my espionage career

Chapter 1182 Red Lantern

In Xiaoer's image, Bai Zeshao is already dead at this moment.

After jumping into the river, the Secret Service dispatched so much force that they couldn't find anyone.

Although he is still wanted, the intensity is not as strong as before, because in everyone's perception, this guy is dead.

But a person that everyone thought was dead, appeared in the hotel in the middle of the night, Xiaoer looked at Bai Zeshao, and always felt a chill down his back.

Not paying attention to the waiter's gaffe, he asked directly: "Is the boss here?"

"Yes, it's in his room," the waiter replied quickly.

"Okay, I'll go up first," Mr. Bai Ze said, turning around and walking upstairs, feeling relieved in his heart.

No matter what Keiko Ikegami asked Imai to do, Imai has not left the hotel at this moment, which means that there is no action yet.

Then he still has a chance.

Moreover, even if Imai Yiho calls outside, it will be useless, because Qian Huiwen's people have already monitored the communications here.

soon.

Young Master Shirasawa appeared at the door of Imai Yiho's room.

Before he could raise his hand to open the door, the door to the room opened automatically, and Imai Yiho, dressed in night clothes, appeared in Young Master Shirasawa's sight.

Imai Yiho didn't expect that it was already so late that there would be someone at his door, so he couldn't help but be startled and took a few steps back.

"Imai-kun, are you going out?" Bai Ze asked with a smile.

"You are still alive, why did you show up now?" Imai Yifan looked at Bai Zeshao vigilantly, full of suspicion in his heart.

"Is Imai-kun going to talk to me like this at the door?" Bai Zeshao said with a smile.

"Come in," Imai Yiho hesitated for a moment, stepped away from the front door, and then said to Mr. Shirasawa.

"Thank you." When Mr. Bai Ze spoke, he walked directly into Imai's room and sat on the sofa.

He looked up at Imai Yiho opposite and said, "Imai-kun seems to have something to go out for. In that case, how about we talk about my business later?"

Imai Yiho looked at the time and then said: "Okay, you go back to your room first, and then stay in the room and don't go out."

"You know the discipline of our industry, so you can't take any action for the time being, and I will also send people to monitor your every move."

"I hope you can understand my intentions"

"Don't worry, I will cooperate with Imai-kun's request, then I will go back first." Bai Zeshao glanced at the box in Imai Yifan's hand, and then left directly.

After Imai Yiho stood there and pondered for a moment, he hurriedly left his room.

When he was about to leave the hotel, he ordered to Xiao Er: "Go directly to Mr. Bai Ze's room to monitor him. If he has any abnormalities, you don't need to keep your hands and shoot directly."

"Shoot directly?" Xiao Er was taken aback.

"That's right, returning at this time, his suspicion is not small, and I don't have the time to check what he did during the time he disappeared," Imai Yifan said sternly.

"Understood." Xiao Er nodded, turned around and walked towards Bai Zeshao's room.

Imai Yiho left the hotel and quickly disappeared into the night.

upstairs.

Bai Zeshao opened the window and looked at Yifan Imai going away, feeling anxious in his heart.

There is no doubt that Imai Yifan went out so late, the task must be very urgent, and more than half of what happened before contacting was related to that high-level person.

But now he can't go out because the waiter behind him has been staring at him, so he seems to be calm, but he is very anxious inside.

"Your Excellency, it's windy at night, you'd better close the window," the waiter reminded Mr. Bai Ze lightly as he looked at the window.

"It's okay, I'll blow the air, the room is not occupied for many days, it's very boring" Bai Ze said indifferently.

"Your Excellency, please close the window." When speaking, the waiter still had a smile, but his tone became tougher.

"Well, it seems that Imai-kun is very worried about me." Bai Zeshao turned away from the window, and then said to Xiaoer with a smile.

"I hope you understand, I am only following orders." As the waiter spoke, he stepped forward to the window, looked outside warily, and then closed the window.

Looking at this scene, Bai Zeshao didn't say much, but he was weighing the pros and cons in his heart, whether he should get rid of Xiaoer directly, and then follow Imai Yifan.

Only in this way, his identity will be completely exposed.

Between gains and losses, the relationship is so important that Bai Ze has to think about it, and finally decides not to expose it.

Then he took out a pack of cigarettes from his clothes and handed it to the waiter: "Would you like one?"

"Sir, you can smoke it yourself, I can't get used to the smell of cigarettes," the waiter refused with a smile.

"In that case, I won't smoke anymore. It's already two o'clock and I have to go to bed, good night." After saying that, Bai Zeshao lay down on the bed in front of him and closed his eyes.

About five or six minutes have passed.

The snoring sounded quickly, and the sound was ups and downs, which made Xiaoer feel upset for a while.

Then his eyes fell on the cigarette box on the table, and he took one out and lit it without hesitation.

Whoosh!

Like puffing away smoke, a cigarette was quickly wiped out, and Xiao Er's mind suddenly became sleepy.

In the end, he fell directly on the table and fell asleep.

The moment Xiao Er fell on the table, Bai Zeshao opened his eyes to make sure that Xiao Er would not wake up for the time being, and took the cigarettes from the table away.

Then he took out a pack of identical cigarettes from his pocket and placed it on the table, and at the same time took out a prepared cigarette butt to replace it.

Without staying too long, he left the room directly.

It has been nearly ten minutes since Yifan Imai left, so he must catch up as soon as possible.

Otherwise all his efforts will be in vain.

It's just that it's too dark now, and the view outside is too poor, Bai Zeshao walked all the way without seeing a single figure.

In the end, he had to stand there and think about Imai Yiho's possible whereabouts.

Thinking about it, he couldn't help but think of the backpack that Yifan Imai was holding in his hand when he left.

Although I didn't see clearly what was inside, Imai Yiho didn't expect that Mr. Shirasawa would come back at this time.

So the zippers of the bag were not all closed, which allowed Bai Zeshao to peek into a corner of the bag.

The color of that corner is red.

This red is common and familiar.

But Young Master Bai Ze couldn't remember what the look was, so he couldn't help but stamp his feet in hatred.

Then I walked and thought.

When he passed by the door of a closed restaurant, his heart brightened.

Lantern.

The red corner of the color is the lantern.

It looks the same as the lantern hanging outside the hotel in front of me, and the bag and lantern that hold the lantern are about the same size.

It was so late, Imai Yifan went out with a lantern, he must have gone to hang the lantern.

And the purpose must be related to the undercover agent hiding inside their door.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized it might be a big deal, but Shanning was so big and there were lanterns hanging in many places, so where was he going to look for it.

At this moment, a sneaky figure appeared in Master Bai Ze's field of vision.

Without thinking about other things, he rolled and hid in the darkness.

soon.

The figure passed by where he had been before.

Bai Zeshao had to admire his luck, because this person turned out to be Yifan Imai.

At this moment, Imai Yifan is empty-handed, and the previous backpack has long since disappeared.

After Imai Yiho left, Master Shirasawa didn't stay too long and rushed directly towards Xianghe Hotel from another road.

By the time Imai Yifan returned to the hotel, Bai Zeshao had already returned to his room.

Imai Yifan, who returned to the hotel, immediately came to Bai Zeshao's room.

He didn't knock on the door, just pushed the door open and walked in.

As soon as he saw the waiter lying on the table, he kicked him and said, "What are you doing?"

"Ah, from the showcase, I..." The waiter who woke up didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Imai-kun, are you back?" At this time, Mr. Bai Ze woke up in time and asked calmly.

"Well, I'm sorry to disturb your rest. I'll take the people away first."

"As for Your Excellency's matter, I will contact the Colonel, and I hope that Your Excellency can cooperate." Imai Yifan finished speaking, and left directly with Xiao Er.

Door closes.

Bai Zeshao breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, he came back a step early and almost ran into Imai Yiho.

After gathering his thoughts, Mr. Bai Ze couldn't help but think of the place where he met Yiho Imai before.

According to Imai Yiho's walking speed and the time he left, it can be roughly determined that the location where Imai Yiho hung the lantern should not be far away.

If we take any point as the center, I'm afraid the range is at most 1000 meters.

So as long as you search carefully within this range, you should be able to find something.

What we have to do now is how to get the news out as quickly as possible.

While Bai Zeshao was thinking, Imai Yifan called Xiaoer into his room.

"What happened just now? Didn't you ask you to monitor Bai Zeshao? Why did you fall asleep?" Imai Yifan asked scoldingly.

"It's my fault that the showcase is on display"

The waiter lowered his head and finally explained the matter.

"So, you only felt sleepy after smoking Bai Zeshao's cigarette?" Imai Yifan immediately grasped the sensitive point of the matter and asked directly.

'It should be' the waiter said uncertainly.

"In this way, go to Mr. Bai Ze's room right away, and while asking him if he needs daily necessities, give me back his cigarettes," Imai Yifan ordered.

'Yes'

Xiao Er quickly went back and forth to bring back the things.

"Young Master Bai Ze has no doubts?" Imai Yifan asked.

"No, I said you want to smoke in the display cabinet, but unfortunately there are no more, and there is no sale outside now."

"So I can only borrow his cigarettes," Xiao Er explained.

"Very good, go down and keep staring at Mr. Shirasawa," Imai Yiho ordered.

"Yes"

After Xiaoer left, Imai Yifan returned to the secret room and quickly sent a message to Shanning.

Keiko Ikegami, who was far away in Shanghai, did not rest and was waiting for a message from Imai Yiho.

So when the telegraph machine rang, the message was received immediately.

After seeing that Imai Yiho had settled the matter, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But when she saw the last thing about Bai Zeshao returning alive in the telegram, her originally happy mood suddenly became heavy.

Most of the night.

Master Bai Ze actually returned to the Harmony Hotel.

No matter how I think about it, I feel a little weird.

After pondering for a moment, Keiko Ikegami directly gave an order to Imai Yiho: "Just wait and see what happens, and pay attention to Mr. Shirasawa's movements."

"Then let Mr. Bai Ze explain where he has been over the past few days, what he has been sitting on, and who he has been in contact with."

Shanning.

Imai Yifan reappeared in Bai Zeshao's room after receiving Keiko's message from Ikegami.

"It seems that I won't be able to sleep well tonight." Bai Zeshao looked at Imai Yifan in front of him and sighed.

"It won't take you long."

"This is a procedural issue, so I hope your Excellency can cooperate, and this is also the order of the Colonel," Imai Yifan said with a smile.

"Okay, what does Imai-kun want to know? I promise to tell you everything," Bai Zeshao said with a smile.

"Then tell me how you survived and who saved you."

"And after you survived, why didn't you return to the hotel as soon as possible?"

"Moreover, why did you return at this time and what is your purpose?" Imai Yiho asked a lot of questions at once.

In this regard.

Bai Zeshao, who had been prepared for a long time, did not hesitate.

He said directly: "I was saved by an old man collecting herbs in the mountains.
"At that time, I was unconscious by the creek, and was rescued by the old man. After I recovered from my injuries, I realized that the Secret Service was hunting me down."

"So, I didn't return immediately"

"As for why I came back now, it's because of the air raids a few days ago."

When he said this, Bai Zeshao could not help but glance at Imai Yifan.

Then he continued: "To be honest, I originally wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to fake my death, take the opportunity to escape completely, and then change my appearance and continue living."

"But the world is tricky. The old man who saved me was injured during the air strike and needs urgent treatment."

"And my identity cannot be revealed at all, so I can only come back here again."

"Of course there is another reason. The place we live is not far from the air raid site. After the air raid, soldiers and people from the Secret Service searched the mountains all over the mountains."

"My identity is transparent in their eyes, so I will leave"

"As for returning in the middle of the night, there was a reason. The air raid made Shanning's alert unprecedentedly tense. I had no chance at all during the day."

"Otherwise, once I show up, I'm afraid someone will discover me."

Regarding Bai Ze's answer, Imai Yifan nodded, and continued: "What is the old man's name, where does he live, and who is in the family?"

"There is only one person in the family, and they live in the mountains, living a life without contention with the world"

"Because of this, he didn't see my wanted notice, otherwise I might have fallen into the hands of the Secret Service."

"And I call this old man Uncle Shi," Mr. Bai Ze explained.

'I will verify the situation you mentioned, good night.' After Imai Yiho said that, he stood up and walked outside.

Just as he was about to step out of the room, Bai Zeshao suddenly said, "I don't know how Imai-kun will verify my statement."

"But I hope you don't hurt Uncle Shi, because he is just an ordinary old man"

"And he was my savior."

"In addition, if possible, bring some medicine to the old man and treat the wound"

Imai Yifan didn't say anything, just nodded slightly, turned and left directly.

(End of this chapter)