Ning Zhiheng instructed Yi Hua'an: "Now you have a few things to do. First, send a telegram to Hong Kong tonight, ordering Shen Xiang to go to the Hong Kong church to investigate Luo Jiana's resume and find out his identity."

He then ordered Zuo Gang to keep a close eye on Luo Jiana's situation. If Hu Yunhe was indeed working for the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, then Li Zhiqun would be unaware of Luo Jiana's existence as his superior, and therefore he would be safe.

However, if Hu Yunhe had already betrayed Luo Jiana and acted as a double agent, then Li Zhiqun would have known of Luo Jiana's existence and would certainly have had him monitored. After Hu Yunhe's disappearance, Li Zhiqun might even have arrested Luo Jiana. Therefore, once we confirm Luo Jiana's current situation, we can determine whether Hu Yunhe's words are true or false!

"Understood, I'll get on it right away!"

Yi Hua'an nodded in agreement, but he still asked one more question: "But Hu Yunhe is really a double agent who betrayed Luo Jiana. If we just sit here and watch, won't we be watching him fall into enemy hands? Do you think we should warn him?"

Ning Zhiheng frowned and said resolutely, "Absolutely not. It's not that I'm cold-blooded, but if Hu Yunhe really betrayed Luo Jiana, he must be under Li Zhiqun's surveillance right now, and he could be arrested at any time. Our people cannot take the risk."

Furthermore, is Luo Jiana truly reliable? How long have we been monitoring him? Has he already been secretly arrested by Li Zhiqun? Could he become a double agent like Hu Yunhe? We can't be sure right now. We can't act on emotion; we must protect ourselves first and not act rashly.

"Yes!" Seeing that Ning Zhiheng had made up his mind, Yi Hua'an said no more, turned around and left the study to assign tasks.

After Yi Hua'an left, Ning Zhiheng paced back and forth in the room, carefully recalling every step of the previous design, and was secretly worried.

This operation was originally planned very meticulously, but unexpectedly, this situation occurred at the end, which has introduced some variables into the entire plan. Hopefully, it will not affect the effectiveness of this operation.

Late at night, in an attic in western Shanghai, Huang Lihui and Ding Jiale, who had just successfully evacuated, had changed their clothes and were talking in hushed tones when they suddenly heard footsteps coming from downstairs.

The two quickly stopped talking and climbed up the stairs one after the other. The one in the lead was Chen Hongchi, the station chief of the Shanghai station, and Lu Jian, the head of the intelligence department, was behind him.

"Station Master!" Huang Lihui and the other person quickly stood up.

Chen Hongchi had been staying in the city for some time, planning another assassination. Today, he suddenly received a report from Lu Jian, which startled him so much that he rushed over in person to inquire about the details.

He said to Huang Lihui, "Old Huang, report back on what happened tonight, making sure you don't miss any details."

"Yes!" Huang Lihui nodded in agreement and then reported everything that had happened to Chen Hongchi in detail.

Finally, he said, "That's how we received a direct warning from the other side, escaped from the attic, and withdrew."

After listening carefully to the details, Chen Hongchi remained silent for a moment before saying to Huang Lihui, "Old Huang, you've made a big mistake this time. You should have evacuated immediately when the intelligence department first warned you by phone. I've already told you that you can't take any chances, no matter how slight the abnormality."

You're an older person; you shouldn't make this kind of mistake. But you ignored the intelligence department's warning, and in the end, the intelligence personnel had to enter the ambush area directly, risking exposure, to warn you. I don't know what happened to them afterward, but I hope they're safe and sound; otherwise, the losses would be enormous.

Upon hearing this, Huang Lihui said with a look of shame, "Station Chief, it's all my fault for being negligent. I thought that since we were still in the process of lying low, nothing would go wrong, so I took a chance. But I never expected that Feng Guotao would recognize my identity. This time, it's all thanks to the intelligence department's timely intervention, otherwise..."

Hearing this, Lu Jian, who was standing to the side, said with some lingering fear, "I also went to the contact point a few days ago. It seems that I might have been recognized by Feng Guotao. Fortunately, I am always careful about who is following me, otherwise I would have run into trouble a few days ago."

Chen Hongchi thought for a moment and said, "Feng Guotao, I remember this person. When headquarters transferred him away, I thought he had returned to the Chongqing headquarters. I didn't expect him to come to Shanghai to lie low. He is an old man from the Beiping station and knows us very well. If we don't get rid of him, he will be a huge threat to us!"

Lu Jian echoed, "The station chief is right. We must get rid of this person, otherwise he might ruin our plans again someday. I will find his trail as soon as possible and take action as soon as possible."

Chen Hongchi sighed softly. When he first came to Shanghai, relying on his past experience and achievements, he still had some ambition to compete with the Shanghai Intelligence Section. Now, it seemed rather ridiculous. He said in a deep voice, "This time, we were saved from disaster entirely thanks to the Intelligence Section's help. They also gave us a large amount of weaponry before. We owe the Intelligence Section a huge debt now. They treated us with utmost sincerity, and we must accept their gratitude. I will definitely report this to headquarters and ask them to convey our thanks!"

On the morning of the second day, in the director's office at the Special Agent Headquarters, a safe was placed in the middle of the room, and Li Zhiqun and Luo Xingchao were bending over to examine it.

Wu Shicai was reporting to Li Zhiqun on the work situation of the evening.

"Director, we arrested two maids in Hu Yunhe's house and questioned them in detail. This is the transcript. So far, we haven't found anything. The house has been thoroughly searched. We found a safe in the wall of his bedroom, which I brought back for you to examine in person."

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