"If the preliminary work has not yet been put in place, is it possible to come forward in a hurry as Zhang Chi? Zhang Chi was detained at the regiment headquarters, Li Yi absconded, his identity has been exposed, and the general also said: Liao Taohe is quite prestigious in the 79th Regiment, how many people are willing to follow Li Yi and the regiment commander Liao Taohe against him? There was such a big incident, the regiment headquarters was heavily guarded, and Li Yi raided the regiment headquarters to rob Zhang Chi and others, but no one died for it. ”

Heiichiro Ono nodded and said: "I have also thought of what you said, and I have been interrogated repeatedly, but Liao Tao and the officers who were present at the time of the incident have made up their words, how can we find out the truth?" The situation is unclear, and it is inconvenient to use torture to extract confessions. ”

"The subordinates feel that the top priority is to find Zhang Chi and others, once Zhang Chi and his subordinates are caught, even if Zhang Chi does not recruit, there will always be people who succumb to torture, and then it will naturally be clear whether Liao Taohe is innocent or not."

"Needless to say? The key is how to find Zhang Chi! ”

"Liao Taohe's parents and wife are in our hands, and the preparations for the mutiny are not in place, so he doesn't dare to turn his face with the imperial army; In the same way, Zhang Chi is the killer of the Wang faction of the military commander, the deputy director of the Shanghai Branch, because of Liao Taohe, Zhang Chi died unexpectedly, can the military commander give up? ”

Heiichiro Ono replied: "You mean to let Zhang Chi go, it may be Liao Tao and the mastermind?" ”

"General, please think: Why did Zhang Chi go to the headquarters of the 79th Regiment to plot against Liao Taohe? It can't be a hot head, right? Do you remember? The 79th Regiment was assigned to the command of General Ying Zuo and participated in the encirclement and suppression of Zhou Chengbin and the third column led by him. At that time, the third column was almost completely wiped out, and after Zhou Chengbin fled in a hurry, he met his subordinates on a narrow road and almost died. ”

"Yes, there must be a reason why the military commander chose to plot against Liao Taohe, is it because he has mastered Liao Taohe and other family members? Or did Liao Tao and Ben intend to betray the imperial army? ”

Ni Xin suggested: "General, please send someone to secretly investigate the situation of Liao Tao and the rest of his family. Subordinates have a humble opinion: It is better to let Liao Taohe go and track the whereabouts of Zhang Chi and others through him. ”

Heiichiro Ono hesitated a little: "Let him go?" Will it induce a mutiny? Although there are hostages...... Is it guaranteed to be foolproof? ”

"Of course not, the subordinates mean that only Liao Tao and one person are released, and it is said that the imperial army trusts him, and the others still need to continue the training, and the temporary officers sent to the 79th Regiment do not need to be withdrawn, he is alone, how can he mutiny?"

"I'll think about it. What happened to the captured commanders? ”

"Wu Shun boiled the sentence and did not recruit, yesterday after the examination of Dr. Peng said that he must not be tortured again within forty-eight hours, this person used to be Liu Zezhi's assistant, I suspect that he knows a lot of things, so he can only be detained first, and then find a way. Gan Min was willing to cooperate after being sentenced, but unfortunately he was arrested the first time he was activated, and he knew nothing about the Shanghai branch of the military command. The operative at the Petain Road record store, the only one caught by his subordinates and not injured, was arraigned four times, each time using torture without a single word of confession. Alas, I don't even know what his name is. Neither can this person be punished. ”

"Where are the two wounded?"

"One of the wounded's injuries deteriorated, and he died of postoperative complications in the early hours of this morning, and the other was out of danger, and in the afternoon Lao Peng gave him a comprehensive examination, saying that he could be interrogated and tortured, but torture could not be used. The subordinate wanted to wait two more days. ”

"Operatives, you won't know much, you can do it."

Ni Xin said with a smile: "There is one more thing I want to ask the general to instruct: Asano-kun wrote a "Letter of Repentance", and his attitude is quite sincere, you can see ......"

Heiichiro Ono asked rhetorically, "What do you think?" ”

"Now that I think about it, he was right to act against orders at that time, we didn't take into account that the secret passage of the bakery leads to the underground sewage line, of course, he acted on his own initiative, and treatment was necessary. When employing people, it is not really sent to a military court, right? It's been closed for so many days, can you ......?"

"Humph! How did I teach you? Ci is not in charge of the soldiers! Don't you understand such a simple truth? If he can calm down, in a car accident, Zhou Chengbin may not be able to react, and wait for Captain Qian to set up an ambush circle...... That's it, remove from office and stay in office, to see the after-effects! I will be this wicked man, and tomorrow I will send him to me to train you. ”

"Yes."

"Ni Xin, you haven't been home for two or three days, have you? I went to see Jiaojiao yesterday and the child had a bit of a cold. ”

"Aren't you busy these days? I'll go back. ”

At half past five o'clock in the morning of the 24th, Gao Rui went to the small vegetable market to buy vegetables as usual, passing by an elementary school, and an old red and white ribbon was randomly tied to the third bottom of the fence of the playground, which seemed to be the work of the naughty boy. Gao Rui continued to walk forward, approaching a barber shop, where the tricolor sign and the wall formed a dead end. Gao Rui seemed to be rested by the stones on the road, held on to the wall with his hand, stopped for two or three seconds, and then left.

Gao Rui took a shortcut to a fork in the road, pulled a hair pin from his bun, and by the light of the street lamp, picked up a white note one inch wide and two inches long in his hand. It turned out that the note was sandwiched, and she glanced at it and put it in her mouth.

At noon that day, on Foch Road in the former French Concession, Liu Zezhi saw Ge Jiapeng: "Is it safe here?" ”

"The café is sluggish, and the back of the original package partition is rented out, and the guests often change, so it should be safe. Zezhi, there are too many people in Shanghai who know you, and you shouldn't leave the base area. ”

"Boss Dai sent me here to carry out a mission, not to cultivate in the base area. Rest assured, I will try to minimize the number of appearances in Shanghai. ”

"Zezhi - you don't mind if I call you that, do you? I met with Feng Gensheng and Gong Suhe, and handed over the contact point in Suzhou Creek to Feng Gensheng, and according to your instructions, this point will be handed over to Gong Su and used tonight after you leave. Do I have to go? Feng Gensheng, I understand, how about Gong Su and this person? ”

Liu Zezhi smiled: "You can call it anything." Gong Suhe is an old man in the military command, is he capable, how can he be stronger than you? ”

Ge Jiapeng's eyes widened and he protested: "Better than me? No way? Is there anyone else in the military command who is more capable than me? Are you mistaken? Commissioner Liu! ”

Liu Zezhi smiled and said, "Let's get down to business, tell me what happened before Director Zhou disappeared?" The more detailed, the better. ”

Ge Jiapeng recounted the situation at that time and said: "There was only so much I could do at that time, and I have been thinking these days: Where did Director Zhou go? ”

"Xie Wei? You said that Lin Shirong saw Xie Wei, who should have died a long time ago? So it's really Egwen's fault......"

Ge Jiapeng asked puzzledly: "Why do you say that seeing Xie Wei proves that the problem is with Ai Gaowen?" They don't belong to each other. Seeing that Liu Zezhi wanted to speak again, Ge Jiapeng said: "Forget it, I won't ask." Fortunately, Ai Gaowen had just been transferred to Director Zhou's side, and he had not yet had time to familiarize himself with the situation of the hidden agents in the Shanghai Branch, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable. Zezhi, you ordered me to leave Shanghai and return to the base area, what should I do with the Flying Eagle Project? ”

"Boss Dai agreed to postpone it for the time being."

Ge Jiapeng, who had always felt powerless, breathed a sigh of relief. Liu Zezhi said again: "You and Gong Suhe will return to the base area after completing the handover, and be responsible for finding the whereabouts of Deputy Director Zhang." ”

The 25th was Sunday, at 5:40 a.m., Gao Rui carried the vegetable basket into the small vegetable field, after buying the vegetables, he went to select a hen, paid the bill and asked the stall owner to slaughter it on his behalf, and then went to the back door of the river, where there were many aunts and housewives, some washed vegetables with the river water that did not need money, and some took time to eat breakfast after being busy for more than an hour. Gao Rui found a Chaos stall and sat down and asked for a bowl of Chaos.

Sitting next to him was Liu Zezhi, who was dressed as a cold clerk, and Liu Zezhi whispered while eating rice balls and drinking soy milk: "Sister Gao, you are okay." ”

"I'm fine, otherwise how could I come out and buy groceries? Didn't expect you to come back. ”

"To make a long story short, on the 16th of this month, Director Zhou Chengbin disappeared, and there were people from No. 76 at the scene, did Director Zhou fall into the hands of No. 76?"

Gao Rui took the wonton and replied in a low voice: "Ni Xin basically doesn't talk about work at home, and Hezi is not interested in these things, Ni Xin has been very busy in the past ten days, and has only returned home three or four times." ”

"Do you have any news of Zhang Keqing?"

"A few days ago, when Ni Xin was at home, Zhang Keqing came to the phone, I answered it first, after telling Ni Xin, he went to the study to answer, I don't know what he said, but it doesn't look like something happened. Need me to contact him? ”

Liu Zezhi drank the last sip of soy milk, handed over a banknote, and said while the stall owner was looking for money: "No need, he is not our person, and helping is a favor." ”

"There is another thing: Heiichiro Ono has a special agent captain named Yu Siwen, who has a good relationship with Ni Xin, and has come to the mansion to eat twice. I overheard him and Ni Xin talking on the phone: this person seems to be chasing Deputy Director Zhang, but unfortunately he only heard two sentences, or took advantage of Jiaojiao's time to run into the study to find his father, I don't know the specific situation. ”

Liu Zezhi was slightly relieved: he was still being hunted, which showed that Zhang Chi and others had not fallen into the hands of the Japanese puppet for the time being. He took the change handed by the stall owner and said, "I will arrange an assistant to assist you in this small vegetable market, and notify you in the original way after the arrangement is completed." Sister Gao, take care, I'll go first. ”

In the early morning mist, Liu Ze got on a three-wheeler, and Bao Zuzhang, who served as a response guard, then hired a three-wheeler and followed far behind.

Coming to Sun Dongsheng's newly set up contact point: two small rooms rented out from the patio behind a shiku gatehouse, Liu Zezhi walked into the room, which was equipped with furniture and daily necessities.

After a while, Bao Zuzhang also arrived. Liu Zezhi said: "Lao Bao, this contact point has been handed over to you, and your only task at present is to assist him in his work as an assistant to the 'Sabre'. You see, there's a secret room with a radio station in it. After I leave, the first thing you have to do is familiarize yourself with your surroundings, tomorrow is Monday, you use your forged documents to find a job and lurk in Shanghai. ”

"I see, who is Sabre?"

"You've seen him before, the inside line of the military commander serving in the military and police organs in Songhu. Except for the missing Director Zhou and Deputy Director Zhang, you are the only one in the Shanghai Branch who knows his identity. Only Secretary Han contacted him on the orders of Mr. Mao. ”

At nine o'clock, there were two long and two short knocks at the door, Liu Zezhi signaled Bao Zuzhang to open the door, and Zhang Zhan walked in!

This book was first published in Reading Books