Author: The bear skimming the treetops

At the same time, in Wukui Lane in Lincheng, a young man in a gray shirt was walking quickly in the alley. After a while, he came to the door of a small bookstore.

He looked behind him very vigilantly, and then noticed the sign in front of the bookstore. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he stepped inside.

There was only one customer in the store, who had already paid and was waiting for change at the counter.

The middle-aged shopkeeper behind the counter just glanced at the young man out of the corner of his eye, without affecting the movements of his hands at all. He quickly took out the change from under the counter, handed it to the customer respectfully, and sent him out with a smile.

He stood at the door and looked left and right, then returned to the store and whispered to the young man: "Let's go to the back!"

The young man nodded, and the two quickly entered the back hall of the store and sat opposite each other at an Eight Immortals table in the room.

After seeing the signal for an urgent meeting, the young man put down what he was doing and hurried over. He first asked: "Old Wu, did you ask me to meet so urgently, did something happen?"

This young man's name is Shu Zhicheng, a member of Lincheng's underground organization, codenamed Kingfisher.

Beginning on April 12, the 16th year of the Republic of China, underground party organizations in Lincheng were severely damaged. In April and May alone, more than 20 party organizations were destroyed.

By the end of the year, more than 180 people had been arrested, and more than 90 of them were brutally murdered.

It was under such white terror that Shu Zhicheng took the initiative to come to Lincheng to lurk.

Now, his pseudonym is Ye Jiqing, and his public identity is that he is an English teacher at Zhongze Private Middle School, and is also the tutor of the son of Zhu Tiecheng, deputy chief of the Lincheng Police Department. This identity provides Shu Zhicheng with a lot of convenience in obtaining information.

The old Wu sitting opposite him was his contact line, codenamed Butler.

Over the years, Shu Zhicheng has obtained a lot of extremely valuable information through Zhu Tiecheng and other channels, which plays a very important role.

Therefore, the organization assigned him to Lao Wu's intelligence team for single-line contact.

The reason for doing this is, on the one hand, to further protect Shu Zhicheng, and on the other hand, because Lao Wu has a high status in the underground organization, which is more conducive to supporting Shu Zhicheng in his work.

Old Wu nodded and said: "There is indeed an important matter that needs your help right now. One of our intelligence agents from Shanghai disappeared before noon yesterday. Have you heard any relevant news from the police station?"

Shu Zhicheng thought for a while and said: "Yesterday when I was tutoring Zhu Tiecheng's son at his home, I didn't see Zhu Tiecheng himself. During this period, Mrs. Zhu called him and then complained that the police station was being messed with.

Jumping, Zhu Tiecheng will not be able to return home."

"Is it because of the arrest of tomb robbers?" The matter of tomb robbing has spread a lot in Lincheng. These days, the police station is trying its best to arrest the tomb robbers, so Lao Wu asked.

Shu Zhicheng shook his head and said, "Probably not!"

Although he was just a tutor, because of his gentle personality, profound knowledge and vivid teaching, he was deeply loved by Zhu Tiecheng's son Zhu Xinjie and Mrs. Zhu. Even Zhu Tiecheng also praised him highly.

Therefore, sometimes Zhu Tiecheng would not avoid him when talking at home.

If the reason for the big fight at the police station yesterday was to catch tomb robbers, Mrs. Zhu would definitely mention it to him given her character of not being able to hide her words.

Shu Zhicheng judged that there must be something else hidden.

When Lao Wu heard this, he couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

How he hoped that the big commotion in the police station was because of the tomb robbers and not the important intelligence agent.

At this time, Shu Zhicheng thought for a while and said softly: "There is one thing I have to report to you. Yesterday morning, a shot was fired at the entrance of Yihuchun Tea Garden, and a man in a long gown was killed on the spot. Could it be...

…?”

When Lao Wu heard this, his heart suddenly rose and he asked urgently: "Then... how old is the man in the long gown?"

"She seems to be around forty years old!"

Old Wu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "They shouldn't be from us, they don't match their age!"

Shu Zhicheng felt relieved when he heard that he was not one of his own. The last thing they wanted to hear in recent years was the news that their comrades were arrested or killed.

"By the way, I also remembered one thing. There was a gunfight near my residence last night, and grenades were used. There was a lot of noise."

In order to prevent Old Wu from worrying, he quickly continued: "I heard that someone died too. He was a young man in his twenties."

As an underground worker, you must always maintain the necessary sensitivity to the people and things around you. This is not only a necessary method for self-protection, but also an effective means of obtaining intelligence.

Old Wu frowned again: "I will ask the organization to seize the time to confirm whether he is one of ours."

The underground organizations in Lincheng are also complicated, and many of them have one-way connections. Old Wu is also unable to determine the identity of this young man.

Shu Zhicheng took the initiative and asked: "Old Wu, do you need me to find out more about the missing intelligence agent?"

Old Wu nodded: "This intelligence agent has a very high level of confidentiality. According to the agreement, he should have contacted me yesterday afternoon, but he never showed up."

Shu Zhicheng asked: "What about the backup joint plan?"

Old Wu spread his hands and said helplessly: "Because of the urgent time, the backup plan was scheduled for noon today, but he still didn't show up. I guess something must have happened to him.

His confidentiality level is very high. Once he falls into the hands of the enemy, the corresponding work line in Shanghai will not be safe. We urgently need to find out his situation. If he is really arrested, he must be arrested as soon as possible.

Rescued from there."

After hearing Lao Wu's narration, Shu Zhicheng quickly realized that the identity of this intelligence agent who disappeared for no reason must not be simple within the party, otherwise an old underground worker like Lao Wu would not be so nervous.

"Old Wu, is the identity of that intelligence agent important?" Shu Zhicheng asked.

Lao Wu sighed and replied: "It's very important!"

He didn't explain much about this.

In fact, as far as he knew, the intelligence agent codenamed Qin Mu was an extremely important member of the Shanghai underground organization, and his subordinates controlled many lines of work.

Such an experienced old intelligence agent would never disappear for no reason. This is very unreasonable and also shows that the matter is very serious.

"If you are just caught by the police station, you can still find ways to get people. If you fall into the hands of the Party Affairs Investigation Department or the Secret Service, it will be troublesome."

Shu Zhicheng's analysis is not alarmist. In fact, the two major intelligence organizations of the Kuomintang are very harmful to the underground party organizations of the Red Party.

In particular, the Party Affairs Investigation Division has always been the most insidious and difficult enemy of the Red Party.

The secret agents of the Party Affairs Investigation Department are very concealed and deceitful, and they did not give in when competing with underground party organizations and democratic parties for young students and intellectuals.

Its members often break into the cultural and educational circles, pretend to be progressive and wait for opportunities to spy on the intelligence of underground party organizations, and woo ordinary underground party members and young students to lure and instigate rebellion, so as to achieve the purpose of breaking the underground organization.

Its level of danger and destruction is higher than that of the Secret Service.

During the years of lurking in Lincheng, Shu Zhicheng had experienced many times when his comrades were arrested or even killed by the Party Affairs Investigation Department.

He knows the Party Affairs Investigation Department. Once the intelligence agent falls into the hands of the Central Government, it will definitely be doomed.

To take a step back, even if this intelligence agent does not fall into the hands of the Party Investigation Department or the Secret Service, as long as the truth and whereabouts are not found for one day, it will be a huge threat to the entire organization.

Old Wu also said anxiously: "This is exactly what I am worried about. Our organization does not have a strong relationship in Lincheng now. This is really troublesome!"
Chapter completed!