Episode 51 Closing the net

In the afternoon of the same day, 14 Gege personally took a car to the "safe house" in the city to personally interrogate him.

The so-called "safe house" is a term for an espionage agency, which is mainly a "secret stronghold" owned by an intelligence unit outside its official office. Generally used to protect and hide important people, from the outside, it seems to be some unattractive places, which may be an apartment suite, or a single-family house, or a large villa in the remote suburbs. In short, it is no different from a normal civilian building, but it is guarded by plainclothes agents.

Koji Sakamoto is housed in a single-family two-story building in Nanjing, which is relatively secluded. The two sides bargained and quickly negotiated the price. Koji Sakamoto originally asked for 500,000 Mingyang, plus a Swiss passport, but was pressed to 100,000 Mingyang and an Australian passport by 14 grids in a few rounds. Although hundreds of thousands of dollars and a Swiss passport are nothing compared to cracking a spy network in southern Jiangsu, the money is not spent indiscriminately. Especially the Swiss passport, the cost of getting one is deadly. In Australia, where there are fewer people and more people, it is much easier to get a passport.

And Koji Sakamoto was also content. 100,000 Mingyang is enough for him to squander for several years. And Australia is also big enough to hide easily, and it will be difficult for Japanese agents to find him. What's more, he was addicted to drugs and couldn't hold on for long. He knew that as long as Fourteen Gege was consumed with him, and when he was addicted to drugs, even if he didn't give him a penny, he would say whatever he was asked to say. In order to maintain Daming's "reputation in the industry" as an intelligence buyer, Fourteen Gege did not do this, but just pressed the price code, which was enough fun.

So, that afternoon, Fourteen Gege got the list of eight spies in Sakamoto's possession, as well as the list of his chief director.

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In the afternoon of the next day, Xiuxiu sent the investigation materials of these nine people to the desk of Fourteen Gege.

Fourteen Gege stared at the name of the "biggest fish" and leaned back in his chair, a little lost.

- Jiro Takayama, alias Takayama. It's an unfamiliar name, and I've never heard of it before. This man is not even a high-ranking official in the military and political system, but a painter.

Xiuxiu sat opposite the fourteen grids, bowed her head and read the information of the high mountain:

"Gao Shan is also well-known in Nanjing's local calligraphy and painting circles. However, it is limited to the "calligraphy and painting circle", and there is no fame in society, that is to say, it belongs to the kind of second- or third-rate painters. He was in his 40s, held several exhibitions, and could paint both Chinese and Western paintings, but he did not set foot in Japanese painting at all. Takayama paintings are also worth a few dollars, and the price of each painting ranges from a few dozen to hundreds of Ming Yang. In addition to earning money from selling paintings, Takayama also draws comics and prints for magazines, newspapers, and booksellers. In addition, he often takes some students.

"Last night and this morning, I sent Ah Yu and Ah Ying to pretend to be gallery salesmen and students who wanted to learn to paint, respectively, to ask Gao Shan's neighbors and students about him. His neighbors and students all said that 'Mr. Gao' is a good person, he is very loyal and honest, he usually concentrates on painting, he can endure loneliness, and he is not as impetuous as other people in the painting and calligraphy circle. There are not many friends in the mountains, except for once or twice a year when I go to other places to sketch with a painting box and a bag, I usually don't go out...... Well, his student said that once a university in Suzhou wanted to hire Mr. Gao as a professor of fine arts, but Mr. Gao declined because Mr. Gao did not like to live a restrained life...... In short, it's just a very ordinary person. ”

Fourteen Gege listened to Xiuxiu's narration, biting his pencil and thinking. She suddenly asked:

"Xiuxiu, what do you think?"

Xiuxiu frowned and hesitated:

"I think...... Sister Liaoyang, could it be Koji Sakamoto playing tricks with us? This mountain really doesn't look like a ......."

Fourteen Gege muttered:

"Hmm...... Such a person...... At first glance, it seems that he can't get along with the spy leader...... But...... Xiuxiu, think about it, if you look at it from another angle, isn't a person like Gao Shan the most ideal spy image? The best spy is not the kind of beautiful man who is well-dressed, in and out of high society, and impeccable in conversation and upbringing......"

Xiuxiu laughed.

Fourteen Gege also laughed and continued:

“…… And it is precisely this kind of person who is least like a spy. If no one thinks of him as a spy, then this image is exactly what the best spies are after. Xiuxiu, you are also trained in espionage. They should have told you that if you are to go behind enemy lines on a long-term sleeper mission, all you have to do is make yourself look ordinary, unobtrusive, unnoticed in a group, and preferably unimpressed by you. That's the ideal state. ”

Xiuxiu smiled sweetly, nodded, and lowered her head.

Fourteen Gege looked at her and said with a smile:

"Xiuxiu, I know what you're laughing at. They didn't send them to foreign countries, not because Xiuxiu's foreign language was not good, but because Xiuxiu was too beautiful. ”

Xiuxiu blushed and was noncommittal, but smiled even sweeter. She smiled and said:

"Sister Liaoyang is also very beautiful."

Fourteen Gege smiled, shook his head, and then continued to analyze:

"If we assume that Koji Sakamoto is not lying, and this Takayama is the head of the spy network in southern Japan, then this identity still hates ideals. He is not a member of the military-political system, at first glance there is no access to intelligence at all, and no one would have thought that he was a spy. But since he was in charge of a spy network, he himself did not need direct access to intelligence. He only needs to take the information from the downline at the agreed time and place. And there may be a few of his downlines, and each of them is responsible for several front-line spies.

"And those front-line spies should not be professional spies, but people within our military and political system who have been bought or recruited by Japan. These people are responsible for stealing intelligence directly. Take a photo or steal a document and give it to the upline in exchange for money. …… If the analysis is not wrong, then this high mountain should be a big spider squatting in the middle of this big web, and it is the person who directly connects with Tokyo. The more important it is, the more it needs the highest level of camouflage. The painter is free and unemployed, and has free time at his disposal, so that he can go to the joint at any time. And the third-rate painter ensures that it is not too noticeable and not popular. ”

Xiuxiu's mind flashed and said:

"Painters can also go to other places to sketch."

"Yes," Fourteen Gege also thought of it, and nodded approvingly, "He will definitely have to return to Japan every once in a while to report on his work." Since he is a painter, it is normal to go out and sketch. Once or twice a year, everyone will feel normal. ”

Xiuxiu nodded, her eyes flashed, and said:

"When are we going to arrest him?"

Fourteen Gege says:

"If you want to catch it, you have to do it as soon as possible. Koji Sakamoto turned back, and he would soon notice. Now that the list is out, it's time to leave it to the stomachache to operate. Let him send someone to monitor all the people on the list first, and then apply for a search. Try to get it done this afternoon and do it tonight. Remind your stomach to ache and be careful when watching, especially in the mountains. This kind of old spy will be sniffed by him if he is not careful. Then he would destroy the radio station, the codebook, the list, and so on in an instant. Maybe even kill yourself. Not only would it be difficult for us to make any further gains, but we wouldn't even be able to prove that he was a spy. ”

"Yes, Xiuxiu understands."

"Okay, you can do it."

"Yes!"

Xiuxiu stood up and went out.

……

I had a stomachache and received Xiuxiu's "instructions", and I was very happy. When he saw that there were already so many situations, he understood very well that the "boss" had been dealing with it from him for a while. I can't believe myself, I'm sure. However, now that he has entrusted such an important task to himself, it shows that at most there is a little distrust, and he does not mean to empty himself. In this way, you can rest assured that you have a stomachache, and as long as you do things beautifully, you will gradually regain the trust of the "boss". Agreed, immediately grabbed the phone, and acted resolutely.

Although the Ming Dynasty is constitutional, searches and arrests require judges' warrants, and the judicial system is absolutely the first, but because of the long-term confrontation between the Ming and Qing dynasties, matters involving "national security" have never been argued on the judicial side. Counter-espionage units are quick to apply for search warrants and arrest warrants. In addition, he had a stomachache and used 12 percent of his strength to do it, and all the formalities were completed within two hours, and before it was dark, the agents of the security team were in a small black car and arrested people all over Nanjing.