Spy Shadow

Chapter 4 Return to the scene again

The car drove all the way into the French Concession and arrived at the door of the patrol room.

There were several patrol officers waiting for Chu Lingyun outside the gate. The leader was a man in his thirties, wearing a black patrol uniform. When he saw Chu Lingyun getting out of the car, he greeted him with a smile.

"But Captain Chu is here, I'm Gao Zhengliang."

The man cupped his fists and saluted Chu Lingyun, and Chu Lingyun returned the military salute.

"I'm Chu Lingyun, hello, Detective Gao."

Chu Lingyun had never met Gao Zhengliang before, but she had heard of him. He was a Chinese detective in the French Concession. He was very powerful in the French Concession and was deeply trusted by the French.

"Captain Chu, you're welcome. We will handle the handover now."

Chu Lingyun came to see someone off, and Gao Zhengliang didn't treat him too politely. After Gao Zhengliang signed, Qian Cang Ono officially handed over to their patrol room.

"What are you going to do with Asakou Ono?"

Putting away the documents, Chu Lingyun asked casually. Gao Zhengliang looked around and sighed slightly: "What else can I do? It depends on what the boss wants. However, Mr. Henry, the boss of Beixi Foreign Company, is very dissatisfied with the Japanese attitude. If it's better, it can still redeem people, but if it's not good, it's probably dead."

"Can the Japanese redeem people?" Chu Lingyun asked.

Gao Zhengliang nodded and said: "It's not a big case, it's just commercial espionage. Of course, you can redeem the person."

"I understand, thank you, Inspector Gao."

Chu Lingyun watched Qian Cang Ono being dragged into the patrol room by them, and then left. After the car drove out of the French Concession, Chu Lingyun immediately asked the driver to stop, went to a nearby hotel, and called the team from a public phone.

"I'm Chu Lingyun, let Ni Loach answer the phone."

"Captain, I'm Ni Loach, what are your orders?" Ni Loach's voice soon came over the phone.

"Go to the French Concession immediately and ask me how the patrol office knew about Asakou Ono's arrest and where they got the news."

"Captain, don't worry, I'll go now and I'll give you news soon."

Loach got the order and agreed readily. Chu Lingyun put down the phone and did not return to the team. Instead, he asked the driver to take him to the noodle shop where he was arrested in the morning.

He came to where the man in the felt hat was that morning and looked around.

After a while, he arrived at a shoe shine stall at the intersection. This shoe shine stall was not far from the noodle shop. The location was very good and he could see everything in the noodle shop.

If he wanted to observe the noodle shop, this location would definitely be his first choice.

"Boss, would you like to shine your shoes?"

The owner of the shoe shine stall was a young man. When he saw Chu Lingyun, he immediately smiled and said hello. Chu Lingyun looked at the leather shoes on his feet, where he was sitting, and took the initiative to raise his legs to let him shine his shoes.

When you shine your shoes here, you can see everything in the noodle shop just by turning your head.

"Let me ask you something, did you see a man wearing a black hat around here between 8:50 and 9:10 this morning?"

"Depending on what you're asking, there are so many people coming and going here, and there are a lot of people wearing hats. I notice them everywhere. And I don't have a watch, so I don't know the time."

The stall owner quickly polished his leather shoes and answered Chu Lingyun's question with a grin.

Chu Lingyun took out a piece of legal currency from his body. At this time, legal currency had just been launched and was still very strong. A piece of legal currency was close to the purchasing power of a silver dollar.

"That's when we arrested people at the noodle shop over there in the morning. If you recall carefully and tell me the truth, this dollar is yours."

"Thank you, boss, I'll think about it." The stall owner quickly took the money and smiled even more: "I remembered that a boss with a hat came to my place in the morning. He didn't shine shoes, but repaired them. Shoes, there was a scar next to his left eye, I asked him what happened, and he said it was from a fall, but I could tell that it was not a fall, but a stab wound."

"How can you be sure it's a stab wound?" Chu Lingyun asked with interest.

"To be honest with the boss, my family used to have traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. I can still tell what's going on with simple skin injuries. Unfortunately, in my generation, I didn't learn from my dad when I was young. My dad died early, so he had to shine shoes. , otherwise I can become a doctor and be respected by others."

The stall owner was shining his shoes and said, "The man saw the noodle shop arresting people and left without even repairing his shoes. Fortunately, he gave the money in advance."

After a while, Chu Lingyun polished the leather shoes. His skills were good, and the leather shoes became shiny after being polished, which made Chu Lingyun look more energetic.

Chu Lingyun's heart moved slightly, and she suddenly asked: "Are you here regularly to shine shoes, or are you here occasionally?"

Seeing the 'huge' shoe-shining fees offered by Chu Lingyun, the stall owner answered all questions: "I have a fixed stall, but there are also mobile stalls, but this location is good, I don't have to run around to shine people's shoes."

"Do you have many people polishing shoes?" Chu Lingyun asked again.

"Many, of course there are many. There are more than 300 shoe shiners in Hankou. With so many people in Hankou, many people need our shoe shiners."

"In this way, I will give you a chance to make money, do you want it?"

Chu Lingyun stood up and stared directly at the stall owner. The stall owner smiled even wider and nodded immediately: "Boss, you are very generous. If you can give me a chance to make money, you are giving me face. Of course I want it."

Chu Lingyun took out a pen from his pocket, found another piece of paper, and said while writing: "Tell all the shoe shiners that if you see this man with a scar on his left eye again, call this phone immediately. As long as they can find it, This person can get a reward of twenty yuan."

After speaking, Chu Lingyun took out another five dollars and handed it to the shoe shiner.

"I'll give you these five yuan as your hard work fee, but you have to tell them that they can just find someone to call, and don't say anything else, let alone ask."

"Okay, boss, don't worry, I will definitely arrange everything for you. If you can make twenty yuan, these people won't go crazy looking for it."

The shoe shiner wiped his hands on his body first, and happily took the five dollars handed over by Chu Lingyun.

He can only make a few bucks a day by shining shoes here, but now he is just passing on messages to his brothers, and the money is too easy to make.

If he could meet that scarred man again, he could earn the twenty yuan by himself, which would be equivalent to making extra money.

"You don't have to look for it deliberately. Just call when you encounter it. Remember, this matter must be kept confidential. If something goes wrong, you are the only one I can ask questions about."

When Chu Lingyun was speaking, he deliberately revealed the Browning pistol on his waist. Seeing the gun, the smile on the shoe shiner's face disappeared instantly.

"Don't worry, boss, I know what to do."

The reason why Chu Lingyun mobilized all the shoe shiners was not a sudden thought.

Chu Lingyun noticed a detail in what the shoe shiner just said. In the morning, the man in the felt hat had not completely repaired his shoes, so he left in a hurry.

In this case, he may return to the shoe repair stall to continue repairing shoes.

Even if he can't find it, it won't be a loss for Chu Lingyun, it's just a matter of spending a few extra dollars.

After ordering the shoe shiner, Chu Lingyun stood up and returned to the car to return to the military intelligence office.

As for the man in the felt hat who appeared in the morning, in fact, Chu Lingyun was not completely sure that he was an accomplice of Asa Ono and Endo Yuki. He could only be sure that there must be something wrong with him.

Of course, it is also possible that this person has something behind him, so he leaves immediately when he sees someone paying attention. However, doing intelligence is different from doing other things. You must pay attention to any suspicious points, and you must investigate even if there is the slightest suspicion.

It was not that Chu Lingyun had never thought that this person might be a member of the Red Party, so he did not arrange for anyone from the Military Intelligence Department to investigate. It was most appropriate to find outside personnel. If he was really a member of the Red Party, proper arrangements could be made to avoid accidental injuries. .