Ma Weide's sudden appearance caught Xu Chengyan a little off guard, he couldn't figure out the real purpose of the other party, and all kinds of conjectures came in his heart.

At this time, watching Ma Weide walk away, he pretended to be careless, followed the direction far away, and secretly observed halfway, and found no suspicious situation around.

At this time, Maved and his companions walked all the way, and when they came to an intersection, two more plainclothes men gathered around them, and it was obvious that Maved was not acting alone.

They walked a block and stopped in front of a shop, looked up at the sign, and Marvid turned and asked, "How many tailor shops are there on this street?" ”

One of his subordinates quickly took out a piece of paper from his pocket, looked at it roughly, and replied: "Section chief, there are two tailor shops and a ready-to-wear shop, but I don't think this shop is big, and I can see it soon." ”

It turned out that since Yamada Otomo found out the flaws in the police uniforms, he ordered a city-wide search of the locations where the police uniforms were made, and checked all the ready-to-wear stores, tailor shops and other shops one by one, trying to find valuable clues from the sewing techniques.

However, in Taiyuan City, there are too many such shops, the workload is amazing, the manpower of the special high class is really insufficient, and among the Japanese agents, there are not many who are proficient in Chinese, and the target is too obvious.

So Yamada Otomo ordered Mavid's investigation department to get involved, mobilizing all the manpower to conduct a full range of secret investigations and screenings.

In the past few days, Ma Weide personally led people to run around in Taiyuan City, almost broke his leg, bought a lot of clothes alone, and searched Xu Chengyan's door today, and the two of them also unexpectedly took a look, but Ma Weide didn't expect that this elegant and hurried young man was the viper he was trying his best to find.

"Go in and take a look, the east of the city is almost checked, and there must be a result today."

Xu Chengyan, who was following far behind, watched their actions in the eyes until Ma Weide walked into a tailor's shop again, and walked out with a piece of clothing in his hand.

I'm really here to buy clothes!

Xu Chengyan was even more suspicious in his heart, could he have guessed wrong, but there is no need to buy so many clothes to buy, right? There's definitely something wrong with that!

But the result of continuing to follow is still the same, until noon, Xu Chengyan followed Ma Weide for two streets, watched them go in and out and bought several clothes, and finally determined that Ma Weide's appearance really had nothing to do with him, but although the string in his heart was loosened, his curiosity became heavier and heavier, Ma Weide behaved strangely, what is this going to do?

Watching the time pass little by little, Ma Weide did not continue to shop and shop, and a group of people got into the car and left all the way.

Xu Chengyan had no tools to travel and couldn't keep up with the car, so he had no choice but to give up tracking, but he felt that there must be something strange about this matter, and he still had to report it to his superiors.

Now that he has served as the head of the intelligence team, Ding Mingrui has also handed over the contact channel to him, and he can directly contact Cao Ruian in the future.

He found a public phone nearby, contacted him in code, agreed on a meeting time, and then went to the furniture store to buy the selected tables and chairs.

Ma Weide returned to the Xinmin Association, and his scattered subordinates also rushed back one after another, marking a large pile of clothes and sending them to his office.

Looking at this large pile of clothes, Ma Weide also had a headache, but fortunately, he had already prepared, and he had found a few knowledgeable tailors from the quilt factory to help him choose, and it took a lot of effort to finally complete the preliminary screening work.

After collecting the selected clothes and sorting them out on paper according to the marks on them, and then synthesizing the harvest of the previous few days, the results of this survey are also roughly available.

He immediately summoned a few of his subordinates and commanded: "According to this investigation, we can now probably determine that there are twelve tailor shops with major suspicions, and they are basically in the eastern part of the city.

However, the screening work has not yet been completed, there are still too many targets, and arresting so many people at once will certainly not be a small move, and it is easy to startle the snakes. ”

Ma Weide picked up a police uniform on the table, shook it in front of everyone, and then said: "We now have another clue, that is, to start with the source of the fabric, just like this black fabric, there should not be many people who use it."

You immediately split up and go to the cloth shops in the east of the city to inquire if they have any stock of this black fabric? If there is, then track it down and find out if anyone you know has bought it recently? The materials used to make so many police uniforms are indispensable, and they should have an impression. ”

Everyone nodded yes, as Maved said, there were relatively few cloth shops in the city than tailor shops, and the workload of investigation was much less.

Moreover, the general public rarely wears black clothes nowadays, and this kind of cloth is not used for many purposes, and there is certainly not much stock of this kind in cloth shops.

"You have to move quickly, Yamada Shaozuo has been urging several times, we must always have an explanation, and we can't delay it any longer."

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

Everyone respectfully received the order, turned around and walked away quickly, and each made his own arrangements.

Ma Weide watched everyone leave, his spirit was discharged, he took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket, took a foreign fire and lit it, took a deep breath, and then breathed a sigh of relief, leaned lazily on the back of the chair, and recuperated.

He has been busy with this matter for the past few days, and now he finally has some eyebrows, and if he really finds out the traces of the Chongqing elements, it will be regarded as not in vain.

Ma Weide was originally from Dalian, his family was poor since he was a child, and he had no money, but later gritted his teeth and applied for the intelligence school opened by the Japanese in Dalian, received special agent training, and joined the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department after graduation.

Since then, he has completely become a traitor spy, until Japan plotted North China, he as a support personnel, transferred from the Manchurian Railway Investigation Department to the Tianjin garrison army, and then the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese full-scale war, he was sent to Taiyuan, Shanxi, joined the Xinmin Association, presided over the work of the investigation department, it can be said that this journey of thousands of miles, he has always been desperate to serve the Japanese, and he is regarded as the loyal lackey of the Japanese.

Because of his outstanding ability, he has always been trusted by the Japanese, and Yoshioka Masao has also valued him a lot.

But since Yoshioka Masao died, for some reason, Ma Weide felt that the atmosphere in Taiyuan City was a little wrong, as if the opponent hidden in the shadows not only did not weaken because of the heavy blows, but became stronger and stronger, and his style became more and more tough.

So on the other party's list of retaliation, will there be their own name? The answer, of course, is yes.

Thinking of this, his heart was shocked, and he turned his head to look out the window, wondering in his heart, could there be a pair of eyes watching him in the dark now, ready to attack him at any time?

At three o'clock in the afternoon, in the corner of a teahouse, Xu Chengyan and Cao Ruian met.

After Cao Ruian took off his top hat, put it aside, and sat down, Xu Chengyan hurriedly got him a cup of warm tea.

Cao Ruian was not polite, picked up the teacup and drank it all, relieved himself, and asked directly: "Say, what's the matter?" ”

Looking at Cao Rui'an's hurried look, Xu Chengyan was a little surprised, but he didn't ask too much, and reported directly: "Lu Mingzhi's clearance work has been completed, and I want to receive a new task!" ”

When Cao Ruian heard that it was this matter, he smiled slightly, and said: "Honestly, you must be relaxed in doing things, you have just solved Lu Mingzhi, it has only been a few days, and you have to receive the task again, will you be too anxious?"

By the way, the stationmaster didn't ask you to find a proper job as soon as possible, which is very important, I think, you better solve this matter first, and then talk about anything else! ”

Hearing Cao Ruian say this, Xu Chengyan also knew that he was in a bit of a hurry, and explained: "I have found a job yesterday and am about to report to you. ”

"Oh! What works? ”

"Newspaper reporter, reporter of Xinmin Daily."

"Xinmin Daily?"

Cao Ruian reacted immediately, his figure was straight, and he hurriedly asked, "Is it smooth?" ”

As the intelligence director, he certainly knows about the situation of Xinmin Daily, which is the propaganda department of Xinmin and one of the sensitive departments that can access some important information.

You must know that he has been working hard to operate his intelligence officers to such a key position in order to establish a channel for obtaining intelligence, but in the past few months, the results have not been great, but he did not expect that Xu Chengyan was a good man who was running around every day, and in only two days, he easily entered the Xinmin Newspaper office, which surprised him very much.

Xu Chengyan briefly explained the application situation, but he did not tell Cao Ruian about his Japanese teacher Yoshino Emon, but said that because his Japanese level is very good, and Xinmin Daily is very short of such Chinese reporters, he was favored by the editor-in-chief Takahashi Tetsuo, so everything went well.

In the final analysis, he is also separated from Cao Rui'an, even if it is Chu Guangji, there are inside and outside, some things are only known to himself, and if he tells the truth, he doesn't know if it is a good thing or a bad thing for him?

Cao Ruian was very excited when he heard this, he nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "It is worthy of being a senior disciple of the stationmaster, in the end, it is the elite of Qingpu, according to what you said, the Ministry of Current Affairs is a very important department, you have to work harder in the future, this identity can not only provide you with reliable protection, but also provide great convenience for your future intelligence work, I want to report to the stationmaster immediately." ”

He is not only shrewd, but also sophisticated, from Chu Guangji's usual speech, he has long known that Chu Guangji values this student, coupled with Xu Chengyan's outstanding performance, so his attitude towards Xu Chengyan has always been warm and encouraging, without the slightest boss domineering.

"Well, since you already have a reliable identity as a cover, then I won't stop you, you say, which target did you choose this time?"

"Mavid! Chief of the Investigation Section of the Xinmin Association. Xu Chengyan saw Cao Ruian nodded, and immediately replied, "This person is a hardcore traitor, cunning and difficult, Taiyuan Station was destroyed before, this person was also involved, I plan to deal with this person and avenge the dead martyrs!" ”

But he didn't expect Cao Ruian to shake his head and say, "This person can't do it, you are a step late, just before I came, someone had already received this task." ”

"Such a coincidence? Who is it? Xu Chengyan was stunned for a moment, it turned out that Cao Ruian had just met with people before he came, and he had received the task of assassinating Ma Weide.

"Woodpecker! Oh, that is, the one who assassinated Lu Dayong! Cao Ruian didn't hide anything about Xu Chengyan, just a code name, and he would know it sooner or later.

"It's him!"

Xu Chengyan nodded slightly, a month ago, Lu Dayong, the commander of the security corps, was assassinated in the cinema by agents of the Second Intelligence Group, which was the handiwork of this woodpecker.

Among the intelligence agents of Taiyuan Station, in addition to himself and Ji Yun, that is, this woodpecker is considered a good operator, it seems that he has also been valued by the intelligence station, and a code name has been arranged.

"Honestly, you have made a great contribution this time, the bureau headquarters has commended our Taiyuan Station as a whole, which has greatly boosted morale, and the woodpecker is also inspired by you, so he asked for the task again, and unfortunately selected Ma Weide, you are a senior, don't fight with your junior."

As soon as he said this, Xu Chengyan had no choice but to nod, as long as Ma Weide could be solved, whoever would do it would be the same.

"In that case, I won't fight with him, but Ma Weide is very cunning, and it is very difficult to assassinate him, and I have one more thing to report to you about him here."

"What's the matter?" Cao Ruian asked.

Xu Chengyan reported in detail about today's encounter with Ma Weide, and then said: "Ma Weide attaches great importance to shops such as tailor shops and ready-to-wear stores, and I buy clothes in every store, I think there must be something wrong here, and I have a hunch that he must be targeting us." ”

"Tailor's shop? Still buying clothes? Cao Rui was puzzled, and couldn't help muttering, "What is his purpose?" ”