That afternoon, Han Zhirong did not go to work, but went out again, walking a few blocks all the way into the central city.

This time he was more cautious, and made several anti-tracking actions along the way, if it weren't for the fact that Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun were both experienced veterans, and they cooperated with each other very tacitly, and they tracked alternately, they would almost lose someone.

This situation made Xu Chengyan a little excited, Han Zhirong's whereabouts are so mysterious today, there must be something going on next.

"In front of it is the Zhuangyuan Bridge, and then there is Wenying Lake, where many Japanese expatriates live, what is Han Zhirong doing here?"

Looking at Han Zhirong's back, Ji Yun couldn't help but be a little puzzled, they had studied the topographic drawings in Taiyuan City before, and they had memorized the general terrain, which was also the basic common sense of their intelligence work.

The area around Wenying Lake has beautiful scenery and good environment, and has always been a Japanese expatriate area.

Xu Chengyan looked left and right, and his footsteps slowed down: "After crossing this road, there is Xinmin Park in front, where Japanese people gather, and the inventory is also very strict, we must be careful." ”

The two of them pulled the distance away again and continued to move forward, at this time there were many pedestrians on the street, they were mixed in the crowd, and watched from a distance as Han Zhirong came to a street corner, turned a corner and disappeared.

Xu Chengyan was not in a hurry, he estimated that this was another anti-tracking action by the other party, so he stopped his footsteps and turned to the side of the street.

Suddenly, a Japanese patrol officer with a baton appeared in Xu Chengyan's sight and was looking at him with scrutinizing eyes.

Because this is a Japanese expatriate area, most of the people in charge of law and order are Japanese police, and when they see unfamiliar faces, they will come forward and ask questions.

Xu Chengyan was silent on the surface and was about to leave, but the Japanese patrol officer walked over to Xu Chengyan quickly and pointed at Xu Chengyan with the baton in his hand.

Xu Chengyan had no choice but to pause, stopped, his body was straight, he bowed slightly to the Japanese patrolman, and said in Japanese first: "Kong Niqiwa (hello)!" ”

This is the standard etiquette for Japanese people to meet each other, and the patrol officer is a little reflexive, but he also nods and responds: "Kunikiwa (hello)!" ”

Xu Chengyan then smiled slightly, and said again in fluent Japanese: "It's hard work, what do you have to say!" ”

Xu Chengyan's Japanese is excellent, and he can speak the standard Japanese Kansai accent, which is the foundation laid when he was at home.

In the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, there were many eunuchs and children of wealthy families in China who would go to Europe, the United States and Japan to study, which was a very fashionable trend.

In Japan, because of the low tuition fees and close distance, especially in terms of language, because Chinese and Japanese have a lot in common, it is easier to learn than European and American languages, so Japan has always been the first choice for Chinese students.

In the current Kuomintang government, many high-ranking officials and dignitaries are students studying in Japan, and even the Kuomintang leader himself has studied military affairs in Japan.

This situation is also the same in Shanxi, the former chairman of Shanxi Province also studied in Japan, and joined the League in Japan, became one of the early members of the Kuomintang, and since then he has risen to prominence, and finally served as the chairman of Shanxi Province, controlling the military and political power of Shanxi for more than 30 years, which can be described as a hegemonic party.

Therefore, in Shanxi, many wealthy families intend to let their children study in Japan, and Xu Chengyan's father intended to send Xu Chengyan to study in Japan before, so he hired a Japanese teacher for him at home to teach him to learn Japanese.

However, because of the outbreak of the 918 Incident in the three northeastern provinces, Sino-Japanese relations were at odds, and a large number of Chinese students in Japan returned to China, and the matter was shelved, but Xu's father hoped that his son would become a Chan, and sent Xu Chengyan to study at Shanghai University.

During his school years, Xu Chengyan got along very well with a Japanese professor, during which his Japanese level became more and more sophisticated, especially his oral English was extremely fluent.

So now when he opened his mouth, the Japanese patrol officer on the other side didn't hear the voice at all, and mistakenly thought that Jiang Bowen was a Japanese expatriate, so he also nodded and smiled: "Ah, there's nothing to do, it's just that Mr. is a little raw, so I bother, please don't mind." ”

After speaking, he didn't ask any more deeply, and signaled Xu Chengyan to leave on his own.

Xu Chengyan nodded with a smile, turned around and walked forward again, and at this time, he saw Han Zhirong, who had just turned the corner of the street and disappeared, reappeared again and walked back.

Xu Chengyan didn't stop, continued to move forward, passed by Han Zhirong on the street, and when he turned around again, he saw Han Zhirong's figure disappearing, Ji Yun's figure reappeared, and followed Han Zhirong to follow.

Han Zhirong turned the corner of the street, entered a street, and quickly stopped at the gate of a compound, looked left and right, and then stepped forward and knocked on the courtyard door, and after a short time, the courtyard door opened, revealing the face of a young man.

Seeing that it was Han Zhirong, the young man nodded slightly, turned sideways, Han Zhirong flashed in, and the courtyard door was then closed.

And all this was seen by Xu Chengyan and the others, they hesitated, the situation here was unclear, and they couldn't approach rashly, so they bought a newspaper at a nearby bookstall and found a suitable location from a distance, just enough to see the door of this compound, and then continued to wait.

The area of this house is very large, and the courtyard is a main building on the second floor, Han Zhirong followed the young man into the house, walked through the front hall on the first floor, walked up the stairs, and came to the main living room on the second floor, the young man stretched out his hand and said, "Team leader Yoshioka will be here soon, please wait." ”

When Han Zhirong heard this, he hurriedly bowed his head, nodded and agreed: "Okay, okay, I'll wait here." ”

The man didn't pay any attention to Han Zhirong, but came to the window, stood on the side and looked out for a moment, this is the second floor, condescending, and can see the situation on the street outside very clearly.

Han Zhirong had just sat down on the sofa, and when he saw the young man's movements, he quickly got up and explained, "Please rest assured, I am very careful on the way here." ”

The young man also heard that he did not answer, but continued to observe, and indeed found nothing unusual, so he nodded to Han Zhirong and turned around and walked out of the living room.

Seeing the young man leaving, Han Zhirong also breathed a sigh of relief, there was no one around, and his expression relaxed a lot.

More than ten minutes passed quickly, Han Zhirong couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, he raised his hand and looked at his watch, at this moment, he heard the sound of footsteps outside, the door was pushed open, and two men in suits walked in one after the other.

"Mr. Yoshioka!" Han Zhirong was stunned, and quickly got up and saluted.

The person at the head is none other than Masao Yoshioka, but at this time he has changed into civilian clothes.

The man behind him looked much younger, but his face was wooden and expressionless, especially his tall figure, very strong body, the suit on his upper body was stretched tightly because of the overdeveloped muscles, as if it would burst at any time, this was Yoshioka Masao's bodyguard.

When Yoshioka Masao saw Han Zhirong, he smiled, raised his hand to stop his movements, and said with a pleasant face: "Han San, please feel free, I said a long time ago, we are friends, don't be too restrained." ”

Although Yoshioka Masao deliberately showed kindness and kindness, Han Zhirong was really afraid of Yoshioka Masao and did not dare to slack off.

Yoshioka Masao turned to his guard again and said, "Yokoyama, you go outside and guard!" ”

"Hey!" The guard Yokoyama nodded slightly, bowed and retreated, closed the door from the outside, and then stood with his hands down.

Only then did Yoshioka Masao turn around and sit down, with another amiable expression, motioning for Han Zhirong to sit down on the sofa opposite.

Although Han Zhirong sat down, his butt pressed against half of the sofa, his body was straight, and he didn't dare to slack off a little.

Yoshioka Masao saw that he was really restrained, laughed, and no longer reluctantly, and asked directly: "You asked to meet this time, did someone from the military command come to contact you?" ”

Han Zhirong hurriedly replied cautiously: "So far, no one has come to contact me. ”

When Han Zhirong was in hiding in the early days, during a mission, he had an intersection with Zhou Taiqing, the head of the Taiyuan Station Intelligence Team, because of the reason for cooperating with the operation.

Through this operation, Zhou Taiqing also knew Han Zhirong's disguised identity, which was of course a violation of confidentiality regulations in intelligence work.

It's just that it was before the war, the domestic situation was quite stable, and the secrecy requirements were not as strict as they are now, plus this matter was very secretive, only the commander who commanded the operation, that is, the head of Taiyuan Station, Ji Xinghuai, knew, and no one else knew.

Soon after this, the Military Intelligence Department established the Jinsuicacha Intelligence District in North China, and expanded the Suiyuan Station and Wanquan Station on the basis of the Taiyuan Station, and Zhou Taiqing, the head of the intelligence group, was ordered to be transferred to the post of director of the intelligence department of the Suiyuan Station.

As a result, the Suiyuan station was defeated, and Zhou Taiqing was also among the prisoners, and under the severe torture of the Japanese, he finally defected, not only betraying all the members of the intelligence group of the Suiyuan station, but also confessing Han Zhirong in the end.

After Yoshioka Masao got Han Zhirong's situation, he immediately secretly arrested Han Zhirong.

After that, things developed just as Xu Chengyan investigated, Yoshioka Masao threatened Han Zhirong's family, and Han Zhirong soon defected.

Fortunately, Han Zhirong only had a single line contact with the stationmaster Ji Xinghuai at Taiyuan Station, so he didn't know anything about other situations at Taiyuan Station, and Yoshioka Masao was not unable to track down the location of the Taiyuan Station in the shortest possible time.

But because Han Zhirong was able to have a direct connection with Ji Xinghuai, he became the most valuable chess piece in Yoshioka Masao's hands.

Yoshioka Masao's instruction to Han Zhirong was to wait for an opportunity to transfer out the head of Taiyuan Station, Ji Xinghuai, and arrest him.

As long as we can catch this big intelligence leader of the military command in North China, then the military command organization in the entire North China region will be dealt a devastating blow, and the impact on the entire Sino-Japanese intelligence battlefield will also be enormous.

Therefore, Yoshioka Masao attaches great importance to Han Zhirong, not only spending a lot of money, deliberately appeasing and buying, but also personally directing Han Zhirong's work, not pretending to others, and directly contacting one-line.

However, Han Zhirong had not had time to implement the plan to trap Ji Xinghuai, and Ji Xinghuai learned the news of the fall of Suiyuan Station from other channels.

Ji Xinghuai was well aware of the harmfulness of this incident, because many cadres of Suiyuan Station had originally been transferred out of Taiyuan Station, and they all had varying degrees of understanding of Taiyuan Station, and once these people fell into the hands of the enemy, Taiyuan Station would also be greatly threatened, and the Japanese would soon take action against Taiyuan Station.

So, he ordered the emergency evacuation of all personnel, and personally went to inform several intelligence officers who he had one-way contact, especially Han Zhirong, who had crossed paths with Zhou Taiqing.

Because of the urgency of the situation, Ji Xinghuai suddenly appeared in front of Han Zhirong, which caught Han Zhirong off guard, and he didn't have time to notify Yoshioka Masao, so he couldn't carry out the arrest operation, which made Han Zhirong secretly anxious.

Next, Ji Xinghuai told Han Zhirong that because Han Zhirong and Zhou Taiqing had crossed paths before, Zhou Taiqing's rebellion, Han Zhirong's identity was about to be exposed, and there was no need to lurk, so he ordered Han Zhirong to end the lurking mission and evacuate Taiyuan immediately.

This sudden change made Han Zhirong even more panicked, he had already defected to the enemy, left a handle and evidence with the Japanese, and was dragged down by his family, and there was no way to retreat.

Moreover, the evacuation of Taiyuan Station also made Yoshioka Masao's task to Han Zhirong come to naught, and there was no chance to trap Ji Xinghuai after that, so in a hurry, Han Zhirong suddenly had evil thoughts and decided to attack his old boss.

So, Han Zhirong suddenly attacked Ji Xinghuai, although Ji Xinghuai is a veteran agent of the military command and is very alert, but he never thought that his subordinates for many years would be unfavorable to him at this time, and he was plotted by Han Zhirong.

Although Ji Xinghuai's skills are also good, but under the plot with Han Zhirong, he was still seriously injured, although he broke free from the shackles and escaped at the last moment, but in the end, because the injury was too serious, he fell at the corner of the street and died on the spot.

Han Zhirong couldn't help but regret when he saw Ji Xinghuai's death, so he had to get out quickly and call Yoshioka Masao to come and clean up the mess.

However, this killing of Ji Xinghuai also made Yoshioka Masao trust Han Zhirong even more, so he rewarded Han Zhirong again with a lot of money, and explained to Han Zhirong and continued to lurk.

Yu Xinghuai died on the spot, and no one knew about Han Zhirong's rebellion, so his use value still existed, which was enough to be used as a bait and pose a fatal threat to those who came after.

So Han Zhirong still commutes to work as usual, and comes here every once in a while to report to Masao Yoshioka.

That's how the whole thing happened.

Hearing Han Zhirong's answer at this time, Yoshioka Masao frowned and asked, "Then what is the matter with your request to meet this time?" ”

Previously, for the sake of safety, Yoshioka Masao warned Han Zhirong that there were no special circumstances, and there should be no frequent contact between the two, so as not to be detected by the military commanders, but this time, after receiving a call from Han Zhirong asking to meet, he thought that things had progressed, and rushed over with joy, but he didn't expect it, but it was empty joy.

Han Zhirong hurriedly explained: "I'm sorry, it's me who has a little trouble here. ”

"What's the situation?" Yoshioka Masao frowned slightly and asked.

"Jiang San, a rickshaw driver who charters a car all the year round at home, fell into the water from the Sanhe Bridge last night, I was worried that something was wrong, and when I rushed to check, the body had been sent to the mass grave outside the city, and it was too difficult for me to investigate here, so I wanted to ask the special high school to take action and thoroughly investigate the cause of Jiang San's death, otherwise I will not be sure in my heart."

Hearing this, it immediately attracted the attention of Masao Yoshioka, and his alertness was even sharper, and he immediately thought that it was likely that someone was contacting the people around Han Zhirong.

He hurriedly asked, "Jiang San?" How much does he know about you? ”

Seeing Yoshioka Masao's serious face, Han Zhirong's heart trembled, and he quickly replied: "Jiang San is just a helper in my family, I don't know anything specifically, I'm just worried that someone is secretly contacting him to investigate my situation." ”

Yoshioka Masao felt a little relieved when he heard this, he thought for a moment, nodded and said: "If our special high school comes forward, it is too revealing, I will instruct the police department, and it is reasonable for them to come forward to investigate this matter, even if there is a real problem, it will not alarm the other party." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Han Zhirong, changed his words, and said comfortingly: "You don't have to be too nervous, this may be an accident, you overreact, it will backfire, be calm!"

Taking a step back, even if someone is in contact with Jiang San, I think it's a good thing, which shows that they intend to enable you, and it is understandable that they will conduct the necessary screening of you before activation. ”

"Yes, yes, that's what you said, I thought about that too." Han Zhirong nodded again and again, for fear that Yoshioka Masao would blame him for his cowardice.

Yoshioka Masao was unimpressed, and he continued: "According to the information we just got from Central China, the Taiyuan Station of the Military Command has been re-established, and the new head of the intelligence station is named Chu Guangji. ”

The Japanese intelligence system in Central China was also very efficient, and after receiving a request from Aka Shishiki for investigation, they quickly obtained relevant information about the reconstruction of the Taiyuan intelligence station.

"Chu Guangji?" When Han Zhirong heard this, he carefully recalled it from his memory, "I seem to have heard of this person before, he is an old man during the period of the military commander's force. ”

Yoshioka Masao nodded and said: "It is a difficult opponent, this person is very courageous, as soon as he took office, he started a new operation, and in just over this month, he has already assassinated four of our military and political officials, including Kazuya Harada, a senior adviser to the New People's Association."

Just last night, they sent a large number of killers to assassinate me, and if I hadn't responded in time, they would have almost succeeded in their efforts. ”

Recalling the thrilling scene last night, Masao Yoshioka is still a little afraid, if he had reacted a little slower for a moment and didn't get out in time, he was now afraid that he would have been dead for a long time.

When Han Zhirong heard this, he figured out the reason for the whole search last night, and it turned out that the Taiyuan Station of the military commander had already started a retaliatory action, and even targeted Yoshioka Masao.

He hurriedly flattered and said: "As the saying goes, auspicious people have their own natural appearance, team leader, you are lucky, those people are asking for hardship!" ”

"Haha......" Yoshioka Masao smirked, "You're right, I'm lucky, these killers haven't been bargained, and we've wiped them out, and one or two fish that slipped through the net can't escape our palms."

So, Han Sang, you don't have to worry about security at all, at present, your most urgent task is to fish out the big fish of Chu Guangji for me, with your level, they will never give up on an important intelligence agent like you, after hibernation for a period of time, they will soon wake you up, according to the previous situation, it is very likely that the one who awakens you is this Chu stationmaster! ”

When Han Zhirong heard this, he immediately cheered up and replied respectfully: "Yes, I will definitely complete your order and catch the big fish of Chu Guangji." ”

"We have to be patient enough, you were only one step away from it before, and you were not able to seize Ji Xinghuai, then this time, it is your perfect opportunity, to seize Chu Guangji at all costs, at that time, we can create another miracle, take advantage of its unstable foothold, and once again completely wipe out the Taiyuan Intelligence Station of the military command, think about it, what an exciting thing it will be......

Yoshioka Masao said as he waved his hand and clenched his fist, as if he had seen the moment of success, and his face could not hide his excitement.

The successful cracking of Taiyuan Station and Suiyuan Station before has made Yoshioka Masao show his face once in front of the high-level of the special high school and was promoted to the rank of army leader, which can be described as being in the limelight.

If he strikes a devastating blow to the military organization again, then he will take another step forward in his career, which is of great significance to Yoshioka Masao.

Seeing that Yoshioka Masao was in high spirits, Han Zhirong smiled and said: "This time Taiyuan Station was cracked, although it was not fully done, but it was enough to make the military commander's arrangement in Shanxi for many years go to waste, and if you want to improve again in the future, it will be even more difficult, Mr. has made a great contribution, after the matter is over, please don't forget your promise to me." ”

For Han Zhirong, Yoshioka Masao is both soft and hard, and promised Han Zhirong before, once he succeeds, he will promise a lot of money, and arrange for him to leave Shanxi in a new identity and go to work in the North China puppet government in Beiping, completely getting rid of the control of the military commander.

When Yoshioka Masao heard this, he agreed: "Haha, Han San, don't worry, I promise you, I will honor them one by one, and I will never break my promise!" ”