late at night.

Zhangjiawan Town, Wuchang, where the Zhenchang Oil Mill is located, is quiet. The moonlight falls on the uneven stone road, reflecting a somewhat dark reflection and illuminating the narrow alleys.

Suddenly, there was a faint sound of dog barking in the distance, and then the barking got closer and closer. A few minutes later, a shaking black shadow appeared in the alley, holding on to the wall and stumbling towards the oil shop.

Through the dim light, you can see that the shadow is holding a glass bottle in his hand, and from time to time he raises his head and puts the bottle mouth into his mouth. A strong smell of alcohol slowly spreads in the air.

Apparently he was an alcoholic who drank so much that he lost track of time. When he walked near the oil mill, the man shook the empty bottle, raised his hand and threw the bottle onto the roof.

"Wow~"

"Ouch!"

Then there was the sound of shattering tiles and a scream, and the lights in the grain store next to the oil mill came on instantly. After a long time, a boy removed the door panel, covered his head and stretched his head to look outside.

Unfortunately, there was nothing in the deserted alley except the lingering smell of alcohol. The young man cursed a few words, went back into the shop and installed the door panel, looking at the hole above his head and wanting to cry without tears.

The temperature in Qicheng in April was still very low, and a cold wind blew into the room along the entrance of the cave. The boy was soon shivering from the cold, so he had to put the quilt on his body and wait for dawn.

Early the next morning.

The door of the Zhenchang store opened, and a man in his 30s walked out. It was Guo Jinyao who had been in contact with the Red Russian cook Gennady.

As soon as he went out, he saw the grain store manager standing under the eaves, holding on to the ladder and looking up to the roof, with a look of anger and helplessness on his face.

"Brother, what's going on? I heard a noise in your store last night. I thought it was a thief. I wanted to come out and have a look, but the noise stopped after a while, so I didn't take it seriously."

Guo Jinyao came to the shopkeeper of the grain store, raised his hands and said hello, then asked with doubts on his face, looking at the craftsmen who were busy on the ladder.

The shopkeeper of the grain store quickly returned the greeting and replied angrily: "Boss Guo, you don't know, you don't know who the idiot is, he smashed a hole in the roof with a wine bottle and almost knocked the clerk unconscious.

Fortunately it didn't rain last night, otherwise all the food in my store would be gone. Instead, I hired a bricklayer early in the morning to repair the roof before the customers came."

As he said that, he shouted to the craftsman: "You have to repair it carefully. There won't be any leaks. If the water leaks and damages the goods in my shop, I will cause trouble for you."

"Don't worry, I won't take any money from the water leakage."

The young craftsman was not upset at all. He lowered his head and assured the grain store manager below in authentic Jincheng dialect. He seemed very confident in his craftsmanship.

"Huh, what you say is better than what you sing."

The shopkeeper of the grain store muttered, turned around and continued to talk to the man: "Shopkeeper Guo, please tell the police station later. We give them so many benefits every month, so they must do something serious.

If it's like last night, it doesn't matter whether I pay the money or not. I'm not one of those rich people from the countryside. I'm really going to be in trouble, and no one will have a good life by then."

"Haha, calm down, calm down."

Guo Jinyao smiled and tried to persuade him. He walked to the side and muttered for a long time. Maybe he got some benefits, and finally the grain shop owner returned to the ladder with satisfaction.

At this time, the craftsman replaced the tiles and asked the grain store clerk to bring a kettle filled with water and poured the water on the roof. Indeed, not a drop of water flowed inside the house.

The owner of the grain store observed for a long time, and he took out the banknotes and settled the bill with satisfaction. Despite his harsh words, he deserved a lot of wages.

The craftsman took the money and counted it carefully, making sure the amount was OK, and put the banknotes into his pocket. He packed up his tools and turned around to leave, not wanting to be stopped.

"Master's craftsmanship is very good. Can you leave me your address? If my shop needs repairs in the future, I can easily find you. You're familiar with it and don't need to be unfamiliar with it."

Guo Jinyao said with a smile, his eyes fixed on the expression of the craftsman.

The craftsman listened happily. It was a good thing to have business coming to his door. He gave his address without hesitation. After thanking him again and again, he left the alley and walked into the crowd with his tool bag on his back.

He wandered through the winding streets of Zhangjiawan Town, and finally came to a forest, where he saluted Zuo Zhong and Gu Qi, who had been waiting for a long time.

"Deputy Director, Section Chief, there is indeed something wrong with the Zhenchang. There are signs of flipping on the roof tiles. It should be caused by the release of the radio antenna. And the target asked me for his address before leaving."

After hearing this, Gu Qi sneered: "This is to find out your background. Coupled with the professional anti-tracking operations and the suspected radio station in the store, I don't believe that Guo Jinyao is not a professional intelligence officer.

This guy was either an informant of the Red Russian NK~VD, or a lurking agent of the underground party. Unexpectedly, Wu Xiaoyi was deceived, and the other party had no good intentions in assisting the government.

Deputy Director, what do you think about how to deal with this, or whether you should arrest him directly. Anyway, the target is not a Red Russian citizen, nor a member of the Chinese Air Force, so the Red Russians have no reason to protest to the government."

Zuo Zhong signaled the little spy who went to investigate to leave, and then shook his head: "Old Gu, please be patient. If Guo Jinyao is from NK~VD, if we do this, it will be like tearing our faces.

You don’t understand the thinking of the Red Russians. Even if the target is not an important person, in their eyes, arresting the target is a demonstration to the Red Russians. A single move can affect the whole body, so don’t act rashly."

After experiencing the brutal Patriotic War and the financial (separation) crisis that swept the world, in just a dozen years Red Russia went from being the weakest "imperialist's weakest link" during the Belarusian period to becoming Europe's number one industrial power.

According to the intelligence and statistics of the Secret Service, the industrial output value of Red Russia accounts for 17.6% of the world's industrial production. Various industrial indicators are among the best in the world, with power generation of more than 40 billion kWh, steel output of over 10 million tons, and coal production of 150 million tons.

The army has nearly 5 million people, 20,000 combat aircraft, tens of thousands of artillery pieces, 24,000 combat vehicles, and 270,000 cars. It also has a large number of reserves and sufficient reserve troops. It is the country with the largest army in the world today.

In terms of the navy, although it cannot be compared with traditional naval powers such as the United States, Britain, Japan, and Germany, it still has more than 400 surface ships, submarines, 2,000 aircraft, and as many as one million officers and soldiers. The overall strength of the navy ranks sixth in the world.

To describe it in official terms, this huge improvement in strength has given the Red Russian government and the people a strong sense of national pride and national honor, and has shed the weak image of the past in one fell swoop.

To put it bluntly, it is hegemony. Red Russia’s foreign policy has always been very tough, especially when it comes to countries that are weaker than itself. This is an inevitable result of the rapid rise in national power.

In short, it is easy to arrest people, but they are afraid that the Red Russians will suddenly cut off aid. Polar bears can do this. After all, in the eyes of the other party, the government still exists only because of their help.

You are a country that even relies on the support of others for air defense even if its temporary leader (divided) has air defense. What qualifications do you have to touch the people of Red Russia? Thinking about the bearded man's temper, Zuo Zhong has a headache.

"Deputy Director."

When he was in trouble, Gui Youguang sneaked over and reported a new situation: "The person who paid Wu Xiaoyi to publish an article appeared many times at Sanzhen Wharf some time ago.

More than one person saw the other person traveling by boat between Wuchang, Hankou and Hanyang. It can now be determined that this person is a male, about 1.65 meters tall, with a local accent and average clothing.

I have invited all the witnesses to the office and am preparing to retrace the target's movement trajectory as quickly as possible and find the starting point, but the search may require the assistance of the military police."

Did you find your target so easily?

Zuo Zhong was a little surprised and asked a question: "The other party has an ordinary appearance. How did the witnesses remember it? There is light, and people's memories are biased. The witnesses' confessions cannot be completely trusted."

Ling Sanping, who has not appeared for a long time, once conducted an experiment. He asked two groups of people to watch the same video, the content was a couple's daily communication, and then ordered the test subjects to recall the content in the video.

One group of testers was told that the heroine was a waiter in a restaurant, while the other group was told that she was an official's wife. After a period of time, they were asked to describe the appearance, characteristics, and temperament of the heroine.

As a result, the two groups of testers came to completely different conclusions. The group who was told that she was a restaurant waiter recalled that the heroine had an ordinary appearance and simple clothes, while the other group said that the heroine looked graceful and luxurious.

Two completely different descriptions of the same image segment are obtained, which proves that people will unconsciously "brain supplement" according to their own judgment in order to make things reasonable.

This strange phenomenon was summarized by Ling Sanping as the memory bias effect, which specifically means that certain things in the memory are induced by thinking, thereby transmitting wrong information to the brain.

A similar situation is nothing in daily life, but in intelligence activities it is a bit fatal. Wrong clues will greatly waste precious detection time, and even cause casualties.

Of course Gui Youguang knew this truth. When he heard Zuo Zhong’s question, he immediately explained: “Deputy Director, don’t worry, these witnesses are all dock workers and their backgrounds are very clean.

At the same time, I identified the sketches and portraits. I did this secretly in the name of cooperating with the police station to solve the case. Outsiders did not know about it at all. As of now, the information is still top secret.

As for the memory bias, the target had a conflict with someone at the Wuchang Pier, and the two of them beat each other to a bloody head. The impressions of several witnesses were very deep, and there is no way they could be wrong."

"What? Fight?"

Hearing what the bald man said, Gu Qi asked in disbelief. He had never heard of any intelligence personnel having conflicts with ordinary people during their missions. Is this because he was afraid that others would not find him?

No matter which force the person who asked Wu Xiaoyi destroyed the relationship between the government and Red Russia belonged to, the personnel responsible for the operation should not have made such unprofessional, even ridiculous, low-level mistakes.

Zuo Zhong, who was also astonished, stood there and thought for a moment, then looked at Gu Qi and Gui Youguang: "The retracement of the action trajectory cannot stop, Lao Gu, I'm going to make a report to Virgo, and then go see a friend.

Regarding Guo Jinyao and the sketch and portrait, please keep an eye on it. If there is any news, call the office immediately. I say again, don’t touch Guo Jinyao for the time being. If you take any action, wait until I come back."

After assigning the task, he quickly walked out of the woods, leaving Gu Qi behind. Gui Youguang looked at each other there. The two of them were confused and secretly guessed who the deputy director was going to see.

Time passed in the blink of an eye and it was night again. Zuo Zhong, who had been missing for several hours, appeared around the Zhenchang Oil Shop. After seeing Gu Qi, he issued an order with a serious expression.

"Lao Gu, the situation has changed, arrest people!!"
Chapter completed!