Ning Zhiheng and Sun Jiacheng, like two penniless idlers, huddled against a wall not far away, patiently observing the car.
More than an hour later, a young and strong man dressed in a blue short jacket, looking like a shop assistant, quickly walked out from the direction of Liuyuan Street.
Just like the laborer from before, he approached the black sedan, opened the back door without hesitation, and climbed inside.
Seeing the man get into the car, Sun Jiacheng seemed to notice something unusual and hesitated for a moment. He said softly, "Team leader, does this person look familiar to you?"
"Familiar?" Ning Zhiheng was stunned by Sun Jiacheng's words. Could it be someone he knew? He carefully recalled the appearance of the man from earlier.
Ning Zhiheng has an exceptional memory, far exceeding that of ordinary people. He can almost never forget anyone he has ever met or interacted with. With Sun Jiacheng's reminder, he increasingly felt that the person's appearance was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen him before!
Sun Jiacheng then said, "This person looks a lot like someone else. Do you remember the time half a year ago when you personally arrested Ma Hong?"
Upon hearing this, Ning Zhiheng suddenly remembered where he had seen this man before.
This is the wounded member of the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department who had the gunfight with Lu Ming in the restaurant. In the end, Ning Zhiheng personally arrested Lu Ming and also brought all the members of the Party Affairs Investigation Department back to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.
This injured operative was among them!
"The Party Affairs Investigation Department!" Ning Zhiheng said in a low voice.
“It should be him. I was the one who watched him go to the infirmary for treatment. I stayed there all night and only locked him up in the interrogation room the next day. When they were released, it was Captain Shi who led a few of us to the interrogation room to retrieve the people. I can’t be wrong!” Sun Jiacheng said again to confirm.
It turned out that the team member had been shot in the shoulder and lost a lot of blood. He spent the night in the medical ward, and Sun Jiacheng was the team member who was specifically responsible for guarding him. He had a deep memory of him.
What a coincidence! We just happened to run into each other here today!
Ning Zhiheng narrowed his eyes, his mind racing with various possibilities. What was the purpose of a secret agent from the Party Affairs Investigation Department, disguised and coming to Liuyuan Street?
If there's anything unusual about Liuyuan Street, it's only Jiqing Lane that's suspicious. Is Jiqing Lane their safe house? Or is it their target?
While Ning Zhiheng was deep in thought, the laborer who had been in the car got out, closed the door, and walked towards Liuyuan Street.
Ning Zhiheng quickly said to Sun Jiacheng, "You stay here and keep watch, I'll go and take a look!"
After saying that, he got up and followed the laborer's figure at a distance. Afraid of attracting the attention of the action team member in the black car, he walked very slowly, his hands clasped in his sleeves, his neck hunched, and his back bent as much as possible, keeping his head down and not looking at the target in front of him at all.
Only after turning onto the main road of Liuyuan Street did they speed up slightly, keeping an eye on the laborer from a distance. The laborer was quite experienced and sat down on the steps in front of a restaurant on the side of the street.
Then he took out a hard steamed bun from his pocket and chewed it bit by bit, looking like he was struggling to make a living. If Ning Zhiheng hadn't been following him, he really wouldn't have noticed any flaws!
However, the laborer's gaze did not linger at the entrance of Jiqing Alley. Instead, he observed the intersection and pedestrians around him. After eating a few bites, he got up and walked past the entrance of Jiqing Alley. He then squatted down at the entrance of a nearby alley and continued to observe!
Ning Zhiheng watched his actions from a distance and felt that he seemed to have not found a specific suspicious location, but rather wanted to find a certain person.
More than half an hour passed. In order not to attract attention and not to linger in one place for too long, the laborer got up again and walked back to the car to hand over the watch to his partner.
Just then, a middle-aged man wearing a worn-out long gown walked out from the entrance of Jiqing Alley. He was not tall and was rather thin, carrying a tattered rattan box in his right hand.
He looked around, then subtly glanced at the man on the second-floor balcony opposite. Their eyes met, and the man who had been observing from the balcony nodded slightly before quickly looking away.
Knowing there was nothing suspicious nearby, the man in the long robe quickly walked towards the street corner.
However, no one noticed that when the laborer's gaze swept over the man in the long robe, he paused for a moment, and then casually fell behind the man in the long robe!
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind! This unusual situation did not escape Ning Zhiheng's notice.
"Has the target been spotted?" Ning Zhiheng was unsure, but the fact that the man in the long robe came from the entrance of Jiqing Alley and was being watched by agents from the Party Affairs Investigation Department was enough to explain the situation.
This shows that Jiqing Lane is definitely not a safe house of the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department. How could their own agents be monitoring their own safe house?
Which faction owns the stronghold in Jiqing Lane? The most likely candidate is the underground Communist Party! Because the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department's main adversary is the underground Party organization!
If it is a case involving Japanese spies, the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department must transfer it to the Military Intelligence Investigation Department.
There is a clear division of labor within the Kuomintang!
Of course, if the Military Intelligence Investigation Department encounters a case involving the underground Communist Party, it must also transfer it to the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department in accordance with regulations.
Unexpectedly, he found a stronghold of the underground party organization by chance, and even ran into an agent from the Central Party Affairs Investigation Department who came to his door.
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