Back at Zizhu Apartment, Pei Shaoshi opened the door and entered the house. He reached out and touched the light cord and pulled it, but there was no response from the light.
There's a power outage? Why are there lights in other rooms?
Pei Shaoshi was puzzled and was about to go out with a flashlight to check the switch. Suddenly, a hard gun barrel was pressed against his waist, and a deep voice behind him said: "Don't move, raise your hands!"
Pei Shaoshi froze and slowly raised his hands. The other party groped around his waist to make sure there were no weapons on him, and then he said: "Sit on the sofa!"
"It's so dark, I can't see the road." Pei Shaoshi said, guessing the identity of the other party. Could he be a robber who broke into the house?
There was a soft click, and a flashlight light lit up, illuminating the ground under Pei Shaoshi's feet. The man behind him said, "I'm sorry, I borrowed your flashlight without the owner's consent!"
"You have a gun, you have the final say." Pei Shaoshi walked to the sofa and sat down.
That man, Jiang Xinyu, sat on a chair behind Pei Shaoshi and said, "Mr. Pei, please forgive me for meeting you in this way."
"Who are you? Let me remind you that armed robbery is a felony!"
"You don't need to know who I am, I know exactly who you are!"
"Your Excellency is so mysterious, what exactly do you want to do?"
"Pei Shaoshi, codename Woodcutter, head of the Yanjin Communist Party!"
Pei Shaoshi was secretly surprised. The first thing he thought of was Li Xiance, but the voice didn't sound very similar to him, so he said, "I'm sorry, I don't understand what you said."
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said, "You went to Jishan Hall to meet Brother Shan. When I left, Cao Yunfei had just entered. He should have gone back now, right?"
Speaking of this, Pei Shaoshi felt relieved. The other party probably had no ill intentions, otherwise the Japanese would have surrounded the communication station.
"Are you from the military command?"
Jiang Xinyu did not answer him and said: "I just want to know one thing, why did the guerrillas ambush the Japanese plainclothes team?"
"Both the enemy and us, what's the problem with ambushing the Japanese?"
"How does Cao Yunfei know about the situation of the plainclothes team?"
"We have our own intelligence sources."
"Mr. Pei, don't you find it strange that more than half of the guerrillas suffered casualties in this battle?"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is that there is a problem with your intelligence source!"
Pei Shaoshi was moved in his heart and said, "You are not from the military command!"
Jiang Xinyu said slowly: "I've said so much, don't you understand?"
"Are you... a comrade of our party?"
"yes."
"Since you are one of our own, what are you doing?" Pei Shaoshi was a little dubious.
"I suspect there is a traitor among you, so I can't identify myself."
"What's your codename?"
"I'm sorry, I can't say anything. It's not the right time yet."
"You are so secretive, how can I trust you?"
"Even if I say it, you still won't believe me, and I will be in danger of being exposed!"
"you do not trust me?"
"I have to protect myself."
"In this case, do we still need to talk?"
"Comrade Pei, you must trust me, this matter is related to the safety of the underground organization!"
Pei Shaoshi said calmly: "How can you make me trust a person who points a gun at me?"
Jiang Xinyu: "You met with Cao Yunfei today to discuss how to send the guerrillas out of the city, right?"
Pei Shaoshi remained silent.
Jiang Xinyu continued: "If the traitor is not eliminated, no matter how careful the arrangements are, there will still be a risk of leakage. If something goes wrong again, can you bear the responsibility?"
Pei Shaoshi thought for a long time and said: "We received intelligence that the Japanese had a plainclothes team of fifty people acting as scouts outside the city. They did not carry any heavy weapons, so I notified Cao Yunfei and asked him to wait for an opportunity to eliminate the enemy!
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Jiang Xinyu connected everything in his mind and more or less guessed the cause of the incident.
In order to cover Tao Jianming's retreat to the Huanggang area, Li Xiance secretly notified the traitor hiding in the underground party and asked him to reveal the information about the plainclothes team to Pei Shaoshi, but he never mentioned the gas bomb!
The purpose of this is naturally to use Cao Yunfei to contain the plainclothes team, so that the Pingjin guerrillas can successfully and safely get rid of the pursuit!
Thinking of this, Jiang Xinyu said: "Comrade Pei, the person who learned the information is likely to be a traitor. You should be more careful about him!"
Pei Shaoshi was silent for a while and said: "I am the one who learned the information. According to your analysis, I am the traitor!"
"you?"
"right!"
Jiang Xinyu thought for a long time and said, "Can you tell me the details?"
Pei Shaoshi knew that this person who did not fully trust him was basically his comrade. If he was from Chongqing, there was no need to inquire about these things.
"Do you know there is an information exchange in Yanjin?"
"I know that before the fall of Yanjin in the Great Guangming Song and Dance Hall, spies from various countries conducted intelligence transactions there."
Pei Shaoshi smiled and said, "That was Lao Huangli. Now it has been moved to the Blue Duke Bar near Quanyechang."
"How come I've never heard of it?"
"The owner of the bar is Japanese and an anti-war person. The place is very safe."
"So, the information was bought?"
"That's right."
"Who did you buy it from?"
"Huang Qingfa."
"Huang Qingfa from the police station?"
"How do you know him?"
"It's just a coincidence." Jiang Xinyu thought for a while and said, "How do you determine the authenticity of the information?"
"The document has the official seal of the Military Police and Hattori Hikoo's signature. It is the original!"
Jiang Xinyu knew that the information must be forged. If such top-secret documents were stolen, how could Hiko Hattori not react at all!
It can also be seen from this point that Li Xiance was very cautious and did not let the traitor directly tell Pei Shaoshi the news, just so that he would not have anything to do with it afterwards!
Jiang Xinyu walked to the window, opened a corner and looked outside for a while, then said: "A city-wide manhunt will begin at nine o'clock tomorrow morning. Send them out of the city as soon as possible!"
Pei Shaoshi thought for a while and said: "If, as you said, there is really a traitor around me, why haven't the Japanese come to arrest me?"
"There are many kinds of traitors. There are not only Japanese in Yanjin, but also other forces!"
"You mean... people from Chongqing?"
"I have to go. Just turn the switch on."
"I've told you so much without being able to identify you, why can't you identify yourself?"
"After the traitor is eliminated, I will consider it. Although I can't prove my identity!" Jiang Xinyu looked out through the door mirror, put the flashlight on the coffee table, opened the door and walked out.
Can't verify your identity?
Pei Shaoshi was confused and didn't understand what Jiang Xinyu meant by saying this.