This money made Liang Shi'an ashamed to look people in the eye for a long time, but his life did improve immediately. His wife no longer had to carefully calculate the cost of living, he no longer had to helplessly send his younger brothers back empty-handed, and his parents had more smiles on their faces.
But once you do something like that once, there's no going back. In the following two years, Liang Shi'an stole a lot of intelligence, all of which was from his own conscription department. Later, Gu Wenshi became more and more picky, saying that no one outside was collecting this kind of intelligence anymore.
With no other option, Liang Shi'an began to collect intelligence from other departments, such as the Operations Department, to earn money that allowed his family to live a more respectable life.
But this kind of life didn't last long. About half a year ago, Gu Wenshi finally confronted him. It turned out that Gu Wenshi was a spy working for the Japanese. He threatened Liang Shi'an that if he didn't join them, he would find someone to report Liang Shi'an for selling intelligence in the past.
In the end, Liang Shi'an gave in. He needed money and was also afraid that if the matter was exposed, his life would be in danger and his family would be unable to survive without support.
"Your current contact is this Gu Wenshi, right?" Ning Zhiheng then asked.
“No, he hasn’t contacted me since I joined six months ago. He said he was only responsible for recruiting and developing members of the spy organization, and he didn’t actually participate much in the real intelligence work. He will go and find the next target, and my future actions will be transferred to the corresponding spy group depending on the situation,” Liang Shi’an explained.
"Your team and codename?"
"It's the Snow Mountain Team. My codename is Copper Coin, and my superior's codename is Gardener, but I've never seen him before!"
"After joining the Snow Mountain Group, how many intelligence reports did you pass on?"
"Three times, all of them were intelligence gathered from other departments of the Military Commission! Then they were passed on to their superiors, and a few days later they would withdraw money from an alias account at Yong'an Bank."
At this point, Liang Shi'an quickly added in his defense, "But the intelligence I reported wasn't very valuable. Perhaps because I'm new, they haven't assigned me any specific actions, only asking me to gather as much valuable intelligence as possible. I only reported these few times to appease them; everything I said is true!"
Three times! Ning Zhiheng checked, and this alias account did indeed erase three transaction records. It seems Liang Shi'an wasn't lying!
"How do you transmit intelligence?"
"Place the intelligence under a rockery on the east side of Fuli Park in the south of the city. Then, go to the corner of Donglai Street nearby and draw a cross mark with chalk on the ninth blue brick from the top. The gardener will see it and go to retrieve the intelligence from under the rockery!"
The interrogation went very smoothly. Liang Shi'an did not hide anything, and Ning Zhiheng was very satisfied with his attitude.
Finally, he asked, "There's something I find very strange. This morning you clearly had access to important military intelligence, it was within your grasp. Why didn't you steal it, or even open it for a glance? Did you spot some flaws? Can you explain that to me?"
Looking at Ning Zhiheng, Liang Shian suddenly realized that everything that happened in Zhang Zeyang's office this morning was nothing more than a trap set specifically for him.
It turned out that these were all traps set by the Military Intelligence Investigation Department. He couldn't help but feel a chill of fear in his heart, realizing that all his actions had been under someone else's control!
He thought for a moment and finally said, "I didn't see any flaws, but that intelligence is too important, and I don't want to hand it over to the Japanese."
In the past six months, I have only submitted three low-density intelligence reports to complete, in exchange for some money to support myself.
I was dragged into this for money and under duress from Gu Wenshi, but I didn't want to truly become a traitor. If that document detailing Nanjing's defenses fell into the hands of the Japanese, the consequences would be too severe; I couldn't live with myself. In the end, I gave up!
Ning Zhiheng hadn't expected the answer to be like this. He stared intently into Liang Shi'an's eyes, which held sorrow and guilt, but also a hint of relief. It seemed that Liang Shi'an still felt remorse for his actions, but he just didn't dare to turn back!
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