As soon as Lin Jiangbei came to the railway station square along the exit, he heard a "bell bell" bell ringing from the direction of Hongkou, echoing in the night sky. Lin Jiangbei secretly counted in his heart, and saw that the bell rang a total of twenty-five times, so he was sure that this was the bell that sounded the fire alarm.

While counting, Lin Jiangbei raised his wrist and looked at the watch, and saw that the hands of the watch were pointing in the direction of half past two.

After twenty-five bells, after a moment's pause, the bell rang again in the direction of Hongkou, but this time only three times.

Hearing these three bells, the corners of Lin Jiangbei's mouth couldn't help but show a smile, there is no doubt that this should be the fire alarm bell caused by the burning of Tanimura Natsukawa's room.

At that time, fire protection in the Shanghai Concession was the responsibility of the Fire Administration Office of the Public Concession. At that time, the Fire Administration Department was demarcated by Suzhou Creek in the Public Concession, and a fire watchtower was built on each bank.

Among them, the fire watchtower in the north of Suzhou Creek is set up at the northeast corner of Wusong Road and Wujin Road in Hongkou area, which is managed by the Hongkou Fire Fighting Association, and is not far from Zhapu Road. Therefore, once a fire breaks out in the apartment building of Xia Chuan in the valley village of Zhapu Road, the lookout personnel arranged on the watchtower by the Hongkou Fire Fighting Association will definitely be able to find out quickly.

When Lin Jiangbei broke the pencil incendiary bomb in Tanimura Natsukawa's room to set a two-hour timer, the time was exactly 12:15. Then when the pencil incendiary bomb starts to burn, it should be around 2:15. When the fire spreads and burns to the outside of the house, it is seen by the lookout staff on the watchtower of the Hongkou Fire Fighting Association, and the lookout person then presses the button of the fire alarm bell and controls the mechanical hammer to ring the fire alarm bell, which should be about half past two.

As for the fact that there were two waves of bells of different numbers ringing before and after, the reason is simple. Because according to the regulations of Shanghai's fire protection circles, including the French Concession, the Public Concession, and even the Chinese jurisdictions of Nanshi and Zhabei, once the lookout personnel discover a fire, they must first ring the fire alarm bell 25 times to notify the whole city.

Then the second wave of bells is struck several times to convey the exact location of the fire. Just now, the watchtower bell of the Hongkou Fire Fighting Association rang three times, conveying the message that there was a fire on Zhapu Road in the Hongkou area.

After making sure that the pencil incendiary bomb burned smoothly according to the plan, Lin Jiangbei felt much more relaxed. Not to mention that the pencil incendiary bomb will burn everything in Tanimura Natsukawa's room to ashes. Even if something is not burned through, under the impact of the water cannons of the two high-powered American "Kettlerk" pump-type new fire trucks of the Hongkou Fire Fighting Association, Room 507 will not leave any traces.

Thinking in his heart, Lin Jiangbei's movements did not slow down in the slightest, came to the edge of the railway station square, beckoned a taxi, and went directly from Zhabei District to the Anglo-American jurisdiction of the public concession, and then returned to his residence on Rafeide Road.

After washing up, Lin Jiangbei went to bed. Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night for the Japanese, but none of this had anything to do with him.

This night, Lin Jiangbei slept very sweetly, until half past seven in the morning, he was woken up by Fu Bo from a knock on the door, telling him that there was a phone call for him in the study on the second floor.

Lin Jiangbei came to the second floor and picked up the phone, but it was Zhou Fengshan's voice inside.

"Jiangbei, first of all, I have good news for you!" Zhou Fengshan said excitedly on the phone, "Liu Xuan has successfully arrived in Hangzhou and delivered the goods to my office!" I'll call the seat and report the good news to him later! ”

Although this was originally in Lin Jiangbei's expectation, after hearing Zhou Fengshan say that Liu Xuan successfully sent the 91-style cipher machine to Zhou Fengshan's hands, the last boulder in Lin Jiangbei's heart was completely put down.

As long as the 91-type cipher machine can arrive in Hangzhou safely and smoothly, then their trip to Shanghai will be a great success. With this 91-style cipher machine, the situation of Sino-Japanese radio intelligence warfare will certainly be rewritten.

After saying this, Zhou Fengshan changed his words and said to Lin Jiangbei: "However, I have another bad news to tell you here!" That is, at about three o'clock in the morning this morning, we sent people to the river ferry of the Dai Shengchang Steamship Company to intercept Ogawa Kari. It turned out that not only was Kari Ogawa not on board, but there was also a murder on the passenger ship. After verification, it can basically be determined that the man who died is the person sent by the Hongkou Sleeper Group of the Shanghai Region to monitor the passenger ship of Ogawa Xiangri. ”

"What?"

Lin Jiangbei couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart.

This was something he hadn't expected before.

Not only did Kari Ogawa disappear from the passenger ship of the Daipoe Chang Steamship Company, but the personnel of the Hongkou Sleeper Group who monitored Kari Ogawa were also killed.

What does this mean?

It shows that the true identity of this surveillance officer has been discovered by Kaori Ogawa. That's why Kari Ogawa will attack this monitor, and then stage a missing scene.

"At present, the provincial capital police department has detained all the staff and passengers on the passenger ship of the Dai Shengchang Steamship Company for interrogation, and traced the truth about the death of the Hongkou sleeper group and the truth about when and where Ogawa Xiangli disappeared." Zhou Fengshan said, "Judging from the current situation, it is at least certain that Xiaochuan Xiangli disappeared after passing Yuhang County." In other words, Ogawa fragrant pear should still be in Zhejiang Province at present. ”

"I have ordered all the water and land transportation terminals in Zhejiang Province to strictly inspect the people leaving the province, and sent the photo of Ogawa Xiangli to the Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Railway Police Station. Let the railway police department arrest Ogawa as soon as she finds her on the train. ”

"But you also know that these measures can only delay the time for Ogawa to leave Zhejiang Province. If she is determined to leave Zhejiang Province and return to Shanghai, there are too many secret passages out of the province for her to escape. ”

"So, Jiangbei, I suggest you don't delay too much time in the Shanghai area. As for the truth about the murder of the old drunkard, it is best to find out today. If you can't come to any conclusions today, I think you'd better go back to Hangzhou. ”

"Principal Zhou, it shouldn't be a big problem." Lin Jiangbei pondered for a moment and said: "Even if Ogawa Xiangli really sneaks back to Shanghai, I will at most give up the identity of Ma Hong's small boss and dress up as another person." I believe that with my makeup skills, as long as I am cautious, even if I meet Kari Ogawa face-to-face, I will not be recognized by her. ”

Hearing Lin Jiangbei say this, Zhou Fengshan knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he could only retreat, "Well, from now on, you will give up the identity of Ma Hong's small boss!" In addition, I asked Liu Xuan to take the morning train back to Shanghai immediately, and let him lurk by your side to protect you secretly. Once it is discovered that Ogawa Kari herself has appeared, she will be eliminated at all costs. ”