Espionage: I became sworn brothers with Zheng Yaoxian at the beginning, and became the Seventh Broth

Chapter 967 Discovery

Leaving Li Yunlong and Chang Botao behind, Ye Shaohong walked straight out.

Then he saw the soldiers of the 11th Division ransacking the villa.

That's right, it was raiding their homes.

Most of these soldiers came from poor backgrounds. When they joined the army, they didn't have any lofty beliefs; all they cared about was making money to fill their stomachs.

Now that they have the opportunity, how could they possibly let it slip away?

Each of them seemed to have transformed into a ravenous beast, carrying out their duties while searching for suspicious clues.

Meanwhile, he was also secretly stuffing valuables into his pockets and sleeves, ranging from large items like desk lamps to small cigarette cases.

They didn't miss a single thing; they searched out everything that could be moved and removed it from the room.

Although Ye Shaohong saw this, he did not say anything to stop it.

To be honest, soldiers in that era really had a tough time.

Although the Nationalist government had the concept of military pay and such regulations, corruption was rampant from top to bottom, and with each layer of exploitation, it was virtually impossible for these lower-ranking soldiers to receive their full pay.

Eleventh Division, an elite unit of the Nationalist government and the core force of Commander Chen Cheng, had a relatively better life.

Those local ragtag troops often went months without receiving their pay.

They could only do things that oppressed the kind-hearted to supplement their family income.

This is also the truth behind why the Nationalist soldiers were shrouded in infamy in later generations; in reality, they themselves were not particularly evil. The greatest evil came from those high-ranking officers.

They are not human, but they do not act recklessly in the market. Only these low-ranking soldiers, in order to make a living, go to the streets and interact with ordinary people, and slowly, the infamy is placed on them.

Don't think that Ye Shaohong's idea is wrong.

Because the ancient sages had already provided an explanation for this matter long ago.

How do you say that?

The most righteous are often the lowly butchers, while the most ungrateful are often the scholars…

This is the most reasonable explanation.

If you think this explanation is wrong, you can also look at the heroic predecessors who died during the War of Resistance against Japan in order to resist the Japanese invasion.

Most of them were ordinary people from lower classes who joined the army as soldiers. It was precisely because Ye Shaohong understood this that he didn't blame these soldiers.

If they want to make money, let them make a little.

Once this period of rest and recuperation is over, these people will all be pulled into the battlefield.

The first Battle of Changsha was just around the corner.

Of these people, how many will survive?

Thinking to himself, Ye Shaohong slowly walked downstairs. He looked around, searching for any possible secret boxes or hidden rooms based on what Li Yunlong had just told him.

To be fair, Ye Shaohong does have some talent.

It could also be said that his vision was sharp enough to see things that ordinary people couldn't.

A short while later, Ye Shaohong noticed a floorboard in a corner of the villa's hall that was different from the others.

He casually beckoned over a soldier and told him to pry open the area.

Then, an exquisite iron box was revealed.

The moment the soldiers in the villa saw the iron box, they became agitated, and their eyes turned red.

No one is stupid.

They immediately understood that anything treasured by the villa's owner must be of extraordinary value.

Perhaps, it's gold and jewelry?

They wanted to take the iron box for themselves, but then they noticed the gleaming colonel's rank on Ye Shaohong's shoulder.

In the end, these people forced themselves to suppress their greed.

Ye Shaohong naturally sensed the change in atmosphere.

He just didn't care.

After calling for help to retrieve the iron box, Ye Shaohong summoned Li Yunfei over.

These kinds of things, like sneaking in and picking locks, should be left to professionals.

Li Yunfei happens to have this ability.

Walking over to the iron box, Li Yunfei carefully examined it before taking out the dagger he always carried from his thigh.

Carefully, he peered into the gap of the iron box.

As he moved the blade forward, Li Yunfei listened intently.

A moment later, the blade had circled the gap in the iron box once, and the worry and anxiety on Li Yunfei's face had completely disappeared.

"fine!"

"It shouldn't be a trap!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he twirled the dagger in his hand in mid-air, and before anyone could react, the tip of the dagger in Li Yunfei's hand had already pierced the keyhole of the iron box. "Click!"

With a crisp click, the iron box was opened.

A small and exquisite radio was then revealed, immediately coming into everyone's view.

The soldiers of the 11th Division who were watching immediately showed disappointment when they saw the radio.

They don't care as long as it's not gold or jewelry.

But Ye Shaohong is different.

As a member of the Military Intelligence Bureau, he was well aware of the value that radios represented.

To understand its meaning.

In that instant, his face darkened.

An unspeakable rage surged into his heart in an instant.

"Son of a bitch!"

"So he really does have a second identity." Cursing inwardly, Ye Shaohong didn't stop there. He took a few steps forward and walked to the iron box.

They took the radio out.

He certainly valued this radio station; it represented a significant contribution.

But compared to the radio station, Ye Shaohong wanted to find something else.

It's a codebook.

Only by finding the codebook can we achieve our goal in one fell swoop. It would be even better if we could also find the drafts of the telegrams that Bayin had sent before.

This would allow Ye Shaohong to immediately confirm Bayin's true identity.

Ye Shaohong was lucky this time.

It could also be said that Bayin died too suddenly, so suddenly that there was no time to deal with the aftermath.

After taking the radio out of the metal box, a thin book and a few sheets of bluish-gray paper immediately came into view. Ye Shaohong immediately took out the book first.

It turned out to be a novel by the Japanese.

The Tale of Genji.

However, it's not the complete book; it's just a simplified version of the first volume.

This is also normal.

The Tale of Genji is a long novel written by Murasaki Shikibu, a female writer, during the Heian period of Japan.

The entire text consists of fifty-four chapters and nearly one million words.

This thin book could not possibly contain so much text. Ye Shaohong opened the book and looked at it; it only contained the first eighteen chapters.

In other words, it should have been three volumes, but here there is only the first volume.

After a quick glance, Ye Shaohong stopped studying it in detail. Having grasped the general situation of the item, he had more important things to do: examine the draft paper at the bottom of the box.

Check inside for any residual information...