Episode 93 Bangkok Spy

Xiang Xiaoqiang understands that a grand jury hearing will be held within three days, and if he is unlucky at that time, so if he wants to investigate, it will be most useful to find out his eyebrows within three days.

He proceeded to select a team of agents to rush to Bangkok to the White Elephant Hotel on the trail of his opponents.

The first requirement for this team of agents is to be proficient in the Thai language. Moreover, they should have dark skin, a thin body, prominent facial bones, and look like Siamese locals. At least thrown in the middle of a bunch of Siamese people, it is not easy to see at a glance.

To meet these conditions, you have to be an agent of the People's Guard at the same time, which is difficult. When he put forward such a few conditions for a stomachache, Xiang Xiaoqiang felt that it was unlikely, and felt that he was too whimsical. Although the People's Guard Corps has tens of thousands of people, the Security Corps currently has only a few thousand members. It's certainly easy to find a few English, French, Japanese and Russian speakers, but Thai is a small language, so where to find it!

But I had a stomachache and found eleven of them at once! Xiang Xiaoqiang was completely dumbfounded. But think about it, there are many foreign language talents in the intelligence unit. Although Thai is a small language, Siam and Ming have a close relationship, and Thai talents are not as scarce as imagined. With a stomachache, he also found six agents majoring in Ryukyuan on the file, which shocked Xiang Xiaoqiang again.

Out of the eleven people, four people were selected to be completely eligible. Two of them are Cantonese, one is from Guangxi, and the other is from Fujian, and they all have obvious Malay characteristics, speak fluent Thai, and have a quick mind and dexterity.

The stomach ache arranged for them to have a legal identity: a Ming officer stationed at the Chabang Naval Base in Siam, and two sets of documents were issued for them: one was a Ming naval officer certificate, and the other was a Siamese army officer certificate.

Because Siam is still basically a feudal monarchy, the domestic legal system is a mess, and Siam is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, so the citizens of the Ming Dynasty have extraterritorial rights in Siam, and the military has a lot of privileges, so the status of an officer in the naval base is the most convenient.

Then there's the question of how to get there. Generally speaking, there are two ways to get from Nanjing to Bangkok: either by train or by boat. It's too slow, though. It takes three days to travel by boat alone, and it is even slower to take the train, and it takes almost a week to go around the various railway lines. The problem is not only to get to Bangkok in three days, but also to find out something.

"If you take a plane," Xiang Xiaoqiang frowned, "you can only consider military aircraft." Daming does not have civil aviation now. However, in the case of military aircraft, our People's Guard Force does not have them, and we have to secretly discuss them with the army, and we will not let the investigation team find out. Otherwise, it's troublesome. ”

"My lord," he said with a smile with a stomachache, "isn't Commander Li of the Army Airlines one of our people?" ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled bitterly:

"I also know that there are basically no planes to Siam for the army airlines. The main ones flying to the military base there were HNA planes. HNA, we are not familiar with it. Normally, of course, it's okay to ask them for help, but now that this has happened, they may not be willing to mess with me. ”

At this time, Qiu Yu had just come in from outside with four sets of Ming army uniforms and Siamese army uniforms, and when he heard Xiang Xiaoqiang talk about HNA, he immediately put down his military uniform, ran over and asked:

"What's going on? What's going on? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his head and said his concerns. Then he shook his head and said:

"I was only thinking about how to choose people and how to act there, but I didn't expect that even how to get there was a problem!"

Qiu Yun smiled:

"In this case, then I'll go to our submarine base to find our commander!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang and her stomach hurt both looked at her in surprise.

Qiu Yun smiled and said:

"Commander Xie of our submarine force is good! Why don't I go find him? Maybe he'll get a plane! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was very surprised, he didn't expect Qiuqiu to have this way. He "interrogated" Qiu Yu in detail, and then asked Xiuxiu for another question, learned about the nature of the submarine commander of the Yangtze River Fleet, and was convinced that he would not be betrayed if he went to him, so he sent a car to send Qiu Yu to the Jiangxinzhou submarine base. He didn't let Xiuxiu follow. Xiuxiu exposed too much in the newspaper, and went out too ostentatious. And Qiu Yun's chances of being recognized are much smaller.

Having said that, Qiu Yu is now the "Countess of Jiang Xinzhou", and it is only natural that she will inspect her own mining estate.

So, Qiu Yu took a few sisters from the original "Grasshopper", finished eating at noon, and ran back to the original unit to play.

Then I came back at about three o'clock in the afternoon.

"That's it!" Qiu Yun smiled and said to Xiang Xiaoqiang, "Our commander is still so good, he asked me to ask you how you are!" He doesn't believe that you did it, and he still fights for you! ”

"Huh...... That's good, that's good......" Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled, "How was the plane arranged?" ”

Qiu Yu smiled and said:

"Hainan Airlines will have a plane to deliver batteries to the Laem Chabang base tomorrow, and our commander will greet the people of Hainan Airlines, saying that four officers from the Laem Chabang base went to the Jiangxinzhou base to deliver parts last time, and now they will take a plane back. Laem Chabang is very close to Bangkok, and when the time comes, they will just take a car to Bangkok. ”

"Okay, very good, Qiu Yu did a beautiful job!"

……

The next day, at six o'clock in the morning of June 10, a HNA Junkers-52 took off from Xianlin Military Airport, carrying not only cargo and escorts, but also four "naval officers" from the Laem Chabang base. Armed with papers, pistols, and suitcases containing Siamese officers' uniforms, several spy tools, and a portable radio station, they were to go to Siam on a "business trip."

The plane landed at Changsha Airport at half past eight in the morning for refueling and took off at nine o'clock. After a total of six hours of flight, at around 12 p.m., it landed at the Laem Chabang military airfield in Siam.

The four of them had a brief lunch in the airport cafeteria before jumping on a shuttle bus to Bangkok. After nearly two hours of bumpy driving on the road in the tropical primeval forest, we arrived in downtown Bangkok at half past two in the afternoon.

The four of them first split up and walked around the street in order to shake off the possible "tail".

The streets of Bangkok, apart from palm trees and the warm, humid sea breeze, are more of a mess.

Ragged, dark-skinned locals crowded the city streets with goods and livestock, and barearmed, yellow-robed monks walked in groups. Donkey carts, ox carts, and the occasional car huddle together, and barefoot, even bare-bottomed, children run and scream happily in the midst of them. The sound of livestock, the shouting of vendors, the sound of children playing, and the sound of car horns are intertwined, and people's heads are about to explode.

On the Chao Phraya River, which winds its way through the city, locals paddle across the river with rice and vegetables in boats, and two rows of ripples slowly swing behind the boats. The river swung to both banks, patting the floating vegetables for a long time in the civilized country, and in history it had close contacts with the Ming Dynasty, so the locals, like the Chinese, were also very hard-working, forming a strong competition for the Chinese, the Chinese would do it, and the locals would do it.

The locals in both places also have a very different feel. The locals of the East Indies believe in Islam and appear to be brave and unruly, retaining the legacy of primitive tribal warriors. The Siamese locals believe in Buddhism, which is more peaceful, humble, shrewd, and has a bit of a taste of small citizens. Therefore, a bloody incident of the kind on a large scale in East India would have been simply unimaginable in Siam.

……

The four of them went around in a circle, and then went to the same small inn to stay. This small hostel was agreed upon in advance and is very unremarkable, but the surroundings are well connected and easy to transfer.

Now the first thing is:

First, determine how many operators are in the main computer room of the White Elephant Hotel, and whether there are any who understand Chinese. Because Siam and the Ming Dynasty had close contacts and there were many Chinese, there were many locals who were fluent in Chinese. But they analyzed that since it was to frame Xiang Xiaoqiang for such an important matter, the other party would definitely not let a person who was just "rough" in Chinese do it. Must be very good at Mandarin and be able to understand every word of both sides. Otherwise, the testimony in court will be very ineffective.

Second, in Siam, it is unlikely that a hotel operator will be proficient in a foreign language. So it is possible that the other party has found a local who is proficient in Chinese in advance and used some reason to change shifts with the operator of the day to listen to the call.

Third, if it is a temporary shift change, when the other party arranges the shift change in advance, it must be taken into account that the operator is going to testify in court, which must withstand rigorous background checks. In other words, if you get a completely unrelated person to change shifts, it will be too blunt, and you can see at a glance that it is deliberately arranged. Therefore, the operator found by the other party should have something to do with the original operator of the hotel, for example, relatives or friends. This can be explained: I was not feeling well that day, so I asked a friend to replace me, but my friend didn't understand the rules and eavesdropped on the guest's phone, and I heard this content......

It's natural and credible to say it in court.

The four special businessmen weighed it, and then one of them named Fang Guimin, changed into civilian clothes, put on a top hat, pretended to be a local Chinese, went out and called a rickshaw, and went to the White Elephant Hotel.

The White Elephant Hotel is located in a "noble community" in Bangkok, which is much cleaner and is home to a concentration of foreign institutions, banks, large companies and hotels in Bangkok. Fang Guimin stopped the rickshaw in front of a hotel and paid for it.

This is not the White Elephant Hotel, it is still two streets away from the White Elephant Hotel. But Fang Guimin is going to make a call to the White Elephant Hotel here.

He walked in generously. Two uniformed doormen respectfully opened the door and said in unison:

"Sava Dik! …… Big ~ People ~ Lower ~ Afternoon ~ Good! ”

Fang Guimin swaggered into the hotel, and the female foreman wearing the long skirt of the graceful Tai clan hurriedly greeted her, and with a smile on her face, she folded her hands and bowed her head and said:

"Savadika. Dare to ask what kind of card do adults care about? ”

Fang Guimin let out a "hmm" and asked:

"Is there a Fang Guimin and Boss Fang who are here to stay?"

The Siamese maîtress smiled again, folded her hands, bowed her head and said:

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment, and let the slave maid check the card for the adult. Sir, please sit on the card. Come on, look at the tea card for the adult. ”

Siamese girls speak Thai very well, especially women's language, and a soft "card" is added to the end of each sentence, which is very tasteful.

Then she walked over to the front desk and said a few words to the waitress behind her. The waitress looked down for a moment and shook her head.

The female foreman walked up to Fang Guimin again, leaned over and said:

"I'm sorry, my lord, but the shop doesn't have a card for an adult Fang Guimin."

Fang Guimin nodded, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, pretended to hesitate for a moment, then took out a Ming Yang tip and gave her a tip, and said:

"Alas, this old party hasn't arrived yet...... But it's time to see if it's time to do so. Where's your phone booth? I called his home and asked him how long it had been since he had been out. ”

The female foreman got a Ming Yang tip, and she was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, folded her hands and bowed again and again, and hurriedly took Fang Guimin to the phone room. Although Siam has its own currency, Mingyang is also very popular in the Siamese market. And in Siam, there are already quite a few of them in Yimingyang. One or two hundred Mingyang is enough to buy a person's life.

Fang Guimin entered a separate telephone room and dialed the switchboard number of the White Elephant Hotel.

The other party is a male voice:

"Sava Diko."

"Aru," Fang Guimin said in French, "has Mr. Pierre arrived?" ”

The operator on the other side was stunned for a moment, obviously not understanding. The operator muttered a few words in Thai, meaning that he was sorry and didn't understand what Mr. was saying, and Mr. could not speak Thai...... Something like that.

Fang Guimin continued to pretend to be French, curled his big tongue, and asked in very stiff Chinese:

"So...... You...... Can speak...... Chinese? ”

The operator understood this time. But he replied in the same stiff Chinese:

"Nope."

Fang Guimin frowned, and then asked in Chinese:

"Monsieur Pierre...... Have you arrived? ”

"Nope."

It's OK that this operator doesn't speak Chinese.

Fang Guimin pretended to be very reluctant and asked in stiff Thai:

"Your hotel...... Doesn't speak French...... Can't speak Chinese...... I speak Thai...... I don't know how to speak......"

The operator was happy all of a sudden, and now he understood. He said respectfully:

"It's okay sir, you can speak slowly in Thai, I understand."

Fang Guimin took a deep breath, calmed his thoughts, and began to ask the most critical content:

"But...... The other day...... I called...... Your...... Obviously can speak Chinese...... Why is it not said today? ”

"A few days ago? No, I'm the only one here, how can I speak Chinese? The operator thought for a moment and said with a smile, "Sir, did you call on June 5th?" yes, that day...... That...... Uh, I was sick that day, I asked my brother to replace me, his Chinese is very good, hehe...... But that's not what I do. ”

Confirmed again. There is only one person who is the operator of the White Elephant Hotel, and on June 5, that is, the day of the crime, there was indeed a person who was very good at Chinese here to change shifts, and it was said to be his brother. It's good, everything is right at the moment.

Fang Guimin also smiled:

"Yes, I remember him, your brother is very good...... Your brother is really very good at Chinese...... Hehe, is he a college student majoring in Chinese? ”

"Not really," said the young man in a very proud tone, "my brother is a Chinese interpreter, and he is an errand boy in the palace guard, and is the most loyal guard of His Majesty. ”

"Oh......"

Fang Guimin was very surprised and laughed dryly. He wanted to ask, "What's your brother's name?" but he knew it would startle him. There must not be many Chinese translators in the palace guards, so they can find them yourself.

He then just pretended to ask, "Monsieur Pierre is not there". After some contact with the operator, it was natural that he could not find this imaginary "Mr. Pierre". Fang Guimin hung up the phone, got out of the hotel, and walked around the street again, making sure that no one was following, before returning to the small hotel where he was staying.

……

In the hotel, several people closed the door and discussed, and they all felt that it was very smooth. After all, the original assumption was established in one round. There is indeed a problem with this White Elephant Hotel. Because it happened that on the day that Mr. Xiang received a strange call from Bangkok and called back, the operator of the White Elephant Hotel was replaced by a person who was proficient in Chinese.

In addition, the identity of the temporary operator has been determined - the interpreter of the royal palace guard.

When they got here, several people were a little strange. They also know that as a royal palace guard, both officers and soldiers, their loyalty is very high. How can it be easily bought? Even in Dongchang, it is not so easy to buy the officers of the Siamese king's guard.

Either way, you'll have to find that person.

Time was pressing, and without further ado, in the afternoon of the same day, another agent named Zhang Delu, dressed in the uniform of a Siamese officer and loaded on his ID, went to the camp of the Siam royal palace guards to investigate.

The palace guards were heavy, and the guards naturally did not let him in.

Zhang Delu smiled very kindly and asked the guards:

"Our chief is gambling with someone, and we are anxious to wait for the money to be used, so let me ask one of your officers here for an account. You officers owe us a little money. By the way, what's his name? …… Oops, I forgot the name......"

Although the palace guards were all arrogant, after all, Zhang Delu was wearing an officer's uniform, and the guards at the door did not dare to be too arrogant, so they had to ask patiently:

"So what does he do? What position? ”

张德禄 says:

"That's right, it seems to be a translator, yes, a Chinese translator!"

The guard laughed:

"Oh, it's Captain Kunji Dipan, it must be him, we have a Chinese translator here. But he's not here today, he's on vacation today, he's at home. ”

Zhang Delu was immediately anxious:

"Oops...... Our chief told me that if I don't get the money, I won't be spared...... Brother help, tell me where his house is, I'll go find him! ”

The guards hesitated, embarrassed.

Zhang Delu looked anxious, groped around his body, and finally found half a box of cigarettes.

The guard stared at the half box of cigarettes, revealing a greedy gaze.

Zhang Delu smiled and quietly stuffed half a box of cigarettes into his hand.

The guard blushed, saw that no one was paying attention around him, took the cigarette and put it in his pocket:

"Thank you, sir."

The guards approached him and quietly told him the address of Captain Kun Gi Dipan. Then the lad said in a very sloppy manner:

"Sir, don't say I said it......"

Zhang Delu said: Of course I won't say. I want to ask you not to say it!

He patted the guard on the shoulder and smiled:

"Don't worry, I won't say it!"

……

Zhang Delu returned to the small hotel and told him about the situation. The four of them were so excited that they decided to wait until it got dark and go to the guy's house to find him.

It is now certain that this Captain Kunji Dipan is one of the people who directly participated in the framing of Lord Xiang, or at least was bribed by Lord Xiang's enemies. If you're lucky, you'll be able to find out who is behind the scenes.

At seven o'clock in the evening, it was dark. Dressed in Siamese uniforms and armed with pistols, the four men jumped into four rickshaws and sped through the dark but lively streets of Bangkok on a business trip to Captain Kun Ji Dipan's house.