However, since he didn't need to take action, he didn't say anything more. After talking with Zhao Ziliang for a while, he took his leave.
Back in his office, Ning Zhiheng saw Sun Jiacheng waiting at the door with a package in his hand. He knew Sun was going to check on Jiqing Lane.
The two didn't say much, and left the Military Intelligence Investigation Department together. After getting into the car, Sun Jiacheng took out two sets of coarse cloth clothes from his package.
Ning Zhiheng laughed and said, "You're becoming more and more professional now, and you consider things even more carefully than I do!"
Sun Jiacheng said with a smile, "Yesterday I found that most of the residents near Jiqing Lane are people who do manual labor, so our Zhongshan suits are still a bit conspicuous! That's why I prepared these two sets of clothes."
After changing their clothes, the two drove to the vicinity of Liuyuan Street in the south of the city. They got out of the car early and walked onto the main road of the street.
After walking for a while, Sun Jiacheng gestured to Ning Zhiheng and said, "Team leader, that inconspicuous alleyway ahead is Jiqing Alley. Pay attention to the buildings near the alley entrance, and also the balcony of the apartment on the second floor across the street!"
Ning Zhiheng pretended to be a passerby and slowly walked over. Just as Sun Jiacheng had described, especially on the balcony of the second floor of the house opposite the alley entrance, there was a man watering flowers, but his eyes kept scanning the pedestrians near the alley entrance.
Ning Zhiheng nodded to himself. The terrain and layout of this alley entrance were indeed ingenious. It was just an ordinary alley entrance in Nanjing city, and from the outside, it was impossible to tell that it was any different.
If Sun Jiacheng hadn't followed the suspicious man all the way here, and hadn't been so sensitive to terrain because he served in a reconnaissance battalion in the field army, most people wouldn't have noticed anything amiss.
Ning Zhiheng and Sun Jiacheng took a detour to another exit of Jiqing Lane. Sure enough, the layout here was similar, except that there were no two-story houses opposite the exit of the lane, but only a few small shops.
Ning Zhiheng and Sun Jiacheng went over and took a look, but they didn't see anything unusual. After figuring out the surrounding terrain, they found a corner far away and squatted down against the wall like two idle men.
"Team leader, what kind of people do you think might be hiding here?" Sun Jiacheng asked in a low voice, his eyes slightly closed and his head not turning.
Ning Zhiheng's eyes kept glancing towards the entrance of Jiqing Alley, and he said softly, "It seems your judgment was correct. This alley is very well hidden, and there must be an important stronghold inside. As for which faction it belongs to, we don't know for the time being. Let's not alert them. I've already sent the Zuo siblings to monitor Tian Caixia. Let's find a loophole through her first. As long as we can confirm which side she's on, then this problem will be clear!"
The two men stared at the alleyway ahead, observing the pedestrians entering. They talked quietly under the corner of the wall. Almost an hour passed, and Ning Zhiheng had not made any important discoveries. So he and Sun Jiacheng got up and walked back.
Sun Jiacheng asked softly, "Do we need to arrange for someone to keep an eye on this place?"
Ning Zhiheng shook his head and said, "Don't alarm them for now. We don't have enough manpower right now. The director has ordered that our main work in the near future should be focused on the Geng Boming case. Shu Cheng and Yue Ze's men are searching tailor shops all over the city, and Nie Tianming's action team is participating in the citywide manhunt. Let's put this matter aside for now. They can run away, but they can't hide. As long as this stronghold is still there, a few days' delay won't make a big difference!"
Ning Zhiheng did not provide a specific explanation, but simply rejected Sun Jiacheng's proposal due to insufficient manpower. The Military Intelligence Investigation Department absolutely could not be involved in the Jiqing Lane matter. If this place turned out to be a stronghold of the underground party organization, it would be like shooting themselves in the foot.
The two walked back while talking, and after walking a long distance, just as they reached the intersection of Liuyuan Street, a black car was parked around the corner.
Nanjing is a city teeming with high-ranking officials and wealthy businessmen, and it's common to see several cars parked on the streets. Ning Zhiheng and Sun Jiacheng hadn't paid any attention to it before.
Just as they were about to pass the car, a laborer dressed in coarse cloth quickly walked up behind them. He walked to the car, opened the back door, bent down, and climbed inside.
Ning Zhiheng and Sun Jiacheng immediately sensed something was wrong. They exchanged glances and then walked to a corner not far away, just like before, and squatted down, their eyes glancing at the car from time to time!
The reason is simple: why would a laborer dressed in coarse cloth clothes so casually climb into a car?
Moreover, this laborer was traveling in the same direction as them, having come from Liuyuan Street, and only got into the car after turning out of the street corner.
"This strange phenomenon is definitely not normal," Sun Jiacheng said in a low voice. "There's something wrong with this laborer!"
Ning Zhiheng nodded slightly and said softly, "It seems we've run into a fellow professional!"
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