Chapter 598: To create the illusion that he has escaped
"No, you must not sacrifice yourself."
Xiang Chu shook his head, drove fast, and changed the subject.
"Caiwei! The situation is not as serious as you thought. Dainong and Guotao don't know that you are a hidden underground party member. This shows that Qingfeng has not thrown out all his chips yet."
Ning Caiwei calmed down and said thoughtfully: "According to Dai Nong's eagerness to report to the superiors, he must know that controlling Qingfeng can dig out important comrades of our party."
Xiang Chu pretended to be relaxed and smiled, "Don't worry! The base has not been exposed yet, and fortunately today is the first day of the new year, and Dai Nong has not yet sent out his men, otherwise he would not have met Qingfeng in person at 12 noon."
Ning Caiwei nodded and said, "That should be the case, but Qingfeng is an old comrade who has participated in the revolution for many years and has experienced the test of blood and fire. Why would he betray?"
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly and said, "Who can say for sure? Even Guo Tao has defected, and even the old comrades who participated in the first congress of our party have gone to Lao Wang's side, right?
Didn't Mr. Wu's bodyguard Li Shiqun surrender to the Central Bureau of Investigation first, and now surrender to the Shanghai Special High Section? Has he become a subordinate of Yingzuo Zhenzhao? "
Ning Caiwei pointed ahead and said, "Dear! The left side of the fork in the road ahead leads to the main entrance of the Bashu Teahouse, and the right side leads to the back door of the stronghold. You need to give a secret signal to go through the back door, and you may get confused if you go through the front door."
Xiang Chu said without hesitation: "We should go through the front door in order to save time. There will be no customers today. Going through the back door will give the traitors time to react. Come on! Put on your mask! Change your clothes and pretend to be someone buying tea."
"Well! Let's go through the main entrance and kill the traitor directly."
Ning Caiwei nodded, took the mask and put it on.
She pulled out her silent pistol and checked that it was fully chambered.
Xiang Chu quickly drove to the left road and stopped the car in the alley near Bashu Teahouse.
The two quickly changed their clothes and hairstyles and waited to get off the car.
Ning Caiwei took Xiang Chu's arm and walked out of the alley calmly and affectionately. She looked around carefully and found nothing unusual. She whispered, "Dear! No one from our bureau is here yet."
"Ok!"
Xiang Chu nodded gently and walked towards the Bashu Teahouse.
Ning Caiwei said softly: "Qingfeng is nearly 40 years old, wears a pair of glasses, and is tall..."
She was afraid that he had caught the wrong person, so she described Qingfeng's appearance as they walked.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, all the shops on the street were closed, and the Bashu Teahouse was no exception.
The two came to the door, Ning Caiwei covered, Xiang Chu took out the lock picking tools, slowly opened the door, slipped into the door, closed the door gently, and both took out silent pistols.
Ning Caiwei pointed upstairs and said softly, "Qingfeng lives in the room on the right upstairs."
Xiang Chu shook his head and muttered softly: "He may not live in that room. You hide behind the counter. If he escapes, shoot him. I will go upstairs to search."
"Ok!"
Ning Caiwei nodded heavily, walked to the counter and squatted down.
Xiang Chu tiptoed up the stairs and when he passed the second floor stairs, he found a wind chime connected to a string. He quickly stepped over it and went up to the second floor corridor.
The first room on the right was closed. Xiang Chu leaned against the door and listened carefully, only to find that there was no one inside.
He turned to the left side of the stairs, pressed his lips against the door and listened carefully. He could hear a faint phone call from inside.
"I need a plane ticket to Hong Kong before I can give you the list I have. In addition to the people lurking in your core, I also have the exact information of the 'Phoenix'. He is..."
"Bang!" There was a sound.
Xiang Chu pushed the door open and rushed in.
The people in the room were very alert. They stood facing the door and quickly picked up the gun on the table.
Before he could aim and pull the trigger, Xiang Chu knocked him out with a punch and hung up the phone.
The man in the room fell to the ground. He was in his forties and wearing glasses. It was Qingfeng.
He still held a list in his hand and the suitcase containing one million pounds was at his feet.
Xiang Chu snatched the list and pistol from his hand. The list included the names of Ning Caiwei, Ning Buqu, Zhang Fei, Qian Zhuang and others, which concealed their identities, as well as their usual meeting places, who they had close contacts with, etc.
It can be seen that this person has done his homework in advance and is ready to defect or run away at any time.
At this time, Ning Caiwei heard the noise upstairs, ran into the house, pointed at the ground and said:
"Brother Chu! He is Qingfeng, kill him and retreat quickly."
Xiang Chu handed her the list in his hand and said calmly, "No hurry! It seems that Qingfeng has not yet revealed this base. Let's find the radio, the code book, and all the useful things and take them away."
Ning Caiwei pointed at Qingfeng and said, "Only this traitor knows where these things are hidden."
Xiang Chu searched Qingfeng's body and found a bunch of keys and a single key.
He handed the single key to Ning Caiwei and said with a smile:
"This key should be used to open the cabinet containing important items."
Ning Caiwei took the key and nodded, "It's in the room on the right."
After she finished speaking, she turned and ran out the door, opened the door on the right, and heard the sound of wind chimes ringing outside.
Needless to say, Qingfeng was very alert. He claimed to live on the right and installed an alarm device.
Soon, Ning Caiwei brought in the radio, code book, documents, etc.
Xiang Chu found a large sack and put everything in it.
Ning Caiwei took off her mask, kicked Qingfeng awake, and said angrily: "Traitor! Wake up."
Qingfeng woke up and saw Ning Caiwei and Xiang Chu. He pretended to be extremely surprised and said, "Comrade Biyi Niao! Why did you attack me?"
Ning Caiwei said coldly: "Because you have already betrayed, you have to meet with Dai Nong from the Military Control Bureau at 12 noon today."
Qingfeng was surprised and asked, "You know all this? Did you plant a spy next to Dai Nong?"
Xiang Chu cut to the chase: "Qingfeng! I am the 'Phoenix'. Tell me! Why did you betray the revolution?"
Qingfeng was stunned and hurriedly defended himself, "Comrade Phoenix! I haven't betrayed the revolution. It was all because I met Guo Tao at Chaotianmen that day. He knew everything about me, and the one million pounds made me want to escape to a foreign country and enjoy life."
"It's really the one million pounds that caused the trouble!"
Xiang Chu smiled bitterly, pointed at the phone, and said in an understanding manner,
"Comrade Frog! Did you reveal this stronghold?"
Qingfeng hesitated for two seconds and said firmly: "No!"
"No! You have already revealed this stronghold."
Xiang Chu said coldly, taking out Madam Xu's sword.
Qingfeng shouted: "Don't! Don't kill me. It's true that I gave away the base, but I haven't handed over the list and told you the information about Ning Caiwei and others."
Ning Caiwei said anxiously, "Brother Chu! Get rid of him quickly, the spies will be here soon."
"No! We can't kill him here. We have to make it look like he's escaped."
Xiang Chu shook his head, knocked Qingfeng unconscious with a palm, handed the car keys to Ning Caiwei, and ordered,
"Honey! Drive the car to the back door. Don't worry. It will take half an hour to fly here from the Military Intelligence Bureau."
"understand!"
Ning Caiwei took the key, put on the mask and ran out.