The Spy

Chapter 132 The guess is correct
We have to rent out the car even if we have to pay compensation. Not to mention a Japanese spy, an ordinary person would also be highly suspected.

Based on his work, Xu Qingyun roughly guessed their purpose.

"Mark the locations of these two households for me."

Coming to the map, Xu Qingyun gave the order, and Fang Laibao immediately picked up the pen and drew circles at two locations.

There is a certain distance between the two households.

But the distances from Liao Wenting’s company are almost the same, one is in the east and the other is in the north.

"How's the photo check going?"

Xu Qingyun suddenly asked that he needed more manpower now, and if he didn't have enough men, he would ask Xu Zhanjie to borrow some.

The mission is important, catch the Japanese spy first.

"Still looking. I've found 23 people who look like them, but I haven't really found them yet."

During this period, Zuo Jinfang worked very seriously and identified more than 20 people through investigation. According to the order, each person's footprints were confirmed and photographed by Zuo Jinfang. Xu Qingyun has already checked 18 of them.

My luck was average this time, as none of the previous footprints appeared in the eighteen photos.

The remaining two people made the calls while riding bicycles. Their range of activities was larger, and the scope of investigation was also expanded accordingly.

"Keep looking. This job cannot stop."

Xu Qingyun nodded slightly. Finding the Japanese spy was the most important thing. Zuo Jinfang's team couldn't spare any people for the time being, so they could only send people from Yan Ming.

There are fewer people, but with previous experience, it is not difficult to check.

"Tell Yan Ming to send half of the people to conduct a check near these two households. Just like before, focus on singles or couples who came to Nanjing four and a half to five years ago. They usually have a good reputation, but the neighbors know very little about them."

Xu Qingyun issued an order to search. He suspected that Japanese spies lived near these two families. In case of an emergency, Liao Wenting would use the rickshaw as a signal to alert them.

We’ll know how to give specific reminders once we catch the person.

However, Xu Qingyun could probably guess their method. They would either put something conspicuous on the rickshaw, or fix the rickshaw in a certain position, or make something happen to the rickshaw.

Liao Wenting does not need to show up in person, he can just arrange his employees to do it.

Such an emergency notification can ensure Liao Wenting's safety. He only needs to watch secretly and report it immediately if he finds the driver or someone is arrested.

This is a common tactic used by Japanese spies.

"Yes."

Fang Laibao immediately took the order. He understood that the team leader had found a new breakthrough, and the situation he had investigated was it.

Indeed, if you lose money in business, there must be some ulterior motives.

The case is progressing well. There is no need to worry about the other two. As long as they live in Nanjing, it will only be a matter of time to find them.

In order to get the bounty, the gangsters and patrolmen were very motivated. The Military Intelligence Department settled the bill on the spot. Once they found a person, they would give him money immediately after verification, which greatly motivated them.

"Team leader, you are here."

In the afternoon, Xu Qingyun arrived at the surveillance point.

Yan Ming had five men assigned to him. He took two of them to keep an eye on the company personally, and two others monitored the area near Liao Wenting's residence.

"This is the employee data I investigated. I haven't finished it yet."

Yan Ming took out another document, which contained information about Liao Wenting’s company employees, mainly people within the company and some drivers.

To put it bluntly, a rickshaw driver is only slightly better than a coolie. At this time, the rickshaw drivers in Nanjing were not as miserable as Xiangzi, but they were not much better.

Xiangzi is a microcosm of their lives.

"Well done, you've worked hard these days."

Xu Qingyun praised Yan Ming, saying that he was the most tired one among all the people, as he had to arrange surveillance with his subordinates and personally investigate all the situations of Liao Wenting.

He couldn't investigate it alone, so Fang Laibao helped him do external investigations and eventually found out the rental issue.

"It doesn't matter. As long as we can catch the person, it's worth it no matter how tired we are."

Yan Ming chuckled, while Xu Qingyun went to the side to look at his investigation materials.

The company is small and has few employees. Apart from the more than one hundred drivers, there are only three people in the company.

The boss, the accountant, and a maintenance technician.

The master mainly helps to repair the rickshaws. Rickshaws run outside every day and various parts are easily damaged. Once a breakdown affects the work, the driver will not make any money that day, or even lose money.

It is very expensive to repair it outside alone. The company has famous professional repairmen who charge cheaper than outside.

Liao Wenting can also repair cars himself.

There was nothing unusual about the mechanic. He was from the suburbs of Nanjing and grew up here. He had been here since the company was founded and was the person who had worked the longest in the company.

The accountant was hired by Liao Wenting later, mainly to collect membership fees.

As for the rickshaw drivers, most of them are lower-class people. They work hard every day to feed themselves. A man in his thirties is as tired as a man in his fifty, but he cannot save any wealth. The greatest satisfaction for them is to have a good meal during the New Year and buy a few feet of cloth to make new clothes for their families.

"Is the bug installed?"

“It’s installed, but only the company has it.”

Yan Ming nodded, saying that Liao Wenting would not be at home for long, so there was no need to install it.

It is not easy to install eavesdropping devices in a company. They sneaked in at night and finally installed it.

At this time, one person was working at the monitoring point.

Listening points are different from surveillance points. The two are best kept together, but sometimes they must be separated, such as this time.

The monitoring point is far away from the company's entrance, and the monitoring equipment needs to be installed at a close distance. Once the line is stretched, it will affect the monitoring effect.

Monitoring does not require staring at people, the main thing is to listen. Yan Ming asked someone to rent a house in the compartment of the rickshaw company and set up a monitoring point there.

One person is enough for each monitoring point, and all monitored content will be recorded. The recording alone is a considerable expense.

It costs more than hiring someone.

"Team leader, this is Li's osmanthus cake, please try it."

Seeing Xu Qingyun stand up, Yan Ming hurriedly brought a box of snacks. He never treated his subordinates badly. Surveillance was boring as they had to keep watching, so he bought some snacks and desserts with his own money to comfort his subordinates.

Yan Ming, the captain, has firmly established himself in the team and the team members have great confidence in him.

However, the team members liked to listen to Yan Ming talk about the cases they had handled before. The team leader caught many Japanese spies in Tianjin and continued to catch them in Nanjing. Every case made them feel excited.

Their team leader is younger, who would have thought he was so capable and could catch so many Japanese spies.

The reason why Yan Ming said this was to help Xu Qingyun establish his prestige and make all team members respect the team leader, so that the team leader can better control Intelligence Group 4 in the future.

“It tastes really good.”

Xu Qingyun picked up a piece and tasted it. Yan Ming saw that he was satisfied and grinned.

"You guys go ahead and do your work. I'll go check out Jin Fang."

Xu Qingyun stood up. Zuo Jinfang had no surveillance point and had been leading his men on the road himself.

This kind of work is nothing to him. When he was in Tianjin, he strolled around the jurisdiction every day, which was similar to his current job.

"Brother Qingyun, why are you here?"

After searching for half an hour, Xu Qingyun finally found Zuo Jinfang. Zheng Jiming was very diligent and kept watching him from the side with his hands on his waist the whole time.

There is also a long gun in the car in case of emergency.

"How's the check going?"

Xu Qingyun asked with a smile. Zuo Jinfang looked tired, and he could tell that he had put in a lot of effort. "We found three more people. Four more people took photos, but they haven't had them developed yet."

Zuo Jinfang took out his camera. It was not as fast now as it was at the beginning, but people with similar looks were still being identified every day.

"Give me the film, I'll take it back and develop it."

Xu Qingyun did not ask Zuo Jinfang to send another person. Zuo Jinfang and his team had only about ten people, and the area they were checking was very large.

In each area, they make sure to find everyone who looks like the person in the photo before giving up.

Avoid letting Japanese spies escape due to omissions in work.

"Brother Qingyun, the filming is not finished yet."

Zuo Jinfang glanced at the camera and saw that there seemed to be six or seven photos left on the film.

Xu Qingyun smiled. Zuo Jinfang had been frugal since he was young, and he brought this habit to the Military Intelligence Department.

"Give me the camera."

Xu Qingyun stretched out his hand for the camera, walked to the side of the road, and took a few random pictures of the streets of Nanjing, using up all the film in the roll.

Now is not the time to save money. The sooner we find the Japanese spy, the better.

Xu Qingyun did not take photos of them. Photos of intelligence personnel are confidential, and if they were leaked, it would be disadvantageous to them.

Including himself, no one would take photos casually.

Xu Qingyun did not have time to accompany Zuo Jinfang to verify. Verification is inherently a passive process. They had to wait for the person being verified to come out. They followed behind and waited for an opportunity to take a picture of the footprints.

"Take them some good food. Don't worry about the money. The team will reimburse you."

Xu Qingyun took out the film and got in the car. Before leaving, he once again explained that Zuo Jinfang was not as good as Yan Ming in winning people's hearts, and he was reluctant to spend too much money.

Yan Ming was more capable than him and bought a lot of things with his own money.

It seems like a lot of money has been spent, but as long as the person is caught, the bonus alone can be earned back tenfold.

Xu Qingyun didn't need them to pay for such expenses themselves.

With a secret fund, this amount of money is nothing.

"Yes, Brother Qingyun."

Zuo Jinfang stood outside the car and watched Xu Qingyun leave. When he returned to the office, Xu Qingyun immediately asked someone to develop the film.

Expedited cleaning.

Zheng Jiming quickly brought the photos. They had special training on how to develop photos, but Zheng Jiming was not skilled. The things to be developed this time were very important, so he deliberately found someone else and watched from the side as if he was learning.

After they were developed, he immediately returned with the photos and negatives.

The photos were placed on the table, and Xu Qingyun looked at them carefully one by one.

Unfortunately, after looking through all the photos, no traces of Japanese spies were found.

Zuo Jinfang didn't gain anything, but Yan Ming got a good start.

"Team leader, find one, Mi Zhongwei, male, single, 31 years old, came to Nanjing four and a half years ago and opened his own Zhongwei Company, mainly doing business in exercise books, pencils, etc. He has a good relationship with many people in the Education Department."

Before leaving get off work, Yan Ming came back to report that Mi Zhongwei was not from Nanjing, and the time he came matched that of Liao Wenting. He was single, and as a boss, he had a big business, but he lived in a rented house and had only a servant and a nanny at home.

All signs indicate that he is a major suspect.

"Keep an eye on him immediately. If you don't have enough manpower, ask Zuo Jinfang to send someone to help you."

Xu Qingyun immediately gave orders and finally found one. It seemed that his guess was correct. The two families rented the car in order to convey information to Mi Zhongwei in an emergency.

This is not difficult. Even if the rickshaw driver happens to be out, Liao Wenting can find a reason to send one over.

It doesn’t matter how the signal is transmitted. Once the person is found, no emergency signal will be of any use.

It is enough to know how they deliver it.

If anything abnormal occurs, arrest the person immediately.

"Yes."

Yan Ming took the order, and Fang Laibao was immediately ordered to verify whether Mi Zhongwei's identity was true. If it was false, his identity as a Japanese spy could be confirmed.

If all else fails, there will always be light in the west. If we find this Japanese spy, there must be another one nearby with unusual rent.

This means that at least three Japanese spies could be found by them.

Xu Qingyun was not disappointed. The next day, Yan Ming found another suspect in the surrounding area. Both families were not far from the rickshaw employer's home.

Liao Wenting is an observer. He has no horizontal connection with the intelligence officers, so the surveillance on him can be relaxed.

The two undercover intelligence agents are more important. By keeping an eye on them, it is possible to find out their online team leader.

If we catch the team leader, we can not only find more Japanese spies, but also the radio station and code book.

This kind of gain is the greatest.

It is impossible for the Japanese spies to deploy only one or two undercover teams in Nanjing. Nanjing is the most important city, and they should have the most manpower here.

But it won’t be too much.

If they could wipe out one group, they would lose an eye or an ear. If they could wipe out the entire group and find out the traitors they instigated, the Japanese intelligence work on Nanjing would be greatly weakened.

Further losses will be avoided in future wars.

"Found two? Great."

Xu Zhanjie was very happy when he received the report from Xu Qingyun. Xu Qingyun, with a group of newcomers, actually found three more Japanese spies.

Finding these three people confirmed that Xu Qingyun's previous guess was true, and they still had two observers who had not been found.

One observer could bring in the findings of a Japanese spy group. If all of them were found, how great a contribution would that be?
Xu Zhanjie felt as if he was suddenly overwhelmed by happiness.

"Teacher, Group 4 is short of manpower. Can we ask Group Leader Yang's people to come over and help?"

Xu Qingyun took the initiative to ask, it is really beyond the capability of Group 4 to check so many people.

He didn't look for Group One or Group Three, but went straight to Group Two. He had his reasons.

Yang Wenxu is leaving.

He went to Tianjin and took over his previous position as head of the intelligence team. Xu Zhanjie had promised Wu Shaoshu that he would give him whoever he wanted.

Wu Shaoshu initially wanted to choose from among his own people and specifically nominated someone to be deputy team leader to temporarily take over the duties of team leader. However, the result was not satisfactory at all.

Even lost two people.

We asked him to investigate the latest developments of the Special High Police in the Japanese Concession, but this guy sent people to inquire about the situation in a brazen manner, and was directly caught by the Special High Police.

Wu Shaoshu was so angry that he vomited blood. He dismissed him from his post and investigated him. Now he is arguing with the Special High Police to get his person back.

The Japanese have always been unreasonable and the possibility of rescuing the people they captured on their territory is very low. Wu Shaoshu decided to ask Xu Zhanjie for a truly capable team leader to go over.

After selecting for a long time, Wu Shaoshu finally chose Yang Wenxu.

He had met Yang Wenxu and had a good impression of him. Yang Wenxu was definitely not as good as Xu Qingyun, but he was still quite good compared to others.

Yang Wenxu was the team leader of the headquarters. In the past, being the intelligence team leader was considered a demotion, so Xu Zhanjie wanted to help him out and see if he could become the deputy station chief and intelligence team leader.

Promoting him to deputy webmaster is not a loss to my confidant.

Wu Shaoshu had no objection. What he wanted was results. It would be enough if Yang Wenxu could help him stabilize the Tianjin Station. Now that the Tianjin Station had made a lot of achievements, it would be enough to have a steady person to help him maintain it.

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