Chapter 42: Back in the Cage
After announcing the appointment, Chu Guangji motioned for everyone to retreat, leaving only Xu Chengyan alone in the room, and then asked with a smile: "How is it, are you satisfied with the result today?" ”
At this time, there were only two teachers and students, Xu Chengyan no longer pretended, his face was full of excitement, and he nodded again and again and said: "Satisfied, satisfied!" I really didn't expect that the bureau headquarters would attach so much importance to it, I am really afraid! ”
"Haha, okay, you and I don't have to be polite, in addition to these, the bureau headquarters also specially rewarded you with six thousand dollars, but now we don't have so much cash in hand, and I will hand it over to you when we deliver funds next time."
Xu Chengyan was immediately overjoyed, and said with a smile: "So much? Great, I'm short of money right now! ”
With the monetary reform during the Republic of China and the outbreak of the all-out War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the value of the US dollar in China has soared and become stronger and stronger.
"Lack of money?" Chu Guangji's face immediately turned straight, "Didn't I just give you a sum of money?" Running out so quickly? Honestly, now that we are behind enemy lines, we must not indulge in entertainment and greedy for pleasure, how many excellent agents of the party-state have broken through the wind and waves, but in the end they are all planted on this, you must not get carried away! ”
"Teacher, please rest assured, how dare I act recklessly!" Hearing Chu Guangji's misunderstanding, Xu Chengyan hurriedly explained, "We just attacked Lu Mingzhi yesterday, and we need to use a sum of money to deal with the aftermath......"
"Did you attack Lu Mingzhi?" Before he could finish speaking, Chu Guangji interrupted him, "So fast! When was this? ”
Although Chu Guangji was very confident in Xu Chengyan's ability, he didn't expect Xu Chengyan to complete the task so quickly.
You must know that according to the general practice of action, the operation cycle of assassinating a target is at least about ten to twenty days, and the preparation for the previous investigation alone is not a simple matter, but Xu Chengyan's hands and feet are too sharp, and every time he receives a task, it almost does not exceed ten days until he successfully assassinates the target.
"Tell me about it!"
Xu Chengyan immediately explained the previous situation one by one, from discovering the existence of Tian Wenhui, to deliberately creating an accident, and finally briefly recounting the arrest of Lu Mingzhi in the hospital, and finally said: "This guy is really cunning, he actually arranged someone to follow and monitor me, if we didn't react fast enough, I really almost caught his way, in order not to attract attention to the next action, I had to pay a large amount of medical expenses to Tian Wenhui, so the money is a little tight!" ”
"Well done!" Chu Guangji high-fived and praised, looking at Xu Chengyan's eyes full of appreciation, "This money is worth spending, now that Deng Hui and Yan Gaoyi are missing, the connection between Lu Mingzhi and Liu Monkey, as well as the list of things, there are two less insiders, and you will have a lot less scruples in your next actions." ”
Xu Chengyan nodded and said: "That's true, since we didn't do it, then Deng Hui and the others should really abscond, cheapening these two traitors." ”
"Well, it's a pity, but it's not too important, their absconding can prove to the world that those who betray the country and the nation have nowhere to go, which is also a deterrent!" Chu Guangji said with relief.
He thought for a while, and then said: "However, according to what Lu Mingzhi said, you do have some problems with your identity, during this time, find a suitable identity as soon as possible to make up for this loophole, intelligence work must pay attention to details, what Lu Mingzhi can think of, others can also think of." ”
Xu Chengyan hurriedly nodded and agreed: "What the teacher said is that I will definitely fill this loophole as soon as possible!" ”
At this time, he looked at Chu Guangji's intention to end the conversation, and hurriedly asked: "Teacher, this time I was promoted to be the head of the intelligence team, what does Lao Ding say here, to be honest, I don't care if I keep him in the intelligence group again, I'm afraid that he will be dissatisfied." ”
"I was about to tell you about this matter," Chu Guangji nodded, and said in a solemn tone, "I had the same worry before, and I was going to transfer him back to Chongqing, but I didn't expect him to refuse this proposal and express his willingness to continue working here."
But in this way, his work is not easy to arrange, you must know that there is no horizontal contact between our intelligence station departments, the less information between the intelligence officers the better, if he is transferred to another intelligence group, he alone will have a grasp of the members of the two intelligence groups, once something happens, the risk is too great, Han Zhirong's matter is a lesson from the past!
Therefore, after much consideration, I decided to keep him in the Third Intelligence Group, and he himself was willing to cooperate with you. ”
"Yes, as long as Lao Ding has no opinion, I naturally have no problem!" Hearing Chu Guangji say this, Xu Chengyan could only nod his head and accept his life.
As the head of the intelligence station, Chu Guangji has his own position and considerations, Xu Chengyan can't say anything more, he thinks that he will find an opportunity to have a good talk with Ding Mingrui next, figure out his thoughts, and don't bury hidden dangers.
Seeing Xu Chengyan's promise, Chu Guangji was very happy, he was now more and more dependent on this student, and he couldn't help but consider his feelings, stood up at this time, patted Xu Chengyan's shoulder, and said with a smile: "You deal with Liu Monkey's matter as soon as possible, you must be clean from beginning to end, there are still many removal tasks after that, tell me as soon as you have an idea, and you can't slack off in your work." ”
"Yes, students understand!"
Everything was explained clearly, and Chu Guangji ended the meeting and left with Cao Ruian.
Chu Guangji and the others left, Xu Chengyan summoned the team members in, and they all sat down, the room was quiet all of a sudden, and everyone looked at Xu Chengyan, from today on, he is the leader of the third intelligence group, and everyone's actions are under his command.
Xu Chengyan smiled slightly, and spoke first: "The future work will continue as usual, Zhiyuan and Yushan continue to lurk, and strive to be able to operate to key positions as soon as possible, the sooner the intelligence capability is restored, the more beneficial it will be to our work." ”
Zhang Zhiyuan and Shi Yushan originally admired these two seniors, and now Xu Chengyan is the team leader, so he is happy and convinced, and he nodded again and again in agreement.
At this time, Xu Chengyan looked at Ding Mingrui again, and said warmly: "Lao Ding, you are experienced, since you can afford our brothers and are willing to continue to work together, of course I can't ask for it, if the younger brother can't do it in the future, don't be polite, just say it!" ”
Ding Mingrui smiled slightly, he did have some opinions about Xu Chengyan before, but after the previous scene, he also knew that Xu Chengyan's ability was far above his own, so he no longer had any resentment, and immediately nodded and agreed: "Okay, as long as the team leader can trust me, I am willing to serve the dogs and horses!" ”
This is all a scene, Xu Chengyan didn't say much, and asked Zhang Zhiyuan again: "The time was a little tight before, I didn't have time to ask, you mentioned just now, Niu Xingfa is tracking down a robbed briefcase, what is going on?" ”
"That's right, just yesterday morning at about 11 o'clock, near the Jinci Street in the north of the city, a beggar snatched a briefcase on the street, and the owner was a member of the Nikko Society, for this reason, Ishida Katsuhei of the Nikko Club specially found Niu Xingfa and ordered him to retrieve the briefcase as soon as possible, which is said to be a very important document.
This task was originally assigned to our Public Security Section and Criminal Investigation Section, but now the people from the Public Security Section have dispersed and are asking around Taiyuan City, but there has been no progress so far. ”
"Jinci Street? Important documents? ”
Xu Chengyan couldn't help but be a little strange, according to Zhang Zhiyuan, isn't this briefcase the one he snatched?
It's just that at that time, his attention was only on Tian Wenhui's body, and as soon as he saw Tian Wenhui appear, he casually found a target to start.
He just looked at the high-spirited style of those people, he didn't look like good people, he just took the opportunity to start, and the effect was also very good, these people chased after him, causing chaos on the scene.
It's really a coincidence that he didn't write a book, and the person he randomly selected turned out to be someone from Nikko Club, but he later checked the briefcase, and there were no valuables such as cash and jewelry in it, just some bills and receipts for capital transactions, and there were no important documents at all.
But now it seems that these bills are definitely not as simple as he imagined, and they also involve Nikko Club, he is very clear about the background of Nikko Club, and he is thinking in his heart, maybe he can make something valuable from it.
Thinking of this, Xu Chengyan instructed Zhang Zhiyuan: "Tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon, you come over again, I have something to explain to you!" ”
"Yes!" When Zhang Zhiyuan heard this, he immediately became excited, the senior became the leader of the group, and the style of acting was really different, as soon as he changed the dullness of the past, he had to arrange his own work as soon as he took office, which made him can't help but loosen his heart and be eager to try.
Shi Yushan was also envious on the side, he now only entered the Taiyuan City Hall through his father's relationship, but it will take some time to get ahead, and it is far from being worth the intelligence.
"Okay, that's all for today, because Ji Yun and I are uncertain, and the library will still be our meeting place in the future, and we will report our whereabouts at the specified time, and Lao Ding will be in charge, everything will not change!"
Everyone received orders one after another, and soon dispersed, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun left the library and rushed directly to the north of the city.
Tonight, they are going to deal with Liu Monkey, in case there are many dreams at night and another accident.
At the same time, in the interrogation room of the Japanese special high school, Yamada Otomo was looking at Zhou Taiqing opposite with a gloomy face.
Zhou Taiqing was already embarrassed at this time, his hands were raised high and hung in the air, and a few blood marks were added to his naked upper body, and the flesh and blood were turned up, obviously suffering a lot.
Yamada Otomo has been tracking down the traces of the Taiyuan Intelligence Station these days, but the investigation work is heavy, the progress is not smooth, and he was urged by the section chief Ming Quartz Shu Dazuo, and his mood was depressed, so there was another disappearance of Lu Mingzhi and others.
He didn't look down on these traitors in the first place, but when he heard about this, he was even more angry, so he directly went to torture and forced Lu Mingzhi and others to ask about the whereabouts of Lu Mingzhi and others, at this time he asked loudly again: "Zhou Taiqing, I'll give you another chance, tell me honestly, where did Lu Mingzhi go?" ”
Zhou Taiqing was imprisoned this time, and he was tortured to extract a confession, and he was really aggrieved in his heart, and he couldn't help but beg repeatedly: "Shaozuo, I really don't know Lu Mingzhi's whereabouts, please believe me, we people have no room to turn back, Lu Mingzhi and they must have been killed by the military commanders, you have to be aware of everything!" ”
"Smack!" , another heavy whip hit Zhou Taiqing's body, and he let out a terrible scream in pain.
Yamada Daitomo's face was pale, and he pointed at Zhou Taiqing and scolded: "If you don't see the coffin, you won't cry, and at this time, you dare to quibble!"
If they were killed by the military commanders, then why did they disappear in their residences, and even this morning, Deng Hui and Yan Gaoyi showed up at the police station, but left in a hurry and disappeared again.
As for Lu Mingzhi, he appeared at the Pok Oi Hospital last night, secretly met his mistress, and went to pay a large amount of hospital fees this morning, you say, does this look like he was assassinated? Obviously afraid of the retribution of the military commanders, they escaped from the battle, these cowards, deserters, Baga! ”
It turned out that today's police station conducted a detailed investigation of Lu Mingzhi's whereabouts, and through the telephone bureau, the telephone records of his office were screened, and a phone number that had nothing to do with his work was quite conspicuous.
I quickly found the female nurse who called at the beginning, and after asking, I quickly figured everything out.
It turned out that the woman in the ward and Lu Mingzhi still had an unknown relationship, last night, Lu Mingzhi came to meet alone, and today he paid a large amount of medical expenses, even far exceeding the amount required for hospitalization.
As for their residence, it was also carefully searched, and when Deng Hui and Yan Gaoyi left, they packed up their belongings, which can show that Lu Mingzhi and the other three left on their own.
Combined with various signs, Niu Xingfa naturally decided that this was a defection incident, so he pushed the boat down the river, took advantage of the problem, and simply arrested Zhou Taiqing and others, sent them to the special high school, and handed them over to Yamada Otomo.
The evidence is all in front of him, and Yamada Otomo does not doubt it, the more he thinks about it, the more angry he becomes, and the unauthorized escape of Lu Mingzhi and others has an impact even worse than being assassinated by agents of the military command.
So he was also suspicious of Zhou Taiqing and others, they were all people who had defected from the military commanders, and it was difficult to ensure that there was no overt and covert connection between them, even if they didn't, they were afraid that Zhou Taiqing and others would do the same thing under the strong oppression of the military commanders, so that the faces of the Japanese would be too ugly.
As a result, under such circumstances, Zhou Taiqing and his two subordinates, Pu Xingyun and Yao Zizhen, were arrested and returned to the special high school prison.