Deng Mingxiang never imagined that Qin San, one of his underlings, was one of Luo Xingchao's spies planted in the action team.
Qin San was originally a member of the Green Gang. During his time in the Special Agent Investigation Department, he was an action team member under Luo Xingchao. Later, he transferred to the No. 76 Special Agent Headquarters and joined the action team. There were quite a few people like him, and Luo Xingchao tried to win them over to his side and make them his informants.
Deng Mingxiang had only been with No. 76 for a short time, and he was not yet clear about the origins of his subordinates. However, he trusted Qin San, who was obedient and sensible.
Previously, Luo Xingchao's confidant Bi Wenxiang had instructed these people to inquire about Fan Zhongfu's whereabouts. Now that they had received information from Deng Mingxiang, Qin San immediately reported the situation to Bi Wenxiang.
The news quickly reached Luo Xingchao's ears. In his office, Bi Wenxiang was reporting to Luo Xingchao everything he had gathered.
"Dengming Township arrested a lot of people today, but an accident occurred during the arrest of Fan Zhongfu. Fan Zhongfu's driver clashed with the people from Dengming Township, resulting in a gunfight. As a result, three people died, and the driver also committed suicide!"
"What? Shoot yourself to death!" Luo Xingchao knew something was wrong as soon as he heard that.
It's one thing for a driver or bodyguard to get into a conflict with someone who threatens their employer's safety while protecting them, but why would they choose to shoot themselves in the end?
What kind of courage does it take for a person to be unafraid of death and willing to end their own life? He knew that this was a quality that no ordinary bodyguard possessed. So, could the person he was protecting be a simple person?
Luo Xingchao immediately realized that Fan Zhongfu's identity must be problematic! Moreover, Deng Mingxiang was an extremely shrewd agent of the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics, not to mention Ding Mo and Li Zhiqun. With their experience and judgment, Fan Zhongfu would most likely fall into their eyes.
Bi Wenxiang continued, "Also, Qin San just relayed the news that Deng Mingxiang ordered him to put Fan Zhongfu in a separate dormitory room, while everyone else shares a room with two people. He also said that after the National Congress, Deng Mingxiang will conduct a severe interrogation of Fan Zhongfu to find out his true identity!"
As expected, Deng Mingxiang saw through Fan Zhongfu's suspicious behavior and prepared to take action against him. Luo Xingchao couldn't help but feel nervous. He didn't know Fan Zhongfu's identity, but as long as he was a Japanese or someone that No. 76 was investigating, he must be one of their own.
Whether Fan Zhongfu was from the Shanghai station of the Military Intelligence Bureau, his own intelligence department, or even a member of the underground Communist Party, Luo Xingchao would promptly report the news and let his superiors make the decision.
Time was of the essence; the conference was to convene the day after tomorrow, and he needed to deliver the message immediately. With that in mind, Luo Xingchao opened a drawer, took out a small stack of banknotes, handed them to Bi Wenxiang, and instructed, "Wenxiang, you should keep a close eye on the actions of the action team. Give Qin San some money and have him report anything immediately!"
Bi Wenxiang nodded and left to accept the order. A while later, Luo Xingchao left the special agent headquarters and headed to his designated contact point.
Two hours later, Yi Hua'an, who was in charge of intelligence work in the city, reported the emergency to Ning Zhiheng. Upon hearing the report, Ning Zhiheng's heart sank.
Others might find it difficult to discern Fan Zhongfu's identity at first glance, but from his perspective, he knows far more than others and can easily see some clues.
Fan Zhongfu, the suddenly exposed president of the Forensic University, is most likely an important member of the underground party organization.
Ning Zhiheng himself was a high-ranking official in the Military Intelligence Bureau, so how could the Military Intelligence Bureau's personnel in Shanghai be kept from him?
Now in Shanghai, besides his own Shanghai Intelligence Section, there is only Wang Hanming's Shanghai Intelligence Station. He knows all the spies in the Shanghai Intelligence Station very well, such as Feng Shinian, the director who is infiltrating the Health Bureau, Chang Yunxiang, the police chief who is infiltrating the Police Station, and Luan Xuehai, the owner of Wenguang Trading Company.
These people were all transferred from headquarters to Shanghai in the last two years to assist the Shanghai station's operations as undercover agents.
He also knew about the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CBIS) personnel. With He Siming as the liaison officer, the actions of the Japanese Special Higher Police (THT) could not be kept secret from him. The CBIS's forces in the Suzhou-Shanghai area had been almost completely destroyed by the Japanese and the 76th Special Agent Headquarters. Apart from the district chief Lu Yuannan, who escaped alone, almost all the other CBIS agents in the Suzhou-Shanghai area were wiped out. In addition, the CBIS agents were undecided and could not endure the long and arduous struggle behind enemy lines in the Japanese-occupied areas. After the establishment of the puppet government, a large number of agents voluntarily defected to the enemy. One point led to a line, and one line led to a whole area. It can be said that in the entire Suzhou-Shanghai area, all the hidden CBIS agents were dug out by the 76th Special Agent Headquarters and were completely destroyed.
Moreover, both the Military Intelligence Bureau and the Central Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (CIS) had one thing in common: before the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, they were both intelligence agencies of the Nationalist government and the ruling party. They had never needed to infiltrate, so their history and experience in infiltration were relatively weak.
Fan Zhongfu was a prominent figure in Shanghai's education circles. He had lived in Shanghai for many years, and based on his age, his period of infiltration must have been at least a dozen years. Only the underground Communist Party organization met this condition.
Because the Red Party was established under the high pressure of the Kuomintang, it had to adopt various methods to hide its identity. Some of its spies were even infiltrated for more than ten years, such as Fang Boyi of Qingshan, Xia Deyan of Nongfu, Lu Ming of Yingzi, Wu Quanjiang of Kuquan, etc. They were among the earliest underground members of the Red Party.
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