The Spy

Chapter 397 Test
"Behind enemy lines, you cannot let your guard down just because there are no spies around you. Let me ask you, what did your teachers in school teach you? What is the most important thing about lurking?"

Yan Ming asked directly. The two lowered their heads and whispered, "Teacher said that the most important thing about undercover work is to ensure safety, and the second is to collect intelligence and detect danger in time."

"That's just theory. The theory is wrong. Safety is the most important thing in undercover work, but you only learned the basics and didn't get the essence."

"No, saying that you have only learned the basics is a compliment. Let me tell you some real cases..."

Behind enemy lines is no joke; it concerns life. If you make a mistake, you will not only harm yourself but also implicate your comrades.

When working behind enemy lines, you must always be highly alert.

"In Nanjing, someone accidentally revealed a gun, and a thief saw it..."

Yan Ming first talked about a hidden Japanese spy who was reported by a thief in Wuhan as a member of the Red Party. It was eventually discovered that he was a Japanese spy and he was arrested.

"In Shanghai, there is a Central Bureau of Investigation agent..."

In addition to Japanese spies, he also cited the example of captured Central Bureau of Investigation agents, all of whom were caught because of various carelessness and mistakes that should not have been made.

This agent from Shanghai was just bragging about his abilities and what he had done.

Only a spy can do this.

He did not say it in public, but just talked about it with people around him during dinner. As a result, the people next to him heard it, noticed something unusual, and reported it to the Special High Section.

The Special High Police offers a bounty and will reward anyone who finds a Chinese agent.

In this way, three members of the Communist Party of China were arrested at one time, and they all surrendered and became traitors.

Last time, they sanctioned one of them to death.

"Remember, when you arrive in Shanghai, everything you say must be consistent with your status. You cannot mention anything related to your real work."

"Even if someone hits you, you must bear it honestly and don't fight back. Once you fight back and reveal your skills, you will be easily investigated."

"You can't drink alcohol normally. If you really want to drink, don't drink too much. If you drink too much, any mistake can cost you your life."

Yan Ming glared at them with a very stern tone. He told them that they should be conscientious in their work and not make any mistakes in principle on their own territory.

No one is perfect.

But behind enemy lines, even in the concessions, we must be extremely careful at all times and never reveal any flaws.

That is the principle now.

The two of them were stunned. What they learned in school was indeed just theory. They had done ambush exercises.

But it was just an exercise, and it was on their own turf, with students looking for each other's flaws.

There are too many uncertainties in that kind of exercise, and there is a big gap between reality and theory.

"Everything I tell you to do, you must pay attention to. Remember, this is not a requirement, nor is it a lesson. This is your life. If you don't take it seriously, it's like walking a tightrope on a cliff. You could fall to pieces at any time."

Yan Ming warned them that they must speak sternly. They could learn from mistakes in the exercise, but if they made mistakes behind enemy lines, there would be no chance to regret.

No matter whether you surrender or are killed after being caught, the final outcome will not be good. Surrendering will implicate your family, and being killed will cost you your life, not to mention the loss of your life.

"Don't worry, we will listen carefully."

The two of them nodded hurriedly, and Yan Ming glared at them again: "It's useless to listen carefully, you must do it seriously."

“Yes, we will do it seriously.”

The two didn't expect that they would be scolded by the section chief for a simple name. Is it unfair? A little bit, indeed, but they must correct the habits they had in school.

The real undercover work is more cruel than they thought.

"You take a rest today, go out for a walk, listen more, and don't ask questions. I will arrange new work for you tomorrow."

I have said everything that needs to be said. I hope this conversation will alert them and make them pay more attention when they work in the future. If something really goes wrong, they will be the ones who will suffer.

"I'm leaving first, no need to see me off."

Yan Ming still had to go somewhere else. There were a total of eighty people coming this time, and he had to arrange each of them personally.

However, he will not be responsible for contacting all eighty people, otherwise he will be exhausted and have no time to do anything else. In the future, Yan Ming will arrange a special undercover team, and the team leader will be responsible for their contact and intelligence gathering.

He just needs to take command from the center.

The team leader will not meet with them often, and they will communicate through a dead mailbox and only meet in emergencies.

Each team leader is responsible for four undercover agents, and there are a total of twenty undercover teams.

Japan's undercover team usually consists of a team leader with four subordinates, or at most five.

This is a good way to lurk.

Even if something happens to someone, as long as it is discovered in time, the loss can be controlled within their hidden team.

The team leader is a veteran agent from the Shanghai area. In order to help these eighty newcomers get into better shape, all the team leaders are people who have followed Xu Qingyun before.

The earlier one was from the Nanjing Intelligence Group 4 period, and the later one was someone who had worked on many cases with Xu Qingyun in Wuhan.

They have been lurking in Shanghai for nearly a year and are very experienced.

With them leading the new agents, they can get into work better and faster.

Yan Ming will be busy during the next period of time.

The next morning, Liu Ming and Wang Wu went out to meet their team leader.

Designated time, designated place.

After saying the secret code, team leader Tang Hetong took them to a safe house.

"You will live here from now on. My code name is Carp, Liu Ming, your code name is Quail, and Wang Wu's code name is Watermelon."

The three people had different code names to avoid the other party guessing that they were a group after their code names were discovered.

The more chaotic the code is, the better; the simpler it is, the harder it is to guess.

"Yes."

The two replied together that Tang Hetong asked them to find a way to establish a relationship with Scarface from Yuanda Casino.

Scarface is a nickname, named after the scar on his face.

This man is very fierce. He dares to kill and fight to the death. He is appreciated by the casino manager and is currently the deputy captain of the casino security team.

Scarface is very loyal and good at fighting and killing, but he is not particularly smart.

The two of them want to create an encounter, and it is an encounter in which they can help Scarface. Tang Hetong has already made arrangements for them, and let Scarface and his enemies intensify the conflict in advance.

He has spies on the enemy's side, who will reveal Scarface's whereabouts alone.

Given the enemy's temperament, he will definitely go and kill us.

What Liu Ming and Wang Wu need to do is to "accidentally" save Scarface. They are both people who came to Shanghai to find work. Although they are not gangsters, they at least have courage.

Finally, he was taken into the casino by Scarface.

Yan Ming had already arranged their identities. Liu Ming was a scholar before. He could read and do math and had worked as an accountant.

Wang Wu is a soldier.

He was from the warlord's team. That team had been defeated before and their number had been cancelled. The person Wang Wu impersonated was dead, but was declared missing to the outside world.

And their team was almost wiped out in the battle later, and there was no one I recognized.

This way, even if he is suspected, it will be difficult to find out that he is a fake.

But fake is fake, so they both have to be extremely careful and never arouse other people's suspicion.

Once you are suspected, you must evacuate immediately. Once you are suspected, you are not far from being exposed.

The soldiers were not afraid, for there had been many years of civil war in the country, and many of them had been dispersed or deserted.

Given Wang Wu’s current status, his hometown is very close to him, and if asked about the situation in his hometown, he can tell it clearly.

"Do you remember what to do?"

The plan was formulated by Tang Hetong, who will personally direct its implementation. For Liu Ming and Wang Wu, the most difficult thing is not saving people.

Instead, he rescued the person from the knife-wielding man without any weapons or tools, without revealing his true skills.

This is indeed difficult.

But the more this happens, the more Scarface will trust them. With their abilities, they will be able to get up quickly and really collect useful intelligence. In Chongqing, Boss Wang was lying on his bed at home, but unfortunately he couldn't fall asleep.

He has been trying hard these past few days to get the goods back, but when others knew that he wanted to ask Xu Laogui from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Dai Laoban from the Military Bureau of Investigation for the things, his former friends all stayed away from him.

He had borrowed a lot of money to give to Xu Qingshi before, and now others are asking him for money.

He wanted to go to Xu Qingshi to ask for it back. If that didn't work, he would run away with his family, even if it meant becoming a traitor to the Japanese.

After helping the boss behind the scenes for so many years, he knew that he would be murdered if he became useless.

He didn't want to wait to die.

Unfortunately, he didn't even get to see Xu Qingshi.

Xiao Liuzi, who had helped him before, has already told his family that he can no longer help him.

"What is the taste?"

Boss Wang's nose twitched and he smelled a strong smell of burnt food.

When he got out of bed and left the bedroom, he found a raging fire outside. An ordinary fire would never spread so quickly. It was obvious that someone had set the fire and wanted to kill his entire family.

"Mr. Liu, you are so vicious. You will not have a good death."

Boss Wang shouted in grief and anger that he knew who the arsonist was: it was his boss.

This means giving up on him and wanting to get rid of him.

Without thinking too much, he immediately returned to the bedroom. His wife had already woken up and was looking at him in panic.

"Leave quickly, just take the money, don't take anything else."

Seeing that his wife had woken up, Boss Wang ran outside again. His child was in another room.

The whole family was awake and they had to hold the clothes, with no time to put them on.

There was already a fire in the living room. They wrapped themselves in blankets, endured the thick smoke, and rushed to the door.

But no matter how hard they pulled, the door wouldn't open.

"Take the window."

Boss Wang understood that Liu was going to kill him, so he held the door outside and hurried back with his wife and children.

Hoping to climb out through the bedroom window.

"Pfft."

His wife suddenly fell down, coughing and wailing.

His wife couldn't bear it anymore because she inhaled too much smoke.

Before Boss Wang could help his wife up, the two children fell to the ground one after another. He was the last one. In the last moment before he lost consciousness, he only wanted to kill Liu.

But don’t think that people with the surname Liu will be better off just because he’s dead.

He knew the nature of what he was doing and had already made preparations.

The next day, Xiao Liuzi came to Xu Qingshi's office.

"Director, Boss Wang is dead. It was said that there was a fire in his house and his whole family was burned to death."

He was the one who helped Boss Wang with his matter, so he had to report this big matter to Xu Qingshi.

"Fire, hum."

Xu Qingshi raised his head. Boss Wang wanted his goods very urgently, but not to the point of wanting his life.

Besides, the fire was so strange that the whole family died together.

It was obvious that someone didn't want him to live.

He knew who was behind Boss Wang. After he did what Xu Qingyun taught him, he didn't care about it anymore. Even if Director Liu came in person to ask for the goods, he still wouldn't give it to him.

There is no need to refuse. As long as the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Military Bureau of Investigation agree, give it to him immediately.

The Central Bureau of Investigation and the Military Bureau of Investigation are fighting with each other. Even if they destroy this batch of goods, they will not let the other side take it away. This is Xu Qingyun's real purpose.

This batch of opium must be destroyed.

Xiao Liuzi didn't say anything, he just came to report.

"Don't worry about it, just do what you need to do."

Xu Qingshi said calmly that Boss Wang was just a small figure, and his boss's murder to silence witnesses had nothing to do with him.

Director Liu's rank is too high, so even if he wanted to handle the case, he would not be able to do so.

Just don't worry about anything.

"Yes, Director."

Xiao Liuzi left and after thinking for a while, Xu Qingshi gave up the idea of ​​sending a telegram to Xu Qingyun. This matter was not a big deal and there was no need to tell his brother.

He is already very busy in Shanghai, it's not worth it for him to be distracted by such a small matter.

Shanghai, morning.

Scarface got up, took his people, and drove out in the casino car.

His brother's mother was sick, but he just found out last night. He was in the casino that night and couldn't go out.

Went to check it out early this morning.

This brother died because he died saving him, leaving only his old mother who was physically disabled.

For two years, Scarface has been secretly taking care of his mother. From this point of view alone, he is indeed a good person and a loyal man.

But Scarface didn't dare let anyone know that he had many enemies and was afraid of bringing danger to the old man.

Especially now.

Shanghai was already in chaos. Originally, three tycoons dominated the situation, but now Zhang Wanlin is the only one in power.

But Zhang Wanlin defected to the Japanese and was looked down upon by many people. He did not have the ability or strength to unify the Shanghai underworld.

Not to mention outside, there are many people within the Qing Gang who do not obey him.

Zhang Wanlin's subordinates also had internal strife.

Scarface has dozens of wounds of varying sizes on his body, including two gunshot wounds, so he is usually more careful.

His trip this time was arranged by Tang Hetong.

The old lady was not in good health to begin with, so he asked his informant to exaggerate the situation and let Scarface know about it. Afterwards, Scarface would definitely pass away.

They can make arrangements in advance on the route that Scarface must take.

Liu Ming, Wang Wu is ready.

They cannot control Scarface's travel time, but Tang Hetong can monitor him secretly. Once he finds that Scarface goes out, he can calculate the time when he will be attacked.

Next, it depends on the performance of Liu Ming and Wang Wu and whether they can successfully complete the mission.

This is also the first test for them.

If the mission is not completed or done poorly, the next step will be either to be sent back to headquarters or to leave hiding and perform other missions.

In either case, their careers will come to an end, and there will be no possibility or opportunity for promotion in the future.

The Military Control Commission doesn’t want trash, and Xu Qingyun doesn’t want it either.

"be prepared."

Liu Ming looked at his pocket watch, an old pocket watch, which was the most valuable thing on him.

He worked as an accountant, so it's normal for him to have a watch.

"Don't worry, leave it to me."

Wang Wu nodded. His disguise as a soldier was slightly better, except for the marks of a gunshot wound on his shoulder.

He is a good shooter and was trained as a sharpshooter in a training class.

(End of this chapter)