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Chapter 75 Screening Investigation
The police stations in the three suspicious areas have all received orders from the Police Department, requiring them to register the population within their jurisdiction and cooperate with the Police Department to dispatch personnel to check.

This order came a bit suddenly, but it wasn't a big problem. Even the Jinling Police Department couldn't say anything.

Patrolmen went door-to-door to register the population, including name, gender, age, education level, occupation, migration, marriage and birth, death, and housing conditions.

Even photos and fingerprints had to be kept on file. This was Zuo Zhong's decision. It happened to be a small-scale pilot population registration. With these materials, it would be very helpful for future anti-espionage work.

He tormented Dai Chunfeng for this matter for a long time, and applied for a batch of special funds to purchase cameras, photo paper, and processing costs. Dai Chunfeng was very interested in this and asked Zuo Zhong to complete it as soon as possible.

When the police station receives a copy of the information, the secret agents of the intelligence department will check the copy, and three people will check it at the same time, in case someone fishes in troubled waters. Finally, all the suspicious personnel information will be collected and handed over to Zuo Zhong, who will decide whether to follow up or not. There are many spies in the intelligence department who want to do meritorious service.

Ban Jun led a group of anti-smuggling police to check around, especially those new stores. After entering the store, Ban Jun first apologized with a smile, and arranged for others to check the goods list, while he himself drank tea and chatted with the boss. .

He doesn't blackmail, and he doesn't blackmail, and his attitude is good, but the store's backstage is not easy to say anything.

Squad Army is an old soldier, he can survive the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood, he is a shrewd person, and he has been an anti-smuggling policeman for so long, and his ability to judge people and things is better than that of ordinary spies. It was out of the other party's words, but after checking dozens of shops, nothing abnormal was found.

Zuo Zhong was not in a hurry, intelligence work was like this, especially when dealing with professional spies in special work classes, the first thing to compare was patience.

Moreover, the household investigation has been fruitful in the past few days. A total of more than 30 suspicious elements have been found. These people are unlikely to be spies, but they still have the value of in-depth investigation.

Zuo Zhong had already notified the underground party, so these suspicious people would not be his own people, they might be members of warlords from various places, or gangsters, in short, they are not good things.

Just rake the grass and beat the rabbits to clean it up, and return the people of Jinling to a bright future. As for the evidence, does the Secret Service need evidence for its work?

In addition, the equipment of the telecommunications department did not stop searching, even if the accuracy was impressive.

Zuo Zhong wanted to see the reaction of the three radio stations to the police action. If the other party did not respond to the police action, it meant that Zuo Zhong's delineated scope was wrong, and the investigation direction should be adjusted in time.

"Section Chief, the three radio stations have been silent these days, probably because of the action of the patrol police that surprised them." Gu Qi reported the feedback from the Telecommunications Section to Zuo Zhong.

Zuo Zhong put down the pen in his hand: "You tell the police department and the anti-smuggling department to pay attention, and don't ask questions that are not related to their work. Leave professional matters to us, and the Japanese will not run away."

He was not afraid that these spies would evacuate Jinling. The Japanese managed to lurk them down, and it took a lot of effort and expense. They were definitely planning to use them for a long time. This would be a protracted war.

The facts were exactly as Zuo Zhong expected. He might think that the population registration is a normal operation of the police station. After a few days, the three radio stations gradually became active again, and even the operating time increased.

Zuo Zhong wasn't angry, it was good for him to be so high-profile, the Japanese really wanted to stay dormant for a long time, and it would be difficult for the intelligence department to lock the target.

By the time the residents in the three suspicious areas were sorted out, half a month had passed, and the intelligence department had arrested more than 100 suspicious persons, but not a single Japanese spy.

Most of these more than 100 people belonged to the Jianghu Society and the City Rat Society. Hundreds of cases were confessed and verified under severe torture, all of which were serious cases such as murder, robbery, and fraud.

Zuo Zhong didn't like these cases, so he distributed them to the police station. This made Xing Hanliang very popular in the police department. It is said that the chief of the department even interviewed him in person.

But the spy did not solve it, so Xu Enzeng said a lot of eccentric words, and Director Chen called Dai Chunfeng to "encourage" him.

After Dai Chunfeng came back, he called Zuo Zhong to the office again, and said earnestly, "Be careful, now many people say that our Secret Service has become a police department, you have to act as soon as possible."

Zuo Zhong understood his difficulties, and his teammate and boss made him catch up, and quickly assured him: "Teacher, the students are working hard here, and there will be results soon."

Dai Chunfeng didn't smoke, so he threw a box of cigars to Zuo Chong. He was very assured of Zuo Zhong's ability, and asked Zuo Zhong to talk, mainly to vent his unhappiness.

The Secret Service Headquarters did so many things, and even let the underground party go. Director Chen never said anything. The Secret Service has done so much work, but the investigation took a little longer, and he was trained like a grandson. Old Dai was tired. .

Zuo Zhong returned to his office, looking at the large number of population information, he knew that the spies were hidden inside, but it was well hidden.

The phone rang, and it was Ban Jun calling: "Zuo Zhong, I don't have much to gain, but all the store information has been taken back by your people. Alas, I wanted to help you, but it turned out"

Zuo Zhong sat on the chair, laughed and comforted him: "Old Ban, you have already helped me a lot. I have to find clues from thousands of clues in this job, and it can't be done so quickly."

After chatting with Ban Jun for a few more words, Zuo Zhong hung up the phone. It was as early as he expected that he could not find out, but the collection of basic data is essential. Now the permanent residents of the three suspicious areas have been grasped. Their appearance, The fingerprints and relationship network were all in the hands of the intelligence department, Zuo Zhong felt that it was time to proceed to the next step.

The spies are hidden among the common people, so we should screen them out. The specific method is to cut off the power used by the telecommunications department, but Zuo Zhong's plan is more accurate.

Zuo Zhong called Gu Qi: "Old Gu, you ask people to cut off the electricity starting tonight."

Gu Qi's face was full of doubts: "Chief, the telecommunications department tried it before, but it didn't work."

Zuo Zhong pointed to a bunch of population information: "Only stop at the streets where these people live. Their occupations are in line with our guesses, they have free working hours, their income is not low, and they have their own homes."

Gu Qi still didn't understand. Zuo Zhong himself said that the Spies' radio stations had batteries and flashlights. According to these information, although the scope of power outages could be reduced, it was still meaningless.

Zuo Zhong could only make it clear to him: "When the power goes out, the Japanese can indeed use batteries and flashlights, but they always have to charge the batteries, right?"

Gu Qi seemed to understand: "Section Chief, you mean we should check whose home appliances are abnormal and buy batteries?"

"Batteries may be backed up, and oil lamps, candles may also be used for lighting."

Zuo Zhong clenched his fists: "But you can't generate your own electricity, right? For all suspicious streets, first secretly record the daily electricity consumption of the residents, record for a few more days, and find an average.

When the other party’s radio station is in use, cut off the power immediately, and see who’s household power increases after the power is restored. You can do it a few more times. If the power consumption increases many times, there must be a problem! "

Gu Qi pondered for a while and asked: "Then why not check the power directly, the power consumption will also increase when the radio is in use, which must be more than that of ordinary people's homes nearby."

Zuo Zhong reminded him: "Japanese spies are not fools, they will definitely find ways to cover up, such as electric stoves or multiple electric lights. Only by forcing them to overuse the batteries can it be easy to find out."

"Yes!" Gu Qi stood at attention, and then went out with a smile on his face.

With the direction of detection, the rest is time to grind. The spies wore the uniforms of the Electricity Bureau, shuttled through the streets and alleys, and recorded the daily electricity consumption of some residents in detail.

There are a lot of electricity theft these years, and it is very common for the electricity bureau to conduct inspections, and the common people don't think it's wrong, but they think the government has too many moths, registering and checking electricity.

If you want to see the problem from the power consumption, you need to record the data for a long time, so even if the spy radio station communicated frequently during this period, Zuo Zhong didn't care about it, just treat them as the last madness.

On this day, in Wenchang Lane in Jinling, the "bottleflies" from the Electricity Bureau inspecting the circuit came again and quarreled with others. Residents in the alley had nothing to do and ran out to watch the excitement.

Wenchang Lane is named after the nearby Wenchang Palace. Wenchang, also known as Wenquxing and Wenxing, is the god in Chinese mythology who dominates fame and fortune. Ancient scholars cared about this auspicious omen.

In fact, not only in ancient times, the imperial examinations have been over for many years, and the residents of Wenchang Lane are also all kinds of scholars engaged in writing work, such as clerks in nearby government offices and teachers in schools.

Wu Chunyang wore a dark green hat on one side, rode his bicycle crookedly into the alley, and was stopped by several old men as soon as he entered.

He seemed to be taken aback, put one foot on the ground, and shouted at the old men: "Hey, sir, be careful, don't bump into you."

Several old men grabbed the faucet of the bicycle, and one of them shouted angrily: "My boy, I finally caught you, and you will lose money!"

Wu Chunyang was very helpless, Wenchang Lane was the key area of ​​suspicion, Zuo Zhong sent him over to investigate, but the old men insisted that the electricity bureau's electricity was unstable and broke their lights, and they pestered him to ask for compensation. It's a big mistake.

Wu Chunyang took off his hat, smiled wryly and said: "Master, if you have something to say, you have to go to the bureau. I'm just a patrolman, so it's useless for you to tell me."

Several uncles refused to let him go, and they dragged him away, and the surrounding residents talked about the high electricity bills of the electricity bureau and frequent power outages.

Wu Chunyang got anxious after playing around, he simply threw his bicycle and sat on the ground, let them say nothing, and played a rogue.

The elders were left speechless by his actions. They are scholars, and it is no problem to fight with others, but they can only stare blankly when they encounter scoundrels.

Fortunately, an enthusiastic person came to persuade the fight at this time: "Don't worry, everyone, it is really useless to find him. If he is really capable, he will not come out to patrol the phone."

Wu Chunyang got up all of a sudden: "Yes, what this gentleman said is reasonable. I only have more than ten yuan a month, so I really can't care about what you say."

The old men had no choice but to go away muttering about Huluo Pingyang being bullied by dogs. Wu Chunyang heaved a sigh of relief. If he continued to entangle, he would delay recording the battery. He thanked the person who persuaded the fight: "Thank you, sir. Find me."

The man didn't reply, he waved his hand and went back to his own yard, it seemed that he didn't want to talk to people like Wu Chunyang, it was the bad temper of a scholar.

Wu Chunyang didn't care, and staggered away on his bike, but he didn't know that someone was watching him through the crack of the door, and he didn't go into the house until he was confirmed to be far away, and then closed the door.

(End of this chapter)