above the point of the knife

Chapter 441 Countermeasures
"Axiang, Axiang..."

"Here we come, Brother Sen." Ah Xiang poked her head out from the attic, and responded to Zhou Sen who was downstairs.

"Come down, I bought some dry goods in the car, you pack it up, and we'll make soup in winter later." Zhou Sen ordered.

"Ok."

Axiang came downstairs in a "denden" manner, and Wu En opened the trunk, revealing boxes of dry goods inside.

"There are so many, when will it be enough to eat?" Ah Xiang was surprised.

"It's a winter, why can't I eat it all, and now the prices are rising so fast, I'd better book this in advance, otherwise it would be out of stock." Zhou Sen explained.

"Axiang, I'll help you..." Wu En picked up a box of dried seafood and smiled flatteringly.

"Go, I need your help?" Ah Xiang pushed Wu En in disgust, but did not refuse to let him move things.

Zhou Sen came upstairs.

I took off my coat and teased the two children for a while. It was cold, and the two little ones were wrapped in swaddling clothes. They slept every day after eating. They lived a much more comfortable life than adults.

They don't understand anything yet, and now they are just living on instinct.

"Xiumei, the child is asleep. Go to the kitchen and see how the dinner preparations are going." Bai Yulan said, pushing Xiumei away.

Xiumei nodded. She could tell that this was Bai Yulan, the hostess, who wanted to talk to the host alone. It was inconvenient for her to be present with an outsider.

"Xiao Mori, the assassination operation at Bingcheng Station failed. Jiang Xiao asked me to meet in person tomorrow and talk about it." Bai Yulan whispered to Zhou Sen.

"time and location?"

"In the morning, before eleven o'clock, Four Seas Chess Club."

"Sihai Chess Club on Taikoo Avenue?"

"Ah."

"Is that your fixed secret meeting place?" Zhou Sen asked curiously.

"That's not true. We have agreed on several secret contact points, but they may not be in the same place every time." Bai Yulan explained.

"Jiang Xiao, can you be sure that he has no problems?" Zhou Sen asked.

"what happened?"

"I suspect that a traitor has emerged from Juntong Bingcheng." Zhou Sen said slowly.

"What?!" Bai Yulan's whole body trembled, and she almost lost her balance. Zhou Sen supported her with quick eyesight and quick hands.

"If Jiang Xiao is a traitor, you have already been exposed at this moment." Zhou Sen said, "I think it should be him."

"Whether it's him or not, this will be a disaster for Bingcheng Station." Bai Yulan said.

"Although this is just my guess, it is not an unfounded accusation." Zhou Sen explained, "I went to the police station early in the morning and learned that someone had assassinated Jin Ronggui on the train, and then Akiyama called a meeting to discuss and study the case. , this case was taken over by Lin Dakuan from the Secret Service Division, and I was also taken to the scene for investigation..."

Zhou Sen didn't hide anything from Bai Yulan, he told her everything he saw at the scene and his own deduction.

At this time, we must be open and honest, otherwise something will happen, and there will be no chance to make amends.

"So Jin Ronggui didn't take this train to Bingcheng last night?"

"No, he's here. He arrived one day earlier, but he didn't show up." Zhou Sen shook his head and said.

"How did you know?"

"Akiyama and the others went to pick up people at the train station today. They saw Jin Ronggui get off the car with their own eyes."

"Could it be that he's not in the VIP compartment, but mixed among ordinary passengers?" Bai Yulan made a guess.

"No, if a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall, Jin Ronggui will not choose to use this method to come to Bingcheng. He is not high-level, and there are so many bodyguards and followers around him. Is it necessary to be so sneaky?" Zhou Sen shook his head and said. , "And yesterday, the Secret Service Division sent out a mission at night, and it was also at the train station, but no one knows what kind of mission this is."

"Then Lin Dakuan should know the inside story, didn't he tell you?" Bai Yulan asked strangely, "And dragged you to the scene to investigate?"

"He may know, or he may not know, but I'm sure the Japanese must have got the news in advance that someone was going to assassinate Kim Young-Gui on the train, so they arranged for Kim Young-Gui to come over in advance, and the news the Japanese received was almost the same as yours and mine. It's synchronized, maybe even before us!" Zhou Sen said decisively.

"We didn't know that Bingcheng Station was going to assassinate Jin Ronggui, but the Japanese knew about it before us. If it wasn't for a traitor, I wouldn't believe it either," Bai Yulan said.

"The Bingcheng Station is very dangerous now. Judging from Jiang Xiao's reaction, this traitor should be among their decision-makers, and he hasn't noticed it yet."

"Then what should I do, should I go tomorrow or not?"

"I suggest you not to go. If you have to go, you can arrange for someone with a face to go instead of someone we are familiar with." Zhou Sen said, "Or find someone to bring him a letter."

"But this, I'm afraid it will aggravate their suspicion of the ice skate team. At that time, they will definitely blame us for the failure of the assassination operation."

"It's useless for you to reason with a person with bad intentions. He can cut off contact with us indiscriminately, and so can we." Zhou Sen said, "From now on, don't meet them, really If you need to communicate information, use dead mailbox.”

"But……"

"Yulan, listen to me, don't have any fluke mentality, the situation is unclear at this time, the best way is not to contact or respond, if they want to sue, then let them sue, anyway, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, here It is an enemy-occupied area, the general is outside, and the king's order will not be accepted." Zhou Sen said.

"Then I will write a secret letter to him and explain the situation to him..."

"Don't mention anything about Jin Ronggui's early arrival in Bingcheng and the wrong information we provided. Just say that it's not convenient for you to meet with him now, and don't tell the reason. And say that in the future, all contacts will use dead mailboxes. Contact them directly!" Zhou Sen suggested.

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Bai Yulan thought about it for a while, then nodded and agreed. Right now, she must put her own safety first.

"Let's eat, I'll take care of everything." Zhou Sen reassured, the matter of the traitor must be resolved as soon as possible, and the safety of Bai Yulan's wife must not be endangered by the traitor.

……

the next morning.

Four Seas Chess Club, Room C[-].

The old cat arrived at nine o'clock, and he sat and waited until eleven o'clock, but he didn't see the person he wanted to see, and his heart became more and more uneasy.

Is it true that "Skate" betrayed the party-state as Mayonda said?
But if "Skate" became a traitor, wouldn't he be in danger now, but he hasn't found any abnormalities!

I am the person in charge of the Bingcheng Station of the Military Command, if I am arrested, I can directly ask the Japanese for credit and reward.

Unable to wait any longer, the old cat decided to leave first.

"Sir, a boss Tian asked me to send you a letter." Just as he was about to stand up, there was a sound of footsteps at the door, and the door was pushed open. A waiter from the chess club pushed the door in and handed him a letter. Turned around and left.

"Hey..." The old cat wanted to stop the waiter to ask, but when he opened his mouth, he found that the other party had disappeared at the door, and he didn't even see what the other party looked like.

The old cat immediately tore open the envelope and saw that there was a blank letterhead inside. He immediately understood that it was written with steganography potion, and special potion was needed to restore the handwriting, so he quickly hid the letter, and quickly Pay the bill and leave.

"See clearly, Ale?"

"Yes, Brother Sen, I see clearly." The person who sent the letter was A Le, of course after some disguise and disguise.

"Can you keep up?"

"Yes, Brother Sen, don't worry, he can't run away." Ale nodded.

Zhou Sen reprimanded: "It's not for you to arrest someone, but for you to find out his whereabouts and identity. Be careful, he is not an ordinary person, he has received special training and experience in anti-stalking, don't be discovered by others. "

"Understood." Ale lowered the old sheepskin felt hat, and quickly hung it far behind the old cat along the other side of the road.

Zhou Sen then walked towards the other end of the alley, got into the car driven by Wu En, and left quickly.

……

The old cat who returned to the "Old Fengtian Tailor Shop" gave instructions to his little apprentice, and hurried inside.

Close the door, put in the door latch, sit at the place where I usually work, reach out, and take out a metal box from somewhere below, it's not big, it looks like an aluminum lunch box.

Open the box, inside is an alcohol lamp, tweezers, and small brushes, and a brown glass bottle.

Take out the secret letter from your body.

Spread out the letterhead, open the brown glass bottle containing the medicine, stick a little bit on it with the tip of a brush, and start brushing it down line by line.

Lines of writing slowly revealed.

Lao Mao (Zheng Nan) read it word by word, his face changed slightly, and his expression was slightly dignified.

After all the writing was revealed, he picked up the iron on the table and covered it with a piece of cloth. After drying, the paper returned to its original state without writing.

"Ice Knife" actually took the initiative to cut off the connection with Bingcheng Station this time, this action is too weird.

If according to what Mayonda said, "Skate" betrayed the party state and took refuge in the Japanese, then Bingcheng Station is her vote for the Japanese.

Take the initiative to cut off contact. In latent work, you generally only do this when you are exposed and protect other people and organizations on your own line.

Of course, it is not completely cut off, but the "dead mailbox" in emergency situations will be used for communication in the future.

But that is the contact method in case of emergency, and dead mailboxes are used. Although the safety of information and personnel is guaranteed, the efficiency of delivering information will be greatly reduced.

This is a very abnormal action.

In other words, "Ice Knife" already knew that the intelligence information she provided was wrong. If the intelligence information was wrong, it meant that something was wrong with her. She cut off the contact with Bingcheng Station. Could it be that she did not want to implicate Bingcheng Station and was protecting Bingcheng? stand?

Besides, is there anything else to explain?
The more he didn't say anything, the more the old cat wanted to know the winter behind him. In the past, Bingcheng Station had conflicts with the "Skate" team, but the "Skate" team would still put the overall situation first. Of course, he also Knowing each other's bottom line and not going too far can ensure that each other is safe and can cooperate with each other.

But Mayonda would definitely not let it go, and it was a bit embarrassing for him to be caught in the middle.

"Fourth brother, are you free tonight? Come out and have a drink. The old place is waiting for you. See you soon."

……

Zhou Sen behaved himself, he didn't go to the police station all morning, and then drove out again. Lin Dakuan sent people to search around, but they couldn't find anyone.

It wasn't until Zhou Sen returned to the intelligence room that he realized that Lin Dakuan called him three times in one morning.

Anna was also curious about where Zhou Sen went after coming here in the morning.

Zhou Sen had already thought up his excuse, saying that he accompanied Bai Yulan to visit Dr. Liu in Huichun Hall. This excuse was appropriate, at least Anna would not doubt it, let alone go to Dr. Liu for verification.

Zhou Sen hid from Lin Dakuan on purpose to show that he didn't want to get involved in this case. Of course, he also knew that if Lin Dakuan really knew the inside story, or dragged himself to the scene with a purpose yesterday, he would definitely come to him again.

Sure enough, in the afternoon, he received a call from Li Shaotang, asking him to have a drink at Houde Building in the evening.

Knowing that this was Lin Dakuan's appointment, Zhou Sen pretended to decline, saying that he should invite the drink himself, and then he agreed.

In the evening, Zhou Sen arrived at Houde Building a little late on purpose, and he saw Lin Dakuan's car outside the hotel.

Obviously, tonight's wine is not that good, but it must be drunk.

In the private room, the three of Lin Dakuan had already taken their seats, and they were waiting for Zhou Sen to be alone. When Zhou Sen came in, he cupped his hands and clasped his fists together: "Uncle Lin, Uncle Zou and Uncle Li, I'm sorry, there happened to be something wrong when I came out. , I dealt with it, I am late, I will punish you with three glasses of wine to make amends."

Seeing Zhou Sen's "accepting punishment" attitude, the three of them couldn't say anything, they could only smile and beckon him to take a seat, and they were also exempted from three drinks.

Drinking tonight is a trivial matter, but the case is a major matter. If you are drunk, how can you talk about it?
"Xiao Mori, you also went to investigate the scene of Duke Jin's assassination, what do you think?" After the dishes were served, Lin Dakuan put down his chopsticks and asked directly.

"Uncle Lin, can we not talk about the case while we're having dinner?" Zhou Sen was also very straightforward and didn't take this issue.

"Xiao Mori, I know you don't want to get involved in this case, and you and Qin Xiong are still fighting this way." Li Shaotang smoothed things over, "But you should also be considerate of us, if this case can't be solved, everyone will suffer."

"Uncle Li, I really don't want to get involved in this case. It's also because I really didn't find anything. What do you want me to say?" Zhou Sen said.

"You kid has been whispering to Old Wu in the carriage for a long time, don't pretend I didn't see it." Lin Dakuan hummed.

"Old Wu and I had a casual discussion, but we found nothing." Zhou Sen hurriedly explained.

"Xiao Mori, you are also a member of our Secret Service Division. You must speak conscientiously. Don't find clues. Don't hide them. My brother and I have always taken care of you." Zou Shuxun also expressed dissatisfaction.

"Uncle Zou, it's not that I don't want to help, but that there are some things I can't say..."

"Why is it difficult to say?" Li Shaotang asked.

"Do you have to tell me?" Zhou Sen pretended to "sigh" and asked, "I'm afraid that if I say it, it will interfere with the investigation of the three uncles."

"Xiao Mori, just say what you have to say, it's not like the three of us lack our own judgment!" Lin Dakuan said.

"That's fine, since the three uncles insist on me talking, then I'll say it." Zhou Sen said as if you were forcing me, "Uncle Lin, Uncle Zou, you didn't find the carriage where Duke Jin lived for the night. Is the interior too tidy? Especially in the bedroom, the cups and pillows on the bed are basically untouched."

"What's the matter? Someone may have cleaned the compartment, so it's clean and tidy." Zou Shuxun said.

"If someone cleaned it, what about the cigarette butts in the ashtray on the coffee table outside and the cigarette butts on the ground? Could it be that someone had already inspected the scene before we got in the car and left cigarette butts on the scene ?” Zhou Sen asked back.

"That's impossible. The doors are all sealed. Before we arrived, no one had entered inside. What was inside when we got out of the car is what we saw when we went to see it!" Lin Dakuan shook his head and said.

"Then this is strange. How many people were in the carriage that night? Jin Gong didn't rest in the bedroom. Could it be that he and his subordinates sat and chatted in the small living room outside all night?" Zhou Sen continued, "And , I glanced at the ashtray and the cigarette butts on the ground, they were all cheap cigarettes, and Jin Gong never left his cigarettes, so it shouldn’t be left by him.”

After Zhou Sen finished speaking, the three of Lin Dakuan fell into deep thought.

Li Shaotang had never been to the scene to investigate, and he had no right to speak, but Lin Dakuan and Zou Shuxun had been to the scene. Although they didn't pay much attention to the scene inside the carriage, they both knew that Zhou Sen was right.

(End of this chapter)