Changshu is roughly divided into east and west parts of the city.
Most of the people living in the east part of the city are rich people, while the people living in the west part of the city are from all walks of life. But they all have one characteristic, that is, they are poor.
Poverty and wealth divide the entire Changshu town into two parts: East City and West City. Located in the center of the city, there are many middle class people doing business.
East Street is for the rich, and West Street is for the poor.
And these middle-class traders usually gather and live here.
However, there are exceptions. Some middle class people are willing to buy real estate in Xicheng. Because the land price there is cheap, if you build a small courtyard house, you will live very comfortably.
The destination of the Dragon Boat Festival is a middle-class family who moved into West City.
A small courtyard house is not big, with yards at the front and back, and a two-story wooden structure in the middle with about eight rooms.
There is also a utility room in the backyard. At this time, the doors and windows are closed, and it is not clear whether there is anyone inside or not.
The vicinity is very open, and there is no shelter accessible except for a three-room earthen house from the east side.
But if you go here, you have to climb over a nearly two-meter courtyard wall, which is also easy to be discovered.
Duanwu and Ma Ping'an hid in the alley opposite the small courtyard, accompanied by a patrolman who was about the same size as Duanwu.
The patrol policeman was young and called Ma Ping'an Master.
The little patrol officer said: "Master, as soon as you asked me, I remembered this house. I walked past it several times when I was patrolling, and I didn't see anyone coming out of his house. Moreover, this man opened a clothing store. It hasn’t been open for three days.”
Ma Pingan smiled and said to Duanwu: "Special correspondent? Based on my many years of experience, there must be something wrong with this company."
Duanwu nodded and said: "There may be a problem, but I don't think this will be the nest of all the devils."
Ma Ping'an asked: "How do you say this?"
Duanwu said: "If it is really the nest of the Japanese, it is also the nest of the foreign Japanese. The little Japanese must have other local nests. Because their radio station will never be placed in such a dangerous place.
Think about it, the killing only happened in these three days, and it has already been three days, so at least someone will notice it, right?
So the chance of exposure at this location is too high.
And the reason why they didn't move was because the city was in chaos. And one of them was exposed at the city gate. Then it is better to be still than to move.
But they will be very vigilant. You can see that they keep the doors and windows closed. I'm just afraid of prying eyes. But they can keep looking outside.
And the location is so good, they can overlook the streets on both sides from the second-story windows.
Behind the yard, there is a river, which is their retreat route.
To the west of them is an unprotected river beach, making it difficult to approach the house.
The only accessible east side is blocked by a two-meter-high wall.
I guessed that there should be a gun aimed at the east window. There are people watching at the rear window, front window, and west window.
It seems that there are quite a few spies sneaking in! "
Ma Ping'an frowned and said, "What should we do, Commissioner? There are only three of us?"
Duanwu said disdainfully: "I really didn't take it to heart because of a few Japs. Now I'm wondering where the Japs' radio station is. Lao Ma, if you think about it again, what else is more suspicious?"
Duanwu asked Ma Pingan in return, and Ma Pingan fell into deep thought. Scenes of scenes in Changshu Town kept appearing in his mind.
"Ma Tou, are you here to eat again? There are freshly steamed pork buns here, you can try them."
This is the owner of the bun shop that Ma Pingan often patronizes.
"Ma Tou, where's the patrol? Come sit at home when you have time!"
This is Mr. Wang, Ma Pingan’s neighbor.
"Ma Tou, come and sit, come and sit. I just entered the Longjing yesterday, come and try it..."
This is the owner of the teahouse...
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"Ma Tou, what's wrong? Your pocket watch is broken? Don't worry, leave it here with me. Come get it tomorrow and I'll fix it for you."
This is Boss Sun of the clock shop.
"Okay, I'll pick it up tomorrow!"
Ma Pingan put down his pocket watch, but in a sudden glance, he saw a gap as wide as a thumb in the bookcase next to him. He also reminded: "The cabinet is crooked. When I came in, I saw your room was weird."
"Ah, ah, I accidentally bumped into it just now. I straightened it up after a while. Horse head, please walk slowly!"
"Don't forget, fix my watch and I'll pick it up tomorrow morning."
"Yes Ma Tou, don't worry!"
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"The clock shop."
Ma Pingan suddenly said three words. Duanwu nodded. Because this answer is reliable.
"You take your apprentice and rush to Sun's Watch Shop immediately. Don't let the boss there escape."
Duanwu said, pulling out the gun from his waist.
Ma Pingan said with some worry: "Special Commissioner, do you want to be alone? This is too dangerous? Shall I leave Xiao Liuzi to you?"
Duan Wu said calmly: "It doesn't matter, I have done this kind of thing a lot. One Japanese devil or ten Japanese devils are the same to me. Remember, Boss Sun of the clock shop must not let him run away." I'll act in ten minutes. We'll check the clock."
As soon as Dragon Boat Festival rolled up the cuff of his left hand, he actually brought five watches.
Ma Pingan's apprentice Xiao Liuzi said in surprise: "Five watches?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "They are all given by little devils. I will give you one. When you grow up, you are an adult. How can you not bring a watch?"
"This, how can this happen? I can't want it, I can't want it."
Xiao Liuzi refused, but he held onto Duanwu's watch and wouldn't let go.
Duanwu thought to himself: This guy says he doesn’t want it, but his actions are very honest.
So Duanwu said: "This is your reward for finding the spy. Take it!"
At this time, Xiao Liuzi held the watch and looked at his master stupidly.
Ma Ping'an said: "Just keep what the special commissioner gave you, right? Serve the special commissioner well."
"Thank you, master. Thank you, commissioner."
Xiao Liuzi nodded and bowed, finally receiving some of the true lessons from his master.
After the Dragon Boat Festival and Ma Ping'an, Xiao Liuzi checked his watch. Ma Pingan and Xiao Liuzi ran away.
The distance to the west of the city from Sun's clock shop is five miles, and they must arrive within ten minutes. Because in ten minutes, Dragon Boat Festival will destroy the little Japanese's temporary stronghold in the city.
The number of people in the stronghold is unknown, and no one knows the true number. Because the little devil closed all the doors and windows and did not come out to take action, this number cannot be inferred.
Therefore, Dragon Boat Festival set the number of enemies between five and fifteen.
Because of the first point, if the little devil wants to be vigilant, he needs at least four people to monitor the front, rear, left and right sides of the courtyard. And plus one or a few people who change shifts, there must be at least five people, or more than five people.
As for the upper limit of fifteen people, it was calculated from the Japanese spies who were killed outside the city.
Duanwu guessed that although the little devils sent out spies, they were still afraid of being discovered. Then his number must not be very large.
And based on the estimates from the spy who was killed yesterday. There should be three teams of Japanese spies, about thirty people.
But yesterday, seventeen spies were killed during the Dragon Boat Festival. Plus some other unexpected losses. Dragon Boat Festival was certain that there would not be more than fifteen people in the Jaap stronghold.
Fifteen people are quite a challenge for the Dragon Boat Festival. What's more, he had to confirm one thing before attacking. That is whether there is a spy in the room or not.
After all, everything is just speculation, and there is no actual evidence in Dragon Boat Festival to prove that there is a spy in the house.
So before taking action, Duanwu needs to confirm one thing based on Ma Ping'an's information! ...
