Chapter 119 Tracking Again
So many days have passed and the deadline is approaching. There is still no movement at Hangzhou Station. Virgo is wondering whether Cai Shifeng is really working hard.
"Yes, Virgo."
Secretary Qi went out to submit the report. It was none of his business that Cai Shifeng was unlucky, but seeing that Cai Shifeng was quite sensible on weekdays and had given him a lot of filial piety, he reminded him.
Find the traitor quickly, otherwise Virgo's fire will soon fall on him.
Virgo hates traitors the most, and will not give up until the traitor is found. Even if he escapes this time, if he cannot be found out in the future, Cai Shifeng will definitely not be able to keep his position as webmaster.
In Hangzhou, Luan Tianhe hurried into Cai Shifeng's office.
When the telecommunications team of Hangzhou Station receives a telegram, it always gives it to Luan Tianhe first. He is the stationmaster's number one confidant. If you don't give it to him, they will immediately find ways to deal with you.
Luan Tianhe is famous for being petty.
"Stationmaster, there's a call from headquarters asking if we have found the traitor."
Luan Tianhe said carefully that last time the stationmaster gave him ten days to find the traitor, but now the ten days have passed and he didn't even find the traitor.
He first checked within the intelligence team, but found nothing.
Then came the action team, telecommunications team, general affairs team, etc. They collected money when they found a suspect. They collected a lot of money, and no trace of the traitor was found.
The people he was investigating were afraid. If Luan Tianhe didn't find the traitor and treated them as traitors, wouldn't it be an unjust death?
Are there still few people in the party who died unjustly?
Out of fear, I could only spend money to buy peace. At first, no one dared to give away money, fearing that they would be regarded as traitors if they gave away money. Later, several people gave away money together, and when they found out that it was okay, everyone started giving away.
Luan Tianhe had made a lot of money during this period. He didn't expect that finding a traitor would be of such great benefit.
So much so that during this period, he even forgot about his own mission.
Now that the headquarters came to urge him, he suddenly remembered that this was a task assigned by the headquarters.
"Have you found out?" Cai Shifeng looked at him and asked seriously.
"No."
Luan Tianhe was stunned for a moment. He didn't dare to deceive the webmaster and headquarters about this matter.
"How many have been found and are there any suspects?"
Cai Shifeng frowned. The time given by Virgo was indeed running out. If there was a target, he would be prepared to arrest the person by force and interrogate them first.
Virgo won't let submission lead to a move, but if he finds the right person, then there is no such thing as submission.
"No."
There was no suspect in Luan Tianhe. He basically suspected everyone in the station and then closed them all.
"What are you doing during this time?"
Cai Shifeng frowned. Luan Tianhe was busy every day, how could he not gain anything?
"I, I have been investigating, but the traitor is too cunning and there are really no clues. I dare not search the site extensively to avoid putting everyone in danger."
Luan Tianhe had an idea and quickly replied that he didn't dare to let the webmaster know that he was busy collecting money during this time.
Once you know that, scolding is a minor offense and you may need to be beaten.
"What you said is true, but Virgo has urged you to find the traitor as soon as possible. I will give you three more days. If you can't find the traitor, I will remove you first and investigate."
Cai Shifeng threatened that if he didn't put some pressure on Luan Tianhe, if he didn't put pressure on him now, the pressure would fall on him in the future.
Virgos are not as easy to talk to as he is.
"Yes, stationmaster."
Luan Tianhe was startled. He knew that he had gone too far and should not have done anything serious.
Now I don't even dare to be dismissed by the webmaster.
He had received money from so many people, so he would not be stupid enough to think that they would give it to him willingly. Once he was removed, these people would probably attack in groups, and the backlash would be enough to cut him into pieces.
In the last three days, he must find the traitor.
Luan Tianhe finally went to handle the case, while Cai Shifeng had a headache. How could he reply to the headquarters?
I can't tell Virgo that there is nothing, I can only say that there are clues and the traitor will be found in the near future.
Please give Virgo a few more days of grace, and I will give you a satisfactory answer by then.
After careful consideration, Cai Shifeng wrote the reply call himself and asked the telecommunications team to send it to Nanjing.
In Nanjing, Xu Qingyun's progress was continuously reported to Xu Qingyun.
There was nothing unusual about Ji Shenghai from the Chengdong Branch. He did not notice that he was being watched.
The second suspect identified was named An Guocai. During the investigation, it was found that he had sent supplies to the army many times.
They were not originally required to deliver these materials. The factory was only responsible for production. After acceptance by the Manufacturing Bureau of the National Defense Department, they were handed over to the people of the Logistics Department, who sent them to the various units.
But the people in the logistics department are lazy and don’t like to move around. When necessary, they ask the factory to arrange for someone to go with them to deliver the goods. Others are unwilling to do this kind of burdensome and useless work. An Guocai is very active and does it every time. go.
They are not from the Logistics Department. When they arrive in the army, they will not be given any benefits.
Being able to eat something good and smoke a few cigarettes is the best treatment.
The officials in the logistics department are the bosses.
It’s no good. You have to run around all the time. If there is a small problem with the goods, you will be scolded by the garrison on the spot. Of course, no one wants to do this kind of work.
"Damn it."
After listening to the report, Xu Qingyun's eyes turned cold. An Guocai was a Japanese spy. He had been to the army so many times. Not only were the garrison addresses and checkpoints completely leaked, but even more secrets were known to the Japanese.
Xu Qingyun was not scolding An Guocai. He was a Japanese agent and an enemy. It was normal to do this.
What he was scolding was the bunch of worms in the Logistics Department, for letting a Japanese spy master so many secrets so easily?
Can they die if they follow the procedures?
They are not even willing to abide by this little rule, which shows how bad the Fruit Party has become.
Xu Qingyun understood that many people in the logistics department would be unlucky this time.
An Guocai has been targeted, and he cannot escape either.
The results of his identity verification have not yet come out, but with his current performance, Xu Qingyun is 80% sure that he will not be wronged.
"Team leader, we searched everyone within two hundred meters of the area. Only one person met the conditions, but this person had left Nanjing three months ago."
Fang Laibao came back to report that all the homes within a radius of 200 meters of the last photo studio had been checked.
Only one person fully meets the conditions, but he is not in Nanjing, so it is unlikely that he is a Japanese spy.
The lurking personnel have not been exposed and will not be evacuated casually.
"What about others, multiple people, or couples with children?"
"Yes, I'll do some statistics."
Fang Laibao immediately replied that these were recorded and he had not checked them before. Now that Xu Qingyun asked, he would be able to sort them out immediately.
There are two households where two men live together, and there is one household where three men live together.
But the three of them were coolies and shared a small house.
There are also two couples with children who also moved here three years ago.
"Immediately investigate the situation of these five households and find out everything about their work and daily performance, especially which household passes the photo studio every day."
Xu Qingyun ordered that the other three photo studios had problems, and he didn't believe there were none nearby.
Except for Kong Yufa who escaped before, the remaining two people have been targeted.
Finding this last one is the real victory.
Any escape is a failure.
"Yes, team leader."
Fang Laibao left quickly. Now he was not alone. He was not only helped by the group leader's brother, but also by people from the second group.
With enough manpower, it was very easy to survey five households. Yan Ming came back from outside and came to Xu Qingyun's office immediately.
"Team leader, I went to the telephone exchange. The people there said that there have been strange calls like this before. An operator with a good memory said that she has transferred such calls every month."
"I checked the phone records and found that each time it was a public phone. I have marked the places where this person called."
"This is the recording we got before."
The telephone office does not record every call. This recording was because Xu Qingyun had explained it before.
Only this time, never before.
However, there are phone records. Yan Ming found the phone records for a year, once a month, but at a different time than Liu Qiaosheng.
Just this time they were on the same day.
Xu Qingyun could understand that this time an order was issued suddenly from above to verify whether they were safe. If there was no reply, the Japanese spies would immediately know who was in trouble and make adjustments and arrangements.
"The photos have also been developed, and they are all here."
Yan Ming brought a lot of things. He put all the audio tapes and photos on the table, as well as the number records he got from the telephone exchange, and the location of the public telephones he marked on the map.
The tape was very large and completely different from later generations. Xu Qingyun looked at the photos first.
There are bicycle wheel marks in the photo, and more of them are footprints.
Yan Ming knew the team leader's ability and deliberately took photos of every footprint at the scene.
Xu Qingyun looked at each photo carefully.
There are a lot of footprints. After all, it is outside, and many people pass by even in remote places. The bluestone road can easily leave marks, unlike the cement roads of later generations, which are too clean to leave footprints.
There are more than fifty various footprints, but these are the ones left next to three public phones. On average, there are less than twenty footprints in each place.
Some of the footprints were obviously not left today.
This is a good sign, indicating that there are indeed not many people walking around there, and the spy's footprints are most likely to be photographed.
According to the boss, the callers were all men, not too old, probably between 25 and 40 years old. Most of them were wearing hats and scarves, so it was impossible to accurately judge their age.
Photos of women, too old, or too young can be eliminated first.
After removing the previous ones, almost one-third has been removed.
These days, there are still too few women showing up every day. Most of them stay at home to take care of their husbands and raise children, and most of them go out to buy groceries. These places are either hotels or some high-end shops, and not many women go there.
Elderly people and children don’t often go to places like this.
According to height, Xu Qingyun went to a few more.
None of the three were too tall, none taller than 1.7 meters, and those over 1.7 meters were eliminated first.
But they are not less than 1.55 meters tall, and men below this height can also be excluded.
Now there is almost half left, less than thirty footprints.
The footprints of the three people are likely to be among them.
Then there are the bicycle prints.
Yan Ming said that two people were riding bicycles, which meant that they lived not close to here. Since they were riding bicycles, once the bicycle moved, the footprints next to the wheel marks could not belong to them.
On the contrary, the mark left next to the car when it stopped is more suitable for them.
After comparison, Xu Qingyun first listed the most suspicious footprints.
The first is the first public phone. According to the boss, this person is wearing sunglasses.
Xu Qingyun deduced from the footprints that he was a male, between 27 and 30 years old, and about 1.63 meters tall. The error would not be too big.
This height is not considered short among Japanese people.
They are lurking, and people who are too short are conspicuous, which is not conducive to lurking work. What's more, Japanese agents are selected from the elite, and people who are too short will not be hired at all.
Through the footprints, Xu Qingyun could tell that the person had been injured.
Old injuries, at least five years old.
The injury was to the leg, and it was to the knee. This type of injury is most likely to leave root causes, such as arthritis, rheumatism, etc.
This is a useful clue.
Rheumatism and arthritis are not terminal diseases, but they are very difficult to treat and can be excruciatingly painful.
He wants to relieve the pain and will most likely go to a clinic or hospital to see a doctor.
Apart from his injuries, this person weighs about 110 pounds, is not too fat, and has a medium build. He wears cloth shoes. There are many such shoes, but judging from the texture, they are very common. Based on what the phone boss said, , this person’s living conditions are below average.
Not too poor, but not too rich either.
There are the most people of this type in Nanjing, and the Japanese are also best at disguising themselves.
After viewing this photo, Xu Qingyun continued to analyze other photos, and he also found the second cyclist suspect.
He identified this footprint for a while, mainly because there were three bicycle prints in this place.
Unlike the place just now where there was only one.
Among the three bicycle prints, we need to use the direction back and forth, the location of the stop, and the footprints to infer which one is the bike the caller is riding.
After identifying the bicycle, the person's footprints can be identified.
These two footprints are relatively easy to find.
The hardest one was the third one, he was walking.
This place happens to have the most footprints, and there are also many people who come in and out of the store.
In the end, Xu Qingyun kept three footprints in this place, and checked all three footprints, and then eliminated them later.
"Yan Ming, let's go out."
Xu Qingyun stood up. The footprints were left before. It was a little late to go out and trace them now, but there was no way. Everyone was busy, even him. What's more, there were no photos before, so he didn't know the situation at the scene.
With photos, the most suitable person to be traced can be selected.
"good."
Yan Ming jumped up from the sofa and drove. Xu Qingyun closed his eyes and rested for a while. When tracing the imprint, he needed to concentrate and try to find the direction of the imprint.
The first one to go to is the first public phone, which has the fewest people.
When Xu Qingyun arrived, there were still some marks on the ground.
You can see it more clearly on the spot.
The cyclist was traveling from east to west. Xu Qingyun asked Yan Ming to drive behind him, and he walked forward along the tracks.
The wheel marks are intermittent.
There were other car marks on the road.
Walking is the safest way. If you are slightly negligent when looking at car prints, you may trace the wrong car prints
Walking to an intersection, Xu Qingyun observed carefully that there were more car prints here, and the car prints he was following had disappeared.
You can only judge whether he is turning or going straight through his previous position and direction.
The car mark is closer to the right, so it is more likely to turn right.
Xu Qingyun walked directly to the intersection on the right. This is what tracking is like. You have to make choices in some places. If you make a mistake, come back and track again.
Therefore, the success rate of tracking in the city has always been the lowest, and more luck is needed.
(End of chapter)