Ning Zhiheng's words truly relieved Wang Shucheng. He knew that Ning Zhiheng was a man of his word, and that he was only agreeing to this condition because of his own feelings!
Ning Zhiheng looked at Wang Shucheng and said, "We'll talk about these things later. Right now, the most important thing is to keep a close eye on Liang Shi'an. I will personally keep an eye on him. This is also a good opportunity for your First Action Team. You must seize it!"
"If a target appears to take film, should we arrest them on the spot?" Wang Shucheng asked.
Ning Zhiheng thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "To be on the safe side, we should still follow and monitor him. We can't guarantee that it's his superior who went to retrieve the film, nor can we guarantee that he will talk if we catch him. So, we should follow him to his hideout and then make the arrest. That's the safest way!"
Around 8 p.m. that evening, a man wearing a top hat and a long gown walked past the artificial hill in Fuli Garden. He walked past the artificial hill seemingly unintentionally, looked around to make sure no one was watching, and slowly sat down on the rock. He bent down and reached in to take out the film that was hidden at the bottom of the rock.
Then, taking advantage of the darkness, they quickly left. Watching his receding figure, several figures emerged from the dark corners.
"Team leader, the target has been spotted. What do we do now?" Sun Jiacheng asked in a low voice.
He was originally keeping watch outside Yong'an Bank with his men, but Ning Zhiheng specially transferred him here. Capturing Japanese spies was a good opportunity to make a name for himself, and Sun Jiacheng was Ning Zhiheng's confidant, so naturally such a good thing was arranged for him.
Besides, Sun Jiacheng is the most skilled among his subordinates, and he is perfect for the arrest operation. Given Ning Zhiheng's current status, he can't always be at the forefront.
He used to charge ahead to grab credit and climb the ranks, but now if he charges ahead, he'll be blocking his subordinates' future. Besides, he doesn't need much credit anymore!
Ning Zhiheng nodded and said, "It's too quiet at night. Even the slightest movement could alert the target. I'll follow him myself. You all stay far away and wait until we reach his lair before making our move. Let's finish this quickly!"
Although it was somewhat inappropriate to have the team leader personally go down to follow them, everyone knew that Ning Zhiheng was the most skilled among them, so none of them stopped him.
After Ning Zhiheng finished speaking, he took a deep breath, slowed his pace, and followed the target's figure, quickly disappearing into the darkness.
Ning Zhiheng followed his target silently from a distance. The man walked quickly, crossed a street, turned directly into a small alley, came to the door of a house, took out a key, opened the gate, pushed it open, locked it behind him, and then went inside.
He took off his top hat, revealing a lean face in his forties. He pulled out a roll of film from his pocket, a smile appearing on his face. This roll of film had to be developed overnight. He was eager to know what kind of information the copper coin had conveyed this time.
Ning Zhiheng carefully observed the surrounding environment outside the house, and at this time, all the team members behind him followed.
He whispered, "This is it. Things could get complicated if we delay. Make the arrest immediately! Sun Jiacheng, lead the team. The rest of you, set up a perimeter to prevent the target from escaping!"
Upon receiving the order, Sun Jiacheng, who was already prepared, led four team members to quietly sneak down to the base of the courtyard wall. Several people set up scaffolding and easily helped Sun Jiacheng up the wall so he could enter the courtyard. Soon, the courtyard gate opened gently, and the four team members filed in.
Ning Zhiheng was monitoring the situation from a short distance away. He was responsible for guarding the surroundings. If the target became alert and escaped, that would be his turn to make a move.
A long time passed before the sound of a door cracking came from inside the courtyard, followed by several sharp shouts. After a while, Sun Jiacheng led the thin man out.
"Team leader, we've caught the guy. One of our brothers is slightly injured. We've searched him and found potassium cyanide in his collar. We think he's Japanese!" Sun Jiacheng said.
Ning Zhiheng nodded and said with a smile, "Well done, keep the people under control, let's continue the search!"
Ning Zhiheng now has a good understanding of Japanese spies. Generally, spies who carry potassium cyanide are real Japanese spies. They have a strong will to resist, which is why they carry the poison, intending to commit suicide at the last moment.
However, those spies who were recruited or bribed were only forced to join the Japanese spy organization for various reasons, such as money or coercion. They had no loyalty to the Japanese spy organization and therefore did not hide drugs on their bodies. They had no will to resist and were basically captured once they were discovered.
The leaders of the spy teams were, of course, all genuine Japanese spies, so any spy found to be carrying drugs was considered a relatively important figure in the organization.
Now that Sun Jiacheng has discovered that the target is carrying poison, Ning Zhiheng estimates that he is the leader of the Snow Mountain Team, so he should be carrying a radio and a codebook.
Ning Zhiheng knew that he would gain a great harvest this time. He led his team into the house and began a thorough search.
Time passed slowly, and Ning Zhiheng and his men demolished almost the entire house, finally achieving some success.
"Team leader, we've found something here!" Wang Shucheng shouted.
Ning Zhiheng quickly approached, and the team members were slowly pushing open a bookcase. There was a hidden compartment in the wall behind it. Wang Shucheng stepped forward and carefully took out the items from the hidden compartment.
As Ning Zhiheng expected, there was a radio and several stacks of cash, but he didn't find the military codebook that he was most looking for, which surprised him.
However, he wasn't in a hurry. As the saying goes, if one person is hiding, a hundred people will search for him. He already had a criminal in his hands, so he could just question him directly. So he turned to Sun Jiacheng and said, "Bring the person in!"
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