Chapter 192 People I've Met
Tian Pei's work in the counter-espionage department was not without some achievements, but they were not outstanding.
He suddenly received a call from Secretary Qi and hurried to his office. He soon understood why he was called.
The Operations Department actually managed to defect a Japanese spy, a major, from the Shanghai Special High Section. This alone was more effective than the work of their entire Subversion Department.
Henian recommended himself to be the insider liaison.
Tian Pei knew very well that this was the care given to him by his old leader. Being a liaison officer was dangerous, but it also gave him more opportunities to make meritorious contributions.
If he gets promoted based on his merits, he will become a section chief.
After leaving the director's office, he did not go to see Chu Lingyun immediately as ordered by the director, but went to Henian's office first.
"Thank you for thinking of me, Chief."
When he saw Henian, he first thanked him, saying that this rare opportunity was given to him by Henian.
"That's because you have the ability. Work hard and don't let the director and me down." Henian took him to the sofa and sat him down, saying with a smile.
Now that Tian Pei is not only his subordinate, but also the deputy section chief, he should be given the respect he deserves.
"Don't worry, I will not let you and the Director down."
Tian Pei immediately stated that the Counter-espionage Department was not a big department. Although he was the department head, he was only a major. In front of He Nian, he was very humble.
"Chu Lingyun has gone to the train station. You can go find him later and he'll tell you all the arrangements. Also, if you have any important intelligence, send him a copy first. If he hadn't caught the person, you wouldn't have the chance to be the liaison."
He Nian said slowly that he was trying to give Chu Lingyun the opportunity to make meritorious service.
Although the intelligence belongs to Shanghai, Shanghai is the most important place in Japan. The Shanghai Special High Section has a high level and is responsible for all intelligence organizations in the surrounding area.
Including Nanjing, Hangzhou, Suzhou and other places, are all under the jurisdiction of Shanghai Special High Section.
What he said was equivalent to telling Tian Pei that if he got intelligence about Nanjing in the future, he would send it to them first and then to the headquarters.
"Don't worry, I know what to do."
Tian Pei agreed immediately. There was no need to say this explicitly. If he was too stupid to know what was going on, Henian would never recommend him.
"Okay, go get ready first. We'll be heading to Shanghai today."
Henian smiled and nodded. Giving Chu Lingyun a chance to make a contribution is also giving it to himself, right?
Chu Lingyun is his subordinate, and he has a share of all the achievements.
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
Tian Pei withdrew and went to Shanghai to establish a liaison station. There were many things that needed to be prepared.
And he had to set out early to find a suitable hiding place.
"Team leader."
As soon as Chu Lingyun came back from the train station, Shen Hanwen and Chu Yuan rushed over anxiously.
"Why are you here together?" Chu Lingyun asked them to sit down and asked with a smile.
"Team Leader, did we have a big operation yesterday?"
Shen Hanwen asked quickly, and Chu Yuan also looked at him eagerly. Now that Chu Yuan is the official captain, even if not for himself, he must think about his subordinates and must strive for the opportunity to make meritorious service.
Chu Lingyun's expression instantly fell: "How did you know this? What did you know?"
I instructed them to keep it strictly confidential yesterday, but today two of them showed up. What a lie! With so much information leaked, it would be strange if Jiang Tengkong doesn't get into trouble in the future.
Shen Hanwen was startled. "Team Leader, we didn't know anything. When we came here today, we heard the guard congratulating us, saying that our Operations Department had made another contribution. That's when we learned about your operation yesterday."
It turned out to be the doorman. Chu Lingyun really ignored these inconspicuous people.
After hearing about it, Shen Hanwen immediately went to find Chu Yuan. As expected, Chu Yuan was unaware of the situation. The team leader must have used Loach. Loach had already surpassed him, and now he had made another contribution. It would be strange if Shen Hanwen was not anxious.
"There was an operation, but it wasn't a big deal. A traitor was caught, but he's already dead."
Chu Lingyun said calmly that the security guards were not his responsibility, but these security guards must be replaced and even punished.
"Dead?"
Shen Hanwen felt a little regretful. It would be good to catch a traitor, but it was a pity that a dead traitor was of little value.
"You came at the right time. I have a mission for you."
Chu Lingyun did not tell them about what happened yesterday, and handed over the Japan fan and the people who went to Jinling University and the newspaper to them for investigation.
Shen Hanwen checked the news, and Chu Yuan went to the newspaper office.
The two of them happily accepted the task. No matter what the task was, as long as there was something to do, it would be a credit if there was something to gain.
"Team Leader Chu."
As soon as the two left, Tian Pei came with a gift box in his hand.
The gift box contained an ordinary gift. Ever since Chu Lingyun investigated the traitor, no one in the department dared to give him anything valuable. That would simply be asking for trouble.
"Chief Tian is here, please take a seat."
Tian Pei is the deputy section chief. He was the team leader of the operations department three years ago and has much more experience than him.
"Team Leader Chu, thank you very much this time."
Tian Pei clasped his fists in thanks and then sat down. Chu Lingyun understood what he meant and smiled and shook his head: "We all serve the Director, the Party and the country, so you're welcome."
"This is Rose's situation. Three days from now is the time for your first contact with him. Once you connect, you will be responsible for arranging his work. You can discuss the details. However, the situation is urgent, so you must protect yourself."
Chu Lingyun told Tian Pei the contact code. As for other configurations such as the radio, Tian Pei would prepare them himself and he didn't need to ask about them.
"Thank you, Team Leader Chu. I will protect myself. This is the code book I prepared. Please keep it safe. If there is any emergency or important information, I will send a message directly to you."
Tian Pei took out the code book that he had prepared long ago and handed it to Chu Lingyun.
He knew how to deal with the people who had been instigated to defect, without being reminded. He was the deputy chief of the defection department and knew very well how to protect himself when facing the people who had just been instigated to defect.
As soon as the code book was taken out, Chu Lingyun understood that this was an arrangement for New Year's greetings.
This is good. Although the liaison officer is not his man, he can still receive important information in a timely manner, and he has a direct way to contact the liaison officer. If he needs Jiang Tengkong in the future, he can ask Tian Pei to help make arrangements.
"My operating hours are currently scheduled for 9 to 10 p.m. If there are any changes, I will let you know in advance."
In Shanghai, his radio station cannot be turned on at any time.
He is Rose's liaison, and his hiding place cannot be too far away from Rose. If he keeps his phone on or sends messages for a long time, he may be discovered by the Japanese spies.
"Okay, I wish Chief Tian all the best."
Chu Lingyun stood up to see the guest off, and Tian Pei left with satisfaction. He thought that this task was purely picked up, and when he really made a contribution in the future, he would come back to thank Chu Lingyun properly.
Wuhan, Military Intelligence Department.
Wang Yuemin burned the top-secret telegram he had translated and smiled with relief.
Chu Lingyun found out the mole in the Hubei camp and a Japanese spy in Wuchang. He handed these two people over to him and he could arrest them at any time.
However, in order to protect the source of information, he will not act immediately, and the two men will be arrested in batches.
Chu Lingyun did not tell him that Jiang Tengkong had been instigated to defect, but mentioned that Catfish would not leave Wuhan in the short term, which made him understand that Chu Lingyun must have made a big move.
Even though he was at the headquarters, he still remembered him. It turned out that he was not wrong about him.
Seeing Chu Lingyun's dazzling performance at the headquarters, he thought of Wang Jialiang again. This idiot gave him so much time, but he didn't find any clues at all. He really shouldn't have promoted him to be the leader of the intelligence team.
Unfortunately, there is no one available now, so I can only use him for now.
With food in hand, there is no need to panic. Now Wang Yuemin has a lot of important clues. If all these actions are successful, his Wuhan station will still be the most dazzling among all the branches.
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Nanjing, outside Desheng Street.
Shen Hanwen set up a surveillance room here. He had already investigated the identity of the man who was blowing the whistle. He was the son of the owner of No. 37 opposite.
The houses on Desheng Street are not bad, and most of the residents are businessmen. The person living at No. 37 is surnamed Zhang, and he runs a ceramic business.
The man's name was Zhang Yaozu, but what he did did not bring honor to his ancestors at all, but only brought shame to them.
Not long after Shen Hanwen started investigating, he learned some information about Zhang Yaozu's past.
He went to Japan in his early years and after seeing Japan's strength, he admired it very much. When he was in Japan, he wanted to obtain Japanese citizenship, but he did not succeed.
After returning, he went to the Japanese Embassy many times, but unfortunately he never got through the door.
It is said that he also bought Japanese clothes and wore them publicly.
Shen Hanwen wanted to kill such a person directly, as he was definitely a traitor.
"Captain, Zhang Yaozu is out."
"Follow him and see who he's going to see."
Shen Hanwen immediately gave an order that Zhang Yaozu was not important and there was no need to arrest him now. He would only be valuable if the real Japanese spy or other traitors could be found through him.
Zhang Yaozu sat in the rickshaw and took the initiative to chat with the driver.
He was in a good mood today. Although his biggest wish, to immigrate and become a real Japanese, had not yet been realized, he had already found many like-minded people who, like him, yearned for Japan.
It would be great for them if Japan could rule this land.
He talked a lot in the car, but the driver ignored him at all. Only after he paid and left did the driver spat heavily at his back.
"Bah, traitor."
"Master, shall we go?"
Shen Hanwen walked over with a smile, and the driver hurriedly asked him to get in the car. No matter how angry he was with this traitor, he couldn't delay his business.
"You looked so angry just now, what happened?"
After getting on the car, Shen Hanwen casually said an address and started chatting with the driver.
"It's the same customer from before, the one who talked about how great Japan is, how powerful Japan is, and how he'll become a noble Japanese in the future. He even gave himself a Japanese name, something like Jifu. Ugh."
Once the conversation started, the driver immediately started to criticize Zhang Yaozu. Shen Hanwen chatted with him from time to time and soon found out what Zhang Yaozu had said in the car.
The person who advocates for Japan everywhere should be executed.
Unfortunately, Zhang Yaozu's words were of no value. After the driver had investigated clearly, Shen Hanwen returned to where Zhang Yaozu got off the car.
"Captain, Zhang Yaozu entered the Neon Club. I just wanted to go in, but they only allow members in. Non-members are not allowed in."
Neon Company? The name suggests it's related to Japan, but it's a bit troublesome that they can't get in.
"Find out the requirements for their membership and find a way to get in."
"Yes, Captain."
When Shen Hanwen was investigating Zhang Yaozu, Chu Yuan also arrived at the newspaper office.
This newspaper is indeed quite remote and not very large. Their circulation is only 3,000 copies, and sometimes they can't even sell out.
But they have their own printing shop and usually take on other business to maintain the normal operation of the newspaper.
Chu Yuan disguised himself as a customer and quickly found out what he wanted.
The day before yesterday, three customers came to the newspaper office, all of whom were printing business. Chu Yuan asked for the things the three wanted to print on the pretext of looking at samples, and confirmed what the person from Jinling University wanted to print.
After returning to the Military Intelligence Department, Chu Yuan immediately reported the situation.
"Team Leader, the suspect is Zheng Yuanguang, 42 years old. He's not a professor at Jinling University, but the owner of a grocery store. This is what he printed at the newspaper office that day."
Chu Yuan took out the sample and handed it to Chu Lingyun.
Zheng Yuanguang printed poems, and they were the kind of poems that were easy to understand and read smoothly. He printed small characters and wrote several poems on each piece of paper.
As a grocery store owner, why would he print these poems?
Chu Lingyun read it carefully and found that there was nothing prohibited in the poem. He did not print a large number of copies, only 100 copies, with three pages in each copy.
All together, there are only three hundred.
"Team Leader, is there something wrong with him? I don't think this thing is anything serious."
Chu Yuan asked. After finding out the suspect's identity and what he printed, Chu Yuan was quite disappointed. Printing some poems was nothing big. There was nothing suspicious about it at all.
"You don't need to ask about this. Just give me what you found out."
Chu Lingyun shook his head and said that the Japanese spies would not print these poems as they had no meaning to them, and even if they did, they would not go to a tabloid like this.
But this does not mean that Zheng Yuanguang has no doubts.
But Chu Yuan cannot be asked to do the next investigation.
After seeing Chu Yuan off, Chu Lingyun didn't leave the office and return home until noon when get off work was over.
He put on some makeup to make himself look older, like an ordinary person in his thirties. Such an image would not easily attract attention.
Chu Yuan did not investigate Zheng Yuanguang in detail. He only knew that he opened a grocery store, but he did not know where it was located.
This did not pose a problem for Chu Lingyun. Money made things easier. He spent a little money to bribe a few patrolmen and soon got the address of the grocery store.
I called a rickshaw and soon arrived at the grocery store. It was a slum area, the grocery store was not big, and it was a bit messy inside.
Chu Lingyun didn't go over, but just looked at it from a distance for a few seconds, and then his eyes tightened.
He had met the owner of this grocery store before.
When he was investigating the pedicure master before, he met his old classmate Lin Shi on the road. At that time, Lin Shi stuffed something into the hand of a strange man. Chu Lingyun remembered the man's appearance. It was the person standing at the door of the grocery store.
"Uncle, I'd like to ask, where can I buy matches here?"
Chu Lingyun stopped an old man passing by, took out a cigarette and handed it to him, and asked with a smile.
"Boss Zheng's shop has it. His stuff is not expensive. It's right there. That's Boss Zheng at the door."
The old man took the cigarette with a smile and pointed to the grocery store in the distance. The man Chu Lingyun had met before was Zheng Yuanguang.
"Thanks."
Chu Lingyun walked over but did not buy matches. He walked to the end of the road and turned to the main road on the side, then called a rickshaw to return to his residence.