Chapter 615: Hidden Poorly

"Detective Wang still remembers me, right?"

"If I didn't remember you, would I let you in?" Wang Yan's long legs were on the table, looking at the fat man standing opposite, lit a cigarette, then threw the cigarette box on the table, signaling him to help himself.

The fat man shook his head: "My surname is Tian, my given name is Biao. I am currently the captain of the Intelligence Group of the Military Statistics Bureau's Shanghai Intelligence Station."

Wang Yan frowned and looked at him: "Did you kill Lin Hongyuan?"

"A gift for Detective Wang. Knowing that you are loyal and righteous and couldn't bring yourself to do it, we helped you."

"Do you know that your action has made me very passive? Now the whole Shanghai Bund says that I, Wang Mou, have deceived my master and destroyed my ancestors, killed the old man I paid respects to, and swallowed his family property. His widow was also driven to Hong Kong by me. I am shouted at by everyone."

"Detective Wang is joking. Those are just a group of unrelated people watching the fun and not thinking it's too big. They are maliciously smearing you. Who doesn't know that it was the day you were promoted, and who doesn't know that if you were to do it, the best choice would be to wait another year or a year and a half, so that this matter has nothing to do with you? How could you do it now and find trouble for yourself?"

"Look, it's you people who do the work who understand the truth." Wang Yan shook his head and sighed: "To say that my uncle was indeed not a good thing. He lived a comfortable life for a lifetime, and the older he got, the more afraid of death he became. It was fine for him to cooperate with the Japanese, but he had to sell me out to increase his weight with the Japanese. Alas, it's all this damn world."

"It was precisely because I saw your dilemma that day that I had this gift to make your thoughts clear."

"Since you sanctioned Lin Hongyuan, it means you have mastered the evidence of Lin Hongyuan defecting to the Japanese. You should also know that I have cooperation with the Japanese. Do you know what the content of the cooperation is?"

Without needing Tian Biao to answer, Wang Yan answered his own question: "It's to catch anti-Japanese elements like you and send them to them, or when they have arrest operations in the French Concession, let me cover for them, so as not to intensify the conflict between the Japanese and the French. The benefit they give me is the tariff for entering and leaving. You should know how large the quantity of goods I import and export is, and how large a sum of money this is."

"Of course I know, but we know even better that the Japanese don't trust you; otherwise, the previous incident where the Japanese forced your nanny to monitor you and monitored you from next door wouldn't have happened. Detective Wang, those who are not of our race must have different hearts. The Japanese have wolfish ambitions, intending to destroy our China. You know the crimes they have committed. Anti-Japanese national salvation is the duty that you and I cannot shirk."

"Previously, the Japanese detained the goods of foreigners from Britain, France, and the United States to test their bottom line. You know this. What does this mean? It means foreigners cannot be relied upon. Now the Public Concession and the French Concession are isolated islands. When the Japanese lose their patience, the Concession will no longer exist."

"Japan is a small place. With the all-out help of benevolent people from all walks of life, the desperate resistance of millions of soldiers, and the united resistance of our four hundred million compatriots, Japan has no possibility of destroying our China. Detective Wang, you are a smart person. Foreigners cannot be relied upon, and the Japanese cannot be relied upon even more. For the sake of your own life, you should make plans early."

"You might as well say directly, let me defect to you early. But forgive me for being blunt: before Japan fully invaded China, this world was your Party's. At that time, my business was not much more convenient than it is now with the Japanese. The Japanese rely on guns and cannons to guard the passes and exploit, and you are the same. I have never had the blood of your Party on my hands, nor have I had the blood of the Red Party on my hands. Even if the Japanese are driven away in the end, you will still need people to manage the city. Wang Mou is not talented, but I ask myself that I can still be a police chief at that time. There is no need to work for you now."

Tian Biao was silent for a moment and said: "Detective Wang is right, but the sooner you do things, the sooner you may save many lives and avoid many sacrifices."

According to the three criteria of not working for the Japanese, not staining the blood of compatriots, and having ability, once Wang Yan lives until the victory of the anti-Japanese war, he is likely to be one of the few old-timers in the Qing Gang. Coupled with the wealth he has mastered, his connections in Shanghai, and his relationship with the Nationalist Army doing business for so many years, he might really be able to be a police chief, or at least a senior official in the police system. With good qualifications and hard connections, it would be difficult to convince the public if he is not properly placed.

So he had nothing to say and could only come to national righteousness.

Wang Yan saw Tian Biao's lack of words, shook his head and smiled, took his feet in big leather boots off the table, extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray, sat up straight, and shook his neck: "Tell me, what do you want me to do? I won't do anything that costs my life, and I can't trust you. I think in terms of confidentiality, you are not as good as the Red Party. Even the Red Party had a traitor some time ago and was caught by the Japanese. Let alone your Military Statistics Bureau, which was almost wiped out before. If I help you do something that costs my life and the handle falls into your hands, and then you are caught by the Japanese again, and you sell me without hesitation, then the Japanese will settle the account, and I won't be able to handle it."

"How could we harm you? It's just asking you to lend a helping hand when you can; it won't make things difficult for you." Tian Biao waved his hands repeatedly, then pondered: "You have been transporting goods in large quantities. I have learned before that your goods are landed at Wu Song and transported to the warehouse outside the North Station, where they are stored and distributed. Some are transported to the interior by rail, and some are transported by caravans using donkey carts and horse carts. I think you should know the deployment of the Japanese army around Shanghai, right?"

"Are you going to take action?"

"With our hundred or eighty guns, we can't do anything big. We are just collecting intelligence first, so as not to be unprepared when needed. I don't know if Detective Wang can help with this?"

"A hundred or eighty guns? It seems your Military Statistics Bureau's Shanghai station has recovered very quickly." Wang Yan shook his head and said: "This matter cannot be done. If it is done, it will really cost my head. And the part of the Japanese army's garrison situation I can get, as long as you find someone to go a few more times, you can also investigate clearly. Don't drag me into it."

Military deployment, except for going directly into the military camp to check, and obtaining it directly from the documents of the headquarters, to understand the specific troop deployment and garrison situation, the only way is to watch.

Of course, it's not blind watching, but targeted watching, knowing the rotation situation of each garrison point. After all, it's impossible for a batch of people to always be stationed in one place. In addition, we must also look at the supply of logistics materials, how long it takes to send once, and how much is sent at a time. As long as there is enough time, these information can be observed. In this way, naturally, the personnel distribution of the garrison points is mastered. It is a fine job that requires time accumulation.

Although Wang Yan's main task is the Red Team action personnel and transporting materials to the Soviet area, he doesn't need to rack his brains to obtain intelligence, but there is no reason not to collect the intelligence he can reach. So he is still very clear about the situation in Shanghai and surrounding areas.

He continued: "I don't suggest you take action against the Japanese army stationed around Shanghai. Not only will your casualties be heavy, but besides killing some enemies, the damage to the enemy is not high. Instead, it will make them more vigilant and stricter in inspection. If the Loyalty and Righteousness National Salvation Army has been active in this area, you might as well go directly to bomb the port and bomb the railway. Now the situation in Xuzhou is not optimistic. This can directly help the front line."

"Don't waste your breath. I won't help you do this kind of thing. If it is exposed, I don't have extra lives for the Japanese to kill. You are doing great things for anti-Japanese national salvation. Wang Mou asks himself that he has taken care of the common people in the Concession as much as possible, which can be considered as doing his best. Don't think about pulling me to die with you. What I can do is not to create obstacles for you when you take action in the French Concession. If you fall into my hands, believe me, I will definitely hand you over to the Japanese. The French will not protect you, and I cannot protect you, so it is better to send you to the Japanese as a favor."

"Also, you don't think you are hiding seamlessly in the French Concession, do you? The photo studio on Pétain Road, the teahouse on Jin Shenfu Road, the hotel on Xujiahui Road. I gave you face very early. These three places, I can catch them one by one, and I can pull out a bunch of them, which can easily cause a second devastating blow to your Military Statistics Bureau's Shanghai station."

Tian Biao's eyes widened, and he asked in disbelief: "How do you know?"

There was no longer the calmness and composure in his words, and he didn't even say "you" (polite form)...

"I said it before, you haven't learned how to hide yourself correctly. Although my duty is to help the French exploit the wealth of the Chinese, my profession is a policeman. I also came up from the lowest level of Chinese detective. I have also broken murder cases and theft cases, so don't habitually treat me as a fool who only knows how to make money and play with women. I walk back and forth on Jin Shenfu Road at least twice a day, and all the movements on that road are in my eyes. You put the new contact point there, and after so many days, it's really a waste if I can't find it."

"And the most critical thing is that your Shanghai Intelligence Station has only so many people. If my memory is better, as long as I find suspicious people, and see them again next time, it will be almost certain. The French Concession is very big, but it is also very small. Suspicious people appear frequently, which means there is a problem. As long as there is enough time, I can dig out all your contact points in the French Concession."

Wang Yan's eyes were full of playfulness: "How about it, are you going to change it this time? I haven't been to other places much during this period, just walked Jin Shenfu Road more. How about I go to Xujiahui Road, Pétain Road, etc. from tomorrow?"

"Forget it." Tian Biao waved his hands and shook his head repeatedly: "I believe your eyes are poisonous, and ordinary people don't have that ability. Your memory is good, and you remember our people. No matter how you change places, there will be a day of exposure. Just as you said before, if the Japanese could find it, they would have brought people to arrest them long ago."

"So you say, are your actions redundant? Is it all in vain? I know that your superior must suspect Wang Mou's character. He thinks that I won't betray you when there is nothing to do, but once there is something, I will definitely betray you without hesitation. I don't want to put my life in the hands of others. This is the correct way to do things. But unfortunately, I, Wang Mou, have some ability, and you can't hide. I can guarantee you that although I, Wang Mou, cherish my life and don't have the courage to save the country by resisting Japan, I won't hinder your actions, because I don't have the courage to offend you either."

"Think about it, even if I defect to the Japanese and wipe out your Shanghai Intelligence Station, can the Military Statistics Bureau give up Shanghai, such a first-class metropolis in the Far East and the largest intelligence center in Asia? Then the successor who comes to Shanghai to work will do the first thing to kill me and wash away your shame. So you can rest assured, I have a tight mouth. You can only believe it, can't you?"

"You are joking. We have never doubted you; otherwise, we wouldn't have contacted you and revealed to you the news that we were going to take action against the Japanese army stationed around Shanghai. If you really wanted to be unfavorable to us, you only need to notify the Japanese in advance. By then, what awaits us will be a huge loss that we cannot bear."

By this time, Tian Biao didn't need to say anything to break the relationship. The scene words didn't cost money, so he just flattered Wang Yan.

"It's been almost half a month, and I haven't seen you take any action. I think it's better to bomb the port, bomb the railway, and then take action against the Japanese army stationed around when the Japanese's attention is on these two places."

Regarding Wang Yan's suggestion, Tian Biao shook his head: "We are intelligence agents. At most, we lead the way when taking action. We only have the right to suggest, not the right to command. However, the action will start soon. It is estimated that it will be in this period."

"Oh? Have you got the garrison situation of the Japanese army around?"

"It was the intelligence provided by the Red Party. Their guerrillas also had plans in this regard long ago. They happened to meet our Loyalty and Righteousness National Salvation Army people near Taihu Lake. The two sides communicated and finally decided to take action together. This time, the movement is definitely not small. There are thousands of people from our Loyalty and Righteousness National Salvation Army active in this area, and there are hundreds of people from the Red Party's guerrillas. It is enough to fight a local war. Just wait and see, and you will know by then."

Wang Yan knew that it must be that the Shanghai Party organization received his intelligence, transferred it, and sent it to the guerrillas, and had a "chance encounter" with the Loyalty and Righteousness National Salvation Army. With the degree of infiltration of the Red Party into the Nationalist Party, it was really not difficult to do these things.

Going to such great lengths, on the one hand, protected him, and on the other hand, helped the Loyalty and Righteousness National Salvation Army. It was a good thing.

"Then I will wait to see the newspaper." Wang Yan nodded with a smile, changed the subject and said: "It's not that I don't wish you well, you'd better not participate in this action. It's good for you and good for me. If there is an accident, you are caught by the Japanese and tortured, you look like this, you don't look like you can hold on. Although I didn't help you, my contact with you is a taboo. If you supply me to the Japanese by then, and the Japanese come to me to settle the account, it will also be a trouble, which is not easy to deal with."

"Please rest assured. We are just in contact and have no other substantive dealings, so there is nothing to say. If Tian is really unfortunately caught one day and cannot hold on under torture and opens his mouth, he will never bite back randomly. Moreover, although Tian is white and fat, he is born by his parents. He is fat from birth, not fat from eating. I ask myself that I still have some muscles and bones, and the determination and courage to be loyal to the Party and the country."

"Then let's wait and see. I have never listened to what people say, but look at what people do."

Tian Biao laughed and stood up, bowed to Wang Yan: "Detective Wang, goodbye."

In a private room of a teahouse on Xujiahui Road, the fat Tian Biao sat on the stool with only half his buttocks carefully, his body straight. Opposite him was Wang Tianfeng, who was scratching his head.

Wang Tianfeng was very worried. If it weren't for this, with his calmness, he wouldn't have made a move that exposed his mood. He stared at Tian Biao: "Are you saying that Wang Yan remembers our people, and it's useless to change places?"

"That's what he told me; otherwise, he wouldn't have discovered the tailor shop we had on Jin Shenfu Road. He said his memory is very good, and he will remember suspicious people at a glance. If they appear again next time, he will suspect the location. If he sees more, our contact points will be exposed. And he remembered more people. According to what he said, as long as he wanders around the French Concession for a few days, none of our contact points can be hidden. I think what he said is true; otherwise, it makes no sense that the contact points we just changed were exposed."

Wang Tianfeng sighed: "A capable person..."

"Yes, Section Chief. At that time, when Wang Yan said these things, my heart almost jumped out; it was too scary. He was a little hooligan who grew up on the street, and he could become the famous Chinese detective in the French Concession now, maintaining good relations with us, the Red Party, the French, and the Japanese, and not falling for so many years. He really has some skills. Fortunately, he didn't really defect to the Japanese; otherwise, it would definitely be our disaster."

"We won't change places this time?"

Tian Biao stood at attention: "Subordinate dare not."

"I really didn't expect that he would have this ability. I spent so much manpower and material resources to get busy for so long, and now it seems that it was all in vain. Now we have to get along well with Wang Yan. He really holds our lives in his hands. We must thank him for not killing us." Wang Tianfeng snorted coldly, waved his hand, signaled him to sit down, and asked again: "Besides these, what else did you two say?"

Tian Biao started talking from the moment he entered the door, and even said that Wang Yan's little brother wanted to ride a bicycle to find Wang Yan, until he left Wang Mansion, and even the expression of Wang Yan had to be explained clearly. Wang Tianfeng listened very carefully. He hadn't been in contact with Wang Yan. It was in Tian Biao's retelling that he further analyzed Wang Yan and understood him more...

Wang Yan could think of Wang Tianfeng's helplessness. There was no way; he could just discover it. In fact, he didn't just see the Military Statistics Bureau's contact points in the French Concession; the Red Party's were also not escaped, and they were not as hidden as he had said to Tian Biao before.

Not to mention others, just the Cheng Jinyun who was in a relationship with Ming Tai in the play, her quality was relatively poor. Wang Yan saw her twice on the road unintentionally. In addition to those related to the characters in the play, he also found that two shops were contact points for the Red Party.

Although he hadn't received professional agent training, he had an eye for people, knew how to look at people, and his observation and judgment abilities were top-notch. Unless they didn't move, sooner or later there would be a day when he noticed them. Wandering around the French Concession more, there were basically no secrets in his eyes. As for his business, it was even more so. Among the companies he cooperated with, he could be sure that two were controlled by the Red Party.

Of course, this was just him. If the people of the Military Statistics Bureau and the Red Party were really so useless, they would just surrender instead of engaging in behind-enemy-lines struggles. It was just that he was cheating, with nearly a thousand years of experience there, knowing a lot, being able to do a lot, from the understanding of the human body to the grasp of the human heart, plus his keen insight, which was a despairing invisibility.

However, those things had nothing to do with him, just out of the sensitivity of his current identity, he paid silent attention.

After arranging Wang Manchun, Wang Yan was also smoking a cigarette, playing with his big treasure: "Are you still thinking about that Ming Lou?"

Wang Manchun looked up lazily, her big eyes full of surprise: "How do you know?"

"I'm not a fool. I moved to that side, but you insisted on not going to my Wang Mansion, but instead stayed in this garden villa, which is hiding from people. There are only a few families nearby, and you will know if you ask someone to inquire. Are you afraid of being seen by the Ming family and then spread to Ming Lou's ears?"

"Who hasn't loved anyone when they were young?" Wang Manchun sighed sadly: "It is said that what you can't get is the best. Before, Ming Lou and I were at the point of talking about marriage. It was all because his old sister who couldn't get married stood in the way. How could I be reconciled? What? Are you jealous?"

"What kind of jealousy am I eating? If you really became someone's wife, perhaps it would be another feeling by then." Wang Yan shook his head and smiled: "But I don't think you have a chance with that Ming Lou. Your Wang family and the Ming family have a feud. Even if Ming Jing agrees, can Wang Fuqu do it? Furthermore, you are the eldest daughter of the second house of the Wang family, but Ming Lou is the proper eldest son of the Ming family. Your status is not enough."

"Now it's all about free love. Who cares about those old traditions? It mainly depends on Ming Lou's attitude."

"It's really interesting. You are talking about the eldest daughter of the second house of the Wang family on one side, and saying that no one cares about old traditions on the other side. Women, tsk..."

"It's all Ming Jing, that cheap woman. I will make her regret it sooner or later." Wang Manchun snorted: "I have investigated her and found that she is relatively close to the Red Party. Don't let me find evidence, otherwise she will have a hard time."