The Spy

Chapter 28: Investigating the Case Again
Xu Zhanjie sat aside with a smile on his face. Wu Shaoshu and Xu Qingyun were discussing solving the case, but he did not interrupt.

This case was related to him, and after solving the case, he also made a great contribution. By coming to Tianjin, he not only completed the task assigned by the director, but also accepted a satisfactory student and was able to find out the traitor. Moreover, it was under his guidance that the students solved the case, achieving three goals with one stone.

"Stationmaster, this matter must be kept secret. How many trustworthy people are there in the station?"

Xu Qingyun took the initiative to ask, when it came to the Hu Qi case, Wang Jiansheng was particularly concerned about confidentiality. Later he learned that the Tianjin Station of the Military Intelligence Department had already received the news, and the so-called confidentiality was a pure joke.

Fortunately, the case was handled quickly and was closed before Wu Shaoshu could find out the facts, leaving him no chance to steal the credit.

Wu Shaoshu immediately replied: "General Affairs Team Leader Yuan Hourong and Operations Team Leader Jie Yongshan are both people I brought with me. They are absolutely trustworthy."

It is impossible for him to come to Tianjin Station alone. The intelligence team is the most important. In order to maintain stability, he did not replace them immediately. The two major groups, General Affairs and Operations, were all replaced by the people he brought.

One is in charge of finances, the other has guns. Wu Shaoshu understands the importance of both.

"Since they are reliable, please ask them to come first."

Xu Qingyun said directly that the fancy sedan was carried by everyone, and this time it was a case of traitor, so it was very important to have reliable people inside to help.

Besides, if he brings them in and assigns them tasks, his work in the Military Intelligence Department will be more convenient in the future.

"Okay, I'll send them over right away."

Wu Shaoshu nodded, understanding that Xu Qingyun meant well. After the two of them got involved, as long as the traitor was caught, they would definitely be credited.

Not long after, Yuan Hourong arrived at Xu Zhanjie's office first.

Yuan Hourong is 32 years old and a fellow villager of Wu Shaoshu. He looks simple and honest, but Xu Qingyun never judges people by their appearance.

Not to mention that this is an intelligence department, judging people by their appearance in the workplace in the future will also lead to constant losses.

Xie Yongshan arrived shortly afterwards. He was relatively young, twenty-six years old, from a military background, strong and healthy, the kind who could fight several people without weapons.

"There is an important situation at the station, Qingyun, you go and tell them."

Wu Shaoshu's expression was serious. The two men sat up straight. When Xu Qingyun said that there was a traitor in the station, they were both shocked.

"Team Leader Xie, how much do you know about your subordinates now? How many people are available?"

After explaining the situation, Xu Qingyun first asked Jie Yongshan, "It would be impossible to handle the case internally relying on just a few of them without reliable help."

"The people in my three teams can be trusted."

Xie Yongshan immediately replied that they arrived late, but Team 3 was a new department that was re-screened and formed after he arrived. Before, when the Tianjin Station's action group was not fully staffed and there was no station chief at Tianjin Station, the Beiping side took charge of the command here as well.

Peking transferred a lot of people from Tianjin, and Xie Yongshan took the opportunity to reorganize a team. Except for the people he brought, the rest were elites selected by him personally.

After listening to Jie Yongshan's explanation of the situation, Xu Zhanjie nodded slightly.

It’s not that Wu Shaoshu did nothing in Tianjin, but unfortunately the time was too short and he had not yet formed any combat effectiveness.

This is what the superiors think. Xie Yongshan did the thing, but Xu Zhanjie will only give the credit to Wu Shaoshu.

"Team Leader Xie, please arrange for someone to investigate immediately to see who came near Section Chief Xu's office after 10 a.m. this morning, especially after 12 p.m. Also, check for anyone who left the station after this time."

Xu Qingyun whispered that the three teams plus Jie Yongshan had a total of 19 people, plus a few people brought by Xu Zhanjie from the headquarters, and that was enough manpower for the time being.

"No problem, I'll go right away." Xie Yongshan understood the importance of the case and responded immediately.

"Team Leader Yuan, have we ever provided clothes and shoes to everyone in our station?"

After Xie Yongshan left, Xu Qingyun asked Yuan Hourong again. Yuan Hourong understood what he meant and nodded immediately: "Yes, more than once, but they were all purchased before. After we came here, we only matched them to new people." "Whether it is the old people in the station before or the new people, please bring their sizes here."

"Okay, I'll get it now."

Yuan Hourong stood up and said that all the information was in their general affairs group and it would not be difficult to get it.

Xu Zhanjie looked at the time.

It is now three o'clock in the afternoon. Xu Qingyun conducted the investigation at the earliest time. The investigation steps and direction were correct, and he did not intervene.

Not long after, Yuan Hourong came in with the information of the General Affairs Group.

There are a total of 122 people in Tianjin Station. The station chief is Wu Shaoshu and the deputy station chief is vacant. There are intelligence group, action group, general affairs group, telecommunications group, interrogation group, confidential group, etc. Personnel is the responsibility of the general affairs group, while security is the responsibility of the interrogation group.

These are regular staff and do not include some non-staff members in the canteen.

Except for Wu Shaoshu, all the information of everyone is there, including Yuan Hourong himself.

The intelligence team has 35 people, and the operations team has 55 people. They are the two largest groups in the station, accounting for more than half.

The Military Intelligence Department was well-funded and each person was provided with at least two sets of clothes, including shoes.

There are mostly men in the site, and many of them meet the requirements based on the size of their feet. Xu Qingyun estimated that the shoes worn by the traitor are size 40 to 42, which covers almost half.

Now is the preliminary screening, and those who are completely unsuspecting will be temporarily excluded.

Xie Yongshan also made progress in the investigation.

After ten o'clock in the morning, there were many people coming and going in the office on the second floor. The action team's office was on the second floor. They had the largest number of people, so Xie Yongshan would be the easiest to investigate.

Apart from the action team, only two people had been to the second floor.

They are from the intelligence group and the telecommunications group respectively, and both were listed as key targets of investigation.

Both of their feet were suspects, and they had lunch in the cafeteria and had never gone out.

"Stationmaster, I just found out that Li Liangwen can open locks."

Xie Yongshan came back excitedly to report that Li Liangwen was from the telecommunications group, and Xu Zhanjie stood up immediately.

As soon as he got off the plane, he went to the police station to read the case closing report on Xu Qingyun, and then returned to Tianjin Station to send a telegram to the headquarters. Although the people in the telecommunications group had not seen the case closing report and did not know the content of what he sent, they knew that it was a report on the police's case of catching Japanese spies.

In other words, Li Liangwen knew about this matter at the first opportunity.

If he was a mole, he would have had plenty of time to report to his superior, who would then order him to obtain the contents of the case closure report. He then took a desperate risk, sneaked into the office, and stole the case closure report.

"Qingyun, what should we do next?"

Xu Zhanjie looked at Xu Qingyun. At the moment, everything was just speculation and needed evidence to confirm.

It’s not that he is kind-hearted and will not wrongly accuse a good person without evidence, but this case needs to be confirmed before anyone can be arrested. Otherwise, if the wrong person is arrested, the real traitor may escape.

In fact, there is also a stupid way. Gather all the people whose footprints match the size together, let them wear shoe covers, and leave shoe prints one by one, and Xu Qingyun will compare and identify them.

However, this would make too much noise and would be easily noticed by the enemy, making it almost impossible to follow up.

(End of this chapter)