Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Airtight

"A boiled duck itself cannot fly, but it does not rule out the sudden disappearance. If this happens, there is usually only one possibility—a spy inside stole the duck. Head Chu, Are you sure that there are really spies among us?" After midnight, the three gendarmerie battalions brought in "suspects" one after another. After interrogation, they were all "postal thieves" without exception, and they all knew Liu Shaoxiong.Imprisoning more than a dozen people at once, Zhang Zui considered that people would continue to come, so he vacated an old warehouse in the logistics department and moved these people there to Li Ruyou to take care of them.

After a busy day and night, there was no gain. All the people in charge of the interrogation were so tired that they wanted to sleep while walking.Zhang Zui was tired and angry, and was about to take a good rest after dark. At this time, good news came——Shu Xianglin's work had made a major breakthrough, and a total of 26 copies of "Spring Voice" were found.Twenty-six copies of "Spring Voices" were delivered by mail, and the mailing addresses were 26 mailing points in Jiangnan City, but the mailing addresses were all independent divisions without exception.After checking, the twenty-six recipients were all officers above the company commander of the independent division, and Su Zitong was among them.That is to say, apart from Su Zitong, at least twenty-five officers at all levels within the Independent Division have been under the influence of "Chunsheng Bao" for a long time, and the seriousness of the problem has exceeded expectations.

The only good news is that Li Zizhong and his core members are not among the twenty-six, otherwise things will be even more out of hand. Shu Xianglin, who has done so much, sat in the duty room for a long time and refused to leave. Zhang Zui praised: "Commander Shu has done a good job. I will ask my superiors to reward you when the time is right." "I don't dare to give awards. It is my duty to do things for the party and the country. I just hope to find their organization as soon as possible." Shu Xianglin said. Zhang Zui nodded, clutching the letter in both hands, and said, "What's the best trick Lianchang Shu has?"

"It's not a brilliant idea, it's just a little bit of stupidity." Shu Xianglin was waiting for this sentence, he cleared his throat and said, "I think these twenty-six letters are twenty-six important clues, we just need to take these twenty-six The six people are arrested and tortured one by one, so we don’t have to worry about them not confessing to the Communist Party organization.” "What do you two think of Lianchang Shu's method?" Zhang Zui turned his attention to Chu Liyan and Chu Xiangxue. "This is inappropriate. The target of arresting twenty-six people is too big, and it will inevitably startle the snake. I think the best way is to secretly monitor them." Chu Liyan said.

Chu Xiangxue took over the conversation and said: "Commander Shu's method is direct and practical, while Commander Chu's plan is thoughtful and safe. Here I will just add a little bit - are these twenty-six people all Communists? If so, They are already familiar with the news inside the Communist Party, so why should they use newspapers to promote them? Moreover, publishing such newspapers requires a lot of risk, and the Communist Party will not be so mentally retarded. Then there is only one possibility-these twenty-six people are not The Communist Party belongs to the middle elements and is the target of the Communist Party, and it is worthwhile to take risks for them!"

"Very incisive, very incisive!" Zhang Zui took the lead in applauding, "Secretary Chu, how should the next step be carried out?" "Team Leader Zhang has made very thorough arrangements, so I don't have to wield a sword in front of Guan Gong." Chu Xiangxue said with a blushing face, "The postal inspection work is very important. It can cut off the Communist Party's propaganda and stabilize the morale of the army. Finding an underground Communist Party organization doesn’t make much sense.” After Shu Xianglin left, in order to meet the arrival of a new round of work peaks, the three of them discussed that they must take turns to be on duty, eight hours each, and there must be no shortage of people in the 24-hour duty room.Chu Liyan immediately proposed that he was on the first shift, and urged Zhang Zui and Chu Xiangxue to go back to their room to rest.

"Everyone hasn't had a good rest these days. Women work harder than men, so I should be on duty," Chu Xiangxue said. "Secretary Chu is right, Head Chu, we still follow her arrangement." Zhang Zui's fatigue had reached its limit, and he was a little worried if Chu Liyan was to be in charge. Seeing that the two of them agreed, Chu Liyan looked at his watch, so he moved up the steps and said, "It's eight o'clock, and I'll take Xiangxue's place at five o'clock in the afternoon." Zhang Zui left the duty room and did not go back directly to the dormitory. Instead, he went around looking around, and then came to the gate.Li Ruyou, who was in charge of security, saluted Zhang Zui from afar.

"Xiao Li, is there anything wrong?" Zhang Zui asked routinely. "Report to Team Leader Zhang, there is nothing serious." Li Ruyou replied. "There are no major cases, that is to say, there are minor cases." "Yes, they are all dubious people who wanted to come in and invite the people inside to go out to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble, but I drove them away." "Has anyone among us gone out?" Zhang Zui's tone became serious. "Group leader Zhang has issued an order, no one dares to go out, only—" Li Ruyou stopped. "Only what?" Zhang Zui encouraged.

"Only Captain Chu's nanny, Li Man'e, always finds various excuses to go out. First she said she wanted to buy cigarettes for Captain Chu, but I sent someone to do it for her, and she said she wanted to buy vegetables..." "Has she gone out?" Zhang Zui asked eagerly. "Of course I don't dare to let her go out. I can't bear it if the news leaks out. For this, I was scolded half to death by her." "You did the right thing. No one should be an exception at this critical moment." Zhang Zui said and was about to leave. "Team leader, there is something else I need to ask you. The kitchen has not been purchased for two days. The master said that it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice."

"How can you serve the party and the country without eating. Immediately notify the master to open a purchase order for a week, and ask those grain and oil dealers to deliver it." Zhang Zui returned to the dormitory, set the alarm clock to 4:10 pm, and then dared to rest assured to sleep. The tricycle came to the gate of the gendarmerie with two carts full of grain, oil and vegetables. "Why do you Gendarmerie buy so many vegetables at one time?" The vegetable seller asked the guard in charge of the security as soon as he entered the gate. The guard didn't dare to answer without authorization, and looked at Li Ruyou.

"Just sell your food, why ask so much nonsense!" Li Ruyou scolded. "I delivered all your dishes before. I have a good idea of ​​how much you need a day. These dishes are enough for you to eat for a week...Is the price going up recently?" "Ah, if prices rise, I will lose a lot by selling so much grain and oil at once!" The grain and oil dealer regretted. "You're in a hurry, there's still time, just buy more after you go back." The vegetable vendor reminded. "That's right. Brother, let me pay the bill first, I have to go back quickly." "You want to get rich, so I don't want to?" The vegetable vendor was dissatisfied. After the two dealers settled the bill, the kitchen said that there was no cash, and they had to go to the accounting room to get it.So the guard led the two to go together. The grain and oil dealers and vegetable dealers followed the guards for a while, and suddenly felt something was wrong. "Aren't you going to the financial office? Where are you taking us?" the grain and oil dealer asked. "You'll know when you go, why ask so many questions!" The guard replied angrily. "This seems to be a warehouse. Is the financial office in the warehouse?" The vegetable vendor also questioned. "Stop talking, go in!" The guard guarding the gate shouted. Before the two businessmen came back to their senses, they were already pushed in, and the iron door of the warehouse closed with a bang. "Let me go, I want to go back to do business!" The grain and oil dealer shouted. "When you get here, you can stay here with peace of mind. Once you come, you can stay at ease." A voice behind said. The grain and oil dealer turned around, and when he recognized the other party, he said in surprise: "Isn't this Liu Shaoxiong from Yanchi Pond? Why are you here?" "Isn't this a fat mouse? Why are you here?" Liu Shaoxiong replied. When Chu Liyan woke up, he reached out to pick up the watch on the bedside table—it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, and it was time to take over. Chu Liyan was rushing out while wearing the military uniform, Li Man'e called him, "Hey, hello, hello, do you want to leave without eating?" After being reminded by Li Man'e, Chu Liyan realized that he was really hungry, so he turned back again. Chu Liyan sat at the dining table, and Li Man'e put out all the meals. He frowned and said, "Why are they all dry things?" "You asked me, and I have to ask you again, are you still the head of the regiment here?" Li Man'e's voice was an octave higher. "What does this have to do with eating?" "Of course it matters. You can still eat dry vegetables now, but you will be eating rocks in a few days." "What do you mean by that?" "Your regiment leader is an empty post, and the power is in the hands of others. I am yours, and I don't even have the freedom to go in and out, that's what it means." Li Man'e said angrily. Chu Liyan finally understood, and said while he was eating: "This is an extraordinary period, please don't make trouble, please go out and wait for a while." "Li Yan," Li Man'e's tone softened, and she sat down next to Chu Liyan, "Although we are in a master-servant relationship in name, we are actually no different from husband and wife, so your family's affairs are also my affairs." "There's no need to beat around the bush when you want to say something." "I think your niece and Team Leader Zhang—" "Don't talk nonsense, they are in a working relationship." "Don't you believe it? I saw it with my own eyes. I passed by the torture room that night and found two soldiers sitting outside with lights on inside. I was very surprised. It was cold in spring. Why didn't I hide in the room and go outside? At that time I I became suspicious, and I asked you to go in under the pretext, but they refused to let you in... Afterwards, I hid by the side, and it didn't take long to find out that your niece came out with that Zhang." "It's strange that they're talking about work." Chu Liyan said disapprovingly. "Someone needs to guard the door when talking about work? It must be doing that!" "Seeing that the more you talk, the more inappropriate it becomes. I'm going to be on duty." Chu Liyan drank a few mouthfuls of soup in a hurry, put down his bowl and left. When Chu Liyan walked into the office, Chu Xiangxue subconsciously glanced at the clock on the wall. "A few minutes late, I overslept." Chu Liyan smiled, "What's the matter, Secretary Chu?" "Then I'm leaving, and all my work is recorded in the duty record book." Chu Xiangxue yawned after finishing speaking. After Chu Xiangxue left, Chu Liyan sat bored for a while, thinking of what to do, touched his body, only to find that the cigarettes were gone. At 4:10 p.m., the alarm clock rang on time, and Zhang Zui woke up. He had slept for 8 hours and felt much more relaxed.He was a little hungry, so he ate some biscuits, and then went straight to the gate—he was not in a hurry to go to the duty room, knowing that there would be nothing to do during the day.What he was most worried about was the gate, afraid that the news would leak out from there. At this time, Ding Yizu was in charge of guarding the gate. Zhang Zui walked over and patted Ding Yizu on the shoulder. "Is anyone out?" "Chief Chu went to the shop over there to buy a pack of cigarettes, and no one else dared to go out." Ding Yizu replied. Zhang Zuicai noticed that there was a convenience store on the side of the road diagonally opposite the gate of the Gendarmerie Corps, run by an old man, selling tobacco, alcohol and some small miscellaneous foods. "Who else stayed in the store when Captain Chu came back?" "Commander Chu just came back. The shop is mainly for the Gendarmerie Corps. The old man's surname is Ye. As long as no one here goes out, basically no one will patronize that shop." "I want to buy two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes. I forgot to bring my wallet with me. Xiao Ding, can you ask Old Man Ye to give me the things first, and you can lead him to the warehouse to get the cash?" "No problem." Ding Yizu understood Zhang Zui's meaning as soon as he heard it.He ran to the convenience store and said a few words, Old Man Ye obediently gave him the things, closed the store door and followed. Chu Liyan was sitting in the duty room smoking a cigarette to pass the time, when he saw Zhang Zui coming in with two bottles of wine in his hand. "Team Leader Zhang, who are you going to invite for a drink?" "If you don't invite anyone, I will invite you." "Bring me a drink? There must be a reason." Chu Liyan looked at Zhang Zui puzzled. "Our work will soon have a major breakthrough, isn't that justified?" Zhang Zui put the wine on the table and said half-jokingly and half-seriously. "A major breakthrough? Why are you so sure?" "I calculated the time correctly. "Spring Voice" is a weekly newspaper. There is one issue a week. The last issue took us four days from the mailbox to the delivery point and then brought it here. Now two more days have passed. Tonight It happens to be the time for the underground party to post newspapers to the mailbox." Zhang Zui said with certainty. "The team leader's analysis does make sense. But what if the Communist Party doesn't post it?" "If this is the case, there is only one reason - the word got out." "Then just wait, I hope to drink your wine too." Chu Liyan said. "It's not hope, but there must be wine to drink. Didn't you see that the wine is already on the table?" Zhang Zui smiled. "The cooked duck still has time to fly. I'm afraid..." "A boiled duck itself can't fly, but it does not rule out the sudden disappearance. If this happens, there is usually only one possibility-a spies inside stole the duck. Could it be that the head of the Chu Are you sure we really have spies inside?" "Team leader Zhang is so sure about winning, are you sure that we don't have spies inside?" Chu Liyan said half-jokingly and half-arguably. "Of course I'm not sure, but at least I'm confident. I've kept the news of this operation tightly sealed and airtight. Even if there is a spy, he won't be able to pass on the information." "Transmitting information is the bounden duty of a spy. You must know that there is no water in this world that cannot flow, and there is no information that cannot be transmitted." "If there is really a spy among us, I hope he really has the guts to take the risk at this time. Catch him, and we will save a lot of trouble." The two of them felt that the light was dim, and looking out of the window, it was gradually getting dark. "One day has just passed." Chu Liyan got up and turned on the light in the duty room, "Team Leader Zhang, hurry up and go back to rest, you will come to replace me at twelve o'clock." "I don't have that kind of luck. It's an extraordinary time now. I wish I could use one person as two people. Head Chu, please be busy. I'll go outside for a walk." Zhang Zui walked out of the duty room, and then checked the guard post along the fence. The wall surrounding the barracks of the Gendarmerie regiment was very solid, made of stone, about a foot high, and it was impossible to cross it under normal circumstances without the help of tools.But in order to be sure, he still set up light and dark sentries around him. Zhang Zui walked around, and he was relieved that he didn't find any signs of dereliction of duty by the sentries.The thing that worried him the most was the gate, if something went wrong, it could only go there. Zhang Zui turned off the flashlight and walked for a while in the dark. The scene at the gate made him stop involuntarily. Under the light, the guard was arguing with a woman. It could be seen that the woman wanted to go out, but the guard did not. Ken is accommodating. Zhang Zui coughed dryly. Although the sound was not loud, it was enough to reach the gate in this silent night.The woman seemed to have noticed it, so she stopped insisting and had to return without success. The guard at the gate was still Ding Yizu. He quickly found Zhang Zui and shouted unnaturally: "Report." "Xiao Ding, who was with you just now?" Zhang Zui asked casually. "Reporting to Team Leader Zhang, it is Li Man'e, the nanny of Team Leader Chu." "Why is it her again?" Zhang Zui put a question mark in his heart, "What is she doing out so late?" "She wants to go out, saying that she has made a cheongsam that has exceeded the deadline, and a storage fee will be charged for one more day." Ding Yizu replied. "I saw you guys arguing for a while, why is that?" Zhang Zui looked directly at Ding Yizu with lightning-like eyes. "Li Man'e, she..." Ding Yizuo blushed, took out something from his pocket with great effort, and said, "I don't want it, but she insists on giving it to me..." Zhang Zui took what Ding Yizuo was holding, and opened it under the light—it turned out to be a handful of change...