That night, Matsunaga Ono reported to Yushi Imai for following and monitoring Takasugi Inki in the past two days.

"Since yesterday, we have conducted a comprehensive follow-up and surveillance of Takasugi Inki. He has not been in contact with many people in the past two days. He has been at the United News Agency yesterday morning. He has come out once in the middle and bought two boxes of cigarettes in the grocery store opposite the news agency. At noon, he had dinner with his assistant Nomura in a nearby restaurant. He went out at 3 pm to conduct interviews in the Xiaguan garrison troops. At 6 pm, he had dinner with Yi Chengzhi, director of the Nanjing Government Examination Institute, and returned to his home to rest at 8 pm.

I went to the Xiaguan garrison troops for an interview this morning. At noon, I took a rickshaw to the antique market near Xuanwu Lake, entered an antique shop called "Fang Waitang", bought a square of inkstone, and later returned to the United News Agency directly, but I never came out. I returned to my home an hour ago and am now under surveillance."

After listening to it, Yuzhi Imai thought for a little while and analyzed, "The people who have been in contact with Takasugi Inki these days must have records, especially for the grocery store opposite the United News Agency. When we arranged lurking tasks, we often set up contact points near the intelligence officer's residence and work unit. The background of this grocery store must be investigated clearly, which I think is very suspicious.

There are also people around Takasugi Inki who are often contacted by them and must be included in the target of doubt.

There should be no problem with the garrison. The Xiaguan garrison has just changed its defense and there should be no internal support in the army. I think this is a general interview task.

As for the director and wife of the Nanjing government, I think it is unlikely that they are accomplices. Generally, the time for accomplices to join each other should not be too long, and the couple will not come forward together. They stayed together for two hours, which is not in line with the characteristics of intelligence activities.

And today he took a rickshaw to the antique street, which is the most suspicious. He is the chief reporter of United News Agency and has his own special car. How could he take a rickshaw to Xuanwu Lake? It takes time and effort, and the distance is not close. I don’t want to attract attention. What is the name of that antique shop?"

"Fang Waitang!"

"Fang Waitang! Yes, you should pay attention to it. It is very likely that it is his contact point for transmitting information. It is not advisable to alert the enemy now.

We must also monitor grocery stores and Fangwaitang closely, and there may be unexpected gains."

"Hi Yi!" Ono Matsunaga nodded.

At the same time, in a room in the city center, Xiao Hong was whispering to Lu Chengfeng.

Xiao Hong introduced everything that happened today to Lu Chengfeng in detail, and finally said: "Takasugi was very alert. He found our warning signal and left quickly. Someone was following him, which also confirmed that the message conveying the shadow is true. Chengfeng, you are transferred from Shanghai. Do you understand the situation of this shadow? How could he appear in Nanjing?"

Lu Chengfeng was specially transferred to Nanjing from Shanghai when the underground party organization in Nanjing was rebuilt. He was also very high in the underground party organization in Shanghai, so after being transferred to Nanjing, he became one of the eight-member group members in Nanjing. Logically speaking, he was also likely to know the existence of shadows.

But when Lu Chengfeng heard Xiao Hong's inquiry, he shook his head.

Xiao Hong suddenly reacted. It was indeed inappropriate for him to ask this question. He could confirm it to Shanghai according to Cheng Xingye's order, but it was inappropriate to ask Lu Chengfeng directly.

Lu Chengfeng's previous work experience in Shanghai, especially the confidential parts involved, do not need to report to Xiao Hong unless the organizational procedures are used to investigate.

At this time, Lu Chengfeng said, "Old Xiao, I really don't know about Shadow's situation. We are not intelligence officers on the same intelligence line. The scholar is very cautious in handling organizational relationships. According to what you said, Shadow must be his direct intelligence officer. He will not reveal the situation about Shadow to anyone."

Xiao Hong didn't know whether what Lu Chengfeng said was true or false, but after Lu Chengfeng answered, Xiao Hong could not continue asking, so he changed the subject and continued: "Okay, let's talk about this matter after the Shanghai reply. Now let's talk about Takasugi's problem. His current situation is very dangerous. After today's incident, he must have noticed it. But he doesn't know the specific reason. You need to contact him. You are also working in the United News Agency. Can you contact him?"

Lu Chengfeng pondered for a moment. Although he was also working in United News Agency, the United News Agency had strict management within them, and each had its own levels and division of labor.

United News Agency is an official newspaper hosted by the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The heads and core members are all Japanese, such as the president, editor-in-chief, editor-in-chief, department manager, and chief reporter. These people must be Japanese intelligence personnel with spy backgrounds, and Takasugi Inki is one of them.

Next are ordinary Japanese employees, who are journalists sent to China from Japan, or Japanese expatriates recruited from China.

Finally, Chinese employees recruited for various reasons, such as peripheral journalists, typesetting workers, printing workers and other low-level personnel.

Lu Chengfeng thought for a while and said slowly: "After all, the United News Agency is an official department with intelligence nature. It has very strict internal management. The office locations of the Japanese and Chinese are separated. We cannot enter the Japanese office area. Our Chinese staff have another office location. Although I was arranged by Takasugi to join the news agency before, I also made a concealment in the middle, so Takasugi and I never interact on the surface. If you want to contact him, you can only go there in the layout workshop, and he sometimes goes there."

"Then go to the layout workshop to take a look. Takasugi must be eager to understand the specific situation and will definitely find an opportunity to contact you. At present, the Special High School should not have entered the United News Agency yet. You should contact us as soon as possible to see if he has good response measures. If not, withdraw as soon as possible."

"Understood!"

Late at night, the radio station of the Shanghai underground party organization received a message from Nanjing. When the message was urgently delivered to Lin Hanwen, he couldn't help but be surprised when he saw the content.

The shadow that had been lurking in Shanghai suddenly appeared in Nanjing. There was nothing wrong with that. What was even more incredible is that he actually contacted Ku Quan, the head of the underground party organization in Nanjing, and issued an emergency warning message.

So much so that Kuquan focused on asking about this matter, which made him confused. Kuquan's concealment of his identity is naturally top secret. How could he know that he was far away in Shanghai?

As for how could Shadow know? Then I can only ask myself, but I have been in one-way contact with Shadow until now, and I have never seen Shadow's face and cannot communicate at all. How can I answer this?

Nanjing did not say the specific content of the shadow warning, but required verification of the shadow's identity.

This is something I can only tell you, but unless you see the handwriting on the letter paper, you will not be able to confirm it. The handwriting of the shadow is very recognizable. Every time it is a beautifully written imitation Song font, especially the signature of the word "shadow". It is obviously a deliberate design by the shadow, which cannot be imitated by others.

Lin Hanwen thought about it and finally couldn't find the point. He decided to find time to meet the farmer and ask about the shadow clearly. It seemed that there were many things that the farmer did not explain clearly to him.

The next morning, Takasugi Inki stayed in his office and did not go out. He waited until three o'clock in the afternoon. This time was the layout time for the news agency manuscripts. He took out a prepared manuscript, left the office door, looked around and walked downstairs.

After leaving the office building, I walked into a passage behind the building, and came out of the back door of the news agency. There was a Japanese sergeant guarding him at the door. When he saw it was Takasugi, several sergeants quickly let him go.

The yard of the news agency is full of Japanese staff working areas. After passing this back door, you enter the office area of ​​Chinese journalists, and the layout workshop is also placed here.

Takasugi Inki did not go directly to the layout workshop. He lit a cigarette at a corner, and stayed leisurely for a long time. Until the cigarette was finished, he did not find any signs of someone following the surveillance. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief. This was a good phenomenon. It seemed that he was not being monitored within the news agency. In other words, the person who followed him was very likely not an agent of the news agency, and things were not at the worst.

He still put the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on it, then he continued to move forward quickly. There was a smell of ink far away. He walked through a passage and came to the typesetting and printing workshop.

At this time, several staff members saw that it was Takasugi Inki who came in and quickly stood up to greet him. As the chief reporter, Takasugi Inki was one of the senior executives of the news agency. When Chinese employees saw him, they naturally did not dare to neglect them and bowed one after another.

The workshop director asked softly: "Takasugi, do you have any instructions?"

Takasugi Inki Yangyang's manuscript was raised and explained with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, there are a few places in my manuscript yesterday that need to be revised."

When the workshop director heard this, he nodded and agreed. The content of the editing was temporarily changed. As long as the change was not large, it would not be necessary to go through the editor-in-chief. Especially the status of Takasugi Insugi is just a matter of one sentence, which was common in the past.

"Takasugi-kun is really serious in his work and meticulous in his work. I will arrange it for you now."

The workshop director took the manuscript from Inki Takasugi and turned to arrange the work.

Takasugi Inki submitted the manuscript and was about to find an excuse to stay for a while. He looked around intentionally or unintentionally, his eyes quickly swept over and saw a figure in the corner of the corridor at a glance.
Chapter completed!