It was already past two o'clock in the afternoon when we arrived in Jiangyin after a bumpy journey.
Cao Jiaming's family lives in Huangtang, Jiangyin.
The accommodation was good, with a small courtyard with three doors.
The one near the street was turned into a grocery store.
Cigarettes, alcohol, melon seeds and peanuts...
Anyway, it has everything.
A man in his thirties, wearing silk clothes, was sitting on a lounge chair. On the small stool beside him were a pack of cigarettes, a box of matches, and a pot of tea.
Carefree and at ease.
Seeing a car parked opposite, the man frowned.
Several people got out of the car, and Meng Shaoyuan came outside the store alone: "Boss, I want to buy..."
"Come on, brother, stop using the code. I am Cao Jiaming, codenamed 'Orange'."
Meng Shaoyuan was quite curious: "How do you know where we are from?"
Cao Jiaming got up from the recliner and looked at the car: "A car drove out for no reason. Where can you usually see it here? Look at your three subordinates again. The woman is still calm, but those two? Just now? You are a newbie, right? Put your hands behind your waist, where is the guy? His face is full of enemies, and he is afraid that others will not know that he is a spy. "
Meng Shaoyuan smiled.
It is said that Jiangyin people are optimistic by nature, easy to chat and joke around. It seems that Cao Jiaming has learned a lot about the character of Jiangyin people after staying here for a long time.
"I am Meng Shaoyuan, the leader of a group, and I was ordered to perform a mission. Chief Tang gave me the contact address."
"Oh, team leader, then I have to call you sir." Cao Jiaming could not see any respect for the officer in his eyes, and shouted into the yard: "Daughter-in-law, we have a distinguished guest, kill a chicken , bring out two plates of pickled fish and sausages from the Chinese New Year. Hey, they were from last year’s Chinese New Year, and the big grass carp in the corner is from this year, don’t get confused.”
OK, you should tell your wife quietly at least.
"Sir."
"Call me Boss Meng."
"Okay, Boss Meng." Cao Jiaming came closer and said, "I am the liaison officer, but these chicken, fish and sausages are all our own. It has nothing to do with the organization. The activity funds allocated to me every year are only a few..."
Meng Shaoyuan understood immediately, shook his head, and took out a few bills from his pocket: "Tell me how much you spent on our meals when you left, and I will sign and reimburse you accordingly."
The reality is completely different from what is shown in movies and TV.
Agents in movies and TV shows fly over walls and walls, eat hot and spicy food, and have endless money wherever they go.
But did you really come to this era to start this business?
Special agents are human beings too and have to live like ordinary people.
Company employees must be reimbursed when they return from a business trip. Secret agents also have a financial department and must reimburse their expenses.
Low-level spies like Cao Jiaming, and even the former Tian Qi, have very little funds for their activities. They have to find ways to do some side jobs to improve their lives.
And maybe, throughout his career, he will never perform a mission.
Cao Jiaming took the money, counted it, and stuffed it into the back: "Boss Meng, please come in. And that woman, those two fools, let them in together."
…
Cao Jiaming's daughter-in-law is a kind-hearted housewife who just kills chickens and makes vegetables. She doesn't ask what her man's friends do or why they come.
Unlike those feminists who carried out the New Life Movement and pursued equality between men and women in the big cities of Shanghai and Nanjing, when guests come, they must be there to talk to them.
"Ah? Are you crazy? Recruiting Xue Sanqiang?" When Cao Jiaming heard that it was this mission, his whole face changed: "I heard that Xue Sanqiang returned to Jiangyin a few days ago... But who has lard in his head? What idiot came up with such a bad idea?"
Meng Shaoyuan coughed: "Director Dai."
Upon hearing that Xue Sanqiang was indeed in Jiangyin, Meng Shaoyuan felt relieved and didn't go all the way in vain.
Cao Jiaming trembled all over, his face turned pale: "Boss Meng, I don't know, I don't know. When I say this, think of it as a fart. You, sir, have a lot of them. Don't spread the word, or else I will be doomed?"
"I'll give you a note for now. If the mission can be completed successfully, I won't hear anything."
Even for these small tasks where he is away all year round, when he hears Dai Li's name, he is still so trembling, for fear of offending him.
Meng Shaoyuan said with a straight face: "Old Cao, this is a task assigned to me by Director Dai himself. If you can't recruit him, then find a way to get rid of him. Otherwise, if this person is active in Nanjing, he will always be ours." A serious problem."
"Logically speaking, we have absolutely no room for bargaining with the tasks assigned by our superiors." Cao Jiaming lit a cigarette for himself and took a few puffs: "But Xue Sanqiang... let me tell you this. , in September last year, a colonel from Jiangyin Fortress transported a shipload of private goods back to his hometown, and specially dispatched a squad of soldiers to protect it. As a result, guess what?
It was robbed. The entire cargo was robbed. Xue Sanqiang did it. A squad of soldiers were thrown into the water and all became prisoners. Fortunately, Xue Sanqiang also knew that killing soldiers would completely anger the government. He cut off one of the squad leader's ears, stripped off the soldiers' clothes, gave them a small boat and blasted them away. Before leaving, these soldiers were asked to give the colonel a message..."
"Taihu Lake belongs to me, Mr. Xue. Anyone who crosses has to pay tolls!"
This made the colonel angry. At that time, in the name of suppressing bandits, he mobilized a large number of soldiers and vowed to skin Xue Sanqiang alive.
But in the vast Taihu Lake, the bandit suppressing soldiers searched for more than half a month and found no one anywhere.
After laboring with troops and transporting private goods, the colonel could only return in frustration without success.
A ruthless character.
Do you even dare to rob a soldier's ship?
Meng Shaoyuan's brows knitted together.
It seems that this mission is giving me a headache.
"Recently, I heard that Xue Sanqiang made a big deal in Shanghai and robbed Japanese banks." Cao Jiaming lowered his voice and said: "Xue Sanqiang's habit is that once he commits a major crime, he will hide for a while. Let alone recruiting him, it is even difficult to find him."
The real mastermind of the Shanghai case is sitting in front of you now.
Retribution.
He committed a crime in Shanghai and framed all the charges on Xue Sanqiang. Now he is fine, and he is hiding and there is no trace of him.
Where to find it?
"I'm slowly thinking of a solution, and then I'm slowly thinking of a solution."
Cao Jiaming comforted him: "There is a man named Kang Tianhao in the Jiangyin garrison, who is also one of ours, Major. You guys sit here now, I will call him over, and we will have a drink in the evening. While drinking, we discuss what to do. .”
"become."
Cao Jiaming stood up, pushed the bicycle out of the yard, pushed it out of the yard, stepped up, and left on the bicycle.
Guo Rui and Qiu Xingchang looked at each other. Why is the spy career completely different from what they imagined?
There is no romance and generosity, there is just shortcomings in the family.
