Chapter 142 Major Suspicion
Chu Lingyun, like Virgo, doesn't believe in coincidences.
If there was a connection, what was Zhang Bai's purpose in setting the fire? In the warehouse, besides some miscellaneous items, there were only some registration books used at the front desk.
Many customers will register, some customers need to pay for their meals and must register, while the rest use it as a way for the bathhouse to keep accounts.
Registration is very simple. If you know the name, write it down. If you don’t know the name, just write the number of people. Basically, they will fill up a thick registration book every month.
Chu Lingyun guessed that what Zhang Bai wanted to destroy were these registration books.
This shows that many of his subordinates come here to get pedicures and meet him, and the bathhouse knows their information.
He couldn't possibly do arson repeatedly, otherwise even a fool would be suspicious. He set fire once every few years to destroy all previous registration information, which was also a form of protection for his subordinates.
Fortunately, Zhang Bai has not set any fire recently, otherwise it would be difficult to investigate the information of his old customers over the past three years.
"Install the bug tomorrow morning. No one can detect it."
Chu Lingyun instructed Niu Qiu that after a few days of renovation, if Zhang Bai checked, he would be able to check almost all the rooms, and it would be time to install the eavesdropping device.
"Yes, don't worry, I'll go in and install it myself this time."
During the renovation, Niu Qiu secretly made a key to Deyuanchi. It was not difficult to get in, but installing a bug was a technical job. For this purpose, Niu Qiu specially learned from experienced people for several days.
"Okay, go get busy first."
After sending Loach away, Chu Lingyun picked up a letter from the table. When he saw the photo inside the letter, a smile appeared on his face.
My parents and sister have arrived in Chongqing safely. This is a photo they took after arriving. The three of them have bright smiles and they are very satisfied with the environment there.
Especially Chu Yuanchen, after arriving, he conducted an investigation and found that there were indeed many children in the neighborhood who could not afford to go to school.
He Wanrong will come back again in a while, mainly to handle the resignation procedures at their school. This time she left in a hurry and just explained the situation to the school over the phone.
As for the children in Ningcheng, He Wanrong will go there in person to comfort them.
Building a school takes time, and Chu Yuanchen will find the construction team to keep an eye on them. He Wanrong just happens to have time to come back and bring some things from home with her.
Chu Lingyun once suggested selling the house in his hometown, but was rejected by Chu Yuanchen and He Wanrong also did not agree.
The house in my hometown cannot be sold easily. Where will I live after I sell it?
They didn't know that the full-scale war of resistance would soon begin, and they were still thinking about returning to Ningcheng in the future.
Chu Lingyun did not insist on this. It was just a house. He could have no problem buying a hundred houses like that now.
"Team Leader, I'm back."
While looking at the photos, Chu Yuan knocked on the door outside. He personally led the team to do the verification and finally came back today.
After being away for so many days, Chu Yuan has become a lot darker.
"You've worked hard. You didn't even take a break or change your clothes when you came back."
Chu Yuan was obviously covered in dust and looked exhausted. He used to be an honest child, but now he has become bad after following Niu Qiu and Shen Hanwenxue. After returning, he did not clean himself up, but came to see him first.
"No, I was afraid you might be getting impatient, so I came to report to you first."
"There's no rush to report to me. Forget it. Now that you're here, just report first."
Chu Lingyun said helplessly, and Chu Yuan immediately began to report. This time the verification was different from the one in Wuhan. That time, it was only necessary to verify whether their files were correct and whether they were the real people.
This time we have to investigate everyone's past. Although the number of people is small, it will take longer.
"Team Leader, this time we visited four provinces and conducted detailed investigations into the pasts of ten people..."
Chu Yuan slowly explained that they had all been to the hometowns of their ten colleagues, and that they had done so secretly so that they could not be aware of it, as this would be a waste of time.
Among the ten people, seven can be completely eliminated as suspects, including the two people first found by Chu Lingyun and Liang Yu.
Liang Yu suspected that Ge Wenxuan had a different name from his two brothers because his cousins had already used the names Ge Xiangxi and Ge Xiangbei. By the time he got to this place, all the four directions had been used up, so his father found a teacher to help him name him Ge Wenxuan.
The Military Intelligence Department's files only registered close relatives, not cousins, which caused a misunderstanding.
However, with the attitude of investigating any problem, Chu Lingyun had no prejudice against Liang Yu. The fact that he could discover such a small problem showed that he was a very careful person and could help him in the future.
There is nothing wrong with the name, and Ge Wenxuan has a clean past, so we can rule out suspicion first.
Chen Xiu, discovered by Chu Lingyun, lost his parents when he was a child and lived with his adoptive parents when he was one year old. Although his adoptive parents were ordinary people, they were good people and taught Chen Xiu very well when he was young.
Chen Xiu has been very polite since he was a child. He is also a famous child prodigy in their local area and has excellent academic performance.
In that small mountain village, it was not easy for Chen Xiu to get out and get into university.
Chen Xiu was very filial when he was at home. The neighbors confirmed that Chen Xiu was the real person. His appearance had not changed much. Moreover, Chen Xiu had a birthmark right next to his ear. Chen Xiu from the Telecommunications Department also had this birthmark.
After Chu Lingyun became suspicious of him, he secretly observed him and confirmed that it was a real birthmark and not a disguise.
If it was a disguise, it couldn't be hidden from Chu Lingyun's eyes.
When Chu Yuan went to investigate, he specifically instructed that the matter of the birthmark must be thoroughly investigated.
Two people with identical appearances, identical birthmarks, and no blood relationship could not possibly exist. It would be difficult to find such a person among the seven billion people of the future, let alone now.
Chen Xiu's doubts were also eliminated.
"Team Leader, I think Liu Dazhuang is a major suspect."
After talking about the situations of other people, Chu Yuan began to report on the three people who were still under suspicion. The one he particularly suspected was Liu Dazhuang, and he was the first one he mentioned.
"Tell me what you think." Chu Lingyun replied softly.
"Yes, Team Leader. Liu Dazhuang is from Shanghai. When I went to his home to investigate, I found that his family had moved away. The neighbors knew very little about their family's situation, and they also moved to their original address later."
"Then I went to Liu Dazhuang's hometown, which was in the suburbs of Shanghai. It had been destroyed by the war, and everyone in the village had either died or fled. I went through a lot of trouble to find an elderly man in the village. After I asked him to identify the photo, he said it didn't look like Liu Dazhuang."
No, that’s a big doubt.
Chu Lingyun remembered Liu Dazhuang's information. He was an old man who joined the Military Intelligence Department when it was established. He was currently in the Inspection Department and was the deputy team leader of the Inspection Department.
The Inspection Section has only two teams, whose main task is to supervise all members of the Military Intelligence Department, verify their achievements afterwards, etc.
If a Japanese spy broke into the Inspection Department and even made it to the middle level, it would be no small matter.
"Anything else?" Chu Lingyun continued to ask.
"Yes, when I was looking for Liu Dazhuang's parents, I found no one. I asked many people and tried to find where their parents had moved to, but I found them three times in a row and they had moved away. Now no one knows where they are. Team leader, should we arrest Liu Dazhuang and interrogate him first?"