Early the next morning, Xu Chengyan and Ji Yun, who had already changed their outfits and disguised themselves slightly, came to the vicinity of Han Zhirong's residence, observed the surrounding terrain and buildings, and finally selected a teahouse at the entrance of Miaoqian Street as a surveillance location.

In the early morning, there were not a few guests in the teahouse, and the eyes of the two looked not far from the right front, at the door of Han Zhirong's house,

Ji Yun glanced at it and asked in a low voice, "Yesterday, the teacher called you over, and he gave you such a task, and he didn't say anything else?" ”

Xu Chengyan picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and said coldly: "What else can I say, each of them plays fifty boards, I think his attitude is also perfunctory, and he won't do anything to Lao Ding." ”

"I knew it was so!" Ji Yun raised his eyebrows, and said unhappily, "In the end, we still value the old courtiers, our weight is not enough!" ”

"Then increase our weight and make things more beautiful," Xu Chengyan said coldly, looking out the window, "Find out Han Zhirong's true identity as soon as possible, and let them understand that our brothers are not only good at killing people and doing intelligence work, but they are not comparable, lest this guy Lao Ding rely on the old and sell the old all day long, and brag about his old qualifications." ”

Ji Yun cheered up when he heard this, and said: "This is not a problem, before any operation, don't you always have to investigate the target before you start, I hope that this Han Zhirong has a problem, and we will solve him by the way." ”

"You want to be beautiful!" Xu Chengyan said angrily, "According to the teacher, the action team has already entered Taiyuan, and in the future, field operations like this will be handed over to them, and it will be difficult for us to take over again." ”

"What?"

Ji Yun's face changed when he heard this, and he was still counting on the fact that in this purge operation, he would be able to make a few more big moves with weight, so that his wishful thinking would be in vain.

At this time, he couldn't help but scold: "Bastard, this time it's as Lao Ding's guy intended." ”

Xu Chengyan glared at him, signaled him to be quiet, not to provoke the attention of the people around him, and lowered his voice again and said: "Have a lively mind, some things can be done first and then said, I can't let others lead me by the nose, I have my own plans." ”

Ji Yun knew Xu Chengyan's temperament very well, once he made up his mind, no one could change his mind, and at the moment, his heart was wide, and he was about to say something, when his eyes suddenly froze, and he signaled Xu Chengyan.

Xu Chengyan followed his gaze and saw a rickshaw driver, trotting all the way to Han Zhirong's door, then put down the handlebars, took off the towel on his shoulder, patted the saddle a few times, swept away the dust, and then turned around and took a few steps to the stone steps at the door and sat down.

"Wait directly at the door of the house early in the morning, this should be Han Zhirong's chartered car." Ji Yun said in analysis.

Although Taiyuan is the capital of Shanxi Province and has a good economic development, it is located inland, far less than port metropolises such as Shanghai and Tianjin, and because of inconvenient transportation, high-end goods such as cars are still relatively rare.

Generally, it is important government officials, as well as public vehicles of military and political departments, as well as wealthy merchants will buy them, such as Han Zhirong, a civil servant, does not have the strength to buy, but there is no problem in renting a special rickshaw driver for a long time.

Not long after, the courtyard door of Han Zhirong's house opened, and a woman walked out of it, holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in her hand.

The rickshaw driver quickly got up, stepped forward to pick up the boy, and carefully placed it on the saddle, and the woman immediately stepped into the car, and gave a command, and the rickshaw driver nodded in agreement, pulled up the handlebar, and walked in the direction of the street.

"This is Han Zhirong's wife and children, keep up with them." Xu Chengyan said in a low voice.

Ji Yun nodded, and was about to get up, Xu Chengyan continued: "This rickshaw driver should also pay attention, I see that he is very familiar with Han Zhirong's family, and he must have some understanding of the situation in his family, and he can work hard when he goes back." ”

"Understood!" Ji Yun turned around and left.

Xu Chengyan is very relieved of Ji Yun, the two of them have been Xu Chengyan's right-hand man for so long, and they have never disappointed Xu Chengyan, and they can easily do such an investigation.

Soon, the courtyard door opened again, and the target Han Zhirong appeared in Xu Chengyan's sight, only to see him go out with a briefcase in his hand, and a middle-aged woman dressed as a maid followed out behind him, Han Zhirong said a few words to her, and the maid nodded again and again.

Han Zhirong walked in the direction of the street, watching Han Zhirong leave, the maid turned around and went back to the courtyard and closed the courtyard door.

Xu Chengyan immediately got up, threw a bill on the dining table, and walked out of the teahouse quickly, following in the direction.

Far behind Han Zhirong, Xu Chengyan's tracking skills are very good, and the distance between him and the target is kept just right, far enough away, but it can ensure that the target's figure does not leave his line of sight.

Han Zhirong's footsteps were very fast, and it didn't take long for him to walk through a few blocks, all the way to the vicinity of the Provincial Office Building, and seeing Han Zhirong walk straight into the building, Xu Chengyan had no choice but to stop.

He took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and calculated the time between Han Zhirong's home and his workplace, which took twenty-one minutes.

Now that he can't enter the provincial office to continue monitoring, Xu Chengyan can only temporarily let Han Zhirong out of his sight, but this is just normal tracking and monitoring, so there is no need to leave an inch.

This kind of investigation work is actually very boring and boring, and the investigators need great patience, and it is indeed very painful in terms of time, but fortunately, Xu Chengyan's patience has always been excellent.

Although he is bold, he is more careful, and before the previous assassination operations, he will track and monitor the target for a long time, and find out the other party's work and rest rules and various preferences, so once he shoots, he will hit with one blow.

Time passed little by little, Xu Chengyan changed two monitoring positions during the period, and at about 9:30 in the morning, the originally calm crowd on the street suddenly became agitated, and a noisy sound came from his ears.

This made Xu Chengyan, who was pretending to read the newspaper on the street, suddenly feel the atmosphere abnormal, and he looked up at the end of the street.

I saw many citizens walking through the street in groups, and the people around them were also gossiping, walking past Xu Chengyan's side.

Xu Chengyan grabbed a pedestrian and asked with curiosity on his face, "Brother, what's going on?" ”

The pedestrian pursed his lips, pointed ahead and said, "You don't know? The police put up a notice in the Eight Gate Towers that the Japanese are going to kill people again! ”

"Murder? Kill whom? ”

"It's said that it's anti-Japanese elements, haven't you searched all over the city a few months ago, arrested a lot of people, I heard that they are all from the Chongqing government, and today they will be shot in public, dozens of them! It's in the open space of Zhenhua Coal Yard, everyone is going to see it! ”

People from the Chongqing government? And dozens more people to be shot? Xu Chengyan was shocked when he heard this, this must be an agent of the military intelligence station who was arrested before.

There are many arrested people this time, and so much time has passed, although Chu Guangji and others know that there is no possibility of rescue, they still inquire about the whereabouts of these people in many ways, but because there is no channel, the specific situation has not been clarified, and I didn't expect such a big move to happen today.

At this time, he didn't care about monitoring Han Zhirong, he mixed in the crowd and walked all the way to Zhenhua Coal Yard.

The Zhenhua Coal Yard is actually an abandoned open-air warehouse, the original owner ran away after the Japanese came, this coal factory closed down, abandoned, and was later used by the Japanese as a execution ground, where Chinese people were often shot.

When I came to the square, the surroundings were already crowded with people, more than a dozen military vehicles were parked in front of the square, surrounded by fully armed Japanese sergeants, and there were puppet soldiers and a large group of police patrolling with batons, shouting loudly to maintain order, and from time to time waving sticks to drive away the chaotic people and clear out the open space in the center.

Soon, the Japanese sergeants began to untie the prisoners from the military vehicles, and drove them to the side to concentrate on supervision.

Xu Cheng moved forward without a trace, and after a while, he slowly squeezed closer and carefully observed these people.

I saw that most of these people were in tattered clothes, their faces were haggard and pale, the blood marks on their faces and bodies were clearly visible, and their images were miserable, and they all had a sign on their backs, on which everyone's name was clearly written, and their arms were also behind their backs, and the knots were sturdy, and all of them were stuffed with cloth in their mouths, and they couldn't make a sound.

Several of them, even with heavy handcuffs and leg irons, were dragged out of the car by Japanese sergeants and thrown on the ground like sacks because they could not move.

Needless to say, these captured agents of the military command have all undergone severe torture, and these people should have been the most severely tortured, the most seriously injured, and now they are still wearing leg irons, and they must all have survived the torture of the enemy with a strong will, and have not yet succumbed.

One of them, an old man in his early fifties, was the most eye-catching, with gray hair, a withered, skinny face, his eyes closed at this time, his mouth slightly open, and his whole body was covered with dried blood, and he was obviously tortured with only one breath left.

Xu Chengyan looked at the wooden sign behind him, and when he saw clearly the words "Wu Zhengyun" written on it, he couldn't help but almost exhale.

This person turned out to be Wu Zhengyun, the head of the Suiyuan Intelligence Station!

Since the Suiyuan station was destroyed by the Japanese, but because the intelligence channels have been cut off, the specific situation is unknown, and the military command has also had various speculations about these captured personnel, among which the most concerned is Wu Zhengyun, the head of the Suiyuan station.

Some people say that after he was arrested, he was greedy for life and feared death, betrayed the country for glory, quickly surrendered to the enemy, and then betrayed the entire Suiyuan station, which was one of the main culprits in this incident.

Some people also say that he died on the spot when he was arrested, and some people say that he was locked up in a prison by the Japanese, tortured, and died in prison.

By now, everything has been understood, Wu Zhengyun did not succumb to the thief, but remained loyal and unyielding, and persevered until the last moment.

At this time, Wu Zhengyun seemed to feel something, he slowly opened his eyes, and with the help of his companions on the side, he propped up half of his body and looked around left and right.

After a while, his gaze swept over Xu Chengyan's place, and the two looked at each other, Jiang Bowen only felt that his heart trembled, and his subconscious body moved, and he was about to move forward.

But Wu Zhengyun seemed to feel Xu Chengyan's abnormality, his eyes flashed quickly, and he never intersected with Xu Chengyan again.

Xu Chengyan took a deep breath and forced himself to hold back his excitement, he knew that he couldn't do anything, even if he did, it would be in vain.

At this time, the only thing he had to do, and the only thing he could do, was to try to remember the names of everyone here, the names of those who were about to die for the country.

The incident implicated the entire Jinsui region, and nearly 100 intelligence officers of the military commanders were missing and arrested, and a total of 63 military commanders were captured here.

As for the rest of the people, who had either died or had defected to the enemy and were willing to die for the Japanese, as long as they wrote down their names and checked them later, they would soon find out the general situation of the arrested people.

As far as Xu Chengyan could see, he saw that the other captured personnel were all of all kinds, some were silent and numb, and some were forced to struggle and were unwilling to die, but they were soon beaten to the ground by the Japanese sergeant with the butt of his gun, and his mouth made a whining sound, but he couldn't move.

At this time, several more cars came from a distance, and they came to a stop in the middle of the square, and the Japanese officer who had been waiting for a long time stepped forward to open the car door, and a Japanese officer stepped out of the car, and it was none other than Yoshioka Masao, who personally carried out the shooting mission.

Xu Chengyan had seen Yoshioka Masao's photo, because in this eradication mission, the number one target was the head of the intelligence team of the special high section, the head of the spy Yoshioka Masao, who was also the main opponent of the Chinese intelligence department in Shanxi, so Xu Chengyan knew a lot about his information.

At this time, Yoshioka Masao looked left and right, and saw that the people around the execution ground were crowded, and they were crowded inside and out, and he nodded with satisfaction.

Today's public execution of so many Chinese agents is intended to serve as a deterrent, and it seems to have worked well.

At this time, several more plainclothes officers stepped out of another military vehicle, and they were brought in front of Yoshioka Masao by the Japanese sergeant.

"Zhou Sang, Lu Sang, let you come to watch the punishment today, what do you mean?"

"Clear, clear, it's all your care from the team leader, I can only survive my life, I'm really grateful, I will definitely saddle the team leader in the future, and I will never give up!"

"Yes, yes, we must change our minds and be new people, and we will never dare to have different hearts......"

After hearing Yoshioka Masao's words, these six people were all busy expressing their loyalty, and they were the military commander agent cadres who betrayed their comrades after defecting to the enemy in this incident, and had a considerable status.

The two people led by him are Lu Mingzhi, the former head of the Taiyuan Station Operations Team, and Zhou Taiqing, the former director of the Suiyuan Station Intelligence Division.

This time, Yoshioka Masao shot all the captured military commanders, leaving only the six people in front of him, of course, all of whom had been frightened by the Japanese and completely subdued.

The purpose of bringing them here to watch the execution was to continue to exert mental pressure on these people, so that they would not dare to be half-hearted and work for themselves, and at the same time, they would also expose these people to the sight of the agents of the military command, arrange the bait in advance, and wait for the big fish to take the bait.

The corners of Yoshioka Masao's mouth raised, he stretched out his hand to point at the crowd around him, and said with a smile: "I'm sure that among these people now, there are military commanders who are watching every move here." ”

When these traitors heard this, they couldn't help but subconsciously turn around and look around, their faces became even more ugly, they knew that since the moment they defected to the enemy, they had already been on the list of traitors of the military commanders, and they might be pointed at them at any time.

Seeing their frightened looks, Yoshioka Masao was even more amused, and said: "This collective execution of human prisoners is to tell them that here, the imperial army is the real ruler.

Zhou Sang, I have already made arrangements for your work, you are transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department of the Taiyuan Police Bureau, the previous section chief Dai Wenshan was assassinated by agents of the military command, this position is held by you, and Lu Sang serves as the deputy section chief.

As far as you are concerned, the better your work is, the better your personal safety will be guaranteed. ”

Hearing Yoshioka Masao's words, these people's faces changed, and the military command had already begun to liquidate and retaliate so quickly?

Zhou Taiqing reacted the fastest, he was shocked in his heart, but he immediately replied: "Yes, yes, thank you team leader, we all know how powerful it is, and we will do our best to eliminate anti-Japanese elements, please rest assured." ”

The other traitors also hurriedly echoed the call, and for a moment they were full of ugliness.

While they were talking, there were indeed many pairs of eyes watching this place in the crowded crowd, and these well-intentioned people kept everything that happened here in mind.

Especially Xu Chengyan, he wrote down the names of all the captured personnel as much as possible, and then looked at Yoshioka Masao, as well as several traitors around him, although he didn't know their identities, but looking at their expressions, he guessed a few points in his heart.

After a short time, an officer asked Yoshioka Masao for instructions, Yoshioka Masao raised his hand to look at the time, nodded his head, and saw him come to the middle of the square, followed by several other Japanese officers and several police officers, and a police officer loudly announced the notice of the execution, and verified his identity according to the procedure.

Then, ten military commanders were wheeled to the execution ground, and the Japanese sergeants pointed guns at the back of the head.

Masao Yoshioka gave an order, and the gunshots rang out, and the captured agents had no power to resist, and fell to the ground, their bodies convulsing and struggling on the ground, blood flowing out, and the air was suddenly filled with the smell of blood.

The onlookers were also frightened by this scene, the crowd shook, there were exclamations, crying, the sound was noisy, and there were even people who were so frightened that they scattered and prepared to leave, and the scene was chaotic for a while.

The Japanese sergeants and policemen on guard around all stepped forward to restrain the crowd, waving spears and batons, and shouting in their mouths, and it took a long time to calm down the crowd and restore order.

Yoshioka saw all this, and a smug smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand again, and ten more captured people were pushed to the execution ground.

After several rounds like this, the captured people were killed and waited, and Wu Zhengyun and these people were left in the last batch.

They were all loyal men who persevered to the end, but because of the long-term torture and torture, their bodies were weak and weak, their hands and feet were also tied, and they could not walk, so they were dragged to the middle of the execution ground by the Japanese sergeants and thrown on the ground.

After Wu Zhengyun fell to the ground, he struggled with all his strength, trying to stand up, but he really didn't have the strength, so he had to lean on the body of his dead companion and look at Yoshioka Masao and the traitors calmly.

Zhou Taiqing, Lu Mingzhi and others were suddenly struck by lightning, their faces were extremely pale, and their eyes did not dare to look at them.

This made Yoshioka Masao very dissatisfied, and he snorted coldly in his mouth, which frightened these people even more at a loss, and they didn't know what to do.

Wu Zhengyun, who fell to the ground, looked around, and then turned his head to look at several companions around him, who were also leaning on the corpses of their companions, barely supporting half of their bodies, and looking at Wu Zhengyun.

Wu Zhengyun's eyes were full of relief, the people around him were all warriors who were loyal to their beliefs, survived the torture of purgatory with tenacity, and did not give in to the enemy in the end.

This scene immediately made Yoshioka Masao's face change, and he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and waved his hand vigorously.

A burst of gunfire rang out again, and several warriors' bodies trembled, and their bodies slowly fell, and they fell to the ground weakly.

The tragic scene in front of him made the surrounding crowd silent all of a sudden, and everyone was strongly shocked when they looked at this tragic scene.

Zhou Taiqing and several other traitors even turned their bodies sideways, not daring to look directly.

Xu Chengyan couldn't help but feel a flame burning in his heart, a stream of blood surged, filling his eardrums, and he felt a roar, and he couldn't hear any sound around him.

The fists in his hands were clenched tightly, and the irrepressible grief and indignation filled his heart, but he could only stand in the crowd without making a sound, watching all this happen, and a sense of powerlessness arose spontaneously in his heart, and he was sad and couldn't calm down for a long time.