Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 122 Zhao Yiyue, the God-like Man

What was his purpose in deliberately stirring up trouble? Was he trying to get Old Zhao to come back and report, and then see how he would react?
The focus of the Party Affairs Investigation Department should be investigating the Red Party. It's because Lao Mao Zhao Shiyu's behavior is too much like that of the Red Party. In Sorge's words, he is a standard agent with too strong an organizational imprint.

"Old Zhao, I've basically figured it out! Your actions are too formulaic, and your organizational imprint is too strong, just like how you pay great attention to organizational discipline. Zhao Yiyue should be a member of the Party Affairs Investigation Department!"

“He already suspects you’re a member of the Communist Party. Chen Lanfeng might have already been tortured by now. Luckily, you didn’t say much to him.”

After Chen Jiehua finished speaking with Lao Zhao, he felt as if he had missed something. There was a special point that should be very important, and he almost remembered it, but he couldn't quite grasp it!
Many days have passed since the plaintext telegram incident. If it was Zhao Yiyue outside, then so many days should have been enough for him to investigate a lot of information. That is to say, the information that he likes to use Lu Shi's classmates should have been passed on to him as well!
Sending Zhao Shiyu to find Chen Lanfeng also fits this information perfectly.

Lu Shi! Chen Jiehua finally remembered! Back in Lu Shi, the system forbade me from killing Zhao Yiyue to silence him! What does this mean? It means Zhao Yiyue must be a useful person, or at least one of our own! If he were a staunch member of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Zhongtong), the system would have had no reason to let me keep him alive!
So that's it! We've found that key detail. Based on this reasoning, Zhao Yiyue is most likely a member of the organization, and he's also infiltrated the Party Investigation Department.

He discovered Zhao Shiyu, whose actions were too formulaic, yet he was working for the Japanese. To put it bluntly, there were too many illogical aspects to his actions, and he wanted to help the organization figure it out.

How can we lure him out and verify this? We can also use Zhao Yiyue's words to talk about Zhao Shiyu, gradually diminishing the formulaic traces on his persona, otherwise Old Cat Zhao Shiyu will be exposed sooner or later.

If Zhao Yiyue is part of the organization, then he should act methodically and wouldn't suddenly kill someone. I could take a gamble and lure him to Jessfield Road? No, I need to think this through more carefully.

Zhao Shiyu watched Chen Jiehua pondering and talking to himself, but didn't dare to disturb him. When he heard "take it in stride," he asked, "What matter needs to be taken into consideration?"

"I want to lure the person outside out to confirm if it really is Zhao Yiyue. I suspect his identity might be more than he seems, and I want to verify that. But there's no safe house right now, so it's inconvenient to lure him home."

“You can go to No. 23 Hehefang, Xiafei Road. I rented that house under a pseudonym, and it has been empty ever since.”

“That works. Do you have the key with you? Give it to me first, and I’ll try to lead him there. It’s a bit far, and I’m afraid he’ll lose him. I’ll drive there slowly, and you can follow a few minutes behind and call a rickshaw.”

Chen Jiehua and Zhao Shiyu walked one after the other, one in a car and the other in a rickshaw. If the car couldn't keep up, surely the rickshaw could catch up?
After arriving at Hehefang on Xiafei Road, Chen Jiehua parked his car in a conspicuous spot on the side of the road, quickly got out, and went to check the terrain at No. 23. He looked around the surrounding area before opening the door and entering No. 23.

This used to be the Fan residence, and the incident of eliminating the traitor Bai Xin was only recently over. It would be better to be cautious when returning here.

After confirming that there were no problems with No. 23, Chen Jiehua closed the door slightly and went out to lie in ambush near the archway.

A short while later, a rickshaw stopped at the main gate of Hehefang. Zhao Shiyu got out and went through the gate. Chen Jiehua appeared, and Zhao Shiyu nodded when he saw him.

He actually caught up with us.

However, after a while, a rickshaw carrying passengers passed by the gate of Hehefang, only pausing briefly. It didn't stop, but continued forward and disappeared at the end of the road.

The expert who resembled Zhao Yiyue followed, but didn't enter Hehefang! Why? Did he realize it was a trap? Or was he just being cautious and planning to wait until late at night to investigate?
Chen Jiehua waited by the wall in the dark for half an hour but no one came. He couldn't figure out what went wrong, so he quietly returned to No. 23, pushed open the door, and was greeted by a pistol!
"Hands up, don't move!"

Holy crap! Isn't Zhao Yiyue being a bit too strong? In less than half an hour, he actually came in through another door, found number 23, and already took care of Old Cat.

But why didn't his body give him a warning? Was it because there was no danger? That was the only explanation. Chen Jiehua became even more convinced of his judgment.

To avoid provoking Zhao Yiyue, Chen Jiehua raised his hands, closed his eyes, and listened to the breathing in the darkness. There were only two people; Old Cat Zhao Shiyu was indeed tied up, and his mouth was clearly gagged. Zhao Yiyue closed the door first and locked it, but he couldn't find a pistol on Chen Jiehua, which he found strange. "Where's your gun? You're ambushing me without a gun? Are you playing house?"

"Old classmate, it's been many years. Your skills have improved a lot." Chen Jiehua didn't respond to Zhao Yiyue's words, but instead started a new topic in Chinese.

"Stop talking nonsense, where did you hide your gun?"

"Would you believe me if I said I didn't bring a gun at all?"

Zhao Yiyue didn't believe it, so he searched Chen Jiehua's entire body again, but still couldn't find the gun. He had no choice but to believe it, holding the gun in one hand and turning on the light with the other.

Chen Jiehua opened her eyes. Zhao Yiyue was still the same Zhao Yiyue, dressed in a smart outfit, almost unchanged, except for a slight look of vicissitude on his face.

Knowing Aoki Seigen's fighting prowess, Zhao Yiyue kept his pistol at the ready to keep his distance from Chen Jiehua in case Aoki suddenly attacked.

"Chen Jiehua, have you gone home to visit us all these years?" (Yixing dialect, probing, asking Chen Jiehua why he hasn't come home to visit for so many years)
Chen Jiehua couldn't understand Yixing dialect, and knowing that he was still testing her, she didn't respond.

"I'll go over there, I'll sit down, and we old classmates can chat, okay?"

"Okay, but don't try anything funny!" Having failed in his test, Zhao Yiyue stopped pressing the issue.

"Don't worry, if I try anything funny, Lao Zhao will be in danger. Although Lao Zhao is a bit silly, I still can't bear to see him suffer. Lao Zhao, you see, I told you that the reason you saw Zhao Yiyue that day was because he wanted you to see him."

Chen Jiehua's second half of the sentence was addressed to Old Cat Zhao Shiyu.

"Zhao Yiyue, could you take the rag out of his mouth? He looks so pitiful. There are only the three of us here, and no outsiders. He is, after all, your junior."

"Ptooey, ptooey, ptooey! I'm suffocating!"

"How about it, Lao Zhao, do you see the difference? You both graduated from the Army Academy, and you're even from the same family."

"Aoki Seigen! I'm in charge here now. Don't act like the master! This isn't your Great Japanese Empire, this isn't the Rikushi!"

"Alright, what do you want to ask?"

Why did you send Zhao Shiyu to find Chen Lanfeng?

"Your question, well, it's a bit basic. I think, with your level of expertise, you should have already figured it out. I prefer to hire classmates, especially graduates from the Army Academy of Sciences, and Chen Lanfeng fits that criterion."

(End of this chapter)