If it weren't for Colonel Takada's habit of taking a look at the emperor's gold seal every morning after getting up, maybe he didn't even know that all his belongings had been thrown away. He found that the gold seal had turned into a stone.
Colonel Takada did not show extreme anger at the first moment, but immediately checked the contents of other boxes and found that the contents of all the boxes had turned into bricks and stones. Only then did he realize that something serious had happened.
In fact, not many people know that among the things that Colonel Takada plans to bring back to Japan, only a very small part belongs to him. Most of the things, including the emperor's gold seal, Colonel Takada has already informed by telegram
The Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is far away in Japan and has close relations with the imperial family. Colonel Takada retired due to injury. When he returned to Japan, he could at most serve as a military instructor in a middle school. But Colonel Takada, who had lofty ideals, did not want to spend the rest of his life.
He was still at the bottom of society, so the emperor's gold seal and other things were his bargaining chips to climb up.
But he never expected that the bargaining chip for his future settlement would disappear from his bedroom. In anger, Colonel Takada immediately notified the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School Division, so Tang
Cheng and the others were gathered in the restaurant for questioning. Faced with the questioning by the military police and plainclothes, Tang Cheng acted very calmly. After all, he had a witness to prove that he had not left the room last night. He drank with Tang Cheng last night.
The Japanese businessmen who were there were also shouting rejoicing at this moment. They were glad that they were so drunk.
"So, you guys drank together last night, got drunk, and then didn't go back to your room?" The plainclothes student from the Special High School who asked Tangcheng clearly didn't believe Tangcheng's answer. They are people who have been engaged in intelligence all year round.
People at work are accustomed to doubting everything. The more precise Tang Cheng's answers are, the more suspicious they become. Fortunately, Tang Cheng was prepared and directly pointed out the two military policemen standing in the corner of the restaurant and stated that he was
It was these two gendarmes who woke me up.
In the room, the two military policemen who woke up Tang Cheng became the new witnesses. The dubious plainclothes officer immediately asked the two Japanese military policemen for questioning, and got the same answer as Tang Cheng. But when he asked Tang Cheng
In the end, the two plainclothes from the special high school class in the city were not relieved of their suspicions about Tang Cheng, because Tang Cheng's identity was an antique broker, and among the items lost by Colonel Takada, there were many antique calligraphy and paintings.
Tang Cheng, who had already been questioned, was arranged to sit in the corner of the restaurant and wait. After a short time, last night
A Japanese businessman who was drinking with Tang Cheng also wiped his sweat and sat over. After the two talked in a low voice, Tang Cheng immediately felt relieved. When the Japanese businessman was questioned, he also focused on the incident of drinking last night.
Tang Cheng, who took Colonel Takada's things, was the first to pass the interrogation. Naturally, the others had no problems, so after some investigation, Colonel Takada did not get the answer he wanted.
How could Colonel Takada, who was already anxious, accept this result? With a dark face, he immediately came to the restaurant with a bodyguard. "Some of you have taken my things. If you are willing to hand them over, I can pretend to be
This has never happened. If you are stubborn and try to trick me into passing the test, then don’t blame me for my ruthless methods!" Colonel Takada said such words, and he obviously had some calculations in his heart, which made everyone in the restaurant
People became frightened.
Ninety-nine percent of those who can stay at the New Asia Hotel are Japanese, but at this moment, Colonel Takada no longer cares about so much. If he loses the emperor's gold seal and those calligraphy and paintings that he promised to hand over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, his fate will be terrible.
It was not going to get better. Compared with being embarrassed and not having a good ending, Colonel Takada naturally knew what he should choose, so in a rage, he ignored the military police and the plainclothes of the Special High School at the scene, and immediately showed his fierce face.
Tangcheng and the others were already sitting together. They were just ordinary businessmen or brokers. They knew that they had no ability to fight. The only thing they could do was to secretly pray to God for blessing in their hearts, so that they could survive this disaster safely. Because
With Colonel Takada's strong intervention, a new round of investigation was relaunched. Tang Cheng and others were also questioned and investigated by Colonel Takada's guards. Tang Cheng and others with sufficient credentials were screened out in the first round.
I was sent to sit in the corner of the restaurant early to wait.
"Guys, I think we can drink a little more tonight!" After secretly breathing a sigh of relief, one of the Japanese businessmen whispered in a joking tone. After hearing his words, Tang Cheng and others
Everyone laughed in a low voice. They were originally hungover, but at this time, they were secretly glad that they had participated in the wine party last night. As for the fact that they were so drunk in the end that they fell on the floor and fell asleep.
Everyone chose to ignore and
forget.
The new round of investigation lasted longer, so much so that Tang Cheng and the others had their lunch in the restaurant. Colonel Takada, who still couldn't find any clues, smashed the tea cup in his hand in front of everyone.
In the end, we had to select a few people from the inquiry records as the subjects of review, and Tang Cheng happened to be among them. The fundamental reason why Tang Cheng was selected was because of the identity Tang Cheng pretended to be, because Colonel Takada lost many antiques.
Calligraphy and painting, and Tang Cheng happens to be an antique broker.
"This matter has nothing to do with me!" Facing Colonel Takada's personal inquiry, Tang Cheng just shook his head. "I didn't leave my room at all last night. When it got dark, several seniors I knew came over.
I went to my room and admired some gadgets I had recently acquired. Finally, we asked the hotel waiter to help and brought some wine and food to my room. The seniors and I were all very drunk. In the morning
When the military police knocked on the door and entered, we were still awake, and I was also woken up by the military police."
Tang Cheng's answer was not detailed, but it sounded flawless, but Colonel Takada felt something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. Thinking carefully about the answer Tang Cheng gave, Colonel Takada suddenly said to Tang Cheng
Tang Cheng became interested in the gadgets Cheng mentioned. Accompanied by two guards, Tang Cheng was allowed to return to his room and take down the jade-decorated wood carvings that he had admired with everyone last night. The ones in Tang Cheng's room
These jade ornaments and wood carvings were all sold to those Japanese businessmen last night, but because they were drunk, the things were still kept in the room in Tangcheng.
After carefully looking at the jade-decorated wood carvings that Tang Cheng took from the room upstairs, and then asking carefully about the Japanese businessmen who drank with Tang Cheng last night, Colonel Takada finally dispelled his doubts about Tang Cheng. Colonel Takada did not
The reason for doubting Tangcheng again is very simple. First, when Tangcheng and the others were closed for drinking last night, Colonel Takada upstairs had not gone to bed to rest. Secondly, trying to steal the things belonging to Colonel Takada was definitely not a matter of one or two.
What an individual can do.
When Tang Cheng checked into the Xinya Hotel, he was alone. The Japanese businessmen who drank with him last night were all as fat as pigs. If such people participate in theft, they can only hinder bad things.
Third, after repeated inquiries and investigations, Colonel Takada felt more and more that what happened last night was probably inseparable from the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School Division.
Relationship. After all, there are a lot of things in those boxes. Who can leave Xinya Hotel with so many things without being discovered?
In other words, after calming down, Colonel Takada is now most suspicious of the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School Division. After waking up early and discovering that things were stolen, Colonel Takada's guards immediately carefully checked the entire bedroom, but found no traces.
Nothing was found. Especially the doors and windows. The guards checked many times and found nothing suspicious. Being able to steal their belongings without leaving any trace and even stunning themselves and the guards beforehand, Colonel Takada can only doubt now.
Military Police Headquarters and Super High School.
Tang Cheng was once again ruled out as a suspect. At this moment, he didn't know what Colonel Takada was thinking. If he knew that this guy was suspecting the Military Police Headquarters and the Special High School Division, maybe Tang Cheng would add fuel to the flames. The theft case of Xinya Hotel,
Soon the news spread in Hongkou District. Early the next morning, big news broke again in the Xinya Hotel. Colonel Takada, who had lost something, could not bear the pressure and committed suicide by taking poison in the room.
Someone died in the Xinya Hotel, and it has become a place of great danger. Both Chinese and Japanese are very taboo about this, especially businessmen. They were originally ordered to stay in the hotel and not do whatever they wanted.
The guests who left immediately started making a fuss, and even if the military police intervened to suppress it, it was of no avail. In the end, I had to agree that the guests were dispersed and moved into other hotels in Hongkou District. Tang Cheng was the second batch of guests to leave the New Asia Hotel.
Feeling that Colonel Takada's death was suspicious, he was also strictly ordered not to leave the Hongkou District at will.
Tang Cheng didn't care if he stayed in Hongkou District. Anyway, he had nothing to do now. Now he just waited for the storm to pass, so he could use an excuse to go north to Tianjin and then quietly leave Shanghai. Tang Cheng originally thought that in three or two days,
This matter should be over, after all, the victim had committed suicide by taking poison. But he never expected that the Ministry of Internal Affairs suddenly sent people to Shanghai to investigate the matter, and it seemed that they were determined to find an answer.
The commotion caused by the Ministry of Internal Affairs this time is not small, because the person leading the investigation is actually a member of the royal family. The Japanese army in Shanghai can let a retired colonel die in the hotel, but they cannot let this member of the royal family have the slightest problem.
When Tang Cheng heard the news, he became excited because he knew that killing a hundred Japanese spies would not be as satisfying as killing a member of the Japanese royal family.