The Military Command Bureau, formerly known as the Blue Coat Society, still had limited influence in North and Northwest China in the second year after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War. Xiao Junping first knew about this mysterious spy agency under Chairman Jiang, but it was from the mouth of the commander of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army.

However, just two days ago, Meng Longsheng, the captain of the Japanese detective team, told him a lot about the Blue Coat Society. Of course, the relevant content mastered by Meng Longsheng came from the head of the Japanese military secret service in Wencheng without exception. As a result, Xiao Junping not only increased his understanding of the Blue Coat Society, that is, the military unification organization, but also learned that there was indeed a force of the Blue Coat Society in Wencheng that was actively carrying out anti-Japanese activities.

However, there was one thing that confused the captain of the enemy engineer of the Eighth Route Army: Meng Longsheng said conclusively that the attack and explosion that occurred in the area of the freight yard of the Wencheng Railway Station not long ago had been determined by the Japanese to be committed by the Blue Coat Society. But on that night, Xiao Junping was at the scene, witnessed the fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese puppet military and police in the railway station square, and led the members of the enemy engineering team to fight with them - it was not the Blue Coat Society at all, but the people of the 391st Regiment of the friendly Central Army, and the leader of the team was their company commander Zhao Mutou!

Could it be that the Japanese special service agency mistakenly recognized the officers and men of the 391st Regiment Special Service Company and the members of the enemy engineering team of the Eighth Route Army as a military command organization? Or is it that in addition to these two forces, there is indeed a military force in Wencheng City?

In addition to the attack and explosion at the train station, according to Meng Longsheng, many anti-Japanese incidents that occurred in Wencheng before were inseparable from the damn Blue Coat Society. The Japanese are now eager to open their nets and clean up this underground spy organization.

Thinking of this, Xiao Junping, who had been standing on the side of Dongguan Street and watching Jin Heng's pawnshop, decided to keep an eye on the spies of the two detective teams - the cyclists they had just pursued should be officers and soldiers similar to the agents of the military command or the special service company of the 391st Regiment. No matter which one it is, they are all anti-Japanese colleagues who have encountered danger, and they must help themselves.

He looked around, and seeing that no one noticed him, he leaned against the corner of Dongguan Street and slowly leaned in the direction of the pawn shop—the agents of the two detective teams were looking for telephones, apparently to urgently report to their masters and ask for support. You can sneak behind them and watch what happens.

Sure enough, after a short while, the two spies rushed out of the pawn shop gate and ran straight north along this Dongguan Street: it should be the direction in which the bicycler man had run away. Seeing this, Xiao Junping also quickened his pace and followed, keeping a distance of about twenty or thirty meters from the other party.

As the so-called praying mantis catches cicadas and yellow finches are behind, when the enemy engineer captain of the Xu Brigade Detachment of the Eighth Route Army marches forward, behind him, there are also a few black shadows in the distance. They were inexplicable by Xiao Junping's sudden move, so they had to improvise and start tracking.

The leader of these black shadows is the former corporal of the 12th Brigade of the Jin Army, and the current Judefu Restaurant Water Case Zhang Shaonian.

Zhang Shaonian, who wanted to knock out a bamboo pole for the intelligence staff of the Jin army, soon got the support of his companions who worked in the restaurant with him, and two of them agreed to go with him to do what seemed a bit risky—they both believed in the concept of "seeking wealth and danger."

Of course, these three people are not going to be brutal. After all, Xiao Junping was born in the Jin army, even if he is now completely disconnected from the army for some reason, but the identity of a former captain officer is obviously not a dry meal. What's more, at present, it is not ruled out that Staff Officer Xiao was ordered to infiltrate Wencheng and disguise himself for business, in that case, he will have a strong force behind him to support - no matter how you look at it, this person is not easy to mess with. Zhang Shaonian bet his treasure on Xiao Junping, who did not dare to disclose his former identity, and was ready to threaten to expose him to the Japanese and force the other party to pay a hush money; If the amount is considerable, the three of them can even take the money and leave Wencheng to make a living in the more affluent Taiyuan.

The plan has been decided, Zhang Shaonian began to keep an eye on the target from time to time, and after a few days, he almost touched the pattern of Xiao Junping's activities. In particular, it was discovered that the former Jin army staff officer was moving from Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village to the No. 16 courtyard of Dongguan Street, which made Zhang Shaonian overjoyed - through observation, it was known that there were many people in the silk village, and it was obviously not good for him to act if he came to the door. However, the situation in the No. 16 courtyard of Dongguan Street is much better, and it seems that Staff Officer Xiao moved there alone, and the other people in the courtyard are either landlords or tenants, and there are few people, and most of them are not familiar with Staff Officer Xiao.

They chose the timing today and tomorrow, and resigned from their jobs at Judefu Restaurant for this reason - the three guys who were unwilling to endure hardships were originally very tense with the restaurant, and this time they took the opportunity to leave.

Zhang Shaonian has been squatting near Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village since the afternoon, and in the evening, the three guys got together; When he found that Xiao Junping was going to the No. 16 courtyard alone, he followed behind, preparing to visit him once the other party entered the courtyard.

Unexpectedly, things suddenly changed. Xiao Junping, who was walking, unexpectedly got into contact with two strange passers-by, and later began to follow him. Of course, this made Zhang Shaonian's second monk puzzled, they didn't know at all that the person who was being followed by Xiao Junping would be a member of the detective team raised by the Japanese, so they reluctantly followed behind to find out.

At this time, Xiao Junping's attention was focused on the front, and he didn't notice that he also had a tail behind him. In this way, the group kept their distance with their own intentions, and successively passed in front of the door of Cheng Ruixiang Silk Village, along Dongguan Street, all the way to the north.

The two spies of the detective team, just dialed the team site with the phone of the pawn shop, and it happened that its captain Meng Longsheng had just returned, and learned that a suspicious cyclist had been found on the phone, and he immediately perked up and ordered the two to immediately chase along the way, and he would lead many team members to rush to the direction of Dongguan Street at full speed: there are not many cyclists in this city, as long as the person has not had time to return to the nest, it should be easy to find the target.

The two spies who received the captain's order dropped the phone and began to chase after them desperately, searching with their eyes as they ran. Xiao Junping, who was far behind them, did the same thing, but in his heart he hoped that the man on the bicycle had successfully escaped.

They gradually came to the northern section of Dongguan Street, which is lined with shops and a number of thriving restaurants and restaurants. It's dinner time, and the aroma of cooking dishes wafts half the street.

Li Yan, an agent of the military command, who did not realize that the danger was imminent, rode his bicycle and went straight to the Baoyuan Restaurant: the wine and food there naturally suited his appetite the most. Thinking that he was riding a bicycle, he did not go to the main entrance, but turned to the alley behind the restaurant, parked the German-made bicycle at the back door of Baoyuan Restaurant, walked through the back kitchen to the front hall, and sat down to ask for a few of this family's specialty dishes.

This careless act of the military commander agent really protected himself - the two members of the detective team, who were panting and chasing after him, were wandering around the doors of several restaurants and restaurants next to each other at the same time, trying to find the traces of the bicycles, but to no avail.

Of course, they didn't know that the person being tracked had entered a certain store, but they were so caught up in the enticing aroma of the street that they couldn't move at all.

What is quite dramatic is that ten minutes later, with the roar of the three-wheeled motorcycle from far and near, the captain of the detective team, Meng Longsheng, appeared, and the motorcycle also drove straight to the front of these restaurants and stopped.

"Man? What about the anti-Japanese elements on bicycles?! ”

The two guys squeaked and couldn't tell what was going on, so angry that Meng Longsheng raised his leg and kicked one of them.

It wasn't long before six or seven more detectives arrived on bicycles (mostly two-person rides), all with Mauser in their hands. For a moment, the atmosphere on the street became tense.

Meng Longsheng chose to park here, and the purpose couldn't be clearer: if Xingshi ran out but couldn't find the suspect of the anti-Japanese elements, then at least he could have dinner nearby! Now, he has given orders to his subordinates, in groups of three, to go from house to house into the nearby shops on the street to search.

After looking around, the captain of the detective team personally took two people and chose Baoyuan Restaurant, which was also his favorite restaurant.

Tonight's Baoyuan Restaurant is full of diners as usual, especially the lobby on the first floor is full. Li Yan, who was late, could only sit at the same table of eight immortals with the other two diners who arrived first.

Despite this, the moment Meng Longsheng stepped in from the main gate with two entourages, Li Yan immediately noticed. A few days ago, he and several soldiers of the special service company of the 391st Regiment had been secretly following the Japanese detective captain, preparing to wait for an opportunity to kill him. Later, because the female major of the military commander went to Big Elm Mountain with the commander of the special service company, this plan was temporarily shelved. However, through the tracking of the past few days, the military commander agents have already imprinted the image of Meng Longsheng in their minds, and at this moment, they recognized the other party, and they couldn't help but be surprised.

At this time, Meng Longsheng had almost given up hope of catching the bicycle suspect, but in order to justifiably fight the autumn breeze in the Baoyuan Restaurant, he still took the trouble to shout and order the running guy who came up:

"Call your white shopkeeper and see if there are any anti-Japanese elements here who come on bicycles!"