but his employees' wages were never reduced. I secretly asked the employees, and they said Qiao Tiansen often went out, sometimes for half a day."

As Yan Ming spoke slowly, Xu Qingyun's expression gradually became serious, and he immediately asked, "Where is he from?"

"Hangzhou."

"Have you verified your identity?"

"Not yet. There's been no response from the Hangzhou station. How about I go and ask them?"

Yan Ming shook his head. They had too many people to verify. If some people were not in Hangzhou, the verification work at the Hangzhou station would probably be even busier.

The original locations of these people are scattered, some are in the countryside or even in surrounding cities, so it takes time to verify them.

"No need to rush. You should monitor him immediately and check his financial situation. Give the rest of your people to us for verification."

Xu Qingyun shook his head. The Hangzhou station was not under their control. Even if they agreed to share the credit with them, they could not expect them to work as hard as they did.

If Qiao Tiansen really has a problem, he must be prepared first.

"Yes, I'll make arrangements right away."

Due to a shortage of manpower, Yan Ming had to monitor people, so everyone in the entire team had to go. The remaining unverified personnel were temporarily assigned to the other four groups.

It’s okay to assign more people, but the key investigation targets must be carefully selected.

Qiao Tiansen is highly suspicious. Apart from frequently buying sesame cakes and pork heads, the fact that a businessman can remain calm even though he doesn't make much money is a problem in itself.

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