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Chapter 400 New Discoveries

Zuo Chong pressed his back against the door and closed it with his backhand, and began to carefully observe Tianfu's residence. This is a standard suite, and the living room is the living room when you enter the house. There are several wicker chairs and a Chinese coffee table inside.

The area is not too big, about ten square meters, which is in line with the salary level of Tianfu in Boehringer. It is unreasonable for an ordinary academic exchange staff to live in a house that is too luxurious.

Although the area is small, the orientation of this room is good. It is dark now. If there is sun, the big window in the living room will fill the room with sunlight. This guy will enjoy it.

Borrowing the light from the street lamps outside, he raised his feet and walked slowly around the living room. The worn-out floor kept creaking, which was very ear-piercing in the quiet environment.

Zuo Zhong stopped behind the sofa, touched the pillows of the sofa with his hands, it was very smooth, and looked at the wooden armrests on both sides, they were also polished and shiny, it seems that Tianfu often sits here.

What is the reason for doing this? Sending a report is still for daily use, but the window is convenient for the transmission of radio waves to the outside world. Putting the radio on the coffee table and adding a pistol is a workbench.

Zuo Zhong bypassed the sofa and sat on it. The texture of the sofa was good. Even if it wasn't for sending a newspaper, sitting here and reading the newspaper of the day was still a pleasure. His goal was indeed a person who pursued quality of life.

With his hands on his knees, he slowly leaned back on the sofa, imagining the life of Tianfu here. After a few minutes, he opened his eyes, frowned and shook his head, not quite right.

The living room is too open.

Not to mention whether the target will put the radio in the residence, even if it is in the residence, it will not send reports or engage in intelligence activities in the living room. The sofa is only separated from the corridor, which is too dangerous.

If they arrested Tianfu here, the opponent would have no chance of resistance, no cover, no space to move, a professional intelligence officer would never put himself in such a position.

Besides, a door can't block the operating sound of the radio station. Any person with normal hearing passing by will expose the target. The sound of the electric key is very penetrating. Tianfu will not ignore this point.

Zuo Chong looked at the phone on the coffee table, could it be because of making a call or answering the call, who was the caller, what was the purpose of the call, why would a spy care about a call.

Connector?

In addition to the daily telegram communication, in case of emergency, the missing person notices in newspapers, will Tianfu have other communication channels, such as telephone, to convey some special orders.

This is impossible. The target will not contact his subordinates in this way.

Another possibility is to receive orders.

Will Nandou or Tianfu accept orders from their superiors over the phone, not the two British moles Vanessa and Wang Deyong, but direct orders from the Kwantung Army and Doihara.

Zuo Zhong quickly analyzed in his mind, if this is the case, then in the few days after the assassination, Doihara will definitely find a way to notify Tianfu that they can't catch each other so smoothly today.

It's not a connection, and it's not receiving an order. The other party sitting here has nothing to do with the phone call. What could be the reason? It can't be a daze, it should find a safer place.

He thought for a long time, and suddenly he was attracted by a mirror by the door. How could someone hang a mirror inside the door? If it was to ward off evil spirits, the mirror should be hung outside the door.

And there is still light in the mirror, where is that, Zuo Zhong turned his head to look at the window, got up and walked to the window to look outside, it turned out to be a small factory, and the light in the guard room was still on.

Zuo Zhong stood by the window, looked at the factory in the dark, and then looked at the mirror. An idea came to his mind, Tianfu seemed to be monitoring the guard room, but why was it monitoring.

enemy?The national government's intelligence operations against Japan are led by the Secret Service. He has not heard of any secret operations in other departments. At the same time, the use of the sofa cannot be caused in a day or two.

accomplice?The intelligence channel of the Nandou group should be within the government. What kind of intelligence can a janitor in a small factory have access to, and the leader of the intelligence group like Tianfu needs to personally monitor it.

These two conjectures are unreliable, Zuo Zhong frowned, the relationship between people is nothing more than three kinds of relationships: enemy, friend, and stranger, so the spy is spying on a strange Chinese?
Suddenly Zuo Zhong was taken aback, no, there is another possibility, that is Tianfu's own offline development, a special offline, and an unreliable offline that needs to be monitored at any time.

The need to monitor means important. In the eyes of spies like Tianfu, what is most important is the mission, and the second is safety. Combined with this guy's cautious and cautious behavior, it should be safety.

An off-line that is related to safety can only be an observation post. I guessed it right, the target really has a follower outside the residence, the factory guard, is this the other party's early warning method?

He took out the binoculars and put it in front of his eyes, and observed the telephone pole next to the guard room. The black telephone line under the street lamp was very conspicuous. There was a phone in the guard room, which meant that the other party had the conditions for an early warning.

But what's the point of this kind of early warning? Suppose someone blocked the gate of Tianfu, what the guard room can see, Tianfu himself can see, and calling can't solve any problems.

It can't always be a record of last words.

Unless this is not an early warning for Tianfu, the observation post is set up for the members of the Nandou group, and if Tianfu's residence is searched or raided, the observation post can somehow warn others.

Zuo Zhong was thoughtful, fortunately they didn't carry out a search with great fanfare, otherwise Tianfu's arrest might have been exposed, and this follower must be caught, even alive.

If you want to give an early warning, you must always have a contact channel. Through the contact channel, you may be able to find other Japanese spies. This possibility is very high, at least it is more likely than using torture to get Tianfu to speak.

No, we must do it as soon as possible. In case there is a signal between Tianfu and the observation post, such as turning on the lights at a certain time, if the signal is not seen, the observation post may directly issue an early warning.

He thought for a few seconds and decided not to call for support, so he and Wu Chunyang did the work, and then asked the people at the surveillance point to take over the place, pulled out the observation post, and there was no need to keep the operation secret.

Zuo Zhong walked to the door with a low body, gently opened the door and walked out, closed the door smoothly, and immediately walked towards the road, and soon ran into Wu Chunyang who was reading the meter.

"Section Chief, have you found a clue?"

Wu Chunyang smiled and handed over a cigarette, as if greeting an old friend, and glanced at both sides of the street. He knew that if there was no problem, the section chief would not come out of the target residence suddenly.

Zuo Zhong struck a match and lit their cigarettes, and said in a low voice, "Well, there is a problem with the guard room of the factory behind the target's residence. It may be an observation post. Let's go and control the other party."

"Section Chief, do you need to call for support?"

Wu Chunyang was a little surprised, for fear that Zuo Zhong would feel that he was disobedient, so he quickly explained: "If there are more than two people on the other side, the scene may be out of control, and the support will arrive here in half an hour."

"Need not."

Zuo Zhong shook his head: "It's not long before the target is arrested, but we don't know if there is a secret signal between them. In order to avoid accidents and directly attack, it is impossible for an observation post to have too many people."

Seeing what the section chief said, Wu Chunyang no longer objected. Let’s talk about the observation post. It’s really not a big problem for the two of them to do it. The observation post needs to be concealed, so there won’t be too many people and weapons.

The two walked into the fork in the road one after the other, and walked towards the small factory. Zuo Zhong had seen it carefully before. It was a small match factory. There are many such factories in Jinling, and the location is relatively remote.

Even if there is a fire later, there is no need to worry about hurting innocent people, and it will not attract onlookers. This is very beneficial to the operation. If the terrain is complicated or there are too many residents, you must call for support.

Zuo Zhong didn't dodge, and directly rang the guard's room with the mail bag on his back. In addition to guarding the factory area, the guard's room in this era is also used to receive letters. It is normal for a postman to come over.

"I have a letter, please take it."

He lowered his head and pretended to search for something in the mail bag, but his left hand was only moving, and his right hand was tightly holding the pistol in the bag. If the other party was too vigilant and refused to open the door, he might need to shoot.

"Cough, cough, here we come."

A few violent coughs suddenly sounded in the guard room, followed by the shaking of the bed board and the rustling of shoes being put on. The voice was an elderly person who seemed to have some health problems.

Zuo Zhong was a little puzzled, how could he be an old man, intelligence officers are not necessarily good at action, but they need health and a certain amount of physical strength, so they can't carry out intelligence tasks in a wheelchair.

The observation post probably didn't know what he was doing, and was only responsible for keeping an eye on it. When the door opened, he was even more sure of this idea. The old man in front of him could hardly walk, let alone do other things.

"Master, I'm the new postman. This is a letter from your factory." Zuo Zhong stepped forward to block the door, handed an empty envelope to him, and quickly scanned the inside of the guard room.

This is a single small house without a toilet or cubicle. You can see the bottom at a glance, even the position under the bed. There is only one old man here, and no one else exists.

"New here? Why is the envelope empty?"

At this time, the old man raised his head, his voice was a little puzzled, but he was not too scared. There was nothing to worry about in a guard room, and there was only firewood in the matches factory, and there were no valuable things.

"Don't talk, back away."

Zuo Zhong didn't care about other things, and put his pistol on the opponent: "Go in immediately, we are from the Jinling Police Station, and we are performing official duties. Old man, you'd better not move around, and be careful of the gun going off."

As he spoke, he took the old man into the guard room. As soon as they entered, Wu Chunyang rushed into the room from the side, closed the door, and blocked the door, also holding a gun in his hand.

"Senior officers, the old man has a piece of ocean under his bed, you can take it if you want." The old man at the gate was still calm, and did not confirm whether they were real policemen, and followed Zuo Zhong's words.

"Chunyang, search."

Zuo Zhong remained unmoved, and kept a certain distance from the old man, pointing the pistol close to his waist at him. There were too many capsized boats in the gutter, and he couldn't be careless when facing the suspect.

"Yes."

Wu Chunyang bypassed the two of them, and quickly checked all the items in the house, even lifted the bed boards and bedding, but found nothing. There were no contraband or weapons here.

This is an ordinary guard's room. If it wasn't next to Tianfu's residence, no one would connect it with spies. Tianfu let the other party follow him, maybe because of the concealment.

"Chunyang, search, put on tools, and be careful." Zuo Zhong issued a new order, fixed his eyes on the innocent old man, and asked, "Do you know Kong Ji? What is your relationship?"

"Kong Ji, I know."

The old man finally realized later that the two men were afraid that they were really policemen, so he immediately replied: "It's Mr. Kong who lives in the building in front. Did he commit any crimes? I just help him look after a home."

Zuo Zhong sneered: "Housekeeper, why did he ask you to look after the house? If there is a thief, can you catch the thief? Tell you, he committed a serious crime. Letting the former court be the crime of punishing the nine clans."

"what?"

The old man panicked, and told him that he didn't understand the law, but he understood the crime of punishing the Nine Clans. It was a big rebellion, and he hurriedly said: "He let me see the thief, so he called a place."

"Where."

"The police station in this district."

　6800 words in two chapters

　　
　
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