The train driver in the courtyard

Representative Chen had been stationed at the third peak of Jinling Mountain for several months and had already set up an iron bucket formation.

Accompanied by the issuance of the highest level alarm.

The team members on the mountain quickly controlled all the intersections, and the First Battalion of the Third Regiment at the foot of the mountain gathered urgently upon hearing the order and encircled the top of the mountain in a fan shape.

Xing Zhi looked at his watch. It took less than an hour from the time Representative Chen gave the order to the time the troops were ready to go.

He looked at the gray figures surging like a tide on the mountain path and sighed in his heart.

The efficiency of this dispatch far exceeds that of conventional combat deployment. Representative Chen is indeed very ruthless.

"Comrades." Representative Chen stood on the stone steps of the observation deck, the hem of his gray Zhongshan suit rustling in the mountain breeze.

As soon as the two regiment commanders and a battalion commander ran up to him and had no time to salute, Representative Chen spoke up, "The assassin Dieter Zhou is hiding on this mountain. I require that we go through every col and every crevice three times! We must not let him escape!"

"Yes!"

"The third regiment will focus on attacking the northern slope, and the second regiment will defend the southern slope. Not a single mouse can escape!"

Representative Chen turned to the commander of the independent battalion, his eyes sharp as a knife, and said, "I will personally lead the independent battalion to search the mountainside!"

After saying that, he suddenly turned to look at Xing Zhi: "Stationmaster Xing, is this deployment okay?"

Stationmaster Xing gave him a thumbs up and said, "Deputy Chen is a master of strategy and dispatches troops with ease. He is a textbook example of a military search and arrest."

Stationmaster Xing did not deliberately flatter Representative Chen.

After all, the incident happened suddenly, and it is not something that ordinary people can do to quickly mobilize manpower and formulate a complete and strict mountain search plan in a short period of time.

But what Xing Zhi didn’t say was: a real hunter will never set up a net in the open.

There is only one criterion to test whether the plan is successful: whether Dieter can be caught.
On this point, Stationmaster Xing looked at Representative Chen with some sympathy.

At this time, even Xing Zhi did not realize that his trust in the train driver had reached its peak.

Representative Chen didn't know that he had been classified as a loser by Stationmaster Xing, and was anxious to catch someone, so he waved his hand.

"Let's all go!"

The search of the mountain officially began.

The silence of the Third Peak of Jinling was instantly torn apart by human voices, and startled birds flapped their wings and flew over the treetops.

After taking a look at the birds in the sky, Zhou Liuzi continued to run wildly.

"Damn it, how did these people find out my identity!"

"That shouldn't be the case. In order to infiltrate the observatory, I worked as an apprentice for three years. Even if I was suspected, those people would not be able to verify my identity."

"In this world, no one knows my background except St. Peter. Is that old fox in trouble?"

He shook his head and got rid of the thought. The old guy was as shrewd as a fox and would never capsize.

The third peak where the observatory is located is very steep. Zhou Liuzi rushed to the edge of the cliff and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He reached into the weeds and pulled out a thick rope, which was the escape route he had prepared earlier.

"You want to catch me? No way!"

The cliff is not high, only about ten meters.

Zhou Liuzi climbed down the rope, and when he reached the bottom of the cliff, he let go and jumped down.

Then we turned several turns in the mountain stream and finally arrived at a mountain wall.

After pulling aside the grass that was covering the cave, a cave that was only wide enough for one person to pass through was revealed.

This was a secret cave he discovered by accident, which contained a radio station and confidential documents.

First there was a cliff, then a cave. Zhou Liuzi was sure that even if the soldiers were given two days, they would not be able to find their own shadow.

"It seems like it's time to leave."

Zhou Liuzi crouched down and crawled into the hole, running straight to the wooden box in the corner.

But the moment he opened the lid, his pupils suddenly shrank.

The box is empty!

"Are you looking for this?"

At this moment, a voice sounded behind him.

Because he was unsure whether the other party was armed, Zhou Liuzi did not dare to look back. He watched helplessly as a tall dark shadow walked out from behind him and the shadow swallowed him like a tide.

Fear ran up his spine to the back of his neck. He bit his tongue hard and managed to steady his trembling voice: "Friend, that thing is not valuable. I have some small yellow croaker here. Take it."

As he spoke, Zhou Liuzi pretended to touch his waist.

"do not move."

A black shadow with a pistol shape approached his head. Zhou Liuzi froze instantly and raised his hands high.

The figure reached out and touched his waist, pulled out a miniature pistol, then touched his trousers all the way down, and finally his sleeves. At this time Zhou Liuzi's last hope had disappeared.

The body search technique was so proficient, the other party must be from the weather station.

"Okay, you can turn around now."

He surrendered without even seeing the other party. Zhou Liuzi felt not only fear but also more frustration in his heart.

He gritted his teeth and turned around slowly.

He saw a burly young man standing opposite him, with the muzzle of a gun pointed at his forehead.

The young man's backpack was bulging, and it should contain the top-secret information.

Glancing at the black muzzle of the gun, Zhou Liuzi sighed and said, "I admit defeat this time. Can you tell me how you found this place?"

"No."

Li Aiguo did not satisfy Dieter's curiosity. He shook his wrist and pointed the gun toward the outside of the cave. "Get out."

Once Dieter is restrained, he will appear to be particularly cooperative, so that he can confuse the opponent and look for an opportunity to escape.

Zhou Liuzi was no exception. He raised his hands high and walked out of the cave.

"Go that way. Of course, if you want to test the speed of a bullet, you can run away."

Li Aiguo held a pistol and walked out of the valley with Zhou Liuzi.

Zhou Liuzi soon found out that he was wrong, extremely wrong.

He tried to find opportunities several times and found them several times, but each time his escape route was blocked by the young man behind him.

If it happens once it's just good luck, but if it happens every time it means that the opponent's rank is far higher than yours.

Zhou Liuzi suddenly understood why Li Aiguo didn't use a rope. Under the crushing power of absolute strength, this was totally unnecessary.

If Li Aiguo knew Zhou Liuzi was thinking this way, he would probably laugh out loud.

He came in such a hurry that he didn't even bring a rope.

"Okay, let's rest here for a while." As the sun was getting hotter, Li Aiguo found a bluestone slab to sit on, with the muzzle of the gun still pointed steadily at Zhou Liuzi.

The latter stared at the black muzzle of the gun and squatted aside obediently.

"I guess I have to eat peanuts for my crime, right?"

"I'm going to die anyway, can't you fulfill my last wish?" Zhou Liuzi stared at the birds flying in the sky, "Tell me how to find that cave? Let me die in peace."

"Of course. But in exchange, you have to tell me your situation first." Li Aiguo lit a cigarette and threw it to Zhou Liuzi, then lit one for himself.

Zhou Liuzi picked up the cigarette without caring that it was covered in dirt. He put it in his mouth and took a few puffs.

The spicy smell rushed into his lungs, and his tense nerves relaxed a little.

"Since you were able to find me, you must have already captured St. Peter. You will be able to find out some things sooner or later."

Zhou Liuzi puffed out a cloud of smoke from his nostrils as he looked at the birds flying freely in the sky, his eyes filled with memories.

"Our Zhou family is the largest landlord in Linli, owning countless fertile fields. My father married eleven wives, but he only has one son, me.

The situation was turbulent at that time, and my father wanted to send me to study abroad and pass the imperial examination to become a foreign scholar.

As a result, the Japanese came. My father saw that the foreigners could not defeat the Japanese, so he took me to join the Japanese.

Because I was very cooperative and I was very capable, I soon became an interpreter for the Japanese.

We originally thought that the Japanese would stay in Linli and our Zhou family could still live the good life as before, but within a few years, the Japanese showed signs of retreat.

My father felt deeply uneasy. He thought that once the Japanese left, our family would be held accountable for all the things we had done.

So, my father spent a lot of money to get through the relationship with Jin Shuren and sent me to the Southeast Training Class of Juntong. "

I originally thought that after the training class was over, I would be able to become an important military officer, and our Zhou family would have a backer again, and we could continue to live a good life. "

After the Japanese were defeated, my father told everyone that I was an "elite who fought against the country" in order to prevent the local government from causing trouble.

As a result, you called me before I even graduated."

Zhou Liuzi blew out smoke rings, his eyes drifting into the distance: "After liberation, my father and his family ran away, and I hid in Fujian for a while, but I had no choice but to return to Jinling.

It just so happened that Ji Huai was recruiting undercover personnel. Seeing that I was educated, he let me be an apprentice in the eyewear shop, where I stayed for three years.

Now that I think about it, sometimes even I can’t tell whether I was a ‘nail’ or a lens grinder.”

Li Aiguo shook his head after hearing this.

This is simply a living example of "Joining the National Army in 1949".

The old man of the Zhou family always "bets on the wrong horse" before the situation changes.

You might say he has no brains, but he can actually pave the way ahead.

You might say he has good vision, but he always stands on the wrong side.

"It's your turn." Zhou Liuzi crushed the cigarette butt, "I didn't even tell Ji Huai the location of this cave. How did you find it?"

"Ji Huai confessed it." Li Aiguo stood up and patted his trouser legs.

Zhou Liuzi stood up and frowned, "Impossible, I discovered this cave by accident and never reported it to Ji Huai."

"Ji Huai followed you several times and found this place."

Zhou Liuzi: “.”

Zhou Liuzi never expected that what caused him to fall was not Representative Chen’s iron-clad defense, but the “dedication” of “his own people”.

What is this?

At this moment, Li Aiguo felt somewhat grateful to Ji Huai.

This person did a really good job and saved me a lot of trouble.

The two men walked out of the valley, Li Aiguo walked behind and Zhou Liuzi walked in front.

Because they had reached a tacit understanding, both of them seemed very relaxed, just like they were on a picnic.

"Stop!" Representative Chen, who was on the hillside with a dozen soldiers, saw Zhou Liuzi coming towards them. He was delighted and ran over with his pistols in hand.

The bullet was loaded and the pistol was aimed, all in one go.

Representative Chen secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He had finally caught the person. Otherwise, he would have been so embarrassed that he would be completely humiliated.

"Put your hands up, and don't move, or you can blame the bullets for being blind."

After the routine call, Representative Chen always felt that Zhou Liuzi's state was different. There was no fear on his face, but instead he was full of confusion.

"Hey, you're quite brave."

Representative Chen was about to step forward to deal with Zhou Liuzi, but when he looked over his shoulder, he first caught a glimpse of the muzzle of the gun, then moved up along his bony arm, and a square face with sharp edges and corners caught his eye. The man's big eyes curved into crescents under his thick eyebrows, and he looked at him with a half-smile: "Representative Chen, how are you?"

"Li Aiguo!" When Representative Chen saw Li Aiguo, his mood instantly sank to the bottom.

He originally thought that he had captured Zhou Liuzi and could save some face, but Zhou Liuzi turned out to be escorted out.

shame.

It's so embarrassing!
Representative Chen didn't know how to react for a moment. He could only stand there frozen, his fingers clenched until they turned white.

The soldier behind him didn't receive any orders, and the barrel of his gun was shaking in the sunlight.

Zhou Liuzi finally understood what was going on and suddenly burst into laughter, his shoulders shaking with laughter: "Representative Chen, did you think you caught me? Hahaha, it's so funny. I've been hanging around under your nose for several months and you didn't even notice. Now you want to take advantage of the situation, hahaha."

"boom!"

The laughter ended with a punch.

Li Aiguo retracted his fist and glanced at him calmly: "Pay attention to your own identity and squat down."

"Yes." Zhou Liuzi was obviously a little afraid of Li Aiguo and squatted obediently beside him.

At this time, Xing Zhi, Lao Mao and Zhou Ke hurried over. When they saw the situation at the scene, there was a tacit smile in the eyes they exchanged.

Li Aiguo took a half step forward and held Representative Chen's stiff hand with a warm palm: "Thanks to Representative Chen's iron bucket formation, it saved us a lot of effort in closing the net."

Representative Chen was stunned at first, but then he understood and shook hands quickly: "This is what we should do, but how should we deal with this person?"

"I plan to take it back to Jinling Weather Station. Do you have any objection?"

Representative Chen had originally planned to keep the person at all costs and strive for the final initiative.

Now that Li Aiguo glanced at him, the words that were on the tip of his tongue couldn't come out.

He smiled awkwardly: "Comrade Aiguo, you are the ones who caught him, so it stands to reason that you should take him away. However, I am the top leader in charge of the observatory case, so I should get involved. Otherwise, we can interrogate him together."

Xing Zhi became a little anxious when he heard this.

Once the person is handed over, Jinling Meteorological Station will lose its dominance.

However, if we don't surrender, the other side has two regiments and one battalion, and their strength is overwhelming.

The most important thing is that Representative Chen has a very important background.

Xing Zhi could only look at Li Aiguo with expectation.

Li Aiguo simply said: "No need, I have already interrogated him, and he is very cooperative." This broke the defense of Representative Chen who was about to rob.

"He, he confessed?" Representative Chen looked incredulous.

You have to know that people like Dieter who have been able to hide for several years are all experienced. How could they surrender without using some tricks?

Zhou Liuzi shouted at the top of his voice: "I have confessed everything and will cooperate fully."

Representative Chen looked at his proud look, rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, and looked at Li Aiguo.

"It's not that I don't trust you, patriotic comrade, we still have to find the lost top-secret information."

The words have not yet fallen.

Li Aiguo threw a canvas bag in front of him and the bag fell to the ground.

The bag was open, revealing piles of file bags.

Representative Chen's face changed, and without asking any more questions, he squatted down and picked up the file bag.

"File No. 301, File No. 202, File No. 108. Yes, they are all here."

Representative Chen picked up the file again, facing the sun, and rubbed the seal of the file bag with his hand. There was no sign of it having been opened, and the seal was intact with clear edges.

"Finally found it." Representative Chen breathed a long sigh of relief while holding the files.

At this time, several comrades in gray Zhongshan suits rushed over. Representative Chen handed the files to them and urged them, "Take the files with you immediately."

"Yes."

The man was caught by the train driver, and the file was found by the train driver. Representative Chen felt a little depressed.

His eyes slid across the files that were taken away, and suddenly he remembered something. He looked at Li Aiguo and asked, "Comrade Aiguo, Zhou Liuzi had the opportunity to go down the mountain several times before, why didn't he take the files with him? Don't you think there is something wrong here?"

Representative Chen didn't even notice that his tone had softened a lot and he even used honorifics.

Li Aiguo said: "Zhou Liuzi has already completed the task, there is no need to do anything unnecessary."

After these words were spoken, not only Representative Chen was stunned, but even Zhou Liuzi was so shocked that he almost stood up from the ground.

After being pushed back by several soldiers, he shouted in a hoarse voice: "My mission is to bring the files back, but Ji Huai has not made proper arrangements, which is why it was delayed."

Haha, this kid is getting bolder and bolder, and he is actually starting to take the initiative.

Li Aiguo looked at him and asked, "Do you think Ji Huai would make such a mistake?"

Zhou Liuzi's cloth shoes rubbed on the ground: "People always make mistakes..."

Representative Chen said: "Patriotic comrade, I thank you for capturing Dieter and recovering the files. But I don't agree with your view that Zhou Liuzi has completed his mission. The enemy's goal has not been achieved."

"You are wrong. You are so wrong. The enemy's goal has actually been achieved, and it has even exceeded expectations."

Representative Chen argued: "How is this possible? Patriotic comrade, I respect you, but you can't speak without thinking."

Li Aiguo looked at him deeply, pointed to the distance and said, "Today the observatory is closed for several months. During this period, the weather conditions are not announced to the public, which has a serious impact on agricultural production in various places and caused a large reduction in grain production. Isn't that enough?"

"The interruption of the sunspot observation project has destroyed the observatory's years of hard work!"

"It can be said that the enemy has caused us incalculable losses with this action alone."

Li Aiguo's tone was filled with emotion.

The words fell, and now there was silence.

Representative Chen's face turned from red to white, and he froze in place, as if he was thinking about this possibility. After a long time, a trembling sound came out of his throat:
"This is impossible. Absolutely impossible."

Halfway through his words, he couldn't even convince himself.

Although Li Aiguo's guess seemed a bit outrageous, it perfectly explained all the doubts in the whole case.

The observatory case was the most important to St. Peter.

St. Peter's had already started planning for this case several years ago, and the personnel selected were all formally trained Dieter.

After getting the file, he did not take it away, but let Zhou Liuzi continue to hide.

This is because St. Peter’s real purpose was not the archives, but to use this case to shut down the Jinling Observatory.

Chen represents the sad discovery that he has become an invisible tool used by St. Peter to achieve his goals.

It’s terrible, this Ji Huai is really terrible!

However, the young man in front of him was able to catch Ji Huai. Representative Chen looked up at Li Aiguo and felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

Zhou Liuzi also understood the whole story of the case.

Lying on the ground, he suddenly laughed, a laugh that was uglier than crying: "I originally thought I was a dagger, but I didn't expect that from the beginning to the end, I was just a discarded pawn."

Lao Mao, Xing Zhi and the others also figured it out at this time. They couldn't help but take a deep breath and felt a chill on their backs.

Before, Li Aiguo attached great importance to St. Peter, and they thought that Li Aiguo overestimated him.

Thinking about it now, their ideas were so ridiculous.

Just this one move of repairing the plank road in the open while secretly attacking Chencang has made the whole layout a classic.

pat.

Hiss. Huh.
Li Aiguo lit a cigarette, looked at Representative Chen calmly and said, "A chess master never shows his true colors, but uses his opponent's power to complete his own plan. Representative Chen, you should think carefully about how much you have done for others in the past six months."

Although the tone was gentle, the words were very harsh.

Representative Chen has a special status here, and Xing Zhi and others couldn't help but worry for Li Aiguo.

Representative Chen's Adam's apple rolled three times before he spoke, but his voice was softer than expected: "You are right, I was fooled by the enemy."

He suddenly reached out and wiped his face, then nodded at Li Aiguo with a guilty look on his face: "Comrade Aiguo, I accept your criticism. After the whole case is investigated, I will personally review it to the chief and dig deep into the root of my wrong thinking."

When he raised his head, his eyes were a little red.

Representative Chen’s statement also represents the attitude of the task force.

At this moment, everyone knew that the turmoil that had lasted for half a year was about to come to an end.

"Take the man back to the weather station."

At this time, Zhou Liuzi still couldn't accept that he was being abandoned. He had completely lost his will and allowed Zhou Ke and his men to take him down the mountain.

Li Aiguo withdrew his gaze from the backs of the people and looked at Representative Chen: "Old Chen, where are Professor Huang and the others?"

Representative Chen understood that Li Aiguo wanted to ease the relationship between him and the observatory, and nodded quickly: "I'll take you there."

The two walked side by side towards the observatory.

The fierce mountain wind had stopped at some point, and the once noisy Third Peak of Jinling fell silent again.

*****
The observatory's dome observation room at this time.

Professor Huang was writing and drawing on some rough paper with a pen.

A younger professor came over and whispered, "Professor, we are in this situation now, and you still have the time to work."

Professor Huang put down his pen, looked up at him and said, "Xiao Qi, you must trust the organization. Once the case is solved, we must make up for the past six months of work."

The young professor shook his head. “You didn’t see how ferocious Representative Chen looked. He didn’t believe us at all.”

Professor Wang next to him also interjected, "Yeah, it's been half a year and we still haven't investigated it clearly. I think we're in big trouble. I'm not worried about myself, but the sunspot project is only halfway through. If we abandon it, it will be a huge loss for astronomical research."

"stand at attention!"

"Hello, Chief!"

"Open the door!"

As they were discussing, a series of trivial noises were heard outside.

Several professors and staff members hurried back to their seats.

Zhi Ning.

Accompanied by the heavy door being opened.

Professor Huang narrowed his eyes and saw Representative Chen coming in. He quickly stood up and reported: "Representative Chen, I hope to be able to use the reflecting large equatorial mount at 10:05 tomorrow morning. This observation is very important. It will only take five minutes. I promise."

Representative Chen waved his hand at Professor Huang and interrupted him: "Old Huang, the case has been investigated clearly. I apologize to you here."

The professors nearby widened their eyes in shock and stood up in unison.

"What's wrong? Has the matter been clarified?"

Professor Huang heard the news but didn't pay attention to Eucalyptus. He continued to ask, "So, I can use the reflecting large equatorial mount?"

A voice came from behind Representative Chen: "Of course, in fact, from today on, all work at the observatory will return to normal."

Professor Huang looked up and saw a burly figure walking in from the door. The golden sunlight shone on him, giving him a layer of bright color.

"You are..." Professor Huang looked at the strange man and became nervous.

Li Aiguo stretched out his hand: "Professor Huang, I am Director Zhao Jiuzhang's friend, Li Aiguo."

(End of this chapter)