Liu Xia was just deliberately creating a situation and blaming Cheng Qianfan for possible future investigations. She did not doubt Cheng Qianfan or think that Cheng Qianfan had any ulterior motives.
However, now, after thinking about it carefully, Liu Xia couldn't help but have a trace of doubt in her heart.
Why did Cheng Qianfan follow her?
Or was he not following her, but just along the way? If he was along the way, what was his original intention?
If things don't go his way, then he is following her on purpose. What is his intention?
Or maybe Cheng Qianfan has an ulterior motive?
Then, did Cheng Qianfan really not touch the briefcase when it left his sight?
Liu Xia doesn't know.
She thought to herself and could only keep this matter in her heart.
The next day, morning.
The ship "Fuso" docked at Qingdao Port.
The entire Qingdao Port was heavily guarded and was completely taken over by the Qingdao Japanese military police. Except for the traitors, big and small, who came to greet the port, Chinese people were not allowed to approach the port unless they were port workers with special passes.
After a low-key but respectful welcome ceremony, Wang Reclamation's team, including Cheng Qianfan and other entourage members, left the port in more than ten cars.
He was in the same car with Liu Xia and Chu Mingyu's driver Du Weiming.
Liu Xia looked out the car window, where she could see some wealthy businessmen arriving on the same ship, and the passengers also disembarked and left.
Her eyes lingered for a moment on a young man in a suit and leather shoes. When she saw that the man successfully passed the inspection and got off the ship, and called a rickshaw to leave, Liu Xia breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sister Xia, what are you looking at?" Cheng Qianfan asked.
"Nothing." Liu Xia shook her head and said with some emotion, "It has been years since I last came to Qingdao, and things have changed a lot."
The motorcade arrived at the Yingbin Hotel in a mighty manner and went through the check-in procedures under the arrangements of the hotel staff and the Japanese reception staff.
Cheng Qianfan and Du Weiming were in the same room. After Du Weiming said hello to him, he left the room and wandered around.
Cheng Qianfan was not in a hurry to go out and familiarize himself with the environment. He had to do a full set of performances. Because of the uncomfortable sequelae of seasickness, he stayed in the room to rest.
After resting for about an hour, Cheng Qianfan called the waiter.
"Sir, how can I help you?"
"Excuse me, please get some newspapers." Cheng Qianfan said.
"Okay." The waiter said, "Sir, what do you want from the newspaper?"
"The newspapers with the largest sales in Qingdao." Cheng Qianfan said. He smiled and said, "If you can, have another cup of coffee."
"no problem."
Soon, the waiter took a stack of newspapers and brought a cup of coffee.
"Thank you for your hard work." Cheng Qianfan handed over a yen note, "I like to read newspapers. If possible, please pick up more latest newspapers in the next few days."
"Of course, I'm happy to serve you." The waiter said happily after collecting the tip.
"Thank you." Cheng Qianfan said with a smile. Since he wanted to get in touch with Taozi and others through newspapers, he now had to start creating his own requirements and habits of reading newspapers.
…
Seaside Department Store.
As the Spring Festival approaches, business in department stores is good.
Hu Zejun pretended to be a customer who came to purchase goods and was introduced into the backyard again.
"Stationmaster, we have found out." He took off his hat, held it in his hand, and reported to Ke Zhijiang, "Now we have found out that the three hotels, the Yingbin Hotel, the Taiping Road Hotel, and the Japan Oriental Hotel on Shaoguan Road, Should be used by the Japanese as a hotel for the 'Big Three' conference.”
"Wang Chuhai, Liang Hongzhi, and Wang Keming." Ke Zhijiang said thoughtfully, "It seems that the Japanese should have arranged these three in these three hotels."
He looked at Hu Zejun and said in a deep voice, "These three big traitors all deserved their death. However, our resources are limited and we can only choose one as our target."
"What the webmaster means is that we target Wang Reclamation?" Hu Zejun said.
"Exactly." Ke Zhijiang nodded, "Of these three people, Wang Chuhai has the greatest influence. Chairman of the Committee hates him deeply. Boss Dai also sent three telegrams asking us to eradicate them at all costs."
He looked at Hu Zejun and said, "Our first priority now is to determine which hotel Wang Qianhai will stay in."
"This is a bit difficult to handle." Hu Zejun frowned and said, "Stationmaster, brothers secretly monitored these three hotels and found that the Japanese have imposed martial law around the hotels. The three hotels have also refused to allow foreign guests to stay. Our people cannot approach them at all."
"No matter how difficult it is, we have to find a way to get close." Ke Zhijiang said in a deep voice, frowning and thinking.
"Webmaster, my subordinates noticed that there are reporters walking around with cameras hanging around their necks in front of these three hotels." Hu Zejun suddenly thought of a detail and said, "Can our people pretend to be reporters and sneak in to investigate?"
"It's an idea." Ke Zhijiang's eyes lit up, he nodded and said, "You can give it a try."
"Then I will make arrangements now," Hu Zejun said.
"Not busy." Ke Zhijiang waved his hand and said thoughtfully, "Judging from the Japanese's strict security, they must strictly scrutinize people entering and leaving. From this point of view, even if a reporter wants to sneak in, it will not be easy."
"What the webmaster said is absolutely true," Hu Zejun said. "My subordinates speculate that the reporters who can enter the hotel should also be specially approved by the Japanese. Or, based on the habits of the Japanese, they may issue some special passes."
"Yes, a pass." Ke Zhijiang nodded deeply, "In this way, I will try to get a pass and see if Lao Hei can make a fake one."
Lao Hei is a member of the Intelligence Section of the Qingdao Station. He is good at forging various documents. The brothers at the Qingdao Station have been able to escape the Japanese and puppet searches many times. The documents that Lao Hei forged are the most important.
"Okay." Hu Zejun nodded, "I will take care of it now."
…
Shanghai.
Xiafei Road.
Hu Qiming was so drunk that he staggered home.
As soon as I arrived at the door of my house, I was stopped by the landlady.
"Mr. Hu, your telegram," the landlady said.
"Telegram?" Hu Qiming's heart moved, but his face looked drunk. When he got out of the car, he almost fell. He thanked the landlady who came to help him, took the telegram from her hand, glanced at it, and muttered, " Push, push, push, things always have their priorities."
"Mr. Hu also has relatives in Qingdao?" the landlady asked curiously.
"There is a cousin in Qingdao." Hu Qiming looked irritated, "She is so upset. She must be calling for money."
With that said, without waiting for the landlady to ask any more questions, she carried the foreign car crookedly through the door.
I locked the foreign car in the yard, went upstairs, and bolted the door.
There was no trace of drunkenness on his face, his eyes were bright and his expression was serious.
Soon, he translated the telegram, which was clearly a greeting and a request for money after talking about some trivial matters.
Hu Qiming took a look at the translated telegram and was very excited. As expected of a eldest sister, she had gotten such a confidential telegram.
He couldn't help but have more speculations about the identity of this mysterious eldest sister. It seemed that the 'eldest sister' must be lurking in an important position within the Wang Group, otherwise it would be impossible to have access to such confidential information.
Soon, he took out the telegraph machine from the hidden compartment, put on his earphones, and began to send a message to the Chongqing headquarters.
Almost a few minutes after Hu Qiming turned on the computer and sent the report, the special agent in the telecommunications laboratory of the Special Higher Education Department immediately exclaimed and reported to Nohara Kenji, "Director, that strange radio wave has appeared again."
…
"Okay! Okay! Okay!" Dai Chunfeng showed a hearty smile, "You are worthy of being a 'begging for cleverness'!"
Just now, Qiqiaohua sent a report from Shanghai and reported top-secret information to the Military Command Headquarters.
"This information is so timely." Qi Wu also praised, "With this Japanese security arrangement for the 'Big Three' meeting, the possibility of Qingdao accomplishing great things has greatly increased. This can be said to be even more powerful."
However, Qi Wu's expression immediately became solemn, "It's just that judging from this information, the Japanese attach great importance to the security of the 'Big Three' meeting. Even if Qingdao has mastered this information, they want to take effective measures." Action is not easy either.”
When Dai Chunfeng heard this, he nodded with a serious expression.
"Anyway, this information will be of great help to Ke Zhijiang." Dai Chunfeng said, "Our intelligence work has been done to the extreme."
He said to Qi Wu, "Call Ke Zhijiang and tell him that the bureau headquarters has done its best to help him. I hope he will not disappoint me."
"yes!"
…
Kaisheng Apartment.
A sudden knock on the door woke Ke Zhijiang up.
He quickly opened the drawer, took out the short gun, turned off the safety and went behind the door.
Qi Yafeng, who was in bed, also took out a small revolver from the bag on the bedside table and looked nervously in the direction of the door.
"who."
"Third brother, it's me, Xiao Shen."
Hearing the voice of Shen Xi, Ke Zhijiang breathed a sigh of relief, opened the door and let Shen Xi in.
"Webmaster, Boss Dai is calling." Shen Xi took off his hat, took out the telegram from the brim and handed it to Ke Zhijiang.
"Great!" Ke Zhijiang looked excited after reading the telegram and couldn't help but sigh again, "As expected of the bureau headquarters. We are still working hard to check, but the bureau headquarters has actually obtained the enemy's security plan."
He flicked the telegram with the fingers of his left hand and said happily, "During the day, I was still worrying about how to determine where Wang Ni lived, but the bureau headquarters has already figured it all out."
The telegram clearly stated that the Japanese arranged for the Wang Reclamation Group to stay at the Guest Hotel; the Japanese Shanghai Front Army personnel attending the meeting and Japanese military reporters, the North China Japanese Army Liaison Department and Wang Keming and his party, the Central China Japanese Army Liaison Department and Liang Hongzhi and his party stayed at the Taiping Road Hotel; the Japanese invaders Seishiro Itagaki, Chief of Staff of the Chinese Army, personnel attending the meeting from the North China Front and personnel from the Tokyo Military Headquarters stayed at the Nippon Oriental Hotel on Shaoguan Road.
"Webmaster, the Taiping Road Hotel and the Dongyang Hotel on Shaoguan Road are also of great attack value." Shen Xi also said with an excited look.
"Yes!" Ke Zhijiang agreed and nodded.
The Liang Hongzhi Group, the Wang Keming Group, the North China and Central China Japanese Military Liaison Departments, and representatives of the Japanese military in Shanghai are all at the Taiping Road Hotel. This is also a big fish.
As for the Oriental Hotel on Shaoguan Road, apart from anything else, Seishiro Itagaki alone is a huge fat fish!
"It's a pity that we don't have enough manpower, so we can only attack in one place." Ke Zhijiang shook his head regretfully and gritted his teeth, "The plan remains unchanged. Our primary goal is to reclaim the sea. This cannot be shaken!"
Chen Xi opened his mouth. In his heart, the Japanese chief Seishiro Itagaki was the biggest fish.
However, he also knew that Chongqing regarded Wang Qianhai as the absolute number one target for eradication, so he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.
"Now that it has been confirmed that Wang Quanhai will stay at the Guest House." Ke Zhijiang's serious expression showed a bit of excitement, "Our next task is to plan how to attack the Guest House and Wang Quanhai!"
…
"Why eat just this?" Liu Xia glanced at Cheng Qianfan.
"I haven't recovered from my seasickness yet." Cheng Qianfan smiled bitterly, and as he spoke, he touched his stomach, "Sister Xia, listen, I'm obviously hungry, but I just don't have much appetite."
"Slow down." Liu Xia also shook her head helplessly, "The secretary-general said that you didn't get seasick when you were on a boat when you were a child. Why are you so seasick now?"
"Who knows?" Cheng Qianfan felt a little resentful and shook his head with a wry smile.
"I heard that Liang Hongzhi and Wang Keming's people have also arrived." He said to Liu Xia.
"They say they have arrived." Liu Xia nodded and looked around, "It is said that not only these two have arrived, but Shang Qing has also arrived."
"Why is he here?" Cheng Qianfan asked in surprise.
"It's something that was expected." Liu Xia said, "The Japanese have already let it slip."
According to the information that Wang had just mastered, the Japan China Expeditionary Force Reporting Department had even formulated the "Qingdao Talks Propaganda and Reporting Essentials Plan" in advance.
express Japan's intentions.
"The Japanese also solemnly forwarded this document to Mr. Wang. They put it nicely and said they respected Mr. Wang." Liu Xia snorted coldly.
"This document specifically mentions the article "Relationship between the New Regime and Mongolia and Xinjiang" that Shang Qing will come to Qingdao during the meeting, describing Shang Qing's trip as being invited by Mr. Wang to represent the Mongolian-Xinjiang coalition government's briefing
"Special circumstances in Xinjiang', and negotiate on matters related to the Mongolian-Xinjiang coalition government's participation in the Central Political Conference in an independent capacity."
Cheng Qianfan frowned, "The Japanese have ulterior motives. They want to force Mr. Wang to admit that the Mongolian-Xinjiang coalition government is independent of the central power."
"Mr. Wang is very dissatisfied with this." Liu Xia said in a low voice.
Cheng Qianfan was silent for a long time, then sighed, "So what if I'm not satisfied."
He said to Liu Xia, "It's not easy for Mr. Wang to endure hardships while working hard."
Liu Xia glanced at Cheng Qianfan, nodded, and said nothing more.
…
Qingdao, Japanese military airport.
A Japanese military plane landed slowly.
Onodera Shogo, the head of the Intelligence Office of the Qingdao Military Police Headquarters, and his subordinate Yuhiro Kurata, as well as Shiba Yangji, the head of the Security Office of the Military Police Headquarters Zheng Zhi, and their officers were waiting at the airport early.
"Sagami-kun, welcome, welcome." Shogo Onodera saw Umezu Sanakami and others getting off the plane, and rushed to greet them.
"Onodera-kun, long time no see, haha." Umezu Sagami shook hands with Onodera Shogo and said happily.
"This is the head of Chaiyangsi of the Zhengzhi Security Division."
"Jun Chaishan, I have long admired your great name."
"Son Shang, I have long admired you."
Sagami Umetsuzumi shook hands with Shibagoji Temple and introduced his personnel to the other party.
"This is Atsuhito Kawada." Umezu Sagami said, "Kawada-kun is from Kyoto and is highly trusted by Commander Ikeuchi."
Kawada, a native of Kyoto.
Onodera Shogo immediately captured the key information disclosed by Sanami Umezu's residence. He glanced at Sanami Umezu and saw the other person nodded slightly. Onodera Shogo's face showed even more enthusiasm. He shook hands with Kawada Atsuhito and said, "Kawada-kun,