Chapter 144 Major Gains
For several consecutive days, there has been no progress in the Zhang Bai case and the traitor case. Recently, fewer people have come to see Chu Lingyun, and everyone is quietly waiting for the results.
Henian kept his promise and never asked about the progress of the case, just waiting for Chu Lingyun to report to him.
"Ring, ring, ring"
Three days later in the afternoon, Chu Lingyun was in the office when the phone on the desk suddenly rang.
"Team leader, we have made some important discoveries."
As soon as he picked up the phone, he heard the excited cry of Loach from the other side. Chu Lingyun's heart moved and he whispered softly: "Don't be so excited, speak slowly."
"Yes, Team Leader."
Loach calmed down and continued, "Just now, we intercepted the person who was meeting with Zhang Bai. The person asked Zhang Bai, and Shanghai sent a telegram asking if Crocodile had received the mission to go to Shanghai and why he hadn't completed the mission yet."
Crocodile?
Another code name emerged. This crocodile is most likely Jiang Binghui. Jiang Binghui was originally going to Shanghai, but was intercepted and captured by them at the train station. He had not appeared in Shanghai for a long time, so it was normal for people there to question him.
"Then what?"
Loach said quickly, "Zhang Bai said that Crocodile had received his instructions and should have gone to Shanghai long ago. He didn't know the specific situation."
"Keep an eye on the person who's meeting Zhang Bai. I'll be there soon."
Zhang Bai's watch was not in vain. After just a few days, someone showed up. No matter who the person was or what his identity was, he was definitely a Japanese spy.
Moreover, the fact that this Japanese spy was able to contact Shanghai shows that he most likely owned a radio station.
As for Zhang Bai, he may not have a radio. After all, the Japanese do not trust outsiders, and his wife was married off mid-term, and they don't even have children.
"Yes, Team Leader."
Chu Lingyun hung up the phone and took his men out. He now attaches great importance to his own safety. Unless there is something special, he will usually bring a few subordinates with him.
"Team leader."
When he arrived at the monitoring point behind Deyuan Pond, Loach was waiting for him at the door.
"Play me the recording just now."
After entering the room, Chu Lingyun immediately said, and Niu Qiu hurriedly asked someone to make room for Chu Lingyun and played the previous monitoring recording.
The recording was indeed clear and lived up to his money.
Chu Lingyun bought the best monitoring equipment. After all, the department would reimburse him, so it wasn't his money.
There was nothing unusual at the beginning. The person who came was Zhang Bai's old customer and asked Zhang Bai to do his pedicure.
After repairing it for a while, the man suddenly lowered his voice and asked quietly, "Shanghai is asking why the crocodile hasn't taken action yet?"
Zhang Bai's voice was so low that it was hard to hear unless one was paying close attention. "Crocodile accepted the mission over ten days ago. Normally, he should have completed it long ago."
"I don't know. Shanghai said Yan Kuian is still alive."
"Crocodile rarely misses. Has anyone in Shanghai given us any details about Yan Kuian's recent situation?"
"No, they think we failed the mission."
"I would send out a signal for Crocodile to come to me, but if he wasn't in Nanjing, I wouldn't be able to contact him."
Zhang Bai spoke again, and Chu Lingyun noticed a new character appearing in it, Yan Kuian.
Jiang Binghui was most likely going to assassinate Yan Kuian, but because he was caught by himself, the mission failed. However, Japan still hasn't figured out the situation.
The customer whispered, "Well, if he's not in Nanjing, he might still be in Shanghai, or the task is more complicated and he hasn't started yet."
"I suspect something might have happened to the crocodile. He's very smart and decisive. If he can't defeat the other party within seven days, he won't force his way in, but will come back to me."
Zhang Bai's voice was extremely low, and no emotion could be heard from it, but his judgment was correct. If the crocodile was Jiang Binghui, then something had indeed happened.
Now Jiang Binghui is still detained in the prison of the Military Intelligence Department. Chu Lingyun uses his own people to guard him and does not use people from the interrogation department. The interrogation department still does not know who Jiang Binghui is.
With the lesson of Gao Yi in Wuhan, there might be a traitor in the department. Before closing the case, Chu Lingyun was very careful.
"What should we do next?" the customer asked again.
"Contact Shanghai first and ask them to find out Yan Kuian's recent situation. For the rest, wait for my news."
"yes."
The customer responded, and Chu Lingyun listened to this sentence several times. The tone of the customer's answer was that of accepting an order, which meant that this customer was most likely one of Zhang Bai's subordinates.
It was confirmed that Zhang Bai was a Japanese spy. After keeping an eye on Zhang Bai, one of his subordinates was discovered. Now there were two Japanese spies in Chu Lingyun's hands.
When to eat them up depends on whether more Japanese spies will show up next.
"Has the customer's identity been verified?"
After Chu Lingyun listened to the recording twice, he took off his headphones and asked Niu Qiu.
"We found out. His name is Ma Jingyuan, and he's the owner of a bookstore nearby."
bookstore?
Chu Lingyun immediately thought of the time when Jiang Binghui disguised himself as a writer and often bought books.
"Loach, go find out what books his store has and who frequently buys books there, especially those who stay a long time."
"Yes, Team Leader."
Checking the bookstore's customers is not an easy job. Nanjing is the capital, and there are many people who can read. This is not the era of the Internet explosion in later generations. Mobile phones can solve many problems, and people rarely go to bookstores.
In this era, there was no television, no internet, only radio and books. People who could read basically liked to read books and newspapers, and there were a lot of customers entering bookstores.
Moreover, many people like to browse books in bookstores without buying them, and they spend quite a long time browsing. So Loach needs to investigate more people.
Chu Lingyun returned to the office with the surveillance records.
"Han Wen, go investigate this person right away. His name is Yan Kuian. He's currently in Shanghai. Just find out his identity."
I called Shen Hanwen. Loach was going to investigate Ma Jingyuan, Chu Yuan was investigating the traitor case, and the task of investigating Yan Kuian could only be given to Shen Hanwen.
Fortunately, I just want to inquire about this person's situation and don't need too much detailed information.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Lingyun took out the previous surveillance records of Jiang Binghui. During the period of Shen Hanwen's surveillance, Jiang Binghui went to the bookstore three times to buy books, but none of them was the store owned by Ma Jingyuan.
This was discovered by Shen Hanwen. Before Jiang Binghui was monitored, he had already bought a lot of books. Shen Hanwen had lost him twice. Where did he go the other time?
Chu Lingyun's eyes narrowed slightly when he took out the surveillance record that had been lost.
The record clearly states that after losing someone near Wanyuan Road at 4 p.m., Jiang Binghui returned to his residence at 6:30 p.m. with two new books.
There was also a photo in the record. The angle of the photo was good, and one could clearly see the book Jiang Binghui was holding under his armpit. However, most of it was blocked by Jiang Binghui, and only the two words "tears and laughter" were exposed.
Chu Lingyun looked at the time. The first time he lost track of him was six days before he was captured.
Thanks to Fengyun Danmo for the 1500 Qidian coins, and thanks to Sily33 for the 100 Qidian coins. I originally planned to update twice today, but a friend asked, and since it's the last day of the month, I will continue with three updates today.