After opening the manhole cover, Shen Zhifeng immediately understood what was going on. Li Dalu ran away from the manhole.
He thought for a moment and said to Wang Xinrui: "You stay here, no one is allowed to go down the well without my order!"
Zhou Junchen was busy informing the police station to set up checkpoints. He was not at the scene at the time. Naturally, no one dared to disobey the orders of the deputy director of the Intelligence Department.
Shen Zhifeng took two of his men, got in the car and drove slowly along the street, paying attention to the passers-by on the street.
On the street, a man was hunched over to clean up his stall. There was a sign placed at his feet, which read: Unclog sewers, repair tap water, the charges are reasonable, and children and old men are not deceived.
If you want to know the direction and outlet of the sewer, the best way is of course to ask the municipal maintenance office for drawings.
Shen Zhifeng knew very well that when the drawings were brought, Li Dalu had already disappeared without a trace, and there was no time at all.
He also had an idea and thought that the coolies who dredged the sewers should be able to know the situation in this regard.
Shen Zhifeng got out of the car, walked up to the man, and said politely: "Brother, can I ask you something?"
"Tell me, what's the matter?" The man straightened up and looked Shen Zhifeng up and down.
"Do you know about the manhole in the primary school playground?"
"Of course I do. I'm not bragging. As long as it has to do with water pipes, there's nothing that I, Liu San, don't know about..."
"Then do you know where else to go down besides the wellhead?"
Liu San smiled mysteriously and whispered: "Sir, why are you asking about this?"
Shen Zhifeng looked around, took out a stack of large bills from his pocket, stuffed it into Liu San's hand, and said, "Take me to the entrance, all this money is yours!"
Liu San was surprised and happy. He didn't care what Shen Zhifeng did. This amount of money was enough for him to earn for half a month. He hurriedly said: "There are two entrances in total. There is one near Li Pond. If you go north,
There is another one in Lion Alley..."
Shen Zhifeng glanced at his watch, interrupted Liu San, and said, "Let's go, take me there."
Liu San looked embarrassed, pinched his teeth and said, "It would be fine to go with you, but my stall..."
Shen Zhifeng said nothing and slapped him with a stack of banknotes.
Liu Sanmei smiled brightly and hurriedly said to the vendor next to her: "Brother, please take care of it. I'll be back in a moment."
Shen Zhifeng knew that the silt and water in the sewer could at least cover his calves, and there was no lighting inside. In this environment, Li Dalu could not walk too fast.
If we send people down from the wellhead of the junior high school playground to chase him, the chasers will face the same problem. No matter how many people go down, it is impossible to catch up with Li Dalu.
Moreover, from Shen Zhifeng's point of view, Li Dalu didn't matter at all. The most important thing was to find the batch of penicillin.
If a salted fish wants to turn over, he must do something shocking.
If you can single-handedly catch the Communists and take back the stolen medicines, it will undoubtedly be a great achievement. This is the result Shen Zhifeng wants!
A few minutes later, the car arrived in front of Li Pool, the only bathhouse on Canal North Street.
Shen Zhifeng asked: "Where is the entrance?"
Liu San pointed to the west side of Li Pool and said: "It's right next to the public toilet..."
Shen Zhifeng said: "Don't tell anyone what happened today. If it gets out from your mouth..."
"Don't dare, don't worry, I won't tell anyone." Liu San said with a low eyebrow.
He also noticed that these three men all had guns in their waists. They looked like they were either police officers or spies. They must be here to investigate the case.
Shen Zhifeng led two of his men to open the manhole cover. The three of them went down the ladder to the bottom of the well, and asked Liu San to close the manhole cover before leaving.
As soon as the manhole cover was closed, the manhole immediately fell into darkness.
Shen Zhifeng rolled up his trousers and tried to walk more than ten meters in the muddy water. He felt that every step he took was very laborious. He was even more certain that Li Dalu had not passed yet.
"Deputy Director Shen, we might as well go towards him and catch him earlier," said a special agent.
Shen Zhifeng said: "No, if he goes back and we can't catch up for a while, we will be in trouble."
"He can't run away even if he goes back. Wang Xinrui and the others are guarding the playground..."
"Shh!"
In the silent sewer, there was the sound of rushing water.
A few minutes later, the exhausted Li Dalu came over. He made a rough estimate of the distance. According to the information provided by Lily, he could escape from North Street in more than fifty meters.
Suddenly three flashlight lights came over, which were particularly dazzling in the dark environment.
Shen Zhifeng walked over in the muddy water and said as he walked: "We meet everywhere in life. It seems that this sentence does have a certain truth."
Li Dalu almost sat in the muddy water. He looked at the three dark figures opposite and knew that he could not escape this time no matter what, so he said: "Shen Zhifeng, you are awesome, I admit defeat!"
Shen Zhifeng smiled and said: "Seeing how hard you have gone through to get here, I really can't bear to take you back. I have no choice, this is my job."
"A cat cries and a mouse pretends to be compassionate..." Li Dalu knew that if he was caught this time, he would definitely have a narrow escape.
Shen Zhifeng said: "I am not pretending to be compassionate, I really want to help you... Li Dalu, there is a question that I still can't figure out. Why did the Communist Party spend so much effort to rescue you?"
Li Dalu knew that with his scheming skills, he was no match for Shen Zhifeng, and he would fall into the opponent's tricks, so he simply said nothing.
Shen Zhifeng said: "I have to tell you something. Because of your involvement, your parents, including your brother and sister-in-law, have been arrested by the Gaobeidian Returning Corps."
Li Dalu became anxious when he heard this and said angrily: "What I do has nothing to do with my family. You are too unreasonable!"
Shen Zhifeng sighed: "Didn't I tell you? How could the government do such a thing? It was done by the local returnees. They lost their home and hated the Communist Party. They were not polite to the Communist Party's family members. .”
"My family...how are they doing now?"
"The Returning Corps can do anything. The mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the government can't control it. As for your family, it is said that they will be stripped naked and paraded in public, as a warning to those who plan to defect to the Communist Army... Sigh , these people from the Homecoming Corps are simply lawless!"
Looking at Li Dalu who was trembling all over, Shen Zhifeng changed the subject and said, "However, as long as our Secrecy Bureau says a word, anyone will give face. The premise is that you must cooperate."
Li Dalu's legs went weak, and he knelt in the muddy water with a plop, and said with a trembling voice: "Chief Shen, please, let them let my family go, I...I am willing to cooperate!"