"Okay, whatever I ask you later, you will tell me whatever you want. You have to be truthful and don't intentionally conceal or lie. If I find anything inconsistent with the facts, my promise will be invalid. I will arrest your whole family immediately and bring them to justice." Chen Tianhua said again.

The golden sword is hung for the purpose of once and for all.

"Don't worry, sir. I will definitely tell the truth frankly, and I will never hide anything or lie."

At this time, Xia Houxuan's mind was filled with survival, and he wished he could tell everything in order to win the other party's favor.

He is not stupid and knows exactly what Chen Tianhua and the others need.

The subsequent interrogation went very smoothly.

Xu Yunyuan served as a juror, two reporters served as clerks, and the British counselor served as on-site supervisor.

The interrogation process lasted a whole afternoon and night before everything was clarified and the on-site records were compiled.

Early the next morning, according to Xia Houxuan's explanation, Chen Tianhua, accompanied by Ian, the counselor of the British Consulate, Xu Yunyuan from the Shanghai Declaration Office, and others, rode into the mountains under the escort of more than fifty New Army soldiers, and asked people to dig in a deep valley.

In the ice and snow on the mountain, fifty officers and soldiers took turns going into battle with pickaxes and iron drills. It took them half a day to finally find the pit where Charlie and others were buried.

There are numerous corpses that cannot be identified, but the instruments and some personal items buried with the corpses can fully explain the identities of the more than ten corpses in the pit.

The scene was photographed and recorded, then the bones were bagged and the evidence was packed into boxes. By the time they were all transported out of the mountain, it was already dark.

Charlie's so-called disappearance case was successfully solved in Meishan Town. With these irrefutable evidence, we can pry open the mouths of Jin Tianlong and He Renbao and dig out the mastermind and the conspiracy.

In the end, it was left to the British and Japanese to negotiate. It is estimated that this matter will escalate into a diplomatic war between the two countries.

If the evidence is conclusive, Japan will undoubtedly lose. In addition to its international reputation, it will also suffer major economic losses.

Chen Tianhua is waiting to see what the result will be.

However, this siege of Yaojin Mining Headquarters and Meishan Town, in addition to political purposes and economic strategies, also brought in a lot of military supplies and wealth.

There are nearly a thousand Murata standard rifles and countless ammunition, enough to equip two and a half battalions.

There were also one million taels of silver and more than three million yuan of silver dollars, and countless other jewelry and properties were confiscated.

Now that Li Cunzhi had requested military expenditures, Chen Tianhua also took the opportunity to make a fortune.

No wonder there are so many bandits on horseback and mountain bandits in the world. Robbery is quick and much easier than engaging in industry.

This is Chen Tianhua's off-topic exclamation. He is gradually adapting to the realistic environment of the late Qing Dynasty.

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Early December.

During the twelfth lunar month in Hangzhou Fucheng, the temperature is very low and the wind is biting.

Walking outdoors, a gust of wind blew through the collar of my neck, making my whole body tremble, and my hands and feet were so cold that I felt numb.

In the past few days, heavy snow has fallen in the sky, and the air seems to be frozen. At night, especially late at night, the temperature is minus 6-8 degrees. Under the wind, the temperature suddenly drops to minus 10 degrees.

Gongchenqiao Japanese Concession.

The lights in the Yoshida Hall are brightly lit, the fireplace is burning brightly, and a warm current is lingering in the room.

The Sino-Japanese Sino-Japanese War ended with the complete defeat of the Qing government and the complete annihilation of the Beiyang Navy.

For this reason, the Qing government was forced to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki with Japan, which was humiliating and humiliating the country.

According to the content of the treaty, many places in the Qing Dynasty would be opened to Japan and became treaty ports.

Among them, Ningbo, Wenzhou and Hangzhou in Zhejiang Province became Japan’s treaty ports.

The Gongchen Bridge area in Hangzhou became a Japanese concession.

It demarcates: the area from outside Wuding Gate to the north of Gongchen Bridge, the east bank of the canal, from Changgong Bridge to Gongchen Bridge, as a concession specially managed by Japan.

Japan originally wanted to open an exclusive concession in Shanghai, but Shanghai was within the sphere of influence of the United States, Britain, and France, and the Qing government was disgusted with it. In the end, they failed.

Therefore, they established Japan's exclusive concessions in Jiangnan in Hangzhou and Suzhou, close to Shanghai.

The Jiangnan region has always been a wealthy area, and the great powers of various countries are eyeing it.

The Japanese Concession of Gongchen Bridge is located at the southern end of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. The river here is wide and convenient for ships to dock. It is extremely convenient for cargo loading, unloading and storage, and waterways extend in all directions.

The waterway is very convenient to Shanghai, Hankou, Chongqing and other places. It also occupies the internal transportation line to the Ningbo Port of the East China Sea, Hangzhou Bay and other sea ports.

Gongchen Bridge is located at a very strategic location.

Since the establishment of the Japanese Concession in 1896, after nearly seven years of construction by the Japanese, it has opened commercial ports, newspapers, inns, restaurants, teahouses, etc.

Of course, there will be no shortage of opium dens, brothels, and gambling houses.

Ten feet of red dust, noisy and lively.

In the Japanese concession, Jianghu gangs, spies, businessmen, Japanese ronin, prostitutes...a series of ukiyo-e paintings of all living beings are staged here.

The smokey streets and willow alleys here are bustling and lively, and are a den of wealth and wealth.

The opium dens, taverns, brothels, gambling houses, etc. opened by the Japanese in the concession were enough to drive the surrounding residents crazy.

In the Gongchenqiao Japanese Concession, Japanese people have independent judicial and management rights, and have their own police station and expatriate security team.

This became a base for Japanese people to run wild and plunder.

The Japanese Consulate in Hangzhou is located in the Japanese Concession.

On the east bank of Gongchen Bridge near the Grand Canal, stands a three-story Japanese-style building.

At the door of this building, there is a rectangular plaque made of solid wood, surrounded by carvings of rare birds and animals, and tangled branches.

The middle panel is embroidered with the words "Yoshida Kaikan" in bold letters.

The courtyard gate of this Japanese-style building is tall and made of dark black iron gates with twisted branches. The gate is closed on weekdays, and passers-by rarely see the gate open, making it somewhat mysterious.

Entering the Guild Hall's Guangzhi courtyard gate, passing through a beautiful and exquisite large garden, you will reach the lobby on the first floor.

In the middle of the hall, there are several desks, chairs, filing cabinets, a few long tables and a few stools. It is simply a public office space.

There are small rooms on both sides of the hall and on the second floor, which are used as employee dormitories and supervisory offices.

General idlers are not allowed to enter the third floor. Even Japanese service personnel are not allowed to go up there without permission.

From the outside, "Yoshida Kaikan" looks quiet and clean. It is just a business office and employee accommodation, no different from other commercial ports.

All the staff in the club are Japanese, including the servants and chefs.

The owner of this club is named Taro Yoshida. He is in his thirties, short and lean, with a hawk-headed head and a fair face.

On weekdays, I only wear a kimono in the mansion, and when I go out, I wear a suit for convenience.

Yoshida studied at the Japanese Army Sergeant School in his early years, and spent some time in the Japanese Army after graduation.

Later, he felt that his actions in the army were restricted, so Yoshida soon resigned from the military and joined the Black Dragon Society. As a ronin, he actively participated in various radical political activities.
Chapter completed!