My spy diary

Chapter 320 Surveillance and Counter-surveillance (asking for monthly ticket)
Like Jin Hui and Wu Sumei, Li Shijun also seemed particularly excited.

He had just reported to Wang Tianhai and the Japanese, and the identity of the "mole" was about to be revealed.

If everything goes well, the "mole" will be arrested immediately, and the Military Intelligence Bureau agents who came to Shanghai with him will also be caught in one fell swoop.

Wu Sibao had already deployed everything. He walked into Li Shijun's office and reported to him on the deployment.

Li Shijun seemed a little excited about the excitement of closing the net. He patted Wu Sibao on the shoulder and said:
"If everything goes well, we will soon be able to meet the Military Intelligence Major General and Councillor Dai Xingbing. Please continue."

Wu Sibao, with a face full of flesh, said proudly: "All the personnel and vehicles that can be mobilized are ready. We have people at all the major transportation routes in Shanghai. As long as they enter Shanghai, we will take action immediately."

"I have already coordinated with the Japanese military police and marines stationed in Shanghai. If needed, they are ready to support us at any time." Li Shijun looked as if he understood everything and said after thinking:
"I'm afraid these people went to Shanghai separately from Dai Xingbing. In this case, we have to pry open his mouth first."

"The interrogation room is ready. I will conduct the interrogation myself. Don't worry, Director."

Li Shijun nodded: "Where is Li Zhiping?"

"The monitoring is still going on. He didn't even notice that Wan Lilang was leading people to monitor the periphery."

Wu Sibao said, and asked again: "Director, can we move him now?"

"Be patient, we finally caught a rabbit, just wait for more rabbits to come out of their nests." Li Shijun smiled proudly and said teasingly:

"Not only can we not touch him, we also have to deliberately let him know the news of Dai Xingbing's arrest and let him report it to Dai Chunfeng. Haha, this way we can continue to receive instructions from Boss Dai."

"Hahaha." Wu Sibao also laughed proudly.

Zhang Yi stood behind the curtain of a teahouse box, holding a telescope, his eyes following the movement of the target. The person he was monitoring was also Li Zhiping.

The surveillance began quietly yesterday after the police informed Wu Sibao and Wan Lilang that they had passed through the French Concession checkpoint again.

He was very curious about what these two people were trying to do by going to the French Concession again.

As the tracking and surveillance deepened, Zhang Yi and his team discovered that the other party's attention was on a middle-aged man named Liu.

As the telescope moved down, a group of vendors selling roasted sweet potatoes and wontons appeared in view. One of them was Wan Lilang in disguise.

"It's ironic that this traitor works so hard for No. 76. Stationmaster, do you want me to kill him secretly?" The monkey at the side put down the telescope and sneered.

"Don't worry, wait until you figure out the identity of the target they are monitoring."

Zhang Yi looked at his watch with a serious look in his eyes and said:
"You guys continue to monitor, and don't alert the enemy. I'll be back soon."

"clear."

Coming out of the teahouse, Zhang Yi walked straight towards a steaming noodle stall under a tree across the street.

As soon as the noodles were served, a uniformed policeman sat down at the table diagonally opposite him.

When the boss saw the policeman, he walked up to him respectfully, with a servile and humble look on his face:

"Sir, what would you like to eat?"

"Two taels of pickled vegetable noodles."

"Okay, right away."

The cool morning breeze blew through the plane trees, rustling their leaves, so gentle.

But it was so out of tune with the ups and downs of his job.

Zhang Yi wolfed down the noodles, glanced at the patrolman, and walked away.

Turning a corner, he crossed a street and got into a car parked on the side of the road.

After a while, the policeman came up from the other side.

This person was Liu Junqing, an insider of the French Concession Police Station.

Liu Junqing had a serious face and spoke in a serious tone:
"It's like this, I received your notice and immediately learned about it privately.

The person you are talking about is Liu Fengkai, single, and he rented three rooms there a year ago. He paid the rent for three years at a time. When he registered, he said he was a writer.

Zhang Yi didn't say anything, waiting for his next words.

After a pause, Liu Junqing continued:

"Coincidentally, the house opposite the Liu family was rented out yesterday, and a new couple moved in. The man is called Jin Kewen and the woman is called Wu Mei. They are an old man and a young wife. The man is said to be engaged in speculative business, and the woman has no job."

Zhang Yi's heart sank. There is no such thing as coincidence in the dictionary of agents. What you think is a coincidence is just something carefully designed by others.

Wu Sibao and Wan Lilang were monitoring Liu Fengkai, and a new tenant moved in opposite his house.

The tenant's purpose is obvious.

Zhang Yi thought for a while and asked:
"Can you think of a way to get these two people out of the room?"

Liu Junqing thought for a moment and said, "This is easy. They are new here, so we can just ask them to go to the nearest police station on the pretext of registering their household registration."

"We have to make sure everything is flawless so they don't get suspicious."

"I understand. I will be careful." Liu Junqing nodded solemnly, then got out of the car and left.

Zhang Yi sat alone in the car for a while before knocking on the window.

Qian Xiaosan, Liu Kui and Yang Wenxuan got in the car.

"Webmaster?"

"Where are the other brothers?"

“They are all hidden nearby.”

"Okay, let's do this next."

After Zhang Yi gave a few instructions, Liu Kui and Yang Wenxuan immediately got out of the car and left. The car continued to move forward and finally stopped on the roadside near the apartment building.

Zhang Yi waited for a while and suddenly heard the sound of a bicycle bell.

Looking through the car window curtain, I saw a patrolman wearing a "Household Registration Investigation" shoulder badge rushing towards me.

He put one foot on the ground, braked the car, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"Listen, residents nearby. New residents must register with the police station immediately. The deadline is one day. If you are late, we will not wait for you. Don't wait for us to come to your door."

The howl directly alarmed the residents in the apartment, and some residents leaned out to see what was happening.

Someone recognized the patrolman and jokingly said, "Hey, isn't this Officer Chen? Why are you still checking the household registration? Haven't you been regularized yet?"

The patrolman glared at the man, then became even more excited. He blew his whistle excitedly and banged the front of the car with his baton:

"The residents inside are listening"

After howling a few more times, the patrolman pedaled his bicycle to the next destination.

In the car, Zhang Yi waited quietly. After a while, he heard Qian Xiaosan say:

"They came out. They should be them."

Zhang Yi immediately picked up the telescope and began to look for the target.

A man and a woman appeared at the door of the apartment.

They are exactly Jin Kewen and Wu Mei (Jin Hui and Wu Sumei) that Liu Junqing mentioned.

The man was dressed in a suit and looked well-mannered.

The woman was wearing a cheongsam and high heels, and she walked gracefully, showing off her curves to the fullest.

The woman held the man's arm and whispered something, with a gentle and sweet expression on her face.

But with a little observation, you will find that they are walking almost in a straight line, without looking left or right, let alone turning back.

Jin Hui glanced at the sweet potato vendor not far away. Wu Sumei understood that although Jin Hui didn't say it, the next step would definitely be to find the vendor to confirm.

The sudden household registration made the two a little nervous, worrying that their disguised identities would be exposed.

Compared to Jinhui, Wu Sumei seemed more nervous. She raised her slightly stiff face and raised her voice slightly:

“I want to eat baked sweet potatoes.”

After saying that, she acted cheerfully and walked towards the sweet potato vendor.

After paying, she held up the steaming sweet potato wrapped in oil paper and said to Jinhui:

"have a bite?"

Jin Hui shook his head, but Wu Sumei was unwilling to give in. She held up the sweet potato and came over, saying coquettishly, "Have a bite."

Jin Hui showed a trace of helplessness on his face, but still opened his mouth and took a bite.

When the two of them got close, Wu Sumei whispered:

"Wan Lilang said everything is normal."

"That's good."

Jin Hui nodded and said, "Don't be nervous. This is the French Concession after all. As long as the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics or the Military Bureau of Investigation and Statistics' Anti-Espionage Team don't find us, there's nothing to worry about."

"Just at home." Wu Sumei forced a smile.

"Don't worry, we'll be back soon. Even if rats get into the house while we're away, we can just close the net in advance."

"OK then."

As they were talking, they waved their hands to stop a rickshaw and drove towards the police station.

In the car, Zhang Yi had been carefully observing Jin Hui and Wu Sumei's every move. When he saw the two walking away, he immediately said:
"Let's get started."

"Yes." Qian Xiaosan started the car and waved out the window.

At the same time, the two teams led by Liu Kui and Yang Wenxuan began to act.

Liu Kui was dressed in Qing Gang clothes, with a cigarette in his mouth, followed by several of his men who were also dressed like thugs, and walked to the sweet potato vendor's stall. "New here? Why haven't I seen you before?"

Liu Kui looked down at Wanlilang, who was dressed as a peddler, and took the lead.

Wan Lilang raised his head calmly:
"Yes, yes, you're new here, who are you?"

"Do you know whose territory this is?"

"Of course." Wan Lilang had obviously done his homework. He cupped his hands and said:

"Brother, I used to work for Master Ji and I was also helping my brothers. Although I am not from the same sect as Master Huang's branch Tiger Gang, we are all brothers in the world."

Liu Kui originally came here to pick a fight, so he naturally didn't fall for it and spit:
"Don't mention Master Ji. Everyone knows that he is a traitor. Don't try to get close to me. Stop talking nonsense. If you want to set up a stall here, pay the money."

Seeing that Liu Kui was unmoved, Wan Lilang suppressed his anger and took out a few banknotes from his money box and handed them over:
"brother."

"Not enough. Our rule is five dollars a month."

"This"

"Stop talking nonsense. If you don't pay, I'll destroy the stall. Come on."

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Kui's thugs rushed up and kicked the stove for roasting sweet potatoes to the ground.

Wanli Lang gnashed his teeth in hatred, but he couldn't reveal his identity, so he could only watch in frustration and helplessness.

While the vendors selling sweet potatoes and wontons were harassed to attract attention, several people led by Yang Wenxuan sneaked into the apartment disguised as residents.

In the corridor of the apartment, four plainclothes officers quietly came to the door of the room where Jin Hui and Wu Sumei lived.

The people had clear division of labor, some were keeping watch while others were busy unlocking the door.

With a "click" sound, the door of the room was opened.

Four people put on gloves and shoe covers, quietly and quickly stepped over the mat inside the door and walked into the room, and immediately began to search every corner of the room.

Their movements were careful and efficient, and there was not a single sound in the room.

A plainclothes officer opened the closet, looked up and down and was about to close it when suddenly a folded heavy coat caught his attention.

In the middle of summer, who would put winter clothes outside?

He immediately and carefully picked up his coat, and a monitoring device suddenly appeared.

The plainclothes officer immediately whispered, "Team leader, here."

When Yang Wenxuan heard it, he walked in immediately, took a few glances at the monitoring equipment, and paced around the room, looking at the wires and light cords on the ceiling and walls.

Soon he made a discovery.

I saw an electric wire disguised as a thin rope coming down from the ceiling and entangled with the lamp cord. The metal wire end could still be seen at the knot at the end.

The other end was tangled with wires like a dense spider web, and no one knew where it led to.

But the identities of these two people are about to be revealed.

They are obviously not speculators, but spies.

Agent No. 76.

The people they were monitoring were definitely not Japanese, but anti-Japanese elements.

Although I don't know where it is.

"Recover immediately and prepare to evacuate."

The plainclothes officers said nothing and immediately got busy again.

After a while, with Yang Wenxuan being the last one to leave, everything in the room returned to its original state, with no sign that it had been searched before.

Inside the teahouse box, after listening to Yang Wenxuan's report, Zhang Yi looked solemn.

Qian Xiaosan said, "Stationmaster, do you think they could be members of the Red Party?"

Monkey said: "It doesn't matter if he is from the Red Party, the Central Bureau of Investigation, or our Military Bureau of Investigation. If we run into him, we must rescue him."

Hearing this, Liu Kui was stunned for a moment, then stood up suddenly:
"Stationmaster, everyone, if this is the Red Party, this is a violation of the Bureau Chief's orders."

Yang Wenxuan also had a stern expression on his face: "Stationmaster, should we verify this person's identity with the bureau headquarters first?"

"As long as we fight the Japanese, it doesn't matter if they are the Red Party or the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics. Stationmaster, I will obey your orders when I am away from home. The emperor is far away, and I will listen to you. I will take action if you tell me who to save."

Qian Xiaosan also said casually: "I will listen to the stationmaster."

Liu Kui said angrily: "No, I can't tell the Red Party about this."

The monkey looked at him and asked, "Lao Liu, what's the matter? Do you have a grudge against the Red Party?"

"My family's land has been divided up by them, what do you think?"

Zhang Yi saw all the performances of the people and he shouted in a low voice:
"Stop arguing. Don't forget that this is enemy-occupied territory."

Several people suddenly stopped talking.

Zhang Yi stood up and said:

“First, send a message to the bureau headquarters immediately to verify this person’s identity.

Second, continue to closely monitor the whereabouts of Wan Lilang and his men."

"Yes."

Half an hour later, the bureau headquarters called back.

But there were only three words: "Got it."

Zhang Yi held the telegram and frowned in confusion. He had no idea what Boss Dai was up to.

What he didn't know was that Li Zhiping had also received the telegram.

He and Chen Jiadong looked at the contents of the telegram, their faces pale and silent.

"Team leader."

"Now that we have the funding, let's have a good meal together tonight."

Li Zhiping spoke with a heavy expression, his mind recalling the new neighbor who lived opposite him.

".Okay, what would you like to eat, Team Leader?"

"We'll see when the time comes. By the way, what do you think about us buying a radio? Yesterday I saw the German radio at our new neighbor's house, and I was so envious." Li Zhiping gave Chen Jiadong a wink.

"Is there enough money?"

"That's enough. Go now. It's at the electrical appliance repair shop not far away."

"Okay, then I'll go." Chen Jiadong returned to the secret room and left his room again.

After Chen Jiadong left, Li Zhiping sat on the sofa and slowly looked around the room with a gloomy expression.

Half an hour later, Chen Jiadong appeared with a radio.

Jin Hui and Wu Sumei, who were in charge of monitoring in the opposite room, heard the noise, immediately put on their headphones, picked up the pens next to the notebook, and waited to record the conversation between the two.

A "kata" sound was heard in the headphones. Jin Hui and Wu Sumei were puzzled, and then a noisy sound was heard in the headphones.

Then, Li Zhiping's voice rang out from the headset:

"No, change the channel."

"How about this?" This was Chen Jiadong's voice.

Jin Hui listened carefully, put down his pen, and said to Wu Sumei beside him:

"They should be debugging the radio. The Military Control Commission has sufficient funds, so they can still afford this thing."

"I want to listen to Peking Opera. Which channel can I listen to it on? Why didn't you ask?" Li Zhiping sounded a little unhappy.

"Okay, okay, this should be the channel."

As soon as he finished speaking, loud Peking Opera singing began to sound from the radio. The loud voice and the electromagnetic noise from the monitoring equipment made Jin Hui and the other person who were monitoring frown at the same time. They tried to adjust the headphones and equipment, but to no avail.

What the two men didn't know was that Li Zhiping had quietly picked up the phone next to the radio and began to carefully remove the screws from the base of the phone with a screwdriver.

"Not bad, but it's more interesting than Huangmei Opera. It would be nice if I could go and listen to it live."

As Li Zhiping spoke, he gently removed the bottom plate of the phone, and a small bug appeared in front of him.

"These two old gentlemen are in Peking. How can we get there now? But after we drive the Japanese away, I will definitely go there with the team leader."

Chen Jiadong echoed, his face looking grim.

"Yes, we have to drive the Japanese devils out first."

As Li Zhiping spoke, he carefully closed the phone's bottom panel again, his expression still looking extremely ugly.

He suddenly remembered the scene where Wu Daokun and Chen Jiadong had a conflict at home and smashed the phone, and the incident of installing the phone and testing the sound came to his mind again.

All these made him frown.

He glanced at Chen Jiadong in front of him and thought of what he said:
"He hit me with the phone first"

Just one simple sentence made Li Zhiping look desperate.

There is no doubt that Wu Daokun, who was close to him, had betrayed him.

(End of this chapter)