Ning Zhiheng and He Siming explained clearly, so he asked He Siming to leave first, he sat in the office and read a book, and after half an hour, he got up and left.

A convoy marched on the street, there were many pedestrians on the street, most of them were wearing new clothes, carrying a dazzling array of items in their hands, and even children were already lit with scattered firecrackers on the side of the street.

Since he rushed back to Shanghai from Chongqing, he has completed several major tasks one after another, and then went to Qingdao to participate in meetings, but he has been constantly doing things, and he has forgotten that it will soon be the most important festival of the year for the Chinese.

Ning Zhiheng secretly thought about it, and he happened to go back to the concession to take a look in the next few days.

On the Chinese New Year's Eve of every previous year, Ning Zhiheng spent it in the Tan Mansion, with Zuo Rou and his main cadres, and this year is naturally no exception, and the film of the tripartite secret agreement in his hand also needs to be sent back to the Chongqing headquarters.

Because the Japanese celebrate the Spring Festival according to the Gregorian calendar, they think that the New Year's Day is the beginning of the year every year, that is, the Spring Festival, and they don't care about the Chinese Lunar New Year, and the Japanese diaspora has no celebrations, so no one will pay attention to Ning Zhiheng's departure.

Back at Fujiwara Club, Ning Zhiheng came to the office, simply handled the affairs on hand, and called Hirao Dazhi in to ask about the handover with Si Guangyuan.

"President, according to your instructions, Si Guangyuan has already transferred the Shenghua Department Store and a high-end apartment near Petain Road to us, but the four pairs of calligraphy and paintings will have to wait a few days, the shop owner is a little stubborn, Si Guangyuan asked us for two days."

After Si Guangyuan took Wan Mulin that night, he handed over the property rights to Hirao Daichi, the general manager of Fujiwara Kaisha, as quickly as possible the next day.

But I didn't expect it, but when I went to Bogu Zhai to buy a few other volumes of ancient stickers, something went wrong, and the shopkeeper was really reluctant to make a move, and he almost made a storm.

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, he smiled slightly, it would be better to make some noise in this matter, so that everyone could know the transaction between the Qinggang and himself.

Ning Zhiheng opened his mouth and asked: "This matter is not in a hurry, by the way, how is the arrangement in Nanjing?" ”

"The arrangements have been made, the expansion of the Nanjing branch has been completed, and your residence in Nanjing has been renovated and renovated, so you can move in at any time."

Ning Zhiheng had already arranged for Hirao Dazhi to prepare for entering Nanjing, and Hirao Dazhi naturally did not dare to slack off, and it took several months to finally complete it.

Ning Zhiheng nodded with satisfaction, and instructed: "Nanjing is now different from what it used to be, and once again it has become the central hub of Central China, our society should pay attention to it, and mobilize capable personnel during this time to supplement the strength of the Nanjing branch, I estimate that there will be a month or two before I will go to Nanjing to live for a while." ”

Hirao Daichi bowed down and took the order: "Please rest assured, I will arrange everything in advance." ”

Ning Zhiheng briefly explained a few more words, and waved him out.

At this time, Yi Huaan entered the office and whispered: "Muyu reported that yesterday morning, Li Zhiqun returned to the secret service headquarters. ”

When Ning Zhiheng heard this, he immediately lifted his spirits, Li Zhiqun had disappeared for a few days, and now he finally appeared, he asked: "Li Zhiqun is back, have you figured out his whereabouts before?" ”

"No, Li Zhiqun left this time, only a few cronies with him, no other insiders, Muyu can't determine his previous whereabouts for the time being."

"Did you arrest anyone and come back?"

"No, just a few of them."

Ning Zhiheng pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Li Zhiqun's whereabouts in the past few days are secretive, I always feel that it is likely to have something to do with us, you let Muyu pay more attention, don't let Li Zhiqun take advantage of our loopholes!" ”

"Yes!" Yi Huaan nodded in agreement.

"Muyu also said that Li Zhiqun returned to the secret service headquarters in the morning, and went to the Second Operations Brigade stationed in Kangjiaqiao in the afternoon to begin to investigate some information about Xu Yongchang, and it seems that he has indeed found the real cause of the plane crash."

Sure enough, these situations are the same as Ning Zhiheng's previous judgment, these opponents are moving so fast.

Yi Huaan took out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Ning Zhiheng, "This is the item he handed over to you." ”

Ning Zhiheng took the envelope, opened the seal and poured it down, half of the brand-new fiat currency fell into his hand, his eyes sank, he held half of the banknote in front of him and looked at it carefully, and it took a long time to take back the envelope.

Yi Dongan knew the origin of this half banknote, and couldn't help but ask suspiciously: "Xu Yongchang has sacrificed, and this half banknote has no effect, what are you ......?"

Ning Zhiheng shook his head and said: "Our previous judgment was a little wrong, the Shadow Zuo Agency released the detained suspicious people a few days ago, and deliberately concealed and blocked the final search results, which means that they already knew the cause of the crash, which is very abnormal."

I think Yongchang's life and death need to be verified, at the very least, he left some clues for the Japanese, otherwise Li Zhiqun would not have come to the door to investigate him, this half of the fiat currency, we may still have some use. ”

"You're saying Xu Yongchang might still be alive?" Yi Huaan asked in surprise.

"This is just my speculation, the possibility is very small, in fact, I am most afraid that Fu Shengyuan and Wang Hanmin are still alive, and there will be a lot of trouble after that."

Ning Zhiheng explained some of his previous inferences and judgments to Yi Hua'an, you must know that Yi Hua'an is the main cadre of the Shanghai Intelligence Section, who specializes in presiding over urban work, and is also one of Ning Zhiheng's main assistants.

On the second day, Ning Zhiheng took Zuo Gang into the public concession and returned to the Tan Mansion, the headquarters of the Shanghai Intelligence Bureau.

After Ning Zhiheng returned to the Tan Mansion, he summoned Huo Yueze, handed him the film of the tripartite secret agreement, explained that he would spend the Spring Festival, and then arranged for personnel to be sent back to Chongqing.

The reason why this was done was because this agreement was not time-sensitive, and Ning Zhiheng was in Qingdao before because the feedback intelligence was too timely, which led to the rapid response of the headquarters of the Military Control Bureau, which almost exposed Ning Zhiheng, but fortunately, his identity background was profound, so he was lucky to avoid this crisis.

However, the intelligence work behind the enemy line is full of dangers, and it is not always possible to be so lucky, Ning Zhiheng has learned a lot of wisdom and decided that when he reports the intelligence work to the headquarters in the future, this kind of information that is not urgent must be deliberately postponed for a period of time.

For example, this time, he can completely deduce that the tripartite secret agreement was collected by him from the intelligence market and purchased with a lot of money, so as to avoid the headquarters being suspicious of him and saving some unnecessary trouble.

In the next two days, Ning Zhiheng completely relaxed his nervous spirit, and stayed in the Tan Mansion every day to read and write quietly.

Zuo Rou looked at Ning Zhiheng's rare stay in the Tan Mansion, and she was also happy in her heart, she greeted everyone, ran before and after, hung lanterns and hung lanterns, and decorated the Tan Mansion with a new decoration, inside and out, up and down, full of festive atmosphere.

Finally on the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Zuo Rou's cooking skills were exquisite, and she personally cooked a table of good dishes, and several senior cadres of the intelligence department gathered together lively.

Ning Zhiheng sat upright, first raised a glass to congratulate, everyone was laughing and drinking.

The sound of firecrackers outside is endless, several guards also placed a large number of fireworks in the courtyard, lit the fireworks tube, the fireworks bombardment rose into the air, only to hear a "boom" explosion, the exploded fireworks seem to be beautiful flowers blooming in the air, gorgeous, extraordinarily wonderful!

For a while, everyone was full of interest and stepped forward to light fireworks, and even Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but participate in it.

With a crisp explosion, for a while, the sky was lit up, dazzling, fire trees and silver flowers, fireworks were colorful, and the night sky of the festival was decorated into a beautiful garden.

Ning Zhiheng looked at the people around him all smiling, and the laughter and laughter were continuous, as if he was in a dream.

Time flies, this is already the third Spring Festival he has spent lurking in Shanghai, every festival is more than his relatives, at this moment, presumably the relatives in Chongqing are also thinking about him earnestly!

Happy times always fly by, Ning Zhiheng spent a happy Spring Festival in Tan Mansion, and quietly returned to the city a few days later.

In the past few days, He Siming, through his friend Yamamoto Shaozo of the Military Attaché's Office, also quickly investigated the search and rescue situation at the time of the plane crash.

Although the North China Special High School and the Shadow Zuo Agency blocked the news before, for various reasons, they could not make a binding opinion on the navy, and there were many people involved in the search and rescue at that time, so it didn't take much effort, and that Yamamoto Shaosa figured out the specific situation.

"According to Yamamoto, one survivor was indeed found at that time, and this person was Kawamoto, the pilot of the airliner, and the bodies of seven passengers were also found, and the other passengers were missing."

"Only one survivor? Japanese pilots? Ning Zhiheng couldn't help but feel a little strange when he heard it, it was not strange for a pilot to escape, but the strange thing was how could this pilot know that Xu Yongchang was the executor of the plane crash?

He Siming continued: "Naval investigators have asked Kawamoto, and he does not know the specific situation, but he said that at the time of the accident, there were multiple shootings in the cabin, resulting in the death of several passengers, and the situation was very chaotic at the time, and at the same time, the plane caught fire, so the passengers jumped into the sea, and finally he also abandoned the plane and parachuted to escape." ”

How could there be a shooting? Could it be that Xu Yongchang also assassinated Wang Hanmin and Fu Shengyuan with guns on the plane?

Ning Zhiheng didn't know, he couldn't help but rub his temples with his hands, and while thinking, he asked, "Can you determine the identity of those seven corpses?" ”

He Siming shook his head and said: "No, Kawamoto was just ordered to carry out the flight mission, as for which department these people belonged to, he didn't know, and later the navy handed over Kawamoto and the seven corpses to the North China Special High School." ”

Ning Zhiheng thought carefully, since the pilot did not know the specific situation, how did the Japanese know that Xu Yongchang was the executor? The problem must be in the seven corpses, if it is not bad as expected, one of these seven corpses must be Xu Yongchang's body!

Right! It must be so!

The more Ning Zhiheng thought about it, the more he felt that his guess was correct, since there was a shooting incident, maybe Xu Yongchang's body left clues and evidence for the Japanese, so that the shadow agency determined that Xu Yongchang was the executor of the incident.

What clues can a corpse leave for the Japanese? Linked to the shooting mentioned by the pilot before, it should be the gunshot wound left by Xu Yongchang in the melee, and...

That's right, Xu Yongchang has been carrying the half of the banknote used to connect, and it seems that this half of the banknote also fell into the hands of the Shadow Zuo Agency, and this kind of token can't be hidden from the Japanese.

According to the narration of the pilot Kawamoto, the shadow agency found Xu Yongchang's body, checked the gunshot wound on his body, and found the half of the banknote, so as to determine that Xu Yongchang was the executor of the plane crash, and then ordered the release of those suspects, and as soon as Li Zhiqun returned to Shanghai, he tracked down Xu Yongchang's situation, which is even more telling.

Connecting the entire clues together, Ning Zhiheng became more and more sure of his judgment!