Upon hearing this, Shi Liqun knew that he could not escape his fate today, and his identity was exposed. As for the others, he did not know whether Ning Zhiheng's words were true or false, but his intuition told him that what the other party said was not a lie.
Shi Liqun's residence was not large. In half an hour, the team members had turned it upside down. Soon, they placed a military telescope, a few simple weather detection instruments, and a weather record book in front of Ning Zhiheng.
Pei Mingyuan reported, "Chief, no firearms were found, only some valuables, and that's all."
“These are enough!” Ning Zhiheng took the military binoculars, examined them for a moment, and said, “They’re British-made, a good one!”
Then he picked up the weather record book again. The data recorded in it was very detailed, including the air humidity, temperature, precipitation, wind direction, wind force, and the time when fog occurred for each day. Based on this data, the weather conditions in the next few hours could be judged and predicted. Finally, there were probability statistics.
It must be said that, from any perspective, this is a very rigorous and professional meteorological record. It can be seen that Shi Liqun himself has a deep understanding of meteorology and is by no means an ordinary intelligence agent.
Ning Zhiheng asked in a relaxed tone, "The record is very good, Mr. Shi. I don't think this is your real name, is it? Can you tell me how you infiltrated General Lin's house? Or, do you have any accomplices in the Lin family?"
Shi Liqun remained silent with his lips tightly pressed together. Ning Zhiheng glanced at the time, looked around, and said, "It seems we still have some time. How about I keep Mr. Shi company for a while?"
After saying that, he turned to Pei Mingyuan and instructed, "Go and fetch a bucket of water."
Soon, Pei Mingyuan brought a full bucket of water and placed it in front of Shi Liqun.
"Make Mr. Shi realize his situation, otherwise he won't understand his predicament."
Upon hearing Ning Zhiheng's words, Pei Mingyuan grabbed Shi Liqun's hair and forcefully shoved his head into the bucket of water. The full bucket overflowed with a splash, and the other team members held his hands and feet down, preventing him from struggling.
Caught off guard, Shi Liqun was held captive by several burly men and unable to move. His entire head was submerged in the bucket of water, and his body was curled up in a ball. At first, he could bear it, but after a while, he felt his lungs were about to explode from suffocation, his head was spinning, and all he could do was go blank. He struggled desperately, trying to take a breath, but he was held firmly in the water and could not lift his head at all.
His head struggled helplessly in the water, and his body swayed, splashing water and wetting a large area of the ground.
Shi Liqun tried desperately to get rid of it, but to no avail. Finally, he couldn't help but take a breath, and immediately his nasal cavity, mouth, and ear canals were filled with water. He choked and coughed repeatedly, but the more he coughed, the more water was poured in, like a sponge. His thoughts were like being pressed down by a big rock, sliding into the abyss of hell.
He felt as if death was coiling around him, tightly gripping his neck, slowly tightening its grip, making it impossible for him to breathe.
The veins on his neck bulged, and his body trembled constantly, but he couldn't make a sound. The more he struggled, the faster the oxygen in his body was lost. The short two minutes felt as long as two years!
Pei Mingyuan looked up at Ning Zhiheng, who nodded. Only then did Pei Mingyuan lift his hand and pull Shi Liqun's head out of the bucket.
Shi Liqun broke free and took a deep breath with all his might, but the water in his lungs made him feel as if his chest had been exploded, causing unbearable pain. He couldn't help but let out a miserable cry.
Ning Zhiheng watched him quietly, and it took Shi Liqun a long time to recover before he waved his hand in acknowledgment.
Pei Mingyuan grabbed Shi Liqun's hair again and pushed him into the bucket of water once more, repeating the previous action. Shi Liqun was forced to relive that extremely painful moment once more.
After this was repeated many times, Shi Liqun finally couldn't take it anymore. When Pei Mingyuan grabbed his hair, ready to do it again, he shouted hoarsely, "I confess, I confess, don't do it again..."
As soon as he uttered those words, his body deflated like a punctured balloon, unable to straighten up any further, and he slumped limply into his seat.
Ning Zhiheng had long ago determined that Shi Liqun was not a real professional agent; his temperament was more like that of a scholar. A simple water torture had already made him open his mouth.
Pei Mingyuan helped Shi Liqun into a chair and straightened his body. It took him a long time to catch his breath, and some color returned to his pale face.
Ning Zhiheng asked again, "What is your true identity?"
Shi Liqun looked up at Ning Zhiheng and sighed, “My real name is Lao Guangyao. I used to be an engineer at the Qingdao Meteorological Bureau. After Qingdao fell to the Japanese, I was selected and sent to the intelligence department of the military headquarters in Wuhan for training. At the beginning of this year, I was sent to Chongqing to carry out meteorological observation missions, and I have been there ever since.”
As expected, he was a traitor! Ning Zhiheng had already made up his mind. This person did not seem to be a real Japanese agent. His weather records were all written in Chinese, with natural and fluent handwriting. His Chinese calligraphy was very skillful, and the professional language was clearly expressed. If it were a Japanese person, it would be very difficult to write weather observation records in such professional Chinese. Few Japanese people could do this. Moreover, Japanese spies would use Japanese to record such confidential information. Therefore, Ning Zhiheng judged that Shi Liqun was not a real Japanese spy, but a Chinese person.
But since he was a traitor and a self-taught individual, how could such an insignificant character be entrusted with such an important task as infiltrating Lin Zhen's side? You must know how important Lin Zhen's identity is; being able to get close to Lin Zhen is not an easy thing in itself.
Seeing Ning Zhiheng remain silent for a long time, Shi Liqun became extremely nervous. He thought Ning Zhiheng was dissatisfied with his betrayal of the country and quickly explained, "I... I had no choice. My family members are being held by the Japanese. If I don't agree, my whole family will suffer."
Ning Zhiheng looked at him coldly. He had no interest in arguing with Shi Liqun about these things. In his eyes, Shi Liqun was already a dead man.
He asked in a deep voice, "How did you get close to General Lin? And how did you manage to become his tutor? Are there any accomplices among his people?"
Shi Liqun gave a wry smile and explained, "It really was just a coincidence. I was only in charge of meteorological observation. At first, I concealed my identity by working as a teacher at a public school. But the school closed down not long after. Just then, General Lin sent his butler to the school to find a tutor for his young master who was fluent in English. My English was pretty good, so I was hired as their tutor."
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