"Hello, I'm from the telephone exchange. Are you having trouble with the phone here?"
Ma Xiaoguang, who was wearing an electrician's uniform, asked politely to Hoshino Mitsuo, the manager of "Hoshino Bookstore".
"Yeah, the phone was disconnected early this morning. I don't know why."
Hoshino Mitsuo was quite dissatisfied in his words and yelled at Ma Xiaoguang impatiently.
"We need to check the wiring..."
Ma Xiaoguang, who was pretending to be a worker, said with a low eyebrow.
"You have to act quickly! The phone is very important and may be used at any time."
Hoshino Mitsuo urged Ma Xiaoguang.
Ma Xiaoguang didn't bother with Hoshino Mitsuo and directly checked the phone line of the bookstore.
An hour later, along with the clear phone ringing, the fault was eliminated.
Ma Xiaoguang packed up his tools and left "Xingye Bookstore".
Turning around a street corner, I came to a private house.
Knocked rhythmically on the door.
The door opened, and it was Lao Li's dark face revealed inside.
"Can you hear me clearly?"
Ma Xiaoguang put down his tool bag and asked aloud.
"No problem, I can hear you clearly... It would be nice if we didn't rely on the phone line."
Lao Li praised with a slightly regretful tone.
"You and Fatty are both geniuses!"
Ma Xiaoguang admired Lao Li's divine prophecy.
Practical wireless eavesdropping devices are still a few years away. It seems that Lao Li's brain has been brightened since he was injured.
"You and Gao Chao will be working here on shift, monitoring everything, and writing down every detail. You should be able to get valuable information."
Ma Xiaoguang ordered Lao Li and Gao Chao.
"Sir, don't worry, we won't let you make this trip in vain."
Gao Chao took off the monitoring earphones, stood up and said solemnly.
"I will contact Lao Chen later, and he will come over to take shifts so that the three of us can move around."
After the explanation, Ma Xiaoguang put his tool bag on his back and left quietly.
Originally, he wanted to stay with Lao Li for a while and listen to the situation in "Xingye Bookstore" for himself, but before he came, he had received a report from Fatty, and Zhang Kaifeng of "Shanghai Monthly" had made another move.
After changing his clothes, he hurried to Shudili, the French Concession where the fat man was.
When Ma Xiaoguang arrived, Fatty was in a grocery store, chewing melon seeds and bragging to the store owner.
"You are quite leisurely, old man."
Ma Xiaoguang teased the fat man.
"There's nothing I can do. I have to stay on the phone here. How else can I contact you?"
The fat man replied helplessly.
Although this time there was some hint of arrogance, Ma Xiaoguang did not argue.
It is an indisputable fact that this communication is too troublesome.
"Stop talking nonsense, what's going on?"
Ma Xiaoguang quickly turned to the topic.
"A group of people are having a meeting, probably all of them are from over there..."
The fat man lowered his voice and pointed to the northwest.
"What else happens?"
Ma Xiaoguang asked quickly.
"People from the Concession Patrol Room are keeping an eye on them. There are people from the French Concession, and there are also neon people..."
The fat man's tone was a little heavy.
"It seems that the other party may have been exposed. We have to give them a warning."
Ma Xiaoguang frowned and said.
"We have to find a proper way without exposing ourselves."
The fat man quickly reminded him.
Ma Xiaoguang nodded, with various thoughts running through his mind, thinking about how to remind the people attending the meeting at the Shikumen House in Shudli...
Just as Ma Xiaoguang was thinking in his mind, the noise of a group of children interrupted him.
Looking over, it turned out that several children were playing slingshots around a child king.
"What? You want me to lie to a child?"
After listening to Commander Ma's order, the fat man almost jumped up on the spot.
"Ahem, it's not a lie! It's an exchange. Let's see what you can use to exchange it for them."
Ma Xiaoguang explained to the fat man with a slightly embarrassed expression.
With his arms unable to hold his thighs, the fat man, as a subordinate, could only reluctantly help Commander Ma share his worries.
Fortunately, there was a bookstall nearby, and Fatty bought a comic book "Journey to the West" published by World Book Company at the stall.
The charm of comic strips is irresistible to children, and the slingshot is soon in hand.
"You don't need me to teach you what to do next, right?"
Ma Xiaoguang smiled evilly and handed the fat man some stones he had just picked up on the roadside.
The fat man gave Chief Ma a somewhat aggrieved look, took the stone, and went to the back of the Shikumen house.
"Clang!"
"boom!"
With two crisp sounds, the glass of the Shikumen house where the meeting was held broke.
Soon, there was a noise in the house, and people began to come out of the front door, the back window, and even the side door connecting to the yard next to it.
The other party retreated very quickly, but also in an orderly manner. In the blink of an eye, only a middle-aged couple was left in the entire house.
Zhang Kaifeng, who came out last, looked a little livid. He looked at the streets as usual and headed east without looking back.
Shortly after Zhang Kaifeng left, a team of police officers and several neon men in windbreakers hurriedly rushed into the house...
Then came the sound of the patrol officer's scolding and the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets.
All this was seen by Ma Xiaoguang and Fatty in the distance.
"As expected, he is well-trained, and his running skills are quite orderly..."
Ma Xiaoguang praised the fat man sincerely.
"Master, can someone else do this kind of childish thing in the future?"
The fat man didn't answer Commander Ma's words, but he began to plead with him.
"Huh? What? You are still picky, this is revolutionary work! By the way, put the slingshot away, this thing may be of great use in the future..."
Commander Ma's face sank and he ordered the fat man seriously.
When the fat man saw this, he could only respond.
After the two of them were sure that they were safe, they also left Shudli.
The next morning in the "News", Ma Xiaoguang saw a missing person notice.
"My brother Niu is a hundred years old. He disappeared seven days ago. He has a simple appearance and is not good at talking... If you find any traces, please contact Mr. Song."
This was the agreed contact code, and Ma Xiaoguang carefully put the newspaper away.
The fat man was assigned a beautiful job - he and the beautiful female spy Wu Yue pretended to be a couple to spy on Kaori Takahara.
Ma Xiaoguang put on two fake beards and put on the plain glasses he had used to pretend to be a reporter a few days ago, transforming himself into an old scholar.
Alone, after wandering around for a while, I came to the Qingfeng Teahouse on Xundao Street in Nanshi.
"I came from Jiangcheng to find Mr. Song."
"There is no Mr. Song here..."
"Oh, maybe there is a mistake. My surname is Zhu, and I have a plaster in my hand that can remove evil spirits and restore sight to the blind..."
"How much?"
"Five oceans!"
"Seven oceans, I sell more!"
The secret code was met, and the teahouse owner nodded, gave instructions to the big man outside, and took Ma Xiaoguang to the backyard of the teahouse.
There are a lot of debris piled up in the backyard, like a concrete and subtle maze.
Go through the backyard and come to the living room in another small courtyard.
In the living room, a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance was nodding and smiling at Ma Xiaoguang.
