My spy diary

Chapter 333: Falling into a trap (asking for monthly votes)

Eleven forty.

Wan Lilang sat behind the half-open window of a private room on the second floor of Ruixian Teahouse and looked at his watch.

The Longines watch was given to him by Li Shijun.

Wanlilang likes it very much.

He knew the meaning of Li Shijun giving him the watch, which was not only to remind him to be punctual, but also to teach him how to seize opportunities.

This is exactly what a spy needs most.

Now he has become Li Shijun's right-hand man, especially in arresting Military Control Commission agents.

Wan Lilang also enjoyed this feeling. As long as he could hold on to the district accountant Li Genfa and then catch Chen Gongshu through him, he would be the hero of the entire No. 76.

Will Li Genfa appear today?
As he thought about it, Wanlilang's expression became serious.

Suddenly, Zhu Min, the military traitor who was standing beside him timidly and peeping out the window, said:

"coming."

Wanlilang stood up suddenly. He felt his heart beat faster for a few seconds. He immediately grabbed the telescope and looked.

I saw a middle-aged man in a long gown, wearing a hat and carrying a briefcase walking towards the Bank of China branch from across the street without looking around.

"is it him?"

"Yes. Although he changed his clothes, you can see the pockmarks on his face. I won't mistake him."

"Great!"

Wanlilang was both surprised and delighted. Now that the big fish had appeared, he had to tighten the net quickly, quickly and accurately.

He immediately picked up the phone and began to make arrangements: "Listen, form a team of two, cover each other, and keep a close eye on the target. Also, be sure not to reveal your identity!"

After hanging up the phone, Wan Lilang quickly changed his clothes and dressed himself up as a peddler walking the streets. He looked at Zhu Min and said:
"Just stay here and don't play any tricks since we are already on the same boat."

Zhu Min looked gloomy and agreed timidly.

Wanlilang glanced at him sideways, gave his men a look, and turned away.

Coming out of the teahouse, he took a bunch of balloons from another of his men, and immediately walked out onto the street, shouting and hawking his wares as he walked.

He decided to follow him personally.

If one person simply follows another in circles, they will be quickly exposed.

But balloons are different. You can observe the target at a fixed point within the range of your sight. Once you take action, you can use the balloons as a cover to prevent the target from seeing your face clearly.

In this way, when you change your clothes later, it won't be so easy to expose yourself.

The street was bustling with people, and there were many vendors like Wan Lilang, so few people noticed the addition of a balloon seller. The same was true for district accountant Chen Xianrong, who went by the alias Li Genfa.

By now he had got the money from the bank, crossed the road and boarded a tram.

It was time for lunch after get off work, and there were many people standing in the bus. Chen Xianrong got on the bus first and stood near the door.

Wan Lilang hesitated for a while holding the balloon, and immediately winked at a man dressed in Green Gang style on the street, and the man squeezed in before the car door closed.

He squeezed to the last row of the car and stared at Chen Xianrong sideways. Chen Xianrong was completely unaware that he was following him.

In this way, Chen Xianrong sat all the way to the terminal before getting off, but the man dressed as a member of the Green Gang had long disappeared.

After getting off the bus, Chen Xianrong stood on the corner of the street and looked around for a while. Seeing nothing unusual, he immediately stopped a rickshaw and left in the opposite direction.

At this time, the Qing Gang disciple appeared again, and Wanlilang was also standing beside him.

"Director, this guy knows some counter-reconnaissance techniques, but not much. It seems that he is not very skilled."

"It's good enough to know how to counter-reconnaissance as an insider."

Wan Lilang sneered, threw away the balloon in his hand, and waved his hand. Two rickshaw drivers dressed in plain clothes No. 76 immediately came over.

After walking for a while, they followed Chen Xianrong's back and came to a residential building.

It was a quiet night when the phone on the table suddenly rang.

Zhang Yi grabbed the pistol under the pillow and jumped up.

He walked to the window vigilantly and observed the movements outside for a while. Seeing nothing unusual, he immediately rushed over and answered the phone.

"Who?"

Liu Junqing's trembling voice came from the phone:

"More than 30 people came from the north and west tonight, fully armed, ready to arrest people at night."

"But I don't know where to arrest them or who to arrest. But judging by the situation, the search is more intense than the last time."

After saying that, Liu Junqing hung up the phone immediately without waiting for Zhang Yi's reply.

On the other end of the phone, Zhang Yi put down the phone and his face became serious.

The north naturally refers to the gendarmerie, and the northwest is No. 76.

They worked together with the French Concession police and must have had accurate intelligence, but who were they going to catch?

Zhang Yi frowned and thought for a while, and couldn't help but think of Liu Yuanshen. Could it be that he had betrayed him?

But that's not right. According to the information Liu Junqing had previously conveyed, Liu Yuanshen had made two phone calls after his arrest. He had no worries and it was even less likely that he would betray at this time.

Moreover, he had already informed Chen Gongshu of Liu Yuanshen's arrest through the bureau headquarters, and they should take emergency measures.

Zhang Yi naturally couldn't imagine that Chen Gongshu didn't take any measures at all.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Yi immediately called Monkey Qian Xiaosan and others and asked them to stay alert and be on standby at all times tonight.

After giving all these instructions, Liu Junqing called again:
"The Japanese acted first and reported later. A group of people have returned to report, and they only brought back one person named Chen Yuan.

Several boxes of things were seized from his house, which were said to be lease agreements, account books, etc. I didn’t see the details. I am going to follow them to arrest him now. I don’t know if I can still make phone calls.”

"Got it. Take care!"

Zhang Yi hung up the phone and his expression instantly became gloomy.

Although no one knows who this Chen Yuan is, the lease agreement found in his home is enough to put Shanghai District 76 in trouble. If the Japanese and No. follow the clues, the consequences will be disastrous.

"Damn Chen Gongshu!"

Zhang Yi cursed inwardly, this guy didn't do his job well, and instead made himself look like an overwhelmed firefighter, having to help him put out the fire.

But no matter how much we complain, we still have to do the work that needs to be done.

Zhang Yi immediately went to the secret room, set up a radio station, and sent a telegram to the bureau headquarters.

But on second thought, if Chen Gongshu was not staying at the district headquarters tonight, would he be able to receive the telegram?
How to do?
Zhang Yi thought anxiously, glanced at his watch, closed his eyes and began to receive today's information.

[Today’s information has been refreshed]

[1. You received a call from Liu Junqing today and obtained relevant information - Chen Yuan, a pseudonym, whose real identity is Chen Xianrong, an accountant in Shanghai District .]

[2. You have just sent a telegram to the bureau headquarters and obtained relevant information: Chen Gongshu currently lives at No. 11 Seymour Road, French Concession, telephone number 25981.]

Very good!
After reading the information, Zhang Yi picked up the phone to inform Chen Gongshu, but put it down immediately.

Since Chen Xianrong has been arrested, Chen Gongshu might not be safe either. If he calls him at this time, he will definitely be traced and expose himself.

Zhang Yi immediately put on his clothes and walked outside. There was a public telephone booth two blocks away. He hoped that everything would be in time.

"Ring ring ring"

At 12:06, the phone rang at Chen Gongshu's home on Seymour Road.

The sudden ringing of the phone at this point made Chen Gongshu jump with fear.

Because few people know his phone number and address.

Those who knew about his personal relationships were not aware of his true identity. The two local brothers named Hu, who helped him rent a house and take care of household chores, were honest people.

Moreover, their aunt passed away, and they rushed to Jiangsu yesterday to attend the funeral, so it is impossible for them to come back now.

The other person was the private doctor who treated his son. His son just came back from the hospital today, and it was impossible for the doctor to call in the middle of the night.

Who is it?
Chen Gongshu sat on the sofa with his coat on, staring at the phone suspiciously.

But the phone kept ringing, like a soul-demanding call.

He hesitated for a long time before walking over to answer the phone, but he said nothing, waiting for the person inside to speak first.

After a while, a man's deep voice came from the phone:

"Something happened. Chen Yuan (Chen Xianrong) has just been hospitalized for a sudden illness (arrested). You must take emergency measures immediately."

Chen Gongshu naturally knew that Chen Yuan was Chen Xianrong's alias, so he quickly asked:

"who are you?"

Zhang Yi frowned, paused and said, "My last name is Zhang. Don't doubt the authenticity of the news. Take emergency measures immediately." "Are you Zhang Yi?"

Chen Gongshu asked in a trembling voice, but the other party had already hung up the phone.

After the phone call was hung up, Chen Gongshu was full of doubts and fear. He wiped the cold sweat from his head and walked cautiously to the window.

I cautiously opened the curtains and looked outside. It was pitch black and there was nothing unusual.

He stood stiffly by the window, thinking suspiciously, if the person who made the mysterious phone call was Zhang Yi, he should not lie to him, but how did he know his home phone number?
Could it be that this Zhang Yi has been secretly monitoring me?

Thinking of this, Chen Gongshu felt a chill on his back.

Then, he thought of the district accountant Chen Xianrong. How did this guy get exposed? What did he confess?
Chen Gongshu didn't know the answers to all the questions.

This was the third time in all his years as an agent that he felt so helpless.

The first time was an attempt to assassinate the traitor Shi Yousan in Peking. The plan was exposed, and a manager of a small grocery store called his brothers who were in the military and police and started beating drums and gongs. Shi Yousan didn't understand what was going on, so he was so scared that he fled in panic. He fled for thousands of miles from Peking to Nanjing.

The second time was when he was inexplicably selected by Boss Dai to go to Hanoi to assassinate Wang. Until now, he still couldn't understand why he hit the wrong target when he had clearly done some reconnaissance in advance.

This is the third time.

He wanted to immediately telegraph the Shancheng Bureau headquarters, and at the same time, he wanted to find the district secretary Qi Qingbin to discuss countermeasures.

But both of these tasks were difficult to do. The confidential secretary Wang Shaoqian was excluded by him and lived outside the district headquarters. He would not come to the district headquarters before the agreed time.

District Party Secretary Qi Qingbin also lives outside.

The situation is tense right now, and for safety reasons, he, as the district chief, naturally cannot go into battle shirtless. He needs to find someone to send the telegram first, and then go to Qi Qingbin's house to ask him out.

He thought for a while and immediately thought of a person, one of his iron triangle, Huangpu classmate Zhang Zuoxing.

After the former district secretary Zheng Xiuyuan left, Chen Gongshu asked Dai Chunfeng to transfer Qi Qingbin and Zhang Zuoxing over.

Qi Qingbin was appointed as the district secretary, but there was no suitable position for Zhang Zuoxing in Shanghai District 1.

But this did not pose a problem for Chen Gongshu. In order to blackmail Wang Shaoqian, the confidential secretary who was the spy sent by Boss Dai, he suddenly had an idea and immediately created a special position: radio station inspector.

Thinking of this, Chen Gongshu immediately called Zhang Zuoxing to verify the address of the backup radio station.

But after the call was connected, no one answered.

Chen Gongshu tried several times but it was the same every time, so he had no choice but to give up.

He never thought that at this time Zhang Zuoxing had also been arrested and taken to the police station.

It was now four o'clock in the morning.

Chen Gongshu hesitated for a long time and had to complete the two tasks he had planned personally.

Coming out of the house, the bright moonlight was unusually bright, and Chen Gongshu walked nervously.

The street was completely quiet, not a single person was to be seen.

As he walked, he subconsciously looked back.

Fortunately, there was only the sound of wind blowing through the leaves, and no one was following him.

So, with a serious look on his face, he walked through several alleys and came to the nearest house where the backup radio station was located.

The house is a four-story apartment. The radio station is placed in a cubicle on the fourth floor and is manned by a station director 24 hours a day.

If any accident happens, a pot of flowers will be placed outside the window facing the street as a warning.

Chen Gongshu wandered downstairs for a while, looked up at the window, and there was no flower pot, which meant everything was safe.

He immediately went up the stairs and knocked on the door according to the agreed code.

Sure enough, everything is normal here.

He immediately drafted a telegram and asked the station director to give it to Zhang Zuoxing to send out early the next morning, and then left in a hurry.

After coming out of the apartment, Chen Gongshu had completely calmed down.

The radio station was intact, which meant that the enemy's damage was not serious. Even if they arrested the district accountant Chen Xianrong, he would not confess so quickly. One or two days would be enough for the district to move.

Thinking of this, he raised his hand and glanced at his watch.

Five o'clock in the morning.

After waiting on the road for a while and still not seeing a rickshaw, he immediately took a detour to a taxi company and hailed a taxi, which took him directly to the opposite side of the Lyceum Theatre.

District Secretary Qi Qingbin lives on the third floor of a residence next to the Lyceum Theatre.

Chen Gongshu got out of the car, sent the taxi away, hid in the shadows against the wall, and carefully observed the movements around him for a while.

Seeing that everything was normal, he was about to cross the road, but suddenly stopped suspiciously and immediately stepped back.

I saw that the window of Qi's house on the third floor, although covered by a thick layer of curtains, still could not block out the light inside the house.

Chen Gongshu was full of doubts and quickly looked at his watch again.

Half past five.

Why are you leaving the light on at this hour? Going to the bathroom?

He was puzzled and had to wait suspiciously.

Half an hour later, the lights were still on.

"Is there something wrong?"

Chen Gongshu crossed the road cautiously while looking around, but still saw nothing unusual.

When I arrived downstairs at Qi's house and looked up, I saw that there were no flower pots on the windowsill, which also meant that everything was safe.

But the lights that were always on still gave Chen Gongshu a bad feeling.

He hesitated for a while downstairs, and was wondering whether to go upstairs or not, when he suddenly thought that Qi Qingbin's family had two elementary school children, and the family had to take care of them, dressing them, washing their faces, and making breakfast. Isn't it normal to get up early and turn on the lights?
Furthermore, Qi Qingbin had only moved here for a few days, and apart from himself, no traffic officer had been here. District accountant Chen Xianrong didn't even know about this place, so his safety was naturally safe.

But he seemed to have forgotten that Qi Qingbin's house was found by another good friend, Zhang Zuoxing.

Thinking of this, Chen Gongshu no longer hesitated and went straight upstairs.

Standing at the door of Chen's house, he pressed the doorbell as agreed - two short and one long.

In the silent night, a burst of rapid breathing and messy friction sounds suddenly came from the Qi family's living room.

Hearing the sound was a woman's cry, Chen Gongshu cursed inwardly, why was Old Qi not sleeping in the middle of the night doing this? Could he have brought this wild woman home?
"Open the door." Chen Gongshu said with a wicked smile.

Immediately, the door opened a crack.

"Qingbin."

Chen Gongshu's words came to an abrupt halt, and he saw a slender hand stretched out from the crack of the door, swinging rapidly. On the other end of the hand was a sinister man dressed in Japanese military police uniform, who was grabbing the woman's hair and glaring at him fiercely.

Chen Gongshu shuddered suddenly, realized that something was wrong, and ran away immediately.

Just as he reached the door downstairs, he heard the hurried and heavy sound of military boots on the stairs. Chen Gongshu did not dare to delay at all. He took a deep breath and ran for his life.

However it was too late.

He had just passed the Lyceum Theatre and was about to cross an alley when two Japanese military police caught up with him. They knelt on the ground, aiming their rifles.

Seeing that the Japanese military police were about to open fire, Chen Gongshu immediately took a step back and tried to climb over the wall in one leap.

But perhaps because he was too nervous, his legs went weak and he missed the step.

Two Japanese military police rushed forward with laughter and pinned him to the ground.

It was already six o'clock in the morning.

Zhang Yi once again received a call from Liu Junqing, who knew the inside story of the French Concession.

"It's over, it's all over. District Chief Chen Gongshu has also been arrested." Liu Junqing's voice was anxious and hoarse, and even trembling.

"what happened?"

"Chen Yuan's real identity is the district accountant Chen Xianrong, who has a pockmarked face. He confessed everything as soon as he was arrested and gave away Zhang Mazi."

Liu Junqing's words were confusing, but Zhang Yi understood them.

This large-scale arrest was triggered by Chen Mazi, who gave out the name of the radio station inspector Zhang Zuoxing, who also had a pockmarked face.

Then, Zhang Mazi revealed Qi Qingbin's residence.

Chen Gongshu fell into a trap himself.

After Qi Qingbin was captured, the Japanese and puppet forces left his family at his home to wait for him.

Unexpectedly, Chen Gongshu plunged into it.

Zhang Yi was indifferent and speechless. Damn Chen Gongshu. There were only a few leadership positions in Shanghai District 1, and he actually used two with obvious big hemp seeds. He was so cruel. It would be strange if he was not defeated.

(End of this chapter)