After Zhong Heqing received the telegram from Shanghai, he translated the contents according to the code book. After reading it twice, he burned the telegram.
Regarding the telegram, Zhong Heqing's face was a little complicated. He was a little happy at one moment and a little inexplicably worried at the other.
After Zhong Heqing packed up the radio station and code book, he opened the door, which startled Zhong Heqing who was in a daze.
It turned out that Sun Yongning and Liu Kuipeng were waiting impatiently, but they couldn't go in, so they stood on both sides of the door and watched.
After Zhong Heqing saw the two people clearly, his heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he had an unknown premonition.
Zhong Heqing suppressed the worry in his heart, and after inviting the two people in, he asked Liu Kuipeng: "Old Liu, is there something going on outside?"
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng nodded and said, "Shopkeeper, I just discovered someone was watching us outside the yard, so I came to report to you quickly."
"Is someone watching? Who is it?"
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng looked at Sun Yongning, and Zhong Heqing also looked at Sun Yongning when he saw this.
When Sun Yongning saw it, he said bitterly: "Shopkeeper, when Old Liu came in just now, you had just gone in to send the report, so I took it upon myself to take a look."
"These people should be the bankers where I went to the black market to exchange money, because one of them had an encounter with me, and Lao Liu also thought that these people did not look like government officials."
After hearing this, Liu Kuipeng also interjected: "Shopkeeper, these people really don't look like people from the government."
"People in the government generally pay more attention to dignity, and generally show more respect to their superiors."
"But these people are different. When a group of them were there, they were laughing and joking, and they looked more like people from the Jianghu."
"And if they are from the government, they will pay attention to whether there is anyone on alert around them. They will either check or try to avoid places where there may be alerts. They will not be exposed to my sight so carelessly."
After hearing this, Zhong Heqing frowned deeply and asked Sun Yongning: "Yongning, didn't you say you had gotten rid of their tracking? What's going on now?"
Sun Yongning heard this and smiled bitterly: "Shopkeeper, I really don't understand what's going on! I was also very surprised when I saw those people."
"I found someone following me not far from the black market. In order to get rid of them, I went to the downtown area."
"Then I used the method of walking through the back door of the store several times and walked through several streets before I came back. And when I came back, I didn't find anyone following me."
"But I just discussed it with Lao Liu, and we can be sure that they are the ones who followed me back. What Lao Liu means is that there are masters of tracking among these people."
After hearing this, Zhong Heqing turned to look at Liu Kuipeng and asked: "Old Liu, tell me the process and results of your analysis."
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng nodded and said, "Okay shopkeeper, let me tell you the matter from the beginning so that it can be made clearer."
"The thing started with the car that just came from the restaurant. Not long after they drove into the yard from the street in front of me, I saw a group of people following them."
"I didn't pay too much attention to it at first, I just thought they might be the road. After all, the people at the restaurant are usually responsible for transporting some things, which is unlikely to attract others' attention, and generally they don't use so many people for tracking.
, it won’t be that far away, but I paid more attention.”
"I didn't expect that these people were not passing by at all. After they came to my building, they went directly into the alley opposite the building and observed the small courtyard."
"What they did next made me a little confused at the time, because they did not follow the car back, nor did they stay to monitor the place. Instead, they sent someone to the grocery store to make a phone call and then left."
Hearing this, Zhong Heqing interrupted Liu Kuipeng's story and interrupted: "Old Liu, could these people have discovered the restaurant and followed the car?"
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng shook his head and said, "Shopkeeper, I just discussed this matter with Lao Sun and I think it's not very likely. These people should have followed him."
"First of all, the possibility of exposure at the restaurant is low, and even if they were exposed, the people exposed should be people from the government, and it is unlikely to be these people."
"After all, there is no connection between the restaurant and the people in these black market underground banks. They have no reason to check the banks."
"Secondly, I just had a discussion with Lao Sun. Their actions that made me confused are probably confirming the connection between the restaurant and us."
"The last point is that when they finally left, someone went to a building opposite our courtyard. There should be their surveillance point inside."
"I have investigated that building before, and there is an empty room on the second floor. It is one of the security points I selected before."
"But that place, I think, is more suitable for looking at our yard, not very suitable for warning, so I gave up."
"However, I still keep an eye on it to see if it has been rented. I went to inquire a few days ago and found that it has not been rented out yet, so it was obviously rented out in the past few days."
"Based on the above circumstances, we conclude that these people came here with Lao Sun."
"But one thing I can't figure out is how these people discovered the restaurant. After Lao Sun came back, we obviously had no contact with the restaurant!"
"The news we spread around is that you are the owner of the restaurant, and there is no mention of Lunde Restaurant at all. How did these people find Lunde Restaurant? And they also made moves to confirm our relationship with Lunde Restaurant.
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Zhong Heqing listened and explained with a wry smile: "I arranged for someone from the restaurant to follow a person before. I met with him today. The problem should be here."
Speaking of this, Zhong Heqing sighed with a bitter smile: "It seems that these people are indeed tracking masters! Even I fell into the opponent's hands."
Seeing this situation, Sun Yongning hurriedly said: "Shopkeeper, this matter is all my fault. I was too careless, and that's why the other party followed me."
Hearing this, Zhong Heqing shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I can't blame you for this matter. I didn't find out that I was being followed by the other party today! Don't blame yourself. The responsibility for this matter cannot be attributed to you."
Come."
After hearing this, Sun Yongning finally breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "Shopkeeper, what should we do now? Should we leave, or should we get rid of the other party?"
Hearing this, Zhong Heqing shook his head and said, "Both of these methods are useless. It is too difficult to get rid of the other party."
"From the current point of view, the opponent's power is not small. If we want to get rid of them, even if we only get rid of the insiders, there will be a lot of people. It will easily attract the attention of others."
"What's more, these people are engaged in black market business, and they are all more or less connected with government officials. Once they are eliminated, they may attract others to investigate us."
"As for us leaving, that's not possible, because with the power of the other party, we have to leave Nanjing directly, otherwise we are likely to be discovered by the other party again."
"What's more, the other party has discovered the restaurant now, and we cannot move the restaurant. You must know that the restaurant is a very important transit center for us."
"They are responsible for a lot of our organization's funds and materials, and even the transfer of intelligence."
"And they are not only responsible for Nanjing, they are also responsible for the transit tasks for cities in the Yangtze River Basin up from Nanjing."
"If we ask them to withdraw, the funding may not have much impact. After all, the headquarters has little funding now, but the transfer of materials such as guns and ammunition will definitely be affected."
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng nodded without feeling anything.
At this time, Sun Yongning was stunned on the ground. After a while, he came back to his senses and asked with a trembling voice: "Shopkeeper, is it that business..."
Hearing this, Zhong Heqing nodded and said, "That's right, that Qingmao Trading Firm is our big trading firm, and the people have been arrested."
"Moreover, there is news from the headquarters that we may have lost three teams this time. Now the superiors have given us the task of investigating the situation, and there is even the task of strangling the arrested people."
"Moreover, Qingmao Trading Company, one of their tasks is to serve as a preliminary transshipment channel for us. Now that they are gone, if the restaurant is gone, our transshipment may be affected."
"So now it is impossible for us to leave Nanjing directly. At least we have to wait until these tasks are completed and new transshipment channels are re-established before we can leave."
Speaking of this, Zhong Heqing sighed: "We are in trouble now. Not only do we have to deal with the Qianzhuang gang, we also have to deal with a powerful enemy who can take down three of our groups at once!"
After saying that, Zhong Heqing shook his head helplessly, with a bitter smile and depression on his face.
Seeing this situation, Liu Kuipeng and Sun Yongning also fell silent and lowered their heads, obviously in a bad mood.
After a while, Sun Yongning saw that Zhong Heqing had recovered a little and asked: "Shopkeeper, can the superiors send someone else to do this?"
"Now we only have a small number of people, plus Lao Liu's guard and you, there are only five people. How can we carry out so many tasks?"
Hearing this, Zhong Heqing smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that easy. This matter was ordered by the section chief. It's hard to refuse!"
"If we face a group of black market people and refuse this mission, what will the section chief and the people above think?"
"They will only think that we are afraid of being arrested and making excuses. By then we will be like this for the rest of our lives and there will be no chance of promotion at all. I don't think you want this, right?"
Hearing this, Liu Kuipeng and Sun Youning fell silent. They are still young and have great prospects in the future. They cannot be willing to accept this for the rest of their lives.