Chapter 51 Waiting for the rabbit
Xie Xingzhi was loyal enough to leave a car for Xiang Chu's team.
In order to save time, Xiang Chu drove to No. 39 Zhongshan Road himself.
He called Lu Xiong to the co-pilot seat and asked:
"Why are you and Mi Shengqi back?"
Lu Xiong smiled bitterly and said, "The Logistics Department took over the Good Luck Grocery Store with Deputy Director Ning's order. Shengqi and I haven't had time to report to you yet."
"Okay! It would be better if the logistics department takes over."
Xiang Chu nodded, feeling that Ning Changde was somewhat wary of him.
"Lu Xiong! What's going on at No. 39 Zhongshan Road?"
Lu Xiong thought for a moment and replied:
"Sir! They should all be two-story villas."
Xiang Chu asked anxiously: "Are the distances between the villas large? Are there many trees? Are there many residents nearby?"
Lu Xiong picked up the map, looked at it and said, "The distance should not be too big, only about 20 meters. There are quite a lot of trees, because it is a wealthy area and there are not many residents nearby."
Xiang Chu felt that he had too few people, but there was nothing he could do. Almost all the members of the action team went to capture Wang Fengguang. It was a blessing that Xie Xingzhi did not move the people in his team.
Xiang Chu was gambling, and the gambling king Feng Guang was hoping for a lucky break, thinking that Takeo Ishikawa would not speak.
Or maybe Wang Fengguang was so busy protecting himself that he didn't even bother to care about Imai Matsumi's life or death.
He glanced at the direction of Villa No. 39, Zhongshan Road on the map and shouted to the carriage behind:
"Ning Qiang! When you get to the villa, take two people to guard the front door. Lu Xiong! Take two people to guard the back. Zhang Linmao! Take one person to guard the west. Mi Shengqi! Take one person to guard the east. Pay attention! Catching Japanese spies is one thing, but your own safety is more important, understand?"
"understood!"
Everyone responded in unison, feeling deeply moved.
Previous leaders always let them fight to the death, and none of them cared about their safety first like Xiang Chu did.
Ning Qiang leaned over the small window behind the cab and asked doubtfully:
"Sir! No one entered the villa to arrest them?"
"me!"
Xiang Chu smiled, probably because he was confused again, and explained,
"It's just a Japanese spy. I can go in alone. The main thing is to prevent him from escaping. You have to keep an eye on him."
"Sir! I admire you."
Ning Qiang couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.
The truck sped like the wind, allowing the 10 rookie drivers to truly experience what an "experienced driver" is.
While they were still silently learning how to drive like Xiang Chu, the truck squeaked and stopped at the wall of the villa at No. 39 Zhongshan Road.
"Get out of the car! Move."
Xiang Chu roared and pushed open the car door with one hand.
Without any hesitation, he rushed out, jumped over the wall, climbed up to the window on the second floor of the villa, and slipped in.
The 10 members of the action team were dazzled; no one had ever acted like this before.
Ning Qiang yelled, "Quick! Get out of the car, the officer has already gone in, why are you still in the car?"
All the members of the action team hurriedly jumped out of the car and immediately took their positions according to Xiang Chu's deployment.
Xiang Chu entered the second floor of the villa and listened carefully in the corner, and felt that the villa was empty.
After searching the rooms on the second floor, he went downstairs. There was a mat at the entrance of the stairs with a layer of ash on it. It was obvious that this Imai Matsumi was an experienced spy and was very vigilant.
He jumped over the mats and searched the rooms on the first floor, but they were still empty.
A mat was also placed at the door of the living room, and some ash was sprinkled on the mat, which was still at a certain temperature.
Obviously! Imai Matsumi has just been out for a short time and will not be back for a short time.
And he must come back here, otherwise he wouldn't be scattering ashes.
This is a great opportunity to sit back and wait, but there can't be too many people.
Xiang Chu thought of this and hurriedly retreated to the outside of the wall along the same route. He gathered the action team members and ordered:
"Brothers! Drive your cars three blocks away. Remember, don't come over here unless you hear gunshots."
"Yes!"
Everyone obeyed the order in a low voice and hurriedly got into the car.
They knew that Xiang Chu was resourceful and far beyond the reach of people like them, so they just had to obey him.
After the truck left, Xiang Chu climbed over the wall again, sneaked into the villa through the second-floor window, and then closed the window.
Next, he was not idle either, and searched for radio stations, code books, money and other items.
Searching before the Japanese spy realizes that he has been exposed is naturally much better than searching after he knows that he has been exposed.
Xiang Chu first entered the bedroom and observed carefully. He actually found two code books in the cracks of the bed. One was the code book of the Japanese intelligence department, and the other was the code book of the White Party’s confidential department.
The Japanese spies were able to get the code book of the White Party’s confidential department. There must be a traitor in the confidential department, or a traitor who has a special relationship with the confidential department.
Xiang Chu felt a little hesitant. If he handed in this code book, then Ning Caiwei's book would have to be handed in in advance. It seemed that he had to take a photo of the code book first and develop the photos himself.
But it would be unreasonable not to hand it over. We can't let the Japanese eavesdrop on us at will.
Besides, after Imai Matsumi was arrested, he would confess if he could not withstand the torture.
Thinking of this, Xiang Chu gave up the idea of keeping the code book privately and continued searching.
If there is a code book, there is usually a radio. In the compartment of the closet, he found a brand new radio.
After searching the second floor, no large amounts of money were found except for thousands of French francs and silver dollars found in the bedroom.
Xiang Chu went to the first floor again and searched every room, but still found no money.
Judging from Imai Matsumi's living environment, if he wanted to incite rebellion, he had to be at least wealthier than Ishikawa Takeo.
Xiang Chu thought of the cash box that Ning Qiang found in the wall of the toilet, so he naturally started searching the toilet as well.
In the toilet bowl on the first floor, he found 5 large yellow croakers and 10 small yellow croakers.
He also found 10 large yellow croakers and 20 small yellow croakers under the trash can in the bathroom on the second floor.
“You can actually hide gold like this!”
Xiang Chu secretly found it funny and casually put a few small yellow croakers in his pocket.
Then, he found a bag in the house and put the gold bars in it.
There is a large field of chrysanthemums planted behind the villa, and now is the season when chrysanthemums are in full bloom.
Xiang Chu opened the window, threw the bag full of gold bars into the chrysanthemum bushes, and closed the window.
Perhaps there were other valuables, but Xiang Chu was too lazy to continue looking, so he simply went down to the living room on the first floor.
It was already past ten in the morning. If Imai Matsumi saw the military intelligence personnel driving around outside, he would probably rush back immediately.
Even if he received Wang Fengguang's evacuation warning, he would come back and take the radio, code book and a large sum of money.
While Xiang Chu was thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of a car engine outside the house.
He was afraid of alerting the enemy and did not dare to look out of the window. He quickly ran to the door, pulled out his Browning pistol, and listened carefully to the movements outside.
Of course, the person who came could only be Imai Matsumi.
Imai Matsumi parked the car in front of the villa gate, got out and opened the gate, then got back in the car, and after a while, he slowly backed the car into the gate of the villa. This was done to make it easier for him to drive away.
Imai Matsumi got out of the car, closed the door, stopped and looked around, and after making sure there was no danger, he slowly walked up the stairs.
“It should be safe!”
Imai Matsumi carefully examined the door mat, muttered something in Japanese, then took out the key and opened the door.