The Confucius Temple in Jinling City is not only the place where gold powder was produced during the Six Dynasties, but also a place where antiquities and cultural relics gather.
There are many shops selling antiques, cultural relics and folk handicrafts here. In Cheng Qianfan's memory, this place was always crowded with tourists, including literati, poets, dignitaries, merchants, wealthy gentry, and foreigners with big nostrils and big breasts. It was very lively.
After the fall of Nanjing, it was a scorched earth and hell on earth.
The Antiquities and Curiosities Street in Confucius Temple was also burned, killed, and looted. Today, almost two years later, the Curiosities Street is still a little deserted and no longer as prosperous as it once was.
Cheng Qianfan, who had taken leave from the hospital, came to Songgu Zhai on Curio Street in Confucius Temple, escorted by many guards led by Hao Zai and Li Hu.
Songguzhai sells antiques, calligraphy and paintings, porcelain, copper, bamboo and stone, the Four Treasures of the Study, ivory, seals, ornaments, brocade, snuff bottles, etc. It is very famous in Nanjing.
"I have an injury on my shoulder, not a limp." Cheng Qianfan glared at Haozi, who was still muttering that he should have had one of his subordinates push the wheelchair, which made "Little Mr. Cheng" feel quite unlucky.
The boy from Songguzhai had sharp eyes and hurriedly came to greet him.
He could obviously tell that the person being guarded by bodyguards had an extraordinary identity. Of course, the most important thing was that Hao Zai and others didn't mind exposing their personal affairs at all. Anyone who dared to carry a short gun with him so unscrupulously in Nanjing City was either a Japanese or a traitor.
, are not easy to offend.
"Jade, ivory, gilt Buddha, small ornaments, seals, brocade, birdcages, abacus, snuff bottles." Cheng Qianfan yawned, "These are some of the good things I have presented to you."
The jade was given to Imamura Hyōtaro. Imamura always considers himself a gentleman, and a gentleman loves jade.
The ivory was given to Sanbonjiro. Recently, Sanbonjiro suddenly became very interested in ivory products. Of course, the section chief's deepest love was the simple yellow croaker.
The gilded Buddha was prepared for the teacher Tong Gongshen. My wife believed in Buddhism, and the teacher gradually began to get closer to Buddhism.
In addition, Mr. Zhang from the Qing Gang also believes in Buddhism.
The trinkets are for Pete. Linda likes Chinese trinkets, so Pete often collects and stores them. Whenever he cheats on her, he will give Linda a delicate trinket as a gift. It can be said that the trinkets in Mrs. Pete's home are totally acceptable.
Three cupboards are filled.
The seal is for himself. Cheng Qianfan likes to play with ancient seals recently.
The Yun brocade was prepared for Ruolan. Once you go out, you can't go back empty-handed.
The birdcage is for little Zhima, who likes to listen to birdsong.
The abacus is prepared for Xiaobao, who is now starting to learn abacus.
The snuff bottle was prepared for Jin Kemu. Mr. Jin has always been very fond of snuff bottles.
That's probably it, there shouldn't be anything missing, Cheng Qianfan thought to himself.
As for the others, it’s not to the point where Mr. Cheng needs to worry about bringing gifts when he’s on a business trip.
Xiaocheng, who was doing everything in his power in the French Concession, was always tired when he went out.
Hearing what Cheng Qianfan said, the young man was overjoyed. Knowing that this was a real big customer, he didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly welcomed him in, and hurriedly asked the shopkeeper on duty.
…
In the alley more than a hundred steps away from Song Guzhai, Shirakawa listened to the military police's report with a gloomy expression.
"Shirakawa-kun, your information is wrong. Tang Kanlao's people did not come to Confucius Temple." Gendarmerie Chief Yano Fuji said with slight dissatisfaction.
Baichuan was unwilling to give in and stepped forward to ask the military police several questions.
Finally, he shook his head dejectedly.
Okada Chief Okada, according to Mr. Koizumi, was killed in a despicable sneak attack by the New Fourth Army. No. 76 acted very quickly and arrested the murderer of Chief Okada. The latter admitted to killing Okada in the sneak attack.
The crime of the room chief.
In addition, the New Fourth Army underground party member could not survive the punishment, but he actually exposed the Chongqing elements lurking inside the secret service headquarters——
Tang Wenlao from the Secret Service Operations Group 3 and Tong Xueyong from the Sixth Group.
According to Koizumi Nobuze's analysis, although there is no evidence that Tang Wenlao and Tong Xueyong were related to the murder of the chief, No. 76 had previously suspected and monitored two underground New Fourth Army members, Qian Yuanxu and Lu Benshan, but had been
No action was taken. Therefore, Xiaoquan privately believed that the suspicion that Tang Kanlao and Tong Xueyong deliberately indulged and watched the New Fourth Army kill Chief Okada could not be ruled out.
After the New Fourth Army killed the room chief, Chongqing's sleeper elements went out again and used the power of No. 76 to arrest the New Fourth Army. This was a plan to kill two birds with one stone.
Shirakawa partially agreed with Koizumi Nobuzawa's analysis, but still had certain reservations. The most critical of them was how Tang Wenlao and Tong Xueyong, the two traitors on the 76th who came to Nanjing from Shanghai on business, quickly locked up the money.
Yuan Xu and Lu Benshan, two underground members of the New Fourth Army, had little success in arresting the New Fourth Army.
In addition, there is another point that puzzles Shirakawa. Koizumi Nobuze specifically confessed that he did not want to capture Tang Wenlao and Tong Xueyong alive, but only wanted corpses.
This is a difficult command to explain.
Apart from anything else, whether these two people are related to the murder of the room chief, and whether the two Chongqing elements have any other accomplices, are all subject to a trial.
However, Shirakawa looked at Koizumi Nobuzawa's cold expression under anger and did not dare to violate it.
Koizumi Nobuze's order was that Tong Xueyong and Tang Wenlao should all be executed by his subordinates on the 76th as a warning to others, so that they would no longer have to worry about being complicit.
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When Tang Kanlao and Tong Xueyong left Laohuqiao, they revealed their respective destinations during their conversation, one was going to Confucius Temple and the other was going to Jiming Temple.
This information was obtained, so Koizumi Nobuze decided to divide his troops into two groups. He personally led a team of military police to Jiming Temple to hunt down Tong Xueyong's troops; Shirakawa, with the cooperation of Yano Fuji, led a team of military police to Confucius Temple to kill Tang Kanlao.
Department.
Clear division of labor and quick action.
But here comes the problem——
The military police searched the Confucius Temple, but did not find Tang Kanlao and others.
Faced with the inquiries from the 'Locust Army', shops along the street, citizens and merchants did not dare to conceal their identity, saying that they had not seen anyone who looked like Tang Kanlao or others.
"Bag duck down!" Shirakawa cursed bitterly. He looked at Yanofuji and said, "Yano-kun, we have been fooled."
"You mean, the two of them deliberately said they were going to Confucius Temple and Jiming Temple. In fact, they deliberately lured us into being deceived, and then took the opportunity to abscond?" Yanofu asked with a serious face.
"Whether they took the opportunity to abscond, we don't know yet." Bai Chuan shook his head, "At the very least, neither of them told the truth to each other."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Bai Chuan couldn't help but cursed bitterly, "Chinese people are so evil-minded and cunning."
"Could it be that Tang Kanlao smelled something and absconded?" Yanofu couldn't help but ask again.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Bai Chuan frowned and said.
In his mind, he evaluated the possibility of Tang Kanlao finding something bad and absconding, but found that there was something difficult to explain. Tang Kanlao probably didn't know that the captured New Fourth Army actually knew that they were Chongqing elements and reported them. So,
, Tang Kanlao is not vigilant and has no need to escape.
At this time, when Bai Chuan walked out of the alley, he saw two men wearing shorts, black open coats, and short guns at their waists, guarding the door of Songguzhai with vigilance.
He and Yano Fuji looked at each other, waved their hands, and a group of military police rushed towards Matsukosai in an encircling manner.
…
Jiming Temple.
Koizumi Nobuzawa put down the telescope in his hand and showed hesitation.
Intelligence showed that Tong Xueyong's troops came to Jiming Temple, but it was Tang Kanlao and his men who were sneaking around Jiming Temple Mountain through the telescope just now.
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