Chapter 111: Personally out of the horse
After listening to Zhang Jianghe's account, Luo Bingkun's interest in Tang Cheng was obviously greater than that of the investigation team. "I watched this kid grow up, he was really good, and when he was in Nanjing last year, he organized an independent department of the same nature. There are only about 30 people under him, and I can be promoted from a small operation captain to the position of acting station manager of the sub-station in one year, which is inseparable from his cooperation. When Tang Cheng was mentioned, Zhang Jianghe's eyes were a little more bright.
"When I was in Nanjing, I cooperated with that kid, and within three months, I successively cracked a number of Japanese spy teams lurking in Nanjing, and repeatedly seized the radio and code books distributed by the Japanese spy team. All in all, that kid has his own unique set of searching for Japanese spies. If it weren't for his mother's reluctance, maybe I would have brought him with me, but looking at what he did now, it might not be a good thing not to join the intelligence department. ”
When Zhang Jianghe spoke, Luo Bingkun had been silently paying attention to Zhang Jianghe's expression, and from Zhang Jianghe's tone and expression, Luo Bingkun could see that Zhang Jianghe really valued this young man named Tang Cheng. "Professor, I don't know if it's right to say this, you said that his father is also our own person, so is it possible for us to pull Tang Cheng into our organization?" Luo Bingkun's words made Zhang Jianghe stunned, yes, why hadn't he thought about this earlier?
Tang Cheng's deceased father, Tang Qishan, was originally a member of the organization, if he hadn't died in an operation to capture Japanese spies, maybe Tang Cheng, who had outstanding ability, would have been pulled to his side. Tang Cheng's mother just said that she didn't want Tang Cheng to enter the intelligence department, but she didn't say that she wouldn't let Tang Cheng's son inherit his father's business and join the underground party organization, after all, Tang Cheng's mother knew some things about Tang Cheng's father.
Luo Bingkun's words gave Zhang Jianghe a lot of inspiration, if he could pull Tang Cheng to his side, with the assistance of the investigation team, maybe the living space of the underground party in Chongqing would be guaranteed. Zhang Jianghe just wanted to provide help to the underground party in Chongqing, but he neglected that Tang Cheng was a young man with a lot of personality, and when he was in Nanjing, Tang Cheng had already refused Xu Huanshan's solicitation and lobbying. A quarter of an hour later, Zhang Jianghe left Luo Ji and returned home, he thought he was acting strictly, but he didn't know his whereabouts in and out of Luo Ji, and he had already been seen by others.
"Luo Kee Tavern? Are you sure Zhang Jianghe went to Luo Ji Tavern twice in a row last night? The person who appeared in front of Tang Cheng was Ma Ye's eldest apprentice Zhou Chuang, and after Ma Ye went to Zhejiang with a few old friends, Zhou Chuang was arranged to stay in Chongqing to protect Tang Cheng's family. The last time Ma Kuisong followed Bai Zhanshan to break into Tang's house, Zhou Chuang felt guilty, although Tang Cheng didn't blame him for this, but Zhou Chuang strengthened his control over this street afterwards.
Zhang Jianghe's home is also on this street, but whenever there are new faces entering and leaving this street, Zhou Chuang will arrange for people to monitor them, not to mention that Zhang Jianghe is still a person specially explained by Tang Cheng. Zhang Jianghe thought he was doing things secretly last night, but he didn't know that he was following people all the time, and confirmed that Zhang Jianghe had some kind of connection with Luo Ji Tavern, so Zhou Chuang came to Tang Cheng early in the morning. "Luo Ji Tavern is across the street from us, although it has only been open for a week, but many people around have been to Luo Ji."
In Zhou Chuang's sentence, Tang Cheng is only really interested in the second paragraph, Zhang Jianghe consciously understands Tang Cheng, but he doesn't know that Tang Cheng also understands Zhang Jianghe's temperament. According to Tang Cheng's understanding of Zhang Jianghe, Zhang Jianghe definitely has no habit of drinking two cups after dinner, and since Zhang Jianghe is missing an arm, he doesn't like to appear in public. Luo Ji is not a big restaurant, and almost all of the people who haunt Luo Ji are peddlers and pawns, and Zhang Jianghe will not go to this kind of place.
But Zhang Jianghe not only went out after dinner last night, but also appeared in Luo Ji twice in a row, which is very revealing. After Tang Cheng groaned slightly, he turned to Zhou Chuang and whispered, "Brother Zhou, you know what happened last night. This Luo Ji Tavern, there is no need to send someone to keep an eye on it in the future, and I will arrange someone else to do this. Tang Cheng asked Zhou Chuang to stop monitoring Luo Ji, not because he didn't believe Zhou Chuang, but because he was worried that this Luo Ji was related to the Chongqing Underground Party, but Zhou Chuang's monitoring of Luo Ji would cause unnecessary trouble to the Chongqing Underground Party.
Zhou Chuang didn't ask Tang Cheng why he made such an arrangement, but just nodded and agreed, Tang Cheng then opened the drawer, took out two gold bars from the secret compartment of the drawer and handed them to Zhou Chuang. "Brother Zhou, don't get me wrong, this money will be available every month in the future. Ma Ye handed you over to me, and I will be responsible for your food, clothing, housing and transportation, and the income from the shop is your living expenses, and these money are the remuneration you deserve for doing things for me. As if knowing that Zhou Chuang would refuse these two gold bars, Tang Cheng was very resolute.
Zhou Chuang couldn't resist the insistence of the Tang Dynasty, so he had no choice but to accept the two gold bars, although he was impatient, but the gold bars still made Zhou Chuang's heart jump a little. The fleeting slight change in Zhou Chuang's eyes did not escape Tang Cheng's observation, but Tang Cheng didn't care about it, even if Zhou Chuang had a greed for money in his heart, disciplining Zhou Chuang was also a matter for Master Ma.
After sending Zhou Chuang away, Tang Cheng explained what he was going to do today to Zhao Dashan and the others, then changed his clothes and left the safe house alone. An hour later, Tang Cheng, dressed in a short shirt, appeared near the Luo Ji Tavern. "Brother, it's all done, our family also has two shops on this street, and the attic of the rice noodle shop has been cleaned out, which can come in handy at any time." It was Heizi who spoke, and Tang Cheng specially called him to help.
Heizi didn't like to pretend to be a guy in a small restaurant, and he had long been clamoring to come to help Tang Cheng, and when he received a call from Tang Cheng early in the morning, he immediately followed Tang Cheng's explanation and found a suitable place for monitoring near Luo Ji. The attic that Kuroko is looking for is condescending, standing here as long as you open the window, you can see the Luo Ji Tavern diagonally opposite, after seeing the environment on the spot, Tang Cheng is very satisfied with this place.
"Brother, you want this place, are you going to act again?" Kuroko came to Tang Cheng's side with a hippie smile, with a faint sense of caution and longing in his eyes. Tang Cheng didn't even need to turn his head to look at Kuroko, just from Kuroko's tone, he already knew that Kuroko was moving again to help him catch Japanese spies. But the people in the Luo Ji Tavern were not Japanese spies, and Tang Cheng, who was worried about the leakage of the news, didn't even dare to use the old policemen under him, so how could he ask Kuroko to participate in it.
Stretched out his hand and knocked on the sunspot, and when the sunspot reached out and rubbed his head, Tang Cheng turned around and smiled. "You kid, don't think about those useless things, this time there is some trouble, and I have other things for you to do." Tang Cheng knew that Heizi, like Tang Hu, was also a guy who liked to admit death, and if he refused directly, it was likely to trigger Kuroko's rebellious psychology, so he rolled his eyes and came up with a solution.
"Do you remember the last time you came to the house, surnamed Ma?" As Tang Cheng spoke, he took out a Browning pistol and two magazines from his pocket and handed them to Kuroko. "Mom will go to church today, Huzi is a muscular bag, if the surname Ma does something, I'm afraid that Huzi won't be able to take care of it at all. When you were in Nanjing, you practiced guns with me, and this one is for you, and you have to make sure to protect your mother. ”
As early as when he was in Nanjing, Tang Cheng took Tang Hu and Heizi to the shooting range of the headquarters of the Intelligence Department to practice guns, unlike Tang Hu's muscular guy, Heizi looked weak, but his marksmanship was very good. It's just that Tang Cheng has been pressing Kuroko, but now he suddenly gave him a pistol, and Kuroko only cared about being happy, but forgot that Tang Cheng had taught him that he must be cautious when using a gun.
Just as Heizi pulled the bolt to load it, Tang Cheng stretched out his hand to stop the other party, "Do you remember what I told you when I was in Nanjing?" Be cautious when using a gun. You have to remember that this is Chongqing, and if it's in Nanjing, someone will help deal with it. I don't say this to detain you, I want you to know that if someone is not good for our family, you can just shoot, even if this is Chongqing, I can protect you and the rest of the family. ”
The first half of Tang Cheng's words made Heizi secretly a little depressed, he didn't expect that he had gotten **, but he still had to abide by so many rules. However, the second half of Tang Cheng's words made Kuroko excited, "Brother, I know, don't worry, I won't provoke right and wrong for no reason." But if someone bullies our family, then I will use this pistol to let them know that our Tang family is not easy to mess with. ”
Looking at the sunspot who had just reached his shoulder, holding a pistol in his hand and posing with a majestic appearance, Tang Cheng was very relieved in his heart, and secretly said that there was finally someone in the family who could help him. Kuroko then left, but Tang Cheng remained alone in the attic, and through the gap in the window, the Luo Ji Tavern across the street was clearly visible. Tang Cheng had never been sure that the Luo Ji Tavern was a secret contact point used by the Chongqing underground party to contact Zhang Jianghe, and in his speculation, it was likely that there was another possibility that this Luo Ji Tavern was a surveillance point set up here by Zhang Jianghe in the name of Chongqing Station.
According to Zhang Jianghe's other identity, this possibility is not very likely, but the various circumstances after coming to Chongqing made Tang Cheng's temperament more and more calm. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes and had an exact identification, Tang Cheng would never have come to a conclusion. Just like the Luo Ji Tavern in front of him, if Tang Cheng couldn't personally identify this as a stronghold of the Chongqing underground party, he would not give up monitoring the Luo Ji Tavern.