Chapter 694: The Mysterious 'Owl'
Hu Yongqiang was saying this, when suddenly he found that the drawer of his desk had been touched. Because he has always been careful, since he became the manager of the Jianzhong Trading Company, although he has never put anything in his desk that might reveal his identity, he still has a habit of pressing a hair on the desk drawer every time he leaves the office.
If someone touches his drawer, the hair falls to the floor, and the hair is generally not noticeable and therefore not noticed.
But this is a means used by Hu Yongqiang to test whether he is secretly suspected, and there has been no problem before, but today, at the critical moment of sending Xu Wenwu out of the city, the hair that should have been on the drawer is gone!
Hu Yongqiang's cold hairs stood up, there can be no mistakes in this joint! So he immediately opened the drawer to see if it had been touched by anyone.
If someone touched the contents of the drawer, there was only one explanation, he was also targeted, and the other party also conducted a secret search of his office!
Hu Yongqiang quickly opened the drawer, and the first thing that caught his eye was a cowhide envelope, on which there were only two words: inside.
For this envelope that appeared in his drawer inexplicably, Hu Yongqiang's heart was quite strange, who put this envelope in his drawer unconsciously? Looking at the handwriting of the two words on the envelope, it looks like it was written by a woman.
Xu Wenwu was talking to Hu Yongqiang, and suddenly Hu Yongqiang closed his mouth suddenly, and at the same time opened the drawer and a puzzled look appeared on his face, he couldn't help asking: "Old Hu, what's wrong?" ”
"Someone touched my drawer and left me an envelope." Hu Yongqiang took out the envelope and shook it at Xu Wenwu.
Xu Wenwu's expression suddenly became serious, and he said with some concern: "Is your identity in danger of being exposed?" Who the hell would sneak an envelope in your drawer? Open it up and take a look, it's weird. ”
Hu Yongqiang didn't say anything, turned the envelope over and over against the light and looked at it a few times, and found that the envelope was completely sealed, so he tore open the envelope and took out a note inside.
Hu Yongqiang carefully read the contents of the note, and found that the final payment was an owl, so he was relieved, obviously, this is the future contact method determined by the 'owl' comrade after Lao Hou told him last time that it would be led by this 'owl' comrade in the future.
Since Lao Hou didn't explain this matter to him that he could let Xu Wenwu or others know, Hu Yongqiang could only explain briefly to Xu Wenwu, who looked strange: "Don't worry, this is the new line that the organization arranged for me after you evacuated and put it in my drawer, and now I can be sure that my identity is not in danger of being exposed." ”
Xu Wenwu is an old underground worker, Hu Yongqiang explained this, he suddenly understood that he had no right to know about this matter. Because he had been asked to evacuate Stone City by the organization, the group led by Hu Yongqiang would naturally have organizational arrangements in the future, and he didn't need to know the details, so he just nodded and didn't continue to ask.
After Hu Yongqiang read the note, although he knew that his identity was not exposed, he still had some doubts. The words on the note are obviously a woman's handwriting at first glance, could it be that the 'owl' comrade is a woman?
There is another point that makes him a little confused, although he is not an important person in Stone City, but he can be regarded as a third-class sect and nine streamers will hear about him. So how did this 'owl' comrade have the ability to get in and out of his office without anyone else noticing?
He clearly remembered that he had not yet had this envelope in his drawer when he left work this evening, which meant that the 'owl' comrade had only come after work, but he did not find that the door of his office had been pried open.
From these signs, Hu Yongqiang had a guess that the 'owl' comrade was either very good at picking locks on sliding doors, or that no one would be suspicious of her when he came to Jianzhong Trading Company, and that this 'owl' also had the key to his own office.
But Hu Yongqiang thought about it, and filtered through his mind all the women he knew or had dealings with in Stone Town, and he really didn't find anyone who met these prerequisites. He found that the upline arranged for him by the organization this time was very mysterious. Of course, this also confirms what Lao Hou said to him, that 'owl' comrade knows his identity, but he didn't know that this 'owl' comrade existed before.
It can be seen that Comrade 'Owl' may be far more important to the organization than himself, and perhaps have a greater role in Stone Town. It was only because of the exposure of Xu Wenwu's identity that the organization had to let him accept the leadership of this mysterious 'owl' comrade, and he had the opportunity to know the existence of this 'owl' comrade.
Hu Yongqiang carefully looked at the contents of the note again, and after being sure that he had memorized it completely, he struck a match and burned the note and the envelope. Since Comrade 'Owl' has already arranged the dead mail box for future contact, then he will follow the contact information on this note.
The time soon came to half past eleven in the middle of the night, and the party comrade who would follow the car tonight also arrived, and that comrade strictly adhered to the principle of underground work quotas, although he didn't know Xu Wenwu, but he didn't ask a word, just nodded with Xu Wenwu, and sat silently on the side without saying a word.
Of course, Hu Yongqiang would not introduce the two of them, so he silently waited for the arrival of the Japanese military vehicles.
At half past eleven, the Japanese military vehicles arrived on time, and Hu Yongqiang heard the sound of trucks coming upstairs and watched the arrival of the Japanese trucks by the window. As soon as the Japanese trucks stopped, Hu Yongqiang said to Xu Wenwu and the other comrades: "Let's go downstairs." ”
After going downstairs, Hu Yongqiang bowed to the Japanese soldier Cao who was sitting in the passenger seat, pointed to Xu Wenwu and the other comrade and said a few words, and the Japanese soldier Cao nodded with a tense face, made a gesture, and signaled Hu Yongqiang and others to hurry up and get into the car.
After all, this is a street, although it is in the middle of the night, but it is always inappropriate to see a few Chinese on a Japanese military vehicle.
When Xu Wenwu climbed into the carriage with Hu Yongqiang, he saw that there were two Japanese soldiers in the carriage who were completely ignorant of them, so this time he let go of the heart he had been carrying and sat in a dark corner of the carriage silently. Hu Yongqiang, on the other hand, took out two packs of cigarettes from his body as if he was playing a trick, and handed them to the two Japanese soldiers with a smiling face, and then walked to Xu Wenwu's side and sat down.