northernbook Chapter 155 Take Away
Chapter 155 Take Away
Zhang Yunhe carried Chen Xiangling, who had fallen asleep again, to the bed and covered her with a quilt. Seeing that the medicine in the glass bottle had been used up, he removed the needle from her.
After he brought Chen Xiangling back in the afternoon, he took great pains to give her an IV to reduce inflammation. As an amateur and having never given anyone an injection before, he was really helpless to do this job. It took him seven or eight injections before he finally got the needle into the vein.
After dealing with the discarded medical waste, Zhang Yunhe drove to Yuyuan Road overnight.
The area where Yuyuan Road is located is currently controlled by the Japanese army, so Zhang Yunhe has to be extra careful.
He was a little confused as to why Xiong Danian opened a noodle shop in the relatively safe concession, while he and Chen Xiangling lived in the Chinese area where there were spies and Japanese troops everywhere. According to common sense, a person must build his home in the safest place, but Xiong Danian did the opposite.
In fact, what he didn't know was that Xiong Danian and Chen Xiangling didn't want to settle down in the concession, but the housing prices in the concession were too high, and the nature of their work was rather special. The population density in the concession was too high, and the houses were crowded. If they lived in a wealthy area, they could not afford to rent or buy a house.
If they live in slums and areas with ordinary people, the privacy is relatively poor and it is difficult for them to have privacy in their every move.
Zhang Yunhe parked his car in a Huanghuali alley, then walked to a lane not far away where No. 162 was located.
Arriving at the entrance of the alley, Zhang Yunhe stood at the corner of the wall under the alley archway and turned on the three-dimensional virtual holographic image to scan the alley and the surrounding area.
Streets, alleys, lanes, and houses appeared in the virtual holographic image. People emitting red light were in the grid-like houses. Most of them were asleep, while a few were still busy.
"Huh? Is there really someone waiting here?"
Zhang Yunhe discovered that there was a man hiding in a thick loquat tree in front of No. 160.
"Is he a spy? Or is he an underground party member waiting for Chen Xiangling to come back?"
Zhang Yunhe thought about it, changed into his Iron Blood gear, and sneaked into the alley after becoming invisible.
He quickly and silently came to the loquat tree, and the people hiding on the branches above were unaware of him.
Zhang Yunhe slowly pulled out the Iron Blood Spear from behind, but thought that if the person on the tree was a spy, there should be more than one spy, and there should be other spies hiding around. However, after scanning several times with different rays through the mask, there was no sign of other spies.
"For now, let's spare his life. I'll sneak into No. 162 to check if the radio, code book, and secret documents are still there. If not, it means they were taken away by spies. The person in the tree must be a spy. But if those things are still there, it means the spies don't know this location yet. The person in the tree is probably not a spy, but an underground member who came to look for Chen Xiangling.
After making the decision, Zhang Yunhe took out a bamboo tube from the backpack space, pulled out the lid on one end, shouted while slowly blowing out a wisp of green smoke from the other end, and then pushed it open gently.
Green smoke rises.
The man sitting on the branch of the loquat tree was the waiter of Xiong's Noodle House. Last night, he and the cook were ordered to leave the noodle house and go for barbecue, and then took the opportunity to get rid of the two spies' tracking.
The cook contacted Lao Lin, and the waiter contacted Lao Cui, and the two of them passed the news on.
At noon today, the guy contacted Lao Cui and told him what Lao Xiong had told him. Lao Cui knew that it was a serious matter, so he immediately sent his guy to No. 162 to find Chen Xiangling and see if Lao Xiong had escaped and returned. He himself arranged for his intelligence agents to find a new place to stay and to establish new ways of contact.
After the waiter arrived here at one o'clock in the afternoon, he found that Chen Xiangling was not at home. There seemed to be no one in No. 162. He could only wait in secret, waiting for Chen Xiangling to come back. He waited for the whole afternoon and did not eat lunch or dinner. The temperature outside was low, and he was now cold and hungry.
He suddenly smelled a faint fragrance, which seemed quite pleasant, but he fell asleep in a daze without realizing it.
At the corner of the wall five or six meters away, Zhang Yunhe scanned with his Iron Blood Mask and found that the person on the loquat tree had fallen asleep, so he immediately went to No. 162.
Arriving at the door of No. 162, Zhang Yunhe took out the key he had taken from Chen Xiangling, opened the copper lock on the door, pushed the door open and walked in.
According to the information provided by Chen Xiangling, Zhang Yunhe quickly took away the radio, code book, wicker box containing top-secret documents and files, and wooden box containing gold bars, silver dollars and bank certificates hidden under the bed legs.
"It seems that the person hiding in the loquat tree is not a spy, but an underground party member who came to look for Chen Xiangling!"
Zhang Yunhe locked the door and came to the loquat tree again. He took out a flashlight from the space in his backpack and shone the light on the man's face. After seeing the man's appearance and physical characteristics clearly, he turned and left.
In a private house in the International Settlement, several key members of the underground party, including Lao Cui, Lao Lin and Lao Wei, gathered together.
Lao Cui asked in a deep voice, "The fact that you can come here means that you have been notified. After I received the news today, I immediately sent someone to contact Red Fox, but he hasn't returned yet!"
"I've already notified all of my intelligence officers and other personnel to evacuate and activate backup communication methods. This afternoon, I urgently contacted an insider and learned that Lao Xiong was indeed injured and arrested last night and should be currently receiving treatment in the hospital!"
"The only hospital the Japanese can trust is the Army Hospital they built themselves. That place is heavily guarded. With our strength and equipment, it is difficult to carry out a rescue in the Army Hospital!"
Lao Lin smoked a cigarette and said, "If we can't even go to the hospital to rescue him, once the Special High Technology Department transfers Lao Xiong to the Special High Technology Department or some other secret place, it will be even more difficult for us to rescue him!"
Old Wei frowned and said, "Now that Old Bear has been arrested, we must find a way to contact our superiors and report this matter to them. Ask them for instructions! Even if we want to rescue Old Bear, we must get their approval and instructions!"
Lao Cui looked at the people present and said, "The only ones who can contact the higher-ups are Lao Xiong and Chi Hu. They have the radio and the code book, so I asked the guys to go find Chi Hu. If they can't get the code book and the radio, we'll have to find other ways to contact the higher-ups, which is even more difficult!"
"I think our top priority right now should be finding a way to preserve ourselves and prevent a sudden change. It's not that I don't trust Lao Xiong. As Lao Xiong himself said, once someone is arrested, all comrades associated with that person must move into hiding, abandon their previous contact methods, and obey the new arrangements and instructions of the higher-ups. This is the principle and the rule!"
Lao Wei said, "I've already made arrangements. All the personnel and equipment have been relocated! Lao Lin, how about you?"
"I've taken care of it over there too!"
The meeting lasted more than three hours, during which many issues were discussed and many decisions were made.
Just as the meeting was about to end, a comrade on guard outside came in and reported: "Lao Cui, the cook is back!"