"Tel!" Qiao Chuntao looked at Cheng Qianfan, "Team leader must have contacted him by phone."
"Lu Fei must have violated the confidentiality discipline and left the phone number of the meeting place to his home, and then he received a call from his home." He became more and more excited as he spoke, but the expression in his eyes gradually became solemn.
"I understand how urgent the situation is now." Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice.
"Yes." Qiao Chuntao nodded, "Although everything is just speculation for the time being, we have reason to suspect that the call from home that Lu Fei received was problematic."
"Yes, there is a problem." Cheng Qianfan nodded.
All of this is just speculation, and even if Lu Fei received such a call, it was just speculation. However, Cheng Qianfan was more confident in his heart that all this was as he expected.
"It's simply incredible." Haozi, who was driving, shook his head, "The secret stronghold at the Shanghai station should be absolutely confidential. Someone actually revealed his phone number to his family. Are they not afraid of the enemy following the map to catch them all in one go?"
Qiao Chuntao sneered and said nothing.
Li Hao is the confidant younger brother of the team leader. He was trained by the team leader. He was not from the official channel of the Secret Service and had never experienced other units.
Taozi was from the Peking Station of the Secret Service. Later, after graduating from Xiongzhenlou, she did not return to Peking, but was suddenly assigned to the Shanghai Special Information Group.
Qiao Chuntao has long seen many irregular behaviors within the Secret Service.
In fact, in his heart, he was extremely cautious in doing things like the team leader Cheng Qianfan, always emphasizing safety and confidentiality, especially in his pursuit of rationality in doing things, and sufficient preparations for the precautions, and even paying great attention to the aftermath work is very rare in the secret service office.
"What we can do now is to do our own things well." Cheng Qianfan shook his head and said. There were accidents several times before and after the Shanghai station, which was not without reasons, especially the confidentiality work has been done poorly.
This is also the reason why he has been trying his best to avoid cross-connection between the Shanghai Special Information Group and the Shanghai Station.
...
"This phone number should exist." Cheng Qianfan said thinking, frowned slightly, "As long as we can grasp the address or phone number of one of them, we can find another one."
Since Xiao Cheng has great magical powers in the French Concession, it is not difficult to check the address through the telegram bureau without knowing it.
In fact, Cheng Qianfan knew the importance of the Telegram Bureau well, so he arranged for an agent from the Shanghai Special Information Group to sneak in.
"Whether it is the stronghold at the Shanghai Station or Lu Fei's home, as long as we keep an eye on it, we will definitely find some clues." Qiao Chuntao said.
At the Shanghai Station stronghold and the restaurant where they held celebrations, you can tell if there is any problem by staring at whether there is anyone secretly surveillance or even preparing to carry out arrests.
Similarly, staring at Lu Fei's home, if Lu Fei and his family have been controlled by the Japanese or even taken away, it can also explain the problem.
Of course, if that's the case, it's too late.
"I asked A Yuan again and again, but he refused to say it." Qiao Chuntao bit his lip and frowned.
...
"Stop." Cheng Qianfan suddenly said.
"Brother Fan, what's wrong?" Li Hao braked suddenly and turned his head to ask.
Cheng Qianfan didn't say anything. He took out a cigarette box from his pocket, popped out a cigarette, held it in his mouth, and pulled the lighter to light it.
Take a deep breath of cigarette.
Cheng Qianfan looked at Qiao Chuntao, "Did you arrive at the joint location agreed with A Yuan in advance?"
"Yes!" Taozi nodded, "I just arrived, and A Yuan arrived, but I didn't show up immediately."
"Which direction did he come from?"
"East." Qiao Chuntao said decisively. He has a strong memory and a good sense of direction.
"Map!" Cheng Qianfan said in a deep voice.
Li Hao took out the map from his briefcase, turned around and handed it to Cheng Qianfan.
"Sign it." Cheng Qianfan said to Qiao Chuntao.
Taozi stared at the map for half a minute, reached out and pointed, "Here, we agreed to connect here today."
Then, his fingers slashed to the east, "A Yuan came from here."
...
Cheng Qianfan didn't say anything, he was thinking.
After a moment, he asked, "No, why not the joint at Notre Dame Road?"
"It's said it's a bit far from Notre Dame Road, so I chose Compare Road."
"Camba Road..." Cheng Qianfan took the pencil handed over by the mouse, drew a line along the east side of the Conba Road and A Yuan, paused for a moment, and drew a small semicircle.
"Is there anything special about A Yuan?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
“What’s special?”
"For example, the smell, and is there anything on shoes, trousers, clothes, etc." Cheng Qianfan asked.
...
Qiao Chuntao did not answer immediately. He was silent and even closed his eyes.
He is recalling and thinking hard.
"I remember A Yuan's soles and toes, and the edges of the shoes were stained with red things. I don't know what it was." Qiao Chuntao said.
"Are you sure?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"It's sure, it's red, and the traces are relatively new and have not been dried yet." Qiao Chuntao said.
"It's red paint!" Cheng Qianfan thought for a while and said in a shock.
The French Concession authorities are repairing the exterior walls of some areas and uniformly applying red paint.
Thinking in his mind, Cheng Qianfan looked at the area he drew on the map, and his brows frowned even tighter.
"No." He shook his head, "The east side of Compare Road is not within the scope of this renovation."
Qiao Chuntao understood something was wrong. The east side was not within the scope of the repair, so it was impossible for A Yuan to get red paint during that period.
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"Notre Dame Road!" Qiao Chuntao raised his eyebrows, "After separation from A Yuan, I pretended to leave first, but actually found a nearby tea stall for tea. I was facing the east of Kangba Road. With A Yuan's foot strength, it would not have disappeared from my sight so quickly, but I did not see A Yuan."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content behind! "So you judged that A Yuan was going to Notre Dame Road!" Cheng Qianfan's eyes lit up, "Yes, A Yuan was originally on Notre Dame Road, but he deliberately lied that he was far away from Notre Dame Road, and actually went around the east side of Combat Road from another direction, showing his appearance from the east."
"Brother Fan, is there any other side of Notre Dame Road within the scope of this renovation?" Li Hao asked a question.
"Good question." Cheng Qianfan smiled on his solemn face, "Notre Dame Road is not within the scope of this renovation. However, Cordeier Road adjacent to Notre Dame Road and Bailanmao Road, which is slightly further away, are within the scope of the renovation."
"This shows that A Yuan came to join me from Cordeier Road or Bailanmao Road." Qiao Chuntao said speculated.
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"You are still the old way to contact A Yuan today?" Cheng Qianfan asked suddenly.
"Yes." Taozi nodded.
Cheng Qianfan was caught in thought. There was an intermediary between Taozi and A Yuan. The intermediary was the owner of a fruit stall on Notre Dame Road. This person was Uncle A Yuan.
A Yuan is a cautious person and he will explain in advance.
Cheng Qianfan took a sip of cigarette and rubbed his temples with his thumb:
So, Taozi called and A Yuan had already told his uncle in advance that he told him that the other party was far away from Notre Dame's Court today, so if he wanted to meet, he would make an appointment on Conbay Road.
What does this mean?
This shows that A Yuan had known for a long time that today would be busy, and today's affairs were very important, so he had to be extra cautious, so he prepared in advance.
"Why did A Yuan deliberately avoid Notre Dame's Road?" Cheng Qianfan asked Qiao Chuntao.
"This shows that the location of the Shanghai Station's commendation conference or the restaurant where the celebration conference is close to Notre Dame Road. In order to avoid being targeted and to be safe, he is very cautious." Qiao Chuntao said.
"That's right." Cheng Qianfan nodded with satisfaction, "Where did you call the middleman?"
"When it was three miles away from Notre Dame Road," Qiao Chuntao said.
As he said that, his face also became solemn, "This is not right!"
"Yes, it's not right." Cheng Qianfan nodded, "It's only about three quarters of an hour between when you call A Yuan and when you meet A Yuan."
Cheng Qianfan stared at the map, "A Yuan's uncle received your call and he wanted to inform A Yuan. Then after A Yuan got the news, he began to rush towards Kangba Road."
"And he bypassed Notre Dame Road and entered Combat Road from the west." Qiao Chuntao added.
"Time is very tight!" Cheng Qianfan said, and he glanced at Qiao Chuntao, "I can see nothing."
To be continued...