It is said that the Sulu branch of the Black Dragon Society was defeated by monkeys, and Kawashima has not had time to form a new agency, and the sabotage activities of the Black Dragon Society in various places are not as rampant as before.

However, the devils in the enemy-occupied area inadvertently got clues and cracked a secret contact point of the Eighth Route Army, and during torture and interrogation, they learned that the contact point would soon receive a high-ranking official of the Eighth Route Army passing by.

The little devil was overjoyed and immediately opened his net, ready to capture this high-ranking official in one fell swoop.

But the Eighth Route Army protected the high-ranking official and easily entered the liberated area through the blockade line. This matter was immediately reported to the Black Dragon Society. Kawashima scolded the devil army for being stupid, and on the one hand, he quickly sent agents to various transportation arteries to investigate the traces of this high-ranking official.

But time is pressing, and the black dragon will not be able to transfer so many people at once. There were only two or three devils who came to East Taiping Town.

They disguised themselves as local people, monitoring the main roads and hotels to see who had entered the town, who had stayed in the hotels, and so on.

Three devils, one is called Ono, one is called Takeda, and the other is called Inoue. The three of them divided their labor, and Ono monitored the two inns in the town, the old store of Zhou Ji and the Taiping Inn. Takeda spies on suspicious people entering the town. Inoue searches the streets for suspicious people.

During the leisure time, there are still more people in the market town, but there are not many people who enter the town in groups or groups of three or five. And that's exactly what they're watching.

According to their analysis, since it is a high-ranking cadre crossing the road, there will be no one to protect them on the road, at least ten or eight, and at least three or five to protect them.

After half a day, the three devils met and found no suspicious targets. But at dusk the target appeared. A man who looked like a wealthy businessman, and a bookkeeper of his own, entered the town from the south end of the town with five or six bodyguards.

This caught Ono's attention. He could see that the rich merchant was disguised. Those bodyguards were agile and standardized, and they could be seen to be trained soldiers.

The people who do the work of bodyguards are all some martial arts masters, but they rarely leave traces of soldiers. Ono saw this very accurately.

These people kept approaching Zhou Ji's old store, and after eating, they entered the backyard and opened a room to live. Looks like they're not leaving tonight.

At this time, Takeda came to report that five more men had entered the town from the east.

Ono said, "What kind of people. ”

"The locals dress up like masons," Takeda said. ”

Ono said, "Let's go, let's see." ”

At this time, Inoue also came. They left Takeda to spy on the old shop of Zhouji, and Ono and Inoue to spy on a few masons.

I saw those masons enter the Taiping Inn, sit down, and each of them asked for two steamed buns, the same side dish. Eat and drink slowly.

Ono said, "Inoue-kun, you go eat a bowl of noodles and watch over them." ”

Inoue walked into the Taiping Inn, asked for a bowl of noodles, and ate it slowly, eavesdropping on what the masons had to say.

He didn't know much Chinese, but after a short period of training, he was able to understand some general meanings. Those people were talking about building houses in other people's homes.

These people went out to work in their spare time and built houses for other people. Inoue came to such a conclusion in his heart.

At this time, a few single guests came in one after another to stay in the hotel, and the boss happily received them. The masons, after eating, paid the money, walked out of the shop. Head north of the town.

"It's a couple of masons who build houses." Inoue came out and said to Ono.

Ono is still not at ease: "What if they are in the Eighth Route Army?" Go, keep up with them. ”

Ono and Inoue quietly followed behind the masons. The masons walked and talked, neither looking around, nor peeking behind them, unsuspectingly.

After walking more than three miles, a mason made a fork in the road and walked towards a village. After walking a few more miles, the road ahead diverged, and two masons walked to the village to the east, and the other two masons to the village to the west.

Inoue said, "What to do? ”

Ono said, "This is a real mason. Let's go back. ”

The two devils hurried back to East Taiping Town and found Takeda. Ono said, "What's the situation?" ”

Takeda said, "Those people stayed. There was no one else coming to stay at the hotel. ”

Ono said, "What about the Taiping Inn?" ”

Takeda said, "Only one single guest stays in the hotel. Nothing else. ”

Ono said: "The people in Zhouji's old store are the key targets of suspicion. It is very likely that it is the high-ranking official of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Inoue said, "Let's bite them to death, don't let them lose them." ”

But they didn't expect that the boss of Shoujiang was resting on the bed of the Taiping Inn. On the other side, Fan Jiang was having a meeting with the monkey monks.

Fan Jiang said: "In our last paragraph, the work was not done well, which caused us so much trouble. We must not leave the comrades who protect the chief in the next paragraph a little trouble. ”

Fan Jiang said: "From now on, we will completely disappear from the sight of the devil. Not only can't you kill a devil, but you can't even alarm them. Now let's talk about tomorrow's handover. ”

He introduced that East Taiping Town is already close to the edge of the Eighth Route Army base area, and 20 miles to the west from here, there is a place called West Taiping Town. It was neither a base nor an enemy-occupied area, a place that neither side could control for long.

The choice of such a place for handover is precisely in consideration of not bringing the tail into the base area over there. This was very important for the chief's safe arrival in Yan'an.

The monkey said, "Lights out!" There were people on the roof a hundred meters away. ”

Fan Jiang blew out the candle with a "poof". The Taiping Inn was silent on the side.

It was Ono and Inoue who were moving on the roof. Takeda stayed at the old store of Zhou Ji to monitor the situation there. That's the object of their suspicion.

But Ono is a careful and suspicious person, and he and Inoue repeatedly patrol the town to see if there are any outsiders to stay tonight.

Tonight, there were no outsiders in the whole town, and the guests of the two inns were all under his control. Regardless of whether the wealthy merchant in Zhou Ji's old store is a high-ranking official of the Eighth Route or not, in short, under the eyelids of the three of them, they will not let the high-ranking official of the Eighth Route cross the border safely.

He didn't know that they were already in the field of view of Lang's team. Lang's team set up an ambush in most of the town after dark. They watched the three devils' every move, as long as they didn't directly threaten the chief's safety. Leave him alone.

In fact, Ono feels too good about himself. The monkey tricked himself and deceived him.

The rich merchant in Zhou Ji's old store was dressed up by several members of Lang's team. They swaggered into the old store of Zhou Kee, and immediately attracted Ono's attention.

Shoujiang Boss and Fan Jiang Monkey pretended to be masons and entered the Taiping Inn and went directly to the backyard. Several other members of the team in the same costume immediately took their place where to eat. After eating, several members of the team pretended to be masons and went home, and took them out of the town for more than ten miles.

At this point, the three devils completely eliminated their suspicions about the Taiping Inn.