No trace of espionage

Chapter 142 Investigating Phone Calls
Sakai Takeshi is very skilled, after turning into the alley, he ran vigorously and quickly got rid of the pursuit.

All the way to the south, he came to the courtyard of "Tang's Trading Company" located on Jianye Road, waited a while, and found nothing unusual, then jumped into the courtyard from the wall.

"Tang's Commercial and Trading Company" has a facade facing the street, and a yard behind it. There are two rows of bungalows in the yard. The row of bungalows on the north is housing, the one on the west is Tangshan Jiayan's, and the two on the east are Datong shops, where four hired workers live. , while Takeshi Sakai lives in a storeroom, and the row of bungalows to the south serves as a warehouse.

Takeshi Sakai went into the courtyard, and first went to the east window to listen. There was a lot of snoring inside, apparently the four hired workers had fallen asleep.

Then he walked to the door of the West House, knocked lightly on the door, and the door opened immediately, and Takeshi Sakai stepped in.

"Snapped!"

Tangshan Jiayan turned on the light and asked anxiously, "How?"

"Boss, the situation is not good."

"Oh, what's the matter?"

"Around ten o'clock, I rushed to the intersection of Dajixiang Street and found a car parked in the shadows. Because I wasn't sure if there was anyone inside, I didn't dare to approach it. I quietly squatted in the distance to observe, but I didn't find it. There were people in the car. Just after ten o’clock, an ambulance came from the direction of the Army Hospital and turned to the direction of the Central Hotel. After 10 minutes, it drove out from the direction of the Central Hotel and went to the direction of the Army Hospital. At the same time, several vehicles followed Car. I judged that it was the American man who was poisoned, so I hurried back. As soon as I got out of sync, I heard the door of the car. I looked back and saw two people getting on and off the car, and they were driving towards me. I I quickened my pace and was about to throw them off, but they couldn’t keep up with me, so they yelled at me to stop, I ran, and they shot. Then I turned into an alley and got rid of them smoothly.” Takeshi Sakai detailed reported what happened.

"That is to say, they have been waiting there for a long time?" Tangshan Jiayan asked in surprise.

"Yes. But I'm not sure that they were waiting for me specially, or guarded at that intersection. There are military police standing guard there during the day." Takeshi Sakai said.

"The situation is complicated. An ambulance comes and goes at ten o'clock, which means that the red-crowned crane has been captured, and the people who have ambushed at the intersection of Dajixiang Street in advance, whether it is a secret sentry responsible for security or waiting for you, you have been exposed. The only thing I'm not sure about now is that you have been exposed long ago, or did you just expose it now when you hit the gun? If it's the latter, it's easy to deal with, even if you are found, it's easy to prevaricate; but if it's the former, it means that the red-crowned crane Something has happened." Yoshihiko Tangshan analyzed.

"Boss, the possibility of the former is unlikely, because there are ambulances coming and going, which means that the American has been poisoned. If the red-crowned crane has been exposed, the American cannot be poisoned." Takeshi Sakai retorted.

"What if everything you see is fake?"

"That..., that's a trap!"

"Yes. So, we have to prepare for the worst. In this way, you immediately take the radio and code book and hide in the secret room. If someone comes to check, I will say that you went home two days ago. As long as you can't find it You and I are safe."

"Boss, can I run now?"

"I don't think I can escape. The whole city will be under martial law soon. If you go on the street at this time, you will definitely be caught. It's better to stay still. Even if the red-crowned crane has been exposed, as long as it can't catch you, it's fine. "

"Okay, I'll hide right away."

"Slow! In times of crisis, the password book must be destroyed."

"Yes!"

After Sakai Takeshi finished speaking, he left the room.

Yoshihiko Yuyama turned off the lights and walked back and forth in the room.

He was wondering whether to warn Turtledove.

After thinking and thinking, he finally decided not to move for the time being.

There are three reasons:

One is that the current situation is unclear, so we should not rush to warn and affect the judgment of the turtledove;

The second is that he knew that the red-crowned crane had only contacted Takeshi Sakai, and he had no idea of ​​his own identity.That is to say, the clue will be broken when Sakai Takeshi is here. As long as Sakai Takeshi cannot be caught, he is safe.

The third is because of red-crowned cranes.

He understands the importance of the red-crowned crane very well, and also knows how powerful his identity is on the surface. He doesn't believe or is unwilling to believe that the red-crowned crane has been exposed. At most, it is because Poirot was poisoned and is now being quarantined for inspection.Furthermore, if the situation is unknown and he escapes, abandoning the red-crowned crane, even if he escapes back to Shanghai, the director of Yingzuo will not let him go.

Based on the above three considerations, Yoshihiko Tangshan made a decision for further observation.

……

As soon as six o'clock arrived, Lin Chuang and Wu Liangce set off with people respectively, while Chen Lu took another companion named Du Xiangyang to the department store.

When we arrived at the department store, the newsstand was already open. The owner was a middle-aged man who was busy putting various newspapers on the stand. On the right side of the newsstand was a booth with a telephone in it.

"Are you the stall owner?" Chen Lu stepped forward and asked.

"Yes, I am." Seeing someone questioning, the stall owner stopped what he was doing and looked at Chen Lu.

"We are from the police station. I have a question for you." Chen Lu said.

"Oh, sir, if you have any questions, feel free to ask, and I will answer truthfully." The stall owner immediately put on a smile when he heard that he was from the police station.

"Take a look, do you know this person?" Chen Lu handed over Min Tuo's photo.

He asked Wu Liangce to get this photo through the Secret Service last night. It is a two-inch photo, small but very clear.

"Looking familiar, I can't remember it for a while." The stall owner looked at the photo, rubbed the back of his head with his hand, and tried his best to recall.

"At noon the day before yesterday, between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-], he called you." Chen Lu reminded.

"Oh... that's right, it's this person. I remembered that he was well dressed and looked like a rich man, so I had a little impression. By the way, he gave me a dollar at that time. I want to find it, he said. No more, he is generous, he is a good man!" The stall owner suddenly remembered after being reminded by Chen Lu.

"I'll just ask you a question, where did he make that phone call, can you remember?" Chen Lu asked.

"Let me think about it. When I call here, I usually ask where to call. It's not that I like to inquire, but I'm afraid that the call is a long-distance call, but if they call me a local dialect, won't I lose money? He Where did it say it was called at that time? ... Oh, I remember." The stall owner explained Datong in a rambling manner, then slapped his forehead suddenly, and said excitedly.

"Where did you hit?" Chen Lu's eyes lit up, and he asked quickly.

If the stall owner can recall the phone call, it will save the old man's nose, and he must be excited.

"He said it in local dialect, as if he was calling a company called Tang. Yes, it is Tang. Why can I remember it so clearly? Because I was a little curious at the time, why did it still have this name? Tang Company, what if If there is another bakery company, wouldn’t this just be a meal?”

The stall owner talked a lot and was very funny.

(End of this chapter)