The Spy

Chapter 306 Newspaper Message
Zhao San wandered around mainly to familiarize himself with the terrain. He was timid and liked to look for a retreat route before performing a mission.

In any case, he could run away.

Although he is short, he runs quite fast.

The next morning, when Iijima set out for Nanjing, Zhao San officially began investigating the case.

He was still alone, wandering around like a gangster, handing people a cigarette and chatting from time to time.

Zhao San had no intention of asking the team brought from the headquarters to help with the investigation.

Their main task is to protect themselves.

The reason is very simple. They have been at the headquarters all the time. Occasionally, someone from the Shanghai station goes back to the headquarters to do business, and it is very likely that they have seen them.

Zhao San is very careful in his work and will nip in the bud any potential danger.

It is better to check slowly to ensure safety.

Zhao San was very careful, but Xiao Gaoyuan was a little depressed. Secretary Zhao went out alone every day and only took him with him occasionally, and each time he only brought a few people with him. After two days in Shanghai, he didn't know what specific case he was handling.

Xiao Gaoyuan didn't know that Zhao San would only bring people to places where there might be danger. He always went alone to places that were guaranteed to be safe.

Nanjing, Iijima is waiting.

He arrived in Nanjing yesterday, but did nothing. Today he tried to contact Wan Jinwen.

He and Wan Jinwen had an agreed contact method. In case of emergency, he would just call directly or go to a place where Wan Jinwen could see him and send a signal.

In non-emergency situations, secret codes can be passed through newspapers.

Iijima used newspapers. The Military Intelligence Department had his photo, and he did not dare to appear near the Military Intelligence Department, so newspapers were safer.

For two consecutive days, Zhao San has found a lot of things in Shanghai.

"Secretary Zhao."

In the concession, Dai Jieying arrived secretly with her people. There were not many people from Wuhan either, only a dozen or so in total. Together with the people from the headquarters, Zhao San now had more than twenty people at his disposal.

He has enough manpower, so this time it is not a large-scale investigation. He is only investigating one person and finding the right direction. Even without help, Zhao San can find out the situation clearly.

But if he were to do it alone, the investigation would surely be slower.

"Acting team leader, you just arrived. It's a pity that we can't let you rest. There are a few points we need to check first."

Zhao San said apologetically that he had only checked the periphery for two days, but he still found a lot of things.

"You're welcome. The case is important."

Dai Jieying immediately shook her head. She had been in Wuhan and was very clear about Zhao San's abilities.

Although Zhao San did not receive professional training like them, he was born to be an intelligence agent and there was no denying it.

The stationmaster had a keen eye. When he was doing the review on behalf of Jieying, he kicked Zhao San out of the Wuhan station. If it weren't for Zhao San's own intelligence, he would have been transferred to the Northwest to do a more dangerous job.

"Okay, let's have a meeting."

Zhao San called Xiao Gaoyuan over, and from Wuhan there were Dai Jieying and another captain, a total of four people.

"Everyone, this is a case arranged by the Director himself."

Four people sat on the sofa in the room. Zhao San spoke first, and Dai Jieying and others immediately looked solemn.

Dai Jieying also didn't know what case she was going to handle. Not to mention him, even Yan Ming, who received the order, didn't know either. The case was kept strictly confidential.

"The subject of the investigation is Wan Jinwen, the intelligence team leader of the Shanghai station. The director and station chief suspect that he has been turned by the Japanese."

Zhao San finally announced the details of the case, and the three of them were stunned.

When they arrived in Shanghai, they could probably guess that the case was not small and might be related to the Shanghai Station, or the Japanese in Shanghai.

I didn't expect that they would directly investigate the head of the intelligence team of the Shanghai station and have such strong suspicions about him.

"Wan Jinwen is a lecher. I found out that he has been to a place in the west of the city many times before. Acting team leader, you are a woman, so you have an advantage in the investigation. Starting tomorrow, you will ask around in the west of the city and find out who Wan Jinwen went to meet specifically."

In two days, Zhao San didn't find much, but he was very insightful.

Wan Jinwen really fell into trouble because of a woman.

"Yes."

Dai Jieying took the order, and Zhao San continued, "I have already inquired about the situation at several banks in the concession. Captain Xiao, starting tomorrow, you will ask the people at the bank whether Wan Jinwen has a large deposit."

"Okay, I'll go tomorrow."

Xiao Gaoyuan nodded. The Japanese instigated traitors to rebel for money, power and sex.

Wan Jinwen is the head of the intelligence team and plays a big role for the Japanese. If the Japanese want to persuade him to defect, they will offer him a lot of money.

It is also possible that the gold bars were given directly and hidden by Wan Jinwen.

First check the bank, then check other information about Wan Jinwen. Even if he buried it underground, as long as he didn't bury it somewhere randomly outside, Zhao San is confident that he can find it.

Wan Jinwen was in Nanjing, not Shanghai, which gave him great convenience.

At least it's convenient to secretly check his home.

"Captain Jiang, starting tomorrow, you will lead the team to keep an eye on the Shanghai station. Only the veterans from our Wuhan station will be used. Those who have worked at the headquarters will be assigned to the acting team leader and Captain Xiao. The Shanghai station will focus on keeping an eye on Yu Hongyu. Just remember, only keep an eye on the periphery and don't get close."

When Zhao San gave the last order, Jiang Cheng was startled. This meant directly monitoring Yu Hongyu.

Even if it is peripheral surveillance, it is still surveillance, investigating the station chief, especially the largest branch in Shanghai. It is exciting to think about it.

"Yes."

Jiang Cheng accepted the order. He had worked with Zhao San before and knew Zhao San's abilities.

"Okay, let's break up the meeting."

After following Xu Qingyun for a long time, Zhao San and others are just like Xu Qingyun. They only talk about the key points in meetings and don't talk nonsense.

If you have that much free time, you might as well analyze the case.

The next morning, Dai Jieying and others went out. Zhao San also disguised himself and continued to wander around.

He was not wandering around aimlessly. The past two days he was wandering around the area near Wan Jinwen's residence. He deliberately chatted with passers-by and claimed to be a fellow villager to everyone he met. It was easy for him to ask them what he wanted.

This kid Zhao San has another ability, which is his high talent for languages.

He can speak some dialects from many places. With this convenience, he can be from Shandong one moment and from Sichuan the next. Anyway, everyone in the country is his fellow countryman.

During the conversation, Zhao San never mentioned Wan Jinwen, not even the spy.

He would sigh and say that the world is unfair. Some people eat meat and fish every day and drive a car when they go out, while others rush around for three meals a day and still end up going hungry.

This way, it is easiest to resonate with others.

Then he started talking about so-and-so, who was living a good life. Just like that, he found out that Wan Jinwen often drove to the west of the city.

Even in Shanghai, there are not many people who can drive a car every day.

Not to mention now, even in the future, if someone has a luxury car at home, they will always be noticed when they go out, especially those who often work on the streets.

Wan Jinwen is the head of the intelligence team. The Shanghai station has abundant funds and many cars. He definitely won't ride a bike or walk when he goes out.

The most likely possibility is driving. In this way, when Zhao San was chatting with them, with a little guidance, he got the whereabouts of Wan Jinwen.

Not only Wan Jinwen, he even asked about other people, including some senior officials in Shanghai.

There is even the case of Yu Hongyu.

Zhao San chatted with many people. He was good at talking and deliberately led the conversation. At least three people told him about Wan Jinwen's driving.

I was just asking around Wan Jinwen's residence to find out what was going on. It was normal for someone to know Wan Jinwen. It would be unusual for someone not to know him.

In Nanjing, Wan Jinwen was at the headquarters. After receiving the order to attend the training class, he moved to the headquarters dormitory.

This training course was held at the headquarters.

People from nearby branch stations, such as Anqing and Hangzhou, have come to the headquarters, and all of them live in the dormitory.

Wan Jinwen deliberately built good relationships with everyone, and they talked a lot in the past two days.

When people arrived at the headquarters, they learned that Yue Yunxuan, the deputy station chief of the Shanghai station, had gotten into trouble. He had privately contacted Japanese spies and was thrown into jail by the director.

Many people speculated that this training was because of Yue Yunxuan.

The director was very angry about Yue Yunxuan's incident, and specially asked them to come for training to enhance their safety awareness.

Although their guess was wrong, it was indeed one of the reasons.

The case has not been fully investigated and it has not been confirmed that Yue Yunxuan was indeed framed, but the key to the matter was that he was not vigilant enough.

Learn from the lesson and never give the Japanese any chance again.

The intelligence group has always been the focus of Japanese attention. The deputy station chiefs are often not on good terms with the station chief, and are also good targets for the Japanese to attack. This training course is to patch up the problems and prevent similar incidents from happening again in the future.

Wan Jinwen is reading a newspaper in the dormitory. The class will start tomorrow and everyone at each station will be there today.

After people from other branches arrived, Wan Jinwen had no more doubts about this training class.

A newspaper soon caught Wan Jinwen's attention.

There was a signal on it that Iijima and he had agreed on. Iijima had arrived in Nanjing and wanted to meet him?
This is a job advertisement for a leather factory called Lotus. Lotus means a requirement for a meeting in person. It also contains the factory address: No. 26 East Third Street.

East Three meant that he should go to West Fourth Street, where No. 26 would be halved, so in fact it would be No. 13.

The number of people to be recruited is twelve, which means we will meet at noon.

The advertisement says that the attack will continue for three days, which means that Iijima will be waiting for him at this place for these three days.

I looked at my watch and it was nine o'clock in the morning.

No matter what the reason was for Iijima to see him, since he saw the signal, he had to go and see him.

It was a good opportunity for him to ask the Japanese for some funds. He wanted to be promoted to deputy station chief, but it was impossible to do it with a small amount of money. Of course, it would be best if the Japanese could help him spend money to get promoted.

Once the money fell into his pocket, he didn't want to take it out.

Iijima had even thought of his words. In this training class, he could get close to Xu Qingyun and have a better understanding of him, which would be convenient for him to do in the future.

"Wan Jinwen is going out?"

In the office, Fang Laibao came to report to Xu Qingyun. This was a temporary office, mainly to facilitate Xu Qingyun's investigation of cases in Nanjing.

The Intelligence Department assists, which is actually mainly composed of four groups.

As Xu Qingyun's direct subordinates, Group 4 obeyed Xu Qingyun's orders without any hesitation.

"Chief, do you want to stop him?"

After arriving at the headquarters, the trainees were restricted from traveling and had to report if they wanted to go out.

"What did he do today?"

Xu Qingyun asked directly whether to let Wan Jinwen go out or not, and he must first find out the purpose of his going out.

If he wanted to run away, I would never give him such a chance.

"He didn't go out. He just asked for some newspapers to read and chatted with other intelligence team leaders."

Unable to go out, students who arrive early will be bored, and reading newspapers and chatting are the best ways to kill time.

"Show me what newspaper he's reading."

Xu Qingyun immediately said that Wan Jinwen had not gone out in the past two days, and he knew that the students could not go out.

Today he suddenly had to go out, and the newspaper he had read became suspicious.

"I am ready."

Fang Laibao has grown a lot. He guessed in advance that Xu Qingyun might ask for the newspaper and made preparations.

Xu Qingyun opened the newspaper and read each page carefully.

It wasn't long before he noticed the job advertisement.

This type of advertisement is very common in this era. At first glance, there is nothing unusual about it and it may not even attract people's attention.

But Xu Qingyun is not an ordinary person. He is a trace expert and is most sensitive to some details.

He had handled so many cases in Nanjing before, and he must have read the map of Nanjing eighty times, if not a hundred times. He was sure that there was no place called East Third Street in Nanjing.

Also, the salary offered in the job advertisement is not very high.

It is not cheap to advertise in newspapers. Many factories want to deceive workers, so they write very high salary and benefits. However, it is impossible to get such a high number even if they actually recruit people.

Simply put, it's a word game.

Not to mention now, even in the future there are still unscrupulous businessmen who do this. If you want to get the high salary they promise, you must complete a series of harsh conditions, which basically no one can do.

"Let him out and follow him closely. Remember, don't let him find you."

After reading the newspaper, Xu Qingyun believed that Wan Jinwen decided to go out because he saw this signal.

He didn't know what the signal said specifically. He was a human, not a god. It would be difficult for him to guess all the agreed-upon codes if he just guessed.

As for the time, Xu Qingyun could probably guess it.

It is eleven o'clock now. If Wan Jinwen goes out at this time, it is very likely that the agreed time is twelve o'clock. This number appears in the advertisement.

"Yes."

Fang Laibao took the order and left. Not long after Wan Jinwen's report was submitted, he was allowed to go out.

However, I specifically reminded him to come back in the evening and not to affect the start of the class tomorrow, otherwise it would leave a bad impression on the director.

No need to wait until tomorrow, he will be back in the afternoon.

He will definitely not cause trouble for himself at this time. The impression of Virgo is very important and can directly affect whether he can become the deputy station chief of Shanghai Station.

After leaving the headquarters, Wan Jinwen hailed a rickshaw.

Xu Qingyun personally led people to monitor them, and they were far apart.

Make sure not to be discovered by Wan Jinwen.

It doesn't matter if he gets lost. As long as there are footprints, Wan Jinwen will not be able to escape his pursuit. The key is not to let him find him.

Wan Jinwen is the head of the intelligence team and takes his own safety very seriously.

He first went to the most prosperous area of ​​Nanjing by rickshaw, took a walk around the shopping mall, and left through the back door.

Fortunately, Xu Qingyun followed. There were no footprints of him inside the mall, but there were some behind him.

Wan Jinwen called a rickshaw again. His footprints were gone, but there were rickshaw marks.

Following the tire tracks, Xu Qingyun soon arrived at West Fourth Street.

Noticing Wan Jinwen's footprints reappearing at the intersection, Xu Qingyun smiled faintly.

Thanks to Feng Jingyelan2020 for the reward of 100 Qidian coins. It is words, and I will make up for half a chapter tomorrow.

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