above the point of the knife

Chapter 408 Receiving
The train moves.

Open the car window to let the night wind blow in, the stuffy heat in the car dissipated a lot at once, and Zhou Sen lay down.

Although the bed in this car is a bit small, it is much more comfortable to lie down and rest than to sit.

It still makes sense to spend more money.

At night, the train runs at a reduced speed. After all, the sightlines are not as good as in the daytime. This is not unmanned driving.

Once an accident occurs, if the vehicle speed is slow, there is still a chance to react.After all, what is pulled is people, not goods.

However, under normal circumstances, passenger trains are relatively safe, but some crimes on board are a serious problem and cannot be eliminated.

Usually Zhou Sen would not take the initiative to meddle in other people's affairs, but if he encountered it, then it would be unreasonable to ignore it.

Every train has stolen passengers, just how many.

"I'm going out to smoke a cigarette." Zhou Sen confessed, got up, opened the door, and walked out.

There was no one in the corridor, the car had already started, and everyone stayed in the car, resting and chatting.

Looking at the mountains and trees flying outside the window, a cigarette soon disappeared. After the cigarette butt was snuffed out, it was thrown out of the window.

"Cigarettes, melon seeds, soda..."

The flight attendant pushed the trolley and yelled all the way over. It's not time to turn off the lights in the car yet.

"Do you have beer and peanuts?"

"Yes, sir."

"Two or two bottles of beer, and a pack of peanuts."

The long night is indeed very boring. It takes such a long time to find something to pass away. Cultural people can play chess and read books, while traffickers and pawns, the most suitable thing is to get some wine and drink.

"Here's a pack of melon seeds and soda!" Anna poked her head out and pointed at Zhou Sen, "He'll give you the money."

Zhou Sen didn't say anything. To him, a bag of melon seeds was not much money, so there was no need to worry about it.

"Sir?" The flight attendant still asked Zhou Sen first.

Zhou Sen nodded, took out the wallet from his pocket, took out a five-yuan Manchurian coin and handed it over.

A pack of melon seeds is only [-] cents, which is the price on the train, and it would be great to sell it for a maximum of [-] cents outside.

"Give me two more bottles of soda." Zhou Sen ordered, and the flight attendant brought him three bottles of soda and a pack of melon seeds, and gave him the change.

There are not many melon seeds in a pack, and I didn't have much effort, so I finished it.

Zhou Sen didn't like soft drinks. Although he bought a bottle, he didn't drink it himself, and it ended up in Anna's stomach.

The lights in the carriage were turned off, and Zhou Sen lay down immediately.

Wu En, that idiot, has been snoring for a long time.

The train arrived at the station at four o'clock in the morning. When they got off the train, Anna took them to find a hotel to stay in first, while Zhou Sen and Wu En went straight back to Ningxiang Pavilion.

It was already early five o'clock when I got home, and the sky had brightened up.

Zhou Sen first went to Bai Yulan's house to see his wife and children, and then went to take a shower and change into a set of clean clothes.

Then wait for Bai Yulan to get up and have breakfast together, and then have to go to work for vacation.

"My guest list for the Full Moon Wine is almost done. Take a look later, is there anything I missed?"

"I haven't started yet, don't worry, I'll do it today, and we'll summarize it when I come back tonight," Zhou Sen said.

"Replenishment, there are still ten days left, so there is no problem sending invitations a week in advance." Bai Yulan said.

"Well, it's better to finalize the list earlier and send out invitations, so that we can receive feedback earlier and determine the number of people attending," Zhou Sen said.

Bai Yulan nodded.

"How do you plan to welcome the master of ceremonies?"

Zhou Sen glanced at Jiang Ju, who was eating together at the table, and said, "Isn't this ready-made? Isn't it appropriate for the Queen of Pingju to be the master of ceremonies?"

"The master of ceremonies has a man and a woman, how can Jiang Rou do it alone?"

"That's not easy, it depends on whether someone is willing or not." Zhou Sen chuckled.

"You really know how to employ people. This can save a lot of money." Bai Yulan giggled.

"Save if you can." Zhou Sen said.

Back at the police station, I canceled the leave with Akiyama's help, and explained the reason. Akiyama also knew that he had other jobs, and the Secret Service Division would not assign him additional tasks, so that he could concentrate on his work. Work over there in the intelligence room.

But the public office of the Police Agency has not been removed, and he continues to hold it concurrently. He is still under the police system, but he is under dual leadership.

"Bekovsky and the four of them, I arranged to live in Xiangyang Hotel on Friendship Road. Nina and Han Songyue lived with me. Now they are resting. When will we take over the house on Friendship Road?" Anna asked .

"I'll make a call to inquire, tomorrow at the latest," Zhou Sen said.

"Okay, I'll wait for your news."

"Go to the Songhua School and arrange for that Hong Lianghui. Let's take him to see Mr. Hong sometime tomorrow."

"Well, I just want to go to the 'Old Fengtian Tailor Shop' today, so I'll drop by." Anna nodded.

"Ok."

Zhou Sen called Sato Hideo, and it was a Japanese named Ota who answered the call. After learning Zhou Sen's identity, he immediately said that he could come and receive it at any time.

Zhou Sen made an appointment with him to go there at two o'clock.

One morning, Zhou Sen was working on the guest list of "Full Moon Wine" in his office. People he knew well in the police station would definitely be invited. If you don't get it, you can't control it. If you are at the same level, only those you are familiar with will invite you. If you don't have any friendship, then forget it.

Then there is the Nangang Police Station where I used to work, there are not many people there, and those who are familiar with it are naturally invited.

The other one is a student from the police school who is still working in Bingcheng and still has some contact with him. This is also to be invited.

Once the list is listed, there are quite a few. However, the people on these lists usually go to the banquet alone and will not bring their family members.

Different from the guests invited by Bai Yulan, for her side, there will definitely be a wife or relatives on the invitation.

Then there are subordinates.

The subordinates are divided into three parts, Gu Laoliu and others, Anna, Cheng Yunfeng, and the new recruits.

There was another person who thought over and over again, wrote his name, crossed it out, wrote it again, and crossed it out again.

This person is Front.

This person is a traitor to the Soviet Union, but he served as an instructor for him. In addition, they often have contacts in Ice City and have provided him with a lot of useful information.

He used to serve as a consultant for the Ice Special Agent, sorting out and analyzing the tactical intelligence of the Soviet army. Although the Japanese used those who came over there, they would not particularly use them, and they would not be allowed to participate in confidential work.

"Traitors" have always been like this.

The value of Fronte is much smaller than that of the security chief who defected.

After thinking about it, I'd better leave the name first.

There are also the friends of Anthony's father, the cheap uncle of the original body, and the neighbors in the neighborhood. These people can be regarded as watching him grow up. Since he has inherited everything from the original body, these naturally have to be considered.

As for the Ivanovic family, this is really hard for him to let go of. He has not yet been able to "repay grievances with virtue", so forget it.

After finalizing the list, Zhou Sen transcribed it aside, burned the original manuscript, and put the list in his briefcase.

Calculate the time.

Zhou Sen asked Wu En to drive to Xiangyang Hotel. He couldn't take over the house alone, he had to take his subordinates there.

When I arrived at the hotel, I asked. Molos and Bekovsky were not there. When I went out, Muren and Fu Changming were there.

Obviously, these four people divided into two groups. Moros and Bekovsky are both White Russians, and they are naturally close. Although Muren is a Mongolian and Fu Changming is a Manchurian, they are both yellow-skinned and black-eyed. Helped each other out.

"Both of you tidy up and go out with me." Zhou Sen can lead the two of them to the house they want to take over with a single command.

The two-storey building facing the street is at the corner, with a very superior location, with half facing south and half facing west.

According to the flow of people on Youyi Road, this is a well-established shop, and this location is quite valuable in Bingcheng.

But it is just one of the many assets that the Japanese collected in Ice City, and it stands to reason that it will not be idle.

But the intelligence department is special. Even if some assets are in their hands, they will not easily transfer them out if they don't need them.

"Hi Manager Ota, I'm Zhou Sen!"

"Zhou Sang, you are very punctual." In the empty lobby, a short Japanese man in a suit was waiting inside.

"You are also very punctual." Zhou Sen stepped forward to shake the other party's hand and gave a compliment.

"Thank you." Ota nodded slightly and made a gesture of invitation, "Zhou Sang, let me introduce this house."

Zhou Sen nodded slightly.

"This small building was built by a rich Russian businessman named Nikolai. Later, his business was not doing well, and he went bankrupt and transferred it to a Finnish businessman..." Ota led Zhou Sen up the stairs, and began to chatter .

The wooden stairs "creak" when stepped on, obviously it has not been repaired for a long time. This kind of house, if no one lives in it for a long time, many things will slowly decay and decay.

A house needs to be lived in before it can be maintained. No matter how well built a house is, it will not be able to stop erosion after a long time.

There are a lot of rooms upstairs, which should be used for living and working, but it looks empty inside, the tiles on the floor are also damaged, and the wiring of the wires needs to be replaced. This small building has been idle for at least half a year.

No one cares about it, not because they don’t want to, but because they can’t find its owner, and being able to take the house from the intelligence department of the Kwantung Army is not something ordinary people can do.

If this house is used, it must be renovated, at least it will take a month.

But Hideo Sato would not give him such a long time. He asked that he must start working immediately, so even if he took over the house, he had to find a temporary office.

Originally, he wanted to find a secret safe house of his own.

But no need now.

"Manager Ota, the house is nice, but if I want to put it into use immediately, I'm afraid there will be too little time."

"What did Zhou Sang mean?"

"I can take down the house, but I won't use it right away. I have to think about how to use it and how to use it. As for the work of the intelligence room, I will temporarily choose an office location. For now, I don't need a big house." place." Zhou Sen said, "The small building I used to live in can be used as a temporary office."

"Is that your house in Coats Street?"

"Yes, I will remove the servant who used to look after the house and make some changes on the first floor so that it can be used as an office area. My side has all the water and electricity, as well as a telephone," Zhou Sen said.

"Well, that's up to you. My task is to hand over this house to you." Ota chuckled.

"Okay, let's hand it over."

Zhou Sen signed the handover document, and Ota handed over a series of documents related to the house to Zhou Sen.

This house has belonged to Zhou Sen ever since. Of course, besides being able to operate it himself, Zhou Sen must also use it as a secret office for the intelligence office. The property facing the street was given to him.

This is an exchange.

"This is where our Intelligence Office will work from now on. I'll give you a key to clean up the place first, and throw away everything you don't need." Zhou Sen handed one of the keys to Muren commanded.

"Understood, sir."

"Don't call me sir, call me manager from now on, my name is William, I'm a Chinese-German mixed race, remember?"

"Remember, Manager William." Fu Changming was one step faster than Muren.

"This place is for us to cover up our identities. We must all have a legitimate career. You also help me think about what to do, and think boldly. It doesn't matter if you can't achieve it." Zhou Sen ordered .

"In such a good location, if we open a store, the business will explode."

"It's too noisy. People come and go, which is not conducive to our work." Zhou Sen shook his head and rejected Fu Changming's proposal.

"..."

"Think slowly, don't worry, you can clean up and think at the same time, there will be a reward for whose idea is finally adopted." Zhou Sen said.

"Yes."

"It's not far from where you live. You can start working if you have nothing to do. If you need any tools, buy them directly, and then ask Miss 'Martha' for reimbursement." Zhou Sen confessed, brought the documents and went with Wu En left.

After getting in the car, Zhou Sen directly told Wu En to go to Songhua School.

Even though Anna had passed on the message, he still wanted to meet Hong Lianghui in person and have a good chat with him.

For Hong Lianghui, he has a special feeling that he has hidden many things in the "Iron Blood Society" case.

"Hong Lianghui, how much do you know about Wen Lin's girlfriend?" Zhou Sen didn't ask Wen Lin's situation directly, but asked around the corner.

"I don't know much."

"Aren't you good friends? How could you not know about his girlfriend?" Zhou Sen asked back.

"I only know that Wen Lin's girlfriend's surname is Lu, and she is the daughter of the owner of Taihe Industry. They met before they went to college, and their relationship is very stable. The Lu family is also quite satisfied with Wen Lin. The two families should have met before. The relationship between them is acquiesced, but the relationship should not be settled yet." Hong Lianghui said after thinking for a while.

"Does Wen Lin's girlfriend know that he joined the Iron Blood Club?"

"Should know..."

"Where's his girlfriend, has she joined the Jagged Society?" Zhou Sen continued to ask.

"I don't know about this. The Jagged Society is a secret organization, and some members joined secretly, and their identities are not disclosed." Hong Lianghui said.

"Then someone knows?"

"I don't know anyway, other people don't know." Hong Lianghui came and pushed two five six.

"Your adoptive father's time is running out. Prepare yourself. I'll take you back to see him for the last time tomorrow." Zhou Sen said.

"What, what's wrong with my father?" Hong Lianghui became excited when he heard that his adoptive father didn't have much time left.

(End of this chapter)