Lu Ziqiang nodded and said, "That's what the superiors mean, let them go to Yan'an to study, and as for their work arrangements, they will be determined after the study is completed." However, judging from the situation you just reported, there are still many doubts about this Zhong Qian Gen couple. Originally, because their identities have been verified by their superiors, we should not continue to suspect them, but I think we should not be careless. In this way, you take two comrades on the road with them, nominally to escort them to Yan'an, but your task is to watch their every move. ”

Xie Xiaoliu couldn't figure out Lu Ziqiang's arrangement, and he asked suspiciously: "Section Chief, why is this?" Could it be that you still have doubts about Zhong Qian Gen and his wife? However, the superiors have already verified the identity of Zhong Xiangen's Far East Intelligence Agency, and our secret surveillance of him during this time has not found anything suspicious about them. ”

Lu Ziqiang smiled and decided to give Xie Xiaoliu a little bit, so as not to make Xie Xiaoliu feel uncertain when he was carrying out the task. He explained with a smile: "Although the superiors have verified the identity of Zhong Qiangen's Far East Intelligence Agency intelligence officer, there are two things that make me doubt them. First, why did Zhong Qiangen go to the post office every three days to submit poems to the newspaper office in Shanghai? What was his purpose in doing this? For the manuscript fee? Or is it for other purposes? So I think you should find a way to get all the poetry manuscripts he sent out after he got here, and bring them back to us and analyze them together. I feel that Zhong Qiangen must have some hidden purpose in doing this, but we don't know it yet. ”

After a pause, Lu Ziqiang saw that Xie Xiaoliu was thoughtful, and continued: "The second suspicion is that you just reported that Wang Sufen's mental arithmetic ability. According to Zhong Qiangen, Wang Sufen is just a housewife with no culture, but why can she quickly point out the mistake of the innkeeper and immediately say the correct answer after the innkeeper calculates the wrong meal money? ”

Xie Xiaoliu came to his senses a little, he grabbed his hair a little embarrassed, and said: "Section Chief, you are really experienced, if you don't remind me, I really haven't noticed that this little thing is really a little strange." ”

"That's right! It's just a little weird! This incident illustrates the fact that Wang Sufen is not as educated as Zhong Qiangen herself claims, but has a certain culture, especially in arithmetic, if she has not received any education, how can she know mental arithmetic? Now the question arises, why did Zhong Qiangen hide this fact from us? What is his purpose in concealing that Wang Sufen has a certain culture? This is worth pondering. Lu Ziqiang raised several rhetorical questions in a row.

Xie Xiaoliu said a little anxiously: "In that case, why did you still let them go to Yan'an?" For this kind of person who has doubts about him, we should not let them go to Yan'an, but should examine them on the spot! ”

"It's just a suspicion, but it's not conclusive evidence. I asked you to escort the two of them to Yan'an, but also to paralyze them and make them mistakenly think that they have passed our review, so that they can relax their vigilance. When you hit the road, I will report these suspicions to the headquarters in advance, and when you arrive in Yan'an, the headquarters will continue to take over the surveillance of them. Oh, by the way, you are on the way to escort them to Yan'an, you have to pay special attention to that Wang Sufen, if you have the chance, you have to find a way to secretly search their luggage to see if there are any suspicious items. But be careful not to let them know about it. Lu Ziqiang advised.

"Okay, I'll go to the post office immediately, get back all the poems sent by Zhong Qiangen, and analyze them together. Also, when did Zhong Qiangen and his wife leave for Yan'an? Xie Xiaoliu asked a little impatiently.

"There is no special rule from the superiors for this departure time, so we can handle it flexibly. I think it's better to get to Yan'an as soon as possible, the sooner they arrive in Yan'an, the sooner the headquarters can secretly review them. Later, you and I will go to the Penglai Inn and announce the decision of your superiors to them. Lu Ziqiang thought for a while and said.

Zhong Qiangen has been in this small county town on the border between the border area and the national control region for more than half a month, and according to his expectations, the verification results of his identity should come out, but the section chief Lu seems to have forgotten them and ignores them, which makes Zhong Qiangen's heart secretly a little anxious.

But he couldn't show this kind of anxiety, and he couldn't even take the initiative to find that Section Chief Lu, because the more he took the initiative, the more he might arouse Section Chief Lu's suspicion of him.

As for the identity verification of his Far East Intelligence Bureau's intelligence officer, Zhong Qiangen was not afraid. The question, whether it is the piece of paper he took out to prove his identity, or the code name and the name of his superior that he provided to Section Chief Lu are all true, as long as they are verified, this aspect is seamless.

The reason is very simple, his previous code name was really Oak, and he was indeed an intelligence agent of the Far Eastern Intelligence Agency, but after his superiors evacuated Mukden, he was unfortunately betrayed by traitors, and as a result, the two of them were arrested and tortured by the Japanese secret services.

He couldn't bear this kind of torture, and until now he felt terrified when he remembered those days, so he finally confessed everything to the Japanese.

It is precisely because he has completely lost contact with the Far Eastern Intelligence Service and has never had horizontal contact with the local underground party organization that his arrest and confession are unknown to either the Far Eastern Intelligence Agency or the local underground party organization.

This also provided the possibility for the Japanese secret service in Mukden to prepare to take the couple into their own use, and for this reason, he officially became a spy sent by the Japanese secret service in Mukden.

The only task given to him by the head of the Japanese secret service in Mukden was to break into the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area, go to Yan'an to infiltrate and collect anti-Japanese intelligence of the Communist Party, and gave him a new code name: Octopus.

The journey from the northeast to the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningbo border area was very smooth, except for a little accident in Stone Town, the couple passed through the Japanese-occupied area and the national control area of Heyu Province smoothly in succession, and after arriving in this small county town, he did not receive special attention from the border security department, and it can be said that everything was going according to the plan in advance.

On this day, he was reading a book in the guest room of the inn, while Wang Sufen was taking notes on the table. Regarding Wang Sufen's habit, Zhong Qiangen secretly shook his head in his heart. This wife is good at everything, but she is too childish, she lives a careful life, and she has to keep an account of the expenses of the two of them every day, and then every once in a while she will tell him where he can save money and what he shouldn't spend.