Cicada Moving

Chapter 829 Investigating Gu Zhongya

Zuo Zhong’s call was very timely. He called Banshanlu at the last moment when Dai Chunfeng was about to report to Bald Head and informed him of the relevant situation.

Old Dai, who knew the power of the bald lady, silently hung up the phone after hearing this, without daring to say a word, and firmly put the blame on Xu Enzeng's head.

Sitting at home while the pot came from the sky, Director Xu Da was summoned and scolded by Minister Song before he could figure out what was going on.

 After the big enemy came out of the Song family, all the operatives from the secret service headquarters in Qiancheng (a certain word may not be used) went out to look for the culprit in the city like crazy.

Zuo Zhong smiled slightly when he got the news. It would be good to find something for that guy to do, so that people in one place would not have to stare at the underground party all day long.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of being remembered. Although he often despises the secret service headquarters, he has never really despised the other party. In the intelligence industry, carelessness often means death.

While watching Xu Enzeng's joke, Zuo Zhong put most of his energy into the investigation of Gu Zhongya, squatting in the office with Wu Chunyang and others to review the thick information.

Through the files and records of the Hunan Provincial Police Station, Huangpu Military Academy, Military Commission, and Jicheng Air Defense Command, the fog that shrouded Gu Zhongya gradually lifted.

“Deputy Director, the target’s whereabouts and relationship network in the country are very clear, and there is nothing suspicious. I think he was probably instigated by the Japanese while he was studying in Switzerland.”

Wu Chunyang shook the document in his hand and said seriously: "This is the information from the Consulate in Switzerland. It says that when Gu Zhongya was in Bern, the capital of Switzerland, his residence was very close to the Japanese Embassy.

In other words, he had the opportunity to come into contact with Japanese people. At the same time, his consumption was extremely extravagant for a period of time, and he often went to local high-end restaurants and clothing stores. Later, he suddenly returned to normal. "

 “Oh? Let me see.”

Zuo Zhong, who was lying on the chair carelessly, suddenly sat upright, reached out to take the document, and quickly read it ten lines at a time.

According to the documents, in the second half of the 16th year of the Republic of China, consulate staff saw Gu Zhongya going to restaurants many times, and the cost of each meal was more than 20 oceans.

His high-consumption behavior lasted for 2 to 3 months, and then stopped inexplicably. During this period, he spent a total of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Can a student who has only graduated a few years ago afford this kind of money?

The Gu family is indeed not poor, but it is a big family with many members. If everyone spends this much, the Gu family will not have enough money to spend even if they have a house.

From this point of view, Gu Zhongya is indeed a bit suspicious. Economic problems are often a prelude to rebellion. After all, only fools would become traitors and lackeys if it were not for profit.

Zuo Zhong dropped the document, tapped his fingers on the table, and began to recall the Secret Service's investigation into the activities of Japan's overseas intelligence agencies in his mind.

The Japanese have always attached great importance to intelligence work, not only targeting the national government, but also arranging a lot of manpower in the European and American countries and placing them in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs system.

Especially for established military, economic, and industrial powers such as Germany, France, and Switzerland, all consulates have secret departments dedicated to intelligence theft and instigation of rebellion.

 In fact, this is almost an open secret. Many countries do this. Zuo Zhong has also placed many people in the government's diplomatic system to keep abreast of the latest developments in the West.

 So, Wu Chunyang's speculation is reasonable and consistent with the existing information. The remaining work is to continue to check Gu Zhongya's information and find ways to confirm this speculation.

“In this case, Chunyang, you immediately send a telegram to our people at the Swiss Consulate and ask them to secretly conduct a detailed investigation of Gu Zhongya’s residence and haunts in Bern.

  Focus on checking whether he has interacted with Japanese or unidentified people. Yellow people are very conspicuous in Switzerland. If the facts are as you guessed, you will definitely find out. "

Zuo Zhong finally made a decision, thought for a while and added: "Let them keep a low profile. Switzerland, as a permanently neutral country, rarely engages in foreign intelligence activities. At most, it collects some defensive early warning intelligence.

However, the counter-intelligence agency of the Swiss police is not weak. Bern is known as the European intelligence center. If the other party can control the situation and prevent those daring agents from acting recklessly, they must have two brushes.

I also heard that the Swiss government intends to set up a federal military intelligence agency to be responsible for secret surveillance of foreigners in the country. I tell you that you must not take it lightly. This is for you. Go quickly. "

As he spoke, he took out a small red book from his pocket, which recorded the frequency and password for contacting the Swiss consulate. Only Dai Chunfeng and him in the entire Secret Service knew it.

According to discipline, Zuo Zhong should not give such important things to others, but Wu Chunyang was the first subordinate to follow him, and he was capable, so sooner or later some work would have to be handed over to him.

 “Yes, I understand.”

Wu Chunyang took the book and nodded. As long as it has anything to do with international observation within the government, it must not be touched. If something goes wrong, it will really make you lose your head.

 The top management has always hoped to rely on other countries and public opinion to drive away the Japanese and achieve the goal of subduing the enemy without fighting. I have to say that they are really blind.

 As a professional intelligence officer, no one understands the operating rules of this world better than them. The essence is that the weak eat the strong and bite each other. But these were beyond the control of his small section chief. After replying to the order, he immediately ran to the telecommunications room to send a message to the Swiss Consulate thousands of miles away.

Facing Smiling Tiger’s order, members of the Swiss Secret Service did not dare to be perfunctory. On the day they received the telegram, they used their local connections to start investigating Gu Zhongya’s detailed situation in Europe.

In order to cover up the public’s eyes, they even hired a reporter who had finally instigated a rebellion and interviewed Gu Zhongya’s landlord and former classmates one by one on the pretext of investigating foreigners’ economic contribution to Switzerland.

Since there are not many yellow people in Switzerland, even though ten years have passed, these people are still deeply impressed by the goal. Under the guidance and inspiration of professional speaking skills, they have provided a lot of useful information.

The information was then summarized and sent to Changcheng. The agents at No. 33 Pingyue Road worked hard for several days and nights, analyzing the hard-won intelligence word by word, even sleeping in the office.

There is no way. A person's time and space trajectory for a year, the background of the people he interacts with, and the comments are turned into written materials in an astonishing amount. It takes a long time to send and receive messages, and one of the radio stations of the Secret Service is broken.

—In order to get relevant information as quickly as possible, Zuo Zhong didn’t even use airmail, and instead used text communication as a luxury. This can be regarded as the first online office in the world.

At the same time as the information was being screened, the Swiss side was still sending back new intelligence. The target was to learn air defense command. He had interacted with too many people and the investigation work would not be completed for a while.

 In a large, heavily guarded conference room.

Zuo Zhong stood in front of a blackboard and looked at Gu Qi. Song Minghao, Wu Jingzhong, Wu Chunyang, and Shen Dongxin led dozens of people to work hard, looking for clues about Gu Zhongya's involvement in espionage from the pile of words.

 Under the dim lamps, everyone was exhausted after staying up for several nights, but their eyes were wide open. No one dared to be careless when a single word difference could miss important clues.

Time passed little by little, and from time to time someone got up and wrote down what they thought was a problem on the blackboard. By this time, half of the blackboard was already filled.

The passing geese leave their voices, and the passing people leave their names. Anyone who has contact with the outside world will definitely leave traces, let alone the yellow-skinned and dark-eyed Chinese who are extremely conspicuous among a group of white people.

At this time, Wu Jingzhong came to the blackboard and picked up the chalk to write down a clue. Zuo Zhong walked over slowly and held his chin with one hand to look.

“One night in March 1928, Gu Zhongya was dining at the Golden Key restaurant, the oldest restaurant in Bern, and his companion was an Asian wearing a suit.

The two of them sat down in the southwest corner of the restaurant, facing the door, and ordered a bottle of Italian aperitif, several expensive dishes, and a bottle of French champagne.

 During the meal, Gu Zhongya's companion asked the waiter not to get close and gave him 10 Swiss francs as a tip. After the meal, both parties left the restaurant. "

 Below these sentences, Wu Jingzhong also attached a detailed menu of the day, which should be a record from the restaurant's chef. One of the fish salads caught Zuo Zhong's attention.

Switzerland is located in Central Europe, bordering Italy, France and Germany. It is a multilingual country with three language areas: German, French and Italian.

Bern is a French-German bilingual area. What is interesting is that Swiss nationals who speak these two languages ​​rarely eat fish, or do not eat raw fish.

They would eat a thick red sausage containing fish meat, which needed to be thoroughly steamed before eating. This was a tradition left over from the cholera era in Europe.

On the other hand, residents in the Italian-speaking area have inherited the taste of their hometown. They especially like to cook and use various fish and meat dishes, but they rarely eat them raw.

In addition, Switzerland is located inland, so it is difficult to transport seafood. Fish is expensive and not fresh, so few people order fish salad.

Gu Zhongya is a standard Hunanese, and there should be no raw fish in his daily diet, so it is strange that this dish appears on the menu.

Unless this was specially prepared for the mysterious traveler, as we all know, Japanese people like to eat raw fish...

Wu Jingzhong may have thought of this before he felt suspicious. He was worthy of being a King of Golden Phrases who came from the underground party and was able to thrive. His abilities were indeed impressive.

 “Comer.”

After thinking for a moment, Zuo Zhong called a small agent: "Order the Swiss side to focus on investigating the people who went to the restaurant with the target. Photos of the Japanese consulate personnel at the time can be found for witnesses to identify.

In addition, we should visit all the restaurants in Bern that serve raw fish and meat one by one and tell them not to be afraid of spending money. Problems that can be solved with money are not problems. Let them hurry up and do this. "

 Money can make things work, and the Swiss are no exception. He does not believe that a group of restaurant owners will have trouble with money.

As long as it is confirmed that the person contacting Gu Zhongya is Japanese, with this reason, they can apply to the superiors to investigate the other party, and the situation will open up, Zuo Zhong thought silently while looking at the blackboard.

 (End of this chapter)