Spy Wars: Return of the Red Luan

Chapter 46 Routines and Seeing Through Them

December 17, 12, Qingmu Pharmacy in Fengtian City.

After Zhou Yongsu discovered that he and Liu Junze were being monitored, he stopped Liu Junze from opening the door in time. The two returned to the secret room, dismantled the radio and hid it in disguise. The secret room was restored to its warehouse appearance, and then they went back upstairs and disguised the countertop to look like an accounting table.

During the time of disguising the shop, Zhou Yongsu thought carefully. The people who came to monitor him or Liu Junze at this time were most likely Japanese!
If the person monitoring me is Japanese, or a fat guy, then it would be really troublesome! I noticed it a while ago, but not as obvious as today! And there are several people together!
Chen Jiehua's telegram just now said it passed Tu Feiyuan's investigation. Could it be that they can't find any evidence against us, so they're focusing on us two? Yes! Very likely! They can target us without worrying about our identities!

That would be troublesome! It would be fine if Lao Liu and I could just live our normal lives, but if we deliberately threw off the tailgater, it would be like telling Fatty, "I'm a spy, I've found you!" This would expose Chen Jiehua and me!
But this has been keeping them hanging, and they can't do anything else! First of all, the meeting at the safe house agreed with Shao Mazi can't be realized!
How to do? !

After a quick analysis, Zhou Yongsu exchanged ideas with Liu Junze. "I'll go out and try to lure away the stalkers. I'll simply go back to Lushun to pick up Qingmu Qingxuan. You're familiar with Fengtian City. Be careful to exit through the back door and go to safe house number 4. Follow my instructions and signal Shao Mazi. Meet up as soon as possible to share information. Leave the key with him, and then hurry back."

"For the rest of your life, until Qing Mu and I return, you will have to move about normally. Also, you must quickly find a reason and a way to return to the Young Marshal's Mansion and find a job! We must have someone in the Young Marshal's Army, and you're the most suitable. After all, the National Police Agency is now under the Young Marshal's military control."

After the two men finished communicating, Zhou Yongsu opened the door, left the pharmacy normally through the main entrance, waved for a rickshaw, and headed towards the station.

Ten minutes later, Liu Junze came out from the back door, walked around several times, and arrived at the safe house with the internal number 4. After confirming that no one had discovered him, he opened the door, went in, and hung a red cotton jacket in the yard to represent a signal.

Ten minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Liu Junze confirmed through the observation hole that there was only one person outside and immediately opened the door.

Seeing that the person who opened the door was unfamiliar, Shao Mazi was stunned for a moment. The cautious Shao Mazi was about to retreat when Liu Junze whispered, "Mr. Shao, come in quickly!"

After Shao Mazi entered the room, the two confirmed their identities.

"Mr. Shao, among the 13 people here, are there any you know? Or anyone whose family relationship you know! Preferably someone from Fengtian!"

"I've only just arrived, but I know Wu Lishi, the Organization Minister of the Manchuria Provincial Committee. Although he's from Jiangsu, he's lived in Manchuria for over four years and speaks Northeastern Mandarin very well!"

"Do you know how old you are?"

"I don't know. But I know they are all very young!"

"Is there anyone else?"

"Chen Weiren, an official from Manchuria Province. I only know his name; I've never seen his face, and I don't know his age. But I do have one piece of information: all the documents sent to Shanghai by the Manchuria Provincial Committee were stamped with the seal of a man named Zhao Yunrong!"

"Zhao Yunrong, a woman's name? It's okay, I can figure out the rest myself."

"Mr. Shao, I'll give you the key to this safe house. Yongsu has explained the contents, so you can use them as you please. Yongsu is being targeted by Japanese spies and can't come back, so he's gone back to Lushun to find a solution. Yongsu suggests that we shouldn't make any big moves right now and wait for Mr. Zhao to come back before we figure out a solution."

After talking to Shao Mazi, it was already dark, and Liu Junze secretly sneaked back to the pharmacy.

The next morning, Liu Junze went to the Young Marshal's residence. Thanks to his secret planning and escorting of the Young Marshal back to Northeast China, the Young Marshal was delighted to have Liu Junze back and continued to serve as his artillery instructor. Having changed back into his uniform, Liu Junze returned to the barracks to reminisce with his former colleagues.

In the afternoon, Zhao Shiyu, using the alias Zhao Weigang, arrived at Port Arthur and took a train to Fengtian, where he met up with Shao Mazi in the evening.

That same evening, Liu Junze hosted a drink for a colleague he had a good relationship with in the military at a restaurant near the police station. Liu Junze, usually a bit shrewd, was clever this time, choosing a place near the police station to invite his colleagues for drinks in order to draw out Zhao Ruilong, whom he had seen last time. He had confirmed it was him, but hadn't had the chance to speak to him.

"Hey everyone, why do I feel like someone is missing from the group of brothers I used to drink with?"

"Who else could be missing? It's Zhao Ruilong!"

"Zhao Ruilong was blinded in one eye by a stone thrown from a cannonball last time, so he became Zhao Dulong! He can't operate a cannon anymore, so the young marshal transferred him to the police department as a small police captain, which is considered to be the most righteous thing he can do."

"Isn't the police station just across the street? One of you guys go and drag him over to drink with us!"

"Oh my god! I haven't seen this guy in a long time. It's a good opportunity for him to get to know him."

After a while, Zhao Ruilong, still in police uniform, was dragged over.

When comrades meet, wine is the best medium of communication. It is freezing cold in Northeast China in December. After drinking a few big bowls of wine and eating large pots of hot dishes with Northeastern characteristics, seven or eight rough men become more and more excited as they eat.

"Hey, Old Liu, have you been making a lot of money these past few months? You've become so extravagant! You wouldn't have been willing to order so many dishes when you were drinking before!"

"Brother Qijin, you're right, I've been selling Western medicine for a Japanese officer these past few months, and I've actually made some money! Haha! So I have to show off today, brothers, all the food and wine! If anyone calls me stingy again, I'll hit them with a silver coin! Lao Zhao, come on, drink!"

"Is Western medicine really that profitable?"

"You don't know! My previous boss, a lieutenant colonel in the Japanese Kwantung Army, had a powerful family! Shiploads of medicine were shipped in from the West, and those dignitaries and officers' wives bought up huge piles of it like they were eating it for dinner!"

"Then why did you quit and come back?"

"Don't mention it. I heard someone is jealous and is behind his back. Something happened at the pharmaceutical factory in the West, and all the pharmacies are closed."

"Alas, what a pity! Otherwise, Lao Liu could have led the old brothers to enjoy a few more good days."

"Look at what you're saying. We, the artillerymen, don't know what will happen tomorrow. We can't take the money we earn with us when we're born, so if you really need help at home, come to me!"

"Old Liu is a man of honor! Just for what he said, come on, brothers, let's go!"

Since ancient times, wine and meat are unreliable, only tricks can win people's hearts.

The speaker has intention, and the listener also has intention!

Ever since Zhao Ruilong lost one eye in a bombing, he's become Zhao Dulong. He's become a bit self-destructive and addicted to gambling. Just now, his friends dragged him away from the gambling table at the police station! He lost all his newly paid salary in half an hour and is still in debt.

That day, Liu Junze followed her all the way to the casino and didn't rush to recognize her.

(End of this chapter)