The Spy

Chapter 277 Why is he here?

In fact, when it comes down to it, Ran Zhaolin is selfish.

They have food expenses when they go out on field missions, and the food expenses on field missions are slightly higher than those inside the station. This money is enough for everyone to eat well. He can eat well himself, give wontons to others, and still have some left over for himself.

It's not just Ran Zhaolin, there are many people in the Communist Party who do this.

The subordinates had long been accustomed to it, and being able to give them some wontons was already good enough. When some people were out on field work, they would be given some clear soup and steamed buns to eat, without any oil or water, and they would become hungry after eating for a while.

At the Military Intelligence Department's surveillance point, Dai Jieying personally led her team to take charge.

Their surveillance point had just been set up, and the location was cleverly chosen so that they could not only see the situation of the people in the Party Affairs Investigation Office, but also pay attention to the door of Jin Zian's house.

Four people are arranged to take turns on duty here, and Dai Jieying will not be here all the time.

Today is the first day of surveillance, and Dai Jieying specially led the team to take a look first.

"time to eat."

A team member came in with food. When they were out on field missions, they had to take care of their own meals, and the Military Intelligence Department could not deliver meals to them.

Otherwise, if discovered, this surveillance point will be exposed immediately.

This is true not only this time, but whenever I go out on a field trip.

The food at Wuhan Station is very good, and the food for field staff is even better. No one at Wuhan Station deducts a penny from the food expenses. If anyone dares to deduct or falsely report, they will be in trouble if they are found out.

The team members brought full food boxes, all of which were delicious food bought nearby.

There are pork elbows, roast chicken, fish, and fragrant white rice. As soon as people come in, the aroma of all kinds of delicious food mixed together in the food box wafts out.

"smell good."

One team member came over sniffing, and another team member looked at Dai Jieying: "Team Leader Dai, let's eat."

"You guys eat, I'll watch first."

Dai Jieying did not look back. They had to monitor two groups of people. The task was heavier than that of the Party Affairs Investigation Office. Even when eating, they had to take turns.

In addition to these four, there are two more people deployed outside to monitor Jin Zian.

They have already found out Jin Zian's identity. At present, it seems very likely that Jin Zian is a member of the Red Party. The person who approached Jin Zian on his own initiative was a member of the intelligence team, who had also infiltrated the worker group. They had just started work today.

Observe and monitor closely.

They are undercover agents and have to go to work every day like workers, which is very hard.

Dai Jieying is not Tong Changming, but she used the same method as Tong Changming and found two team members with poor family conditions. The other team members were not capable of doing such a job.

However, the Military Intelligence Department is much more generous than the Party Affairs Investigation Department.

In addition to the normal salary of workers, the two team members who are on field work receive an additional subsidy of 1.5 French francs per day.

If they can work for a month, they will receive a subsidy of 45 yuan.

Moreover, it is easiest to get extra points by doing hard field work, and it is very likely that they will get first place. Add to that a 30 yuan bonus and their salary, and you can earn almost a hundred yuan a month.

How many people can earn a hundred yuan a month these days?

Despite the hardship, the two team members were not afraid at all and were even glad that such a task fell on them.

"Acting Team Leader, I'm full. Please eat quickly. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

One team member ate quickly and immediately came to Dai Jieying after finishing and took the initiative to replace her.

The four of them all belonged to the action team, and this time they were seconded to work in the intelligence team. Dai Jieying let them eat first while she kept an eye on them. To be honest, they were very touched.

Nowadays, all officers at the Wuhan Station basically lead by example.

Dai Jieying is the confidant of intelligence team leader Yan Ming, and Yan Ming is the station chief's first confidant.

It is true that Zhao San was promoted to secretary, but in terms of relationships throughout the Wuhan station, Yan Ming is the one closest to the stationmaster.

This is the consensus.

They take the lead, and others must follow suit, even if just for the sake of appearance.

"Okay, hard work."

Looking back at the table, Dai Jieying nodded, handed the telescope to him, and signed her name and time in the surveillance record book.

When making surveillance records, you must always remember the movements of the target, who is monitoring it, and how long it has been monitored. All of this must be written down.

When evaluating performance, these are the report cards.

"It's not hard, just go and eat."

The team member hurriedly shook his head, picked up the telescope and looked outside carefully.

The superiors were nice to them, so these people worked more proactively. Dai Jieying was a girl, but she didn't look like a girl. She came to the table, picked up the bowl and started eating, just like the other team members, without any airs.

They have a lot of food and can't finish it, but it won't be wasted and can be heated up and eaten as a midnight snack.

As for the midnight snack subsidy, any unspent money will eventually be divided equally among all surveillance personnel.

"Acting team leader, you're back."

At Wuhan Station, Fu Wenzhen had been paying attention outside. When he saw Dai Jieying coming back from outside, he pretended to come to the intelligence group to get information and deliberately bumped into Dai Jieying.

"Hello, Team Leader Fu. Your four team members are very good. Thank you for loaning us such talented people."

Dai Jieying responded with a smile, saying that the entire station was handling the case this time, and although the credit would be shared among others, the intelligence team would still be the main focus when reporting to the headquarters.

It is equivalent to the entire station now working for the intelligence team.

"You're too polite. If they dare to be lazy, just tell me directly and I'll take care of them."

Fu Wenzhen chuckled and shook his head. Dai Jieying had set up a surveillance point today. He only knew that it was near the power plant, but he didn't know where it was.

He also didn't know Dai Jieying's entire plan and couldn't ask proactively.

"No, they are fine." Dai Jieying immediately shook her head. The four members of the action team did perform well indeed. They were not investigating the case, they were purely conducting surveillance. There was no problem in giving them this job.

"Please go ahead and do your work. I will go report the latest investigation results to Team Leader Yan."

Fu Wenzheng said this deliberately, and sure enough, Dai Jieying said immediately after hearing it: "Let's go together, I also need to report."

Dai Jieying's main job is analysis and investigation, and she focuses on investigating suspects. This time it is a large-scale investigation and there is no time limit for the task until the Japanese spy is found.

The more you find out, the better.

"Okay, you go first."

Fu Wenzhen achieved his goal, and he made a gesture of invitation, and the two of them entered Yan Ming's office together.

"Team Leader Yan."

"Team leader."

The two people greeted each other, and their different addresses indicated a different relationship.

"You two ran into each other?"

Yan Ming stood up with a smile. These two people would not have made an appointment to report together. They must have met outside.

"That's right, acting team leader, you go first, I have a lot of stuff." Fu Wenzhen responded first.

"it is good,"

Dai Jieying did not act pretentiously and first reported the matter of monitoring the Party Affairs Investigation Office.

Fu Wenzhen is an insider and can speak to him in person.

Yan Ming was not aware of Tong Changming's identity and he did take this matter very seriously, otherwise he would not have sent Dai Jieying to handle it personally.

The surveillance points have been set up, and any action of the Party Affairs Investigation Department cannot be hidden from them. Unfortunately, it is not easy to install eavesdropping devices at their surveillance points. If they can be installed, their every move will be fully known.

Fu Wenzhen listened carefully and found out the name of the person being monitored.

The intelligence team has already infiltrated the power plant and is preparing to observe Jin Zian closely?

Yan Ming nodded: "You've done a great job. Keep an eye on them first and try to get their evidence before the Party Affairs Investigation Office does."

"Yes, and also..."

Dai Jieying gave another report on some of the situations that the intelligence team had recently verified. It was half an hour later when she finished speaking.

"Team Leader Fu, what's the situation over there?"

Fu Wenzhen is the person in charge of the action team that came to assist them, and is a member of the leadership team for this case. He can know a lot of things, otherwise Yan Ming would not let the two of them report together.

"We verified thirty-two people today..."

Thirty-two people were verified in one day, which is not a small number. Twenty-six people have been excluded and six are under secondary investigation.

Among the six people, two are the most suspicious.

"Yin Xingze, just arrived in Wuhan a few days ago, 23 years old, single, on the list reported by the General Affairs Team. A relative discovered his abnormality..."

Yin Xingze, whom Fu Wenzhen mentioned, is one of the two most suspicious persons.

Although he had just arrived, they would investigate anyone who was suspicious. A member of the General Affairs Group learned from a relative that Yin Xingze had taken the initiative to ask them about the Military Intelligence Department.

As long as you ask actively, they will investigate it.

"He is from Rehe, which has been occupied. We cannot send anyone to verify his situation for the time being. However, after checking his files, all his records are in Rehe. He told the public that his family was killed by the Japanese and he had no way to hide. We are currently looking for people from his hometown."

Fu Wenzhen first reported two key suspects, this is the first one.

This is their daily job, carrying out various verifications. It is boring and requires seriousness, and there must be no mistakes.

If we fail to find the Japanese spy due to a mistake, it is not a mistake, but a crime.

Being exiled is a luxury, and going to jail is inevitable.

No one dares to be careless during the investigation.

Fu Wenzhen also reported for more than half an hour. Yan Ming listened very carefully and wrote down the names of all the key suspects.

In just a few days, they have already identified more than a dozen key suspects, and the number is increasing every day.

A few have been ruled out, and the rest are still under investigation.

"Team Leader Fu, thank you for your hard work. Find the people you need to find. If that doesn't work, secretly send someone to their hometown. In short, all the suspects must have their specific circumstances verified."

Yan Ming's last words were a summary. The stationmaster had said that they would not wrongly accuse anyone, nor would they torture people into confessions or label them as Japanese spies.

But they would not let go of any Japanese spy. As long as they could be found, they would be investigated thoroughly to prevent them from having the opportunity to harm the Chinese people.

"It's not hard, it's what we should do, Team Leader Yan, Acting Team Leader, I'm going back first."

When Fu Wenzhen got up, it was already past eight o'clock in the evening. It was normal for him to work overtime until nine o'clock every day.

"Go back and rest early."

Yan Ming stood up to see him off. Not long after Fu Wenzhen left, Dai Jieying also left, leaving him alone to continue reading the report and making a summary.

Yanming sleeps later every day.

Fu Wenzhen returned home, full of worries.

Judging from Dai Jieying's report today, this time it could really be his comrade. Now he is being watched by both the Party Affairs Investigation Department and the Military Intelligence Department, and could be in danger at any time. It is almost impossible for him to escape.

The spies in the Party Affairs Investigation Office are not useless. Too many of their comrades have been persecuted by them.

He knew the capabilities of the Military Intelligence Department best, and he did send out elites this time.

In this kind of matter, he didn't dare to be smart and let people with average abilities pass.

How should we notify the organization or this comrade?
Fu Wenzhen did not dare to act rashly. The more the situation became, the calmer he had to be. Otherwise, not only would he fail to save his comrades, but he would also be in danger.

Both Yan Ming and Dai Jieying were extremely smart people. They told me all this because they trusted me. If Jin Zian showed any abnormality, he would be suspected immediately.

Although the Party Affairs Investigation Office is also likely to have leaks, given the way Yan Ming and his team do things, no matter whether it is a problem with the Party Affairs Investigation Office or not, as long as something happens, they will definitely investigate it first.

What's more, they have the most terrifying webmaster.

Many things cannot be hidden from the webmaster's sharp eyes.

The stationmaster was the one who eradicated all the Japanese spies in Nanjing in a short period of time, and even forced the death of two chiefs of the Shanghai Special High Section. Fu Wenzhen did not have any hope of luck.

"Stationmaster, these are the key suspects that have been found recently. Three of them have been confirmed to be fake identities, and we are currently conducting a final review of them."

The next day, Yan Ming came to report to Xu Qingyun for the first time. Xu Qingyun immediately sat up straight. It had only been a short time. How long had it been confirmed that the three people had fake identities?
"Let me consider."

After taking the document, Xu Qingyun asked Yan Ming to wait aside and carefully checked the information of the three people.

The first one was a restaurant owner who said he was from Xiangyang. The address he provided was correct. There was indeed such a village, but there was no such person as him.

The intelligence team found the people in this village and confirmed that they had never seen him.

The intelligence team is currently monitoring him to find out his true identity.

The second one is a teacher who has been in Wuhan for five years. He has a wife, but he just married her this year. Before that, he always told others that he had a wife and children at home, but no one had seen them.

At the end of last year, he suddenly said that his wife and children had met with a disaster and had been dead for three years. Then someone introduced him to a girl, and they got married this year.

Based on what he said, the intelligence team conducted a careful verification and found out that there was this place in his hometown. It was indeed ravaged by the Japanese three years ago and many people died. The intelligence team found the person who escaped and after questioning, they discovered that three women died in their village, and only one of them was killed with her child.

The woman's husband was also killed by the Japanese.

This is enough to prove that he is lying. His hometown is even farther away. Yan Ming has already sent members of the action team to secretly verify it there.

The third person’s hometown is in Shandong. He asked people there for help, but the reply was that there was no one with that name.

"Take me to see them tomorrow."

Xu Qingyun closed the information. All three people were suspects, but relatively speaking, the second one was the most suspicious.

Why did this teacher lie, not having a family before and hastily marrying a widow this year?
Did the Japanese Special High Police know the pattern of their investigations, so they sent undercover agents to marry into other families to protect themselves?
This would add to their evil deeds.

A woman was harmed for no reason.

Having married a Japanese spy, even if she was unaware of it, she would be too ashamed to face people after being released.

Not only is there no benefit at all.

After the fall of Wuhan, with this qualification, at least we would not be persecuted by the Japanese, which was like having an extra layer of protection.

It’s just that these few years have been difficult.

"Yes."

Yan Ming took the order, and the next morning, Xu Qingyun took Yan Ming and Zhao San out.

Zhao San is now a full-time secretary and follows him wherever he goes.

Leng Wenxuan was driving, and there was another car following behind. Zheng Jiming was in the car behind, with long and short guns next to him, both loaded with bullets.

In case of emergency, he can provide support immediately.

"It's him."

The first person Xu Qingyun looked at was the teacher, who was the most suspicious.

He rides a bike to work. The school is not far from where he lives. When he goes out, his newly married wife comes out to help him straighten his clothes.

For this woman, it is absolutely lucky to marry him, a blessing like burning incense.

After all, being a teacher is a very good profession in this era. It is not easy for her, a widow with children, to remarry. Many people like her marry old bachelors.

Now she has no worries about food and clothing, and she is very satisfied with it.

After everyone left, Xu Qingyun walked over and looked at the footprints.

Zhao San is also learning how to look at footprints.

Even though he has only been learning for a short time, he has made rapid progress and his ability to read footprints is now as good as Yan Ming's. After Xu Qingyun discovered that he has talent, he asked him to practice more.

"Stationmaster, has his leg been injured?"

Zhao San was also nearby. After reading it, he asked uncertainly. Yan Ming also raised his head.

If there is an injury on the leg, the footprints will appear in two different depths. This is very subtle and it is difficult to distinguish for people who have not undergone long-term observation and training.

"Yes, I have injured my knee."

Xu Qingyun nodded. Knee injuries are different from bone injuries. Yan Ming and Zhao San are both fine. Although Yan Ming did not say anything, it is obvious that he also noticed this.

"I'll go check and see if anyone knows when he was injured."

There are many reasons for knee injuries, such as falls, long-term fatigue, etc.

Another point is that training can easily cause knee injuries.

Xu Qingyun is not a doctor, so he has no way of telling why he was injured.

"Find out if he has been to the hospital for treatment. If so, ask the doctor in secret what caused his injury."

Xu Qingyun nodded and said that this teacher was the most suspicious and all matters related to him must be investigated thoroughly.

"Yes."

Yan Ming took the order and Xu Qingyun did not go to school because they had people watching him there.

"To two other places."

The second place was to see the Shandong man. There were many possibilities as to why this person did not exist.

It's not just Japanese spies, there may be others who are disguising their identities as well.

This Shandong man ran a small business. He didn't have a store, but was a mobile vendor selling daily necessities, like a peddler.

They walk around the streets and are familiar with many places.

There was a precedent of Japanese spies disguising themselves as street vendors. The previous one was a fruit vendor. This man looked to be in his thirties, dressed very simply, and spoke with a Shandong accent.

Having a Shandong accent doesn't mean anything. Many Japanese spies learned to speak Shandong dialect.

When going to Guandong, many people from Shandong came from the Northeast.

There was nothing wrong with his footprints, but why did he use a fake name?
"Have you found any of his fellow countrymen?"

Xu Qingyun asked, and Yan Ming shook his head: "I'm looking for it. His village is in the mountains, a little remote, and there are few people. It's not that easy to find."

"Check his resume to see where he has lived. If the villagers can't find him, then look for the places where he has lived."

Yan Ming was slightly startled, then nodded immediately: "Yes, I'll arrange for someone to check it out right away."

It is much more difficult to check the resumes of people who have had interactions with him than to directly check the locals.

First of all, his resume is not in the file, so we have to find out.

Secondly, it is not easy to investigate who has lived there, so we can only check the people who came to Wuhan from the place where he lived.

And they must have had experience of living in a place and having met this person.

Taking these points into consideration, the workload will increase significantly, not to mention looking for a needle in a haystack.

However, the stationmaster was very supportive of him. If there were not enough people, he would draw personnel from the action team. He would make sure to investigate thoroughly no matter what.

"To the restaurant."

Among the three key suspects, the restaurant is placed last. Restaurants usually open later. This time the target is the restaurant owner and manager, who will not open until at least 10 o'clock.

After visiting these two places, the time was just about right.

The group quickly arrived at the hotel, and Dai Jieying simply put on makeup for Xu Qingyun.

Although the Japanese spies did not have a photo of Xu Qingyun, many people had seen him and had already described his appearance. In order to avoid alarming the Japanese spies, Xu Qingyun had to make some changes.

Xu Qingyun, who was originally in his early twenties, instantly turned into an inconspicuous man in his thirties after Dai Jieying's makeup.

Dai Jieying also put on makeup and looked like a young woman in her twenties.

The two went to dinner disguised as a couple.

"Sir, it's so early."

When Xu Qingyun entered the store, the first thing he saw was the shopkeeper, who was packing things at the counter. When he noticed the two of them, he immediately greeted them with a smile.

"Get up early, eat early, and get hungry early."

Xu Qingyun replied with a smile, the boss looks to be in his forties, but many people in this era look old, so it is possible that he is only thirty-five.

"Okay, what would you two like to eat?"

"This is my first time here. I don't know what's delicious. Can you give me two of your signature dishes and two bowls of plain noodles?"

"Don't worry, our shop guarantees that you will be satisfied with the food. We will provide you with two specialties and two bowls of plain noodles."

The shopkeeper's last words were shouted to the kitchen. There were chefs in the back, and when they heard his shouts, they knew what they had to do.

Among the three key suspects, Xu Qingyun actually cares about this the most.

His hometown is not far from Wuhan, which means he is a local. Generally, Japanese people in disguise will not say their hometown is so close.

But his identity is fake and must be checked.

There are only a few possibilities for hiding one's identity: one may have committed a crime before and is starting a new life under a different name, or one may have an identity that cannot be told to others, so is deliberately using a fake one.

The most important point is that he might be a comrade who has been exposed.

Xu Qingyun came in person to find out his condition immediately.

Not long after, someone came out from the kitchen carrying two plates of food.

Noticing the person coming, Xu Qingyun's eyes narrowed slightly.

Why is he here?

The person who came was Niu Yuanxiang. In addition to being a doctor, he could also cook and had good cooking skills.

After arriving in Wuhan, Niu Yuanxiang contacted the organization and then received the task to lurk in this hotel.

Xu Qingyun had met Niu Yuanxiang before. Yan Ming had found out that his phone number was abnormal. Xu Qingyun had secretly gone to his pharmacy twice and passed by him several times in between, and saw what he looked like.

However, in the end Xu Qingyun was unable to confirm whether he was his comrade, but the possibility was very high.

(End of this chapter)