The Spy

Chapter 174 The Conditions Are Very Harsh
A hotel in Nanjing.

It is called a hotel, but in fact it is just a carriage inn with a large bunk bed where everyone can sleep with just a quilt.

The big bunk bed can accommodate twenty people, and with so many people squeezed together, you can imagine how bad the room smells.

In addition to the smell, there are also various snoring sounds.

Not to mention inside the room, even outside the room was deafeningly noisy. The soundproofing in this era is not that good.

At night, Ma Jiu and Song Guangfeng entered the dormitory.

The two of them huddled in the corner, leaning against the wall and unable to stretch out. Normally, no one would want to squeeze in here.

At least you can squeeze in with others in other positions.

"Go to sleep."

Ma Jiu whispered that he would sleep at the innermost position, facing the wall, so as to hide their guns.

The two men came to Nanjing from Anhui Province, and they were indeed members of the Red Party.

Ma Jiu is older, twenty-three years old this year, while Song Guangfeng is only twenty years old.

They're all young guys.

They didn't know they were being watched.

Ma Jiu is the ninth child in the family. His parents gave birth to many children, but unfortunately few survived. Over the years, not only did his parents die, but he was the only one left in the family.

There are too many corrupt officials who only care about exploiting the people, and the poor are easily forced into a state of desperation.

There are many people like Ma Jiu.

In the past, Ma Jiu had no hope in life. He lived a dull life every day, working hard for the landlord in exchange for some leftovers to fill his stomach. But even such food was not enough to fill his stomach.

As for meat, he never ate it.

Until later the guerrillas arrived at their place.

The first time he saw the Red Gang, he was scared away. In his mind, no matter where the soldiers came from, there were no good people. They were either there to conscript men or to steal their things.

Anyone who dares to resist will be killed on the spot.

He didn't want to be conscripted.

Some people in their village were captured and never came back. During the war, the able-bodied men became cannon fodder. They were the first to die in a war. No one knew where they died after being captured.

As a result, he fell into a ditch while running.

The ditch was very deep and he broke his leg.

The Red Party fighters found him and took him away. At first he was terrified and thought he was finished. What he didn't expect was that the guerrilla doctor set his bones, and had people take good care of him and even gave him food rations.

Later, they hunted pheasants and wild boars in the mountains, and he ate a bowl of delicious fat meat.

That's the best part of the wild boar.

The wild boar didn't have much fat on it, and because he was injured, they gave him the fattest parts.

Since then, he realized that there is a different kind of army in this world, an army that truly fights for the people.

A bowl of meat made Ma Jiu completely recognize the Red Party. He vowed to study hard and become a useful Red Party fighter.

After recovering from his injury, Ma Jiu followed the guerrillas and traveled all over the country, fighting everywhere.

He has a strong learning ability and after a few years, he has become a team leader.

The captain told him that when they found the main force and joined up with them, he would be the squad leader and their captain would be the company commander. If he learned to read more now, he would have the opportunity to become a platoon leader in the future.

Even the company commander or battalion commander.

He didn't dare to think about any higher position.

The captain said that no matter how high the official rank is, he is to serve the people. Anyone who does not serve the people is not worthy of being an official.

Including the captain himself.

The team leader did exactly that. He always took care of his comrades and always put the people at the center. As guerrillas, they were not allowed to take anything from the people. Even if they wanted something, they had to pay for it.

Because of this, the guerrillas lived an extremely hard life. Going hungry was a common occurrence, and they were extremely short of weapons and ammunition.

This time he came into the city to seek help and contact underground comrades in Nanjing to see if they could find a way to provide them with a batch of ammunition.

As for weapons, it would be best if you have them.

The entire guerrilla force, with about a hundred people, now has less than a hundred bullets and a few landmines. This force is too weak.

Once found by the Guo army, they would easily be wiped out.

In addition to ammunition, there are also medicines.

Since the beginning of this spring, two of their comrades have lost their lives due to lack of medicine. Although some Chinese medicine can be collected in the mountains, Western medicine is more effective for some diseases, especially external injuries.

Life in the guerrillas is hard. Ma Jiu has experienced dozens of battles, big and small, in the more than two years since he joined the guerrillas. It was these battles that made him grow into a steel warrior.

But he didn't expect that the two of them were targeted after entering the city.

They fought in many places in Anhui Province, and many people had seen them.

Someone in the city recognized Ma Jiu and knew that he was a guerrilla, so they reported him to the Party Affairs Investigation Office. Zhuo An had already sent a team to keep a close eye on them.

Ma Jiu fought bravely, but he was not an agent and did not notice the person who was monitoring him.

Today they have sent out the previously agreed signal and are waiting for comrades from the local organization to meet with them. During this period, they need to wait patiently.

The inn was not good, but it was cheap. They had no money and could not afford to live in a good place. If the team leader had not raised some money for them, they would have had to sleep on the street.

They were carrying guns and it was too dangerous to be outside, so they had to find a place to stay at all costs.

As for food, they brought pancakes and ate them with water every day. They would not spend a penny more.

Shanghai, a bounty has been issued for Nanjing Xu Qingyun.

Seeing the high reward of fifty gold bars, many people were eager to try.

The target is definitely difficult to kill and is not in Shanghai, but as long as they kill him, the money will be enough for them to live a carefree life for a long time and enjoy a good life.

Spend it frugally, or go back and buy a few acres of land, become a small landlord, and you will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of your life.

Fifty gold bars, five hundred taels of gold.

Not to mention now, even in the future, this would be a considerable fortune.

The reward soon reached Nanjing, and Xu Qingyun got the news first.

Xu Zhanjie, Miao Feng, Xiang Jiesheng, Hou Yigong and others either called or came in person to ask Xu Qingyun to be careful when going out in the future.

Money can make people's hearts move, and the Japanese actually used such a shady trick to deal with him.

Especially Xu Zhanjie, he simply borrowed a team from the Operations Department to temporarily protect Xu Qingyun.

There are dozens of people in a team, it’s so grand.

Xu Qingyun was so confused that he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. There were more people protecting him than those protecting the director. What was going on?

Finally, under his insistence, only half of the team, twenty people, were needed, and these twenty people took turns to protect and ensure Xu Qingyun's safety.

The thugs are not decent enough, but they are in numbers. Xu Zhanjie was afraid that Xu Qingyun would suffer a loss, so he beat the master to death with random punches. Humans are mortals, and a bullet can take their lives.

"Team leader, telegram from Shanghai."

The next day, Yan Ming came to report first. Ma Xiangshun sent a telegram saying that their goods had been sold for several days and sales were very hot.

Their prices were the same as others, but Xu Qingyun used a little trick.

The first step is to mobilize a group of people. Anyone who successfully brings a customer to make a purchase can get a 5% referral fee.

The same applies to customers. If they introduce other people to make purchases, they can also receive referral fees.

The things they sell are of considerable value, and 5% is already a considerable commission.

"Give them back."

Xu Qingyun wrote back, saying that even though Ma Xiangshun and his team were using a commercial radio station, their code book was of a very high level, on par with that of the Military Intelligence Department.

Xu Qingyun didn't want the Japanese to know his whereabouts through his commercial radio station, so he applied for a code book.

The director agreed. Xu Qingyun's safety was very important and the commercial radio station could indeed reveal his whereabouts.

For example, if he was going to Shanghai, if the code book was deciphered by the Japanese, they would most likely make arrangements in advance to assassinate him.

As for Xu Qingyun doing business, Chu Zuo had no objection.

Xu Qingyun is not the only one doing business in the Military Intelligence Department.

Besides, Xu Qingyun presented a lot of filial piety.

"Yes."

Yan Ming left and went to send the telegram himself. Xu Qingyun's reply was very simple. They couldn't wait until the goods were sold out before making preparations. Now that they had recovered some funds, they should let Xu Fuzhong borrow some money from the bank and use their company as collateral.

Combined with their other savings, they went to the United States to import goods worth another 50,000 US dollars.

The United States is very far away, and it takes a lot of time to go back and forth, so these things need to be done in advance.

In Nanjing, John was overjoyed.

"You walk slowly."

John saw the customer off with a smile. His shop has been doing good business recently since it opened.

In just a few days, more than a thousand dollars have been sold.

It won't be long before he sells out this batch of goods, and he also needs to purchase more goods. However, he has little capital and cannot go to the United States to purchase goods. He plans to go to Shanghai to find a friend to see if he can get some goods at a low price.

When I make more money, I will go to the United States alone to purchase goods.

"Hello, what would you like to order?"

Just after seeing off the guests, two more people came in, a man and a woman. The woman was wearing a cheongsam and the man was wearing a silk gown. They were obviously rich.

"Let's see first."

The two looked at John carefully, the woman went to pick something, and the man took out a cigar and handed one to John.

"Boss, why don't you have a waiter?"

The man asked directly. John stared at the woman and did not forget to reply: "We don't need a buddy now. We'll find one when we expand."

He doesn't have much goods now, so he can sell them himself and doesn't need to hire anyone.

"I remember this used to be a gallery. Where is the original owner?"

The man continued to ask, John looked at him, smiled and said: "I am, but I am no longer working in the gallery, I will only sell these things from now on."

The woman quickly picked out the things she picked, and she picked quite a lot, and the total bill was about four hundred dollars.

As expected, they were big clients, and John saw them out the door with a smile.

"It's that down-and-out painter. Go back and tell the boss not to worry. This guy bought the goods from somewhere and sold them at 30% below the market price."

After the two came out, they whispered to each other that John sold it cheaply, so naturally someone would talk about it.

Several shop owners in Nanjing who sold such products soon received the news.

They investigated John.

John was nothing before, but his American identity made people a little wary, but these bosses also have foreigners behind them.

Once they find out John's background, they will take action.

As a painter, why would he sell these things instead of just painting properly?
They didn't pay any respects or say hello, but just sold at a low price, affecting other people's business.

If he keeps the price low, won't he snatch away all the customers?
There are many wealthy people in Nanjing, but they are also willing to buy cheaper goods. Others have to pay tribute and give various gifts, but John doesn't. Let alone a 30% reduction, he can still make a profit even if he reduces the price a little more.

To put it bluntly, the price he lowered was a token of filial piety from others.

No matter how you look at this matter, John will not end up well.

The next morning, John opened the door with a smile.

He made several hundred dollars yesterday, and now he has sold more than two thousand dollars worth of goods. What makes him happiest is that his turnover is increasing every day.

I'm afraid this batch of goods will not last for a few days before they are all sold out.

"Boss, is this what you sold to us?"

As soon as the door opened, the woman who bought goods yesterday came in with several people, looking unfriendly.

"Ma'am, what's wrong? This is my stuff."

John replied with a grin, not realizing what was happening yet.

"What's wrong? Look at what inferior product you're selling. It's rotten before you even wear it."

The woman opened a pair of stockings and found that the bottom was indeed a little torn. The torn area was not big, but it was very obvious when she wore it.

John looked puzzled. He had checked all the goods and found no defects, otherwise he would not have accepted them.

Why did it rot when it reached the customer?
"And this, take a look, what is this, why is there a big piece missing from it?"

The woman took out some cosmetics, and then some perfume. All of them were things she bought yesterday, and all of them were defective or damaged.

"Give me a refund."

The woman shouted, and John was stunned. He was not stupid, and he understood that the other party was looking for trouble. This thing was worth more than four hundred dollars, and he could not return it to the other party.

The stockings were torn and he couldn't sell them after returning them.

There are also cosmetics and perfumes that people won’t buy at first sight.

"You broke it, it has nothing to do with me, you can't return it."

John shook his head. Returning the goods was impossible. In fact, it would be useless even if he did, because the other party came to cause trouble and his original intention was not to return the goods.

"You must retreat. You have to retreat."

It would be even worse if she didn't return it. The woman started to make a scene, saying that John was a foreign liar. The people around him immediately took action and started smashing things in the store.

Whether it is perfume or cosmetics, they can't withstand being smashed like this.

Not to mention stockings.

No matter how exquisite the stockings were, they would tear them open. The woman kept making a scene and complaining, and after they finished smashing them, they left quickly.

A lot of people gathered in front of the store, pointing at John.

The men did not touch him.

After all, John is an American. If we touch him, the problem will be serious. But we won't be worried if we only lose some goods.

They wanted to see how John would react.

If they really have a powerful backer, they would just apologize, but no, sorry, no one will stand up for you.

According to their investigation, there is no one behind John.

"Damn it, bastard, devil..."

John finally reacted and kept picking up his goods and crying. These things were smashed to pieces and he definitely couldn't sell them.

He owes a lot of money.

The more than two thousand dollars I sold it for was all lost.

"Call the police, I want to call the police, I want to go to the embassy."

After a while, John finally reacted and hurriedly called the police station and the embassy. The embassy people came very quickly, first comforted him, and then put pressure on the police station to solve the case as soon as possible.

But he only said as soon as possible, without any other threatening words.

John was not familiar with them, and if he were not an American, the embassy would not have asked about this matter.

"Mr. Hicks, don't worry, we will catch the murderer as soon as possible and compensate you for your losses."

The sheriff who came said with a smile that this was the territory in the north of the city, John did not give them any benefits, and their so-called "as soon as possible" was pure deception.

No matter who you are, if you don't pay them, don't expect them to work hard.

"It has to be as soon as possible, otherwise I will complain to you."

John was so angry that he was shaking all over. He caught these thugs and made them compensate him for all his losses according to the sales price.

No, there is also his mental loss, this time I must make them pay for it all.

He was thinking about losing money but didn't think about how to catch these people.

The policeman doesn't care. It's useless even if people walk past him. What's more, these people would not be in Nanjing at all. They have already taken the money and went to Wuhan to have fun.

There is no way the police could catch anyone.

If John had a powerful enough backer, he might be able to force the mastermind behind the scenes to reveal himself and make him pay compensation and apologize, but that would be all. The murderer would not be punished, and at most a few people could be found to take the blame.

It's not like there's no one behind him.

Unfortunately, John had nothing, and what he said was destined to be just nonsense and had no effect.

At this time, Xu Fuzhong had already boarded the ship and headed for the United States.

Their goods sold very well and their business was good, but Shanghai was very big and they couldn't possibly monopolize all the business. Besides, they sold at the same price and had to pay homage to the docks.

Xu Qingyun's business is currently doing peacefully.

Smart colleagues learned from him and let customers refer customers, while the dumber ones just watched others make money first.

They learned not to be afraid. Xu Qingyun had many marketing methods, and each one could defeat them.

At noon, Lao Liang went out as usual to buy things.

He disguised himself as a doctor working in a large drugstore. His consultation hours were not long each day, so he had plenty of time to work.

He is a good doctor and his salary is not low.

Soon he saw the signal Lian Baojun left for him.

Lian Baojun was one of the two people who came last time. He works in a newspaper office. Since a signal was left for him, they must have something to talk to him about.

In the evening, Lao Liang arrived at the meeting place.

This was a busy downtown area with a lot of people, so he came here an hour early and carefully observed the surroundings to make sure there were no suspects before he came to the actual meeting place.

"Minister Liang, I found an old signal, a signal for the guerrillas to contact their comrades."

Lian Baojun was flipping through books in the bookstore. When he saw Lao Liang, he whispered while flipping through the books.

The signal was published in the newspaper. After Ma Jiu and his colleagues arrived in Nanjing, they could only send messages through newspapers. They had no confidence that they could contact their comrades in Nanjing.

"When?"

Lao Liang immediately asked, no matter whether it was a comrade who had lost contact or a comrade from outside who came to Nanjing, as long as it was not arranged by above and the Nanjing organization was not aware of it in advance, he was needed to conduct the review.

Of course he was familiar with these contact information and told other comrades to pay more attention to them.

"It's today, Master's Morning Post."

Fuzi Weekly is a tabloid in Nanjing with a very small circulation, less than a thousand copies.

And it is not issued every day, but once every two days.

"I understand. You reply first and arrange for someone to put the advertisement in the newspaper. Don't go yourself."

Lao Liang nodded slightly. No matter who sent the signal, they had to respond.

This time it was the tabloid that discovered the signal. Lao Liang was a little convinced that it was his comrade. The life of guerrilla comrades was already more difficult. They had no military uniforms, and they didn't even have decent clothes.

I have been mending and patching up my clothes for many years.

Tabloids are inconspicuous, but cheap.

"I understand, don't worry."

There are few people in the tabloid office. If it was really a trap, the spies could catch them in the newspaper office. He would not make such a mistake.

Comrades send signals in the tabloids, and they respond in the tabloids, which is most likely to be seen by comrades.

After a brief exchange, the two quickly separated and each bought a book.

"Team leader, John's store was smashed. It is said that the loss was huge. John cried for a long time."

Almost at the same time, Yan Ming came to Xu Qingyun's house and said with a smile.

Xu Qingyun has a lot of people here now. There are more than 20 bodyguards taking turns on duty, and even at night there are at least eight people on guard.

Although the Japanese bounty order is not very useful, it is extremely disgusting.

It is inconvenient for Xu Qingyun to go out now. It is no longer possible for him to go out alone like before.

"Smashed it, so quickly?"

Xu Qingyun smiled. John didn't know how to do business, so something was bound to go wrong. He just didn't expect it to happen so early. He thought he could sell a batch of goods.

Now that it was smashed, John suffered even greater losses.

"John called the police, but with his temper, calling the police probably won't do much. It is said that the embassy sent someone, but he has no connection with the embassy, ​​so they just went for it. He is going to be in trouble this time."

Yan Ming was a little gloating. They had long been fed up with John being stingy and always trying to take advantage of the team leader.

This time the team leader helped him, but he messed it up himself. Let's see who he can blame.

"How's your investigation going?"

"I haven't found out yet. I'm not anxious. But those kids are really arrogant."

Yan Ming shook his head and said that the kid he was talking about was a graduate of a training school in Hangzhou.

These people were originally selected from the elites and then trained intensively. Different from those who were previously selected for special training, their professional abilities are indeed good. Everyone can disassemble a radio station, analyze messages, and use limited materials to make a transmitter or a receiver.

Everyone can drive, and except for the three girls, everyone has mastered at least three skills, such as lock picking, bomb making, etc.

Some people even drive trains.

There are no planes. Piloting an airplane requires a professional aviation school. They don’t have many planes now, so there is no way to provide training.

Not only that, half of the twenty people know another language.

There is English, Japanese and Russian.

Especially the three girls, all of them can speak English.

They are indeed talented. When Xu Qingyun assessed them before, they performed very well. In terms of individual performance alone, they are better than the previous twenty people.

Since they are the chosen ones of heaven, they must have their pride.

Their internship training this time is to find the last observer.

There were sketches and photos, and they were asked to find the person through patrol police and gangsters.

Two people were divided into ten groups to see who could find the person first.

Whoever can find it will be the outstanding student of this class.

Three boys were lucky enough to be assigned a girl as their partner. They were not carrying out an absolutely confidential mission and did not need to be together all the time.

If that were the case, it would not be allocated like this.

As the saying goes, if men and women work together, the work will not be tiring.

But the two groups with the worst performance came from them. The two boys wanted to show off so much that they actually went out of their way to ask others.

Fortunately, Yan Ming asked two veteran team members to keep an eye on them and stopped them in time.

"Is it a bad performance?"

Xu Qingyun asked, if their performance was poor, they would not be allowed to perform important tasks in the future, and they must be trained first.

These people are excellent. They have the theory but lack practice.

They don’t know what a lesson is because they have never suffered any loss.

"It's very bad. Only two groups performed well, and the rest all failed."

Yan Ming nodded. Yan Ming was a nice person and very tolerant. His evaluation showed that the performance of this group of people was indeed not satisfactory.

Fortunately, they did not make any mistakes in their previous actions.

However, they were tracking before and were led by other people, so as long as they were serious, they would not make mistakes. This time they were looking for someone, so they thought of using their own cleverness to complete the task quickly.

There is only one person to be found, and there are ten groups of people, so naturally they all want to compete for the first place.

"Who are those two groups of people?"

Xu Qingyun asked, and Yan Ming immediately took out the team members' information and found out their evaluations.

There were two groups of four people, three men and one woman.

The first one was called Jiang Cheng, an excellent student of this year's Hangzhou training school, who ranked first in all subjects. He performed very well during the investigation, found the right people to ask, and kept it confidential, and his teammates also performed very well.

The second one is the girl, Dai Jieying, who is only 20 years old this year. She originally studied telecommunications and made rapid progress after comprehensive training, but her grades are only average.

She was very careful and asked the patrolman for questions as well, and she asked very detailed questions.

"Except for these four, all the rest should evacuate."

After watching the performance of the four people, Xu Qingyun immediately said that the remaining people could not be allowed to continue to act. This time it was not an internship, but a real search for someone. If they continued to search in this way, it would very likely alert the Japanese spies.

"Yes."

Yan Ming replied that the remaining people were indeed no longer suitable to continue the mission. So many problems were found in just one day, and they must be reorganized first.

"Leave it to Fang Laibao. Let Fang Laibao lead them in the exercise. Tell Fang Laibao to give them something difficult."

"Okay, Team Leader Fang will take care of them."

Yan Ming laughed. Although Fang Laibao is an honest man, he has many ways to play tricks on people, and Fang Laibao is also very smart.

He just acts low-key, but anyone who underestimates him will definitely suffer.

For two consecutive days, John went to the police station several times a day to inquire about the results.

I always come back disappointed.

The people at the police station were very perfunctory and told him that they were still investigating, but the man had already run away and they didn't know where he was.

The police failed to find the man, but John's troubles began.

The people who initially lent him money came to collect their debts.

John's business was originally very good, so they were not in a hurry. They thought that even if John sold half of his business, it would be enough to pay off their debts, let alone sell all of it.

Who could have thought that John would suddenly encounter misfortune and have his store smashed to pieces.

He didn't have much merchandise, and he had displayed them all in the store. Now, all his money was smashed.

If I don't go and collect the debt, I'm afraid I won't be able to get the money back.

John only had more than two thousand dollars in his hand. After paying back more than one thousand, he didn't dare to pay more. He only asked the creditors to give him a few days' grace period. He would pay them back after catching the murderer and asking them to pay compensation.

The creditor is not a fool. The person has run away, where can he catch him?
They are here to mess with him, how could he possibly catch anyone?

Many of John's creditors are foreigners, but they don't care and bring people to collect the debts by force.

John couldn't even keep the last thousand dollars in his hand.

Not only that, even the gallery was taken away.

The smashed goods were also taken away by creditors as payment.

Even the things in the house were forcibly taken away by these people, leaving him with only the set of clothes on his body.

If he hadn't rented the house, he might not have been able to keep it.

He still has a place to live now, but unfortunately he doesn't have a penny left on him.

Apart from a few damaged brushes, not even a picture frame was left for him.

At this moment, he was so much more miserable than when he opened the gallery.

"Brother Jiu, the organization has replied."

Ma Jiu worked at the dock, doing hard labor and helping people carry bags. They had no intention of sitting back and living off their savings in Nanjing, and Ma Jiu, who was strong and was the team leader, took the initiative to go to work.

Song Guangfeng was not very strong, but he could read and write. He went to the slums to ask if there was anyone who needed help writing letters. He didn't charge any money, just some food.

However, he was asked to provide him with paper and pen, but he didn't bring any.

In this way, Song Guangfeng was able to fill his stomach.

"Great, what do you mean?"

Ma Jiu happily replied that the two of them were talking in a deserted place in the inn and no one else could hear them.

The people who were monitoring them did notice them, but there were no bugs here, so no one knew what they said.

However, their every move in the past few days has been under the eyes of the spies.

The spies already knew that they had gone to the newspaper office to send a signal.

Fortunately, Lao Liang was more cautious, so Lian Baojun found a newspaper boy, gave him money, and asked him to help publish the reply letter.

The newsboy was targeted by people from the Party Affairs Investigation Office. After discovering that he could not be a member of the Red Party, they arrested him and questioned him.

As for the signal, they did not stop it. The spies wanted to catch more people and let the newspaper publish it normally.

"Number three replied, let's go to Xuanwu Park in three days."

They have a set of signals for contacting local organizations, and the response time for each is different. Number three means three days, and the location is in the content they publish.

"Okay, we'll go meet our local comrades in three days."

Ma Jiu nodded happily, and the two went back to sleep together. Three days was not a long time and they could endure it.

But they won't stay at the inn tomorrow, after all, it costs money.

When Ma Jiu was carrying a bag, someone introduced him to a piece of land. The land was free, but the conditions were very simple and there was nothing.

It's just a dilapidated house that has been abandoned for many years. It's dark and damp inside, and there are drafts on all sides. It's hot today, and there are mosquitoes.

They were not afraid of the poor conditions and slept leaning against trees more than once when they were in the mountains.

In order to avoid mosquitoes, they have come up with many useful methods.

They were able to overcome these hardships.

The two fell asleep quickly. Zhuo An had already received the report and knew that they had seen the reply in the newspaper.

Now that there is a reply, they will meet soon, and then they will be able to catch the underground party in Nanjing. Zhuo An has just been promoted to the leader of Group 2, and this will be his first move after taking office.

Catching the Red Party will cause quite a stir.

If he could catch important figures of the Red Party, or more people, his fire would be more powerful than the three fires of others. The most important thing is that he is targeting the outside world, not the inside. If he does a good job, he can even let Xu Laogui know him.

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