My years of espionage

Chapter 23 Dual Roles
The night was quiet, and people had already fallen asleep.

Black enveloped the house.

Cheng Qianfan was like a returnee who walked out of the dark night, walking on an empty street.

He subconsciously took out the cigarette case from his pocket and flicked a cigarette out.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

The cold midnight wind blew through his clothes, and he tightened his jacket and walked faster.

Chen Zhou is his pseudonym in the Red Party's Special Branch (Red Team).

The flame is his code name in the Second Division of Teko (Intelligence Division).

Except for Comrade 'Bamboo Forest' who has already sacrificed, no one knows that Comrade Chenzhou, the well-known comrade of the Teko Red Team, and Comrade Huo Miao, the mysterious comrade of the Intelligence Section, are actually the same person.

One is a red team hoe with extraordinary skills and a steady and ruthless shot.

One is an underground party member of the Intelligence Section who silently sticks to the hidden front.

Even Lao Liao only knew that Cheng Qianfan was Comrade Huo Miao, but did not know his other identity.

Inside the red team, the rest of the red team members only heard his name, but never saw Chen Zhou's true face. This is a red team member directly belonging to Comrade 'Bamboo Forest'.

Comrade 'Zhulin' ordered to find out the truth about the murder of Ms. Luo Huijun and another lesbian.

This is an order issued to Comrade 'Huo Miao'.

'Avenge the sacrifice of comrades', this is an order issued to Comrade 'Chenzhou'.

……

Getting rid of Lao Mo, a traitor, avenged the sacrifice of comrades, and to the greatest extent prevented more comrades from being exposed or even killed because of Lao Mo, a Japanese special hidden in the French Concession.

Comrade 'Huo Miao' and 'Chenzhou' completed their tasks well again.

Having completed the last mission given before Comrade 'Bamboo Forest' was arrested and sacrificed, Cheng Qianfan felt both joy and relief after completing the mission.

There is also an indescribable loneliness and daze.

After the Teko organization was busted by the enemy last winter, the surviving Teko members cut off contact with the organization.

Cheng Qianfan even speculated that the organization might have no way of knowing which comrades survived.

Cheng Qianfan was able to unilaterally contact the local party organization in Shanghai through the line of Lao Liao specially arranged by Comrade Zhulin before his sacrifice:
Given that the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and the local party organization in Shanghai also suffered huge losses, this one-way connection is very necessary for security reasons.

Lao Liao can provide information to the local party organization in Shanghai, and the other party can only receive information under normal circumstances, and cannot take the initiative to issue orders to this side unless there is an emergency.

Cheng Qianfan's organizational relationship is in Teco, and in order to protect Cheng Qianfan, only Lao Liao has this contact channel.

Now that Lao Liao has sacrificed, unless Shanghai Techco reorganizes and activates the long-agreed code to wake up Cheng Qianfan, Cheng Qianfan is now in a state of disconnection from the organization.

Therefore, at this moment, Cheng Qianfan not only felt a sense of relief after completing the task, but also felt a heavy sense of loneliness after losing contact with the organization.

There used to be Lao Liao, but now after Lao Liao died, he really fought alone.

Raindrops fell.

Cheng Qianfan raised his head and stretched out his hand, feeling the slowly moistening of the drizzle.

In the past few days, there have been more and more cloudy and rainy days in Shanghai.

Ching Ming Festival is coming.

……

After returning home, Cheng Qianfan filled half of the bottle of wine by himself.

Therefore, what the neighbors saw that morning was a hangover and a lack of energy, Cheng Qianfan.

"Qianfan, why are you drinking so much alcohol?"

"You need to pay more attention to your body when you are young."

"Virtuous ghost, steal the hot water from my house." Aunt Ma was scolding the street, holding Cheng Qianfan who was passing by, "Brother Fan, it's amazing, there's an old thief who stole water."

"Aunt Ma, you took the briquettes of Zhao Laoluo again." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile.

Aunt Ma and Mr. Zhao are deadly enemies. Aunt Ma used to take advantage of the small things. When Mr. Zhao wasn't paying attention, he quietly touched the briquettes from his house. Mr. Zhao found out later that he didn't make any noise and waited until Mrs. Ma's boiling water was ready Now, Mr. Zhao secretly used it:

A piece of briquettes can't boil a large pot of water, and he made a profit.

Cheng Qianfan greeted the neighbors, and in this short greeting from the parents, he began a day of life that he was accustomed to.

At this time, he is not the red team member 'Chen Zhou' who makes the enemy special and traitor feel fearful.

Nor is it an underground party member 'Flame' hiding inside the enemy.

He is Cheng Qianfan. Cheng Qianfan, a boy from the Cheng family who was watched and grown up by these old neighbors, is now working in the central patrol room of the French Concession. He is a patrol officer.

"Brother Fan, save me, my dad is going to kill me." The half-eldest boy came to ask for help.

Cheng Qianfan skillfully pressed down with one hand, clapped his hand and left, and behind him came the sound of his father's beatings and scolding and the child's stubborn talking back.

"Brother Fan, you are hurting me again!" The half-eldest child complained sadly.

……

No. 22, Xue Huali Road, the central patrol room.

Cheng Qianfan stood at the door. He adjusted his uniform and fiddled with his hair to make himself look more refreshed.

Yes, he needs to look like he's not in the mood for a hangover.

However, lack of spirit does not mean sloppy, which is inconsistent with his usual living habits.

"Qianfan, have you heard?" Liu Bo came over and patted Cheng Qianfan's shoulder, smelled the odor of alcohol that had not completely dissipated, and glanced at it, "Oh, it's alright, I'm listless, if you can't drink, just talk to Jin. Say it."

"It's much better now." Cheng Qianfan yawned, "It's just a bad night, Brother Liu, what did you just say?"

Yesterday's operation, the operation of Jin Kemu's department, except that police officer Mo Shouli was injured on duty, can be said to be very successful.

The other two inspectors, Liang Yuchun and Yuan Kaizhou, were responsible for the arrests.

Liang Yuchun's department successfully captured the target of the operation.

When Yuan Kaizhou's team arrived at the target location, unfortunately, they just had a face-to-face with the other party.

When Liu Bo talked about this, he also looked very happy.

Fortunately, they were assigned the task of arresting 'Zhu Yuan'. If they were assigned to Yuan Kaizhou's target, they would be the ones who would be shot.

It is said that the opponent's firepower is strong, and Yuan Kaizhou's subordinate was caught off guard. If it wasn't for the experienced patrolling (escape), who rolled and crawled to escape, it is estimated that the casualties would be even more severe.

"These red parties are very arrogant." Cheng Qianfan said in surprise.

The Reds seldom opened fire in the French Concession, let alone attacked patrols in the first place.

This is determined by the situation and environment of our party's underground work in the French Concession.

The authorities in the French Concession arrested the Red Party, and generally they will be interrogated and sentenced within the Lend-Lease.

The Shanghai Second Special Zone District Court and the Third Branch of the Jiangsu Provincial High Court established by the government in the French Concession need to file an extradition request. After the extradition application is approved, the Leasing Authorities will hand over the Red Party elements to the government authorities.

The whole extradition procedure takes a relatively long time. If the public relations are effective, the French Concession authorities can even refuse the extradition request with 'justifiable reasons', which gives the organization room and opportunity for rescue.

Therefore, even if they encounter patrols and arrests in the lease, the Red Party will basically not resist the patrols with extreme violence, and no extreme violence is involved. This is a prerequisite for a successful rescue.

The so-called extreme violence is the use of firearms.

This time, not only did he use the gun, but he was the first to take the initiative to attack the patrol.

This incident is very likely to arouse the anger of the French Concession authorities, and make the situation of the Red Party's struggle in the French Concession worse...

What shocked and interested Cheng Qianfan was the identity of Yuan Kaizhou's target.

In the underground organization of the Red Party in Shanghai, only the Red Team of Shanghai Techco has strong fighting power.

However, Shanghai Teco was destroyed by the enemy and has now entered the dormant stage.

Is this the exposure of a comrade with Teko, who was forced to choose violent breakout in the face of round-up?

……

After Liu Bo walked away, Cheng Qianfan sat alone on the seat smoking and drinking tea.

He Guan and several other colleagues were playing poker while shouting.

From time to time, Cheng Qianfan gave He Guan some advice.

In his mind, he was thinking about Liu Bo.

Liu Bo took the initiative to chat with him just now, and he was very enthusiastic.

If it was before last night, he would definitely not be too concerned, because Liu Bo is such a warm and good character.

Because Lao Mo's 'last words' pointed to suspicion of Liu Bo, Cheng Qianfan paid more attention to Liu Bo today.

What he thought in his mind was that Liu Bo didn't wait for him to come in, so he rushed up to find him. Is he really just wanting to chat?

Or, its purpose is to observe your own situation for the first time?Use this to judge and confirm whether he was really drunk last night, or was he pretending to be drunk?

Cheng Qianfan knew that his thoughts were most likely due to the 'unfounded suspicion' caused by the psychological suggestion of Lao Mo's words, but he had to consider, in case Lao Mo's suspicion was indeed true. What's the matter?

Light a cigarette, take a deep breath, and exhale the smoke.

He needs to clear his mind more.

Although he was pretending to be hungover, he still had a lot of alcohol in his body, which made Cheng Qianfan's thinking not as usual. Of course, this was the most normal state where he would not be suspected.

The more he thought about it, the more Cheng Qianfan felt that Liu Bo, a colleague who had a good relationship with him, was a little bit incomprehensible.

Compared to being a good 'Huo Miao', he actually prefers 'Chen Zhou''s pleasure and hatred.

……

Cheng Qianfan approached Jin Kemu to ask for leave, and bluntly informed that it was Xiu Hengshen who invited Chief Inspector Tan Detai to drink tea and asked him to accompany him.

Jin Kemu was very happy to allow the leave, and asked Cheng Qianfan to say hello to the translator Xiu and President Tan on his behalf.

Standing at the window, looking at the back of the young patrolman leaving, Jin Kemu pondered for a moment, then laughed and muttered, 'It's all old foxes'.

"Brother Qianfan, is that you?" Cheng Qianfan was about to reach out for a rickshaw as soon as he walked out of the gate of the patrol room, when a soft-spoken female voice came from behind.

As soon as he stopped, he turned to look, and saw a beautiful girl in a blue dress and a black dress, wearing brown calfskin shoes, and a beautiful little girl with beautiful braids sitting there quietly, a little timid and uncertain looked at him with eyes.

"I'm Cheng Qianfan." Cheng Qianfan nodded, thinking about who the other party was quickly in his mind.

Hearing Cheng Qianfan confirming her identity, the little girl's beautiful eyes shone with light, and she pinched the corner of her clothes with both hands, "Brother Qianfan, I'm Xiaoye."

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