Chapter 187: Throwing the Cup as a Signal
"Lingyun, that Wang Sheng is your lucky general."
Henian said with emotion that the first Kawamoto Xiangtai was found by Wang Sheng and his men, and the discovery of Senri Shiro in the traitor case was also the credit of Wang Sheng.
Now Wang Sheng has opened a company and found the former head of the Wuhan intelligence agency. He has helped Chu Lingyun find Japanese spies again and again. If he is not a lucky man, what is he?
"It was really luck this time."
Chu Lingyun smiled. There were so many rickshaws in Nanjing, but Jiang Tengkong chose to hire a rickshaw from the company he had just bought, and as a result, he was noticed by the rickshaw driver.
If he hadn't bought the company, the driver wouldn't have been able to pick up people in that good area, and he wouldn't have met them. But no matter what, it was indeed luck that he found Jiang Tengkong.
When Chu Lingyun first heard Wang Sheng's report, he did think it was him, but even he himself did not dare to believe that it was this person. It was only after careful inquiry that he was confirmed.
Chu Lingyun did not tell Henian that the rickshaw company belonged to him, so there was no need for this.
This was his own channel. Apart from Loach, no one in the Operations Department knew about the relationship between him and Liu Chengzhu.
"Come on, I'll go with you."
Henian could no longer sit still. He was the former head of an intelligence agency and also a military attaché. This person was too important. If he could capture him, the achievement would be no less than capturing the entire intelligence team.
Moreover, such an important person must have a lot of confidential information in his hands, so catching him is of great significance.
He didn't want to take credit for himself. No matter who caught the person, he, as the military commander, would get the credit. He just cared about it and wanted to see it with his own eyes to feel more at ease.
"With the section chief here, Jiang Tengkong won't be able to escape this time."
Chu Lingyun flattered him, Henian laughed, and they left the Military Intelligence Department together.
As for stalking, neither He Nian nor Chu Lingyun had thought about it. It was not that they did not want to gain more, but Jiang Tengkong was about to leave Nanjing. It was a pure waste of time to follow someone who was about to leave. It would be better to catch him first.
Arriving at the loach's location, Chu Lingyun looked around.
The street is wide enough for four cars to drive side by side, and there are small paths for pedestrians on both sides.
Looking carefully, Chu Lingyun did not find his team members. They were hiding quite well. After these days of training, everyone's abilities have improved a lot. Although they are not experienced, they are definitely not novices.
After arresting so many people and working so hard for so long, anyone who is not a fool will make progress.
Chu Lingyun's Action Group 4 is composed of elites selected from schools and the military. They cannot be fools.
"Section Chief, Team Leader, you are here."
Loach appeared out of nowhere and quickly brought them to a private room in a teahouse. There were several other team members inside, looking out the window intently.
The teahouse is diagonally opposite the hotel, and the window is only slightly open. In order to avoid being noticed by people outside, Loach also made special arrangements in the room so that people outside cannot see anything going on inside.
"What's going on now?"
After sitting down, Chu Lingyun took the initiative to ask. Loach poured tea while saying, "Team Leader, we have found out that the young man's name is Lan Chuchu, he is 25 years old, and his registered residence is Wuhan. However, I guess this name is definitely not real."
The name Lan Chuchu sounds very feminine.
Most parents would not give their sons such a name. Maybe there are such people, but they are extremely rare in this era.
"He checked into the hotel seven days ago. In those seven days, he only went out twice, except for meals, and each time he was with Jiang Tengkong. Jiang Tengkong comes every day, usually at noon or in the afternoon, but he doesn't stay long and leaves. He doesn't stay here at night."
After going out twice, he was noticed by the people from the rickshaw company. Henian couldn't help but sigh that it was good to have a lucky general.
He was not jealous, only happy.
Wang Sheng is Chu Lingyun's lucky general, and Chu Lingyun is his lucky general. Naturally, the more people like him, the better.
"Jiang Tengkong hasn't been here today. I suspect he'll show up this afternoon. We've deployed over twenty of our men near and inside the hotel, setting up a tight net. If he shows up, he won't be able to escape."
On both sides of Lan Chuchu's room are now people from Action Group 4, and from that position they can monitor their conversations in the room.
"Have you asked clearly about the specific duration of Jiang Tengkong's stay each time he comes?"
Chu Lingyun asked, and Niu Qiu quickly said, "I asked, and each time he comes, he doesn't stay long. The shortest time is only five or six minutes, and the longest is no more than half an hour."
It's good news that you won't stay in the room for long.
Although Jiang Tengkong couldn't have known that he was exposed, arresting such a person still required extreme caution. Jiang Tengkong was an experienced old agent and he knew very well the consequences of being caught.
If given the chance, he would most likely commit suicide.
Not to mention Jiang Tengkong, Chu Lingyun himself had thought that if he fell into the hands of the Japanese, the happiest thing would be to die early.
Arresting someone in the room would not only make a lot of noise, but also give Jiang Tengkong the opportunity to resist and commit suicide.
Since he will be in the room for a short time, there is no need to take the risk. We can arrange a better capture location to ensure that there is no risk.
The lessons of Du Juan and Zhang Bai must not be repeated.
"Do you have a diagram of the hotel's interior?"
Chu Lingyun asked again, and Loach nodded immediately: "Yes, I went in to check it out myself, but the terrain inside is not suitable for capture."
Loach took out a hand-drawn structural diagram. It was very simple and you could tell it was drawn by him, but it was very clear.
This hotel is not too big, but it is not too bad either. However, like many hotels of this era, the corridors inside are very narrow. Not to mention Tibetans, if there are more people, you have to queue up.
The staircase is also very narrow, with no suitable hiding spots on either side, so it is not advisable to catch someone inside the hotel.
Chu Lingyun came to the window and looked at the hotel entrance.
The hotel’s entrance is not small. There are many competitors here and the competition is fierce. They pay great attention to the facade to attract more guests.
There are vendors setting up stalls on both sides of the gate, mostly selling fresh fruits.
“Do those vendors often set up stalls here?”
Chu Lingyun pointed at the vendors outside and asked. Loach was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "I don't know, but there are many vendors like this along the street. I guess they often set up here."
"Go ask and confirm."
Chu Lingyun did not blame Loach. No matter how big or small the matter was, Loach was not a worm in his stomach. It was impossible for him to guess all his problems in advance and make preparations.
Besides, time was limited, and in a short period of time, Loach had made sufficient preparations and discovered a lot of things.
"yes."
Loach ran out, chatted with a few vendors outside, and ran back after a while.
"Team leader, it's confirmed. They often set up stalls here, even when it rains. There are mostly tourists here, so they can not only sell more here, but also sell at a higher price."
Things in the scenic area are more expensive than outside. This feeling is not unique to later generations, it has already started in this era.
Maybe it was there even earlier. The Chinese people are not fools. As long as they can make more money, someone will definitely come up with more ideas.
Whether the things were expensive or not was not Chu Lingyun's focus. The vendors on both sides were in very good positions. If Jiang Tengkong passed by the gate, he would be most likely to be ambushed by the people on both sides.
"Go find two good operators and bring up my makeup case."
Chu Lingyun gave instructions to Loach, and Loach went out immediately. Not long after, he brought back two stronger team members.
Both of them were members selected from the military and had excellent fighting performance.
"come over."
Chu Lingyun didn't waste any time and let the two of them go over. He simply changed the shape of the faces of the two vendors outside the window.
These two people were different from the vendors outside in terms of body shape and appearance.
No matter how good Chu Lingyun's makeup skills are, it is impossible to make two people with such a huge difference look the same. After makeup, they are only 40% to 50% similar at most.
Even so, Henian opened his eyes wide.
He had heard that Chu Lingyun was good at putting on makeup, but he didn't expect her to be so good. She was like a completely different person.
"Loach, go rent their stall and replace it with our people."
Chu Lingyun was packing up his things and giving the latest orders. When he said this, everyone understood that the arrest location was set in front of the hotel.
These two people were lurking and took action first, while the other team members hid around, waiting for an opportunity to provide support.
It was easy for Loach to find vendors. The two vendors happily rented their stalls to them and ran out.
The reason is simple, the loach gave too much and they couldn't refuse.
Loach is usually very smart, but he knows the big picture. Jiang Tengkong may arrive at any time. There is no time to waste on talking with them at this time, so he can just use money to attack him.
"Do you remember the price and how it was sold?"
Chu Lingyun made the final arrangements. The two team members were not real vendors. If someone wanted to buy something, they would not know how to sell it. If Jiang Tengkong suddenly appeared at this time, it would be easy for something bad to happen.
"I remember."
The two team members nodded hurriedly. Selling fruits is relatively easy. The key is to recognize the scale. Fortunately, this era is different from later generations. Many people need to look at the scale when buying things to avoid vendors cheating. Most people still recognize it.
"Go ahead."
Chu Lingyun waved his hand. Fortunately, it was a fruit stall, which did not require any skills. If it were a pancake stall, they would not be able to make pancakes in such a short time.
There were two people stationed in the hotel lobby, two vendors at the door, and two waiting rickshaw drivers who were also disguised as their people. There were also two people in the store opposite, surrounding the hotel door.
Next, we just have to wait for Jiang Tengkong to appear.
Jiang Tengkong didn't show up until the evening, which made Chu Lingyun frown. Jiang Tengkong came every day these days. Could he suddenly not come today?
After carefully recalling all the arrangements and making sure there were no problems, Chu Lingyun decided to control his temper and wait patiently.
"Team leader, someone has appeared and is heading this way."
It didn't take long before someone came to report that Jiang Tengkong had finally appeared. This street was quite busy. It got dark late in the summer, and there were still many pedestrians on the street even in the evening.
Jiang Tengkong got off the rickshaw in the distance and walked slowly.
As a veteran intelligence officer, he had a strong awareness of counter-detection, but having had nothing to do for so many days, he was a little lax today and did not go to the deserted alley to conduct the test.
The reason why he came so late was because he had gone to make a meeting.
The intelligence agents he sent out had already found out some information that Chu Lingyun had indeed arrived at the Military Intelligence Department and had just been awarded a medal for his meritorious service a few days ago.
There are no people like them in the Military Intelligence Department, so it is difficult to find out specific information.
But this news was enough for Jiang Tengkong. During this period, the Guo Party was still very strict about merit, and ordinary merits were not enough to be awarded medals.
Moreover, the intelligence officer found out that Chu Lingyun was awarded the third-class Yunhui Medal with the rank of captain.
This is an award that only colonels can receive, and they must have made great contributions before receiving the award. Without sufficient merit, it is impossible to be awarded such a medal.
With this information, it can be fully proved that Chu Lingyun made great contributions not long ago.
It goes without saying what a great achievement it is.
Apart from capturing their entire intelligence team, his other merits were not enough to be awarded medals. Jiang Tengkong was now completely certain that the loss in Nanjing was indeed caused by Chu Lingyun.
With this result, he can go back and report to Beichuan Ming.
After making a trip, the final result did not change, which made him a little dissatisfied with Beichuan Ming.
Unfortunately, Kitagawa Ming is a colonel and a section chief. Now he is a criminal. Even if he has dissatisfaction, he has to swallow it and cannot express it.
When you live under someone's roof, you have to bow your head.
However, the mission is completed and he can return to Shanghai. Another reason why he came so late today is that he went to the train station to buy two tickets to Shanghai tomorrow. Tomorrow he will take Chuchu back to Shanghai, and there they can live a happy life together.
Thinking of Chuchu's charming body, Jiang Tengkong felt a burning sensation in his heart and couldn't help but quicken his pace.
The people who were monitoring him followed him from a distance, and other team members came to report from time to time, so that He Nian and Chu Lingyun could keep track of his whereabouts in time.
"Here I come."
In front of the window, Chu Lingyun whispered that they had already seen Jiang Tengkong's figure in the distance. Jiang Tengkong was wearing a black suit today, but unfortunately he was not tall and looked a little fat.
All the team members at the door received the order to prepare for action.
Chu Lingyun planned to arrest Jiang Tengkong as soon as he entered the hotel. If something unexpected happened, he could let him in and arrest him when he came out.
If there is still no chance when you come out, you can only arrest people by force.
Jiang Tengkong arrived at the door of the hotel and suddenly looked at the fruit vendor at the door and stopped.
He knew that there were people setting up stalls here. He saw them every time he came here. He had specially memorized the appearance of the vendors before.
The two vendors today are indeed very similar to those before, but something always feels wrong.
Seeing him stop, Chu Lingyun's heart skipped a beat and he immediately threw out a cup of water. This was an order to force action.
He didn't remember the appearance of the vendors very clearly, so he didn't really notice that they had changed. What stopped him was that every time he came before, the vendors were all sitting there, waiting for customers to buy things, but today two vendors were standing there.
The other vendors around were still sitting, and only the two of them were standing. Although the suspicion was small, it was enough to make an old intelligence officer like him alert.
“Pah.”
The cup fell to the ground and shattered. When Chu Lingyun threw the cup, a member of the team who had been paying attention to the window noticed the signal and shouted, "It's going to rain."
This is to prevent the cup from breaking and the team members who are ready to act from not receiving the signal and failing to move in time.
Thank you for your reward of 500 Qidian coins from your young master, and thank you for your reward of 100 Qidian coins from Budaoguilai.