Every night, Du Ziyuan returns to his office after reading the files. Next, Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai report to him. In the past few days, comrades from the Third Bureau have introduced to them the special situation in the country in recent times.
, and the handling of these special situations.
The so-called "special situation" refers to the activities of the Kuomintang's latent agents. The Third Bureau of the Central Regulation Department has been closely cooperating with the Ministry of Public Security in the investigation and handling of these hidden agents. Therefore, these special situations involve all parts of the country, not only in large numbers, but also in large numbers.
And the situation is complicated.
The reason why Du Ziyuan wants to master the "special situation" is that there is actually no way, and it is similar to Zuo Shaoqing's idea. He hopes to find clues and methods to detect the "water hyacinth" through a certain spy organization that is still active.
After Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai collected a large number of "special situations" every day, they first analyzed and screened them. Because most of the "special situations" were minor situations in their eyes, and they could tell at a glance that they had nothing to do with the goals of their investigation.
Relationship. Every night, they reported the screening results to Du Ziyuan and discussed them one by one. There were some "special circumstances" among them, and they would further inquire with the comrades of the Third Bureau the next day.
A few days later, they filtered through the "special feelings" left after the discussion and found only three.[
The first thing is that the signal of an enemy radio station in Jinan suddenly disappeared recently.
The Third Bureau has been monitoring this enemy radio station for a long time, and has been in close contact with the local public security department, striving to destroy this radio station. However, this enemy agent team is extremely cunning. The location of their reports will be moved every time, and the operators are sophisticated.
, it only takes two minutes to send three to four hundred sets of telegrams, which is a typical high-speed transmission. Sometimes, the monitoring radio station has not yet accurately determined the position, and this radio station has already completed the transmission.
The monitors of the Telecommunications Office of the Third Bureau hated this operator extremely. This radio station works three times a week, very regularly. But it can also be guessed that an unknown amount of information is sent to Taiwan through this radio station.
However, this radio station suddenly disappeared recently and has not appeared for nearly ten consecutive days. More than ten high-power radio stations of the Telecommunications Department continued to search every night, but there was no trace at all.
When the comrades of the Third Bureau introduced this situation to Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai, they were also worried. They believed that the sudden disappearance of this radio station was very abnormal and more likely meant that something serious had occurred.
The second thing is that the two enemy radio stations in Nanjing have been very active recently and have been sending reports almost every night.
This situation not only made the Telecommunications Office of the Third Bureau feel abnormal, but also Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai felt abnormal when they heard this situation. One of the characteristics of this abnormality is that it has been extremely active "recently". Both Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai felt that it was very strange.
It is difficult to say that the activity of these two enemy radio stations in Nanjing has nothing to do with Zuo Shaoqing, who is currently on the run.
There is another situation that the comrades of the Third Bureau are particularly concerned about. The monitors call these two radio stations "Radio No. 1" and "Radio No. 2" respectively. Radio "No. 1" has maintained contact with Taiwan for a long time.
Usually once or twice a week. Recently, it has been increased to three to four times a week. What is strange is the "No. 2" radio station. It rarely sent telegrams in the past, often only once every two or three months, and the telegrams were extremely brief.
, usually only a dozen sets of telegrams. But in the past month, it has been sent four times, and each time it has exceeded a hundred sets of telegrams.
The comrades of the Third Bureau believed that behind this "No. 2" radio station, there was most likely a deeper and more important spy. After analysis, Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai also agreed with this opinion. This could not but make them think of the man who had already
The deeply lurking "water hyacinth" has become a "thorn in their eyes and a thorn in their flesh".
The most bizarre thing is the third "special incident". Comrades from the third bureau learned from the public security department that a backup shortwave radio station was stolen from the Hankou Post and Telecommunications Bureau in Wuhan, Hubei Province at the end of last month. Recently, the stolen radio station started to work.
.After monitoring by the Telecommunications Department, this radio station has established contact with Taiwan.
There is indeed a group of Kuomintang latent agents in Wuhan, which the Third Bureau has already mastered. The biggest difference between this group of latent agents and other latent agents is that their long messages are almost one or two thousand codes each time. The Telecommunications Office of the Third Bureau has no idea about this.
They were deeply worried about the long message and could not guess what it contained. They specially organized a dozen deciphering experts to decipher the long message in Wuhan. The Telecommunications Office introduced this "special situation" in Wuhan to Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai.
At the end, these long cable messages were summarized in one sentence: "Extremely important economic information."
In June last year, the radio station suddenly stopped working. This was already surprising. The most surprising thing is that this group of latent agents actually stole a civilian radio station and recently restored contact with Taiwan.
The three incidents were all related to "recent unusual activities." These three "special circumstances" also made Du Ziyuan hesitate.
Du Ziyuan also understood that he had to make up his mind as soon as possible. Searching the files had already made him pour cold water on him, and he had gained nothing. At present, looking for "special feelings" was almost his only way out. Jinan, Nanjing, Wuhan, he had to choose a place, and immediately
Lead people there, try to find a gap, get in desperately, find the "water hyacinth" in the shortest possible time, and solve the mystery of Ruan Qibo's assassination.
Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai's opinion was to choose Nanjing. They speculated that Nanjing's "No. 2" radio station was more likely to be related to "Water Hyacinth". Du Ziyuan was hesitant about this. He just warned himself that he must make a decision as soon as possible.
.
It was that night that he heard an unexpected situation from an unexpected person.
It was already late at night after Du Ziyuan listened to Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai's report. At ten o'clock the previous night, Du Ziyuan had read the last top-secret file, but he found no trace of "Water Hyacinth". He understood that this
The road, he has come to the end.
After ten o'clock at night, he listened to Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai's "special feelings" report. Three hours later, the three of them discussed several times and selected the above three items from dozens of "special feelings". Du Ziyuan had to
Choose one of these three and follow it.
This is a gamble. Du Ziyuan knows this very well. If he makes the wrong choice, he and Lao Luo will be in doom. The negotiations on atomic weapons between China and the Soviet Union will also be in doom.[
In Beijing in early May, there was still a bit of chill in the night. A bit of cold wind spread from a small opening and blew around Du Ziyuan's small office.
Chu Bolin smoked one cigarette after another. Neither Du Ziyuan nor Qin Donghai smoked. At this time, they each held a cigarette and smoked it with a frown.
Du Ziyuan glanced at his watch. It was already half past two in the morning. He finally said, "That's it for tonight. Let's all go back and rest. Tomorrow morning, we will discuss it for the last time."
Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai looked at him and nodded lightly. They understood that they must make a final decision tomorrow morning.
Qin Donghai drove Du Ziyuan and Chu Bolin back to their dormitory in the dilapidated jeep.
Along the way, the three of them didn't say a word. In fact, there was nothing more to say. Everything had to be decided tomorrow morning.
Qin Donghai drove on the rugged dirt road that was later called Zhongzhi Road. There were no street lights on the dirt road. He carefully looked at the dirt road in front and the darkness on both sides. Du Ziyuan and Chu Bolin were lost in their own thoughts.
.
At this time, both Du Ziyuan and Chu Bolin noticed that Qin Donghai had stopped the car and slowed down. They looked up at him and saw that he was looking attentively at the road on the right. They also turned to the road on the right.
look.
In the shadows on the roadside, there was a person standing. They soon saw that it was a woman.
Qin Donghai said softly: "Lao Du, this is Xiaolong, Long Jinyun."
It was dark on the roadside, and the woman was standing in the shadow again. Du Ziyuan and Chu Bolin tried their best to stare, but they couldn't tell that the woman was Long Jinyun. Only Qin Donghai could tell. This has to do with sensitivity, but with emotion.
The jeep stopped. The woman in the shadow took two steps forward uncertainly. Then, she rushed to the jeep, grabbed the door with trembling hands, and looked into the car.
When Du Ziyuan opened the car door and got out, Long Jinyun rushed over, grabbed his arm, and almost cried: "Old Du, Old Du, I saw Zuo Shaoqing!"
Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai were both extremely shocked. But at such a sensitive moment, they did not dare to speak. They could only look at Du Ziyuan. They saw that Du Ziyuan's face was very cold, and even his voice was extremely cold.
He said: "Xiaolong, calm down. Where did you see her?"
In the darkness, Long Jinyun had crystal tears on her face, and her whole body was trembling. Only her eyes looked at Du Ziyuan with hope. She said quickly: "In Wuhan, on the street. Lao Du, I have seen
She, I talked to her in prison in Phnom Penh. Lao Du, yes, it is her, please believe me."
Du Ziyuan looked around and said softly: "Tell me the process."
Long Jinyun took a breath and said as coherently as possible: "Four days ago, at one o'clock in the evening, I just came out of the stationery store." She paused briefly when she said this, "I gave
The bureau buys office letter paper and envelopes, as well as ink, paper clips, etc. When I came out of the stationery store, I saw her walking past the door. I recognized her immediately."
"Has there been any change in her appearance from when you met her in Phnom Penh?" Du Ziyuan asked.
"Yes, a little. She is a little fatter than when she was in Phnom Penh, but her appearance has not changed. Another thing is that she cut her hair into a short hair. She didn't see me, but I recognized her at a glance. I
After following her for a while, I didn't know if she noticed it, but later, she dumped me. Lao Du, that's her."
Chu Bolin and Qin Donghai both realized that the situation had changed now and Zuo Shaoqing appeared in Wuhan. Because they both believed Long Jinyun's words. They all looked at Du Ziyuan attentively.
But Du Ziyuan remained calm and just stared at her silently. He asked calmly: "Xiaolong, why are you here?" [
