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Chapter 1540 Extra (Beiping Station 2, Part 2)

No. 95 Nanluoguxiang, 1952.

A middle-aged man who looked to be in his thirties walked into the courtyard. Yan Bugui, who was watering flowers in front of the gate, lit up and put down the watering can to greet him.

"Teacher You, you're back early today! Want to come over for a couple of drinks?"

The man walked to the door of the east wing of the front yard, turned around and replied with a smile, "Teacher Yan, you're too kind. It's not convenient today, let's get together another day."

After saying that, the other party pushed open the door and went into the house. A young woman stepped forward and took the briefcase from the man's hand, muttering to herself.

"When did you become so familiar with Yan Laoxi?"

"I've figured it out. There are no good people in this courtyard, especially that Jia Zhangshi. If it were in the past, I would have taken action long ago."

The woman was nagging, and when she talked about Jia Zhangshi, her face was full of disdain.

Upon hearing this, Teacher You, whom Yan Bugui mentioned, laughed non-stop and hugged his wife tenderly for a while, clearly indicating that the couple had an excellent relationship.

After this heartwarming scene passed, Teacher You and his wife turned to look inside the house and saw a boy who was not yet two years old crawling around on the kang (a heated brick bed), looking very lively.

Across the street, the Yan family was also having a conversation. Yang Ruihua glanced out the window and quietly walked over to Yan Bugui.

"Honey, how much do you think Teacher You's salary is?"

Yan Bugui shook his head and said mysteriously, "I don't know, but they're not short of money. Since they moved here last year, the You family has been eating meat every few days."

Yang Ruihua licked his lips and suddenly asked, "Do you think the You family might be spies?"

Upon hearing the word "spy," Yan Bugui was startled. On the surface, he calmly scolded his wife a few times, appearing impatient.

"Alright, alright, when Teacher You moved here, the neighborhood committee investigated. If Teacher You were really a spy, would he dare to be so extravagant?" "Besides, what spy would bring a newborn child to sneak around and do bad things?"

He almost blurted out the professional term "lurking," but luckily he reacted in time and used a different word. Even so, it still gave Yan Bugui a fright.

Meanwhile, in the Social Affairs Department office building, Luo Yongying (the old character who had been to Chongqing with Zuo Jun) walked into the deputy minister's office.

She placed a report on the table and quietly reported something: "Sir, our colleague at the monitoring station recently discovered a mysterious radio signal. The transmitter is located in Dongcheng, and the method is somewhat similar to that of an old member of the Military Intelligence Bureau."

Upon hearing the name "Military Intelligence Bureau," which was both familiar and unfamiliar, the leader stopped his work and picked up the report to take a look.

It turns out that the monitoring station had detected the mysterious signal last year, but the other party was very cautious and frequently changed the transmission location, making it impossible for them to pinpoint the location.

Until recently, the mysterious transmitter seemed to have let his guard down, and the monitoring station finally caught him red-handed.

The commander tapped his fingers on the report, looked up and said, "After the reorganization of the Military Intelligence Bureau, its core members were transferred to Zuo Zhong's Foreign Intelligence Bureau, leaving behind mostly military thugs and party hacks."

“If the sender is from the Kuomintang’s Foreign Intelligence Bureau, then you must be on high alert. You’ve had contact with Zuo Zhong before; he’s definitely a cunning old fox.”

"After the negotiations in Chongqing, the top leader said that spies are not scary, nor are educated reactionaries, but we must be wary of spies like Zuo Zhong who are both educated and skilled in intelligence technology."

After emphasizing the dangers posed by Zuo Zhong and the Foreign Intelligence Bureau, the leader got up and walked around the room, his expression becoming serious. Finally, he offered Luo Yongying a suggestion.

"I'll give you an address. Go there and find someone who knows the Military Intelligence Bureau very well, and he also knows Zuo Zhong very well."

An hour later, Luo Yongying looked at the note in her hand, then looked up at the small building with the supply and marketing cooperative sign, and went inside with a lot of doubts.

In a secluded office, she met the person she was looking for. Upon hearing her purpose, the person warmly stood up and introduced himself.

"Hello Luo Tongzhi, I am Yang Wei, former Deputy Minister of the Interior of the Nationalist Government. I have been in contact with Zuo Chong for more than ten years."