Tian Ligang was extremely depressed. He wanted to show off in front of Hattori Hikoo, but he was actually said to be late information.
Hattori Hikoo saw his disappointment and said: "Team Leader Tian, your sense of intelligence is still very commendable. As long as you focus and work hard, you will solve the big case sooner or later!"
Tian Ligang bowed excitedly and said: "In this humble position, I will do my best to serve the imperial army!"
Hattori Hikoo walked to the window with his hands behind his back, thought for a long time, turned around and said, "Captain Jiang, do you know what to do?"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said: "Since it is not transported in batches, someone will definitely notice a truckload of goods. Starting from the loading at the cotton mill, I will send people to inquire along the way. They should be able to find a place to hide the goods!"
Hattori Hikoo nodded, feeling very satisfied with Jiang Xinyu's ability to draw inferences from one instance to another.
Jiang Xinyu said to Tian Ligang: "Team Leader Tian, you immediately ask all the people in the intelligence team to get out, including your informants, and you must find this batch of goods!"
"Yes!" Tian Ligang bowed and retreated.
Jiang Xinyu was not worried about this matter. It didn't matter even if Tian Ligang found out about Lishuling. The goods had already been transported to Jizhong and had been made into military uniforms for the soldiers.
Two days later.
There are very few chances to see cars in the village. It is not that difficult to find out the driving route of a truck. With the guidance of witnesses, the intelligence team quickly found Lishuling.
Hattori Hikoo personally inquired about this matter. Tian Ligang did not dare to neglect at all and rushed to the collapsed mountain of Lishu Ridge in person.
"Team Leader Tian, are those country bumpkins lying to us?" said a special agent.
Tian Ligang looked around and said, "How many people have you asked?"
"Six or seven."
"They all said the truck came to Pear Tree Ridge?"
"yes."
"Then it's impossible to lie to us, unless they are all anti-resistance elements!"
"But no one even goes to this place, so what can a car do if it comes here?"
"...Search around to see if there are any clues!"
"yes!"
Although the cave entrance was disguised, it could not be integrated with the normal mountain in a short period of time. The agents of the detective team were good at searching, and they soon discovered the secret.
Tian Ligang walked through the cave himself, and he understood in his heart that the Communist Party used the cave to transport the cloth, and there was an empty truck on the other side to relay it, so that it could avoid checkpoints.
Looking at Tian Ligang with twinkling eyes, a special agent said cautiously: "Team Leader Tian, can we still investigate?"
Tian Ligang threw away the half-cut cigarette on his hand and said, "Check! But there is no need to continue investigating."
The agent asked in confusion: "Why?"
Tian Ligang glanced at him and cursed: "You are a fool. If you check, it will be the border of Hebei. Do we have that power?"
"Then...what should we check?"
"What to check? Check the cave!"
As the leader of the intelligence team of the detective team, Tian Ligang has certain working abilities. The cave is low and narrow, and many protruding stones are very sharp. If you are not careful, you will scratch your body.
Tian Ligang only walked once and was hit twice on the head by rocks. Just imagine that those who carried the cloth must have made many trips back and forth, and the number of people who were scratched and hit was definitely not a minority.
"When you go again, you must search carefully and find everything that does not belong in the cave. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
"yes!"
An hour later, the agents came out of the cave one after another, and five or six things were placed in front of Tian Ligang.
A piece of gray cloth, two buttons, a broken flashlight, and half a pack of crushed cigarettes.
Judging from common sense, the cloth strips and buttons were scraped off by raised stones, and the flashlight was accidentally dropped by the person transporting the cloth, and then fell into the gap.
It was probably because of time constraints and the fact that these things could be seen everywhere on the street, so there was no need to worry about being discovered, so the people transporting the cloth didn't take it seriously.
In fact, this is indeed the case. Tian Ligang is also very frustrated. No wonder Hattori Hikoo said that this is a belated intelligence. From the current point of view, it is a waste of work!
When he picked up half a pack of cigarettes, Tian Ligang's eyes suddenly lit up because this pack of cigarettes was very strange. There were no trademarks on the cigarette box or the few cigarettes inside!
This situation is very simple. Only people working in cigarette factories will be exposed to such unbranded cigarettes.
Bosses usually sell these cigarettes to workers at half price or lower. In fact, they are the same as those normally sold in the market, and there is no difference between them.
This is basically a welfare benefit commonly used in the tobacco industry. In order to prevent workers from reselling cigarettes for profit and causing disruption to the sales price, there is no trademark logo on cigarette boxes and cigarettes.
This half pack of cigarettes must have been caused by the person carrying the cloth, who accidentally slipped out of his pocket while walking with his head bent down. There were only a few cigarettes in it, and you couldn't hear it falling to the ground.
After the cigarette was trampled on many times, no one noticed how dirty it was. The person who dropped the cigarette may have also ignored that he still had half a pack of cigarettes on him.
After returning to the detective team, Tian Ligang came to the captain's room and told the story of discovering the cave.
Jiang Xinyu sighed: "I really didn't expect that there is such a cave in Lishu Ridge..."
Tian Ligang echoed: "Yes, the Communist Party is so cunning, they can actually think of such a method!"
"Did you find any clues?"
"Uh... I found some clues, but they are still very immature. Let me investigate clearly and report back to you!"
"That's fine."
"If nothing happens, I'll go back first."
"Go ahead."
Jiang Xinyu felt a little uneasy. With Tian Ligang's personality, if it was an ordinary clue, he would have offered it as a treasure to ask for credit.
On the contrary, the more important the information, the more Tian Ligang will cover it up until the end. This is one of the reasons why Li Kai is dissatisfied with the intelligence team.
Returning to the intelligence team, Tian Ligang immediately called in a few close associates and said, "I want you to secretly investigate something. Two months ago, anyone in Roewe Tobacco Company took leave and did not come to work!"
"yes!"
"yes!"
Tian Ligang warned: "Remember, the investigation must be carried out secretly, and the person who asked for leave must not be alerted. Also, before the matter is found out, it must be strictly kept secret and cannot be told to anyone!"
"You mean, not even Captain Jiang told you?"
Tian Ligang glanced at the door and whispered: "This is a big case involving the Communist Party. If we solve the case, everyone will be waiting for promotion and fortune!"
Tian Ligang had already made a calculation in his mind. A truckload of cloth would require at least a dozen people to carry it back and forth. If the case was solved, they would be caught in one go.
With such a huge achievement, wouldn't it be a good opportunity for me to get promoted and make a fortune? Why should I tell others so early?
The easiest thing about this matter is that there is only one tobacco company, Roewe, in Yanjin, which saves a lot of time and manpower.