Late at night, the Spit Club in the Shanghai Public Concession, which is the most upscale chess and card club in the concession, adopts a membership system, and only the staff of consulates of various countries and a small number of foreigners with status can enter.

In one room, under bright lights, two men were sitting opposite each other, with a chess set on the table in front of them.

Phillips, who had curly blond hair and a tall figure, happened to look at the man opposite for a long time, and couldn't help but tease: "Chen, for so long, your chess skills have always disappointed me, and I have no sense of accomplishment when playing against you!" ”

In the past few years, as the largest buyer in Shanghai's intelligence market, Huo Yueze's position is irreplaceable and shaken, and Phillips has been dealing with him for a long time and is very familiar with each other.

Huo Yueze obviously had a bad chess game, and when he heard Phillips's ridicule, he shook his head helplessly and said: "It's all chess, but it's far from it, one day I'll teach you Chinese chess, it's not fair to me!" ”

"Forget it, I don't have time, and I won't give you a chance!" Phillips smiled, he had no interest in it, and he wouldn't ask for trouble.

Huo Yueze saw that there was no hope of winning, so he simply pushed the plate and admitted defeat, and started today's formal conversation, as two important leaders in the intelligence community, their appointment today will naturally not be as simple as playing chess, they have more important things to discuss.

Huo Yueze first said: "Okay, it's not too early today, let's talk about business!" ”

Phillips shrugged his shoulders slightly, and motioned for Huo Yueze to continue, when he received the information about Huo Yueze's appointment, he was also a little surprised in his heart, today is not the day for the intelligence leaders to gather, and the arrangement is not a normal trading place, so he is also puzzled by Huo Yueze's intention.

Huo Yueze took a briefcase from the side, opened it, poured out a photo, handed it to Phillips, and asked in a deep voice: "You know this person, right?" ”

Phillips was stunned for a moment, took the photo and looked at it, his eyes suddenly narrowed, his gaze became sharp, he nodded and said, "Chen, where did this photo come from?" ”

"Agent Seventy-Six's cell at headquarters!" Huo Yueze replied lightly, and at the same time his eyes were also staring at Phillips, "Philip, you don't have to doubt my purpose, I know that this person's name is Feng Sinian, and he was your subordinate in the arms business before, and I have seen him before." ”

Phillips didn't answer Huo Yueze's words immediately, but pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "What you said is right, his name is Feng Sinian, and he was my downline before, but why did he appear in the cell of No. 76?" And how did you get news of him? ”

Huo Yueze knew what Phillips was thinking, he simply made his words clear and said: "This Feng Sinian was personally arrested by Li Zhiqun two months ago, and at the beginning, he was locked up in the Shadow Zuo Agency, and he has been strictly guarding secrets to the outside world, until the Shadow Zuo Agency moved to Nanjing, and this person was transferred to No. 76, and then he has been secretly detained, and outsiders can't contact him at all, we have been monitoring Li Zhiqun's movements, so we got this news, and then it took a lot of tricks and feet to finally investigate his identity, I'm here to inform you.

Fili, why did Li Zhiqun arrest Feng Sinian? You should know better than I do, I need to know why! ”

Phillips knew that Huo Yueze didn't need to lie to him, they had been dealing with each other for many years, and they had always cooperated happily, and they had a certain amount of trust in each other.

"Chen, I'll tell you the truth, Feng Sinian was sent to Nanjing by me two years ago, responsible for contacting the mole I planted in Nanjing, and managing an intelligence channel for me, I always thought he was still in Nanjing, but I didn't expect that he was actually arrested by Li Zhiqun."

Huo Yueze suddenly became alert, he looked at Phillips and asked in a deep voice: "Feng Sinian participated in intelligence activities, is your intelligence offline?" Nanking! That is, more than two months ago, Li Zhiqun arrested him in Nanjing! ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but be quite dissatisfied with Phillips: "Philip, there is a problem with your intelligence channel, and you have been missing for so long, you didn't even notice it, and you were too imprudent!" ”

Phillips had no choice but to smile bitterly and explained: "Chen, my intelligence management method is a bit special, the information of each intelligence channel is transmitted by the liaison officer himself, and does not use the radio.

So when there is no intelligence in ordinary times, we don't contact at all, and sometimes there is no contact for a period of time, which is also a normal thing, but you are right, this time, he has been a little too long, I have not received information from Nanjing for a long time, and I am about to send someone to investigate, but I didn't expect that he would be arrested by Li Zhiqun. ”

"What do you think is Li Zhiqun's purpose? What does Feng Sinian know? Huo Yueze asked.

Phillips thought for a moment, and finally said: "Feng Sinian was just running errands for me before, which was insignificant, and since I arranged for him to participate in intelligence work, he has been staying in Nanjing, and he doesn't know the real inside story, so he doesn't know much about other things besides my identity." ”

"Are you sure?"

"Sure!"

"That's strange, you are an American diplomat, even if Li Zhiqun knows your identity, he can't do anything to you, so what is his purpose in detaining Feng Sinian in solitary confinement for so long and so solemnly?"

Huo Yueze knew very well that Li Zhiqun was so concerned about Feng Sinian, and the target would never be Phillips, because not to mention Li Zhiqun, even the Japanese military could not take any measures against American diplomats, so the previous judgment was not wrong, and Li Zhiqun's target must be the Intelligence Section.

Phillips also quickly understood from Huo Yueze's words, and his face suddenly became solemn.

Huo Yueze snorted coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Fili, you have to be careful about your whereabouts during this time, I am afraid that the people of No. 76 are already secretly spying on you, if I am not mistaken, they will definitely spy on you, but try to find out the specific situation about the intelligence market around you, or to be precise, to find my whereabouts." ”

Phillips knew that Huo Yueze's worries were likely to have happened, so he immediately nodded and said, "Understood, Chen, since there is something wrong with my subordinates, I will investigate this matter and give you an explanation, and I will never let this matter endanger any partner." ”

At nine o'clock in the morning of the next day, in the eastern suburbs of Nanjing, on the north bank of the Yangtze River, a team composed of two squads of Japanese military police and a pacification army surrounded an area of water.

Wen Hao and his intelligence officers were investigating the scene, and since he received a report from his subordinates yesterday that the reconnaissance team he had sent in Jiangbei was missing, he already knew that the situation was not good.

In the 21st Agent Headquarters, there are agents who are good at tracking, and under the command of Wen Hao, after a long search, according to the descriptions of several investigators who stayed in Dong'an Town, they finally tracked down the vicinity of the dam.

At this time, in a large pit, a team of sergeants carried out the buried bodies one by one, a total of nine, all of whom were members of the reconnaissance team of this mission.

Wen Hao stepped forward to carefully identify his identity, began to check the traces on the deceased's body, trying to find some clues left behind, and it took a long time before he waved his hand and asked his subordinates to deal with the finishing touches, and ordered all the personnel to close the team, ending the investigation activity.

The captain of the operation, Ren Qingsheng, was mainly responsible for this investigation mission, and the investigation team arranged was all his subordinates, so he was naturally mainly responsible for this failure, and after the incident, he had been carefully following Wen Hao.

"What's the problem? Judging from the scene, it was a typical ambush, our men entered the area and were quickly killed, most of them were shot in the back, and the military commanders were premeditated. ”

Wen Hao's expression was flat, but the cold glow in his eyes made Ren Qingsheng even more uneasy, he followed Wen Hao for a long time, knowing that Wen Hao's temperament was the most deep and introverted, the more plain his expression was, the more annoyed he was in his heart.

Hearing Wen Hao's inquiry, Ren Qingsheng hurriedly replied: "Everything is without warning, the reports I received before are normal, Yan Ping, the leader of the investigation team, is a veteran in tracking, and the operation has been going smoothly, but just this morning, he suddenly found that the personnel of the dyeing workshop were missing, he left the personnel to guard, and followed the trail with others, but he did not come back in the afternoon, and the people left behind felt bad..."

"That's it!"

Wen Hao interrupted him impatiently, he had already asked about these situations, it seemed that the military commanders began to arrange the evacuation this morning, and at the same time set a trap to clear the reconnaissance team behind them, and finally left calmly.

At this time, Ye Tongji, a director of his subordinate department, rushed to report and said: "Director, the missing persons in the town have been determined, in addition to the dyeing workshop, there is also a restaurant, and a family in the south of the town has suddenly disappeared, there are fifty-six people in total, all of them are young and strong men, and they should be all the personnel of Nanjing Station." ”

"It's all gone!" Wen Hao said coldly.

The day before yesterday, he was still in front of Mr. Fujiwara and Section Chief Imai, boasting, swearing, saying that he would catch them all and other bold words, and when he turned around, he was slapped a loud slap by the military commander, which made him explain to Section Chief Imai that even in front of Mr. Fujiwara, he was also disgraced, which made him embarrassed!