The Spy

Chapter 46 Personal Investigation
Yan Ming looked at everyone curiously.

But before that, the captain relied on these people to capture five Japanese spies?

Japanese spies were not stupid, in fact they were very cunning, and without a strong leader, it would be impossible for ordinary police to catch five Japanese spies in a row.

If he keeps up with the captain's footsteps, his future will not be bad either.

"You guys go there in a bit. Try to question everyone this afternoon and tell them that anyone who dares to lie or conceal anything will be put in jail for life. Zuo Jinfang will come to report the results to me in the evening."

Xu Qingyun gave an order softly, and everyone stood up straight. It was still the most exciting to follow the captain. Now they didn't know what case they were investigating, but with such strict confidentiality, it must be a big case.

As expected of the captain, he had a big case to investigate right after arriving at the Military Intelligence Department.

"This is Yan Ming, my colleague in the Military Intelligence Department."

After arranging the tasks, Xu Qingyun introduced Yan Ming, and the others all looked at Yan Ming curiously.

"Brothers, we are all under the captain's command, and we will be a family from now on."

Yan Ming was quick-witted. Knowing that Xu Qingyun held a position in the police station, he immediately took cigarettes to distribute them, constantly saying good things about him, and praised everyone.

For example, Zheng Jiming was tall, so Yan Ming praised him for being mighty and powerful, and called him the most powerful military commander of the time.

Zheng Jiming grinned from ear to ear. Wu Song was his idol since he was a child. He was a policeman, and Zheng Jiming's description of him as Wu Dutou really touched his heart.

After the circle of cigarettes was over, everyone, whether they smoked or not, became familiar with Yan Ming and called him brother.

Xu Qingyun saw it but said nothing.

Yan Ming's communication skills are unparalleled, even he can't compare to him. No wonder he had a good impression of Yan Ming as soon as he arrived at Tianjin Station.

"Go to work, and remember, confidentiality is the most important thing."

Before they finished talking, Xu Qingyun waved his hand and left with Yan Ming.

Let them continue chatting and don't have to do anything in the afternoon. Yan Ming can keep coaxing them and never repeat himself.

Xie Yongshan found out the identity of the last person in the photo, and immediately followed Xu Qingyun's instructions and led his men to check all sewers, centered on the British and American Concessions, to see if there were similar blockages.

Xu Qingyun rushed to the fifth house and was disappointed again.

Before five o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Qingyun left the last house.

The result was as expected. Since the Japanese spy was so cautious, he would not leave any loopholes at the signal point. None of the footprints of the eight people he selected from the photos matched.

Yan Ming failed to take a picture of the Japanese spy.

"Stationmaster, teacher."

After returning to Tianjin Station, Xu Qingyun took the initiative to report the results of the investigation. The two had been waiting. They did not ask any questions actively, but they were very concerned about the case.

"Both clues are broken?"

After listening to Xu Qingyun, Wu Shaoshu frowned. Xu Qingyun had mentioned two plans before, and he agreed with them very much. He was originally quite optimistic and had great confidence that Xu Qingyun would track down the Japanese spy.

Unexpectedly, in just two days, all the clues were lost.

"Qingyun, do you have any other ideas?"

Xu Zhanjie is not Wu Shaoshu. Wu Shaoshu is too concerned and confused. After all, the case belongs to Tianjin Station and is being watched by the director.

He noticed that Xu Qingyun did not look too depressed, so he took the initiative to ask.

Xu Qingyun nodded and said, "Teacher, today I carefully analyzed the nature of the Japanese spies and came up with three new directions for investigation."

"How many?" Xu Zhanjie asked in surprise. Wu Shaoshu was also dumbfounded. Two clues were broken, and there were three again?

He recalled carefully and couldn't help shaking his head. He couldn't think of any clues that could allow them to continue the investigation after the photos and footprints could not be found.

"Three..."

Xu Qingyun explained the approach he had previously thought of. Xu Zhanjie and Wu Shaoshu were a little confused at first, and then their eyes widened, with shock on their faces not concealed at all.

Xu Qingyun was right. These three points can indeed serve as investigation directions.

Xu Zhanjie even wanted to open the student's head to see what was inside. The previous clues were gone, and now there were three more. If he couldn't find out the answers to these three, how could he come up with five more?

As the head of the intelligence department, he knew very well that Xu Qingyun's three investigation directions were not random guesses, but all made sense and could be investigated.

"I asked my old colleagues in the police department to check the handwriting. They are absolutely reliable. Apart from the shops, only the headquarters and the squadron have my signature. No outsiders have been to our squadron. The most likely place is in these shops."

"Team Leader Xie has gone to check the sewers, but they are small in number, so it might take a few days."

They were indeed short of manpower at the moment. Even with Zuo Jinfang and others from the police station, there were only about thirty people in total.

The main reason is that it is impossible to confirm whether there are any traitors in the site. If everyone is mobilized rashly, it may cause information leakage and bring greater losses.

"Stationmaster Wu, they are busy, and we can't sit idle either. How about this? Let's use the people I brought with me and your reliable subordinates to check all the people and families in the station to see if anyone has any abnormalities."

Xu Zhanjie suddenly said to Wu Shaoshu that the shortage of staff was a problem. Wu Shaoshu was transferred from another place and had only been there for a short time. Even he himself was not sure whether there were any traitors in the station.

This problem must be solved, and quickly.

After hesitating for a moment, Wu Shaoshu nodded gently: "Okay, let's do it this way. We can't help Qingyun and the others, so we can do something inside the station."

Wu Shaoshu agreed. It was not his responsibility if there was a traitor in the station, but if he refused, the station would not forgive him if the traitor was found later.

After all, Xu Zhanjie is the head of the intelligence department and is very experienced, so it would be better to have his help.

The most important point is that with Xu Zhanjie's help, if anything goes wrong in the future, the responsibility will not be entirely on him.

"Qingyun, where is the third line?"

After talking about what happened inside the station, Xu Zhanjie asked again. He offered to help investigate inside Tianjin Station, a decision he made after careful consideration.

If there is a traitor in Tianjin Station, it will be extremely detrimental to Xu Qingyun's work.

He is very optimistic about this student. As a teacher, since he is around, he must provide the student with a safe working environment without any hazard.

Even if he failed to find out the hidden traitor, Wu Shaoshu would have to bear the brunt of the future with him.

Anyway, he has already made a contribution, and in the end Wu Shaoshu must be more responsible.

"The third one is about the scavenging part. The Japanese spy wouldn't use this identity only once, so I plan to investigate it myself to see if I can find any suspects."

The reason why Xu Qingyun concluded that the Japanese spy used the identity of a scavenger was because of that cart.

The wheel marks of the cart were very simple. They were wooden wheels without even a layer of rubber. When he was tracking them down, he found some garbage and debris that had fallen off the cart, which had a very strong smell.

Mina Takamoto has released intelligence more than a dozen times in the past few years. Xu Qingyun judged that he used a similar identity to obtain intelligence every time, and he attached great importance to this clue.

Another point is that if others go, they must ask about the situation.

He is different? No need to talk, just look at the footprints. There won't be too many people like him in Tianjin. Besides, they have different areas, focusing on finding people active in the British Concession. As long as the footprints match, it doesn't matter how deep the other party hides.

The Japanese spy didn't know that he could read footprints, which was his biggest advantage at the moment.

(End of this chapter)