Chapter 233 A Little Thought
"Team Leader Fang, have you found out why this brokerage company wants to contact Ren Cheng?"
Chu Lingyun asked quickly, and Fang Hai shook his head: "It's too late, everyone in their company has gone off work, and my people couldn't find the person who called, so they came back to report first."
"Team Leader Fang, Team Leader Zhu, follow me."
Chu Lingyun stood up immediately, Zhu Qing followed him naturally, and Fang Hai hurriedly followed out.
The clues found in the investigation must be implemented as soon as possible. Time is very important in intelligence work. Many times, a small mistake in time may cause irreparable consequences.
For example, when arresting the traitor Liu Dazhuang, if Chu Lingyun had not arrived a few minutes earlier, Liu Dazhuang would definitely have run away.
If he escapes, a good thing will turn into a bad thing, and it will become more difficult to catch him again.
The group drove away. It was already dark outside. Chu Lingyun didn't care about the time and asked Fang Hai's people to find out the residences of all the people in the brokerage company.
Get the address and ask door to door.
"Boss Ren is my client, and he asked me to help him find some houses."
I found the third broker and finally asked about the person who called Ren Cheng.
"Did you find him a house?"
"Found it."
With so many people coming, the broker didn't dare to hide it and spoke quickly.
"Take us there immediately."
Chu Lingyun didn't ask for the address. Since the house was found by the broker, he must know the location. It wouldn't be too late to ask him in the car. He would definitely be taken with him when investigating these places.
Ren Cheng found him twenty days ago and left him his home phone number. He called Ren Cheng after he found the house.
Ren Cheng rented three houses through him, none of which were big.
The first house was still empty. After forcing their way in, the broker took a closer look and shook his head. The house looked the same as it did before it was rented, without any changes. It was obvious that no one had ever lived there.
The same thing happened in the second place, but when it came to the third place, there was finally a difference.
This house is much cleaner than the previous two. There is dust on the furniture, but not much. It is obvious that someone has lived there and has not been away for long.
"Team Leader Fang, immediately go find out who lived here before and where they went."
Chu Lingyun gave the order directly, and Fang Hai did not dare to slack off. He knocked on the doors of the neighbors in the middle of the night and found the local headman.
According to them, an old man moved in here half a month ago, and ten days ago a couple moved in with their two children.
Chu Lingyun asked Fang Hai to take out Ren Cheng's photo. After identification by the neighbors, it was confirmed that the person living here was indeed Ren Cheng.
But they left five days ago. Because they had only lived there for a very short time and were not familiar with their neighbors, no one knew where they had gone.
"After Stationmaster Cai discovered that Ren Cheng was a traitor, didn't he send anyone to keep an eye on him?"
Chu Lingyun turned around and asked Fang Hai. Fang Hai lowered his head embarrassedly and said in a low voice, "I watched him, but Ren Chengdu knew everyone in the station, so I didn't dare to follow him too closely. I lost him several times."
They lost the person but didn't catch him. Chu Lingyun didn't know what to say to them.
After sending the neighbors away and restoring the house to its original state, four people from Hangzhou Station were left to watch it. If Ren Cheng showed up, they would immediately arrest him.
This hope is also not great. Since Ren Cheng has left, he will probably never come back.
However, today's investigation has made significant progress.
Five days ago, Ren Cheng was still in Hangzhou. He did not leave the city immediately after escaping and go to another place. He and his family had hidden here.
Chu Lingyun didn't know why Ren Cheng didn't leave Hangzhou, but this was good news for him. If Ren Cheng was still in Hangzhou, there would be hope of finding him.
If I leave Hangzhou, it will no longer be easy to find him.
After returning to Hangzhou Station, Fang Hai immediately went to report to the stationmaster. Chu Lingyun had not left, and Cai Zhengru did not dare to leave either. How could he dare to leave the station at will at this time? He had to stay and cooperate with Chu Lingyun's investigation.
"He was there five days ago?"
After hearing what Fang Hai said, Cai Zhengru widened his eyes, his heart filled with regret.
If he had known that checking a phone call could yield such important information, he would have thoroughly checked Ren Cheng's phone records. He never imagined that Ren Cheng would dare to stay in Hangzhou after running away.
If he hadn't felt that Ren Cheng had run far away, he wouldn't even have taken the initiative to report it.
Virgo gave him three days, so he didn't hold out much hope and could only try his best. In the end, he really couldn't find Ren Cheng in three days.
But he only realized now that Ren Cheng had been right under his nose the whole time, and this result made him extremely regretful.
If we had found out about this earlier and caught the person, Virgo wouldn't have been so angry and put himself in danger.
"Stationmaster, Chu Lingyun from headquarters is really good at solving cases. He has made so many breakthroughs since he arrived. I feel that we can find Ren Cheng this time."
Fang Hai nodded continuously. He had spent the longest time with Chu Lingyun today.
Chu Lingyun's investigations seem ordinary, but they are very effective, and he always gets to the point.
This time, when investigating the phone records, among so many people who had called, he first focused on the broker, and then found the place where Ren Cheng had been hiding.
"That's right. It seems that Limin has helped me a lot this time. If I can get through this, I must thank him well."
Cai Zhengru nodded in agreement. It would be good if the case could be solved. If not, at most he would be criticized a few words when he returned home, but he would not be severely criticized.
After all, it was his fault. If Chu Lingyun could find it out, it would be a credit. If he couldn't find it out, he would have no responsibility.
"Stationmaster, should we also express our gratitude to Team Leader Chu?"
Fang Hai carefully reminded that in just one day, or half a day, Chu Lingyun had made so many breakthroughs in the case. He was definitely a capable person.
They are helping me, and it would be unreasonable not to show some gratitude.
"You're right. I'll call home and ask you to go to my house right now and bring back twenty gold bars. We don't know what he likes, but giving him money won't be wrong."
Cai Zhengru kept nodding his head. Chu Lingyun had already demonstrated his value. In order to allow Chu Lingyun to help him solve the case more attentively, Cai Zhengru was not afraid to pay money.
Fang Hai hesitated for a moment, then said slowly, "Isn't twenty a bit too few?"
Cai Zhengru thought for a moment and then said, "Twenty isn't a lot, so maybe thirty. Also, let's send some of the things I copied last time to Team Leader Chu."
"Yes, Station Master."
Fang Hai immediately took the order. The last things he copied were some antique calligraphy and paintings. The webmaster didn't like these things and he wanted to sell them for money, but was stopped by the webmaster.
He doesn't like it, but many people at headquarters do, especially Virgo.
He wanted to keep some as gifts for others, which was better than buying them later.
After Fang Hai left, Cai Zhengru kept walking back and forth in the office.
After receiving the telegram today, he also did not hold much hope, but the clues Chu Lingyun found, especially the whereabouts of Ren Cheng, made him see the possibility of catching the traitor.
Regardless of life or death, as long as he can catch the traitor, he can get through this level smoothly.
"Team Leader Chu, haven't you rested yet?"
Fang Hai brought a box to Chu Lingyun's door and knocked gently.
"No, wait a moment."
Chu Lingyun's voice came from inside. He was looking through the phone records, closed the file and went to open the door for Fang Hai.
"Team Leader Chu, this is a small gift from our station chief. Please accept it."
After coming in, Fang Hai immediately put the box on the table and said with a smile.
"Team Leader Fang, what are you doing?"
Chu Lingyun was a little surprised. He really didn't expect Cai Zhengru to give him something.
"It's nothing. Thank you, Team Leader Chu, for taking the trouble to help us with the case. It's just a small token of my appreciation."
Fang Hai patted the box with a smile, then clasped his fists and said, "Team Leader Chu, we have witnessed your ability. This time, I hope you will work hard to help our Hangzhou station overcome the difficulties."
Fang Hai is Cai Zhengru's man. If Cai Zhengru is removed, he will not be able to be promoted to stationmaster.
By then, a station chief will definitely be parachuted in. No matter who it is, he will lose his position as the head of the intelligence team. In an important department like the intelligence team, only their own people will be hired when anyone comes.
Fang Hai was very clear that protecting the webmaster was equivalent to protecting himself.
"Team Leader Fang is overthinking it. This is also my mission, and I will definitely get it done."
Chu Lingyun smiled, and although he was polite, he had no intention of returning the things to them.
It's a good thing that someone gave me money.
What's more, although this was a task assigned by the director, the first beneficiary after the case was solved was Cai Zhengru, so it was only natural for him to pay some money.
"That's great. I won't disturb your rest. I'll take my leave now."
Fang Hai saluted and left. After he left, Chu Lingyun opened the box and took a look.
The box was not small, but there was only a small box of gold bars, two pieces of porcelain and four paintings, all of which looked old.
Chu Lingyun didn't know much about antiques, but he knew that these things were very valuable.
Maybe the price is not that high at this time, but it may be a sky-high price in the future.
After putting the box away, Chu Lingyun continued to look through the documents. From the phone records, it seemed that Ren Cheng had discovered his exposure very early, but he was very patient and did not leave immediately after discovering it.
After he was exposed, there were obviously a lot more phone records.
He called all the car dealerships and businesses.
These will be investigated in detail tomorrow. The most critical issue at the moment is whether Ren Cheng is still in Hangzhou. He was there five days ago, but there is no guarantee that he is still there now.
If he wasn't in Hangzhou, where would he go?
All of these require detailed investigations. There are too few clues at the moment. We'll have to wait and see the results of the investigation by Hangzhou Station and Shen Hanwen tomorrow. We'll be able to analyze more useful information then.
Nothing happened that night. The next day, Chu Lingyun got up early and went to his office in Hangzhou after breakfast.
"Team Leader Chu, the people we sent to Ren Cheng's hometown have returned. According to this detailed investigation, it was two strange men who went to pick up Ren Cheng's mother, and they did so at night."
Fang Hai noticed Chu Lingyun coming into the office and immediately ran over.
"The two men, aren't they Ren Cheng?" Chu Lingyun frowned.
"No, I found this out after asking the whole village. I asked an old man. He got up at night to feed the cows and noticed someone passing by the door. Then he saw two strange men driving a carriage and taking Ren Cheng's mother away. But because it was dark, he couldn't see the two men clearly, so he could only confirm that it was not Ren Cheng."
Fang Hai shook his head, and Chu Lingyun immediately asked, "Go to all the carriage dealerships right now and check if any carriages have been rented out recently, especially to Ren Cheng's hometown."
Fang Hai was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, I'll check it out right away."
At this moment, Fang Hai didn't realize that his answer sounded very much like the attitude of a subordinate towards his superior.
There were two of them, and neither of them could succeed, so he must have found someone to bring his mother over.
Even though he found himself exposed, he still dared to bring his mother to Hangzhou. It has to be said that he is a very courageous man.
These two people are very important. They must have a deep relationship with Ren Cheng, otherwise Ren Cheng would not let them do such a thing.
As to whether these two people are Japanese, Chu Lingyun has not yet made a conclusion.
Judging from the house that Ren Cheng rented, the two men took Ren Cheng's mother to that place after picking her up, and Ren Cheng's mother lived there alone for a few days.
In this case, the possibility that the two are Japanese is not high.
If it was a Japanese, they would most likely control Ren Cheng through his mother and would not send him over easily.
It is also a mystery why Ren Cheng did not go to the Japanese concession after being exposed and escaping, but instead hid himself.
Although he was exposed, he was the deputy head of the intelligence team after all, and was very useful to the Japanese. He would still be reused even if he went to the Japanese side.
Chu Lingyun didn't think about the puzzled questions for the time being. If he could capture Ren Cheng alive, all the mysteries would naturally be solved.
"Team leader, I found out that Ren Cheng has completed his investigation."
Around noon, Shen Hanwen hurried to the office and spoke excitedly to Chu Lingyun.
"Have you found him?"
Chu Lingyun stood up suddenly. Shen Hanwen immediately realized that he hadn't explained clearly and said hurriedly, "It's not that we found him, but we found his whereabouts."
"I investigated all the antique shops in Hangzhou that sell ancient chess manuals. One shop owner recognized Ren Cheng. Two days ago, Ren Cheng came to his shop, not to buy anything, but to sell something."
Although it almost caused a misunderstanding, Shen Hanwen still brought good news.
Ren Cheng appeared in Hangzhou two days ago, which greatly increased the possibility that he has not left the city yet.
"What did he sell?" Chu Lingyun asked immediately.
"This is the list of items he sold. I brought it back."
Shen Hanwen took out a piece of paper with words written on it. This is Hangzhou, not Nanjing. If it were in Nanjing, he could bring back everything that Ren Cheng sold.
There were not many things, only three: two ancient inkstones and a jade bracelet.
The three items sold for a total of four hundred and fifty yuan, which was settled on the spot.
The two inkstones were not expensive, only one hundred and fifty yuan, and the jade bracelet was the most valuable, selling for three hundred yuan.
"Go and invite Team Leader Fang."
After reading the contents of the note, Chu Lingyun gave instructions to Shen Hanwen. After a while, Fang Hai followed Shen Hanwen to the office.
"Team Leader Fang, do you know that Ren Cheng has these three things?"
Chu Lingyun handed over the note written by Shen Hanwen. In fact, Shen Hanwen had also taken photos and was developing them urgently. He came here first to report the good news.
Fang Hai carefully read the contents of the note and replied, "I know about the inkstone, but I'm not sure about the jade bracelet. We once raided a house with a lot of antiques. Ren Cheng said he liked inkstones, but we didn't think they were worth much, so we let him take two."
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