At six o'clock in the morning of July 4, Zhang Chi, who was anxious, came to Zhou Chengbin: "Director Zhou, more than a day has passed, and there has been no progress, and I am worried that the agent No. 76 who raided the US business delegation has been successful and may leave ......Chongqing at any time."

Zhou Chengbin, who was eating breakfast, put down his chopsticks and said: "Don't be impatient, in addition to arresting the murderer of the surprise delegation, our more important task is to crack the spy network of the Japanese lurking in Chongqing." Where have you been this night? If you're injured, why don't you get some rest? ”

Zhang Chi replied: "The last time I went back to Chongqing to arrest Ni Xin, he saw that the flaws fell short, and I didn't have time to figure out what the problem was...... Ni Xin is cunning and resourceful, but unfortunately, the 'Woodpecker' operation was forced to be postponed again. ”

After listening to Zhang Chi's narration, Zhou Chengbin said with a straight face: "Actually, I have long wanted to talk to you, the last operation failed, you have the greatest responsibility, it is not the first time that you and Ni Xin have fought each other, Meng Xiaojie is in the hands of this person, why are you so careless?" Do you always think that it is just bad luck and not a crime of war? Don't argue that it's just an accident, with your attitude, even if the agent who sells wontons doesn't show a flaw, it's only a matter of time before something happens elsewhere. ”

Zhang Chi bowed his head and was silent, but Zhou Chengbin refused to stop there, and continued to lecture: "You are in Shenyang Station, mainly responsible for action, and in the future, in Shanghai, you will be responsible for overall work." Those who do what we do, with emotions, will inevitably pay a heavy price. You should learn from Guo Xuan at this point, he is at odds with many people, but as long as he works together, he will never bring personal likes and dislikes into his work. You have more qualifications than me, and you have been a secret agent for a longer time than me, don't you even understand this truth? ”

Zhang Chi admitted his mistake with difficulty: "It's my fault, I've been unconvinced by you, and Chen Jinsong...... I also told Mr. Mao that I was unwilling to be transferred to Shanghai, and I was reprimanded...... I always want to do something that you can't do, to prove yourself......"

"It's good if you know it's wrong, people are not sages, who can be without fault? Someone once said: For an agent, the most important thing is not skill, or even intelligence, luck, or tacit understanding between comrades-in-arms, but to make fewer mistakes. Liu Zezhi's words were relayed by Chen Jinsong to Zhou Chengbin.

Zhang Chi replied: "That's right, who is this person?" Sounds like a word of experience? ”

An agent temporarily assigned to Tang Jitian's command interrupted the conversation between the two and came in to report: "Team Leader Tang ordered me to report to you: One of the suspects, a man named Yuan Dong, was on night duty yesterday and secretly took a few top-secret documents, and now he is out, and Team Leader Tang personally leads people to follow him. ”

It was even smoother than Zhou Chengbin's advance, and it was actually a stolen person! Zhang Chi was very excited and asked, "I suggest that reinforcements be dispatched immediately, is there enough manpower under Tang Jitian?" Don't lose it! ”

"I still have confidence in Tang Jitian's ability, the temporary deployment of people will disrupt his rhythm, don't worry, calm down, wait a minute, I heard that you are playing Go well, come, accompany me to play a game of chess."

An hour passed, and the absent-minded Zhang Chi threw himself in the middle game: "No, I lost, I can't calm down." ”

Zhou Chengbin smiled, looked at his watch, and ordered: "That's it, I'll find you something to do." When Yuan Dong went out, he must have contacted someone to send the microfilm, or put it in a place similar to a dead mailbox, etc., and wait for someone to pick it up. Then he would pretend that nothing had happened and go back to where he lived. You take two people to the Ministry of Finance to find out where Yuan Dong lives, and when he goes back, arrest him immediately, remember: act quickly, never have a shootout, and don't give him a chance to enter the room to arrange a code to warn his accomplices, and keep the news tightly sealed, once the news leaks, in case he has assistants and accomplices, it will be troublesome. It's up to you to interrogate. I don't care what you do, but I must pry his mouth open before twelve o'clock at noon. ”

Zhang Chi responded loudly with a "yes", and secretly said in his heart that the goal was there, and he would arrest someone, if he missed again, he would have no face to live.

At eight o'clock in the morning, at the back door of a primary school in Qingshuping District, opposite a grocery store, Tang Jitian watched Yuan Dong put something into the mailbox hanging on the wall of the grocery store, and then left as if nothing happened.

"Team Leader Tang, why don't you arrest him?" Agent Lao Ai, who was following Tang Jitian, asked.

Tang Jitian sneered: "He is a clerk of the Ministry of Finance, and if he can run a monk, he can't run away from the temple, my target is someone who comes to get information." ”

Lao Ai asked uneasily, "Why don't you continue to follow him?" If he runs away, won't he ......?"

"You don't have to suffer from gains and losses, he can put the information in this mailbox, which means that he hasn't realized that he has been exposed, why should he run?"

"Then he should also be arrested and interrogated, and there are two people and a car followed by the second echelon, and the four of us are completely sure of dealing with him alone."

Tang Jitian smiled and replied, "Lao Ai, this is the second time we have worked together, and you are too nervous." Arrest here, what if you are alarmed to come to get information? Didn't you send someone to report to Director Zhou a long time ago? Don't worry, I'm Director Zhou's assistant, and I've heard and seen it by his side, and I'm sure he must have made arrangements. ”

This is a tacit understanding, without a word, as much as possible. has been with Zhou Chengbin for a year, and Tang Jitian has benefited a lot.

Seeing Yuan Dong get on a bus, Tang Jitian and the others found a breakfast stall twenty or thirty meters away from the mailbox and asked for two bowls of bean curd and four baked cakes.

Fortunately, Tang Jitian did not act rashly, Yuan Dong was cautious, and the person in charge of the Chongqing Japanese spy network, the principal of Chongqing 55th National Public Primary School, Min Weiyi, was an old fox for many years. Yuan Dong got off the train after two stops, and after confirming again that no one was following, he found a public phone and dialed the phone number of the primary school communication room. ”

"I'm sorry, I made a mistake, I'm looking for Fifty-Five Middle School."

Lao Cao put down the phone expressionlessly, took a shortcut through the playground, came to the back door, opened a small door on the big iron door from the inside with a key, went to the grocery store and bought a tael of iron nails, opened the mailbox, quickly locked it again, and returned to school through the small door.

The school went to work at half past eight, at this time the main entrance was the most lively time for people to come and go, a forty-seven or eighteen-year-old man, wearing a half-used gown of Xia Lan cloth, wearing a pair of gold-wire glasses, and a polite man got off a rickshaw, Lao Cao opened the door of the communication room, and said with a smile: "Principal Min is early, your newspaper." ”

The man smiled and nodded to take it, and walked into the school building while greeting the teacher he met.

Lao Ai looked at Tang Jitian twice, and he didn't dare to say anything when he wanted to urge. Tang Jitian quietly drank the bean curd, ate the four baked cakes, and asked, "Lao Ai, you don't eat any of them?" ”

Lao Ai lowered his voice and forced a smile: "I have no appetite, ...... next"

"Let's go, let's go back and talk to the car."

The two walked nearly a kilometer and found the car following behind, Tang Jitian got into the car and said: "Judging from the dress of the person who took the information, it is very likely that he is a school worker in the communication room, and he can have contact with all the teachers and visitors in the school." ”

Lao Ai said patiently: "Yes, so I think I should follow him just now to see who he is in contact with." ”

"It's unrealistic, when I first go to work in the morning, the school worker in the communication room has to deliver newspapers and letters to various offices, and I can't check it. Once the grass was startled, the film was destroyed, there was no evidence, and the school worker refused to move, and the clue was broken. ”

"What then?"

Tang Jitian replied: "Don't worry, our soldiers are divided into two ways, and Lao Ai and I will transfer the school worker out without a trace and arrest and interrogate." I called Director Zhou again and asked him to send four people to reinforce me. The two of you each take two people, separate guards at the front and back doors of the school, the school has a characteristic, after work, only after a class is over, there should be a teacher who has finished the class to leave, if during the class, someone leaves, the suspicion is very big, immediately follow. ”

It turned out that the two agents in the car left as ordered, Tang Jitian called Zhou Chengbin to report the situation, and Zhou Chengbin replied: "Good job, I will send someone over for reinforcements immediately." As for how to fish out the school worker...... Zhou Chengbin said his plan and advised: "You call me again in ten minutes, I will call the Municipal Education Bureau, and the traffic police will also arrange it by me." ”

Ten minutes later, Tang Jitian spoke to Zhou Chengbin on the phone again: "Surname Liu? Understood, the school worker's surname was Cao...... Understood, the number has been written down, please rest assured, I will go back as soon as I am arrested. ”

put down the phone and explained a few words to Lao Ai, Lao Ai nodded frequently and replied, "Don't worry, Team Leader Tang, I understand." ”

Tang Jitian parked his car at a fork in the road two streets away from Chongqing National No. 55 Primary School, Lao Ai found a public phone and dialed the school's phone, saying in authentic Sichuan dialect: "Is there a communication room for No. 55 Primary School?" I am from the Administrative Department of the Municipal Education Bureau, and I will send documents about the summer vacation arrangements to the schools in this area, the bicycle is broken at the intersection two streets away from your school, yes, it is the intersection where there is a car repair stall, please come and pick it up, hand it over to Principal Min, don't delay. Yes, I didn't send it before, Lao Liu and his wife had malaria, and went home to visit relatives, I took him for a few days, my surname is Zeng, wearing a gray shirt, okay, I'll wait for you. ”

Lao Ai said tightly, Lao Cao did not doubt him, he was afraid of a quarter of an hour of delay and then rang the class bell, hurriedly walked out of the school gate, and came to the intersection that Lao Ai said, Lao Ai was happy, sure enough, it was the person who took the documents, he greeted him, and said with a smile: "Lao Cao, right?" It's me, give you the documents. ”

Lao Cao took it and looked at it, it was just a blank piece of paper, what was going on? Before he could speak, the smile on Lao Ai's face was gone, he firmly clasped his right wrist, quickly took out the handcuffs and handcuffed him, a gun was put against his waist, and a cold voice came: "Don't move!" Or I'll kill you! ”

The man behind him shoved violently, and Lao Ai grabbed his head and stuffed it into a car on the side of the road. The two cooperated tacitly, and it only took about ten seconds before and after, and no one noticed what was happening to the pedestrians on the road, and the car had already started and left.

A few minutes later, the telephone bell in the communication room of Chongqing National No. 55 Primary School rang again, and an unfamiliar voice said: "I am a policeman, is there a school worker surnamed Cao in your school?" He's in a car accident! It's very serious, and he was sent to Qingshuping Civilian Hospital, so you should notify the family as soon as possible, or send someone to come. Without waiting for the phone to ask, he hung up with a snap.

This book was first published in Reading Books