Before Xu Wenwu had closed all the door panels with his back to the street, a person walked from the street to the door of the bookstore carrying a small suitcase in the dusk, and asked politely, "Boss, are you closed?"
I want to buy a book. ” When Xu Wenwu heard this familiar voice, he was greatly surprised, he turned his head to look at the person who came, and replied very calmly: "This gentleman, you are really here, I will close the door a little later."
What books are you going to buy?
Why don't you go and look carefully, see if the bookstore you want to buy is available, and I'll turn on the lights. ” The man nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go find it first, you get busy first." ” Xu Wenwu continued to unhurriedly put up a few door panels, leaving only space for about one person to enter and exit, and then walked into the store, pulled the lamp rope with his hand, and the incandescent bulb lit up all of a sudden.
Xu Wenwu hurriedly walked a few steps in a row, and came to a place where he could see both the space left in the door of the store for people to enter and exit, and the rows of bookshelves.
The man who went to the store first quietly approached Xu Wenwu from the bookshelf, he took advantage of the fact that the people outside couldn't see the situation inside the bookstore because of the blocking of the bookshelf, pretended to look through the books on the shelves, and then whispered to Xu Wenwu: "Old Xu, I have a very urgent matter that needs to use the radio." ” Xu Wenwu also asked in a low voice: "Lao Hou, it is against the regulations for you to come to me like this, our joint should be at the previous joint location, no matter how urgent it is, you should not appear here, this is the principle." ” Lao Hou said helplessly: "I know this, I accept your criticism of me, and I will ask Minister Pan and other leaders for punishment after I go back."
Actually, I don't want to come to you so rashly, but I can't buy a train ticket to Shanghai, and I do have important things that I must ask my superiors for instructions immediately, so I can only come to you and send a radio report. ” "The radio station I have here hasn't been turned on for a while.
Since the last time Comrade Commissar, codenamed Owl, almost had an accident, didn't you ask me to temporarily suspend most of the activities of the underground party in Stone Town?
Besides, we haven't been able to find the cause of the accident last time, and the traitor who broke into the underground party organization in Stone Town has not been able to find out, if you have something important to report, I'm worried about leaks.
Xu Wenwu voiced his worries.
In fact, not only Xu Wenwu is worried, but Lao Hou also has this kind of worry.
He shook his head and continued: "I also have this kind of worry about you, but this matter that I want to report to my superiors is quite important and cannot be delayed, so I thought about it on the way from the train station to you, and thought of a way, not only can I quickly report important information to my superiors, but I may also be able to help you find out the traitor." ” Xu Wenwu was very interested in digging up the traitor, so he asked a little excitedly, "Oh?
Tell me about it. ” "I've been thinking about what method we should use to find out the traitor in the underground party organization in Stone Town, since we don't have any clues, then can we change our thinking and use what I reported to my superiors today as a trap, maybe we can narrow down the general scope of this traitor."
Lao Hou said what he thought.
"Oh?
That's a good idea, but won't it affect the important things you want to report to your superiors?
Xu Wenwu asked with some interest.
"No, of course we can't leak the real information.
Can I send a report now?
” Xu Wenwu pondered for a moment and said: "There are a lot of people on the street now, there are many people, and there are many people, and some people may see you enter my bookstore and never come out, which will arouse the suspicion of others."
So you come back at ten o'clock in the evening, and there will be no one on the street.
When you come, remember that the knocking sound is three short and one long. ” "Okay, I'll go first."
Lao Hou returned to No. 5 Hongshizhu Street, the traffic officer Lao Wu heard the knock on the door, opened the door and saw that it was Lao Hou, and hurriedly let him in, then stretched out his head to look around, then closed the door and asked, "What?"
Didn't make it?
” Lao Hou replied while putting down the small suitcase in his hand: "I went late, I didn't buy a ticket." ” "What then?
Don't you have something very important to report back to?
” "I'll find another way for this, I'll go out again in the evening, and you remember to leave the door for me."
Lao Hou did not tell Lao Wu that he was going to use the radio of the underground party organization in Stone Town to send a report, because in principle, Lao Wu was a traffic officer who had a one-line contact with him, and did not have contact with the local underground party organization.
"Okay."
Lao Wu didn't ask again, he also knew the rules, and he also learned that Lao Hou had other channels to contact the organization in Stone Town, but since Lao Hou didn't say it, he shouldn't continue to ask.
It was late at night, and the street lights were dim, barely allowing passers-by to see clearly, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road at this time.
Lao Hou walked on the silent streets, changing the direction of travel from time to time, sometimes walking through the streets, sometimes walking through the alleys.
Walking to the place not far from the bookstore on Shamao Street, Lao Hou stopped, looked at both sides of the street, and found that there were no pedestrians, so he walked quickly to the door of the bookstore and began to knock.
The lights in the bookstore came on, and soon the door was opened from the inside, and Lao Hou entered the door in a flash.
Xu Wenwu quickly closed the door, then motioned for Lao Hou to go back and casually pulled the pull rope of the electric light to turn off the light.
Behind is Xu Wenwu's residence, Lao Hou came to a table of eight immortals and sat down, but Wu Wenwu walked to a wooden wardrobe, pushed the wardrobe open, and the wall behind the wardrobe was dug a hole, and there was a transceiver inside.
Wu Wenwu is an old underground party, he moved the transceiver to the table of the Eight Immortals and connected it to the power supply, and then said: "You send a report, use your own password."
I'll go to the front to read a book, and by the way, I'll give you a look.
With that, he went to the bookstore in front of him.
Lao Hou did not explain to Xu Wenwu what important information he wanted to report organizationally, and of course Xu Wenwu would not ask, because he knew that if he could let him know about this important situation to be reported, Lao Hou would tell him.
Lao Hou nodded, didn't speak, put on the headphones and began to adjust the frequency on the transmitter, and took out a piece of paper full of numbers from his body, and began to tick the report.
The password used by Lao Hou is different from the password used by the underground party organization in Stone Town, so in order not to put the code book on his body today, he has compiled the content of the telegram that needs to be sent into numbers in advance at No. 5 Hongshizhu Street, and he will start sending the telegram directly when he arrives here.
This time the message was a bit long, and it took him more than an hour to send it.
During this period, Xu Wenwu also came in once, indicating that his report had taken a bit long.