Yuan Ye then left Hengyuan Trading Company and found a telephone booth on the street.

He picked up the phone and made a call.

The person on the other end of the phone asked in English:

"Who are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for Mr. Wood."

"Okay, wait a moment."

After a while, the voice of a middle-aged man sounded.

"I'm Wood, who are you? What's going on?"

Yuan Ye recognized it as Wood himself, the political counselor of the British Consulate General.

Yuan Ye said calmly:

"Mr. Counselor, you don't need to know who I am. Just call me Tom. I have the information you need. If you are interested, we can make a deal.

Give me £5000 and I'll sell you the information."

Wood thought for a moment and said:

"Of course we can make a deal, but I don't know you. Why should I believe that what you have is worth 5000 pounds?"

Yuan Ye smiled and said:

"Mr. Counselor, I understand your concerns. After all, this is your first time doing a deal.

To show my sincerity, I can send you a message for free.

You can verify it first, and if you are satisfied, we can start the formal transaction. You will be more interested in the formal transaction. "

When Wood heard this, he thought it made perfect sense.

"Okay, Mr. Tom, let's do as you said. If the news you told us really interests us, we can consider starting a formal transaction. So what is this free news?"

"In the office of your Consul General, Mr. Cole, there is a bug behind the painting on the wall behind the desk. There is also a bug hidden under the conference table in the meeting room. You can find them according to the locations I mentioned, and then you will know if I am right.

I believe you are very curious about who installed the bug.

Then prepare the money and wait for my call in the evening."

After Yuan Ye finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

He knew that when the British found the bug, they would be the ones to be anxious.

Wood was shocked. If this was true, then the consul's conversation and the meeting in the conference room were all secrets. The intelligence involving diplomacy, economy, military and other aspects had been completely eavesdropped on. This would be a very terrible thing.

How credible is what Tom said? Wood was still skeptical, but he did not dare to delay. He immediately went to the Consul General's office and met Cole.

He did not speak to Cole immediately, but glanced at the painting on the wall behind Cole very unnaturally, then blinked at Cole vigorously and said:

"Mr. Consul, please come out for a moment."

Cole thought Wood's expression was a little strange, as if there was something wrong with the oil painting behind him. He didn't know what he meant, so he followed Cole to the corridor.

As soon as they reached the corridor, Cole asked:

"Wood, what's the matter with you being so mysterious?"

Wood told him about a call he received from a man named Tom who wanted to do an intelligence deal with him. To express his sincerity, Tom told him that there were hidden bugs in Mr. Cole's office and the consulate's conference room.

Cole was a little surprised that there were bugs in his office and conference room. He thought that since Tom wanted to make a deal with them, he would not lie to them. This might be true.

He immediately asked Wood to call Smith, the commissioner in charge of intelligence and security of the consulate general.

Soon Wood came to Cole with Smith and two men.

Cole asked them to find the bug immediately. Smith led his men to Cole's office first and took down the oil painting hanging on the wall behind the desk. Sure enough, they found a bug behind the picture frame.

Then they went to the conference room and carefully checked the conference table. In an inconspicuous corner behind the table, they found another bug.

When Smith brought the bug to Cole and Wood, they finally believed that Tom was not lying.

The first thing they thought about was who had installed the bug? Was it the Germans? The Japanese? Or the Russians?

These three countries are naturally the most suspicious.

But no matter which country it is, it means that they have their people in the consulate general, otherwise there would be no chance to install a bug.

Of course they were also very curious about who Tom was who made the phone call.

How could he know so much about the bug?

The most urgent task now is to find out from Tom who the traitor is.

Cole asked:

"Wood, when will that Tom call?"

"He told us to prepare the money and he would call us in the evening."

"Okay, you and Smith will be in charge of this matter. After the meeting, find a way to find out more about this Tom. If this person is really well-informed, I think we can maintain long-term cooperation with him."

……

After Yuan Ye walked out of the phone booth, he drove to Gu Yan's home. He and Gu Yan waited for half an hour, and Gu Yu and Yuan Wan returned home after school.

Yuan Ye could see that both of them were very excited, their faces filled with longing for joining the revolution and a new life in the future.

He recalled that he had felt the same way when he signed up for the army and was about to join the team and go to the anti-Japanese battlefield.

Yuan Ye led the three of them out of the alley, to the main street, and found a high-end restaurant.

After entering the private room, Yuan Ye ordered the dishes they liked. When all the dishes were served, he smiled and said:

"Eat more. I heard it's very hard over there. You may not be able to eat anymore once you get there."

"We went there to fight against the Japanese and save our country, not to enjoy ourselves."

Yuan Wan said disapprovingly.

"Yuan Wan is right. We are not afraid of hardship for the sake of revolution."

Gu Yu also echoed.

Seeing Gu Yu and Yuan Wan's determined expressions, Gu Yan still had some hope and said:

"I think you are still too young and should focus on your studies. In fact, it is not too late to join your revolution after you graduate. Can you reconsider it?"

"Brother, please stop talking. I have grown up and know what to do and what not to do. The anti-Japanese base area needs educated young people like us. Now that the Japanese invaders are rampant, the country will be destroyed. If we don't stand up, will we become slaves of a conquered country?"

Gu Yu said passionately.

Gu Yan was speechless for a moment.

I thought to myself, Yuan Ye is right. It seems that there is no way to persuade him.

Yuan Wan took over the conversation and said:

"I want to say one thing. Both of my brothers had joined the anti-Japanese forces before, and now they are back. One works for the puppet government, and the other is doing business.

Everyone has their own aspirations. I understand you, and I hope you can understand us too.

Although you have left the anti-Japanese team, I hope that one day you can join the anti-Japanese team like us and fight the Japanese together with us.

Even if you don't want to join the anti-Japanese forces, you can't do anything that would harm the anti-Japanese cause."

Yuan Ye was a little amused when he heard this. He failed to persuade them and was taught a lesson by them instead.

He knew these two little girls, but he didn't know their true identities, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.

He couldn't explain it to them either, so he could only smile bitterly:

“We don’t have the same high level of awareness as you, but we promise not to be traitors, so that’s enough, right?

Look, tomorrow your elder brother Gu will personally send you and your comrades to the base area, which can be regarded as a good thing for the anti-Japanese cause."

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