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Chapter 36 Looking for Traitors

After distributing the people, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tianlai to the selected place. This place was called the Six Kingdoms Hotel. It was famous during the Republic of China and was jointly built by the six countries of Britain, France, the United States, Germany, Japan and Russia. Therefore, it was named the Six Kingdoms Hotel. During the Republic of China, no matter what great sin you committed, as long as you hide in this hotel, the National Government will have no way to deal with you. It is impossible to arrest you here.

In order not to attract attention, after completing the check-in procedures, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tianlai into the room. After about half an hour, the two of them came to the hall on the first floor and chose a corner not far from the gate to sit down. Here you can see the entire hall and face the door. The location is very suitable. Since you don’t know if Zhang Jinrao lives here, and you don’t know when he will appear, the two of them waited passively in the hall. During the waiting time, Li Yunsheng asked Zhang Tianlai’s situation in a low voice: “Where is Tianlai from, and who are there in the family.”

Zhang Tianlai was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect the chief to ask about his own affairs again, but he immediately whispered: "If you are the chief, I am from Henan. In addition to my parents, I have seven younger siblings in my family."

Li Yunsheng nodded. It would be better to be single. As long as there are relatives at home, such people generally have concerns and will not betray easily. Such people are very suitable for being agents, so they asked again: "How did you join the army? People in the family are willing to do so." Li Yunsheng's problem was not aimless. During the Republic of China period, it was important to be a good man but not a soldier. As long as he could survive, ordinary people were unwilling to join the army, especially in the north, who fought for years. Even if he was a soldier, he would put one foot into the coffin, so whether it was the National Government or the warlords in the north, they often did things to strengthen the men.

Zhang Tianlai sighed and said, "My parents at home are reluctant to leave, but there is no way. I went to join the army at the age of thirteen. I was still young at that time. However, in the year when I was in the army, the whole of Henan was in a severe drought, and there were brothers and sisters at home. I had to work hard for the sake of the ocean's military pay. Later, there were constant troubles at home, and the years were not good. The commanders in Henan kept increasing taxes and could not survive at home. In order to survive with younger brothers and sisters, I could only continue to join the army. In this way, no matter what, the monthly military pay would make no one starved to death at home."

Li Yunsheng said softly: "Then do you have other plans to continue to join the army like this? The current year is much better than before. Even if you don't join the army, you should be able to make a living."

Li Yunsheng was determined to recruit Zhang Tianlai, so he began to ask about his plans. If he didn't want to continue to join the army, he wouldn't force others to do anything.

Zhang Tianlai said with a wry smile: "What else can I do if I don't join the army? I have been in the army for more than ten years and have no skills at all. After leaving the army, I can't survive at all. Even if I want to go home and farm, there is no land at home. Unless I am a long-term worker, that's probably not much better than joining the army. Besides, although the years in the past two years are OK, who knows that one day will fight? If you may be caught, you might as well stay in the old army and spend one day. Even if you have a bad life and die on the battlefield, the commander of the army may give some pensions for my years."

Perhaps Li Yunsheng's attitude has always been very gentle, so Zhang Tianlai didn't hide anything and directly expressed his thoughts. This kind of plan to live a life is also the idea of ​​many soldiers during the Republic of China period. There is no concept of defending their country at all. Only during the full war of resistance will the soldiers' ideas change a little.

After some exchange, Li Yunsheng easily figured out Zhang Tianlai's plan, but did not immediately say the words to recruit, but planned to say it after completing the task, so he changed the subject: "How long have you been in Zhang Jinrao's army? Do you have a little understanding of him."

Zhang Tianlai thought about it carefully, and then hesitated: "I have been in the army for a long time, but because I am illiterate and I am mainly saving my life during wars, I have always been a soldier and don't know much about the chief. Although I have been in Zhang Jinrao's army for a few years, Zhang Jinrao was a commander at that time, so I couldn't get in touch with it. But I seemed to have heard from the company commander before. Zhang Jinrao is very lustful and doesn't seem to be brave. I don't remember the rest. After all, it has been a long time since I left Zhang Jinrao's army and I can't remember many things."

After that, Li Yunsheng asked Zhang Jinrao a few random questions. Seeing that Zhang Tianlai could not provide any useful information, he stopped asking more questions. Then he patiently waited in the hall. Whenever someone came in and out, Zhang Tianlai would watch carefully in the seat, his eyes were very straightforward, and people could guess at it at a glance that they were looking for someone, which also made Li Yunsheng feel helpless next to him.

Thinking that Zhang Tianlai was just an ordinary soldier, not a secret serviceman, and had not received any training, it was not surprising that this performance was, and Li Yunsheng planned to take him for himself, so he taught Zhang Tianlai some skills next to him and told him how to achieve his goals without attracting attention.

Zhang Tianlai studied very quickly. After Li Yunsheng patiently taught some skills and continued to observe the people entering and leaving, he immediately stopped attracting attention. This made Li Yunsheng even more satisfied. He felt that this was the material for being an agent. Not only was he smart, but he was also very good at learning. This made Li Yunsheng determined to take him for himself. So during this period, he taught Zhang Tianlai some other skills as an agent, which made Zhang Tianlai feel a little different. However, Zhang Tianlai was a studious person, and Li Yunsheng taught some useful abilities, so he did not object.

In this way, Li Yunsheng waited at the Six Kingdoms Hotel for a whole day, and even had lunch in the hall, but no trace of Zhang Jinrao was found. At 8 o'clock in the evening, there were no one in and out of the Six Kingdoms Hotel. By ten o'clock, no one had been in and out for an hour. It was too late at this time. In order not to attract the attention of the staff of the Six Kingdoms Hotel, Li Yunsheng took Zhang Tian back to the room to rest.

The next day, Li Yunsheng and Zhang Tian came to the hall early. Both of them changed their clothes and chose another location. They continued to stare to see if Zhang Jinrao would appear. But after waiting for another day, there was still no discovery. There was no news from the other groups, which made Li Yunsheng a little doubt whether he was wrong. Zhang Jinrao did not live in the embassy area. He was really so bold that he dared to live in other places in Peking City.

But after thinking about it carefully, Zhang Jinrao would not be so brave. After all, what Li Yunsheng learned about it all said that Zhang Jinrao was very brave, and even Zhang Tianlai said that this person was very timid. So where was the problem? Li Yunsheng looked at the dark night outside the window and thought carefully about what he had not thought of.

Suddenly, Li Yunsheng felt that his thoughts were not wrong, but he just got the time wrong. Since Zhang Jinrao secretly sneaked into Peking and was timid, he was very likely to take action at night, so that he could avoid other people's awareness and be safer. After thinking about this, Li Yunsheng planned to inform other groups immediately, but he saw that it was already past twelve o'clock, which was too late, so he decided to notify others the next day.

The next morning, Li Yunsheng first told Zhang Tianlai that he would rest during the day, then came out to stare at the night, and then came to the place where the left-behind personnel were left, asking them to inform the personnel of other teams to rest during the day, and came out at night to check if Zhang Jinrao was there, and then returned to the Six Kingdoms Hotel to rest.

At around ten o'clock in the evening, Li Yunsheng got up and came to the hall with Zhang Tianlai again. This time, since it was night, there was no one in the hall. Li Yunsheng and Zhang Tianlai pretended to have an appointment and waited in the hall.

After waiting for more than two hours, it was already twelve o'clock in the evening. Zhang Tianlai seemed to be less patient, so he asked in a low voice: "Sir Li, it's already so late now. I haven't seen Zhang Jinrao yet, and no news from others. Could it be that your information is wrong? Zhang Jinrao has not come to Peking, or has left in the next two days."

Li Yunsheng glanced at Zhang Tianlai and guessed that he lacked some patience, so he whispered: "Remember, no matter what you do, you must have full patience. No matter whether Zhang Jinyao has not come to Peking or has left, we must do our own thing well, that is, we need to observe here for two days. After all, we cannot know Zhang Jinyao's movements, and according to my guess, the information will not be wrong. After all, this is the news conveyed from the headquarters and should be credible."

After hearing Li Yunsheng's words, Zhang Tianlai thought about it carefully and felt that he had lacked some patience, so he said to Li Yunsheng: "I'm a little anxious. Don't worry, Chief Li, I will continue to stare patiently and never make any mistakes. If the Chief is sleepy, he can rest for a while first. I can just stare alone, and I can't make any mistakes."

Hearing Zhang Tianlai's words, Li Yunsheng nodded and said with a smile: "After all, you are not a professional agent, and you have not received any training, so it is normal to be a little anxious. Don't worry, I'm not sleepy now, and it's still the two of them watching here together, and they can still chat together." Then the two of them talked quietly while staring in the hall.
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