Of course, there are also some problems with the investigation, or there are some discrepancies with the previous analysis and judgment of the case.
Like before, I thought he should be communicating through a dead mailbox, so I thought he might be a courier or messenger.
But now that he has a fixed contact person, the possibility of him being a courier has been greatly reduced. After all, the purpose of arranging a courier is to separate the espionage, communication, command and other aspects of the spy team and set up insurance.
, to avoid being caught in one fell swoop.
Such contact between the two parties, even if it is extremely covert, violates this point. Therefore, the target is most likely not a courier or messenger. Of course, based on his actions, it is obviously not a person spying on intelligence.
There is a high probability that he is responsible for some aspects of command and communication, but he should not be the main person in charge, but a small person in charge of a certain aspect of his subordinates, such as operations, transfers, backup channels and other secondary aspects of the organization.
After all, choosing a contact person as a vegetable market vendor is obviously not conducive to discussing the situation, issuing instructions, etc. People come and go, and at most they can simply understand the situation, receive intelligence instructions, and the like.
In addition, according to current understanding, the contact between the two parties and the frequency of their activities are also consistent with these aspects. They do not fall within the main business scope of this organization, which is why there are so few activities.
Furthermore, the identity of the minor person in charge is more in line with the situation at hand. Whether it is contacting the archives or the person from the Executive Yuan, arranging a courier to go there is not very consistent with the actual situation.
Moreover, if it is an ordinary courier and you suspect that he may have been exposed, it is the easiest option to directly remove him and replace him instead of conducting two rounds of tests in a row.
If this is the case, from the series of circumstances derived from it, it can be easily determined that the scale of the organization to which he belongs is probably not small, and the importance of this organization in terms of espionage is also extremely high.
Xiao Rui carefully warned the vendors not to do anything strange, let alone pay too much attention to the target and the fish stall, and leave the rest to them.
The vendor's report revealed not only the fish stall's suspicions, but also that their arrangements in some aspects were not as foolproof as they imagined.
Xiao Rui even suspected that the target's successive attempts were not only due to his involvement in the old case, but also that the target was vaguely aware that something was wrong with the surrounding situation.
At this time, I must be extremely cautious and must not let any clues slip. Otherwise, I am afraid it will be like they are checking each other, and the bottom will be leaked all at once.
Of course, this does not mean that no action will be taken, but Xiao Rui is going to change the target and focus on investigating the fishmonger. Judging from the opponent's early performance, compared to the target, he may be able to investigate a lot.
The reality is just as Xiao Rui expected. In terms of being almost watertight, and tracking and monitoring the target for only half a year, but without much gain, this person is almost undefended.
Of course, the case related to the target's collection of books and the Executive Yuan cannot be counted. It is estimated that the target never thought that they would directly investigate him, let alone that it was just for a drink.
What he used to guard against was mainly the organization behind it. He may have confidently thought that nothing would happen if he was not involved there, so he guarded that side almost airtight. It took Xiao Rui only half a year to get a hold of it.
clue.
Of course, there is a high probability that he is also suspicious and wary of his surroundings, so even if the fishmonger seems to be easy to deal with, Xiao Rui is still not reckless, and is still extremely vigilant to prevent this from being another temptation to lure the snake out of the hole.
With new discoveries, it is natural to report them, but reporting is only one aspect. Adding one more person may even lead to more targets. Xiao Rui needs support now.
Lin Mo expressed his affirmation of his actions and achievements, but the people he currently leads will definitely not be able to spare anyone for him. With the follow-up of cases, there are new people who need to be monitored and investigated every day, and manpower is already stretched thin.
On Zheng Junshan's side, Boss Dai is currently in charge of coordination, so he definitely can't smoke. Lin Mo has already smoked a lot of the rest of the team, and now only Yu Sha Ruhai is following a group of spies.
And Du Mingsheng, who went to assist the police in investigating the case.
After research and evaluation, the targets found by Sha Ruhai were not considered to be a group of high-level espionage agents, but they had reached a critical stage. The opponent's activities had been quite frequent recently, and it was a rare opportunity to catch them all.
As the same saying goes, espionage is a means of using small means to achieve great things. The level of superiority is only relative. Given this opportunity, Lin Mo did not intend to withdraw people. He did not provide too much support, which was the limit.
As for Du Mingsheng, the number of cases solved is not small, but there are still a few cases left before they can be withdrawn. However, after thinking about it, Lin Mo asked him to be Xiao Rui's reserve team, and he will not leave Beijing in the near future and prepare
If necessary, withdraw assistance to Xiao Rui first.
Moreover, his situation is more in line with Xiao Rui's needs. Du Mingsheng was a top expert in tracking and surveillance before, not to mention that now, he is no less improved than others.
You know, that is progress from a high starting point, but it is much more difficult to make progress to the same level than from a low starting point. It just so happens that Xiao Rui will have a lot of hard bones to gnaw on, so it is just right.
Xiao Rui obviously understood this. Although he only needed four people to support him and they didn't come immediately, he still looked happy, nodded with satisfaction and left.
He and Du Mingsheng are considered rivals, and they know each other's situation well. Although they both regard each other as rivals, they do not regard each other as enemies. If they cooperate, there will be no problems.
"Team Lin, the man named Jiao Xiujie, led a group of people to meet with people outside the city. He picked up a batch of things and sent them to the Qinhuai River for hiding. This is the information of one of the contacts..."
Not long after Xiao Rui left and was transferred here, Shi Baocun, who had just gone on a mission, came upstairs to report the new situation to Lin Mo.
Zhao Xiujie, Tian Hao's confidant and thug, separated from him today and led his people to act alone. Shi Baocun led his people to follow him.
As for the men led by Zhu Xiujie, they withdrew from the Qinhuai River. Those who had been watching the police cases and other tails probably withdrew some of them because no one was investigating them.
The vigilance of the three main targets has obviously decreased recently. However, because they withdrew their manpower to the surrounding areas, Lin Mo was unable to spare manpower and even added additional manpower to assist.
After all, there are only three people, even if there are only three people, there are limited places to pay attention to and limited things to do. Like before, these three people were almost never separated, but now, they will send people to other places from time to time, Lin Mo thought
Keep an eye on it to avoid using more people.
"The identity of the contact person was found out so quickly?" Lin Mo raised his eyebrows, a little curious. Lin Mo remembered that it was only an hour before he contacted the person who reported the follow-up report, right?
Shi Baocun nodded and explained: "The situation is a bit special. The contact person is involved in an old case. We have his portrait and he was recognized!"
Lin Mo nodded and opened the information he had just handed over. It turned out that one of the contacts this time had interacted with a spy who had uncovered the secret manufacturing and trafficking of morphine.
It involves the clinic, that is, the few spies who made the deal with the gang of water bandits. For their own benefit, they secretly refined morphine from tobacco and sold it on their own.
This group of people must not be strict with their mouths. After all their secrets were taken out, they were shot during the disposal work some time ago.
The contact person discovered this time was the person who provided morphine and tobacco to the clinic in the early days for work and private resale to raise funds, which led to an intersection between the two parties.
"Team Lin, according to some information investigated by the department, this person seems to be still working in the cigarette and soot shop. Could it be possible that we have misjudged the case? These people are not trying to smuggle silver, but planning to smuggle cigarettes and soot?"
Lin Mo heard this and shook his head in denial, saying: "It's unlikely. If it's just for smuggling cigarettes, why would they contact people in the bank?
Of course, it can also be interpreted as wanting to transport drug money out, or even combining opium and silver smuggling, transporting opium here, exchanging it for silver, depositing it in a bank here, and withdrawing it in a bank in the north, so as to reduce
The time spent in transit and so on.
But even so, it is definitely mainly silver smuggling, because the people it comes into contact with who deal in money and goods among the private sector are basically only in the surrounding areas, and they can't reach the north at all.
As for contacting these people and starting the tobacco and soil trade, the probability is also low. Tobacco and soil is a consumable. You can't just buy it and convert it into money just by smuggling it.
On the local level, students run by all kinds of people, especially businesses in this gray and black field, are drawn by different parties and divided into territories, which is not so easy to get involved in.
Unless there are major changes in local government personnel, and only if someone is defeated or one party loses in a power struggle and is marginalized, these industries will usher in major changes.
But the people the other party is currently in contact with are now in more than ten places. Even if the Japanese can stir up trouble behind the scenes, the movement is too big, and even if the government and we don't intervene, the counterattack of those who have harmed local interests will be enough for them.
Therefore, this may be ruled out, and the tobacco business cannot be rapidly expanded, which means that the share held by the Japanese in related businesses will not change significantly in the short term.
Even if we could quickly smuggle the smoke to the north with the silver exchanged for it, it wouldn't be a difficult task, but the benefits would not be worth it. The other party is going to war like they are now.
So! The main purpose of coming here must be somewhere else, and considering all the circumstances and traces, the business of smuggling silver is the most suitable, there is no doubt about this."
Lin Mo gave Shi Baocun a rough analysis, and he nodded in agreement, but he still had questions.
"I don't understand why they are connected? Is it because they want to quickly transport the silver from smuggled cigarettes to the north?"
Lin Mo heard this and said: "Your doubts are right. The reasons for this may be included, but not many. Although tobacco smuggling is a lucrative business, it can only be bought and sold steadily. The transactions involved in the short term
Quantity is limited.
Moreover, according to my estimation, the profit from cigarette smuggling is definitely not as good as that of silver, and the convenience is also far behind. As for why the two parties came into contact, I think the problem should lie with the people."