At midnight that day, Qiao Chuntao appeared alone in a telephone booth on Notre Dame Road.
He took out a payphone dime from his body, put it in, and dialed a number.
The call got through, and Qiao Chuntao only said one sentence before hanging up.
The night was as dark as ink and rain was falling.
The winding stone road stretches forward, with a faint light at the end.
There was the sound of footsteps, and Qiao Chuntao immediately became alert. His right hand reached into his arms, ready to draw a gun at any time.
"Sir, do you have any dimes with you? I'll give you the money in exchange." A young voice came, slightly anxious, "Grandma Ala has an emergency."
"Only two dimes." Qiao Chuntao said.
Then he saw clearly who was coming. He was a young man of eighteen or nineteen years old. He was dressed in shorts and his body was soaked by the rain. He smiled at Qiao Chuntao.
"Hello, you can call me A Yuan." The young man said with a smile. He stretched out his hand to wipe the rain off his face and added, "Yuan of silver dollars."
A Yuan glanced at the other person and wore a peaked cap to cover it. The night was very dark and he couldn't see his face clearly. He only saw the other person's beard.
"Yang Yu." Qiao Chuntao said calmly. He took out a robe from his pocket and gently threw it over, "Count it."
A Yuan took the robe, weighed it, and put it directly in his pocket.
"Don't count?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"A life-threatening business." A Yuan looked at Qiao Chuntao and grinned, "I love money, but I cherish life even more."
Qiao Chuntao immediately thought highly of this person. This person was greedy for money, but could restrain his desire for money and was extremely cautious.
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"Has the person you arrested today spoken?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"After interrogating for a long time, I finally spoke." A Yuan nodded.
"What did that person say?" Qiao Chuntao asked again.
"I told him everything, even about him hooking up with the landlady," A Yuan said.
"No problem?" Qiao Chuntao frowned.
"There are so many explanations, but there is no big doubt." A Yuan shook his head, and then showed a smile, "However, the commander is even more suspicious of him."
"What happened to the gun?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"This man confessed that he bought the gun for self-defense, and he thought his enemies were coming to arrest him."
"What did he say he did?"
"He cheated on food and drink, cheated little girls and rich wives to make a living."
"Does your commander believe it?"
"Of course I don't believe it. The officer said he's not pretty enough above, not majestic below, and he doesn't have the capital." A Yuan took a cigarette handed over by Qiao Chuntao, put it behind his ear, but it immediately moistened it, and smiled awkwardly.
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"This man..." Qiao Chuntao originally wanted to ask this man if he had told him about his visit to the hospital, but he was cautious and rejected the question in time, "There is nothing suspicious about him? Except for shooting.
that matter."
"I don't know if it's suspicious or not, but there is something quite interesting." A Yuan said.
"What's the matter?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"At first he thought we were thieves and even encouraged us to rob the landlady's house."
"Didn't he hook up with the landlady's girl?" Qiao Chuntao asked.
"This man said that he spent all the money he had saved to perform eye surgery on the landlady. After the lady had double eyelids, she climbed up a high branch and refused to get along with him." A Yuan laughed and scolded.
Finished the sentence, "Three pig heads."
Qiao Chuntao thought for a while and asked the last question, "Who does your commander think he is?"
"The chief may give him a Japanese name." A Yuan said with a smile, "This answer is considered a gift, and the price will be increased next time."
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the next day.
morning.
General Manager Xiao Cheng visited Chunfengdeyi Building in his jurisdiction to inspect the work, and received a warm welcome from the unit.
The owner of Chunfeng Deyilou specially invited the Zhao family class to perform a garden party.
Mr. Xiao Cheng praised the dining environment of Chunfeng Deyilou and affirmed the performance of the drama workers. After the meal, he cordially met with a drama worker from the Zhao Family Class.
After listening to Qiao Chuntao's report on yesterday's meeting with the agent at Shanghai Station, Cheng Qianfan fell into deep thought.
"This Ayuan." Cheng Qianfan asked, "Is it reliable?"
"There is nothing suspicious at the moment." Qiao Chuntao said, "According to what Pan Laojiu said, this person is very tight-lipped and fastidious in his work."
Cheng Qianfan nodded.
"Sooner or later something will happen to Shanghai Station," he said.
Qiao Chuntao also expressed his approval in his heart. Before and after the Battle of Songhu last year, Shanghai Station had recruited a large number of new people. It can be said that the good and bad were mixed. Some people did not have a firm will to fight the war and joined with a speculative mentality.
This A Yuan should be this kind of person.
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"What do you think of Sun Zhijie's confession?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
Sun Zhijie was the person arrested by Lu Xingge and his men, and he was also the person A Yuan said was being interrogated.
"It sounds messy and not credible," Qiao Chuntao said, "but I feel like this is the most likely possibility."
Cheng Qianfan said nothing, he was thinking.
What Qiao Chuntao said was exactly what he analyzed and guessed in his mind.
This Sun Zhijie was one of the patients who went to the police hospital for consultation with Dr. Mao.
The investigation of the rest of the people has made progress, including Chang Shenyi, who was heavily suspected by Cheng Qianfan.
This person himself has nothing to do with Japan, but his father, Chang Keren, once studied in Tokyo, Japan.
In addition, there is a rather strange point. According to insiders who are familiar with the Chang family, Chang Shenyi is Chang Keren's illegitimate son outside the family, and he only recognized him as a child when he was older.
Cheng Qianfan highly doubted Chang Shenyi's true identity as a Japanese, pretending to be Chang Keren's son.
This method is very similar to the treason case involving the Wang brothers in Lu'an that he had previously uncovered.
Six patients were under investigation, and three of them were initially ruled out as suspects.
There was basically something wrong with the two people, including Chang Shenyi.
There is another person, but the special situation team has never found any relevant information about this person.
This person is Sun Zhijie.
After analysis by Cheng Qianfan, Qiao Chuntao, Hao Zai and others, they generally believe that this person is most likely the one who hides the deepest, and his identity may be unusual.
Therefore, Cheng Qianfan called the Wuhan temporary headquarters of the Secret Service for assistance and asked Dai Chunfeng to make arrangements and assist in investigating this person.
After all, the manpower of the Shanghai Special Situation Team has limited capabilities, which is far from the power that Dai Virgo can mobilize and control.
The request from the Shanghai Special Intelligence Team is: Assistance in investigating this person.
To be precise, it is to investigate the person's background information from the side, and does not require direct contact or tracking of the person.
However, Qiao Chuntao's intelligence team soon discovered that another group of people was secretly following Sun Zhijie.
The answer is obvious——
After the Shanghai Station of the Secret Service received an order from the headquarters to assist in the investigation of Sun Zhijie, they did not follow the order from the headquarters to investigate the person from the side, but started directly.
This is to grab credit.
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Qiao Chuntao reported the matter to Cheng Qianfan and suggested that the team leader immediately call Wuhan to stop Shanghai Station from taking reckless actions.
Cheng Qianfan chose to wait and see.
Then there was the incident yesterday where the Lu Xingge Operation Group of the Shanghai Station Operation Brigade attacked Sun Zhijie, while Cheng Qianfan and Qiao Chuntao watched the battle secretly.
"You asked me yesterday why I didn't stop it." Cheng Qianfan said to Qiao Chuntao, "I didn't think well about this matter. I didn't expect that Shanghai Station would be so unruly."
He sneered and said, "Sun Zhijie has come into Shanghai Station's sight. Even if I ask you to stop him, with Shanghai Station's behavior, even if he obeys the order on the surface, he will not stop in private. The consequences are irreversible.
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"The most important thing is that this will bring great safety risks to our brothers who are also watching Sun Zhijie." Cheng Qianfan said with a heavy expression.
Qiao Chuntao immediately understood what the team leader meant. He thought about it for a moment. If his subordinates were discovered by the gang at Shanghai Station, it would definitely be a major safety hazard.
"My subordinates just can't understand why they are so anxious to take action against Sun Zhijie," Qiao Chuntao said.
"We have been investigating for so long and can't find anything. Of course they can't find anything either. Why don't they do anything?" Cheng Qianfan said sarcastically.
Qiao Chuntao glanced at the team leader. Although Cheng Qianfan's tone was sarcastic, he was keenly aware of the abnormality in the team leader's tone.
It seems that the team leader is not as angry about Shanghai Station's unauthorized actions and taking credit as he showed.
"Team leader, have you already judged that the Shanghai Station will grab the credit, so..." Qiao Chuntao asked directly.
"Absurd." Cheng Qianfan glared at Qiao Chuntao and angrily said, "Don't say anything like this again that affects unity."
"Yes." Qiao Chuntao nodded, "I understand."
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"We have been unable to find any relevant information about Sun Zhijie." Cheng Qianfan lit a cigarette, glared at Qiao Chuntao, and said, "So, the seemingly ridiculous confession obtained by the Shanghai Station during the interrogation of Sun Zhijie is actually very absurd.
On the contrary, it can explain all this."
A liar who defrauds money and sex has no other background. He is just a small person. There are too many such people in Shanghai. Who knows where they come from, or they come to Shanghai quietly from other places to make a living.
If it's a local gangster from Shanghai, it's easier to investigate, but if it's someone from outside Shanghai, it's impossible to investigate at all.
Because of this, the Shanghai Special Investigation Team investigated Sun Zhijie, but this guy seemed to have jumped out of a rock and found nothing.
The top management of the special situation team judged that this person was most likely an extremely covert and high-ranking member of the Japanese special forces, which was in line with the characteristics of being unable to find much information.
However, there is another possibility, that is, he is just a little person with no background, trying to make ends meet.
"A Yuan said that his superiors didn't believe it." Qiao Chuntao said, "They said that Sun Zhijie is not beautiful at the top, not majestic at the bottom, and has insufficient capital."
"Mom, what a fool." Cheng Qianfan smiled. There was a new northeastern girl in the patrol room's clerk's office. She was very aggressive. Mr. Cheng had been in contact with girls a lot, so it was inevitable that he would be affected.
"Taozi, please evaluate that Ayuan." He asked Qiao Chuntao.
"Put aside the evaluation of the goodness and evil of his behavior." Qiao Chuntao said thoughtfully, "This person is quite capable and very cautious."
After thinking for a while, he added, "This kind of person can live a long life."
"Don't be simple." Cheng Qianfan flicked the cigarette ashes and said with a smile. The sunlight came in through the gap in the window and enveloped him. He exhaled a stream of smoke from his nose. Under the dual effects of sunlight and smoke, he
His figure is also somewhat unclear.
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Taojia Lane.
The landlady and her daughter Tao Cuifang stayed in the room with sad faces.
The two of them just sat there, neither eating nor drinking.
Tao Cuifang looked weak, as if she had lost her soul.
She finally cried again, Mom, you know, I like Ajie, we are getting engaged, and I can't live without him.
Poor Ajie, who was so cruel as to kidnap him.
Then there was a burst of sobbing and crying.
The landlady let out a long sigh and said, I knew Yin was not simple.
…
Back at the patrol room, Cheng Qianfan called Hao Zai and Lu Hu over.
"The shooting and kidnapping in Taojia Lane." He looked at Datou Lu and asked, "What's going on here?"
"Report, Vice President Cheng, the tenants of Tao Xu's house at No. 16 Taojia Lane were kidnapped by gangsters near Karen Ballroom." Big Tou Lu saluted before answering respectfully.
"How did I hear that there was a gun battle?" Cheng Qianfan frowned, "The impact of this incident was so bad that Director Ferguson slammed the table."
"According to eyewitness testimony, the kidnapped person had a gun, and a gunfight did take place," Datoulu said.
"What's the background of this tenant?" Cheng Qianfan leaned back on his chair and played with the repaired gold lighter in his hand.
"It's not clear yet. So far we have only found out that this person's name is Sun Zhijie." Datou Lu shook his head, "However, it is said that this Sun Zhijie has an ambiguous relationship with Tao Xu's daughter."
"Oh?" Cheng Qianfan immediately became interested, "Well, this scandal has a bad influence. Liang Yuchun's side may not have enough manpower. You can arrange for someone to go over and assist in the investigation. The focus is to question the Tao Xu family's daughter. I'm thinking about this matter.
There is a very deep inside story.”
Datou Lu glanced at Deputy Inspector Cheng, and he felt that he had reason to suspect that his boss was interested in this affair because he had heard related rumors about sex.
"Vice President Cheng, Haozi just finished handling the eucalyptus at hand. What do you think of arranging for Haozi to go there?" Datou Lu said with a smile.
"When I'm not on the third patrol, you, the deputy patrol chief, will be in charge of this family. How you arrange your work is your business." Cheng Qianfan said calmly.
"Yes, my subordinates will definitely work hard to ensure that you, the inspector, take good care of the third patrol!" Datou Lu said solemnly.
"What nonsense are you talking about? What are you talking about?" Cheng Qianfan glared at Datou Lu and threw a box of cigarettes at him, "Get out of here."
Da Toulu took the cigarette case and left with a smile.
"Lazy idiot." Cheng Qianfan pointed in the direction of the office door and cursed.
…
After Da Toulu left, Cheng Qianfan threw Hao Zai a cigarette.
"This Tao Cuifang is the only one among the patients who have consulted the doctor so far who can be basically confirmed to have nothing to do with spy activities." Cheng Qianfan warned Haozi.
"So, you have to try your best to get some information about the doctor from this woman's mouth." Cheng Qianfan paused for a moment and continued.
"After our preliminary investigation, we found that this girl is very obsessed with Sun Zhijie."
"Let's just say that Sun Zhijie was targeted by the kidnappers because the gangsters saw that she had double eyelids and thought that Sun Zhijie was rich." Cheng Qianfan said coldly.
"I understand." Hao Zai nodded.
Cheng Qianfan looked serious and continued to warn, "The doctor uses an ophthalmologist as a cover. This should be a profession that he is quite proud of."
"When a doctor who is an agent comes into contact with a patient who is basically convinced that he is safe and has no other intentions, this is the time when he enjoys it the most. He may be able to let down some of his wariness." Cheng Qianfan stood up, walked around, and said while thinking.
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"This is an excellent opportunity for us to get to know the doctor without alerting him." He looked at Hao Tsai with a serious expression.
"Understood!" Hao Zai nodded seriously.
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