Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 147 Rescue of Zhao Yiyue in Jinling

After giving Obata Kazuki and Aotoji a dressing down, Chen Jiehua left the pharmacy and checked into a hotel opposite the Dingjiaqiao Fruit Party Affairs Investigation Office.

At nine o'clock at night, Qing Teng San came to report for duty.

"Teng San, have you found Zhao Yiyue's address?"

"Reporting to Master, Teng San has found the person you mentioned, but yesterday the Kuomintang arrested two members of the Communist Party. One of them should have confessed that there is a mole within the Investigation Department. None of the members of their First Action Team have come out yet, and it has been a day and a night. It is speculated that they are conducting an internal investigation."

"You mean Zhao Yiyue is one of the members of the First Action Team?"

"Zhao Yiyue is the team leader."

"This is a bit tricky. The talents trained by the Imperial Army Academy are not meant to be used like this!"

"Keep investigating, and let me know as soon as you have any new information."

"Yes! Master!"

At 9:40, after Qing Tengsan left, Chen Jiehua and the others quietly went to the hotel rooftop when no one was in the corridor and took out binoculars to observe the movements of the Party's mediation office.

It was already late at night, but the four-story building of the Party Mediation Office and the adjacent annex were all brightly lit. They were really dedicated. The overall layout of the compound was very similar to that of the Kwantung Army Headquarters at that time. Surely it couldn't have been designed by the same designer?

Following this line of thought, the adjacent annex should be the interrogation department. Was Zhao Yiyue the interrogator or the interrogated? This question needs to be clarified first.

In Nanjing, apart from a few spies I had planted, I really didn't know anyone else. I figured I had nothing else to do, so I might as well go out and see the bustling streets of Nanjing. Sigh, 1937, could I stop Nanjing from falling into 1937?
Chen Jiehua had just stepped out of the hotel when he was grabbed from behind. He didn't feel any danger and didn't pay much attention. However, as soon as he reached the Dingjiaqiao Bridge, he was pinned down by two secret agents.

"take away!"

Is it illegal to come out to see the night view?

"Your behavior is suspicious. Come back with us for questioning, and we'll talk later. Stop talking nonsense."

Am I being suspicious just for going out for a stroll? Nanjing is really different from Shanghai. Looking around again, there were indeed hardly any pedestrians.

Nine times out of ten, it's the Party Affairs Investigation Department. Going in with you is fine; we can see what's going on inside.

Sure enough, Chen Jiehua was taken to the compound of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and entered the annex building.

Once inside the interrogation room, Chen Jiehua pretended to be very curious, craning his neck to look around.

"Stop looking around! Hey, you really don't know where you are? And you're still looking around!"

"Brother Yao, did we arrest the wrong person again? Mission is mission, but if we arrest the wrong person, we'll get scolded."

"No mistake, someone who's out shopping in the middle of the night instead of sleeping is either meeting someone or scouting the area; nine times out of ten, they're Communists."

Got it. Who the hell taught you this?
"Who taught you this theory? I can't sleep when I arrive in a new place, so I go out for a walk to make contact and scout out the area?"

"Stop talking nonsense, you'll behave once you're tortured."

"Alright then, have your section chief Xu Enzeng come see me." Chen Jiehua saw Zhao Yiyue in the interrogation room, tied to an interrogation chair. Judging from his condition, he hadn't been subjected to any major torture yet, but he estimated that he couldn't maintain this state for long. With a traitor present, any further resistance would be futile. He would have to resort to unconventional methods to rescue him.

I'm not pretending anymore, I'm laying my cards on the table, I'm going to ask you for the people directly!

"What did you say? Say it again!" The junior agent stopped in his tracks, bewildered by Chen Jiehua's words, thinking he hadn't heard clearly. "I said to have your section chief Xu Enzeng come to see me, or Director Chen Lifu will do."

"You've got quite the nerve, calling Director Chen and Section Chief Xu by their names!"

"They're upstairs over there? Why don't you go and report it? Just say that Mr. Aoki from Shanghai is in the interrogation room. He won't harm you. If you don't report it and he tortures me, I'm afraid your Director Chen won't be able to handle the situation."

The two junior agents were quite unsettled. This man was so calm, and he mentioned Director Xu and Director Chen's names right off the bat. Could he really be a big shot? "How about I go and report it? If we make a mistake, we'll just get a few more scoldings. But if we don't report it, and something happens, we brothers are finished."

“That makes sense. Go ahead, I’ll wait for you here.” The two junior agents saw that Chen Jiehua didn’t seem to be trying to run away, and hadn’t struggled at all the way here, so they decided to be careful.

One went to report to Xu Enzeng, while the other led Chen Jiehua back along the corridor they had come from. Chen Jiehua stopped at the door of the interrogation room where Zhao Yiyue was being held, and sighed, "Sigh, I, Qingmu Qingxuan, actually have a day when I visit an interrogation room from the Republican era."

Soon, before the end of the workday, Xu Enzeng, who had been pretending to be serious in the office, jogged over to follow the junior agent who had gone to report! In Nanjing at the end of May, even at night it was still cool, and Director Xu was covered in sweat, which was quite a hardship for him.

"Oh dear, it really is General Aoki! These brats are blind!"

"Director Xu, it's been a while since we parted ways in Shanghai! But the place we're meeting here is a bit unusual, hahaha~"

Xu Enzeng stepped forward and personally untied Chen Jiehua's ropes, even kicking the little spy in the process, "You clueless idiot, hurry up and apologize to General Aoki!"

"Director Xu, there's no need to make things difficult for these two young men. It's all work. Aoki is new to Jinling and doesn't know the local customs. He's been impolite."

"There are no rules, they're just messing around!"

"Aoki Seigen! Aoki-kun, save me!"

"Huh? Someone inside is calling me? Wait, there's someone in here who knows me?"

"Go check it out quickly!" Xu Enzeng urged the junior agent to hurry up and check the interrogation room where Zhao Yiyue was being held.

"Come on, since we're already here, let's go take a look."

The door opened, and Zhao Yiyue was tied to an electric chair. He seemed to be in good condition. There were too many people in the first group, and he was the team leader, checking everyone in turn. It wasn't his turn yet.

"Yo-ho! Zhao Yiyue, Zhao Jun! Haha, long time no see! It's been five years since we last met at school!"

"Aoki Seigen, at least you still remember me."

"But this meeting place is really peculiar!"

"Director Xu, this..."

Zhao Yiyue was a veteran of the Party Investigation Department, and his identity had long been verified. He graduated from the Japanese Army Academy in 15, but no one expected that he would be classmates with Major General Aoki in front of him! It seems that Zhao Yiyue is about to rise to prominence!

Xu Enzeng was pondering how to handle the situation when Aoki Qiao turned around and asked, "Then let's be good people. At least we'll have a connection with the Japanese in the future." "General Aoki, Zhao Yiyue is the captain of our party's investigation team. Unfortunately, some members of the Red Party have confessed that there are Red Party members lurking within our team, so we are investigating them one by one."

"Captain Zhao and General Aoki are classmates of Lu Shi? Then they're definitely not from the Red Party! Hurry up and untie Captain Zhao!"

"Wow! What a strange experience today! I saw my old friend Director Xu and my old classmate Zhao Jun in your interrogation room!"

Xu Enzeng was very pleased to hear this. This was a major general! The fleet commander-in-chief! He personally called me an "old friend"!
(End of this chapter)