spy shadow

Chapter 694
Xu Lin is not impatient, he has no task pressure and will not be in a hurry.

Alchemist Yi left and went to Wuhan to deliver goods. Only he could do this job.

If he didn't go, the materials provided to his hometown could not be delivered to the comrades. Shiyuan Trading Company has long been accustomed to this. Although Fang Shiyi is Chinese, he joined the trading company earlier and won the trust of the boss.

Pier, far away.

Jiang Tengkong put away the telescope.

This time, Shi Yuanheng carried a lot of goods, all of which were prohibited and controlled products, and these goods could bring Shi Yuanheng a lot of profits.

There are no special rules for Shiyuan merchants to carry goods, and they will leave when they are full.

At the same time, there are no rules for their goods. If there is anything, go, if not, wait for the next time. Gasoline, food, and alcohol are the main categories at present.

Followed by seeds, palm oil, bristles and other items.

Ishihara Trading Company was not the only one to carry the goods, but they had the most goods.

And every time the Shiyuan Merchant shipped goods, other smugglers would follow up with several ships beside the Shiyuan Merchant, and together with the Shiyuan Merchant's ships, there was no need to worry about anything on the road, and the goods could be delivered safely to the place.

They paid money to Ishihara Trading Company, and Ishihara Heng never objected to their following.

Taking the goods together, not only the fleet is larger, but also the patrol boats in the army are escorted. This escort is not in one place. Every time they go to one place, the patrol boats from the next place will come to take over and escort them alternately.

It is really admirable that the smuggling business has achieved such a scale.

Ishihara Heng made arrangements early on. The captain of the Shanghai Water Patrol Brigade is his number one confidant, Shui Chengjun. The water patrol teams in Nanjing, Anqing, Wuhan and other places are all served by people from the Wenshe.

Except for an incident in Nanjing two years ago, the goods of Shiyuan Trading Company have always been unimpeded.

The head of the water patrol team with no eyesight in Nanjing now has grass growing on his grave.

By the way, Jiang Tengkong also investigated the merchants who smuggled with Shiyuan Trading Company.

They have a good background, but they are far behind Ishihara Heng.

Among these people, Jiang Tengkong discovered a different kind of existence.

Willow firm.

Yagyu Taro, the boss of Yagyu Trading Company, is from Osaka. His background is the Fourth Division and some senior military officials. Compared with others, his background is the weakest.

But he was willing to spend money, and used the money to get through the relationship with Deputy Chief Abe, speak for him, and join the smuggling team.

He was different from other smugglers because he joined late.

Other smugglers only need to pay [-]% of the payment as part of the payment, and he has to pay [-]% of the payment.

This is payment for goods, not profit.

In terms of profit, the ratio is even higher, reaching [-]%.

It is equivalent to that Shiyuan Trading Company does not need to pay a penny, and does not need to do anything. Every time he sells goods, [-]% of the money he earns has to be handed over, which does not belong to him.

This is a point that can be paid attention to. If it is used well, it can be used as a breakthrough.

Jiang Tengkong was just investigating and had no contact with Taro Yagyu.

If he appeared, Liu Sheng would definitely recognize him. After all, when Zai Chuanping was in Wuhan, he was Jiang Tengkong's subordinate.

Jiang Tengkong reported all the investigations to Tuyuan, including Chu Lingyuna, who also reported a copy.

"Rose found the fat man so quickly."

After reading the telegram, Chu Lingyun smiled. Fatty Hayakahira was a trap specially prepared by him for Saijo and Dohara.

For other people, let alone gaining their trust, I am afraid that they will be found abnormal if they get close to them.

Hayakawa is different, he is very shrewd, able to disguise better and protect himself.

"Dohara probably will let Rose get in touch with Fatty. It depends on whether Fatty can hide it from Rose."

Niach nodded and said, he knew the identity of Zao Chuanping and Jiang Tengkong's situation.

Jiang Tengkong failed to recognize Zao Chuanping, indicating that his disguise was indeed in place.

If Jiang Tengkong found out, it would be that Zao Chuanping failed.

Both are capable people, and it depends on which of them has better acting skills.

"Fatty is fine, Rose won't recognize him."

Chu Lingyun had confidence in Zao Chuanping, he was the one he was worried about staying in Wuhan back then, so he deliberately brought him to the headquarters.

Only six people were brought along, and he was among them, which showed that Chu Lingyun attached great importance to him.

Niach's guess was right, Jiang Tengkong soon received Tuyuan's secret order.

Continue to investigate Taro Yagyu, and contact him if necessary, but do not identify him, observe this person, and investigate this person's detailed information.

In the French Concession, at the entrance of Liusheng Trading Company.

Jiang Tengkong, who made a simple disguise, got off the rickshaw.

Liusheng Trading Company has a good reputation, and Chuanping himself has been doing well in the business. Now that he has joined the smuggling and grain business, he has made more money.

Food prices are still rising.

The price of rice in Shanghai has risen to 240 a stone, and the price per catty has reached two oceans.

Ordinary people have long been unable to afford it at home, and instead eat other fine grains or coarse grains.

Only those who have a little spare money dare to buy a little, but they will not buy too much. The most they can cook is porridge.

Eating rice every meal is the life of a rich family.

This price is not the highest yet, and it may continue to rise in the future.

The price of rice was not limited, and the smugglers made back all the money they had lost through rice, and made a lot of extra money.

As for those coarse grains, they sell them at a loss, and they don't earn as much as rice.

For every catty of rice they sell, they can make back the loss of ten shi of coarse grains. The gap is too big, and everyone pays little attention to the loss of coarse grains.

Coarse grains lose money, and smugglers still buy a large amount of coarse grains and sell them together.

No one dared to disobey Shi Yuanheng's order.

This is also an agreement made by Shi Yuanheng and the Liaison Department to ensure the stability of Shanghai and prevent the common people from starving and making trouble.

The remaining smugglers are all discerning people.

They will not offend Shi Yuanheng for a little profit.

They can't make more money. If Shi Yuanheng finds out, they will lose not only money, but also their lives.

Which is more important, they are very clear.

Jiang Tengkong did not enter the firm, but went outside to investigate the situation.

At Nohara's house, the class is continuing.

Xiaochi left with the fleet and was not in Shanghai. Today, one comrade was unable to come because of something, and there were only two people attending the class.

Don't mention two, even if there is one, Nohara's speech will be very passionate.

Outside the window, Ezaki Ka, who was wearing black clothes, listened carefully.

He firmly memorized every word Nohara said, and went back to experience it slowly. He didn't dare to take notes, and the sound of writing might be discovered, not to mention how dare he write such things on paper casually.

The next morning, when Nohara went out, Ezakika sneaked into his house again.

The Red Party books in the special high school are strictly controlled products. He has no reason to read them. Once he reads them, Nan Yun will immediately launch an investigation on him.

After listening to it for so many days in a row, but after all, he didn't start from the beginning, and he always felt that something was missing.

Esakiga guessed that Nohara could talk so much and memorize so much, so he must have information about it at home. Ezakika sneaked here just to find his information and 'borrow' it.

Nohara's house is not big, and Ezakika didn't rummage through it. It's impossible for Nohara to put this kind of thing on the bright side.

After coming here for several days in a row, Ezaki already knew the identities and names of these people.

Not long after, Ezaki Ka found a secret compartment under the bed and dug out a wooden box from the ground.

Opening the wooden box, there were a few old notebooks inside, not the books he thought.

As soon as he opened the notebook, Ezaki Ka was stunned.

Inside are the notes thanked by Nohara himself, all of which are theoretical knowledge about the Red Party. His handwriting is not large, but double-sided records are densely packed and very detailed.

This is exactly what Ezakika wanted.

He couldn't take the notebook away. He looked at the time, and Ezakihe immediately began to read it carefully. After reading it for an hour, he put the notebook back, and the wooden box was also put back in the dark compartment, returning to its original appearance.

Although the time is short, he has already seen a lot of what he wants.

In addition, he has heard some theories of the Red Party before, so he can combine his understanding.

No wonder the Red Party can develop and grow. Their philosophy is indeed very good. I am for everyone, and everyone is for me, to build a peaceful and prosperous world of peace and prosperity.

That is a world where there is no exploitation, no oppression, and everyone has enough food and clothing.

It's too good to say, he never thought about this before, but during this period of time, being with those poor people every day, Esakiga has reflected on it many times.

Why are they so, must suffer from poverty?

Is it because China is lagging behind?

No, Esakiga understands that the empire is developed, but there are also many people like this in the empire, who have no food, are hungry, and work hard to survive.

In the end, even the basic food and clothing could not be done.

He worked so hard and ended up starving to death.

If you don't starve to death, you will still starve.

Esakiga is a man of insight. He understands that this phenomenon is not only found in China and Japan, but also in the whole world. There are such people everywhere.

Rich people sing and sing every night.

For example, dance halls, casinos and other places in the concession.

People who have no money, in order to survive, try their best, let alone stealing and robbing, as long as they don't take stealing and robbing as a profession, Ezaki Ka thinks they can be forgiven.

They are forced to live helplessly, just for one thing, to survive.

It's a pity that the time is too short, and Esakiga saw so little that he didn't dare to copy it. He absolutely can't keep this kind of thing at home, and even Nohara here, so he has to be extremely careful every time he comes here.

so as not to trouble them.

After Nohara got off work, he went to the newspaper office first.

He will publish a missing person notice every month. If anyone who knows his existence sees this missing person notice, he will contact him.

His upline was dead, and he didn't confess to him until he died.

If he had been recruited, he would have been arrested long ago and would not have survived till now.

He knew very well that the possibility of getting in touch with the organization in this way was very slim, but he only had this way now, and even if there was no hope, he still had to try.

Japan, Tokyo.

In the waste acquisition factory, a worker laboriously puts the sorted waste into the compressor. After compression, these wastes will be sent to the factory to be turned into usable things again.

After finishing his work, he came to the messy room next to him to drink water and rest.

There was a pile of old newspapers by his side, and he picked one up casually.

There are a lot of waste newspapers that were purchased, and this turned out to be a Chinese newspaper, but there are two languages ​​on it, Japanese and Chinese. This is a newspaper office run by the Empire in China.

He noticed that the newspaper was a year ago, so someone must have been to China and brought back the newspapers and sold them as scraps.

There are not many newspapers from China, so he read them with great interest.

Soon, a missing person notice caught his attention.

After reading the content, his eyes widened in an instant. The way of this missing person notice is a signal for organizational contact.

It is a call from downline to upline.

He invented this method, and he taught it to several of his closest comrades. Judging from the surnames and content in it, this is a connection signal from Sawano-kun's downline.

But Sawano-kun had already sacrificed two years ago, at the hands of the super high school.

Why did something like this appear in a newspaper a year ago?

"There is Sawano-kun's comrade, who has lost contact with him and has no way to contact the organization, so he used this method to call?"

He immediately thought of a possibility, if he could contact the organization, he would never send such a signal.

He glanced at the date again, the newspaper from a year ago.

One year and eighteen days to be exact.

The newspaper is published in Shanghai, China. When that comrade sent this signal, he must have been in China.

Before Sawano-kun was killed, he really planned to go to China and lead a few people to find the Chinese Red Party and learn from them.

These people were offline and had a single-line connection with Mr. Zeye. Mr. Zeye was killed because of betrayal by a traitor. The organization suffered huge losses at that time. Fortunately, the person in charge of the files in the organization at that time burned all important materials with fire.

They died with the fire.

But in the same way, these single-line comrades have all turned into broken kites.

No, he has to report this matter to the organization as soon as possible. There is a lost comrade in China, and he has not given up. He was still thinking about contacting Sawano-kun a year ago.

He noticed the name of the newspaper, the Iwai Times.

I can't go to the joint now, but he will not be idle, and immediately search for the Chinese Iwai Times among the discarded newspapers. Unfortunately, their scrap yard is not too big, only this newspaper.

He couldn't find any other papers of the same kind.

Not to mention the latest Iwai Times.

"Xida, why are you here suddenly?"

In the evening, Xi Tian came to his upline's home. Normally, today is not a day to meet and should not contact him.

The living environment of the Red Party in Japan is even worse, and the Japanese government has never stopped cracking down on them.

They have also experienced the lessons of blood and fire, and are now able to protect themselves very well.

"Yamasaki-kun, I have an important report, please read this."

Nishida handed over the newspaper he found today, seeing the missing person notice, Yamasaki was stunned.

Xi Tian was his downline, and he naturally knew the contact signal invented by Xi Tian.

Not many people use this signal.

After Sawano and the others sacrificed, this signal was completely abandoned to avoid danger.

The signal that was cut off two years ago reappeared on the newspaper, and Yamasaki immediately looked at the time in the newspaper.

Newspapers from a year ago.

"Is this the lost comrade?" Yamasaki looked up and asked.

"It must be. He was still sending signals a year ago, indicating that he has been trying to reconnect with the organization. Unfortunately, I only found this newspaper, and there is no way to determine his current situation."

Nishida said regretfully, this is a good comrade, fortunately he saw this newspaper today, otherwise he does not know how long he will be out of contact.

"I'll inquire about the newspaper. You go back first and wait for my news."

Yamasaki ordered that he would not sit idly by when he found the signal of the lost comrade, let alone the comrades on his line.

"Yes."

Nishida left carefully, and Yamasaki was their secretary here, and there was a way to verify whether the signal was still there.

In Shanghai, Xiao Wu sent a new telegram.

It was from my hometown, ordering them to collect the Iwai Times of the last year to see if there was a missing person notice.

To keep it secret at this time, Secretary Wang needs to do it himself.

My hometown did not say the reason, but specifically explained that this matter is very important, and let him finish it as soon as possible.

It was not difficult to collect newspapers. Secretary Wang let Xiao Wu get a lot of newspapers the next day.

The missing person notice specially reminded by my hometown was indeed in the newspaper.

The most recent one is today. Secretary Wang checked carefully and found that there is basically once a month. The time is not fixed, but the difference will not be too big.

Secretary Wang quickly reported the results of the investigation to his hometown.

Japan, Yamasaki received a telegram from China.

Missing person notices are always there, and they are today.

The time is about once a month and never stops.

This lost comrade has been sending signals every month for at least a year, and he has been waiting for two years. No one knows how he got here in the past two years.

But he never thought of giving up, and he still has it today, which shows that he is still in Shanghai, waiting for the call of the organization.

Yamasaki sent a signal to Nishida, and Nishida arrived at him not long after.

"Xitian, that comrade is still in Shanghai, you should make preparations and go to China to take this comrade back to the organization."

"Yes."

Nishida said happily that this is a comrade with perseverance and firm willpower.

Two years, never give up.

Such a good comrade must be taken back, and he cannot be allowed to continue making kites with broken strings.

In fact, Xitian had nothing to prepare, so he simply packed up and saluted, and brought money, he immediately went to buy a boat ticket to Shanghai the next day.

Nowadays, many people from Japan go to China.

Some of them couldn’t get along in Japan and wanted to try their luck in China, and some had relatives and friends who lived well in China, so they went to seek refuge in the past.

Nishida deliberately brought the newspaper he found.

This is an important physical evidence for him to discover the lost comrades.

At the pier, Nishida lined up for inspection.

Japan's customs inspection is very strict, but it is only for ordinary people. You need to go through all the salutes. In addition, there are various documents that will be checked carefully.

At the customs checkpoint, Katsumura Yota, wearing a military uniform, is watching the people in line.

His men are doing a detailed inspection.

They are special agents of the special high school, and they specialize in the anti-red area.

They mainly check the entry to prevent people from bringing the books of the Red Party into Japan. The exit is also included in their inspection, but it is not the focus.

Nishida quickly moved to the front and accepted the inspection honestly.

There was nothing wrong with the salute he brought, and the specially folded newspaper was also turned out.

The inspector just took a few glances and put it back for him.

This ship was going to China, not to mention newspapers, there were many letters from China, and it seemed that it was another person who went to China to pan for gold, and it was very likely that he was deceived by the news in the newspapers.

Many people in the empire believed that when they arrived in China, they would have everything, and they would not have to worry about eating and drinking without having to work.

In fact it is not the case.

The Japanese are indeed superior in China, but you must have the ability to contribute to the empire.

Unable to do anything, needing to live on handouts.

The empire actually doesn't like people like that.

When Xi Tian boarded the boat, he bought the worst fourth-class cabin. Many people were crowded into one cabin, the ventilation was not good, and the smell was terrible.

He didn't care about this, and he had stayed in a worse environment than this.

This time I was looking for the comrade who lost contact and brought him back. How could the situation be so close?

The ship started, and Nishida stood on the deck, looking into the distance.

I don't know who this comrade is, but no matter who he is, he has such perseverance and is a very good seedling.

As for whether the secret agents deliberately set them up, Nishida and Yamasaki did a careful analysis.

Not likely.

If it was done by secret agents, they would not persist for so long, they would post it once a month.

Those who use this kind of signal are not important comrades in themselves.

Besides, Sawano-kun has already died. If comrades are arrested and confess this signal, they must know that the signal has lost its effect.

It must be their comrades who send the signal.

The ship is far away, and the work of customs is not over.

Until the evening, when there was no boat, these people went to the cafeteria to eat together.

"Captain, you are here, sit here."

The people in the special high class were eating in the cafeteria. Yota Katsumura came over, and a dozen of his subordinates greeted him one after another.

Yota Katsumura sat down in the largest seat they had vacated.

Their work is tedious, with careful daily inspections, but their grades are good.

He was the captain who was promoted two years ago for his meritorious service. He came to work in the customs half a year ago. The customs seems to be busy, but it is also easy to make achievements.

Some people, not knowing how strict their inspections are, thought they had hidden them well, and brought prohibited books into the customs.

In just half a year, he found four banned books, three of which were written by the Red Party.

The person with the book is not necessarily the Red Party, but it must be someone who recognizes the Red Party or sympathizes with the Red Party.

He has accumulated a lot of credit, and in half a year at most, he will be promoted to team leader.

And according to their practice, before being promoted to the team leader, they would go to the customs for a year to accumulate enough military exploits for them.

"What's going on today?"

"No."

The subordinates shook their heads one after another. Although some people would carry prohibited items, such things did not happen every day after all.

Four times in half a year, on average, only once every half month.

"However, I found a Chinese newspaper today. There was an interesting missing person notice on it. The person I was looking for in the newspaper was named Sato Akumo. I didn't expect someone to come up with such a name."

A team member laughed, Katsumura Yota's eyes tightened.

"Please tell me clearly, what is the specific content of the missing person notice?"

Katsumura Yota immediately asked, the case of his promotion to captain two years ago was to arrest a Japanese Red Party member named Sawano. notice.

Sawano did not confess, and was finally publicly executed. In order to deter others, this incident was also published in the newspapers.

And it became Katsumura's regret.

Afterwards, he analyzed that the newspaper that Ze Ye could carry with him must be of great significance, and soon he noticed the missing person notice.

The reason is simple, the name on the missing person notice is weird.

The surname Sato is very common and can be said to be the most common surname in Japan, followed by the name Akuma.

In Japanese, Akumo means devil and beast.

Most people would not take such a name.

Such a name is easy to provoke ridicule, and it will even bring strange eyes. The reason why the inspecting agent can remember this missing person notice is also because of this name.

"I don't remember the details."

The team member replied in a daze, and he noticed the name. If it wasn't for the ridiculous name, he wouldn't even be able to remember the name.

"Go back with me."

Katsumura got up, ignoring the meal, and immediately took the team member back to the extra-high school.

They sealed up all the evidence in the original case, including this newspaper.

Even if the newspaper were gone, there would certainly be photographs in the archives.

Soon, he found the photo in the file. After zooming in, the team members stared wide-eyed.

"That's it. The missing person notice is the same as this one."

The team shouted, and Katsumura asked again, "Is it exactly the same?"

"I'm not sure, but the name of the person looking for it must be the same."

The team members shook their heads. He really didn't remember the complete notice of missing persons. He checked so many things every day, and they were not important things, just a newspaper.

"It's okay, do you remember what newspaper? I'll find someone to verify it right away."

Katsumura was not upset that the team members failed to remember, since it is a Chinese newspaper, they must be able to find out.

"I don't remember." The team member shook his head again.

"What about the date?"

"I don't remember either."

The team members lowered their heads, and if they don't know anything, they just remember a name and don't know anything else.

"waste."

Katsumura finally couldn't help cursing, remembering a name, or the date is fine, and noticed that ridiculous name.

"That newspaper has Chinese and Japanese, it is a bilingual newspaper."

The team members raised their heads suddenly, Katsumura was stunned for a moment, and finally provided him with an important clue, the bilingual newspaper must belong to the Imperial Newspaper, and there are not many such newspapers.

And most of them are in Shanghai, that person is on a boat bound for Shanghai.

"Send a report to the Shanghai Super High School, ask them for help, search all the bilingual newspapers in Shanghai, don't limit yourself to these few days, check more past newspapers, and see if there is such a missing person notice."

Sheng Cun came to the telecommunications team and asked people to send a report, asking people in Shanghai to help with the investigation.

"Captain, if he has a problem, can we contact the ship and let them detain him for us?"

The team member whispered, and Katsumura glared at him again.

Right now there is only a missing person notice, and there is no evidence, so why should they detain someone for them?

Do you really think that their super high class can be lawless, and anyone can order them?

Fortunately, he didn't say anything about letting the boat come back, otherwise he would immediately transfer such an idiot away, and he couldn't stay by his side and hurt himself.

It doesn't matter if you can't detain people. Now that people are on board, it will take a few days to reach Shanghai.

If he can find out what newspaper it is, he can ask someone from the Shanghai Special High School to help him track down the person first, and he will go to Shanghai in person to find this person.

In addition, he has doubts.

How can Shanghai newspapers appear in China?

The biggest possibility is that someone sent this signal, and people from China went to Shanghai to find someone. If so, he may have caught more than one Red Party this time, at least two.

Really catching two Red Party members can shorten the time for him to be promoted to team leader.

In Shanghai, the assistance telegram sent from China was sent to Nanyun.

One of the captains sent it, without saying the reason, and asked them to help check the newspaper, but there was no name, no date, and only a missing person notice.

what is this?
Nanyun is not interested in this matter, but he is a domestic person after all, since he made a request, he cannot just sit idly by.

"Ishida, if you are asking for help in China, go and check for them."

Nan Yun handed over the telegram to Ishida Xiaoshan, it was not important, she didn't want to trouble Jiang Tengkong, even though she was warned by the teacher, she still had an instinctive dislike for Ishida.

It's just not like before, looking for faults everywhere.

"Yes."

Ishida took the order and asked his men to go out to find newspapers, and he didn't need to move himself.

Not long after, various bilingual newspapers were found, and soon, they found the missing person notice they were looking for in China on the Iwai Times.

"Call back the country, find out what they said, and relay the content to them."

Ishida asked the telecommunications team to send a report, but ignored the matter.

"Found it, it was there yesterday?"

Katsumura did not expect that Shanghai Super High School would help him find something so quickly, and it was published in yesterday's newspaper. No wonder they found it so quickly.

There are not many bilingual newspapers, but yesterday's newspapers are definitely available.

But yesterday's newspaper, why there is such a missing person notice, the person who left by boat must not have this newspaper in his hand.

Such newspapers cannot be delivered to Japan in such a short period of time unless by plane.

And the team members said that it was an old newspaper.

"Please do us another favor from the Shanghai Super High School, find the Iwai Times in the last two years, and see how many missing persons notices there are on it."

Katsumura sent the telegram again. After sending the telegram, he carefully read the content of the previous telegram.

In the notice of missing person, the name of the person you are looking for is the same, but the initiator is different, there are two people.

He still doesn't know the specific reason, but as long as he catches someone, he believes that he can know the truth of the matter.

Sheng Cun wants to go to Shanghai in person to catch the fish that slipped through the net two years ago.

"Still looking for it?"

Ishida frowned when he got the telegram, he was just a team leader, he helped find the missing person notice, it was the best of humanity.

What do you think of their Shanghai extra high school?

"Go to the Iwai Mansion and check their newspapers."

After thinking for a while, Ishida decided to help. After all, he was asking for help in China, but he would not send many people to buy newspapers. Now that he knew what newspaper it was, he could just go to the newspaper office and ask.

The Iwai Times is the newspaper issued by the Iwai Mansion.

After giving the order, Ishida no longer cares about this matter.

After Nohara posted a missing person notice in the newspaper, he did not report any hope. No one contacted him for so long, and it is impossible for anyone to come now.

He still gives lectures to his friends around him every day, but he doesn't know that there is always an extra student outside the window, who listens very seriously every day.

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