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Chapter 841 Dispelling the Clouds (4) Take a Day Off Tomorrow

When Zuo Zhong was thinking about how to find the spy leader through the photos, other people also raised their heads. When they saw that there was no reference and no license plate, their expressions were a little disappointed.

Due to its safety, solidity, strong power, and impressive appearance, Buick cars were especially favored by the rich and government officials, and the number of Buick cars in various parts of the Republic of China was not small.

In this way, the possibility of checking people with cars is very small. The Secret Service has no time and no manpower to check all Buick cars in the country.

Everyone was silent for a while, only Wu Chunyang thought of something when he looked at the jagged pattern on the edge of the photo. This special pattern was cut out by a tool called scissors.

This kind of scissors is only used by photography enthusiasts and photography shops. The application range is very narrow, and the patterns produced by different brands, different models, or even different batches will not be exactly the same.

So he proposed a new idea, whether it is possible to use this feature to find the manufacturer of lace scissors, and trace the whereabouts of the spy leader from the sales channel.

Zuo Zhong nodded after listening. This is indeed a solution. At the same time, he has a new guess about the target's identity. The other party's economic conditions and social status should be quite good.

There are two reasons for making this judgment.

First of all, for the photos taken by intelligence investigation, it is impossible for the spy leader to hand over the negatives to an outside photography shop for processing, and it must be processed by himself.

In other words, cropping a photo with lace scissors is likely to be done by the person or is used to it. (A certain word may not be used, and it will be replaced by Diao by default in the future)

Furthermore, observing the zigzag pattern itself is very smooth, and it can be seen that the operator does it in one go without any pause, which is definitely not the work of ordinary beginners.

These two points illustrate one thing, that is, the target can often come into contact with professional photography cropping equipment in daily life, even to the point of subconsciously using it.

In the Republic of China at this time, photography was an extremely extravagant act. Leaving aside expensive cameras, the cost of just buying a roll of film was enough for ordinary people to live for a month.

Even in newspaper offices, only a small number of high-level journalists can fully reimburse film expenses, and others set quotas, which is not enough for people to develop the habit of using lace scissors casually.

Therefore, whether it is to open a shop, work needs, or personal hobbies, photography requires certain material conditions as a basis.

So is it possible that other spies developed the photos and handed them over to the target?

This possibility is very small.

Regarding the transfer of video information, the regulations of the intelligence agencies of various countries are similar, and they are all carried out in the form of negatives or microfilm to prevent being discovered by the enemy's counter-espionage personnel.

Based on the above points, the image of the spy leader gradually became clear in Zuo Zhong's mind.

One is that you like photography, or your work is related to photography.

The second is that they earn a lot of money and at least have a certain social status.

He pondered for a moment and then asked Gu Qi and the others if they had any suggestions, and immediately ordered to monitor and monitor all the shops selling photographic equipment, photo studios, and senior reporters from large and small newspapers in Jiangcheng.

This work was handed over to Wu Chunyang, Shen Dongxin, and Wu Jingzhong, who were originally in charge of the search. They are good at intelligence operations, and their basic skills are observation of words and expressions and obtaining information.

In addition, Zuo Zhong ordered to expand the scope of the on-site search to see if more photo fragments could be found. If the part containing buildings or reference objects could be found, a breakthrough in the case would be opened.

Song Minghao and Gui Youguang, who had nothing to do, volunteered again. Seeing that they were getting closer to the spy leader, it would be too late if they didn't show up.

After arranging these, Zuo Zhong glanced at the photo again, called Gu Qi aside alone, and assigned a task in a low voice.

"Old Gu, you immediately go to the local and several universities in the west to find me the best botanists, we need their help now.

The personnel must be reliable. It is best not to find someone who has studied abroad in Japan, not even the pro-Japanese school. You must go and invite them yourself, and you must be quick.

If someone is unwilling to cooperate, I allow you to use coercive means, pay attention to proportion, just scare and scare, don't really kill people. "

"Botanist? All right, I see."

Gu Qi was stunned, although he was puzzled, but as an old intelligence officer, he knew that he should not ask any questions, nodded, turned and walked out of the command post, got into the car and drove away quickly.

After everyone went out, Zuo Zhong walked slowly to the top of the building, lit a cigarette and quietly looked at the black smoke column in the distance, reviewing the actions of the past two days, checking and filling in the gaps.

After a long time, the mobile phone in the space suddenly vibrated slightly. He lowered his head and tapped his watch. When he realized that it was time to contact Old K, he looked back calmly and took out his mobile phone to light up the screen after making sure that there was no one in the corridor.

"Check the detailed information on Guo Bin being supervised by the Jiangcheng Party Headquarters, old K."

After translating the content of the text message, Zuo Zhong frowned, wondering why the underground party wanted this information about Guo Bin, could it be that the other party was one of his own, and the organization needed to review it.

Old K really thinks highly of himself, because the party headquarters of the fruit party is usually composed of five people: chief bookkeeper, deputy chief bookkeeper, executive member, supervisory member, and preparatory member.

Surveillance ranks high among them. After the government moved to the west, the Jiangcheng party headquarters was strengthened, and the defense measures for these people were improved to prevent Japanese assassination~killing.

Under such circumstances, Guo Bin's personnel files are only in the possession of the Central Party Headquarters and higher-level organs, and they are classified as confidential information, which is really out of reach of ordinary people.

But it was easy for the deputy director of the Secret Service. The archives of the Jiangcheng office had what old K needed. Zuo Zhong decided to go back and find time. He definitely didn't have time now.

Now that the case is at a critical moment, he has to focus all his attention on the case without being distracted, so he can only push back the old K's task.

Out of prudent considerations, he sent a telegram to ask the other party about the time limit for completing the task. In case of an emergency, Xu Enzeng was like a mad dog arresting the underground ~dang everywhere.

As a result, Old K's call back was very simple, clearly telling him when he was free and when to check again. His safety was the first consideration in everything, and he could give up the task if necessary.

Zuo Zhong was relieved now, took back his phone and wiped out the cigarette butt, condescendingly saw the big bald man jumping into a pond with a man, while the old fritter Song Minghao was gesticulating, a smile could not help showing on his face.

Five hours later.

At the wharf of the Hanyang Water Police Station, Zuo Zhong in a windbreaker stood on the shore, shaking hands with seven or eight old gentlemen who looked like literati respectfully, and apologized repeatedly.

"Oh, I'm really sorry. Zuo's subordinates are all rough people. They disturbed you all. I'm here to apologize to you on his behalf."

After speaking, he turned his head to look at Gu Qi, who had his head down, and sighed: "Old Gu, what can I say, these professors are all talents of the country, how can you kidnap people from the campus!"

"Yes, it's all the fault of the humble job. It's really because this case involves Japanese spies, and it's related to the safety of the frontline soldiers. I was worried that the spies would escape if the time dragged on, so I made this bad move."

Gu Qi "explained" the reason with regret, and sincerely bowed to the other party. Not only did he not have any opinions in his heart, but he was very happy.

What does the subordinate do? Of course, he takes the blame for the chief. The deputy director can let him take the blame because he values ​​him. Others are not qualified to take the blame, so he is naturally happy in his heart.

The professors almost laughed angrily when they saw the performance of these two Gou spies. It is true that they are obsessed with academics, but they are not nerds.

Everyone didn't want to talk to each other at first, but when they thought that this matter was related to Japanese spies, they hesitated again. They looked at each other, and finally one person stood up.

The person claimed to be surnamed Qian, and his accent was also from Zhejiang Province. He said that Gucci did not say that there were spies in the school, only that there was a secret work that needed assistance, otherwise they would definitely be willing to come.

Zuo Zhong believed what he said. Some intellectuals in this era chose to sell their country and seek glory, but more people refused the Japanese's solicitation and gave up the favorable living conditions.

Adhering to the concept of serving the country with science, they moved westward with the government and carried out research in an extremely difficult environment. Among these people, a large number of top scientists will emerge in the future.

He once again solemnly apologized to several professors, took them to an office in the water police station, showed them the fragments of photos that Wu Jingzhong had found, and asked a question.

"Professor Qian, I want to know that the plant species, names, and especially the distribution range of the plants on both sides of the road in this photo are of great importance."

He didn't say anything superfluous, it's both confidentiality and protection, if the spies know that the professors are involved in the case, maybe they will kill ~ people.

After hearing this, Professor Qian adjusted his glasses, bent down to look at it together with several other people, then discussed in a low voice for a few minutes, and finally gave the answer.

"This is Convolvulus, also known as Convolvulus, a plant of the genus Convolvulus in the family Apocynaceae, a shrub with spreading upper branches, cylindrical branchlets, brown or dark purple, and gray-white lenticels on the leaves.

It is widely distributed in Southeast Asia and my country. In the Republic of China, it is mainly distributed in the hills and mountains, roadside sparse forests or hillside bushes in Guizhou Province, Yunnan Province, Guangxi Province, Guangdong Province and Min Province.

Its flowering period is from March to July, and its fruiting period is from June to February of the next year. Combined with the analysis of surrounding species, we believe that the plants in the photos should grow in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Min provinces around December. "

Gu Qi was dumbfounded, these professors were able to see so many things from a single photo, it was amazing, no wonder the deputy director told him to bring him here.

Zuo Chong's eyes were also full of joy. With this conclusion, the range of photo shooting locations was narrowed down to three provinces at once, which saved a lot of time for the next work.

He ordered the little spies to bring tea and water to the professors, called Gu Qi to come outside, and said something to the other party with a serious expression, only to see Gu Qi nodded vigorously and ran out.

　I will have a day off tomorrow, thanks to Cao Mianzi, TerinC and other book friends for their rewards, I won’t list them here, thank you for your support~
　　
　
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