A bright future

Author: The bear skimming the treetops

A bright future

Zhang Xinhua stood at the door of the oil-paper umbrella shop. The electric light above the door was bright, but his mood was particularly heavy.

He never expected that just when the Japanese spies who had fled to the oil-paper umbrella shop were desperate, helpers would come, and these spies would quietly slip away under his nose.

The feeling of fetching water from the bamboo basket was not pleasant. Seeing his dark face, his subordinates did not dare to step forward.

The policemen who were temporarily transferred were watching from a distance, hoping that their superiors would order the team to close early so that they could go home early. As for whether they could catch the Japanese spies, it didn't have much to do with them.

Zhang Xinhua looked at the two corpses at the door and said to the two action team members: "If you search again, I don't believe it. There are no clues at all."

The two action team members agreed and bent down to search the bodies of Saburo Kato and Takao Shimizu.

After working all night, they finally got these two corpses. The person they came to was also in a bad mood. Although they knew that Team Leader Zhang was treating a dead horse as a living horse, the movements of his hands did not stop at all.

Zhang Xinhua looked at them. The operation on Lamei Road was launched suddenly. Even if the Japanese spies got the news in advance, it would not be too early. This can be confirmed by the items in the house and the fact that the three Japanese spies were blocked in a restaurant and an oil-paper umbrella shop.

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It can be inferred from this that they escaped in a hurry. Logically speaking, they are unlikely to dispose of the items very cleanly, and they may leave some clues.

The search ended quickly, but still nothing was found.

Zhang Xinhua nodded expressionlessly to the two action team members, indicating that they could do other things.

At this moment, an action team member came over and handed Zhang Xinhua a matchbox. Zhang Xinhua held the matchbox and turned it over in his hands. He quickly understood why his subordinates gave it to him——

There was a blood stain on the matchbox the size of a little fingernail.

I can't tell what brand it is because the trademark has been torn off.

Zhang Xinhua pushed open the paper box, took out a match, and looked at it carefully.

This is a customized match. The stem is thick and long, and the head is fat.

Compared with ordinary matches on the market, this kind of matches are mainly supplied to restaurants, bathrooms, hotels and other service places.

The names of these businesses are all on the outside for advertising purposes.

Closing the matchbox, Zhang Xinhua looked at the torn marks on the outer packaging: the torn marks were brand new, and there were a lot of match stems inside, indicating that the owner of the match had just received the match not long ago.

But why did he tear off the packaging?

The only explanation is: he didn't want anyone to know that he had been there.

With that said, Zhang Xinhua handed the matches back to the young policeman, motioned for him to put them away, and then said confidently: "As long as you send someone to walk around Lincheng with the matches, you will soon be able to find a merchant who customizes the matches."

Just when Zhang Xinhua had no choice but to close the team, a citizen who was watching the excitement provided an extremely important clue. He only thought of it after seeing the body of Shimizu Takao on the ground.

Three days ago, he saw Takao Shimizu walking side by side on the street with another tall, thin man wearing glasses. At that time, he was hit by the man, but the other man admitted his mistake very well.

This citizen was a little puzzled at the time, because the other person's dress and conversation showed that he was a rich man. Therefore, he was deeply impressed by this person and his fellow traveler Shimizu Takao.

And just after Zhang Xinhua led his men to encircle the Lamei Road area, he accidentally met this man again.

However, at this time the man had changed into ordinary people's clothes. He hurried past the citizens and headed towards Dangui Lane with a panicked look.

Zhang Xinhua knew that Dangui Lane was an east-west alley, about three hundred meters long, but not far from the western end there was a temporary checkpoint.

In other words, it is very likely that this mysterious man has not left yet.

Zhang Xinhua judged that this person was probably going back to No. 385 Lamei Road, but accidentally discovered the arrest operation, but did not have time to escape, so he temporarily hid.

Zhang Xinhua immediately called several key personnel and police leaders over, and the police first led the action team to check the doors one by one in Dangui Lane.

There are more than 60 households in Dangui Lane, and the search is not easy. After the search was completed, it had been an hour since Jiang entered, but no trace of the Japanese spies was found.

Zhang Xinhua frowned. Could it be that his judgment was wrong?

Zhang Xinhua immediately expanded the search scope, but still found nothing.

Just then, Fang Ning arrived.

He came on the order of the stationmaster.

Although Section Chief Hou narrowly escaped being poisoned by Japanese spies, after all, this incident happened in Lincheng, and Lincheng Station is also responsible for Section Chief Hou's protection.

This matter can naturally be solved by Zhang Xinhua alone, but Lincheng Station must show an attitude and send personnel to participate.

And Fang, who has always had a keen sense of counter-espionage, is now naturally regarded as the first choice.

"Team Leader Zhang, I'm here to report to you now!"

"Now, you're here just in time!" Zhang Xinhua felt better after seeing Fang Ning's arrival.

This young man has made frequent moves since arriving at Lincheng Station, giving people too many surprises and surprises. I hope this time will be no exception.

Zhang Xinhua exchanged brief greetings and then began to introduce the situation. The search initially focused on the arrest at No. 385 Lamei Road, and later moved to Dangui Lane.

"I suspect that in such a short period of time, the other party has not completely escaped from the encirclement. Currently, a strict blockade has been carried out within a two-mile radius of Dangui Lane, and personnel are temporarily not allowed to enter or exit. However, you also know that this place is a

There are so many residents here that delaying for too long is not an option."

"Team leader, I want to see the list of these sixty households again."

It was no longer realistic to sift through the list in a short time. He hoped to find some clues from the list as soon as possible.

Zhang Xinhua nodded. His work was extremely meticulous. He not only sent people to search the door, but also made a special registration. Although it was a bit simple, it seemed clear at a glance.

This is the advantage of having the cooperation of the police. These police are very familiar with the local situation. With their cooperation, coupled with the registered household registration information, the population flow situation of each household can be clearly seen.

Of course, there were also some population movements that were not registered in time, and these were recorded one by one.

Zhang Xinhua set up a temporary headquarters in a tailor shop at the entrance of Dangui Lane, with plainclothes people at the door and tight security.

Compared to other places, it is relatively quiet here.

Fang now took the list and browsed it quickly. There were more than 400 people registered on the list. Families in this era had many children, and many families had three generations living under one roof. The number of people in one family was natural.

No less.

Fang's current focus is on families with few people.

Theoretically speaking, it is possible for Japanese spies to enter any house if they are in a panic.

But if the household has a large number of people, the possibility of exposure is greater.

The search just now found nothing unusual, which is enough to show that the Japanese spies have taken control of the family, and controlling a large family is obviously not that easy.

Fang now found a pencil and marked the houses with less than three people. After a rough calculation, there were seven houses in total.

Among these seven households, four more have recently had immigrants. Three of them have not registered, with a total of five people. Among them is a mother and her son. The child is only seven years old. These two can be completely excluded.

After doing this, there are only three people left.

Two men and one woman!

Fang now handed over the list and said: "Team Leader Zhang, I suggest that these three households be searched again!"

Zhang Xinhua's eyes lit up. Did he determine the target so quickly?

Fang now told him the screening rules he had drawn up, and Zhang Xinhua nodded repeatedly.

Sure enough, it was Fang now. It was originally a mess, but it was quickly sorted out.

Let’s not talk about whether the Japanese spies can be caught in the end, but this clear idea is worth learning.

Not long after, a group of investigators began to conduct a search.

The search team consisted of two police officers and two action team members who had changed their police uniforms. They collectively said they were going to register the foreigners again.

At the same time, all the surrounding military and police officers were withdrawn, leaving only some plainclothes men lurking in various traffic arteries.

From the perspective of outsiders, the operation is over and the blockade has been completely lifted.

The first two families were relatively cooperative, the registration was successfully completed, and both men and women were able to explain their situation clearly.

When you get to the third family, something is a little special.

There was a sound of shouting and crying in the yard.

Fang Jin, Ji Chenglin, and three other action team members each borrowed a police uniform and walked in quickly.

In the yard, I saw two policemen surrounding two men, shouting and scolding each other. Next to them stood a woman with a child about two years old in her arms.

The child was probably frightened and hid in the woman's arms and cried loudly, while the woman had tears on her face and kept sobbing. The mother and child looked very pitiful.

"What's going on?" Fang now asked with a stern face.

The two policemen looked back and were stunned at first, but soon discovered that the young man who asked the question had appeared next to Zhang Xinhua and seemed to have a good relationship with them. However, their deputy director was scolded bloody in front of Zhang Xinhua.

.In this way, even a fool knows how to treat this young man,

The old policeman on the left, who was in his early fifties, hurriedly stepped forward, pointed at the people in the yard and said: "This family's surname is Chen. There are three members of the family. That one is the woman's distant cousin who came to the city yesterday to visit her relatives.

I haven’t had time to register yet.”

This reason is quite normal. According to common sense, it shouldn't be so noisy.

Fang Jin's eyes swept over the two men and one woman, and only paused briefly on the woman's cousin, then took it back and said: "Okay, I just came yesterday, so it's normal that I didn't have time to register. Just follow the procedures and register."
To be continued...