The Spy

Chapter 281 Come back alive
Antoine examined most carefully.

Because it is a wooden barrel, if you put something like a knife inside it in advance, you can cut the rope and escape, but the cut rope will definitely leave traces.

To his surprise, the rope was intact, the same rope he had checked earlier.

Since it was not cut, it means that Chang Sun Yang really untied the rope himself.

In just two minutes, he untied all the ropes on his hands and feet. Although it was different from the way he saw the magician unlocking the locks last time, it was just as magical.

"it is good."

Antoine shouted in Chinese, leading the applause, and the others clapped along with a dozen technicians who were still on the scene, allowing them to witness this astounding performance.

The most surprised person was Jin Zian, because he was the one who tied the rope and knew the situation best.

The rope he tied was indeed very tight, it was not a fake tie, it was a dead knot.

It has to be done seriously. After Chang Sun Yang is tied up, he has to be inspected by the audience. If Chang Sun Yang is not serious, he will be easily discovered.

Chang Sunyang has his own little tricks.

When being tied up, his hands seemed very tight, but he had left some gaps, and he had practiced this way of untying many times. Jin Zian's bondage skills could only be described as average.

He has ways to untie even more severe bindings than this.

In fact, he untied all the ropes after more than a minute and waited for two minutes to come out, which created a better sense of tension and made the show more attractive.

"Liu, give him ten dollars as a reward."

Antoine had said before that if Jin Zian could expose the magic, he would give him a reward of ten dollars.

Since Jin Zian failed to do it, the reward should be given to the magician, and the money he promised will definitely be paid out.

Liu Junhong took out the money with a smile. As long as Antoine was happy, it was fine. This time the money was not wasted. Chang Sun Yang was indeed a man of real ability.

"thank you boss."

After receiving the reward, Chang Sun Yang bowed and thanked him. Their performance was over and it was good this time, allowing them to earn 60 yuan.

Jin Zian and other technicians had just left. Antoine watched Chang Sunyang's magic props with great interest. He did not ask how to perform the magic. He knew something about magic. The techniques of performing magic were a secret of others. He was just making a living.

As long as he is happy.

"What were they doing just now?"

An agent from the Party Affairs Investigation Department at the power plant asked in a low voice, in order to monitor them, these people did the hardest work, hauling coal outside.

This way, we can keep an eye on the situation inside the power plant at all times.

Unfortunately, they were so dirty that they couldn't even get into the auditorium.

"I guess they were called to do something. I didn't see many of them together. Never mind. Let's get to work."

Another person sighed and said that the Party Affairs Investigation Department is not the Military Intelligence Department. People from the Military Intelligence Department who enter the power plant receive high bonuses and they don't mind the hard work.

They were not capable of doing so, so Tong Changming calculated the amount and gave them some rewards, but it was only ten yuan a month, and their team leader deducted five yuan from them, so they only got half of it.

If they hadn't come from ordinary backgrounds and hadn't done heavy work before, they wouldn't have been able to hold out for that long.

In this situation, how can they be proactive in doing things?

As for the people from the Military Intelligence Department, they are not in the same job category as them. Their purpose is to monitor Jin Zian and the spies from the Party Affairs Investigation Department, mainly at the door.

It was Xu Qingyun who asked someone to arrange the doorman duties for them.

They didn't see Jin Zian go to the auditorium.

"Secretary Yuan, I have already met with Comrade Jin Zian and conveyed your words to him."

After Chang Sun Yang went back, he took a look around to make sure that no one was following him, and then he carefully came to a place.

He will wait here for Secretary Yuan.

Secretary Yuan didn't come until the evening.

Before coming, Secretary Yuan's guards carefully checked the surroundings and only dared to let Secretary Yuan in after making sure there were no spies.

It's not that he didn't trust Chang Sun Yang, but after all, Chang Sun Yang went to the power plant where there were more than 20 secret agents guarding it today, and these were all necessary precautions.

"Secretary Yuan, you are here."

Seeing Secretary Yuan, Chang Sun Yang immediately stood up, and Secretary Yuan walked over quickly and shook his hand tightly.

"Comrade Changsun, thank you for your hard work."

"Nothing. I didn't have to work hard. I made 60 dollars on this job. This is my earnings today."

Chang Sunyang smiled, took out the money Liu Junhong gave him and put it in Secretary Yuan's hand.

"This is what you worked hard for, just keep it."

Secretary Yuan pushed the money over and immediately asked, "Have you seen Comrade Jin Zian?"

"Yes, I have. I have conveyed your instructions to him. He will cooperate. You can take the money. The organization needs it more."

Chang Sun Yang pushed the money over again. In troubled times, human life was worthless. Magicians sounded very powerful, but they were actually jugglers who performed tricks. In this era, they were typical members of the lowest class.

Three years ago, he was robbed by bandits while performing outside.

The bandits were very brutal. They not only robbed them of their money, but also wanted to kill them. Chang Sun Yang was shot by them. The bandits were not regular soldiers and they were just robbing, so they ran away after shooting.

He was rescued by a passing Red Party member.

Being shot is not a minor injury in any era. The organization itself is difficult, and they fight guerrilla warfare everywhere, but they still took him with them.

He was lucky enough to have a strong life. The fever subsided after a few days and he was saved by the military doctor in the team using a folk remedy. During the time he followed the team, he was deeply attracted by the Red Party's theory and was willing to join the organization and become a soldier.

But he is not a soldier and has not received any professional training.

However, his juggling skills brought a lot of joy to the soldiers.

The organization settled in Yanzhou a year ago, and many people wanted to go to Yanzhou, and he was no exception.

After going through many hardships, he finally arrived in Yanzhou with other comrades.

After arriving in Yanzhou, his craftsmanship quickly attracted the attention of Mr. Ke.

Mr. Ke transferred him to his side and asked him if he was willing to be an agent.

Chang Sun Yang could read and write, so he was not illiterate. He knew the significance of being an agent, so he was naturally willing to do so.

After studying, he was sent to Wuhan in March this year to carry out an undercover mission here.

There was no other way this time, so Secretary Yuan activated him and asked him to notify Jin Zian. After rescuing Jin Zian, Chang Sun Yang would definitely hide for a while.

See if he is suspected. If so, transfer him to work somewhere else.

Chang Sunyang's abilities are more than just magic.

As long as he's somewhere else and not showing off his magical abilities.

"Great, Comrade Changsun, we really don't need the money. You will go to Yueyang tomorrow and hide there for a while. If everything is fine, I will send you a safety signal through the newspaper. If it is dangerous, you will wait for the organization's new arrangements for you."

Secretary Yuan shook his head again. For a short period of time, Chang Sun Yang could not perform magic. The money was very important to him. No matter where he hid, it would cost money, and he didn't know how long he would have to hide this time.

This money must be given to him, otherwise it will not be enough and he will be forced to perform to make money.

"I still have……"

"Stop talking. Take it. You have to leave Wuhan next. This money is more important to you."

Secretary Yuan interrupted him, and Chang Sun Yang remained silent and did not insist.

He understood that this was the habit of comrades and also their true nature.

Everyone cares about his or her comrades the most, and truly achieves the principle of "I for everyone, and everyone for me".

Chang Sunyang was well-educated and understood the truth.

He has been working all over the country for so many years and has seen a lot of corruption in the Kuomintang. These people are no different from those in the previous dynasty.

He believed that as long as the organization continued to develop well, it would definitely replace the Guo Party in the future. The two sides were not the same kind of people at all. Now the people did not understand them. As more people understood what kind of organization the Red Party was, Chang Sunyang believed that more and more people would support them.

This is the kind of work that Jin Zian does, and he admires Jin Zian very much.

"Okay, Secretary Yuan, where should I go next?"

Chang Sun Yang didn't insist and quietly put the money away.

"Yueyang, just pay attention to Yueyang's newspapers. There are several signals, namely..."

Secretary Yuan told him all the meanings of the different signals. These things could not be written down and saved, but must be memorized in his mind.

If you write it on paper and someone finds it, it would be equivalent to exposing yourself.

Because he had to wait for news, Chang Sun Yang had to buy newspapers every day after arriving in Yueyang. Newspapers were not cheap and it was a considerable expense.

It is unrealistic to squat in a newsstand to read newspapers. Don't think that newsstand owners are all fools. They will chase you away after a while. They can tell who is really buying newspapers and who is just trying to get free newspapers.

"Understood, Secretary Yuan, rest assured, I will protect myself. I hope you can rescue Comrade Jin Zian, and we will continue to fight side by side in the future."

Chang Sun Yang nodded heavily. He was not stupid. He knew that if he hid himself, he might not be able to stay in Wuhan to work in the future.

Although he has not been in Wuhan for a long time, he likes it very much.

"Don't worry, it will definitely happen."

Secretary Yuan smiled and nodded. The two of them had not been together for too long. He left in a hurry. The next step was the key, how to bring Jin Zian and the others out safely.

Chang Sunyang took such a big risk, and might even expose his identity, just to give a notification.

He couldn't let his comrades make fearless sacrifices. He had to bring Jin Zian and the others out successfully no matter what.

Military Intelligence Department, good news comes one after another.

As the people they sent back reported, in addition to Yin Xingze, two more Japanese spies were identified.

That adds up to three.

This kind of investigation is indeed effective. The specific identities of these three Japanese spies are currently unknown. If there is a captain among them, there may be great gains.

"Team Leader Yan."

Fu Wenzhen came to Yan Ming's office early in the morning. Except for the day he asked for leave to buy medicine, he had rested for two days and his body had almost recovered.

"Team Leader Fu, please take a seat first."

Yan Ming was arranging work for Jiang Cheng. He simply said something to Fu Wenzhen and then continued with the arrangements.

A few minutes later, he came to the sofa and touched Fu Wenzhen's forehead first.

It’s not hot, about the same temperature as him. It seems that Yan Ming’s fever has completely subsided.

"Have you recovered?"

Yan Ming asked with a smile, and Fu Wenzheng nodded immediately: "I was fine yesterday, but I was weak, otherwise I would have been back yesterday."

He is indeed better. He sweated a lot in the past two days and his quilt was soaked.

"Yes, that's how it should be."

Yan Ming smiled and nodded: "You came at the right time. I have several tasks for you. Complete them as soon as possible."

Fu Wenzheng had more than one task to do, some of it was assigned to him by Yanming and some by Dai Jieying. Fu Wenzheng had not been here for the past two days, so Yanming could only let Jiang Cheng take on some of Fu Wenzheng's tasks, but Jiang Cheng also had his own tasks.

As a result, Jiang Cheng and Dai Jieying never went to bed before midnight and had to get up at five in the morning to continue working.

If this continues, Yan Ming is worried that the two of them will collapse from exhaustion.

In fact, he was almost the same. He had been gritting his teeth and holding on. He could only drink the medicine once a day. Everyone else did the same, including Xu Qingyun, but he secretly drank it three times to force himself to stay awake.

"Okay, I'll go find the acting team leader right away."

After listening to Yan Ming's arrangements, Fu Wenzhen nodded immediately. Even if Yan Ming had not made any arrangements, he would have gone to see Dai Jieying to learn about Jin Zian's situation from her.

He forced himself not to ask for any news these two days, just waiting for today.

However, after arriving at the Military Intelligence Department, he felt much more at ease. The reason was simple: the team members he sent out to help with the surveillance did not come back.

If something had happened to Jin Zian, they would not have stayed in the power plant.

I didn't see any of them, which means they are still on field duty.

"Acting team leader."

When I arrived at Dai Jieying's office, she was also arranging people. Morning was their peak time for arranging tasks.

They arrange the captain, and the captain arranges the team members.

"Team Leader Fu is here. Sorry, please wait for a moment."

Like Yan Ming, Dai Jieying hurriedly completed the task and immediately came to the sofa.

"Team Leader Fu, why don't you take a few more days off?"

Dai Jieying asked with concern, and Fu Wenzheng smiled and replied, "I think you are all busy, so I will continue to rest. If I make Team Leader Dai sick from overwork, I will be guilty."

His joke made Dai Jieying laugh out loud: "Team Leader Fu is really good at talking. I won't waste my words. I need you to come back and help me now..."

"Twenty more people on loan?"

Dai Jieying suggested that more people be transferred from the action team. With the addition of these twenty people, it means that two-thirds of the action team members have come to the intelligence team to help.

"Yes, there is no other way. There are too many people to check."

Dai Jieying nodded. They had already screened thousands of people, and most of them were ruled out in the initial screening.

But there is something suspicious about them to some extent, and they have to be investigated. People in the station dare not report anyone at random without any suspicious points. Once they are found out, he will be the one in trouble.

"Acting team leader, how about this? I'll go talk to the team leader and ask everyone in the action team to come over. Even if there are another twenty people, there are still a dozen who are not here, so we still don't have enough manpower."

After thinking for a while, Fu Wenzhen said softly, instead of being seconded again and again, it would be better to do it in one step.

This way everyone can relax a little.

"Alright, I'm really sorry to bother you this time."

After thinking about it, Dai Jieying nodded in agreement. Fu Wenzhen was right. Seconding 20 people could only give them a temporary break, as they would definitely be busy again in the future.

It would be better to borrow it all at once, at least everyone can take a breath.

"I will report to the team leader now."

The station chief ordered the action team to fully support the intelligence team, but Fu Wenzhen must report to Lu Gaowa. After all, Lu Gaowa is the team leader. If he does not report, Lu Gaowa will inevitably think too much.

Fu Wenzhen was temporarily relieved of his worries when he left.

Jin Zian was fine, otherwise Dai Jieying would not have taken the initiative to ask him to borrow twenty people. They had arranged sixteen people around Jin Zian. Once these people came back, the intelligence team would never be so tight.

Just because everything is fine for now doesn't mean it will always be fine.

I don’t know how the organization’s planning is going and whether these comrades can be rescued safely. Fu Wenzhen hopes that these people can be rescued and at the same time there will be no casualties in the organization.

Unfortunately, he couldn't help, all he could do now was wait.

Fu Wenzhen quickly left Lu Gaowa's office, and Lu Gaowa agreed to lend everyone to the intelligence team.

This is the webmaster's order, and he has no choice but to agree.

What made him depressed was that he couldn't help at all.

It was easy for him to arrest people or even kill them, but when it came to investigating a case, all he could do was follow and monitor them.

At most, I would go to ask for some simple clues.

He can't handle more complicated situations, after all, he was a professional operations team member before.

These are the jobs of ordinary team members. Asking Lu Gaowa to do them is not asking for help from him, but deliberately humiliating him.

Therefore, the intelligence team never asked all the members of the action team to come and help.

There is nothing wrong with Fu Wenzhen's suggestion, as he has his own way of doing it.

He only needs to report his work to Lu Gaowa once a day. No matter whether the team leader has instructions and tasks or not, there is nothing wrong with reporting. At least it lets the team leader know what everyone in the team has done every day.

Neither Dai Jieying nor Yan Ming could do these things.

Power plant, lunch time.

Jin Zian came to a colleague and waited for food together.

"Has everything been arranged?"

Around him were his comrades, the top comrades in the development of the power plant.

Yesterday, Jin Zian took advantage of every opportunity to convey the orders given to them by the organization. He understood that he and his comrades were in great danger now, but they must not move rashly at this time, otherwise they would not only harm themselves, but also implicate other comrades.

When telling other comrades about the situation, he specifically reminded comrades who have families.

Don't tell your family about this for now, just prepare yourself. They are all under surveillance now. Once any family member shows any abnormality, everyone will be doomed.

After receiving the signal, they immediately evacuated along the planned route.

Among the several people, only Jin Zian had a gun. Jin Zian had received training and knew how to use a gun. The other comrades were developed by him at the power plant and did not even know how to shoot. Giving them guns might not be a good thing.

What's more, the organization doesn't have that many guns to give them.

It is impossible for one gun to fight against so many spies. Fortunately, the organization can cause internal fighting among them and use the chaos to evacuate.

This will increase the chances of safe evacuation.

As for the gun in his hand, he could use it in an emergency. At least he would have a chance to stop the enemy and allow other comrades to escape.

Not to mention that they are people developed by Jin Zian, even if they are not, Jin Zian will do his best to protect his comrades.

Jin Zian asked several people in succession. He knew that there were spies watching, but there was no problem in communicating in this way.

Normally they are together very often and have a close relationship, so it would be unusual if they suddenly stopped contacting each other.

The spies didn't dare to get close to them, because Jin Zian was talking to them in the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is large and noisy, so it is impossible to install a monitoring device here.

As for his family, Jin Zian didn't let anyone take any action.

They are not agents and don't even know what a bug is or looks like.

Not to mention them, even I have never seen it, I just know that this thing exists.

If you go looking for him rashly, you will reveal that you know the truth.

"Are you all ready?"

Outside, Secretary Yuan looked at his watch and saw someone standing next to him.

They are members of the anti-traitor team.

The Wuhan organization has a small number of members and does not have a special action group. The main task of the anti-traitor group is to punish traitors, especially those who have harmed comrades.

They are usually responsible for carrying out operational missions. There are not many of them, only ten in total including the captain.

Everyone has a rifle, but unfortunately they are all old guns and there are no new guns. There are only four pistols, two Brownings and two Mauser pistols.

There were also more than a dozen grenades and dozens of earthen explosive packs.

That's all the money Secretary Yuan and his colleagues saved by living frugally.

"Ready."

Meng Yuchen, the leader of the anti-traitor team, replied softly that he already knew all the plans, and had surveyed the area in advance and made all preparations.

"This mission is very dangerous. Are you afraid?"

Secretary Yuan asked again, the only one who came to see him was Meng Yuchen, this was to protect Secretary Yuan. The more people who met Secretary Yuan, the more dangerous he would be.

"Not afraid."

After saying that, Meng Yuchen grinned: "Secretary Yuan, you know me, I've died a long time ago, how could you be afraid?"

Secretary Yuan nodded: "Very good, but it's not enough to just not be afraid. You must also strictly follow the orders. Not only must you rescue the people, but you must also bring everyone back to me. Can you do it?"

"Don't worry, I can definitely do it, even if I die..."

"Don't talk about life or death, just go."

Secretary Yuan interrupted him, saying it was too unlucky to say such things at this time.

"Yes."

Meng Yuchen took the order and left. The secret agents were watching him closely, and several comrades were at work during the day, so he had to wait until they returned home and took their families with them.

The action was scheduled after get off work, not too late.

It would be inconvenient to pick them up if it was too late and dark. There would be no chance to leave the city after dark, and everyone left in the city would be in danger. It would be best to leave the city immediately after the pick-up. As long as they could get out, Meng Yuchen was confident that the spies would not be able to catch up with them outside.

Watching Meng Yuchen leave, Secretary Yuan murmured to himself: "It must succeed, and everyone must come back alive."

His greatest wish is to come back safe and alive.

"Stationmaster, I feel like the people in the Party Affairs Investigation Office are becoming less and less patient. Should we arrest them in advance?"

In the afternoon, Dai Jieying came to Xu Qingyun's office to report on the situation at the power plant.

Ran Zhaolin and his men have been watching for several days. In fact, Tong Changming is very patient. Ran Zhaolin is fine, but the team members can't hold on any longer.

Except for the first day when they were given wontons, they were not given any more in the following days.

A few days ago, there was rice and steamed buns, but these past two days, they have all become coarse grains, and the dishes don't have any oil at all.

All their food expenses went into Ran Zhaolin's pocket.

It would be fine if everything was like this, but in the end Ran Zhaolin either ate and drank delicious food or slept at the surveillance point every day. The stationmaster thought he was working very hard and was always fighting on the front line. They did all the work, while the team leader did nothing and ate well, but he made the greatest contribution.

Their spirits were indeed getting lower and lower, and they were naturally a little absent-minded during the surveillance.

"No, just keep watching them."

Xu Qingyun shook his head. It was normal for Dai Jieying to have such thoughts since she didn't know the truth. However, this matter had to be reported to the headquarters and could not be delayed any longer.

Let the headquarters find a way to notify Tong Changming, or let the headquarters give an order and he will notify Tong Changming.

Additional 6,000 words, still owe 8,000.

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(End of this chapter)