Since they are not here for the operatives of Zhongtong, then the most important thing for Zhongtong is the secret documents and files hidden in the basement of this small building. The senior officials of Zhongtong who made the judgment immediately pretended to be furious and mobilized people to launch a large-scale manhunt in the city. On the one hand, elite forces were secretly mobilized, quietly stationed in the small building, setting traps, and waiting for the attackers to appear. They didn't know when the attacker would appear, so the Zhongtong operatives who were arranged to enter the small building could only wait silently.
This arrangement of the Zhongtong was originally a temporary whim. They had no idea whether the attackers would come here. Tang Cheng, who was originally planning to take action here, stopped sneaking into the small building because of temporary hesitation. At this moment, Tangcheng didn't know that because of his temporary decision, he had actually avoided falling into Zhongtong's trap. And those plainclothes officers waiting in the basement of the small building had no idea that the person they were waiting for was on the roof opposite the small building.
Time passed slowly while waiting. Tang Cheng, who was squatting on the roof, saw no one passing by from the moment he climbed onto the roof. But Tang Cheng felt more and more that something was wrong with the small building across the street. As for what was wrong, Tang Cheng still couldn't explain the reason. In this way, three hours passed in boring waiting in Tangcheng. At this moment, there was only more than an hour left before the sky lit up. Tang Cheng, who had never noticed anything strange, was about to go down from the roof and try to detect the small building across the street.
In the silent street, a somewhat deliberately controlled cough suddenly startled Tangcheng. The cough was very soft and deliberately controlled, but Tang Cheng's hearing was far superior to ordinary people, but he could hear it clearly. A flash of excitement flashed through Tang Cheng's mind, and he immediately lowered his body, lay down on the roof again, and concentrated on carefully observing the situation in the street. Unexpectedly, after coughing, Tang Cheng heard no other sounds, but he became more and more confused.
The cough that Tangcheng heard came from the small building across the street. A Zhongtong plainclothes man was placed in a hidden corner on the first floor of the small building. After a hard night, his throat finally broke due to the coldness before morning. I couldn't help but cough softly due to the itch. Zhihu covered his mouth tightly and carefully paid attention to the situation outside the small building. After taking a few breaths, he found nothing unusual, and he let out a long sigh of relief. It's just that the plainclothes Zhongtong who got into trouble didn't know at this moment that if he coughed a little later, Tang Cheng might have stepped into the trap they set.
Tangcheng outside the small building was still observing. As time went by, the sky gradually turned white. Tangcheng, who had been waiting all night, finally felt a little tired. No more waiting! Tang Cheng, who was furious, decided not to wait any longer. He took one last look at the small building across the street. Tang Cheng, who had already made his decision, quickly came down from the roof and disappeared along the route he came from. Just like Tangcheng, these plainclothes central commanders who were arranged in the small building also waited in vain all night, and they couldn't help but feel a little impatient.
"Section Chief, we have discovered something!" After dawn, the Central Command operatives who had been waiting all night began to take turns to rest. A plainclothes Central Command officer who left the small building to check the surrounding situation brought back news that surprised them. The plainclothes commander-in-chief had finished his inspection and was hiding in an alley across the street while peeing. He accidentally saw signs of climbing on the wall beside him, and he immediately became vigilant. After receiving the report, the plainclothes leader immediately took people to check the roof across the street, and found traces left by Tang Cheng when he squatted here last night.
Although no one was waiting for them last night, the traces they found now proved that their arrangements were timely. Although they don’t know why the people squatting here last night didn’t attack the small building, the senior officials of the Central Unification Bureau thought that they had caught the attacker’s tail. At this moment, they finally admitted that it was indeed a bit hasty to suspect that Tang Cheng was the attacker. The senior officials of Zhongtong believed that the people who spied on the small building last night were here for those secret documents, and Tang Cheng would definitely not be interested in these things.
Another thing is that whether when he was still in Nanjing or when he came south to Chongqing, Tangcheng was only interested in encircling and suppressing Japanese and puppet spies and money. As for other things, Tangcheng had no interest at all. Realizing that they had guessed the wrong opponent, the senior officials of Zhongtong did not say anything. They just ordered the suspension of surveillance of Tangcheng. At this time, Tang Cheng was alone in his backyard, thinking about the small building. Tangcheng actually didn't know that Zhongtong stored many so-called secret documents and information in the basement of that small building.
Tang Cheng focused on that small building just to cause trouble for Zhongtong and create some opportunities for Xu Huanshan and the others. After lunch, Tang Cheng received a phone call. The person on the other end of the phone told Tang Cheng that there seemed to be a big move on the part of Zhongtong. The information disclosed by the other party aroused Tang Cheng's interest, and he was also worried that Zhongtong's upcoming action was aimed at Xu Huanshan and the others. But when Tang Cheng walked out of the house, he found that the plainclothes officers who had been hiding in the dark to monitor the Tang family seemed to have disappeared.
This unexpected discovery made Tangcheng a little confused. Could it be that because of the upcoming big operation, the Central Command, which lacked manpower, temporarily transferred back all the people monitoring this place? With doubts in his mind, Tang Cheng rushed to the teahouse where he last met Xu Huanshan, but unfortunately, not only Xu Huanshan was not here, but also the few people Tang Cheng had met here last time were not here either. After thinking about it for a while, Tang Cheng immediately rushed to the next place, but Xu Huanshan was also not found.
Tang Cheng, who had hit a wall continuously, no longer hesitated at all. He chose to leave the city immediately and went to the farm of the garrison to go fishing with Deputy Commander Huang. Xu Huanshan could not be found, and Tangcheng already knew that the Zhongtong was planning a big operation, and he also called back the Zhongtong plainclothes who were monitoring his family. These clues are connected together, and Tang Cheng, who can no longer prevent the incident from happening, the only thing he can do now is to remove himself first, so that he will not be innocently implicated after the incident occurs.
There is an old saying in China that cleverness leads to mistakes, and this is the situation in Tangcheng now. The person who called him to report the news was right. Zhongtong was indeed planning a big operation, but this big operation was precisely used to deal with Tangcheng. After Zhongtong confirmed that someone was indeed spying on the small building, they determined that the target of the spy was the secret documents and information in the basement of the small building. The only people interested in these things were the underground party organizations in Chongqing, so there was this big operation planned by Zhongtong.
Xu Huanshan was not in the city because he took people to the dock to meet a group of intelligence personnel coming from Yan'an. All kinds of coincidences came together to give Tangcheng the illusion that Zhongtong was really planning to do something big in the city this time. At times like this, the garrison farm outside the city is undoubtedly the safest place. Deputy Commander Huang did not feel strange about Tang Cheng's arrival, because when Tang Cheng was idle at home, he often came to the farm to fish with him to kill time.
Tang Cheng stayed at the farm outside the city of the garrison for several hours. It was not until Deputy Commander Huang wanted to take him to drink that Tang Cheng said goodbye and left. After entering the city, Tang Cheng immediately called a few people he knew well. From the words of the other people, Tang Cheng learned that there was no abnormality in the city today. Only then did he doubt his previous judgment. That night, Tang Cheng did not choose to continue going out, but stayed at home to accompany his family.
After breakfast the next morning, Tang Cheng went to find Xu Huanshan again. This time, Xu Huanshan happened to be in the teahouse. "An acquaintance of mine called me yesterday and told me that the Central Government seems to be planning a big operation! Moreover, all the plainclothes officers who were secretly monitoring my home were withdrawn yesterday. Although I don't know what the Central Government's big operation is, I'm worried that their big operation might be directed at you!" The news told by Tangcheng made Xu Huanshan nervous, because the group of intelligence officers who came from Yan'an happened to be Chongqing who had just arrived yesterday.
Xu Huanshan was sure that Tangcheng did not know about this. Even within the Chongqing underground party organization, there were no more than four people who knew the news, one of whom was himself. Therefore, Xu Huanshan had to pay attention to the news that Tang Cheng had just told him. After Tang Cheng finished telling Xu Huanshan the news, he lowered his voice and revealed another reason for his visit.
"Zhongtong's field dormitory looks a little weird to me! I went there and stared all night last night, but I couldn't see any problems! But I had a hunch last night that there was something weird in that small building, as if there was an ambush hidden inside. ! I need you to send a few people here to disguise themselves and go to that street to check." Tang Cheng informed Xu Huanshan of the location of the dormitory building, but the latter did not take it seriously. He was still thinking about what Tang Cheng had told him in front of That message to him.
An hour later, two underground party members disguised as husband and wife appeared in the street where the Zhongtong dormitory building was located, carrying some gift boxes and snacks. The two underground party members, pretending to be husband and wife, were walking slowly along the street and talking quietly, but they kept paying attention to what was going on in the street from the corner of their eyes. This street looks no different from other streets in the city, except that there are fewer pedestrians.
When the two of them walked past the Zhongtong dormitory building, their footsteps did not pause, and neither of them looked at the small building on the street. A street vendor on the street opposite the small building was paying close attention to the young couple, but he did not find any flaws in the young couple. The young couple, each carrying gifts in their hands, quickly walked out of the street. A few minutes later, a middle-aged woman also appeared on the street.
