After double checking, he found that there was no tail behind him. Zuo Zhong walked into a market, quickly squeezed through the crowd and walked out the back door. A moving Buick sedan happened to stop on the side of the road. He opened the door and got into the back seat without stopping. Drive away immediately.
"Section Chief, are you taking a bit of a risk? Lu Qidao is a very smart guy." Gu Qi, who was in the driver's seat, said without looking back, looking ahead.
Zuo Zhong took off his disguise and said with a very firm tone: "It is human instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. We always believe in information that is beneficial to ourselves. Don't worry, Lu Qidao will not be frightened so easily."
Zuo Zhong had two purposes for going to Yongfa this time, to contact Lu Qidao head-on and to test the other party's defenses.
The result made him very satisfied. In addition to Gao Jiayi's judgment on the smell, Zuo Zhong also had sufficient reasons to investigate Lu Qidao.
Zuo Zhong didn't feel any calluses on Lu Qidao's hands. In fact, this is normal. Except for professional soldiers or professional gunmen who often shoot, calluses rarely occur due to shooting. However, his hands are very stable, which shows that he has at least become an outstanding person. The possibility of being a shooter is difficult to be born innately.
Moreover, the waiting area in Yongfa store is different from other stores. The main area is specially set up diagonally opposite the door, so that you can observe the situation without facing danger directly. This may not be a big problem.
But coupled with the counter, internal structure, door and window protection of Yongfa store, and the man who followed him later, Zuo Zhong can confirm that the other party is a strictly trained intelligence officer, and is likely to be a Japanese spy. As for whether it is related to the Japanese spy radio station , let’s wait until the arrest is over.
Gu Qi drove the car onto Xiyuan Road and drove directly into a courtyard. Song Minghao had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Zuo Zhong, he immediately reported: "Section Chief, the surveillance results are as you guessed. The delivery boy did borrow the bathroom."
Just when Zuo Zhong was going to Yongfa, Yongfa's clerk arrived at the hotel on Xiyuan Road and helped unload the goods into the backyard warehouse. Then he went directly to the toilet and stayed there for a while.
"Stay time?"
"Two minutes."
After listening to Song Minghao's report, Zuo Zhong felt that he could go to the scene and have a look. The other party didn't stay long, and the dead mailbox wouldn't be too complicated to set up. Maybe he would find something.
"It's just time for dinner, let's go to the other side and have a look." Zuo Zhong said to Gu Qi and Song Minghao.
Gu Qi smiled and said: "Okay, I haven't had a drink with the section chief yet. Today we are taking care of business and private matters."
Song Minghao also interjected: "The section chief is very upright and upright. He only attended the reception banquet when he first came to the Secret Service."
Zuo Zhong didn't like to engage in banquet politics, so there were fewer social activities among the Intelligence Department. Dai Chunfeng was very satisfied with this and asked other departments to learn from the Intelligence Department's pragmatism and integrity.
The three people in disguise deliberately walked around and walked into the small restaurant. The shopkeeper immediately came over to greet him enthusiastically. Zuo Zhong didn't know if he had anything to do with the Japanese spy, so he didn't say much. He just ordered a few special dishes and started drinking. stand up.
Zuo Zhong observed while drinking. The hotel manager and the waiter seemed to have no problem. They were concentrating on their own affairs. They didn't ask too many questions or look at them. They didn't pay much attention to the guests who went to the toilet.
Gu Qi drank two glasses of wine with Zuo Chong, with a slight blush on his face, but he picked up another glass of wine and whispered: "Section Chief, Gu Qi, thank you for taking care of me. You are my noble person."
Zuo Zhong put his hand on his wine glass: "You've said it before. We are all revolutionary comrades and should support each other. Besides, your noble person is Deputy Director Zheng. You have to thank him if you want."
Gu Qi ignored Zuo Zhong's obstruction and drank the wine in one gulp, with a sarcastic look on his face: "You are indeed a noble man. He spent three thousand oceans on me. How can it not be expensive?"
Song Minghao stopped eating with his chopsticks and looked at Gu Qi with deep emotion. Zheng Tingbing accepted the money to at least do something, and the idiot Zhao Lijun accepted ten gold bars from him, but Zuo Zhong still promoted him.
He raised his glass: "Deputy Section Chief Gu, let's have a drink. Our Section Chief is also my noble person."
Gu Qi had a drink with him out of curiosity. After Song Minghao finished drinking, he whispered what had happened before. Only then did Gu Qi realize that the former section chief was such a thing. Thinking of this, he quickly wiped the cold sweat on his head. It's really dangerous.
Zuo Zhong glanced at the nearby area and said to Gu Qi: "Lao Gu, please don't go outside. We are working as a team. Why should I embarrass you? If things don't change, maybe you will become prosperous in the future. Let's My brother still needs your help."
The three of them had a heart-to-heart chat while they were drinking. Zuo Zhong knew that Gu Qi was confessing his relationship with Zheng Tingbing and moving closer to him. He welcomed this, after all, his work would be smoother.
After a bottle of wine, Zuo Zhong didn't let the waiter serve another drink. He didn't forget that the purpose of coming here today was reconnaissance. If he wanted to drink, there were plenty of opportunities. He pretended to be too drunk and asked the waiter where the restroom was. He refused to be led by the waiter and shook his head. Akira walked into the backyard.
It was already dark at this time. Zuo Zhong walked into the dim toilet. Don't expect any good conditions in a small hotel. There was a lantern hanging in the toilet, and he could only barely see the ground, which was a bit dirty.
Zuo Zhong stood in the toilet and listened to the noise outside. After making sure there were no other sounds, he took out his mobile phone and turned on the flashlight to shine inside the toilet. Time was running out and someone would come at any time.
Fortunately, small restaurants at this time were not as particular as later generations. The toilets were all temporary short shacks. You could touch the roof with your hand. The area was not large, only about the size of turning around.
The focus of Zuo Zhong's observation was not on the floors and walls. The hygiene of these places was worrying, and when people went to the toilet, they would habitually look for something to observe. It was easy to be discovered. His focus was on the toilet beams above their heads.
This is also easy to understand. After entering the toilet, people always look at the ground to prevent them from stepping on something bad. After squatting down, no one will raise their head to look at the beams, and the angle is not allowed.
Zuo Zhong did not explore. He did not know whether Lu Qidao's offline would have safety measures in place. However, under the light of his mobile phone, he quickly discovered something. There was something wrong with the small beam near the inside, and a small opening could be vaguely seen. .
Zuo Zhong took a closer look and saw that a small pit was dug out on the back of the beam, and wooden blocks were stuffed on top. It was difficult to spot unless you looked closely. This should be Lu Qidao's death mailbox.
It is very simple for the other party to collect information. You can remove the wooden block with one click of your hand. After reading the information, you can burn it and throw it into the toilet without anyone noticing. It is safer than Kawada Taishi's method.
Turning off the flashlight, Zuo Zhong packed his clothes and walked out of the toilet. He met Gu Qi and Song Minghao in the lobby. The three of them made eye contact and decided to leave. Song Minghao hurriedly ran to pay the bill. As a subordinate, two leaders cannot be allowed to leave. Pay the money.
After the three people left the hotel, they did not go back directly to the observation point. Instead, they walked along the road to prevent anyone from following them. They were curious about whether Zuo Zhong had noticed.
Zuo Zhong whispered: "There is something wrong with the back of the toilet beam. Don't open it without permission. The other party may have safety measures in place. Just keep an eye on who goes to the toilet."
Gu Qi and Song Minghao thought about it and understood each other's thinking. They set up a dead mailbox in the blind corner of the toilet. Other targets can also follow this idea to conduct reconnaissance, and they should find something.
The three of them went far away and used anti-tracking methods to return to the observation point. Zuo Zhong had nothing to do when he returned to the Secret Service. They might as well stay on the front line, so that everyone's enthusiasm for work could be higher.
The next day, the agents conducted reconnaissance on all the toilets of the surveillance targets, and sure enough they found dead mailboxes inside. Lu Qidao's intelligence trading route became clear. The next step was to dig out all the Japanese spies on this line.
More than ten days passed, and it was the day when Yongfa delivered goods to the target on Xiyuan Road again. Zuo Zhong had been observing the opposite side with a telescope since early in the morning, even though the restaurant was not open yet.
At lunch time, small restaurants began to take customers one after another. Generally, company clerks and other middle-class people would choose a fixed restaurant for lunch, which is cheap, affordable and convenient.
However, perhaps because the restrooms in the hotel were not very clean, the customers did not choose to use the restrooms here. Zuo Zhong observed patiently until a fashionably dressed woman suddenly appeared.
Zuo Zhong watched the other party walk into the toilet, and held his hands for time. Almost five minutes later, the woman came out. Through the telescope, her face looked normal and nothing special, but Zuo Zhong noticed that her sleeves seemed to be stained with some powder. Where did this come from? ?
At this time, the woman returned to the lobby and was about to pay the bill and leave the hotel. Zuo Zhong shook the curtains at the observation point. This was to notify the nearby agents to take pictures. However, Zuo Zhong felt that this was still not enough, so he decided to follow the suspicious woman himself.
"Lao Gu, follow me."
Zuo Zhong quickly put on a pair of ordinary clothes and cloth shoes, then walked out of the observation point slowly, quietly following behind the woman who had just gone out, while Gucci followed behind him for support.
Zuo Zhong did not follow the woman directly. He chose to follow the woman on the opposite road. Xiyuan Road was not spacious and did not have many forks. Following on the opposite side could reduce the possibility of being discovered by the other party.
The woman didn't seem to care if anyone was following her. She didn't take any anti-tracking actions along the way, and finally disappeared through the gate of a primary school. Zuo Zhong and Gu Qi didn't stop, and walked past the school one after another before finding a place to meet.
"Section Chief, do you think there is something wrong with this woman?" Gu Qi thought this woman was normal.
Zuo Zhong explained as he walked: "There is powder on her sleeves. I suspect it is a trace left when the other party set up the security measures of the dead mailbox."
Around Gucci: "She should work in an elementary school. It's normal to have powder on her sleeves."
Zuo Zhong shook his head: "When she came here, her sleeves were very clean. Does she have to use chalk in the toilet?"
After hearing this, Gu Qi also felt that there was a problem here. He just didn't know what kind of security measures required powder. However, he could send someone to the dead mailbox to observe and confirm. After Yongfa's people got the information and then compared it, they would find something fishy. .
