Spy Wars: Red Shopkeeper

Chapter 29 Message
Gu Yansheng took the small note dropped by He Yun and returned to the law firm.

Getting the accommodation address was part of the reservation plan, but I didn't know what kind of house they were looking for, whether it had windows or a yard. It was most likely an ordinary residential house with a platform for drying clothes. We could just throw stones according to the actual situation, it would all be the same.

Those who are selected by the organization, after undergoing training, will always be able to understand why it is such a simple matter of going home if they think carefully about it.

If you can't figure this out, then just try to climb over the wall in the middle of the night and stay away from them from now on.

"Pay attention to the missing person notice. Wu Sanquan is looking for his brother Wu Sanshui. There will be a contact address on it. There will be someone there at 3 pm and 9 pm. It's the contact code. He asks, "Have you read the notice?" You answer, "No, I read the Liangyou Pictorial."

Gu Yansheng took out a box of matches, burned the note, and soaked it in water to disperse it.

Taking out today's report, I turned to the missing persons column. Since the war, when communication was already inconvenient, there were more people missing, and the business of missing persons notices also improved. This was an unexpected source of income for the newspaper.

I took a look and didn't find the missing person notice in today's newspaper.

Could it be yesterday's newspaper? The law firm kept newspapers for a long time due to needs. Gu Yansheng went to the archives to take a look, and sure enough, there was this information in yesterday's newspaper.

And the address is in the residential area of ​​the International Settlement.

I looked at the time and it was still a long time before afternoon, so there was definitely enough time.

The next key point to consider is how to meet the other party and how to get this person to leave after the meeting.

The former is not difficult. The purpose of disguising yourself is to prevent the other person from seeing your face.

It doesn't matter whether you trust him or not. There is no need to let someone know who you are if you only meet him once.

As for the latter, it is indeed a bit troublesome.

Although Gu Yansheng didn't know what No. 67 had arranged, judging from their tracking of the other fourteen people, none of them were spared, so the old underground man must be the top priority of the search.

In order to prevent him from escaping, there must be hidden spies watching him in places like stations and docks.

How can we get him out of Shanghai safely?
It is definitely not possible to go by land. There are Japanese military police outside the city, and there are also Japanese military police and No. 67 people at the train station. The only option is water transportation.

The only way to travel by water is to go through the Shilipu Wharf in the concession, that is, take a foreign cruise ship, which does not risk being arrested. As for the destination, Hong Kong is a more suitable choice.

But he was able to plan these things, and the people at No. 67 must have known about it, so the ticket office should be under close surveillance.

It's not impossible to buy a ticket and force your way onto the ship, even in front of the people in No. 67. But being on the ship doesn't mean you can leave this sea area. There are many Japanese patrol boats on the sea, and it would be a waste of effort to force them to stop and arrest people.

There were two problems: one was to get a boat ticket to Hong Kong, and the other was to board the ship without alerting the hidden spies.

He thought of several methods and rejected several others. During this time, Wolf came to tell him about the resume and glorious deeds of Herbert Smith Freehills and reminded him that it would be a strong opponent.

Gu Yansheng didn't care about these things and teased him, saying that Jardine Matheson was a British industry. Why didn't they come to him when something happened, but instead went to other British people? Was it because they didn't have enough connections, or was it because they came to you but you were not sure you could take it down?

Wolf protested against this, because Herbert Smith Freehills was a purely British law firm and would certainly do its utmost to help the national industry Jardine Matheson, while their law firm, Danwen, had an American boss, Cooper, so it was considered an American company.

Justified and convincing.

In the afternoon, Gu Yansheng went back home and bought a black suit, a windbreaker, leather shoes, a white coat and a cotton mask from several stores on the way.

The first layer wears suits, the second layer wears white coats, and the third layer wears windbreakers.

Because the white coat is thin, it will not make you look bulky. You cannot wear a hat for the time being, as it will make you look like a killer.

I called a rickshaw and took a walk around the residential area on Guangdong Road. Based on the address, I locked onto the second floor of an apartment. There were exits in the front and back, and the apartment had many windows. If it was a safe room, then it would be convenient to escape from this place.

At 2:58, Gu Yansheng entered from the back door of the apartment. As soon as he entered, he opened the top button of his windbreaker, put on a mask and hat, and lowered the brim of his hat.

Room 203 on the second floor. When Gu Yansheng arrived here, it was exactly three o'clock. He stood at the door and knocked lightly, just once. If there was someone there, there must be someone guarding it at this time.

However, after waiting for a minute, no one opened the door.

Just as Gu Yansheng frowned and was about to knock again to confirm.

Bang, the door opened, but it was not the door in front of me, but the door of the room diagonally opposite behind me suddenly opened, and a familiar face appeared.

It was the pharmacy owner Zheng Liangcai.

But now he doesn’t look like a drugstore owner. He wears overalls and glasses, and looks like a watch repairman.

He was carrying a trash can at the moment, as if he was just going out to take out the trash.

When he walked to Gu Yansheng, he took a look.

"Who are you looking for?"

Gu Yansheng raised his eyebrows, looked at his door, then looked at the door he was knocking on, and grinned. OK, he is worthy of being an old underground man, he is still on guard.

"I'm looking for Wu Sanquan." "Wu Sanquan hasn't been here for a while. Who are you?"

"I am his brother Wu Sanshui."

"Have you read the declaration?"

"No, I read the Good Friend Pictorial."

After he finished speaking, Zheng Liangcai turned around and carried the trash can into the house.

Gu Yansheng followed closely behind.

After closing the door, Zheng Liangcai extended his hand and smiled, "Hello, comrade, I'm glad to see you. I was really worried that something had happened to you, Zheng Liangcai."

"Cat's Eye." Gu Yansheng was not going to reveal his real name, and his voice was deliberately suppressed.

It was obviously a pseudonym, but Zheng Liangcai didn't care much about it. After all, the two were not familiar with each other.

"Did you go there that day? Were you arrested?"

"I saw the plate you dropped. I luckily escaped harm. I'm very grateful to you. Thank you."

"That's good." Zheng Liangcai smiled easily, "I still don't know what went wrong. When I was first targeted, I thought you were arrested and that's why I was targeted. But when the Japanese interrogated me, I knew that nothing had happened to you, at least you didn't confess.

If you were arrested because of me, I would be ashamed to face the organization.

Okay, as long as you're fine, let's hand it over. I'll give you the things and I can leave.

I've been in Shanghai for so long, and I've hidden a lot of great treasures. You'll definitely need them in the future.

Of course, it's best not to go up. Haha, come and see, this room and the one you just knocked on are both safe houses I prepared. The owner of that room is Wu Sanquan, and the owner of this room is Ding Youdao.

These two people were innocent, ordinary people. They died while transporting supplies to the Nationalist army during the Battle of Shanghai. They were supporting the war of resistance, but were unlucky and were killed by artillery shells. They were both heroes. Their household registration books are in my hands. I took them off their bodies at the time. They are very safe.

I will give it to you later. If you want to live there, you can sign a lease and continue to live there. You can also give it to someone else if you want in the future. It’s your decision.

There's a pistol in the kitchen of each house, and a pistol in the bedroom. Here, here are the bullets. Open the panel inside this closet, and there's a compartment underneath. Inside is the radio. There are also two grenades, hung on the closet as booby traps to prevent problems with the radio and code book. This is sulfa."

Zheng Liangcai described everything in the house in great detail, and each one was carefully selected.

This is an old underground family business that he has carefully accumulated over many years of hiding in Shanghai.

Medicines, guns, and radios are all things that are extremely difficult for underground workers to obtain.

"I was originally planning to leave you a safe house and ID cards in Zhabei, but my own is broken, so I'll have to give up. The safe houses over there are probably not safe anymore, what a pity."

Zheng Liangcai smiled and looked around the room, feeling somewhat reluctant. He had to hand over everything and leave Shanghai.

"I'll leave it to you from now on, comrade."

Gu Yansheng nodded in thanks. "Thank you for the treasure you left behind. It's very useful. You've been alone in Shanghai. Do you have a single line of contact with the organization?"

"Yes, I am a lurker, a nail in the coffin. I don't have any specific mission. I just stay in Shanghai. My main role is to run a pharmacy. If anyone is in urgent need of controlled drugs, such as sulfa, they can get them from me."

"Then have you ever thought about why you were targeted?" Gu Yansheng was more concerned about this issue.

"Hiss," Zheng Liangcai frowned and said, "I have been thinking about this question for the past few days. I wonder if there was a mistake in some mission I carried out?
If I think about it, I actually perform quite a lot of tasks.

For example, there was a Northern Jiangsu Anti-Japanese Alliance in Northern Jiangsu. My superiors asked me to deliver medicine, but it was placed in a dead mailbox and taken away by a transfer station. I never met them.

For example, the Shanghai Prefectural Committee was short of medical care and medicine, or short of money, so they also used a dead mailbox, placed it in a hole dug under a tree, or under a bench, etc. In theory, there would be no problem in this situation.

When I think about it carefully, the most likely person is my enemy.

I have made enemies when I run this pharmacy business. Other people on the same street also have pharmacies, so I opened my own. I am an old brand and I never cheat anyone. My neighbors trust me, so they all come to me to buy herbs.

As a result, that person resorted to some means, either stealing my herbs or finding someone to blackmail me.

I have been very tolerant, thinking that I could just hold on, but who knew that he wouldn't let me go. I guess this person might have falsely accused me of something. Well, you know, if they falsely accuse me of helping the Military Control Commission or our people, they will definitely conduct a thorough investigation.

This may lead to being targeted.

I also found out that this guy has a relationship with the traitorous headman over there, and they seem to be relatives. I told the organization about this.

This is also the reason why the organization transferred me out of Shanghai to develop in another place. The organization is worried that if the other party continues to be so unreasonable, it will sooner or later cause trouble. But now it seems that it is still too late to leave. If I leave earlier, there will be less trouble. "

(End of this chapter)