The Spy

Chapter 238 Treating and Giving Gifts
"Yu Wenyi is dead?"

In Wuhan, Xu Qingyun received a telegram from Xu Zhanjie. After executing Yu Wenyi and others, Xu Zhanjie immediately sent a telegram to Wuhan to tell Xu Qingyun about this.

"Stationmaster, it's better if he's dead."

Yan Ming said with a smile that it was he who sent the telegram. Yan Ming was Xu Qingyun's number one confidant, the head of the intelligence team, and the de facto second person in the Wuhan station.

"How did Zhao San perform?" Xu Qingyun suddenly asked.

"It's OK. This guy is an expert at confiscating houses. Nothing can be hidden from him. But he is too timid and very cunning. It's hard to trust him."

Yan Ming replied that Zhao San was very smart. Many people from the action team had to leave, but he was the only one who could be transferred to the intelligence team.

The stationmaster specifically asked about him, which shows that Zhao San already has a place in the stationmaster's heart.

"It's okay to be timid. Just practice a little. He is a good piece of jade. You should polish him well."

Xu Qingyun didn't care about it. No one is perfect. It depends on how you use it.

Those who are perfect in every aspect are saints. Such people do not exist, including him.

"Yes."

Yan Ming responded and left quickly. He came to report the situation and he had a lot of things to do with the intelligence team.

The blockade of Wuhan Station was completely lifted, and the outside world finally knew what happened here. No one expected that the person in charge of the Military Intelligence Department Wuhan Station was suddenly replaced.

Soon, news came from Nanjing that Yu Wenyi had died suddenly.

Any smart person can tell at a glance how he died.

Yu Wenyi had an average relationship with other people in Wuhan, and no one sympathized with his death. However, the person in charge of the Military Intelligence Department had changed, and all aspects needed to be rearranged.

Especially the military and the police, they all have to give a generous gift.

"Xu Qingyun captured a lot of Japanese spies?"

At the General Police Department, Director Qin Junlin held the microphone and asked in surprise. In fact, he knew about the incident at Wuhan Station earlier than anyone else. A branch chief on his side was arrested, and he had to go and find out what was going on because that was his man.

After learning that the chief officer of Wuhan Station had been changed, he immediately asked someone in Nanjing to inquire about the situation. Nanjing called him back today.

"That's right, this person is not simple. You have to be careful and don't let him get into trouble."

There was a lot of noise on the phone. Long-distance calls have been opened in many places recently. Wuhan is a big city, and long-distance calls with Nanjing are already possible, but the sound is a bit bad.

"I understand. What are his hobbies?" Qin Junlin responded immediately.

"I don't know what he likes for now. He was originally a policeman in Tianjin. He caught a Japanese spy and was valued by the Military Intelligence Department. Xu Zhanjie, the head of the Intelligence Section of the Military Intelligence Department, accepted him as a student. Less than half a year after he was transferred to Nanjing, he was promoted to deputy head of the Intelligence Section. His achievements are real."

What the person on the other end of the phone investigated was not very detailed, and it was mainly things that could be known on the surface.

But it was enough for Qin Junlin. Xu Qingyun was a ruthless person and he must be careful in his daily life.

"Thank you very much. If you have time to come to Wuhan in the future, I will treat you."

Qin Junlin hung up the phone quickly. The incident at Wuhan Station was only revealed today, and other people just learned that Xu Qingyun had taken over as deputy station chief, so they were not clear about the situation for the time being.

He can be one step ahead of others.

After thinking for a while, he picked up the phone again and called the Military Intelligence Department.

"I'm Xu Qingyun, who is this?"

The phone on Xu Qingyun's desk rang. It was an outside call.

"Hello, Station Master Xu. My name is Qin Junlin. I would like to ask if you are free tonight?"

"Director Qin?" Xu Qingyun knew his identity as soon as he heard the name.

It is impossible for him to come to Wuhan without doing any homework. Most of the officials, big and small, in Wuhan know everything about it.

The police station is an important department. Not only does he know the director of the headquarters, he also knows who the directors of the branches are.

"Yes, it's me. I didn't expect you knew me."

Qin Junlin has a very good attitude. The Military Intelligence Department has the power to supervise them. If he commits a crime, they can really arrest him.

"Not today. Secretary Wang has already made an appointment with me. Let's do it the day after tomorrow."

Xu Qingyun really didn't have time in the evening, and there were many well-informed people. Secretary-General Wang was from the government and had a very high rank, so he asked him to have dinner and meet him to get to know him.

The Military Intelligence Department cannot control them, but after all, it is an intelligence department and no one will offend it easily.

"Understood. I'll pick you up the day after tomorrow."

Qin Junlin hung up the phone. He didn't expect the others to hang up so quickly. However, Secretary-General Wang had a higher rank than him, so it was okay for him to wait.

Xu Qingyun’s phone never stopped ringing throughout the day.

They were all big shots in Wuhan, some were themselves, some were secretaries, and they all had the same request: to get to know Xu Qingyun.

After all, he is a senior official. Xu Qingyun is not conspicuous in the Nanjing headquarters, but it is different in Wuhan. He is the one who calls the shots in the Military Intelligence Department.

"Stationmaster, the investigation has already begun. This is the verified list."

In the afternoon, Yan Ming came to the office. He was investigating the financial status of all the people in the intelligence group. If there was a large amount of unexplained money, he would immediately conduct a focused investigation.

The first person he checked was Zhao San.

This guy is good at making money, but he never goes overboard. Considering his personality, Yan Ming thinks it is normal.

Zhao San is very smart. His biggest characteristic is that he knows how to adapt to the times and he won't do anything extreme.

After checking him, Yan Ming immediately asked Zhao San to check other people. As an old employee of Wuhan Station, he knew the people here better and could verify things faster.

"Those that can be used will be kept, and those that cannot be used will be sent back to the headquarters for re-arrangement."

Xu Qingyun glanced at the list and found that more than a dozen people had passed the review. These people could be given jobs in the future. At least for the time being, they were trustworthy people.

"clear."

Yan Ming left with a smile, and soon some people in the station were notified to deliver things to the Nanjing headquarters.

Zhao San knew best that it would be difficult for them to return to Wuhan after they left.

On the third day, Qin Junlin came to the Military Intelligence Department to pick someone up.

At this time, Xu Qingyun was still busy in the office. In front of him was an investigation report on Ni Shoulin.

Ni Shoulin came from a well-off family and graduated from Whampoa Military Academy. He had a bright future. Who would have thought that he would work for the Japanese.

There are not many people who interact with Ni Shoulin on weekdays. After all, he is a soldier and spends a lot of time in the army. Xu Qingyun has not yet investigated the people in the army who have had contact with him, mainly outside.

If the Japanese wanted to incite him to defect, they would definitely have to contact him.

Moreover, he was only recently instigated to defect, which means that the contact time was also during this period. Anyone who has had contact with him recently is a suspect.

The reason why we didn't investigate the people in the military first was because if a Japanese spy really infiltrated the military, it would not be allowed for this Japanese spy to personally instigate rebellion. Such a Japanese spy is far more important than Ni Shoulin.

In the past three months, more than forty people have come into contact with Ni Shoulin.

This number is actually not large. Xu Qingyun asked them to investigate in great detail. Even if Ni Shoulin went to a restaurant to eat and talked to the owner, all the people he came into contact with had to be counted.

There were only nineteen people who actually had multiple contacts with Ni Shoulin.

Check these 19 first, if they are OK, then investigate everyone who had contact with them.

The investigation was very simple. Xu Qingyun did not check what they had done, but only checked their identities.

Japanese spies disguised themselves as Chinese, so their identities must be fake. As long as the person with the fake identity is found out, it can be basically confirmed that he is the Japanese spy who instigated Ni Shoulin to defect.

In Nanjing, Xiao Wu came back from outside with an excited look on his face. "Secretary Huang, we have contacted our hometown. This is the latest telegram they sent us."

"Contacted?"

Secretary Huang stood up immediately, more excited than Xiao Wu.

They had lost contact with the organization for too long and relied on the Party newspapers to obtain all the information about the organization.

Unfortunately, the Kuomintang never speaks well of them. Every day they talk about how many of their people were killed here and what victories they won there.

Secretary Huang didn't believe these things at all.

According to the numbers they reported in the news, everyone in the organization died several times.

The telegram did not contain much content, telling them that some members of the organization had settled in northern Shaanxi and were temporarily safe.

After being besieged and blocked by the Guo Party for a year, the organization finally broke out of the encirclement and found a place to settle down.

Then I told them that they must be careful when working behind enemy lines. They did not have to obtain intelligence, but they had to ensure their own safety.

"The organization has gone to northern Shaanxi, that's great."

Secretary Huang was very excited. For such a long time, his biggest wish was to get information from the organization, and today he finally got his wish.

"Secretary Huang, we can report the situation now."

Xiao Wu nodded happily. They had so much work to do recently that they needed to report it to the organization in a timely manner. At the same time, he asked the organization if there was anything they needed and they would find a way to provide it.

"Okay, I'll write a reply right away."

Secretary Huang nodded. It was extremely important for him to get news from the organization and restore contact.

A lot of things have happened in Nanjing over the past year, and all of them need to be reported to the organization.

For a whole year, the organization was forced to travel to many places. Secretary Huang calculated that the distance covered had exceeded ten thousand miles, or even twenty thousand miles.

He didn't know the exact number, but he understood that the organization had endured tremendous hardships and was finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel.

Secretary Huang wrote a very long article, which included the sacrifice of Comrade Lu Hanping, the use of kites to save people, and so on.

At the same time, he briefly talked about the current situation in Nanjing.

It was particularly mentioned that there was an intelligence genius in the Military Intelligence Department who captured many Japanese spies. Fortunately, this person was not in the Party Affairs Investigation Department, otherwise they might all be in danger.

"Stationmaster Xu, this is just a small token of my appreciation, not a token of respect."

At the dinner table, Qin Junlin, who was full of food and drink, took out a box and placed it in front of Xu Qingyun with a smile.

"Director Qin, you are too polite."

Xu Qingyun understood what he was giving her and didn't touch the box, but he didn't refuse either.

It must be filled with gold bars. He has received quite a few in the past few days, most of which were given by military personnel, and this time they were given by the police.

This amount of money is nothing to him, but if he doesn't accept it, the other party will not feel at ease and may even think that he is targeting him.

"Of course. If I need you to do anything in the future, please let me know."

Qin Junlin stood up, the drinking party ended, the gifts were given out, and his mission was completed.

Although it is a bit painful, the money must be given.

He didn't want Xu Qingyun to do anything, but he just wanted him to stop staring at him or investigate him.

As the director of the General Administration, he has made a lot of money. If he is investigated, he will be finished.

Of course, for people of his level, as long as they don't make any mistakes in principle, Xu Qingyun can't just do whatever he wants. He just needs to maintain a good relationship with Xu Qingyun.

"Thank you Director Qin for your support."

Xu Qingyun also stood up. The dinner was over. Yan Ming, who came with Xu Qingyun, picked up the box and followed them out.

The box was quite heavy in my hand, as it contained quite a few gold bars.

"Fifty. Qin Junlin is very generous."

After getting in the car, Xu Qingyun opened the box. Yan Ming took a look and said with a smile.

"He is the director of the General Administration and can usually make a lot of money."

Xu Qingyun was not surprised by this number. Wuhan is an important city with prosperous business and developed economy.

Being an official here, you can naturally earn more.

His predecessor Yu Wenyi made a lot of money, and Secretary Qi seized a lot. Even Shi Shangyan and others had assets worth hundreds of gold bars.

"Team leader, I found it."

The next day at noon, Zhao San came to Yan Ming's office and said excitedly.

"who is it?"

Yan Ming immediately raised his head. They were screening nineteen people, just checking their identities, and they would be able to finish all of them in two days.

"Yu Heming is from Northeast China. I found some of his fellow villagers there. There is a village in Northeast China, but there is no one with the surname Yu. And according to what they said, this village suffered a disaster before, and few people are alive."

Zhao San quickly said that the man from Northeast China was the focus of the focus. Yan Ming specifically asked Zhao San to check this person, and today he finally got some results.

"Keep an eye on him immediately. I'll report to the stationmaster."

Yan Ming stood up. It was a good thing to find the suspected Japanese spy. This person had not left Nanjing. His external identity was a businessman, and he had openly met with Ni Shoulin three times.

Not many times, but secretly I don’t know how many times.

"Yes."

Zhao San took the order and left. He was not afraid of being monitored. Even though he was from the action team, his ability to monitor people was no worse than those in the intelligence team.

In the past few days, many more people have been sent to Nanjing.

Especially the action team, which has the most people sent there. They must go when they receive the order. If they dare to leave without permission, they will be considered deserters. Not only will they be in trouble, but their families will also suffer.

They are an intelligence department. Anyone who leaves without permission will be regarded as a traitor and will be executed if discovered.

If I go to the headquarters, even if I am exiled, at least I can save my life.

In the list reported by Dai Jieying, only Zhao San was not sent away, and the rest all left.

The operations team's office was suddenly empty.

Fortunately, the ten people who escorted Secretary Qi back have returned. Now the action team has more than sixty people, which is almost half of the previous combat effectiveness.

For general operations, these people are enough.

Xu Qingyun will slowly fill in the missing personnel. The action team is not an intelligence team. He can just find some elite soldiers from the army and fill in the gaps easily.

"Stationmaster, we found the suspect, and his identity is fake."

Arriving at the office, Yan Ming immediately reported Yu Heming's situation in detail.

Yu Heming has not been in Wuhan for long, only two years. He runs a grain business, and being able to do this kind of business proves that he has some skills.

He has a wife and children, and usually looks normal. He has a good relationship with his neighbors. If anyone really has trouble making ends meet and asks him to borrow food, he will give it to them.

Moreover, he did not ask for much interest and never urged people to return the grain. He would only go to their homes to ask for it if someone deliberately refused to return the grain.

Four thousand words. I’m not in a very good condition today. I’ll make up for it tomorrow.

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(End of this chapter)