Chapter 14: The Lower Class
Therefore, Chu Lingyun would rather give up the investigation of Asano Ono and Endo Yuki than let Yang Jian go.
In addition, if Chu Lingyun wanted all three, he would indeed be short of manpower. Now handing over two of them in exchange for Wang Yuemin's full support would be a good deal.
Now he has a lot of resources at his disposal, and the entire operations team and intelligence team of Wuhan Station must obey his command.
He is the leader of the case. When Asano Ono and Endo Yuki are caught again, it will also be his contribution, and Wang Jialiang will owe him a huge favor.
Even if departments such as the Telecommunications Group and the General Affairs Group are not Wang Yuemin's people, they must fully cooperate with him for the sake of the case.
Originally, Chu Lingyun had ordered the telephone office to monitor Yang Jian's phone calls. Now that Wang Yuemin had given the order, the telecommunications team immediately sent several people to the telephone office to monitor and record the Yang family's phone calls 24 hours a day.
Chu Lingyun directly reimbursed the rewards given to shoe shiners Liu Qiang and Datou from the General Affairs Group.
Forty yuan is not a small amount for Chu Lingyun now, but this is a business matter and he doesn't need to pay out of his own pocket.
After Chu Lingyun left, Wang Jialiang soon learned the result that Wang Yuemin had helped him achieve.
The intelligence team can intervene, but the division of labor is clear. The intelligence team is only responsible for the investigation of Asano Ono, Endo Yuki and Yamada Hiroyuki.
This result made Wang Jialiang feel very uncomfortable.
These two people were the results of his previous work. Because he was deceived, he gave up the case carelessly. Now, not only can he only continue the previous work, but after making progress, he has to report the results to one more person.
What Wang Jialiang wants most is actually Yang Jian.
It’s not that Qian Cang and Xiao Ye are unimportant, but they have already been exposed. We just need to keep an eye on them.
Yang Jian is different. He is still hiding in the dark. Coupled with Watanabe Ichiro's confession, Wang Jialiang is very clear about Yang Jian's value.
It can be said that Asano Ono and Endo Yuki combined are not as important as half of Yang Jian.
Wang Jialiang had tried to get the right to investigate Yang Jian, but unfortunately Wang Yuemin did not agree. He could only follow orders honestly and did not dare to overstep the boundaries.
Although he was Wang Yuemin's cousin, he knew very well that if he messed up the case, Wang Yuemin would not forgive him either.
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The next morning, Chu Lingyun first came to Jinsan Lane.
Here, there are always eyes watching Yang Jian's home.
The location chosen by Shen Hanwen was very good. It was an attic on the second floor diagonally opposite Yang Jian's house. From here, one could clearly see the gate of Yang Jian's house and some situations in Yang Jian's yard.
"Captain, Yang Jian has come out three times in the past two days, and he's only been in the yard. The rest of the time he's been in his room. We took some photos and have developed them."
Shen Hanwen was reporting to Chu Lingyun in the attic.
Chu Lingyun took a few photos and looked at them carefully.
The cameras they received from the General Affairs Group were pretty good. Although they were far inferior to the mobile phone cameras of later generations, they were already high-tech products in this era.
The shooting distance was not far, and Yang Jian's appearance was still very clear.
Judging from the photo, Yang Jian is about 40 years old. He is not tall, only about 1.6 meters at most. He wears glasses and looks gentle.
In the photo, Yang Jian is looking up, not sure what he is looking at. His clothes are a little messy, but very clean.
"Has anyone come to see him?"
Chu Lingyun looked at the photo and asked casually, Yang Jian is Watanabe Ichiro's emergency contact, it is normal for him to stay at home all the time. If he is not at home often, it is possible that he will not be able to answer important calls.
Yang Jian's public identity was a painter, which helped him to cover up his identity very well.
As for artists, there are many who stay at home and never go out. Not to mention not going out for a few days, even not going out for a month will not arouse suspicion.
Shen Hanwen shook his head: "No, I asked the neighbors, and almost no one comes to their house. In the neighbors' impression, Yang Jian has never interacted with outsiders."
Chu Lingyun put down the photo, walked to the window, and looked carefully at Yang Jian's yard diagonally opposite.
The yard is not very big. Yang Jian's house is of middle to lower class in Jinsan Lane. There are many mansions here. Yang Jian's house can only be considered average, not as good as the one Shen Hanwen found after surveillance.
There is not even an attic in Yang Jian's house.
"Have you investigated the neighbors on both sides of Yang Jian?"
Chu Lingyun noticed that the houses on both sides of Yang Jian's house were not small, and there was an attic on the left, which was right opposite the attic where they were stalking.
Shen Hanwen was stunned for a moment, then quickly replied, "Not yet, but I knocked on their neighbor's door. The neighbor on the right is a merchant who runs a grain store. During the day, the couple is not home, only an elderly couple is home with their grandson. The couple living on the left is home, the man is about forty years old, and the woman looks no more than thirty, and is very beautiful."
"Check their identities, and also check the family you rented with, just to be absolutely sure."
Chu Lingyun gave the order. He did not blame Shen Hanwen. It was already very good to be able to accomplish this in more than a day.
"yes."
Shen Hanwen responded immediately. He already knew that the captain had led Zhong Hui and his men to victory yesterday and captured a real Japanese spy.
It's a pity that he was unable to participate in the operation, otherwise he would definitely have made a contribution. However, the captain treated him well and handed the more important Yang Jian to him. Once Yang Jian was captured, his contribution would definitely be no less than that of Zhong Hui.
After leaving Shen Hanwen, Chu Lingyun went directly to Changtang Street.
Liu Qiang was still setting up his stall at the old location. There was no one polishing his shoes at the moment, so he was lying there resting with his hat covering his face.
"You just made a fortune, didn't you take a few days to rest?"
Chu Lingyun sat down on the small bench in front of the shoe stall. Liu Qiang shuddered and quickly took off his hat.
"No, I don't need to rest. Commander Chu, why are you here?" Seeing Chu Lingyun, Liu Qiang was surprised and a little nervous.
He didn't know Chu Lingyun's identity before, but after following Chu Lingyun to arrest someone yesterday, he realized how powerful Chu Lingyun was.
With just one order, everyone in the police station has to obey him. How high-ranking an official must he be.
Anyway, he is much more powerful than the highest official Liu Qiang knows, the head of their alley.
"Shoe shine."
Chu Lingyun lifted his feet. He had been running around a lot these days, so his leather shoes were indeed a little dirty.
"Okay."
Liu Qiang swiftly took out the shoe-polishing tools and began to polish his leather shoes carefully. Chu Lingyun did not come here on a whim.
Liu Qiang was the main contributor to the capture of Ichiro Watanabe yesterday.
Loach's information was so flexible that before he had distributed the reward completely, Liu Qiang gave him a big surprise. This also made Chu Lingyun discover the usefulness of these low-level people in the city.
Those people living at the bottom of society include not only shoe shiners like Liu Qiang, but also rickshaw drivers, newspaper boys, and even restaurant waiters.
Although they are not professionals, there are many of them and they are usually busy with their lives. They can meet people from almost all walks of life in the city.