Chapter 21 Sketch Portrait
"Captain Chu, please be merciful and let me go. I really had no idea beforehand. If I had known he was Japanese, I would never have taken this job."
When Yang Jian saw Chu Lingyun, he burst into tears again. Because his chin was hanging down, he couldn't speak clearly and it took a lot of effort for him to finish his words.
"Is that all you want to say to me when you see me?"
Chu Lingyun replied coldly that there must be something hateful about pitiful people. If there were no people like Yang Jian to cover for the Japanese, they would most likely have caught the real Japanese spy this time.
"Commander Chu, please allow me to make meritorious contributions while serving my sentence. Please don't kill me. I'll do anything you want."
Yang Jian cried and Chu Lingyun shook his head slightly. Everyone had run away and he was exposed. How could he make amends for his crime?
Seeing Chu Lingyun walking out, Yang Jian hurriedly shouted: "Chief Chu, I remember the appearance of the person who hired me. I can draw, and I can draw his appearance. Do you want it? If you want it, I can draw it for you right away."
Chu Lingyun turned around instantly and walked quickly to Yang Jian's side.
"How close can you draw it?"
Yang Jian is a painter, so it is absolutely believable that he can paint portraits. However, even if he is a painter, he has to paint portraits. Otherwise, giving him an abstract painting will be of no use.
"Nine points, at least nine points. I used to draw portraits of people on the street, and everyone thought my drawings were very like the real thing."
Yang Jian spoke quickly. This was his specialty and his only hope of survival.
"Put him down, prepare the brush and ink, and let him draw."
Chu Lingyun gave the order and looked at Yang Jian's fingers again. Fortunately, Yang Jian had been cooperating in confessing before, and there was no great value in it. The interrogator only used a whip and did not hurt his fingers.
After being put down, Yang Jian collapsed on the ground instantly, gasping for breath.
"There's a couple next door to your left. Have you seen them?"
Chu Lingyun asked Yang Jian again, and Yang Jian nodded hurriedly: "I have seen it, I have seen it."
“Can you draw what they look like?”
Yang Jian hesitated for a moment, and seeing Chu Lingyun's displeasure, he immediately replied, "Yes, everything is possible."
"Draw them now. Draw all three of them."
It would be fine as long as it can be drawn. No one has ever seen it, so even if it is drawn, no one knows whether it is real or not. But his neighbor, Shen Hanwen, has seen it and can verify it.
The interrogation room was too dark, so Chu Lingyun took him to the interrogation team's office. Yang Jianlian drank four cups of hot water to calm his mind before picking up paper and pen and starting to paint.
"Captain Chu, this is a portrait of my employer."
Not long after, Yang Jian finished the first painting. He walked tremblingly in front of Chu Lingyun and handed it to him respectfully with both hands.
I have to say that Yang Jian's painting skills are really good. The sketches he draws are very vivid and lifelike, and you can see the whole person's appearance characteristics from the portrait.
"Keep painting."
Chu Lingyun put the portrait aside and asked Niu Qiu to get a camera to take a picture of the portrait.
After a while, Yang Jian drew the portrait of the female neighbor on the left. Shen Hanwen was called over by Chu Lingyun just now. After seeing the portrait, he exclaimed in surprise:
"Captain, yes, he drew it very similarly. It looks exactly like that woman. That's what it looks like."
Shen Hanwen had met Yang Jian's neighbor, and he was the only team member who had seen the two Japanese spies. He was the one to verify that Yang Jian was not lying and that he could really draw people very similarly.
Even Chu Lingyun didn't expect that Yang Jian had such a role. It could be considered that he was making meritorious service while serving his sentence.
"Why don't you paint anymore?"
Chu Lingyun looked at Yang Jian. Yang Jian was hesitating at the moment, and the pen in his hand never fell on the paper in front of him.
"Captain Chu, let me recall. I can't remember what that man looks like."
Yang Jian was sweating profusely as he spoke carefully to Chu Lingyun. Chu Lingyun frowned and asked, "How did you remember that woman so clearly and draw her so clearly in no time?"
"I've seen that woman a few times. She's very beautiful. I've even painted her portrait privately. But I've never paid attention to the man. Let me think about it. I'm sure I'll be able to remember him soon."
In order to survive, Yang Jian didn't dare to tell any lies. His impression of his male neighbor was really vague, so he didn't dare to speak nonsense.
His words made Niu Qiu and Shen Hanwen laugh out loud.
It is normal to only remember the appearance of women but not the appearance of male neighbors. They can understand that men have never cared much about the appearance of other men. Beautiful women are more attractive.
"Think carefully and draw it all, and I'll spare your life."
Chu Lingyun said calmly that Yang Jian had already made a contribution by drawing his employer and female neighbor, which was indeed enough to spare his life.
Moreover, he has a great ability in sketching, so maybe I can use him in the future.
As for releasing him, don't even think about it now. Maybe it will be possible after the Anti-Japanese War.
"Thank you, Captain Chu. I will definitely be able to draw it."
With Chu Lingyun's promise, Yang Jian was immediately shocked. He finally didn't have to die. When the interrogator told him that he would be executed soon, he was really scared.
He is still young and really doesn't want to die.
Chu Lingyun didn't pay attention to Yang Jian and kept staring at the portrait of the woman. Judging from the portrait, the woman was indeed very beautiful.
Chu Lingyun was not afraid of her being beautiful. The more beautiful she was, the more conspicuous she would be, and the greater the possibility of being found.
After a while, the third portrait of Yang Jian was finally completed.
After Shen Hanwen's confirmation, the painting was 70% like the man, but not completely like him. Yang Jian's memory of his male neighbor was not that deep, and he was not painting in person, so it was not easy to achieve a 70% likeness.
"I'll make some more changes and I'll definitely be able to paint a portrait."
Yang Jian was afraid that Chu Lingyun would not forgive him for not being able to draw a 90% likeness, so he immediately said something else.
"Hanwen, take him to correct it. Loach, go and develop the photos you took first. Develop more for the employer and the female neighbor, thirty each."
Chu Lingyun did not wait for Yang Jian to make any changes. His next investigation focus was on the cosmetics store and the female spy. With her portrait, he was able to report to Wang Yuemin.
Loach took the order and left, and Chu Lingyun went directly to Wang Yuemin's office.
Now it was past the end of get off work time, but Wang Yuemin had not left yet and was still waiting for Chu Lingyun. As soon as Chu Lingyun came in, he was pulled to the sofa by him.
"Ling Yun, have you found any new clues?"
"Stationmaster, I do have some clues."
Chu Lingyun responded and then reported to Wang Yuemin the portrait drawn by Yang Jian, the smell of cosmetics he found in the Japanese spy's home, and his investigation results.
"I knew you had another idea. I never thought cosmetics could become a new area of investigation. Lingyun, you really didn't let me down."
After listening to Chu Lingyun's report, Wang Yuemin patted his thigh excitedly.
He is a veteran intelligence officer and is well aware of the importance of the cosmetics investigation. As long as the female Japanese spy does not leave the city, they will have great hope of capturing the two escaped Japanese spies.