wind in the dark night

Chapter 210 Let Them Go
"Chief, are you going to arrest him or not?"

"You just said that Tiezhu is Zhang Zhaolin's close follower?"

"Yes."

"Is there any basis for this?"

"According to the villagers, Zhang Zhaolin always brings Tiezhu with him whenever he goes to the village. I think Tiezhu is Zhang Zhaolin's personal bodyguard. Also, if he is not someone he trusts very much, why would Zhang Zhaolin send him to get medicine?"

"Well, that makes sense..."

"Chief, as long as we keep an eye on the iron pillar, we can follow the clues to find Zhang Zhaolin's whereabouts and capture him in one fell swoop!"

Gao Kejian said on the phone: "Zhiyuan, this person is very important. Be careful when following him and don't let him notice."

"clear."

Ning Zhiyuan hung up the phone.

……

Ten minutes later, Tiezhu came out of the clinic and walked towards the city gate. The bag on his shoulder was bulging with Chinese medicine.

The people from the Special Agent Department followed behind him.

……

Near noon, Ning Zhiyuan called Gao Kejian to report: "Chief, he is out of town."

Gao Kejian said: "He left the city, which means Zhang Zhaolin did not come to Binjiang."

Ning Zhiyuan said: "Then catch him."

Gao Kejian thought for a moment and said, "These small minions don't have access to high-level secrets, and we won't get anything out of them even if we arrest them. Arresting them is a very bad idea..."

"He's not the only one."

"Oh? He has an accomplice?"

"Our people followed him outside the city and found someone waiting for him with a donkey cart. They were obviously there to pick him up. I suggest that we secretly arrest these two people!"

Gao Kejian said: "Generally speaking, no important person would be sent to run errands like this. The driver is probably just a small fry like Tiezhu, or even worse than Tiezhu."

"We can't just let them go like this."

"Let them go."

"Let them go?"

"Correct."

"…Should we continue following?"

Ning Zhiyuan knew that since Gao Kejian said so, there must be follow-up arrangements.

"It's too open outside the city to track him. If he notices us, it will alert him... You don't have to worry about this. I have my own arrangements."

Gao Kejian hung up the phone and dialed another number: "Ask Zhao Zhenhai to come to my office, yes, now, tell him to hurry up."

After a while, Zhao Zhenhai came to the section chief's office and said respectfully, "Section Chief, you're looking for me?"

Gao Kejian opened the drawer and took out a small glass bottle with white powder inside. "Borrow a motorcycle from the motorcycle squadron, take a shortcut to the checkpoint outside the city, and wait for an anti-bandit named Tiezhu. Find an opportunity to mix the powder into the herbs he carries with him."

"what is this?"

Zhao Zhenhai took the glass bottle.

Gao Kejian said: "Potassium cyanide. Remember, just treat it as a normal inspection, and try to keep it secret from the soldiers at the checkpoints. Don't let anyone see the flaws!"

"clear."

"You have to move quickly. Even though the other party is riding on a donkey cart, you can't be careless. You must reach the checkpoint before them. If you do this well, you can expect to be rewarded for your meritorious service."

"Thank you, section chief!"

"Go."

"Yes!"

Zhao Zhenhai was happy. Whenever he completed a secret mission, his police rank would be promoted by at least one level, and his bonus would be at least two hundred yuan.

Thinking about good things in his mind, he couldn't help being somewhat distracted. When he reached the corner of the stairs, he didn't pay attention and almost bumped into Qi Yue who happened to be going upstairs.

Zhao Zhenhai quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Vice Captain Qi, I wasn't paying attention and almost bumped into you..."

Qi Yue didn't mind at all: "Fortunately, we didn't bump into each other. With your small physique, you really can't bump into me. Hey, do you know where Captain Ning went?"

Having a boss who is not so serious is an extra benefit for subordinates.

"Captain Ning went to the hospital."

"Go to the hospital? Is anyone sick?"

"I'm not sure about that. I think he was going to pick someone up..." "Oh, it's okay. Go ahead."

Qi Yue didn't ask any more questions.

Zhao Zhenhai hurried downstairs.

……

Qi Yue returned to the office.

After a while, he heard the sound of a motorcycle engine downstairs. He leaned over to take a look and saw Zhao Zhenhai wearing a raincoat and driving a motorcycle out of the police station. He couldn't help feeling a little strange.

Zhao Zhenhai is the leader of Group 1 of the action team. It is common for him to go out to investigate cases or meet with spies, but most of the time he takes a car instead of going to the motorcycle squadron to borrow a motorcycle with the sidecar removed on rainy days.

Qi Yue didn't think too much about this matter as he had no clue at all. What he was thinking about now was: Who was Ning Zhiyuan going to the hospital to pick up?
Because Ning Zhiyuan was late, Gao Kejian took the opportunity to reiterate the rules for lateness and early departure. It was impossible for Ning Zhiyuan to go and do personal matters at this time.

Therefore, it is certain that Ning Zhiyuan went to the hospital to pick someone up on official business, and the fact that the captain of the operation team personally went there must be related to investigating spies and bandits.

Qi Yue also thought that it was still possible that Zhang Zhaolin sent someone to Huichuntang Clinic to get medicine. Ning Zhiyuan had read the intelligence summary sent by the gendarmerie in the conference room before, and his behavior of immediately going to find Gao Kejian obviously showed that he had thought of this.

Could it be that they sent people to monitor Huichun Hall?
By connecting the scattered clues, Qi Yue roughly guessed the answer: Huichuntang Clinic was under surveillance, and a suspicious person had just arrived. Ning Zhiyuan went to the hospital to pick up the second brother's relatives to identify the person!
Thinking of the word "recognize someone", Qi Yue's heart moved. He picked up the phone and dialed the number of Baigongguan. He wanted to confirm whether Bai Xue had left.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Hey?"

It was Bai Xue's voice on the phone.

Qi Yue was surprised: "Xue'er? Didn't you go to Tianjin?"

"I didn't make it."

Bai Xue said sullenly.

"why?"

"...I suddenly don't want to go."

"Xue'er, I still think that you should go out and relax..."

"Thank you for your concern. I will consider your suggestion. I have something else to do, so I won't talk about it for now."

Bai Xue hung up the phone.

Opposite her was Yu Jincheng, who looked concerned.

Early this morning, at the Binjiang Railway Station, Kwantung Army soldiers holding a list of Binjiang students going to Japan checked the IDs of all female passengers. Anyone whose name was on the list was not allowed to board the train and had to immediately go to the Security Bureau for "necessary routine questioning."

In fact, the same inspections have been carried out at long-distance bus stations and major passenger terminals. This was Captain Nomura's idea. He did the same in other provinces before coming to Binjiang Province. The purpose was to prevent "Duckweed" from taking the opportunity to escape.

If Yu Jincheng had not received the news and arrived in time to stop Bai Xue, Bai Xue would now be sitting opposite Matsui Daisuke.

"Director Yu, thank you for what you did today."

"Ms. Xue'er, can you change your name for me in the future?"

"Change your name?"

"You can call me Yu Jincheng or Jincheng, but don't call me by my title, as that would make it seem too distant between us."

"Ok."

Bai Xue was absent-minded. She had just talked on the phone with Qi Yue, which made it difficult for her to calm down.

Yu Jincheng sat down slowly: "If I had been a step late at the train station today, the consequences would have been disastrous... We have to find another way."

Bai Xue was stunned for a moment: "We?"

"The Japanese are looking for a woman named Fu Ping. Fu Ping has studied in Japan. I am worried that they will mistake you for Fu Ping."

"How could that be? I'm not a duckweed."

"Ms. Xue'er, there are some things I don't want to explain too clearly. You are a smart girl and you should know the interests involved!"

Yu Jincheng was slightly excited: "As long as you say the word, I can do anything!"

Bai Xue frowned: "What do you want me to say?"

Yu Jincheng's eyes were burning: "Xue'er, I like you, you know it!"

Bai Xue was about to speak when she heard a noise outside the door. She made a gesture to keep quiet, walked to the door, and suddenly opened it. Mrs. Bai, who was lying on the door and eavesdropping, almost fell in.

"Mom, what are you doing!?"

Bai Xue didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

Mrs. Bai concealed her embarrassment and smiled at Yu Jincheng who looked surprised: "Director Yu, oh, no, Jincheng, where is Xue'er? After all, she is a girl, you shouldn't ask too directly... Xue'er, you too, you did this out of the blue and almost made me fall. It's really outrageous!"

(End of this chapter)