Hearing what Takahashi Kiyono said, both Bando Ichiya and Nagasaka Kazuo looked anxious.
Jichiro Kamai was born as a hunter, and he always prided himself on having a nose that was "more sensitive than a hunting dog."
If Kamikaijiichiro came to check the post, he would definitely be able to smell the smell of alcohol on the two of them, and it would be a disaster for the two of them.
"You are greedy." Bando Ichiya slapped himself in the mouth.
"Bando-kun, shut up." Nagasaka Kazuo immediately scolded his companion. Although Bando Kazuya's words were self-blame, but Takahashi Kiyono was in front of him, these words inevitably meant to blame Takahashi Kiyono.
Takahashi Kiyono kindly brought them wine and food, which they enjoyed after being ordered to do so. Moreover, Takahashi had already tried to stop it just now, so the only blame they could blame was their own inability to keep their mouths shut.
"Takahashi-kun, Bando-kun can't speak, I don't mean to blame you." Nagasaka Kazuo said.
Bando Kazuya also realized that he had said the wrong thing and quickly apologized.
Takahashi Kiyono waved his hand, indicating that it was okay, "I don't know Bando-kun well yet. He is an honest man, but he was just scared by Major Shanghe."
"Yes, yes, I was just scared." Bando Kazuya nodded quickly and said, "It would be terrible if Major Kamikata catches us drinking while we are on duty."
Takahashi Kiyono nodded with a serious expression.
…
"Anyway, it's impossible to stay here. It's too dangerous." As he said that, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time. "There are still ten minutes until the shift changes. You go first. I will be on duty."
"In this case..." Nagasaka Kazuo was happy at first, and then showed hesitation, "In this case, will it implicate Takahashi-kun?"
Nagasaka Kazuo said, "After all, you are the only one now, and two people are needed to be on duty."
Bando Kazuya had an anxious look on his face. He complained in his heart that Nagasaka Kazuo was too busy. Since Takahashi-kun was willing to change shifts in advance and help them cover up, he just agreed at this time.
As for the implication, that was because Kita Kintaro was unlucky. Major Kamikata would never punish Takahashi Kiyono who was loyally on duty.
"That's it." Takahashi Kiyono thought for a moment and took out his pocket watch again. "I set the time on my pocket watch ten minutes forward. It's time to change shifts now."
"Is this all right?" Nagasaka Kazuo was surprised.
"Okay." Takahashi Kiyono nodded, "If you are unlucky and encounter Major Kamikata coming to check the post, the main problem will be that my pocket watch time is inaccurate, and the change of guard itself is correct. As for Kita-kun
, his watch was accurate, so he didn’t come early to change the guard, so he was right.”
"Excellent." Bando Yishi gave a thumbs up, and this time he praised it from the bottom of his heart, "Takahashi-kun is so smart."
Nagasaka Kazuo thought for a moment and nodded. Takahashi's little trick seemed ordinary, but it had a wonderful effect.
Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo did not dare to delay any longer, fearing that they would be unlucky enough to meet Kajiichiro to check the post. Bando Kazuya handed the warehouse key to Takahashi Kiyono, and the two hurriedly left.
…
Seeing the two people leaving, Takahashi Kiyono didn't hesitate at all. He immediately opened the warehouse door with his key.
He was lucky. The door shaft of the warehouse had just been oiled recently, so the jarring sound Takahashi Kiyono was worried about when opening the door did not occur.
Takahashi Kiyono took out a hip flask from his thick military coat, which contained kerosene.
He unscrewed the cap and poured the kerosene on the most flammable cloth and cotton.
Then he held it between two pieces of cloth soaked in kerosene and set up a stick of incense. He cut off more than half of it, leaving only a small section of the incense stick.
Takahashi Kiyono checked again to confirm that Xixiang would not fall down soon.
Then he took out the matchbox from his body and lit the incense.
After doing all this, Takahashi Kiyono put the wine bottle back into his pocket, quickly exited the warehouse, gently closed the warehouse door, and locked it.
After coming out, Takahashi Kiyono took out his pocket watch and checked the time. He set the time back by five minutes. In this case, his pocket watch was only five minutes ahead.
A few minutes later, I saw Kintaro Kita coming to change the guard from a distance.
Takahashi Kiyono immediately took out his pocket watch and set the time back by four minutes. In this case, his pocket watch was only one minute ahead.
…
"Kita-kun, I feel relieved now that you are here." Takahashi Kiyono said happily, "You are one minute late. Bando-kun and the others can't wait for the changing of the guard."
"Takahashi-kun, why are you on duty?" Kintaro Kita asked in surprise. His partner on duty today should be Sugimoto Yoshiki.
"Sugimoto-kun is not feeling well, please ask me to help change the guard." Takahashi Kiyono said.
As he said that, he took out his pocket watch, looked at the time, and whispered to Kita Kintaro, "Look, you are one minute late. Kita-kun, you are lucky. If you are caught by Kam and Major, you will be late. Although
It’s just a minute, you know the Major well, and a whipping is inevitable.”
Kita Kintaro glanced at Takahashi Kiyono's pocket watch and found that he was indeed one minute late. He was very upset because he had checked the time when he came from the dormitory.
It must be that when I was on the road, I walked a little slower and wasted time. I must leave earlier next time. I would rather arrive early than be late.
"Please Takahashi-kun, please keep it a secret for me." Kintaro Kita said in a low voice.
"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone else." Takahashi Kiyono nodded, "We arrived at the warehouse at the same time and completed the change of guard with Bando-kun and the others normally."
"Yes, yes." Kita Kintaro nodded happily, "Thank you, Takahashi-kun."
…
Seeing Kita Kintaro happily apologizing to him, Takahashi Kiyono smiled, feeling complacent in his heart.
He finally set his pocket watch forward by one minute just for this effect.
One minute's lateness, with a cruel boss like Kamaijiichiro, is enough for him to take advantage of Kita Kintaro, a timid Tozawa, and at the same time, it will not attract Kita because of the big time gap.
Kintaro took out his own watch to check the time.
Takahashi Kiyono knew Kita Kintaro well. He was a guy who would first blame himself and panic when something happened. If he was one minute late, Kita Kintaro would just think that he was wasting time on the road.
At the same time, after the fire broke out in the warehouse, Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo must have been frightened to death. They left their posts early without permission, leaving only Takahashi Kiyono on duty. This in itself was a serious mistake. Once the matter was exposed, this would be a serious mistake.
Going to court-martial.
Therefore, these two guys would never dare to tell the outside world about this situation. At the same time, Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo would naturally have doubts in their hearts. After all, only Takahashi Kiyono was on duty. Now that the warehouse is on fire, this in itself is worth it.
suspicious.
Bando Kazuya and Nagasaka Kazuo probably secretly inquired about the situation, and when they learned from Kintaro Kita that he was only one minute late, they were naturally relieved.
This shows that within a minute of leaving after changing guard, Kita Kintaro arrived.
One minute, not to mention that one of our own people, Takahashi Kiyono, should not have been suspected in the first place. Even if Takahashi Kiyono was determined to cause sabotage, he could not do anything in one minute. Therefore, the fire in the warehouse had nothing to do with Takahashi Kiyono, and naturally it had nothing to do with them.
Doesn't matter.
Takahashi Kiyono stood up straight with a spear on his back. He felt proud of himself. He reviewed all this in his mind and finally came to a proud conclusion:
The whole process was perfect, everyone was calculated by him, and no one would suspect him.
Thinking about it this way, Takahashi Kiyono felt that the improvised action he had designed was as perfect as a work of art.
He suddenly felt that the money given by 'Mr. Xiao Cheng' didn't seem so satisfying to him anymore.
I have put so much effort into it, and for such a perfect plan, who else could I give it to?
Next time, I must ask Mr. Xiao Cheng to add more money.
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Section 1, Military Police Intelligence Room, Section Chief's Office.
It was already late at night and the lights were still on.
Onodera Shogo had a cigarette in his mouth and was studying the file.
After returning to the Military Police, Onodera Shogo asked his subordinates to obtain the files on Zhang Xiaolin.
Of course, in order not to attract the attention of interested people, what he wanted was the dossier information of the tycoons of Shanghai's Tang Gang, including Du Yongsheng, Huang Jingrong, and Zhang Xiaolin, which even included Ji Yunqing, who was assassinated by Chen Gongshu of the Military Command Shanghai Station in September last year.
file information.
The ash fell and landed on the file.
Onodera Shogo blew away the ashes.
He put out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, leaned back on the chair, and supported his cheek with his right thumb.
Although there is still a large part of the files on the Qing Gang that he has not yet read, but based on the information in the files he has read, Onodera Shogo has already deeply felt the intricate power of the Qing Gang in Shanghai.
This is an underground force that can be said to have penetrated into every aspect of life and has secretly influenced Shanghai.
Onodera Shogo picked up a document, which was a report document on the analysis of the Green Gang written by Gentaro Nakatsuka, an imperial agent who had been lurking in Shanghai for a long time.
Onodera Shogo noticed that Gentaro Nakatsuka had such a paragraph in this report.
Gentaro Nakatsuka made his own analysis based on his many years of investigation as to why an underground gang like the Qinggang was able to gain a foothold in Shanghai and become a general trend, even running rampant.
Gentaro Nakatsuka believes that since the opening of Shanghai, Westerners have come to Shanghai to establish concessions. The British Concession and the American Concession were merged into a public concession, and the French Concession was next door.
The Westerners regarded the concession as a bridgehead to invade China, but they did not have much energy to manage the territory. In desperation, these Westerners could only bring in Chinese as helpers to carry out many tasks.
The Chinese introduced by Westerners can be divided into three types:
It was the compradors who were introduced into the economic field, the military police who were close to the West in the military field, and it was the Youth Gang who was introduced into the social security field.
In the following decades, the Chinese helpers and compradors introduced in the concession were bribed, threatened, and controlled by the Green Gang, and the military and police were infiltrated by the Green Gang. As a result, this underground force completed its influence and infiltration in all aspects of Shanghai.
…
Onodera Shogo lit a cigarette. He now understood why the empire attached so much importance to Zhang Xiaolin.
Du Yongsheng was so arrogant that he actually helped the National Government fight against the Empire and fled in panic after the fall of Shanghai; Huang Jingrong thanked guests behind closed doors; in this case, Zhang Xiaolin, the only one among the three tycoons of the Qinggang who was willing to cooperate with the Empire, naturally has great significance and role
.
Onodera Shogo recalled what Kentaro Miyazaki said that, for various reasons, various agencies in Shanghai were unwilling to believe that Zhang Xiaolin dared to be disloyal to the empire, or...
Onodera Shogo thought of a Chinese saying: Turn a blind eye.
As long as there is no substantial evidence, then Zhang Xiaolin will be fine, because the empire needs this person.
So, did Zhang Xiaolin really have an affair with Chongqing?
Onodera Shogo fell into deep thought.
It was at this time that two special things were recorded in the intelligence files he reviewed.
One of them is related to Chang Kaishen of Chongqing.
In the ninth year of Taisho and the ninth year of the Republic of China, in order to raise funds for the national revolution, Chang Kaishen, Chen, Dai, Zhang and others founded a stock exchange and started as stock trading brokers.
At the beginning, he did make some money. Then Chang Kaishen was very happy and felt that he was a financial genius, so he simply invested more funds in the stock market.
Then, during the stock market disaster in the 11th year of Taisho, Chang Kaishen not only lost all his money, but even owed 200,000 silver dollars.
Under this circumstance, Chang Kaishen, who was forced to pay debts, was advised by Yu Hede, a fellow villager in Zhejiang, and worshiped Huang Jingrong as the old man.
Therefore, Chang Kaishen wrote a greeting note to Huang Jingrong through his relationship with Yu Hede: "In front of Mr. Huang's stage, there is Jiang Zhiqing, his disciple."
As a result, Chang Kaishen officially became a disciple of the Youth Gang.
Huang Jingrong even directly took over Chang Kaishen's debts, saying, 'Zhiqing is my apprentice. You can come to me to claim Zhiqing's debts.'
This person didn't say anything about paying back the money, he just asked others to ask for it from him.
Then, no one dared to ask Huang Jingrong for money, so Chang Kaishen's debt was paid off.
Onodera Shogo was surprised. He did not expect that Huang Jingrong had such a relationship with Chang Kaishen from Chongqing.
Another incident in the intelligence file caught the attention of Onodera Shogo.
Intelligence showed that Dai Chunfeng had a very good relationship with Du Yongsheng. When Dai Chunfeng was in poverty in Shanghai, he was admired by Du Yongsheng. Later, when Dai Chunfeng applied for the Whampoa Military Academy, he was given money by Du Yongsheng.
…
Onodera Shogo touched his chin, lost in thought.
Huang Jingrong and Chongqing’s Chang Kaishen have an irreversible relationship.
Du Yongsheng and Dai Chunfeng have an irreversible relationship.
Only Zhang Xiaolin seems to have no connection with important figures in Chongqing.
Maybe this is why Zhang Xiaolin chose to stay in Shanghai and join the empire?
only--
Onodera Shogo shook his head. With the lessons learned by Huang Jingrong and Du Yongsheng, one can imagine how deeply involved the Educated Youth Gang was with the government at that time.
So, is Zhang Xiaolin really not involved with Chongqing?
Onodera Shogo frowned, he understood what he always felt was unreasonable:
If Zhang Xiaolin had some insignificant connections with the Chongqing side, it would be nothing. However, precisely because this man expressed his loyalty to the empire and had nothing to do with the Chongqing side, it is intriguing.
Two of the three Qinggang tycoons have inextricably close ties with the government, but Zhang Xiaolin does not.
Onodera Shogo shook his head, he didn't believe it.
At this time, Onodera Shogo heard noisy shouts coming from outside. He frowned and was about to go out to scold them. Then when he looked up, he happened to see the fire shooting into the sky in the distance.
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