My spy diary

Chapter 302 Take Care of Yourself (ask for monthly ticket)

Ding-dong, ding-dong, the bell rang and the tram slowly stopped.

A middle-aged man in ordinary clothes, wearing a top hat, walked down the tram leisurely. He subconsciously raised his hand to block the glaring sunlight.

But after just a short while, a polite but extremely impatient voice urged me from behind:

"Excuse me, please make way."

Before he could completely move out of the way, several figures had already hurried past him.

The middle-aged man seemed to have a very good temper. He awkwardly made way, glanced at the big theater opposite from a distance, waited for a while, and then slowly crossed the road.

When I bought the ticket, the show in the theater had already started.

But he was not in a hurry at all. When he arrived at the theater door, he gently lifted the curtain and looked around twice, as if he was looking for his seat. In fact, he was searching for the contact person's location, and he had already found it.

The meeting place and time were already decided in yesterday's telegram.

He glanced at the Huangmei Opera being performed on the stage, then made his way through the crowd and sat down in an empty seat in the middle.

The man in a suit next to him looked at him for a long time before picking up his teacup and saying:

"Mr. Zhang, you are late."

This person was Zhang Yi’s contact person, Wang Luqiao.

While Zhang Yi asked the tea master to serve tea, he whispered:

"I have to make sure we keep each other safe."

"I almost didn't recognize you with your makeup on." Wang Luqiao smiled, hesitated for a while, and then asked:

"Is Mr. Wang okay?"

Mr. Wang is naturally referring to Wang Tianlin.

Zhang Yi knew why he asked this. Wang Luqiao was transferred to Shanghai to assist Mao Qianli in his work and act as a messenger. Logically, he had no right to inquire about Wang Tianlin's affairs. This was clearly a violation of discipline.

But as the saying goes, too much concern leads to confusion.

As mentioned earlier, Wang Tianlin has two daughters. The eldest is named Wang Kangzi (Chanhong) and the second is Wang Yinzi (Chanlu).

After Wang Tianlin was released from prison at the end of 36 and became the head of the Northwest District, the two sisters temporarily lived in Jinling. They dated Dai Zangyi, the son of Mr. Dai, and also met Wang Luqiao, the bodyguard of Dai Chunfeng.

The one who is close to the water gets the moon first. The second brother Wang Yinzi later started dating Wang Luqiao.

In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, Wang Tianlin might be Wang Luqiao's future father-in-law.

"He's fine."

Zhang Yi replied calmly, and then said: "But public opinion is so heated, no one knows what he is thinking. You'd better not see him recently."

This was just a piece of advice, and Zhang Yi couldn't say anything more.

According to common sense, at this dangerous moment, not to mention Wang Luqiao and Wang Tianlin meeting each other, even Wang Yinzi should not be in contact.

But there is also a saying that life is precious, but love is more precious.

Wang Tianlin came to Shanghai alone and took office. Just a few days later, he brought his wife and children from Peking to Shanghai to enjoy their lives.

At this time, Wang Luqiao was transferred to Shanghai for work. They met again in a different place. Who can guarantee that the two lovers in love will meet?

Once they meet, will Wang Yinzi reveal Wang Luqiao's whereabouts to his father Wang Tianlin?

Even if she didn't say it herself, the cunning Wang Tianlin wanted to get the information out of her, so would he be afraid that he wouldn't be able to get it out?
But even if Wang Tianlin really fell into trouble and became a traitor, he wouldn't be so cruel as to sell out his future son-in-law, right?
Zhang Yi was thinking about it when he heard Wang Luqiao sigh:
"After writing the letter, the boss was still very angry and cursed District Chief Wang. I hope District Chief Wang can come to his senses this time."

As he said this, he pulled out a letter from his sleeve and handed it over.

Zhang Yi took it and glanced at it. Seeing that the firearm seal on the seal was intact, he nodded, put it in his arms, glanced at Wang Luqiao, said take care, and turned away.

Wang Luqiao sighed deeply and said nothing in the end.

At the same time, Chen Mingchu ran into Wang Tianlin's apartment in the French Concession, sweating profusely.

"Brother, something happened!"

Seeing him gasping for breath and in a state of disarray, Wang Tianlin became nervous and asked quickly:
"What happened?"

Chen Mingchu panted, took out a few pieces of paper that were almost burnt to ashes from his pocket, and said:

"Today, I saw District Secretary Zheng Xiuyuan and several members of the action team whispering in the district. They deliberately avoided me. I was suspicious, and after he hurriedly left, I immediately sneaked into his office and found this in the ashtray."

"Brother, look, this is a special document from the district's telecommunications department. Although it was burned and most of the writing was destroyed, I salvaged it and still found some things.

Look here, Sanctions. Here is the character Wang. Brother, this must be Boss Dai’s order of sanctions against you. They are going to take action.”

"Luckily I saw this telegram, brother, what should I do now?"

Chen Mingchu's words were so convincing and had real evidence, so Wang Tianlin naturally believed it without a doubt.

"Dai Yunong turned his back on me, damn it, so cruel!" Wang Tianlin was furious, and threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, shouting:

"He was the one who owed me first. Why does he treat me like this?"

Seeing that Wang Tianlin had been fooled, Chen Mingchu suppressed his inner pride and excitement, and urged with a heavy face:
"Brother, the killer may find your apartment soon. What should we do now?"

"If he is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust."

Wang Tianlin cursed with gritted teeth, glanced at Chen Mingchu, and shouted:
"What are you panicking about? Zhao Libiao is counting on a few brats to punish me? What a joke. Do you really think that I, the top assassin of the Military Control Commission, am just here to do nothing?"

"Brother, I'm not afraid."

Before he could finish, Wang Tianlin suddenly took out the pistol from his waist and pointed it at Chen Mingchu.

"Brother, District Chief Wang, what are you doing?"

Wang Tianlin stared at him coldly and asked sternly:
"It's already this late. I want to hear the truth. Tell me, have you been in touch with Li Shijun for a long time?"

Chen Mingchu shuddered all over and was speechless.

"say!"

"District Chief, you know I am a coward. It was Li Shijun who found me, but I promise... I just wanted to leave a way out for myself. I have never leaked any secrets of the Military Control Commission."

Wang Tianlin looked at him for a while, sneered, put away his gun and said:
"I don't think you have the courage."

This sentence relaxed the tense atmosphere a little. Chen Mingchu wiped the sweat off his face with a sullen smile and said worriedly:
"Brother, please tell me."

Ring, ring, ring. The phone in the living room suddenly rang.

Wang Tianlin hesitated for a while, but still answered the phone.

After a pause, he said firmly: "Okay, see you at Ruihua Tea House at 2 pm."

Seeing him hang up the phone, Chen Mingchu asked tentatively:
"District Chief, should we move to another place first?"

Wang Tianlin waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I have guards around me. Ordinary people are no match for them. Besides, this is the French Concession. What's there to be afraid of?"

After a pause, he sneered and said, "Just now, Zhang Yi called me to ask me to meet again."

Chen Mingchu observed his expression and said anxiously: "District Chief, you can't go. What if he also follows Boss Dai's order to punish you?"

"I'm not stupid." Wang Tianlin smiled contemptuously and said thoughtfully:
“The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Until the very end, no one knows whether they are the prey or the hunter.”

The situation has changed. Since Dai is so cruel and ruthless, don't blame him for not remembering our friendship.

"Notify the man surnamed Li immediately and ask him to send someone in." Wang Tianlin said thoughtfully. Since he was determined to join Li Shijun's secret service headquarters, trapping Zhang Yi, the big fish, would undoubtedly be the best token of his allegiance to "No. 76".

Of course the person he hated the most was Zhao Libiao, but since he couldn't find him, he naturally turned his attention to Zhang Yi who happened to appear.

Although there was no hatred or grudge between them, he could only blame his bad luck for the current situation.

How can you not eat the fat meat that is right in front of you?

"District Chief, Director Li's secret service headquarters has no law enforcement authority in the French Concession. It would be better to let Lin Zhijiang bring people to make the connection for you, and arrest Zhang Yi and hand him over to the Concession Police Station. Once the Japanese notify the Municipal Council, extradite him."

"Lin Zhijiang?" Wang Tianlin frowned. Although he was surprised when this guy had defected to Li Shijun, he was the operations team leader of the Shanghai area, so it should be enough for him to deal with Zhang Yi.

"That's fine. It's not convenient for me to come forward, so let him take care of it."

"Yes, I will arrange it right away."

Chen Mingchu left with an excited look on his face.

"Deputy, what happened?"

Seeing Zhang Yi hang up the phone and fall into deep thought, Monkey asked hurriedly.

Zhang Yi was thinking hard. He received information last night that Chen Mingchu had secretly colluded with Li Shijun and became a traitor.

This person was close to Wang Tianlin, and might have obtained information about his coming to Shanghai and leaked it to Li Shijun.

The phone call just now
He said in a deep voice: "Wang Tianlin was still hesitant yesterday, but he agreed so readily today. I suspect there is something fishy going on."

"What should I do?"

"Director, we must not go to the meeting this afternoon. What if Wang Tianlin sells us out?"

"What about the task assigned by the boss?"

"If you know it's a trap, you can't jump into it." Zhang Yi interrupted the argument with a smile and said:
“But the mission still needs to be done.”

"Does Chu Zuo mean to kill us at our doorstep?"

"No." Zhang Yi shook his head and said, "The chief has not issued a sanction order yet. We are just suspicious. If we go to your house and there is a firefight and the police are attracted, we will have no place to stay in the French Concession."

"That"

"Let's go find his son-in-law Du Baishan."

Du Baishan was Liu Geqing's college classmate. He joined the Jiangsu and Zhejiang police training class with him and was also assigned to the Shanghai district operations team.

This man married Wang Tianlin's eldest daughter, Wang Kangzi.

"He is a member of the Shanghai undercover area. He must have an alias and a cover job. No one knows his address except Wang Tianlin and his superiors. How can we find him?"

"We have to think of a way. We can't find him. Liu Geqing is his superior, so he must know.

He is in Hong Kong now, just send a telegram to Wang Xinheng, the stationmaster of Hong Kong Station." Zhang Yi smiled and waved his hand, immediately issuing the task.

"Monkey, put on your makeup and go to the meeting place to monitor secretly and see who is coming. Qian Xiaosan and I will go find Du Baishan after getting the information."

"Yes."

The building of HSBC Bank in the French Concession was magnificent. Zhang Yi got off the rickshaw but did not go straight in. Instead, he looked around for a while and then walked towards a public telephone booth not far away.

He dialed a number and asked, "Is Chen Xiaoshan there?"

"Sir, what can I do for you?"

"Oh, I want to make a large deposit. My friend recommended Chen Xiaoshan, an employee of your bank, to me. Is he here now?"

Chen Xiaoshan is Du Baishan's cover identity.

"Yes, sir. I'll let him know now and he'll be outside to meet you."

"Okay." After saying that, Zhang Yi hung up the phone.

There were many rooms on the second floor of the bank, and the telephones kept ringing. At this time, a clerk in a suit and tie looked up and came in, shouting, "Chen Xiaoshan."

Du Baishan quickly put down the phone, walked over and asked, "Secretary Liu, what's wrong?"

"You are a good kid, and the rich man has specifically asked for you."

Du Baishan was confused, thinking what was going on. Before he could ask, Secretary Liu said seriously:

"Go to the door and greet the customer immediately."

"Yes." Du Baishan saw that Secretary Liu did not seem to be joking, so he agreed and walked towards the bank door while muttering to himself.

"Whose client is this? And he named me? Could it be that my identity has been exposed?"

Thinking of this, he shuddered all over and immediately glanced around the bank vigilantly.

But no one was looking at him.

He thought anxiously in his heart, and then took a look at the burly white guard patrolling the bank hall with a pistol on his waist and a few Indian guys wearing turbans and carrying rifles next to him, and his heart gradually calmed down.

He thought to himself that as long as he didn't stray too far from the bank, since this was the French Concession, the Japanese and puppet spies would not dare to do anything even if they wanted to catch him.

As he walked out of the bank with all sorts of thoughts in his mind, he saw a young man waving at him from the side of a flat black car opposite him.

Du Baishan hesitated, he didn't know this person.

"What are you standing there for? Come and help me move the money."

"Oh." Du Baishan responded casually, then looked back at the guard in the bank lobby. After hesitating for a while, he mustered up the courage to walk over.

He had just walked around the rear of the car when the young man who had been pulling at the car door with a smile on his face suddenly attacked him.

Swiftly and ready, a large hand grasped his throat and pinned him against the car door.

The terrified Du Baishan was pinched until his face turned red. He desperately pulled Zhang Yi's hand and wanted to scream but couldn't.

Just as he was about to kick, a pistol was already pressed against his waist.

"Du Baishan, if you dare to yell, I might get fired. Do you understand?"

Seeing Zhang Yi calling out his name, Du Baishan became even more frightened and nodded quickly.

"Ahem, who are you?"

"I was sent by Boss Dai." Zhang Yi laughed and said:
"I just want you to help me take a letter to your father-in-law."

“I haven’t seen him for a long time.”

"Really?" Zhang Yi sneered and said, "It seems that you also know about him. Don't you want to give him a hand and save him? Or do you want to follow him to No. 76 and become a traitor?"

"How could that be? My father-in-law would never be a traitor."

"You'll have to ask your father-in-law." Zhang Yi handed him the letter and said seriously:

"The letter must be delivered to him. I will call you at this time tomorrow. I hope to hear his final decision."

Du Baishan naturally knew what this meant, and said with a wry smile:
"I can only try to convince..."

"It's not about trying, it's about trying your best."

Zhang Yi said with deep meaning: "It depends on his decision whether to be a brave man or a traitor. I hope he can decide for himself."

(End of this chapter)