sea ​​situation

In the afternoon, Lu Ming stayed in his apartment and did not go out. Yuan Mingzhu called and asked him to go for a drive with her, but he also declined, saying that he had something important to do and couldn't leave, and asked her to find Ning Xiner to play.

He stayed in the apartment, took a Parker pen and began to write the first observation report to Mr. Frank in English. The main content of the report was the disappearance of Sheng Muyi.

He transcribed the useful part of the statement taken by the police that day, and then wrote down the site inspection process and his own reasoning and conjectures in detail.

He didn't understand why Mr. Frank was interested in this case. The most important thing in Shanghai was all kinds of news related to rich people.After a period of hype, the disappearance of Sheng Muyi has gradually cooled down, and it is no longer a topic of discussion in the streets. Only the Sheng family's sky-high reward still appears in the newspapers every day.Those citizens who dreamed of getting rich overnight no longer ran around in vain to inquire, and all retreated to their little days.

Lu Ming put forward his own guess in the report. Sheng Youde did not really want to get any valuable clues, but to show weakness to the perpetrators, saying that he was desperate.

In fact, apart from secretly hiring Lu Ming, Sheng Youde really had nothing to do. Apart from asking the Sheng family for money, the police station did not have any specific measures or action plans.Zhang Ziyang's occasional visit to Sheng's family became the only perfunctory excuse for the police station to continue to investigate the case.

Of course, if Lu Ming can really solve this case, Zhang Ziyang and the police station will still be credited for the superficial credit. This is also an agreement that Lu Ming and Zhang Ziyang did not agree on. It's an open secret at the police station.

In the report, Lu Ming did not hide that he had been hired by Sheng Youde to become the sponsor of the case, and he was handling the case with the detective of the police station.

These are all the content of the newspaper in plain text, a majestic essay of thousands of words, with the appearance of being on the headlines of the newspaper.

The ciphertext part records the details of the poisoning of many people in the Sheng family. It was found that the murderer used dolphin toxin. There are signs of Japanese involvement in the case. In addition, he himself was attacked and tracked by an unknown female assassin. The Japanese gang organized the Black Dragon Club.Finally, he wrote down the following request in the cipher text: In view of the secret actions taken by the Japanese in Shanghai, it is basically certain that the disappearance of Sheng Muyi is related to the Japanese side, so he issued two requests: one is to request confirmation of Washington's recent policies towards China and its Whether there is any major change in Japan's policy; the second is to ask Mr. Frank to help provide the direction of the Japanese government's policy towards China.

Lu Ming also couldn't believe that his guess came true two years later. The disappearance of Sheng Muyi had a deep internal connection with a major historical event brewing in Japan.The actions of the Japanese hiding their heads and showing their tails in Shengjia are just the aftermath of a butterfly's wings.

Since it is an observation report, you must have your own point of view and understanding. This is what Mr. Frank taught him.Of course, Lu Ming was not polite, and guessed the Japanese's intentions to the greatest extent.The Black Dragon Society's misbehavior in Shanghai must be related to the secret operations of the Japanese government.

The Japanese side's deceitful behavior is the heart of Sima Zhao.Lu Ming used two Chinese literary and historical allusions at the end of the ciphertext. He wanted to make fun of his teacher Frank. He is a learned Chinese student.

Of course Lu Ming knows that the Japanese government and military are still a vicious dog chained by the United States. Without the connivance of the US government, the Japanese side will not unilaterally take major secret actions. Only Washington can reveal the answer.

Unfortunately, he guessed wrong on this point. This time, the Japanese side not only wanted to break free from the chains, but also wanted to bite their master back.

After writing the observation report, he went to the Telegraph and Telephone Office in the International Settlement and handed the two reports to the clerk.

Of course he couldn't see the operator, and he couldn't even enter the telecommunications room.

He chose this telephone and telegraph office in the International Settlement because it was run by Americans, and it mainly undertakes business in the United States.

The clerk was shocked when he saw the eloquent text on the telegram.

"Which newspaper is the sir a special observer? Write such a long article." He asked in surprise.

"Free Chicago Forum." Lu Ming said.

Lu Ming didn't make it up. If you check the newspaper subscription directory of the US Postal Service, there is indeed a free Chicago Tribune, but no one has seen the publication of this newspaper.

This news organization has its own office address in Washington, and has the most streamlined staffing, but what they are engaged in is not newspaper editing and distribution, but intelligence induction and analysis.

Lu Ming's telegram will also be sent to this office. As long as observer Martin Scott is seen, the people here will notify Mr. Frank to come and pick up the telegram.

The office staff looked at Lu Ming with envy. At that time, the foreign reporters of major news organizations and special observers were engaged in the most popular professions in the world. Not only were they well paid, they could travel all over the world, and they were also easy to become famous. .

After the clerks counted the number of words in the telegram, they calculated the cost of the telegram. Lu Ming said that the cost of the telegram would be reimbursed by the newspaper. The clerk went in and made a phone call, and then came out to tell Lu Ming that the United States agreed to pay the fee, and they had already started work. Preparations for dispatch.

The telegrams had to be translated into telegram ciphers. Even if they were sent in clear text, they had to use Morse code. It was impossible to use a teletype to send them to the United States, because the cost would be too high.As for the ciphertext part, Lu Ming used the one-time password agreed with Frank, and the level of confidentiality was super.

Deciphering codes is extremely difficult to say, but the principle is very simple. In fact, it is to use the exhaustive method to decipher its internal regularity. Therefore, no matter what codes, as long as they are used for a long time, there is a possibility of being deciphered. The telegram codes of the military and embassies and consulates must be changed regularly.

After Lu Ming walked out of the telephone and telegraph building, he suddenly felt a stone in his heart fall to the ground, and he felt a sense of relief. He was looking forward to the call back from Frank from the United States, and hoped that the United States could give him a satisfactory answer.

As far as he knows, the government of the Republic of China's intelligence work on Japan is almost in a state of desolation, mainly because the warlord wars in the country for many years have made the government of the Republic of China unable to carry out this work, and it may also be out of fear of Japan that they dare not conduct intelligence on Japan Work.

Many people have a misunderstanding of intelligence work, thinking that the target of intelligence personnel must be top-secret documents or top-secret information, which is because they have watched too many spy war dramas.In fact, valuable information is often hidden in many publicly issued newspapers and publications, but someone needs to use a pair of discerning eyes to identify it from the massive amount of information.

Analysis and induction rely on data and intuition, and finding the inner connection between two seemingly unrelated events relies on talent.

Frank has a keen eye for people and discovered that Lu Ming has super analytical and inductive abilities. People with such talents are destined to be born to do intelligence work, which is hard to come by.

Lu Ming likes to do detective work, it's actually because of his nature, he doesn't know why he likes this profession, so he opened a private detective agency out of nowhere, and there are many similarities between being a detective and being an intelligence officer.

Will the United States grit its teeth in hatred when it sees the high telegraph fee?Lu Ming couldn't help but laugh when he thought of this.Didn't Frank tell him not to worry about telegraph charges?He also doesn't have to save money for the US government, which is the richest country in the world anyway.

Before Lu Ming could leave the concession, he was stopped by a man in the street.

"It's Mr. Lu Ming, can we have a private talk?" the man said politely.

"Are you... Chinese or Japanese?" Lu Ming asked suspiciously.

"Haha, I was really recognized by Mr. Lu. My Chinese is rarely suspected by people." The man laughed loudly.

"Are you representing the Black Dragon Society, or the Japanese government?" Lu Ming asked straightforwardly.

"No, I'm just an ordinary Japanese folk, entrusted by someone, to negotiate a business with Mr. Lu." The man laughed.

"Oh, what kind of business is it? Let's just say it, don't make detours, I'm busy." Lu Ming's hand was already on the pistol handle behind him.

"A lucrative business."

Lu Ming didn't answer right away. He found several shops on both sides of the street, and there were unknown people quietly watching them.

"Mr. Lu, let's find a place to have a good talk. We can't discuss business on the street." The man was still smiling, but he had a threatening tone.

"If I don't want to talk about it, will I be kidnapped by you?" Lu Ming smiled lightly.

"What kind of people does Mr. Lu think of us? We are not the lawless bastards of the Black Dragon Society. We are civilized people. If Mr. Lu really doesn't want to talk about it, then please do so." The man said as he stepped aside, Make a gesture of please.

Lu Ming really walked a few steps, and then seeing that the people on both sides of the street showed no signs of moving, he suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "Now I suddenly want to talk again."

"Well, I expect that Mr. Lu will figure it out, because we are all the same." The man nodded and smiled.

"I don't know what kind of person you imagine me as?" Lu Ming was really curious.

"Wherever Mr. Lu is from, we are from that way." The man seemed to answer.

Lu Ming wanted to talk to this person, and also wanted to take this opportunity to have direct contact with the Japanese.If it wasn't for the discovery of dolphin toxin, and the Japanese female assassins attacked him, he really didn't want to deal with them.

The roads are different and do not conspire with each other, and each road faces the sky.Why do we have to squeeze together? This is the essence of Chinese culture.

Although there is a certain risk in contacting the Japanese, it is worth taking the risk in order to find out about Sheng Muyi's disappearance and Japan's intentions in Shanghai.

The two came to a Japanese restaurant on the left side of the street. After entering a booth, a waitress in a kimono with thick white powder on her face and her hair combed into a bun came in and poured a drink for them on her knees. Tea.