Ning Zhiheng was also worried about this point. He was unsure whether Zheng Hongbo had told Cui Guangqi about his situation.
"I met him before, in the conference room at Shanghai Station and at the welcome banquet. Did you reveal my identity to him?" Ning Zhiheng asked carefully.
A year ago, when Ning Zhiheng first entered Shanghai to carry out an anti-traitor operation, he disguised himself as Bian Ze's entourage and attended a meeting and welcoming banquet of the high-ranking officials of the Shanghai Military Intelligence Station. He must have met Cui Guangqi, but at that time, only Zheng Hongbo, the head of the intelligence station, and Hou Weizhao, the head of the intelligence department, knew Ning Zhiheng's identity.
Ning Zhiheng wanted to confirm whether Cui Guangqi also knew this at the time.
"Don't worry about this. Back in Shanghai, only Hou Weizhao and I knew your true identity. Then, with the Luo Xingchao case, we needed to be even more secretive. So, Weizhao and I kept quiet and didn't mention your existence to anyone. You left the military intelligence station that afternoon and never came back. No one else would have noticed! Besides, so much time has passed, and no one knows your identity. You only showed your face once, so Cui Guangqi wouldn't remember you!" Zheng Hongbo explained.
Hearing this, Ning Zhiheng finally felt relieved. Those who had met him were all high-ranking officials in the Shanghai Military Intelligence Bureau. Later, during the Battle of Shanghai, the Shanghai Station was bombed by Japanese planes and lost more than half of its troops. These high-ranking officials suffered heavy losses, so the number of people who had met him was not large.
Besides, I was just an ordinary attendant at the time, and we only met briefly. After so much time has passed, it's unlikely that they would remember me.
As for the members of the operation who were arrested this time, they were of low rank and had never met him before. They were defectors and posed no threat to him.
No, there's one more person! There's another person in the military intelligence station who has seen me before and knows my identity.
Ning Zhiheng's eyes narrowed, and a person suddenly came to mind: Luo Xingchao. Luo Xingchao was a Japanese spy that he had personally uncovered, and he had participated in the entire process of his interrogation and defection.
He quickly asked again, "Is Luo Xingchao among the arrested members of the operation?"
Zheng Hongbo was taken aback, then quickly nodded and said, "Yes, because he had met with Green Gang members during an operation and they discovered his whereabouts, so I transferred him out of the French Concession and mainly to operate in downtown Shanghai. But this time, we don't know if he's alive or dead!"
He immediately understood Ning Zhiheng's meaning and quickly added, "Luo Xingchao is very shrewd. If he is really arrested, he can get away with it as long as he reveals his identity as a Japanese spy!"
“But how can we guarantee that his mind won’t change? You know, he betrayed us once. How can we guarantee that he won’t betray us again?” Ning Zhiheng asked coldly.
“I don’t think so. In the six months since the war ended, Luo Xingchao has performed exceptionally well. He is shrewd, capable, and has assassinated Japanese soldiers in Japanese-occupied territories on several occasions. If he wanted to betray us, he would have done so long ago!” Zheng Hongbo shook his head, still having confidence in Luo Xingchao.
“I remember his home is in Wuxi. Tell me his address and I’ll send someone to pick up his family. We should take precautions to prevent this from happening again. We need to have some leverage!” Ning Zhiheng said.
Ning Zhiheng is meticulous in his work and will not leave himself any loopholes, otherwise they could become the fatal flaws that lead to his death at any time!
Zheng Hongbo nodded, took out his pen from his pocket, wrote an address on a piece of paper, handed it to Ning Zhiheng, and said, "I have already moved his parents, wife and daughter to this address. However, I estimate that he will be leaving Shanghai soon. His family will be under your control, and his relationships will be in your hands from now on. If he can take this opportunity to infiltrate the Japanese, he can also become one of your pawns!"
It turned out that Zheng Hongbo didn't completely trust Luo Xingchao either. He had already sent people to move and control Luo Xingchao's family. With this trump card in hand, he naturally wasn't afraid of Luo Xingchao's repeated changes. Ning Zhiheng nodded in satisfaction!
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