Chapter 237 Lotus Exposure
"I just got back and I'm free today."
Today was originally his holiday, but Chu Lingyun couldn't stay idle. Since Lin Shi wanted to make an appointment with him, he had plenty of time today.
"Well, let's go to Li's Old Duck tonight and we won't leave until we're drunk."
"No problem, see you tonight."
Chu Lingyun agreed with a smile. Lijia Laoya is a small shop, but their duck is very delicious and not expensive.
When they were in school, this was their favorite place to go during breaks. It was suitable for their student expenses. They could eat well there and save money. Chu Lingyun had eaten many duck meals at Lin Shi's restaurant.
After hanging up the phone, Chu Lingyun called the unfamiliar number.
This was a public phone. Chu Lingyun was looking for someone named Niu, but the boss didn't know who it was and said he would ask for him and call him back when he found out.
When the phone call came, no one said what the matter was. Chu Yuan would not disturb him if it was not an urgent matter, and he did not ask any more questions. Chu Lingyun did not know who was calling now.
But he remembered that no one he knew had the surname Niu.
The other party was using a public phone to contact him again, and Chu Lingyun frowned.
"Chu Yuan, go check this public phone."
Chu Lingyun gave an order. Chu Yuan was still in the office. He received the order and left immediately without asking the reason.
After a while, Wang Sheng hurried over and brought twenty gold bars.
There has been nothing going on recently, and the rickshaw company has collected some clues, but they are not too important. Wang Sheng screened them and reported two that he considered suspicious.
Chu Lingyun didn't look at the two clues carefully for the time being. He took the ten gold bars and went directly to Henian's office.
"Lingyun, I told you to rest but you didn't. This won't do."
He was very happy to see Chu Lingyun's New Year's greetings, but he didn't care much about the gold bars. He knew the Hangzhou mission, and he knew even more clearly how hard Chu Lingyun worked this time, solving the case that had troubled them in just one day at the Hangzhou station.
This was a great honor for him and the Operations Department.
The most important thing was to save Cai Zhengru. He, Secretary Qi and Cai Zhengru were from the same place. In ancient terms, they were fellow villagers.
Saving Cai Zhengru is equivalent to saving the main force of their faction.
"Section Chief, I'm not tired this time, so I don't need to rest."
Chu Lingyun smiled. He didn't have many classes every day in the police academy, and he seldom went out when he was at the Hangzhou station, so he really wasn't tired.
On the way back, we took a first-class bus, which greatly relieved the fatigue of the journey.
"Wait a minute, I'll ask the director if he has time." Henian ran over to make a phone call and quickly hung up the phone.
"The Director happens to be free. I'll take you to report to him."
He Nian was very curious about how the case at Hangzhou Station was solved, but he had been notified that Chu Lingyun should report the matter to the director, so he didn't need to ask it separately. He could just listen to the report later.
When the two of them arrived at Chuzuo's office, Secretary Qi was already waiting for them at the door.
"Section Chief He, Team Leader Chu."
Secretary Qi always had a harmless smile on his face, and looked like a good guy. Chu Lingyun, who knew history, knew very well that this secretary had many tricks up his sleeve.
"Secretary Qi, how is the Director feeling today?"
In the department, He Nian and Secretary Qi are always addressed by their titles, and they only call each other brothers in private.
"The director is in a good mood." Secretary Qi smiled and nodded, feeling relieved.
The director was in the office. When he saw the three people come in, a smile immediately appeared on his face. It was obvious that he was in a good mood.
"He Nian, please wait a moment. Ling Yun, tell us the details of the situation at Hangzhou Station."
The director was very interested in the process of solving the case and asked about it as soon as Chu Lingyun came in.
"Return to the Director..."
Chu Lingyun slowly recounted the case at Hangzhou Station. He started the investigation after he arrived, then found clues about the chess club, and then found the house rented by Ren Cheng and the shop where he sold things.
After that, they monitored the pawnshop and indeed found Ren Cheng, and successfully arrested him.
From his account, the case wasn't complicated, and had even gone smoothly. This result made the director's face fall, and he cursed, "Cai Zhengru is just a good-for-nothing. He didn't investigate Ren Chengdu's defection, but instead searched the entire city for him. He was hiding, so why would he let you find him?"
Cai Zhengru did perform poorly this time, and he was completely trapped in his own misconceptions.
They believed that since Ren Cheng had defected, he must have received help from the Japanese, and that Ren Cheng was an intelligence officer and would never use his phone to contact the Japanese directly.
As for the chess club, Ren Cheng had been there too many times. He had been active in the chess club during the years he was at Hangzhou Station. He never thought that the chess club would become a target for Japanese spies.
Without checking the key points, their investigation direction is completely off the mark. They simply want to mobilize people to find Ren Cheng, which is impossible.
Ren Cheng knows Hangzhou Station so well that he has many ways to avoid them.
Chu Lingyun didn't comment on Cai Zheng, but said softly, "Ren Cheng is different from the Japanese spies who were previously turned. He was coerced into defecting to the Japanese and didn't really want to work for them. That's why he didn't go to the Japanese after he defected."
Ren Cheng is actually very pitiful. He never really thought about treason in his heart, but he had no choice but to do it.
He was different from the traitors who were instigated in Nanjing. Those people all became slaves to money. No matter what the reason was for them to be instigated by the Japanese in the beginning, they were all willing to serve the Japanese afterwards.
They deserved to die, but it was a pity that Ren Cheng couldn't survive either.
Regardless of the reason, he leaked information to the Japanese and committed treason.
Fortunately, he did not surrender to the Japanese in the end, otherwise the losses at Hangzhou Station would have been even greater.
"He was threatened by a single photo. Doesn't our Military Intelligence Department investigate the truth? How little confidence does Ren Cheng have in us?"
The director snorted coldly. Chu Lingyun, Henian and Secretary Qi remained silent.
Need I say more? Virgo, we all know your personality.
As long as there is suspicion about someone, he is definitely finished. Such photos were taken deliberately by Japanese spies, and it was the Japanese intelligence officer who handed him the gold bars. If you saw such photos, you would not even conduct any investigation and would directly order the execution.
Virgo's attitude towards intelligence work has always been to doubt it once and never use it again, let alone when there is such obvious evidence.
Seeing that no one responded, the director changed the subject: "Lingyun, you did a good job and didn't let me down."
"However, this incident shows that the Japanese spies are using all possible means to deal with us. For the benefit of the people, I have informed the entire department. In the future, if anyone is framed by the Japanese spies and reports it voluntarily, the department will conduct a detailed investigation and clear their name."
Virgo himself understands that his way of doing things makes many people worried.
But the Japanese method is really disgusting. This time it was Ren Cheng, next time it might be someone else. We have to be on guard against this kind of thing.
This order can reassure those who fall into the Japanese spy trap. As long as they report it proactively, the director will not directly believe the so-called photo evidence and will conduct a detailed investigation.
In this way, the possibility of being framed by the Japanese can be reduced.
"Yes, Virgo."
Secretary Qi nodded. The Japanese did have many tricks up their sleeves. Ren Cheng was a little wronged this time. He was the first case and did not dare to report it actively, which ultimately allowed the Japanese to succeed.
If someone really encounters such a thing in the future, it is unknown whether they will believe Virgo's words and report it proactively.
"Lingyun, your merits this time will not be rewarded immediately. Do you have any objections?"
The director looked at Chu Lingyun and said slowly. Chu Lingyun stood up straight, looking straight ahead: "It is my duty to work for you and serve the Party and the country. Lingyun does not need any reward."
"It's good that you have such awareness, but since you have made contributions, there is no reason not to reward you. If you have other merits in the future, we will combine the rewards."
The director nodded with satisfaction. If it was the same before, he would not have said it in person, so he could just go and say New Year's greetings.
Now that he wanted to take Chu Lingyun as his confidant, he had to make some things clear, and he had to say them in person.
"Lingyun, don't go out recently. If you must go out, bring more people with you. The Japanese who are targeting you should have arrived in Nanjing, but we don't know how many people have come or where they are now."
The Director gave another warning, and Chu Lingyun immediately replied, "Thank you for your concern, Director. I will definitely be very careful."
"Okay, you go back first, Henian stays."
Chu Zuo smiled. Being targeted by the Japanese and wanted to assassinate him was actually a kind of pride.
This means that Chu Lingyun hurt the Japanese, and the Japanese were unable to defeat Chu Lingyun, so they resorted to assassination to destroy him.
Chu Lingyun left the office and Henian stood up straight immediately.
"He Nian, have you found any suspects?" asked the director.
Chu Zuo has never been the type to passively take a beating. This time the Japanese want to deal with Chu Lingyun and have sent people to Nanjing, so he must fight back.
Protecting Chu Lingyun's safety is one thing, and taking the initiative to find these Japanese is another.
After receiving Rose's information, the director personally ordered Henian to conduct an investigation.
It mainly targets train stations and various entrances to the city. The Japanese coming from Shanghai are most likely to take the train.
Since they are operatives, no matter how they disguise themselves, some characteristics cannot be changed.
For example, he is young and strong, or has military characteristics.
In the past few days, Henian has sent out Group 1 and Group 2 to conduct surveillance at the train station and the city entrance. The train station has the most people deployed, with a whole team there.
"We haven't found any yet. There are too many people coming to Nanjing every day. I suspect the Japanese spies are infiltrating in batches, and a single person would be easily missed by us."
Henian shook his head, his men indeed didn't notice.
The director thought for a moment, then gave the order, "In addition to monitoring the entrances to the city, all major hotels must also thoroughly investigate the status of their guests. Also, have the police assist in secretly investigating anyone who has recently come to live in the city, whether they are visiting relatives or just passing through. All must be verified."
"yes."
Henian accepted the order with a slightly bitter look on his face. Such an investigation is not easy. Nanjing is a big city with so many people and even more floating population. It is impossible for his operations department to investigate so many people.
But he had no choice but to accept the director's order and had no possibility of objection. Moreover, this time he was doing it to protect Chu Lingyun and help him eliminate hidden dangers.
"Virgo, can I target Rose? That way it will be easier to find them."
Henian asked in a low voice. Rose did not provide any new information, but gave them time to come to Nanjing. Due to the confidentiality of Rose, the people guarding the train station did not have his photo.
In this case, Rose may have entered the city with the Japanese operatives. If Rose can be found, the Japanese operatives can also be found.
"no."
Virgo decisively refused. It was important to find the Japanese, but it was equally important to protect the rose.
This is an important chess piece that he has finally managed to infiltrate into the enemy. This operation is not only to destroy the enemy, but also to retain Rose as an insider.
So the task he gave Henian was to just search, not to take action.
The action must be carefully planned and absolutely no harm should be done to the roses.
"Yes, Virgo. I will conduct a detailed investigation and find these rats as soon as possible."
Ever since Chu Lingyun said that the Japanese are all rats, this word has spread throughout the department. The Japanese are rats, and they are cats that catch mice.
No matter how the mouse hides, it cannot escape the cat's pursuit.
"Go, find them as soon as possible and eliminate the hidden dangers."
The director nodded. This time, regarding the Japanese operatives, the director did not give the task to Chu Lingyun, but supervised it personally.
Just a bunch of rats, Virgo is confident that he can find them.
What these assassins fear most is that no one knows anything about them. It is easy to block an open attack but difficult to guard against an arrow from the dark.
They now have the intelligence passed on by Rose and have already known the other party's actions. The Japanese have actually already failed halfway.
Now that Rose is no longer passing on information, he will find these people himself.
Chu Zuo himself is also an intelligence talent, so a case like this is nothing to him.
However, in the department, there are not many cases that the director can investigate personally, and those that do are major cases. This time, for Chu Lingyun, he actually took the lead in dealing with the Japanese, which is rare for Henian.
He Nian is not Secretary Qi, and he still hasn't guessed the real intention of the host.
Chu Lingyun was not aware that the director was already helping him deal with the Japanese. After returning to the office, he continued to look through the two clues brought by Wang Sheng.
Rickshaw pullers meet all kinds of people while pulling their rickshaws every day. Both clues happened several days ago.
The first clue was that someone picked up a passenger in Lotus Lane. The man was taciturn and did not chat with the driver. He was not suspicious at first, but the next day the driver picked him up again near where the man got off the car yesterday. The passenger did not recognize the driver, but the driver recognized him.
The driver remembered him because the clothes he was wearing were the style he liked, so he took a few special glances at him. This time he was wearing the same clothes again, and the driver recognized him at a glance.
His destination was not Lotus Lane, but it was not far from it.
This made the driver pay attention, and he took the opportunity to pull the cart to secretly keep an eye on him, but he was soon thrown off and could not find him.
The driver felt that this person was suspicious and reported it to the manager Liu Chengzhu. Liu Chengzhu noticed the information and reported it to his nephew Wang Sheng.
Wang Sheng also felt that this person was suspicious, so he reported it to Chu Lingyun.
Wang Sheng and his team were not intelligence personnel and did not know anything about the matter. Chu Lingyun could tell at a glance that this person had taken a rickshaw and had deliberately gotten off near his destination so as not to let anyone know where he was actually going.
This person does have a problem. Most people would think that the closer to the destination the better when riding in a car, so as to save energy.
Only intelligence personnel would deliberately get off the vehicle at a distance to prevent being tracked or leaking secrets, then observe the surroundings or make anti-tracking arrangements before going to their real destination.
Second update, thanks to Lou Jialuo for the reward of 1,500 Qidian coins, and thanks to my friend Shen11 for the reward of 100 Qidian coins. There will be no update today, Xiaoyu will make some adjustments.