Miao Yongyi was just a minor police sergeant, and he couldn't even get close to the director of the police headquarters. Someone would need to act as a go-between, and that would definitely cost a lot.

Uncle Quan shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "I'm just asking you for the reason. You don't need to be involved in the specific rescue operation. I'll think of another way!"

When Miao Yongyi heard what Uncle Quan said, he knew that Uncle Quan was afraid of implicating him. After all, his identity was very important. He was a high-ranking agent who had infiltrated the Military Intelligence Bureau and could not be used lightly.

Miao Yongyi thought for a moment and said, "I know that Ma Yaowu has an agent who specializes in handling these matters. This person is called Ren Laosi, and he lives in Beimen Hutong. Ma Yaowu mostly arrests and releases people through his connections. The organization can send someone to contact him, but he demands exorbitant prices!"

Uncle Quan perked up at the news, finally finding a way out. He continued, "As long as there's something to talk about, that's good. By the way, Chai Guoan is very wealthy. Perhaps his family can raise some funds to get him out. That way, maybe the others can be rescued as well."

Miao Yongyi sighed and said, "Ma Yaowu only resorted to underhanded tactics because he coveted Chai Guoan's assets. Now that all of Chai Guoan's properties have been seized, I'm afraid Ma Yaowu won't let his family members off easily either. They can barely protect themselves, so how can they have the strength to save others?"

Upon hearing this, Uncle Quan had no choice but to abandon the idea and nodded, saying, "Then we'll raise the funds ourselves. No matter the cost, we must rescue them."

The underground party organization has always been extremely short of funds. The Wuhan underground party has also suffered great losses in the past year and is now struggling even more.

Miao Yongyi continued, "Now we can only hope that Ma Yaowu is greedy for money and doesn't intend to kill anyone else. We also need to smooth things over with the Japanese, otherwise this matter will be really difficult to handle!"

The two were speechless for a moment. After a while, Miao Yongyi said, "I still have some savings and some of the Military Intelligence Bureau's operating funds. If we can't raise enough, I'll use them for emergencies!"

As the action team leader of the Military Intelligence Bureau's Wuhan station, Miao Yongyi also controlled a portion of the funds. However, the Kuomintang government was also having a hard time, with many government employees unable to receive their salaries. The Military Intelligence Bureau was also short of funds, and as an action team leader rather than the head of the general affairs department, he didn't have much spare money.

Uncle Quan could only nod and say, "I'll send someone to make contact first. If I can't raise the required amount in the end, I'll come back to you!"

At this point, he took a deep breath, waved his hand, and said to Miao Yongyi, "Let's not talk about that now. What's the situation with the Military Intelligence Bureau lately?"

Miao Yongyi shrugged and said, "It's the same as always. Wuhan has become the Japanese stronghold in Central China. The Military Intelligence Bureau is also struggling here, barely holding on. A while ago, one of their strongholds was raided by the Japanese Special Higher Police. Now the headquarters has withdrawn from Hankou Town and gone to the outskirts of Hanyang Town to hide. I guess the only ones left in Hankou now are my action team. They live in fear, afraid that one day the Japanese will come knocking on their door. I really don't know what the point is for us to hold on here!"

Over the past year, Wuhan Station has been struggling under intense pressure from the Japanese. The Japanese have a large and powerful military presence in Wuhan, making it difficult for the station to even protect itself, let alone carry out other tasks. The few operations they have undertaken have all resulted in significant losses. Currently, Wuhan Station's mission is to lie low, so Miao Yongyi has no specific tasks and can only await orders from his superiors.

“However, five days ago I received an order to meet a person sent by headquarters today. I don’t know who this person is?” Miao Yongyi continued.

Uncle Quan hurriedly asked, "People from the Chongqing headquarters? What could it be about? Didn't they give any specific instructions?"

Miao Yongyi frowned and said, "No, they just told me to follow the instructions of the person who came, and I'll find out soon anyway."

At this point, Miao Yongyi couldn't help but feel suspicious, because his instructions were to meet at the Lianfeng Hotel on Hubu Street at 7:00 PM today.

If it were any other meeting place, it wouldn't matter, but the Lianfeng Hotel was all too familiar to Miao Yongyi.

When he first came to Wuhan with Ning Zhiheng, he ate Western food at the Lianfeng Hotel, where he was tasked with finding and tracking the Japanese spy Miyahara Ryohei. Afterwards, he spent more than a month staking out the area near the Lianfeng Hotel in order to find this person. He could recall the terrain and environment there clearly even with his eyes closed. Choosing this rendezvous point was the perfect choice for him.

But why would headquarters choose this location? Miao Yongyi couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Could it be that his brothers had come to Wuhan?

No, impossible. He is now a high-ranking official in the Military Intelligence Bureau, holding a pivotal position and extremely important status. How could he possibly leave Chongqing and risk entering the perilous city of Wuhan alone?

Miao Yongyi's mind raced with thoughts, but he didn't explain it to Uncle Quan in detail. He would know the answer soon enough, and he could report back then.

In the intelligence office of the Japanese military headquarters in Wuhan, Uehara Junpei was staring intently at Takasaki Shigeo with a gloomy gaze.

Picking up a telegram, he asked in a deep voice, "Takasaki-kun, can you explain to me what this telegram is about?"

Takasaki Shigeo took two steps forward, took the telegram, and carefully examined its contents. He then breathed a sigh of relief and quickly replied respectfully, "I am truly sorry, General. It was I who took it upon myself to verify some facts with Colonel Uemura in Shanghai."

Since Uehara Junpei left Shanghai, Colonel Uemura Takashi has been in charge of the intelligence department of the Shanghai Military Ministry.

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