Yu Cheng chatted with Ning Zhiheng for a while. Seeing that there was no new progress, he got up to say goodbye. Ning Zhiheng smiled and saw him to the door.
Back in his office, he couldn't help but chuckle. He knew Yu Cheng's thoughts very well, and Yu Cheng was completely open about it, as if he was certain that Ning Zhiheng could find the Japanese spy organization. But even Ning Zhiheng himself wasn't entirely confident this time!
At this moment, Ning Zhiheng frowned and looked at his watch. More than two hours had passed since Sun Jiacheng's report. Why hadn't he received a reply yet?
Sun Jiacheng never dared to disobey his orders in the slightest. He was told to report immediately after confirming the target, and he should have received a reply by now.
In order to search for Geng Boming, Ning Zhiheng specially selected two employees from Yong'an Bank who were familiar with Geng Boming to be on standby at the scene. They could confirm Geng Boming's identity soon, but this time it took much longer!
Thinking of this, he couldn't rest easy, so he picked up the phone and called Sun Jiacheng back, but this time it was Deputy Captain Ruan Hong who answered the phone.
Ruan Hong was not part of Ning Zhiheng's team; he was an officer arranged by Deputy Director Huang. Later, Ning Zhiheng transferred him to the First Action Team, where he was considered quite capable and got along well with Wang Shucheng and others.
"Where is Sun Jiacheng now?" Ning Zhiheng asked.
"Reporting to the team leader, Deputy Captain Sun led a team to confirm the target, and they haven't returned yet!" Ruan Hong replied.
"He hasn't come back yet? How many men did he take with him? Where did he go?" Ning Zhiheng continued to ask, still somewhat worried. In fact, with Sun Jiacheng's skills, even if he encountered an accident, he should be able to escape unscathed!
"I took ten team members and went to Zihua Street," Ruan Hong quickly replied.
Hearing Ruan Hong's reply, Ning Zhiheng finally felt relieved. In Nanjing, Sun Jiacheng and his ten team members were more than capable of handling any unexpected situation!
After all, this is Nanjing, the capital of the Republic of China, and the city most strictly controlled by the Kuomintang.
“Okay, I’ll go take a look right away!” Ning Zhiheng said.
After hanging up the phone, Ning Zhiheng had a vague feeling that this report might be different, and he needed to go and see for himself to be at ease!
Ning Zhiheng quickly changed into civilian clothes, then left the Military Intelligence Investigation Department and drove to the vicinity of Zihua Street. He got out of the car a short distance from the street entrance.
He slowly turned into Zihua Street, carefully searching as he went. He soon discovered two action team members dressed in Zhongshan civilian clothes patrolling back and forth at the entrance of an alley.
They were clearly guarding the alley entrance, responsible for security.
He strode forward, and the two team members, seeing that their team leader had arrived in person, quickly came over.
"Team leader, you've arrived!" a team member said in a low voice.
"Where is Sun Jiacheng?" Ning Zhiheng asked.
"Captain Sun led his men into this alley and told us to keep watch here," the team member quickly said.
Ning Zhiheng nodded, then instructed, "You all continue to guard this place, I'll go take a look!"
"yes!"
Ning Zhiheng walked into the alley. The alley was very deep. After walking for a while, he saw an action team member squatting at a corner.
Upon seeing Ning Zhiheng arrive, he quickly stood up.
"Where is Sun Jiacheng?" Ning Zhiheng asked in a low voice.
"Team leader, the captain is guarding a house up ahead. I'll take you there!" The team member hurriedly led Ning Zhiheng forward, arrived at the door of a house, knocked on the door, and Ning Zhiheng went inside.
Inside the house, Sun Jiacheng and two team members were standing in front of a window, carefully watching the gate of a house across the street. Two other men were also sitting inside the house.
Hearing the voice, Sun Jiacheng turned around and saw Ning Zhiheng. He quickly stepped forward and said, "Team leader, what brings you here?"
“I noticed you haven’t reported back to me about the situation for so long, so I came to check on you myself. How is it? Haven’t you confirmed the target yet?” Ning Zhiheng asked.
Sun Jiacheng shook his head and said, "We haven't seen this target appear yet."
Then he turned around and waved behind him, and a man in his thirties was pushed in front of Ning Zhiheng by the action team members.
“This is the citizen who provided us with the clue, Dong Jian. He said that his new neighbor’s appearance is very similar to Geng Boming’s portrait, so we came here to confirm. However, after we arrived here, this new neighbor has not come out. We asked him to knock on the door, but there was no response from inside. We didn’t want to alert our target, so we had to keep watch here for now!” Sun Jiacheng explained.
Ning Zhiheng looked at Dong Jian and asked, "Tell me about the specifics of your new neighbor."
Dong Jian was clearly a very shrewd person. Hearing the conversation between the two, he knew that Ning Zhiheng's status was higher than Sun Jiacheng's.
Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's question, he quickly explained in detail that there was a small, independent courtyard opposite Dong Jian's house. It used to be inhabited by a family, but they sold the courtyard and moved away two years ago.
However, the new homeowner never appeared. The household registration police came to the house a few times but couldn't find the homeowner, and then never came again. The yard has remained empty ever since.
Dong Jian was initially curious as to why the homeowner had bought the house but left it vacant, but as time went on, he got used to it and stopped paying attention to it.
Unexpectedly, just three days ago, the courtyard suddenly opened, and Dong Jian saw a man cleaning the house and sweeping the yard. It was the first time he had seen his new neighbor.
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