Chapter 458 An unexpected meeting

Author: The bear skimming the treetops

Chapter 458 An unexpected meeting

Late at night, in Wu Fengjian's secret hiding place, Qiao Zhikun classified and organized the intelligence he collected, and analyzed it step by step with Wu Fengjian.

"Currently, the one who is most likely to have a problem is Shopkeeper Zheng. I have seen it, and his body shape is very similar to the person who met Liu Haiyang at the Jinniu Lake that day. I am 70-80% sure."

"After the comrades in the mountains entered the city, they had a one-way contact with him. Only he knew that Cao Tie had entered the city. This man usually did not have much social activities. He spent most of his time in the inn and lived in seclusion. No suspicious people were found around him.

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"He is from Jiangxi and has no relatives in Lincheng. He is single."

"Shopkeeper Zheng has been participating in the revolution for a long time. Although he has not made great achievements, he has always been down-to-earth and has not had any major problems. As the saying goes, he is a person who does not reveal himself."

Wu Fengjian listened to Qiao Zhikun's report and suddenly asked: "Have you figured out his movements in the past few years?"

Qiao Zhikun thought for a moment and said: "He himself has been in Lincheng all the time and has almost never been out. But as far as we know, this person disappeared for five days during a special agent's destruction of our organization. Later he tried every means to contact us.

organized and wrote down a detailed description of the situation during the disappearance.”

Wu Fengjian frowned and asked, "What's going on?"

"Betrayed by his traitorous traffic officer!"

"Is the news reliable?"

"It should be reliable. This traffic officer not only betrayed Shopkeeper Zheng, but also identified three comrades. The enemy acted quickly and they were all arrested. Two people died, and one of them was rescued. This is where we started.

The situation learned from the mouths of comrades."

"What about the traitorous traffic officers? Where are they now?"

"He was killed by our dog-fighting team. You went to Shanghai for a meeting at that time and happened to be away from Lincheng. It was Han Mingkun who led the people to carry out the operation. It was clean and tidy and did not leave any clues to the enemy."

Wu Fengjian said: "Has Shopkeeper Zheng's whereabouts been confirmed for the past five days?"

"The next four days were all implemented, except for the first day. According to him, he stayed at a friend's house. At that time, the friend had moved and he didn't know where he went."

"Why wasn't it verified immediately?"

What the organization is most afraid of is internal problems. Once a traitor appears, a large number of comrades will be implicated, sometimes like dominoes, and the harm is self-evident.

Qiao Zhikun scratched his head: "At that time, the secret agents had been conducting a city-wide manhunt. Many of our people had gone out to avoid the spotlight. We really couldn't allocate manpower."

What he said are all objective and practical. Sometimes it's not that he doesn't want to do it, but that he just can't do it.

Shopkeeper Zheng's whereabouts one day could not be effectively verified. Did he stay overnight with a friend that day?

When did that so-called friend leave Lincheng and where did he go?

It has been so long ago that many things cannot be verified.

But Wu Fengjian always felt that there was something wrong with this, it was too coincidental.

In intelligence work, you have to think of the worst in everything, and a lot of things can happen in a day.

"Go on."

"In the inn, there is a guy named Niu. People call him Niu Er. He has no real name. He has been with the shopkeeper Zheng since the inn opened. Shopkeeper Zheng trusts him very much."

"Is there something wrong with this guy?"

Qiao Zhikun shook his head: "I specifically investigated this man. He is thirty-two years old, three years younger than shopkeeper Zheng. He also had a wife and children before, but because he was drunk and greedy, he got into fights with others after drinking, seriously injuring them and losing all his family property.

Lost everything.

His wife couldn't bear it and ran away with the child, and now he was alone. Shopkeeper Zheng saw that he was pitiful, so he took him in for many years. Later, Niu Er was regarded as a prodigal son, and he helped run the inn in these years.

A lot of effort.

According to our current investigation results, apart from occasionally withholding business funds from the inn, Niu Er has no major problems."

Generally speaking, the information about Shopkeeper Zheng was very complete, but Wu Fengjian always felt that something was missing. He thought about it carefully and analyzed: "Did we overlook something?"

Qiao Zhikun patted his head. Intelligence investigation work was not his strong point. It was difficult to figure out the above information.

It's not that Wu Feng's swordsmen have no manpower to spare, but the situation is serious and only Qiao Zhikun can be trusted.

Wu Fengjian said: "Has shopkeeper Zheng gone back to somewhere frequently in the past year or two, or has he gained any hobbies?"

"When you reminded me like this, I really remembered something. Shopkeeper Zheng is now obsessed with fishing. He often goes fishing in Jinniu Lake in his spare time. Sometimes he leaves for half a day and takes care of everything in the inn.

Take good care of Niu Er vigorously..."

Before he finished speaking, Wu Fengjian raised his hand to interrupt and asked: "Do you know when it started?"

"Shortly after the big manhunt ended." Qiao Zhikun replied, his eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of something, "It's a bit of a coincidence in terms of time, isn't it?"

"It's really a coincidence. How could a person fall in love with fishing without any warning? The time just happened to be after the organization was destroyed by spies. Don't you think it's strange?

It stands to reason that a place like an inn is inseparable from people. Even in the middle of the night, guests will make various requests, right?

How can Shopkeeper Zheng feel safe being the boss?"

This series of questions made both of them think deeply for a moment. You must know that in the investigation of this type of target, one of the tasks is very critical, and that is to find out who the target has been in contact with.

A lot of things can be seen from a person's living habits.

Qiao Zhikun thought for a long time and said: "It's been so long. Who did Shopkeeper Zheng meet when he went fishing and what he said? It's not easy to find out. If you want to find out, it will take a lot of time, even

There is no way to verify it. We still need to free up our hands to deal with Lao Hu recently, but we can’t afford to waste time on him."

"We really can't afford it. We can no longer use conventional investigation methods for Shopkeeper Zheng." Wu Fengjian also said softly. During this period, his thoughts were on dealing with the traitor Lao Hu, not Shopkeeper Zheng.

wasting time.

Thinking of this, he said again: "We need to find a way to solve this matter quickly. If shopkeeper Zheng does have a hobby of fishing, then it's okay. But if..., if it is a hobby developed to meet certain people, then he

This is the mole we are looking for."

Because the investigation time was too tight, it became more difficult to understand the target from the side. Conventional investigation methods were no longer suitable. Wu Fengjian decided to start with the people around Shopkeeper Zheng.

The people around Shopkeeper Zheng are mainly the waiters in the inn, but ordinary waiters are unlikely to know more about Shopkeeper Zheng, and they are usually in the inn, so it is not convenient to contact them. If you want to learn from them,

, it is very difficult to ask shopkeeper Zheng about the situation.

So, the two finally focused their attention on Niu Er. This person had been following Shopkeeper Zheng for the longest time and must have known some unknown things.

The most important thing is that Niu Er runs an inn and often goes out to buy some items, so he has more opportunities to interact alone.

Wu Fengjian and Qiao Zhikun are both experienced intelligence veterans. As long as they use a few tricks, it shouldn't be a problem to pry open his mouth.

Wu Fengjian wrote the name "Niu Er" with a pen on the manuscript paper, drew a big circle on the name, nodded heavily, and said: "This is our breakthrough point. Contact Niu Er as soon as possible and ask us

What you want!"

Of course Wu Fengjian would not count on Niu Er's path. He and Qiao Zhikun also agreed on another method, which was to deliberately send out a false intelligence to see how shopkeeper Zheng would react.

If shopkeeper Zheng is a traitor, he will definitely show his fox tail.

However, the two were hesitant as to what name they should use to send out this false information.

The organization actually had some consideration for Shopkeeper Zheng's specific work arrangements. Since he returned to the team to undergo review and screening, no important person was assigned to him.

This also shows from the side that the organization did not fully accept Shopkeeper Zheng’s self-explanation.

However, Ge Mingyong in the mountains didn't know that Shopkeeper Zheng had disappeared for five days, so he sent Cao Tie down the mountain to contact him.

If the organization suddenly entrusts him with an important figure at this time, will it arouse the other party's vigilance?

So what should we do?

Wu Fengjian thought for a moment and asked: "Is there any news from the mountain?"

"I met Lao Ge in person, and he said that Cao Tie is absolutely trustworthy! Moreover, the story about the two Japanese spies is absolutely true."

Wu Fengjian nodded and said: "This is easy to handle. We have to find ways to find this Cao Tie and pass false information to Shopkeeper Zheng through him."

The two of them were discussing here, but they never expected that Cao Tie had already delivered false information to Shopkeeper Zheng, which made Liu Haiyang's action team fall into the trap and completely angered Liu Haiyang.

Unexpectedly, Cao Tie had already confirmed Shopkeeper Zheng's identity as a traitor and had him under control.

"Old Qiao, we have to find a way to find Cao Tie!"

Qiao Zhikun smiled and said: "You have asked the right person about this. Cao Tie returned to Yuelai Inn yesterday and has been staying in the original room. I sent someone to keep an eye on him."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside.

Someone suddenly came to visit in the middle of the night, and the two of them suddenly became nervous.

Qiao Zhikun loaded the pistol and went to open the door.

There was a false alarm, and in came the surveillance personnel arranged by Qiao Zhikun, who came to report Cao Tie's latest whereabouts.

"What are you talking about? The spies raided the Yuelai Inn. What's going on with our people now?" Qiao Zhikun looked anxious.

"No one was caught! Our people probably robbed the enemy's car and escaped. The agents withdrew in anger."

Wu Fengjian and Qiao Zhikun immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Zhikun glanced at Wu Fengjian, meaning that the person I chose was indeed the right one, right?
To be continued...