Yao Yimin received the information about "ants" and immediately sent someone to understand the situation.
The Self-Defense Association is an anti-Japanese national united front organization composed of Communist Party members, Kuomintang patriots and other democrats under the leadership of the Party.
The Self-Defense Association has indeed attracted a group of celebrities, and these people campaigned for the war of resistance.
In order to convey the party's instructions, members of the Self-Defense Association need to contact all parties.
However, the results of the investigation surprised Yao Yimin. No one named Miao Guangyuan appeared recently.
The intelligence of "Ant" has never been wrong. Yao Yimin believes that there must be something wrong somewhere.
After receiving information about "Ant" again, Yao Yimin sent members of the Self-Defense Association to Xiangyueli No. 5 to learn about the situation.
There is indeed a professor named Cao Wanshun living there, but he has not had any contact with Miao Guangyuan recently.
However, after understanding, in recent days, there has been a middle-aged man named "Tian Yuan" who often goes to see Cao Wanshun.
However, Cao Wanshun was unwilling to say more about the situation in "Pastoral".
Yao Yimin immediately asked traffic officer Jiang Zhiyuan to send this information to "Ant" through the dead mailbox.
When Lu Chengzhou returned home, the dumpling stall at the intersection was indeed gone.
Although the people setting up the stalls were sent by the military commander to monitor him.
However, the dumplings taste good.
In the past few days, Lu Chengzhou was used to eating dumplings when he came back, but suddenly he was gone and he had to solve the problem of eating.
When he arrived at the door of his home, Lu Chengzhou saw a person squatting at the door. After taking a closer look, he turned out to be Zhang Guanglin.
"Have you found something to do?" Lu Chengzhou got out of the car, parked it at the door, and was going to go home, change clothes, and go to eat.
"It took me a long time." Zhang Guanglin said sheepishly.
"What? Are you tired?" Lu Cheng was stunned on Monday.
"The foreman pumped water too hard, and it was only enough to eat two steamed buns in half a day." Zhang Guanglin said softly.
The work at the dock was all heavy work, and he only had four steamed buns to eat a day. Within three days, he would starve to death.
"That's because they bullied strangers when you first went there." Lu Chengzhou walked in. He had many activities in the evening and had to finish his meal early.
"Mr. Lu, can I still stay here all night?" Zhang Guanglin asked timidly, following Lu Chengzhou.
As a man, it is really embarrassing to have no place to sleep at night.
In the British Concession, you were not allowed to sleep on the streets.
One of the duties of the patrol is to drive away beggars.
"Of course, you haven't eaten yet?" Lu Chengzhou nodded.
"I ate one steamed bun." Zhang Guanglin smiled. He only earned enough money to buy two steamed buns. He ate one at noon and kept the other until the evening.
"Let's go, I'll treat you to a meal of dumplings." Lu Chengzhou said suddenly.
"That won't work. I just ate three kilograms of dumplings yesterday and they are still in my stomach." Zhang Guanglin waved his hands repeatedly and said in a panic.
He was already embarrassed when he asked Lu Chengzhou to live in the corridor. Asking him to go out to a restaurant with Lu Chengzhou, he would never agree.
"Okay, I'll go out to eat something." Lu Chengzhou knew that Zhang Guanglin must be very hungry.
It is indeed rare for him to refuse his own invitation.
Lu Chengzhou came back soon and brought Zhang Guanglin a pound of dumplings.
"Mr. Lu, this makes me so embarrassed." Zhang Guanglin smelled the fragrant dumplings and moved his index finger.
"I'm treating you to this. When you have money in the future, you can invite me back. You eat first, I have to go out." Lu Chengzhou stuffed the dumplings into Zhang Guanglin's hands.
"Thank you, Mr. Lu." Zhang Guanglin was very touched, not only because Lu Chengzhou bought him dumplings again, but also because Lu Chengzhou dared to leave him alone at home.
This is a great trust in him, and this trust is worth cherishing with one's life.
"Take care of your home. I won't be back until later. By the way, would you like to work as a waiter in a grocery store?" Lu Chengzhou suddenly asked.
"Being a waiter? No problem, as long as you take care of the food and sleep in the store." Zhang Guanglin was stunned and said happily.
No matter how much you earn as a waiter, at least you don't have to worry about it, which makes it easier than most jobs.
"You can read and write and do arithmetic, so you should have no problem being a clerk. By the way, where are you from?" Lu Chengzhou asked. Since he wanted to introduce a job to Zhang Guanglin, of course he had to ask about his personal situation.
"I am from Wanping." When Zhang Guanglin said this, he suddenly lowered his voice.
"Who else is at home?" Lu Chengzhou asked again.
"No more, I'm the only one left." Zhang Guanglin slowly squatted down, held his head, and whispered.
"Where is my wife?" Lu Chengzhou asked again, since he is married, why are he alone.
"My wife and the child in my belly were gone when I fled, gone." Zhang Guanglin thought of the sad things and could no longer hold back, sobbing like a child.
"It's not easy to live, just take your time." Lu Chengzhou didn't know how to persuade Zhang Guanglin.
In such a world, life is not easy for everyone.
He looked well-dressed, but in fact, he was always ready to sacrifice for the anti-Japanese war.
Lu Chengzhou's family has long since disappeared. The organization is his family and the Party is his relatives.
After Lu Chengzhou arrived at the military police detachment, he first went to the intelligence room where Zhang Sichang was already there.
"How is the investigation going in Xiangyueli?" Lu Chengzhou was most concerned about this issue.
"Professor Cao really has a wide circle of friends. There are many people coming and going at home. In one afternoon, there were seven or eight visitors." Zhang Sichang took out a notebook, which was his record of the afternoon.
"These people must be closely monitored." Lu Chengzhou looked at the records. People would come every half an hour, sometimes two or three at a time.
"Director, how can I monitor them all on my own? Moreover, most of these people come by rickshaw. They have status and status, so they may not be targets of surveillance," Zhang Sichang said.
"There is something wrong with your attitude. Anyone may be an anti-Japanese element. We are short of manpower, but there is always a way to solve it." Lu Chengzhou said dissatisfied.
"If you keep an eye on these people every day, you won't have to work at the grocery store," Zhang Sichang said.
The grocery store is not only his cover, but also a major source of income.
Before opening the store, Zhang Sichang didn't know it. After opening the store, he discovered that the income here was much higher than the salary paid by the military police unit.
Although Lu Chengzhou asked him to provide tobacco and alcohol to the Intelligence Room, even if these were removed, there was still a lot of money.
"By the way, have you found your guy?" Lu Chengzhou asked casually.
"No? I don't have time to look for it." Zhang Sichang sighed.
"Okay, I'll find one for you." Lu Chengzhou suddenly said that it would be appropriate for Zhang Guanglin to go to the Daxing General Store.
Zhang Guanglin is a person who understands rules very well. As long as you tell him what can be done and what can only be heard but not spoken, he will definitely abide by it strictly.
"Is it reliable?" Zhang Sichang was stunned. Lu Chengzhou urged him every day, and it turned out that he had already prepared someone.
"I've only known him for a few days. Can you tell if he's reliable or not? There's definitely nothing wrong with him. He can write and do calculations. There's nothing wrong with being a clerk." Lu Chengzhou said.
"Since he is recommended by the director, let him come over tomorrow." Zhang Sichang said immediately.
Since Lu Chengzhou had only known him for two days, he was relieved.
If it was someone specially arranged by Lu Chengzhou, Zhang Sichang would have to pay attention.
"Is Miao Guang far away?" Lu Chengzhou asked.
"It seems..." Zhang Sichang said.
The first and second intelligence rooms are both components of the military police unit, but there is basically no communication between the two departments.
The first intelligence room is mainly responsible for the intelligence of the British Concession, and the second intelligence room is responsible for the cultural sector.
"Director Lu, I heard you were coming, so I came over to take a look."
When Lu Chengzhou was about to speak, Miao Guangyuan knocked on the door outside and stuck half of his head in.
"Director Miao, please come in quickly, Sichang, pour tea for Director Miao." When Lu Chengzhou saw Miao Guangyuan walking in, he picked up the cigarette from the table and handed it over.
"Director Lu is so polite." Miao Guangyuan took the cigarette and said with a smile.
"This is as it should be. You are a well-educated person. It is truly an honor for us to work with you." Lu Chengzhou said with a smile.
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I just hung out in the literary circle for a few years." Miao Guangyuan said proudly.
"No matter how hard I pretend, I can't get into your circle." Lu Chengzhou said humbly.
"Director Lu, how is Cao Wanshun's situation going?" Miao Guangyuan asked. He came to Lu Chengzhou mainly to solve Cao Wanshun's problem.
"What's Cao Wanshun's current attitude? I sent people to monitor him, and there were seven or eight visitors in one afternoon." Lu Chengzhou asked seriously.
"He used to teach in many universities and knew a lot of people. He had a lot of students, colleagues, and friends in Haigu. He also joined the Self-Defense Association. According to my observation, he didn't really agree with some of the practices of the Self-Defense Association.
However, he was very hesitant to ask him to do it for us." Miao Guangyuan said slowly.
"Can you ask him to list the main members of the Self-Defense Association? We will monitor them one by one and focus on arresting the anti-Japanese elements among them." Lu Chengzhou said thoughtfully.
"He is just an ordinary member of the Self-Defense Association. We can only pull him over first and discover the real anti-Japanese elements through him." Miao Guangyuan said slowly.
Important members of the Self-Defense Association must be staunch anti-Japanese elements.
Only people like Cao Wanshun, who are social celebrities but not very keen on fighting Japan, and whose thoughts are also wavering, can be easily won over.
"Let's do this. We will observe for another two days and we can't let Cao Wanshun think that we are setting up a trap. Otherwise, we will be self-defeating and shoot ourselves in the foot." Lu Chengzhou waved his hand.
"Then thank you Director Lu." Miao Guangyuan originally thought that since Lu Chengzhou was very polite to him, he would definitely take notice of Cao Wanshun's matter.
However, Lu Chengzhou circled around and came back again.
"Director, did Miao Guangyuan come over to remind you?" Zhang Sichang came over immediately after Miao Guangyuan left.
"Yeah, we have to hurry up. He likes to find Nakayama Ryoichi. I guess if Nakayama Ryoichi doesn't come to me tomorrow, he will definitely talk about it the day after tomorrow." Lu Chengzhou said firmly.
