"Yes!" Yi Hua'an nodded and accepted the order.
Ning Zhiheng then asked, "By the way, what are the results of your investigation into Jingyuan Church? What is its connection with Hu Yunhe?"
Yi Hua'an said with some difficulty, "The time was too short, and we did not complete the investigation. However, we do know that Hu Yunhe had a few contacts with a pastor at Jingyuan Church. We don't know much else."
"Priest? Explain yourself!"
"Yes, that's how it is. Jingyuan Church is quite large, with services every day and even two services on weekends. There are three pastors in the church, who take turns presiding over the services."
During our investigation, we discovered that every time Hu Yunhe attended services at Jingyuan Church, it was a pastor named Luo Jiana who presided over the service. On one occasion, when Hu Yunhe entered the confessional, it was also Luo Jiana who conducted his confession. We are now preparing to further investigate Luo Jiana's background to see if we can find anything.
Ning Zhiheng was puzzled upon hearing this. According to the investigation, Hu Yunhe and this Pastor Luo Jiana should have some unknown connection, but what exactly it was? He didn't have enough information to make a judgment, but that didn't matter. After tonight, all the mysteries would be solved.
Furthermore, the purpose of this operation was to dispel Li Zhiqun's and the Japanese's suspicions about the headquarters of Agent 76 in a short period of time, and to eliminate the threat to the Muyu Group. This was the primary objective. Now that the plan had begun, it was time to act, and there was no room for retreat.
That night, at the Dahua Ballroom in the eastern part of the city, one of the largest ballrooms in Shanghai, the interior was lavishly decorated and dazzling. The large circular dance floor was packed with fashionable couples, dancing gracefully to soothing and rhythmic music.
Hu Yunhe, dressed in a suit and tie with his hair slicked back, was dancing with a stylish and beautiful woman, completely unaware that several pairs of eyes were watching him intently from the surrounding corners.
One of the young men looked at his watch and saw that it was exactly 8 p.m. He got up and went to a nearby bar. There was a public phone on the wall. He saw that the bartenders were busy serving other customers, so he quickly walked over and picked up the phone, turning his body to the side so that no one could see his face.
The call was quickly connected, and as the radio waves traveled, the public telephone in a department store on Dongsi Street rang on the other end of the line.
It was 8 p.m., and Shanghai was a bustling commercial city. This department store was located in a busy area and did business even at night, so it was still open for business.
However, the shop was about to close, and the shop assistants were packing up the merchandise. Xu Zhixing, or rather Huang Lihui, the shopkeeper behind the counter, heard the phone ring and turned to look at the shop assistant next to him, both of them somewhat surprised.
In Shanghai, department stores like theirs usually apply for public telephones, mainly to earn some fees, which adds up to a considerable income.
So, these public telephones are usually used by customers who pay a fee to make outgoing calls, but they are rarely used to receive incoming calls. Except for some familiar customers who need to receive pre-arranged calls, there are basically no incoming calls.
But there's no one else in the shop except me and my employees, so how could a phone call be coming in?
Although he was a little puzzled, he still picked up the phone and heard the other party say, "Mr. Xu, the matches you ordered have arrived. Come to the Kowloon warehouse to pick them up as soon as possible, or you won't be able to wait!"
Huang Lihui was stunned. The other party knew his identity as a shop owner and called him by his pseudonym, which meant that he had not dialed the wrong number. However, the rest of the content, such as "matches" and "Kowloon warehouse", was completely incomprehensible!
He instinctively prepared to ask, but the other party abruptly hung up the phone. After only a few words, the call was disconnected. What was going on?
Huang Lihui immediately became alert. He looked at the phone in his hand and was at a loss for what to do!
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