Chapter 18: The Search
There was actually more than one drawing in the briefcase, and he had already copied one according to the original drawing before Tang Cheng intended to hand it over to Hans. Although he now gave Hans the original drawings he had drawn from the system, he also prepared a copy for Zhang Jianghe, and when Tang Cheng returned to Chongqing, he would give Zhang Jianghe the copy of the drawings. Tang Cheng did not react to Hans's cautiousness, he just smoked and drank water, silently waiting for the news to arrive.
Coincidentally, just when Tang Cheng asked Hans to help find a foothold in the concession of the military commander Shanghai Station, Hu Kai, who had lost contact with Ma Qinger for more than 20 hours, was also in a state of restlessness at the moment. Hu Kai and Ma Qinger are a pair, many of their partners are on the periphery of Shanghai Station, and some will not even receive tasks from Shanghai Station for several months, but once the mission comes, it will not be a trivial matter.
Hu Kai and Ma Qing'er were in charge of a secret contact point, which was originally only responsible for transmitting some orders from headquarters, or providing weapons hiding assistance for the operation mission of the Shanghai station. In other words, Hu Kai and Ma Qing'er were both under the dual command of the Shanghai Station and the Military Command Headquarters at the same time, and Ma Qing'er did not inform Tang Cheng of this. Because of the abnormality at the time of the joint, Hu Kai did not return to the contact point immediately after he escaped, and when he rushed back to the contact point, he found that the contact point had been sealed by the Concession Patrol Office.
The contact point was closed by the patrol room, and Ma Qing'er was missing, and Hu Kai, who was terrified, did not dare to inquire about the details around his residence, so he immediately rushed to Shanghai to seek help from another contact point in the French Concession. "Are you sure Ma Qing'er is missing and not arrested?" In the secret room of the contact point, Hu Kai is being questioned, and it is not a trivial matter that the secret contact point is closed, and the Shanghai station must be treated with caution, so the questioning of Hu Kai is a must.
"I took a closer look around the contact point, and although I didn't dare to ask an acquaintance about the situation, I did get some information from the café next door. There was a shootout at the contact point, specifically in the alley next to the contact point, and someone repaired the contact point last night, and there were people shooting at the contact point. The body was taken away by someone behind the patrol house in the concession, and there was also a shootout a little later in the street from the contact point. ”
As the person in charge of maintaining the operation of the contact point for a long time, Hu Kai is very familiar with the terrain around the contact point, and when he learned that someone had shot in the alley next to the contact point, Hu Kai's first reaction was to guess that Ma Qing'er had escaped from the contact point. Hu Kai's answer did not dispel the doubts of the other people in the secret room, because according to Hu Kai's account, this Ma Qing'er is good at intelligence analysis rather than specific actions, how did a woman who couldn't even shoot a gun successfully escape from the situation surrounded by enemies?
"I guess someone is secretly helping!" In the corner of the secret room, the man in black, who had not spoken, suddenly spoke. Someone to help? The rest of the secret room, including Hu Kai, everyone turned their heads to look at the man in black, who was not at all uncomfortable being stared at by everyone, but just whispered to himself. "If there was a shootout at the contact point last night, and there was another shootout later, the most reliable explanation is that the woman named Ma Qing'er was rescued from the contact point, and it is impossible for a woman to successfully escape."
Hu Kai didn't know who this man in black was, but judging by the reactions of other people in the secret room, he should be familiar with this man in black. The man in black didn't pay attention to Hu Kai's reaction at the moment, he was still immersed in his own thinking atmosphere, habitually rubbing his finger against the index finger knuckle of his other hand, and the man in black slowly raised his head.
"That's right, the woman in the contact point should have been rescued, and it should have been that person who shot in the alley next to the contact point last night, or a group of people..." What is recorded on this piece of paper is the information that the military command Shanghai station has just received, and most of it is the details of the attack on the contact point last night.
"Lao Jiu's analysis just now is very right, last night's incident, there is indeed a situation that we don't know." The paper sent into the secret room was quickly passed around, and Hu Kai and others who had read the content on it were all shocked, including Lao Jiu, the man in black. "I didn't expect that there was only one person who saved people, and the special high school course that had been carefully deployed in advance suffered a big loss, when did our military commander have such a powerful hand?" The person who said these words was naturally Lao Jiu, the man in black, and in the entire Shanghai station, only he had the best skills.
"Now that the situation has been figured out, the next step is how to contact Ma Qing'er!" After Zhao Song, the person in charge of the contact point, finished speaking, his eyes immediately fell on Hu Kai. "Hu Kai, you and Ma Qing'er are partners, according to the situation you said before, this Ma Qing'er should not have a way to contact his superiors. You are your own person who has been in contact with her for the longest time, do you have a good recall, have you explained the emergency contact means to her? ”
Hu Kai's mood has always been in a tense situation, but he knows that Zhao Song's words at the moment are not doubts about himself. According to Zhao Song's direction of inquiry, Hu Kai secretly recalled and thought about it, and finally only remembered a dead mailbox. "I seem to have mentioned a dead mailbox to Ma Qing'er, but I don't know if Ma Qing'er still remembers the location of this dead mailbox." Hu Kai can't guarantee that Ma Qing'er can still remember the location of the dead mailbox, after all, when he told Ma Qing'er about the dead mailbox, it was more than 2 months from now.
Hu Kai couldn't guarantee it, but Zhao Song resolutely immediately sent someone to check the dead mailbox that Hu Kai said, "No matter what, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, we must verify it with an optimistic attitude!" Zhao Song was in a hurry to find Ma Qing'er, but there was actually another purpose, like the man in black, Zhao Song, who was the person in charge of the contact point, was also interested in the mysterious person who rescued Ma Qing'er last night.
Hu Kai found someone to help find the missing Ma Qing'er, and Ma Qing'er, who had already separated from Tang Cheng at this time, actually did not return to the hotel, but went to the street that Hu Kai told her to find the death mailbox that could contact her own person. Ma Qing'er is not good at specific actions, but she is good at intelligence analysis, so her IQ is far beyond ordinary people. Confirming that no one was paying attention to him, Ma Qing'er, who had already found the dead mailbox, quietly stuffed an envelope with a mark into the dead mailbox.
The envelope was empty, and the address and the recipient's name were fake, even if this dead mailbox was cracked by the enemy and the empty envelope sent by Ma Qing'er was obtained, it was impossible for them to find usable clues from it. Because the mark made by Ma Qing'er on the envelope was not in the words on the envelope, the stain ink ball in the lower left corner of the envelope looked like it was unintentionally left, but it was actually a special mark left by Ma Qing'er. As long as Hu Kai can see this envelope, he will definitely be able to understand the meaning that Ma Qing'er wants to convey through these imprints.
The people sent by Zhao Song also found this dead mailbox accurately, but they came a little late, and only got the empty envelope left by Ma Qing'er from the dead mailbox, but they didn't meet Ma Qing'er. "It's her, she's alive, and she's in the French Concession." The empty envelope he got from the dead mailbox soon appeared in the secret room, and after carefully looking at the stained ink balls in the lower left corner of the envelope, Hu Kai suddenly laughed. These look like there are no suspicious traces, they are the product of Hu Kai's chatting with Ma Qinger when he was bored half a month ago, and they belong to the special contact method between the two of them.
Zhao Song and the others didn't know where Hu Kai came to these conclusions, and under Zhao Song's questioning, Hu Kai had to point to the traces in the lower left corner of the envelope to explain. "These traces on the envelope look very ordinary, but in fact they hide mysteries. These stains are artificially made, and the ink mass is the key, which can represent different meanings according to the different intervals and high and low positions of the ink balls. This was originally a joke between me and Ma Qing'er, but I didn't expect it to come in handy now! ”
Ma Qing'er left a secret note on the envelope, which translates to only two meanings, the French Concession and the patrol house. According to the information collected by the Shanghai Station of the Military Command, the operation of the special high school last night was a failure, and they did not catch anyone. Therefore, Ma Qing'er, who can still send a letter to the dead mailbox, is definitely not arrested in the patrol room of the French Concession, and after secretly thinking about the location of the patrol room of the Concession and the surrounding environment, Zhao Song suddenly realized.
"This Ma Qing'er is really smart, I think what she wants to express is not the French Concession Patrol House, but the hotel near the French Concession Patrol House, which is likely to be the hotel in the same street as the French Concession Patrol House." Zhao Song's words made Hu Kai's heart ecstatic, if this is the case, he will soon be able to meet Ma Qing'er, who has lost contact for more than 20 hours. It is a good thing to determine Ma Qing'er's location, but Zhao Song and the others can't look for Ma Qing'er with great fanfare, as Ma Qing'er's partner, Hu Kai must take on the burden of finding someone at this time.
Tang Cheng, who was still in the office of Hans Restaurant, did not know at this time that the Shanghai Station of the Military Command had the whereabouts of Ma Qing'er, and had organized people to find Ma Qing'er. Time passed little by little, and in Tang Cheng's patient waiting, Hans finally checked the drawings one by one, and the phone on the table in front of Hans finally rang.