In the past few days since Lin Mo was away, Zhu Sanbao had been leading people around without stopping. Although there was some delay due to the need to operate secretly to avoid alerting the enemy, a lot of gains have been achieved so far.
On the west bank of the Qinhuai River, that is, the side close to the Yangtze River, Zhu Sanbao successfully found out the whereabouts of the other party. Of course, that was where Kuang Dacheng stayed before he was killed, and now the building is empty.
"Team Lin, we have been lining up nearby. The opponent should have some back-ups. There are obviously people from the Jianghu area, paying special attention to the movements there.
But we also checked and found that these are just some local gangsters, and it is unlikely that they have anything to do with Japan.
It is estimated that the other party used some means to take advantage of these fools. Do you need to capture them first and interrogate them carefully? "
In the small office of the investigation team, Zhu Sanbao and others reported to Lin Mo the progress and gains of the past few days.
Lin Mo shook his head slightly and said: "These people won't know any useful information, and the Japanese probably don't expect them to be able to tip off information or anything like that.
I think there are still people watching behind them, maybe more than once, even like matryoshka dolls, there are still people watching behind those people.
It's not easy to figure it out thoroughly, so it's better not to touch these people, so as not to miss something and be noticed by the other party, we still have to think of other ways to get behind the other party's back."
After hearing this, Zhu Sanbao rubbed his chin and said with a headache: "Captain Lin, how should we start the investigation now? We have been secretly investigating over there for several days, and there is basically no news about the other party's movements in recent days. It is estimated that he has left there."
Lin Mo heard this and asked: "Then you have to think carefully about what is their purpose of coming to Nanjing! How many situations can you deduce or rule out based on the current clues?"
Zhu Sanbao heard this and thought about it carefully. After a while, he said: "From the other party's behavior, it doesn't look like they are preparing to infiltrate our internal intelligence spies.
Judging from the decisiveness and ruthlessness of their actions, I am more inclined to believe that these are operational personnel, and they may have brought some mission to Nanjing to carry out.
It shouldn't be against us. To be precise, it shouldn't be against us with force. After suffering a few losses, the other party should have remembered it and came to our hometown to confront us head-on.
Judging from the composition of the other party's personnel, it looks very much like a combination of a senior agent and accompanying security personnel. It is very likely that they came to contact someone or to contact Japanese spies lurking in Nanjing to plan something."
"Is there any more?" Lin Mo nodded slightly and asked, "What is the general idea? It is not difficult to judge. Lin Mo needs more details."
Zhu Sanbao thought for a moment, shook his head slightly, and replied: "These are the only things I can think of for the moment. For other situations, I can't think of any ideas at the moment."
Lin Mo nodded and said: "Think about the details, such as the cost of food and clothing they showed, even if those things are what they usually use.
But since they didn't hide them deliberately, it means that their mission at least does not require them to disguise themselves as ordinary people, which means that the people they want to contact will not be ordinary citizens.
Considering that his identity may be unusual and his actions are quite cautious, we can basically rule out that this is a meaningless move by the other party, and it is very likely that it is necessary to disguise his identity.
Before entering Beijing, he had deliberately started to disguise his identity. The people he wanted to contact were naturally not ordinary people. To a certain extent, contact with lurking spies could be preliminarily ruled out, at least part of them. Their main purpose was probably not this.
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When the analysis was over, Lin Mo stopped temporarily and signaled Zhu Sanbao and other team members to continue thinking and adding to test them.
What a pity! There was a lot of talk and some points were mentioned, but it did not form a complete chain of derivation.
"Sambo, let me ask you a question. In the eyes of outsiders, what kind of place does the Qinhuai River look like?" Lin Mo continued to remind, without any impatience.
"A place where Fengyue spends time?" Zhu Sanbao thought for a moment and replied with some uncertainty.
"...Well..." Lin Mo nodded slightly, confirming this and motioning for him to continue.
What Zhu Sanbao said is true. In the eyes of outsiders, the word Qinhuai River is almost synonymous with Fengyue, and its reputation has spread throughout the world for generations and dynasties.
Of course, this period can be said to be relatively lonely. After the Nanjing National Government established its capital here, it began the abolition of prostitution movement, which dealt a heavy blow to it.
Of course, given the government's ability to control and mobilize the grassroots, this is not unexpected. It is a bit anticlimactic, and the actual effect, just on the abolition of prostitution, is mediocre.
However, the attitude is quite resolute, at least they have not relaxed on the issue of abolition of prostitution. However, due to lack of funds and other reasons, the actual measures implemented are also quite limited.
Let’s talk about the lack of funds. According to statistics before the abolition of prostitution, public prostitutes in NJ City, that is, legal prostitutes who pay taxes, contributed 78% of the total tax revenue in NJ City.
After prostitution was abolished, the money could no longer be collected. I had to cut myself off first, and it was naturally impossible for Chiang Kai-shek and others to specifically spend money on this, so it became like this: slogans were shouted loudly, but in the end they paid out
It doesn't take a few big guys to do it.
Of course, even though they just shouted slogans and introduced some bills, the impact on the Qinhuai River was still considerable. After all, this was the one with the highest head raised, and it was suppressed for a time.
However, that's just to avoid the limelight when being severely punished. Normally, it should be the same as before. At most, it would be from light to dark, without doing it so blatantly.
After all, the reputation of this place is so great that many people will go straight here. If the place is changed, the business will be greatly affected. Unless effective measures are taken to manage it, this place will still be Nanjing's top romantic and recreational place.
Returning to the topic, Zhu Sanbao thought about it for a while and said: "Captain Lin, do you mean that the other party came straight here just to meet some people in these places, and even to buy and sell them?"
Lin Mo nodded slightly and shook his head, then explained: "It's possible, but it's also possible that he just came here to explore the road and find out the situation, and then carry out these activities elsewhere..."
Lin Mo briefly explained that it is true that the Qinhuai River is Nanjing's number one romantic and recreational place, but the government has abolished prostitution, and this place has also been closely watched by the official and media public opinion.
People with sensitive identities, such as public officials, celebrities who care about reputation, etc., will probably not go here.
For these people, as long as you think about it, someone will naturally rush to serve them, and they will arrange it properly so that you will not be troubled.
Such as opening a secret club or brothel, or organizing girls to participate in some dances, drinking parties, etc., or even sending them directly to houses, guest rooms, etc. If there is a need, others will naturally try their best to help you.
The people who are in charge of this are naturally the Madam and Turtle Gong who have extensive connections. People like this were mostly concentrated on the Qinhuai River in the past, and now they are inextricably linked to this side.
When you come to Qinhuai River, you can naturally find out about this information. With the help of these channels, you can contact some people in a more secretive manner. You may even use these people to build bridges or get some information.
"Now do you know where to go to investigate?" Lin Mo asked after explaining.
Zhu Sanbao nodded and said: "Nanjing's high-end restaurants, hotels, dance halls, and some secret places for gambling and prostitution. The other party is likely to appear in such places."
Lin Mo nodded in affirmation and said: "Even if the other party chooses the location on the Qinhuai River, they will probably move to these places now.
However, when investigating a place like this, you must pay special attention to hiding these things and try not to be discovered, so as not to offend people for no reason. See what you should see, and pretend you have never seen what you shouldn't."
Later, Lin Mo conducted a test based on the other gains of everyone. It may have been a demonstration, and he learned from others, and his performance was pretty good.
Lin Mo reviewed their actions during this period, the summary and reflection on their actions, etc. Overall, it was quite remarkable and there were no major problems.
Lin Mo is the leader of the team, so naturally he cannot look after Zhu Sanbao alone. Lin Mo walked around the other investigation teams and detective teams to check out their recent progress.
How should I put it? The harvest is pretty good. For example, Sha Lihai has recently found a spy. Now the others can't get away, and they are watching, trying to follow the clues and catch them all.
However, the spy is currently acting very cautiously and is extremely inactive. It is estimated that it will take a lot of effort to achieve his goal.
Moreover, Lin Mo judged that this should be just a very ordinary spy team, responsible for bribing ordinary people to rebel and to find out some ordinary information for the other party.
However, as long as they are Japanese spies, it is best to eliminate them as much as possible. Spies are a means of obtaining excess profits by taking advantage of small opportunities. Who knows when the intelligence collected by the other party will be of great use.
Just like the various information they collected in the market, some of them caught the spies. Compared with the effort, the reward can be said to be extremely rich.
In addition, on Xiao Rui's side, the targets he was watching were showing signs of abnormal behavior. It was probably similar to what Lin Mo had judged, and they would take action sooner or later.
And Du Mingsheng, who led the detective team to assist the police, solved several more cases. Although no traces of spies were found, the training effect was quite obvious and the progress was huge.
Lin Mo also took a trip to Shen Song's side and carefully inspected the situation. The results of his rectification were quite good. Several teams sent to various places to investigate were working steadily and gradually, and they lost their previous impatience and enthusiasm.
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In addition, there were some matters related to the bathhouse negotiation strategy, and feedback was sent back to him one after another, so it seemed that nothing went wrong.
As for the boat-related work, all parties have initially communicated well and started preparations in full swing. The cousin of the family who has gone abroad has also been found and is willing to return to China to negotiate.
And in Shanghai, Mr. Wang from the Ax Gang is advancing the relevant work quite well. It is said that some provocation methods have been used, and the other party plans to secretly return to Shanghai in the near future to organize people to deal with the Japanese and those traitors.