Secret War Silent

"Correct."

"Wen Xueren and I judged that his method and proficiency in sending reports have at least three years of work experience." Luo Yao said, "Of course, some people are born to eat this bowl of food, so it is difficult to judge."

"In the telegraph office, he has a lot of opportunities to send and receive telegrams. Under the huge workload, it is possible for a person's experience to grow rapidly."

"From his resume, we can't see any problems." Luo Yao looked aside and sighed.

"Could it be that you and Xiaowen made a mistake in their judgment?"

"No, it is possible for the two of us to make a mistake in our judgment, but the chance of two of us making a mistake together is very small." Luo Yao said with certainty.

"That's weird."

"How much is Guo Ming's monthly salary from the telegraph office?" Luo Yao asked.

"French currency is 87 yuan and forty-five cents."

"This income is about the same as that of a captain in our army. With the price of a mountain city, if you don't rent a house and raise a family of five, it's still okay." Luo Yao nodded slowly, "How much does Guo Ming's family spend every month? "

"This……"

"I'll go and call Gong Hui over." Luo Yao opened the door and went out to call Gong Hui from the office to his room.

"Gong Hui, in the past two days, besides following Guo Ming, have you and Xia Fei paid attention to their family's daily grocery shopping and other expenses?"

"This..." Gong Hui was immediately stopped by the question, she was stunned on the spot, and then she answered carefully in her mind, "Guo Ming's wife is very plainly dressed, as for his mother, we haven't been able to see her. Ming’s wife goes out to buy vegetables every day, basically either fish or meat, as well as other vegetables and poultry eggs, their family’s living standard should be quite good, much better than most ordinary citizens in mountain cities.”

"If this guy is really a spy, then his cover-up is too perfect?"

"If he is only secretly passing on information for a certain interest group by using his work, then there must be some back and forth, and acting so secretly without showing any traces is definitely not something ordinary people can do."

"Could it be the Communist Party?"

"The Communist Party has its own office in the mountain city, and the office has a radio station. Why do they need to spend so much trouble?" Luo Yao retorted.

"That's true, so what should we do now, arrest people directly, or continue to investigate secretly?" Shen Yu asked.

"This situation reminds me of the 'kappa' team we cracked in Jiangcheng. It also has a flawless hidden identity, and no one can find any flaws. Unfortunately, there is no perfect hiding in this world. It is the fox who always hides. It will show its tail." Luo Yao said.

"Do you have a clue?"

"Gong Hui and I plan to go to the field tomorrow to see if we can find evidence." Luo Yao nodded.

Chapter 0240

The noodle shop has a small facade.

But after entering, the space is not small, it must be forty to fifty square meters, which is indeed quite rare in Dongshuimen Ancient Street where every inch of land is now expensive.

The hall is bright and the lighting is good.

The most important thing is that the place is very clean, and it doesn't feel like a small roadside noodle shop at all.

On the surrounding wooden walls, there are bamboo carvings of the Four Gentlemen, which give people an elegant feeling and are indeed pleasing to the eye.

Eating in such a noodle restaurant can really improve the taste and mood at once.

"Shangzhiwei" is a noodle restaurant. The people who come here naturally eat noodles. This street is quite prosperous, and naturally customers are indispensable.

When Luo Yao and Gong Hui came, almost half of the noodle shop was occupied, and the business was quite good.

I chose a nice seat and sat down.

"Sir, madam, what did you two eat?" The young man in Tsing Yi ran over quickly, swung the towel on his shoulders, and asked after wiping the table.

"Give us two bowls of noodles."

"Then are you Ganliu (dry noodles) or Tihuang (noodles are hard)?"

"Is there no noodle soup?"

"Yes, yes, two bowls of noodle soup, what can I add?" the waiter asked hurriedly.

"I'm gaining weight, Xiaohui, how about you?"

"Give me some beef." Gong Hui thought for a while and said.

"Add green (add more green vegetables), less spicy, don't put coriander, you can add some garlic." Luo Yao ordered, and waved his hand to let the waiter go down.

"Xiaohui, how do you feel?" Luo Yao asked Gong Hui with a slight smile.

"The environment is pretty good, the price of the noodles is not expensive, and ordinary people can afford it, but they don't know how it tastes." Gong Hui said.

Luo Yao nodded: "Most of the people who come to this kind of noodle restaurant are regular customers. We are strangers. Even if we talk about the mountain city, people with experience will still be able to hear it."

"You two, your noodles are here, and the shop also offers a plate of dried shredded noodles, please take your time." While speaking, the waiter came over with steaming noodles.

The black big sea bowl is almost three-quarters full, with seven or eight pieces of fat sausage evenly spread on the surface, bright red chili peppers, and green vegetables, and the heat brings out the aroma.

Fragrant!

Gong Hui's bowl with beef added was similar, and it gave me an appetite just looking at it.

The store really knows how to do business, and gave a plate of cold dried shredded rice, which is a great value for money.

Seeing Luo Yao lowering his head and slamming the noodles, Gong Hui couldn't help but wonder if he had never eaten noodles before. Is it so delicious?

Is it better than old Peking noodles?

But after taking the first bite, Gong Hui found that it was really delicious, and she couldn't stop eating it, but she is from the north, so she is not used to the spicy food in the south.

Fortunately, it is "less spicy", otherwise, there is really no way to import it.

"This noodle shop is good, Xiaohui, we will come here more often." After eating the noodles, Luo Yao took out a handkerchief to wipe his mouth, and called the waiter over, "Dude, pay the bill."

"You two spent a total of [-] cents."

Luo Yao took out one piece of French currency and handed it over: "I don't want to change the remaining [-] cents, it's a tip for you."

"Thank you sir and madam." The guy said happily.

In less than 10 minutes, Luo Yao and Gong Hui came out of the "Shang Zhi Wei" noodle shop, Gong Hui was puzzled: "Aren't we here to find out the details of this 'Shang Zhi Wei', why did they come out so soon? "

"We are just ordinary diners now, if we stay for too long, it will arouse the other party's suspicion, especially if we are new faces, if there is really a problem with this 'Shang Zhiwei'." Luo Yao explained.

"Yesterday, Guo Ming was on the day shift, and today he should be on the night shift. Actually, we should have come here at that time." Gong Hui complained.

"I observed it just now. According to Xia Fei's description, the sitting position of Guo Ming eating noodles is very ingenious. His back is facing the door. It is impossible to observe his movements from the outside. However, when the noodle restaurant has ample seats, most people would sit there. I don’t want to sit in that seat. If Shang Zhiwei is the person they exchanged information with, then the person sitting in that seat before him for dinner is very suspicious. However, through our monitoring and observation, no suspicious person was found .” Luo Yao said.

"If it's not people from the outside, then it's people from the inside. For example, the guys in the store must be in touch when ordering food."

"First investigate the origin of this noodle shop."

"it is good."

The origin of the noodle shop is easy to investigate, and the basic information is public. At night, the information is placed on Luo Yao's desk, and the efficiency is very fast.

The owner of "Shangzhiwei" is surnamed Shang, and his single name is a real character. He came to Shancheng about three years ago. As a foreigner, he actually opened a restaurant with Shancheng's special noodles in Shancheng, and won the reputation of Shancheng. It is really not easy. .

This time point happened to be about the same as Guo Ming's return to the mountain city to attend the funeral, but it is not easy to check the exact time.

At that time, houses on Shuidongmen Street were not expensive, and Shang Zhen spent money to buy the facade house of "Shangzhiwei". At the beginning, the business was not very good. Later, after research, improvement, and visiting and learning from teachers, it was possible. Today's "Shang Zhi Taste".

The noodles are delicious, one is the strength of the noodles itself, and the other is the soup and sauce. If the noodles are good, if the soup is good, the sauce is solid.

That must be a good bowl of noodles.

Kneading noodles is a skill, and there are secret recipes for making soup. It is not that simple to make a good bowl of noodles, and many of them are passed down.

This is the skill of eating, and it is not easily passed on to outsiders.

Shang Zhen is a native of other provinces. Even though he has opened a noodle restaurant before, the tastes of ordinary people in mountain cities are different. It is understandable that the business did not do well at the beginning.

But how did he quickly grasp the taste of the people in the mountain city and make authentic "small noodles"?

This process made Luo Yao curious.

Could it be that this guy was born with such a talent in this area, or did he find some secret recipe or secret?

"The business of this 'Shangzhiwei' has been bleak for three months, and almost no one patronized. Suddenly, the business has improved. The texture and taste of the noodles have changed, and they are very popular." Luo Yao sat with Gong Hui Come down and analyze the information of "Shangzhiwei".

"You mean, is there really a problem with this?"

"If he figured it out by himself, his business should improve gradually, not all at once, which is very strange..."

"Maybe, once he's enlightened?"

"Go and call Lao Cai."

"Old Cai, what did you call him for?"

"Lao Cai is a local and a chef, he should know something that we don't." Luo Yao ordered seriously.

"Okay, I'll go and see if Lao Cai is asleep."

"Station Master, are you looking for me?" Lao Cai thought that something serious had happened, so he quickly came over with Gong Hui in his clothes, and spoke carefully.

"Lao Cai, do you know there is a 'Shangzhiwei' noodle restaurant on Shuidongmen Street?"

"I know. The business of that noodle restaurant was not very good at the beginning, but somehow it got better. There were quite a lot of people eating there in the past." Lao Cai nodded.

"Have you ever eaten?"

"Not really." Lao Cai smiled sarcastically.

"Then go eat tomorrow and tell me how you feel in detail when you come back." Luo Yao ordered.

"Station Master, do you think our noodles are not tasty?" Lao Cai immediately murmured in his heart and asked with some anxiety.

Luo Yao smiled wryly: "Lao Cai, you're overthinking. This is a case I'm investigating and I need your help. I have no complaints about the cafeteria, but you must keep this matter a secret and don't tell anyone."

After Lao Cai heard this, he felt relieved.

"Remember, I'm telling you to eat noodles, come back after eating, don't be nervous, understand?" Luo Yao reminded.

"clear."

……

"Can Lao Cai do it?" Gong Hui was a little skeptical. Luo Yao's speculation was a little too crazy. Why did he turn from investigating "spy" to investigating "face".

"I don't know, anyway, my intuition tells me that if we can't find the person who passed the news to Guo Ming, then the problem lies in the 'Shangzhiwei' noodle restaurant." Luo Yao said.

"All right, anyway, I'll keep an eye on it, and I'll let you know as soon as anything happens." Gong Hui nodded, "Go to bed early, don't stay up late."

"understood."

……

Lao Cai's efficiency is still very high, and he came to find Luo Yao the next afternoon.

"How is it, Lao Cai, how does it feel to eat 'Shangzhiwei' noodles?" Luo Yao asked.

Lao Cai seemed to hesitate to speak.

"What's the matter, Lao Cai, just say it, don't be afraid." Luo Yao could see that Lao Cai seemed to have some worries in his heart, and refused to speak.

"Station Master, this is my first time to eat this 'Shangzhiwei' noodle, but I feel that it is very similar to what I have eaten before. It was made by an old friend of mine, but he has passed away for two years. There are too many." Lao Cai said.

"Oh, tell me in detail." When Luo Yao heard this, he immediately got excited.

"This old friend of mine is good at making noodles. The skills passed down from generation to generation are not passed down from son to daughter. But in his generation, he only has one daughter, so he wanted to recruit a son-in-law to pass on this skill. I heard that he found a , but unfortunately, there was a fire more than two years ago, all of them were buried in the flames, the family was gone, and this inheritance was broken." Lao Cai said.

"Old Cai, what's the name of your old friend?"

"His surname is Meng, and his name is Meng Shaoyuan."

"Meng Shaoyuan, okay, I'll remember, thank you, Lao Cai, don't tell anyone about this." Luo Yao warned.

"Yes, station master."

After sending Lao Cai away, Luo Yao immediately called Shen Yu and asked him to help go to the police station to investigate the files of the "Meng Shaoyuan" family fire case.

For the military commander, this is nothing more than a trivial matter.

And Shen Yu happened to have another chance to eat. Anyway, in the general affairs department, his work is not too busy. If he has the opportunity to investigate the case, of course he will not let it go.

Later, related files about the fire in "Meng Shaoyuan"'s house and the burning of the whole family came to Luo Yao's desk.

A fire case, in the eyes of outsiders, does not seem to have anything strange, but Luo Yao just looked through it, and found many suspicious points.

The person handling the case cannot be blamed. There is no victim in this case, so the police naturally have no pressure or motivation to pursue it.

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