The Bravest

On August 1940, 8, the Military Control Commission used yellow phosphorus explosives to blow up two planes at Dachang Airport, shocking the Japanese once again. They ordered No. 27 to hunt down Chongqing resistance elements. The struggle between the Military Control Commission in Shanghai and No. intensified. All this seemed to have nothing to do with Lin Jie. Since the attack, Lin Jie has not shown up for a long time. All matters were handled by Liu Sheng and Liu Yidao. Even Ma Laosan didn't know what they were doing? Ma Laosan was only responsible for doing business and making money.

The difficulty of this surrender plan is that everything must be true. The Military Control Commission cannot give Lin Jie the evidence between Liu Yang and the Military Control Commission, because that would not help Lin Jie but would become evidence of Lin Jie's connection with the Military Control Commission. Because the Japanese are not fools, they are more cunning than anyone else. As for whether Liu Yang himself left some clues, the Military Control Commission could not know, so Lin Jie's only advantage is that he has a clear target, and the rest depends on himself.

"Brother, we have been following this Liu Yang for more than a month. This guy is very slippery. He has no fixed place to go and he contacts too many people. We can't tell who is the contact person," Liu Yidao said helplessly. The tracking of Liu Yang was done by Liu Yidao and the gangsters outside. Although they were not professional, there were many people. Different people would go to different places every day. There was no forced tracking, they just took turns following from a distance. Lin Jie was not in a hurry either. There was no time limit for the pledge of allegiance plan, and there were no requirements to be completed. As long as Liu Yang was not discovered by the Japanese, he would always be Lin Jie's pledge of allegiance, unless the Military Control Commission canceled the plan.

"Don't worry, just treat it as training. Keep an eye out for kids worth training. Character comes first. Remember that. Also, don't stare at Liu Yang. Do you know what it means to rip grass and catch rabbits? Tell the kids down there to write down anything abnormal. Submit it to me every day, and the three of us will summarize and study it together. This is both work and learning."

"I know what my brother said. If a person does something, it will always leave a mark on this world. I will explain it later."

"What is Liu Sheng doing?" Lin Jie asked curiously. Normally, Liu Sheng should have shown up at this time. He was also sent by Lin Jie to investigate Liu Yang. Of course, Liu Sheng would also go to the welfare home. Although Chen Kai was usually stationed at the welfare home, Chen Kai was a member of the Military Control Commission (Lin Jie thought so) after all, so he still had to pay attention to him. Now the only people Lin Jie could trust were Liu Sheng, Liu Yidao and Li Jing.

"Liu Sheng went to the welfare home. He said that Teacher Liu wanted him to help." Liu Yidao confessed honestly, but he was also afraid that Lin Jie would be unhappy. But it should be right to listen to Teacher Liu. Big brother would not blame him. After all, Teacher Liu would become the eldest sister-in-law sooner or later (for people of this era, having two wives is not strange).

"Well, why didn't Teacher Liu tell me when there was something? What's the point of telling Liu Sheng?" Lin Jie was puzzled as to why Teacher Liu went to Liu Sheng. What was even more strange was that Liu Sheng actually listened to her.

"Liu Sheng also asked Teacher Liu why he didn't look for Big Brother. Teacher Liu said, ahem, Big Brother is a gangster and doesn't want to bother with you. He also said Big Brother is a coward and hasn't dared to go to the welfare home for almost two months."

"If that's true, when did I become a hooligan? Liu Sheng just listened to her and didn't even come back to report. It's really messed up," Lin Jie was helpless. Usually these two people listened to Lin Jie, and now there's Teacher Liu. I don't know how powerful this girl is, but if I'm not mistaken, she should be the person he's looking for. No, he still has to be cautious. He can be confused, but he can't make mistakes.

"Sister-in-law, what do you want from me? My brother has something for me to do."

"Liu Sheng, you should either call him the dean or the section chief. Don't call him "big brother". It sounds like they are gang members and they don't look like good people. By the way, what is the dean doing? Why hasn't he come for so long? Tell me the truth." Teacher Liu, who was not much older than Liu Sheng, asked Liu Sheng in an adulterous manner.

"Sister-in-law, brother is busy fishing for big fish and doesn't have time, but we have some clues. He will come to see you once he catches the person." Liu Sheng thought that Teacher Liu must be angry because he hadn't come for so long, so he quickly helped his brother explain.

"Arrest someone? Who?" Teacher Liu didn't react for a moment. She was concerned about Lin Jie's big move. After asking, she remembered that Liu Sheng called her sister-in-law, and immediately slapped Liu Sheng on the head. "Why do you call me that? Who did you learn that from? Don't learn bad things from your big brother. You act like a hooligan at such a young age. Tell me who the dean wants to arrest and whether there is any danger."

Liu Sheng was slapped in the face and became obedient. He looked behind him and saw no one else in the small office with the door closed. He said mysteriously, "Sister-in-law, brother is going to catch a big fish in No. 76, an undercover. Only Liu Yidao and I know about it. Even Chen Kai doesn't know." Brother didn't allow him to tell anyone, but it should be no problem if his future sister-in-law asked. After all, Liu Sheng was only fifteen years old. How could he know who he couldn't tell, including his sister-in-law.

"Ah, to arrest the Military Control Commission?" Teacher Liu suddenly became a little nervous. The undercover agent could be either the Military Control Commission or this family. This was trouble. She didn't even care that Liu Sheng called her sister-in-law.

"No, the Military Control Commission is not easy to mess with." In fact, Liu Sheng didn't know either.

"Ah, so they want to arrest the communists?" Teacher Liu's face turned a little pale, and he wanted to get information out of Liu Sheng.

"Sister-in-law, why are you arresting communists? My brother said that communists are the poorest and have no food to eat. Don't bother with them. If you want to arrest someone, just arrest the rich." Teacher Liu breathed a sigh of relief. "Your brother is right. Why are you arresting poor people? Then who are you arresting?" Teacher Liu would also tease. "My brother said that it might be a double agent, rich, just like what people in the underworld call a two-faced snake, a bad guy, rich, I like it the most."

"Two-sided? Oh, nothing. Just tell your brother to come back quickly. He hasn't been seen for two months. Also, don't yell at him anymore. Your brother is married. It's not good for his reputation. You should go too. I have something to do and need to leave work first."

Liu Sheng thought, what's a bad reputation? A man as powerful as my brother would have a bad reputation if he didn't have many wives, and he's still married? He's just jealous.

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Teacher Liu got off work early and went home. He waited for a long time before his father came back. "Dad, Liu Sheng came today. I tried to trick him and he said that Lin Jie is busy trying to capture an undercover agent from No. 76 recently. He also said that the undercover agent is two-faced. What does that mean?" Teacher Liu was anxious, so he thought about going home to discuss it with his father.

"We can't control it. We can't control it. This is discipline. Since he is a double agent, he is neither ours nor the Military Control Commission's." Uncle Liu heard that he was a double agent and explained to his daughter, "Double agents are actually very complicated. It's hard to explain at the moment. For example, if Lin Jie is one of us, then he is our undercover. If Lin Jie is just pretending to join us but he still works for the Japanese, and we think Lin Jie is one of us, then he can be said to be a counter-espionage. But if he helps both sides, then he is a double agent. So we have to repeatedly screen when we recruit members."

"There are people like this. I understand double agents, but how can you tell them apart?" Teacher Liu was confused when he heard this.

"So, this is what we fear the most. It's hard to judge, but we have to deal with him because he is useful. For example, Lin Jie could be this kind of person. We have to observe him for a long time. As long as he can help us, we will maintain a good relationship with him."

"Ah, Dean, that wouldn't be the case. He just speaks casually, but he hasn't hurt us. He hasn't avoided me in many things. For example, he deliberately put a lot of information in the printing of the textbooks last time. Dad, didn't you say that the information was very important to us?" The father used Lin Jie as an example. Teacher Liu was a little unhappy and defended Lin Jie.

"I didn't say anything about him. I was just giving an example. Why are you in such a hurry? Also, I told you to get in touch and observe him, but you also have to pay attention to the impact. A girl shouldn't be so clingy. It's a joke." Although the task is to have more contact with Lin Jie, he can't be too deliberate, especially as a father who attaches great importance to his daughter's reputation.

"Tsk, you've been an old comrade for more than ten years. As long as your work does not violate discipline, why would you care about those gossips? Don't they say that I'm following Lin Jie as his mistress? Just say it, so that I can do my job better. The welfare home now lets me communicate with Lin Jie on everything. Humph, I'm not afraid, it's not true." His father's words were too explicit, and Teacher Liu could only be stubborn.

Another half month passed. In the afternoon, Liu Sheng and his partner came back. The three of them began to summarize yesterday's information and compare it with the previous records.

Lin Jie faced a large blackboard and wrote down all the anomalies he had discovered during the tracking on the blackboard one by one. He erased some of the ones he had figured out, and the last ones that remained were read over and over again by the three of them, who seemed to have some clues.

"Liu Sheng, put the lost addresses together, in order, and mark the time. Also, put the addresses that suddenly appeared in one category, and also in order, and mark the time." Lin Jie instructed Liu Sheng to erase the addresses on the blackboard and re-arrange them into two groups.

"Liu Sheng, have you figured out anything? There are so many addresses that were lost, and there are also addresses that suddenly appeared. Is there anything strange? Take a good look. If you are right, I will treat you to a meal today. If you are not sure, Liu Yidao will treat you to a meal."

"Brother, why is it always me? Liu Sheng doesn't need to be invited."

"Liu Sheng needs to go to the welfare home because he needs money." Lin Jie perfunctorily replied. In fact, she asked Liu Sheng to go to the welfare home every now and then, and then Teacher Liu would complain that Lin Jie didn't go to take charge of the work. Now it seemed as if she was the director.

The rumors in the welfare house seemed to have become true. Everyone regarded Teacher Liu as the director. They would go to her for help. Even Gangcun heard about it and went to inspect the work. During the meeting, Teacher Liu was designated as the deputy director. They joked at the meeting that it didn't matter who was in charge, Teacher Liu or Director Lin. They were all family. So Lin Jie couldn't get away, so he asked Liu Sheng to buy some food or perfume as an apology when he went there. As for whether Teacher Liu had any misunderstandings, Lin Jie didn't know. (For modern people, when you trouble someone to do something, you always bring a small gift to express your gratitude).

In addition to studying the collected information all day long, Lin Jie also had to find clues that were not related to Liu Yang but were definitely related to the Military Control Commission.

After Lin Jie repeatedly deduced these clues, he calculated the time from when No. 76 arrived at the scene, and then he handed the information to Tang Keming. The people who were prepared in advance would give the alarm about three minutes in advance, and the rest would depend on fate. Tang Keming really caught several peripheral members, and the big fish all ran away. However, it also proved that Lin Jie did not eat No. 76's food in vain, and he still collected a lot of information.

"Did you see anything?" Lin Jie waited for ten minutes, but the two children didn't see anything.

"Okay, listen carefully. In fact, the places where you get lost are the easiest to get lost, such as theaters, restaurants, cinemas, and docks. There is no problem. Normal people don't need to be tracked in the crowd. It's normal if they don't get lost right after following. There is nothing suspicious. Then, after getting lost, the distance between the places where you reappear is calculated according to the rickshaw time. There is no abnormality. Some people arrive early, and those who are late are no more than ten minutes. Then he may have transmitted information in the middle. We still can't find evidence of him transmitting information." Lin Jie was interrupted by Liu Yidao. "Brother, doesn't that mean he works for the Military Control Commission? Why are you still investigating?"

"I really can't tell you this now. You'll know when the time is right. But when has Big Brother ever lied to you? When has he ever harmed innocent people?" Lin Jie couldn't explain it clearly. What he told them at the beginning was catching a double agent, but it was just a temporary excuse.

"Okay, you can't see what big brother is doing. Now he is using the money of the Japanese and traitors to support so many children, all like us. Who cares except big brother? If big brother really wants us to risk our lives, it's understandable, but what about those two or three years old? What about seventy or eighty? Is he raising them for fun? You can't say it. Big brother must have a reason for not saying it. Big brother has taught you for so long, don't you understand what intelligence work is? You have no brains." Liu Sheng did not allow Liu Yidao to doubt big brother's decision. Anyway, he knew that he just had to obey. "Oh, I'm just curious to ask, why are you so fierce? I will definitely listen to big brother." Liu Yidao was also unconvinced. If you don't understand what big brother says, just ask, you will learn more.

"Having said so much, in fact, what I just said is all nonsense. I just want to remind you that there are many seemingly useless records, and some of them have some unusual small things that have not been paid attention to. For example, if it is not listed in a table style for comparison, who would pay attention to a special place that appeared twice within a month, more than ten days apart? You see, the first time, he was lost after coming out of the theater, and then he went to a clinic after appearing later. It seems that there is nothing wrong. The second time, he was lost after coming out of the tavern, and then he went to that clinic again. This clinic appeared twice, which is nothing strange. It can only be used as a suspicious point. There are many other places that appear repeatedly. Why do we talk about this separately? Because we can't monitor all the places that have been visited repeatedly, so we must accurately find the suspicious points. You may have overlooked a common sense, that is, who would go to the clinic after watching the big show? Who would go to the clinic after drinking first? Of course, it may be an emergency, but two emergencies less than a month apart are a bit coincidental, and the distance doesn't match. There is also the distance. It's a half-hour journey, and you can't walk that far to see a doctor every time, so in the next few days, we will focus on monitoring the people in this clinic. It's not far from Liu Yang. There are only a few days left for a visit to the clinic. We are waiting for the opportunity."